History Literature / TheLostKingOfOz

* BalefulPolymorph: Mombi turned Pajuka into a goose in the years before the Wizard came to Oz.

''The Lost King of Oz'' is the nineteenth volume in the Literature/LandOfOz book series, and the fifth Oz novel written by Ruth Plumly Thompson.

''' The Lost King of Oz ''' is the nineteenth volume in the Literature/LandOfOz book series, and the fifth Oz novel written by Ruth Plumly Thompson.

* DistressedDude: Snip, for most of the story, is Mombi’s prisoner.
* FixFic: A sequel short story, “Executive Decisions” by David Tai, [[spoiler: reveals Mombi’s execution to have been staged.]] This appears in Oziana #38, the official fan magazine from the International Wizard of Oz Club.

* MakeAWish: Dorothy unknowingly stumbles onto a Wish Way, a dirt path where one’s wishes come true if stated aloud. This was previously seen in Thompson’s ''The Royal Book of Oz''. Dorothy puts some of the sand from the path in her pocket, which saves her after she accidentally wishes to be back in America, as she is able to wish herself back to Oz with the sand.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Ties in with Thompson being ArmedWithCanon. Baum’s Ozma let Mombi live after taking her power away, and was infamously pacifistic, even when Oz was being invaded in ''Literature/TheEmeraldCityOfOz''. In this book, however, [[spoiler: she very casually orders Mombi’s execution in the last chapter.]] This coupled with Ozma making Oz a colonial power in later Thompson books and threatening the Mudgers with decapitation if they leave their borders in ''The Cowardly Lion of Oz'' makes Thompson’s Ozma very different from Baum’s.

* RiddleMeThis: A magic quill arrives in Ozma’s court and writes the message “GO TOMORROW TODAY”. It takes some deep thinking from everyone before they realize it is telling them to go to the small kingdom of Morrow today.

* ThreeLinesSomeWaiting: Dorothy’s subplot begins several chapters in, eventually tying in with Mombi’s. Later still, Ozma, the Scarecrow, Scraps and the Wizard embark on their own journey after receiving a mysterious message pointing them in the direction of the lost king.

* WackyWaysideTribe: An Oz staple. This time they include the Hoopers, hoop-shaped people who roll around, the cats of Catty Corners, the Blanks, invisible underground dwellers, and the residents of Eht Kcab Sdoow, who say and do everything backwards. Dorothy’s one chapter trip to America is treated as this too, in a way.

* DemonicDummy: Humpy, of the benevolent variety. He is brought to life after Dorothy inadvertently wishes for him to be alive.

Dorothy, meanwhile, is accidentally and magically transported to Hollywood, where she meets Humpy, a live stunt dummy; she brings him back to Oz. The escape the Back Talkers of Eht Kcab Sdoow (by running backwards), and meet the Scooters who help scoot them on their way. Kabumpo the Elegant Elephant shows up, and provides transportation (the mundane sort). Dorothy's party encounters Snip and Tora, and Mombi and Pajuka too. They (wrongly) come to the conclusion that Humpy the dummy is the enchanted Pastoria, and set out to the Emerald City to disenchant him.

* FixFic: A sequel short story, “Executive Decisions” by David Tai, [[spoiler: reveals Mombi’s execution to have been staged.]]

* WackyWaysideTribe: An Oz staple. This time they include the Blanks, invisible underground dwellers, and the residents of Eht Kcab Sdoow, who say and do everything backwards. Dorothy’s one chapter trip to America is treated as this too, in a way.

Dorothy, meanwhile, is accidentally and magically transported to Hollywood, where she meets Humpy, a live stunt dummy; she brings him back to Oz. The escape the Back Talkers of Eht Kcab Sdoow (by running backwards), and meet the Scooters who help scoot them on their way. Kabumpo the Elegant Elephant shows up, and provides transportation (the mundane sort). Dorothy's party encounters Snip and Tora, and Mombi and Pajuka too. They (wrongly) come to the conclusion that Humpy the dummy is the enchanted Pastoria, and set out to the Emerald City.

