Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel ...

's books ''

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

'' (1865) and ''

Through the Looking-Glass ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' (also known as ''Alice Through the Looking-Glass'' or simply ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872) by Lewis Carroll and the ...

'' (1871) have been highly popular in their original forms, and have served as the basis for many subsequent works since they were published. They have been adapted directly into other media, their characters and situations have been appropriated into other works, and these elements have been referenced innumerable times as familiar elements of shared culture. Simple references to the two books are too numerous to list; this list of works based on ''Alice in Wonderland'' focuses on works based specifically and substantially on Carroll's two books about the character of Alice. Carolyn Sigler has shown that Carroll's two great fantasies inspired dozens of imitations, responses, and parodies during the remainder of the nineteenth century and the first part of the twentieth — so many that Carroll at one point began his own collection of ''Alice'' imitations. In 1887, one critic even suggested that Carroll had plagiarized Tom Hood's ''

From Nowhere to the North Pole ''From Nowhere to the North Pole'' is an 1875 children's novel by English author Tom Hood. Hood's book was one of the many ''Alice in Wonderland'' imitations published in the 19th century.Sigler, Carolyn (1997). ''Alternative Alices: Visions an ...

'' (1875) when writing ''Alice'' — although Hood's work came out ten years after ''Alice'' and was one of its many imitations. The primary wave of ''Alice''-inspired works slackened after about 1920, though Carroll's influence on other writers has never fully waned.

Literature and publications

Literary retellings and sequels

* 1890 – '' The Nursery "Alice"'' by

himself, a short version of the story written for little children. * 1895 – ''

A New Alice in the Old Wonderland ''A New Alice in the Old Wonderland'' is a fantasy novel written by Anna M. Richards, illustrated by Anna M. Richards Jr., and published in 1895 by J. B. Lippincott of Philadelphia. According to Carolyn Sigler, it is one of the more important ...

'', a novel by Anna M. Richards in which a different Alice, Alice Lee, travels to Wonderland and meets many of the characters of Carroll's books as well as others. (New edition 2009, ) * c1897 –''

Gladys in Grammarland ''Gladys in Grammarland'' is a novel by Audrey Mayhew Allen, written ca. 1897 and published by the Roxburghe Press of Westminster. It is an educational imitation of Lewis Carroll's 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. In this story ...

'', a parody by Audrey Mayhew Allen illustrated by

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in which a recalcitrant schoolgirl meets many grammar Imps which help to educate her. (New edition 2010, ) * 1902 – '' The Westminster Alice'', a parody by "

Saki Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and cultu ...

" illustrated by Francis Carruthers Gould critical of the

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in which Alice meets many British politicians of the time. (New edition 2010, ) * 1902 – ''

Clara in Blunderland ''Clara in Blunderland'' is a novel by Caroline Lewis (a pseudonym for Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and Michael Henry Temple), written in 1902 and published by William Heinemann of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carro ...

'', a parody by " Caroline Lewis" critical of the

in which Clara represents

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. (New edition 2010, ) * 1903 – '' Lost in Blunderland'', a sequel to ''Clara in Blunderland'' criticizing

after he was made

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. (New edition 2010, ) * 1904 – '' John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland'', a parody by Charles Geake and Francis Carruthers Gould critical of British economic policies of the time, in which the part of Alice is played by

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. (New edition 2010, ) * 1907 – '' Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream'', a parody by American humourist John Kendrick Bangs making fun of big business and big government. (New edition 2010, ) * 1917 - '' New Adventures of Alice'' by artist John Rae, in which a young girl called Betsey dreams in bed about finding a new Alice book she had longed for since she read the first two and from there. The story follows Alice as she goes on another deep sleep adventure encountering characters and scenarios mostly based on the Mother Goose Rhymes. (New edition 2010, ) * 1923 –'' Alice in Grammarland'', a play by Louise Franklin Bache and illustrated by "Claudine", in which Alice attends a courtroom scene in Grammarland where questions of grammar are discussed. (New edition 2010, ) * 1925 - '' Alice in Orchestralia'' by Ernest La Prade has another girl named Alice meeting animated musical instruments and learning about the

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. A second edition was issued in 1934 under the title ''Alice in Orchestra-Land''. * 1984 – ''

Alice Through the Needle's Eye ''Alice Through the Needle's Eye: A Third Adventure for Lewis Carroll's Alice'' is a 1984 novel by Gilbert Adair that pays tribute to the work of Lewis Carroll through a further adventure of the eponymous fictional heroine, told in Carroll's su ...

'' by

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, a sequel to Carroll's Alice books. (New edition 2012, ) * 1996 – ''

Automated Alice ''Automated Alice'' is a fantasy novel by British author Jeff Noon, first published in 1996. The book follows Alice's travels to a future Manchester city populated by ''Newmonians'', ''Civil Serpents'' and a vanishing cat. The book was written ...

'' by

Jeff Noon Jeff Noon (born 1957 in Droylsden, Lancashire, England) is a British novelist, short story writer and playwright whose works make use of word play and fantasy. Noon's speculative fiction books have ties to the works of writers such as Lewis ...

. In this illustrated novella, Alice enters a grandfather clock and emerges in future Manchester, which has many bizarre denizens including an invisible cat named

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and Celia, the Automated Alice. * 1998 – ''

Otherland ''Otherland'' is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001. The story is set on Earth near the end of the 21st century, probably between 2082 and 2089, in a world where technology has advanced ...

'' by

Tad Williams Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 14, 1957) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is the author of the multivolume '' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn'' series, ''Otherland'' series, and '' Shadowmarch'' series as well as the stand ...

