Dorothy Gale (MGM)

For other versions of Dorothy, see Dorothy Gale.

"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow!"

―Dorothy Gale^[src]

Dorothy Gale is a young Kansas farm girl who, after a tornado knocked her unconscious, dreamed of the magical Land of Oz, and all her adventures there with her friends, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion, and her pet dog, Toto.

This version serves as the basis for later adaptions that are authorized remakes and sequels which include:

History[]

Dorothy Gale was the orphaned daughter of John and Annie Gale, taken in and raised on the farm of her Uncle Henry and Aunt Emily. As a teenager, Dorothy would try and aid around the farm, but would often end up getting in the way or in trouble.

This trouble came to a head one day when Dorothy's dog Toto bit their wicked neighbor Miss Gulch. Miss Gulch comes to the farm demanding Toto so she can euthanize him, and Dorothy is forced to comply. Toto escapes, however, and knowing that Miss Gulch will be back, Dorothy opts to run away from home with Toto. On the road, she comes across a fortune teller named Professor Marvel, who figures out she is running away. Despite being a sham, he tricks her into returning home by pretending to have a vision of her Aunt Emily being distraught over her leaving. Dorothy runs home, but a tornado has formed. As her family hide in the cellar, Dorothy is trapped in the house as it is blown away and through the sky.

When the house lands, Dorothy has arrived in the mystical land of Oz, specifically an area called Munchkin Land filled with the small Munchkin people. Inadvertently, Dorothy's house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East, a villainess that ruled over the Munchkins. The Munchkins and the kind-hearted Glynda, the Good Witch of the North, celebrate Dorothy as a liberator. However, the celebrations are interrupted by the Wicked Witch of the West, who has come to claim her deceased sister's magical Ruby Slippers. However, to prevent them from falling into the Witch's hands, Glinda magically puts the shoes on Dorothy. The Witch of the West leaves, but swears to get the slippers. Dorothy simply wants to return home to Kansas, and Glynda and the Munchkins tell her to follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City, where the Wizard of Oz will grant her wishes.

On her journey, Dorothy comes across a Scarecrow who wishes he had a brain, a Tin Woodman who wishes he had a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who wishes he had courage. They quickly bond with Dorothy and all head to the Emerald City together. The Witch of the West tries to stop them with magic poppies that put them to sleep, but Glynda intervenes and creates a magic snow to wake the party up and kill the flowers. The group arrive at the Emerald City of Oz, where they meet the intimidating Wizard of Oz. He tells them he will only grant their wishes if they bring him the broomstick of the Witch of the West.

The group set out on their quest, but Dorothy is kidnapped by the Witch's Flying Monkeys. The Witch is unable to remove the slippers from Dorothy's feet, and instead plans to kill her to take them. However, Toto leads her companions to the Witch's castle, and they manage to free her. However, the Witch and her Winkie Guards give chase, cornering them in a tower. The Witch tries lighting the Scarecrow on fire, and Dorothy grabs a bucket of water and throws it to extinguish the flames. The water drenches the Witch, who melts away cursing Dorothy as she dies. The Winkie Guards are grateful to Dorothy for releasing them, and bring her and the others back to the Emerald City.

However, once back, Dorothy and the others realize the Wizard is just a man who arrived in Oz long ago. He has no magic, but gives the others trinkets to symbolize the things they had all along. He offers Dorothy a ride home on his hot air balloon, but Toto jumps off and Dorothy is forced to get off to go after him, leaving the balloon to leave without her. Glynda appears and tells Dorothy that she always had the power to return home by clicking her heels three times in the Ruby Slippers.

Dorothy wakes up in her bed back on the farmhouse, surrounded by friends and family. She tells them of the adventure she had, and despite them not believing her, she is simply grateful to be home.

