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* BanisterSlide: The Scarecrow does one while being chased by the invading Nomes.



* HeavySleeper: The people of the Emerald City, who apparently won't wake up before dawn for ''anything'', even an invading army marching through the city and carrying them off beds and all.



* MissedHimByThatMuch: Guph and the Growliwog, during the Nome invasion.



* StaircaseTumble: When General Jinjur and her army are trying to break into the throne room of the Emerald City in episode 25, the guy who guards the throne room takes a tumble down the very long flight of steps leading up to the door. He doesn't seem to get hurt.

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When General Jinjur and her army are trying to break into the throne room of the Emerald City in episode 25, the guy who guards the throne room takes a tumble down the very long flight of steps leading up to the door. He doesn't seem to get hurt.hurt.
** The King of the Nomes takes several long staircase tumbles during the invasion of the Emerald City, again without apparent damage.


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* WithCatlikeTread: The Nomes make an enormous amount of noise sneaking into the Emerald City under cover of darkness, and noisiest of all is the King, reminding them at the top of his voice that they're sneaking in under cover of darkness and need to be quiet. Fortunately for them, the people of the Emerald City are very heavy sleepers.

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* EfficientDisplacement: During the escape from the Nome King, Tik-Tok panics and runs straight through a door, leaving a Tik-Tok-shaped hole.



* ImpactSilhouette: During the escape from the Nome King, Tik-Tok panics and runs straight through a door, leaving a Tik-Tok-shaped hole.



** Mombi's hair is purple.

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** Mombi's hair is purple.
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* KitchenSinkIncluded: When the Growliwog goes on an omnivorous rampage through the land of the Winkies, the tally of things he's eaten ends with an entire kitchen bench, including the sink.


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* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: During the Tin Man's battle with the Growliwog.


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* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Guph encounters some while exploring the Palace at the Emerald City.
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''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a Japanese animated series that adapted four of LFrankBaum's Literature/LandOfOz books, including the original ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''.

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''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a Japanese animated series that adapted four of LFrankBaum's Creator/LFrankBaum's Literature/LandOfOz books, including the original ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''.
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* RibcageRidge: In the Deadly Desert, the travellers encounter the skeleton of an enormous fish, shortly before discovering a...

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* RibcageRidge: In the Deadly Desert, the travellers encounter the skeleton of an enormous fish, shortly before discovering a...a SaharanShipwreck.



* SaharanShipwreck, surrounded by fish skeletons, shells, and other evidences that the desert was once an ocean.

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* SaharanShipwreck, SaharanShipwreck: The travellers in the Deadly Desert find one surrounded by fish skeletons, shells, and other evidences that the desert was once an ocean.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: At one point, the Scarecrow goes for a walk by himself to consider his current concerns (mysterious noises in the night, Ozma's upcoming coronation, etc.). His thinking-out-loud gradually morphs into a series of comments addressed directly to the camera, ending with him winking at the audience before heading back to the Emerald City.


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* HulkSpeak: The Growliwog.


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* TooImportantToWalk: When the Nome army marches to Oz, the King gets carried.


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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: At one point, Ozma tries out her royal magic by creating and enchanting an enormous paper crane. When she tells Dorothy what she's attempting she whispers it in Dorothy's ear, for no apparent reason other than to preserve the surprise for the audience.
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* RoyaltySuperPower: Princess Ozma turns out to have several.
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* LongList: Ozma's preparation to be crowned Queen of Oz includes "smiling and waving lessons, royal posture training, tiara balancing, red carpet walking, proper fork usage..."


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* RebelliousPrincess: Princess Ozma keeps running away from her royalty lessons to climb trees and play in fields.
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* LighterAndSofter: Some of the especially NightmareFuel-ish parts of the books were toned down.

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* LighterAndSofter: Some of the especially NightmareFuel-ish parts of the books were toned down.
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* DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: The nomes have this problem, due to spending their lives underground.

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* BridgeLogic: As in the original novel, the Tin Man cuts down a tall tree to bridge a chasm, then chops through it while the Kalidahs are following them across.

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As in the original novel, the Tin Man cuts down a tall tree to bridge a chasm, then chops through it while the Kalidahs are following them across.across.
** The Nomes trap Dorothy and friends between a river of lava and a deep crevasse, then start catapulting large rocks at them -- and accidentally knock over a stone pillar, bridging the crevasse and providing an escape route.



