The March Hare is a character featured in the extended universe of ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts, with his only appearance, in the graphic fiction novel, Out of the Past.
The March Hare is based on the character of the same name from the novel, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
History
Residing in Wonderland, the March Hare lives a richly extravagant lifestyle, owning a large house and garden protected by guards, while also indulging in tea parties. Rumored to be madder than the Red Queen, he is feared for his reputation as a hunter of innocent creatures. Among one of his conquests, he once caught hares and made a hat out of their ears. Catching Jefferson attempting to break into his house to steal the Clock of Evermore, which can manipulate time, the March Hare knocks him out. After taking Jefferson's portal hat, he then binds him to a chair at the tea party table. Using the clock, the March Hare rewinds time so tea time is never over, as he forces Jefferson to keep him company. Finally getting bored with tea, he opts to go hunting and leaves a restrained Jefferson, who is rescued by Priscilla. When the March Hare notices his captive is gone, he and his guards storm the house, just after Jefferson regains his hat from the library. Unable to escape, the two flee upstairs into a tea storage room, as Priscilla is fatally wounded by a guard's arrow. Enraged, the March Hare hastens his men to break open the door, but before it is completely smashed apart, Jefferson is forced to leave Priscilla's body behind to escape into his portal hat. ("Out of the Past")
Trivia
Character Notes
- The March Hare's name comes from the hat he is wearing, which is made from the ears of all the hares he has hunted. ("Out of the Past")
- In Chapter 14 of Red's Untold Tale, Peter says that Knubbin is "as mad as a March hare". ("Red's Untold Tale")
Props Notes
- When Jefferson is rescued from his car by David, he comes out of the wreckage clutching a stuffed bunny,[1] a reference to the White Rabbit and the March Hare.[2] ("We Are Both")
Set Dressing
- Among the many fairytale illustrations in Henry's room is "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Mad Tea-Party"[3] (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. ("The Price of Gold," "A Land Without Magic," "The New Neverland")
- When young Alice returns to Victorian England, a small dining table with several plush toys sitting in chairs around it, can be seen. The party guests include a hare.[4] Several years later, Alice's daughter has the same toy.[5] ("Down the Rabbit Hole," "And They Lived...")
Appearances
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