, a science fiction series heavily influenced by ''Alice''. There are sections involving a Red Queen, the chess-squares concept from ''Looking Glass'', and evil men following the protagonists who take the form of

Tweedledum and Tweedledee Tweedledum and Tweedledee are characters in an English nursery rhyme and in Lewis Carroll's 1871 book '' Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There''. Their names may have originally come from an epigram written by poet John Byrom. Th ...

several times. There are four volumes in this series: ''City of Golden Shadow'' (Hardcover 1996, Paperback 1998); ''River of Blue Fire'' (Hardcover 1998, Paperback 1999); ''Mountain of Black Glass'' (Hardcover 1999, Paperback 2000); ''Sea of Silver Light'' (Hardcover 2001, Paperback 2002) * 2006 – ''

The Looking Glass Wars ''The Looking Glass Wars'' is a series of three novels by Frank Beddor, heavily inspired by Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and its 1871 sequel ''Through the Looking-Glass''. The premise is that the two books wr ...

'', and its follow-up novel, ''

Seeing Redd ''Seeing Redd'' is a 2007 novel written by Frank Beddor inspired by Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and its 1871 sequel ''Through the Looking-Glass''. ''Seeing Redd'' is the second book in the '' Looking Glass W ...

'' (2007), written by

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, depict an alternative to Carroll's Alice, implying that Carroll in fact distorted the story of Princess Alyss Heart (a.k.a. Alice Liddell) who had been sent to Earth when the evil Queen Redd conquered Wonderland. The series follows Alyss' exploits with familiar characters cast in new roles. The third book in the trilogy, ''

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'', was published in October 2009. * 2007 -''

Alice in Sunderland ''Alice in Sunderland: An Entertainment'' is a 2007 graphic novel by comics writer and artist Bryan Talbot. It explores the links between Lewis Carroll and the Sunderland area, with wider themes of history, myth and storytelling. Overview The ...

'' is a

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by comics writer and artist

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. It explores the links between Lewis Carroll and the Sunderland area, with wider themes of history, myth and storytelling — and the truth about what happened to Sid James on stage at the Sunderland Empire Theatre. * 2009 – '' Wonderland Revisited and the Games Alice Played There'', a novel by Keith Sheppard, in which Alice finds herself back in Wonderland and has a number of a boardgame-themed adventures. () * 2010 –'' Alice in Verse: The Lost Rhymes of Wonderland'', by

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, is a reimagining of

's classic tales, written entirely in rhyming verse. (Hardcover) * 2013 – ''Splintered'', by A. G. Howard, a novel about a descendant of Alice Liddel, Alyssa Gardner, who finds out the truth about the dark secrets of Wonderland. () * 2015 – ''The Chronicles of Alice'' horror trilogy by Christina Henry ''Alice'' (2015) (), ''Red Queen'' (2016) (), ''Looking Glass'' (2020) () * 2015 – ''After Alice'' by

Gregory Maguire Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American novelist. He is the author of '' Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West'', '' Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister'', and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many ...

() * 2015 - ''Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland'' (2015, Snowbooks, ) * 2017 – ''The Secret Way of Alice'' by Travis Arias, is an introduction to the process of spiritual development in the form of commentaries and explanations of the ideas, symbols and characters found in Lewis Carroll's “Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland”. * 2017- ''Alice Returns'' a sequel by Nayantara Ghosh, in which Alice returns to wonderland 10 years after her first visit, along with the White Rabbit and Cheshire Cat to save the Queen Of Hearts from her childhood friend-turned enemy, Ivy, who hopes to destroy Wonderland. The story was written by the author when she was eleven years old. * 2021 - ''Alice's Adventures under Water'', a sequel by Lenny de Rooy in which Alice falls into a lake and enters an under-water world. The book is written in Lewis Carroll's style, and contains many new puns, poems and parodies. It also has different layers of hidden references, like the original books. ()

Literature containing allusions and influences

*'' Davy and the Goblin; or, What Followed Reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"'' (1884) by Charles E. Carryl. (New edition 2011, ) *''

The Admiral's Caravan ''The Admiral's Caravan'' is a novel by Charles E. Carryl, written in 1891 and published by the Century Company of New York in 1892. It is one of many literary " imitations" inspired by Lewis Carroll's two books, ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderl ...

"'' (1892) by Charles E. Carryl. (New edition 2011, ) * ''

Finnegans Wake ''Finnegans Wake'' is a novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It is well known for its experimental style and reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the Western canon. It has been called "a work of fiction which combines a bod ...

'' (1939) by

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is famously influenced by ''Alice''. The novel is about a dream, and includes such lines as: "Alicious, twinstreams twinestraines, through alluring glass or alas in jumboland?" and "... Wonderlawn's lost us for ever. Alis, alas, she broke the glass! Liddell lokker through the leafery, ours is mistery of pain." *French philosopher Gilles Deleuze writes extensively on ''Alice in Wonderland'' and the paradoxes contained within it in '' The Logic of Sense'' (1969). *

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's ''

Gödel, Escher, Bach ''Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid'', also known as ''GEB'', is a 1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter. By exploring common themes in the lives and works of logician Kurt Gödel, artist M. C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach, th ...

'' (1979) contains numerous references to ''Alice in Wonderland''. * ''

Mordant's Need ''Mordant's Need'' is a fantasy two-part book series by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, comprising the novels '' The Mirror of Her Dreams'' (1986) and '' A Man Rides Through'' (1987). Synopsis It tells the story of a woman named Terisa who ...