* ConvectionSchmonvection: Any scene with molten lava in the underground kingdom of the Nomes, but especially the sequence where the Nome King is playing with Dorothy and friends by making them dodge streams of molten lava -- there's some very narrow misses, but apparently because he never scores a direct hit they all get through it unscathed.

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* ConvectionSchmonvection: Any scene with molten lava in the underground kingdom of the Nomes, but especially the sequence where the Nome King is playing with diverts a river of lava after Dorothy and her friends: multiple characters stand on the banks of the lava river without harm, and Dorothy and friends escape by making them dodge streams of molten climbing up above the lava -- there's some very narrow misses, but apparently because he never scores a direct hit they all get through it unscathed.without getting broiled by the rising heat or choking on noxious fumes.



* GladIThoughtOfIt: It occurs to the Nome King that, considering how lucky Dorothy and friends have been so far, it would be a good idea to have a backup plan in case they somehow escape the inescapable death trap they're about to walk into. It occurs to him just after he slaps down his chancellor's attempt to suggest the same thing.



* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: The river of lava in the underground kingdom of the Nomes is opaque, but otherwise acts just like water.



* TakeMyHand: Inverted when the Wizard's hot-air balloon starts to take off without Dorothy: instead of one person being about to fall, it's the other person about to float away, but otherwise it plays out the same.

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* TakeMyHand: TakeMyHand:
** During the adventure in the underground kingdom of the Nomes, the Scarecrow nearly falls into a crevasse, and Dorothy catches him this way.
** After they escape to the surface, the Nomes try to suck them back underground, and a Take My Hand moment turns into a ChainOfPeople.
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Inverted when the Wizard's hot-air balloon starts to take off without Dorothy: instead of one person being about to fall, it's the other person about to float away, but otherwise it plays out the same.


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* TimeForPlanB: After the Nome King's plan to trap Dorothy and friends fails, and the back-up plan also fails, his chancellor announces that it's time for Plan C, and then has to ask for time to think of a Plan C.
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* AdaptationDistillation: The quest to rescue the Prince of Ev from the Nome King -- in the book, it's nearly the entire royal family that needs rescuing (and the rescue party has more people in it, too).


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* AgitatedItemStomping: At one point, when the Nome King's chancellor loses his temper, he throws his own hat on the ground and stomps on it.


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* AudibleSharpness: The Tin Man's axe has audible sharpness when he threatens the Nome King's chancellor in an attempt to make him reveal the location of the Prince of Ev.


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* ConvectionSchmonvection: Any scene with molten lava in the underground kingdom of the Nomes, but especially the sequence where the Nome King is playing with Dorothy and friends by making them dodge streams of molten lava -- there's some very narrow misses, but apparently because he never scores a direct hit they all get through it unscathed.


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* EfficientDisplacement: During the escape from the Nome King, Tik-Tok panics and runs straight through a door, leaving a Tik-Tok-shaped hole.


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* GivingThemTheStrip: When the Tin Man takes the Nome King's chancellor captive, he escapes by slipping out of his official robe. (Underneath, he's wearing [[StockUnderwear ISO standard cartoon long johns]].)


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* SneezeOfDoom: When the Lion is sniffing out the location of the Prince of Ev, the Nome King's chancellor tries to throw him off the scent by dropping a powder in front of him that makes him sneeze. His first sneeze blows the chancellor clear across the room.


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* ThatWasNotADream: After Tik-Tok is rescued from being transformed into an inanimate object, his first comment is "What a strange dream I was having!"


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* WhyDidntYouJustSaySo: The Nome chancellor does this to a servant who comes to tell him that the King wants him.
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* AllDesertsHaveCacti: The Deadly Desert has cacti, at least to begin with. Deeper in, it's a sandy wasteland with no plant or animal life.


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** The Deadly Desert becomes the Dangerous Desert in dialogue, although it's still "The Deadly Desert" in the episode title.


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* RibcageRidge: In the Deadly Desert, the travellers encounter the skeleton of an enormous fish, shortly before discovering a...
* SaharanShipwreck, surrounded by fish skeletons, shells, and other evidences that the desert was once an ocean.


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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: A giant bug eats the Scarecrow and the Tin Man, but after a minute it realises neither of them is particularly edible and spits them both out.
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* CostumeTestMontage: The Princess of Ev, trying to choose a suitable hat for her meeting with Princess Ozma. "...too bossy ...too childish ..."


