List of Haunted Mansion Characters - Stretching Portrait Characters

Stretching Portrait Characters

The following characters are depicted in the portraits of the Stretching Room:

• A balding man with a brown mustache and beard, dressed in a black tailcoat, a white shirt, a red sash, and a black bowtie. When the portrait stretches, it is revealed that he is not wearing pants (only red and white striped boxer shorts), and he is standing atop a lit keg of dynamite. In an early attraction script, which gave the names of the characters in the stretching portraits, he was an ambassador named Alexander Nitrokoff, who came to the Mansion one night "with a bang." In the comics, he was a visually impaired man named Steven who was invited to a party at Gracey Manor. Once Steven arrived at the Manor (sans pants), his glasses were flicked off by the Hatbox Ghost. Due to his poor eyesight, he wandered the house completely oblivious to the ghosts, and ended up lighting a keg of dynamite with a candle. The game Epic Mickey features a similar painting of a man standing on a barrel of TNT.

• Constance Hatchaway, an old woman holding a rose and smiling. When the portrait stretches, it is revealed that she is seated on top of the tombstone of her late husband, George Hightower, who is depicted as a marble bust with his head split by an ax. The ghost of Constance as a young woman is later seen in the attic. The character was given the name in 2006, but she was originally named Abigale Patecleaver in an early script for the attraction. The game Epic Mickey features a similar painting of a woman sitting atop a tombstone, with the singing busts at the bottom.

• A brown-haired man with his arms crossed, dressed in a brown suit and wearing a brown derby hat. When the portrait stretches, it is revealed that he is sitting on the shoulders of another man, who is sitting on the shoulders of another man who is waist-deep in quicksand. In the comics, the three men were gamblers known as Hobbs, Big Hobbs, and Skinny Hobbs. The game Epic Mickey features a similar painting of three men in piranha-infested water.

• A pretty young brunette holding a pink parasol. When the portrait stretches, it is revealed that she is balancing on a fraying tightrope above the gaping jaws of an alligator. One of Prudence Pock's rhymes is: "In the swamp, poor Sally Slater was eaten by an alligator," though whether or not this refers to the girl in the stretching portrait is unknown. In the comics, the girl was a witch named Daisy de la Cruz, who turned men into alligators.