Bandersnatch
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| Bandersnatch | |
|---|---|
| Alice character | |
 Peter Newell's illustration of the Jubjub bird (left) and the Bandersnatch (right). | |
| First appearance | Through the Looking-Glass |
| Created by | Lewis Carroll |
| Portrayed by | Peter Newell |
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A bandersnatch is a fictional creature in Lewis Carroll's 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass and his 1874 poem The Hunting of the Snark. Although neither work describes the appearance of a bandersnatch in great detail, in The Hunting of the Snark, it has a long neck and snapping jaws, and both works describe it as ferocious and extraordinarily fast. Through the Looking-Glass implies that bandersnatches may be found in the world behind the looking-glass,[1] and in The Hunting of the Snark, a bandersnatch is found by a party of adventurers after crossing an ocean.[2] Bandersnatches have appeared in various adaptations of Carroll's works; they have also been used in other authors' works and in other forms of media.
Description
Carroll's first mention of a Bandersnatch, in the poem "Jabberwocky" (which appears in Through the Looking-Glass), is very brief: the narrator of the poem admonishes his son to "shun / The frumious Bandersnatch", the name describing the creature's fuming and furious character.[3] Later in the novel, the White King says of his wife (the White Queen): "She runs so fearfully quick. You might as well try to catch a Bandersnatch!"[1]
In "The Hunting of the Snark," while the party searches for the Snark, the Banker runs ahead and encounters a Bandersnatch:
And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
In his zeal to discover the Snark.
But while he was seeking with thimbles and care,
A Bandersnatch swiftly drew nigh
And grabbed at the Banker, who shrieked in despair,
For he knew it was useless to fly.
He offered large discount — he offered a cheque
(Drawn "to bearer") for seven-pounds-ten:
But the Bandersnatch merely extended its neck
And grabbed at the Banker again.
Without rest or pause — while those frumious jaws
Went savagely snapping around —
He skipped and he hopped, and he floundered and flopped,
Till fainting he fell to the ground.
The Bandersnatch fled as the others appeared
Led on by that fear-stricken yell:
And the Bellman remarked "It is just as I feared!"
And solemnly tolled on his bell.
In other media
Literature
- Anna Matlack Richards' A New Alice in the Old Wonderland (1895) contains a broader description given of the Bandersnatch within the poem Bandersnatchy.[4] In this poem, another hero sets out to slay the frumious Bandersnatch so as to gain respect from his people against the hero who slew the Jabberwock (a story he would sit and tell till after ten o'clock).[4] The author writes that it is necessary to be armed with a vorpal sword or a winxy pistol, because one never can tell what a Bandersnatch might do. The hero describes the creature as being extremely long-legged with a long tail and the ability to fly. It could be understood that the Bandersnatch perhaps camouflages itself as a tree. There is an illustration by the author's daughter, Anna Richards Brewster, of the hero's encounter with the Bandersnatch.[4]
- In a letter from 1959, C. S. Lewis wrote, "No one ever influenced Tolkien – you might as well try to influence a bandersnatch."[5]
- In Larry Niven's Known Space series (1965 to present), the Bandersnatch is a species somewhat resembling a giant slug; upon their discovery they were immediately given the genus and species "Frumious bandersnatch."
- In Roger Zelazny’s (1987) Sign of Chaos (part of Chronicles of Amber) the protagonist encounters a Bandersnatch. The creature is described as segmented, with a side-to-side gait, leaving a trail of steaming saliva, and hissing like a leaky pressure cooker.[6] The Bandersnatch suffered a heart-attack after having a cardiac arrest spell cast on it, implying that its general anatomy is analogous to normal animals. The episode takes place in a reality created by the mind of one of the characters while under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug.
- Wilfrid Blunt's 1966 novel Omar, the character Omar is a hyrax who speaks English and certain dialects of horses and rhinoceroses. Omar claims that the word bandersnatch refers to hyraxes, and that the warning to "shun a bandersnatch" only pertains if it happens to be frumious.[7]
- The Frumious Bandersnatch is the title of a 2003 police procedural novel by Ed McBain.
- In Eric Nylund's 2006 novel Ghosts of Onyx, the code-name 'Bandersnatch' is used to warn UNSC troops for a radiological or energy-based disaster.
- Bandersnatches are a powerful type of enemy in Kingdom Rush: Origins, appearing as a large, blue and purple monster with a spiny back and the ability to roll into a ball and move extraordinarily quickly.
- The Bandersnatch appears in the Young Justice episode "Earthling," as a creature that is a hybrid of a wild boar and a Jubjub bird.
- In the adult animated movie Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (2010), a dockside warehouse owned by the livestock export company "Bander Snatch" is used as a clandestine meeting location.
