The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Difference between revisions

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* [[Cowardly Lion]]: Natch.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Surprisingly, the narrator in ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' shows this at times.

{{quote| "For," they said, "there is not another city in all the world that is ruled by a stuffed man." And, so far as they knew, they were quite right.}}

{{quote|"For," they said, "there is not another city in all the world that is ruled by a stuffed man." And, so far as they knew, they were quite right.}}

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: The Tin Woodsman rusting. Tin doesn't rust. Possibly [[Justified Trope]], in that one of W.W. Denslow's color illustrations shows the Tin Man's joints are a different color, perhaps indicating that his joints are made of a different metal.

* [[Down the Rabbit Hole]]

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** The first witch being crushed to death.

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{{quote| He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf’s head from its body, so that it immediately died. As soon as he could raise his axe another wolf came up, and he also fell under the sharp edge of the Tin Woodman’s weapon. There were forty wolves, and forty times a wolf was killed, so that at last they all lay dead in a heap before the Woodman.}}

{{quote|He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf’s head from its body, so that it immediately died. As soon as he could raise his axe another wolf came up, and he also fell under the sharp edge of the Tin Woodman’s weapon. There were forty wolves, and forty times a wolf was killed, so that at last they all lay dead in a heap before the Woodman.}}

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{{quote| The King Crow flew at the Scarecrow, who caught it by the head and twisted its neck until it died. And then another crow flew at him, and the Scarecrow twisted its neck also. There were forty crows, and forty times the Scarecrow twisted a neck, until at last all were lying dead beside him.}}

{{quote|The King Crow flew at the Scarecrow, who caught it by the head and twisted its neck until it died. And then another crow flew at him, and the Scarecrow twisted its neck also. There were forty crows, and forty times the Scarecrow twisted a neck, until at last all were lying dead beside him.}}

* [[Family-Unfriendly Violence]]: The Tin Woodsman's origin among others.

* [[Faux Symbolism]]: So much. There's a reason some historians see it as a Farmer's Movie. To name a few for the history buffs, Dorothy has ''silver'' shoes and walks on a ''yellow brick'' road to get to the ''Emerald'' City, Dorothy ends up missing the ''Scarecrow'' the most... Though it's all highly debated, and not everyone believes it.