<P> Alice, close to tears, says that she believes him, and Tarrant transforms back to his normal self . The Wonderlandians go to the Red Queen's new organic plant castle, where the Mad Hatter finds his family shrunk and trapped in an ant farm . However, the Red Queen apprehends them and steals the Chronosphere from Alice . Ignoring Time's warning, she takes her sister back to the day she lied about the tart . By the time the Mad Hatter and Alice get there, the Red Queen and her younger self have seen each other . Time becomes a paradox, and Wonderland begins to freeze in rust . As a powerless Time's pleas, Alice and the Mad Hatter, with the White Queen and now - frozen Red Queen, use the Chronosphere to race back to the present as the rust proceeds to spread all over the ocean of Time and the castle, where Alice places the Chronosphere in its original place in time . </P> <P> With the Chronosphere stabilized, Wonderland, including those frozen, are reverted to normal . The Mad Hatter reunites with his family, and the White Queen and Red Queen make amends, while Time forgives Alice for the trouble she caused, but forbids her to return . Alice bids farewell to her friends and returns to the real world through another mirror . Alice finds her mother, Helen, about to sign over the Wonder to Hamish and reassures her that it's only a ship . Helen decides to support her daughter regardless . Hamish seizes the Kingsleigh family home but not the ship . Alice and her mother set out to travel the world together with their own shipping company . </P> <Ul> <Li> Johnny Depp as Tarrant Hightopp, the Mad Hatter . <Ul> <Li> Louis Ashbourne Serkis as a young Tarrant Hightopp </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Anne Hathaway as Mirana of Marmoreal, the White Queen . <Ul> <Li> Amelia Crouch as a young Mirana </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Mia Wasikowska as Alice Kingsleigh </Li> <Li> Helena Bonham Carter as Iracebeth of Crims, the Red Queen . <Ul> <Li> Leilah de Meza as a young Iracebeth </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Sacha Baron Cohen as Time, a powerful Father Time - godlike human / clockwork hybrid who speaks in a German accent and rules over all of time "himself" in Underland using the Chronosphere in his castle . </Li> <Li> Rhys Ifans as Zanik Hightopp, the Hatter's father . </Li> <Li> Matt Lucas as Tweedledum and Tweedledee </Li> <Li> Lindsay Duncan as Helen Kingsleigh, Alice's mother . </Li> <Li> Leo Bill as Hamish Ascot, now "Lord Ascot" following his father's death . </Li> <Li> Geraldine James as Lady Ascot, Hamish's mother . </Li> <Li> Andrew Scott as Dr. Addison Bennett, a cruel psychiatric doctor . </Li> <Li> Ed Speleers as James Harcourt, an employee of the Ascots . </Li> <Li> Richard Armitage as King Oleron, Iracebeth and Mirana's father . </Li> <Li> Hattie Morahan as Queen Elsemere, Iracebeth and Mirana's mother . </Li> <Li> Joanna Bobin as Lady Alexandra Ascot, Hamish's wife . </Li> <Li> Simone Kirby as Tyva Hightopp, the Hatter's mother . </Li> <Li> Joe Hurst as Bim Hightopp <Ul> <Li> Oliver Hawkes as a young Bim Hightopp </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Siobhan Redmond as Bumalic Hightopp </Li> <Li> Frederick Warder as Poomally Hightopp </Li> <Li> Eve Hedderwick Turner as Baloo Hightopp </Li> <Li> Tom Godwin as Pimlick Hightopp </Li> </Ul> <Li> Johnny Depp as Tarrant Hightopp, the Mad Hatter . <Ul> <Li> Louis Ashbourne Serkis as a young Tarrant Hightopp </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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