- In Date A Live season 2, the robotic creatures of Deus Ex Machina are called the Bandersnatch.
- In the television series Once Upon a Time, the Bandersnatch is mentioned by Alice in the episode "The Girl in the Tower" as a reference to Alice's speed: "I once outran a Bandersnatch."
- Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is a standalone interactive film released in between the fourth and fifth seasons of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror.
Music
- San Francisco psychedelic rock band Frumious Bandersnatch named themselves after Carroll's work.
- Seattle rock band Forgive Durden released a single entitled "Beware the Jubjub Bird and Shun the Frumious Bandersnatch!" (2006) from the album Wonderland.
- Dutch composer Theo Verbey wrote a piece called Bandersnatch for cello and pianola, which was premiered during the 2010 Amsterdam Cello Biennale.
Games
- Bandersnatch is the name of a children’s tabletop game published by Mattel in 1968. Players compete in a card game to acquire pieces of a 4-inch tall plastic figure of a bandersnatch. The player who completely assembles his figure first wins the game.
- Bandersnatch, a 1984 vaporware game project by Imagine Software that led to the 1986 game Brataccas.
- Bandersnatch, a name used many times in the Final Fantasy video game series (1987–present). The name is given to various enemies in many installments of the game in both the Japanese and English-language versions. In most of the games, it is a common enemy that does not create much difficulty for the player, and it usually has qualities of wolves or lions in appearance. In Final Fantasy IX, however, the Bandersnatch is a slightly stronger enemy with a strange appearance that seems to be a mix of bulldog, snow leopard and bear with long fur, black spots, a long tail, and the ability to fly. It is a creature under the control of the Red Queen until Alice returns its eye (which it had lost to the Dormouse). It helps Alice to escape and joins the White Queen's forces. In the video game adaptation of the film, it serves a similar role.
- Bandersnatches are a powerful type of enemy in Kingdom Rush: Origins, appearing as a large, blue and purple monster with a spiny back and the ability to roll into a ball and move extraordinarily quickly.
- The Bandersnatch appears in the Resident Evil – Code: Veronica as a large, blue and purple monster with a spiny back and the ability to roll into a ball and move extraordinarily quickly.
- Frumious Bandersnatch is the name of a familiar in the browser-based multiplayer online role-playing game Kingdom of Loathing, obtained by buying a special monthly item in March 2009.
- In the online comic Skin Deep, the Bandersnatch is shown to be a harmless creature.
- In Ursula Vernon's webcomic Digger, a bandersnatch appears as a two-headed, sentient, exiled draft animal.
- In the visual novel Sekien no Inganock - What a Beautiful People, the Bandersnatch appears as a fantastic Creature that manifests itself inside the "engine space" within the City's computer network and preys upon hackers who access the virtual reality.
- In the Fate/Grand Order, Alice Kuonji summons a Bandersnatch using her Noble Phantasm Great Three, Wandersnatch to attack the enemies.
- In the Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is a standalone interactive film released in between the fourth and fifth seasons of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror.
Music
- San Francisco psychedelic rock band Frumious Bandersnatch named themselves after Carroll's work.
- Seattle rock band Forgive Durden released a single entitled "Beware the Jubjub Bird and Shun the Frumious Bandersnatch!" (2006) from the album Wonderland.
- Dutch composer Theo Verbey wrote a piece called Bandersnatch for cello and pianola, which was premiered during the 2010 Amsterdam Cello Biennale.
Games
- Bandersnatch is the name of a children’s tabletop game published by Mattel in 1968. Players compete in a card game to acquire pieces of a 4-inch tall plastic figure of a bandersnatch. The player who completely assembles his figure first wins the game.
- Bandersnatch, a 1984 vaporware game project by Imagine Software that led to the 1986 game Brataccas.
- Bandersnatch, a name used many times in the Final Fantasy video game series (1987–present). The name is given to various enemies in many installments of the game in both the Japanese and English-language versions. In most of the games, it is a common enemy that does not create much difficulty for the player, and it usually has qualities of wolves or lions in appearance. In Final Fantasy IX, however, the Bandersnatch is a slightly stronger enemy with a strange appearance that seems to be a mix of bulldog, snow leopard and bear with long fur, black spots, a long tail, and the ability to fly. It is a creature under the control of the Red Queen until Alice returns its eye (which it had lost to the Dormouse). It helps Alice to escape and joins the White Queen's forces. In the video game adaptation of the film, it serves a similar role.
- Bandersnatches are a powerful type of enemy in Kingdom Rush: Origins, appearing as a large, blue and purple monster with a spiny back and the ability to roll into a ball and move extraordinarily quickly.