Impression appearances[]

Sesame Street - "Elmo's World": Wild Animals (impression by Elmo when he saw Chicago lion, a tiger, and a bear enter through the closet, exclaiming "Oh, dear!", instead of "Oh my!")
Sesame Street - "Elmo's World": Weather (impression by Elmo screaming for Dorothy's aunt when he encountering a talking Tornado)
Sesame Street - Journey to Ernie (impression by Big Bird when a game begins someplace else)
Star Trek: First Contact (impression by Jean-Luc Picard when he tells Lily Sloane that she's not in Montana anymore)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (impression by Ralph and Vanellope Von Schweetz when finding themselves in the internet)
Dinosaur Train: Night Train (impression by Ned the Brachiosaurus, when eyes from nocturnal troadons disappear from behing, during the spooky scavender hunt game)
The Emperor's New Groove (impression by Pacha when looking for the right potion, finding some lion, tiger, and bear potions, before Yzma showed up saying "Oh my, looking for this?")
Thomas and Friends: Stepheny gets lost (impression by Stepney when he learned that there's no place like home)
Toy Story (impression by Woody when trying to escape from Sid's house)
Sonic Forces: Episode Shadow (unused impression by Shadow who thought the fake Rouge said the fake E-123 Omega was destroyed 3 months ago)

Quotes[]

"...someplace where there isn't any trouble? Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train, it's far, far away, behind the moon, beyond the rain..."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"...Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, there's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby..."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"...if happy little bluebirds fly, beyond the rainbow...why oh why, can't I...?"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"AUNTIE EM! AUNTIE EM!"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"We must be up inside the cyclone!"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"Now I... I know we're not in Kansas."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"Who, me? I'm not a witch at all. I'm Dorothy Gale, from Kansas."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"Who, Toto? Toto's my dog."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"You are? Oh, I beg your pardon! But, I've never heard of a beautiful witch before."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"It really was no miracle, What happened was just this: The wind began to switch, the house to pitch, And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch, Just then the Witch, to satisfy an itch, Went flying on her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"I thought you said she was dead."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"My! People come and go so quickly here."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"Now which way do we go?! (...) Who said that!? (...) Don't be silly, Toto. Scarecrows don't talk. (...) That's funny. Wasn't he pointing the other way?"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"How can you talk, if you haven't got a brain?"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz!"

―The Wizard of Oz(1939)

"Why it's a man; a man made out of tin! Oh, yes..."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"I don't like this forest. It's dark and creepy."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"Do you suppose we'll meet any wild animals?"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"Lions and Tigers and Bears?! Oh My!"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"SHAME ON YOU!"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"But you tried to! It’s bad enough picking on a straw man, but when you go around picking on a poor little dog."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"My goodness, what a fuss you're making. Naturally, when you go around picking on things weaker than you are. Why you're noting but a great big coward!"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"I'll be home in time for supper."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"I didn't mean to kill her. Really, I didn't. It's just that he was on fire."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"The broomstick. May we have it? (...) Oh, thank you so much! Now we can go back to the wizard, and tell him the wicked witch is dead!"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"Please, sir. We've done what told us, we brought you the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West. We melted her."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"YOU ARE?! I don't believe you!"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"Well, I think that it wasn't enough to just want to see Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, and it's that if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with. Is that right?"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"But I DID leave, and I tried to get back for days."

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"But it wasn't a dream. It was a place. And you and you and you...and you were there! But you couldn't have been could you? (...) No, Aunt Em, this was a real truly live place and I remember some of it wasn't very nice, but most of it was beautiful--but just the same all I kept saying to everybody was "I want to go home," and they sent me home! Doesn't anybody believe me? (...) Oh, but anyway, Toto, we're home – home! And this is my room – and you're all here – and I'm not going to leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all! And... oh, Auntie Em... There's no place like home!"

―The Wizard of Oz (1939)

"Oh, but... it wasn't a dream. Only you were blue, and you were red, and you were yellow. You were all in color, and all so beautiful! Oh, it was a lot better."

―"And You Were There" (M&M's Commercial)

Dorothy Gale (MGM)

Contents

History[]

Impression appearances[]

Quotes[]

Gallery[]

Footnotes[]