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Usually the format consisted of Alice coming home from school and talking to Dinah (her cat) about a problem facing her that day, then going into Wonderland and finding the residents of that world facing a similar crisis, where she would learn [[An Aesop]] relating to her [[Real Life]] problems. Also of note is that each episode usually included around three musical numbers. At the end of each episode she would return to the real world with a solution to her problem, which were usually mundane everyday problems.
Unfortunately for fans of the series, [[Keep Circulating the Tapes|no DVD set is even being planned]].
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* [[Acid Trip Dimension]]: Alice steps through her mirror into one [[Once Per Episode]] on her way to Wonderland.
* [[Acquired Situational Narcissism]]: Hare in the episode "Vanity Hare"
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Featured one ''within the same series'': the host of ''Lifestyles of the Royal and Famous'', Hugh B. Happy, is played by the same actor as the Caterpillar, who remarks while watching that he seems familiar.
* [[An Aesop]]: Each episode has its own moral. Some are [[Anvilicious]], but still others are actually [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|poignant.]]
** [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]]: A variation, as Alice would end most episodes discussing the day's aesop with her cat Dinah, providing the lesson in a way that wasn't disconnected from the rest of the episode.
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: [[Rich Bitch|The Duchess]]. ''Especially'' in "Take the Bunny and Run".
* [[Broken Treasure]]: the rabbit accidentally breaks a crystal vase belonging to the Queen, and has to take a second job in order to afford to replace it. It turns out the original vase was made of cheap glass.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: Mad Hatter's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xpndVkZxgo "How true that is."]
* [[Christmas Episode]]: Apparently Christmas traditions in Wonderland include hanging fruits and vegetables as decorations, playing the 'Christmas kazoo', and bobbing for Christmas crabapples. And the citizens of Wonderland find the concept of a 'Christmas tree' to be extremely odd (which is understandable, if you think about it). Never mind the fact that it's odd a parallel world like Wonderland would even have a Christmas.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Both the Hare and the Hatter. The former usually moreso than the latter, oddly enough.
* [[Clown Car Base]]: Dormouse's teapot home.
* [[Composite Character]]: The Queen (of the Queen of Hearts and Red Queen.)
* [[Dark Is Evil]]: Three of the [[One-Shot Character|one-off villains]] are dressed head to toe in black.
* [[Disney Acid Sequence]]: The opening theme counts as a rare live action [[Disney Acid Sequence]].
* [[Eccentric Townsfolk]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The citizens of Wonderland have to learn tolerance when the Walrus moves into their neighborhood, with a bad reputation preceding "his kind".
* [[Furry Confusion]]: The anthropomorphic animal characters portrayed by [[Petting Zoo People|actors in prosthetic noses and ears]] live alongside [[Talking Animal|Talking Animals]] portrayed by puppets, ''and'' alongside normal, real animals.
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Both the Hatter and the Hare have shown their fair share of wacky inventions; their most notable being a (supposed) time machine.
* [[Halloween Episode]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: The Hatter and the Hare
** [[Ho Yay]]: Not an episode goes by that [[Those Two Guys|the duo]] ''don't'' do or say something homoerotic.
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: The Hare almost always has whatever prop is called for at the time stored in his jacket. [[Rummage Fail|Almost.]]
* [[In Medias Res]]
* [[Irony as She Is Cast]]: The nerdy March Hare speaks and sings in a high-pitched, nasal squawk. His actor, Reece Holland, is actually a powerful baritone who was playing roles like Marius in ''[[Les Misérables]]'' and Raoul in ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]'' at the time he was hired.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: In "The Rabbit Who Would Be King", Rabbit is never seen being punished for lying to his movie-star brother about being king while the Queen is away. Even after she returns in the middle of the charade.
** In "The Hatter Who Came to Dinner", the Hatter never gets any comeuppance for [[Annoying Patient|abusing the Queen and Rabbit's hospitality]] [[Playing Sick|even after]] [[Crack! Oh, My Back!|his back]] is better.
** The Hatter also gets away with opening the Hare's mail at the end of "For Hare Eyes Only."
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Well at any rate, you won't be seeing the Queen order the beheading of any of the characters.
* [[Literal
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: This incarnation of the March Hare sports them.
* [[Parental Bonus]]: Lots of [[Literary Allusion Title|literary allusion titles]] ("From Hare to Eternity," "What Makes Rabbit Run," "The Bunny Who Would Be King," "The Grape Juice of Wrath") and film/TV allusion titles ("Pie Noon," "Lady and the Camp," "Card 54, Where Are You?").
* [[Race Lift]]: The Queen, Tweedledee and Tweedledum are played by African Americans.
* [[Rhymes on a Dime]]: In one episode, the White Rabbit catches "rhymitis", which has this effect on his speech.
* [[Royal Brat]] / [[Spoiled Sweet]]: The Queen tends to [[Zig-Zagging Trope|zigzag]] between these two tropes.
* [[Setting Update]]: Alice obviously isn't living in the 1800s during the segments where she's in the real world. In fact it's extremely doubtful she's even from England.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Alice's sister's name? [[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Kathryn]].
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* [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]]: The song the White Rabbit sings after he's cured of his "rhymitis" is built entirely out of these -- he's just overjoyed to finally be able to not rhyme.
* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: Frequently.
* [[Too Many Cooks]]: In "Her-story in the Making", Alice tries getting her Wonderland friends to write a story for her school assignment for her. They each write a passage and it comes out... less than comprehensible.
* [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]: The Mad Hatter and his evil second cousin twice-removed, the Copy Catter Hatter. Just about any of the character's relatives count, actually. (See [[Acting for Two]] above.)
* [[Unfazed Everyman|Unfazed Everywoman]]: Alice.
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