Wendy, the eldest, not only believed. She was the supreme authority on Peter Pan and all his marvelous adventures.
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~ The narrator introducing Wendy.
Wendy Moira Angela Darling (simply known as Wendy Darling or Wendy) is the deuteragonist of Disney's 14th full-length animated feature film Peter Pan, a supporting character in the sequel Return to Neverland and Jake and the Never Land Pirates special "Battle for the Book" and a minor character in its prequel film Tinker Bell.
She is a caring and nurturing 12-year-old girl who helps people, especially her brothers and Peter Pan. As an adult, she's a loving mother determined to help her children cope with the pressures of World War II. She is the only daughter and eldest child of George and Mary, the older sister of John and Michael, the wife of Edward, the mother of Jane and Danny.
As Wendy, as a child, came into her bedroom, a Fairy knocked on the window to get her attention. Wendy found a music box Tink had fixed earlier sitting in front. Using a key, the lovely music song, "You can Fly" began playing, and she loved it. She ran to show the music box to her mom.
Peter Pan (1953)[]
Wendy as a child
Wendy loves to dream and tell stories. Although she loves her father, his fits of temper makes her upset, despite her mother doing her best to calm him down. At first, she feared growing up (by her father), when he threatened to move her out of the nursery into her own room, but later came to look forward to it. In addition to her cuteness and beauty, Wendy has a vivid imagination, and it is hinted that she has feelings for Peter Pan.
In the film, Wendy, along with her two younger brothers John and Michael, got to meet with Peter Pan, who took them to Neverland were they got to meet the Lost Boys, mermaids, and Indians. In the middle of the film, Wendy and Peter rescued the Indian Princess Tiger Lily from the evil Captain Hook. Wendy, along with The Lost Boys and her brothers, were captured by the pirates so that Captain Hook can use them as bait to lure Peter out. Wendy and the boys were eventually rescued by Peter, and in the end of the film, the family returned home, where Wendy started to bond more with her parents. Wendy is a brave, kind, caring, and smart young girl/woman.
Returned to Neverland (2002)[]
Wendy as an adult
In the 2002 sequel of the original Peter Pan, Wendy is now married to a man named Edward and has two children named Jane and Daniel. Even though she is an adult, she never stopped believing in Peter Pan and she even enjoyed talking about him to her family and even telling stories of Peter's adventures to her children. In the film, which took place sometime during World War II, Wendy looked after her children while her husband went to war to aid in the defense of London and the U.K. against the German Wehrmacht to prevent Hitler's Operation Sea Lion from being enacted as if the Luftwaffe can defeat the Royal Air Force, nothing will stop the Germans from crossing the English Channel and capturing London, putting all of Europe under the Nazi jackboot so Hitler can then turn his attention to the USSR and the USA and finish off the rest of the Allies with his fellow Axis allies in the Kingdom of Italy and Empire of Japan. She was eventually told that her children must be evacuated to the countryside of Britain when a Royal Observer Corps air raid warden arrived at her door to tell her that her children were slated to be evacuated first thing in the morning to protect them from The Blitz as the Luftwaffe continued to bomb London.
Jane refused to leave and started to lose faith in Peter Pan and had an argument with her brother, which caused a stranded relationship between Wendy and Jane as she scolds Jane for thinking that she's very grown up. In the end of the film, Jane (after her adventures with Peter Pan) apologized to Wendy for her behavior from earlier. While Jane talked to her brother about her adventure in Neverland, Wendy met up with Peter from Jane's bedroom window who sadly said that Wendy changed, but Wendy assured Peter that even though she is all grown up and more beautiful, she still believes in him. Edward later returns safely from combat with the Luftwaffe defeated and Hitler being forced to call off Operation Sea Lion to focus his efforts against Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Red Army, which would inevitably lead to the defeat and surrender of the Nazis once the Communists captured Berlin.
Jake and the Never land Pirates: Battle for the Book (2014)[]
Wendy Darling in Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Battle for the Book.
In the Jake and the Never Land Pirates special, Wendy Darling and her brothers Michael and John appears, and they get to meet Jake, Izzy, Cubby, Skully, and their ship as they attempt to get their storybook back from Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, and their two crewmen.
Wendy is a 12-year-old girl with short dirty blonde or caramel brown hair with a sky blue bow at the back. She has light blue eyes, and she wears a sky blue dress with a darker bow at the back and blue shoes. When she is an adult, she has shoulder-length medium-length orange hair and wears a blue robe.
As an adult, she wears a blue dress with white apron.
Portrayals[]
In the original film, she was voiced by Kathryn Beaumont, who previously voiced Alice in Disney's 1951 film Alice in Wonderland
In the sequel, she was voiced by two voice actresses: As a child, she was voiced by Harriet Owen, who also voiced Wendy's daughter, Jane, while as an adult, she was voiced by Kath Soucie.
In the first Tinker Bell movie, she was voiced by America Young, who currently voiced Barbie Roberts. But her original voice actress, Kathryn Beaumont, has retired, and
From 2003 onwards, she is voiced by Hynden Walch who voiced Starfire from Teen Titans and her reboot incarnation in Teen Titans Go! and Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time.
In Jake and the Never Land Pirates, she was voiced by Maia Mitchell.
In the Robot Chicken series, she was voiced by Jennifer Carpenter.
In the Japanese dub, she was voiced by Mika Doi and Yuriko Fuchizaki in the movie. As an adult, she was voiced by Narumi Yasuda in Return to Never Land,
~ Wendy asking how to travel to the second star to the right.
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Oh, Peter, it's just as I always dreamed it would be!
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~ Wendy talking about Neverland.
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Peter: Wendy? Wendy: Hello, Peter. Peter: You changed. Wendy: Not really. Not ever. (Tinker Bell flies up to Wendy) Wendy: Hello, Tinker Bell. (Peter smiles as Tink flies around Wendy making her float a little while.) Wendy: Oh, Tink!
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~ Wendy's reunion with Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, in Return to Neverland.
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Goodbye, Peter!
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~ Wendy's farewell to Peter Pan and Tinker Bell.
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We're right with you, Peter!
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~ Wendy with her brothers following Peter upstairs for a 100 year group photo, Once Upon a Studio.
Trivia[]
Wendy is usually thought to be the protagonist of Peter Pan. However, Peter is the protagonist, since Wendy only makes a few appearances throughout the movie. Plus, Peter had bigger plans than anyone else.
She and Alice were originally voiced by Kathryn Beaumont, but they're now currently voiced by Hynden Walch.
On some posters for the Japanese dub, her dress is pink.
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