Alice in Wonderland (2010 film): Difference between revisions

* [[Actual Pacifist]]: The White Queen - sort of. She's okay with people [[Combat by Champion|fighting for her]], but refuses to fight herself because of having taken vows never cause physical harm to anyone. {{spoiler|[[Cruel Mercy]], on the other hand...}} Or she can't lower her arms from their permanently raised position to hold a sword, one of the two.

* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: In the books, the White Queen did not change much in appearance when she turned into a sheep. Here, she's played by [[Anne Hathaway]]. [[Helena Bonham Carter]]'s Red Queen, like other adaptations, is a [[Composite Character]] of the Red Queen and Queen of Hearts, who is a [[Gonk]], so she probably counts as well.

* [[All Just a Dream]]: Averted, although Alice spends most of the film convinced that it is.

* [[All Up to You]]: Combine this with [[You Can't Fight Fate]] and [[Because Destiny Says So]] for {{spoiler|a tension-less final battle.}}

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: "I'm sorry, Aunt Imogen, but {{spoiler|there is no prince}}." Now, let me go play with my talking animal friends, this queen I met, and a Hatter who shrinks people and can turn his head about like a hundred owls. It ''would'' be [[Hypocritical Humor]] were it played for anything but drama.

** Although, perhaps the film tried to put a line between crazy/free-minded and delusional/obsessed. Alice had a proof of the Underland, but Aunt Imogen was clearly fooling herself. YMMV, but for all intents and purposes, Alice "freed" her aunt's mind, just like she was freed herself by her father and the trip to Underland.

* [[Attempted Rape]]: At one point The Knave of Hearts pins Alice between him and wall in the hallway and rather seductively (and creepily) whispers to Alice how he "likes largeness." However, Alice fends him off easily because of being nine feet tall at the moment (compared to the Knave's seven). If she had been her normal size... Well, actually, he would have left her alone.

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: The Hare, in general.

* [[The Chosen Zero]]: The denizens of Underland aren't sure that Alice is the prophesied champion, and the Dormouse is especially prone to proclaiming, "She's the wrong Alice!"

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: [[Captain Obvious|The Mad Hatter and March Hare]]. Alice herself is this as far as other people in the real world are concerned.

* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]

* [[Combat by Champion]]

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: The Red Queen.

* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Several of the [[Talking Animal|Talking Animals]], including the White Rabbit and the frogs in the Red Queen's court. Somewhat justified, because the Red Queen gives her servants red garments or markings.

* [[Happy Dance]]: The futterwacken, the Mad Hatter's oft-mentioned dance of joy, finally seen after the Red Queen's defeat.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|The Bandersnatch}} once {{spoiler|Alice gives its eye back.}}

{{quote|'''Cheshire Cat:''' What happened that day was not my fault.}}

** He was most likely referring to the day The Red Queen's Jabberwocky attacked.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: The Hatter plays up his insanity to the Knave of Hearts, but is secretly [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|quite the badass]]. The March Hare, however, definitely isn't pretending.

* [[Of Corset Hurts]]: Alice refuses to wear her corset to show how free spirited she is, saying how it's an item of female restriction.

** [[Green Eyes]]: They become a deeper green when he's happy.

* [[Scenery Porn]] and [[Scenery Gorn]]: It ''is'' a [[Tim Burton]] movie, after all. A visual feast is practically expected. Even the bombed-out ruins of the White Queen's party look impressive.

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** The real name of Wonderland is Underland. The original name Lewis Carroll gave ''Alice in Wonderland'' was ''Alice's Adventures Underground''.

* [[Weird Moon]]: Once the Cheshire Cat gets hold of it.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: The White Queen.

* [[Who's on First?]] : The Knave has some trouble with the name "Um".

* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]: Depp's take on the Mad Hatter is a historical one: [[wikipedia:Mad hatter disease|Hatters went mad]] due to working with mercury (which can turn hair and eyes red while bleaching skin and cause anxiety, hallucinations and possibly schizophrenia), and the Mad Hatter has had mercury poisoning for a ''very'' long time. He also went with the Edgar Allan Poe angle to the Raven/writing desk riddle.