Line #18 Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz


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3	''The Marvelous Land of Oz'' (subsequently republished as ''The Land of Oz'') is the second of Creator/LFrankBaum's [[Literature/LandOfOz Oz books]]. It was first published in 1904 to capitalize on the popularity of the theater adaptation of the first book, before the publisher convinced Baum to write at least four more ''Oz'' books.
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5	Dorothy, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', is never seen (although we get a recap of her adventures). Instead, the protagonist is a native of Oz, an orphan called Tippetarius (or "Tip" for short). After escaping his abusive caretaker, the old witch Mombi, Tip sets out to seek his fortune along with his two companions: Jack Pumpkinhead and the Saw-Horse, both of which he created and brought to life with Mombi's "Powder of Life".
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7	Much like Dorothy before him, Tip also has a "Wicked Witch" to deal with: General Jinjur, the commander of the all-female Army of Revolt, who means to ransack the Emerald City and take over Oz on the grounds that (what with the Wizard and the many kings before him) it's about time a woman had a turn on the throne.
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9	Tip also becomes involved in the search for Princess Ozma, the long-lost daughter of the last king of Oz, who disappeared as an infant shortly after the Wizard arrived in Oz. Tip's search, like Dorothy's, ends with the discovery that what he was looking for was under his nose (perhaps more accurately, behind his nose) the whole time, had he only known it. Princess Ozma is acclaimed the ruler of Oz, and goes on to become a major character in the rest of the series.
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11	Adapted to the screen as a kiddie matinee cheapie by shlockmeister Creator/BarryMahon as ''Film/TheWonderfulLandOfOz''. Parts of this book (and the next, ''Literature/OzmaOfOz'') were incorporated into the film ''Film/ReturnToOz''. It was also adapted as the second story arc in the anime ''Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''.
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14	!!This book provides examples of:
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16	* AccidentalKidnapping: When the party are searching the Emerald City for Mombi, the Tin Woodman plucks a rose from a bush, and places it inside his buttonhole. The rose happens to be Mombi, who has transformed herself. The party leaves the City, unaware that they have succeeded in their quest.
17	* AdoptAServant: Mombi is Tip's guardian and has raised him since infancy, but she treats him like a slave.
18	* TheAllegedSteed: The Saw-horse, who has no joints in his legs and, at first at least, has no ears and can't follow directions, starts out as this. Later, he is revealed to be completely tireless and the fastest ride in Oz.
19	* AmazonBrigade: Both Jinjur's Army of Revolt and the army Glinda makes. Played with in that the former just ''thought'' they were; the Emerald City's army wouldn't hit a girl and was less than a match for Dorothy by herself anyway. Even so, the all-female armies in this book are the most effective armies in Baum's Oz books -- all the rest are either evil and menacing but are foiled before they do much harm, e.g. the Nome King's army; or are too small to be threatening (these will include exactly one private soldier, but may have a large number of officers who do not fight), e.g. the Army of Oz. Jinjur's and Glinda's armies are the only ones that accomplish the missions they set out to accomplish.
20	* AndThenWhat: The aftermath of Jinjur's conquest. She conquered the Emerald City, chiefly because there was no opposition... but she has no idea how to ''rule'' Oz.
21	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: For Ozma, at the end of the book.
22	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The Wizard [[spoiler:taught Mombi witchcraft]], usurped King Pastoria, stole his infant daughter Ozma, and [[spoiler:gave her to Mombi]]. Readers complained that the Wizard was cruel and evil, so the very next book {{retcon}}ned him into never having even met Ozma.
23	* TheChainsOfCommanding: The Scarecrow says he isn't particularly happy being king, and has no problem with being replaced.
24	* CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator: Played for laughs when Jack Pumpkinhead arrives in the Emerald City. Jack, a Gillikin, claims he can't understand the Scarecrow, a Munchkin, so the Scarecrow calls in Jellia Jamb to translate. However, there's only ''one'' language in Oz, and neither of them realize they just casually discussed their inability to understand each other (Jack is TheDitz). Jellia catches on and gleefully misinterprets them until it finally hits both that they don't ''need'' translation.
25	* CrossingTheDesert: Mombi tries this to escape Glinda. Glinda catches her.
26	* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: The penalty for damaging a palm frond is to be put to death seven times, then imprisoned for life.
27	* ADayInHerApron: After Jinjur successfully takes the throne, men are forced to do all the chores women were doing. They are unable to handle the stress of housework, and the women can’t stand their cooking.
28	* {{Dedication}}: The book is dedicated to the actors David Montgomery and Fred Stone, who played the Tin Woodsman and Scarecrow in the [[Theatre/TheWizardOfOz1902 theatrical adaptation]] of the original novel.
