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* VillainHasAPoint: Miss Gulch is understandably annoyed that Dorothy continually walks home past her house, with Toto "once or twice a week" running into her yard and chasing her beloved pet cat; Hunk even points out to Dorothy, none too gently, that she could have come home by a different route and avoided her and Toto getting into trouble. Miss Gulch is also right to be angry about Toto biting her. Where Miss Gulch goes wrong, forever earning the enmity of generations of children, is demanding Toto be destroyed. Probably the best-known case of DisproportionateRetribution in film.

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* VillainHasAPoint: Miss Gulch is understandably annoyed that Dorothy continually walks home past her house, with Toto "once or twice a week" running into her yard and chasing her beloved pet cat; Hunk even bluntly points out to Dorothy, none too gently, Dorothy that she could have come home by a different route and avoided her and Toto getting into trouble. Miss Gulch is also right to be angry about Toto biting her. Where Miss Gulch goes wrong, forever earning the enmity of generations of children, is demanding Toto be destroyed. Probably the best-known case of DisproportionateRetribution in film.
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* VillainHasAPoint: Miss Gulch is understandably annoyed that Dorothy continually walks home past her house, with Toto "once or twice a week" running into her yard and chasing her beloved pet cat; Hunk even points out to Dorothy that she could have come home by a different route and avoided her and Toto getting into trouble. Miss Gulch is also right to be angry about Toto biting her. Where Miss Gulch goes wrong, forever earning the enmity of generations of children, is demanding Toto be destroyed. Probably the best-known case of DisproportionateRetribution in film.

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* VillainHasAPoint: Miss Gulch is understandably annoyed that Dorothy continually walks home past her house, with Toto "once or twice a week" running into her yard and chasing her beloved pet cat; Hunk even points out to Dorothy Dorothy, none too gently, that she could have come home by a different route and avoided her and Toto getting into trouble. Miss Gulch is also right to be angry about Toto biting her. Where Miss Gulch goes wrong, forever earning the enmity of generations of children, is demanding Toto be destroyed. Probably the best-known case of DisproportionateRetribution in film.
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* VillainHasAPoint: Miss Gulch is understandably annoyed that Dorothy continually walks home past her house, with Toto "once or twice a week" running into her yard and chasing her beloved pet cat. Miss Gulch is also right to be angry about Toto biting her. Where Miss Gulch goes wrong, forever earning the enmity of generations of children, is demanding Toto be destroyed. Probably the best-known case of DisproportionateRetribution in film.

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* VillainHasAPoint: Miss Gulch is understandably annoyed that Dorothy continually walks home past her house, with Toto "once or twice a week" running into her yard and chasing her beloved pet cat.cat; Hunk even points out to Dorothy that she could have come home by a different route and avoided her and Toto getting into trouble. Miss Gulch is also right to be angry about Toto biting her. Where Miss Gulch goes wrong, forever earning the enmity of generations of children, is demanding Toto be destroyed. Probably the best-known case of DisproportionateRetribution in film.
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* AdaptedOut: The Kalidahs, the field mice, the dainty china people, the forest creatures and giant spider, the Hammer-Heads, and the Quadlings.

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* AdaptedOut: The Several characters from the original book are omitted, particularly the Kalidahs, the field mice, the dainty china people, the forest creatures and giant spider, the Hammer-Heads, and the Quadlings.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: The Wicked Witch of the West is depicted with both of her eyes intact, when her illustrations in [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz the original book]] clearly showed her to wear an eyepatch.
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** In the book, the Wizard agrees to help them if they kill the Witch of the West. In the film, his request is simply that they bring him her broomstick; the Tin Man instantly points out that effectively means they'll have to kill her, but at least it's not officially a hit job.

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** In the book, the Wizard agrees to help them if they kill the Witch of the West. In the film, his request is simply that they bring him her broomstick; the broomstick. The Tin Man instantly immediately points out that effectively means they'll have to kill her, her to get her broomstick, but at least it's not officially a hit job.
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* CrazyPrepared: Oddly enough, the beauty salon at the Emerald City has facilities for both the Scarecrow ''and'' the Tin Woodsman.
* CrosscastRole: Toto was played by a female Cairn terrier, named Terry.
* CurtainCamouflage: "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" The Wizard of Oz uses a curtain to hide that he operates machinery, rather than using magic.

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* CrazyPrepared: Oddly enough, the beauty salon at the Emerald City has facilities for both the Scarecrow ''and'' the Tin Woodsman. \n How often do they have to re-stuff living scarecrows and polish tin men?
* CrosscastRole: Toto was played by a female Cairn terrier, named Terry.
Terry, though the credits show Toto as being played by "Toto".
* CurtainCamouflage: "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" The real Wizard of Oz uses hides behind a curtain to hide that while he operates machinery, rather than using magic.machinery that generates a much more impressive version of the Wizard to talk to petitioners.
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** Subverted by the Winkies. They are green-skinned and hook-nosed like the witch they serve, but as soon as she's dead they reveal that they are grateful to Dorothy for melting her and seem pretty nice guys.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Once the four are off to deal with the Wicked Witch of the West, the Scarecrow clumsily carries a revolver.

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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Once the four are off to deal with the Wicked Witch of the West, the Scarecrow clumsily carries a revolver. [[note]]Although it's very obviously not a real revolver, as there are no holes in the cylinder for the bullets. Maybe it's just a prop in-universe as well?[[/note]]

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