King of the Mice
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King of the Mice is a fictional monarch of a mouse kingdom, best known as the antagonist ruler of the mice in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and its adaptations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ fictional monarch ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Mouse King
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rat King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alignment | evil ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
The Nutcracker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King NERFINISHED ⓘ adaptations of The Nutcracker ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Nutcracker and the Mouse King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType | anthropomorphic animal ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
the Nutcracker’s army
ⓘ
toy soldiers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| createdBy | E. T. A. Hoffmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Nutcracker universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Nutcracker and the Mouse King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDateOfWork | 1816 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationDetail |
often depicted with multiple heads in some versions
ⓘ
often renamed Mouse King in English adaptations ⓘ |
| hasEnemy |
Clara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Nutcracker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredAdaptation | The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky ballet) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenreOfWork |
fairy tale
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ |
| medium |
ballet adaptations
ⓘ
film adaptations ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
opposes the Nutcracker
ⓘ
threatens Clara ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mouse kingdom’s monarch
ⓘ
leading the mice against the Nutcracker ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalName | Mäusekönig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNameLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | The Nutcracker and the Mouse King characters ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | villainous ruler of mice ⓘ |
| positionHeld | ruler of the mouse kingdom ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | main antagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfRule | mouse kingdom ⓘ |
| species | mouse ⓘ |
| title |
King
ⓘ
King of the Mice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.