History Characters / LandOfOz

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Su-dic is his title (or a shortened form of it, not his name.

* VainSorceress

* CuteKidsAndRobots

!!Glinda of Oz

The ruler of the Flatheads.

The Queen of the Skeezers and a powerful Krumbic Witch.

** Also, interestingly enough, in those subsequent appearances he became even more pompous and conceited than before, to the point where none of the other characters liked him much. Fans are still debating whether this was CharacterizationMarchesOn or CharacterDerailment.

* BreakoutCharacter: He was considered this for a while after ''The Marvelous Land of Oz'' came out, having large roles in side projects such as the comic strip ''Queer Visitors from the Land of Oz'' and quite a bit of merchandise devioted solely to him -- there were Woggle-Bug postcards, Woggle-Bug buttons, a Woggle-Bug song, a Woggle-Bug board game and a book starring him called, imaginatively enough, ''The Woggle-Bug Book,'' which was closely tied to (and meant to promote) the stage musical ''The Woggle-Bug,'' which was loosely based on ''The Marvelous Land of Oz.'' The musical, however, bombed, and that was pretty much the end of the Woggle-Bug's superstardom. He'd have drastically reduced roles in the following books.
** Also, interestingly enough, in those subsequent appearances he became even more pompous and conceited than before, to the point where none of the other characters liked him much. Fans are still debating whether this was CharacterizationMarchesOn or Character Derailment.

* RefugeeFromTVLand (The Wogglebug is one of the first examples of a character projected upon a screen who then escapes from the screen.)

--> ''The creature was all squares and flat surfaces and edges. Its head was an exact square, like one of the building-blocks a child plays with; therefore it had no ears, but heard sounds through two openings in the upper corners. Its nose, being in the center of a square surface, was flat, while the mouth was formed by the opening of the lower edge of the block. The body of the Woozy was much larger than its head, but was likewise block-shaped—being twice as long as it was wide and high. The tail was square and stubby and perfectly straight, and the four legs were made in the same way, each being four-sided. The animal was covered with a thick, smooth skin and had no hair at all except at the extreme end of its tail, where there grew exactly three stiff, stubby hairs. The beast was dark blue in color and his face was not fierce nor ferocious in expression, but rather good-humored and droll.''

A strange, yet friendly creature made up of only squares and flat surfaces, and who therefore prides himself on [[IncrediblyLamePun "being square."]] He's good-natured and helpful, but insists that he can be very ferocious when angry, fire flashes from his eyes, and he has the most terrifying growl of any animal. [[spoiler: The part about the fire turns out to be true, the part about the roar turns out to be very, very false.]]

* BigEater: And how.

** In 'Wicked,' her name is revealed to be Elphaba. The name was made by taking L. Frank Baum's initials and using their sounds (L.F.B- El-fah-bah.)

* PowerPerversionPotential: Princess Ozma has a magic painting that can see anywhere in Oz. Talk about the ultimate spy cam.

!!The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

!!!Dorothy Gale

!!!Scarecrow

!!!The Tin Woodsman, AKA Nicollo "Nick" Chopper

!!!The Cowardly Lion

!!!Toto

!!!The Wizard, AKA O.Z. Diggs

!!!Glinda, the Good Witch of South

!!!The Wicked Witch of the West

!!!Locasta/Tattypoo, the Good Witch Of the North

!!!Winged Monkeys

!!!Jellia Jamb

!!!Omby Amby

!!!Aunt Em and Uncle Henry

!!The Marvelous Land of Oz

!!!Princess Ozma Tippetarius of Oz

!!!Jack Pumpkinhead

!!!Mr. H. M. Woggle-Bug, T.E.

!!!The Gump

!!!Mombi

!!!General Jinjur

!!!Army of Revolt

!!Ozma of Oz

!!!Billina

!!!Tik-Tok

!!!The Hungry Tiger

!!!The Nome King

!!!Kaliko

!!Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

!!!Eureka

!!Road to Oz

!!!Shaggy Man

!!!Button-Bright

!!!Polychrome the Rainbow's daughter

!!The Patchwork Girl of Oz

!!!Ojo the (Un)Lucky

!!!Bungle The Glass Cat

!!!Patchwork Girl aka "Scraps"

!!!The Woozy

!!Tik-Tok of Oz

!!!Betsy Bobbin

!!!Hank

!!!Queen Ann Soforth

!!!Jo Files

!!!The Rose Princess, Ozga

!!!Quox

!!The Scarecrow of Oz

!!!Mayre "Trot" Griffiths

!!!"Cap'n" Bill Weedles

!!!Flipper the Ork

!!! The Su-dic (Supreme Dictator)

!!! Coo-ee-oh

!!! Red Reera

* ElephantsChild: Trot is very curious and thoughtful and tends to ask a lot of questions, perhaps because she has the well-traveled Cap'n Bill as a ready MrExposition, who gives her the opportunity to play TheWatson on more than one occasion.

