Dodo (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
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First appearance | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
Created by | Lewis Carroll |
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Species | Dodo |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Bird |
The Dodo is a fictional character appearing in Chapters 2 and 3 of the 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The Dodo is a caricature of the author. A popular but unsubstantiated belief is that Dodgson chose the particular animal to represent himself because of his stammer, and thus would accidentally introduce himself as "Do-do-dodgson".
Historically, the dodo was a flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It became extinct in the mid 17th century during the colonisation of the island by the Dutch.[1]
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
In this passage Lewis Carroll incorporated references to the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's Adventures were first told, with
Interpretations
Disney animated film version
Dodo | |
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First appearance | Alice in Wonderland |
Created by | Lewis Carroll Walt Disney |
Portrayed by | Bill Thompson (original) Rich Sommer (Alice's Wonderland Bakery) |
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Nickname | Dodo |
Species | Dodo |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Sailor Captain |
In the Disney film, the Dodo plays a much greater role in the story than in the book. He is merged with the character of Pat the Gardener, which leads to him sometimes being nicknamed Pat the Dodo, but this name is never mentioned in the film. The Dodo is also the leader of the caucus race. He has the appearance and personality of a sea captain. The Dodo is voiced by Bill Thompson and animated by Milt Kahl.
Dodo is first seen as
Dodo is later summoned by the
The White Rabbit soon leaves, while Dodo asks for matches, not realizing that the situation has been resolved. He then asks Alice for a match, but when she doesn't have any, Dodo complains about the lack of cooperation and uses his pipe to light the fire.
The Dodo later appears briefly at the end of the film, conducting another Caucus Race while Alice is being chased by the Queen of Hearts and her card soldiers.
In Alice's Wonderland Bakery, appears Captain Dodo, being unknown if he is the same character from the film, or a descendant as is the case of other characters from Wonderland in the series (the plot placed several decades after the events in the film). Captain Dodo also has a son named Jojo.
Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland version
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Alice in Wonderland character | |
First appearance | Alice in Wonderland |
Created by | Lewis Carroll/Tim Burton |
Portrayed by | Michael Gough |
In-universe information | |
Species | Dodo |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Adviser Caddy |
In
His name may be based on a lecture on William the Conqueror from Chapter Three of the original novel. The character is voiced by Michael Gough in his final feature film role before his death in 2011. Gough came out of retirement to appear in the film but the character only speaks three lines, so Gough managed to record in one day.
References
- S2CID 6257901.