History YMMV / AliceinWonderland

* VindicatedByHistory: The film opened to a lukewarm box office and mostly hostile reviews in 1951. Walt himself came to regard the film with some CreatorBacklash, and if he was talking about it in subsequent years, he was practically apologizing for having made it. In the decades since, it has become better regarded by both critics and general audiences and is now thought as something of a minor classic.

* VindicatedByHistory: The film opened to a lukewarm box office and mostly hostile reviews in 1951 but in the decades since it has become better regarded by both critics and general audiences and is now thought as something of a minor classic.

* {{Narm}}: The Futterwacken. Really, Tim? ''Really?''

* MoodWhiplash: "Very Good Advice", in which Alice sings about her personal flaws and breaks into tears, feels out-of-place to some people, especially in between the parts where Alice explores the Tulgey Wood and the Cheshire Cat tells her to visit the Queen of Hearts.

** TropeOverdosed

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: ''ChristopherLee'' voices the Jabberwock-- who has its tongue cut out after maybe two sentences.

* FetishFuel: Growing, shrinking, Victorian clothing, WhiteHairedPrettyGirl, women in armor, Johnny Depp...

** Alice at the end: [[spoiler: Oh, this is fun... Did she leave her Wonderland because there's [[WizardOfOz no place like home]], or because she realized Underland was just as restricted as Victorian England because destiny says so, and home is a little more free.]]

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Hands up if you thought one of the heads was going to talk and/or bite Alice when she crossed them on the moat.
** One of them did, technically. She got her foot caught in the mouth of one.
** Another example: The original script made the Horunvendush Day scene more interesting. Instead of grabbing the White Queen's frightened horse's reins and leading it away on foot, the Hatter was originally supposed to ''vault into the saddle behind her and gallop away''.
** Muting the Jabberwock less than a minute into the battle. You had CHRISTOPHER FRICKIN' LEE doing the voice!
** Did anyone expect when Alice got something thrown at her in the White Queen's kitchen that we'd be seeing the Duchess?

** On a minor scale, this has also happened to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat", which is an AffectionateParody of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". In both the 1950 Disney version and the 1999 Hallmark version, musical style of this trope plays when this song is performed.

** Alice at the end: [[spoiler: Oh lordy this is fun... Did she leave her Wonderland because there's [[WizardOfOz no place like home]], or because she realized Underland was just as restricted as Victorian England because destiny says so, and home is a little more free.]]

* GirlsNeedRoleModels: According to some critics, Alice is a good one [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses because "she is not girlie"]].

** Did anyone expect when Alice got something thrown at her in the White Queen's kitchen that we'd be seeing the the Duchess?

* AdaptationDisplacement: Movies based on both books are often titled ''Alice in Wonderland'' and have left most people unaware that there are in fact two books and much of the cherished elements attributed to the first are actually in the second.

* NightmareFuel

* CrazyAwesome: What did you expect? This ''is'' JohnnyDepp playing one of the most legendary {{Cloud Cuckoolander}}s in the history of fiction.

** Humorously {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in [[SesameStreet Sesame Street's]] ''Abby in Wonderland''. Bert and Ernie appear as Tweedledee and Tweedledum only for a moment when Abby runs past them.

* NightmareFuel: Jan Svankmajer's 1988 adaptation is full of it. Especially the [[HairRaisingHare White Rabbit]]. Oh, GOD, the [[HairRaisingHare White Rabbit]].
** 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.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Alice and the Mad Hatter have a sweet and subtle dynamic that brings to mind [[HarryPotter Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood's interaction]].

** Alice at the end: [[spoiler: Oh lordy this is fun... Did she leave her Wonderland because there's [[WizardOfOz no place like home]], or because she realized Underland was just as restricted as Victorian England because destiny says so, and home is a little more free]].
** Did she travel [[spoiler: to China to become a woman of the modern, career-driven feminist archetype? Or is she going to ditch the company first chance she gets and return to Underland? Hey, before she sailed off she'd pretty much wrapped up her life in England, canceled the engagement, set her brother-in-law straight, said goodbye to her mother and sister, and most importantly, ensured her father's dream reached beyond the limits of his life]].
** When the Knave of Hearts is told [[spoiler: he will be chained to The Red Queen for the rest of their lives, he immediately draws a weapon before being disarmed. Was he about to kill her... Or himself? Or was he going to kill the ''White'' Queen (or both queens)? The latter interpretation would account for the Hatter's pissed-off look when he threw the scissors to disarm him]].

