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2023-07-19T11:25:18Z

How is Dorothy related to Uncle Henry and Aunt Em?

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	It's never been clearly stated just which of Dorothy's parents they were related to, nor which is the blood relative. ''Glinda of Oz'' does say that Uncle Henry was "...Dorothy's own uncle," and Aunt Em is referred to as his wife, which some have taken to mean that Dorothy is most closely related to Uncle Henry, and Aunt Em married into the family (this would make sense in light of Uncle Henry's comments about Dorothy's dead mother in ''Emerald City'', if Dorothy's mother was Henry's sister — see the previous question). Also, in ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'', Zeb, in speaking to Dorothy, refers to "your Uncle Henry's wife," again implying that Henry is the blood relative and Em married into the family. Some Ozmologists have even speculated that, based on their apparent ages, Uncle Henry and Aunt Em may be Dorothy's great uncle and great aunt. But their appearances have been an invention of the illustrators, not Baum himself. In the apocryphal novel ''Was'', Dorothy's mother was Aunt Em's sister. She had died of malaria, and Dorothy's father had abandoned the family. In the novels ''Dorothy: This Side of the Rainbow'' and ''Looking for a Rainbow'', both by Vincent Begley, Dorothy is the daughter of Irish immigrants in New York City who is sent west on one of the orphan trains after her parents died. She ends up living with, and is eventually adopted by, the Gales, whom she calls Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. This is similar to what she tells the Cowardly Lion in Gregory Maguire's ''A Lion Among Men'', but she was in a Topeka orphanage and sent to the Gales when they asked for someone to help them on the farm. In another apocryphal novel, ''Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns'', Dorothy is the daughter of Thomas Gale and Sarah Hopkins Gale, who died in a fire in their home town of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Aunt Em was Sara's older sister and only remaining relative. In ''The Witches of Oz'' (2011 television miniseries), Dorothy is Uncle Henry's aunt! She was the daughter of Frank and Maud (no last name given, but that's also the names of the author of ''The Wizard of Oz'' and his wife), but was carried to Oz in a cyclone in 1899. She stayed in Oz and never grew up, observed by her parents through a magic water globe, until she came back to farm in 1992 to protect Oz. The farm stayed in the family, and her nephew Henry and his wife Emily found her and raised her, and she forgot that her time in Oz was real. In ''The Wiz Live'' in 2015, Aunt Em was Dorothy's mother's older sister (Uncle Henry didn't appear).		It's never been clearly stated just which of Dorothy's parents they were related to, nor which is the blood relative. ''Glinda of Oz'' does say that Uncle Henry was "...Dorothy's own uncle," and Aunt Em is referred to as his wife, which some have taken to mean that Dorothy is most closely related to Uncle Henry, and Aunt Em married into the family (this would make sense in light of Uncle Henry's comments about Dorothy's dead mother in ''Emerald City'', if Dorothy's mother was Henry's sister — see the previous question). Also, in ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'', Zeb, in speaking to Dorothy, refers to "your Uncle Henry's wife," again implying that Henry is the blood relative and Em married into the family. Some Ozmologists have even speculated that, based on their apparent ages, Uncle Henry and Aunt Em may be Dorothy's great uncle and great aunt. But their appearances have been an invention of the illustrators, not Baum himself. In the apocryphal novel ''Was'', Dorothy's mother was Aunt Em's sister. She had died of malaria, and Dorothy's father had abandoned the family. Joan Vinge's 1985 novelization of ''Return to Oz'' sees Aunt Em as Dorothy's mother's sister. In the novels ''Dorothy: This Side of the Rainbow'' and ''Looking for a Rainbow'', both by Vincent Begley, Dorothy is the daughter of Irish immigrants in New York City who is sent west on one of the orphan trains after her parents died. She ends up living with, and is eventually adopted by, the Gales, whom she calls Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. This is similar to what she tells the Cowardly Lion in Gregory Maguire's ''A Lion Among Men'', but she was in a Topeka orphanage and sent to the Gales when they asked for someone to help them on the farm. In another apocryphal novel, ''Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns'', Dorothy is the daughter of Thomas Gale and Sarah Hopkins Gale, who died in a fire in their home town of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Aunt Em was Sara's older sister and only remaining relative. In ''The Witches of Oz'' (2011 television miniseries), Dorothy is Uncle Henry's aunt! She was the daughter of Frank and Maud (no last name given, but that's also the names of the author of ''The Wizard of Oz'' and his wife), but was carried to Oz in a cyclone in 1899. She stayed in Oz and never grew up, observed by her parents through a magic water globe, until she came back to the farm in 1992 to protect Oz. The farm stayed in the family, and her nephew Henry and his wife Emily found her and raised her, and she forgot that her time in Oz was real. In ''The Wiz Live'' in 2015, Aunt Em was Dorothy's mother's older sister (Uncle Henry didn't appear).

