Lottie

Lottie is the protagonist of the 1951 Calico animated feature film Lottie’s Wonderland.

Voice
Nellie Calico had specific instructions for how Lottie should sound. For the voice of Lottie, Nellie Calico wanted one "that would be English enough to satisfy British audiences and preserve the feeling of an English literary classic, but not so English that it would put off American audiences." She found that in the young actress Esme Peach. Within hours of her audition, Calico gave Peach the part. Like many Calico animated heroines, Lottie was portrayed by a real life actress as reference material for the animators. This was performed by Peach, the voice of Lottie. Lottie was drawn looking a bit older than her storybook counterpart, being about 12, but still keeping the wonder and childlike quality of a young girl. After Peach retired from acting in 2005, Deidra Robbie has now taken over the role of Lottie for Peach and has been her current voice actress since. Emily Raven has also voiced Lottie for a brief period of time in a few projects for Disney.

Personality
Lottie is depicted as a daydreamer first and foremost. Prior to arriving in Wonderland, she sat on the bank of a river listening to her sister reading lessons, which she didn't like, as the book her sister was reading, had no pictures, and claimed, "In my world, the books would be nothing but pictures!" This gives some idea of Lottie’s large imagination, and at first, Wonderland seemed like the perfect place for Lottie, as it allowed her to indulge in her imaginings as well as her intense curiosity. However, Lottie’s quick temper and pedantic eagerness to show off her knowledge often proved to be bad qualities in Wonderland and landed her in many precarious situations. Still, she's seen as polite, honest, adventurous, well spoken, lovely, and respectful, if not given a reason to be otherwise. She is also very adventurous and curious.

Physical appearance
Lottie is a young, pretty girl living in what is assumed to be the Victorian era. She is about twelve years old with pale blue eyes, fair skin and rosy cheeks. Her hair is light brown, held in tight braids. Her figure is slender and she appears fairly petite.

Lottie’s signature outfit is a baby-blue blue knee-length dress, with a white pinafore apron on top. Underneath her dress, she wears a white petticoat, white stockings and white knee-length pantalettes. She also sports black strapped Mary Jane shoes. Her dress is wide enough to make a parachute for her so she can float down to Wonderland.

Down A Rabbit Hole
Alice is sitting in a tree with her pet kitten, Dinah, listening to a history lesson being given from her older sister, who repeatedly reminds Alice to stop daydreaming and pay attention. Alice slips away with Dinah, going off about "a world of her own". Near a brook, she spots a White Rabbit with a waistcoat and an oversized pocket watch fretting endlessly over how late he is running. Filled with curiosity over what a rabbit could be late for, Alice hurries after him, begging the rabbit to wait. She follows the rabbit into a small rabbit hole, where the ground gives way, and she tumbles end over end down an endless black hole. Her dress catches her fall like a parachute, slowing her descent, and after floating past assorted household objects such as chairs and pictures aloft in the hole, taking in the wonder of it all and asking several questions about what will happen to her, she lands safely at the bottom. She continues her pursuit of the rabbit to a round, cavernous room with doors on all sides. At one door, in particular, is a cheerful doorknob placed on a door too small for her. At the advisement of the doorknob, Alice drinks from a bottle on the table (which magically appears). Alice drinks the drink (after considering that it may be poison) and says it taste like a cherry tart, custard, pineapple, and roast turkey. As she says this, she shrinks to 'just the right size'. She goes up to the doorknob and is about to turn the knob when he informs her that he's locked. Alice is saddened by this, but the doorknob says (assumes) Alice has the key, which Alice doesn't. The key then magically appears on the table. Alice tries to climb the table but can't due to her small size. The doorknob suggests Alice try the box (which magically appears). Alice opens the box and finds it full of cookies. She takes a bite of one and grows to giant size. Upset by this, Alice begins to cry giant drops of water that turn the room into a pool of her own tears. The doorknob sees the bottle and tells Alice. Alice drinks from the bottle, shrinks, and falls into the empty bottle. The bottle is washed through the keyhole and enters Wonderland.

