For other uses, see Mad Hatter (disambiguation).
The Hatter as depicted by Sir John Tenniel, reciting his nonsense poem, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat"
The Hatter is a fictional character initially encountered at a tea party in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and later again as "Hatta" in the story's sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. He is popularly referred to as "The Mad Hatter," but is never called by this name in Carroll's bookâalthough the Cheshire Cat does warn Alice that he is mad, and the Hatter's eccentric behavior supports this. (Likewise, the chapter in which he first appears, "A Mad Tea-Party," is often called "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party"). He has been portrayed on film by Edward Everett Horton, Sir Robert Helpmann, Martin Short, Peter Cook, Anthony Newley, Ed Wynn and, in music videos, by Tom Petty and Steven Tyler.
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