Dorothy's Adventures in Oz

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***Dorothy's Adventures in Oz*** is an American-Canadian animated television mini series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and WildBrain (for animation and voice acting). It is loosely based on the *Oz* book series by L. Frank Baum and serves as a spin-off and sequel to the 1964 DreamWorks Animation and Rankin/Bass animated film *Return to Oz*, as well as both a reboot and sequel to the 1961 Rankin/Bass animated series *The Tales of the Wizard of Oz*. While a fewer episodes take elements from the *Oz* books, most of them are originally written for the show.

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The series premiered on Universal Kids on January 5, 2019 with the four-part special "The Great Oz Rescue", and ran for an one-year run until its series finale on December 11 of the same year with approximately 40 episodes due to creators wanting it to be an one-season series, despite receiving positive reviews from critics and audiences and high ratings.

## Summary

After the events of *Return to Oz*, the series follows Dorothy Gale, who often gets blown into a tornado and embarks on new adventures in the Land of Oz alongside with her Oz pals, Rusty the Tin Man, Socrates the Scarecrow, and Dandy the Cowardly Lion, in a variety of situations that they will go through and learning the advices from Glinda the Good Witch of the North, with various lessons and meanings about friendship and magic.

## Voice cast

* Tara Strong as Dorothy Gale
* Scott McNeil as Rusty the Tin Man
* Matt Hill as Socrates the Scarecrow
* Ian James Corlett as Dandy the Lion
* Nicole Oliver as Glinda
* Maurice LaMarche as the Wizard

### Additional voices

* Tabitha St. Germain
* Andrea Libman
* Britt McKillip as Princess Ozma
* Peter New as Uncle Henry
* Cathy Weseluck as Auntie Em
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* Scott McNeil
* Chiara Zanni
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### Guest stars

*Dorothy's Adventures in Oz* features special appearances of recognizable voice actors (particularly celebrities) in occasional episodes. The following voice cast includes:

* Tress MacNeille as the Mouse Queen
* Christopher Plummer as King Pastoria
* Tim Curry as the Nome King
* Alvin Sanders as Mr. Gale
* Jamie Lee Curtis as Mrs. Gale
* Mila Kunis as the Wicked Witch of the East
* "Weird Al" Yankovic
* Josh Gad
* Seth MacFarlane
* Rachael MacFarlane
* Alan Tudyk
* Elton John
* Grey DeLisle as the Good Witch of the South
* Martin Short
* Charles Fleischer as the crow

## Episodes

1. ***The Great Oz Rescue*** - Dorothy, Toto, Rusty, Socrates and Dandy embark on a journey to rescue the Munchkins from the revived Wicked Witch of the East who plans to use them as ingredients for a spell to revive the Wicked Witch of the West.
2. ***That's What I Call Entertainment*** - TBD
3. ***Party of Oz*** - TBD
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8. ***Dandy's Bar*** - TBD
9. ***Under Command in Crime*** **(Part One)** - Dorothy is used by Kansas' most wanted criminal Hiester McGreed who have hypnotic powers, as she is forced for a heisting spree in Oz, using her magic silver slippers to rob the Emerald City. Meanwhile, [Dandy-focused subplot]
10. ***Dorothy's Prison Break* (Part Two)** - TBD
11. ***Secret Agent Dorothy*** - TBD
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13. ***Amn-Oz-ia*** - After TBD, Dorothy suffers amnesia TBD
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16. ***Dandy the Swordslion*** -
17. ***Super Dorothy*** - After TBD that gave her a bunch of superpowers (and inspired by Dandy's superhero comic books), Dorothy becomes a superheroine named "Super Dorothy", which no one seems to know is her despite not changing her voice. TBD
18. ***The Revenge of the Wicked Witch of the East*** **(Part One)** -
19. ***The Trial of Dandy*** **(Part Two)** -
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40. ***Goodbye, Dorothy*** - TBD

## Home release

In February 2020, *Dorothy's Adventures in Oz* was released in complete series on DVD and Blu-ray, distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Today, the show is available on streaming services including Peacock and Hulu.

## Quotes

* **Dorothy:** (*repeating line*) Am-Oz-ing!

(*In the episode "The Great Oz Rescue" after Rusty, Socrates and Dancy rescue Dorothy from the sirens*)

* **Dorothy:** TBD
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* **Dorothy:** (*repeating line*) Twister, twister. Please appear without a pause. Twister, twister. Please take me to Oz.

* **Dorothy:** (*repeating line*) Twister, twister. Please bring me home in Kansas. Twister, twister. Please give me happiness.

