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''The Magic of Oz'' is the thirteenth book in Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series, published a month and a day after his death in 1919. It's subtitle is ''A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and Cap'n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz''.
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''The Magic of Oz'' is the thirteenth book in Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series, published a month and a day after his death in 1919. It's Its subtitle is ''A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and Cap'n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz''.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The word "Pyrzqxgl" has the ability to do this once spoken, turning whoever the spell caster directs the spell at into whatever object or beast they desire. However if one is turned into an inanimate object they won't be alive.
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* ForcedTransformation: The word "Pyrzqxgl" has the ability to do this once spoken, turning whoever the spell caster directs the spell at into whatever object or beast they desire. However if one is turned into an inanimate object they won't be alive.
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* LooseFloorboardHidingSpot: The plot starts when a former wizard's son sneaks a room he was banned from, believing some magic implements are hidden there. He finds nothing, goes to the exit... and stumbles on a floorboard. So, he pries it off to check what's hidden underneath it... nothing. Then he notices the writing on the bottom side.
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* TheUnpronounceable: The word "Pyrzqxgl". Indeed, the only reason Baum gives us this word is because he believes no one will be able to pronounce it correctly; though he cautions those reading the book aloud.
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* TheUnpronounceable: The word "Pyrzqxgl". Indeed, the only reason Baum gives us this word is because he believes no one will be able to pronounce it correctly; though he cautions those reading the book aloud.aloud.
* WalkDontSwim: How the Glass Cat got to the Magic Isle.
* WalkDontSwim: How the Glass Cat got to the Magic Isle.
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* {{Objectshifting}}: Another thing that saying “Pyrzqxgl” can do. [[spoiler: The Wizard defeats the Nome King and Kiki Aru this way once he learns the phrase himself.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The Wizard and his group just happen to run into Kiki Aru and Ruggedo in the forst, before they can succeed in starting a rebellion of the animals of Oz against the humans.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The Wizard and his group just happen to run into Kiki Aru and Ruggedo in the forst, vast forests of Gillikin Country, before they can succeed in starting a rebellion of the animals of Oz against the humans.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The Wizard and his group just happen to run into Kiki Aru and Ruggedo in the forst, before they can succeed in starting a rebellion of the animals of Oz against the humans.
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* MagicalIncantation: Pyrzqxgl is essentially this.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The word "Pyrzqxgl" has the ability to do this once spoken, turning whoever the spell caster directs the spell at into whatever object of beast they desire. However if one is turned into an inanimate object they won't be alive.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The word "Pyrzqxgl" has the ability to do this once spoken, turning whoever the spell caster directs the spell at into whatever object of or beast they desire. However if one is turned into an inanimate object they won't be alive.
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Meanwhile, Dorothy, the Wizard of Oz, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger arrive in the Forest, looking for monkeys to train for Ozma's approaching birthday party. Also, in another subplot, Trot and Cap'n Bill travel to a magic island to obtain a special flower for Ozma's birthday. The island is dangerous: Trot and the Cap'n are magically rooted to the ground, and begin shrinking away to nothing.
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Meanwhile, Dorothy, the Wizard of Oz, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger arrive journey to Gugu Forest in the Forest, Gillikin Country, looking for monkeys to train for Ozma's approaching birthday party.party, where they run into a transformed Kiki and Ruggedo. Also, in another subplot, Trot and Cap'n Bill travel to a magic island to obtain a special flower for Ozma's birthday. The island is dangerous: Trot and the Cap'n are magically rooted to the ground, and begin shrinking away to nothing.
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''The Magic of Oz'' is the thirteenth book in Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books, released in 1919. It's subtitle is ''A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and Cap'n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz''.
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''The Magic of Oz'' is the thirteenth book in Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books, released series, published a month and a day after his death in 1919. It's subtitle is ''A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and Cap'n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz''.
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* SmallTownBoredom: Kiki has a severe case of this, which drives him to leave Oz.
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* AgelessBirthdayEpisode: Like ''Literature/TheRoadToOz'', Ozma being a fairy is TheAgeless and really only celebrates her birthday for the fun of it.
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* NoHonorAmongTheives: Both Ruggedo and Kiki Aru plan on using and then betraying one another, because as Baum tells us, this is what wicked people do when in an alliance.
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* NoHonorAmongTheives: NoHonorAmongThieves: Both Ruggedo and Kiki Aru plan on using and then betraying one another, because as Baum tells us, this is what wicked people do when in an alliance.
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* NoHonorAmongTheives: Both Ruggedo and Kiki Aru plan on using and then betraying one another, because as Baum tells us, this is what wicked people do when in an alliance.
* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: Kiki's plot is first and seems like it will be the main plot, then we follow Dorothy's attempt to find a good birthday gift for Ozma, and almost halfway through the book a third plot involving Trot and Cap'n Bill is introduced. They all tie together in the end.
* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: Kiki's plot is first and seems like it will be the main plot, then we follow Dorothy's attempt to find a good birthday gift for Ozma, and almost halfway through the book a third plot involving Trot and Cap'n Bill is introduced. They all tie together in the end.
