History Characters / Wicked

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* AbledInTheAdaptation: Played with. Due to the pragmatic issues of depicting an armless woman on stage using able-bodied actresses, her disability was edited for the musical. Nessa is paralyzed and wheelchair bound, instead of lacking arms like in the book.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: In the books, Nessarose was born without arms. She wears long dresses and shawls to hide her disability. The musical changes her so she was instead born paralyzed from the waist down, meaning she's wheelchair bound. She also wears sweaters and dresses in a "school girl" manner.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Dorothy's name is never said in the musical. She's called a "wretched farm girl" and "squealy little brat" by Elphaba and "a female child" and "the little girl" by Glinda.

* AbusiveParents: In the play, he makes it clear that he hates Elphaba and basically only keeps her around to take care of her sister. He was so disgusted by her green skin that he refused to even look at her the day she was born.
* AdaptationalJobChange: Given the musical does away with the religious aspects of the novel, he goes from a Minister of the Unnamed God, to the Governor of Munchkinland.

* DeathByAdaptation: In the book he lives to see Nessa's death and is only reported dead by the sequel. In the play, he dies between acts 1 and 2 (after Elphaba becomes the wicked witch) out of shame for her ruining their families reputation.

* DisabledLoveInterest: In the musical she was a lovely young girl in a wheelchair.

!!Boq/[[spoiler:The Tin-Man]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: Okay, that's harsh, but his OnlyFriend status with Elphaba from the book is removed, and he views her as wicked like the rest of Oz. And later leads the mob to kill her, [[spoiler:after being turned into the Tin Man.]]

* CompositeCharacter: In the musical, he is transformed into [[spoiler:the Tin Man]] after Elphaba casts a spell on him. In both the novel and the original [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz L. Frank Baum story]], the two are separate characters, [[spoiler:as The Tin Woodsman was previously named Nick Chopper]].

* BigGood: By the end of the musical, and the departure of the Wizard, she has become the loving and kind protector of Oz, "Glinda, The Good", as she promised Elphaba she would.

-->'''Glinda''': Fellow Ozians... Friends. We have been through a frightening time. And there will be others times and other things that frighten us. But if you let me, I would like to try to help. I would like to be "Glinda, The Good".

* CompositeCharacter: In the musical, he becomes [[spoiler:the Tin Man]] after Elphaba casts a spell on him. In both the novel and the original [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz L. Frank Baum story]], the two are separate characters, [[spoiler:as The Tin Woodsman was previously named Nick Chopper]].

* EvilMentor: Elphaba was the sole student in her seminar during Act I. The two became enemies in Act II after Morrible smeared her reputation for protesting The Wizard's crusade against the Animals of Oz, giving Elphaba the longlasting title of The Wicked Witch of the West.

* HateSink: In a musical dedicated to exploring the delicate balance of good and evil and asks the question of whether people are born wicked or simply have wickedness thrust upon them, Madame Morrible stands out as the only character with no redeeming or tragic qualities at all. She's bigoted, greedy, duplicitous, cold and perfectly willing to [[spoiler:commit murder]] in order to get what she wants, all while lacking a FreudianExcuse like [[LoveHungry The Wizard]] or [[LonelyAtTheTop Nessarose's]] and any positive qualities to balance out her negative ones, like those of [[LovableAlphaBitch Glinda]] or [[KnightinSourArmor Elphaba]]. Out of all the characters in the musical, she's the only one who's truly and unambiguously evil.

* DamselInDistress: Dorothy is captured by Elphaba and confined in her castle tower. Elphaba expressly states that she will not be released until she takes off Nessa’s shoes.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Dorothy's name is never said in the musical. She's called a "wretched farm girl" and "squealy little brat" by Elphaba and "a female child" by Glinda.

* UnwittingPawn: Unbeknownst to her, Dorothy's house was brought to Oz in a twister to kill Nessarose, the Wicked Witch of the East, in an attemp to capture Elphaba. Later, she's used by the Witch hunters as the murderer in the apparent melting of the Wicked Witch of the West.

* ChocolateBaby: Her green skin is due to her being born of infidelity; the coloration was brought on by an elixir Melena drank prior to conception. Frexspar never suspects anything and simply believes his daughter's skin is due to his failure as the Governer.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: As the Ruler of Munchkinland.

* EvilMentor: Elphaba was the sole student in her seminar during Act I. The two became enemies in Act II after Morrible smeared her reputation for protesting The Wizard's crusade against the animals of Oz, giving Elphaba the longlasting title of The Wicked Witch of the West.

* WeatherManipulation: Her specialty in the musical (not in the book). Becomes a plot point when she [[spoiler:murders Nessarose by summoning the famous twister that brings Dorothy to Oz]].

* AllLovingHero: Her sincere kindness charms pretty much everyone she meets including Glinda, the Scarecrow/[[spoiler:Fiyero]], the Tin Man/[[spoiler:Boq]] and the Lion, the latter two form a lynch mob in hopes of saving her. Everyone, that is, except Elphaba.

* TheFaceless: In the musical, we only ever see her silhouette. Averted in the 2010-11 Helsinki production and subsequent non replicate productions there after, where she appears in several key scenes, her appearance based on Judy Garland's famous look in the MGM film.

* ChocolateBaby: Her green skin is due to her being born of infidelity; the coloration was brought on by an elixir Melena drank prior to conception. Frexspar never suspects anything and simply believes his daughter's skin is due to his failure as a priest.

* ParentalFavoritism: When dropping his two daughters off at Shiz, he gives Nessa a beautiful pair of silver slippers. He gives Elphaba a cold demand to take care of Nessa and only allowed Elphaba to go to Shiz so she could take care of her sister.

!! Prince Fiyero Tiggular/[[spoiler:The Scarecrow]]

-->'''Nessa:''' You're going to lose your heart to ''me,'' I tell you! Even if I have to... I have to... '''[[spoiler:magic spell you!]]'''

-->'''Elphaba''': Well, it seems the beautiful get more beautiful, while the green get greener.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Sure he's doing it out of revenge first, [[spoiler:but a part of him must be leading the Mob in hopes of rescuing Dorothy, whom Elphaba was clearly ready to kill.]]

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: He is [[spoiler:the Wicked Witch of the West's]] father.

-->'''Morrible:''' This ''distortion'', this ''repulsion'', this... '''WICKED WIIIIIITCH!'''

* AllLovingHero: Her sincere kindness charms pretty much everyone she meets including Glinda, The Scarecrow/[[spoiler:Fiyero]], The Tin-Man/[[spoiler:Boq]] and the Lion, the latter two form a lynch mob in hopes of saving her. Everyone, that is, except Elphaba.

* DemotedToExtra: Dorothy is the main protagonist of most adaptations of the story of Oz, but she doesn't even show up until Act II, and even then we never properly see her. This also applies to Dorothy in comparison to the her role in the book ''Wicked'' is based on, as Dorothy at least gets to speak in the book instead of only being heard crying like in the stage play.

* HeroAntagonist: In the book, Elphaba's dress caught fire prior to the fateful bucket of water and Dorothy had just been trying to help put it out. In the musical, she is an antagonist due to lack of knowledge rather than malice.

* UnwittingPawn: Unbeknownst to her, Dorothy's house was bought to Oz to kill Nessarose in an attemp to capture Elphaba. Later, she's used by the Witch hunters as the murderer in Elphaba’s apparent melting.