Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer
Attractions	Club 33 Liberty Belle Riverboat Main Street Cinema Mark Twain Riverboat Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island Skipper Canteen Tom Sawyer Island
Actor	Tom Nabbe
Biographical Information
Alias	The Black Avenger of the Spanish Main
Alignment	Good
Affiliation	Huckleberry Finn Joseph "Joe" Harper
Date of Birth	C. 1823
Physical Description
Gender	Man

Tom Sawyer is a literary character created by author Sam "Mark Twain" Clemens. In the Disney Parks, he is affiliated with the attraction Tom Sawyer Island.

History

Background

Tom Sawyer was a cunning young boy in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. When Tom was around 12 years-old, he and his friends Huckleberry "Huck" Finn and Joseph "Joe" Harper travelled along the Mississippi River where they were presumed dead. In actuality, the three found Jackson's Island, an island with a history of being used by pirates such as Captain Jack Sparrow, William Turner and Jean Lafitte where the three likewise played pirate, with Sawyer declaring himself, "The Black Avenger of the Spanish Main".

A week later the Monday of the November 30th, 1835, the three boys interrupted the church-services of their own funerals and revealed themselves to be alive. In the years to come, Tom would spend time playing on the island with his young-love Becky Thatcher and with younger-boy, Sam Clemens. Also on the island, the children had some encounter with an Indigenous American robber known as Joe, who sought after treasure within the island's caves.

Appearances

Tom Sawyer has made rare live-appearances in the parks in Frontierland and New Orleans Square. He was often portrayed by actor Tom Nabbe.

Club 33

In Club 33, there is a portrait depicting Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn on a raft, looking at the Mark Twain Riverboat.

Main Street Cinema

In Walt Disney World, there is a window over the cinema for, "SAWYER fence painting Co." whose logo is a white-picket fence. The business is mentioned as being in Anaheim, California and Lake Buena Vista, Florida with the proprietor being Tom Nabbe, a tribute to Sawyer's actor in the parks.

Mark Twain Riverboat

While passing by Tom Sawyer Island, Tom can be heard saying, "It’s just the life for me! You don’t have to get up mornin’s. And you don’t have to go to school, and wash, and all that blame foolishness. You see, a pirate don’t have to do anything!".

Liberty Belle Riverboat

Sam Clemens will mention how he played with Tom Sawyer on Jackson Island when they were kids.

Tom Sawyer Island

Tom Sawyer is the central character in the story of this attraction. Messages to guests from Tom can be found around the island.

Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island

Newspaper clippings connect Tom Sawyer to the backstory of this fictional island which was a lair for pirates like Captain Jack Sparrow, William Turner and Jean Lafitte. A newspaper establishes that Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Joe Harper escaped to the island to play pirate, before being found on the November 30th of 1835. Tom's clothes and bucket of white paint can be seen hanging from a clothesline on the treehouse.

Skipper Canteen

Mark Twain's book, "Tom Sawyer" appears in the library.

Trivia

• When Tom Sawyer Island opened in 1956, Sam Clemens' home-town of Hannibal, Missouri sent their Tom Sawyer, "Lookalike" Chris Winkler to attend the opening.
• Tom Sawyer was found on Jackson Island the November 30th of 1835 in coalition with Haley's Comet. This is the date that Sawyer's creator, Sam Clemens, was born.

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