- The Bandersnatch appears in the Resident Evil – Code: Veronica as a large, blue and purple monster with a spiny back and the ability to roll into a ball and move extraordinarily quickly.
- Frumious Bandersnatch is the name of a familiar in the browser-based multiplayer online role-playing game Kingdom of Loathing, obtained by buying a special monthly item in March 2009.
- In the online comic Skin Deep, the Bandersnatch is shown to be a harmless creature.
- In Ursula Vernon's webcomic Digger, a bandersnatch appears as a two-headed, sentient, exiled draft animal.
- In the visual novel Sekien no Inganock - What a Beautiful People, the Bandersnatch appears as a fantastic Creature that manifests itself inside the "engine space" within the City's computer network and preys upon hackers who access the virtual reality.
- In the Fate/Grand Order, Alice Kuonji summons a Bandersnatch using her Noble Phantasm Great Three, Wandersnatch to attack the enemies.
- In the Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is a standalone interactive film released in between the fourth and fifth seasons of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror.
Music
- San Francisco psychedelic rock band Frumious Bandersnatch named themselves after Carroll's work.
- Seattle rock band Forgive Durden released a single entitled "Beware the Jubjub Bird and Shun the Frumious Bandersnatch!" (2006) from the album Wonderland.
- Dutch composer Theo Verbey wrote a piece called Bandersnatch for cello and pianola, which was premiered during the 2010 Amsterdam Cello Biennale.
Games
- Bandersnatch is the name of a children’s tabletop game published by Mattel in 1968. Players compete in a card game to acquire pieces of a 4-inch tall plastic figure of a bandersnatch. The player who completely assembles his figure first wins the game.
- Bandersnatch, a 1984 vaporware game project by Imagine Software that led to the 1986 game Brataccas.
- Bandersnatch, a name used many times in the Final Fantasy video game series (1987–present). The name is given to various enemies in many installments of the game in both the Japanese and English-language versions. In most of the games, it is a common enemy that does not create much difficulty for the player, and it usually has qualities of wolves or lions in appearance. In Final Fantasy IX, however, the Bandersnatch is a slightly stronger enemy with a strange appearance that seems to be a mix of bulldog, snow leopard and bear with long fur, black spots, a long tail, and the ability to fly. It is a creature under the control of the Red Queen until Alice returns its eye (which it had lost to the Dormouse). It helps Alice to escape and joins the White Queen's forces. In the video game adaptation of the film, it serves a similar role.
- Bandersnatches are a powerful type of enemy in Kingdom Rush: Origins, appearing as a large, blue and purple monster with a spiny back and the ability to roll into a ball and move extraordinarily quickly.
- The Bandersnatch appears in the Resident Evil – Code: Veronica as a large, blue and purple monster with a spiny back and the ability to roll into a ball and move extraordinarily quickly.
- Frumious Bandersnatch is the name of a familiar in the browser-based multiplayer online role-playing game Kingdom of Loathing, obtained by buying a special monthly item in March 2009.
- In the online comic Skin Deep, the Bandersnatch is shown to be a harmless creature.
- In Ursula Vernon's webcomic Digger, a bandersnatch appears as a two-headed, sentient, exiled draft animal.
- In the visual novel Sekien no Inganock - What a Beautiful People, the Bandersnatch appears as a fantastic Creature that manifests itself inside the "engine space" within the City's computer network and preys upon hackers who access the virtual reality.
- In the Fate/Grand Order, Alice Kuonji summons a Bandersnatch using her Noble Phantasm Great Three, Wandersnatch to attack the enemies.
- In the Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is a standalone interactive film released in between the fourth and fifth seasons of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carroll, Lewis (1971). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. London: Oxford University Press. Search this book on
- ↑ Carroll, Lewis. "The Hunting of the Snark". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ↑ "Jaberwocky Definitions". Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Richards, Anna Matlock; Hale, [illustrated by] Nathan (1895). A New Alice in the Old Wonderland (1st U.S. ed.). London, UK: J.B. Lippincott Company. ISBN 978-1599903736. Search this book on
- ↑ Jones, Leslie (2003). J.R.R. Tolkien: A biography. Thorndike, ME: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0765354709 – via Archive.org. Search this book on
- ↑ Zelazny, Roger (2001). Sign of Chaos (1st ed.). Thorndike, ME: G.K. Hall. ISBN 978-0783892918 Check
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- ↑ Blunt, Wilfrid (1968) [1966]. Omar: A fantasy for animal lovers (1st ed.). Garden City, NY; London, UK: Doubleday; Chapman & Hall. ISBN 978-0-4125-2180-5. Search this book on
