What does the Caterpillar ask Alice while sitting on a mushroom?
Answer
"Who are you?"
The Caterpillar asks Alice, “Who are you?” while sitting on the mushroom in Disney’s 1951 film Alice in Wonderland.
The question comes after Alice complains about the confusing changes in her size. Rather than offering a straightforward explanation, the Caterpillar challenges her identity, matching the film’s dreamlike logic and its adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s original scene.
The mushroom becomes the practical answer to Alice’s problem: eating from one side makes her grow, while eating from the other makes her shrink. She experiments with the pieces until she can control her height and later uses them to reach the garden and escape danger.
A common mix-up is attributing this question to the Cheshire Cat, who gives Alice directions and tells her that everyone in Wonderland is mad. The Caterpillar is voiced by Richard Haydn; the Cheshire Cat is voiced by Sterling Holloway.