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* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: When Tik-Tok is telling Dorothy about the Princess of Ev's hat collection, he mentions that she has a magician hat, and that every time she wears it she keeps pulling rabbits out of it.
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* ExpressiveMask: Tiktok has a very flexible mouth set in an otherwise immobile metal face.


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* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: When Dorothy first meets Tiktok, he's on a secret mission, and when she asks what it is he explains that he can't tell her because it's a secret -- then he gets flustered and winds up explaining in considerable detail precisely what he's not allowed to tell her.


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* LullDestruction: The narration in the English-language dub is sometimes guilty of this. Particularly noticeable in episode 31 (the first part of "Ozma of Oz"), which begins with an eerie sequence several minutes long with no dialogue at all -- apart, of course, from the chattering of the narrator.
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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: When Mombi and Jinjur prove to be unrepentant, Glinda casts spells on them to turn them into "model citizens" (with vacant-eyed expressions), then laughs and remarks that "Magic can work wonders when used properly".


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* PepperSneeze: Used on a magically-disguised Mombi to force her to resume her real form.


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* ScaledUp: In the final confrontation with the sorceress Mombi, she turns into a dragon.
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* SkintoneSclerae: General Jinjur and her soldiers.
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* EekAMouse: The "secret weapon" used against General Jinjur's army.


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* StaircaseTumble: When General Jinjur and her army are trying to break into the throne room of the Emerald City in episode 25, the guy who guards the throne room takes a tumble down the very long flight of steps leading up to the door. He doesn't seem to get hurt.
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* NotSoInnocentWhistle: Jinjur, when she's considering trying one of Mombi's spells for herself.
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* FruitCart: Scarecrow and Jack Pumpkinhead riding a runaway horse through the main square of the Emerald City clip a fruit cart in passing, knocking it over, and plough straight through a balloon cart, setting all the balloons free except one which gets hooked on and trails after them for the rest of the scene.


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* RecklessGunUsage: When General Jinjur's army attacks the palace to capture King Scarecrow, he digs a pistol out of the stuff the Wizard left behind and gives it to the palace guard to threaten them with. One of Jinjur's soldiers takes the gun off the guard, squints down the barrel, announces that she can't see anything so she doesn't think it's loaded, and throws it away. When it hits the ground, it goes off.
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* SuspiciouslySmallArmy: General Jinjur's army. All five of them.
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* YaGottaHaveBlueHair:

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* YaGottaHaveBlueHair:YouGottaHaveBlueHair:
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* YaGottaHaveBlueHair:
** Glinda's hair is green.
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Grim Up North is about frozen northern wastelands. The Wicked Witch\'s country is a wasteland, but it\'s neither frozen nor northern.


* [[GrimUpNorth Grim Out West]]: The Wicked Witch of the West has her stronghold in the west of Oz

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Mombi and Tip, who don't appear in the first book at all, show up in episode 11, just after the defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West; Mombi has come to visit the Witch, but on learning she's dead settles for trying to steal the magic cap that controls the Winged Monkeys.

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Mombi and Tip, who don't appear in the first book at all, show up in episode 11, just after the defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West; Mombi has come to visit the Witch, but on learning she's dead settles for trying to steal the magic cap that controls the Winged Monkeys.Monkeys.
** Episode 16 has an early-bird reference to the Nomes.



* TemptingFate: While they're crossing a river on the way to the Emerald City, the Scarecrow remarks on what good progress they're making and how calm the river is. Immediately the river current rises and they're swept away.

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While they're crossing a river on the way to the Emerald City, the Scarecrow remarks on what good progress they're making and how calm the river is. Immediately the river current rises and they're swept away.away.
** While they're crossing a stone bridge on the way to see Glinda, the Scarecrow warns them to be careful in case their feet slip on the wet stone -- though of course ''he'' doesn't have to worry because ''his'' feet never slip when they're wet. As soon as the words are out, his feet slip and he falls off the bridge.
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* [[GrimUpNorth GrimOutWest]]: The Wicked Witch of the West has her stronghold in the west of Oz

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* RagtagBandOfMisfits:

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* RagtagBandOfMisfits:RagtagBandOfMisfits: Dorothy and friends.
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* WhenTreesAttack: There's a prehensile tree guarding the approach to the Kingdom of Glass.

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