Talk:Dorothy Gale

message: Was it a tornado, or a cyclone, that brought Dorothy to Oz?
Chapter one of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is called "The Cyclone". However, any climatologist will tell you that Baum was simply mistaken - it had 
In meteorology, the distinction is probably clear, but in American English (presumably Baum's native tongue), "cyclone" is a synonym for the very small, highly destructive Midwestern storms.  This requires reference to the articles (not done by me), but probably the correct markupcyclone</nowiki>.  (Does this call for a dab at cyclone?) --Jerzy(t) 23:43, 2005 Jan 27 (UTC)
:According to The Annotated Wizard of Oz by Michael Patrick Hearn, Baum learned the distinction and requested a change after the initial printing, but it was never done.  Instead they changed "yellow" to "scarlet" or "bright" and "pleasure" to "please" for no apparent reason. --Scottandrewhutchins 16:19, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tornado, or Cyclone?

message: I have made extensive revisions to this article as part of an effort of mine to upgrade and improve the articles for Oz characters. The old article was basically only about the character as she appears in the classic books. I have added information about the subsequent movie as well as the modern revisionist works.  I also seperated the article into individual sections to make it more readable.
--MatthewUND 21:48, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major article re-write 

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message: wouldn't it be more specific, in the opening paragraph to call her dress a pinafore/pinafore dress?
Also, while it's iconic to every adaptation, most fail to mention why it was signifigant to the plot. Namely, blue being Munchkin colors, and white being the preferred color of sorceresses (magic users slightly below Wizards and Witches power-wise). So, Boq and company see this house fly outta nowhere and land square on the evil Witch oppressing them. They peek inside and, not having a really good look, think they are dealing with a full-grown Munchkin sorceress. This is why they get the Witch of the North as backup. They thought this "sorceress" had pretentions to become the next Witch!Allronix 05:01, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  gingham checked dress 

message: Someone told me that there is the "house of Dorothy" is a touristical attraction in Kansas. Is this true?
:See Liberal, Kansas... AnonMoos 14:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dorothy's house in Kansas 

message: I've removed the following from the article:
:Todd McFarlane's action figure of Dorothy for his "Twisted Land of Oz" line shows her in bondage gear, being attacked and bound by two deformed versions of Munchkins. In the accompanying story, she is an eighteen-year-old goth girl with a lot of teenage angst, and ends up in Oz by way of a magic corset. She meets the Scarecrow, the Lion and the Tin Woodman, and goes to the Emerald City, where the Wizard uses her to unleash 'Ozmic power', which transforms the characters into grotesque distortions of themselves.
I don't think that this toy line is sufficiently notable to merit inclusion in the article for Dorothy Gale, and have already asked if there are any objections at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Oz and Talk:McFarlane Toys.  If anyone has evidence that this toy line and its accompanying story were particularly noteworthy (e.g. coverage in mainstream media), it can be restored. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:09, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  McFarlane toy removed 

message: The Sidebar is silly. I suggest deletion. 194.144.92.20 16:32, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an infobox, and it is essential to having a quality article under Good Article or Featured Article standards. --Scottandrewhutchins  —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 18:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sidebar 

message: Isn't there a Dorothy Bar in one of the hotels in Las Vegas where the servers are all dressed as Dorothy? If so then it should be mentioned in the article. I just Googled for it, but without result. HairyWombat (talk) 01:37, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dorothy Bar, Las Vegas 

message: In America at least, the character of Dorothy Gale is often associated with gay and/or transvestite men. It's a shortcoming of this article that nowhere in it is the fact mentioned, despite having two other Wikipedia articles addressing the Dorothy-Gay connection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_of_Dorothy and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland_as_gay_icon#Friend_of_Dorothy  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sethnessatwikipedia (talk • contribs) 10:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Added "See also" section to article with link to Friend of Dorothy. HairyWombat (talk) 17:28, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gay/transvestite Icon? 

message: The picture from the book series with caption: 
"Dorothy, as depicted by John R. Neill, is usually cited by fans of the book series as the way they see the character." 
- is in fact a depiction of Betsy Bobbins. 
Curiously, although the "Summary" on the picture's page clearly states "Betsy Bobbins as depicted by John R. Neill", the picture itself is entitled 'DorothyGaleNeill.jpg', and the uploader (Scottandrewhutchins) declares that it is of "Dorothy as depicted by John R. Neill".  
The young girl is clearly a straw-blonde or redhead like Betsy, and quite unlike other descriptions of Dorothy, so I'm really not sure how this could have happened. 
SDoradus  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.188.233.44 (talk) 07:23, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The picture is of Betsy Bobbins, not Dorothy Gale 

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message: Who voiced Dorothy Gale in an M&M's commercial by the time the M&M's lost their colors? NoahAlexanderJohnson101 (talk) 21:02, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: Is it really relevant to have a whole section about the Gay community using Dorothy as a form of code? This is an article on the character, not gay culture and references. 2604:2D80:4302:5D00:2EA0:B3A2:80BD:F488 (talk) 06:18, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not overly long, relevant to Dorothy Gale, and there's plenty of sourcing. Cerebral726 (talk) 12:41, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It does not appear to be relevant to the character. 2604:2D80:4302:5D00:2602:63C3:BDB4:1C7D (talk) 12:50, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevance of LGBTQ Section