![]() The original, however, lives in a Pocket Dimension that looks like a child's drawing brought to life. Nowadays it's employed humans who collect the teeth, carrying pliers in case they don't have the right change on hand. Discworld: The Tooth Fairy features prominently in Hogfather.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Discussed when Rodrick Heffley tells his younger brother Greg that there's an Arm Fairy and a Leg Fairy as well as the Tooth Fairy.Nowadays, they whisper hints in parents' ears telepathically, and it's because of people's remaining belief that they can interact with the world at all. The father answers that fairies used to come and do the job themselves, until increasing problems from humans (namely technology) drove them away. Dad, Are You the Tooth Fairy?, by Jason Alexander, concerns a kid asking his dad the titular question.Transformers: A young girl mistakes Ironhide, who landed in her home's swimming pool, for the tooth fairy.Toothless: Kirstie Alley, a dentist, becomes a tooth fairy while she's in limbo.Tooth Fairy 2 has the same premise as the original except with an all-new cast.In the original film, Derek Thompson becomes an actual tooth fairy after he tells his girlfriend's daughter that the tooth fairy doesn't exist.He's part of the Council of Legendary Figures, alongisde Mother Nature, Father Time, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Sandman, Cupid, and Jack Frost. The Santa Clause: The sequels feature a male Tooth Fairy played by Art LaFleur, with the Running Gag that he wants his title changed to something a bit more masculine, like "the Molinator".They move in swarms and can devour a human whole - starting with the teeth since they crave calcium. Hellboy II: The Golden Army: Tooth fairies are a species of The Fair Folk with six limbs and insectoid features.This is shown early on when Sally leaves a tooth that she found earlier under her pillow and finds a coin, though they still try to capture her throughout the rest of the film. It is further explained that a pact was made between the fair folk and Pope Sylvester II that human teeth will be willingly given to them in exchange for silver coins. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: The Fair Folk are portrayed as dark, goblin-esque creatures that lurk in the Blackwood mansion with a particular desire to capture and eat the young Sally Hurst, replenishing their ranks by devouring the teeth and bones of children.In other countries, Spanish/Hispanic, French, and Italian cultures have a variation where it's a mouse that takes children's teeth and gives them gifts in exchange.Ĭompare Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and The Sandman, similar mythological figures who are often mentioned in the same breath. ![]() While most examples of this trope collect teeth for giving out money, there are some examples of this trope that collect teeth for entirely different reasons. However (perhaps because teeth can feature in nasty scenes or as a throwback to less benevolent portrayals of fairies), some versions show up as darker characters more similar to the boogeyman. Many versions of the Tooth Fairy in media appear as a friendly figure whose trade of teeth for money becomes a pleasant fixture of childhood. Their job is to collect the teeth that children lose and replace them with money (usually in the form of a coin of some sort). This first picture is of the sculpt as it was sold.The tooth fairy is a popular fantasy figure among children. and lastly, the wings, are real book-pressed leaves, painted and burned. Third, I added polymer clay to the tips of the fingers to make them longer and sculpted and carved them with some lethal-looking claws. Second,I took an exacto knife and shaved & carved the points on the legs and arms to lethal, sharp points. I think these eyes are normally used for squirrel mounts. To make the sculpt even more accurate, a few things needed to be tweeked.įirst, I shaved down the eyes, and offset them a bit with 4mm black glass eyes from VanDykes Taxidermy. I had to keep telling them that this was not the real Tooth Fairy and would not come alive after I'm finished working on it!:lol The funny thing about working on this project, is that my kids are of the age that believe in the Tooth Fairy, and were a bit wierded out seeing me working on it. This will also make a great display with the Tooth Fairy Woodcut I replicated and can be obtained here for free: The casting is very clean, and solid!!! thumbsup If enough of you guys are interested in getting one of these, you should all PM him and maybe convince him to do another run of these. I bought one of his Toothfairy sculpts a few months back from another member and was excited to add this to the expansion of my Hellboy collection.ĬustomCreations did an amazing job sculpting this and set the groundwork on making this even more accurate to what is seen on screen. I thought I'd show you guys a little work I'm doing with CustomCreations Tooth Fairy casting.
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