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* DesignatedHero: Prince Kynd is supposed to be ReasonableAuthorityFigure who opposes Kruel. However, despite outranking Kruel and Kruel's horrible actions, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim he never just fires Kruel and assume control of Oz himself]] and lets Kruel and his minions do horrible things while he just complains. In addition, when the farmhands are sent to the dungeon to be eaten by lions, he does nothing about it. Not helping is how he doesn't accomplish much and needs the Scarecrow to save him. As such, Kynd comes off as lazy and incompetent and not particularly heroic or kind.

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* DesignatedHero: Prince Kynd is supposed to be ReasonableAuthorityFigure who opposes Kruel. However, despite outranking Kruel and Kruel's horrible actions, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim he never just fires Kruel and assume control of Oz himself]] and lets Kruel and his minions do horrible things while he just complains.things. In addition, when the farmhands are sent to the dungeon to be eaten by lions, he does nothing about it. Not helping is how For most of the movie, he doesn't accomplish much and just complains about Kruel without taking any actual action. The one time he actually tries to fight Kruel, he needs to be saved by the Scarecrow to save him.Scarecrow. As such, Kynd comes off as lazy and incompetent and not particularly heroic or kind. [[spoiler: This makes it all the worst that he is the one who Dorothy marries instead of the Scarecrow.]]



** You would assume Snowball's actor Spencer Bell being credited under the racist StageName "G. Howe Black" would fall under this. However, even at the time this received criticism. A review at ''Variety'' admonished the director crediting Bell as "G. Howe Black".

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** You would assume Snowball's actor Spencer Bell being credited under the racist StageName "G. Howe Black" would fall under this. [[AvertedTrope However, even at the time time, this received criticism.criticism]]. A review at ''Variety'' admonished the director crediting Bell as "G. Howe Black".
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* DesignatedHero: Prince Kynd is supposed to be ReasonableAuthorityFigure who opposes Kruel. However, despite outranking Kruel and Kruel's horrible actions, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim he never just fires Kruel and assume control of Oz himself]]. In addition, when the farmhands are sent to the dungeon to be eaten by lions, he does nothing about it. Not helping is how he doesn't accomplish much and needs the Scarecrow to save him. As such, Kynd comes off as lazy and incompetent and not particularly heroic or kind.

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* DesignatedHero: Prince Kynd is supposed to be ReasonableAuthorityFigure who opposes Kruel. However, despite outranking Kruel and Kruel's horrible actions, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim he never just fires Kruel and assume control of Oz himself]].himself]] and lets Kruel and his minions do horrible things while he just complains. In addition, when the farmhands are sent to the dungeon to be eaten by lions, he does nothing about it. Not helping is how he doesn't accomplish much and needs the Scarecrow to save him. As such, Kynd comes off as lazy and incompetent and not particularly heroic or kind.
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* DesignatedHero: Prince Kynd is supposed to be ReasonableAuthorityFigure who opposes Kruel. However, despite outranking Kruel, he never attempts to assume power. In addition, when the farmhands are sent to the dungeon to be eaten by lions, he does nothing about it. Not helping is how he doesn't accomplish much and needs the Scarecrow to save him. As such, Kynd comes off as lazy and incompetent and not particularly heroic or kind.

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* DesignatedHero: Prince Kynd is supposed to be ReasonableAuthorityFigure who opposes Kruel. However, despite outranking Kruel, Kruel and Kruel's horrible actions, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim he never attempts to just fires Kruel and assume power.control of Oz himself]]. In addition, when the farmhands are sent to the dungeon to be eaten by lions, he does nothing about it. Not helping is how he doesn't accomplish much and needs the Scarecrow to save him. As such, Kynd comes off as lazy and incompetent and not particularly heroic or kind.

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* DesignatedHero: Prince Kynd is supposed to be ReasonableAuthorityFigure who opposes Kruel. However, despite outranking Kruel, he never attempts to assume power. In addition, when the farmhands are sent to the dungeon to be eaten by lions, he does nothing about it. Not helping is how he doesn't accomplish much and needs the Scarecrow to save him. As such, Kynd comes off as lazy and incompetent and not particularly heroic or kind.



** Snowball's actor Spencer Bell is credited under the racist StageName "G. Howe Black". However, even at the time this received criticism. A review at ''Variety'' admonished the director crediting Bell as "G. Howe Black".

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** You would assume Snowball's actor Spencer Bell is being credited under the racist StageName "G. Howe Black".Black" would fall under this. However, even at the time this received criticism. A review at ''Variety'' admonished the director crediting Bell as "G. Howe Black".

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* ValuesDissonance: One of the main characters is Snowball, a black farmhand who's first shown eating watermelon in the field.

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* ValuesDissonance: UnexpectedCharacter: The main villain and Dorothy's love interest are obscure characters from the ninth book, ''Literature/TheScarecrowOfOz''.
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One of the main characters is Snowball, a black farmhand who's first shown eating watermelon in the field.field.
** Snowball's actor Spencer Bell is credited under the racist StageName "G. Howe Black". However, even at the time this received criticism. A review at ''Variety'' admonished the director crediting Bell as "G. Howe Black".
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* ValuesDissonance: One of the main characters is Snowball, a black farmhand who's first shown eating watermelon in the field.

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