Dorothy Gale

* MGM
* Disney
* Muppet's
* 2014
* Minnie Mouse
* 2017-2020
* 1980
* JBtO
* T&J
* ATV
* OUAT/Child
* OUAT/Adult
* The Wiz
* LiO
* SN
* EMC
* WoO

### Relatives

Aunt Emily Gale, Uncle Henry Gale, Johney Gale (birth father; deceased), Annie Gale (birth mother; deceased), Arthur Gale (birth grandfather; deceased)

## Biographical information

### Goals

Go back to Kansas (Succeeded).
Get a brain, a heart and courage for her friends (Succeeded).
Defeat the Wicked Witch of the West (Succeeded).
Defeat Mombi and the Nome King by any means necessary (Return to Oz; Succeeded).
Defeat the Jester, and keep everyone from selling their houses from the appraiser by any means necessary (Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return; Succeeded).

## Physical description

### Hair color

brown

Toto? I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow!—Dorothy Gale, *The Wizard of Oz* (1939)

**Dorothy Gale** (nicknamed **Dotty**) is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum, author and creator of the Oz Legacy. She is the orphan main protagonist and adolescent heroine of Baum's first Oz book, *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*, published in 1900 and which is considered one of the earliest American Fairytales written. The story begins with Dorothy, her name being the very first word of the very first chapter titled "The Cyclone".

## Portrayals

In the 1939 Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, and an M&M's commercial in 2004 with the candies lost their colors, she was portrayed by the late Judy Garland (who also voiced Mewsette in Gay Purr-ee). In the Disney 1985 movie Return to Oz, she was portrayed by Fairuza Balk.

She was voiced by Laura Bailey in LEGO Dimensions, who also voiced Blaze the Cat, Chun Li, Tohru Honda, and Odette, and by Maya Rudolph in The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.

In the Tom and Jerry version, she was voiced by Grey DeLisle-Griffin who also voiced Daphne Blake, Mandy, Catwoman, Tootie, Red, and many others.

In Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, she was voiced by Kari Wahlgren who also voiced Nova from Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!, Mina Monroe from Bunnicula, and Tessa from Skylanders.

In Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, she was voiced by singer Lea Michele.

In Minnie's The Wizzard of Dizz, she was played by Minnie Mouse who was voiced by the late Russi Taylor.

In *Space Jam: A New Legacy*, the sequel of *Space Jam*, she was portrayed by Lizzy Greene.

Kirstin Maldonado, the female member of Pentatonix, played Dorothy in Todrick Hall's The Wizard of Ahhs.

## Story

She is an ordinary girl from Kansas who runs away from home when her nasty neighbor Miss Gulch threatens to file a lawsuit to take/demolish her family's farm and tries to kill her dog Toto. But when a kind gypsy named Professor Marvel convinces her that her family and friends care about her, she goes back. She is swept up in a tornado and sent to the magical land of Oz. Glinda the witch of the north sends her on a quest to find the local Wizard to help her get home and escape the clutches of her archenemy, the Wicked Witch of the West who is after the Ruby Slippers Dorothy got from her dead sister. Along the way she befriends the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion (Old Hunk, Hickory, and Zeke in Kansas) who all want something from the Wizard as well.

## History

Dorothy's name is a loosely based version of "Theodore" which means "Gift of the Gods". "Dorothy", therefore, as a female companion to Theodore would translate to "Goddess of Gifts". She was born before the turn of the twentieth century on June 10, year unknown. She shares her birthday with her iconic 1939 movie musical counterpart portrayed by Judy Garland. Like Garland, her Zodiac sign is Gemini. Surprisingly, her last name isn't revealed in the original 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It was not mentioned until the 1902 stage version of the story Baum created after the book's publication and subsequent success; "My name is Dorothy Gale. I'm one of the Kansas Gales. " To which the Scarecrow replies, "Well, that explains your breezy manner. " In the later Oz books, Baum kept the name but mercifully spared his readers the pun.

