Even so, the all-female armies in this book are the most effective armies in Baum's Oz books - all the rest are either evil and menacing but are foiled before they do much harm, e.g.

Played with in that the former just thought they were the Emerald City's army wouldn't hit a girl and was less than a match for Dorothy by herself anyway. Amazon Brigade: Both Jinjur's Army of Revolt and the army Glinda makes.Later, he is revealed to be completely tireless and the fastest ride in Oz. The Alleged Steed: The Saw-horse, who has no joints in his legs and, at first at least, has no ears and can't follow directions, starts out as this.Adopt-a-Servant: Mombi is Tip's guardian and has raised him since infancy, but she treats him like a slave.The party leaves the City, unaware that they have succeeded in their quest. The rose happens to be Mombi, who has transformed herself. Accidental Kidnapping: When the party are searching the Emerald City for Mombi, the Tin Woodman plucks a rose from a bush, and places it inside his buttonhole.

It was also adapted as the second story arc in the anime The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Parts of this book (and the next, Ozma of Oz) were incorporated into the film Return to Oz. Princess Ozma is acclaimed the ruler of Oz, and goes on to become a major character in the rest of the series.Īdapted to the screen as a kiddie matinee cheapie by shlockmeister Barry Mahon as The Wonderful Land Of Oz. Tip's search, like Dorothy's, ends with the discovery that what he was looking for was under his nose (perhaps more accurately, behind his nose) the whole time, had he only known it. Tip also becomes involved in the search for Princess Ozma, the long-lost daughter of the last king of Oz, who disappeared as an infant shortly after the Wizard arrived in Oz. Much like Dorothy before him, Tip also has a 'Wicked Witch' to deal with: General Jinjur, the commander of the all-female Army of Revolt, who means to ransack the Emerald City and take over Oz on the grounds that (what with the Wizard and the many kings before him) it's about time a woman had a turn on the throne. After escaping his abusive caretaker, the old witch Mombi, Tip sets out to seek his fortune along with his two companions: Jack Pumpkinhead and the Saw-Horse, both of which he created and brought to life with Mombi's 'Powder of Life'. Instead, the protagonist is a native of Oz, an orphan called Tippetarius (or 'Tip' for short). It was first published in 1904 to capitalize on the popularity of the theater adaptation of the first book, before the publisher convinced Baum to write at least four more Oz books.ĭorothy, the protagonist of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, is never seen. The Marvelous Land of Oz (subsequently republished as The Land of Oz) is the second of L.

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