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* DemotedToExtra: The Sawhorse has a smaller role here, and unlike his book counterpart he's unable to talk.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: If it can really said to be a disability when it comes to inanimate objects come to life, but neither the Sawhorse nor the Gump are able to talk in this version. This does confuse Tip, since Jack Pumpkinhead, who was brought to life by the same Powder of Life, can talk perfectly well from the get-go. However, Mombi does point out that while the powder itself was the same, the person who ''used'' it was not -- and Mombi is just more skilled with magic than Tip is.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: If it can really said to be a disability when it comes to inanimate objects come to life, but neither the Sawhorse nor the Gump are able to talk in this version. This does confuse Tip, since Jack Pumpkinhead, who was brought to life by the same Powder of Life, can talk perfectly well from the get-go. However, Mombi does point out that while the powder itself was the same, the person who ''used'' it was not -- and Mombi is just more skilled with magic than Tip is.
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* HeroicBSOD: The Scarecrow has a delayed one after the Munchkin army has taken over the Emerald City and he's not only been forced to flee on the newly-made Gump but also leave behind Omby Amby, who was trying to protect him. He holds it together well until a crash-landing and subsequent events in a jackdaws' nest leaves him minus all his straw, temporarily just a head. Then everything just seems to overwhelm him and he lapses into a depression, until the Tin Woodman gives him a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech.
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* RewardedAsATrairotDeserves: [[spoiler:Preena, after she's betrayed the Emerald City and helped the Munchkin army enter,]] is rather unceremoniously killed by Jinjur, both as an example of this trope and in order to show an uncooperative Jellia Jamb that Jinjur means business.
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* RewardedAsATrairotDeserves: RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:Preena, after she's betrayed the Emerald City and helped the Munchkin army enter,]] is rather unceremoniously killed by Jinjur, both as an example of this trope and in order to show an uncooperative Jellia Jamb that Jinjur means business.
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* CanonForeigner: Preena, the reporter from the second season, has no real equivalent in the books. Likewise, General Malik who serves as Jinjur's second-in-command is original to this version.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: The Scarecrow can never seem to pronounce Jellia Jamb's name right.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The Wizard, whose role in Ozma's disappearance is explored in greater detail, comes across as far more amoral and untrustworthy, to the point of coming across as AffablyEvil. Dorothy is also far less forgiving of him here, promising herself that if she ever sees him again she'll "beat the snot out of him."
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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalVillainy:
** The Wizard, whose role in Ozma's disappearance is explored in greater detail, comes across as far more amoral and untrustworthy, to the point of coming across as AffablyEvil. Dorothy is also far less forgiving of himhere, promising herself that if here.
** General Jinjur was an antagonist in the original book, sure, but sheever sees him again she'll "beat the snot out of him." wasn't murderous and dangerously unstable like she is here.
** The Wizard, whose role in Ozma's disappearance is explored in greater detail, comes across as far more amoral and untrustworthy, to the point of coming across as AffablyEvil. Dorothy is also far less forgiving of him
** General Jinjur was an antagonist in the original book, sure, but she
** [[spoiler: General Jinjur. In the book she was let go after the revolution failed -- here, where she's notably more dangerous, she's killed by Omby Amby while trying to blow up the entire Emerald City.]]
* IfICantHaveYou: Non-romantic example with General Jinjur, who after her defeat decides that if ''she'' can't rule over the Emerald City, she'll just blow the entire city up so that ''nobody'' can have it.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Wicked Witch of the West tries to present herself as this. Dorothy doesn't buy it.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: VillainousBreakdown: General Jinjur, never the most stable person, snaps after her defeat and makes a last-ditch effort to kill ''everybody.''
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** The Wicked Witch of the West tries to present herself asthis. this, claiming that all she does is for the good of Oz. Dorothy doesn't buy it.it.
** General Jinjur is a more genuine example of the trope, though her motivations are a little more complex.
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** The Wicked Witch of the West tries to present herself as
** General Jinjur is a more genuine example of the trope, though her motivations are a little more complex.
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* ChangedMyMindKid: Initially, the three companions ''don't'' accompany Dorothy to the West -- the Tin Woodman doesn't want to be an assassin for a Wizard he doesn't trust, the Lion is too scared to come, and the Scarecrow, who actually ''does'' want to come ends up being left behind when Dorothy loses her temper with the other two. As Dorothy goes off to the east and gets attacked by murderous ravens and wolves, the three companions show up like BigDamnHeroes to save her.
