The White Rabbit, as seen in Lewis Carroll's book "Alice in Wonderland

The White Rabbit is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's book Alice in Wonderland. He appears at the very beginning of the book, in chapter one, wearing a waistcoat, and muttering "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" Alice follows him down the rabbit hole into Wonderland. The Rabbit shows up again in the last two chapters, as a herald-like servant of the King and Queen of Hearts. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) – believed to be a self-portrait Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Alice in Wonderland is the widely known and used title for Alices Adventures in Wonderland, a book written by Lewis Carroll -- as well as several movie adaptations of the book -- and is also the setting for several short stories. ... Heralds, wearing tabards, in procession to St. ... Alices Adventures in Wonderland. ... John Tenniels illustration of the King and Queen of Hearts at the trial of the Knave of Hearts. ...

In popular culture

Role Playing Games

• The White Rabbit appears in the TSR AD&D modules EX1-2. Dungeonland and The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror. TSR (Tactical Studies Research) is now owned by Wizards of the Coast, and the company has made both modules available as a free download (see links below).

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Computer & video games

• A similar rabbit, MIPS, appears in the Nintendo 64 game Super Mario 64, exclaiming that it is late for an appointment.
• In American McGee's Alice, the White Rabbit is responsible for Alice's return to Wonderland. He is first seen as Alice's soft toy, then becomes something that looks vaguely like the John Tenniel illustration, only more shriveled and corpse-like. When Alice is chasing him in the Village of the Doomed, he shrinks and goes down a hole. Alice follows him by shrinking herself with a hand-made potion. They re-meet in the Wonderland Woods, where he tells her to find Caterpillar. Later, he is killed by the Mad Hatter after being squashed under his foot. Like all the murdered characters in the game, the rabbit is restored at the end, when Alice regains her sanity.
• In the Playstation 2 action-RPG game, Kingdom Hearts, and its Game Boy Advance follow-up, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. His role was essentially the same in both games; worried about being late, he led Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy to the Queen's palace. His Japanese voice actor was Shigeru Ushiyama.
• Rockstar's game Manhunt (game) features a level called "Kill the Rabbit." In this stage, you hunt down a man wearing a white rabbit suit. Upon entering the level, Starkweather says to you "time for some Wonderland fun," an obvious allusion to Lewis Carroll's work. At one point, the man in the rabbit suit tells you that Starkweather is done filming you, and commences to command an army of Smileys to dispose of you. You must then kill the man in the rabbit suit and take his key.

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Television & Films

• Neo is told to follow the "White Rabbit" in The Matrix in one of many metaphysical "waking up" metaphors. Seconds later his doorbell rings, and when he opens the door he finds a woman with a tattoo of a white rabbit on her shoulder.
• The fifth episode of the TV series Lost was titled "White Rabbit." In it Locke refers to the 'ghost' Jack is chasing after as a white rabbit. He suggests that impossible things might be possible on the island, making it a Wonderland of sorts.
• In the film Donnie Darko, Frank is a boy masked as a white rabbit who guides Donnie in his project like a sort of imaginary friend.

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Literature

• In the graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, Bruce Wayne recalls chasing a white rabbit as a child and falling down a rabbit hole before his first encounter with bats.
• In The Looking-Glass Wars, the White Rabbit is re-imagined as Bibwit Harte, an albino tutor with super-sensitive hearing.

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Music

• Jefferson Airplane recorded a song called "White Rabbit", with references to this character and the Wonderland saga in general.
• He appeared in the band The Used music video for their song "All that I've Got".

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Disney

In the Disney version of the book, the Rabbit seems to have the most logic out of all the Wonderland characters. Thus, he is often the straight man for their zany antics; when he asks the Dodo for help on getting the "monster" (Alice) out of his house, Dodo's ultimate solution is to burn the house down. At the Mad Tea Party, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare try to "fix" his watch, proclaiming it to be "two days slow". Through various food they put in the watch (butter, tea, jam, and lemon), the two cause it to go berserk, and the Hare smashes it with his mallet. The scene ends when the Rabbit, crying, says that it was "an unbirthday present", and they throw him out, singing the Unbirthday Song. Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... For the bank robber, see Mad Hatter (Bank Robber). ... The March Hare, often called the Mad March Hare, is a character from the tea party scene in Lewis Carrolls Alices Adventures in Wonderland. ...

The Rabbit was perhaps most famous for the little ditty he sang at the beginning-"I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date! No time to say hello, goodbye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!". The Rabbit was voiced by Bill Thompson. In psychological terms this suggests an Anxious personality disorder. Bill Thompson (July 8, 1913 – July 15, 1971) was an American radio actor and voice actor whose career stretched from the 1930s until his death. ... Avoidant personality disorder (sometimes abbreviated APD or AvPD), or anxious personality disorder, is a personality disorder characterised by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation. ...

Some believe the rabbit was late for the announcement of the Queen to the royal garden. The panic the rabbit showed was his fear of losing his head. Upon her arrival (where Alice has been painting the roses red) the cards finish their song and the rabbit blows his trumpet (which he had been carrying for most of his lines) royally introducing the king and queen.

The Disney Rabbit made a few appearances on the Disney Channel original show, House of Mouse. His most noticeable appearance was when he confessed to Clarabelle Cow that "I'm not really late, and I don't really have a date. I'm a fraud!". He was voiced by Corey Burton, who would voice the Rabbit in all future speaking roles. The House of Mouse is a Disney cartoon show where Mickey Mouse and his friends run a nighclub called The House of Mouse, which shows Disney cartons as part of its floor show. ... Clarabelle Cow is a cartoon character from the Mickey Mouse universe. ... Corey Burton (born August 3, 1955), is an animation voice actor. ...

External links

• White Rabbit character description
• TSR Modules EX1-2, Dungeonland and The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror - article on the modules and download links