Dorothy and her pals in The LEGO Movie 2.
The LEGO Movie is a 2014 Warner Brothers computer-animated film, set mostly in a universe made entirely out of LEGO. It became such a success, that WB comissioned several spin-offs and follow-ups. Some of these projects, and their respective toylines, contain appearances of characters from the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz .
The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
After The Joker (Zach Galifianakis) orchestrates his banishment into the Phantom Zone, he escapes with several powerful villains in tow, including the Wicked Witch of the West (Riki Lindhome). With help from her Flying Monkeys, she and the other escapees wreak havoc on Gotham City. Eventually Robin (Michael Cera) sends her back into the Phantom Zone.
The Wicked Witch and two of her Flying Monkeys appear in the Ultimate Batmobile set. This marks the first time LEGO made Flying Monkeys minifigures, and the second time since LEGO Dimensions that they made one of the Wicked Witch.
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
During a massive dance number provoked by the aptly-titled "Catchy Song", Dorothy Gale, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, and Toto skip along to the music, carrying a panicking Emmet (Chris Pratt) with them. Later, the Tin Man helps support Queen Watevra Wa'nabi (Tiffany Haddish) during her wedding to Batman (Will Arnett); his friends attend the ceremony along with all of the Queen's subjects. Some reports claim that Maya Rudolph voiced Dorothy, although the girl only "speaks" when Emmet's destruction of the wedding chapel causes all of the guests to bawl their eyes out (Rudolph also portrays the matriarch of the live-action family who owns all of these movies' LEGO sets and characters).
Dorothy and her friends each received a Collectible Minifigure to promote The LEGO Movie 2, which happened to premiere during the 80th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz. This marked the first time LEGO produced minifigures of Oz's heroes. WB and Wal-Mart also re-released The Wizard of Oz on DVD, with a lenticular slipcover switching between the 2005 Collector's Edition cover (in which the Wicked Witch watches her adversaries in her crystal ball) and an image of the Wicked Witch of the West's minifigure.
See Also
- LEGO Dimensions - A video game containing characters from both The LEGO Movie and The Wizard of Oz (among other franchises)