The many people Dorothy liberated and befriended had many more adventures after her departure. Each of her three traveling companions became the ruler of a country within the land. The Scarecrow (with his new brains) temporarily became the King of Oz to rule over Oz's Imperial Capital a.k.a. the Emerald City, until the long-lost rightful ruler, the Princess Ozma, was eventually found. The Tin Woodman (with his new heart) replaced the Wicked Witch of the West and became the monarch emperor to rule over the Winkie Country. And last but not least, the Cowardly Lion (with his new courage) became King of the Beasts and went to live in the wildernesses of Oz to rule over the animal kingdom, later aided by his best friend the Hungry Tiger.

Despite her vow to never leave home again, Dorothy made many more trips to the Land of Oz until ultimately deciding to reside there permanently. Each time Dorothy landed in a different enchanted neighbor country before returning to Oz proper.

## Personality

Dorothy is a sweet, good-natured, and kind hearted 12-year old-girl. She shows kindness such as freeing the Scarecrow from his pole, sticking up for the Cowardly Lion after the Wizard bellowed at him, and helping the Tin-Man after he fell in the Haunted Forest. Dorothy is also sensitive such as when Miss Gulch took Toto away from her, being trapped in the Witch of the West's castle, and when the "Wizard" betrayed her by leaving in his hot-air balloon without her. Dorothy though can be outspoken. She shows this by confronting Miss Gulch and the Lion respectively as well as the Wizard for bellowing at the Lion.

## Physical appearance

In the 1939 movie adaptation, Dorothy is a pretty farm girl who has long curly brown hair in pigtails with blue bows, a white blouse with blue pinafore and black Mary Jane shoes, later the ruby slippers. In the 2014 CGI fantasy film, Legends of Oz, Dorothy's Return, Dorothy's appearances is modernized and she wears a blue denim overall dress with brown leather country cowboy boots.

## Quotes

There's no place like home...—Dorothy hoping to return home (Woody from *Toy Story* says the same thing).

Help, Toto! HELP!—Dorothy's Damsel in Distress cry

Oh my!—Dorothy

### The Wiz (1978)

"But you don't need them now because you've had them all the time. Scarecrow, you're the one who figured out how to find the yellow brick road and how to destroy Evillene, and every smart move we've made, didn't you? Lion, you wouldn't even give up when Evillene strung you up by your tail. And, Tin Man, you have more heart than anyone I've ever known.—Dorothy to Tin Woodman.

They've had what they've been searching for in them all along. I don't what's in you. You'll have to find that out for yourself. But I do know one thing: you'll never find it in the safety of this room. I tried that all my life. It doesn't work. There's a whole world out there. And you'll have to begin by letting people see who you really are.—Dorothy

### Disney's Return to Oz

Oh Billina, we're back in Oz! Now I can show you all of the people and thing's that nobody would believe in!—Dorothy upon her return to Oz in Disney's *Return to Oz*

Billina! This is our old house. The one the tornado blew away. This is how I got to Oz the first time.—Dorothy to Billina, showing the house that got swept up by a tornado.

That's where we landed on the Wicked Witch of the East.—Dorothy showing Billina about what happened when they arrived at Oz for the first time, during the return

But... where are all the munchkins?—Dorothy noticing the munchkins are missing.

...if this is the land of Oz, then this is the Deadly Desert. It surrounds Oz, last time Toto and I flew over it in the old house. Anything living that touches it, turns to sand...—Dorothy

### Teamed with Pentatonix

I'm wide awake!—Dorothy after the tornado was gone, before finding herself in Oz

I knew you were trouble when you walked in! So shame on you now! Took me to places I've never been! You're just a lion on the cold hard ground!—Dorothy singing while scolding the Cowardly lion

### Other

Tom. Jerry. Thanks ever so much!—Dorothy after Tom and Jerry saved her life for the first time.

I know it's not Kansas.—Dorothy Gale in *LEGO Dimensions*

Oh no! Not another tornado!—Dorothy Gale in *LEGO Dimensions*

Oh my. Wasn't the land of Dizz wonderful? Now let's all celebrate together. Up on your feet everybody, and dance, dance, dance! Ha-ha!—Minnie Mouse as Dorothy Gale during the Hot Dog Dance

Oh, but... it wasn't a dream. Um, you were blue, and you were red, and you were yellow. You were all in color, and all so beautiful... Oh, it was a lot better.—Dorothy meeting the M&M's spokescandies

## Trivia

* She used to be a farmer of the Kansas Gale Farm, until she became princess of Oz.