History Literature / DorothyMustDie

* AlternateContinuity: As revealed in the prequels, ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' happened basically the same way, although Dorothy was 14 whereas in the book she's obviously much younger. The timeline has also been moved up as Uncle Henry mentions having fought in World War One, probably meaning that it happened around the time [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the more well-known film]] came out. The continuity with the original ''Oz'' books diverges further from there. Ozma takes the throne from the Scarecrow as in ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'', although not the same way, and the rest of the books are retconned as Dorothy's return to Oz is completely different from ''Literature/OzmaOfOz''. At the same time though, there are still a lot of cameos from characters of the later books.

'''Dorothy Must Die''' is a 2014 young adult book and the debut novel of Danielle Paige.

* FrozenInTime: Whenever Dorothy feels like it.

* AlphaBitch: Madison. Dorothy has apparently become this.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Most definitely ''NOT'' the case!

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Dorothy, though this example is subverted since she was already famous in Oz. From Dorothy's perspective, she was being labelled as a nobody back in Kansas and her rise to power is fuelled by her desire to be recognised and a little bit of manipulation from Glinda.

Amy Gumm is an intelligent young teen coming from a broken home, and is taken to the wonderful land of Oz in a tornado. However, she isn't in the Oz that she remembers from the movie and the books - and the Dorothy she meets is certainly ''not'' the Dorothy that she is familiar with. She is rescued from a FateWorseThanDeath and then joins the Order of the Wicked who tells her their one goal: [[TitleDrop Dorothy Must Die]]

** The Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Lion's are explored in their respective books, though Tin Man's is forced upon him by Dorothy's ruby slippers to remove his compassionate nature.

* TitleDrop: Happens at the end of one chapter.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Par for the course - this ''is'' Oz after all.

* VillainDecay: Lion - Justified, as his penultimate encounter with Amy results in her stealing his courage.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Chapter three: Dorothy]]. Just the title of the chapter is a WhamLine enough.
* WickedWitch: ''Everything'' is upside down - the wicked witches are the ''heroes''.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Amy repeats the word "Cleavage" for emphasis when she describes Dorothy.
* AbusiveParents: Amy's mother was never the same since the car accident, but in ''Yellow Brick War'', Amy's mother becomes a ''much'' more matronly figure.

* CrapsackWorld: Oz, most devestatingly, as illustrated by this entire page.

%% ** Subverted as of The Wicked Will Rise.

* HappinessIsMandatory: In Dorothy-ruled Oz. God help you if she catches you not looking like you're "having the absolute best time of [your life] in her company". For this very purpose, Ozians often use a magical substance called [=PermaSmile=], which is exactly what it sounds like -- a magic gel that you put on your mouth and makes you smile.

** Becomes a plot point in Yellow Brick Road, that Amy faces the same kinds of temptations that Dorothy did.

* ParentalAbandonment: Both when Amy's father abandons her and her mother in the backstory, and then when her mother goes to a Tornado party at the start of the story. For all practical purposes, her mother abandoned her after having an accident a few years earlier.
* [[KingIncognito Princess Incognito]] A variant: [[spoiler:Tip, buried in a corner of Ozma's mind, sometimes takes control of her, [[GenderBending transforming to his aged-up male form]]. He now calls himself Pete.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In Book 2, Amy goes on this to the Lion after he [[spoiler: Eats Star]]. A soft command from [[spoiler:the supposedly brain-fried Ozma]] pulls her back from [[spoiler:outright killing the Lion, after removing his courage]].
* SequelHook: See BittersweetEnding above. ''The Wicked Will Rise'' ends with [[spoiler: Amy returning in Kansas, with the Order of the Wicked ordering her to rise]]. And ''Yellow Brick War'' ends with [[spoiler: Madison being pulled into Oz, the revelation that Glinda is still there, and the GreaterScopeVillain being out there]].

* SlasherSmile: Put Perma-smile on and it will force this on. You will even ''still'' talk ''while grinning''.

* UnreliableNarrator: The actions taken by [[spoiler: Dorothy]] in the fourth book imply this is going on.

* WhamEpisode: The entirety of the last few chapters of "The Wicked Will Rise... when it's revealed [[spoiler: Kansas and Oz occupy the same space.]]

In 2015, book two ''The Wicked Will Rise'' was released, and the third ''Yellow Brick War'' in 2016. A series of prequels and midquels building up to the first book have been published too, focusing on other characters including Dorothy, the Wizard, Jellia Jamb, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. All the digital novellas can be purchased alongside the first two books via e-reader bookstores.

