History YMMV / DorothyAndTheWizardInOz

** Perhaps Ozma went along with the Wizard's version of events when he explains how he came to rule Oz, knowing full well he was lying, but choosing to forgive him? It's actually ''Ozma'' who leaves out the part where the Wizard kidnaps her as a baby during their first conversation together, after all. It is in her nature not to hold grudges even against her worst enemies, but perhaps she had some use for him, as having him reside in the castle once more [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou could benefit her rule and her public image]]. He did after all lead Oz through a very tumultuous time in its history, keeping at least the Emerald City safe from the wicked witches using only parlor tricks. Ozma may have decided it was wiser to forgive him and follow an agreed upon lie going forward. The Wizard is in tears at the end of the conversation not just because he's been given permission to stay in Oz, but because he knows Ozma has forgiven him and is choosing to ignore his past deeds against her. Eric Shanower decided to go with this interpretation, that the Wizard's misdeeds toward Ozma were basically an unacknowledged "elephant in the room" during their conversation, in the introduction to his ''ComicBook/{{Oz}}'' comic book adaptation of ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz''.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: One of the most bizarre and surreal entries of the series, even by the standards of Oz books.

** "Perhaps the flames will set fire to all that miserable wooden country, and if it does the loss will be very small and the Gargoyles never will be missed". This line about the Wizard wishing genocide on the wooden gargoyles becomes very harsh [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII come the Final Solution in the 1940s]].

** It's even worse if you consider Baum's articles about Native Americans from the newspaper he published in the 1890's which can be construed as racist, although some historians argue his article written against the Native Americans may have been satirical or sarcastic (his article boils down to "we've done so much to Native Americans we might as well finish them off at this point"; which can be taken a couple ways, perhaps something in the vein of Johnathan Swift's satirical ''A Modest Proposal''.).

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was the Wizard merely pretending not to know anything about Princess Ozma, and lying about how he came to Oz to cover up the fact that he kidnapped Ozma as a baby and gave her to the witch Mombi? As the former ruler of Oz, one would think he would have been aware of the royal family that preceded him, even if his being complicit in kidnapping Ozma as a baby is retconned.
** On that note, perhaps Ozma went along with the Wizard's version of events when he explains how he came to rule Oz, knowing full well he was lying, but choosing to forgive him. It's actually ''Ozma'' who leaves out the part where the Wizard kidnaps her as a baby during their first conversation together, after all. It is in her nature not to hold grudges even against her worst enemies, but perhaps she had some use for him, as having him reside in the castle once more [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou could benefit her rule and her public image]]. He did after all lead Oz through a very tumultuous time in its history, keeping at least the Emerald City safe from the wicked witches using only parlor tricks. Ozma may have decided it was wiser to forgive him and follow an agreed upon lie going forward. The Wizard is in tears at the end of the conversation not just because he's been given permission to stay in Oz, but because he knows Ozma has forgiven him and is choosing to ignore his past deeds against her.
*** Eric Shanower decided to go with this interpretation, that the Wizard's misdeeds toward Ozma were basically an unacknowledged "elephant in the room" during their conversation, in the introduction to his comic book adaptation of ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz''.

*** It's even worse if you consider Baum's articles about Native Americans from the newspaper he published in the 1890's which can be construed as racist, although some historians argue his article written against the Native Americans may have been satirical or sarcastic (his article boils down to "we've done so much to Native Americans we might as well finish them off at this point"; which can be taken a couple ways, perhaps something in the vein of Johnathan Swift's satirical ''A Modest Proposal''.).

*** Eric Shanower basically confirms this interpretation, that the Wizard's misdeeds were basically an unacknowledged "elephant in the room" during their conversation, in the introduction to his comic book adaptation of ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz''.

** On that note, perhaps Ozma went along with the Wizard's version of events when he explains how he came to rule Oz, knowing full well he was lying, but choosing to forgive him. It's actually ''Ozma'' who leaves out the part where the Wizard kidnaps her as a baby during their first conversation together, after all. It is in her nature not to hold grudges even against her worst enemies, but perhaps she had some use for him, as having him reside in the castle once more [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou could benefit her rule and her public image]]. He did after all lead Oz through a very tumultuous time in its history, keeping at least the Emerald City safe from the wicked witches using only parlor tricks. Ozma may have decided it was wiser to forgive him and follow an agreed upon lie going forward.
*** The Wizard is in tears at the end of the conversation not just because he's been given permission to stay in Oz, but because he knows Ozma has forgiven him and is choosing to ignore his past deeds against her.

* MoralEventHorizon: The entire Mangaboo race crosses this when they decide to execute Dorothy and all of her friends without reason, which is solidified when they attack Zeb, Eureka, and the piglets ForTheEvulz. This forces the heroes to flee, and Zeb to set the cave entrance on fire, killing all the Mangaboos and destroying their nation.

*** It's even worse if you consider Baum's articles about Native Americans from the newspaper he published in the 1890's which can be construed as racist, although some historians argue his article written against the Native Americans may have been satirical or sarcastic (his article boils down to "we've done so much to Native Americans we might as well finish them off at this point"; which can be taken a couple ways).

*** It's even worse if you consider Baum's very public racist viewpoints about Native Americans, although some historians argue his article written against the Native Americans may have been satirical.

** On that note, perhaps Ozma went along with the Wizard's version of events when he explains how he came to rule Oz, knowing full well he was lying, but choosing to forgive him. It is in her nature not to hold grudges even against her worst enemies, but perhaps she had some use for him, as having him reside in the castle once more [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou could benefit her rule and her public image]]. He did after all lead Oz through a very tumultuous time in its history, keeping at least the Emerald City safe from the wicked witches using only parlor tricks. Ozma may have decided it was wiser to forgive him and follow an agreed upon lie going forward.

*** It's even worse if you consider Baum's very public racist viewpoints about Native Americans.

** On that note, perhaps Ozma went along with the Wizard's version of events when he explains how he came to rule Oz, knowing full well he was lying, but choosing to forgive him. It is in her nature not to hold grudges even against her worst enemies, but perhaps she had some use for him, as having him reside in the castle once more [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou could benefit her rule and her public image]].

** Unfortunatly, the coming century proved that there are entire nations out there who have strong xenophobia and are hostile to all outsiders to the brink of murder, with UsefulNotes/NorthKorea an infamous example.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was the Wizard merely pretending not to know anything about Princess Ozma? As the former ruler of Oz, one would think he would have been aware of the royal family that preceded him, even if his being complicit in kidnapping Ozma as a baby and giving her to the witch Mombi is retconned.

** On that note, perhaps Ozma went along with the Wizard's version of events when he explains how he came to rule Oz, knowing full well he was lying, but choosing to forgive him. Perhaps she had some use for him, as having him reside in the castle once more [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou could benefit her rule and her public image]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: One of the most bizarre entries of the series, even by the standards of Oz books.