Alice in Wonderland (2010 film): Difference between revisions

* [[The Chosen One]]: Alice, of course.

* [[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!"

* [[Chronoscope]]: The scroll in that showed the history of Underland and then prophesied Alice's return and her slaying the Jabberwocky.

* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]

* [[Combat by Champion]]

* [[Crap Saccharine World]]

* [[Creative Closing Credits]]: the film had a very pretty scene for the cast list and [[Avril Lavigne]]'s song that showed the clouds shifting, mushrooms growing (and glowing) and the bare [[Goth Spirals]] branches blooming to show that {{spoiler|Underland is healing after the Red Queen's defeat}}. In the 3D version, this is windowboxed, with the growing fauna spilling out onto the blank areas of the screen, giving the impression that the screen is a window to Underland. This awesome sequence can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHi1gifyLdU here].

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: The Hatter, so very much.

** Johnny Depp seems to have a particular talent for this trope.

* [[Cruel Mercy]]: The White Queen, proving that [[Light Is Not Good|Light is not always Good]].

* [[Curtain Clothing]]: When Alice grows out of her dress in the Red Queen's garden the Queen demands she be given new clothes and tells her servants to "Use the curtains if you have to." When we later see her clothed, she has a belt that looks suspiciously like a tie for a curtain, hinting that it's exactly what they did.

* [[Cute and Psycho]]: The White Queen is strongly hinted to be this.

* [[Evil Redhead]]: The Red Queen.

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Averted with the White Queen's voice being deeper (and smoother) than the Red Queen's tyrannical shriek.

* [[Eye Scream]]:

** [[Took a Level In Badass|The Dormouse]] has a habit of inflicting this on other creatures.

** While it isn't a direct use of this trope, one of the Hatter's pupils is visibly more dilated than the other--a sign of ''severe'' head trauma. A concussion would certainly explain his erratic emotions and babbling. [[Word of God]] has confirmed this.

*** That, and his trade is slowly killing him thanks to ''mercury vapor''.

* [[Faceless Goons]]: Both the Red and White soldiers.

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: The White Queen {{spoiler|decrees that the Red Queen is to be ignored until the end of time, banished to outer Underland with the Knave of Hearts as her only companion}}. Considering that {{spoiler|the only reason anyone -- ''including even faceless card [[Mooks]]'' -- hung around the Red Queen was fear of Jabberwocky}}, it's a clear case of [[Laser-Guided Karma]].

{{quote|'''Stayne:''' Your majesty, please kill me!

'''Mirana:''' But I do not owe you a kindness. }}

* [[Goth Spirals]]: ''Whole forests'' of 'em! Well it ''is'' Tim Burton.

* [[Granola Girl]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with The White Queen.

* [[Hair-Raising Hare]]: The March Hare is ragged, twitchy, spouts [[Madness Mantra|Madness Mantras]], and likes to throw things. "YOU'RE LATE FOR TEA!" *flings teacup*

* [[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.

** Lampshaded when the White Rabbit speaks deprecatingly of the animals in the real world that run around naked and [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|"shukrn" in public]].

{{quote|'''[[Helena Bonham Carter]]:''' The Red Queen is just like a toddler, because she’s got a big head and she’s a tyrant. Toddlers have no sympathy for any living creature. That’s our toddler, Nell just bosses us around with no please or thank yous. It’s ‘Mummy, come here’, ‘Mummy, carry me’. It’s all about her, she never considers us.}}

* [[Public Domain Character]]: But of course.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: The Hatter's eyes go from neon-green to fiery-red when he gets angry.

** [[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.

* [[The Seven Basic Plots]]: Voyage and Return. Yep, painfully as obvious as [[Hero's Journey|Alice's adventure]], but inverted at the end when {{spoiler|Alice leaves Wonderland but vows to return, and once in her own world sails off to China, implying she has one more voyage before coming home.}}

* [[Split Personality]]: The Hatter seems to have one - he lapses into a Scottish brogue and his eyes even change color as an indicator on occasion. [[All There in the Manual|Supplemental material]] explains that the brogue is common to those who speak Outlandish, the language from the portion of Underland which includes the Hatter's home village of Witzend.

* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: 9-foot-tall Alice. Well, to the Knave of Hearts, anyway.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: If you listen to the White Queen condemn her sister, you will notice that the Red Queen is 'Iracebeth of Crims'. That is, she's [[Don't Explain the Joke|crimson]].

** Crims is the region of Underland where Iracebeth's castle, Salazen Grum, is located. The origin of the name probably ''is'' a reflection of the color, though.

* [[Take That]]: {{spoiler|Alice's dance near the end of the movie; ''GASP! She's not wearing stockings!'' It doubles as a [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]].}}

* [[Talking Animal|Talking Animals]]: Non-talking (well, not on camera anyway) animals are the aforementioned "furniture".

{{quote|[[Pre-Mortem One-Liner|Off with your head!]]}}

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

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?|What Happened to the Dodo?]]: After the croquet game, the Dodo just disappears. There is no mention of him, he doesn't even show up during the final battle!!

* [[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.