Numerous works have borrowed the characters and incidents of the Alice books to illustrate "altered State" Experiences brought about by Psychedelic Drug s. Other works focus on the prepubescent eroticism or " Lolita Complex " subtly evident in the main text. In addition, Wonderland's bizarre, completely illogical setting has inspired darker works about a loss of the ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality.
These themes may have been intended: Carroll was both an Opium addict and a photographer of nude female children. In his diary entries, he also expressed interest in surreality, the subconscious, and the borders between sanity and insanity.
The name of the neurological condition Alice In Wonderland Syndrome , in which objects are perceived to be substantially larger or smaller than in actuality, is derived from passages in the book.
- '' Finnegans Wake '' by James Joyce is famously influenced by ''Alice''. The novel is about a dream, and includes such lines as: "Alicious, twinstreams twinestraines, through alluring glass or alas in jumboland?" and "...Wonderlawn's lost us for ever. Alis, alas, she broke the glass! Liddell lokker through the leafery, ours is mistery of pain."
- Paradox in Oz , by Edward Einhorn , is a sequel to the Oz books that is also heavily influenced by the Alice books. It is filled with logic puzzles reminiscent of the books, and begins with an allusion to the White Knight's poem about an aged, aged man.
- Tad Williams ' science fiction "series", '' Otherland '', is heavily influenced by ''Alice''. There are sections involving a Red Queen, the chess-squares concept from ''Looking Glass'', and the evil men following the protagonists take the form of Tweedledum And Tweedledee several times.
- Vladimir Nabokov translated ''Alice'' into his native Russian . His novels include many Carrollian allusions, such as the spoof book titles that run through ''Ada, or Ardor''. However, Nabokov told his student and annotator Alfred Appel that the infamous '' Lolita '', with its Paedophilic protagonist, makes no conscious allusions to Carroll (despite the novel's photography theme and Carroll's interest in the art form).
- British writer Jeff Noon has inserted many Carrollian allusions into a series of Cyberpunk novels, beginning with '' Vurt '' (1993), that are set in a fantasy-future Manchester . In the books, Noon applies a logical extension of the Wonderland and Looking-Glass World concepts into a Virtual Reality cyberverse that characters occasionally get lost in. One possible interpretation of the books is that everything happens in the dream of Alice, akin to the supposed "dream of the Red King" in '' Through The Looking-Glass ''. Noon also wrote '' Automated Alice '', which he punningly calls a trequel to the Alice books. In this illustrated novella, Alice enters a grandfather clock and emerges in future Manchester, which has many bizarre denizens including an invisible cat named Quark and Celia, the Automated Alice.
- Alice ''Liddell'' is a character in the '' Riverworld '' series of science fiction books by Philip José Farmer .
- '' Sign Of Chaos '', written by Roger Zelazny as part of '' The Chronicles Of Amber '' features two Chapters taking place in a manufactured Shadow designed to resemble Wonderland as part of a Drug -induced Hallucination .
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- '' The Looking-Glass Wars '' written by Frank Beddor depicts an alternative to Carroll's Alice, implying that Carrol in fact stole the story off Alyss (AKA Alice Liddel) who had been sent to the real world from Wonderland when the Red Queen overthrew Wonderland. It follows her exploits with the familiar characters, however suggesting that they are cooler than the distorted childish versions Carrol depicted from "Princess Alyss's" Stories.
- '' Alice In Quantumland '', by Robert Gilmore, is an allegory of Quantum Mechanics told through the adventures of Alice's explorations of the world of modern physics, with quanta depicted as eccentric characters similar to those in Wonderland, and quantum laws as the nonsensical or counter-intuitive rules governing Carroll's world.
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- Paul Auster 's '' City Of Glass '' contains a reference to Chapter IV: Humpty Dumpty of ''Through the Looking-Glass''.
- '' HaJaBaRaLa '', a Bengali story by Sukumar Ray , depicts the protagonist - a little boy - who enters into a fantasy world full of fantastic comic creatures.
- Thomas Ligotti 's 1985 short story "Alice's Last Adventure" is a present-day Horror tale using Carroll-derived imagery.
- Douglas Hofstadter 's '' Gödel, Escher, Bach '' contains numerous references to ''Alice in Wonderland''.
- Dorothea Tanning 's 1943 painting Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1946) is evocative of Alice in Wonderland, though with mysterious threatening overtones.
- Steve Martin 's first album, '' Let's Get Small '' is taken from his comedy routine of the same name. He uses "small" as a substitute for "high", which refers to a drugged state. Considering that being "small" is nearly as arbitrary a description as being "high", the routine is surprisingly absurd. But the idea that drugs can make you "small" is clearly similar to the experiences of Alice.
