MarketLost Boys (Peter Pan)
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Lost Boys (Peter Pan)

The Lost Boys are characters from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and later adaptations and extensions to the story. They are boys "who fall out of their prams when the nurse is looking the other way and if they are not claimed in seven days, they are sent far away to Neverland," where Peter Pan is their captain.

Original Lost Boys
Tootles is described as the most unfortunate and humblest of the band, because "the big things" and adventures happen while "he has stepped round the corner." This however has not soured but sweetened his nature. He is the one who shoots Wendy with a bow and arrow after Tinker Bell tells them that Wendy is a bird that Peter wanted killed. When Tootles realises his mistake, he asks Peter to kill him. Wendy however survives, and Tootles is spared. Tootles is the first to defend Wendy when she wants to return to London. When Peter takes possession of the Jolly Roger, Captain Hook's pirate ship, Tootles takes Smee's place as boatswain. At the end of the novel, he returns to London with Wendy and the other Lost Boys and eventually grows up to become a judge. • Nibs is described as happy and debonair, possibly the bravest Lost Boy. The only thing he remembers about his mother is that she always wanted a cheque book and says he would love to give her one — if he knew what it was. He grows up to work in an office. • Slightly is described as the most conceited of the boys, because he believes that he remembers what life was like before he was "lost". However, most of his "memories" are based on misunderstandings: he claims to know what his last name is because his pinafore had the words "Slightly Soiled" written on the tag. Slightly is a poor make-believer, but he does seem to have a talent for music; he is described as cutting whistles and flutes from the branches of trees and dancing to tunes he creates himself. He grows up to marry into nobility and become a lord. • Curly is described by Barrie as "a pickle" (a person who gets into pickles) and has curly hair. Like Nibs, Curly grows up to work in an office. • The Twins — First and Second Twin know little about themselves as they are not allowed to because Peter Pan does not know what Twins are, and no Lost Boy is allowed to know anything that Peter does not. Like Nibs and Curly, the Twins grow up to work in an office. ==Adaptations in literature==
Adaptations in literature
Peter and the Starcatchers In the Peter and the Starcatchers series, an earlier group of Lost Boys include boys whom Peter knew from St. Norbert's orphanage and who return to England at the end of the prequels. This description does not concord with the canon backstory for the Lost Boys, who are not orphaned, but lost as babies. • Prentiss — A rather new boy at St. Norbert's. • James — James seems to be closer to Peter than any other boy at St. Norbert's. He serves as the leader to the Lost Boys when Peter is not around, making him the second-in-command. • Tubby Ted — As a running gag, Tubby Ted is always hungry. • Thomas — A boy from St. Norbert's. In Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, some other boys from St. Norbert's, who used to be slaves for King Zarboff, end up going to Neverland with Peter. They have the same names as J. M. Barrie's original Lost Boys. By the end of the novel, Prentiss, James, Tubby Ted, and Thomas decide to go back to London with Leonard Aster because they realize they would become men some day and cannot keep up with Peter forever. They leave for the real world and all grow up. Peter and Tinker Bell take in the new, more familiar Lost Boys. However, Peter is reunited with James, who has grown up, in the fourth novel, Peter and the Sword of Mercy. Peter Pan in Scarlet In Peter Pan in Scarlet, Tootles becomes a girl because he only has daughters to borrow clothes from in order to become a child again and go back to Neverland. He finds his father, who is a judge, too. Nibs is the only Lost Boy not to return to Neverland because he cannot bear the thought of leaving his children. Because of this he also is the only one who never meets his real parents, stays an orphan and has no chance to learn anything of his earlier life. Slightly plays the clarinet and saves the day a couple of times with his music. Slightly grows up to marry a noblewoman and becomes a lord, though he has become a widower at the age of thirty and is the only one of the Lost Boys not to father any children. He gets tricked by the new enemy when he returns to Neverland and grows up, much to Peter's anger. Thanks to his love for music he finds his real mother and after returning to London he is the only Lost Boy who does not return to his adult age, but stays eighteen and stays with his mother. Curly has become a doctor and is the owner of one of Nana's great-great-puppies, which travels with him to Neverland. He is the one who gives up his youth and childhood to save Peter's life. The Twins have grown up to work in an office and their names are revealed to be Marmaduke and Binky. They find their mother and take her back to their house in London. ==Adaptations in film==
Adaptations in film
Disney's Peter Pan films In their appearances in the Disney franchise, the Lost Boys are often named after their animal costumes: Fox/Slightly (voiced by Simon Singer in the first film, Quinn Beswick in the second film, Mason Cotton in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, portrayed by Noah Matthews Matofsky in the 2023 film), Rabbit/Nibs (voiced by Jeffrey Silver in the first film, Bradley Pierce in the second film, portrayed by Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez), Bear/Cubby (voiced by Robert Ellis in the first film, Spencer Breslin in the second film, Wally Wingert in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kinect: Disneyland Adventures, Rachel Bloom in ''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'', and portrayed by Florence Bensberg in the 2023 film), Skunk/Tootles (unvoiced in the first and second film, portrayed by Caelan Edie in the 2023 film), and the Raccoons/Twins (voiced by Johnny McGovern in the first film, Aaron Spann in the second film, portrayed by Skyler and Kelsey Yates in the 2023 film). In Peter Pan (1953), the Boys play smaller roles. They are less characterized and do not have names, appearing more as a group than individuals. In Return to Never Land, they are named as their original counterparts (with the exception of Cubby). Tootles is silent in both films, using a pad and pencil to communicate in the latter film. Cubby and Slightly appear alongside Peter Pan and Tinker Bell in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. The Lost Boys appear in the beginning and the end of Pan (2015). The boys originated from an orphanage where they were sold and kidnapped by Blackbeard and the pirates for slavery to mine pixum. In the end, Peter rescues Nibs and many other boys from an orphanage so they can have some "fun". They are pulled on to the flying Jolly Roger and Hook refers to them as "Lost Boys." ==Adaptations in television==
Adaptations in television
The Lost Boys appear in the second and third seasons of Once Upon a Time. They are the murderous inhabitants of Neverland and servants of Peter Pan (portrayed by Robbie Kay). The names of Wendy and the Lost Boys, (Slightly, Curly, Tootles and Nibs) are given to the hybrids in the television series Alien: Earth which premiered in August 2025. ==References==
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