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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 sequ ...
'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 creature ...
'' (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 Tom Hood (19 January 183520 November 1874) was an English humorist and playwright, and a prolific author. He was the son of the poet and author Thomas Hood. ''Pen and Pencil Pictures'' (1857) was the first of his illustrated books. His most s ...
's '' From Nowhere to the North Pole'' (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
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 sequ ...
himself, a short version of the story written for little children. * 1895 – '' A New Alice in the Old Wonderland'', 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 stor ...
'', a parody by Audrey Mayhew Allen illustrated by Henry Clarence Pitz in which a recalcitrant schoolgirl meets many grammar Imps which help to educate her. (New edition 2010, ) * 1902 – ''
The Westminster Alice ''The Westminster Alice'' is the name of a collection of vignettes written by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) in 1902 and published by '' The Westminster Gazette'' of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, ''Alice's Adventure ...
'', 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 Sir Francis Carruthers Gould (2 December 1844 – 1925) was a British caricaturist and political cartoonist, born in Barnstaple, Devon. He published as F. Carruthers Gould and signed his cartoons FCG. Biography Gould was the son of Richard Da ...
critical of the
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in which Alice meets many British politicians of the time. (New edition 2010, ) * 1902 – '' Clara in Blunderland'', a parody by " Caroline Lewis" critical of the
Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the South ...
in which Clara represents
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Arthur Balfour Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, (, ; 25 July 184819 March 1930), also known as Lord Balfour, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the ...
. (New edition 2010, ) * 1903 – ''
Lost in Blunderland ''Lost in Blunderland: The Further Adventures of Clara'' is a novel by Caroline Lewis (pseudonym for Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and Michael Henry Temple), written in 1903 and published by William Heinemann of London. It is a po ...
'', a sequel to ''Clara in Blunderland'' criticizing
Arthur Balfour Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, (, ; 25 July 184819 March 1930), also known as Lord Balfour, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the ...
after he was made
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. (New edition 2010, ) * 1904 – ''
John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland ''John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland'' is a novel by Charles Geake and Francis Carruthers Gould, written in 1904 and published by Methuen & Co. of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, ''Alice's Adventure ...
'', a parody by Charles Geake and
Francis Carruthers Gould Sir Francis Carruthers Gould (2 December 1844 – 1925) was a British caricaturist and political cartoonist, born in Barnstaple, Devon. He published as F. Carruthers Gould and signed his cartoons FCG. Biography Gould was the son of Richard Da ...
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 John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist. Biography He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis N. Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S ...
making fun of big business and big government. (New edition 2010, ) * 1917 - ''
New Adventures of Alice ''New Adventures of Alice'' is a novel by John Rae, written in 1917 and published by P. F. Volland of Chicago. It is, according to Carolyn Sigler, one of the more important "Alice imitations", or novels inspired by Lewis Carroll's ''Alice'' boo ...
'' 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 ''Alice in Orchestralia'' is a 1925 children's novel by American composer and radio producer Ernest La Prade (1889–1969). A girl named Alice visits a symphony concert and, through the portal of a tuba's bell, enters Orchestralia, where a bass v ...
'' by Ernest La Prade has another girl named Alice meeting animated musical instruments and learning about the symphony orchestra. 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 s ...
'' by
Gilbert Adair Gilbert Adair (29 December 19448 December 2011) was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic, and journalist.Stuart Jeffries and Ronald BerganObituary: Gilbert Adair ''The Guardian'', 9 December 2011. He was critically most famous for the "fiend ...
, a sequel to Carroll's Alice books. (New edition 2012, ) * 1996 – '' Automated Alice'' by
Jeff Noon Jeff Noon (born 1957 in Droylsden, Lancashire, England) is a British novelist, short story, 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 ...
. In this illustrated novella, Alice enters a grandfather clock and emerges in future Manchester, which has many bizarre denizens including an invisible cat named Quark and Celia, the Automated Alice. * 1998 – '' Otherland'' 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 stan ...
, 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. The ...
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'', and its follow-up novel, '' Seeing Redd'' (2007), written by Frank Beddor, 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'' is a
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by comics writer and artist
Bryan Talbot Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'' and its sequel '' Heart of Empire'', as well as the ''Grandville'' series of books. He collaborated ...
. 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 J.T. Holden, is a reimagining of
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 sequ ...
'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 Charles Edward Carryl (December 30, 1841 – July 3, 1920 Contains information from the ''Dictionary of Literary Biography''.) was an American children's literature author. Biography Born in New York, Carryl became a second-generation successfu ...
. (New edition 2011, ) *'' The Admiral's Caravan"'' (1892) by
Charles E. Carryl Charles Edward Carryl (December 30, 1841 – July 3, 1920 Contains information from the ''Dictionary of Literary Biography''.) was an American children's literature author. Biography Born in New York, Carryl became a second-generation successfu ...
. (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
James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...
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). * Douglas Hofstadter's '' Gödel, Escher, Bach'' (1979) contains numerous references to ''Alice in Wonderland''. * '' Mordant's Need'' (1986–1987) is a two-volume
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by Stephen R. Donaldson, 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. *
Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and film director. His notable works include '' The New York Trilogy'' (1987), '' Moon Palace'' (1989), '' The Music of Chance'' (1990), '' The Book of Illusions'' (2002), ''The ...
'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 Peter Abrahams, 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 ''
A Series of Unfortunate Events ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' is a series of thirteen children's novels written by American author Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. The books follow the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. After th ...
'', by Lemony Snicket (the nom de plume of American author Daniel Handler), contains a poem - "
The Walrus and the Carpenter "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is a narrative poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his book ''Through the Looking-Glass'', published in December 1871. The poem is recited in chapter four, by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice. The poem is co ...
" - which contains a stanza worded in a coded message. The book also features a beach named Briny Beach. *
Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bor ...
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 '' Lolita'', 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
Jeff Noon Jeff Noon (born 1957 in Droylsden, Lancashire, England) is a British novelist, short story, 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 ...
has inserted many Carrollian allusions into a series of
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novels, beginning with ''
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'' (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 ''
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 ...
''. Noon also wrote '' Automated Alice'', 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 '' Wonderland''. *John Ringo's '' Looking Glass'' military hard science fiction book series, '' Into the Looking Glass'', '' Vorpal Blade'', '' Manxome Foe'', and '' Claws That Catch''. * '' HaJaBaRaLa'', a
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"nonsense story" by
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, features a little boy who enters into a fantasy world full of fantastic comic creatures. * The title of the teen novel ''
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'' (author said to be
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), is taken from the psychedelic song by Jefferson Airplane, "
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", which took major imagery from ''
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''. * '' Sign of Chaos'', written by
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as part of ''
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'', features two
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taking place in a manufactured
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designed to resemble Wonderland as part of a drug-induced
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.


