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* [[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.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Well,
* [[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.
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** ''Alice In Wonderland'', as a movie, has an abundance of eye tropes. Nearly every character, including Alice, has exaggerated or unique eyes. Even the Dormouse gets a close up of its eyes. And the Hatter's eyes are part of a very subtle scene transition.
*** It's also part of [[Author Appeal]]: [[Tim Burton]] always draws things with huge eyes ([[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Jack Skellington]], anyone?), so the effects team decided to follow it.
** While it isn't a direct use of this trope, one of the Hatter's pupils is visibly more dilated than the
*** That, and his trade is slowly killing him thanks to ''mercury vapor''.
* [[Faceless Goons]]: Both the Red and White soldiers.
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* [[Gilded Cage]]: The White Queen is stuck in her palace after the Red Queen's takeover.
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: Played straight with the Red Queen, averted with the White.
* [[Good Is Impotent]]: While this is what often happens to [[Actual Pacifist
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: The White Queen demonstrates this in the end.
* [[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
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: The Red Queen.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Alice.
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Several of the [[Talking Animal
** 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]].
* [[Happy Dance]]: The futterwacken, the Mad Hatter's oft-mentioned dance of joy, finally seen after the Red Queen's defeat.
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** Despite being named for the shortened-version of the first book, the movie is actually a sequel of sorts.
** The Red Queen shares only her title with the chess piece from ''Through the Looking Glass'', and is in every other respect based on the Queen of Hearts from ''Alice in Wonderland''.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Supplemental material verifies what's only hinted at in the
* [[Jabba Table Manners]]: "I love tadpoles on toast almost as much as I love caviar."
* [[The Khan]]: After spotting the Knave of Hearts cornering Alice in the hallway, one of the courtiers informs the Red Queen, who screams [[Say My Name|"STAYNE!"]].
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** Actually, there may be some sort of explanation: Near the beginning of the movie, when Alice dances with her would-be fiance she tells him that she had a vision of women wearing pants and men wearing dresses (or something to that effect). Since she is effectively wearing pants in the final battle, the Hatter wearing a kilt might sort of fulfill the other part of her vision.
* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: The Red Queen thinks her sister the White Queen is this (and, to an extent, she's right).
{{quote|'''Red Queen:''' Mirana can make anyone fall in love with her. Men... [[Even the Girls Want Her|Women...]] [[Friend to All Living Things|Animals...]] Even [[Cargo Ship|the furniture]]."<ref>
(later) "I know what you're doing. You think you can blink those pretty little eyes and I'll melt, just like Mommy and Daddy did. ''It is ''my'' crown! I am the eldest!''}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
** The Knave's real name is Stayne (Stain), and he certainly is one on Underland.
** The Red Queen's real name is Iracebeth, a play on the word ''irascible'', which she very much is. Contrast that with her
*** Mirana is also very close to 'Miranda', which in Latin means '(she who is) worthy of admiration' or 'she who must be wondered at' - which is apt considering most people's response to her.
*** Iracebeth [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|also sounds a lot like]] [[wikipedia:Erzebet Bathory|Erzebet]].
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* [[Nice Hat]]: The Hatter has one (and makes a bunch more for the Red Queen at one point) - it even serves as a [[Chekhov's Gun]]. And a ''[[Crazy Awesome|mode of transport]]''.
{{quote|'''Chessur:''' Goodbye, sweet...hat...}}
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: The White Queen, as illustrated by the cheerful way in which she puts the disgusting ingredients in the potion she makes for Alice. As explained by her actress Hathaway, the White Queen has the same craziness [[In the Blood]] as does her sister, the Red Queen, and so she tries to act very good and pure to compensate, but is still kind of
** She does show a look of brief disgust when {{spoiler|Alice cuts off the Jabberwock's tongue.}}
*** And when she {{spoiler|collects blood from the Jabberwock's severed head.}}
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* [[Stepford Smiler]]: The White Queen, when she's not pretending to be a [[Purity Sue]].
* [[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
* [[Tantrum Throwing]]: The Mad Hatter does this {{spoiler|in the Red Queen's Castle.}}
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: The Dormouse again. After the final battle, {{spoiler|the Hatter throws his scissors right into the Knave's wrist, just as he is about to murder the Red Queen (to whom he was forcibly handcuffed [[Cruel Mercy|as punishment]]).}}
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