Gene Wilder credited as playing...
Mock Turtle
- [the Mock Turtle begins his tale]
- Mock Turtle: Once...
- [starts moaning and wringing his hands]
- Mock Turtle: I was once a real turtle. I was a real--
- [breaks down completely]
- Alice: [rises to leave] Thank you for that very interesting story, sir.
- Mock Turtle: I haven't started yet.
- The Gryphon: [half-pleading] Stay. You may learn something.
- Mock Turtle: When Gryph and I were little we went to school in the same sea. And the master was an old turtle. We used to call him "tortoise."
- Alice: Why would you call him tortoise if he wasn't one?
- Mock Turtle: We called him "tortoise" because he "taught us."
- The Gryphon: You ought to be ashamed of yourself, asking a simple question like that.
- The Gryphon: Mockers, tell this young lady about yourself.
- Mock Turtle: She's come to the right person for that. Sit down, both of you.
- The Gryphon: No, thanks. I've heard it before.
- Mock Turtle: Sit down. It's the least you can do.