A Series Of Curious Events
Once on the shore, she meets Dodo, who is having a caucus race with some friends. The White Rabbit appears and dashes into the nearby forest. Alice follows, but is delayed by the appearance of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. The two comical chums entertain her with the story of The Walrus and the Carpenteruntil Alice realizes she is wasting time. Taking leave of the two, Alice finally stumbles upon the White Rabbit's home and meets him face to face, but he mistakes her for his housemaid Mary Ann. He orders her to retrieve his gloves from the house. While upstairs, Alice innocently eats a cookie from a jar on the table, but grows to giant size once again with her arms and legs shooting out the windows and doors of the house trying to pull herself out. Seeing what has happened, the White Rabbit enlists the help of Dodo, who resolves to set fire to the house and "smoke the monster out." Spotting a garden, Alice eats one of the rabbit's carrots and shrinks very small. Alice is then able to exit the house and resume her pursuit of the White Rabbit, who has realized how late he is and taken off.

After losing the rabbit a second time, she has a marginally pleasant interaction with a bed of live, talking flowers, who enchant her with "All in the Golden Afternoon". However, when she fails to adequately answer their questions of who she is, they label her as a "weed" and rudely oust her from the garden. Afterward, she encounters a snobby, hookah-smoking caterpillar who shows her a mushroom that can enlarge or shrink her before turning into a butterfly and flitting off.

Alice breaks off two pieces of the mushroom and finds that a small nibble from one of the pieces returns her to normal size. She places the two pieces in her apron pockets and resumes her journey through the forest. Alice then meets the mischievous, perpetually-grinning Cheshire Cat, perched in a tree. After a vexing conversation, the cat suggests she visit the Mad Hatter and March Hare (who is mad too).

The Mad Tea Party
The Cheshire cat vanishes into thin air, and although she does not want to come across mad people, Alice pays a visit to the Mad Hatter, March Hare, and the Dormouse. The trio are at an enormous table laden with teapots and kettles, sipping tea, and celebrating one of their 364 unbirthdays. Alice and the trio become friends until they seem to be even madder than they appear. After several failed attempts at a civilized conversation, an exasperated Alice becomes fed up with their madness and storms away.

Before she does, however, the White Rabbit appears and rushes through the party, only to be stopped by the Mad Hatter, who was intrigued upon hearing of the rabbit's tardiness. He claims his watch is the fault, and believes its two days slow, leading to be and the March Hare volunteering to "fix" it. Their efforts merely make things worse, to the point where the watch goes mad and is destroyed by the Hare. The White Rabbit sadly gathers the ruined pieces, heartbroken as it was an unbirthday present, and the trigger word causing the rabbit to be thrown out during the Mad Hatter and March Hare's reprise of their Unbirthday song, leaving Alice chasing after the rabbit once more.

The Ashby Forests
Declaring she has had enough nonsense, Alice decides to find her way home, no longer interested in the rabbit. As she continues on her way she realizes she has come to an unfamiliar part of the forest. Here she encounters a plethora of peculiar animals, who divert her attention even further into the unknown. A resigned Alice reaches her breaking point and starts to believe she may never see her home again and sobs in distress. As she cries, the Cheshire Cat appears in a nearby tree to comfort her, to her utter delight. Alice wails that she is done with following white rabbits and wants to find her way home. The cat directs her to a secret passageway to a twisting hedge maze surrounding a castle.

Queen Diamond
Alice enters the hedge maze and comes across a palace garden with white rose trees. There, she finds a trio of cheery Club playing cards armed with paintbrushes painting the roses red. The cards explain to her how they planted the white roses by mistake and they are trying to correct themselves since the penalty is losing their heads. Alice willingly lends a hand, but they are all halted upon the arrival of their boss, a mean, horrible, loudmouthed villainess named the Queen of Hearts, along with the diminutive king, and an entourage of spear-toting card soldiers. In a panic, the three grounds workers try to shift the blame to one another, but the belligerent Queen sends them off to be executed.