Comics, manga, and graphic novels

*Several Batman villains are based on characters from the books: **The
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dresses like the Carroll character and often quotes from the books. **
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. The ...
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 ''
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 creature ...
'', features numerous direct quotes from (and references to) Carroll and his books. *''Heart no Kuni no Alice'' ('' Alice in the Country of Hearts''), written by Quin Rose, is a manga series based on ''Alice in Wonderland''. *
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's comic, ''
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'', contains a section called " The New Traveller's Almanac". 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 manga series, called ''
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'', 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,
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released a graphic novel called ''Wonderland'' about the White Rabbit's housemaid, Mary Ann. It is written by Tommy Kovac and illustrated by
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. *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 '' Kyousogiga'', 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
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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 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 Edward D. Kuekes 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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). *'' Alice in Wonderland'' (2011, Zenescope Entertainment) *''Alice in Weirdworld'' (2020, Flying Buffalo Incorporated) *
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's ''Fushigi no Kuni no Alice'' (2007) * Jun Mochizuki's ''
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'' has numerous references to the Alice books


Film

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in the 1920s which initially were loosely based on ''Alice in Wonderland''. * ''
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'' (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 pornographic film, is based directly upon Lewis Carroll's story. * '' Alice or the Last Escapade'', a 1977 French film directed by Claude Chabrol about a girl named Alice who gets into her own otherworldly adventure. * ''
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'' (1977) a film by Terry Gilliam set in medieval times and featuring the Jabberwock. * ''
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'', the 1985
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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''. * ''
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'' (2007). Science fiction tale of another young girl who gets a look into the looking glass, guided by the same rabbit as Alice. * ''
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'' (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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, starring Johnny Depp as the
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in which a 19-year-old Alice played by
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returns to Wonderland for more adventures. * In '' Marx Reloaded'' (2011),
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is depicted in scenes which parody both ''
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'' and ''
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'' and ''
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''. The film uses the characters of Alice and the Red King with the concepts of dream reversal and symbolism. * ''
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'' (2016), the sequel to the Burton-directed ''Alice in Wonderland'', with Mia Wasikowska reprising her role as Alice.


