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* PoweringVillainRealization: At one point, the characters must cross a bridge guarded by two trolls who resemble [[TheHeckler those two grumpy old men in the audience]]. Their taunts make people fall off the bridge, but Dorothy realises that if they ignore their words, they won't fall.

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* PoweringVillainRealization: At one point, the characters must cross a bridge guarded by two trolls who resemble [[TheHeckler those two grumpy old men in the audience]].Statler and Waldorf]]. Their taunts make people fall off the bridge, but Dorothy realises that if they ignore their words, they won't fall.
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* BringingBackProof: Dorothy and her friends Scarecrow, Tin Thing, and the Cowardly Lion, played by Kermit the frog, Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear, have to get the magic eye from the wicked witch of the west. They can bring it back to the wizard as proof they can grant their wishes.

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* BringingBackProof: Dorothy and her friends Scarecrow, Tin Thing, and the Cowardly Lion, played by Kermit the frog, Frog, Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear, have to get the magic eye from the wicked witch Wicked Witch of the west. West. They can bring it back to the wizard Wizard as proof they can grant their wishes.
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* TheBurlesqueOfVenus: The Wicked Witch of the West keeps her own version of Botticelli's painting hanging in her lair, with herself posing as Venus and one of her flying monkeys in place of Zephyr and his assistant.

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* TheBurlesqueOfVenus: The Wicked Witch of the West keeps her own version of Botticelli's painting Creator/SandroBotticelli's [[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBotticelli painting]] hanging in her lair, with herself posing as Venus and one of her flying monkeys in place of Zephyr and his assistant.
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* PoweringVillainRealization: At one point, the characters must cross a bridge guarded by two trolls who resemble [[TheHeckler those two grumpy old men in the audience]]. Their taunts make people fall off the bridge, but Dorothy realises that if they ignore their words, they won't fall.

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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Toto is a King Prawn instead of a dog. Justified, since after Dorothy ends up in Oz, Toto is played by Pepe. Pre-tornado, he's seen as an actual prawn in a goldfish bowl. This trope is averted with the Cowardly Lion, though: he's still a lion, even though his "actor," Fozzie, is a bear.

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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: AdaptationSpeciesChange:
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Toto is a King Prawn king prawn instead of a dog. Justified, since after Dorothy ends up in Oz, Toto is played by Pepe. Pre-tornado, he's seen as an actual prawn in a goldfish bowl. This trope bowl.
** In the book, one of the Wizard's forms
is averted a hairy, rhino-faced monster with five eyes and ten limbs. Here, his monster form is simply a dragon.
** Averted
with the Cowardly Lion, though: Lion: he's still a lion, even though his "actor," "actor", Fozzie, is a bear. bear.
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* BringBackProof: Dorothy and her friends Scarecrow, Tin Thing, and the Cowardly Lion, played by Kermit the frog, Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear, have to get the magic eye from the wicked witch of the west. They can bring it back to the wizard as proof they can grant their wishes.

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* BringBackProof: BringingBackProof: Dorothy and her friends Scarecrow, Tin Thing, and the Cowardly Lion, played by Kermit the frog, Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear, have to get the magic eye from the wicked witch of the west. They can bring it back to the wizard as proof they can grant their wishes.
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* BringBackProof: Dorothy and her friends Scarecrow, Tin Thing, and the Cowardly Lion, played by Kermit the frog, Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear, have to get the magic eye from the wicked witch of the west. They can bring it back to the wizard as proof they can grant their wishes.

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* BrokenAesop: Dorothy eventually realizes that she shouldn't value fame and fortune more than family, so she goes back home to Kansas. Then, she accepts an offer from the Muppets to go on tour with them, subsequently leaving her family ''again''. Although, they imply that Dorothy will do a better job keeping in touch with her family than she did in Oz.
** Well, it doesn't become so much of a BrokenAesop, because Dorothy, in the end, realized it wasn't really so much fame and fortune she was after, it was simply being able to have a life for herself as a singer (much like Kermit wanting to sing and dance and make people happy in ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''); at the same time, Aunt Em tells Dorothy that she's realized that even though she may not be with her and Uncle Henry in person, she'll always be with them in their hearts, which is why Aunt Em ''finally'' lets loose the reins, since she had been overbearing with her at the beginning of the movie.



* CelebrityParadox: As noted above, Dorothy enters an Image Makeover machine, and steps out as Kelly Osbourne; however, the others feel that Ashanti is a more suitable look for her.
* CompositeCharacter: The Munchkins (played by the rats) also take the role of the Field Mice in the book.
** In something of a meta example, and possibly a coincidence, Pepe has more in common with Billina the Chicken than Toto. He can talk when in Oz, is a DeadpanSnarker, and chooses to stay in Oz since his prospects in Kansas is being cooked and eaten.

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* CelebrityParadox: CelebrityParadox:
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As noted above, Dorothy enters an Image Makeover machine, and steps out as Kelly Osbourne; however, the others feel that Ashanti is a more suitable look for her.
** The Muppets are a real performing troupe who Dorothy wants to perform with. Their similarity to her Oz friends is not explored (and there's no AllJustADream explanation).
* CompositeCharacter: CompositeCharacter:
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The Munchkins (played by the rats) also take the role of the Field Mice in the book.
** In something of a meta example, and possibly a coincidence, Pepe has more in common with Billina the Chicken than Toto. He can talk when in Oz[[note]]''Tik-Tok of Oz'' would reveal that Toto ''can'' talk when in Oz, like all animals, but chooses not to[[/note]], is a DeadpanSnarker, and chooses to stay in Oz since his prospects in Kansas is being cooked and eaten.


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* SweetAndSourGrapes: Dorothy eventually realizes that she shouldn't value fame and fortune more than family, so she goes back home to Kansas. Then, she accepts an offer from the Muppets to go on tour with them, subsequently leaving her family ''again''. Although, they imply that Dorothy will do a better job keeping in touch with her family than she did in Oz. In the end, she realized it wasn't really so much fame and fortune she was after, it was simply being able to have a life for herself as a singer (much like Kermit wanting to sing and dance and make people happy in ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''); at the same time, Aunt Em tells Dorothy that she's realized that even though she may not be with her and Uncle Henry in person, she'll always be with them in their hearts, which is why Aunt Em ''finally'' lets loose the reins, since she had been overbearing with her at the beginning of the movie.

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