When you fall down a rabbit hole, it might not be wholly unexpected to encounter a rabbit. Yet, it's unlikely you'd envision one sporting a tweed coat, a bow tie and a pocket watch. This is no run-of-the-mill rabbit - it’s the first character that Alice encounters in Wonderland, and he's in a flurry of worry. His anxiety is not without cause, for he is dreadfully late for an important date: a garden party at the Queen of Hearts' court. Being tardy would be enough for him to lose his head.

Apparently, Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the White Rabbit came from the father of real-life Alice, Dean Liddell, who was perpetually late for services at Christ Church Cathedral. Unlike his fictional counterpart, however, Dean Liddell was human and (probably) not an anthropomorphic rabbit.