Pixie Dust is the magical dust that Peter Pan used to fly and used it on Wendy, John and Michael.
Background[]
There are two types of dust: golden dust and blue dust. From the movies, "pixie dust" flows from the heart of the Pixie Dust Tree. From the books, following the Pixie Dust Tree's destruction, "fairy dust" is created by grinding the molten features of Mother Dove. In its common appearance, Pixie Dust is nothing more than a golden, sparkling powder. This dust comes from special blue pixie dust which replenishes the supply. As a golden color, it enables pixies to fly. Blue dust is shown to be a powerful augment and rejuvenator. However, there are other colors of pixie dust revealed/created in the movies, such as green, pink, orange, cyan, amber, and purple, each granting a fairy a talent or augmenting one. If a fairy's wings get wet, pixie dust cannot replenish them until they are dry.
Blue Pixie Dust is the most powerful of them all, as if infused within a regular maple tree it can turn it into a special one by making it produce regular golden Pixie Dust as soon the Blue Pixie Dust is dropping inside it. The process of growing Pixie Dust Trees was discovered by an extremely gifted and powerful dust-keeper named Zarina.
Abilities[]
| Color | Abilities and Talents |
|---|---|
| Blue | Creates regular Pixie Dust.
Replenishes the Pixie Dust Tree. Supremely powerful multiplier. Creates other colors of pixie dust when mixed together with Gold Pixie Dust & certain ingredients. |
| Gold | Grants Flight and/or Weightlessness.
Enables fairies to perform magic if he or she has a magical talent dealing with forces of nature. Creates other colors of Pixie Dust when mixed together with Blue Pixie Dust & certain ingredients. |
| Green | Turns a non-Tinker fairy into one.
Restores a Tinker-talent fairy to its former talent. |
| Amber | Turns a non-Light fairy into one.
Restores a Light-talent fairy to its former talent. |
| Pink | Turns a non-Garden fairy into one.
Restores a Garden-talent fairy to its former talent. Increases the size of plants according to the amount sprinkled. |
| Purple | Turns a non-Fast-flying fairy into one.
Restores a Fast-flying-talent fairy to its former talent. Creates purple twisters. |
| Cyan | Turns a non-Water fairy into one.
Restores a Water-talent fairy to its former talent. |
| Orange | Turns a non-Animal fairy into one.
Restores an Animal-talent fairy to its former talent. |
This is called "Pixie Dust Alchemy" and was invented by an extremely gifted dust-keeper fairy named Zarina.
When a fairy changes his/her talent, the only way to revert back to their original is to be sprinkled with the dust related to it.
Appearances[]
- Peter Pan
- Return to Never Land
- Jake and the Never Land Pirates
- Peter Pan: Adventures in NeverLand
- Peter Pan: The Legend of Never Land
Trivia[]
- In the movies this dust seemed to simply come off Tinker Bell's body like dandruff, but in the spin-off this dust comes from a magical tree and the fairies need it to fly even though they have wings. And just like with humans it starts to fade from the body over time.
- The Pixie Alchemy is discovered in The Pirate Fairy.
- In Jake and the Never Land Pirates, the source of this dust is a different place from the tree in the Tinker Bell movies, it's a water fountain-like place called the Fountain of Forever that is high up on Pixie Peak mountain.