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* HeroicSacrifice:
** After the Winged Monkeys have taken out the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman sacrifices himself by doing a heroic last stand against the Winged Monkeys in order to give Dorothy, Toto and the Lion a chance to escape.
** [[spoiler: Boq]] sacrifices himself to let Dorothy escape the mob at Munckinland. Unlike the Tin Woodman, he does ''not'' get better.
** After the Winged Monkeys have taken out the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman sacrifices himself by doing a heroic last stand against the Winged Monkeys in order to give Dorothy, Toto and the Lion a chance to escape.
** [[spoiler: Boq]] sacrifices himself to let Dorothy escape the mob at Munckinland. Unlike the Tin Woodman, he does ''not'' get better.
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* RejectedApology: A downplayed example with Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion. During their time at the palace of the defeated Wicked Witch of the West, she tried to apologize for being so nasty to him on their journey to the Emerald City, but he ends up not accepting the apology because he doesn't think she really means it. Unlike many examples of the trope, his rejection isn't angry, nor does it lead to the two splitting up and going their separate ways -- he even says he'll stick with her because they still need each other, and he doesn't rule out the possibility that they can become genuine friends later on, he's just not willing to let her "just shake paws and make everything better."
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* MemeticBadass: Dorothy becomes an InUniverse example after accidentally killing the Wicked Witch of the East. After she gets to the Emerald City the first time, rumors start flying about her having arrived, brandishing weapons and with "witch-blood still on her hands."
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* MemeticBadass: Dorothy becomes an InUniverse example after accidentally killing the Wicked Witch of the East. After Rumors very soon begin flying about her casting powerful spells to combat the witch, and after she gets to the Emerald City the first time, rumors start flying about her having arrived, it doesn't take long before people are saying she arrived brandishing weapons and with "witch-blood still on her hands."
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Far more to the cynical end of things than the original books ever were... but when all is said and done, it's much''less'' cynical than many other DarkerAndEdgier Oz adaptations.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Far more to the cynical end of things than the original books ever were... but when all is said and done, it's much''less'' much ''less'' cynical than many other DarkerAndEdgier Oz adaptations.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Since Dorothy is put to sleep in the Deadly poppy Field, she tells the audience she can't give a first-hand account of the next few events, but that her friends told her afterwards what had happened. We're then treated to a scene where the Tin Woodman calmly takes charge of everything while the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion both praise him to high heavens. Narrator-Dorothy comments "You can probably guess who told me most of that," before presenting the scene such as she thinks it actually happens, with all three of them panicking and arguing.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Since Dorothy is put to sleep in the Deadly poppy Field, she tells the audience she can't give a first-hand account of the next few events, but that her friends told her afterwards what had happened. We're then treated to a scene where the Tin Woodman calmly takes charge of everything while the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion both praise him to high heavens. Narrator-Dorothy comments "You can probably guess who told me most of that," before presenting that." She then presents the scene such as she thinks it actually happens, with all three of them panicking and arguing.arguing and yelling... before admitting that she's probably exaggerating a little.
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** This is pretty much the Scarecrow's characterization in the first season. He's only two days old when he first meets Dorothy, so though he has the appearance and voice of an adult, he is technically a child.
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* FireForgedFriends: Dorothy and her companions. While the Scarecrow pretty much gets along with everyone from the start, the Tin Woodman takes a long time to warm up to the others, and it takes even a longer time before Dorothy quite trusts the Lion... but at the end of the first season all their trials and tribulations have forged a very close bond between them.
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* EasilyForgiven: Subverted with both the Cowardly Lion and the Wizard. Unlike her book counterpart, ''this'' Dorothy holds grudges. It takes her a long time to forgive the Lion for scaring her and pretending to attack Toto at their firs meeting, and she never forgives the Wizard his fraud and trickery.
* FireForgedFriends: Dorothy and her companions. While the Scarecrow pretty much gets along with everyone from the start, the Tin Woodman takes a long time to warm up to the others, and it takes even a longer time before Dorothy quite trusts theLion... but Lion. Dorothy even describes their travelling together as "an arrangement of convenience" and fully expects them all to go their separate ways after they've seen the wizard. But at the end of the first season all their trials and tribulations have forged a very close bond between them. them.
