History Main / OffToSeeTheWizard

* The ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My Way Home", manages to be a subversion, containing many {{Shout Out}}s rather than being a Whole Plot Reference. It starts with J.D. listening to Music/{{Toto}}; When he arrives at the hospital, the Janitor has painted different routes on the hallways, with yellow leading to the exit, and spray paints J.D.'s sneakers ruby red; J.D.'s only goal is to get back home and enjoy his day off; Eliot needs brains to give a lecture; Turk needs a heart for surgery; Carla needs courage to become a new parent; Drs. Cox and Kelso act as the Wizard at a time; Jordan has a one-off "I'm melting"; and at the end, [[http://youtu.be/KCeQuqMS9Ww?t=25s Ted's band does a beautiful cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow (ukulele included)"]].

* ''VideoGame/FlowerKnightGirl'' The story event "The Mysterious Wizard of Eda" is a StorybookEpisode where several Flower Knights find themselves in the country of Doulily, subsequently going on a journey across the land to find their way back home, meeting the equivalent characters in the form of [[AlternateSelf alternate versions of pre-existing knights]], and {{lampshad}eHanging}}ing various story moments. The Flower Knights introduced in the event are even [[FairytaleMotifs based on several of the lead characters]]: Peristrophe's a young girl accompanied by a dog named Toto; Reed's a scarecrow-looking girl who believes themselves to be an idiot; and Screw Flower's a TinMan in [[EmotionlessGirl another sense.]]

* ''Manhwa/DorothyOfOz'' is basically a manwha-ized retelling, starring an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary Korean girl]] who can see the Yellow Brick Road, which leads her to Oz... which gets her mistaken as the great and powerful "Dorothy". Oh, and the Wicked Witch of the West uses bio-weapons, the Tin Man is a [[HollywoodCyborg cyborg]], the lion is genetically engineered...

As an interesting footnote, while the original book is in the PublicDomain in the U.S., the movie is not. So you may run into a LawyerFriendlyCameo standing in for elements that come only from the film, such as the ruby slippers[[note]]in the book they're silver shoes[[/note]], the Lollipop Guild, or the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': Erica Henderson's GuestStrip story starts with a story about her trying to draw a different guest story and being accosted by ''Sluggy'' cultists, but the conclusion suddenly turns into an ''Oz'' parody with ''Sluggy'' creator Pete Abrams playing the role of the Wizard.

* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': Erica Henderson's GuestStrip story starts with a story about her trying to draw a different comic and being accosted by ''Sluggy'' cultists, but the conclusion suddenly turns into an ''Oz'' parody with ''Sluggy'' creator Pete Abrams playing the role of the Wizard.

A handy way to abbreviate the story further that has been used with this trope repeatedly is to have the main character travel to see the Wizard, probably meeting the equivalents of Dorothy's companions on the way, and then jump straight to the final confrontation with the Wizard.

A handy way to abbreviate the story further that has been used with this trope repeatedly is to have the main character travel to see the Wizard, probably meeting the equivalents of Dorothy's companions on the way, and then jump straight to the final confrontation with the Wizard and end the story.

A handy way to abbreviate the story further that has been employed with this trope repeatedly is to have the main character travel to see the Wizard, probably meeting the (equivalents of) Dorothy's companions on the way, and then jump straight to the final confrontation with the Wizard and end the story.

A handy way to abbreviate the story further that has been employed with this trope repeatedly is to have the main character travel to see the Wizard, probably meeting the (equivalents of) the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion on the way, and then jump straight to the final confrontation with the Wizard and end the story.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCompletelyMentalMisadventuresOfEdGrimley'' had an episode called ''Blowin' in the Wind'' which [[PlayedWith plays]] with this trope. While the episode has Ed getting sucked up by a tornado, he winds up in Kansas instead of Oz. From there, Ed meets Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, Hunk, Zeke and Hickory. [[spoiler:Ed does meet Dorothy at the end, though.]]

** In a Thanksgiving episode, Peter sets up a gag calling [[spoiler:Kevin Swanson]] a UsefulNotes/BenedictArnold [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Drummond]]. The guys at the control center don't have a gag for that, so instead they show a gag in which the Cowardly Lion is Creator/LindsayLohan's gynecologist.

** In "I Never Met the Dead Man", after accidentally knocking out the TV satellite, Peter has a dream parodying the cyclone sequence where he replaces Dorothy and the characters floating out the window are replaced by TV characters such as Series/{{ALF}}, [[Series/GilligansIsland Gilligan]], [[Series/LostInSpace the Roboot]], [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Jeannie]], and [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Samantha Stephens]].

-->''Scrub scrub here, scrub scrub there''
-->''Whether you're white or bronze''
-->''A man can wash another man''
-->''In the merry old land of Oz''

** In "I Never Met the Dead Man", after accidentally knocking out the TV satellite, Peter has a dream parodying the cyclone sequence where he replaces Dorothy and the characters floating out the window are replaced by TV characters such as Series/{{ALF}}, [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Jeannie]], and [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Samantha Stephens]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' "Anthology of Interest II": Leela -- who wants to find a place where she truly belongs -- is accidentally knocked out. In the resultant dream she's Dorothy, with Fry as the Scarecrow, Bender as the Tin Man, Zoidberg as the Other Guy ("Courage, not enough of it. Need some from Whatshisname."), Mom as the Wicked Witch, Amy as the Good Witch, and the Professor as the Wizard. Funnily, it's as much a parody of the original as it is of how much of a stock plot it is.