Although the first scene is in the Duchess’ home, Cheshire Cat later shows his evil grin on the Queen of Hearts’ croquet field, suggesting that he may be a part of her evil scheme. 7.

“Loki” (2021–2023): Tom Hiddleston’s Loki is a great example of the type of character who would employ a Cheshire cat grin. He’s not evil, but he’s not good.

Of course, there are shining parts of this movie, namely the sinister, somehow-both-evil-and-not-evil Cheshire Cat and the complete absurdity of the Queen of Hearts.

‘The Cheshire Cat was a character I had a very specific image of and it’s because I just have this thing about cats,’ Burton said. ‘The Cheshire Cat taps into what you might call my hatred ...