Tootles, Nibs, Slightly, Curly and the Twins (aka "The Lost Boys") were fictional characters from the story of Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie.[1] They were Peter Pan's friends and lived in Neverland.
Appearance and Personality[]
"All of them were filthy and wore clothes made of leaves, bark, animal skin, and whatever else they could find on the island."[2]
It was not described how old they were, just that they were very young boys. They were a very excited bunch and behaved very badly. [3] When Red later renamed them, they behaved better.[4] They liked setting traps, shooting at things with their handmade bows and arrows, and fishing in Mermaid Lagoon. Because of the latter, they were very unpopular with the residing mermaids.[5]
- Tootles (renamed "Tobias" by Queen Red Riding Hood): the oldest. Wore a pair of thick glasses.
- Nibs ("Nathaniel"): described as scrappy and was missing the most baby teeth of all of them.
- Slightly ("Salvador"): the most sophisticated of the bunch, wore a tie made out of vines. He later drank a youth potion and turned into a baby also turning him the youngest.
- Curly ("Caesar"): the chubbiest of the boys, wore very tight clothes.
- The Twins ("Jeffreys"): identical twins, the youngest (Biologically) of the group.
Mother Goose nicknamed them "the Boyscouts from Hades".[6] Conner told the Mermaids at the lagoon confidentially that he couldn't stand the Lost Boys either.[7]
Biography[]
Staying With Red[]
Peter took Alex, Conner, Red, Mother Goose, Lester and the Tin Woodman to Neverland. The Lost Boys initially wanted to eat Lester and wanted turn the Tin Woodman into an oven and make weapons of his metal, but Peter didn't allow it. When they heard Tinker Bell had been kidnapped, they immediately wanted to help.[8]
They had to promise the Mermaids not to fish in Mermaid Lagoon anymore in return for the Mermaids retrieving the book the Masked Man went into. They ended up keeping this promise since they were later adopted by Red and Froggy.
When the twins and their friends were about to leave they had to also needed to choose someone to stay in Neverland. Red reluctantly decided to stay with the Lost Boys. Peter instructed them to treat her like they would their own mother.[9] Red wasn't very enthusiastic about it at first, but got used to it quickly as the Lost Boys built her a house and waited on her hand and foot.
Red told them highly altered versions of well-known fairy tales, in which she was the hero and all the other princesses (now Queens in the Land of Stories) suffered hardship.[10] After telling them about 'Blue Riding Hood', a polished version of her own story, the Lost Boys gave her some food for thought as they questioned why 'Blue' expected other people to help her save her prince (rather than save him herself). This gave Red the courage to try and find Charlie.
Red took the boys to the Land of Stories, where they found Charlie trapped in a magic mirror by Morina. In Morina's house, Slightly drank a potion and turned into a toddler.[11] When the Lost Boys looked into the Mirror of Truth, they saw themselves the same. They were later reunited with Peter.
Stopping the Literary Army[]
To be added...
Quotes[]
"Their outer truth was as real as their inner truth."[12]
"I can't believe poor Cinderella slipped while running down the stairs at midnight, or that Snow White choked on the poisoned apple, or when Sleeping Beauty awoke, she discovered that the spindle had given her a staph infection."[13]
References[]
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 17, p 229
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 17, p. 231
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 23, p 317
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 18, p 240
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 17, p 233
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 18, p. 240
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 17, p. 232
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 18, p 243 - this is what Peter tells the Lost Boys about Wendy in JM Barrie's Peter Pan.
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 23 p. 318
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 26, p 365 - it is not mentioned if/when he turns back.
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 26, p. 365
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 23, p. 318 (Nibs)