History Literature / TheMarvelousLandOfOz

Dorothy, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', is never seen. 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".

* ADayInHerApron: After Jinjur successfully took the throne, men were forced to do all the chores women were doing. They were unable to handle the stress of housework, and the women couldn't stand their cooking.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Jinjur's plan to lead feminist revolts in all the kingdoms ran into the slight snag that one of them was already completely matriarchal, heavily militarized, and good friends with the others. Oops.

** Tip aged up into a child. Future books establish that no one ages in Oz.

* RetCon: Apparently there were several things the Wizard neglected to mention when he told Dorothy how he came to be in charge in Oz...

* ADayInHerApron: After Jinjur successfully took the throne, men were forced to do all the chores women were doing. They were unable to handle the stress of housework, and the women couldn’t stand their cooking.

* 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.]]

Dorothy, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', is never seen nor mentioned. 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".

Dorothy, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', does not appear. Instead, the protagonist is a native of Oz, an orphan called Tip who after escaping his abusive caretaker, the witch Mombi, sets out to seek his fortune along with two magically-animated companions, Jack Pumpkinhead and the Saw Horse. He encounters General Jinjur and her all-female Army of Revolt, who plan to take over Oz on the grounds that (what with the Wizard, and various Kings before him) it's about time a woman had a turn; then 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.

* AmazonBrigade: General Jinjur's Army of Revolt and Glinda's army. Played with in that Jinjur's 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 actually do what they set out to do.
* AndThenWhat: The aftermath of Jinjur's conquest. She conquered the Emerald City, chiefly because there was no opposition, and now she has no idea how to ''rule''.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The Wizard [[spoiler:taught Mombi witchcraft]], ursurped 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.

* ADayInHerApron: Once Jinjur takes over, she puts men in charge of the household duties. By the end of the book, the combination of men having to do all the work and women having to eat their husbands' cooking is enough to give her a ZeroPercentApprovalRating.

* AndThenWhat: The RealityEnsues of Jinjur's conquest. She conquered the Emerald City, chiefly because there was no opposition, and now she has no idea how to ''rule''.