Animation

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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 '' Alice in Wonderland'' 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. *''
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'', a 1987 film where Wonderland is visited by the
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. 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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'' had an episode called "Orson in Wonderland", in which Orson imagines himself visiting Wonderland and his friends as some of the characters. *'' Miyuki-chan in Wonderland'' (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'' (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. *'' Alice SOS'' (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. *'' Serial Experiments Lain'' (July 1998) tells the story of a girl who is drawn into the cyberspace "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. *'' Gakuen Alice' (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. *''
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'' 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'' (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. *'' Black Butler'' (or kuroshitsuji) is a Japanese anime, with original story by Yana Toboso. There was a TV series 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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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. *''
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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 Barney Rubble 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 '' Star Trek'' titled "
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" features a recreated white rabbit and Alice, brought to life by a computer which can make thoughts become reality. * Carl Sagan'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 ''
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'' (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. * '' Alice'' (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. * '' Warehouse 13'', 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. *''
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'' (2020)


Theatre

* '' Alice in Wonderland'' 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 José de Creeft created the Alice in Wonderland sculpture, patterned on illustrations drawn by
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, that sits to the north of Conservatory Water in
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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
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with the
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, the
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, the
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, the
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, the Caterpillar, and Alice's kitten Dinah in her lap. * In 1969,
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produced 12 illustrations based on ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. *
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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) * Cecil Forsyth: six movement orchestral suite ''Alice in Wonderland'' (1927) *
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: choral work ''Three Choruses from Alice in Wonderland'' (1942) *
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: ''An Alice Symphony'' (1969), ''Final Alice'' (1976), ''Child Alice'' (1980/1981), ''Haddock's Eyes'' (1986) *
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, ''Through the Looking-Glass'' (2005) for
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. The piece is included in the CD album SILENZIOSA LUNA (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 w ...
: opera '' Alice in Wonderland'' (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'' and ...
: 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: ballet ''Through the Looking-Glass'' (2010) * Joseph Hallman: Ballet/Dramaturgy: ALICE (2010) * Australian composer Leon Coward's ''Beautiful Soup'' (2014) a lament for piano, string orchestra and vocal ensemble, premiered by Camerata Academica of the Antipodes.


