->''If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?''
-->--'''Alice'''

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Number 13 in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, this [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1951]] adaptation of ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' was a long time coming at Disney, seeing as WaltDisney had a longtime interest in the Wonderland books that was reflected in some of his earlier works. They wanted to make it a decade earlier, but another production of the story was being produced elsewhere at the time, prompting the studio to shelf it for a while. Then World War II happened and they lost a lot of their budget on war films. Some [[DevelopmentHell development hell]] turned the what-would-be horror flick into more of a wacky, comedic cartoon in the same vein as ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', making it probably the most surreal and ''very'' odd Disney film in memory!

It performed poorly in theaters initially (it made money in re-releases), but over time it grew into one of Disney's funniest films and inspired people to this day, including TimBurton. If you're looking for the 2010 TimBurton film, also by Disney, visit [[Film/AliceInWonderland here]].

It also inspired at least two rides in the DisneyThemeParks. One is a conventional ride through the movie, while the other is the famous [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning spinning teacups]] ride.

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!!!This film contains examples of:
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: ''"Ser'''PENT'''! Ser'''PEEEEEEEENT'''!''
* AdaptationDistillation
* AdaptationDyeJob: Alice in the books was a brunette, here's, she's blonde.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In Lewis Carroll's book, no one is actually in any danger of being executed by the Queen of Hearts. The King secretly pardons anyone she sentences to death, and it's implied that the inhabitants of Wonderland simply choose to humor her. The Griffin confirms that nobody is really killed.
* AdiposeRex: The Queen of Hearts
* AllJustADream
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The Cheshire Cat.
* AndStarring: The opening credits list "And Introducing Kathryn Beaumont," although she had already been in relatively small roles in other films.
* ArtShift: Wonderland has more abstract, boldly-colored backgrounds compared to the riverbank where Alice's sister read to her and Dinah.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Alice as she tests the size-altering portions of Caterpillar's Mushroom, and again when she defends herself in court.
** Also happens early in the movie after eating a cookie from the White Rabbit's house, and he and the Dodo think she's a monster.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: The White Rabbit.
* BerserkButton: Never insult the Caterpillar for his size. EVER.
** Also, never mention cats around the Dormouse.
** Practically ''everything'' for the Queen of Hearts. [[ForTheEvulz And she ''enjoys'' it]].
* ButtMonkey: The White Rabbit, oh, so much. Alice (accidentally) demolishes his house, the Dodo demolishes all his furniture, and that's before the Mad Hatter gets hold of his poor, poor watch...
* CanonForeigner: The Doorknob only exists here.
* CensorshipBySpelling: A G-rated example. Alice spells out C-A-T in an attempt to stop the Dormouse from going berserk.
* ChekhovsGun: Subverted. It looks like the size-changing mushrooms will get Alice away from the Queen, but taking both of them at once almost immediately returns her back to her normal size just in time for a frenzied chase.
* CompositeCharacter: The Queen of Hearts is a combination of the Queen of Hearts, the Duchess, and the Red Queen. The line "All ways are my ways" is from the Red Queen and is TheArtifact here, as it refers to her being a chess piece who can go in every direction. Also, Pat's role is given to the Dodo. And the Dormouse has the Mouse's fear of cats.
* ConspicuouslyLightPatch
* CrowdSong: "The Caucus Race", "All in the Golden Afternoon", "Painting the Roses Red" and "The Unbirthday Song Reprise". Man, they love to sing!
* CutSong: Loads. One of them, an [[IWantSong "I Want" Ballad]] titled "Beyond the Laughing Sky", eventually received new lyrics and became "[[Disney/PeterPan The Second Star to the Right]]."
* DarkReprise: "Who's Been Painting My Roses Red?"
* DeadpanSnarker: Alice.
-->'''Alice:''' That was a very sad story.
-->'''Tweedledee and Tweedledum:''' Eh, and there's a moral to it!
-->'''Alice:''' Oh, yes, a very good moral! If you happen to be an oyster.
* DisneyAcidSequence: The whole film, naturally.
