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The daughter of the former King of Oz, Pastoria, and the rightful ruler of Oz, she was discovered and restored to her throne, where she has ruled ever since. Her subjects love and trust her, and she is good and kind to them in return.
 
* [[Age Is Relative]]: Ozma's actual age is kept deliberately ambiguous; in Baum's narration she is merely described as looking "very young" (in ''The Tin Woodsman of Oz,'' she is said to look around fourteen or fifteen, which is the age she appears as in O'Neill's drawings, but even this isn't really kept consistent from book to book). Despite this she celebrates her birthday on August 21; L. Frank Baum [[Lampshadeslampshade]]s this in the books, stating that since Ozma is a fairy she is effectively immortal and her exact age doesn't matter much -- but that's no reason to pass up a perfectly good opportunity for a party.
* [[Amnesiacs Are Innocent]]: Ozma exploits this with her Fountain of Oblivion
* [[Big Brother Is Your Friend]]: Glinda and Ozma form a benevolent dictatorship. Given the lack of needing ''resources'' in Oz, this is pretty much just means that they keep a monopoly on stronger magics, and keep people from hurting each other. Ozma is the carrot. That this is a good thing is played completely straight.