'''Dorothy Must Die''' is a 2014 young adult book that is the debut novel for Danielle Paige.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Even moreso than ''Film/ReturnToOz'' and (surprisingly) ''Literature/Wicked''. In fact... this seems a little more like that Oz game the [[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice Alice developers]] were rumoured to be working on.

* BodyHorror: The series warrants its own page.

* CloudCuckoolander: Ozma is...not all there, thanks to a spell Dorothy put on her. She was apparently lucid before, though. [[spoiler:It may be ObfuscatingStupidity.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Even moreso than ''Film/ReturnToOz'' and (surprisingly) ''Wicked''. In fact... this seems a little more like that Oz game the [[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice Alice developers]] were rumoured to be working on.

** The prequel suggests that Glinda is an even bigger one, showing her bringing Dorothy back to Oz, knowing the shoes' magic would [[DrunkWithPower make her go insane]] in due time and eventually drive her to depose Ozma. It's hinted at even more in "End of Oz".

* TheMole: Amy is this to the Order of the Wicked. [[spoiler: Jellia Jamb is actually this as well]].

* NotSoDifferent: Amy stops and ponders whether or not she's that different from Dorothy - after all, both ''are'' assassins.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In Book 2, Amy goes on this to the Lion after he [[spoiler: Eats Star]]. A soft command from [[the supposedly brain-fried Ozma]] pulls her back from [[outright killing the Lion, after removing his courage]].

** Dorothy [[spoiler: reanimating Jelia Jamb after killing her.]]

* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: The Wizard tries to be one of these... however he learns the hard way that EvilIsNotAToy]].
** The prequel suggests that Glinda is an even bigger one, showing her bringing Dorothy back to Oz, knowing the shoes' magic would [[DrunkWithPower make her go insane]] in due time and eventually drive her to depose Ozma. It's hinted at even more in "End of Oz".
** [[spoiler: The Nome King is revealed to be TheChessmaster of everything, working with Glinda for a higher goal.]]
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: The Wizard]].

* CrapsackWorld: Oz, most devestatingly.

** Subverted as of The Wicked Will Rise.

* ParentalAbandonment: Both when Amy's father abandons her, and when Amy's mother goes to a Tornado party.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In Book 2, Amy goes on this to Lion after he [[spoiler: Eats Star]].
* SequelHook: See BittersweetEnding above. ''The Wicked Will Rise'' ends with [[spoiler: Amy returning in Kansas, with the order of the wicked ordering her to rise]]. And ''Yellow Brick War'' ends with [[spoiler: Madison being pulled into Oz, the revelation that Glinda is still there, and the BiggerBad being out there]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The first novel. Dorothy actually doesn't die - but Amy and the Wizard ''have'' struck a decisive blow against her. The Tin Woodman is killed.]]
** The third novel. [[spoiler: Dorothy may ''finally'' be defeated... but now Glamora is possessed by Glinda and is assisting the new BigBad]].
* BodyHorror: The Tin Woodman has cyborg guards. Not only that, [[spoiler: Indigo]] is killed with acid bubbles in a ''very'' gruesome way.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Even moreso than ''Film/ReturnToOz''. In fact... this seems a little more like that Oz game the [[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice Alice developers]] were rumoured to be working on.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Horribly averted with Glamora.

** Amy's mother was one at the beginning. Near the end, Amy uses the Magical Mirror of Oz to see her mother, and spots her in a celebration for being six months sober.
---> '''Mom''': "Too bad it took the loss of everything..."

* AbusiveParents: Amy's mother was never the same since the car accident.
** In Yellow Brick War, Amy's mother becomes a ''much'' more matronly figure.
* AlasPoorVillain: Despite Amy having little sympathy for those she kills, [[spoiler: each of Dorothy's companions have rather pitiful ends. Tin Man [[AintTooProudToBeg begs for mercy]], the Lion dies a shell of his former self, and Scarecrow acts like his innocent self wondering why Dorothy has become so cruel.]]
** [[spoiler: Dorothy even gets some of this.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Dorothy is fond of wine, which the heroes use to their advantage more than once.
** Amy's mother, however she quits cold turkey in ''Yellow Brick War''.

* EyeScream: With a little help from Mombi, Amy does this with a knife.

