Oz/Tropes


 * Adaptation Distillation: The film draws superficial elements from the MGM film, but otherwise seeks to tale its own take on the story.
 * Adaptatipnal Early Appearance: The Flying Monkeys show up much earliee in the film, bding sent by the Wicked Witch to keep Gñinda occupied and prevent her from protecting Dorothy.
 * An Aesop: Home is where your heart is.
 * Disney Villain Death: The Wicked Witch in thus version falls into a river, where she melts.
 * Gender Flip: Dorothy's friends are all girls in this version.
 * Mythology Gag: The idea of Dirithy being unable to remove her shoes comes from Phineas and Ferb 's take on the story.
 * Nightmare Fuel: Most versions don't feally show how the Wicked Witch of the East looked like af ter the house fell on her. This one does. And, while it isn't too graphic, her corpse dies look a bit disturbing.
 * Roger Rabbit Effect: All characters from Oz are animated and all characters from Kansas are live-action.
 * Salvaged Story: The film has Dorothy grabbing the silver shoes herself, resulting in them getting stuck on her feet. This alivianates complains from most adaptations of Glinda essentially roping Dorothy into her war with the Wicked Witch.
 * Shout-Out: When Dorothy hides from.the Wicked Witch, she says "Kid, come out to play".
 * Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Any house that falls with enough strength to kill someone won't end up in a pretty state, as Dorothy's house can attest.
 * Tearjerker: Dorothy's reaction to seeingbthe remains of her destroyed home after arriving to Oz.
 * The Woobie: Dorothy. First she has yo deal with moving from her only home, a pain many had to deal with. Then that home is destroyed by a tornado while she ends up lost in anotjer world. If that wasn't enough, her act of heroism results in a dangerous woman seeking to kill here. And this version emphasizes on one thing othwrs don't: She is just a child.