History Literature / TheScarecrowOfOz

[[caption-width-right:318: [[NeverTrustATitle Trot and Cap'n Bill in Oz]]]]

* BalefulPolymorph: Bill gets turned into a grasshopper by Blinkie, but still has a wooden leg.

* PluckyGirl: Very much in the vein of Dorothy, though unlike Betsy Bobbin, Trot was never an {{Expy}} and is different enough to avoid becoming a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute.

The book follows the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill, who previously appeared in two of Baum's fantasy books outside of the ''Oz'' series, ''Literature/TheSeaFairies'' and ''Literature/SkyIsland''. The two of them are swallowed by the sea in a rowboat and deposited in an underwater cave where they encounter Flipper the Ork, a bird-like MixAndMatchCreature. After escaping a long cave system they end up emerging onto an island inhabited by a lone hermit named Pessim. On the island are berries that can change the size of those who eat them, so Trot and Cap'n Bill shrink themselves to enable the Ork to carry them. They then end up in the Land of Mo, as seen in Baum's previous book ''The Magical Monarch of Mo'', where they find Button Bright, and after a brief stay the Ork flies them across the Deadly Desert into Oz.

The 1914 film version, ''His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz'', actually came out before the book, technically making this a {{Novelization}} of sorts, although it differs from the film in many ways. There is some speculation that the novel was also partially recycled from an unfinished third Trot and Cap'n Bill book that wasn't originally going to involve Oz at all; given that no Oz character appears until over halfway through the book, it is an easy speculation to make. However, it is unconfirmed. This was most certainly the case with the next book ''Literature/RinkitinkInOz'', which really was a recycled manuscript that Baum turned into an Oz book.

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: It is quite a while before we encounter the Scarecrow; most of the story details Trot and Cap'n Bill's [[CanonImmigrant Canon Immigration]] into Oz.

The book follows the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill, who previously appeared in two of Baum's non-Oz fantasy books, ''Literature/TheSeaFairies'' and ''Literature/SkyIsland''. The two of them are swallowed by the sea in a rowboat and deposited in an underwater cave where they encounter Flipper the Ork, a bird-like MixAndMatchCreature. After escaping a long cave system they end up emerging onto an island inhabited by a lone hermit named Pessim. On the island are berries that can change the size of those who eat them, so Trot and Cap'n Bill shrink themselves to enable the Ork to carry them. They then end up in the Land of Mo, as seen in Baum's previous book ''The Magical Monarch of Mo'', where they find Button Bright, and after a brief stay the Ork flies them across the Deadly Desert into Oz.

The 1914 film version, ''His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz'', actually came out before the book, technically making this a {{Novelization}} of sorts, although it differs from the film in many ways. There is some speculation that the novel was also partially recycled from an unfinished third Trot and Cap'n Bill book that wasn't originally going to involve Oz at all; given that no Oz character appears until over halfway through the book, it is an easy speculation to make. This was most certainly the case with the next book ''Literature/RinkitinkInOz''.

There is some speculation that the novel was originally conceived as the third Trot and Cap'n Bill book and wasn't going to involve Oz at all; given that no Oz character appears until over halfway through the book, it is an easy speculation to make. This was most certainly the case with the next book ''Literature/RinkitinkInOz''.

The 1914 film version, ''His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz'', actually came out before the book, technically making this a {{Novelization}} of sorts, although it differs from the film in many ways.

'''The Scarecrow of Oz''' is the ninth book in Creator/LFrankBaum's Literature/LandOfOz book series. Published on 6 June 1915, it was Baum's admitted favorite among his Oz books.

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The book follows the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill, who previously appeared in two of Baum's non-Oz fantasy books, ''The Sea Fairies'' and ''Sky Island''. The two of them are swallowed by the sea in a rowboat and deposited in an underwater cave where they encounter Flipper the Ork, a bird-like MixAndMatchCreature. After escaping a long cave system they end up emerging onto an island inhabited by a lone hermit named Pessim. On the island are berries that can change the size of those who eat them, so Trot and Cap'n Bill shrink themselves to enable the Ork to carry them. They then end up in the Land of Mo, as seen in Baum's previous book ''The Magical Monarch of Mo'', where they find Button Bright, and after a brief stay the Ork flies them across the Deadly Desert into Oz.

The book follows the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill, who previously appeared in two of Baum's non-Oz fantasy books, ''The Sea Fairies'' and ''Sky Island''. The two of them are swallowed by the sea in a rowboat and deposited in an underwater cave where they encounter Flipper the Ork, a bird-like MixAndMatchCreature. After escaping a long cave system they end up emerging onto an island inhabited by a lone hermit named Pessim. On the island are berries that can change the size of those who eat them, so Trot and Cap'n Bill shrink themselves to enable the Ork to carry them. They then end up in the Land of Mo, as seen in Baum's previous no-Oz book ''The Magical Monarch of Mo'', where they find Button Bright, and after a brief stay the Ork flies them across the Deadly Desert into Oz.

The book follows the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill, who previously appeared in two of Baum's non-Oz fantasy books, ''The Sea Fairies'' and ''Sky Island''. The two of them are swallowed by the sea in a rowboat and deposited in an underwater cave where they encounter Flipper the Ork, a bird-like MixAndMatchCreature. After escaping a long cave system they end up emerging onto an island inhabited by a lone hermit named Pessim. On the island are berries that can change the size of those who eat them, so Trot and Cap'n Bill shrink themselves to enable the Ork to carry them. They then end up in the Land of Mo, where they find Button Bright, and after a brief stay the Ork flies them across the Deadly Desert into Oz.