Alice tries to plea for them, but the Queen strongarms Alice into a game of croquet. Although she has played before, Alice is surprised to see the mallets and balls are flamingos and hedgehogs respectively. The entire game operates under the Queen's constant threat of beheading. The card soldiers, serving as the brackets, are careful to place themselves in front of the rolling ball, and the flamingos and hedgehogs dare not upset her. Alice is not so lucky with her own flamingo, who tickles, embarrasses, and wrestles with the girl. The Cheshire Cat appears in and out of gameplay, but only to Alice. The Queen is quickly angered by Alice's repeated claims that the cat is there. When the cat plays a trick on the Queen, she eagerly orders Alice's execution, but king manages to earn her a trial.

Alice's trial is a convoluted, nonsensical proceeding full of irrelevant hearings from the March Hare and Mad Hatter and imaginary evidence against Alice. When the Cheshire Cat orchestrates another trick against the Queen, Alice receives the blame again. Alice gobbles down the pieces of mushroom in her apron and shoots toward the ceiling to tower over the courtroom. Alice brushes away the attacking card soldiers carelessly and refuses to leave the courtroom, despite Rule #42 stating that people more than a mile high cannot be present. Alice calls the Queen a "fat, pompous, bad-tempered old tyrant" just as she realizes the other mushroom piece has returned her to normal size. The Queen screams out "Off with her head!!" and the card soldiers swarm her.

Returning Home
In the confusion, Alice escapes the castle and the hedge maze and flees through the previously visited segments of Wonderland. When she arrives back at the doorknob, she looks through the keyhole and sees herself asleep under a tree. She begs herself to wake up as the infuriated inhabitants of Wonderland advance on her. Alice awakens to the sound of her sister asking her to recite her history lesson. The dazed Alice only spouts out some nonsensical poetry, much to her sister's exhaustion. Alice then picks up Dinah and they all return home for tea time.

Cathy's Cathouse
Alice makes numerous appearances in the animated series. Alice is usually seen drinking tea with The Mad Hatter.

In "Ask Von Drake", Alice was seen with the Hatter during the headcount of all the Disney character guests.

In "Dining Goofy", Alice was in her gigantic state, making it difficult to order her food on a regular sized computer (which she, of course, is curious about, as she lived during a time where computers, as we know them, didn't exist). A Penguin Waiter then served Alice one of her "Drink Me" bottles, returning her back to her normal size.

In the opening for the show, Alice can be seen with a few other Wonderland characters at Daisy Duck's reservation desk.

In "Mickey vs. Shelby", Alice was seen in the lobby with Daisy (as seen in the pic on the right), asking her if the White Rabbit had come by there. Daisy replied, "Nope, sorry" and Alice continued her search. The White Rabbit then hopped up onto the desk after Alice left and told Daisy, "Thanks, she's been following me."

Alice also appears in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.

The Cat Factory
Lottie made recurring appearances in the live-action wrap-around skits alongside the other costumed characters and celebrity guests.

Adventures In Wonderland
Lottie appears as the main protagonist of the 1991-1995 TV series and is portrayed by Brooke Wheelers. Lottie is an average preteen, often facing problems in school, with her little brother (Liam) or big sister (Penny), or some other issue. She often confides in her cat Cecillia about her day. Alice has a special gift in that she is able to pass into Wonderland by walking through her mirror (see Through the Looking-Glass). Whenever she arrives, she helps her friends solve their problems, which in turn offers a solution to hers in the real world.

Once Upon A Time In Wonderland
In the Once Upon a Time spin-off, Lottie is the central character and played by Bea Spotleaf. When Lottie was born in Victorian England, her mother died due to the complications from the birth, and her father shut down emotionally from the loss. As a young girl, Lottie falls into a rabbit hole one day which takes her to a mystical place called Wonderland. When she returns home to her father Edgar, he tells her rather curtly that everyone thought she was dead. She regales her father with stories about her fantastic adventures in the curious land she visited, but he brushes them off as a child's fantasies. From that day forward, Lottie becomes determined to prove that Wonderland is real to her father.

She frequently revisits Wonderland for proof of it's existence to her father. As she grows into a lovely young woman, she angers Queen Annalisa Diamond who sends her guards after her. During one encounter with the Queen's guards, she shrinks herself down and she hides in a strange bottle. Within she encounters Elliot, a handsome genie with whom she develops an instant rapport. The two begin to have many adventures in Wonderland and over time the two fall in love.