'' (1986–1987) is a two-volume

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, which tells the story of a woman named Terisa who travels from modern Earth to a medieval setting where there is a form of magic based on

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s. Instead of reflecting images, mirrors are used to "translate" people and things between locations and realities. The author also bases much of the plot on a metaphor of the game of

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(called "hop-board" in the story) instead of chess. *

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's '' City of Glass'' (1987) contains a reference to Chapter IV: Humpty Dumpty of ''Through the Looking-Glass''. *'' Stasiland'' (2003) written by

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is a non-fiction text which explores the regime of the German secret police and the Berlin wall. There are many allusions to Alice throughout the text. *'' The King in the Window'' (2005) by

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. * The first novel in the ''Echo Falls'' series by

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, called '' Down the Rabbit Hole'' (2006), features main character Ingrid Levin-Hill starring in a stage production of ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. * '' The Wonderland Gambit'' is a trilogy by Jack Chalker. While set in a science-esque setting, the trilogy plays heavily on both characters and themes from the Lewis Carroll books. * Alice Liddell is a character in the ''

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'' series of science fiction books by

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. *The eleventh book of ''

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'', by Lemony Snicket (the nom de plume of American author Daniel Handler), contains a poem - "

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" - which contains a stanza worded in a coded message. The book also features a beach named Briny Beach. *

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translated ''Alice'' into his native Russian as ''Аня в Стране Чудес'' (''Anya in Wonderland''). His novels include many Carrollian allusions, such as the spoof book titles that run through ''Ada, or Ardor''. However, Nabokov told his student and annotator Alfred Appel that the infamous ''

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'', with its paedophilic protagonist, makes no conscious allusions to Carroll (despite the novel's photography theme and Carroll's interest in the art form). * British writer

has inserted many Carrollian allusions into a series of

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novels, beginning with '' Vurt'' (1993), that are set in a fantasy-future

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. In the books, Noon applies a logical extension of the Wonderland and Looking-Glass World concepts into a

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cyberverse that characters occasionally get lost in. One possible interpretation of the books is that everything happens in the dream of Alice, akin to the supposed "dream of the Red King" in ''

''. Noon also wrote ''

'', which he calls a "trequel" to the Alice books as well as being a continuation of the ''Vurt'' series. * Carroll's work is a major subtext in Joyce Carol Oates' novel ''

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''. *John Ringo's '' Looking Glass'' military hard science fiction book series, '' Into the Looking Glass'', '' Vorpal Blade'', '' Manxome Foe'', and '' Claws That Catch''. * ''

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'', a

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"nonsense story" by Sukumar Ray, features a little boy who enters into a fantasy world full of fantastic comic creatures. * The title of the teen novel '' Go Ask Alice'' (author said to be Beatrice Sparks), is taken from the psychedelic song by

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", which took major imagery from ''

''. * ''

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'', written by

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as part of ''

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'', features two chapters taking place in a manufactured

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designed to resemble Wonderland as part of a

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Comics, manga, and graphic novels

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villains are based on characters from the books: **The

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dresses like the Carroll character and often quotes from the books. **

are named for the characters in ''Through the Looking Glass''. **The graphic novel, '' Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth'', itself loosely based on ''

'', features numerous direct quotes from (and references to) Carroll and his books. *''Heart no Kuni no Alice'' (''

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, is a manga series based on ''Alice in Wonderland''. *

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". The almanac contains reports about investigations of various strange locations and phenomena well known from fiction, including a thinly-veiled discussion of Alice on p. 28, in which it is revealed that after returning from her adventures through the looking-glass her organs were all on the wrong side of her body and she was no longer able to digest normal food. *Alan Moore also included teenage and adult versions of Alice as characters in his erotic graphic novel, '' Lost Girls''. * Another Japanese

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series, called '' Pandora Hearts'', contains heavy references to ''Alice in Wonderland''. The main character is Oz Vessalius, who finds the mysterious girl Alice and eventually begins fighting against and among

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(creatures from a certain dimension known as the Abyss), whose names are taken directly from the book (Mad Hatter, March Hare, etc.), in order to regain her lost memories. There was also an

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between chapters 44 and 45 called "Gil in Wonderland", which parodies the beginning of ''Alice in Wonderland''. Gilbert, another character from the series, takes the place of Alice and falls down a rabbit hole. *In 2008, Disney Press and Slave Labor Graphics released a graphic novel called ''Wonderland'' about the White Rabbit's housemaid, Mary Ann. It is written by Tommy Kovac and illustrated by Sonny Liew. *An issue of the comic book series '' Marvel Fairy Tales'' is a basic retelling of ''Alice in Wonderland'', with the superheroine Stature playing the role of Alice. There are also Wonderland versions of her fellow Young Avengers along with her father Scott Lang and

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(as the Cheshire Cat). *In the anime series ''

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'', the protagonist enters the "mirror capital" in search of a black rabbit. The

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preceding the show begins with the poem '' A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky'' from ''Through the Looking-Glass''. *'' Alice in Murderland'', a manga series by Kaori Yuki *A Japanese manga series, called ''

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'' was released in 2014. The manga also takes names of characters from the original story as nicknames of the manga characters. The main characters, Arisu, Karube, and Chōta, are transported into a seemingly post-apocalyptic-like parallel world. After stepping into what seems to be an empty festival, they are greeted by a woman who tells them that they have been taken to a world called "Borderland" and must now participate in deadly games. A 3-episode original video animation (OVA) was released in 2014 to 2015 and a Netflix live-action adaptation series was released in 2020. * One of ''

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'' comic books contains a parody called "Lisa's Adventures in Wordland", in which Lisa dreams about visiting a world themed around the English language. * One of the stories in a fairy-tale themed ''

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'' comic book is an adaptation called "Betty in Wonderland", where Betty tells the kids she babysits a story about herself and her friends in Wonderland. *

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. * ''Alice in Wonderland'' (1934–1935) was a comic strip adaptation drawn by

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and written by Olive Ray Scott. This version also featured a " topper" strip, ''Knurl the Gnome.'' The strip was distributed by

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. *''Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland'' (1951,

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). *''Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland'' (1965,

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) *''Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland'' (Whitman, 1984) *"The Complete Alice in Wonderland" (2009,

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). *''

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'' (2007,

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). *''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creature ...

