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class="infobox-above notheme">Candyman</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_(film_series)" title="Candyman (film series)">Candyman</a></i> character</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Candyman_Tony_Todd.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/Candyman_Tony_Todd.png/220px-Candyman_Tony_Todd.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Candyman_Tony_Todd.png 1.5x" data-file-width="328" data-file-height="304" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Tony Todd's portrayal in <i>Candyman</i> (1992)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Literature:</b><br />"<a href="/wiki/Books_of_Blood#"The_Forbidden"" title="Books of Blood">The Forbidden</a>" (1985)<br /><b>Film:</b><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_(1992_film)" title="Candyman (1992 film)">Candyman</a></i> (1992)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clive_Barker" title="Clive Barker">Clive Barker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Todd" title="Tony Todd">Tony Todd</a><br />Michael Hargrove<br />Cedric Mays<br /><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II" title="Yahya Abdul-Mateen II">Yahya Abdul-Mateen II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Daniel Robitaille<sup id="cite_ref-spelling_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spelling-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>Sherman Fields</li><li><a href="/wiki/Lynching_of_Will_Bell" title="Lynching of Will Bell">William Bell</a></li><li>Samuel Evans</li><li><a href="/wiki/George_Stinney" title="George Stinney">George Stinney</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr." title="Murder of James Byrd Jr.">James Byrd Jr.</a></li><li>Gil Cartwright</li><li>Anthony McCoy</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alias</th><td class="infobox-data">"The Sweet"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Species</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bogeyman" title="Bogeyman">Boogeyman</a><sup id="cite_ref-boogeyman_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boogeyman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ghost" title="Ghost">ghost</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significant <span class="nowrap">other</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Caroline Sullivan<br />(lover)<br />Helen Lyle<br />(reincarnation of Caroline)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Descendants</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Isabel Sullivan (daughter)</li> <li>Octavia Tarrant (great-granddaughter)</li> <li>Annie Tarrant (great-great-granddaughter)</li> <li>Ethan Tarrant (great-great-grandson)</li> <li>Caroline McKeever (great-great-great-granddaughter, reincarnation of daughter)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Year of birth</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 1865<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary locations</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes" title="Cabrini–Green Homes">Cabrini–Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature weapon(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prosthesis#Hooks" title="Prosthesis">Prosthetic hook</a></li> <li>Spectral <a href="/wiki/Bee" title="Bee">bees</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abilities</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hypnosis" title="Hypnosis">Hypnosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trance" title="Trance">Trance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mind_control_in_popular_culture" title="Mind control in popular culture">Mind control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiritual_possession" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritual possession">Possession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invisibility" title="Invisibility">Invisibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_mind_(science_fiction)" title="Group mind (science fiction)">Hive mind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levitation_(paranormal)" title="Levitation (paranormal)">Levitation</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Daniel Robitaille</b>, colloquially known as <b>Candyman</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Character_(arts)" title="Character (arts)">fictional character</a> and the main <a href="/wiki/Antagonist" title="Antagonist">antagonist</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Candyman_(film_series)" title="Candyman (film series)"><i>Candyman</i> film series</a>. The character originated in <a href="/wiki/Clive_Barker" title="Clive Barker">Clive Barker</a>'s 1985 short story "<a href="/wiki/Books_of_Blood#"The_Forbidden"" title="Books of Blood">The Forbidden</a>". In the film series, he is depicted as an <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African-American</a> man who was brutally murdered for a forbidden 19th-century <a href="/wiki/Miscegenation" title="Miscegenation">interracial love</a> affair; he returns as an <a href="/wiki/Urban_legend" title="Urban legend">urban legend</a>, and kills anyone who <a href="/wiki/Evocation" title="Evocation">summons him by saying his name five times in front of a mirror</a>. The character is played by <a href="/wiki/Tony_Todd" title="Tony Todd">Tony Todd</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_(1992_film)" title="Candyman (1992 film)">Candyman</a></i> (1992), <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman:_Farewell_to_the_Flesh" title="Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh">Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh</a></i> (1995), and <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman:_Day_of_the_Dead" class="mw-redirect" title="Candyman: Day of the Dead">Candyman: Day of the Dead</a></i> (1999); Todd reprises the role in <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_(2021_film)" title="Candyman (2021 film)">Candyman</a></i> (2021), a sequel of the original 1992 film, with additional forms – souls brought into the Candyman "hive" – <b>Sherman Fields</b> (played by Michael Hargrove), <b><a href="/wiki/Lynching_of_Will_Bell" title="Lynching of Will Bell">William Bell</a></b>, <b>Samuel Evans</b>, <b><a href="/wiki/George_Stinney" title="George Stinney">George Stinney</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr." title="Murder of James Byrd Jr.">James Byrd Jr.