Small "Thing" or simply "Thing" is the name given in blueprints to one of the ghosts of the Haunted Mansion.
Description[]
Thing appears in the Grand Hall sequence of the Haunted Mansion where he sits at the dining-table in-between the Crowned Ghost andGreat Caesar's Ghost. Unlike the other spirits at the table, Thing is not sitting properly but instead appears to be crouching behind the table, peaking his head over eerily.
In the attraction he is a man with messy hair and a beak-nose that pokes over the table while in Marc Davis's concept art and in original maquette designs he appeared more abstract and inhuman, having no features outself of eyes and hands.
Trivia[]
- The Haunted Mansion "Thing"'s name could be an allusion to the character of the same name from the Addams Family franchise as his appearance seems to resemble and draw influence from similar creatures from the works of Charles Addams (notably Cousin It).
- Small Thing highly resembles, "Kilroy" from the World War II era meme, "Kilroy was here" which portrayed a cartoon creature peering up from a ledge.