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~ The Red Queen to her frog servants and her first words.
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Off with their heads!
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~ The Red Queen's famous quote.
Iracebeth of Crims, also known as The Bloody Big Head, or more commonly known as The Red Queen, is the main antagonist of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland duology.
She is Mirana the White Queen's stubborn and murderous older sister with anger issues, the former master of the Knave of Hearts and the Jubjub Bird, the former servant of the Jabberwocky, one of the (former) tyrannical rulers of Underland (alongside the Jabberwocky) and the former arch-nemesis of both Alice Kingsleigh and Tarrant Hightopp the Mad Hatter. She is based upon Queen of Hearts from the classic novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the character of the same name from its sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
The Red Queen is an impatient, oppressive, narcissistic, jealous, envious, and petulant-tempered empress who treats her subjects unfairly and simply orders anyone to execution by decapitation when she always shouts her favorite words "Off with their (his or her) heads!". However, after her redemption and her change of heart in the second film, she becomes intelligent, altruistic, and simplistic.
Description[]
As the plot of "Through the Looking-Glass" plays out within a living game of chess, the Red Queen could be viewed as an antagonist as she is the queen for the side opposing Alice.
Despite this, their initial encounter is a cordial one, with the Red Queen explaining the rules of chess concerning promotion — specifically that Alice is able to become a queen by starting out as a pawn and reaching the eighth square at the opposite end of the board. As a queen in the game of chess, the Red Queen is able to move swiftly and effortlessly.
When that celebration goes awry, Alice turns upon the Red Queen, whom she "considers as the cause of all the mischief", and shakes her until the queen morphs into Alice's pet kitten. In doing this, Alice presents an end game, awakening from the dream world of the looking glass, by both realizing her hallucination and symbolically "taking" the Red Queen in order to checkmate the Red King.
Biography[]
Alice in Wonderland[]
Ever since Alice Kingsleigh first left Underland, the Horovendoush occurred and the Red Queen had overthrown her sister, the White Queen, before taking control of Underland. Her right-hand man is the Knave of Hearts while she has an army of Armoured Cards, anthropomorphic animals as servants and is shown to have a very bad temper. The Red Queen was so paranoid, she even had her husband executed, believing he would leave her for the White Queen. She was often referred to as Bloody Big Head, possibly because all her power, which she stole, literally went to her head. Her rule was harsh for all of Underland. Those that opposed her rule were hunted down and executed. 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. However, she does show affection for the Knave of Hearts.
On Griblig Day, the Red Queen angrily shrieks that someone had stolen three of her tarts. After finding out it was one of her Frog-Footmen, he is later to be executed. The Queen informs a Fish-Footman to choke the frog's children so she can eat them on a meal with caviar. Upon being 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 mate and children and his own freedom. 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" while that people make fun of her height. The Queen, not recognizing Alice, accepts her story and welcomes her to her court. 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 next morning while Tarrant is hatting the Red Queen, she hears the news about how the Knave had advanced towards Alice. The Knave attempts to lie on how it's Um (Alice) that's obsessed with him, which the Queen believes and orders the capture of Alice. Alice returns to Tarrant and Mallymkun, but right away is charged of seduction. However, Alice manages to escape with the Vorpal sword with assistance from the Bandersnatch.
On the day of Tarrant and Mallymkun's execution, the executioner severs Tarrant's head, but his body disappears with only the hat floating in the air. Tarrant was substituted by the Cheshire cat and the real Hatter is up with the Red Queen. Tarrant reveals that all of the Red Queen's followers are slaves and Tarrant makes a speech for all those willing to rebel against the Bloody Bighead to rise and escape to the White Queen's side. In retaliation, the Red Queen orders the release of the Jubjub Bird which terrorizes the people. Tarrant manages to escape with Mallymkun, the Tweedles, Nivens, and Bayard's mate and children, and the Cheshire cat returns his hat and asks Alice how her arm is. The Red Queen then tells the Knave to prepare the Jabberwocky for battle as it is time to visit her sister.
