When contemplating going Down the Rabbit Hole,
it's not a question of "if", it's "which one?"
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it's not a question of "if", it's "which one?"
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (often shortened to just Alice in Wonderland) is a story about a girl named Alice who enters two dream worlds: Wonderland and the Looking Glass. It originated as two separate novels by the British writer Lewis Carroll, first published in the mid 19th century, that are usually combined into one book in re-releases.
Alice in Wonderland has become one of the most popular children's stories of all time, with a large Periphery Demographic due to its Parental Bonuses. It spawned numerous adaptations into other media, most famously a 1951 animated film made by Disney, which spawned its own franchise. It's also the Trope Namer of Alice Allusion and Down the Rabbit Hole.
Original works:
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871), the original duology of novels written by British author Lewis Carroll.
- Jabberwocky, a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll included in Through the Looking-Glass.
Adaptations of/Works based on Alice in Wonderland include:
Anime & Manga- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1983), a Japanese anime series predominantly based on the original novels.
- Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (1993-1995), a Yuri manga.
- PandoraHearts (2006-2015), a Japanese manga loosely inspired by the novels.
- Are You Alice? (20??), a Japanese franchise loosely based on the books.
Audio
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1960) complete unabridged audiobook, read and sung by Cyril Ritchard, with music by Alec Wilder and the New York Woodwind Quintet,note including a facsimile copy of the first-edition Alice book. Through the Looking Glass followed in 1964, again read and sung by Ritchard with music by Wilder and a facsimile book. These can often be found on eBay for about $50. They have never been issued on CD. - Alice in Wonderland: A Musical Fantasy (1965), full-cast musical audio play, with an All-Star Cast of familiar British voices of the period (for example, Tommy Cooper and Bruce Forsyth as the Hatter and the March Hare), on a double LP. Never issued on CD, but a cassette version was released in 1989.
- Snarked (2011-2012), a series about the adventures of The Walrus and The Carpenter.
Films — Animated
- Alice in Wonderland (1951), the Disney animated film.
- The Disney franchise spawned by the above.
- Alice of Wonderland in Paris, (1966) an animated film directed by Gene Deitch.
- The New Alice in Wonderland (1966), an animated TV movie by Hanna-Barbera.
- The Care Bears: Adventure in Wonderland (1987), The third entry in the Care Bears movie trilogy. Produced by Nelvana
- Alice in Wonderland (1988), direct-to-video animated adaptation by Burbank Films Australia.
- Alice in Wonderland (Jetlag Productions) (1995), direct-to-video animated adaptation by Jetlag Productions.
Films — Live-Action
- Alice in Wonderland (1903), a British short film, evidently the first cinema adaptation of the novel.
- Alice in Wonderland (1933), the first (and so far only) live-action Hollywood-produced film adapting the original stories.
- Alice in Wonderland (1949), filmed partially in live-action and partially with stop motion puppets created by Lou Bunin.
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972), a British musical film.
- Alice in Wonderland (1985), a two-part American made for TV live action movie.
- Alice (original title: Něco z Alenky) (1988), a Czech film that combines live-action and stop motion animation, directed by Jan Švankmajer.
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998), a Channel 4 made for TV movie Setting Update starring Kate Beckinsdale as a grown-up Alice, and notable for including the Wasp in the Wig, a character cut from the book because Tenniel refused to draw it.
- Alice in Wonderland (1999), another made-for-TV live action/puppetry movie.
- Malice In Wonderland (2009), a modern remake set in the London criminal underworld.
- Alice in Murderland (2010), a Slasher Movie.
- Come Away (2020), an origin story / prequel film that acts as a crossover with Peter Pan.
Literature
- Aliss (2000), Patrick Senécal's French-language novel, set in Montréal.
- The Looking-Glass Wars (2004)
- The Splintered Series (2013-2015), a Young Adult trilogy by A.G. Howard, that follows a modern-day descendant of the original Alice down the rabbit hole.
- After Alice (2015), a novel by The Wicked Years author Gregory Maguire that acts as a Lower-Deck Episode to the original book.
- The Chronicles Of Alice (2015), a Victorian era retelling of Alice that follows the titular character and her companion Hatcher.
- Heartless (2016), a Young Adult novel prequel, serving as an origin story for The Queen of Hearts.
- Unbirthday: A Twisted Tale (2020)
Tabletop games
- JAGS Wonderland (2005)
- Adventures In Wonderland A Sourcebook For OGL Roleplaying Games (2015), an adaptation for d20 System by Skirmisher Publishing.
- Wonderlands War (2021)
Television series
- Alice in Wonderland (1985) made by Anglia Television with 5 episodes.
- Alice (2009) — A SyFy mini-series. When martial arts instructor Alice Hamilton sees her boyfriend, Jack Chase, being taken away by some mysterious men in a white van, she chases one of them Through the Looking-Glass... and into a Crapsack World. Guided by Hatter and The White Knight, Alice goes looking for Jack, but discovers that things aren't all that wonderful in Wonderland.
Theatre
- Alice in Wonderland (1886)
- Wonderland: A New Alice (2009)
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2011), a ballet.
- Alice by Heart (2019), a retelling where the story is being read by a girl, also named Alice, to her dying friend in a WWII bunker.
Video games
- Through the Looking Glass (1984), aka Alice and AliceX, a Macintosh game.
- American McGee's Alice (2000), the video game released by Electronic Arts.
- Alice: Madness Returns (2012), the sequel to the above.
- Alice Asylum (2021), a prequel to the above.
- Alice in the Country of Hearts (2007), the Otome Game series developed by Quinrose.
- Alice Is Dead (2009), a Flash game.
- Alice in Wonderland (HOG) (2010), a hidden object game developed by Merscom LLC.
- Bridge to Another World: Alice in Shadowland and Through the Looking Glass, where Alice finds herself in Shadowland helping overthrow its princess, and in the prequel has to survive a feud between two siblings in Chessland.
Visual Novels
- Ikemen Revolution (2016) note , a Visual Novel and Otome Game.
Crossovers
- Lost Girls (2006), with The Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan
- Cheshire Crossing (2006-2008, redrawn 2018-2019), with the exact same other books, but a very different spin.
