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The train is coming with its shiny cars. With comfy seats and wheels of stars. So hush my little ones, have no fear. The man in the moon is the engineer.
~ The Dollmaker after Angus Bumby's true colors are revealed, and also his most famous line.

Dr. Angus Bumby, also known as the Dollmaker in his Wonderland incarnation, is the overarching antagonist of the 2000 video game American McGee's Alice, and the main antagonist of its 2011 sequel Alice: Madness Returns.

He is a psychiatrist and secret child sex trafficker, as well as both the killer of Alice Liddell's family and the mastermind behind the Infernal Train, Wonderland's corruption, and Alice's insanity, thus making him her true archenemy.

He was voiced by Alistair McGowan, who also played Carlos in the Robbie the Reindeer film Legend of the Lost Tribe.

Biography[]

Background[]

Bumby started off as an undergraduate at Oxford University, being tutored by Alice's father Dean Arthur Liddell. On his usual trips to the Liddells' house for tea, he developed an unhealthy lust towards Arthur's eldest daughter Lizzie. Bumby's lust for Lizzie grew more further, up to the point when Bumby stalked and harassed her, which drove Lizzie demanding Arthur never to invite Bumby to their house again and threatening to report Bumby's inappropriate behavior to Arthur.

However, refusing to set aside his lust and enraged over Lizzie's rejections, Bumby sneaked into the Liddells' house one night. There, he locked up Lizzie's room with her key before proceeding to rape and murder her. Bumby would later then set the house on fire, killing Arthur and his wife in the process. Alice was the only member of her family to survive, and the fire became the cause of her slip into madness. Bumby later kept Lizzie's key as a memory, using it later on to hypnotize his patients.

Alice's Psychiatrist[]

Angus Bumby as Alice's Psychiatrist

Dr. Bumby as Alice's psychiatrist.

After Alice left Rutledge due to her rebuilding sanity, her nurse Pris Witless managed to land her a job as a maid at the Houndsditch Home. There, Bumby hypnotized Alice, saying he could help her forget and recover. In truth, Bumby realized that Alice could potentially expose him for what he was if she regained her memories and was attempting to cover his tracks, in addition to wishing for him wanting Alice to become another one of his prostitutes.

However, Alice began to regress into insanity once more, finding Wonderland being torn apart. Alice, now ready to face her issues and wishing to investigate the cause, set off into her mind to stop her Wonderland from falling apart and regaining memories.

As Alice's adventures continue, they show the light on Bumby's evil deeds, and that he was also using Houndsditch Home to make children sell themselves as prostitutes with no memories.

Confronting Angus Bumby[]

NOTE: These events took place at the same time as when Alice confronted the Dollmaker, however, these events were in the real world and not through Alice's delusions of Wonderland.
Bumby's Death

Dr. Bumby's death.

When she regained her memories, Alice found Bumby at the train stating and interrogated him. Confirming her accusations and not denying his actions, he admitted that he also wanted to turn Alice into another one of his prostitutes. When Alice threatened to go towards the police for what Bumby did, Bumby laughs it off by stating that it's unlikely that any charges would be set against him due to his reputation as a respectable doctor, and that no one would believe Alice. However, Alice snatches Lizzie's key from Bumby and pushed him in front of a train, rightfully killing him and avenging her family.

In Wonderland[]

The Dollmaker[]

Dollmaker (Alice Madness Returns)

The Dollmaker assumingly warped into Wonderland after Alice had her first therapy session with the man. He used the weakened land for his gain, corrupting it with Ruin and kidnapping Insane Children to make into dolls who serve him.

Later on, he took control of the Dollhouse, using it as a factory to create his minions. He also managed to convince the March Hare and the Dormouse into making the Infernal Train, which he used to wreak havoc on the Deluded Depths and some of Queensland.

The Dollmaker tries to destroy Alice, but she manages to fight off his monstrous mooks and reach his main base of operations.

Confronting the Dollmaker[]

NOTE: These events took place at the same time as when Alice confronted Angus Bumby, however, these events were in Wonderland and not in the real world's Moorgate station.

When Alice meets the Dollmaker, she discovers the truth: that the fiend is no more than a twisted version of Dr. Bumby, trying to destroy what remains of her mind and turning children into his sex slaves. The Dollmaker also admitted that the Infernal Train is nothing more than a source of insanity inside Alice's mind that Bumby himself has caused.

When Alice declaring that she'll stop the Infernal Train, the Dollmaker tries to kill Alice by turning her into a doll and shoving her in front of the train, to no avail. Alice then makes her way to the engine room, even being given support by the Queen of Hearts in her intent to take down the Dollmaker for good.

In this final battle, the Dollmaker transformed further, becoming even more monstrous with a snake-like body of Ruin, hands holding on to his body, and his tongue becoming a nightmarish mix of doll heads and Ruin. To defeat him, Alice must avoid his power grabs and crushing blows, as well as fighting monsters made of Ruin. Eventually, Alice succeeds in destroying the Dollmaker, and his influence dissipates, which not only restores much of Alice's sanity, but also the rest of Wonderland and its inhabitants.

Alice: Otherlands[]

Bumby tentacle

The tentacle barring Bumby's face in Alice: Otherlands.

Although Bumby/The Dollmaker don't appear in Alice: Otherlands, one of the Leviathan's tentacles does bare his face.

