History WesternAnimation / TalesOfTheWizardOfOz

* DemotedToExtra: Dorothy is more of a secondary character in this show. She still gets several DayInTheLimelight moments, but she's absent from a large number of episodes (she doesn't even appear until the end of the second one), and her attempts to get back to Kansas are more of a RunningGag than anything else.

* BlackBeadEyes: The majority of characters have eyes like this, except for Dorothy, Socrates Strawman (on occasion), the Flying Monkeys, Desmond the Dragon, and some other incidental/one-off characters.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first scene in the pilot episode pretty efficiently introduces the characters of the Wizard, Socrates, Rusty and Dandy:

What else was notable about this adaptation was [[AdaptationExpansion giving certain characters names and new personalities]]. The scarecrow was named "Creator/{{Socrates}} Strawman", which was an IronicName due to him being TheDitz (since he lacked a brain), the tinman was named "Rusty" and was typically a bully and a jerk to others (due to him not having any heart), and the cowardly lion was named [[PunnyName Dandy Lion]], but remained his usual cowardly self. Usually, they would try to get what they desire from the Wizard, who could actually perform magic (with his specialty being card tricks), or Dorothy and Toto would help them out of a jam, while trying to avoid (and thwart) the Wicked Witch of the West. The animation production was done in Canada by Crawley Films.

* CowardlyLion: Dandy Lion, obviously.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rusty, the trope name a little ironic twist since he actually ''lacks'' a heart. But he perfecty fits the charater type -- while bad-tempered, quarrelsome and bossy, he really isn't a bad person; he tries to do right by his friends even if he spends a lot of time shouting at and insulting them.

* PaperThinDisguise: Despite the Wicked Witch's {{Shapeshifting}} abilities, sometimes she'll magically conjure these up, and she normally [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent doesn't even attempt to disguise her voice]] either. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "The Bubble Champ" when she disguises herself as a [[DisguisedInDrag male]] train conductor by means of simply wearing a conductors' outfit and fake mustache...
-->'''Socrates:''' Hey, your voice sounds familiar. Don't I know you?\\

** The Wizard: "Pick a card, any card."

* TheToothHurts: Seen in "Down in the Mouth," when Dandy Lion gets a toothache and fears having the Wizard play dentist on him.

* SuddenlyVoiced: The Wizard has concocted a drink to make Munchkins, whom normally [[TheUnintelligible babble high-speed gibberish]], talk eligibly, as seen in "The Sound of Munchkins" and "Be a Card." But each time it's happened, things go awry, and so [[StatusQuoIsGod the Wizard reverses it]].

* Catchphrase: Dandy has one whenever he's scared: "YEEEOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!"

* AnimationBump: Some episodes have a more "lively" look to their animation and is more detailed, including episodes like "The Fountain of Youth," "The Sound of Munchkins," "Going to Pieces," "The Gusher," "The Hillies and the Billies," "Love Sick," "The Rubber Doll," "Monkey Air Lift," "The Raffle," "The Fire Chief" and "The Poet."

** There is, however, an earlier story-arc that immediately follows the two-parter pilot, which also make up the plot of trying to get Dorothy and Toto back home to Kansas: "Leapin' Lion" (where Dandy takes Dorothy and Toto to meet the Wizard for the first time), "The Magic Hat" (where Dorothy and Toto first meet Socrates), and "The Balloon Buzz" (where Dorothy and Toto first meet Rusty). After some failed attempts, the gang decides to let them stay at Oz.

** There is, however, an earlier story-arc that immediately follows the two-parter pilot. "Leapin' Lion", "The Magic Hat", and "The Balloon Buzz" also make up the plot of trying to get Dorothy and Toto back home to Kansas. After some failed attempts, the gang decides to let them stay at Oz.

** There is, however, an earlier story-arc that after the two-parter pilot, "Leapin' Lion", "The Magic Hat", and "The Balloon Buzz" also make up the plot of trying to get Dorothy and Toto back home to Kansas. After some failed attempts, the gang decides to let them stay at Oz.

* AmnesiaEpisode: "The Flipped Lid" involves the Wizard of Oz getting [[{{Malaproper}} magnesia]] ("[[RunningGag Amnesia! AMNESIA!]]") when in Topsy-Turvy Town. [[HereWeGoAgain And then Dandy Lion gets it]].

* VoicesAreMental: An interesting version occurs in "Free Trade." Rusty Tinman decides to trade his brain to Socrates in exchange for his heart. Once Socrates has Rusty's brain, he speaks in Rusty's voice (as expected), but when Rusty has Socrates's heart, he has Socrates's voice. They eventually find they do not like acting like each other (i.e Socrates being a bully and Rusty being a gullible {{Cloudcuckoolander}}), so they trade back, and their voices return to normal.

* AmnesiaEpisode: "The Flipped Lid" involves the Wizard of Oz getting [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay magnesia]] ("[[RunningGag Amnesia! AMNESIA!]]") when in Topsy-Turvy Town. [[HereWeGoAgain And then Dandy Lion gets it]].

* StockFootage: The show features a lot of it, such as reusing the same walk cycles for characters frequently, the same animation of the Wicked Witch of the West cackling, and quite a few other bits of animation get reused as well.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The two-part pilot suggests that the series was going to be done in a narrated serial style, similar to its' sister series, the stop-motion ''New Adventures of Pinocchio.'' The series proper abandons this, however.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Dandy's mother in "The Sucker" is seen with a mane, despite real lionesses lacking them.