	==What kind of storm took Dorothy to Oz?==		==What kind of storm took Dorothy to Oz?==

Ericgjovaag: /* What is the name of the good witch — and how do you spell it? */

2021-08-07T17:57:27Z

What is the name of the good witch — and how do you spell it?

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	One of the most common misspellings I've encountered for an Oz character is the character played by Billie Burke in The Movie. She was the Good Witch of the South (later a sorceress) in the books, and Burke's character in The Movie was the Good Witch of the North, but no matter where she's from, her name is Glinda. That's G-L-I-N-D-A with an I, ''not'' G-L-E-N-D-A with an E. In ''The Wiz'', the name was kept, but she was restored to being from the south. In Russia, the Good Witch of the South is named Stella. And in case you were really curious, in the books the Good Witch of the North, a separate character, is named Tattypoo in ''The Giant Horse of Oz'', a name borrowed for the 2005 television production ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz''. Baum named the Good Witch of the North Locasta (sometimes also spelled Locusta) in the 1902 stage version of ''The Wizard of Oz''. Some scripts for this play also give us the alternative spelling Galinda for the Good Witch of the South. In ''Wicked'', both in the book and on stage, she starts off as Galinda, but later shortens her name to honor one of her professors who kept mispronouncing her name. In Russia, the Good Witch of the North (also the Witch of the Yellow Country) is Villina, and in ''The Wiz'' she is Addaperle on stage, and Miss One on film. Finally, the good witch in the 1905 play ''The Woggle-Bug'' was named Maëtta, after a good witch in Baum's book ''A New Wonderland''/''The Magical Monarch of Mo''. Maëtta took the role given to Glinda in ''The Marvelous Land of Oz'', the book on which ''The Woggle-Bug'' is based. In the novel ''Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns'', the Good Witch of the North is named Boreala.		One of the most common misspellings I've encountered for an Oz character is the character played by Billie Burke in The Movie. She was the Good Witch of the South (later a sorceress) in the books, and Burke's character in The Movie was the Good Witch of the North, but no matter where she's from, her name is Glinda. That's G-L-I-N-D-A with an I, ''not'' G-L-E-N-D-A with an E. In ''The Wiz'', the name was kept, but she was restored to being from the south. In Russia, the Good Witch of the South is named Stella. And in case you were really curious, in the books the Good Witch of the North, a separate character, is named Tattypoo in ''The Giant Horse of Oz'', a name borrowed for the 2005 television production ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz''. Baum named the Good Witch of the North Locasta (sometimes also spelled Locusta) in the 1902 stage version of ''The Wizard of Oz''. Some scripts for this play also give us the alternative spelling Galinda for the Good Witch of the South. In ''Wicked'', both in the book and on stage, she starts off as Galinda, but later shortens her name to honor one of her professors who kept mispronouncing her name. In Russia, the Good Witch of the North (also the Witch of the Yellow Country) is Villina, and in ''The Wiz'' she is Addaperle on stage, and Miss One on film. Finally, the good witch in the 1905 play ''The Woggle-Bug'' was named Maëtta, after a good witch in Baum's book ''A New Wonderland''/''The Magical Monarch of Mo''. Maëtta took the role given to Glinda in ''The Marvelous Land of Oz'', the book on which ''The Woggle-Bug'' is based. In the novel ''Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns'', the Good Witch of the North is named Boreala.

Ericgjovaag: /* What's the Wizard's name? */

2019-08-27T00:30:24Z

What's the Wizard's name?

