Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz bravery and farm girl feistiness. And whether it’s magic, Munchkins, flying monkeys or her arch-nemesis Wilhelmina, the wicked witch-in-training and niece of the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy is ready to track down and put a stop to any problem that comes Oz’s way with help from her dog Toto and their friends Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion. At the start of the second season, the Wizard of Oz ends up back in Oz after getting mixed up in another tornado. Now that he has returned at last, he plots to make himself into a real wizard by
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) it left the stage and an unsuccessful motion picture made in 1978, starring Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow. In 1985, Walt Disney Productions released the live-action fantasy film "Return to Oz", which starred (and introduced) Fairuza Balk as a young Dorothy Gale. Based loosely on "The Marvelous Land of Oz" (1904) and "Ozma of Oz" (1907), it fared rather poorly with critics who were unfamiliar with the "Oz" books and was not successful at the box office, although it has since become a popular cult film, with many considering it a more loyal and faithful