</a></b>, <b>Gil Cartwright</b> (played by Cedric Mays), and <b>Anthony McCoy</b> (played by <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II" title="Yahya Abdul-Mateen II">Yahya Abdul-Mateen II</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearances">Appearances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The character originated in <a href="/wiki/Clive_Barker" title="Clive Barker">Clive Barker</a>'s short story "<a href="/wiki/Books_of_Blood#"The_Forbidden"" title="Books of Blood">The Forbidden</a>", published in volume five of Barker's six-volume <i><a href="/wiki/Books_of_Blood" title="Books of Blood">Books of Blood</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Anthology" title="Anthology">anthology</a> collection. The story was partially inspired by a <a href="/wiki/Cautionary_tale" title="Cautionary tale">cautionary tale</a> Barker's grandmother told him when he was six to teach him to be careful of strangers, about a hook-handed man who cut off a boy's genitals. It also draws on a motif Barker had developed since his 1973 play <i>Hunter in the Snow</i>: the calmly spoken gentleman-villain.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fantasy Tales<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What's "Fantasy Tales"? (March 2024)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> artist John Stewart's own image in the book's illustration deviates from the author's words – depicting a beastly man in silhouette with wild hair and a far more elaborate hook hand than was shown in the later films – but in the pages, Candyman is described thus: </p> <blockquote><p>He was bright to the point of gaudiness: His flesh was a waxy yellow. His thin lips are pale blue. His wild eyes are glittering as if their irises are set with rubies. His jacket was patchwork and his trousers are the same. He looked, [Helen] thought, almost ridiculous with his bloodstained motley and the hint of rouge on his <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jaundice" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:jaundice">jaundiced</a> cheeks.</p></blockquote> <p>The Candyman's iconic hook and bees are introduced in the story with Helen and other characters. Although Candyman was described as a mysterious <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">Caucasian</a> <a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">male</a> having long blonde hair with an unruly red beard, incredibly pale skin that is yellow, and a brightly multicolored patchwork suit, his <a href="/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)" title="Race (human categorization)">race</a>, name, place of origin, and backstory are never mentioned; doubting his existence is enough to summon him.<sup id="cite_ref-theforbidden_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theforbidden-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Candyman's first film appearance was in <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_(1992_film)" title="Candyman (1992 film)">Candyman</a></i> (1992). Set in the present, the film follows Helen Lyle, a graduate student in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, who investigates him as the central figure of an <a href="/wiki/Urban_legend" title="Urban legend">urban legend</a> connected to a series of murders at the <a href="/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes" title="Cabrini–Green Homes">Cabrini–Green Homes</a>. </p><p>Helen writes a <a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">thesis</a> about how Cabrini–Green's residents attribute their hardships to this apparently mythical figure. When she discredits the legend, analyzing examples of his history and participating in the arrest of a criminal using the Candyman legend to intimidate the locals, Candyman appears and frames her for another series of murders to perpetuate the public's fear of him. </p><p>It is hinted that Helen is the <a href="/wiki/Reincarnation" title="Reincarnation">reincarnation</a> of Candyman's lover. He plots to have himself, Helen, and kidnapped baby Anthony McCoy immolated in a <a href="/wiki/Bonfire" title="Bonfire">bonfire</a>, but Helen escapes him and sacrifices herself to rescue Anthony. With Candyman apparently destroyed, Helen becomes a vengeful spirit and continues his behavior.<sup id="cite_ref-candyman1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candyman1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman:_Farewell_to_the_Flesh" title="Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh">Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh</a></i>, set three years after <i>Candyman</i> in 1995, he appears in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>. Candyman encounters Annie Tarrant (a descendant of his and Caroline's daughter Isabel) after she summons him. The movie explores how he meets Caroline Sullivan during his lifetime (as the artist Daniel Robitaille) before he is murdered and becomes Candyman.<sup id="cite_ref-candyman2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candyman2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman:_Day_of_the_Dead" class="mw-redirect" title="Candyman: Day of the Dead">Candyman: Day of the Dead</a></i>, set twenty-five years after <i>Farewell to the Flesh</i>, in 2020, Candyman appears in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> during <a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead" title="Day of the Dead">Day of the Dead</a> celebrations, encountering Annie's adult daughter Caroline.