Frabjous day has finally arrived with both Red Queen and White Queen's armies prepared for an epic battle. Alice dons her armor and wields the Vorpal sword. Both armies arrive at a chessboard-like battlefield for the battle between Alice and the Jabberwocky. After the Jabberwocky is slain, the Red Queen orders her troops to kill Alice, but they no longer follow her since the death of the Jabberwocky. The Cheshire cat crowns the White Queen as once again the queen of Underland. The White Queen banishes the Red Queen to the Outlands along with the Knave. The Knave, unable to live with the Red Queen, attempts to kill her, but is quickly stopped by Tarrant. Both the Red Queen and The Knave are carried off of the battle field and taken to the Outlands for their heinous crimes.
Alice Through the Looking Glass[]
The Red Queen now lives in the Red Castle within the Outlands during her exiled as her former castle in the abandoned kingdom of Salazen Grum lay in ruins.
The Red Queen becomes the girlfriend of Time and she wants to rule the universe with him with the power of the cronosphere, the Red Queen discovers who Alice steal the cronosphere and orders Time to find her and killing her. Alice travels in time with the cronosphere and discovers the Red Queen's past: When she and the White Queen was two little girls their parents threats her like she was nothing and ever threats the White Queen like their preferred. One day the Red Queen would have the big and large head who her have now crashed into a statue making her head grows up, her head would become more big and large when she was humiliated incarnation where his father decide to gave the crown to the White Queen making the Red Queen evil and revengeful. The Red Queen would make a revenge on Underland and Tarrant Hightopp (who her believing who was laughing about her big and large head) her captured Tarrant's family and skrunch them prisoning them into a cage for ants, the Red Queen would use in her revenge the Jabberwocky.
In present, the Red Queen reunites with a dying Time who tell to her who he fails and Alice is going to save Tarrant's family, the Red Queen betrays Time and leaves him making him throws away by her guards. The Red Queen captured Alice and Tarrant who are saved by Tarrant's family. The two are prisoned into a cage by the Red Queen together with the others. The Red Queen takes the cronosphere and back to the past taking the White Queen with her.
The Red Queen back to the day where his sister lies for who eat the biscuits and try to change the past meeting her from the past but destroying all universe making her and the whole universe being turned to stone, a stone Red Queen is saved by the White Queen before the White Queen self-being turned to stone. However, Alice making the cronosphere back to his place making the whole universe back to normal and making so the Red Queen back to normal and to live as the all people on Earth. The White Queen apologizes to the Red Queen and the two being two lovely sisters, so she turns better due to being loved by everyone. Finally, she then realizes the meaning of family and hope.
Donald In Mathmagic Land[]
While never given a proper name, the Red Queen appeared as a chess piece in Donald in Mathmagic Land. Here, she wonders whatever Donald Duck is an Alice or a lost pawn. After her husband confirms that it is a lost pawn, she orders the red chess pieces to stop Donald. Luckily, he got away before the Queen did something bad.
It was seen during the demonstration on the chess game, she was kicked by the White King.
"You're right, Stayne, it's far better to be feared than loved."
"Prepare the Jabberwocky for battle, we're going to visit my little sister!"
"I know what you are doing, you think you can blink those pretty little eyes and I'll melt, just like Mummy and Daddy did."
"NO! It is MY CROWN! I AM THE ELDEST!!"
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Admist the bloody Crimson Sea within Salazen Grum lies the head of the Queen's former husband, the Red King.
"Go to his house and collect the little ones. I like tadpoles on toast almost as I like caviar."
Trivia[]
In the original Alice's Adventures In Wonderland story by Lewis Carroll and its sequel Through the Looking Glass, the Red Queen was a separate character from the Queen of Hearts but here they've been merged into one.
Despite being an evil empress, she appears to have some standards since she seemed to genuinely like Stayne and became shocked when he almost killed her by attempting to stab her.
In Alice Through The Looking Glass, she dislikes lying, which would make sense since The White Queen lied about not eating the last tart.
