History Funny / TheWizardOfOz

--> "I don't know (''why I can talk without a brain''). But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"

-->"One day they're going to erect a statue to me in this town!"
-->"...And don't start posing for it now."

* When Glinda tells the Wicked Witch to "Begone! Before someone drops a house on you!" the Witch ''actually looks up in alarm!''
* Despite not having any brains, the Scarecrow makes a very good point. "I don't know (''why I can talk without a brain''). But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"

** Of of his best moments is the one where he says nothing at all. "Ehhhhh... and YOU, Lion!" Lion is of course too frightened to speak. "WELL?!" The Lion promptly faints.

* "I hope my strength holds out." "I hope your tail holds out!"
* Let's face it...The Lion is one big fuzzy embodiment of CMOF!

** The true mark of [[TrueCompanions friendship]]: [[VitriolicBestBuds giving each other shit]] even when all is darkest and danger is afoot.

-->'''Cowardly Lion''': They sure knocked the stuffings out of you, didn't they?

* Aunt Em's speech too Mss. Almira Gulch, of course that particular scene borders onto MomentOfAwesome territory.

-->'''Uncle Henry:''' Ohh...[[LiteralMinded she bit her]] dog, eh? (''accidentally'' lets the fence door hit Miss Gulch on the ass)

-->'''Tin Man'': What happened to you?

** The Wizard turning out to be every bit the con artist that Professor Marvel is. He couldn't even stop the balloon because he didn't know how it worked. (Sounds like Dorothy dodged a bullet by disembarking early).

* Aunt Em: "Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn't mean that you have the power to run the rest of us. For twenty-three years, I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you! And now... well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!" Of course that particular scene borders onto MomentOfAwesome territory.

* Uncle Henry and Miss Gulch's first meeting.
-->'''Uncle Henry:''' You mean she bit ya?
-->'''Miss Gultch:''' No, her dog.
-->'''Uncle Henry:''' Ohh...she bit her dog, eh? (''accidentally'' lets the fence door hit Miss Gultch on the ass)
-->'''Miss Gultch:''' No!
* The little "Oh!" that Dorothy gives when the house lands. Considering she was just ''in the middle of a freaking tornado.''
** Most of the tornado scene is this, considering Dorothy passes two guys in a rowboat and an old lady knitting, neither of them appearing to care about the disaster occurring around them.
* Pretty much any scene with the farmhands.

* "I hope my strength holds out." "I hope your tail holds out!"
* Despite being an almost indestructible man of metal (''carrying a weapon no less''), and an easily re-constructible man. Both Tin Man and the Scarecrow are too wimpy to stand up to Lion.
--> '''Tin Man''': Yes, get up and teach him a lesson.
--> '''Scarecrow''':What's wrong with you teaching him?
--> '''Tin Man''': Well I hardly know him.
** Scarecrow and the Tin Man, [[SarcasmMode my heroes.]]
* The Lion had some great one liners.
** "How long can ya stay fresh in that can?"
** "Trapped! Trapped like mice – er – rats!"
** "...Shucks, folks, I'm speechless!"
** Of of his best moments is the one where he says nothing at all. "Ehhhhh... and YOU, Lion!" Lion is of course too frightened to speak. "WELL?!" The Lion promptly faints.
* Despite not having any brains, the Scarecrow makes a very good point. "I don't know (''why I can talk without a brain''). But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"
* "The Great Oz has spoken! Pay no attention to that [[TheManBehindTheCurtain man behind the curtain]]!"

* "You mean she bit ya?" "No, her dog." "Ohh...she bit her dog, eh?"
* Another gem from the lion:
--> '''Lion:''' What do they got that I ain't got?
--> '''Scarecrow, Tinman and Dorothy:''' [[CaptainObvious Courage!]]
--> '''Lion:''' You can say that again.
** And this:
-->'''Lion:''' (after vowing to save Dorothy?) There's just one thing I want you to do!
-->'''Tinman and Scarecrow:''' What's that?
-->'''Lion:''' Talk me out of it!
* '''Scarecrow:''' Don't cry now! We haven't got the oil can with us and you've been squeaking enough as it is!
* As Dorothy and her friends head out of the poppy field and towards the gate to the Emerald City, they get startled by a disembodied chorus singing.
* Lion reading the sign at the entrance to the Witch's Forest: "I'd toin back if I were you." He nods and does an about-face, with Tin Man and Scarecrow promptly grabbing him and lifting him into the air. Lion even kicks his feet in the air in protest!
* '''I AM THE GREAT AND POWERFUL''' ... ''[meekly]'' Wizard of Oz.
* The Wizard turning out to be every bit the con artist that Professor Marvel is. He couldn't even stop the balloon because he didn't know how it worked. (Sounds like Dorothy dodged a bullet by disembarking early).

* This also counts as MoodWhiplash; after a frightening scene where the quartet meet the Wizard of Oz, the Cowardly Lion runs back down the hallway and dives into a window.

* Despite not having any brains, the Scarecrow makes a very good point. "I don't know [why I can talk without a brain]. But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"
* "...Shucks, folks, I'm speechless!"

* "Yes, get up and teach him a lesson." "What's wrong with you teaching him?" "Well I hardly know him." Scarecrow and the Tin Man, [[SarcasmMode my heroes.]]

* Pretty much any scene with the farmhands.

** Most of the tornado scene is this, considering Dorothy passes two guys in a rowboat and an old lady knitting, neither of them appearing to care about the disaster occurring around them.

* The little "Oh!" that Dorothy gives when the house lands. Considering she was just ''in the middle of a freaking tornado.''

* The Wizard turning out to be every bit the con artist that Professor Marvel is. He couldn't even stop the balloon because he didn't know how it worked. (Sounds like Dorothy dodged a bullet by disembarking early).

* As Dorothy and her friends head out of the poppy field and towards the gate to the Emerald City, they get startled by a disembodied chorus singing.

* "Yes, get up and teach him a lesson." "What's wrong with you teaching him?" "Well I hardly know him." Scarecrow and the Tin Man, my heroes.

** "There's just one thing I want you guys to do... talk me out of it!"

--> '''Lion:''' You can say that again

* '''Scarecrow:''' Don't cry now! We haven't got the oil can with us and you've been squeaking enough already!

* '''Scarecrow:''' Don't cry now! We haven't got the oil can with us and you've been squeaking enough already!

* "You mean she bit ya?" "No, her dog." "Ohh...she bit her dog, eh?"

* Despite not having any brains, the Scarecrow makes a very good point. "I don't know. But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"

* This Troper recalls seeing the film in theathers after 70 years and the crowd still getting a huge laugh out of this line...

* When Gilda tells the Wicked Witch to "Begone! Before someone drops a house on you!" the Witch ''actually looks up in alarm!''

* When Gilda tells the Wicked Witch to "Begone! Before someone drops a house on you!" the Witch ''actually looks up in alarm!''

-->'''Wizard of Oz:''' Frightened? Child, you're talking to a man who's laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe... I was petrified.

* Aunt Em: "Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn't mean that you have the power to run the rest of us. For twenty-three years, I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you! And now... well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!"