* DracoInLeatherPants: While most people seem to be doing this to the Knave of Hearts, others were more sympathetic to the Red Queen. [[spoiler: Especially when it turns out that he didn't love her as he had been leading on]].

** The entire chapter "Queen Alice." The Red Queen and White Queen finally appear together, and the result is malapropisms and math puns on a grand scale.

* MoodWhiplash: "Very Good Advice," in which Alice sings about her personal flaws and breaks into tears, feels out-of-place to some people, especially in between the parts where Alice explores the Tulgey Wood and the Cheshire Cat tells her to visit the Queen of Hearts.

** Alice at the end: [[spoiler: Oh lordy this is fun... Did she leave her Wonderland because there's [[WizardOfOz no place like home]], or because she realized Underland was just as restricted as Victorian England because destiny says so, and home [[strike: might be]] is a little more free]].

* StrangledByTheRedString: [[spoiler: Some fans seem to feel this way about the [[RomanticPlotTumor relationship between the Hatter and Alice]]]].

-->'''The Hare''': ...[[TearJerker cup]]?

--->'''Bert as Tweedledee''': Is that our whole scene?
--->'''Ernie as Tweedledum''': Well, we're not really in this story. That's a common misconception.

!The 1951 Disney Classic

!The 2010 Tim Burton Film

** Alice at the end: [[spoiler: Oh lordy this is fun... Did she leave her Wonderland because there's [[WizardOfOz no place like home,]] or because she realized Underland was just as restricted as Victorian England because destiny says so, and home [[strike: might be]] is a little more free.]]
** Did she travel [[spoiler: to China to become a woman of the modern, career-driven feminist archetype? Or is she going to ditch the company first chance she gets and return to Underland? Hey, before she sailed off she'd pretty much wrapped up her life in England, canceled the engagement, set her brother-in-law straight, said goodbye to her mother and sister, and most importantly, ensured her father's dream reached beyond the limits of his life.]]
** When the Knave of Hearts is told [[spoiler: he will be chained to The Red Queen for the rest of their lives, he immediately draws a weapon before being disarmed. Was he about to kill her.... Or himself? Or was he going to kill the ''White'' Queen (or both queens)? The latter interpretation would account for the Hatter's pissed-off look when he threw the scissors to disarm him.]]

* DracoInLeatherPants: While most people seem to be doing this to the Knave of Hearts, others were more sympathetic to the Red Queen. [[spoiler: Especially when it turns out that he didn't love her as he had been leading on.]]

* FetishFuel: Growing, Shrinking, Victorian clothing, WhiteHairedPrettyGirl, Women in Armor, ...Johnny Depp...
* FoeYay: [[ShippingGoggles The Mad Hatter, and the Knave of Hearts.]] [[YourMilageMayVary YMMV]] though.

* PuritySue: The White Queen when we first meet her. Everyone loves her, she won't hurt a living thing, and her [[LethalChef lethal cooking]] turns into a save-the-day cure. [[spoiler: Subverted hard when she [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome delivers a bout]] of CruelMercy to her sister and the Knave.]] There IS a reason Hathaway's performance is more memorable than our leading lady's. According to the actress, her over-the-top "princess" mannerisms are the character overcompensating for fear of becoming evil. Note how much more naturally she behaves in the scene with the dog after her courtiers have left.

* StrangledByTheRedString: [[spoiler: Some fans seem to feel this way about the [[RomanticPlotTumor relationship between the Hatter and Alice]].]]

-->'''The Hare:''' ...[[TearJerker cup]]?

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** The Lord Ascot: [[spoiler: Did he sincerely believe Alice was her father's daughter? Or did he give her an internship to tighten his hold over her father's company now that she was not marrying his half-wit son? Oh, sure, he was [[AffablyEvil polite and gracious enough, but going along with his wife's plan of an arranged marriage without the consent and knowledge of the unsuspecting bride?]]]]

** Did she travel [[spoiler: to China to become a woman of the modern, career-driven feminist archetype? Or is she going to ditch the company first chance she gets and return to Underland? Hey, before she sailed off she'd pretty much wrapped up her life in England, canceled the engagement, set her brother-in-law straight, said goodbye to her mother and sister, and most importantly, ensured her father's dream reached beyond the limits of his life.]]

* CargoShip:

* {{Squick}}:

* GirlsNeedRoleModels: According to some critics, Alice is a good one [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses because "she is not girlie"]].

* LoveItOrHateIt

** Adding a "butterfinger" gets squicky when you see it's an ''actual'' finger.

** In the movie itself [[LargeHame the Red Queen]] does more to steal the show than he does.