History YMMV / AlicesAdventuresInWonderland

* FirstInstallmentWins: The first book is much more iconic than the second. In fact, some people aren't aware that there are two books. Adaptations that incorporate elements from both installments will typically just be titled "Alice in Wonderland", which adds to the confusion.

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Fans sometimes guess that Alice is on the autism spectrum, due to her wild imagination precocious intellect, tendency to talk to herself and play by herself, occasional social faux pas (e.g. praising her cat's skill at catching mice and birds to a crowd of mice and birds), and struggle to understand the world(s) around her. Some also speculate that she has ADHD, due to her impulsiveness and how easily distracted or bored she is at times.

* CriticalDissonance: The books were [[VindicatedByHistory originally panned by critics]], who found the story hard to follow and preposterous, but it was positively adored by its readers. It would eventually become [[VindicatedByHistory one of the most influential and popular novels of all time]].

* CriticalDissonance: The books were [[VindicatedByHistory originally panned by critics]], who found the story hard to follow and preposterous, but it was positively adored by its readers. It would eventually become one of the most influential and popular novels of all time.

* {{Adorkable}}: Alice. Mostly because of her strange tendencies. She's a bit of a space case, but in an endearing way. Her innocence is also a factor here. The [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Disney adaptation]] ends up taking Alice's adorkableness up to eleven.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: A number of fans and/or MoralGuardians seem to believe that Carrol was ''totally high'' when he wrote the stories, rather than simply an eccentric man who liked wordplay, satire and logic games. ''The Annotated Alice'' argues that specific surreal elements of Wonderland are clues that it's all a dream. Additionally, some of the most bizarre moments are obscure mathematical in-jokes or mockeries of logical fallacies, and [[GeniusBonus unlikely to be grasped by a casual reader]].

** 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 1951 Disney version and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBUni7Flbts#t=6m59s 1999 Hallmark version]], musical style of this trope plays when this song is performed.

* CriticalDissonance: The books were [[VindicatedByHistory originally panned by critics]], who found the story hard to follow and preposterous, but it was positively adored by its readers. It would eventually become one of the most influential and popular novels of all time

** 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBUni7Flbts#t=6m59s 1999 Hallmark version]], musical style of this trope plays when this song is performed.

** Most modern adaptations have to explain that "treacle" is a word for molasses,[[note]]This is also a case of SeparatedByACommonLanguage - it's still called treacle in the UK[[/note]] and that a "cravat" is actually a forerunner to a man's tie. (One adaptation actually has Alice call it a tie.) Some of the humor might go over the heads of modern readers, like the Hatter claiming Alice's hair "wants cutting" (a comment that would have been ''incredibly'' rude in Victorian times) and the Red Queen claiming that she was "twice as rich and twice as clever" as Alice. ("Rich" and "clever" were used to describe contradicting terms, making her comment an impossibility.)

* StockParodyJokes: Alice is either mad or a drug user.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Alice: a girl who goes on an adventure, a girl with an impressive imagination, a girl who is going insane, a girl who is high as a kite, or a girl who wants to escape a tragic situation? Your answer will determine which social circle you're allowed to join.

* GeniusBonus: Math puns. Some more subtle than others. Whenever characters mention numbers or time, it's guaranteed that there's some deeper meaning behind them. Martin Gardner's book ''The Annotated Alice'' attempts to explain all the inside references to math, literature, philosophy, and so on; on many of its pages the FootnoteFever runs longer than the text from the book itself.

* GeniusBonus: Math puns. Some more subtle than others. Whenever characters mention numbers or time, it's guaranteed that there's some deeper meaning behind them.

** The scene where Alice sees a giant dog (compared to her), fears it will kill her, but manages to distract it and escape. The dog is the only animal in Wonderland that doesn't talk or exhibit other human characteristics, the tone of the scene clashes with the surrounding scenes, and it is never mentioned again. This isn't ridiculous or over-the-top like a typical BLAM example, but it reads almost like a page from a different fantasy book. Not surprisingly, the Disney movie and most (there is the Hallmark movie) other adaptations leave it out completely.

* {{Adorkable}}: Alice. Mostly because of her strange tendencies. She's a bit of a space case, but in an endearing way. Her innocence is also a factor here. The [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Disney adaptation]] ends up taking Alice's adorkableness UpToEleven.

* FauxSymbolism: The meanings behind "The Walrus and the Carpenter" can be open to interpretation. See the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walrus_and_the_Carpenter#Interpretations entry]] in Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: The weaker adaptations are this.