
Alice later snaps him out of one of his episodes when he is imprisoned at the Red Queen's castle making hats. Mallymkun the Dormouse snaps him out of it the first time by shouting, "Hatter!!" when he is about to attack the Chesire cat who he blames for the attack on his clan. Tarrant can become violent in this state unless someone snaps him out of it.

When he becomes upset his eyes change from green to a golden yellow and he begins speaking in a noticeable Scottish brogue. The destruction of his clan broke something in Tarrant's mind - causing him to become detached from reality and also develop a slight split personality. A scene of Tarrant's past can be seen-the Jabberwock blowing fire down on the clan, when he and Alice are traveling and they pass through the remains of his home, causing him to briefly flashback to the destruction. When we next see his face it is clear from the half-smile that his sanity has shattered. He returns after to find the village burnt to the ground, a shocked look on his face he bends down to pick up his trademark hat. Tarrant only escaped the destruction because he led the White queen's panicked horse away from the initial attack. Tarrant was thought to be the only member of his clan left- everybody and everything else was supposedly killed or burned to the ground. Though the White Queen was safely spirited away, the Vorpal Sword (as well as her crown) was lost in the confusion.

The Hightopps did not indeed perish though, as it turns out they were actually captured and imprisoned by the Red Queen out of revenge. Tarrant's origins involve him with the Hightopp Clan, a family of hatters, which was supposedly destroyed by the Jabberwock, sent by the Red Queen during a visit by the White Queen to their village on the "Horevendush Day".
