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== Alice ==
== Overall ==
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=== Alice ===
[[File:Alice drink me.jpg|thumb|200px]]
* [[Down the Rabbit Hole]]
* [[Down the Rabbit Hole]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]: In most adaptations.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: In most adaptations.
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* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Mostly thanks to Disney.
* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Mostly thanks to Disney.
* [[Strange Girl]]: Alice spends a lot of time talking to herself in both books, including giving herself advice, has an extended monologue to a cat, pretends to be many people at once, and once 'frightened her nurse by saying 'Let's pretend you're a pork bone and I'm a hungry hyena!' She's probably considered a bit odd in the 'real world,' but once she gets to Wonderland she becomes the [[Only Sane Man]].
* [[Strange Girl]]: Alice spends a lot of time talking to herself in both books, including giving herself advice, has an extended monologue to a cat, pretends to be many people at once, and once 'frightened her nurse by saying 'Let's pretend you're a pork bone and I'm a hungry hyena!' She's probably considered a bit odd in the 'real world,' but once she gets to Wonderland she becomes the [[Only Sane Man]].
* [[True Blue Femininity]]: Her dress is almost always shown as blue.
* [[True-Blue Femininity]]: Her dress is almost always shown as blue (although it's brown in the abridged 1890 version .
* [[Xenafication]]: Is often subject to it.
* [[Xenafication]]: Is often subject to it.
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== Dinah ==
=== Dinah ===
* [[Cute Kitten]]
* [[Cute Kitten]]


== Adventures in Wonderland ==
== Adventures in Wonderland ==
== The White Rabbit ==
=== The White Rabbit ===
[[File:Alice par John Tenniel 02.svg|thumb|200px]]
* [[Everythings Better With Bunnies]]
* [[Everythings Better With Bunnies]]
* [[Follow the White Rabbit]]: The [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Follow the White Rabbit]]: The [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Possibly. But that's not saying much.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Possibly. But that's not saying much.
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== The Mouse ==
=== The Mouse ===
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: He is very afraid of cats.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: He is very afraid of cats.


== The Dodo ==
=== The Dodo ===
* [[Author Avatar]]: To Dodgson.
* [[Author Avatar]]: To Dodgson.
* [[Composite Character]]: With Pat in the Disney version.
* [[Composite Character]]: With Pat in the Disney version.


== Bill the lizard, Pat ==
=== Bill the lizard, Pat ===
[[File:De Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland Carroll pic 13.jpg|thumb|200px]]
* [[The Chew Toy]]: Poor Bill.
* [[The Chew Toy]]: Poor Bill.
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== The Caterpillar ==
=== The Caterpillar ===
[[File:Alice par John Tenniel 15.png|thumb|200px]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Who are you?"
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Who are you?"
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]
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== The Duchess ==
=== The Duchess ===
[[File:Alice par John Tenniel 21.png|thumb|200px]]
* [[Gonk]]
* [[Gonk]]
* [[Mood Swinger]]
* [[Mood Swinger]]
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== The Cheshire Cat ==
=== The Cheshire Cat ===
[[File:John Tenniel - Illustration from The Nursery Alice (1890) - c03757 06 (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px]]
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: The [[Trope Namer]]
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: The [[Trope Namer]]
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* [[Trickster Archetype]]: In the Disney film; and what is more, many other versions of this character follow it as well, having the cat get Alice in trouble, but never being truely mean-spirited, just mysterious.
* [[Reality Warper]]
* [[Reality Warper]]
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* [[Trickster Archetype]]: In the Disney film; and what is more, many other versions of this character follow it as well, having the cat get Alice in trouble, but never being truly mean-spirited, just mysterious.
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== The Hatter ==
=== The Hatter ===
[[File:MadlHatterByTenniel.svg|thumb|200px]]
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: He is never called The Mad Hatter, only The Hatter, though the chapter he appears in is called 'The Mad Tea Party'.
* [[Expy]]: He and the Hare appear in ''Through The Looking Glass'' as the White King's messengers, Hatta and Haigha.
* [[Expy]]: He and the Hare appear in ''Through The Looking Glass'' as the White King's messengers, Hatta and Haigha.
* [[The Mad Hatter]]: Trope Namer.
* [[The Mad Hatter]]: Trope Namer.
* [[Nice Hat]]: His iconic and impressive top hat. He's probably borrowing it from his inventory, as it has a price tag of "10/6", representing a price of ten shillings and sixpence. That's about $100 today when adjusted for inflation, so it likely is a pretty nice hat.
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== The March Hare ==
=== The March Hare ===
[[File:March-hare.jpg|thumb|200px]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With The Hatter.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With The Hatter.
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== The Dormouse ==
=== The Dormouse ===
* [[Composite Character]]: With the Mouse in the two Disney films. Though the only trait from the Mouse he gets is his fear of cats.
* [[Composite Character]]: With the Mouse in the two Disney films. Though the only trait from the Mouse he gets is his fear of cats.
* [[Sleepyhead]]
* [[Sleepyhead]]


== The Queen of Hearts ==
=== The Queen of Hearts ===
* [[Composite Character]]: With the Red Queen, notably in the [[Tim Burton]] film.
* [[Composite Character]]: With the Red Queen, notably in the [[Tim Burton]] film.
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: "Off with their heads!"
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: "Off with their heads!"


