The Pirate Fairy (2014)

When Zarina steals Pixie Hollow's Blue Pixie Dust and flies away, Tinker Bell and her friends sets on a journey to get them back.

Director:

Peggy Holmes

Writers:

Jeffrey M. Howard (screenplay by), Kate Kondell (screenplay by)

Stars:

Mae Whitman, Christina Hendricks, Tom Hiddleston

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mae Whitman	...	Tinker Bell (voice)
Christina Hendricks	...	Zarina (voice)
Tom Hiddleston	...	James (voice)
Lucy Liu	...	Silvermist (voice)
Raven-Symoné	...	Iridessa (voice)
Megan Hilty	...	Rosetta (voice)
Pamela Adlon	...	Vidia (voice)
Angela Bartys	...	Fawn (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Oppenheimer / Port (voice)
Carlos Ponce	...	Bonito (voice)
Mick Wingert	...	Starboard (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Yang (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Smee / Clank / Fairy Gary (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Bobble (voice)
Grey Griffin	...	MC Fairy / Gliss (voice)

Storyline

When a misunderstood dust-keeper fairy named Zarina steals Pixie Hollow's all-important Blue Pixie Dust, and flies away to join forces with the pirates of Skull Rock, Tinker Bell and her fairy friends must embark on the adventure of a lifetime to return it to its rightful place. However, in the midst of their pursuit of Zarina, Tink's world is turned upside down. She and her friends find that their respective talents have been switched and they have to race against time to retrieve the Blue Pixie Dust and return home to save Pixie Hollow.

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Plot Keywords:

disney animated sequel | dust | keeper | captain | title directed by female | 

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Taglines:

The Expedition Begins In 2014!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 February 2014 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

The Pirate Fairy

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$67,400,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Prana Studios, Disneytoon Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

When James brings the captain her tea, it's Earl Grey "hot." This is the exact way Captain Picard takes his on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Quotes

Pirate Crew: Hey-ho, imagine the places that we'll go. No one can stop us when we're so high in the stratosphere. Hey-ho, we'll be the frigate that plunders, every one of the world's seven wonders, when we're up in the sky, for who can fight a frigate that flies? No one can fight a frigate that flies.

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Connections

Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The Death of DisneyToon Studios (2018)

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Soundtracks

Fairy Dusted Festival
(uncredited)

User Reviews

Quite possibly the best of the Tinker Bell films

All of the Tinker Bell films personally were surprisingly enjoyable films, not perfect but great for its main target audience but sadly falling victim to "target audience stereotyping". Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy is the fifth film and quite possibly the best one, though all five are ranked very close together in terms of ratings. Maybe a few parts are a tad rushed and the dialogue is ropey at times, but what was good about the previous Tinker Bell films are evident also in Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy. The animation is not quite as beautiful as The Secret of the Wings but it is still very smooth moving and the colours are so warm and elegant, a far cry from "all gloss, no depth" quality. The action is thrillingly animated with no jerky editing in sight really. The music score has a Celtic touch but also have rousing and ethereal qualities too, that is sympathetically used, doesn't detract from the storytelling and match the visuals remarkably well. The songs are not the best in the world but for both the pirates and the fairies are cute and surprisingly hummable, with plenty of rouse and charm. The dialogue does have good-natured and suspenseful parts as well as the at times ropey ones, and of all the five films it's Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy that has the most eventful story that is bright, breezy and mostly solidly paced if rushed in spots. It has bags of charm and not only has parts that are genuinely funny like with Zarina but also some heartfelt ones too like Tinker Bell's return of the blue dust. Predictable? Yes. Charmless? Certainly not. The characters carry the film very nicely, James is an interesting villain, Zarina is a amusing addition and Tinker Bell is still a good identifiable role model. The voice acting is wonderful, especially from Christina Hendricks who makes a sassy contribution and Tom Hiddleston who shows with his suave yet subtly menacing delivery how he is born to play villains. Mae Whitman is very emotive though too, and the pirates and fairies are voiced with no obvious problems. To conclude, a pleasant and good film that is my personal favourite of the five and should be given a chance without prejudice. 8/10 Bethany Cox