* FateWorseThanDeath: While not outright stated, Amy is sentenced to this.

* CloudCuckooLander: Ozma is...not all there, thanks to a spell Dorothy put on her. She was apparently lucid before, though.
* CrapsackWorld: Oz. Not that Kansas was much better...

* GenreSavvy: The Wicked and Ozma are quite aware of the NoOneCouldSurviveThat trope and are wary that [[spoiler: Dorothy might ''not'' be dead.... which she ''isn't''.]]

* MythologyGag: Gumm is JudyGarland's real last name.

* AllThereInTheManual: Dorothy's StartOfDarkness is detailed in a prequel.

** The prequel suggests that Glinda is an even bigger one, showing her bringing Dorothy back to Oz, knowing the shoes' magic would [[DrunkWithPower make her go insane]] in due time and eventually drive her to depose Ozma.

* GenreSavvy: The Wicked and Ozma are quite aware of the NoOneCouldSurviveThat trope and are wary that [[spoiler: Dorothy might ''not'' be dead.]]

* SequelHook: See BittersweetEnding above. ''The Wicked Will Rise'' ends with [[spoiler: Amy returning in Kansas, with the order of the wicked ordering her to rise]]. And ''Yellow Brick War'' ends with [[spoiler:

* [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen God save us from the princess]]: Dorothy is the ''princess''.

** Amy's mother, however she quits cold turkey in

* OutsideContextVillain: Zig-Zagged. It's explained in ''Yellow Brick War'' that [[spoiler: The Nome King]]'s magic is actually different because it's [[spoiler: not ''Ozian'' magic]].

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Zig-zagged - it's pretty clear the Tin Man is one of Dorothy's [[TheDragon dragons]], but some of the people who have been made into tin cyborgs are repentant.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: A munchkin is ''DISSOLVED''. Then this isn't getting into the ''other'' violence that Amy does in book two.

* SequelHook: See BittersweetEnding above. ''The Wicked Will Rise'' ends with [[spoiler: Amy returning in Kansas, with the order of the wicked ordering her to rise]].

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Amy. Justified in that she dyed it at first. Later on, it's made permanently Pink.

Amy Gumm is an intelligent young teen coming from a broken home, and is taken to the wonderful land of Oz in a tornado. However, she isn't in the Oz that she remembers from the movie and the books - and the Dorothy she meets is certainly ''not'' the Dorothy that she is familiar with.

She is rescued from a FateWorseThanDeath and then joins the Order of the Wicked who tells her their one goal: [[TitleDrop Dorothy Must Die]]

It was preceded by a novella only available via Kindle or Nook. In 2015, book two "The Wicked Will Rise" was released. All the digital novellas can be purchased alongside the first two books via e-reader bookstores.

* AnyoneCanDie: Oh, lordy. In the corrupted remains of what used to be Oz, nobody is safe, not from Dorothy's wrath or from Amy's magical knife. [[spoiler:Indigo]], [[spoiler:Star]], [[spoiler:Gert]], [[spoiler:Jellia]], [[spoiler:Polychrome]], [[spoiler:Uncle Henry and Aunt Em]], [[spoiler:the Scarecrow]], and [[spoiler:the Lion]], just to name a few.

** The prequel suggests [[spoiler:that Glinda is an even bigger one, showing her bringing Dorothy back to Oz, knowing the shoes' magic would [[DrunkWithPower make her go insane]] in due time and eventually drive her to depose Ozma]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Dorothy actually doesn't die - but Amy and the Wizard ''have'' struck a decisive blow against her. The Tin Woodman is killed.]]
* BodyHorror: The Tin Woodman has cyborg guards. Not only that, [[spoiler:Indigo]] is killed with acid bubbles in a ''very'' gruesome way.

* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler: Hey Wizard, good idea taunting Dorothy...]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: A munchkin is ''DISSOLVED''. Then this isn't getting into the ''other'' violence that Amy does in book two...

* FrozenInTime: Whenever Dorothy feels like it.

** Dorothy [[spoiler: Reanimating Jelia Jamb after killing her.]]
** Lion [[spoiler: Eating Amy's pet rat]].

* SequelHook: See BittersweetEnding above. ''The Wicked Will Rise'' ends with [[spoiler: Amy in Kansas, with the order of the wicked ordering her to rise]].

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: The wizard ''attempts'' this... only for Dorothy to do it to ''him'' first.]]