'' (2011, Zenescope Entertainment) *''Alice in Weirdworld'' (2020, Flying Buffalo Incorporated) *

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's ''Fushigi no Kuni no Alice'' (2007) * Jun Mochizuki's '' Pandora Hearts'' has numerous references to the Alice books

Film

Not to be confused with actual adaptations of the

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and Looking-Glass books, these are films which are based on elements of the books. * The ''

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and Ub Iwerks in the 1920s which initially were loosely based on ''Alice in Wonderland''. * '' Smashing Time'' (1967), in which many of the characters are named after nonsense poems in ''Through the Looking Glass'' * '' Alice in Wonderland: A Musical Porno'', a 1976

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, is based directly upon Lewis Carroll's story. * ''

Alice or the Last Escapade ''Alice or the Last Escapade'' (french: italic=yes, Alice ou la dernière fugue) is a 1977 French fantasy film written and directed by Claude Chabrol. The film is very loosely inspired by the 1865 novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' by Lewis ...

'', a 1977 French film directed by

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about a girl named Alice who gets into her own otherworldly adventure. * ''

Jabberwocky "Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel '' Through the Looking-Glass'', the sequel to ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865). The ...

'' (1977) a film by Terry Gilliam set in medieval times and featuring the Jabberwock. * ''

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'', the 1985 Gavin Millar film, in which a reporter attempts to uncover the 'true story' of the Alice tales from an 80-year-old woman who may or may not be Alice Liddel. Featuring grotesque, aged versions of the Alice characters (designed by Jim Henson's Creature shop), the film explores the relationships adults have with the fictional characters from their childhoods. * ''

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'' (2002) contains various references to ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. * '' The Last Mimsy'' (2007). Science fiction tale of another young girl who gets a look into the looking glass, guided by the same rabbit as Alice. * '' Phoebe in Wonderland'' (2008), starring

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as a little girl whose role as Alice in a school play helps her deal with her

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. * ''

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'' (2009), a modern interpretation TV miniseries broadcast on Syfy * '' Malice in Wonderland'', set in present-day England; the characters are inspired by those in Carroll's novels. *'' Alice in Murderland'' (2010) A horror movie based on characters from ''Alice's Adventures In Wonderland''. * ''

'', (2010), a film by

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, starring

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as the

in which a 19-year-old Alice played by

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returns to Wonderland for more adventures. * In ''

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'' (2011),

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is depicted in scenes which parody both ''

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'' and ''

''. * '' Red Kingdom Rising'' (2014), an independent fantasy horror film inspired by ''

'' and ''

''. The film uses the characters of Alice and the Red King with the concepts of dream reversal and symbolism. * '' Alice Through the Looking Glass'' (2016), the sequel to the Burton-directed ''Alice in Wonderland'', with Mia Wasikowska reprising her role as Alice.

Animation

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Betty in Blunderland ''Betty in Blunderland'' is a Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, which as released on the 6th of April in 1934. Also known as ''Betty in Flunkerland''. It is based on '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and '' Through th ...

'' (1934), Betty Boop's adventures in Wonderland. *''

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'' (1936), Mickey Mouse's adventures in a dream world inspired by reading ''Through the Looking-Glass'' (but with animated cards as in ''Alice in Wonderland''). *

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produced an

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of ''

'' in 1983 to 1984. This anime is an adaptation of an original story in which Alice and her rabbit Benny take a trip to Wonderland, returning home at the end of each episode. *'' The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland'', a 1987 film where Wonderland is visited by the Care Bears. In her depiction in this cartoon, Alice bears a resemblance to the Princess of Hearts and is used to take her place while they search for the real princess. *'' Neco z Alenky'' (Alice) A 1988 full-length stop motion animation by Czech Republic artist

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. * ''

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'' had an episode called "Orson in Wonderland", in which Orson imagines himself visiting Wonderland and his friends as some of the characters. *''

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'' (1993), an anime, adapted from a manga by Clamp, is an erotic lesbian rendition of ''Alice''. *'' Mindy in Wonderland'' (November 1996),

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cartoon *''

Project ARMS ''Project ARMS'', simply known in Japan as ''ARMS'', is a Japanese manga series written by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and illustrated by Ryoji Minagawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from April 1997 to May 2002, with it ...

'' (プロジェクトアームズ? ''Puroziĕkutoāmuzu'') (1997) is a manga/anime series that is heavily influenced by "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". The ARMS weapons are named after characters in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. *''

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'' (April 1998), where four kids go on an adventure to different worlds to rescue Alice after she has been kidnapped by a mysterious evil horse. *''

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'' (July 1998) tells the story of a girl who is drawn into the

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"underground" of the Wired, and features a character named Arisu ("Alice") Mizuki (this character is a second use of one created by the scenarist, Chiaki Konaka, for the animation "Alice in Cyberland"). *''

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'' has two episodes in the anime adaptation that refer to the Alice stories: *#" Sakura's Little Adventure" (October 1998) subtly references ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' as Sakura is shrunken by the Clow Card called The Little and wears a dress resembling the one worn by Alice in the original illustrations and the 1951 Disney movie. *#" Sakura in Wonderland" (1999) is more clearly based on the Alice stories. Sakura portrays Alice while the supporting characters in the anime series portray several other characters in the Alice stories. *''

