page_title: Winged monkeys
hierarchical_section_title: Winged monkeys
caption_attribution_description: "The Monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away with her." An illustration by W. W. Denslow from the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, also known as The Wizard of Oz, a 1900 children's novel by L. Frank Baum.
context_page_description: Winged monkeys are fictional characters created by American author L. Frank Baum in his children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. They are jungle monkeys with bird-like feathered wings. They are most notably remembered from the famous 1939 musical film by MGM. Ever since, they have taken their own place in popular culture, regularly referenced in comedic or ironic situations as a source of evil or fear.
context_section_description: Winged monkeys (often referred to in adaptations and popular culture as flying monkeys) are fictional characters created by American author L. Frank Baum in his children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). They are jungle monkeys with bird-like feathered wings. They are most notably remembered from the famous 1939 musical film by MGM. Ever since, they have taken their own place in popular culture, regularly referenced in comedic or ironic situations as a source of evil or fear.
caption: "The monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away with her"—illustration by W. W. Denslow in  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
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