Fairy (Nutcracker)

The fairies of Parthenia are sidekicks of Clara and the others. Their sounds they make are provided by Shona Galbraith.

The faeries seen in the movie are snow faeries, who have power over ice and snow, and flower faeries, who can make plants bloom, and craft objects out of plants, such as the swing they give to Clara.

Snow Fairies
The snow faeries have the power over ice and snow. They appear when Clara is transported to some ice caves when she first gets to Parthenia with the Nutcracker. It is possibe they live in the ice caves. The ice caves' walls are solid. The little Kelly-like faerie, who appeared in the opening credits with the little flower faerie, flies into the Nutcracker and hurts her wing. Clara straightens it out and and she flies away, and the Nutcracker says that she didn't even leave "so much as a thank you".

Suddenly, there is a breeze and some adult snow faeries, who are blue, come and dance for Clara and the Nutcracker. The little faerie tries to dance like the adult faerie but fails. She also tries to get Clara to dance but Clara feels silly so she stops. After the dance, the faeries fly into one of the solid walls and make a portal, which leads to a cliff side view of Parthenia.

Later in the movie, when the rock giant appears, the snow faeries come to help again. They freeze the sea of storms which allows Clara and the others to pass it with Marzipan dragging a sleigh.

Flower Fairies
Flower faeries are very different from snow faeries. Firstly, they come in different colors, such as different skin tones and dress and hair colors, whereas the snow faeries are only different shades of blue (excluding the Kelly-like faerie). The main flower faerie is a young, talkative faerie with short brown hair.

The faeries are all first seen when Nutcracker frees them from a well in a valley. They were trapped there by the Mouse King's army, and to thank Nutcracker and Clara, they danced for them and helped them find supplies for their expedition. The rock giant comes and squashes the apples so the snow faeries help the group from there. Later when Clara is stuck on the Sugar Plum Princess' island, the small flower faerie comes and brings a magic swing made of plants and flowers that can take Clara to the Palace of Sweets, where her friends have been kidnapped.

Sugar Plum Princess
The Sugar Plum Princess, called the Sugar Plum Fairy in the original Nutcracker ballet, is the most powerful fairy in Parthenia. She is the only one strong enough to stop the Mouse King.