* HeelFaceTurn: Completely unwillingly on their part; they ''have'' to follow whoever possesses the Golden Cap and have no more choice in serving Dorothy than they did the Witch.

** This gets taken UpToEleven at the end when she is accused of eating one of the now-sentient, talking piglets near the end of the novel. She refuses to defend herself and treats the trial for her life like a clown show. spoiler:[[It turns out that she had intended to, but an accident robbed her of the chance. As a result, her execution is stayed]], but she is shunned by the other residents of Oz and begs to be taken home. As noted above, that doesn't last.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Before going into battle with King Krewl, Flipper leaves the party to go to his homeland. He returns with most of his clan in tow - just in time to save the Scarecrow.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: He points out that the Orks achieved mastery over their land by being in harmony with it, and not driving everything else to extinction.

* NobleSavage: Definitely fits into this role, since the Orks disdain technology and consider themselves higher moral beings then the earth-bound humans.

* SuperMode: He and the other Orks can call up ''small tornadoes'' with their proptails. Proves highly useful in rescuing the Scarecrow from being burned at the stake!
* TenMinuteRetirement: Before going into battle with King Krewl, Flipper leaves the party to go to his homeland. He returns - just in time to save the Scarecrow.

** This gets taken UpToEleven at the end when she is accused of eating one of the now-sentient, talking piglets near the end of the novel. She refuses to defend herself and treats the trial for her life like a clown show. It turns out that she had intended to, but an accident robbed her of the chance. As a result, her execution is stayed, but she is shunned by the other residents of Oz and begs to be taken home.

* TheChick

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating

* BalefulPolymorph: Subject to this in Ruth Plumly Thompson's ''The Giant Horse of Oz,'' which some fans take as {{Discontinuity}}.

* TheGenericGuy: As Dorothy's SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, Betsy never developed an identity of her own, and is an extremely minor character in the rest of Baum's books. Ruth Plumly Thompson used her as a main character in a couple of books, but she never really grew out of her Generic Guy status.

A Yookoohoo.

* {{Accidental Hero}}ine

* {{The Hero}}ine

* {{Kid Hero}}ine

* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Em and Henry notice Dorothy's behavior changed after her time in Oz, and became more of a dreamer than usual. It was one of the factors in IChooseToStay.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Scarecrow.

* TinMan: TropeNamer.

An Omaha, Nebraska sideshowman, ventriloquist, and {{ma|sterOfIllusion}}gician, who came to the [[MagicalLand Land of Oz]] by accident in a hot air balloon. He tells Dorothy and her friends they must first kill the Wicked Witch of the West before he will grant the favors they seek from him. After accomplishing this mission, Dorothy discovered him to be a [[TheManBehindTheCurtain humbug]] (not a real wizard). After being exposed by Dorothy he finds a way to help the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion get what they desire most, brains, a heart, and courage. He then leaves the Land of Oz the same way he first arrived, by a hot air balloon. After returning to America, the Wizard found his way back to Oz once again, where he was invited to stay and become a real wizard. He has learned much real magic from Glinda the Good, and is now one of Ozma's closest advisers.

* RedshirtArmy: Glinda's army.

* BadBoss: She must had been this if her {{mooks}} celebrated her death.

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Her Barkeep]]: Baum never gave her a name.

* MeaningfulName: No, really, that's her name.

* WeaksauceWeakness: A bucket of water? Really!?

* BalefulPolymorph: Subject to this in Ruth Plumly Thompson's ''The Giant Horse of Oz,'' which some fans take as {{Discontinuity}}.

* ServileSnarker: Of the good-natured kind. Her mischievous sense of humor is highlighted in a particularly memorable way in the famous [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "translator" scene]] in ''The Marvelous Land of Oz,'' [[CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator where she has great fun acting as an "interpreter" between the Scarecrow and Jack Pumpkinhead, when the two fail to realize they're speaking the same language.]]

