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Hmcooper4 wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: DarKingdomHearts wrote: Alice went twice to Wonderland when she was young. The first time Cora was the ruler the second time Anastasia Didn't Alice or that creepy Doctor say in the Pilot that she disappeared multiple times over the years? She went to Wonderland tons of times. We just only saw the ending of the first trip (where presumably the events of either the Disney movie or the first novel happened), a trip where she was already grown (when she met Cyrus and Will), and the final trip (the present day events).

Also, Ana made reference to the iconic blue dress, which I doubt Alice wore to Wonderland every time she went. So the original trip happened AFTER Ana became Queen. Although this meeting went untold in the show. Exactly. In the Pilot, it starts off with YOUNG Alice returning from her trip to Wonderland. She overheard her Father talking to Dr. Lydgate (aka creepy Dr) expressing disbelief, which in turn sparked the Young Alice to try and find proof for her Dad.

Then there is the story, told in one set of flashbacks, of how Alice travelled back to get proof, and in the process encountered Cyrus (among other things. She also managed to help WIll get his heart back during this time.)

The present day trip is after having lost Cyrus and thinking him dead, the White Rabbit and Will come and convince her that Cyrus is alive, starting the latest adventure.

It was heavily implied that there were other trips as well. Because somewhere along the way, Alice ran afoul of the Red Queen (Ana), but even having just watched the series, I don't remember actually seeing that first meeting, just references to it. There was alot of Alice's time in Wonderland we didn't see. Cora disliked Alice, which means she had to have a run in with her at some point, and it was implyed Alice had met Jefferson as well. Like all the stories on Once though, we won't get to see everything because there are simply too many characters, and the flashbacks have to have plot significance. We can only hope future episodes and comics can help us better understand these characters and their convolted timeline.