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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} ''[[The Looking Glass Wars]]'' is a trilogy of novels by Frank Beddor retelling the story of ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', based on the premise that Alice ~~Liddel~~Liddell, the real-life inspiration for the literary Alice, was in fact Alyss Heart, the true Queen of Wonderland, who had been exiled to our world after her Aunt Redd staged a coup. With the memories of her homeland and true identity locked safely away in her mind, to the point that she no longer believes Wonderland ever existed, Alyss finds herself in the middle of a plot to retake Wonderland, aided by her royal bodyguard Hatter Madigan and her tutor Bibwit Harte. == The novels in the trilogy are: == * ''The Looking Glass Wars'' (2004) * ''Seeing Redd'' (2007) * ''Arch-Enemy'' (2009) ~~----~~ {{franchisetropes}} ~~=== This book series contains examples of: ===~~ * [[Action Girl]]: Nearly every single female in this series. Most notably Alyss and Homburg Molly * [[Alice Allusion]]: [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|Alyss' alyusion.]] Line 17: * [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]] * [[Bloodier and Gorier]] * [[Card -Carrying Villain]]: Redd * [[Cats Are Mean]]: The Cat * [[Cuckoo Nest]]: In the first book, {{spoiler\|Redd creates an illusion in which Alyss wakes up with her adoptive parents and her fiancé at her bedside, telling her that she's had a bad fever.}} Line 28: * [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: [[God Save Us From the Queen\|Redd]] actually makes a point to do this during her reign. * [[Dueling Movies]]: Beddor wants to make a movie out of the first book, but is waiting to see how Tim Burton's ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' does first. * [[~~Everythings~~Everything's Better ~~With~~with Princesses]] * [[Cute Kitten]]: A trope the Cat uses to his advantage. * [[~~Everythings~~Everything's Deader ~~With~~with Zombies]]: A villain named Sacrenoir can make the dead rise. * [[Evil Albino]]: The evil counterpart to Bibwit Harte, Vollrath. * [[Heroic Albino]]: Bibwit Harte Line 36: * [[In Name Only]]: Many of the characters have little to no similarities with their Carroll counterparts, intentionally it seems. * [[Little Miss Badass]]- Homburg Molly * [~~http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagnificentBastard?from=Main.MagnificentBitch~~ [Magnificent Bastard]]: King Arch of Borderland, who has a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan. And probably a contingency plan for that too if the situation arises. * [[Meaningful Name]]: General Doppelganger can split himself into Generals Doppel and Ganger, Redd was once called Rose and has an affinity for that flower. * [[Mind Screw]]: The Looking Glass Maze Line 46: * [[Prehensile Hair]]: Jack of Diamonds gets a pseudo-living wig as a gift from Redd for doing her bidding. Said wig can also turn into a monster and beat the crap out of people should Redd command it. * [[The Quisling]]: The Diamonds, Spades, and Clubs were loyal to Queen Redd as soon as she took over. {{spoiler\|When Alyss retakes the throne, they switch their loyalties back to her just as readily.}} * [[Rated ~~Mfor~~"M" for Manly]]: Borderland is shown to have little adages about manliness inscribed on many of its natural features on the orders of King Arch. * [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Bibwit Harte is an anagram for 'White Rabbit', [[Mythology Gag\|reflecting Carroll's love of anagrams]]. * [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Beddor is this when it comes to this series. * [[Start of Darkness]]: Redd's past is glimpsed at, especially in ''Seeing Redd''. * [[Take That]]: A email sent recently to members of the site says about this Wonderland: "No [[Tim Burton\|Tim]]. No [[Johnny Depp\|Johnny]]. No nonsense." * [[Twice -Told Tale]] * [[Weaponized Headgear]]: Hatter's tophat turns into s-shaped blades while Molly's homburg turns into a razor-edged shield. In fact it's probably safe to say that this trope applies to all hats belonging to the Millinery. * [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]]: ''Seeing Redd'' features WILMA (Weapon of Inconceivable Loss and Massive Annihilation). {{spoiler\|It destroys people's imaginations.}} Line 61: [[Category:Young Adult Literature]] [[Category:The Looking Glass Wars]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Literature of the 2000s]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Looking Glass Wars, The}} [[Category:Literature]]