* GilliganCut: The Tin Woodman, afraid of falling into the water and rusting, absolutely refuses to get on a raft, claiming that there is no way the others can talk him into it. No prizes for guessing what the very next scene is.
* FireForgedFriends: Dorothy and her companions. While the Scarecrow pretty much gets along with everyone from the start, the Tin Woodman takes a long time to warm up to the others, and it takes even a longer time before Dorothy quite trusts the
* GilliganCut: The Tin Woodman, afraid of falling into the water and rusting, absolutely refuses to get on a raft, claiming that there is no way the others can talk him into it. No prizes for guessing what the very next scene is.
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* MythologyGag: Oh, so many. The [[Film/TheWizardOfOz 1939 movie]] is referenced a bunch of time, usually by a character referencing a line or a song from the movie, or events from the movie being alluded to, but there are a lot of other refernces too:
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* OhMyGods: Natives of Oz tend to use exclamations like "Sweet Lurline" or "Mother of Lurline" as an exclamation.
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* TemptingFate: The Guardians have a tendency to do this.
** In the first episode of the first season, Faramant spends so much time cheering about having finished all his work so he can go home early, and gloating over Jellia because she can't, that he ''really'' should have expected that an emergency call would come so he wouldn't be able to go home at all that night.
** Later on, Omby Amby, hearing about the "assassin of the Witch of the East," comments that the last thing he wants is to hear that she's left Munchkinland and is headed for the Emerald City. Naturally, five seconds later he gets a call that tells him exactly that.
* UnreliableNarrator: Since Dorothy is put to sleep in the Deadly poppy Field, she tells the audience she can't give a first-hand account of the next few events, but that her friends told her afterwards what had happened. We're then treated to a scene where the Tin Woodman calmly takes charge of everything while the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion both praise him to high heavens. Narrator-Dorothy comments "You can probably guess who told me most of that," before presenting the scene such as she thinks it actually happens, with all three of them panicking and arguing.
** In the first episode of the first season, Faramant spends so much time cheering about having finished all his work so he can go home early, and gloating over Jellia because she can't, that he ''really'' should have expected that an emergency call would come so he wouldn't be able to go home at all that night.
** Later on, Omby Amby, hearing about the "assassin of the Witch of the East," comments that the last thing he wants is to hear that she's left Munchkinland and is headed for the Emerald City. Naturally, five seconds later he gets a call that tells him exactly that.
* UnreliableNarrator: Since Dorothy is put to sleep in the Deadly poppy Field, she tells the audience she can't give a first-hand account of the next few events, but that her friends told her afterwards what had happened. We're then treated to a scene where the Tin Woodman calmly takes charge of everything while the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion both praise him to high heavens. Narrator-Dorothy comments "You can probably guess who told me most of that," before presenting the scene such as she thinks it actually happens, with all three of them panicking and arguing.
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** Season two; "Sometimes you don't want your world to change."
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* ConstantlyCurious: Jack Pumpkinhead. Unlike in the original books, he actually very rarely plays TheWatson so that other character can provide exposition... but he still asks a ''lot'' of questions.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's probably quicker to list all the character who ''don't'' have some traits of this. Dorothy's probably the biggest one, though.
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* CompositeCharacter: A small example, but in this version of the story, Boq is the Munchkin who made the Scarecrow.
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* DeadpanSnarker: It's probably quicker to list all the character who ''don't'' have some traits of this. Dorothy's probably the biggest one, though.
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* MythologyGag: Oh, so many.
** When Dorothy first arrives in Oz, she starts to say her iconic line from the film: [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "I have a feeling we're not in --"]] but before she can finish the sentence she's interrupted by Boq, who asks "Who are you? ''What'' are you?!"
** When Dorothy first arrives in Oz, she starts to say her iconic line from the film: [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "I have a feeling we're not in --"]] but before she can finish the sentence she's interrupted by Boq, who asks "Who are you? ''What'' are you?!"
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** When Dorothy first arrives in Oz, she starts to say her iconic line from the film:
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** The fairy Lurline is name-dropped quite often, referring the fairy queen who first enchanted the Land of Oz.
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** The fairy Lurline is name-dropped quite often, referring the fairy queen who first enchanted the Land of Oz.
** Dorothy states that she comes from "Butterfield, Kansas." In the book ''The Road to Oz'', Butterfield is the town closest to Uncle Henry's farm.