* GentleGiant: He's consistently described as "very tall" (though one book states that his long beard makes him look taller than he is), and has a very gentle nature.

* AChildShallLeadThem

* {{The Hero}}ine

* IconicCharacters: Princess Ozma appears to be the model for [[ANewHope Princess Leia]] and [[ThePhantomMenace Queen Amidala]].
* {{Kid Hero}}ine

* MultipleChoicePast: Thanks to {{retcon}}s and ContinuityDrift, the reader has a choice on the origin of Princess Ozma.

* TheDragon: To General Jinjur.

* WickedStepmother

* WouldntHitAGirl: They're counting on it.

[[RobotNames Tik-Tok]] is an incredible [[RobotBuddy copper mechanical man]]. He has a [[ClockPunk wind-up clock mechanism]] for thinking, speaking, walking, and other movements. He was made by Smith & Tinker at their Works in Evna. He was purchased by King Evoldo and named [[RobotNames Tik-Tok]] because of the sound he makes when wound up. Dorothy finds him in the rock chamber where he had been placed by Evoldo. He proves to be quite invaluable to her in the challenges she faces in this adventure which carries them deep into the Nome King's underground domains. Tik-Tok becomes an honored member of Ozma's retinue in the Emerald City, joining in many other adventures in the Land of Oz.

* CuteKidsAndRobots

* RobotBuddy: Tik-Tok was around before the term "robot" was coined.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Possibly -- it's a popular fan theory that the unnamed tiger that appears in ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is the same as the Hungry Tiger, though this was never officially confirmed.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Whether he's "The Nome King" or "The Gnome King" generally depends on the author.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Eggs. (Possibly symbolic of the matriarchy present in Oz.)

* {{Hobo|s}}

* PowerPerversionPotential: The Love Magnet.

* UpgradeArtifact: The Love Magnet.

* {{Catchphrase}}: See above. Only applies to his first appearance, though.

* {{Hammerspace}}

* {{Catchphrase}}: Whenever something goes wrong, Ojo will state that the reason for the misfortune is that ''"I'm Ojo the Unlucky."''

* {{Catchphrase}}

* DeadpanSnarker

* TheGenericGuy: As Dorothy's SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, Betsy never developed an identity of her own, and is an extremely minor character in the rest of Baum's books. Ruth Plumly Thompson used her as a main character in a couple of books, but she never really grew out of her Generic Guy status.

* {{Expy}}: For Toto, originally.
* NonHumanSidekick

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* {{Expy}}: In the stage play, her role was played by Ozma. Since this wouldn't fit with the continuity of the books, Ozga was created to take her place.

The ruler of the Flatheads.

A Yookoohoo.

* {{Bowdlerise}} / WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the first draft, she initially appeared as a wired-together [[DemBones skeleton]] with flaming eyes. This was changed to an ape in a lace apron to avoid scaring any kids.

* GenericGuy: As Dorothy's SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, Betsy never developed an identity of her own, and is an extremely minor character in the rest of Baum's books. Ruth Plumly Thompson used her as a main character in a couple of books, but she never really grew out of her GenericGuy status.

* FridgeLogic: If the Tin Man is really made out of tin, then he can't possibly rust, as tin doesn't rust. In fact, it resists corrosion so well that it is often plated on to other metals to prevent ''them'' from corroding.

* AccidentalHero

* TheHero
* KidHero

* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Em and Henry notice Dorothy's behavior changed after her time in Oz, and became more of a dreamer than usual. It was one of the factors in IChooseToStay

* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Scarecrow.

* NightmareFuel: How the Tin Man got his parts, or rather, how he lost them. Also, when he meets up with his ''disembodied head.'' His ''former'' and ''sentient'' disembodied head; as he has a tin replacement now.

* TinMan: TropeNamer

An Omaha, Nebraska sideshowman, ventriloquist, and [[MasterOfIllusion magician]], who came to the [[MagicalLand Land of Oz]] by accident in a hot air balloon. He tells Dorothy and her friends they must first kill the Wicked Witch of the West before he will grant the favors they seek from him. After accomplishing this mission, Dorothy discovered him to be a [[{{TheManBehindTheCurtain}} humbug]] (not a real wizard). After being exposed by Dorothy he finds a way to help the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion get what they desire most, brains, a heart, and courage. He then leaves the Land of Oz the same way he first arrived, by a hot air balloon. After returning to America, the Wizard found his way back to Oz once again, where he was invited to stay and become a real wizard. He has learned much real magic from Glinda the Good, and is now one of Ozma's closest advisers.