- In the seventh season of The Simpsons , Lisa Simpson is almost lured into a library by Alice until she shows that the Mad Hatter has her at gunpoint in Summer Of 4 Ft. 2 .
- Alice makes an appearance (in passing) in Alan Moore 's '' The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen ''; more significantly, she is a main character in Moore's '' Lost Girls '', which imagines her having erotic adventures.
- Neil Gaiman has used Carollian imagery in his '' Sandman '' series. In one issue, a minor character called Zelda is depicted as Alice in a dream.
- Alice appears in a number of Graphic Novels , such as ''Haunted Knight'' (where Alice meets Batman ).
- Hatter M. is a comic book based around the character Hatter Madigan from the '' The Looking-Glass Wars '' by Frank Beddor .
- The Mad Hatter is a recurring Batman villain, who has appeared in DC Comics since 1948. The Mad Hatter (Jervis Tetch) is quite insane, and is often portrayed as speaking only in quotes from Lewis Carroll’s books.
- Nippon Animation produced Anime of ''Alice in Wonderland'' in 1983 to 1984. This anime adopted an original story that Alice and her rabbit Benny take a trip to Wonderland and go home for each episode.
- Kagihime Monogatari Eikyuu Alice Rondo , an anime that focuses on the completion of a fictional sequel called ''The Eternal Alice''.
- '' Miyuki-chan In Wonderland '', an anime and Manga by CLAMP , is a sexy animated parody of ''Alice''. In '' Cardcaptor Sakura '', another anime by CLAMP, The Title Character dresses up like Alice for an episode in which she shrinks drastically. In the third season, Sakura is sucked into a copy of ''Alice in Wonderland'' in which characters from the anime appear as characters in the story.
- The anime series '' Serial Experiments Lain '' tells the story of a girl who is drawn into the Cyberspace "underground" of the Wired, and features a character named Arisu ("Alice") Mizuki.
- Additionally, the anime series '' InuYasha '' also follows the adventures of a young girl who is drawn into a fantasy world when she falls down an old well. Viz, the company who translated the series into English, translated the title of the third episode as, "Down the Rabbit Hole and Back Again".
- The manga '' Alice 19th '' by Yū Watase involves Alice's older sister being drawn into a darker Wonderland.
- The comic '' Alice In Sexland '' by Mashumaro Jyuubaori is a mirror story to ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' except that the character enters an extremely perverse and sexual fantasy world where she ends up participating in a wide variety of sexual adventures stemming from orgies and having sexual intercourse with a tree.
- '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers '' is somewhat similar to the Alice books; the main heroine falls into the Amazon because of a white rabbit, as Alice enters Wonderland in a similar manner.
- '' Cinnamon Bear '', a 1938 children's radio drama.
- '' Mrs. Miniver '', the classic 1942 film, includes scenes in which Greer Garson as the title character and Walter Pidgeon as her husband read and quote from '' Alice's Adventures In Wonderland '' while they and their two little children stay in their home's air-raid shelter during the Nazis' World War II bombing of Britain.
- An episode of '''', in which Cetacea n biologist Gillian Taylor (played by Catherine Hicks ) is welcomed aboard the '' HMAV Bounty '' by Admiral James T. Kirk with the words: "Hello, Alice - welcome to Wonderland!".
- '''', a 1974 porno, is based directly upon Lewis Carroll's story, with some slight twists. An interesting movie beyond the porno, with catchy songs.
- '' Labyrinth '', a 1986 film directed by Jim Henson , counts the Alice books among its influences. It has a distinct Carrollian flavour. After all, it is the story of a young girl who must brave a strange Fantasy realm populated by unusual talking creatures, in which she must solve a number of Puzzles .
- '' The Matrix '' (1999) features a protagonist, Neo , who tags along with a gang after he sees one of them sporting a white rabbit Tattoo . The Wachowski Brothers who directed the film have stated that ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' is a running theme in their ''Matrix'' trilogy.
- '' Donnie Darko '' (2001) recasts some Carrollian elements in a darker storyline: a state of dream or nightmare, a demonic rabbit man, a (golf) hole in the ground. Donnie is also shown extending his hand through a mirror, recalling ''Through the Looking Glass''.
- '' Resident Evil '' (2002) has several references to the stories—notably, the main character who is unnamed until the credits reveal that she is called Alice. Also, the ''T-Virus'' is tested on a "white rabbit", the commandos open a mirror to reach the underground train-station ("Through the looking glass") and the villain is a holographic entity controlled by a computer called ''the Red Queen'', who at one point in the film, attempts to get the main character to behead one of the other characters infected with the ''T-virus''. ("Off with her head!")
- '' Jurassic Park '' (1993) The programmer creates a program called "white rabbit" which bypasses the parks security so he can make his escape.
