The Wizard of Oz

Name: The Wizard of Oz
Genre: Animation
Cast: Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker, Pat Fraley, Hal Rayle, Charlie Adler

TV series
1990
1 season
ABC
Animation

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The Wizard of Oz was an animated television series produced by DiC in 1990 to capitalize on the 50th anniversary of the 1939 classic film. The series featured thirteen episodes and premiered on ABC, starting on September 8, 1990.

About the show

The Wizard of Oz is a 1990 American animated series produced by DIC Animation City to capitalize on the popularity of the 1939 film version, to which DiC had acquired the rights from Turner Entertainment Co. The series aired for thirteen episodes and premiered on ABC, starting on September 8, 1990. The show presented a number of stories and characters from L. Frank Baum's original Oz series.

Author Jeff Lenburg mentioned an aspect of the series wherein Dorothy has to learn to believe in herself.

In the series, Dorothy uses the ruby slippers to return to Oz. She learns that the winged monkeys have already resurrected the Wicked Witch of the West, who has conquered the Emerald City. The Wizard is trapped with a spell involving a never-ending wind, and Dorothy has to rescue him.

Despite using the slippers to return to Oz, in the episodes, Dorothy is not entirely sure how the slippers work. Glinda often tells Dorothy to only use the slippers as a last resort. In one episode, Dorothy clicks her heels four times, as if each click is more powerful than the last. Aside from the pilot, generally when the slippers are used, they do not always help in the best way.

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