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{{quote|''No story in English literature has intrigued me more than Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. It fascinated me the first time I read it as a schoolboy and as soon as I possibly could after I started making animated cartoons, I acquired the film rights to it. People in his period had no time to waste on triviality, yet Carroll with his nonsense and fantasy furnished a balance between seriousness and enjoyment which everybody needed then and still needs today.''|[[Walt Disney]]|American Weekly 1946}}
 
{{quote|''"Curiouser and curiouser!"''}}
 
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There are many, many adaptations and cameos are countless. Many adaptations involve [[Grimmification]] to some degree. Due to being out of copyright, Alice is popular base material for commercial transformative works (including a musical porn film).
* Movie adaptations of the story go back into the earliest days of film: the first adaptation, a short subject made in 1903, contains some of the earliest examples of special effects in film. Walt Disney made some of his first animated films adapted from the Alice tales, and featured a live-action actress against animated characters. Of course, more popular is [[Disney]]'s [[The Golden Age of Animation|1951]] [[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|feature film]], which is considered among the studio's most surreal titles. Again under Disney, [[Tim Burton]] has made a [[Alice in Wonderland (film)|new 2010 movie]] with [[Johnny Depp]] as The Mad Hatter; though it's actually just as much if not more so based on ''Through the Looking Glass''. An unrelated television movie reimagination, ''[[Alice]]'', was produced in 2009 by the [[Syfy]] Channel. ''[[The Looking Glass Wars]]'' is a trilogy by Frank Beddor based on the idea that ''Alyss'' was heir to the throne of Wonderland and was forced to flee to our world by her evil Aunt Redd.
** An unrelated television movie reimagination, ''[[Alice]]'', was produced in 2009 by the [[Syfy]] Channel.
* ''[[The Looking Glass Wars]]'' is a trilogy of novels by Frank Beddor based on the idea that ''Alyss'' was heir to the throne of Wonderland and was forced to flee to our world by her evil Aunt Redd.
* There's an animated series by Nippon Animation (the same group that made the ''Biene Maia'', ''[[Heidi]]'' and ''Dog of Flanders'' animated series).
* A pop musical version, simply called ''Wonderland'', iswas playing in Tampa, Florida as ofin late 2009.
* The book also inspired various manga. ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' and ''[[Are You Alice]]'' are the two most prominent.
* Among the many video game adaptations are ''[[American McGee's Alice]]''.
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* Of the literature, there's ''Złote Popołudnie'' (''Golden Afternoon'') by Andrzej Sapkowski - a [[POV Sequel|retelling from the point of view of]] the Cheshire Cat.
* Web comic ''[[Alice and the Nightmare]]'' (starts with the protagonist adopted in the "suit" as Alice Heart, and the Red Queen personally appears to transport her "dearest protégée" from the Heart Church to Phantasmagoria University)
* Volume 9 of ''[[RWBY]]'' is set in the "Everafter", a [[Magical Land]] which is strongly influenced by the books, including having had its own Alice (a girl named "Alyx") who wrote her own book (''The Girl Who Fell Through the World'') after her adventures there. It became a beloved children's classic in Remnant.
 
Now has a [[Character Sheet]] under construction. For tropes related to the adaptations, see below the trope list for the books.
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* [[An Aesop]]: Averted. ''Alice'' is notable for being the first work of Victorian children's literature that sought to entertain rather than to teach dull morals. Though one could argue that ''Alice'' teaches an indirect moral of enjoying your childhood while it lasts, and to never forget it during adulthood.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: One of the few examples where it worked, mostly because Wonderland worked by dream logic.
* [[Aluminium Christmas Trees]]: There are many, due to the date it was written, along with the nationality of the author:
** Most modern adaptations have to explain that "treacle" is a word for "molasses"<ref> Also a case of [[Separated by a Common Language]], as it is still called treacle in Great Britain</ref>, and and that a "cravat" is a stiff collar that men used to wear before neckties became popular. One adaptation actually ''does'' has Alice call it a tie. Some of the humor might go over the heads of modern readers, like the Hatter claiming Alice's hair "wants cutting", a comment that would have been incredibly rude in Victorian times) and the Duchess claiming that she was "twice as rich and twice as clever" as Alice. "Rich" and "clever" were used to describe contradicting terms, making her comment an impossibility.
** The Mock Turtle has a head, hooves, and tail of a calf because mock turtle soup, which the Queen says is made from mock turtles, is made from the discarded parts of a calf (specifically a calf's head), much like the discarded parts of cows are used to make low-grade hamburger in modern times▼
** Even some British readers may be confused by some references, like the Hatter saying it's always tea time because it's always six o'clock. Five o'clock tea would not become a tradition in Britain until later.
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: There are many, due to the date it was written, along with the nationality of the author:
** Most modern adaptations have to explain that "treacle" is a word for molasses<ref>Also a case of Separated by a Common Language - it's still called treacle in the UK</ref>, and that a "cravat" is a piece of menswear that is a forerunner to a man's tie. (One adaptation actually has Alice call it a tie.) Some of the humor might go over the heads of modern readers, like the Hatter claiming Alice's hair "wants cutting" (a comment that would have been incredibly rude in Victorian times) and the Duchess claiming that she was "twice as rich and twice as clever" as Alice. ("Rich" and "clever" were used to describe contradicting concepts, making her comment an impossibility.)
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** Even some British readers may be confused by some references, like the Hatter saying it's always tea time because it's always six o'clock. (Five o'clock tea would not become a tradition in Britain until later.)
** After the Caucus Race, Alice gives everyone "confits", which are hard fruit candies.
▲** The Mock Turtle has a head, hooves, and tail of a calf because mock turtle soup, which the Queen says is made from mock turtles, is made from the discarded parts of a calf (specifically a calf's head), much like the discarded parts of cows are used to make low-grade hamburger in modern times
* [[Artistic License Physics]]: As an algebra professor, Carroll clearly knew that if Alice had truly been in a state of freefall, she could neither have dropped the marmalade jar nor put it in a cupboard as she fell by it. Probably a minor nitpick considering that her descent itself was a rather blatant violation of the laws of physics.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Lewis Carroll's love of [[wikipedia:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland#Symbolism|mathematics]] is evident.
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:* This was, by the way, a major plot point of the [[Tim Burton]] movie.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: The Mock Turtle.
* [[Hybrid Monster]]: The Gryphon, of course, plus his friend the Mock Turtle, a turtle with the head, limbs, and tail of a calf.
* [[Identical Twin ID Tag|Identical Twin ID Tags]]: The Tweedles have their names embroidered on their suits.
* [[I Fell for Hours]]: Alice's descent down the rabbit hole, which takes an incredibly long time.
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