* RedShirtArmy: Glinda's army

* BadBoss: She must had been this if her mooks celebrated her death.
* CompleteMonster: Where do you think the trope "[[AndYourLittleDogToo And Your Little Dog Too]]" comes from.

* DracoInLeatherPants and / or FetishFuel: Being played by Maragaret Hamilton really helped this.
* [[{{Fanon}} Fanon Name]]: Other authors have given the names "Elphaba", "Evillene" and "Bastinda" for her in their versions of Oz.

* MeaningfulName: No, really that's her name.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Baum never gave her a name.
* WeakSauceWeakness: A bucket of water? Really!?

* BalefulPolymorph: Subject to this in Ruth Plumly Thompson's ''The Giant Horse of Oz,'' which some fans take as DisContinuity.

* NightmareFuel: When the Wicked Witch commands her airborne simian lackeys to destroy the Tin Woodsman and the Scarecrow and Dorothy and make the Cowardly Lion into her prisoner.

* ServileSnarker: Of the good-natured kind. Her mischievous sense of humor is highlighted in a particularly memorable way in the famous [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "translator" scene]] in ''The Marvelous Land of Oz,'' [[CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator where she has great fun acting as an "interpreter" between the Scarecrow and Jack Pumpkinhead, when the two fail to realize they're speaking the same language.]]

* GentleGiant: He's consistantly described as "very tall" (though one book states that his long beard makes him look taller than he is), and has a very gentle nature.

* AChildShallLeadThem

* TheHero

* IconicCharacters: Princess Ozma appears to be the model for [[StarWars Princess Leia]] and [[StarWars Queen Amidala]].
* KidHero

* MultipleChoicePast: Thanks to [[{{Retcon}} retcons]] and ContinuityDrift, the reader has a choice on the origin of Princess Ozma.
* NightmareFuel: How the Princess was found in ''The Marvelous Land of Oz'' might qualify.

* TheDragon: To General Jinjur

* VoluntaryShapeshifting

* {{Wouldnt Hit A Girl}}: They're counting on it.

[[RobotNames Tik-Tok]] is an incredible [[RobotBuddy copper mechanical man]]. He has a [[{{ClockworkPunk}} wind-up clock mechanism]] for thinking, speaking, walking, and other movements. He was made by Smith & Tinker at their Works in Evna. He was purchased by King Evoldo and named [[RobotNames Tik-Tok]] because of the sound he makes when wound up. Dorothy finds him in the rock chamber where he had been placed by Evoldo. He proves to be quite invaluable to her in the challenges she faces in this adventure which carries them deep into the Nome King's underground domains. Tik-Tok becomes an honored member of Ozma's retinue in the Emerald City, joining in many other adventures in the Land of Oz.

* {{Cute Kids And Robots}}

* RoboSpeak: The oldest version of this trope.

* EarlybirdCameo: Possibly -- it's a popular fan theory that the unnamed tiger that appears in ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is the same as the Hungry Tiger, though this was never officially confirmed.

* {{Spell My Name With An S}}: Whether he's "The Nome King" or "The Gnome King" generally depends on the author.
* WeakSauceWeakness: Eggs. (Possibly symbolic of the matriarchy present in Oz.)

* [[{{Hobos}} Hobo]]

* PowerPerversionPotential: The Love Magnet

* UpgradeArtifact: The Love Magnet

* CatchPhrase: See above. Only applies to his first appearance, though.

* HammerSpace

* CatchPhrase: Whenever something goes wrong, Ojo will state that the reason for the misfortune is that ''"I'm Ojo the Unlucky."''

* TheWoobie

* CatchPhrase
* NightmareFuel: Princess Ozma had Bungle's brains changed to make her more agreeable. (May count as DisContinuity as Bungle has her old brains and attitude back in later books.)

* {{Deadpan Snarker}}

* DemotedToExtra: Almost immediately. He quickly becomes less important once Betsy gets some companions she can actually talk to, and in subsequent books he barely appears at all -- other than the occasional, very brief, passing mention.
* TalkingAnimal: Once he's in Oz, anyway.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* BalefulPolymorph: Turned into a fiddle by Ruggedo.

The ruler of the Flatheads.

* {{Bowdlerization}} / WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the first draft, she initially appeared as a wired-together [[DemBones skeleton]] with flaming eyes. This was changed to an ape in a lace apron to avoid scaring any kids.