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	Like so many other characters, the Wizard didn't have a name in the original novel. But in his second appearance in the Oz books, ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'', he reveals that his name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Issac Norman Henkle Emmanuel Ambroise Diggs. Of course, this meant that the poor man's initials were O. Z. P. I. N. H. E. A. D. When he grew up, he shortened this to O. Z., and thus became Oz professionally. (The rest of the initials spelled "pinhead," which he felt reflected badly on his intelligence.) He worked in a circus as a magician, ventriloquist, and balloonist, and put his new name on all of his possessions, including his balloon. When an accident brought him to the land of Oz, the citizens, seeing the name of their country on the balloon, thought he was their new ruler. He's now generally called Oz or Wizard. In Russia, he is named James Goodwin. In the film version of ''The Wiz'', he was named Herman Smith. In ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'', he was named Francis Cornfine. In the novel ''Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns'', the Wizard is called both Oztoz and Jeremiah M. Quincy (perhaps the latter is his real name, and Oztoz an Oz name or title he adopted).		Like so many other characters, the Wizard didn't have a name in the original novel. But in his second appearance in the Oz books, ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'', he reveals that his name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Issac Norman Henkle Emmanuel Ambroise Diggs. Of course, this meant that the poor man's initials were O. Z. P. I. N. H. E. A. D. When he grew up, he shortened this to O. Z., and thus became Oz professionally. (The rest of the initials spelled "pinhead," which he felt reflected badly on his intelligence.) He worked in a circus as a magician, ventriloquist, and balloonist, and put his new name on all of his possessions, including his balloon. When an accident brought him to the land of Oz, the citizens, seeing the name of their country on the balloon, thought he was their new ruler. He's now generally called Oz or Wizard. He also states this as his name in the 2013 movie ''Oz the Great and Powerful''. In Russia, he is named James Goodwin. In the film version of ''The Wiz'', he was named Herman Smith. In ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'', he was named Francis Cornfine. In the novel ''Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns'', the Wizard is called both Oztoz and Jeremiah M. Quincy (perhaps the latter is his real name, and Oztoz an Oz name or title he adopted).

	==Where is the Wizard from?==		==Where is the Wizard from?==

Ericgjovaag: /* What are the flying monkeys called? */

2019-08-27T00:28:58Z

What are the flying monkeys called?

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	Most people who ask me this question have already answered it, since they don't have an unusual or exotic tribal name. In the books, they're just called the flying monkeys or winged monkeys. In the books they aren't given individual names, but in The Movie their leader is named Nikko (see the question [[The_Movie_-_Cast#Who_is_Nikko.3F \| Who is Nikko?]]). He is actually referred to as Nikko in some Movie-based play scripts. In the 1990 ''Wizard of Oz'' cartoon series, based on The Movie, the leader of the winged monkeys is called Truckel (I'm not sure exactly how that's spelled), but this could be a different monkey. In the Russian books, the leader of the Winged Monkeys is named Worra. In ''Wicked'', the flying monkey who befriends Elphaba is named Chistery.		Most people who ask me this question have already answered it, since they don't have an unusual or exotic tribal name. In the books, they're just called the flying monkeys or winged monkeys. In the books they aren't given individual names, but in The Movie their leader is named Nikko (see the question [[The_Movie_-_Cast#Who_is_Nikko.3F \| Who is Nikko?]]). He is actually referred to as Nikko in some Movie-based play scripts. In the 1990 ''Wizard of Oz'' cartoon series, based on The Movie, the leader of the winged monkeys is called Truckel (I'm not sure exactly how that's spelled), but this could be a different monkey. In the Russian books, the leader of the Winged Monkeys is named Worra. In ''Wicked'', the flying monkey who befriends Elphaba is named Chistery. In the 2017 cartoon series ''Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz'', Wilhelmina, the Wicked Witch of the West's niece, has two flying monkeys helping her out named Frank and Lyman, both named for the creator of Oz, L. Frank Baum!

	==What's the Wizard's name?==		==What's the Wizard's name?==

Ericgjovaag: /* What is the name of the good witch — and how do you spell it? */

2019-08-27T00:22:19Z

What is the name of the good witch — and how do you spell it?

