History Literature / DorothyMustDie

* BrokenAngel: Self-inflicted by the Wingless Ones, former winged monkeys who have sawed their wings off so they can't be controlled anymore by whoever owns the Golden Cap.

* 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 [[StepfordSmiler makes you smile]].

* DontLookAtMe: Nobody is allowed to look directly at Dorothy's face, especially not her servants. A young guard who accidentally looks at her face for one second gets a sign with "Crime: Wandering Eye" strung around his neck and his eye poppe out and eaten by the Lion.

* BuxomIsBetter: Amy repeats the word "cleavage" for emphasis when she describes Dorothy.

* AdaptationalSexuality: [[spoiler:In the original ''Oz'' novels, there was no indication of Tip or Ozma's sexuality, with the latter being portrayed as AmbiguouslyGay at best. ''The Wicked Will Rise'' reveals that Pete is gay.]]

* AdaptationalSexuality: [[In the original ''Oz'' novels, Tip is shown to be into girls, just like Ozma. ''The Wicked Will Rise'' reveals that Pete is gay.]]

%%* AbsoluteCleavage: Amy repeats the word "cleavage" for emphasis when she describes Dorothy.

%%* KnifeNut: Amy. She does not actually fit the usual personality though.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Tin Woodsman. While he's evil and kills without a second thought, he wasn't like that before Dorothy took over Oz, and part of the reason why he follows her orders is because he's madly in love with her, but she doesn't reciprocate.

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

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[ExaggeratedTrope And how!]] Dorothy is an evil dictator, the tin woodman is in love with her, scarecrow is an mad scientist, and the cowardly lion feeds on fear. Keep in mind, these are the same folks who [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz were first merely traveling the yellow brick road for brains, heart and courage.]]

* NotSoDifferent:

* 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]]. The end of oz ends with [[spoiler: Amy tapping her Silver slippers three times to return to oz.

* 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]].

%%* WelcomeToCorneria: The holograms of Ozma.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Amy repeats the word "cleavage" for emphasis when she describes Dorothy.

* 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.]]

* AlphaBitch:
** Madison in the first book. She's much nicer when she reappears with her child.
** Dorothy has exaggerated this.

* TheCaligula: ''DOROTHY''.

* CatsAreMean: The Lion.

* 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.

* ImMelting: Indigo.
* KangarooCourt: Said word for word.

* KnifeNut: Amy. She does not actually fit the usual personality though.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: the tin woodman. He fell in love with Dorothy and would do anything for her. ''Anything''.

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: Dorothy is quite hurt after having a palace collapse on her - sure enough it hurts to walk]].

* SinglePaletteTown: The Emerald City, natch.

* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Par for the course -- this ''is'' Oz after all.

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler: Scarecrow]].
* UnreliableNarrator: The actions taken by [[spoiler:Dorothy]] in the fourth book imply this is going on.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Dorothy prior to turning evil.

* WelcomeToCorneria: The holograms of Ozma.

* 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.]]
** ''Yellow Brick War'' continues this trend with [[spoiler: The true BigBad coming into play and dragging ''Madison'' into Oz within the last chapter]].

** [[spoiler: Depending on your interpretation, Dorothy when it's revealed that she is literally DrunkWithPower.]]

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

* loveMakesYouEvil: the tin woodman. He fell in love with Dorothy and would do anything for her. ''Anything''.

* lovemakesyouevil: the tin woodman. He fell in love with Dorothy and would do anything for her. “Anything”.

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[ExaggeratedTrope And how!]] Dorothy is an evil dictator, the tin woodman is in love with her, scarecrow is an mad scientist, and the cowardly lion feeds on fear. Keep in mind, these are the same folks who [[Film/TheWizardOfOz were first merely traveling the yellow brick road for brains, heart and courage.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[ExaggeratedTrope And how!]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen! Dorothy is an evil dictator]], tin woodman [[Yandere is in love with her]], scarecrow is an MadScientist, and the cowardly lion [[EmotionalEater feeds on fear. Keep in mind, these are the same folks who [[Film/TheWizardOfOz were first merely traveling the yellow brick road for brains, heart and courage.]]

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

** Dorothy has exaggerated this, inverting EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses.

* 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, so perhaps they still happened in BroadStrokes in this continuity.