Tarrant Hightopp

Background

Tarrant's origins involve him with the Hightopp Clan, a family of hatters, which was supposedly destroyed by the Jabberwock, sent by the Red Queen during a visit by the White Queen to their village on the "Horevendush Day". The Hightopps did not indeed perish though, as it turns out they were actually captured and imprisoned by the Red Queen out of revenge. Though the White Queen was safely spirited away, the Vorpal Sword (as well as her crown) was lost in the confusion. Tarrant was thought to be the only member of his clan left- everybody and everything else was supposedly killed or burned to the ground. Tarrant only escaped the destruction because he led the White queen's panicked horse away from the initial attack. He returns after to find the village burnt to the ground, a shocked look on his face he bends down to pick up his trademark hat. When we next see his face it is clear from the half-smile that his sanity has shattered. A scene of Tarrant's past can be seen-the Jabberwock blowing fire down on the clan, when he and Alice are traveling and they pass through the remains of his home, causing him to briefly flashback to the destruction.

Appearances

Tarrant Hightopp first met Alice Kingsleigh when she was a young child at the age of nine. They became friends quickly, even enjoying tea together. Alice forgot these memories while she was away from Underland, but at the age of nineteen, Alice fell down the rabbit hole once again. She had no recollection of Tarrant when she rediscovered his tea table of friends and joined them in their rebellion against the Red Queen. Tarrant quickly tries to help Alice, especially when the Red Queen's minions came to him looking for her. He gave Alice a potion that shrinks her, then hid her in a teapot and pretended that he'd never seen her, even after being choked by the Red Queen's Knave of Hearts, Stayne. After Stayne leaves, Tarrant took Alice on a journey to Marmoreal and explained the Red Queen's reign of terror over Underland on the way. Soon, the Red Queen's minions picked up Alice's scent and start chasing them. With no other options, and the enemy approaching, Tarrant put Alice atop his hat and threw it across a river to the opposite side (saving her from the Red Knights), but then draws attention to himself and got captured in the process. He is taken away as Alice watches on. Stayne tried to torture him for information on Alice's location but his insanity protected him from the torture methods. When Alice arrived in Crims, Tarrant was brought into the throne room, and decided to distract the Red Queen from executing him by hatting her. During his time as her prisoner, he makes many hats for her to try on. However, when the Queen tried them on, she hated all of them.

Personality

Mad, brave, loyal, kind-hearted, extremely temperamental, eccentric, energetic, intense, elated, disturbed, extravagant, dramatic, comical, bitter (Occasionally), tragic, His emotions are very close to the surface, so you can see him constantly changing expressions.

Appearance

Slender, pale skin, curly red hair, green eyes, color-changing eyeliner, manic smile

Occupation

Hat maker

Home

Whitzel (formerly), Underland

Relatives

Zanik Hightopp (father) Mother Other parents

Skin/Clothes

Johnny Depp said the Hatter got poisoned so much, that his skin changes color along with his mood. His skin around his eyes changes into several different colors, rose pink when he's normal, grayish pink when he's sad, blue and red when he's serious, black when he's angry, he's eyes turn yellow too. His jacket changes too, brown or green when happy, sometimes purple. Gray when upset, or mad. Teal when serious, and his battle outfit is in that color too, along with a kilt. He has a bird patch on his brown jacket, and arrow on the teal one. He's wearing a spool slash, miss match socks, brown leather shoes, blue striped pants. Kilt at battle. And a bow tie.

Eyes

His eyes are normally green, yellow when angry. But on the posters, it's usually shown one green, one yellow, which was never seen in the movie.