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\n** And since this is AllJustADream, and thus Humpty-Dumpty is a projection of Alice's psyche, [[FridgeHorror it may say something]] [[DespaieEventHorizon about Alice's]] [[DrivenToSuicide mental state]]. The fact that she's ''not even eight years old'' makes it even worse.

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* The 1985 made-for-TV version: ** [[DragonsAreDemonic The Jabberwock]].

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* The 1985 made-for-TV version: version:
** [[DragonsAreDemonic The Jabberwock]].Jabberwock]]
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* The scene in ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' where the baby turns into a pig.

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* The scene in ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' ''Wonderland'' where the baby turns into a pig.



* [[DragonsAreDemonic The Jabberwock]] in the 1985 made-for-TV version.
* Also from the 1985 made-for-TV version: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgIBGjXIoEs the White Queen turning into a sheep]]. Ironically, in the original book, the White Queen randomly turning into a sheep was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a funny moment]]. The movie's director, on the other hand, turned it into a [[SurpriseCreepy unexpectedly]] [[NightmareFace scary-looking]] [[HellIsThatNoise monster]].

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* [[DragonsAreDemonic The Jabberwock]] in the 1985 made-for-TV version.
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1985 made-for-TV version: ** [[DragonsAreDemonic The Jabberwock]].
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgIBGjXIoEs the The White Queen turning into a sheep]]. Ironically, in the original book, the White Queen randomly turning into a sheep was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a funny moment]]. The movie's director, on the other hand, turned it into a [[SurpriseCreepy unexpectedly]] [[NightmareFace scary-looking]] [[HellIsThatNoise monster]].
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** Although it gets less scary when Alice comments that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny he looked better as a pig than a baby]]. And then goes on to think about all the children she knows who would look better as pigs than children.

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** Although it gets less scary when Alice comments that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments he looked better as a pig than a baby]]. And then goes on to think about all the children she knows who would look better as pigs than children.
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* The March Hare in the 1999 Hallmark version. According to Wikipedia, his costume even scared the actress who played Alice.
** Martin Short's Hatter in that version is way deep in the UncannyValley.
** A lot of elements in that adaptation are quite scary: from the realistic puppets of the creatures, to the dated CGI which stands out amidst the practical effects, and such creepy makeup like the Cat's human face amidst a puppet cat's body, or the Queen's pencil makeup...It's scary without trying to!
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* The Jabberwocky illustration in the original book.[[http://www.waxdog.com/jabberwocky/pics.html Enjoy.]]

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* The Jabberwocky illustration in the original book. [[http://www.waxdog.com/jabberwocky/pics.html Enjoy.]]
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* Also from the 1985 made-for-TV version: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgIBGjXIoEs the White Queen turning into a sheep]]. Ironically, in the original book, the White Queen randomly turning into a sheep was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a funny moment]]. The movie's director, on the other hand, turned it into a [[SurpriseCreepy randomly]] [[NightmareFace scary-looking]] [[HellIsThatNoise monster]].

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* Also from the 1985 made-for-TV version: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgIBGjXIoEs the White Queen turning into a sheep]]. Ironically, in the original book, the White Queen randomly turning into a sheep was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a funny moment]]. The movie's director, on the other hand, turned it into a [[SurpriseCreepy randomly]] unexpectedly]] [[NightmareFace scary-looking]] [[HellIsThatNoise monster]].
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* [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Curious_Alice_%281971%29.webm This]] [[DrugsAreBad anti-Drug PSA]] from 1971, entitled ''Curious Alice'', that ironically is so bizarre & creepy that it seems the ''producers'' were on drugs when they made it. ScareEmStraight, indeed.

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* [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Curious_Alice_%281971%29.webm This]] [[DrugsAreBad anti-Drug PSA]] from 1971, entitled ''Curious Alice'', that ironically is so [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs bizarre & creepy creepy]] that it seems the ''producers'' were on drugs when they made it. ScareEmStraight, indeed.
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* [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Curious_Alice_%281971%29.webm This]] [[DrugsAreBad anti-Drug PSA]] from 1971, entitled ''Curious Alice'', that ironically is so bizarre & creepy that it seems the ''producers'' were on drugs when they made it. ScareEmStraight, indeed.
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* The introduction to the Tweedles. When Alice comes across them, they just ''stand'' there, staring at her, [[ParanoiaFuel so still and quiet that she mistakes them for mannequins.]] They do this for several minutes as she gets close them enough to read their names on their collars and contemplate the nursery rhyme. Then they suddenly start to talk and move. In real life, that would easily be a JumpScare. Then there's their [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/88/54/72/88547243087266040921c13ab3b91d05.jpg appearances,]] which can seem deep in the UncannyValley to some, what with their little bot clothes and enlarged, caricature-like faces.