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' (2003) is about a school where people's unique abilities are called "Alices". The currency used is a "rabbit". In the anime adaptation, the main character Mikan is dressed in Alice's Disney-recognized blue dress and wandering through Wonderland in the opening credits. *'' Kagihime Monogatari Eikyuu Alice Rondo'' (February 2004), a manga turned anime that focuses on the completion of a fictional sequel called ''The Eternal Alice''. *'' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'' (August 21, 2004) is somewhat similar to the Alice books; the main heroine falls into the Amazon because of a white rabbit, and encounters creatures like bickering twins and a tyrannical dictator. *'' Pandora Hearts'' is a 2006 manga (with 2009 anime) about a boy, Oz, who gets banished into the prison known as the "Abyss", and is saved by a "Chain" known as Alice. The mystery begins as Oz unravels the secrets behind Alice's lost memories, his own mysterious past, the Abyss and the strange organization known as Pandora. It heavily references Carroll's Alice books. *''

Eleanor's Secret ''Eleanor's Secret'' (original French title ''Kérity, la maison des contes'') is a 2009 French-Italian animated feature film directed by Dominique Monféry. The film tells the story of a young boy who must save a group of fairy tale characters t ...

'' (2009; original French title: ''Kérity la maison des contes''), is an animated film about a boy who inherits a library of fairy tale books; the characters come out of the books and talk to the boy and they go together on an adventure. Alice and White Rabbit are among the most prominently featured characters and sections from the book are read aloud in several languages in the film. *''

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titled ''Ciel in Wonderland'' based on ''Alice in Wonderland''. It was about Ciel Phantomhive who followed his butler, Sebastian, after noticing bunny ears and tail appearing on him, to a place called "Wonderland". He was trying to find the "white rabbit", which is actually Sebastian, but while at it, there were some people in his way and took him longer to find the white rabbit. Everyone there called him "Alice". *''

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'' is a Japanese anime which had an OVA based on ''Alice in Wonderland'' called "Nunnally in Wonderland". The story resolves about the main character, Lelouch, wishing to please his sister Nunnally. To do that he uses his power to hypnotize all other characters into believing they're characters from the story ''Alice in Wonderland'', his sister getting the role of Alice. *'' Ouran High School Host Club'' is a Japanese Romance and Comedy anime. In OVA episode 13. It titled "Haruhi in Wonderland!" Haruhi's dream about the day of her admission into Ouran High School becomes an illusionary Alice in a Wonderland fantasy in which the various other members of the cast take on the roles of characters from the story.

Television

* '' Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?)'', a 1966 ABC animated comedy special very loosely based on the book, in which

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is caricatured (with the help of her voice) as Hedda the Mad Hatter, and both

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and

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from ''

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'' played the Caterpillar. * ''

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'' (1965–1968) in episode (1-21) "The Magic Mirror" Penny goes through a mirror and discovers another universe with a lonely little boy as its sole occupant. * An episode of ''

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'' titled " Shore Leave" features a recreated white rabbit and Alice, brought to life by a computer which can make thoughts become reality. *

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's television series, '' Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'' (1980), used the Mad Hatter's Tea Party to illustrate the effects of higher and higher gravity, culminating in a black hole, in Episode 9: "The Lives of the Stars", a segment called "Gravity in Wonderland", viewable on YouTub
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* The Disney Channel series '' Adventures in Wonderland'' (1991–1995) is based on the first book, featuring many of the major characters. Also, Alice enters Wonderland in each episode by walking through her mirror, an allusion to the second book. * '' Lost'' (2004–2010) is heavily influenced by ''Alice in Wonderland'' and contains many references to Alice's world. The third-season finale was also named after the second book. * '' This is Wonderland'' (2004–2006), a Canadian

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which follows the main character Alice De Raey as she encounters characters ranging from the truly desperate to the bizarre, is partly inspired by the characters of the Alice books. * ''

'' (2009) is a Syfy channel miniseries based on the novels, but set in the modern day, where Wonderland has evolved to today's standards and Alice as a dark-haired assertive woman instead of the blond child she is in the original. * ''

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'', a Syfy channel TV series, featured an evil version of Alice during the second half of season 1. In the show, Lewis Carroll's books weren't fake, but chronicles based on Alice's adventures in Wonderland masquerading as fiction. The mirror she passed through, after enough uses, made Alice go "Mad as a Hatter", turning her into a sociopathic killer. * '' Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' (2013) is an ABC channel miniseries based on the novels, a spinoff from the successful TV series "

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". Both series combines elements from various Disney movies and are greatly inspired by the narration of '' LOST'', which the creators also worked on. In this version Alice gets locked in an asylum, believed to be insane after her telling of Wonderland. Her doctors aim to cure her with a treatment that will make her forget everything about Wonderland and the boyfriend she lost there. Just in the nick of time, she gets saved and transported back to Wonderland by the wisecracking Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit. Now Alice is determined to find her love while evading the plots of Jafar and the Red Queen, all the while dealing with the whimsical dangers of Wonderland, including the mysterious Jabberwocky. *''

'' (2020)

Theatre

* ''

'' is an 1886 West End musical

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. * '' Wonderland: A New Alice'' is a 2009 musical set in New York City. * '' Looking-Glass'' is a 1982 Off-Broadway play based on the life of Charles Dodgson, the real life name of author Lewis Carrol
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Art

* In 1956 Charles Blackman, after listening to an audiobook of ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'', painted a series of 46 paintings of Alice with other characters from the series. * In 1959 sculptor

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created the

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, patterned on illustrations drawn by

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, that sits to the north of

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, New York City. It includes an tall Alice sitting on a large mushroom at a

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held by the

with the

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, the

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, the

Cheshire Cat The Cheshire Cat ( or ) is a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll in ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and known for its distinctive mischievous grin. While now most often used in ''Alice''-related contexts, the association of a "Ch ...

