Alice soon finds herself at the Red Queen's side and the Mad Hatter's trail, which eventually the Red Queen is persuaded by Tarrant to become her hatter. The Queen accepts Alice's story and welcomes her to her court. Later, the Red Queen sees an oversized Alice in her garden, and to avoid suspicion, Alice tells the Queen her name is Um from Umbridge and that people make fun of her height. She is informed by the Knave of Hearts that Alice has returned to Underland, the Red Queen assigns Bayard Hamar, the Bloodhound, to pursue Alice for his imprisoned wife and pups, and his own freedom. The Queen informs a Fish-Footman to choke the frog's children so she can eat them on a meal with caviar. After finding out it was one of her Frog-Footmen, he is later to be executed. On Griblig Day, the Red Queen screams out in anger that someone had stolen three of her tarts. However, she does show affection for Knave of Hearts (this romance, however, is one-sided). Even her most loyal advisers feared her so greatly that they would deform themselves with fake noses and ears just so she would not punish them for being more attractive than she was. Those that opposed her rule were hunted down and executed. She was often referred to as Bloody Big Head, possibly because all her power, which she stole, literally went to her head. The Red Queen was so paranoid, she even had her husband executed, believing he would leave her for the White Queen. She has an army of Armoured Cards, Frog Servants, Monkey Servants, and a very bad temper. Her right-hand man is the Knave of Hearts. This is not new to Disney adaptations of Caroll's works the Queen of Hearts of the 1951 animated feature was also based in part on the Red Queen (notably saying some lines originally spoken by the Red Queen in the book).Įver since Alice Kingsleigh first left Underland, the Horovendoush occurred and the Red Queen had overthrown her sister, the White Queen, and took control of Underland. And he said why have two average characters when you can have one great character? Put these two together and make one great character, and she does an amazing job.” ―Linda Woolverton I learnt that from Howard Ashman, the late, great, who I wrote Beauty and the Beast with.
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