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[[Parody Episode]]s of/[[Whole-Plot Reference|Whole Plot References]]s ofto ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. Because of [[Small Reference Pools]], the parodies are usually of the [[Judy Garland]] film, not [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|the original books]]. If it's a [[Something Completely Different]] episode in a series, it will almost certainly be based on the film sufficiently to take advantage of the pre-existing [[But You Were There and You and You]] concept.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* "The Long Road Home"; a ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (comics)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' [[Elseworld]] with Lightning Lass as Dorothy; Brainiac 5 as the Scarecrow; Wildfire as the Tin Man; Timber Wolf as the Cowardly Lion; Starfinger as the Wicked Witch; White Witch as the Good Witch (duh!); and Mon-El as the Wizard. Actually included some elements of [[Land of Oz|the later books]], such as Ayla's friends being transformed into ornaments (as happened in the Nome King's castle).
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* The ''[[Scrubs]]'' episode "My Way Home", contains many [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]]. It's starts with J.D. listening to Toto. When he arrives at the hospital, the Janitor has painted different routes on the hallways, with yellow (yellow brick road) leading to the exit. He also as a prank spray paints J.D.'s sneakers red, in reference to the ruby red slippers. Dr. Cox calls J.D. "Dorthy" and his only goal now is to get out of the hospital so that he can spend what is supposed to be his day off at home. Eliot as the Scarecrow (needing brains to give a lecture); Turk as the Tin Man (needing a heart for surgery - but also empathy with the couple whose son might be a donor); and Carla as the Lion (needing the courage to talk to Turk about having kids). Other characters were more mix'n'match, with both Dr Cox and Dr Kelso as the Wizard, and a one-off gag with Jordan as the Wicked Witch.
* One of the many parodies in the 200th episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG 1]]''. Vala as Dorothy; Mitchell as the Scarecrow; Teal'c as the Tin Man; Daniel as the Lion; Carter as the Good Witch; and Landry as the Wizard.
* There was a [[Dream Sequence]] of this on the 1980s TV series ''[[Fame]]'' (the first, 1980s,1982 TV series version)|Fame]]'' once, casting Doris in the role of Dorothy. It is unique among these examples in that it was inspired by the fact that ''Fame'' was ''shot on the same soundstage as the 1939 film''. Valerie Landsberg once told the story how the stagehands who worked there very solemnly, almost reverently, showed her and the rest of the cast the last remaining piece of the original Yellow Brick Road, which was kept locked away in what amounted to a shrine in an out-of-the-way corner of the stage.
* ''[[Mad TV]]'', where Dorothy beats up Glinda because she didn't tell Dorothy how the Ruby Slippers worked in her first scene in Oz.
** ''[[Mad TV]]'' had another ''Wizard of Oz'' parody where Dorothy (Nicole Parker) is caught in a hurricane (as she's now living in Florida) and ends up in Oz. Now [[Genre Savvy]], she clicks her heels to return home and not have to go through the plot again—until hurricanes keep bringing her back to Oz and crushing members of the Lollipop Guild.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Larry Niven]] has written that he did this unintentionally when writing his novel ''[[Ringworld]]''.
 
== [[Music]] ==
* The De La Soul music video for "Oooh" (from their 2000 album, "''AOI: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump"'') was a ghetto version of ''The Wizard of Oz''. In the video, a woman with a chihuahua in her purse is denied access to a club (by [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Dave Chappelle]], using the voice he uses for his crackhead characters on ''[[Half Baked]]'' and ''[[Chappelle's Show]]''). When she tries to sneak in, the woman falls and finds herself in the land of "Oooh" dressed as Dorothy with the three members of De La Soul as the Lion, The Scarecrow, and the Tin Man heading off to Brick City to see the Great Wiz (played by Wu Tang Clan member Redman). The difference between this parody and all other ''Wizard of Oz'' parodies is that: (1) The shoes "Dorothy" has on are silver platform heels (which is a reference to the ''Wizard of Oz'' book, which had Dorothy's shoes as silver rather than ruby like in the popular film version), and (2) The whole thing turns out to be a thought in the woman's head as she's being insulted by the bouncer, averting the [[But You Were There and You and You]] trope (and referencing "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge"'s ending in which everything the protagonist did was just an extended fantasy), and the woman enters the club unnoticed.
* [[Blues Traveler]] have a [[Wizard of Oz]] parody in the video "Runaround".
* Appropriate for a singer with an album called "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", [[Elton John]]'s video for "[[Original Sin]] has [[Mandy Moore]] as a girl who dreams she's attending a 1970's Elton show, after meeting a Glinda-like Good Witch.
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