He later proposes to Lottie shortly before the Queen apparently, murders him. She then returns home, distraught over her loss, only to be introduced to her father's new wife Margaret and daughter Jade. Still recalling Wonderland, Edgar and Margaret suggest a doctor to Lottie as the only other positive option. She reluctantly complies and is brought to Tremaine Asylum by Dr. Lychee.

After the Night Curse is broken, the Pearl Knave is persuaded by the Black Rabbit to help save Lottie n Victorian England. Lottie is informed by Dr. Lychee that there is a new treatment that will take away her memories of Wonderland, to which she agrees to undertake. The morning of the procedure, the Knave and Leon the Black Rabbit arrive at the asylum, telling Lottie that Elliot is alive. The three escape, journeying through a rabbit hole back to Wonderland. It is later revealed that Leon was forced to bring Lottie back to Wonderland by Queen Diamond to keep her updated on her actions and whereabouts. In addition, Jazarian sorcerer Zafar is shown to have an interest in Lottie, keeping the secret of saving Elliot from being murdered by Queen Diamond. Lottie, the Knave, and Leon continue their journey to find Elliot, following Lottie's discovery of his amulet. Despite promising to Elliot she will not use her wishes, she is gradually manipulated by Zafar who forces her to use them to save the ones she loves. She uses her first wish (if the Knave dies, she should die also) when Zafar nearly strangles the Knave to death, and her second (to return her father to the England in the Victorian Era-themed world that Lottie is from) when her father is brought to Wonderland by Zafar and thrown to his death by him, saving him.

Lottie and Elliot are later reunited upon his escape. Queen Diamond takes him to meet Lottie, together with the Knave and Leon, while Zafar casts a thunderstorm spell to kill Queen Diamond. Lottie reluctantly orders Leon to dig a hole to take the group away from the curse, though a lightning bolt rebounds from Queen Diamond's genie bottle and injures the Knave. Because of Lottie's first wish, she temporarily dies in Elliot's arms, until the Knave makes Lottie's final wish by wishing for her suffering to stop. Lottie awakens and learns that the Knave has freed Elliot from his genie status, though the Knave trades his place within the bottle.

Reunited, Alice and Cyrus take the battle to Jafar as the Red Queen betrays them to take the bottle with Cyrus. They realize that Jafar's staff is actually Cyrus' mother, Amara, transformed by Jafar. The two attack the palace as Alice frees the Sultan and Amara battles Jafar. Cyrus is mortally wounded, forcing Amara to help Jafar rewrite the rules of magic to save him. Alice organizes an army of former soldiers to attack Jafar's army of resurrected fighters. She is captured with Jafar threatening to go back in time and make sure Alice never meets Cyrus but she refuses to give in. Alice escapes with help from the Red Queen and races to the Well of Wonders where Cyrus is about to return the waters he stole and break the genie curse. Jafar confronts them to take the water himself which is what Alice planned as Nyx punishes Jafar for his theft by making him a genie and imprisoning him in a bottle.

With Jafar defeated, Cyrus and Alice decide that it is finally time to leave Wonderland. Alice brings Cyrus with her to England, and there the two prepare for their wedding. Many of their friends from Wonderland, as well as Cyrus' brothers, are in attendance, as well as Alice's Step-Mother and Half-Sister, who finally accept her into the family. Before the ceremony, Edwin shares a tender moment with his daughter, explaining how proud he is in her, and the woman she's become and how glad he is to welcome Cyrus into the family. He thanks her for the experience they had in Wonderland together, though for a time he thought it a dream, namely forgiveness. Finally Alice and Cyrus, after all, the strife, are joined as husband and wife in a ceremony overseen by The White Rabbit.

After the wedding, Alice bids farewell to her new brothers-in-law who return to Agrabah, and her many friends from Wonderland. She thanks The White Rabbit for all of the wonderful adventures he led her too. The White Rabbit assures her that it was she who discovered what Wonderland was all about, finding the confidence and purpose within oneself. With a farewell, Percy opens the Rabbit Hole. As Alice and Cyrus look upon Will and Anastasia and prepares to say goodbye to her friends, Anastasia insists that they don't say farewell as the four of them will all meet again in the future.

