Line #13 NightmareFuel/LandOfOz


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3	The ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books are children's books classics, but that doesn't mean everything in them is child friendly. Due to a combination of ValuesDissonance, FridgeHorror, and intended creepiness, the series contains quite a large amount of nightmarish potential. Scary Oz-related happenings are not left solely to DystopianOz reimaginings and {{Grimmification}}s.
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6	* How Princess Ozma was found in ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'' might qualify. She was kidnapped as a baby and sold off to an evil witch who [[GenderBender forcibly turned her into a boy]]. Ozma, raised as "Tip", was treated almost like a slave and mistreated by her guardian Mombi. Eventually, Mombi planned on turning Ozma into a statue, which is why Ozma ran off.
7	* Princess Ozma had Bungle's brains changed to make her more agreeable. (May count as CanonDiscontinuity as Bungle has her old brains and attitude back in later books.)
8	* Chopfyt was made of the flesh parts of both Nick Chopper (the Tin Woodman) and Captain Fyter glued together with the Wicked Witch of the East's flesh glue, along with a tin arm.
9	* The Fountain of Oblivion. It is an enchanted fountain that removes all the memories those who drink its Water of Oblivion.
10	* The Wicked Witch of the West's death is morbid. She melts after coming into contact with water. Dorothy, seeing the the brown puddle that used to be the witch, ''sweeps'' it out the door.
11	* The desert that surrounds Oz. Anyone who touches it turns to sand instantly.
12	* People cannot die in Oz. We learn this ''after'' the Tin Woodman chopped off the heads of various animals and Dorothy accidentally melted the Wicked Witch of the West. The books explain that people in Oz won't die even if they're cut into tiny pieces or exploded. They won't feel any pain, but they'll [[AndIMustScream be conscious]] nevertheless.
13	* How the Tin Woodsman got his parts, or rather, how he lost them. He was an ordinary man named Nick Chopper who chopped down trees. He fell in love with a Munchkin girl, something her mother disapproved of. So she made a deal with the Wicked Witch of the East who enchanted his axe in order to prevent him from marrying his sweetheart. The enchanted axe chopped off each of his parts, one by one. Each time he lost a limb, Ku-Klip replaced it with a tin prosthetic until nothing was left of him but tin. Ku-Klip forgot to replace his heart, which is why Nick can't love his former sweetheart anymore.
14	* When the Tin Woodman meets up with his ''disembodied head.'' His ''former'' and ''sentient'' disembodied head; as he has a tin replacement now.
15	* The Wheelers, quite possibly one of the scariest things to appear in the Oz books. As pictured above they are humanoid creatures that are described as having long legs and arms of the same length, with wheels for hands and feet made out of [[BodyHorror BONE MATTER]]. Not to mention the illustration shows them with menacing red eyes. As if that wasn’t enough they also intend to kill Dorothy because she was hungry and took some of their lunch pails, all while making loud screeching noises at her.
16	--> “Run!” screamed the yellow hen, fluttering away in great flight. “It’s a Wheeler!” “A Wheeler?” exclaimed Dorothy. “What can that be?” “Don’t you remember the warning in the sand: ‘Beware the Wheelers’? Run, I tell you—run!” So Dorothy ran, and the Wheeler gave a sharp, Wild cry and came after her in full chase.
17	* When the Wicked Witch commands her airborne simian lackeys to destroy the Tin Woodman, and the Scarecrow. She even crosses the MoralEventHorizon by making Dorothy her slave as well as planning to feast on the Cowardly Lion.
18	* Some of the laws in Oz come off as more scary than intended. For example, their BanOnMagic is so strict that a young boy gets arrested in ''Literature/ThePatchworkGirlOfOz'' for picking a six-leaf clover.

Context NightmareFuel / LandOfOz