* DontExplainTheJoke:
-->'''Doorknob:''' Quite alright, but you gave me quite a ''turn''!\\
'''Alice:''' You see, I was falling--\\
'''Doorknob:''' ''[interrupts]'' Heh! Rather good, wot? Doorknob, turn?
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Alice fails to see how Tweedledee's and Tweedledum's story about the dangers of curiosity applies to her.
* DumbDodoBird: The Dodo of course!
* DVDCommentary: The Masterpiece Edition DVD became Disney's first two-disc DVD, outside of the Walt Disney Treasures collection, [[AvertedTrope not]] to include an audio commentary. This would eventually become rectified for the 60th Anniversary Blu-Ray, when historians of Disney animation and/or classic literature teamed up for a picture-in-picture commentary titled, "Through the Keyhole: A Companion's Guide to Wonderland."
* EveryoneChasingYou: Happens to Alice right before she awakens in the real world.
* FacePalm: Alice has [[http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmg5pvNu5l1qzcy5co1_500.jpg a particularly good one]] in reaction to the reprise of the Unbirthday Song.
* {{Fanfare}}: The March of the Cards.
* FanDisservice: When the Queen of Hearts falls down in her croquet game.
* FantasticRacism: The flowers are very nice and accommodating to Alice until they discover she is not a flower. Then they become hostile, having decided that if she is not a flower, she must be a weed.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
* FungusHumongous: The Caterpillar's mushroom.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the flower garden scene, one of the flowers pulls up Alice's skirt to look at her "stems".
** [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer "I think she's pretty..."]] "Quiet, Bud."
** For another thing, when Alice mentions her cat's name to the March Hare, he intriguedly asks her who that is and... ''pants''. Yeah.
* GoAmongMadPeople: Discussed in the opposite when Alice says that she doesn't "want to go among mad people!"
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Queen of Hearts.
* HamToHamCombat: In the courtroom:
-->'''King of Hearts:''' What do you know about this unfortunate affair?\\
'''March Hare:''' Nothing.\\
'''Queen of Hearts:''' NOTHING WHATEVER?!\\
'''March Hare:''' NOTHING WHATEVER!\\
'''Queen of Hearts:''' '''''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT!!!]]'''''
* HaveAGayOldTime: Disney ''really'' loves using "gay" as "happy," and it pops up as "fancy-free and gay" in "The Caucus-Race."
* HumanlikeFootAnatomy: The Cheshire Cat from ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'' not only has plantigrade feet, he has thumbs on his feet in one scene in the movie.
** In the KingdomHearts series, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cheshire_Cat_9304.jpg he has one thumb on each foot all the time]].
** Dinah has plantigrade feet to a lesser extent.
* HurricaneOfPuns: "All In The Golden Afternoon".
* IAmSong: Does "I'm Late" count?
** "[[CutSong I'm Odd]]" is a closer example.
* IconicOutfit: Alice's blue dress with the pinafore, white stockings and black Mary Janes.
** Hey, don't forget the "Alice Band".
* ImpactSilhouette: When the Walrus runs through the door of the seaside shack.
* InkSuitActor:
** Kathryn Beaumont as Alice.
** Ed Wynn as The Mad Hatter.
** Jerry Colonna as the March Hare.
* InsistentTerminology: "''Your'' way?! All ways here are ''my'' ways!"
* {{Jerkass}}: Several characters. A notable example being the Cheshire Cat.
* LargeHam: Who do you think? [[OffWithHisHead OFF WITH HER HEAD!]]
** The March Hare, too, as seen in HamToHamCombat above.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: J. Pat O'Malley provides all the voices in the "Walrus and the Carpenter" segment.
** And then there's Bill Thompson, who does the voices of both the White Rabbit and the Dodo (see also: TalkingToHimself).
* MoodWhiplash: "Very Good Advice", in which Alice sings about her personal flaws and breaks into tears, feels out-of-place to some people, especially since it comes in between the parts where Alice explores the Tulgey Wood and the Cheshire Cat tells her to visit the Queen of Hearts.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:
-->'''White Rabbit:''' Her Imperial Highness, Her Grace, Her Excellency, Her Royal Majesty, the Queen of Hearts!...and the King.\\
'''Voice:''' [[TheRuntAtTheEnd Hooray!]]