Old Mombi, formerly the Wicked Witch of the North and absent from the series since having her powers taken away at the end of ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'', now cooks for King Kinda Jolly in the land of Kimbaloo, a small independent kingdom in Gillikin Country. One day she encounters Pajuka, a former prime minister of Oz, whom she had enchanted into a goose years before. Mombi sets out to find Pastoria, one-time king of Oz, whom she had also enchanted in the past. She kidnaps a local boy called Snip, to be her unwilling assistant and bearer of burdens. When she decides that he has learned too much of her business, Mombi throws Snip down a well; he ends up in the city of Blankenburg, populated by the invisible Blanks. Snip meets and rescues Tora, an amnesiac old tailor. Tora has been held prisoner for many years by the Blanks, to do their tailoring; he has compensated by sending his detachable ears flying about the countryside to learn the news.

Old Mombi, formerly the Wicked Witch of the North and not seen since having her powers taken away at the end of ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'', now cooks for King Kinda Jolly in the land of Kimbaloo, a small independent kingdom in Gillikin Country. One day she encounters Pajuka, a former prime minister of Oz, whom she had enchanted into a goose years before. Mombi sets out to find Pastoria, one-time king of Oz, whom she had also enchanted in the past. She kidnaps a local boy called Snip, to be her unwilling assistant and bearer of burdens. When she decides that he has learned too much of her business, Mombi throws Snip down a well; he ends up in the city of Blankenburg, populated by the invisible Blanks. Snip meets and rescues Tora, an amnesiac old tailor. Tora has been held prisoner for many years by the Blanks, to do their tailoring; he has compensated by sending his detachable ears flying about the countryside to learn the news.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Dorothy’s subplot begins several chapters in, eventually tying in with Mombi’s.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Mombi is executed, in a decision many fans criticized as being out-of-character for Ozma.]]

Old Mombi, formerly the Wicked Witch of the North and not seen since having her powers taken away at the end of ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'', now cooks for King Kinda Jolly in the land of Kimbaloo, a small independent kingdom in Gillikin Country. One day she encounters Pajuka, a former prime minister of Oz, whom she had enchanted into a goose years before. Mombi sets out to find Pastoria, one-time king of Oz, whom she had also enchanted in the past.
She kidnaps a local boy called Snip, to be her unwilling assistant and bearer of burdens. When she decides that he has learned too much of her business, Mombi throws Snip down a well; he ends up in the city of Blankenburg, populated by the invisible Blanks. Snip meets and rescues Tora, an amnesiac old tailor. Tora has been held prisoner for many years by the Blanks, to do their tailoring; he has compensated by sending his detachable ears flying about the countryside to learn the news.

* VillainProtagonist: Mombi is the main character for most of the story.
* WackyWaysideTribe: An Oz staple. This time they include the Blanks, invisible underground dwellers, and the residents of Eht Kcab Sdoow, who say and do everything backwards. Dorothy’s one chapter trip to America is treated as this too, in a way.

* KilledOffForReal: [[Mombi is executed, in a decision many fans criticized as being out-of-character for Ozma.]]

Dorothy, meanwhile, is accidentally and magically transported to Hollywood, where she meets Humpy, a live stunt dummy; she brings him back to Oz. The escape the Back Talkers of Eht Kcab Sdoow (by running backwards), and meet the Scooters who help scoot them on their way. Kabumpo the Elegant Elephant shows up, and provides transportation (the mundane sort). Dorothy's party encounters Snip and Tora, and Mombi and Pajuka too. They come to the conclusion that Humpy the dummy is the enchanted Pastoria.

* WackyWaysideTribe: An Oz staple. This time they include the Blanks, invisible underground dwellers, and the residents of Eht Kcab Sdoow, who say and do everything backwards.