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* The introduction to the Tweedles. When Alice comes across them, they just ''stand'' there, staring at her, [[ParanoiaFuel so still and quiet that she mistakes them for mannequins.]] They do this for several minutes as she gets close them enough to read their names on their collars and contemplate the nursery rhyme. Then they suddenly start to talk and move. In real life, that would easily be a JumpScare. Then there's their [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/88/54/72/88547243087266040921c13ab3b91d05.jpg appearances,]] which can seem deep in the UncannyValley to some, what with their little bot boy clothes and enlarged, caricature-like faces.
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* The introduction to the Tweedles. When Alice comes across them, they just ''stand'' there, staring at her, [[ParanoiaFuel so still and quiet that she mistakes them for mannequins.]] They do this for several minutes as she gets close them enough to read their names on their collars and contemplate the nursery rhyme. Then they suddenly start to talk and move. In real life, that would easily be a JumpScare. Then there's their [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/88/54/72/88547243087266040921c13ab3b91d05.jpg, appearances,]] which can seem deep in the UncannyValley to some, what with their little bot clothes and enlarged, caricature-like faces.

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* The introduction to the Tweedles. When Alice comes across them, they just ''stand'' there, staring at her, [[ParanoiaFuel so still and quiet that she mistakes them for mannequins.]] They do this for several minutes as she gets close them enough to read their names on their collars and contemplate the nursery rhyme. Then they suddenly start to talk and move. In real life, that would easily be a JumpScare. Then there's their [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/88/54/72/88547243087266040921c13ab3b91d05.jpg, jpg appearances,]] which can seem deep in the UncannyValley to some, what with their little bot clothes and enlarged, caricature-like faces.
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* The introduction to the Tweedles. When Alice comes across them, they just ''stand'' there, staring at her, [[ParanoiaFuel so still and quiet that she mistakes them for mannequins.]] They do this for several minutes as she gets close them enough to read their names on their collars and contemplate the nursery rhyme. Then they suddenly start to talk and move. In real life, that would easily be a JumpScare. Then there's their [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/88/54/72/88547243087266040921c13ab3b91d05.jpg, appearances,]] which can seem deep in the UncannyValley to some, what with their little bot clothes and enlarged, caricature-like faces.
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** A lot of elements in that adaptation are quite scary: from the realistic puppets of the creatures, to the dated CGI which stands out amidst the practical effects, and such creepy makeup like the Cat's human face amidst a puppet cat's body, or the Queen's pencil makeup...It's scary without trying to!
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* ''`If that there King was to wake,' added Tweedledum, `you'd go out-- bang!--just like a candle!''' Existential terror.

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* ''`If ''"If that there King was to wake,' wake," added Tweedledum, `you'd "you'd go out-- bang!--just like a candle!''' candle!"'' Existential terror.
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* The Jabberwock in the 1985 made-for-TV version.
* Also from the 1985 made-for-TV version: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgIBGjXIoEs the White Queen turning into a sheep]]. Ironically, in the original book, the White Queen randomly turning into a sheep was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a funny moment]]. The director, on the other hand, turned into a [[SurpriseCreepy randomly]] [[NightmareFace scary-looking]] [[HellIsThatNoise monster]].

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* [[DragonsAreDemonic The Jabberwock Jabberwock]] in the 1985 made-for-TV version.
* Also from the 1985 made-for-TV version: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgIBGjXIoEs the White Queen turning into a sheep]]. Ironically, in the original book, the White Queen randomly turning into a sheep was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a funny moment]]. The movie's director, on the other hand, turned it into a [[SurpriseCreepy randomly]] [[NightmareFace scary-looking]] [[HellIsThatNoise monster]].
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\n* Humpty-Dumpty tells Alice he thinks she should have stopped ageing when she reached seven. She objects that one cannot prevent oneself from ageing, and he replies that she ''could'' have stopped ageing at seven if only she'd had "[[WouldHurtAChild proper]] [[DeathTropes assistance]]"...

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* Also from the 1985 made-for-TV version: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgIBGjXIoEs the White Queen turning into a sheep]]. Ironically, in the original book, the White Queen randomly turning into a sheep was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a funny moment]]. The director, on the other hand, turned into a [[SurpriseCreepy randomly]] [[NightmareFace scary-looking]] [[HellIsThatNoise monster]].
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* The Cheshire Cat as portrayed in BKN's ''Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter''. And you thought the [[AmericanMcGeesAlice McGee version]] was creepy. And this one's supposed to be comic relief!

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* The Cheshire Cat as portrayed in BKN's ''Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter''. And you thought the [[AmericanMcGeesAlice [[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice McGee version]] was creepy. And this one's supposed to be comic relief!

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* The train scene in "Through The Looking Glass". Every single passenger on the train talks in unison and say the creepiest things like "poor child she should know where she is even if she can't remember her own name".
* ''`If that there King was to wake,' added Tweedledum, `you'd go out-- bang!--just like a candle!''' Existential terror.
* '' 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogroves, and the mome raths outgrabe''. Spine-chilling.
* The Jabberwocky illustration in the original book.[[http://www.waxdog.com/jabberwocky/pics.html Enjoy.]]




