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The Wizard Of Oz References
"You get a Wizard Of Oz reference almost everyday of your
life"
Have you ever been watching a sports report
and, perhaps the team you follow has lost a game, but now
has a home game, and the sports reporter says "ahhh but
there's no place like home," or that's the headline in the
sports page the next day. How MANY times have you been
reading abut something, or watching a movie or TV show, or
heard on a radio commercial "We're not in Kansas anymore,"
when someone wants to describe a situation that's not
normal. How many times has someone lacking in size or a baby
been playfully referred to as a "munchkin." Some of these
are used so often its easy to see why the most used pop
culture reference is The Wizard of Oz, and others blow past
you a little less noticeable. Here is the ever growing list
of things you can look for so you too can realize that if
you have daily contact with media including but not limited
to TV, newspaper, radio, magazines, advertising, internet
and more, you get a daily Wizard of Oz reference.
Any of these and more "count"
...over the rainbow
somewhere over the rainbow ..the words spoken or the music
played
munchkin ..such as a small person referred to as a munchkin
...used often in sports analogies
and your little dog too
and to-to too ?
we're not in kansas anymore
auntie em
tin man / cowardly lion / scarecrow used in context of
someone without a brain
the recognizable music for miss gulch (when she is on the
bike)
wicked witch
are you a good witch or a bad witch
horse of a different color
no place like home
red slippers / ruby slippers
the witch is dead ...or even an hanging "ding dong" is a
reference in certain contexts
come out come out wherever you are
the lollipop guild / the lullabye league
"when life drops a house on you" reference
any green faced witch
I'm melting
my preeeetttttyyyyy
emerald city
it's always best to start at the beginning
people come and go so quickly here
If I only had a brain / a heart / some nerve
Lions and Tigers and Bears
...and what would you do with a brain if you had one?
because of the wonderful things he does
paaaaahhhhpies (poppies)
Surrender Dorothy (or surrender __ written in
the sky in that context)
well bust my buttons
man behind the curtain
a place like oz/ land of oz /
I am the great and powerful oz
Witch Theme "the old one"
most references to flying monkeys
many judy garland references in context When someone says something like
"that's like having a house dropped on you"
Anytime someone describes someone as the Wizard of _____
like a meterolgist as the Wizard of Weather or a player
described as the Wizard of Dunk etc.
Wizards of Waverly Place perhaps
references to spin off movies such as "the wiz" or the
miniseries "tin man" or the musical "wicked"
From
Cracked.com Why the Wicked Witch had a reason to
terrorize Dorothy
The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)
The "villain":
You're in a tough spot if "Wicked" is right there in your
name, but WWW isn't exactly the most image conscious
celebrity in Oz, either: She kidnapped Dorothy, threatened
to drown her dog and tried to set The Scarecrow on fire, all
to get her hands on the girl's ruby slippers. Foot fetish or
not, that was some stone-cold villainy.
Nice teeth, though.
Hold on a minute there:
Remember that the Witch wasn't after Dorothy, and she
wasn't trying to rule the world. All she ever wanted was
those slippers. Say, how did Dorothy acquire those magical
shoes in the first place? Why, by taking them off the
blood-drenched feet of the Wicked Witch of the East. Who she
just murdered. Who also happened to be the
Wicked Witch of the West's sister.
These shoes used to be white...
Let's look at the whole "accident" from the West Witch's
perspective:
The Witch sisters are hanging around Oz, minding their
own business when some random teenager crushes a woman
to death with a house, killing her instantly in an act
of domiciliary manslaughter. Next, the teenager waltzes out
and corpse-loots the victim's shoes (some sort of creepy
kill-trophy, no doubt) which under every inheritance law in
the universe damn well belong to the deceased's surviving
family.
From where we stand, the Wicked Witch of the West had
every right in the world to bludgeon Dorothy to death with a
sock full of toxic batteries, but what did she do?
Absolutely nothing. She just wanted her shoes back, and
every action that she took was motivated by that want. Then,
of course, Dorothy raises an army in the form of a giant,
talking lion, a man made of metal and an unkillable
scarecrow, steals the Witch's broomstick and kills the
Witch, staging a nice little Witch sister reunion in the
afterlife.