Appearance[]

Angus Bumby[]

Appearing as a middle-aged man, Bumby has a slim figure and a long, thin face. He has brown hair, with a beard and mustache. He also has a bony nose and hands, pronounced cheeks, and a pointed chin. He wears a white shirt under a gray waistcoat and a red tie and black pants. He gains a top-hat and brown coat when outside.

Dollmaker[]

The Dollmaker is a twisted version of Bumby, grown into a gigantic size. He has no eyes, with Ruin flowing down his face from his eye sockets, mouth, nose, and ears. The Ruin forms a mock beard for The Dollmaker. His hands have a sewn appearance, with nails and doll heads exposed on them.

Whereas Bumby finds children and has them sell themselves for money, the Dollmaker turns the Insane Children into dolls. He sees his prey as nothing more than toys for his sadistic mind to use, mirroring his basis with his thoughts on children.

Personality[]

Bumby: I could've made you into a tasty bit. Clients out the door waiting for a piece from a raving delusional beauty, with no memory of the past, or no sense of the future. But you wouldn't forget; you insisted on holding on to your fantasies. You're mad. Like your sister.
Alice: Don't speak of her! You didn't know her!
Bumby: Your sister was a tease. Pretended to despise me. She got what she wanted...in the end.
~ Bumby showing his true intentions towards Alice while mocking her dead sister.
Portrait of Bumby with the orphans in Houndsditch

The false image that Bumby has manifested to the public as a way to hide his true intentions.

Angus Bumby, in all fronts, is a detestable perverted man, who seek to make a profit out of child trafficking services. As a character he represents the type of monster that American McGee wanted to make for the series. A horrifying, cruel, abusive, perverted monster, who preys on the weak specifically children and uses his abilities on hypnosis to erase their memories in order to place them in prostitution. He shows no actual care for them and only views them as sex products for London's pedophiles. In the public, he portrays himself as a caring and friendly psychiatrist, who seeks to help psychology damaged orphans and keeps an orphanage for them but this is just facade he kept to hide his true intentions. His mistreatment of child also extends to Alice as well but mainly to get rid of the last shred of evidence on his involvement of the murder of the Liddell family. He believes by successfully destroying Alice's mind, he achieves what he always wanted turning his latest victim, who survived the destruction of her home, into a prostitute.

In addition to Alice's trauma, Bumby is entirely responsible for all her struggles and suffering as he was the one who burned down Alice's home, which killed her entire family, an event that damaged her mentally. He is also a former student of her father and developed an extreme attraction to Lizzie Liddell. As said in the game, Lizzie hated Bumby because of his inappropriate behavior and disgusting advances towards her. Lizzie even warned Alice of him saying to stay away from him, which shows how dangerous he was even before the main series starts. Out of anger for ignoring him, Bumby planned to kill her and hid the evidence by burning down her home. With his extreme knowledge on psychology, he used the opportunity to participate in the cruel child trafficking services in England instead of using his knowledge for more noble causes.

Besides his cruelty and obvious pervertedness, Bumby has a very low opinion on children. He views them as beings who serve no purpose at all to society and themselves but for some reason he thinks having them serve the needs of pedophiles is a good purpose for them to live by and sees no problem with this. Bumby holds no room for empathy on the suffering of others and seem to have a destain for young people. An example of this would be that moment when he told Alice about some insects eating their young and that "they have much to teach us." Though people did have a low opinion on children during the Victorian Era, it is not far off that Bumby manipulated their ignorance to hide his evil intentions and abuse towards children.

Trivia[]

  • In Alice's old memories of the fire, Alice saw Bumby as a centaur. This fits, seeing how centaurs were shown as violent, lustful beasts.
  • It's possible that the Dollmaker's real plan was to transform Wonderland into a sad, haunting version of itself.
  • The Dollmaker's attacks and taunts reflect his lustful nature. His left hand is used in a groping manner, and the right hand pinches. Both are used in taunts that are similar to hip thrusting and "mooning". The two columns on either side of the area could represent spread legs, giving the fight a possible meaning to save Alice from Bumby's perverted, foul actions.
  • The name "Dollmaker" could reference the Deep Web, with the name being shared to those linked to child prostitution.
  • The fact that Bumby is a therapist is a possible hint of his lustful ways, as it could be read as "the-rapist".
  • Bumby is arguably the Greater-Scope Villain of the entire franchise due to his actions being responsible for Alice's madness and the indirect creation of Wonderland, thus setting up the events of the first game.
  • Bumby's appearance strongly resembles that of Albert Fish, an American serial killer, child rapist and cannibal with five victims and who confessed to five more. Considering he's a murdering pedophile, this was likely intentional.
  • After his death, the Cheshire Cat narrates to the viewers that Wonderland, albeit being damaged and in ruin, is safe for both time being and in memory for now.
  • During the production of the canceled prequel Alice: Asylum, Angus Bumby's background was going to be revealed through a flashback in Alice's mind and that Alice did not actually killed the Dollmaker. In the flashback, it reveals that Bumby was an orphan like Alice and was severely abused by his controlling and vindictive father while having an mentally ill mother. Later on, Alice would discover Bumby's dairy and find out that Bumby cleans blood off the floor due to his father's job as a taxidermist. One day, he witnessed his father murdered his mother, which lead Bumby to murder his father in revenge. Despite this, the draft makes it very clear that this may provide context in Bumby's evil personality, though it still doesn't excuse his vile actions against the Liddell family.
    • The draft also reveals that Bumby was working with Radcliffe on the child trafficking in London. Radcliffe would believe that Alice killed Bumby, but since he has no proof, Alice remains a free woman from their control.

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