The following is a list of noted differences between the original Alice's Adventures in Wonderland book and the 1951 Disney movie adaptation. Please add to the list!
Changes:
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In the book, there is no "Unbirthday" party. (This is an idea from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. The Mad Hatter, the March Hare, and the Dormouse are having never-ending tea party because the Mad Hatter had a quarrel with Time. | In the movie, The Mad Hatter, the March Hare, and the Dormouse are celebrating at an Unbirthday party rather than a never-ending tea party. The White Rabbit's clock is broken that the Mad Hatter and The March Hare "fix" it. |
| In the book, Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the talking flowers never appear; they are characters from Lewis Carroll's other novel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. | In the movie, Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the talking flowers are incorporated into the original plot from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. |
| In the book, Alice eats little cakes in the White Rabbit's house to become smaller. | In the movie, Alice eats carrots from The White Rabbit's garden to become smaller. |
| In the book, the White Rabbit declares that they must burn down his house with the large Alice in it. (The Dodo doesn't appear in this scene). | In the movie, the Dodo suggests burning down the White Rabbit's house with Alice in it. |
| In the book, the Caterpillar crawls away from Alice. | In the movie, the Caterpillar turns into a butterfly. |
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In the book, the Caterpillar asks Alice to recite the poem You Are Old, Father William.
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In the movie, the Caterpillar asks Alice to recite How Doth the Little Crocodile.
In the movie Alice woke up to her au pair.
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