- “Well, no wonder you're late! Why this clock is EXACTLY two days slow!”
- ―The Mad Hatter examining the watch[src]
The White Rabbit's Watch was a pocket watch that was owned by the White Rabbit in the 1951 Disney animated film Alice in Wonderland. It was kept in the Rabbit's possession at all times.
Appearances[]
Alice in Wonderland (1951)[]
Throughout the film, the White Rabbit always carries his watch to let him know about the time he should be to arrive for the Queen of Hearts whenever the White Rabbit appears on screen worried that he is constantly late in many scenes.
When the Rabbit rushes through the tea party, the watch is taken from him by the Mad Hatter, who deems the watch as being two days slow (as well as the reason the rabbit's late), and proceeds to remove several of the watch's parts with a fork. The March Hare then provides the Hatter with condiments to fill it with such as butter, tea, 2 spoons of sugar, jam, mustard (which was rejected), and the juice of a lemon wedge.
As a result, the watch goes mad and begins to lay waste to the tea table. The March Hare then does the only thing that can stop a mad watch: he grabs a mallet and smashes the watch completely, resulting in the Mad Hatter declaring that the watch was just two days slow before returning what's left of the White Rabbit's watch to its owner, much to his dismay.
Trivia[]
- At the beginning of the film, the watch is set to 5 o'clock, which it is consistently depicted as being set to in various media such as video games and card games. Its time changes later during the tea party scene, depicting a time closer to 11 o'clock or 12 o'clock.
- The watch's face changes between the beginning of the film (simple red hands that end in hearts or spades with modern numbers) and the tea party scene (ornate black hands with roman numerals).
- In the original novel, it is the Mad Hatter's watch that is broken, not the White Rabbit's. It is broken because the March Hare has put butter in it with a bread knife. The Hatter's watch is also stated to tell the day of the month instead of the time.
- In the video game adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, Nivins McTwisp uses his pocket watch as a melee weapon in combat. With it, he also has the ability to freeze objects in time, and to reverse time to repair broken objects and make old flowers younger.
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