Land of Oz/Characters: Difference between revisions

Originally the Gump was a mounted head over the mantle in the great hallway of the Royal Palace in the Emerald City. It has antlers like an elk, but it's up-turned nose and billy goat chin whiskers give it an air of absurdity. The Tin Woodman uses the Gump as a head along with two large sofas for a body, four palm leaves for wings, an a broom for a tail to fashion a means to escape the Army of Revolt. Tip then applies the last of the Powder of Life to bring bring this strange creation to life. Thus the Gump becomes an unlikely aerial transport for Tip and his friends in their escape from Jinjur and the Army of Revolt. After tranquility and order is finally restored to the Emerald City, the parts of this strange flying machine are returned to their original function, with the Gump returning to its place over the mantle, where he sometimes strikes up conversations with shocked visitors.

 

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Giant Flyer]]: possibly the weirdest flying creature ever.

* [[Author Appeal]]

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Exotic Weapon Supremacy]]: General Jinjur's knitting-needles.

* [[Femme Fatale]]: She's not above using her looks to get her way.

* [[Mood Swinger]]: She's usually the happiest, most cheerful person around, laughing and dancing about without a care -- but when she's lost, lonely or upset, she'll cry loudly and declare herself "the most miserable girl in the world." Only to be all smiles again when someone shows her any amount of kindness.

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]

** Interestingly enough, in her first appearance, in ''The Road to Oz.'' she tells Dorothy that she doesn't know any kind of magic, because "we who live on the rainbow among the fleecy clouds have no use for magic." However, in ''Tin Woodsman of Oz,'' she has become a rather accomplished magic-user and, despite spending much of the book [[Baleful Polymorph|stuck in the form of a canary]], performs several helpful magics. Possibly, she began learning magic in anticipation that she might get stuck on the ground again.