is named Absolem. Rickman was filmed while recording his voice in a studio, but his face was not composited onto the character's face as originally planned. He appears five times in the movie. The first time is outside Wonderland, when a young man named Hamish Ascot is about to propose to Alice and she notices a blue caterpillar on his shoulder. The second time is when Nivens McTwisp the White Rabbit, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Mallymkun the Dormouse, and the Uilleam the Dodo consider Alice's identity, and they consult him. Absolem appears in a thick cloud of hookah smoke, which he blows at Alice. He appears again after Alice arrives at the White Queen's Castle, and again to remind Alice of her previous visit to Wonderland. He blows smoke at her twice this time, and Alice asks him to stop it. At the end of the movie, Absolem, as a butterfly, appears on Alice's shoulder as she sets off for China. Rickman reprises the role in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), though he remains a butterfly, leading Alice to the looking-glass portal to Underland and informing her that matters require her urgent attention. He isn't seen again for the rest of the film but makes a cameo in the credits. This was also Rickman's final film performance and the film is dedicated in his memory. Once Upon a Time The Caterpillar appears in an episode of Once Upon a Time, voiced by Roger Daltrey. The Caterpillar appears in the 2013 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland episode "Forget Me Not" voiced by Iggy Pop, wherein he operates a meeting-house for the transaction of criminal business. He is consulted twice by Alice for assistance in an adventure of her own. In other media The Caterpillar appeared in the 2004 novel The Looking-Glass Wars and he plays the role of an oracle. In the 2009 SyFy TV miniseries Alice, the Caterpillar is the leader of the underground resistance to the Queen of Hearts. In the Murdoch Mysteries TV show 2011 episode “Murdoch in Wonderland,” the titular character is framed for murder following an Alice in Wonderland themed costume party. The host, Constance Gardenier, dresses herself as the Caterpillar. The Caterpillar appeared in the 2000 video game American McGee's Alice and its 2011 sequel Alice Madness Returns, voiced by Jarion Monroe. He is the wisest denizen in Wonderland and provides guidance to Alice