- All-Star Cast: A number of familiar faces, including people who are in some way connected to The Wizard of Oz - Liza Minnelli (daughter of Judy Garland, the 1939 film's Dorothy) as Dorothy, Mickey Rooney (Garland's best friend) as the Scarecrow and Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West in the original) as Aunt Em.
- Saved from Development Hell: Film entered production in the late 1950s, with the newly-established Filmation getting involved around 1964, but due to the funding running out the film wouldn't be finished until the early 1970s, when Filmation was financially secure enough to finally complete it.
- What Could Have Been: The first draft
of the movie actually features Tip as the male co-lead of the film, with his story being mostly the same from The Marvelous Land of Oz save for one crucial detail: He never becomes Princess Ozma. Instead, the script establishes the King of Oz having a son rather than a daughter and his true name is Prince Tippetarius. One has to wonder if they were trying to avoid the gender changing aspect of Tip or the implication of Ozma (as Tip) having romantic feelings for Dorothy.
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