History YMMV / TheWonderfulWizardOfOz

* {{Applicability}}: See the entry for the details.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The MGM movie adaptation is ''much'' better known than the Oz books. Some of the more recent ''sequels'' to ''The Wizard of Oz'' -- such as ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' -- are based on the movie and not the book version.

* DracoInLeatherPants: The Wicked Witch of the West being played by Margaret Hamilton really helped this.

* BrokenBase: The fandom is largely split between fans of the books and fans of the MGM movie. And that's not counting residents of the former Soviet Union, whose experience comes mostly from Volkov's adaptation, ''TalesOfTheMagicLand''.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: 'The Dainty China Country' chapter in the original book features Dorothy and her companions finding a town where the houses, animals, and citizens are all made out of china. Some, such as the accident-prone clown, Mr. [[NamesTheSame Joker]], have been broken and mended several times. Nothing of any relevance to the story happens here -- the china citizens neither help nor hinder the protagonists -- and after Dorothy and her friends leave, it's never mentioned again.
** It's more or less accepted that it only exists to lengthen the journey from point A to point B. It does make you wonder why they bothered to go over the wall instead of around it, as would be sensible.

* [[{{Fanon}} Fanon Name]]: Other authors have given the names "Elphaba", "Evillene" and "Bastinda" for the Wicked Witch of the West in their versions of Oz.

* NightmareFuel: How the Tin Man got his parts, or rather, how he lost them. Also, when he meets up with his ''disembodied head.'' His ''former'' and ''sentient'' disembodied head; as he has a tin replacement now.

* CompleteMonster: The Nome King. Aside from being a PsychopathicManchild and TheCaligula, he keeps a collection of people-turned-ornaments in a state of AndIMustScream, one of them being the captured Prince of Ev. After Dorothy and her friends thwart the deadly ornament game, The Nome King then tries to burn her and her friends alive with magma on several occasions. Oh yeah, he also wants to take the Tin Man and Tik Tok apart.

* FauxSymbolism: So much. There's a reason some historians see it as a Farmer's Movie. To name a few for the history buffs, Dorothy has ''silver'' shoes and walks on a ''yellow brick'' road to get to the ''Emerald'' City, Dorothy ends up missing the ''Scarecrow'' the most... Though it's all highly debated, and not everyone believes it. See EpilepticTrees

* CompleteMonster: Possibly the Wicked Witch of the West. Whether or not "AndYourLittleDogToo" is the vengeful raving of a bereaved sister is up to interpretation.
** From what little we hear of the Wicked Witch of the East, she may be even ''worse'' by chopping up Nick Chopper and cutting his heart in two.

* CompleteMonster: Aside from the witches, The Nome King also qualifies. Aside from being a PsychopathicManchild and TheCaligula, he keeps a collection of people-turned-ornaments in a state of AndIMustScream, one of them being the captured Prince of Ev. After Dorothy and her friends thwart the deadly ornament game, The Nome King then tries to burn her and her friends alive with magma on several occasions. Oh yeah, he also wants to take the Tin Man and Tik Tok apart.

**But Boq wasn't in the movie; he was a Munchkin farmer that helped Dorothy in the books. So he adapted it from both. The musical seems to follow the movie more.

* CompleteMonster: Possibly the Wicked Witch of the West. Whether or not "And Your Little Dog Too" is the vengeful raving of a bereaved sister is up to interpretation.

* CompleteMonster: The Wicked Witch of the West. Where do you think the trope "AndYourLittleDogToo" comes from?

* FauxSymbolism: So much. There's a reason some historians see it as a Farmer's Movie. To name a few for the history buffs, Dorothy has ''silver'' shoes and walks on a ''yellow brick'' road to get to the ''Emerald'' City, Dorothy ends up missing the ''Scarecrow'' the most... Though it's all highly debated, and not everyone believes it.

*But Boq wasn't in the movie; he was a Munchkin farmer that helped Dorothy in the books. So he adapted it from both. The musical seems to follow the movie more.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: How the Tin Man got his parts, or rather, how he lost them. Also, when he meets up with his ''disembodied head.'' His ''former'' and ''sentient'' disembodied head; as he has a tin replacement now.
** When the Wicked Witch commands her airborne simian lackeys to destroy the Tin Woodsman and the Scarecrow and Dorothy and make the Cowardly Lion into her prisoner.

See also:
* YMMV/TheWizardOfOz (the movie)
* YMMV/LandOfOz (the book sequels)

* BrokenBase: The fandom is largely split between fans of the books and fans of the MGM movie.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The MGM movie adaptation is ''much'' better known than the Oz books. Some of the more recent ''sequels'' to ''The Wizard of Oz'' -- such as ''{{Wicked}}'' -- are based on the movie and not the book version.