The magician seen on Magic from the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland's cover, presumably meant to be Pock
Phineas J. Pock is a character created for the book Magic from the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland and who is credited as being the work's author. He is supposedly one of the ghosts within the Haunted Mansion and suggested to be the Ghost Host.
Description[]
Phineas J. Pock is the ghostly author of the book Magic from the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland. It is probable that the thin, fair-haired individual seen on the cover demonstrating some of the magic tricks is intended to be Pock.
Identification[]
Phineas J. Pock shares the name Phineas Pock with a fairly large number of characters in the Haunted Mansion. Given his middle-initial, the only Pocks which he knows he is not is the singing bust, Phineas P. Pock.
He might be supposed to be the Phineas Pock who died in 1720, mentioned in a radio ad, or the Phineas Pock of an unused tombstone who was referred to as "Lord and Master" and was possibly intended to be the Ghost Host.
Trivia[]
- Phineas J. Pock is similar to Amicus Arcane in being an undead character created to be the fictional, in-world author for the book from whence they originate, and implied to be the Ghost Host.
- The idea of the Ghost Host being a stage magician would later be used in Muppets Haunted Mansion for The Great MacGuffin.