Blanket (Newsies)

Blanket, also called Slider, Flipper, or Crazy Legs, is a background Newsies character. He is known in the fandom for being one of the only characters without canon names listed on Fanfiction.net, with the other being Tumbler. He was played by Brian Friedman.Can you spot me? by Brian Friedman on Facebook (2021)
==Fandom==
Unlike Tumbler, Blanket does not have a well-documented history of presence in the fandom and most modern fans do not know this name. Fanfiction.net user SilverShoes17, who posted the first fic currently available online to feature Blanket, wrote that, "I am labeling Blanket as the first boy we see sleeping in the lap of the Horace Greeley statue."This newsboy was nicknamed "Greeley Jr." by the Racegirls according to Who is Who ?! at Newsies Stuff (1999) They had seen him mentioned on a fansite but did not know his identity.Blanket by SilverShoes17 on Fanfiction.net (2011) User mayday321 was able to provide context for his origins in the reviews. 
Usage of the name Slider is supported by a profile on the Newsies-Sim Home Page, which was active in 2000. He is identified by his appearance in "Seize The Day," as mayday321 referenced.Profiles of the Newsies-Sim Characters (c. 2000) The Happy Newsie Minivan suggests that the name Slider came from fan Snickery,Our Tribute to Some Unnamed Newsies at the Happy Newsie Minivan (2002) who wrote in 1998 or 1999 on their dedicated Slider page the following: 
Much of TNC is now offline, but a post was archived from September 2011 which supports mayday321's claims.Names You May Not Recognize by spotconlonsterritory (TNC) on Tumblr (2011)
A more popular post by movienewsies which listed Newsies characters as a fandom reference material in 2013 is still online and gave a brief description aligning with TNC's.A Nice Newsies Reference Material by movienewsies on Tumblr (2013) YouTuber Anya Naylor's 2021 video essay/reaction included a recognition of Blanket and provided the movienewsies post as a source, as well as explaining that Patrick as a side character was often Blanket.I Love Newsies (1992) by Anya Naylor on YouTube (2021), 09:05 - 11:10
Fans on Tumblr assigned the new name Flipper to the same character in 2021. This was based on a shot in which he flips his hair.Help me!! Name this boy!! ask by marvels-obscure-tophat to letter-from-the-refuge on Tumblr (2021)
==Example Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
*Hey Good Lookin' by Coneflower at The Newsie Beat (2001), as Slider
*The Real Deal by Slash on Lumos Et Nox (2004), as Slider
*Zimbardo by truemizzie on Fanfiction.net (2007), as Slider
*Blanket by SilverShoes17 on Fanfiction.net (2011), as Blanket
*Welcome to Dream by pretendpuppy on AO3 (2020), as Blanket
*How The Newsies Came To Be by pretendpuppy on AO3 (2020), as Blanket
===Fanart===
*family photo by this-hattan-newsie on Tumblr (2022), as Flipper
===Miscellaneous===
*The Cliches of the Newsies Fandom by alien babydoll on FFN (2013), as Blanket
*Flipper Appreciation Post! by lousy-old-shrimp on Tumblr (2021), as Flipper
*Newsie: Flipper by one-highfalutin-sonuva-gun (2024), as Flipper
==Fannish Links==
*Blanket search on Fanfiction.net
==References==
Category:Newsies Characters
Category:Fanon Characters