** The first episode refers to Zeb Hugson, who is a distant cousin of Dorothy's and a major character in ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'' -- though in this version he seems to live in Butterfield rather than San Francisco, and doesn't seem to be related to Dorothy either, since Aunt Em refers to him as "that Hugson boy" and hints that he has a crush on Dorothy.
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** The fairy Lurline is name-dropped quite often, referring the fairy queen who first enchanted the Land of Oz.
** Dorothy states that she comes from "Butterfield, Kansas." In the book ''The Road to Oz'', Butterfield is the town closest to Uncle Henry's farm.
** The first episode refers to Zeb Hugson, who is a distant cousin of Dorothy's and a major character in ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'' -- though in this version he seems to live in Butterfield rather than San Francisco, and doesn't seem to be related to Dorothy either, since Aunt Em refers to him as "that Hugson boy" and hints that he has a crush on Dorothy.
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* In a flashback sequence in the second season, the Wizard tells the Wicked Witch of the West that [[Literature/{{Wicked}} "nobody mourns the wicked."]]
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* AgeLift: Dorothy was a little girl in the original. Here, she is in her late teens at the very least. Tip and Ozma are specifically mentioned to be twenty years old.
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** The Guardian of the Gates is given the name "Faramant," which is the name he was given in Alexander Volkov's ''Literature/TalesOfTheMagicLand''.
** "What did the Woggle-Bug say?", which is repeated a few times by several characters, was originally a recurring contest question from the newspaper serial ''Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz.''
* In a flashback sequence in the second season, the Wizard tells the Wicked Witch of the West that [[Literature/{{Wicked}} "nobody mourns the wicked."]]
** The Guardian of the Gates is given the name "Faramant," which is the name he was given in Alexander Volkov's ''Literature/TalesOfTheMagicLand''.
** "What did the Woggle-Bug say?", which is repeated a few times by several characters, was originally a recurring contest question from the newspaper serial ''Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz.''
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** Season one: "Sometimes your world can change in a minute."
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''[[http://chroniclesofoz.com The Chronicles of Oz]]'' is an AudioPlay adaptation of the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series by L. Frank Baum. Produced by Crossover Adventure Production, the series takes the original Oz stories and retells them with a modernized, somewhat DarkerAndEdgier spin, with some more thorough worldbuilding. The [[Mythology Gag]]s and references to Baum's other works are plentiful; some just as {{Shout Out}}s and some as foreshadowing for the future.
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''[[http://chroniclesofoz.com The Chronicles of Oz]]'' is an AudioPlay adaptation of the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series by L. Frank Baum. Produced by Crossover Adventure Production, the series takes the original Oz stories and retells them with a modernized, somewhat DarkerAndEdgier spin, with some more thorough worldbuilding. The [[Mythology Gag]]s {{Mythology Gag}}s and references to Baum's other works are plentiful; some just as {{Shout Out}}s and some as foreshadowing for the future.
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''[[http://chroniclesofoz.com The Chronicles of Oz]]'' is an AudioPlay adaptation of the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series by L. Frank Baum. Produced by Crossover Adventure Production, the series takes the original Oz stories and retells them with a modernized, somewhat DarkerAndEdgier spin, with some more thorough worldbuilding. The {{Mythology Gag]]s and references to Baum's other works are plentiful; some just as {{Shout Out}}s and some as foreshadowing for the future.
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''[[http://chroniclesofoz.com The Chronicles of Oz]]'' is an AudioPlay adaptation of the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series by L. Frank Baum. Produced by Crossover Adventure Production, the series takes the original Oz stories and retells them with a modernized, somewhat DarkerAndEdgier spin, with some more thorough worldbuilding. The {{Mythology [[Mythology Gag]]s and references to Baum's other works are plentiful; some just as {{Shout Out}}s and some as foreshadowing for the future.
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The second season. ''The Marvellous Land of Oz,'' sees the civil war reach the Emerald City, and the narrative follows Tip, the apprentice to the witch Mombi, as he journeys to the Emerald city with his newly-created companion Jack Pumpkinhead and ends up in the middle of the war, as well as on a quest to find the lost princess Ozma.
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The second season. ''The Marvellous Land of Oz,'' sees the civil war reach the Emerald City, and the narrative follows Tip, the apprentice to the witch Mombi, as he journeys to the Emerald city City with his newly-created companion Jack Pumpkinhead and ends up in the middle of the war, as well as on a quest to find the lost princess Ozma.