* TheWatson: Trot occasionally plays this to Cap'n Bill, or when anyone else has backstory they need to convey to the reader.

The book follows the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill, who previously appeared in two of Baum's non-Oz fantasy books ''The Sea Fairies'' and ''Sky Island''. The two of them are swallowed by the sea in a rowboat and deposited in an underwater cave where they encounter Flipper the Ork, a bird-like MixAndMatchCreature. After escaping a long cave system they end up emerging onto an island inhabited by a lone hermit named Pessim. On the island are berries that can change the size of those who eat them, so Trot and Cap'n Bill shrink themselves to enable the Ork to carry them. They then end up in the Land of Mo, where they find Button Bright, and after a brief stay the Ork flies them across the Deadly Desert into Oz.

* CanonImmigrant: Perhaps as a final admission of defeat, Baum imports Trot and Cap'n Bill to Oz from his second fantasy series that failed to become popular after he attempted to quit the Oz series.

* TheWatson: Occasionally plays this to Cap'n Bill, or when anyone else has backstory they need to convey to the reader.

The book follows the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill, who previously appeared in two of Baum's non-Oz fantasy books ''The Sea Fairies'' and ''Sky Island''. The two of them are swallowed by the sea in a rowboat and deposited in an underwater cave where they encounter Flipper the Ork, a bird-like MixAndMatchCreature. After escaping a long cave system they end up emerging onto an island inhabited by a lone hermit named Pessim. On the island are berries that can change the size of those who eat them, so Trot and Cap'n Bill shrink themselves so that the Ork can carry them. They then end up in the Land of Mo, where they find Button Bright, and after a brief stay there the Ork flies them across the Deadly Desert into Oz.

When they reach Oz, they descend in an isolated micronation known as Jinxland ruled by the corrupt King Krewl, who wants to marry off the rightful princess Gloria to a decrepit noble named Googly-Goo, though she is in love with the gardener boy Pon. Krewl commissions the evil witch Blinkie to freeze Gloria's heart, and when Cap'n Bill tries to ontervene she turns him into a grasshopper. Glinda the Good later gets wind of this situation, and decides the only one who can remedy the situation is the Scarecrow.

* DeadpanSnarker: Not so much in her appearances in the Oz books, but in her two own books, Trot can get ''really'' sarcastic to the point of being mean. Case in point, she remarks that Gloria could do better than a lowly gardener like Pon.

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: it is quite a while before we encounter the Scarecrow; most of the story details Trot and Cap'n Bill's [[CanonImmigrant Canon Immigration]] into Oz.

When they reach Oz, they descend in a hidden micronation known as Jinxland ruled by the corrupt King Krewl, who wants to marry off the rightful princess Gloria to a decrepit noble named Googly-Goo, though she is in love with the gardener boy Pon. Krewl commissions the evil witch Blinkie to freeze Gloria's heart, and when Cap'n Bill tries to ontervene she turns him into a grasshopper. Glinda the Good later gets wind of this situation, and decides the only one who can remedy the situation is the Scarecrow.

The 1914 film version, ''His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz'', actually came out before the book.

* HeartTrauma: The evil witch Blinkie freezes the heart of Princess Gloria of Jinxland to keep her from loving the gardener's boy, Pon. When the princess' heart has frozen, she not only acts ice-cold towards everyone but seems incapable of any real emotion.

* IChooseToStay: Trot and Cap'n Bill are allowed to stay in Oz (with no regard to the fact that trot has parents, although she seems to have forgotten them completely). Button Bright, now on his second trip to Oz, also decides to stay.

* CurbStompBattle: When Flipper and all his friends show up from Orkland, the first thing they do is absolutely ''flatten'' Krewl, his nasty majordomo and his soliders, using their SuperMode (see below).

When they reach Oz, they descend in a hidden micronation known as Jinxland ruled by the corrupt King Krewl, who wants to marry off the rightful princess Gloria to a decripit noble named Googly-Goo, though she is in love with the gardener boy Pon. Krewl commissions the evil witch Blinkie to freeze Gloria's heart, and when Cap'n Bill tries to ontervene she turns him into a grasshopper. Glinda the Good later gets wind of this situation, and decides the only one who can remedy the situation is the Scarecrow.

The book follows the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill, who previously appeared in two of Baum's non-Oz fantasy books ''The Sea Fairies'' and ''Sky Island''. The two of them are swallowed by the sea in a rowboat and deposited in an underwater cave where they encounter the Ork, a bird-like MixAndMatchCreature. After escaping a long cave system they end up emerging onto an island inhabited by a lone hermit named Pessim. On the island are berries that can change the size of those who eat them, so Trot and Cap'n Bill shrink themselves so that the Ork can carry them. They then end up in the Land of Mo, where they find Button Bright, and after a brief stay there the Ork flies them across the Deadly Desert into Oz.

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: it is quite a while before we encounter the Scarecrow; most of the story details Trot and Cap'n Bill's [[CanonImmigrant Canon Immigration]] into Oz.

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: it is quite a while before we encounter the Scarecrow; most of the story details Trot and Cap'n Bill's [{CanonImmigrant Canon Immigration]] into Oz.