<sup id="cite_ref-candyman3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candyman3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-horror2009_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-horror2009-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Candyman_(2021_film)" title="Candyman (2021 film)"><i>Candyman</i></a> (2021), set twenty-seven years after <i>Candyman</i> (1992), in 2019, Candyman is summoned once more by a now adult Anthony McCoy. It is revealed that the legend of Candyman has survived and evolved by being recontextualized throughout the years around similar tragic murders of <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African-Americans</a> killed by <a href="/wiki/The_Man" title="The Man">racist authorities</a> in ways that resemble his (Daniel Robitaille's) death, and that these figures become part of "<a href="/wiki/Group_mind_(science_fiction)" title="Group mind (science fiction)">the hive</a>" of Candyman. The Candyman before Anthony was a mentally disabled man named Sherman Fields, who was accused of placing <a href="/wiki/Poisoned_candy_myths" title="Poisoned candy myths">razor blades in children's candy</a> before being beaten to death by the police for it, although he turned out to be innocent.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, a disfigured and catatonic Anthony is <a href="/wiki/Police_brutality" title="Police brutality">gunned down by the police</a>, thereby enabling Candyman to assimilate Anthony and renew his legend. Other characters depicted as part of the Candyman hive include <a href="/wiki/Lynching_of_Anthony_Crawford" title="Lynching of Anthony Crawford">Anthony Crawford</a>, William Bell, Samuel Evans, <a href="/wiki/George_Stinney" title="George Stinney">George Stinney</a>, Helen Lyle, <a href="/wiki/James_Byrd,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James Byrd, Jr.">James Byrd, Jr.</a>, and (in <a href="/wiki/Deleted_scene" title="Deleted scene">deleted scenes</a>) Gil Cartwright.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Concept_and_creation">Concept and creation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Concept and creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Granville T. Candyman [was] the scion of a rich black family in 1870s Chicago. Having gained fame for his portraits and music Granville is commissioned to paint Helen, the ravishing daughter of a wealthy landowner. Granville demands that Helen pose in the nude as <a href="/wiki/Venus_(mythology)" title="Venus (mythology)">Venus</a>, and her shock soon turns into love. This forbidden interracial affair brings the city's wrath down on Granville. Cutting his right painting hand off with a rusty blade, the lynch mob then covers his naked body with honey, cheering as he's stung to death by bees.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Tony_Todd" title="Tony Todd">Tony Todd</a>, outlining the Candyman's backstory<sup id="cite_ref-fangoria117_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fangoria117-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>When Tony Todd and co-star <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Madsen" title="Virginia Madsen">Virginia Madsen</a> were cast as Candyman and Helen, original <i>Candyman</i> director <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Rose_(director)" title="Bernard Rose (director)">Bernard Rose</a> gave them free rein to flesh out their characters' backstories as part of the creative process.<sup id="cite_ref-fangoria118_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fangoria118-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rose said, "The Candyman is not black in Clive's story. In fact, the whole back story of the interracial love affair that went wrong is not in the book. Everything that's in the book is in the film, but it's been amplified."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Todd came up with the character's backstory during rehearsals with Madsen. He called his character "Granville T. Candyman", who has a forbidden love affair with a white woman whose portrait he paints (leading to his lynching).<sup id="cite_ref-gorezone25_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gorezone25-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "Granville" is never used, and the character's name ultimately becomes Daniel Robitaille. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Characterization">Characterization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Characterization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Candyman is largely driven by a need to sustain his legacy, killing those who doubt his existence. He has been described as a "<a href="/wiki/Ghoul" title="Ghoul">ghoul</a> fueled by the 'faith' of his believers. He is forced to deal with his followers to make them believe again and punish the interloper who leads them astray."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i>Draculas, Vampires and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race and Culture</i>, the character is compared to a <a href="/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">vampire</a>: "[Candyman] possesses the capacity to hypnotize his prey such that they appear to desire their victimizations."<sup id="cite_ref-draculas_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-draculas-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tony Todd compared his ability to invoke fear, suggestion and seduction to the <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a> villain <a href="/wiki/Scarecrow_(DC_Comics)" title="Scarecrow (DC Comics)">Scarecrow</a>. Todd also compared his character to the <a href="/wiki/Erik_(The_Phantom_of_the_Opera)" title="Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)">Phantom of the Opera</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Quasimodo" title="Quasimodo">Hunchback of Notre Dame</a>; all are "monsters" who use tenderness and terror in an unsuccessful attempt to win the love of a female protagonist.