Tiger Lily

**Tiger Lily** is a minor character from the 1953 film Peter Pan.

## Background

Tiger Lily resides in the Indian Camp on Neverland. She serves as the princess of her people, ruling the tribe along with her father, the imposing Chief. She is established as a close friend of Neverland's local protector, Peter Pan, who suggests that their relationship is romantic, as they displayed a mutual attraction (even sharing a kiss at one point). As such, she is deathly loyal to him, standing her ground to protect him even in the face of Captain Hook.

### Personality

Tiger Lily is brave, strong-willed, and incredibly proud. She speaks only when necessary and is often portrayed with a stoic expression and powerful stance (apparently taking after the Chief). She cares deeply for her friends, as she refused to give in to Captain Hook's demands regarding Peter, even though her life was at risk. For all of her seriousness, Tiger Lily has also displayed a fun-loving side to her personality. She enjoys dancing and celebration within her tribe. She is also flirtatious with Peter, rendering him a blushing goof at one point.

### Physical Appearance

Tiger Lily has tanned skin, dark brown eyes, red lips, and long black hair tied in two braids with yellow hair ribbons. She wears a fringed buckskin dress with pink and red stripes on the capelet and blue moccasins. She also sports a blue headband with a feather on her head.

## Film Appearances

### Peter Pan

In the film, her friendship with Peter leads Captain Hook to believe that she knows where his hideout is. With the assistance of Smee, Captain Hook kidnaps and takes her to Skull Rock. The Indians believe that she was captured by the Lost Boys, and so they do not come for her. Captain Hook ties her up and places her on a rock sticking out of the sea. He offers to set her free if she reveals where Peter lives. He points out the rising tide, noting that Indian belief says that an Indian who dies by drowning can't make it to the Happy Hunting Grounds. However, she knows better than to take him at his word and refuses to talk, even if it means that she can't ascend to the Happy Hunting Grounds. Losing his patience, he lifts her right up and screams right in her face that she has one more chance, blasting her braids back with the force of his yelling.

Unknown to any of them, Peter and Wendy have spotted them. Peter is able to spook Captain Hook and Smee by mimicking a spirit. When Captain Hook leaves to find its source, Peter begins imitating him. In Captain Hook's voice, he orders Smee to return Tiger Lily to her people. He complies but is then yelled at by the real Captain Hook, who orders him to put her back where she was. Peter and Captain Hook go back and forth until Peter is discovered by Captain Hook. After a short battle, Captain Hook is chased off by the crocodile. By this time, Tiger Lily has almost drowned beneath the rising tide. Peter doesn't notice this until it is pointed out by Wendy. He rescues her, and they, along with Wendy, return her to the Indian Camp.

At the camp, Peter is named Chief Flying Eagle by the Chief as a reward for saving Tiger Lily's life. During the following party, she, as an additional reward for him saving her life, flirts with and even kisses him, causing Wendy to become jealous. She is last seen dancing alongside him and sharing a second nose kiss as the party continues.

## Television Appearances

### Once Upon a Time

Actress Sara Tomko portrays Tiger Lily (a fairy in this incarnation) in the sixth season.

After the birth of Fiona's son, Tiger Lily and the Blue Fairy visit her, and Tiger Lily is revealed as the boy's fairy godmother. Later on, after Fiona learns of his fate as the Savior, Tiger Lily helps her to find him destined to kill him in the far future. Breaking into the Sacred Vault of the Fairies, Tiger Lily is tricked by Fiona, who intends to create a curse to banish all the children of their land to the Land Without Magic and witnesses Fiona's transformation into the Black Fairy upon becoming corrupted by the dark magic she creates. Before Tiger Lily can be killed by the Black Fairy, the Blue Fairy appeared and banished her to the Dark Realm.

At some point, Tiger Lily gives up her fairy wings and relocates to Neverland where she has a history with Captain Hook. Years later, she comes across him once again and teams up with him to send word to the current savior, Emma, that the Black Fairy intends to kill her during the Final Battle. She later helps Captain Hook escape from the Lost Boys into a portal back to Storybrooke. Years later, after somehow regaining her fairy status, she becomes the fairy godmother to Lucy, Henry Mills' daughter and Rumplestiltskin's great-granddaughter. When Lucy comes to her for guidance after Henry goes missing, she asks her to have faith, telling her that she will be reunited with him sometime in the future.

## Disney Parks

A figure of Tiger Lily appears in the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom versions of Peter Pan's Flight, during a recreation of her scene at Skull Rock and alongside the rest of her tribe, respectively.