, the

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, and Alice's kitten Dinah in her lap. * In 1969,

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produced 12 illustrations based on ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. * All Saints' Church, Daresbury memorialises the story in several stained glass windows.

Music

Classical music and opera

Music inspired by, referencing, or incorporating texts from the Alice books include: *

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: orchestral work ''Through the Looking-Glass'' (1918) *

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: six movement orchestral suite ''Alice in Wonderland'' (1927) *

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: choral work ''Three Choruses from Alice in Wonderland'' (1942) * David Del Tredici: ''An Alice Symphony'' (1969), ''Final Alice'' (1976), ''Child Alice'' (1980/1981), ''Haddock's Eyes'' (1986) * Carlo Forlivesi, ''Through the Looking-Glass'' (2005) for

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. The piece is included in the CD album

SILENZIOSA LUNA is an album by the Italian composer Carlo Forlivesi. It was released in 2008 by ALM Records. "Silenziosa luna" is a quotation from Giacomo Leopardi's poem '' Canto notturno di un pastore errante dell'Asia''. Description The album includes work ...

(ALCD 76). *

Unsuk Chin Unsuk Chin ( ko, 진은숙 ; born July 14, 1961) is a South Korean composer of contemporary classical music, who is based in Berlin, Germany. Chin was self-taught piano from a young age and studied composition at Seoul National University as ...

: opera ''

'' (2007) *

Alan John Alan John (born 7 May 1958 in Sydney) is an Australian composer. He studied music at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1980. His compositions include original music for various plays, films (such as '' Holding the Man'', ''Three Dollars'' a ...

: opera ''

Through the Looking Glass ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' (also known as ''Alice Through the Looking-Glass'' or simply ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872) by Lewis Carroll and the ...

'' (2008) *

John Craton John Douglas Craton (born August 6, 1953) is an American classical composer. His works have been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. While his compositions cover a diverse range, he is best known for his operas, ballets, and ...

: ballet ''Through the Looking-Glass'' (2010) *

Joseph Hallman Joseph Hallman (born Nov. 20, 1979) is an American composer. A functional orphan, Hallman was born and raised in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Girard College from first to twelfth grades. Based in Philad ...

: Ballet/Dramaturgy: ALICE (2010) * Australian composer

Leon Coward Camerata Academica of the Antipodes is an Australian chamber orchestra and vocal ensemble formed in 2014. It was founded by three Coward siblings, Imogen, Taliésin and Leon, who are all multi-instrumentalists and composers, together with var ...

's ''Beautiful Soup'' (2014) a lament for piano, string orchestra and vocal ensemble, premiered by Camerata Academica of the Antipodes.

Popular music

's song "

" from their 1967 album ''

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'' mentions Alice, the Dormouse, the hookah-smoking caterpillar, the White Knight, and the Red Queen. Written by

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it shows parallels between the story and the hallucinatory effects of

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s. * "

" inspired

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to write "

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". * On Aerosmith's 2001 album, ''

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'', the song "Sunshine" talks about Alice and other characters of the book. In the music video, Steven Tyler is shown trying to protect a young, blonde Alice in the woods, along with depictions of the Red Queen, the White Rabbit, among others. * Ambrosia's song, "Mama Frog" from their album ''Ambrosia'', contains a narration of "jabberwok". * The

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band Annihilator released a number of albums inspired directly and indirectly by ''Alice in Wonderland'', the most popular being ''

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'' and '' Alice in Hell''. * The Birthday Massacre is a Gothic/Industrial band that includes a lot of ''Alice In Wonderland'' themes both visually and musically, including a song titled "Looking Glass". * The Japanese band

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released a song in 2007 titled "Alice in Wonder-Underground". The PV includes a very macabre depiction of the story, with Alice chasing her rabbit, the band periodically becoming rabbits, and the lead vocalist

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dressed as the

. * The 1978

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and " ...

album, ''

The Mad Hatter The Hatter is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and its 1871 sequel ''Through the Looking-Glass''. He is very often referred to as the Mad Hatter, though this term was never used by Car ...

'', has its music, songtitles and album title based on characters and passages from the story. *

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performs the song "Topsy Turvy" for

's 2010 movie ''

'' but it did not make it on the album. * The debut album '' Alice's Inferno'', by Spanish Gothic metal band Forever Slave, is a concept album focusing on Alice's life after her parents' death. *

Hypnogaja Hypnogaja (pronounced hip-nō-gä-zhä) is an American rock band founded by vocalist Jason Arnold (known professionally as ShyBoy) and keyboardist Mark Nubar in 2000. Numerous TV shows, games, and movies have featured Hypnogaja's music includi ...

performs the song '' Looking Glass'' on their 2005 album Below Sunset. * Jewel released an album and single with the title ''

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''. *

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wrote and recorded the song "

" for

's film ''

'', which is on the soundtrack ''

Almost Alice ''Almost Alice: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture'' is a 2010 concept album of various artists' music inspired by Tim Burton's film, ''Alice in Wonderland''. The album is also notable for featuring songs that were inspired from quotes directly ...

''. *

Lisa Mitchell Lisa Helen Mitchell (born 22 March 1990) is an Australian singer-songwriter who grew up in Albury, New South Wales. Mitchell currently lives in Melbourne and is working on her fourth studio album. Mitchell finished sixth in the 2006 season o ...

