Alice Alice is the spirit of a doll possessed by the vengeful " Doll Chimera " card . Her character is based on the title character of . She wore long dark gray hair and dresses in - style clothing . She and her Deck carry many references to the anime " " , such as her Deck containing dolls attempting to be perfect , and " " , with her having changed from being mean to being kind once the moon had come out from behind the clouds . Both of these series were heavily influenced by " Alice in Wonderland " . Biography . When some Obelisk Blue students Dueled , Alice watched them . When one student in particular lost , he blamed his loss on his " Doll Chimera " card , calling it useless trash and insisting he ' d start winning again after he got rid of it . The same student later rips his " Doll Chimera " in half , and all the anger and pain of the card seeps into Alice . In the dub Alice explains that all the negative energy caused a darkness to enter her spirit . From that point onwards , Alice disliked all Duelist s for she had the conception they were all heartless creatures . When Jaden and his friends return from Domino City , " Winged Kuriboh " detects that Alice is a stranger . Alice poses as a transfer student into the Slifer Red Dorm , and is nice to the rest of the Slifers , cleaning their dirty rooms and even preparing food for them , which causes Tyranno Hassleberry to fall madly in love with her . Bastion Misawa claims he has seen Alice somewhere before , but Syrus Truesdale tells him that " that line never works . " ( In the Japanese episode preview , Bastion is seen researching Alice on his computer , and comes up with a positive image : " Alice in Despairland " ) . However , later that night Hassleberry disappears . Jaden goes to investigate and discovers Bastion unconscious under a tree in the forest . Bastion has no memory of how he got there , claiming he " must have blacked out " ( It is indicated that Alice also kidnapped him ) . Together they find Hassleberry , and Alice appears ( Cut from the dub is the scene of Alice walking on water ) . They learn that Alice has kidnapped Tyranno and is using him as hostage to challenge other Duelists . She claims she posed as a transfer student of Slifer Red in order to seek out victims to plunge into darkness ( In the dub , when asked by Jaden who she really is , she claims that she is " a disposable soul , just like everyone . " ) She continues to issue several macabre statements until asked by Jaden why she ' s doing all this . She replies that all Duelists unleash despair on the world , and that she ' s here to change that . Alice justifies that all happiness is an illusion ; and thus , she ' s here to erase that false happiness . In the Japanese version , Alice wants to crush all the light of hope from Duelists . She challenges Jaden to a " Duel of Despair , " in which he replies it will be a " Duel of Hope " . At the beginning of the Duel , Alice displays a chilling sense of purpose , sacrificing her cards and Life Points without any hesitation so she can Summon her " Doll Chimera " . As the Duel progresses , however , Alice ' s anger and bitterness slowly fades away to Jaden ' s cheery personality and the honesty of his happiness when he Duels . She starts to realize Dueling is actually fun . After Jaden forces Alice to send all the " Doll Part " monsters in her Deck to the Graveyard , he finally manages to destroy " Doll Chimera " . As the moon shines through the clouds , Alice reveals that she is in fact a doll spirit . As a doll in her glass case , she would watch the students Duel each other . She was finally quelled when Jaden destroyed " Doll Chimera " , thus freeing her from its vindictive influence . Upon losing the Duel , Alice turns back into her doll form and thanks Jaden for setting her free . Deck . Alice uses a " Doll Part " Deck focused around swarm ing the field to quickly Summon her ace , " Doll Chimera " . She also uses " Eshila the Lovely Bisque Doll " as a contingency .