Cheshire Cat
The Cheshire Cat is a pink and purple cat from Wonderland that appears in Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts coded. The Cheshire Cat has mysterious powers and constantly teleports from one place to another. He speaks in riddles and wears an almost permanent grin on his face. He also likes to move his body parts around in odd positions, mostly his head, to see the reaction of his audience.
Journal Entries
Kingdom Hearts
A mysterious, grinning cat who talks in riddles and can appear and disappear at will. He loves to mislead and confuse.
He entered with a big smile in "Alice in Wonderland" (1951).
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
A mysterious, grinning cat who always talks in riddles.
He appears when you least expect it, and disappears whenever he pleases.
Story
Kingdom Hearts
In the first game, the Cheshire Cat aided Sora and his friends during their time in Wonderland, guiding them not only in finding evidence of Alice's innocence, but also in finding the Trickmaster. His true intentions though, were not very clear, and he seemed more interested on seeing how Sora would handle the challenges, then on seeing him succeed. After Sora and co. defeated the Trickmaster, the Cheshire Cat was the one who told them that Alice was no longer in Wonderland, and had been taken by the shadows. He left disappearing into the darkness; it seems that the Cheshire Cat turned down Maleficent's offer to join the allience of Disney villans.
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
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The Cheshire Cat appears as a figment of Sora's memories in Wonderland, created by Naminé, giving him advice on how to save himself from being executed by the Queen of Hearts (albeit in riddles).
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
The Cheshire Cat appears again in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. This time, the Cheshire Cat aids Roxas and Luxord during their missions in Wonderland through riddles.
Kingdom Hearts coded
The Cheshire Cat will appear in this game during the third episode and is shown talking to Sora and Alice.
Origin
He first appeared in Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" which was based of of the book by Lewis Carrol called "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". The Cheshire Cat was one of the first people to actually care about Alice's problem about not being able to get home and sing in front of the guests at the party. He thought that it was better to have fun and be brave then to have never tried at all, even if it killed you. This almost happened when he brought Alice in front of the Queen of Hearts.
The Cheshire Cat had a strange habit to appear and disappear as he wished and to take his head off and on, along with any other body part he wanted to rearrange at that time. The Queen of Hearts is said in the book to have tried to behead the Cheshire Cat, but was unable to because he took his head and walked off with it after it was sliced off singing something about Jabberwockys. This is a reference to the poem, the Jabberwocky, also written by Lewis Carrol.
He spoke in riddles that he only understood but where in fact very important to understand. In a way, he is the true ruler of Wonderland as he was able to strike fear into the the occupants of Wonderland just by Alice saying his name and that he knew everyone in Wonderland at what they where doing at that very moment even. Most of his life though is a mystery, as he is never truly understood by anyone.
Quotes
- "Shadows here, shadows there, shadows everywhere, and the mome raths outgrabe!"
- "The shadows are coming! Are you prepared for the worst? If not, too bad!"
- "To trust or not to trust? I trust you'll decide."
Trivia
- The Kingdom Hearts manga reveals that the Cheshire Cat was offered a position among the Disney Villains by Maleficent, but according to Jafar, he refused. This was to the displeasure of the group, who believed that he should have been eliminated for not accepting their offer.
- The Cheshire Cat quotes Lewis Carrol's " Jabberwocky". Lewis Carrol was the author of the book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
- For some unknown reason, everyone in Wonderland is deathly afraid of the Cheshire Cat. This is due to the point where the Cheshire Cat can teleport anywhere it wants and can do anything it likes without any repercussions on itself, just on others. The Queen of Hearts is quoted from the book on saying that she tried to chop his head off before, but his head just came right back on hand, and then he left with a strange grin on his face. It could also be that they are afraid of him because he is crazier then the rest of the population in Wonderland.
- The Cheshire Cat always talks in riddles. This is probably due to being part of Wonderland's dream-like attributes.