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	One of the most common misspellings I've encountered for an Oz character is the character played by Billie Burke in The Movie. She was the Good Witch of the South (later a sorceress) in the books, and Burke's character in The Movie was the Good Witch of the North, but no matter where she's from, her name is Glinda. That's G-L-I-N-D-A with an I, ''not'' G-L-E-N-D-A with an E. In ''The Wiz'', the name was kept, but she was restored to being from the south. In Russia, the Good Witch of the South is named Stella. And in case you were really curious, in the books the Good Witch of the North, a separate character, is named Tattypoo in ''The Giant Horse of Oz'', a name borrowed for the 2005 television production ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz''. Baum named the Good Witch of the North Locasta (sometimes also spelled Locusta) in the 1902 stage version of ''The Wizard of Oz''. Some scripts for this play also give us the alternative spelling Galinda for the Good Witch of the South. In ''Wicked'', both in the book and on stage, she starts off as Galinda, but later shortens her name to honor one of her professors who kept ~~leaving out the a~~. In Russia, the Good Witch of the North (also the Witch of the Yellow Country) is Villina, and in ''The Wiz'' she is Addaperle on stage, and Miss One on film. Finally, the good witch in the 1905 play ''The Woggle-Bug'' was named Maëtta, after a good witch in Baum's book ''A New Wonderland''/''The Magical Monarch of Mo''. Maëtta took the role given to Glinda in ''The Marvelous Land of Oz'', the book on which ''The Woggle-Bug'' is based. In the novel ''Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns'', the Good Witch of the North is named Boreala.		One of the most common misspellings I've encountered for an Oz character is the character played by Billie Burke in The Movie. She was the Good Witch of the South (later a sorceress) in the books, and Burke's character in The Movie was the Good Witch of the North, but no matter where she's from, her name is Glinda. That's G-L-I-N-D-A with an I, ''not'' G-L-E-N-D-A with an E. In ''The Wiz'', the name was kept, but she was restored to being from the south. In Russia, the Good Witch of the South is named Stella. And in case you were really curious, in the books the Good Witch of the North, a separate character, is named Tattypoo in ''The Giant Horse of Oz'', a name borrowed for the 2005 television production ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz''. Baum named the Good Witch of the North Locasta (sometimes also spelled Locusta) in the 1902 stage version of ''The Wizard of Oz''. Some scripts for this play also give us the alternative spelling Galinda for the Good Witch of the South. In ''Wicked'', both in the book and on stage, she starts off as Galinda, but later shortens her name to honor one of her professors who kept mispronouncing her name. In Russia, the Good Witch of the North (also the Witch of the Yellow Country) is Villina, and in ''The Wiz'' she is Addaperle on stage, and Miss One on film. Finally, the good witch in the 1905 play ''The Woggle-Bug'' was named Maëtta, after a good witch in Baum's book ''A New Wonderland''/''The Magical Monarch of Mo''. Maëtta took the role given to Glinda in ''The Marvelous Land of Oz'', the book on which ''The Woggle-Bug'' is based. In the novel ''Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns'', the Good Witch of the North is named Boreala.

	==What is the origin of the name "Munchkin"?==		==What is the origin of the name "Munchkin"?==

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2019-08-27T00:14:53Z

What's the name of Dorothy's cow?

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	This seems to be a popular trivia question in radio contests. Dorothy doesn't have a pet cow in the books nor in ~~any~~ dramatic ~~version~~ of ''The Wizard of Oz''. But in the 1902 stage production, Toto was replaced by Dorothy's pet cow Imogene, probably because it was easier to fit an actor inside a cow costume than a little black dog costume. A cow named Imogene appears in the Oz books in Eric Shanower's ''The Giant Garden of Oz'', but other than the name and species, there is no relationship between the two characters, as Shanower's Imogene is an Ozian native who gives magic milk.		This seems to be a popular trivia question in radio contests. Dorothy doesn't have a pet cow in the books nor in most dramatic versions of ''The Wizard of Oz''. But in the 1902 stage production, Toto was replaced by Dorothy's pet cow Imogene, probably because it was easier to fit an actor inside a cow costume than a little black dog costume. A cow named Imogene appears in the Oz books in Eric Shanower's ''The Giant Garden of Oz'', but other than the name and species, there is no relationship between the two characters, as Shanower's Imogene is an Ozian native who gives magic milk.

	==What are the names of the Wicked Witch of the East and the Wicked Witch of the West?==		==What are the names of the Wicked Witch of the East and the Wicked Witch of the West?==

Ericgjovaag: /* How old is Dorothy? */

2019-08-27T00:12:18Z

How old is Dorothy?