== The King of Hearts ==
=== The King of Hearts ===

* [[Henpecked Husband]]
* [[Henpecked Husband]]


== The Knave of Hearts ==
=== The Knave of Hearts ===


== Gryphon ==
=== Gryphon ===


== The Mock Turtle ==
=== The Mock Turtle ===
[[File:Mock Turtle detail.png|thumb|200px]]
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With the Gryphon, it seems. They went to school together and are still friends.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]:He seems to like them.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]:He seems to like them.
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With the Gryphon, it seems. They went to school together and are still friends.



== Through the looking-glass ==
== Through the looking-glass ==
== The Flowers ==
=== The Flowers ===
* [[Alpha Bitch|Alpha Bitches]]: They're really quite rude to Alice.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]es: They're really quite rude to Alice.
** One of them is more so in the 1985 TV movie, while the rest is more good-natured.
** One of them is more so in the 1985 TV movie, while the rest is more good-natured.
* [[Beauty Is Bad]]
* [[Beauty Is Bad]]
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]


== The Jabberwock ==
=== The Jabberwock ===
* [[Ascended Extra]]: He started off as a character within a poem, but in most adaptations he becomes an actual character.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: He started off as a character within a poem, but in most adaptations he becomes an actual character.
** [[Breakout Villain]]
** [[Breakout Villain]]
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]


== The Red Queen ==
=== The Red Queen ===
* [[Composite Character]]: With the Queen of Hearts. But she has no interest in chopping off heads despite what you might have heard.
* [[Composite Character]]: With the Queen of Hearts. But she has no interest in chopping off heads despite what you might have heard.
* [[The High Queen]]
* [[The High Queen]]


== The White Queen ==
=== The White Queen ===
* [[Airplane Arms]]: [[Older Than Radio|Before there were airplanes.]]
{{Quote|...in another moment the White Queen came running wildly through the wood, with both arms stretched out wide, as if she were flying....}}
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: In-universe, SHE'S considered a bit strange.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: In-universe, SHE'S considered a bit strange.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]
* [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]: Alice didn't know that her seemingly nonsensical shouts during their boating trip was actually real rowing jargon.
* [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]: Alice didn't know that her seemingly nonsensical shouts during their boating trip was actually real rowing jargon.


== The Red King ==
=== The Red King ===
* [[All Just a Dream]] and [[Schrodinger's Butterfly]]: The more obvious example provides the page quote.
* [[All Just a Dream]] and [[Schrödinger's Butterfly]]: The more obvious example provides the page quote.
* [[Flat Character]]: Movie. He's got a voice actor, but most people assume he's the wizard, who's credited two seconds later.
* [[Flat Character]]: Movie. He's got a voice actor, but most people assume he's the wizard, who's credited two seconds later.
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]


== The White King ==
=== The White King ===


== The Gnat ==
=== The Gnat ===
* [[Remember the New Guy]]: Refers to Alice as an "old friend" despite never appearing before.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Refers to Alice as an "old friend" despite never appearing before.


== Tweedledum and Tweedledee ==
=== Tweedledum and Tweedledee ===
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]


== The White Knight ==
=== The White Knight ===
* [[Author Avatar]]: To Dodgson.
* [[Author Avatar]]: To Dodgson.


== Humpty Dumpty ==
=== Humpty Dumpty ===




== Disney film only ==
== Disney film only ==

== The Doorknob ==
=== The Doorknob ===
* [[Canon Foreigner]]
* [[Canon Foreigner]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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Latest revision as of 17:20, 27 October 2023


Overall

Alice

  • Down the Rabbit Hole
  • Hair of Gold: In most adaptations.
  • Kid Hero
  • Little Miss Snarker
  • Memetic Outfit: Mostly thanks to Disney.
  • Strange Girl: Alice spends a lot of time talking to herself in both books, including giving herself advice, has an extended monologue to a cat, pretends to be many people at once, and once 'frightened her nurse by saying 'Let's pretend you're a pork bone and I'm a hungry hyena!' She's probably considered a bit odd in the 'real world,' but once she gets to Wonderland she becomes the Only Sane Man.
  • True-Blue Femininity: Her dress is almost always shown as blue (although it's brown in the abridged 1890 version .
  • Xenafication: Is often subject to it.

Dinah

Adventures in Wonderland

The White Rabbit

The Mouse

The Dodo

Bill the lizard, Pat

The Caterpillar

The Duchess

The Cheshire Cat

The Hatter

  • Expy: He and the Hare appear in Through The Looking Glass as the White King's messengers, Hatta and Haigha.
  • The Mad Hatter: Trope Namer.
  • Nice Hat: His iconic and impressive top hat. He's probably borrowing it from his inventory, as it has a price tag of "10/6", representing a price of ten shillings and sixpence. That's about $100 today when adjusted for inflation, so it likely is a pretty nice hat.

The March Hare

The Dormouse

The Queen of Hearts

The King of Hearts

The Knave of Hearts

Gryphon

The Mock Turtle

Through the looking-glass

The Flowers

The Jabberwock

The Red Queen

The White Queen

...in another moment the White Queen came running wildly through the wood, with both arms stretched out wide, as if she were flying....

The Red King

The White King

The Gnat

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

The White Knight

Humpty Dumpty

Disney film only

The Doorknob

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