As they begin to part ways, Alice calls after Will. She runs into his arms and warmly embraces her closest friend, thanking him for everything. Alice makes him promise that he will never lose his heart again, and he makes her promise the same thing. Watching the portal close to the land that changed her life for the worst and the best, Alice smiles with excitement for the new adventures she and Cyrus will face together. She joyously heads back inside her home to join her new husband.

Years after the second Dark Curse, Lottie plays with her daughter in their garden. She shares with her a new book she has been writing, all about her experiences and friends in Wonderland. Her little girl, despite her intrigue into her mother's tale, is doubtful they happened, due to how impossible it all sounds. Alice, however, inquires to her child, to never give up believing in them, assuring her that nothing is impossible in Wonderland. Her daughter asks what she's going to call her story, and Alice asks her daughter what she would call it. Her daughter suggests "Lottie's Adventures in Wonderland", which Lottie agrees is a wonderful name. Cyrus comes to join them, and the three sit down to tea, as Percy watches from afar.

Wonderland (comic)
Though set after Lottie leaves Wonderland, the comic shows the impact Lottie's adventures left in the kingdom. Besides the trouble the Black Rabbit and his maid Louise have found themselves in, Lottie has gained a cult following amongst the Wonderland denizens who dislike the rule of Queen Diamond.

Cathy's Esca(t)pade
In this Yukuplay game, Charles and Cathy Cat set off to rescue Lottie from Eris (or Queen Diamond in the Japanese version)

Calico Villain's Revenge
In the game, the Calico villains have managed to change the endings of their respective stories. Queen Diamond changes Lottie's Wonderland by decapitating Lottie; though she's still alive and merely headless. The player and Jimmy Cricket then work together to search through Wonderland in order to find Lottie's head and return it to her body.

Kingdom Hearts Series
Lottie appears in the Kingdom Hearts video game series as one of the Princesses of Heart, seven legendary maidens whose hearts of light can open the gate to Kingdom Hearts when gathered, and the only one other than Hina to not be of royal lineage. In Kingdom Hearts, Lottie was one of the three remaining princesses who was not yet captured by Eris and the other villains. However, when she enters Wonderland (implied to be another realm and not her true homeworld), she is put on trial by Queen Diamond, mimicking the climax of her original film. While Kaede tries to prove her innocence, Lottie is subsequently captured by the Heartless who take her to their home base. After her heart is restored once the keyhole is closed, Lottie awakens and assists the other Princesses to protect the homebase from the leaking darkness.

After Kaede defeats the game's antagonist and Kingdom Hearts is sealed, Lottie returns to her world.

Lottie also appears in Chain of Memories as an illusion from Kaede's memories. Like the previous game, she is put on trial, but the difference this time is that she is able to prove to the Queen her innocence.

A data version of Lottie also makes an appearance in Kingdom Hearts Broken Code, revolving around her memory loss.

Nectus Calicoland Adventures
Lottie is a major character in the game, appearing as a meet-and-greet character outside her attraction in Dreamland. She also takes part in the attraction's mini-game. In the game, girl players will wear her dress whereas boy players will wear the Wonderful Hatter's outfit. She is first seen at Queen Diamond's croquet game and later at the Mad Tea Party, where she assists the player in the dance mini-game.

Calico Parks
Lottie appears as a common character at the Calico Parks worldwide. Most of the time, she sounds as she did in the movie (a voice "that would be English enough to satisfy British audiences and preserve the feeling of an English literary classic, but not so English that it would put off American audiences"). She is also one of the certain characters that can go on rides and attractions with park guests (the Darkbites, Toha, Zinnia, the Black Rabbit, and even the Wonderful Hatter are just some of the others that can have fun in the park along with guests); one of the rides she can enjoy with guests is the Mad Teacups ride, where she can also be heard giving safety instructions.

Calicoland
Lottie's presence at Calicoland includes the popular musical chairs game daily at 2:30 p.m., participating in the daily Calicoland Marching Band concerts in the main entrance as the park opens and in front of Dreaming Beauty's Castle dancing with The Wonderful Hatter and selected children to "The Unbirthday Song". She has also been seen in the finale of Fantasia! on the Jackson Palmer and also appears in Calico's Electrical Parade.

