Pickwick is one of the ghosts haunting the Haunted Mansion.
Description[]
Background[]
Pickwick is a plump, Dickensian ghost who haunts the grand hall of the Haunted Mansion.
History[]
Pickwick is unique in that, other than Madame Leota, he is one of the few named characters in the original Imagineering show documentation. It is thought that the name might come from his Dickensian appearance, though it may also be a sort of in-joke among Imagineers who frequently passed a banquet hall called the Pickwick Center going to-and-from their center of operations in Glendale, California.
Another influence on the character's name could be from the character Samuel Pickwick from the Charles Dickens novel "The Pickwick Papers" which was loosely based on the life of a real life British businessman named Eleazer Pickwick. The name Pickwick could also come from Pickwick syndrome which causes severely overweight people to fail to breathe.
Appearances[]
Haunted Mansion[]
Pickwick can be seen in the Grand Hall, hanging from the chandelier via his cane, a glass of wine in his free hand. Nearby Pickwick is a couple that appears to be made up of an Ancient Roman soldier and an Ancient Egyptian Maiden.
Ghost Post[]
Pickwick was interviewed in the Grim Gazette where he was identified with the name Erasmus Cromwell Pickwick.
Other Appearances[]
The Story and Song from the Haunted Mansion[]
Pickwick was featured on the cover for this audio-book, swinging on the hearse from the graveyard rather than the chandelier.
SLG Comics[]
Erasmus Cromwell Pickwick sneaking into Gracey Manor through the Pun Crypts.
In the story "The Pickwick Capers", Erasmus Cromwell Pickwick was once a "mole burglar" who bragged no item could be safe from his thievery, frequently using low tunnels and passages to get away with his crimes due to his crippling acrophobia. He breaks into Gracey Manor one night in an attempt to find a hidden treasure, but dies in the Stretching Room when he panics that the room is becoming too deep. His ghost, no longer afraid of heights, enjoys his lofty perch on the ballroom's chandelier.
Disney Kingdoms[]
Pickwick in the comics
Pickwick is first introduced in The Haunted Mansion #2 as a seemingly bumbling but good-natured ghost who explains to Danny Crowe the situation with the entrapment of the ghosts. He seems to forget parts of their conversation and becomes more belligerent as time passes, but this is largely due to cursed influence placed on the Grand Hall by the Captain, which makes the spirits party endlessly and forget their predicament.
Pickwick appears to succumb to the hall's magic and drags Danny into the jamboree with them. After the Captain transforms the Hitchhiking Ghosts into monsters, their rampaging inadvertently breaks the spell and Pickwick is later able to appear and help Danny escape the Captain's clutches. Even when the curse is broken, Pickwick continues to be a party animal and leads many of the graveyard parties.
Unlike his SLG Comics version, in the Marvel comics Pickwick died elsewhere and retired to the Mansion as a ghost.
2003 Film[]
Pickwick was played by actor Martin Klebba and appears as one of the many ghosts in the graveyard scene, sitting on a tombstone and drinking tea. His name is never revealed and he is only identified in the credits as "Happy Ghost".
The Haunted Mansion (video game)[]
Pickwick is seen dancing on the chandelier and making jokes about falling off said chandelier. He appears after the lights have been turned on and all the souls have been captured by Ezekiel Holloway (Zeke).
2023 Film[]
Pickwick as he appears in the 2023 film
Pickwick appears swinging from the chandelier of the dining room, portrayed by John Curran, as Ben Matthias's soul traverses through the Ghost Realm. He comments on the Organist's dire music, proclaiming "Keep drinking, it'll get lighter!"
Disney Story Beyond: Entrusted Fate[]
Pickwick is one of the highlighted ghosts of the campaign. He is described as having died after being crushed by a chandelier.
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