Popular music

* Jefferson Airplane's song "
White Rabbit The White Rabbit is a fictional and anthropomorphic character in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. He appears at the very beginning of the book, in chapter one, wearing a waistcoat, and muttering "Oh dear! Oh dear! ...
" from their 1967 album '' Surrealistic Pillow'' mentions Alice, the Dormouse, the hookah-smoking caterpillar, the White Knight, and the Red Queen. Written by
Grace Slick Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter, artist, and painter. Slick was a key figure in San Francisco's early psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. With a music career spanning four decades, ...
it shows parallels between the story and the hallucinatory effects of psychedelic drugs. * "
The Walrus and the Carpenter "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is a narrative poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his book ''Through the Looking-Glass'', published in December 1871. The poem is recited in chapter four, by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice. The poem is co ...
" inspired
John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
to write "
I Am the Walrus "I Am the Walrus" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 television film ''Magical Mystery Tour''. Written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was released as the B-side to the single "Hello, Goodbye" a ...
". * On Aerosmith's 2001 album, '' Just Push Play'', 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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speed metal Speed metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) roots.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' (Berg Publishers, 2007), , p. 31. It ...
band Annihilator released a number of albums inspired directly and indirectly by ''Alice in Wonderland'', the most popular being ''
Never, Neverland ''Never, Neverland'' is the second album by heavy metal band Annihilator. It was released on September 12, 1990, under the label Roadrunner. The album was re-released twice: in 1998 with three demo tracks as bonus tracks and again on September ...
'' and ''
Alice in Hell ''Alice in Hell'' is the debut studio album by Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator, released on April 17, 1989 through Roadrunner Records. This was the only Annihilator album for ten years to feature Randy Rampage on vocals, until he returned ...
''. *
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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 Buck-Tick 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
Atsushi Sakurai is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He has been the vocalist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1985, previously being their drummer from 1983. He released the solo album ''Ai no Wakusei'' in 2004 and was also a member of Schwein alongsi ...
dressed as 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 Ca ...
. * The 1978 Chick Corea album, '' The Mad Hatter'', has its music, songtitles and album title based on characters and passages from the story. *
Family Force 5 FF5 (formerly known as Family Force 5, The Phamily, Ground Noise and The Brothers) is an American Christian rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. The band formed in 2005 by brothers Solomon "Soul Glow Activatur" Olds, Joshua "Fatty" Olds, and Jaco ...
performs the song "Topsy Turvy" for
Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as '' Beetlejuice'' (1988), '' Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), '' The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993 ...
's 2010 movie '' Alice in Wonderland'' 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 performs the song '' Looking Glass'' on their 2005 album Below Sunset. * Jewel released an album and single with the title '' Goodbye Alice in Wonderland''. * Avril Lavigne wrote and recorded the song " Alice" for
Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as '' Beetlejuice'' (1988), '' Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), '' The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993 ...
's film '' Alice in Wonderland'', 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. *
Malice Mizer Malice Mizer (stylized as MALICE MIZER) was a Japanese visual kei rock band active from August 1992 to December 2001. Formed by guitarists Mana and Közi, their earlier music and themes were characterized by their strong French and classical ...
'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
Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950October 2, 2017) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the la ...
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". *
Symphony X Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey. Founded in 1994, the band consists of guitarist Michael Romeo, keyboardist Michael Pinnella, drummer Jason Rullo, lead vocalist Russell Allen and bassist Micha ...
's 1998 release, '' Twilight in Olympus'', contains "Through the Looking-Glass" – a 13-minute epic about the book. *
Tom Waits Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...
released a 2002 album titled '' Alice'', consisting of songs that were written for a stage adaptation of ''Alice''. * The German Neofolk collaboration, Werkraum, has a song called "Beware the Jabberwock!" using Carroll's poem with original music on their album ''Early Love Music''. * MONKEY MAJIK'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
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 ...
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. Fun (stylized as fun.) is an American pop rock band based in New York City. The band consists of Jack Antonoff (of Steel Train and Bleachers), Andrew Dost (formerly of Anathallo), and Nate Ruess (then-former lead singer of the Format). Fun fo ...
is Alice themed and portrays Brendan Urie, lead singer of Panic! At the Disco, as Alice and
Nate Ruess Nate Ruess is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as the founder and lead singer of the indie pop band Fun, and of The Format. As of 2015, he also performs as a solo musician. Early life Ruess was born the second child of Larry ...
, lead singer of Fun., as the Mad Hatter. * British psychedelic rock band Boeing Duveen and The Beautiful Soup 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
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, was released on the studio album ''
White Rabbit The White Rabbit is a fictional and anthropomorphic character in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. He appears at the very beginning of the book, in chapter one, wearing a waistcoat, and muttering "Oh dear! Oh dear! ...
'' (completed 2010) and to radio stations on 15 February 2011 and made available on iTunes on 1 March 2011. * Marilyn Manson described his album ''Eat Me, Drink Me'' (2007) as " isversion of ''Alice in Wonderland''." * Siouxsie and the Banshees named their label inside Polydor ''Wonderland'' in 1983. *
Jerome Kern Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in ove ...
's "Alice in Wonderland," from '' The Girl from Utah'' (1914). * "Alice in Wonderland'" by Sammy Fain 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 Gentle ...
appears on the Bill Evans trio album '' Sunday at the Village Vanguard'' (1961). *
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's B-side song, "First Rabbit", which is later also performed by JKT48 * Violinist
Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling (born September 21, 1986) is an American violinist, songwriter, and dancer. She presents choreographed violin performances, in live and music videos found on her official YouTube channel, which she created in 2007. Stirling pe ...
released a music video called "Hold My Heart" which was inspired by ''Alice in Wonderland'' which was included in her album ''
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''. * "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
power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contra ...
band
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'', the main character struggles to save their childhood fantasy characters, including Alice, among others. *Melanie Martinez's "Mad Hatter" song from her first album* *
Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...
's song " Alice" 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 MMORPG ''
MapleStory ''MapleStory'' () is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, published by vari ...
'', 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". *'' Alice in Wonderland'' developed by Etranges Libellules. Based on the 2010
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film. * The 2000 Game Boy Color video game '' Alice in Wonderland'' published by Nintendo. * '' Alice: An Interactive Museum'' (1990), a
point-and-click Point and click are the actions of a computer user moving a pointer to a certain location on a screen (''pointing'') and then pressing a button on a mouse, usually the left button (''click''), or other pointing device. An example of point and ...
visual novel A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...
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 CD-I with clay animation graphics. * ''
American McGee's Alice ''American McGee's Alice'' is a 2000 virtual camera system, third-person Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by Rogue Entertainment under the direction of designer American McGee and published by Electronic Arts under th ...
'' is a macabre computer game 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 mobile game ''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 Nintendo Switch 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 Steam on September 2, 2022 and will have English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese language options. * The RPG '' Kingdom Hearts'' 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'', 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 '' Chameleon Twist 2'' and the rabbit and the magical world are once again featured. * The otome game ''
Heart no Kuni no Alice is a Japanese female-oriented visual novel developed by Quin Rose. The game is a re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's classic 1865 novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. There are multiple sequel games, as well as multiple manga ser ...
'' 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 RPG ''
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 '' Touhou Project'', 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 '' A Witch's Tale'', 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. * '' Wonderland'' (1990), an illustrated
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 ...
by
Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls was a British video game developer active between 1984 and 1990. A pioneer of audiovisually elaborate text adventure games, it was one of the two largest and most acclaimed interactive fiction developers of the 1980s. ''Magnet ...
.


