Alice in Wonderland

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One of the foundational works of modern fantasy, ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' were written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (pen name: Lewis Caroll) in 1865 and 1871, and have been a source of stock shoutouts in RPGs for a ''very'' long time.

One of the first full cases of [[Isekai]] and the "All Just A Dream" ending, but because both were rare at the time, it gets a pass for both.

A favorite mining spot for RPGs in a hurry for new content, Wonderland's monsters and creatures are very much a stock reference.

Here are a few common items to get the nod in /tg/-related stuff:

* The [[Jabberwocky]]: A dragon of some kind.
* The [[Jubjub bird]]: From the same poem as the above.
* A [[Vorpal Sword|Vorpal Blade]]: From the poem about the Jabberwocky. If you see one of these, it's descended from a nod to Caroll (who invented the word "Vorpal"), but after so many washings through the "designer in a hurry" machine, it's probable that it's just thought
* [[Snarks]]: Again, word made up by Caroll, in a semi-related work that gets a lot of shout-outs on its own, ''The Hunting of the Snark''. If the referrer is clever, they'll make the Snark in question a "Boojum", which is '''much''' more dangerous.

Among notable /tg/-related shoutouts:

* [[Monster Girl Encyclopedia]] has just about all of 'em, in a special "Wonderland" made by an "Alice". Like we said, stock reference plus public domain = of course it's a thing he'd rip-off.
* "Dungeonland" and "The Land Beyond The Magic Mirror", a pair of notorious early Dungeons and Dragons adventure module written by Gary Gygax based more or less directly on the Duology.
* Just about all the creatures mentioned in the Jabberwocky poem have had a Dungeons & Dragons monster made for them at some point. Some have had it been done to them several times.
* JAGS Wonderland, a psychedelic horror RPG very loosely based on the Wonderland setting. Has a reputation for being an interesting setting stuck to a mediocre system.

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