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The second season. ''The Marvellous Land of Oz,'' sees the civil war break out in earnest, and the narrative follows Tip, the apprentice to the witch Mombi, as he journeys to the Emerald city with his newly-created companion Jack Pumpkinhead and ends up in the middle of the war, as well as on a quest to find the lost princess Ozma.
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The second season. ''The Marvellous Land of Oz,'' sees the civil war break out in earnest, reach the Emerald City, and the narrative follows Tip, the apprentice to the witch Mombi, as he journeys to the Emerald city with his newly-created companion Jack Pumpkinhead and ends up in the middle of the war, as well as on a quest to find the lost princess Ozma.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: A lot of characters have been hit with this to some degree. In many cases, like the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, the changes are minor and they stay close to their original book counterparts (though in somewhat more serious situations) -- but other characters, like Dorothy and the Tin Woodman, are almost completely different.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: A lot of characters have been hit with this to some degree. In many cases, like the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, the changes are minor and they stay close to their original book counterparts (though in somewhat more serious situations) -- but other characters, like Dorothy and the Tin Woodman, are almost completely different.
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''[[http://chroniclesofoz.com The Chronicles of Oz]]'' is an AudioDrama a adaptation of the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series by L. Frank Baum. Produced by Crossover Adventure Production, the series takes the original Oz stories and retells them with a modernized, somewhat DarkerAndEdgier spin, with some more thorough worldbuilding. The {{Mythology Gag]]s and references to Baum's other works are plentiful; some just as ShoutOuts and some as foreshadowing for the future.
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''[[http://chroniclesofoz.com The Chronicles of Oz]]'' is an AudioDrama a AudioPlay adaptation of the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series by L. Frank Baum. Produced by Crossover Adventure Production, the series takes the original Oz stories and retells them with a modernized, somewhat DarkerAndEdgier spin, with some more thorough worldbuilding. The {{Mythology Gag]]s and references to Baum's other works are plentiful; some just as ShoutOuts {{Shout Out}}s and some as foreshadowing for the future.
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** {{spoiler: Boq, the Munchkin. In the book, he was just the farmer who offered Dorothy a place to stay for the night before her journey to the Emerald City -- here he's an ally of Locasta who is set out to accompany her to the Emerald City, but when the violent mob catches up with them, Boq stays behind to perform a HeroicSacrifice so Dorothy can get away]].
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** {{spoiler: [[spoiler: Boq, the Munchkin. In the book, he was just the farmer who offered Dorothy a place to stay for the night before her journey to the Emerald City -- here he's an ally of Locasta who is set out to accompany her to the Emerald City, but when the violent mob catches up with them, Boq stays behind to perform a HeroicSacrifice so Dorothy can get away]].
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''[[http://chroniclesofoz.com The Chronicles of Oz]]'' is an AudioDrama a adaptation of the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series by L. Frank Baum. Produced by Crossover Adventure Production, the series takes the original Oz stories and retells them with a modernized, somewhat DarkerAndEdgier spin, with some more thorough worldbuilding. The {{Mythology Gag]]s and references to Baum's other works are plentiful; some just as ShoutOuts and some as foreshadowing for the future.
The series so far consists of two seasons, with six episodes per season, each season adapting one of Baum's books.
The first season, ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,'' tells the familiar story of Dorothy Gale from Kansas, who gets caught in a tornado and finds herself in the magical land of Oz, where she (together with a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman and a Cowardly Lion) has to travel to the Emerald City to ask the Wonderful Wizard to send her back home. Unfortunately, this is an Oz in the middle of a great unrest, and Dorothy's accidental assassination of the Wicked Witch of the East leads to a power struggle and a civil war in Munchkinland that threatens to spread to the rest of Oz.
The second season. ''The Marvellous Land of Oz,'' sees the civil war break out in earnest, and the narrative follows Tip, the apprentice to the witch Mombi, as he journeys to the Emerald city with his newly-created companion Jack Pumpkinhead and ends up in the middle of the war, as well as on a quest to find the lost princess Ozma.
