History Main / Wicked

* TheMovie: One is being made, or at least planned to be, but there is no news on it yet.

* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Inverted with [[spoiler: Liir who was raped by Candle while comatose.]]

*** Or the other school of thought: love the musical and dislike (or in this troper's case: EXTREMELY dislike) the book.

Elphaba was born with green skin after her mother [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean had an encounter]] with a travelling businessman. Her mother gives birth to another child, who is armless, Nessarose and then later [[DeathByChildbirth dies giving birth]] to Elphaba's third sibling, her brother, Shell.

* AndIMustScream: Dillamond's fear regarding the Animals in Oz, and [[spoiler: his ultimate fate]].

** StephenSchwartz has [[WordOfGod stated]] that the whole joy of the show is these nods that allow us to see how the Oz we know and love came to be. Hence in Act 1, Elphaba gradually acquires her famous witch's outfit; and in Act 2, [[spoiler: we learn the origin of the cyclone, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.]]

* EmergencyTransformation: Turns [[spoiler: Boq into the Tin Man.]]
** And [[spoiler: turrns Fiyero into The Scarecrow.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: Glinda's "The Wicked die alone" is, of course, completely inappropriate [[spoiler: (and a cover-up), regarding Elphaba]] - but totally appropriate [[spoiler: regarding Madame Morrible]]. This troper guesses that's how Glinda was able to sing it with the straight face.
** She doesn't ''know'' it's a [[spoiler: cover-up.]] She [[spoiler: watches Elphaba melt]] behind the curtain, and picks up [[spoiler: her hat and bottle, the only things apparently left of her.]]

* HeelRealization: Galinda gives Elphaba the trademark black hat and invites her to the Ozdust Ballroom with the gang because she thought she couldn't "think of anyone I hate that much" to foist it on them (to which some girls respond "Yes, you do!" But when Elphaba arrives and gets ridiculed as expected, Galinda realizes how awful she's been and stops the laughing by going up and dancing with her. They evolve into friends after that.

** In order to save his life, Elphaba turns him into something that doesn't need a heart -- [[spoiler: a Tin Man]].

*** "You deserve each other!" used maaany times. Used by Galinda in Dancing Through Life as she [[spoiler: gives Elphaba her iconic hat, but also when she finds out Elphie's in love with Fiyero, and vice versa.]] Also used by [[spoiler: Nessa, in a song cut from the Cast Recording. "Alone and loveless here, with just the girl in the mirror. Just her and me, the Wicked Witch of the East...and we deserve each other."]]
* JerkWithAHeartofGold: Fiyero tries to remain aloof and entirely self centered and succeeds for a little while, but ultimately when the chips are down he fails.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: The moment the Wizard feels remorse [[spoiler: for helping to (allegedly) kill his daughter Elphaba]], Glinda [[spoiler: uses this to push him out of office and overtake OZ]]

* LukeIAmYourFather Somewhat inverted, [[spoiler: at least in the musical, the Wizard is the one surprised by the news; Elphaba never finds out.]]

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Fiyero for Glinda, Boq for Nessarose. Jarring considering in the books none of these characters seemed to even speak to eachother that often if at all.

** Pretty much ''everything'' in the finale qualifies: "For Good", [[spoiler: the melting scene]], Chistery's first line, [[spoiler: the Wizard finding out he was Elphaba's father]], and the ending.

* VillainSong: "Dancing Through Life" for Fiyero, "Wonderful" for [[spoiler: The Wizard]], and "No Good Deed" for Elphaba. Also, not on the soundtrack [[spoiler: "Wicked Witch of the East" for Nessarose]]. As detailed on the trope page, none of them are straight examples.

*** YourMilageMayVary, but I'd see it more as a {{deconstruction}} of the fantasy world.

*** YourMilageMayVary, but I'd see it more as a [[Deconstruction]] of that fantasy world.

** Likewise with some other cast members and Maguire.
*** Yes, such a shame those other cast members and Maguire didn't get together...

Things change, however, when Professor Dillamond, their TalkingAnimal teacher, is dismissed. Galinda changes her name to Glinda. Elphaba and Fiyero rescue a lion cub brought in by his replacement, and a LoveTriangle is formed. Then Elphaba is invited to the Emerald City, and her life changes forever. Events push the two friends along their paths towards becoming the Good Witch of the North and the Wicked Witch of the West.

In the book, Glinda and Elphaba bond over Dillamond's murder. It is later revealed by Glinda's chaperone (who was witness to the murder, but put into a state of shock); that Madame Morrible (who opposes the giving of rights of the sapient Animals) was the murderer. Upon this revelation, the two girls travel to the Emerald City to submit the injustice to the Wizard. He dismisses their concerns, and Elphaba leaves Glinda to stay in the Emerald City and eventually evolve into the Wicked Witch.

Elphaba was born with green skin after her mother had an encounter, IfYouKnowWhatIMean, with a travelling businessman. Her mother gives birth to another child, who is armless, Nessarose and then later [[DeathByChildbirth dies giving birth]] to Elphaba's third sibling, her brother, Shell.

** And of course, to some fans, the green skin paint actually makes her [[Rule34 more]] [[FetishFuel attractive]].