29	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Jinjur's plan to lead feminist revolts in all the kingdoms runs into the slight snag that one of them is already completely matriarchal, heavily militarized, and good friends with the others. Oops.
30	* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Ozma's design is described as very different than her design in the books from ''Literature/OzmaOfOz'' and onwards. Her clothes are different, her hair is blonde instead of brunette, and her ringlet is different. This is reflected in her character design in the original illustrations. It's unknown if [[UnreliableIllustrator Niell changed Ozma's design himself]] in ''Ozma of Oz'' or if he had input from Baum.
31	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
32	** Ozma is crowned queen at the end. All other books treat her as a princess.
33	** Tip aged up into a child. Future books establish that no one ages in Oz. (Though it's possible this happens ''because'' Ozma the fairy princess becomes ruler.)
34	* EekAMouse: The Scarecrow recruits some of the Field Mice to scare off Jinjur's army, with even Jinjur herself being frightened of them. Unfortunately, it only gains the heroes a temporary respite.
35	* ExtremeOmnigoat: Referenced, with General Jinjur threatening to have the Tin Man fed to a goat.
36	* FantasyGunControl: Averted, as there is exactly one gun, though it is never loaded nor shot. The gun belongs to the Royal Army of Oz. The other armies have no guns.
37	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tip uses some unisex language even prior to TheReveal that [[spoiler:he's Ozma]], such as calling himself Jack's "inventor".
38	* FoulFlower: The characters find themselves in a field of sunflowers, with spinning heads and a hypnotic gaze, with faces which look strangely like those of the Army of Revolt.
39	* FruitCart: The Saw-Horse upsets one during the mad dash out of the Palace.
40	* GenderBender: [[spoiler: Tip is really Princess Ozma, who was transformed into a boy when she was hidden away as an infant to make her harder to find.]]
41	* GiantFlyer: The Gump, a magically-assembled creature whose body is formed from furniture so that it can carry people around in comfort.
42	* HaveAGayOldTime: Ozma is described with the outdated term "ruddy blonde". This has lead people to interpret her a strawberry blonde, but the term is also used to describe auburn hair.
43	* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: Tip's quest to find the lost Princess Ozma requires, in the end, that they force out of the wicked witch Mombi the information that [[spoiler:Tip is Ozma, transformed into a boy.]]
44	* LadyLand: Jinjur tries to turn Oz into a Lady Land, forcing men to do all the cooking and housework while women live lives of leisure. [[spoiler: Her all-female army is defeated by Glinda the Good’s all-female army, Princess Ozma takes the throne, and from then on the genders are basically equal in Oz.]]
45	* LamePunReaction: H.M. Wogglebug T.E.'s puns are sometimes quite bad.
46	** He jokes about the Sawhorse, noting that if he rode him, it would be a "horse-and-buggie". Jack Pumpkinhead covers up his permanently-smiling mouth, and the Tin Woodsman threatens the Wogglebug with his axe.
47	** While flying in the Gump, the Wogglebug comments that if Jack Pumpkinhead's head fell off, it would no longer be a pumpkin, but a squash. Tip tells him off for his insensitive puns.
48	* LogicBomb: Tip tries one of the wishing pills, and gets such a painful reaction that his exclamations of pain end in, "I wish I hadn't swallowed that pill!" The pain vanishes, and the Wogglebug argues that since he never swallowed the pill, he clearly never felt any pain. [[RippleProofMemory Tip isn't persuaded.]]
49	* MathematiciansAnswer: Mombi tries this in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid Glinda's questions.
50	--> '''Glinda''': Why did the Wizard pay you three visits?\
51	'''Mombi''': Because I would not come to him.
52	* MeaningfulName: Professor Nowitall, the Wogglebug's schoolteacher.
53	* MenacingMask: Jack Pumpkinhead, the man which Tip builds out of wood and with a pumpkin head to scare Mombi. A face with a huge smile is carved into the head. Later, when Jack is brought to life, he is a melancholic character, and his fixed smile makes him all the more creepy to others. (This example might not strictly be a mask, but is about a fixed expression.)
54	* MenCantKeepHouse: Once order is restored and the women return to the kitchen, they cook such a delicious meal that all is forgiven.
55	-->And it is said that the women were so tired eating of their husbands' cooking that they all hailed the conquest of Jinjur with Joy.
56	* MixAndMatchCritters: The Gump, magically assembled from two couches for a body, palm leaves for wings, a broom for a tail, and the stuffed and mounted head of a dead animal.
57	* MosesInTheBulrushes: Ozma
58	* MuggleInMageCustody: A negative example. The main character Tip is raised by the wicked witch Mombi who constantly abuses him.
59	* MundaneWish: With the wishing pills, they could have wished to be teleported straight to Glinda, they would have wished for Jinjur's instant defeat, but instead they just wish for the Gump to be repaired so they can continue their journey.