** A more traditional example comes when the White Rabbit does roll call at the beginning of the trial:
-->Your majesty? Members of the Jury? Loyal subjects? And the king.
* MythologyGag: The Cheshire cat sings the beginning of "The Jabberwock" poem ("'Twas Bril-lig/ And the sly-thy toves/ Did gyre and gim-ble in the wabe...").
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Alice uses the mushrooms during the trial so she could turn giant and give a speech about [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech the reasons the Queen of Hearts sucks]], but she shrinks while she says it. No one takes it seriously as a result.
* OhNoNotAgain: After Alice eats a treat that says "Eat me", she starts growing again while searching for the White Rabbit's gloves and gets that reaction.
* OnlySaneMan: Not just Alice, but also the White Rabbit at some points.
* OpeningChorus
* PantyShot: The Queen of Hearts' white, heart-printed, ankle-length bloomers are on display after the Cheshire Cat causes her to flip over and upside down, with a flamingo used as a croquet mallet or club to lift up her dress.
* ParachutePetticoat
* PimpedOutDress: The dress worn by the Queen of Hearts, with the {{high collar| of doom}}, underskirt with the black and gold chevron design, and the overskirt with the [[PrettyInMink ermine trim]] (although [[DetailHoggingCover the animation limitations made it look like just a solid white trim in the film]]).
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Predating even the trope namer.
* SecondFaceSmoke: The Caterpillar does this to Alice.
* SidekickSong: "The Unbirthday Song".
* SizeShifter: Alice, whenever she eats or drinks anything in Wonderland.
* SneezeOfDoom: "Well... There goes Bill."
-->'''Alice:''' Poor Bill.
* SomewhereSong: "In a World of My Own".
* SpeechImpediment: The Mad Hatter's lisp, which was one of Ed Wynn's trademarks.
* SpellingSong: "AEIOU", more or less.
* SynchronizedSwarming: While Alice is traveling through the Tulgey Wood she meets a group of mome raths, who form themselves into the shape of an arrow to lead her to a path.
* TalkingToHimself: Bill Thompson does the voices of both the White Rabbit and the Dodo, who interact with each other when they try to extract the "monster" from the rabbit's cottage.
** J. Pat O'Malley does the voices no less than ''two'' pairs of characters: Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the Walrus and the Carpenter.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Several pairs show up: Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Walrus and the Carpenter, and the Mad Hatter and the March Hare.
* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: Three of the characters get red with anger, two of them twice:
** A furious carpenter turns red when he comes back to find the oysters had been devoured by the walrus and he chases after him with his hammer.
** The caterpillar turns red twice. Once when Alice inadvertently offends him about his height and he hurriedly puffs away on his hookah before the smoke engulfs him and he turns into a butterfly; the other time after having become a butterfly and Alice bugs him with a question concerning directions.
** The irascible Queen of Hearts gets red-faced twice. Once after having been turned upside down during the croquet game with a flamingo-for-a-mallet (thanks to the Cheshire Cat) and automatically presuming that Alice was responsible for the act, and accusing her of it; the other time when she shouts for silence at the trial.
* ThrowItIn: Much of the Tea Party consists of Ed Wynn (the Hatter) improvising for the artists.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: The King and Queen of Hearts.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Alice's dress, to match the original book's art.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: The film doesn't explicitly state that the White Rabbit and the Bird in the Tree are nearsighted. The audience is expected to know just from their wearing glasses.
* VillainSong: "Who's Been Painting My Roses Red?"
* VisualPun: Several. Bread-and-butterflies, horsefly, and so on...
* WorldOfHam
* WouldHurtAChild: The Queen of Hearts is perfectly willing to have a little girl beheaded.
* YankTheDogsChain: When Alice meets the mome raths, they help her find a path out of Wonderland. Unfortunately, as she runs down it and cheers that she will finally return home, a dog with broom bristles on its head and tail appears and sweeps the path away. It's hard not to share Alice's frustration afterward.
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