- '' Lost '' (2004) The fifth episode of the first season of this popular TV series is entitled " White Rabbit ". The rabbit in question is actually Jack Shephard 's father. Jack sees him on the island and thus begins to follow him, much like Alice follows the white rabbit in the novel.
- The '''' third season Mirror Universe episode " Through The Looking Glass " took its name from the book.
Music inspired by, referencing, or incorporating texts from the Alice books include:
- ," " Come Together ," " Glass Onion ," and " I Am The Walrus "—supposedly this Walrus is the one from '' Through The Looking-Glass ''.
- Neil Sedaka took Alice into the US Top 50 in 1963 with the single "Alice In Wonderland."
- Words and images from the Alice books acquire blatant psychedelic connotations in " incorporated "White Rabbit" in his classic '' Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas '', in an account of an LSD trip. "White Rabbit" has been Covered by Several Other Bands as well.
- There was a rash of ''Alice''-related material in the music industry in the 1980s, a fad mainly fuelled by Goth and Indie Rock musicians. Siouxsie & The Banshees , for instance, named their label Wonderland and cut an album called ''Through The Looking Glass''. The former London-based Batcave Club was renamed "Alice In Wonderland." The Sisters Of Mercy had a hit single, "Alice," about the image of Carroll's heroine,which in turn led to a story called Alice In The Floodlands
- The Thompson Twins cut an instrumental called "The Lewis Carol".
- The Power Metal band Blind Guardian released a 2004 DVD titled '' Imaginations Through The Looking Glass '', and the lyrics to their song "Imaginations from the Other Side" include: "where's the wonderland / which young Alice had seen / or was it just a dream / I knew the answers / now they're lost for me".
Hard rock bands have used ideas from Alice In Wonderland,usually with a sense of parody and both Nazareth and Paice Ashton & Lord making albums called "Malice In Wonderland"-the latter using one of the Peter Blake paintings for the sleeve
- Stevie Nicks has a song titled "Alice" on her 1989 album ''The Other Side of the Mirror''. Its lyrics mention Alice and the Mad Hatter ( view the lyrics here ).
- Virginia Astley has released a lot of ''Alice''-related work, including her LP ''From Gardens Where We Feel Secure'' with Sound Effects recorded a few miles south of where Alice's adventures began; and songs like "Tree Top Club," "Nothing Is What It Seems," and "Over the Edge of the World".
- Tom Waits released an 2002 album entitled '' Alice '', consisting of songs that were written for a stage adaptation of ''Alice''.
- The video for the Tom Petty song "Don't Come Around Here No More" portrays Alice, the Mad Hatter, and other Wonderland elements.
- The music video of the Gwen Stefani song "What You Waiting For?" is clearly ''Alice''-inspired and shows the Queen Of Hearts ' garden Maze and a mad tea party.
- The first album by UK synth-pop duo Erasure was entitled '' Wonderland ''
- The Erasure video for "Breath of Life" from the album " Chorus " has imagery from Through the Looking Glass and Andy Bell has stated in an interview that the song was inspired by "Alice in Wonderland."
- The Birthday Massacre , ''Queen of Hearts''
- The bands Alice In Chains , The Alison Wonder Band & The Alice Band .
- '' Wonderland '' (1990), an illustrated Text Adventure by Magnetic Scrolls .
- '' American McGee's Alice '' is a macabre Computer Game , which takes place after the two Alice books. Following a housefire that kills her family, Alice is sent to an insane asylum. Ten years later, crazy, depressed and ultimately unhappy, she is called back to Wonderland, where she must confront the wicked Queen of Hearts to save Wonderland, as well as herself. A film adaption titled '' Alice '' is in production.
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- The RPG '' Kingdom Hearts '' includes Alice as a somewhat important plot character (In other words, one of the Seven Princesses of Heart sought by Maleficent and her group of Disney villains to open the Final Keyhole in Hollow Bastion that would lead to the literal Kingdom Hearts.) and Disney's version of Wonderland as one of the first worlds.
- The '' Silent Hill '' series contain a few references of Wonderland, in a contrasting homage to its surreal world. The best example of this is in the first game, where a door puzzle at the Alchemilla Hospital involves coloured blocks imprinted with the Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Mock Turtle and The Queen of Hearts.
- Windham Classics' "Alice In Wonderland" adventure game for the Commodore 64 .
- In Rockstar's '' Manhunt '', the director says to cash "You're my big ugly Alice! So go on, follow the white rabbit."
- In the PC-98 game ''Mystic Square'' of the Tōhō series, one of the boss characters is named Alice. She is quite clearly inspired by the story; the BGM for the Extra Stage where she appears again is titled "Alice in Wonderland", and Playing Cards appear as enemies. The mid-boss is a King card soldier. Alice later returns in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'' and subsequent games of the series, but loses the wonderland allusion and becomes a puppeteer.
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