![]() ![]() ![]() The conversation he has with Alice in the novel is pretty consistent with the 1951 adaptation, though it is completely altered in the 2010. In the novel, Absolem is equally annoying and contemptuous. Unlike in the movie, Absolem is a much more realistic Caterpillar than the one in the cartoon. Last but not least, since he is essentially a cartoon figure, his insect form is inevitably personalized as all cartoon seems to do with its animal characters. The mushroom advice is one of those plot mechanisms that "keeps it rolling". This tip is probably one of the most important clues Alice receives-since later, she is going to eat the mushroom and grows significantly during her trial. He then instructs Alice about the size-changing mushrooms with his boisterous attitude. In his anger, he begins to smoke incessantly, breathing heavily from his hookah and after a dramatic swirling of smoke-he disappears but is promptly seen in the sky as a butterfly. "You there! Girl! Come back! I have something important to say!"Īnd after telling her to "hold her temper", Alice accidentally infuriates him by complaining about her hight, which is 3 inches at the time and is also the Caterpillar's hight. Eventually, he ends up frustrating Alice into leaving, but quickly calls her back: Similar to the 2010 movie, he blows a heck lot of smoke into Alice's face while sitting on a mushroom, except that the smoke is shaped into alphabets that resonate to whatever he is saying. He appears right after the singing flower scene, and is heard singing his famous vowel song "A, E, I, O, U" when Alice approaches him. The Caterpillar in the 1951 is a sulky, impudent and demanding insect. As he warps himself into a cocoon and is ready to transform into a butterfly, these scenes are intercut with Alice's decision-making process of becoming a champion and facing the Jabberwocky.Īlthough he is a relatively a minor character, he certainly has a "heavy" and irreplaceable presence in the movie. In addition, Absolem is also a symbol for Alice's transformation. He is the one who is asked to confirm Alice's identity when she is first brought to Underland, and later, he is also the ones who declares to Alice that "you are nearly Alice." At times he serves as sort of a spiritual guide for Alice, and he seems to be a "measure" or "scale" that confirms Alice's strengthening identity from time to time. Just like all other characters in Alice in Wonderland, Absolom undergoes an appropriate maturation in character and appears less kiddish. In the 2010 film, Absolom is transfigured into a "wise old man" figure-he may not necessarily be old, since he will eventually turn into a butterfly and supposedly, he is in his "baby form", but his deep voice certainly "ages" him. Absolom is an invention in the 2010 movie, since in the previous Disney adaptation as well as the original novel, he is only referred to as "the Caterpillar". His signature "move" is blowing a cloud of smoke into Alice's face. Absolom, voiced by Alan Rickman (that's Snape, by the way), is the advice-giving blue caterpillar with a hookah. ![]()
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