's song "Sometimes I Feel Like Alice" is based on Alice's experiences in Wonderland. *

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's 1997 ''Sans Retour Voyage "Derniere" ~Encoure Une Fois~'' concert video was an interpretation of ''Alice in Wonderland'' by the band. * The video for the

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song "

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" portrays Alice, the Mad Hatter, and other Wonderland elements. Producer Dave Stewart appears as the Caterpillar. *

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took Alice into the US Top 50 in 1963 with the single "Alice In Wonderland". *

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's 1998 release, ''

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'', contains "Through the Looking-Glass" – a 13-minute epic about the book. *

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released a 2002 album titled ''

'', consisting of songs that were written for a stage adaptation of ''Alice''. * The German

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collaboration, Werkraum, has a song called "Beware the Jabberwock!" using Carroll's poem with original music on their album ''Early Love Music''. *

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's song "Wonderland" make references to characters in the story such as "the white rabbit", the caterpillar, "royal hearts", and Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum. *

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Kiriko Takemura ( Japanese: 竹村桐子, born January 29, 1993), known professionally as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Hiragana: きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ), is a Japanese tarento, singer, and model. Her public image is associated with Japan's '' kaw ...

's music video for Tsukema Tsukeru is heavily influenced by Alice in Wonderland * English singer

Natalia Kills Natalia Noemi "Teddy" Sinclair (née Cappuccini; born 15 August 1986), is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She has recorded music under various aliases, most famously as Natalia Kills and Verbalicious. She is currently the lead vocali ...

debut album '' Perfectionist'' featured a single titled "Wonderland" that makes reference to various fairy tales including 'Alice In Wonderland'. The accompanying video takes the same inspiration. * Hatcham Social's debut album '' You Dig The Tunnel, I'll Hide The Soil'' was influenced by Alice's adventures, which references aspects in the songs such as tunnels, the scene of Alice changing in size and almost drowning in tears, anthropomorphic animals, passing through mirrors and the track

is a spoken word reading of Carroll's poem over a bed of music. * The song "C'mon" by Panic! At the Disco and Fun. is Alice themed and portrays

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, lead singer of Panic! At the Disco, as Alice and Nate Ruess, lead singer of Fun., as the Mad Hatter. * British

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band

Boeing Duveen and The Beautiful Soup Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup was a 1960s British psychedelic rock act. 'Boeing Duveen' was Sam Hutt, a qualified doctor and associate of Pink Floyd who has been described as "the underground community's de facto house doctor" by David We ...

released a single in 1968 with the A-side "Jabberwock" and the B-side "Which Dreamed It". The band's name comes from ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. * Egypt Central's song "White Rabbit", written by Skidd Mills, was released on the studio album ''

'' (completed 2010) and to radio stations on 15 February 2011 and made available on iTunes on 1 March 2011. *

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described his album ''Eat Me, Drink Me'' (2007) as " isversion of ''Alice in Wonderland''." *

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named their label inside Polydor ''Wonderland'' in 1983. *

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's "Alice in Wonderland," from '' The Girl from Utah'' (1914). * "Alice in Wonderland'" by

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and

Bob Hilliard Bob Hilliard (born Hilliard Goldsmith; January 28, 1918 – February 1, 1971) was an American lyricist. He wrote the words for the songs: " Alice in Wonderland", "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning", " Any Day Now", " Dear Hearts and Gent ...

appears on the

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trio album ''

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'' (1961). *

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's B-side song, "First Rabbit", which is later also performed by

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* Violinist

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released a music video called "Hold My Heart" which was inspired by ''Alice in Wonderland'' which was included in her album '' Brave Enough''. * "Alicia en el Pais" is a song in Spanish by Argentinian musician Charly Garcia released in 1980, with reference to Argentina's military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. *In the title track of the German

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band

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's song "

" released in 2020 in the

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album. It references the book starting with the chorus "My name isn't Alice, but I'll keep looking for Wonderland."

Games

Computer and video games

*In the Korean

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'', an area called Root Abyss is based on ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. Alicia is a character based on Alice, and three of the four bosses are based on the characters of the novel: Von Bon is a chicken based on the White Rabbit, Pierre is a clown based on the Hatter, and the Crimson Queen is a many-faced queen based on the Queen of Hearts. Some minor NPCs in Root Abyss are also based on other characters of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". *''

'' developed by Etranges Libellules. Based on the 2010

film. * The 2000 Game Boy Color video game ''

'' published by Nintendo. * '' Alice: An Interactive Museum'' (1990), a

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created by the influential Japanese computer graphics designer, Haruhiko Shono. Winner of the 1991 MITI Multimedia Grand Prix Award. * ''Alice in Wonderland'' was adapted into a computer game by Windham Classics in 1985. It is presented as a platform game involving puzzle-solving and simplistic word parsers akin to a

text adventure '' Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the ...

. The game was remade later for Philips

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with clay animation graphics. * ''

American McGee's Alice ''American McGee's Alice'' is a 2000 third-person action-adventure video game developed by Rogue Entertainment under the direction of designer American McGee and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Games banner. The game was originall ...

'' is a macabre

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which chronologically takes place following the two Alice books. Alice is awoken from a dream of Wonderland by a house fire which claimed her family and left her with serious physical and mental wounds and is receiving treatment in Rutledge Asylum, she then goes on a journey in Wonderland to restore it and by doing so restore her own mind. * '' Alice: Madness Returns'' is a direct sequel to ''American McGee's Alice'' and features Alice, now almost an adult, that tries to tackle the unresolved psychological issues related to the death of her family. Directly related to her fractured mind, the Wonderland is destroyed and a mysterious train rampages the remains. *The 2006

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''Alice's Warped Wonderland (歪みの国のアリス, Yugami no kuni no Arisu, Alice in Distortion World)'', developed by Sunsoft as part of their "Nightmare Project" series, is a horror text adventure that is based on the story and world from Alice in Wonderland. It features sixteen-year-old Japanese high school student Ariko Katsuragi, also called "Alice", who explores Wonderland as she recovers the memories of her forgotten, tragic past. In 2015, a remake of the game, titled ''Alice's Warped Wonderland ~ Encore ~ (歪みの国のアリス, Yugami no kuni no Arisu~Encore~, Alice in Distortion World ~ Encore ~)'', was launched. On June 27, 2017, an English version of game was released by Sunsoft's U.S. subsidiary. A

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version of game, titled ''Alice's Warped Wonderland ~ REcollection (歪みの国のアリス～REcollection)'' was released on August 25, 2022 worldwide. A PC version will be release on

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on September 2, 2022 and will have English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese language options. * The

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Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (originally by Square). It is a collaboration between Square Enix and The Walt Disney Company and is under the leadership of Tetsuya Nomura, a longtime Square E ...

