# Tinker Bell — Peter and Wendy character guide

> Tinker Bell in Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Tink, poor Tink, O Tink, Ware Tinker Bell

**First appearance:** 0000-i-peter-breaks-through

## Snapshot

Peter's fiercely possessive fairy, a tinsmith's daughter who mends pots, insults Wendy, and loves Peter with a jealousy as sharp as her tongue.

## Who they are

Tinker Bell belongs to Peter alone and makes that clear the moment Wendy appears, calling her a great ugly girl and vanishing into the bathroom in a huff. Her common origins, she mends kettles, and her rude, unapologetic loyalty set her apart from the sentimental fairies of gentler tales. She matters because her jealousy toward Wendy plants the first friction in Neverland, and because her devotion to Peter will be tested in ways that reveal what fairy love costs.

## Relationships

### [Peter Pan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/characters/peter_pan)

_friendship_

Tinker Bell is Peter's fiercely loyal fairy companion, often jealous of his attention to Wendy but devoted to him.

### [Wendy Darling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/characters/wendy_darling)

_rivalry_

Tinker Bell is intensely jealous of Wendy, seeing her as a rival for Peter's attention and often acting spitefully toward her.

### [Peter Pan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/characters/peter_pan)

_friendship_

Tinker Bell is Peter's fiercely loyal fairy companion, often jealous of his attention to Wendy but devoted to him.

### [Peter Pan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/characters/peter_pan)

_friendship_

Tinker Bell is Peter's fiercely loyal fairy companion, often jealous of his attention to Wendy but devoted to him.

### [Wendy Darling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/characters/wendy_darling)

_rivalry_

Tinker Bell is intensely jealous of Wendy, seeing her as a rival for Peter's attention and often acting spitefully toward her.

### [Wendy Darling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/characters/wendy_darling)

_rivalry_

Tinker Bell is intensely jealous of Wendy, seeing her as a rival for Peter's attention and often acting spitefully toward her.

## In the story

### [Come Away, Come Away!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/chapters/iii-come-away-come-away)

Jealous of Wendy, calls her names, and is accidentally shut in a drawer by Peter.

### [The Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/chapters/iv-the-flight)

Sleeps on Peter's shoulder, guides the children, but her jealousy of Wendy leads her to attempt to lure Wendy to destruction.

### [The Island Come True](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/chapters/v-the-island-come-true)

Jealous of Wendy; disguises her hostility and manipulates Tootles into shooting Wendy, claiming Peter wants it.

### [The Little House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/chapters/vi-the-little-house)

Revealed as the one who urged Tootles to shoot; banished by Peter for a week.

### [X: The Happy Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/chapters/x-the-happy-home)

Eavesdrops from her boudoir, calls Peter a 'silly ass', and is described by Wendy as 'an abandoned little creature'.

### [Wendy's Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/chapters/xi-wendy-s-story)

Tinker Bell is ordered by Peter to guide Wendy across the sea. She initially refuses but complies when Peter threatens to open her curtains and expose her in her negligee.

### [XIII: Do You Believe in Fairies?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/peter_and_wendy_se/chapters/xiii-do-you-believe-in-fairies)

Tink overhears Hook's muttering, flies to warn Peter, and drinks the poisoned medicine to save him. She nearly dies but is revived when children clap in belief. She then urges Peter to rescue Wendy.

## Links

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