<sup id="cite_ref-gorezone25_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gorezone25-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Virginia Madsen confirmed that the Candyman was intended to be an "African-American <a href="/wiki/Count_Dracula" title="Count Dracula">Dracula</a>", "appealing to the African-American community because they finally had their own Dracula".<sup id="cite_ref-HNN_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HNN-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>Day of the Dead,</i> the lynch mob chants "Candyman" five times before he dies. Summoning a specter by chanting his name repeatedly in front of a mirror may be traced back to <a href="/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)" title="Bloody Mary (folklore)">Bloody Mary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-horrorfilmsofthe1990s_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-horrorfilmsofthe1990s-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the short story, the character describes his existence as an urban legend: "I am rumor. It's a blessed condition, believe me. To live in people's dreams; to be whispered at street-corners; but not have to be".<sup id="cite_ref-theforbidden_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theforbidden-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the film version, "I am the writing on the wall, the whisper in the classroom. Without these things, I am nothing".<sup id="cite_ref-candyman1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candyman1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Supernatural_abilities_and_appearance">Supernatural abilities and appearance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Supernatural abilities and appearance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Candyman's physical appearance is often seen by the subject who summoned him and those who believe in him. His image cannot be captured by individuals who don't believe as well as not seen physically to the naked eye through surveillance systems but may be seen through reflections to the affected subject. He often uses the ability to possess an individual by <a href="/wiki/Hypnosis" title="Hypnosis">hypnosis</a> placing them in a <a href="/wiki/Trance" title="Trance">trance</a> with his dark poetic voice, making attempts at <a href="/wiki/Brainwashing" title="Brainwashing">mind control</a> on his subjects to surrender to him and become immortal. As with the <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_(2021_film)" title="Candyman (2021 film)">2021 film</a></i>, the spirit of Candyman through Sherman Fields doesn't speak but rather makes painful eerie breathing sounds. In the film series, he can make his murders seem as if his subjects committed them themselves as his existence is played on by their mind. Candyman in supernatural form has the ability to <a href="/wiki/Levitation_(physics)" title="Levitation (physics)">levitate</a> into the air. In <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_(1992_film)" title="Candyman (1992 film)">Candyman</a></i> (1992), the Candyman is seen by Helen Lyle floating horizontally as well as swiftly flying out of a window backwards. As with both standalone sequels he is seen by Annie Tarrant in <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman:_Farewell_to_the_Flesh" title="Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh">Farewell to the Flesh</a></i> rising from water into the air, landing on top of water. In <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_3:_Day_of_the_Dead" title="Candyman 3: Day of the Dead">Day of the Dead</a>,</i> he appears to Caroline McKeever levitating towards her with bees surrounding him. In <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_(2021_film)" title="Candyman (2021 film)">Candyman</a></i> (2021), he appears both in standing form and floating levitation with bees following him; it is also in this film that he is able to be a vessel within his main subject in the reflection. In the film series, Candyman has the ability to swiftly disappear and instantly change positions around the subject. Daniel Robitaille's physical body appears to be rotting away with his chest cavity exposed (hidden by his trench coat) with bees swarming in the flesh, as with Sherman Fields appearance is displayed by his rotten affected beaten face. Anthony McCoy becomes a Candyman with his entire body going through a fleshy transformation and accumulate a bee-hive like appearance throughout his skin. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 2007, <a href="/wiki/Pitbull_(rapper)" title="Pitbull (rapper)">Pitbull</a> released the song "<a href="/wiki/The_Boatlift" title="The Boatlift">Candyman</a>" titled after the urban legend of the same name. It is track nine to Pitbull's album <a href="/wiki/The_Boatlift" title="The Boatlift">The Boatlift</a> and features Chicago rapper <a href="/wiki/Twista" title="Twista">Twista</a> who provides a verse to the halloween track. </p><p>The Candyman was ninth on <a href="/wiki/Fandango_Media" title="Fandango Media">Fandango</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bloody_Disgusting" title="Bloody Disgusting">Bloody Disgusting</a>'s list of top 10 slasher icons, and eighth on an older Bloody Disgusting list.<sup id="cite_ref-bd1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bd1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bd2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bd2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fandango_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fandango-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on a readers' poll, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked him tenth among horror villains.<sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/JoBlo.com" title="JoBlo.com">JoBlo.com</a> ranked the Candyman fifth on its list of horror boogeymen,<sup id="cite_ref-boogeyman_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boogeyman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_(company)#Owned_or_associated_websites" title="Mandatory (company)">ComingSoon.net</a> ranked him seventh on its list of slasher villains.