The creators have confirmed that more seasons are forthcoming.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: A lot of characters have been hit with this to some degree. In many cases, like the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, the changes are minor and they stay close to their original book counterparts (though in somewhat more serious situations) -- but other characters, like Dorothy and the Tin Woodman, are almost completely different.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Wizard, whose role in Ozma's disappearance is explored in greater detail, comes across as far more amoral and untrustworthy, to the point of coming across as AffablyEvil. Dorothy is also far less forgiving of him here, promising herself that if she ever sees him again she'll "beat the snot out of him."
* AgeLift: Dorothy was a little girl in the original. Here, she is in her late teens at the very least. Tip and Ozma are in their early twenties.
* ArcWords: "Sometimes you don't want things to change" in the second season.
* AscendedExtra:
** Locasta, the Good Witch of the North, has a larger role here than in the books. She works closely with Glinda, and even appears in the ''Marvellous Land of Oz'' adaptation, though she never appeared in that book at all.
** Omby Amby, Jellia Jamb and Faramant (the Guardian of the Gates) all have increased roles, being the main public servant officers of the Emerald City.
* ConstantlyCurious: Jack Pumpkinhead. Unlike in the original books, he actually very rarely plays TheWatson so that other character can provide exposition... but he still asks a ''lot'' of questions.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's probably quicker to list all the character who ''don't'' have some traits of this. Dorothy's probably the biggest one, though.
* TheChessmaster: All the Witches of Oz seem to have a trace of this, though Glinda is the biggest one. Luckily, she is a thoroughly benevolent one.
* ChildrenAreInnocent:
** This is pretty much the Scarecrow's characterization in the first season. He's only two days old when he first meets Dorothy, so though he has the appearance and voice of an adult, he is technically a child.
** It's even clearer with Jack Pumpkinhead in the second season. Being brought to life in the first episode, he's even more of an inexperienced child than the Scarecrow ever was, but where the Scarecrow was a bright and imaginative child, Jack is a slow-witted and easily confused one... but with the same innocent outlook on things.
* CowardlyLion: The TropeNamer himself is a major character in the first season, of course. He's a more serious character than he was in the original books, and ''certainly'' does not play comic relief to the extent of his [[Film/TheWizardOfOz movie counterpart]], but he has his moments.
* DeathByAdaptation:
** {{spoiler: Boq, the Munchkin. In the book, he was just the farmer who offered Dorothy a place to stay for the night before her journey to the Emerald City -- here he's an ally of Locasta who is set out to accompany her to the Emerald City, but when the violent mob catches up with them, Boq stays behind to perform a HeroicSacrifice so Dorothy can get away]].
** Arguably, [[spoiler: Tip. In the book, Tip was just Ozma in a different body -- here, Tip is a separate personality who was created when Mombi enchanted Ozma, and who pretty much has to give up his life so that Ozma can live. It's hinted that he lives on as a voice in Ozma's mind... much like Ozma was a voice in his mind.]]
* FireForgedFriends: Dorothy and her companions. While the Scarecrow pretty much gets along with everyone from the start, the Tin Woodman takes a long time to warm up to the others, and it takes even a longer time before Dorothy quite trusts the Lion... but at the end of the first season all their trials and tribulations have forged a very close bond between them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Tin Woodman is an impatient, sarcastic grouch, but despite what he himself claims, he does very much have a heart.
* NiceGuy: The Scarecrow. He's the friendliest, cheeriest and most earnest of all Dorothy's companions; he just wants everyone to be happy. This does cause some problems during his time as King of the Emerald City in the second season, because he doesn't have it in him to be the ruthless leader the civil war demands.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Far more to the cynical end of things than the original books ever were... but when all is said and done, it's much''less'' cynical than many other DarkerAndEdgier Oz adaptations.
* StealthPun: All the natives of Oz speak with Australian accents.
* WorldOfSnark: This is pretty much Oz in a nutshell. Whenever people aren't talking about Grand and Epic things, or foretelling Great Doom, they're usually ''snarking'' about it.
The series so far consists of two seasons, with six episodes per season, each season adapting one of Baum's books.
The first season, ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,'' tells the familiar story of Dorothy Gale from Kansas, who gets caught in a tornado and finds herself in the magical land of Oz, where she (together with a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman and a Cowardly Lion) has to travel to the Emerald City to ask the Wonderful Wizard to send her back home. Unfortunately, this is an Oz in the middle of a great unrest, and Dorothy's accidental assassination of the Wicked Witch of the East leads to a power struggle and a civil war in Munchkinland that threatens to spread to the rest of Oz.
