Mad Hatter

[[File:Alice in Wonderland (1951) - Mad Hatter.png|thumb|upright 1|The Mad Hatter from [[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|1951 animated film]]]]

[[File:Alice in Wonderland (1951) - Mad Hatter.png|thumb|upright 1|The Mad Hatter from [[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|1951 animated film]]]]

* In the 1951 [[Walt Disney]] animated feature ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', the Hatter, referred to by others as "The Mad Hatter", appears as a short, hyperactive man with grey hair, a large nose and a comical voice. He was voiced by [[Ed Wynn]] in 1951, and by [[Corey Burton]] in his later appearances (''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|Bonkers]]'', ''[[House of Mouse]]''), while [[Alan Tudyk]] voices him in the short film ''[[Once Upon a Studio]]''.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-22 |title=10 Fun Facts About Disney's Once Upon A Studio Short |url=https://mamasgeeky.com/2023/09/once-upon-a-studio-fun-facts.html |access-date=2023-09-25 |language=en-US}} Alice stumbles upon the Hatter and the March Hare having an "un-birthday" party for themselves. The Hatter asks her the infamous riddle "why is a raven like a writing desk?", but when she tries to answer the Hatter and the March Hare think she is "stark raving mad" and the Hatter completely forgot that he asked her the riddle. Throughout the course of the film, the Hatter pulls numerous items out of his hat, such as cake and smaller hats. His personality is that of a child; angry one second, happy the next.

* In the 1951 [[Walt Disney]] animated feature ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', the Hatter, referred to by others as "The Mad Hatter", appears as a short, hyperactive man with grey hair, a large nose and a comical voice. He was voiced by [[Ed Wynn]] in 1951, and by [[Corey Burton]] in his later appearances (''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|Bonkers]]'', ''[[House of Mouse]]''), while [[Alan Tudyk]] voices him in the short film ''[[Once Upon a Studio]]''.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-22 |title=10 Fun Facts About Disney's Once Upon A Studio Short |url=https://mamasgeeky.com/2023/09/once-upon-a-studio-fun-facts.html |access-date=2023-09-25 |language=en-US}} Alice stumbles upon the Hatter and the March Hare having an "un-birthday" party for themselves. The Hatter asks her the infamous riddle "why is a raven like a writing desk?", but when she tries to answer the Hatter and the March Hare think she is "stark raving mad" and the Hatter completely forgot that he asked her the riddle. Throughout the course of the film, the Hatter pulls numerous items out of his hat, such as cake and smaller hats. His personality is that of a child; angry one second, happy the next.

* [[Martin Short]] portrays the Mad Hatter in the 1999 television film ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''. In this adaptation the character is an imaginary counterpart in Alice's dream of one of the attendees at her family's party, who is a man who also wears a top hat and drinks tea. The Mad Hatter performs a bizarre parody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", just like the character does in the novel, and mentions that he once sang the same piece during the Queen's concert but was sent away because she was offended by his performance. He also performs along with the March Hare a song called "Auntie's Wooden Leg".

* The Hatter appears in [[Tim Burton]]'s [[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|2010 version of ''Alice in Wonderland'']], portrayed by [[Johnny Depp]] and given the name [[Tarrant Hightopp]].{{cite web |url=http://www.joblo.com/scripts/Alice%20in%20Wonderland.pdf |title=Alice in Wonderland – Glossary of Terms/Script (early draft) |work=Walt Disney Pictures |publisher=JoBlo.com |access-date=30 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606122515/http://www.joblo.com/scripts/Alice%20in%20Wonderland.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=live}} In the film, the Hatter takes Alice toward the White Queen's castle and relates the terror of the Red Queen's reign while commenting that Alice is not the same as she once was. The Hatter subsequently helps Alice avoid capture by the Red Queen's guards by allowing himself to be seized instead. He is later saved from execution by the Cheshire Cat and calls for rebellion against the Red Queen. Near the end of the film, the Hatter unsuccessfully suggests to Alice that she could stay in Wonderland and consummate his feelings for her. Critical reception to Johnny Depp's portrayal of the Hatter was generally positive. [[David Edelstein]] of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' remarked that while the elements of the character suggested by Depp don't entirely come together, "Depp brings an infectious [[summer-stock]] zest to everything he does."{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/64316/ |title=David Edelstein on 'Alice in Wonderland', 'The Yellow Handkerchief', and 'The Art of the Steal' -- New York Magazine Movie Review |magazine=New York Magazine |author=David Edelstein |date=28 February 2010 |access-date=6 March 2013 }} Bill Goodykoontz of ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' said that "Depp is exactly what you'd expect, which is a good thing. Gap-toothed and leering, at times he looks like [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] after sticking a fork in a toaster. How he finds his characters is anybody's guess, a sort of thrift-store warehouse of eccentricities, it seems like. But it works."{{cite news |url=http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2010/03/03/20100303alice0305.html?nclick_check=1 |title=Alice in Wonderland |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |author=Bill Goodykoontz |date=3 March 2010 |access-date=6 March 2013 }} [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' had a more mixed opinion and commented that Depp as the Hatter is "a fantastic image, but once Depp opens his mouth, what comes out is a noisome Scottish brogue that makes everything he says sound more or less the same. The character offers no captivatingly skewed bat-house psychology. There isn't much to him, really—he's just a smiling Johnny one-note with a secret hip-hop dance move—and so we start to react to him the way that Alice does to everything else: by wondering when he's going to stop making nonsense."{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20348226,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307011542/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20348226,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2010 |title=''Alice in Wonderland'' Review |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |author=Owen Gleiberman |date=3 March 2010 |access-date=6 March 2013 }} [[Kenneth Turan]] of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' stated that "there's no denying Depp's gifts and abilities, but this performance feels both indulgent and something we've all seen before."{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-alice4-2010mar04,0,7137809.story |title=Review: 'Alice in Wonderland' |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Kenneth Turan |date=4 March 2010 |access-date=6 March 2013 }}