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* The train scene in "Through The Looking Glass". Every single passenger on the train talks in unison and say the creepiest things like "poor child she should know where she is even if she can't remember her own name".
* ''`If that there King was to wake,' added Tweedledum, `you'd go out-- bang!--just like a candle!''' Existential terror.
* '' 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogroves, and the mome raths outgrabe''. Spine-chilling.
* The Jabberwocky illustration in the original book.[[http://www.waxdog.com/jabberwocky/pics.html Enjoy.]]

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* And we can't forget the Jabberwock in the 1985 made-for-TV version.
* What about the March Hare in the 1999 Hallmark version? According to Wikipedia, his costume even scared the actress who played Alice!

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* And we can't forget the The Jabberwock in the 1985 made-for-TV version.
* What about the The March Hare in the 1999 Hallmark version? version. According to Wikipedia, his costume even scared the actress who played Alice!Alice.



** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2XhRr8M4Gg The Duchess' Baby]] has him beat in that department.
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* JanSvankmajer's 1988 adaptation, especially the [[HairRaisingHare White Rabbit]].

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* JanSvankmajer's Creator/JanSvankmajer's 1988 adaptation, especially the [[HairRaisingHare White Rabbit]].
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* Imagine living under a legal system which is based entirely on the whims of a bad tempered JerkAss who can [[DisproportionateRetribution have a person beheaded for even the slightest annoyance.]] And she annoys easily.

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* Imagine living under a legal system which is based entirely on the whims of a bad tempered JerkAss who can [[DisproportionateRetribution have a person beheaded for even the slightest annoyance.]] And she annoys easily.
easily. While the King pardons all of the Queen's victims, he always has to do it in secret and we don't know how long it's going to last...
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* Imagine living under a legal system which is based entirely on the whims of a bad tempered JerkAss who can [[DisproportionateRetribution have a person beheaded for even the slightest annoyance.]] And she annoys easily.
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** Although it gets less scary when Alice comments that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny he looked better as a pig than a baby]]. And then [[StrangeGirl goes on to think about all the children she knows who would look better as pigs than children]].

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** Although it gets less scary when Alice comments that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny he looked better as a pig than a baby]]. And then [[StrangeGirl goes on to think about all the children she knows who would look better as pigs than children]].children.
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* The Duchess's Song which includes lyrics of "shaking a baby every time it sneezes"
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2XhRr8M4Gg The Duchess' Baby]] has him beat in that department.
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** Martin Short's Hatter in that version is way deep in the UncannyValley.
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** Although it gets less scary when Alice comments that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny he looked better as a pig than a baby]]. And then [[StrangeGirl goes on to think about all the children she knows who would look better as pigs than children]].


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** Lampshaded by Alice, who notes that while he seems friendly ([[NiceGuy and she quickly learns that he is]]), his [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily large amount]] [[CheshireCatGrin of teeth]] and long claws are rather unnerving, prompting her to speak to him as cautiously as possible.
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!!The Books
* ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' and its sequel, ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'', were chock-full of nightmarish situations and bizarre mental imagery. The fact that the woodcut illustrations portrayed most of the human characters as hideously ugly with grotesquely large heads didn't help much, either. Examples include:
* Falling all the way down, down, [[OverlyLongGag and down...]]
* The train scene in "Through The Looking Glass". Every single passenger on the train talks in unison and say the creepiest things like "poor child she should know where she is even if she can't remember her own name".
* ''`If that there King was to wake,' added Tweedledum, `you'd go out-- bang!--just like a candle!''' Existential terror.
* '' 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogroves, and the mome raths outgrabe''. Spine-chilling.
* The Jabberwocky illustration in the original book.[[http://www.waxdog.com/jabberwocky/pics.html Enjoy.]]
* The scene in ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' where the baby turns into a pig.
* The incredibly creepy Cheshire Cat? Way more teeth than needed, and can disappear and reappear at will.
* Alice almost drowning in her own tears. Not only is she so traumatized by everything so far that she bursts into tears, but it ''almost kills her''.

!!Other adaptations
* JanSvankmajer's 1988 adaptation, especially the [[HairRaisingHare White Rabbit]].
* Dreamchild.
* Some of the animal characters in the 1972 version with Fiona Fullerton look pretty unnatural as well.
* The Cheshire Cat as portrayed in BKN's ''Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter''. And you thought the [[AmericanMcGeesAlice McGee version]] was creepy. And this one's supposed to be comic relief!
* And we can't forget the Jabberwock in the 1985 made-for-TV version.
* What about the March Hare in the 1999 Hallmark version? According to Wikipedia, his costume even scared the actress who played Alice!
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