White Rabbit

"You're late! What a surprise!"

- The White Rabbit to Alice and Will Scarlet

Percy, better known as the White Rabbit, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. He débuts in the first episode. He is voiced by starring cast member John Lithgow.

The White Rabbit is based on the character with the same name from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

Trivia

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Character Notes

 * The name "Percy" is of English origin derived from an English surname which itself is derived from the name of the Norman town of Perci.
 * Unlike Jefferson who requires his magical hat to cross worlds, the White Rabbit appears to possess a natural skill for creating rabbit hole portals.
 * Among the many fairy tale illustrations pinned to the wall in Henry's room is "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Mad Tea-Party" (1907) by the famous book illustrator Arthur Rackham. It is an illustration of a scene from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with Alice at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party with the March Hare, the Dormouse and the Mad Hatter.
 * There is also another illustration, by the American illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith, from Nora Archibald Smith's book Boys and Girls of Bookland (1923) . It features Alice in a scene from the book, surrounded by the characters of Wonderland, including the White Rabbit.
 * There is a white ceramic rabbit in Mary Margaret's loft.
 * The Mad Hatter's daughter Grace tries to buy a stuffed white rabbit for her tea party.
 * The tool set next to Jefferson's (also known as the Mad Hatter) fire place in Storybrooke is topped with a rabbit.
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Production Notes

 * The White Rabbit was originally to be voiced by Paul Reubens.
 * In the original twenty minute preview, the White Rabbit tells Alice he knows Cyrus is alive by showing her the genie's pendant and stating that if it survived the Boiling Sea, he must have too. This is changed in the actual premiere, in which he states that the Dormouse said Cyrus is alive.

Appearances

 * A White Rabbit card appears on the playing card Regina puts on Paige's bike plate in "An Apple Red as Blood".