* The Hatter appears in [[Tim Burton]]'s [[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|2010 version of ''Alice in Wonderland'']], portrayed by [[Johnny Depp]] and given the name [[Tarrant Hightopp]].{{cite web |url=http://www.joblo.com/scripts/Alice%20in%20Wonderland.pdf |title=Alice in Wonderland – Glossary of Terms/Script (early draft) |work=Walt Disney Pictures |publisher=JoBlo.com |access-date=30 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606122515/http://www.joblo.com/scripts/Alice%20in%20Wonderland.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=live}} In the film, the Hatter takes Alice toward the White Queen's castle and relates the terror of the Red Queen's reign while commenting that Alice is not the same as she once was. The Hatter subsequently helps Alice avoid capture by the Red Queen's guards by allowing himself to be seized instead. He is later saved from execution by the Cheshire Cat and calls for rebellion against the Red Queen. Near the end of the film, the Hatter unsuccessfully suggests to Alice that she could stay in Wonderland and consummate his feelings for her. Critical reception to Johnny Depp's portrayal of the Hatter was generally positive. [[David Edelstein]] of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' remarked that while the elements of the character suggested by Depp don't entirely come together, "Depp brings an infectious [[summer-stock]] zest to everything he does."{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/64316/ |title=David Edelstein on 'Alice in Wonderland', 'The Yellow Handkerchief', and 'The Art of the Steal' -- New York Magazine Movie Review |magazine=New York Magazine |author=David Edelstein |date=28 February 2010 |access-date=6 March 2013 }} Bill Goodykoontz of ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' said that "Depp is exactly what you'd expect, which is a good thing. Gap-toothed and leering, at times he looks like [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] after sticking a fork in a toaster. How he finds his characters is anybody's guess, a sort of thrift-store warehouse of eccentricities, it seems like. But it works."{{cite news |url=http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2010/03/03/20100303alice0305.html?nclick_check=1 |title=Alice in Wonderland |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |author=Bill Goodykoontz |date=3 March 2010 |access-date=6 March 2013 }} [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' had a more mixed opinion and commented that Depp as the Hatter is "a fantastic image, but once Depp opens his mouth, what comes out is a noisome Scottish brogue that makes everything he says sound more or less the same. The character offers no captivatingly skewed bat-house psychology. There isn't much to him, really—he's just a smiling Johnny one-note with a secret hip-hop dance move—and so we start to react to him the way that Alice does to everything else: by wondering when he's going to stop making nonsense."{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20348226,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307011542/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20348226,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2010 |title=''Alice in Wonderland'' Review |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |author=Owen Gleiberman |date=3 March 2010 |access-date=6 March 2013 }} [[Kenneth Turan]] of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' stated that "there's no denying Depp's gifts and abilities, but this performance feels both indulgent and something we've all seen before."{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-alice4-2010mar04,0,7137809.story |title=Review: 'Alice in Wonderland' |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Kenneth Turan |date=4 March 2010 |access-date=6 March 2013 }}

* The Mad Hatter appears in ''[[Come Away]]'', portrayed by [[Clarke Peters]]. This version is the father of [[Captain Hook]], the grandfather of Alice and [[Peter Pan (character)|Peter Pan]], and the great-grandfather of [[Wendy Darling]], John Darling, and Michael Darling.

* The Mad Hatter appears in ''[[Come Away]]'', portrayed by [[Clarke Peters]]. This version is the father of [[Captain Hook]], the grandfather of Alice and [[Peter Pan (character)|Peter Pan]], and the great-grandfather of [[Wendy Darling]], John Darling, and Michael Darling.