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* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: [[spoiler: The rationale behind erasing the minds of Kiki Aru and Ruggedo with the Fountain of Oblivion.]]
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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: [[spoiler: Again this is done to Ruggedo, as well as to Kiki Aru. If Ruth Plumly Thompson's books are taken as canon, it didn't work for long on Ruggedo this time around either.]]
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* IncredibleShrinkingMan: After setting foot on the Magic Isle, Trot and Cap'n Bill are stuck with roots growing through their feet, and they gradually start to shrink.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Cap'n Bill impales a kalidah; this being Oz, the kalidah survives.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Cap'n Bill impales a kalidah; kalidah with a stake; this being Oz, the kalidah survives.survives after pushing it all the way through its body.
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* BanOnMagic: Ozma's magic ban was what caused Bini Aru to hide the magic word in the first place.
* BloodlessCarnage: Cap'n Bill impales a kalidah; this being Oz, the kalidah survives.
* BloodlessCarnage: Cap'n Bill impales a kalidah; this being Oz, the kalidah survives.
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The story opens with the Hyups, a small community living at the top of Mount Munch in the Munchkin Country. A Hyup named Bini Aru discovered a means of transforming people and objects, by speaking (and correctly pronouncing) the word "Pyrzqxgl". After magic was banned in Oz, he kept this word hidden under a floorboard, where his son, Kiki Aru, eventually discovers it and decides to use it on himself, transforming into a bird and flying out of Oz. In Ev, he meets Ruggedo, the former Nome King, who wishes to use Kiki's magic wword to conquer Oz by transforming people into animals.
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The story opens with the Hyups, a small community living at the top of Mount Munch in the Munchkin Country. A Hyup named Bini Aru discovered a means of transforming people and objects, by speaking (and correctly pronouncing) the word "Pyrzqxgl". After magic was banned in Oz, he kept this word hidden under a floorboard, where his son, Kiki Aru, eventually discovers it and decides to use it on himself, transforming into a bird and flying out of Oz. In Ev, he meets Ruggedo, the former Nome King, who wishes to use Kiki's magic wword word to conquer Oz by transforming people into animals.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: The Li-Mon-Eags that Kiki transforms himself and Ruggedo into; Chimera-like creatures with the heads of lions, bodies of monkeys, and wings of eagles.
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''The Magic of Oz'' is the thirteenth book in Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books, released in 1919. It's subtitle is ''A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and Cap'n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz''.
The story opens with the Hyups, a small community living at the top of Mount Munch in the Munchkin Country. A Hyup named Bini Aru discovered a means of transforming people and objects, by speaking (and correctly pronouncing) the word "Pyrzqxgl". After magic was banned in Oz, he kept this word hidden under a floorboard, where his son, Kiki Aru, eventually discovers it and decides to use it on himself, transforming into a bird and flying out of Oz. In Ev, he meets Ruggedo, the former Nome King, who wishes to use Kiki's magic wword to conquer Oz by transforming people into animals.
Meanwhile, Dorothy, the Wizard of Oz, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger arrive in the Forest, looking for monkeys to train for Ozma's approaching birthday party. Also, in another subplot, Trot and Cap'n Bill travel to a magic island to obtain a special flower for Ozma's birthday. The island is dangerous: Trot and the Cap'n are magically rooted to the ground, and begin shrinking away to nothing.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The word "Pyrzqxgl" has the ability to do this once spoken, turning whoever the spell caster directs the spell at into whatever object of beast they desire. However if one is turned into an inanimate object they won't be alive.
* TheUnpronounceable: The word "Pyrzqxgl". Indeed, the only reason Baum gives us this word is because he believes no one will be able to pronounce it correctly; though he cautions those reading the book aloud.
''The Magic of Oz'' is the thirteenth book in Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books, released in 1919. It's subtitle is ''A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and Cap'n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz''.
The story opens with the Hyups, a small community living at the top of Mount Munch in the Munchkin Country. A Hyup named Bini Aru discovered a means of transforming people and objects, by speaking (and correctly pronouncing) the word "Pyrzqxgl". After magic was banned in Oz, he kept this word hidden under a floorboard, where his son, Kiki Aru, eventually discovers it and decides to use it on himself, transforming into a bird and flying out of Oz. In Ev, he meets Ruggedo, the former Nome King, who wishes to use Kiki's magic wword to conquer Oz by transforming people into animals.
Meanwhile, Dorothy, the Wizard of Oz, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger arrive in the Forest, looking for monkeys to train for Ozma's approaching birthday party. Also, in another subplot, Trot and Cap'n Bill travel to a magic island to obtain a special flower for Ozma's birthday. The island is dangerous: Trot and the Cap'n are magically rooted to the ground, and begin shrinking away to nothing.
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!!Tropes
* BalefulPolymorph: The word "Pyrzqxgl" has the ability to do this once spoken, turning whoever the spell caster directs the spell at into whatever object of beast they desire. However if one is turned into an inanimate object they won't be alive.
* TheUnpronounceable: The word "Pyrzqxgl". Indeed, the only reason Baum gives us this word is because he believes no one will be able to pronounce it correctly; though he cautions those reading the book aloud.