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## Trivia

* Despite its cancellation and, like the original 1964 film, isn't considered memorable, the show had then gained a cult following in the fanbase of the *Oz* book series and its related media.
* This is the second *Wizard of Oz*-based animated series in the WildBrian library, the first one is the 1990 animated television series produced by DiC Entertainment.
	+ The two *Oz* series in the WildBrain library are unrelated to each other, since DiC's series is based on the 1939 iconic film and *Dorothy's Adventures in Oz* is based on the Rankin/Bass version.
* Despite the series being based on *Return to Oz*, several episodes show references from other *Oz* adaptations (mainly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1939 classic *The Wizard of Oz*). Examples include:
	+ In a recurring gag used in three episodes "Party in Oz", "Secret Agent Dorothy", and "Super Dorothy", one of the costumes Dorothy tries out is a reference to her dress in the MGM film. In a scene of the latter episode, Dorothy lets out her secret password "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", which is a reference to the signature song from the MGM film.
	+ In the episode "TBD", the Wizard finds a record with titled "The Wizard and I". It is a reference to the song from the Broadway musical *Wicked*.
	+ [Reference to Disney's *Return to Oz*]
	+ [Reference to *The Muppets' Wizard of Oz*]
	+ [Reference to *The Wiz* and its film adaptation]
	+ [Reference to *Oz the Great and Powerful*]
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	+ In the episode "Dandy's Family Tree", the names of seven of Dandy's relatives are Leo, Slats, Jackie, Telly, Coffee, Tanner and George, who are all named after MGM's lion mascots.
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* Like the film and unlike most of reboot animated series, the series takes place in the 1960s.
* The show features non-speaking cameos of other DreamWorks Animation and Classic Media characters such as:
	+ Bluehilda from the *Dreamtoons* franchise in the episode "The Great Oz Rescue" where she appears in a picture frame.
	+ Casper the Friendly Ghost and Wendy the Good Little Witch (in their *Casper and Wendy* versions) in the episode "TBD" where they unintentionally scare Dandy while trying to ask him for directions.
	+ Shrek and Donkey from *Shrek* in the episode "TBD" where TBD
	+ Actual YouTube thumbnails of *Goldy Twist*, *All Dogs Go to Heaven*, *Headin' South*, *My, Mye Mystery*, *Trapito*, *Roboy*, *Platero*, *The Story of Hansel and Gretel*, *Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas*, *The Nutcracker*, *Manuelita*, *The Snow Queen*, *Frosty the Snowman*, *The Prince and the Pauper*, *Mouse in the House*, and *Tom, Huck and Becky* in the episode "TBD" when they are shown as film posters the Oz Cinema.
	+ Puss in Boots from the film of the same name in the episode "Dandy the Swordslion" where he is Dandy's training in swordsman
	+ DreamWorks' superheroes Atomic Mouse, Underdog, Super Chicken, Roger Ramjet and the American Eagles (in their 2016 reboot versions), Mina of the Forest, Terr'ble Tessie, Super Hijitus, The Fantastic Family, The Terrific Trio, He-Man, She-Ra, Super Snowman, Radical Rhinos, LarryBoy, Big Five, Fartboy and Belchgirl, Mousegirl, Red Wonder & Golden Girl, The Indestructible Four, Electric Symphony, The Wheelgates, Mighty Girl, The Indestructibles!, Male and Female, Volcana, Team Umizoomi (under permission from Nickelodeon), The Crusaders, Metro Man, The Red Eagles, Vengeance, Magical Sisters, The Supremes, Brave Braverton, Atomic Puppet, Nuclear Boy & Nuclear Girl, the Justice Alliance, Princess War Tickle, The Awesome Six, Gum Belle, Superior Fatso, Bear-Man & Badger-Woman, Scarlet Shield, Captain Dynamic & Girl Wonder, Dogboy & Catgirl and the Mouse-Mouse, the Green Beret & the Red Fedora, the Sentais, the Star-Kids, Plastika, Wisecracker, Goodie Girl & Buffet Boy, the International Justice League of Super Acquaintances, the Space Angels, the Ninja Four, Super Squadron 6000, Captain Underpants, and Warrior Girl in the episode "Super Dorothy" where they all appear in comic books read by Dorothy and Dandy in both the beginning and ending scenes.
	+ Larguirucho in the episode "Party of Oz" where TBD
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	+ The Granhampa from the *Dreamtoons* franchise, Rough from *Friendly*, Professor Neurus from *The Adventures of Hijitus*, Joshua C. Smalls from *Druggy the Clown*, Count Olaf from *A Series of Unfortunate Events*, Professor Sharpedge from *Big Five*, and cartoon versions of both the TBD family from *The Criminal Family* and the Bloomington family from *Blood House* in the episode "Under Command in Crime" where they are all seen in wanted posters in Kansas Police Department where Aunt Em and Uncle Henry try to pay Dorothy's bail after she is mistakenly arrested.
		- In the same episode, a wanted poster of Goldilocks and the Three Bears Crime Family from *Dreamtoons: Shrek* is seen in a window of a store in Esmerald City.
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	+ Poppy, Branch, the Crook Badgers and the Seven Animals from *Trolls* in the episode "Dandy's Bar" where TBD, showing the episode to be set in the middle of *Trolls*.
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