The second season. ''The Marvellous Land of Oz,'' sees the civil war break out in earnest, and the narrative follows Tip, the apprentice to the witch Mombi, as he journeys to the Emerald city with his newly-created companion Jack Pumpkinhead and ends up in the middle of the war, as well as on a quest to find the lost princess Ozma.
The creators have confirmed that more seasons are forthcoming.
---
!!This series provides examples of:
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: A lot of characters have been hit with this to some degree. In many cases, like the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, the changes are minor and they stay close to their original book counterparts (though in somewhat more serious situations) -- but other characters, like Dorothy and the Tin Woodman, are almost completely different.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Wizard, whose role in Ozma's disappearance is explored in greater detail, comes across as far more amoral and untrustworthy, to the point of coming across as AffablyEvil. Dorothy is also far less forgiving of him here, promising herself that if she ever sees him again she'll "beat the snot out of him."
* AgeLift: Dorothy was a little girl in the original. Here, she is in her late teens at the very least. Tip and Ozma are in their early twenties.
* ArcWords: "Sometimes you don't want things to change" in the second season.
* AscendedExtra:
** Locasta, the Good Witch of the North, has a larger role here than in the books. She works closely with Glinda, and even appears in the ''Marvellous Land of Oz'' adaptation, though she never appeared in that book at all.
** Omby Amby, Jellia Jamb and Faramant (the Guardian of the Gates) all have increased roles, being the main public servant officers of the Emerald City.
* ConstantlyCurious: Jack Pumpkinhead. Unlike in the original books, he actually very rarely plays TheWatson so that other character can provide exposition... but he still asks a ''lot'' of questions.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's probably quicker to list all the character who ''don't'' have some traits of this. Dorothy's probably the biggest one, though.
* TheChessmaster: All the Witches of Oz seem to have a trace of this, though Glinda is the biggest one. Luckily, she is a thoroughly benevolent one.
* ChildrenAreInnocent:
** This is pretty much the Scarecrow's characterization in the first season. He's only two days old when he first meets Dorothy, so though he has the appearance and voice of an adult, he is technically a child.
** It's even clearer with Jack Pumpkinhead in the second season. Being brought to life in the first episode, he's even more of an inexperienced child than the Scarecrow ever was, but where the Scarecrow was a bright and imaginative child, Jack is a slow-witted and easily confused one... but with the same innocent outlook on things.
* CowardlyLion: The TropeNamer himself is a major character in the first season, of course. He's a more serious character than he was in the original books, and ''certainly'' does not play comic relief to the extent of his [[Film/TheWizardOfOz movie counterpart]], but he has his moments.
* DeathByAdaptation:
** {{spoiler: Boq, the Munchkin. In the book, he was just the farmer who offered Dorothy a place to stay for the night before her journey to the Emerald City -- here he's an ally of Locasta who is set out to accompany her to the Emerald City, but when the violent mob catches up with them, Boq stays behind to perform a HeroicSacrifice so Dorothy can get away]].
** Arguably, [[spoiler: Tip. In the book, Tip was just Ozma in a different body -- here, Tip is a separate personality who was created when Mombi enchanted Ozma, and who pretty much has to give up his life so that Ozma can live. It's hinted that he lives on as a voice in Ozma's mind... much like Ozma was a voice in his mind.]]
* FireForgedFriends: Dorothy and her companions. While the Scarecrow pretty much gets along with everyone from the start, the Tin Woodman takes a long time to warm up to the others, and it takes even a longer time before Dorothy quite trusts the Lion... but at the end of the first season all their trials and tribulations have forged a very close bond between them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Tin Woodman is an impatient, sarcastic grouch, but despite what he himself claims, he does very much have a heart.
* NiceGuy: The Scarecrow. He's the friendliest, cheeriest and most earnest of all Dorothy's companions; he just wants everyone to be happy. This does cause some problems during his time as King of the Emerald City in the second season, because he doesn't have it in him to be the ruthless leader the civil war demands.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Far more to the cynical end of things than the original books ever were... but when all is said and done, it's much''less'' cynical than many other DarkerAndEdgier Oz adaptations.
* StealthPun: All the natives of Oz speak with Australian accents.
* WorldOfSnark: This is pretty much Oz in a nutshell. Whenever people aren't talking about Grand and Epic things, or foretelling Great Doom, they're usually ''snarking'' about it.