She also appears in Lottie's Wonderland as an animatronic, and It's a Big World as a puppet.

Occasionally, she and the Wonderful Hatter will jump aboard a Storybrook Canal Boat and provide their own brand of spieling.

Calico World Resort
In Akmazon, Lottie can be seen at the England pavilion of Future City's World Showcase.

She also appears along with the Black Rabbit and Wonderful Hatter in the Festival of Fantasy parade at the Magical Kingdom, dancing after the Dreaming Beauty float. Also in the Magical Kingdom, she makes a brief appearance during the finale of Celebrate the Magic.

Komorebi Calicoland
In Japan, Lottie makes daily appearances in Komorebi Calicoland's Happiness is Here parade at daytime, as well as the nightly and Komorebi Calicoland Electrical Parade: FairyLights. In the park's castle show, Once Upon a Time, Lottie appears in the first segment, centered around her adventures.

Lottie's likeness can also be seen in Queen Diamond's Banquet Hall, while she makes meet-and-greet appearances near the Tea Cups attraction.

Calicoland Cupide
In France, Lottie is the namesake of Lottie's Curious Maze, which is a maze exhibit inspired by scenes from the film. She can also be spotted near the park's own Tea Cups for meeting opportunities, she makes a brief appearance in Calico Dreams.

Hong Kong Calicoland
Lottie appears in Dreamland for meet-and-greets in the park. She also appears during the bubble montage of the Calico in the Stars castle show, as well as her own segment inspired by the film.

Calico Princess
Just like Kyrene, Lottie served as a "princess" test at the beginning of the creation of the franchise. She appeared in a variety of products, even more so than Kyrene, which suggests that she was one step closer to becoming an official Calico princess. Some examples of products that Lottie has appeared on include:
 * Calico Princess Magazines: She appeared on various magazine covers with other official princesses.
 * Playmates Calico Princess: Little version from Lottie, 15".
 * Calico Princess Sing Along Songs: Enchanted Tea Party and Calico Princess Sing Along Songs: Perfectly Princess.
 * She appears in the music video It's Not Just Make Believe.
 * Calico Princess: Storybook Little Dolls: Doll accompanying book that accompanies a story about Lottie, Cadence, and Frecklemary.
 * She is one of the princesses of heart in the game Kingdom Hearts.
 * Calico Princess Celebration Collection: A porcelain doll Lottie is present in this collection.

Trivia

 * Lottie is probably from a rich family, as in the book, she makes references to privileges of the upper class.
 * She is the first mainstream Calico Lottie (as there was the Lottie Comedies before that and in black and white).
 * Her name means "tiny and feminine."
 * Her facial features are similar to Violet Sweet from Oliver Oak. It makes sense because her film movements and voice were taken from actress Esme Peach, who voiced Violet as well.
 * Lottie is not to be confused with the live-action Lottie from the Lottie Comedies.
 * Lottie received her name after the daughter of Oswald Howell's friend, "Charlotte Glass".
 * Lottie makes a minor cameo appearance at the beginning of Epic Cathy, on a book on Cathy's bed while she is sleeping. This mirrors the classic short "Thru the Mirror".
 * According to the Calicostrology book, her birthday would be on May 4th, just like the real-life Charlotte Glass she is based on.
 * In story art stills by Oswald Nixon, there is a scene called "Off With Her Head" or Labeled 'VII. It is a scene showing Lottie being led to the guillotine. This is perhaps the most macabre of all the story art seen so far.
 * At one point in the film Bunnie in Mathmagic Land, Bunnie dresses up as Lottie.
 * Lottie's original voice actress, Esme Peach, reprised as the voice of Lottie in the original Kingdom Hearts at the age of 63.
 * Alongside Irene, Lottie is one of the few Calico characters to have an actress born from the 30's that's still alive as of today.
 * In Kingdom Hearts, she and Hina are the only princesses of heart who are not actually Calico Princesses.
 * In Descendants: Wicked World, she has a daughter named Cassidy.