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	Baum wrote Dorothy as a generic child, with few descriptors, and never gave her a specific age. She could be as young as five or as old as twelve if you go by the illustrations in different books. In the 1902 stage adaptation, she was probably quite a bit older, as some of the characters expressed a romantic interest in her. In The Movie, Judy Garland was sixteen during filming (by the time the film premiered, she had turned seventeen), but her costume included a corset to flatten her bosom so as to make her appear younger. Studio publicity of the day usually gave the character's age as twelve. An earlier film adaptation from 1925 had Dorothy celebrating her eighteenth birthday — and discovering that she was a lost princess of Oz! In ''The Wiz'' on Broadway, Stephanie Mills was in her teens (but played her a bit younger), while in the film version, Dorothy was played by Diana Ross and was twenty-four (!). Fairuza Balk was ten when she made ''Return to Oz'', but Dorothy's age was never given. In the novel ''Visitors from Oz'', author Martin Gardner gives her age as seventeen, but this book is considered apocryphal by many Oz scholars. In ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'', Dorothy, as played by Ashanti, is probably an older teenager, as she's working at her aunt and uncle's diner but longing to move on and become a Hollywood star. Best guess on how old she is in the books? In ''The Lost Princess of Oz'' it is stated that Betsy Bobbin is a year older than Dorothy, and Trot is a year younger. Then, in ''The Giant Horse of Oz'', Trot declares that she is ten years old. If that's the case, then Dorothy would be eleven, and since nobody ages in Oz who doesn't want to, she's probably going to remain eleven. Of course, she would have been even younger on her first visit to Oz in ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''.		Baum wrote Dorothy as a generic child, with few descriptors, and never gave her a specific age. She could be as young as five or as old as twelve if you go by the illustrations in different books. In the 1902 stage adaptation, she was probably quite a bit older, as some of the characters expressed a romantic interest in her. In The Movie, Judy Garland was sixteen during filming (by the time the film premiered, she had turned seventeen), but her costume included a corset to flatten her bosom so as to make her appear younger. Studio publicity of the day usually gave the character's age as twelve. An earlier film adaptation from 1925 had Dorothy celebrating her eighteenth birthday — and discovering that she was a lost princess of Oz! In ''The Wiz'' on Broadway, Stephanie Mills was in her teens (but played her a bit younger), while in the film version, Dorothy was played by Diana Ross and was twenty-four (!). Fairuza Balk was ten when she made ''Return to Oz'', but Dorothy's age was never given. In the novel ''Visitors from Oz'', author Martin Gardner gives her age as seventeen, but this book is considered apocryphal by many Oz scholars. In ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'', Dorothy, as played by Ashanti, is probably an older teenager, as she's working at her aunt and uncle's diner but longing to move on and become a Hollywood star. Best guess on how old she is in the books? In ''The Lost Princess of Oz'' it is stated that Betsy Bobbin is a year older than Dorothy, and Trot is a year younger. Then, in ''The Giant Horse of Oz'', Trot declares that she is ten years old. If that's the case, then Dorothy would be eleven (and Betsy Bobbin twelve), and since nobody ages in Oz who doesn't want to, she's probably going to remain eleven. Of course, she would have been even younger on her first visit to Oz in ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''.

	==What breed of dog is Toto?==		==What breed of dog is Toto?==

Ericgjovaag: /* Does Dorothy have any other relatives? */

2019-08-27T00:03:12Z

Does Dorothy have any other relatives?

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	Yes — sort of. In ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'', Dorothy meets up with Zeb, the closest thing she has to a living relative other than Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Uncle Henry is visiting with Zeb's Uncle Bill, and as Zeb explains it to her, "Uncle Bill Hugson married your Uncle Henry's wife's sister; so we must be second cousins." Of course Zeb isn't really Dorothy's second cousin, he just used the term to indicate that he and Dorothy must be related somehow. Throughout the rest of the book, they just refer to each other as cousins. (It is not clear what Zeb's last name is. Although often referred to by Ozmologists as Zeb Hugson, he is not given a last name in the book itself. And since he refers to his uncle more than once as "Uncle Hugson," it's entirely possible that Hugson is not ~~his~~ last name.) Also of note, in ''Return to Oz'', Aunt Em's sister Garnet is mentioned, which would mean Garnet was also Dorothy's aunt (she's still living, so she's not Dorothy's mother).		Yes — sort of. In ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'', Dorothy meets up with Zeb, the closest thing she has to a living relative other than Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Uncle Henry is visiting with Zeb's Uncle Bill, and as Zeb explains it to her, "Uncle Bill Hugson married your Uncle Henry's wife's sister; so we must be second cousins." Of course Zeb isn't really Dorothy's second cousin, he just used the term to indicate that he and Dorothy must be related somehow. Throughout the rest of the book, they just refer to each other as cousins. (It is not clear what Zeb's last name is. Although often referred to by Ozmologists as Zeb Hugson, he is not given a last name in the book itself. And since he refers to his uncle more than once as "Uncle Hugson," it's entirely possible that Hugson is not Zeb's last name.) Also of note, in ''Return to Oz'', Aunt Em's sister Garnet is mentioned, which would mean Garnet was also Dorothy's aunt (she's still living, so she's not Dorothy's mother).

