Nana (Peter Pan)

Disney's Peter Pan 1953

Nana is a St. Bernard who appears in Disney's 1953 animated feature film Peter Pan. She is the Darling family's nursemaid.

Nana is a large female St. Bernard dog with brown fur with creamy tan muzzle, chest and paws, and a bushy tail with a creamy tan tip at it's end, and with big blue eyes. She wears a brown dog collar with a silver ring in front, and a white nursemaid hat on her head.

Nana is very caring toward Wendy, John, and Michael Darling and treats them as her own puppies. They cherish her as an important relative. When she was taken to her dog house for the night, it was considered a cruel punishment for them. Even when George took her there, he felt sorrow after seeing her saddened face. She is in charge of Wendy, John, and Michael's health, giving them medicine presumably every night.

Nana is first introduced as the Darling family's nursemaid. She was first seen doing her daily duties, cleaning the nursery and putting away Wendy, John, and Michael's toys and games. When Wendy is told she must grow up, she was shocked by the decision. When George begins to storm out the room, he trips over her. Both fall, but the rest of the family only comforts Nana. George is shocked and sends Nana to her doghouse. As she was being dragged by her collar, Michael holds onto her tail trying to stop George from taking her to her doghouse, but Mary kindly stops him by picking him up and she waves at him sadly. She is heartbroken, as she never sleeps in her doghouse. George feels sympathy for her but claims Wendy, John, and Michael are not puppies and she is truly a dog. It's later revealed that sometime prior to the movie's events, Nana pounced on Peter when he came to listen to Wendy's stories. But in doing so, she somehow managed to get a hold of his shadow. During the song "You Can Fly", when Peter Pan took Wendy, John, and Michael on a trip to Neverland, Nana spots them flying out the nursery window with him. She is horrified and tries to stop them. Michael spreads some of Tinker Bell's pixie dust onto her. She begins to fly but is held back by the leash still attached to her collar and is left waving at them. At the end, when the children return home, she is happy to be taken back to the nursery, as George finally realizes he's been too hard on her and Wendy. She joins Wendy, George, and Mary as they watch Peter Pan fly away on the Jolly Roger.

Being tidy, cleaning, affection, and cuddles.

Messes, disorganization, and being in the dog house.

Nana will only be able to make canine sounds, and not be able to talk.