'' includes Alice as a plot character. Also, Disney's version of Wonderland appears as one of the first worlds. * In the intro to the

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game, ''

Chameleon Twist is a platform game developed by Japan System Supply and published for the Nintendo 64 in 1997 by Sunsoft. Though disliked by critics due to its easy gameplay, repetitive music, and awkward camera angles, ''Chameleon Twist'' was followed by a se ...

'', a rabbit runs through a forest stating he is late for something and jumps into a tree trunk and warps to a magical world. The player's character follows the rabbit into the magical world. A sequel was made called ''

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'' and the rabbit and the magical world are once again featured. * The

otome game An , is a story-based video game that is targeted towards women. Generally one of the goals, besides the main idea/goal, is to develop a romantic relationship between the female player/main character and one of the second-lead male characters. His ...

'' Heart no Kuni no Alice'' and its sequels ''Clover no Kuni no Alice'' and ''Joker no Kuni no Alice'' use a story and world based on ''Alice in Wonderland'' as well as many of its characters as protagonists. The titles of the games themselves are a play on the Japanese title of Alice in Wonderland; ふしぎの国のアリス (''Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu'') * In the

Megami Tensei ''Megami Tensei'', marketed internationally as ''Shin Megami Tensei'' (formerly ''Revelations''), is a Japanese media franchise created by Aya Nishitani, Kouji Okada, Kouji "Cozy" Okada, Ginichiro Suzuki, and Kazunari Suzuki. Primarily developed ...

'' series and its subsequent spin-offs, Alice is a major boss and a summon that you can obtain. * In the

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game ''Mystic Square'' of the ''

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'', one of the boss characters is named Alice. She is inspired by the story: the background music for the Extra Stage where she appears again is titled "Alice in Wonderland", and playing cards appear as enemies; the mid-boss is a King card soldier. Alice later returns in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'' and other games of the series. *In ''

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'', several major characters and some areas are directly inspired by and even named after things from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", while some other areas draw from other fairy tales. * ''

'' (1990), an illustrated

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Role-playing games

*'' Dungeonland'' and '' The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror'' are translations of the two books into ''

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'' terms. Written by ''AD&D'' creator

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, they were released in the 1980s as two gaming adventures (or modules). In the game, all of Carroll's characters are translated into horrifically deadly ''AD&D'' equivalents—for example, the Cheshire Cat became a sabretooth tiger (smilodon). *Similarly, the Vorpal Sword, a magical sword that can cut through just about anything, has been a magical weapon in ''Dungeons and Dragons'' for many editions. ''Advanced Dungeons and Dragons'' also includes the Jabberwock from

as one of its many monsters. *An adventure module for the role-playing game ''

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'' was titled ''Alice Through the Mirrorshades'', referring to both ''

'' and the

genre. *
Wonderland
', a.k.a. ''JAGS Wonderland'', is a

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by Marco Chacon and published by Better Mousetrap Games that is based on the perspective of ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' as being horrific rather than merely fanciful. *Jabberwocks were among the many monsters spawned by Chaos in the

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setting, alongside such beings as

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s and

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s. They were phased out as the editions passed, but the recent "Jabberslythe" from the Beasts of Chaos army is an obvious reference to the Jabberwock and its former presence in the Warhammer world.

Science and technology

* The

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built the interactive ALICE installation based on the narrative ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. It addresses the western culture characteristics highlighted in the narrative. Six stages were selected and implemented as an interactive experience. *

Richard Gregory Richard Langton Gregory (24 July 1923 – 17 May 2010) was a British psychologist and Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol. Life and career Richard Gregory was born in London. He was the son of Christopher Clive Langton ...

in his book ''Mirrors in Mind'', questions why looking-glass images are right-left reversed. He explains with diagrams the reversals occurring in Carroll's ''

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'' while also pondering how a scientific phenomenon is reflected in the vocabulary of the text, dwelling on the importance of words such as "re-turning", "behind", "back".

Tourist attractions

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has featured numerous illuminated and animated features and tableaux based on ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. *

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has an Alice in Wonderland amusement park ride featuring characters from both ''

'' and ''

''. *

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have several attractions based on the 1951 animated film. Among them are ''

'', '' Alice's Curious Labyrinth'' and '' Mad Tea Party''. * Winter Park, a

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, has several trails named after Alice in Wonderland characters, including

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, Tweedle Dum, and Mock Turtle. Additionally, one chairlift in this area is a double chairlift named Looking Glass. However, the main lift to these Alice in Wonderland named trails, the Olympia Express high speed quad, is not named after an Alice in Wonderland character (although it services March Hare, White Rabbit, Jabberwocky, and Cheshire Cat).

Food

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has drawn inspiration from ''

'' in his experimental approach to gastronomy. For one of his television programmes, he created a version of the "Drink Me" potion.
Heston Blumenthal: my new Alice in Wonderland menu - TelegraphHeston Blumenthal's 'Drink Me' Potion

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Parodies of ''Alice in Wonderland'' an illustrated bibliography
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Science and technology

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