25 Facts About Peter Pan

Peter Pan has become a cultural icon symbolizing youthful innocence and escapism.

In 2002, Peter Pan featured on a series of UK postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail on the centenary of Barrie's creation of the character.

Peter Pan first appeared as a character in Barrie's The Little White Bird, an adult novel.

Peter Pan is described as "betwixt-and-between" a boy and a bird.

Barrie returned to the character of Peter Pan, putting him at the centre of his stage play entitled Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, which premiered on 27 December 1904 at the Duke of York's Theatre in London.

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Peter Pan describes him as a "lovely boy, clad in skeleton leaves and the juices that ooze out of trees".

Peter Pan has pointed elf-like ears, brown eyes, and reddish hair.

Peter Pan's ears appear pointed only when he is Peter Pan, not as Peter Banning.

Barrie writes that when Peter Pan thought he was going to die on Marooners' Rock, he felt scared, yet he felt only one shudder.

Peter Pan has an effect on the whole of Neverland and its inhabitants when he is there.

Peter Pan is a skilled swordsman, rivalling even Captain Hook, whose hand he cut off in a duel.

Peter Pan is skilled in mimicry, copying the voice of Hook and the ticking of the clock in the crocodile.

Peter Pan has the ability to imagine things into existence and he is able to feel danger when it is near.

Wendy approaches Peter Pan to give him a "kiss", but is prevented by Tinker Bell.

The god Peter Pan represents Nature or Man's natural state in contrast to Civilisation and the effects of upbringing on human behaviour, and he experienced a significant revival of interest among English artists, poets and novelists during the Edwardian period.

Peter Pan is a free spirit, being too young to be burdened with the effects of education or to have an adult appreciation of moral responsibility.

Peter Pan ran away from his parents when he was a baby as told in Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter and Wendy.

Peter Pan's is considered to be the literary predecessor of Wendy Darling.

Wendy saves Peter Pan by giving him her hidden kiss which gives him the will to live, signifying she is his true love.

Peter Pan is fascinated with piracy and imitates Captain Hook while playing at home with his siblings.

Michael, the youngest of the Darlings, is convinced that Peter Pan is a real person after hearing Wendy's vivid narratives about him.

Peter Pan's is kidnapped by the pirates and left to die on Marooners' Rock but is rescued by Peter.

Peter Pan is the leader of the Lost Boys, which include Tootles, Nibs, Slightly, Curly, and The Twins.

Peter Pan's name plays on the iron hook that replaced his hand cut off by Peter Pan and eaten by the aforementioned crocodile, which continues to pursue Hook.

Name Peter Pan has been adopted for various purposes over the years:.

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