⚡ Powers & Abilities
Size manipulation, Transformation, Cryptic wisdom, Riddles, Introspection, Advice-giving, Supernatural knowledge
📖 Biography
Caterpillar is one of Wonderland's most mysterious residents in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Sitting on a mushroom and smoking a hookah, he questions Alice about her identity and challenges her to think carefully about who she wants to become. His advice about the mushroom gives Alice control over her changing size, making him an important guide during her strange journey. In Disney's version and other adaptations, Caterpillar has become especially recognizable for his calm manner, cryptic wisdom, and eventual transformation into a butterfly.
⚡ Fun Facts
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Caterpillar is introduced in Chapter Five of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, where he asks Alice the famous question, "Who are you?"
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Lewis Carroll's original Caterpillar is described as exactly three inches high, a detail he considers a perfectly respectable height.
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John Tenniel's original illustration gives the Caterpillar a surprisingly human-like face while retaining the body of a natural caterpillar.
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In Disney's 1951 animated film, Caterpillar is blue, smokes a hookah, and uses colorful smoke to form letters and images.
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Richard Haydn provided the Caterpillar's voice in Disney's 1951 Alice in Wonderland.
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The Caterpillar also appears in the Japanese anime Fushigi no Kuni no Alice, which aired in Japan from 1983 to 1984.