	==Where in Kansas did Dorothy live?==		==Where in Kansas did Dorothy live?==

Ericgjovaag: /* How is Dorothy related to Uncle Henry and Aunt Em? */

2019-08-26T23:59:23Z

How is Dorothy related to Uncle Henry and Aunt Em?

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	It's never been clearly stated just which of Dorothy's parents they were related to, nor which is the blood relative. ''Glinda of Oz'' does say that Uncle Henry was "...Dorothy's own uncle," and Aunt Em is referred to as his wife, which some have taken to mean that Dorothy is most closely related to Uncle Henry, and Aunt Em married into the family (this would make sense in light of Uncle Henry's comments about Dorothy's dead mother in ''Emerald City'', if Dorothy's mother was Henry's sister — see the previous question)~~; but this is ambiguous enough to be interpreted in more than one way — or ignored~~. Also, in ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'', Zeb, in speaking to Dorothy, refers to "your Uncle Henry's wife," again implying that Henry is the blood relative and Em married into the family. Some Ozmologists have even speculated that, based on their apparent ages, Uncle Henry and Aunt Em may be Dorothy's great uncle and great aunt. But their appearances have been an invention of the illustrators, not Baum himself. In the apocryphal novel ''Was'', Dorothy's mother was Aunt Em's sister. She had died of malaria, and Dorothy's father had abandoned the family. In the novels ''Dorothy: This Side of the Rainbow'' and ''Looking for a Rainbow'', both by Vincent Begley, Dorothy is the daughter of Irish immigrants in New York City who is sent west on one of the orphan trains after her parents died. She ends up living with, and is eventually adopted by, the Gales, whom she calls Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. This is similar to what she tells the Cowardly Lion in Gregory Maguire's ''A Lion Among Men'', but she was in a Topeka orphanage and sent to the Gales when they asked for someone to help them on the farm. In another apocryphal novel, ''Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns'', Dorothy is the daughter of Thomas Gale and Sarah Hopkins Gale, who died in a fire in their home town of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Aunt Em was Sara's older sister and only remaining relative. In ''The Witches of Oz'' (2011 television miniseries), Dorothy is Uncle Henry's aunt! She was the daughter of Frank and Maud (no last name given, but that's also the names of the author of ''The Wizard of Oz'' and his wife), but was carried to Oz in a cyclone in 1899. She stayed in Oz and never grew up, observed by her parents through a magic water globe, until she came back to farm in 1992 to protect Oz. The farm stayed in the family, and her nephew Henry and his wife Emily found her and raised her, and she forgot that her time in Oz was real. In ''The Wiz Live'' in 2015, Aunt Em was Dorothy's mother's older sister (Uncle Henry didn't appear).		It's never been clearly stated just which of Dorothy's parents they were related to, nor which is the blood relative. ''Glinda of Oz'' does say that Uncle Henry was "...Dorothy's own uncle," and Aunt Em is referred to as his wife, which some have taken to mean that Dorothy is most closely related to Uncle Henry, and Aunt Em married into the family (this would make sense in light of Uncle Henry's comments about Dorothy's dead mother in ''Emerald City'', if Dorothy's mother was Henry's sister — see the previous question). Also, in ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'', Zeb, in speaking to Dorothy, refers to "your Uncle Henry's wife," again implying that Henry is the blood relative and Em married into the family. Some Ozmologists have even speculated that, based on their apparent ages, Uncle Henry and Aunt Em may be Dorothy's great uncle and great aunt. But their appearances have been an invention of the illustrators, not Baum himself. In the apocryphal novel ''Was'', Dorothy's mother was Aunt Em's sister. She had died of malaria, and Dorothy's father had abandoned the family. In the novels ''Dorothy: This Side of the Rainbow'' and ''Looking for a Rainbow'', both by Vincent Begley, Dorothy is the daughter of Irish immigrants in New York City who is sent west on one of the orphan trains after her parents died. She ends up living with, and is eventually adopted by, the Gales, whom she calls Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. This is similar to what she tells the Cowardly Lion in Gregory Maguire's ''A Lion Among Men'', but she was in a Topeka orphanage and sent to the Gales when they asked for someone to help them on the farm. In another apocryphal novel, ''Halloween in Oz: Dorothy Returns'', Dorothy is the daughter of Thomas Gale and Sarah Hopkins Gale, who died in a fire in their home town of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Aunt Em was Sara's older sister and only remaining relative. In ''The Witches of Oz'' (2011 television miniseries), Dorothy is Uncle Henry's aunt! She was the daughter of Frank and Maud (no last name given, but that's also the names of the author of ''The Wizard of Oz'' and his wife), but was carried to Oz in a cyclone in 1899. She stayed in Oz and never grew up, observed by her parents through a magic water globe, until she came back to farm in 1992 to protect Oz. The farm stayed in the family, and her nephew Henry and his wife Emily found her and raised her, and she forgot that her time in Oz was real. In ''The Wiz Live'' in 2015, Aunt Em was Dorothy's mother's older sister (Uncle Henry didn't appear).