60	* OddlySmallOrganization: The entire Royal Army of Oz is ''one person'', The Man With the Green Whiskers who first appeared in the original book.
61	* PhonyDegree: Professor H.M. Wogglebug, T.E. -- "T.E.", for "Thoroughly Educated", is a self-assigned distinction, and in fact the sum total of his education was spending three years in a one-room schoolhouse as a non-Magnified bug surreptitiously listening to Professor Nowitall's lectures.
62	--> '''Mr H. M. Wogglebug, T.E.''': It isn't a question of education: it's merely a question of mathematics. I've seen the professor work out lots of sums on the board, saying that anything can be worked out by x's, y's and a's, by mixing them up with plenty of pluses and minuses, and so forth.
63	* PragmaticAdaptation: Inverted; it's been suggested that, following the great success of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''[='=]s [[Theatre/TheWizardOfOz1902 stage adaptation]], Baum wrote this sequel with one eye on what would look good on stage. The element that's most often singled out is the Army of Revolt, composed of good-looking women whose uniforms are described in detail. Another element that may have been affected by the stage prospects is Tip turning out to really be female, since in a stage production a young boy would be played by a woman anyway. The emphasis on the Tin Man and the Scarecrow at the expense of the Lion and Dorothy reflects which characters had been most successful on stage. (In the event, the stage adaptation that followed a year later was a flop, at least partly because many of the people and elements that had made the first show such a success were unavailable because the show was still running.)
64	* PrincessProtagonist: [[spoiler:The FarmBoy Tip]] turns out to be the lost princess Ozma.
65	* PumpkinPerson: The book has a rare ''non''-evil version with Jack Pumpkinhead, who is basically a wooden scarecrow with a carved pumpkin head brought to life by a magic powder.
66	* PungeonMaster: The Wogglebug firmly believes that the ability to create puns is a sign of a strong intellect. His companions disagree.
67	* RandomEventsPlot: Most everything that happens in the story either comes out of nowhere or has virtually no impact on anything that happens afterwards. Perhaps the best example is when the main characters accidentally fly out of Oz, land in a jackdaw nest, use some magical wish-granting pills to fly back to Oz, but forget to take the pills with them. What does this episode add to the story? The world may never know.
68	* RefugeeFromTVLand: The Wogglebug was originally a tiny insect, but was caught by Professor Nowital and magnified by a projector on a screen -- from which he promptly escaped.
69	* RetCon: Apparently there were several things the Wizard neglected to mention when he told Dorothy how he came to be in charge in Oz. As noted, in later books they were retconned back again.
70	* RoyalBlood: Princess Ozma
71	* ServileSnarker: Jellia Jamb has ''great'' fun teasing the Scarecrow.
72	* SomeCallMeTim: Tip's full name is declared by Mombi to be Tippetarius, but it is such a long name that "Tip" will do just as well.
73	* StrawFeminist: General Jinjur. Note this in contrast to the matriarchal army of the South, composed entirely of women, who came to overthrow her rule of the Emerald City. An army relying on your enemies not hitting girls had some serious drawbacks in retrospect. It is interesting to note that Baum's wife was herself the daughter of a prominent early feminist, Matilda Gage. Jinjur is an obvious poke at the sort of pie in the sky "suffragette" who thought feminism meant "women in charge" while preserving the DoubleStandard where it suited them.
74	* TakenForGranite: Tip escapes the clutches of the sorceress Mombi before she can turn him into a statue.
75	* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Subverted; Tip openly recognizes himself as the "creator" of Jack Pumpkinhead, and does his best to look out for him when appropriate. He does feel uncomfortable with Jack's insistence in calling him "father".
76	* TrollingTranslator: Jellia Jamb realizes right away that she's a CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator, and hilariously takes the opportunity to troll the Scarecrow and Jack Pumpkinhead mercilessly. Jellia claims to speak both "languages" and volunteers to translate, but instead makes up wild insults to tell each one that the other is saying. It's only after several cycles of both Jack and Scarecrow complaining that she's not translating accurately that she gets them to see the obvious fact that if they can understand her "translations", they can understand each other just fine without any help.
77	* VagueAge: Illustrations depict Ozma as a teenager at youngest but [[spoiler:her boy form Tip sounds and is treated like a young boy]].
78	* VelvetRevolution: General Jinjur's Army of Revolt overtake the Emerald City and force the Scarecrow to abdicate the throne using nothing but sewing needles and relying on the fact that Oz's (single person) army WouldntHitAGirl. A few people get poked with needles but that is the extent of the violence. Later in the story, [[spoiler: the armies of Glinda the Good surround the city in a standoff, but Jinjur surrenders without violence, allowing the rightful Princess Ozma to take the throne.]]

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