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Candyman is sometimes referenced in songs, most notably <a href="/wiki/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur">Tupac Shakur</a> song "<i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Tupac_Shakur_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Tupac Shakur album)">Troublesome '96</a></i>" with him urging listeners to <i>"say my name three times like Candyman...Bet I roll on yo' ass like an avalanche"</i>, which often confused many people to this present day with debates if the summoning was three or five, however the actual times to summon is five. It was in fact <a href="/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)" title="Bloody Mary (folklore)">Bloody Mary</a> who is summoned three times. <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> also gave mention in his song titled <i>" <a href="/wiki/The_College_Dropout" title="The College Dropout">Breathe In, Breathe Out"</a></i> rapping, <i>"So, say my name like Candyman, and I'ma come and fix you up like the handyman".</i> <a href="/wiki/Megan_Thee_Stallion" title="Megan Thee Stallion">Megan Thee Stallion</a> was another rapper to mention him in her song titled "<a href="/wiki/Traumazine" title="Traumazine">Scary</a>" featuring <a href="/wiki/Rico_Nasty" title="Rico Nasty">Rico Nasty</a> rapping, "Say my name like Candyman, and bitch, you know I'm there".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The character was often parodied or mentioned in many television, movies and media ranging from <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chappelle%27s_Show" title="Chappelle's Show">The Chappelle Show</a> and <a href="/wiki/Key_%26_Peele" title="Key & Peele">Key & Peele</a>. Social media also parodied Candyman various ways with mock trailers or appearances in their videos/short. A <a href="/wiki/Meme" title="Meme">meme</a> created with a picture of <a href="/wiki/Terrence_Howard" title="Terrence Howard">Terrance Howard</a> circulated in the late 2010s with the spelling caption of Candyman as <i>'CANDY-MAYNE' <small>(pronounced candy-mine</small>)</i> due to his southern vocal accent and speaking annunciation of how he pronounces the word "man". It was then followed by mock VHS/DVDs/Bluray with Howard as the Candyman with the accent spelling in the title, also followed by edited parodied video/bits that went viral of what would the movie be like if Terrance Howard starred in the movie, it featured the impersonation of Howards' voice and likeness saying <i>CANDY-MAYNE</i> in the mirror and others correcting him to pronounce the name right otherwise he wont come out. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merchandise"><span class="anchor" id="In_popular_culture"></span>Merchandise</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Merchandise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/McFarlane_Toys" title="McFarlane Toys">McFarlane Toys</a> released a Candyman action figure as part of its Movie Maniacs Series 4 in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-mcfarlane_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcfarlane-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More action figures were scheduled for release in November 2019 by <a href="/wiki/National_Entertainment_Collectibles_Association" title="National Entertainment Collectibles Association">NECA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II" title="Yahya Abdul-Mateen II">Yayha Abdul-Mateen II</a>'s version of the Anthony McCoy's Candyman was released from <a href="/wiki/Funko_Pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Funko Pop">Funko Pop</a> merchandising in 2022. It features him dressed in his painter's overall jumpsuit wearing the honey colored <a href="/wiki/Trench_coat" title="Trench coat">Trench coat</a> with bees surrounding his <a href="/wiki/Honeycomb_structure" title="Honeycomb structure">honeycomb</a> like face. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_horror_film_villains" title="List of horror film villains">List of horror film villains</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candyman_(character)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Explanatory 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.reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-spelling-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-spelling_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The spelling of his name is according to the credits of <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman:_Day_of_the_Dead" class="mw-redirect" title="Candyman: Day of the Dead">Candyman: Day of the Dead</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Although no year of birth is given, according to <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman:_Farewell_to_the_Flesh" title="Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh">Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh</a></i> he was born immediately after the conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> (which ended in April 1865).</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div 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Gallery Books (published February 1, 2001). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/074341733X" title="Special:BookSources/074341733X"><bdi>074341733X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Forbidden&rft.series=Books+of+Blood&rft.pub=Gallery+Books&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=074341733X&rft.aulast=Barker&rft.aufirst=Clive&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACandyman+%28character%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-candyman1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-candyman1_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-candyman1_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Rose_(director)" title="Bernard Rose (director)">Bernard Rose</a> (director/writer) (October 1, 1992). <i><a href="/wiki/Candyman_(1992_film)" title="Candyman (1992 film)">Candyman</a></i>. 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