The following is a list of noted differences between the original Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass book and the 1951 Disney film adaptation. The film is a loose adaptation of the two novels, it has a few elments from the books that are depicted differnetly. Please add to the list!
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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. |
In the book, the Caterpillar asks Alice to recite the poem You Are Old, Father William.
In the book when Alice grows in the White Rabbit's House, She puts her arm in the window and her foot in the chimney.
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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.
In the movie, Alice puts her arms and legs in the white's rabbit's house when she grows. Oysters |