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See production notesFor three years, Alice Kingsleigh has been following her father's footsteps and sailing the high seas. Returning to London from China, she learns that her ex-fiancé Hamish Ascot has taken over his deceased father's company and plans to have Alice sign over her father's ship in exchange for her family home. Alice follows a butterfly she recognizes as Absolem, who was previously a caterpillar, and returns to Wonderland through a mirror. Alice is greeted by the White Queen, the White Rabbit, the Tweedles, Mallymkun, the March Hare, Bayard and the Cheshire Cat, who reveal that the Hatter is acting madder than usual because his family is gone. Alice tries to console the Hatter, but he remains certain that his family is still alive. Seeing it as the only way to restore his health, the White Queen sends Alice to consult Time and convince him to save the Hatter's family in the past. The Queen warns Alice that history will be destroyed if a person's past and present selves meet. In Time's Castle of Eternity lies the Chronosphere, an object that controls all of time in Wonderland. After Time tells Alice that altering the past is impossible, she steals the Chronosphere and travels back in time. The exiled Red Queen orders Time to pursue Alice, who accidentally travels to the Red Queen's crowning. There, a younger Mad Hatter mocks the Red Queen when the crown does not fit her abnormal head. When her father deems her unfit to rule, the Red Queen throws a tantrum that causes her head to swell and vows revenge on the Hatter. Alice learns of an event in both the Queens' pasts that causes friction between the two and travels back in time again, hoping to change the Red Queen's character. The young White Queen steals a tart from her mother and leaves crumbs under her sister's bed. When confronted by their mother, the White Queen lies and lets her sister take the blame, causing the young Red Queen to run out of the castle in tears. Alice sees her about to run into a clock being carried across the square; believing this to be the event that changes her head, she pushes the clock out of the way. However, the young Red Queen still falls and hits her head. Alice is confronted by a weakened Time, who berates her for putting all of time in danger. She runs into a nearby mirror and back into the real world, where she wakes up in a mental hospital, diagnosed with female hysteria. With the help of her mother, she returns to Wonderland, travels to the Jabberwocky attack and discovers that the Hatter's family was captured by the Red Queen's Red Knights. Returning to the present, Alice sees that the Mad Hatter is at the brink of death. After Alice tearfully says she believes him, the Hatter awakens and reforms back to his normal self. The Wonderlanders go to the Red Queen's second castle and find the Hatter's family shrunk and trapped in an ant farm. The Red Queen apprehends them and steals the Chronosphere from Alice, taking her sister back to the day she lied about the tart to hide behind a door and listen to the scene. The White Queen whispers "No," as her younger self denies stealing the tart; the Red Queen furiously bursts through the door and screams at her sister's younger self. The young Red Queen sees her older self, creating a time paradox, and their faces and bodies rust. All of Wonderland then begins to be taken over by the rust. Using the Chronosphere, Alice and the Hatter race back to the present, where Alice runs for her life to place the Chronosphere back in its original place. Initially, she outruns the rust, but is stopped with her hand just above the stand. Sparks make the connection and the rust dissolves. The Mad Hatter reunites with his family, while the White Queen apologizes to the redeemed Red Queen for lying. Alice bids her friends farewell and returns to the real world. Upon Alice's return, her mother refuses to turn Alice's ship over to Hamish. Alice and her mother start their own company and travel on its behalf.
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Follows: Alice in Wonderland
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See all quotesYou've been gone too long, Alice, and he will be gone before long.
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[German accent] Stupid me-shaped corridor.
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Bayard: Alice. McTwisp: [hops up to Alice and hugs her arm] Alice! Thank goodness you're finally here! Thackery: It's that girl again! Tweedledee: Alice! You're back! Mally: [to the Bandersnatch] Don't be nice to her. She's late. Alice: Have I come at a bad time? Mirana: On the contrary. We were afraid you weren't coming at all. Alice: What's the matter? McTwisp: Hatter's the matter. Tweedledee: Or the matter of Hatter. Tweedledum: The former. Tweedledee: No, the latter. Mirana: [rolls her eyes] Tweedles. [gives them a look] Tweedles: [in unison] He's mad. Alice: Hatter? [the Tweedles nod] Yes, I know. [climbs out of the flower bed and pulls her hair back in a half-up style] That's his muchness. That's what makes him so...him. Tweedledee: But he's grown darker. Less dafter. Tweedledum: Denies himself laughter. Chessur: [appears in the tree above them] And no scheme of ours can raise any sort of smile. We rather hoped you might help us save him.
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Mirana: But, if anything can bring Hatter back, it would be seeing you again. Alice: Well, where is he? Hatter: [from inside] Go away! You can't come in. Alice: Hatter, it's me. Alice. Hatter: [opens the door, and gapes at her] Alice. You're you. And you're here. [they hug. He looks at her] You are you, aren't you? [touches Alice's face with his hands] Alice: Yes, Hatter. Hatter: [spins her around as if examining her body] Good. [looks around to see if the coast is clear] You're the only one. [takes Alice inside his house, shutting the door behind them] But you've always been Alice. And that's how I know you'll believe me. Alice: I've missed you, Hatter. Hatter: It's my family, Alice. Alice: Your family? Hatter: [leads Alice to a painting of his family] Yes. My family. Lost for many years. Or so I thought. Look. [shows Alice the blue paper hat he found in the flashback] I found this. The first hat I've ever made. I thought I'd tossed it away long, long ago. It's impossible for it to be
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Time: Wilkins! Wilkins: Yes, sir? Time: She's here! My liebchen is here! Wilkins: Coming, sir! [as he runs off, Alice watches him. Elsewhere, a silhouetted figure steps through a door underneath a giant red heart-shaped entrance. At the Grand Clock of All Time, he gathers the Seconds] Hurry! Quick! Alright. Here we go. Seconds out! Seconds out! [through a corridor, Alice sees a shadow with a heart-shaped hairdo. Wilkins and the Seconds approach, bumping into each other from behind] Oh. Ah! Get back. Stay in line. Stay in line! Ahem! Your Highness. Iracebeth: Your Majesty! Wilkins: Majesty. My lord is expecting you in the parlor. Shall I announce you? Iracebeth: Oh, no mind! I'll announce myself. [the figure from the entrance, which is actually Iracebeth, the Red Queen, blows her trumpet] Tick Tock, where are you? Tick Tock, where are you? [behind her, a vegetable humanoid-like creature lifts her cape as she walks to find Time with Wilkins and his friends following her as Alice watches.
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King Oleron: [gets up from his throne, stopping Iracebeth's rage ranting] Iracebeth, enough! Iracebeth, I had always hoped that you would one day show the necessary qualities to become the queen you were born to be. I realize now that day will never come. [turns his attention to the crowd] People of Witzend, upon my death, my crown will pass... to the Princess Mirana. Mirana: [gets up from her seat] Father, no... Iracebeth: But that's not fair! I'm the eldest! King Oleron: You are unfit to rule, Iracebeth. Iracebeth: [enraged] I hate you. I... HATE... YOU... ALL!!! [her head enlarges a bit, shocking the crowd, starts to walk away but stops, and storms over to the Hightopp family; vengefully] Oh! And I shall not ever forget you, you sniggering Hightopps! No, I shall wreak a terrible revenge! [turns away] Vile. Slow. Mirana: Racie. Iracebeth: Oh, don't "Racie" me! You started it! [walks a little closer to her; whispering] Why don't you tell them the truth? [Mirana doesn't reply] I didn't
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