The Wizard of Oz (TV series)

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox television The Wizard of Oz is a 1990 American animated television series produced by DIC Animation City to capitalize on the popularity of the 1939 film version, to which DiC had acquired the rights from Turner Entertainment, Co.[1] The series aired for thirteen episodes and premiered on ABC, starting on September 8, 1990.[2] The show presented a number of stories and characters from L. Frank Baum's original Oz series.[3]

Author Jeff Lenburg mentioned an aspect of the series wherein Dorothy has to learn to believe in herself.[4]

In the series, Dorothy uses the ruby slippers to return to Oz. She learns that the winged monkeys have already resurrected the Wicked Witch of the West, who has conquered the Emerald City. The Wizard is trapped with a spell involving a never-ending wind, and Dorothy has to rescue him.

Despite using the slippers to return to Oz, in the episodes, Dorothy isn't entirely sure how the slippers work. Glinda often tells Dorothy to only use the slippers as a last resort. In one episode, Dorothy clicks her heels 4 times, as if each click is more powerful than the last. Aside from the pilot, generally when the slippers are used, they don't always help in the best way.

Plot

Dorothy has decided to return to Oz with Toto, by using the ruby slippers that showed up on her doorstep. She invokes her return by clicking her heels and reciting "There is no place like Oz". Upon arriving there, she reunites with Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion.

Dorothy learns from Glinda that the Wicked Witch of the West has been resurrected by Truckle and his fellow winged monkeys. With the Wicked Witch of the West back from the dead, the Emerald City has been taken over by her and she has stolen the gifts that were given to Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion.[1]

The Wizard is in his hot air balloon, which is under a spell that causes it to be constantly blown around by an evil wind. Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion set out to rescue him and defeat the Wicked Witch once and for all.

Comparison with source material

The series incorporated music and visual elements from the 1939 film version, including the Scarecrow's diploma and Dorothy's ruby slippers. At the same time, the character of Dorothy was designed with an appearance similar to that of Princess Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid and was not intended to resemble Judy Garland.[1] In the film, it is largely implied that Oz was a head-trauma-induced delirium,[5] instead of a real place, while in the TV series, it was a real land.

Episodes

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Principal voice actors

Additional voices

Crew

International and re-airings

After its run on ABC, the series reaired on Bohbot Entertainment's Amazin' Adventures block from 1992-1993, The Disney Channel from 1991-1992, Toon Disney from the channel's launch in 1998 until 2002 & on HBO from 1995-1996.

In Canada, the series aired on YTV from 1990 to 1995.

Home media

United States

"The Marvelous Milkmaid of Mechanica" has never been released in the United States in any home video format. "The Lion that Squeaked" is available only on VHS.

Release Format Episodes Distributor Release date
The Rescue of Oz VHS The Rescue of the Emerald City Part I
The Rescue of the Emerald City Part II 		Turner Home Entertainment 1991
Danger in a Strange Land[6] Time Town
The Day the Music Died
We're Off to Save the Wizard[7] Upside Downtown
A Star is Gone
Ruby Slipper Slip Up The Lion that Squeaked
A Star is Gone
Fearless Fearless Buena Vista Home Video 1994
Crystal Clear Crystal Clear
The Rescue of the Emerald City Part I The Rescue of the Emerald City Part I
The Rescue of the Emerald City Part II The Rescue of the Emerald City Part II
Rescue of the Emerald City VHS/DVD The Rescue of the Emerald City Part I
The Rescue of the Emerald City Part II
The Day the Music Died (DVD only) 		Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Trimark Home Video 		April 23, 2002
The Continuing Story Time Town
We're not in Kansas Anymore
Crystal Clear
Fearless (DVD only) 		Sterling Entertainment September 2, 2003
We're Off to Save the Wizard! Hot Air
A Star is Gone
Upside Downtown
Dream a Little Dream (DVD only) 		September 5, 2005

International

United Kingdom

Release Format Episodes Distributor Release date
The Wizard of Oz - Volume 1 VHS/DVD The Rescue of the Emerald City Part I
The Rescue of the Emerald City Part II
Crystal Clear
Fearless 		Anchor Bay UK 2004
The Wizard of Oz - Volume 2 DVD The Marvelous Milkmaid Of Mechanica
The Lion That Squeaked
A Star is Gone
Hot Air
The Wizard of Oz - Volume 1 A Star is Gone
Dream a Little Dream 		Avenue Entertainment 2005
The Wizard of Oz - Volume 2 We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Time Town

See also

References

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External links

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  2. ↑ See www.tvguide.com/tvshows/wizard-oz/205567 (accessed on January 19, 2011)
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  5. ↑ L. Frank Baum, The Annotated Wizard of Oz, edited by Michael Patrick Hearn, New York, Crown, 1976; p. 96. Template:ISBN.
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