Relationship between characters in Tim Burton films

In the majority of Tim Burton films Tim tend to create beautiful however strange relationships between the characters, as he focuses on the connection of friendships between characters such as the mad hatter and the Cheshire cat as even though they are frenemies the friendship is strong as Cheshire saves the mad hatters life however this could be because of the Disney standards and rules within the films.

http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2013/06/17/the-beautifully-strange-relationships-in-tim-burton-films/