	==What kind of storm took Dorothy to Oz?==		==What kind of storm took Dorothy to Oz?==

Ericgjovaag: /* What breed of dog is Toto? */

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What breed of dog is Toto?

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	==What breed of dog is Toto?==		==What breed of dog is Toto?==

	It depends on your source. In ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', Baum describes him as "a little black dog, with long, silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose." He never said what breed he was, but Denslow drew him as looking somewhat like a Cairn terrier or a Scottie. When Toto next appears in an Oz book, John R. Neill drew him as a Boston terrier or French bulldog (Neill had a French bulldog himself at the time), even though he was well aware of Denslow's depiction. In one illustration in that book, Neill's Toto laughs at a statue of himself, which Neill drew in Denslow's style, complete with signature seahorse. As Neill drew Toto more in later books, however, he got shaggier, and ended up looking more like Denslow's depiction, a convention other Oz illustrators have pretty much stuck with. For The Movie, Scotties were initially looked at, but when Carl Spitz brought in Terry, a Cairn terrier, she got the job, and Toto became a Cairn to many. In other movies, and some newer illustrated editions of ''The Wizard of Oz'', Toto has been depicted as other breeds. In ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'', Toto wasn't even a dog; he was played by Pepe the King Prawn, so in Kansas, there was a reference to Dorothy adopting a prawn because she wasn't allowed to have a dog.		It depends on your source. In ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', Baum describes him as "a little black dog, with long, silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose." He never said what breed he was, but Denslow drew him as looking somewhat like a Cairn terrier or a Scottie. When Toto next appears in an Oz book, John R. Neill drew him as a Boston terrier or French bulldog (Neill had a French bulldog himself at the time), even though he was well aware of Denslow's depiction. In one illustration in that book, Neill's Toto laughs at a statue of himself, which Neill drew in Denslow's style, complete with signature seahorse. As Neill drew Toto more in later books, however, he got shaggier, and ended up looking more like Denslow's depiction, a convention other Oz illustrators have pretty much stuck with. For The Movie, Scotties were initially looked at, but when Carl Spitz brought in Terry, a Cairn terrier, she got the job, and Toto became a Cairn to many. In the television series ''Emerald City'', Toto is a police K-9 dog, so he is a German shepherd, and he gets the name Toto because it is the Munchkin word for dog. In other movies, and some newer illustrated editions of ''The Wizard of Oz'', Toto has been depicted as other breeds. In ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'', Toto wasn't even a dog; he was played by Pepe the King Prawn, so in Kansas, there was a reference to Dorothy adopting a prawn because she wasn't allowed to have a dog.

	==Is Toto a male dog or a female dog?==		==Is Toto a male dog or a female dog?==