Role-playing games

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Dungeonland ''Dungeonland'' (EX1) is a 1983 adventure module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') roleplaying game, written by Gary Gygax for use with the First Edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D'') rules. It is an adaptation of Lewis Ca ...
'' and ''
The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror ''The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror'' (EX2) is an adventure module, written for use with the first edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game. It is set in the ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting. Plot summary In this module, the ...
'' are translations of the two books into ''
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Several different editions of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game have been produced since 1974. The current publisher of ''D&D'', Wizards of the Coast, produces new materials only for the most current edition of the ga ...
'' terms. Written by ''AD&D'' creator
Gary Gygax Ernest Gary Gygax ( ; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') with Dave Arneson. In the 1960s, Gygax created an ...
, 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
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 ...
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 ''
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 ...
'' and the
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genre. *
Wonderland
', a.k.a. ''JAGS Wonderland'', is a role-playing game by Marco Chacon and published by
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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 Warhammer Fantasy setting, alongside such beings as Cockatrices and Manticores. 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. *
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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 ''
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 ...
'' 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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Blackpool Illuminations Blackpool Illuminations is an annual Illuminations (festival), lights festival, founded in 1879 and first switched on 18 September that year, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the The Fylde, Fylde Coast in Lancashire ...
has featured numerous illuminated and animated features and tableaux based on ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. *
Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool Pleasure Beach is an amusement park situated on Blackpool's South Shore, in the county of Lancashire, North West England. It operates as a secure facility, and has introduced epayments via smartphones for admission charges, replac ...
has an Alice in Wonderland amusement park ride featuring characters from both ''
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 creature ...
'' 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 ...
''. *
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have several attractions based on the 1951 animated film. Among them are '' Alice in Wonderland'', ''
Alice's Curious Labyrinth Alice's Curious Labyrinth is a hedge maze attraction at the Disneyland Park within Disneyland Paris. It opened in 1992 with the Park, and belongs to the British part of Fantasyland. A similar maze attraction, based on both the 1951 and 2010 Dis ...
'' and ''
Mad Tea Party Mad Tea Party is a spinning tea cup ride at five of the six Disneyland-style theme parks around the world. The ride theme is inspired by the Unbirthday Party scene in Walt Disney's ''Alice In Wonderland'', and plays a carousel version of the fi ...
''. * Winter Park, a
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in
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, has several trails named after Alice in Wonderland characters, including
March Hare The March Hare (called Haigha in ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a character most famous for appearing in the tea party scene in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. The main character, Alice, hypothesizes, : "T ...
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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 ...
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White Rabbit The White Rabbit is a fictional and anthropomorphic character in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. He appears at the very beginning of the book, in chapter one, wearing a waistcoat, and muttering "Oh dear! Oh dear! ...
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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 ...
, Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum, and
Mock Turtle The Mock Turtle is a fictional character devised by Lewis Carroll from his popular 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. Its name is taken from a dish that was popular in the Victorian period, mock turtle soup. ''Alice's Adventures in ...
. 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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Heston Blumenthal Heston Marc Blumenthal (; born 27 May 1966) is a British celebrity chef, TV personality and food writer. Blumenthal is regarded as a pioneer of multi-sensory cooking, food pairing and flavour encapsulation. He came to public attention with u ...
has drawn inspiration from ''
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 creature ...
'' 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


See also

* Translations of ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' * Translations of ''Through the Looking-Glass''


Notes


External links


Parodies of ''Alice in Wonderland'' an illustrated bibliography
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