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− | '''''The Wizard of Oz''''' | + | '''''The Wizard of Oz''''' the feature film released in 1939 directed by {{W|Victor Fleming}} and starring [[Judy Garland]] as [[Dorothy Gale|Dorothy]]. |
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+ | It remains the most iconic of several onscreen adaptations of the 1900 children book's {{W|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|novel}} by {{W|L. Frank Baum}}. | ||
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+ | This picture is one of [[Matt Groening]]'s favorite films (#8 in his personal list of ''100 Favorite Things'') <ref>https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=40&threadid=27279</ref> and has therefore been referenced numerous times on ''The Simpsons''. | ||
== References to ''The Wizard of Oz'' in ''The Simpsons'' == | == References to ''The Wizard of Oz'' in ''The Simpsons'' == | ||
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{{TB|"[[When Flanders Failed]]"}} | {{TB|"[[When Flanders Failed]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB|When [[Ned]] announces that he's going to open [[The Leftorium]], [[Homer]] sarcastically asks, "Where is this store, Flanders? The merry old land of Oz?", referencing the song "{{ | + | {{TB|When [[Ned]] announces that he's going to open [[The Leftorium]], [[Homer]] sarcastically asks, "Where is this store, Flanders? The merry old land of Oz?", referencing the song "{{W|The Merry Old Land of Oz}}".}} |
{{TBT|[[File:Burns Hums If I Only Had a Brain.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:Burns Hums If I Only Had a Brain.png|250px]]}} | ||
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{{TB|"[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]"}} | {{TB|"[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB|After [[Herb Powell]] gives gifts to [[Marge]], [[Bart]], [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie]], [[Homer]] (whose fondest wish was to have the [[Spinemelter 2000]]) dejectedly comments, "I don't think there's a vibrating chair in that bag for me." Homer's lament echoes a scene near the end of the movie, where after the {{W2|Wizard of Oz|character}} gives gifts to the | + | {{TB|After [[Herb Powell]] gives gifts to [[Marge]], [[Bart]], [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie]], [[Homer]] (whose fondest wish was to have the [[Spinemelter 2000]]) dejectedly comments, "I don't think there's a vibrating chair in that bag for me." Homer's lament echoes a scene near the end of the movie, where after the {{W2|Wizard of Oz|character}} gives gifts to the [[Scarecrow]], the [[Cowardly Lion]], and the [[Tin Man]] (a diploma, a medal, and a testimonial, respectively), [[Dorothy Gale|Dorothy]]—who wants only to go home—sadly says, "I don't think there's anything in that black bag for me."}} |
{{TBT|[[File:My Unholy Army of the Night.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:My Unholy Army of the Night.png|250px]]}} | ||
{{TRs|[[Season 4|4]]|4}} | {{TRs|[[Season 4|4]]|4}} | ||
{{TRs|69|2}} | {{TRs|69|2}} | ||
{{TRs|"[[Lisa's First Word]]"|2}} | {{TRs|"[[Lisa's First Word]]"|2}} | ||
− | {{TB|[[Marge]], telling the story of how the [[Simpson family]] moved into [[742 Evergreen Terrace]], says that while they were house-hunting, they passed on a house full of cats. Back in the present, [[Bart]] muses, "I could have trained them to be my unholy army of the night." Then, envisioning just that, he says, "Go, my pretties! Kill! Kill!" in a manner reminiscent of the {{ | + | {{TB|[[Marge]], telling the story of how the [[Simpson family]] moved into [[742 Evergreen Terrace]], says that while they were house-hunting, they passed on a house full of cats. Back in the present, [[Bart]] muses, "I could have trained them to be my unholy army of the night." Then, envisioning just that, he says, "Go, my pretties! Kill! Kill!" in a manner reminiscent of the {{W|Wicked Witch of the West}} sending out her flying monkeys.}} |
{{TBT|[[File:We Welcome You to the Neighborhood.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:We Welcome You to the Neighborhood.png|250px]]}} | ||
{{TB|After the Simpsons move into 742 Evergreen Terrace, [[Ned]] and [[Rod]] Flanders sing "[[We Welcome You to the Neighborhood]]" to Homer. The song is to the same tune as "We Welcome You to Munchkinland", which the Munchkins sing for Dorothy.}} | {{TB|After the Simpsons move into 742 Evergreen Terrace, [[Ned]] and [[Rod]] Flanders sing "[[We Welcome You to the Neighborhood]]" to Homer. The song is to the same tune as "We Welcome You to Munchkinland", which the Munchkins sing for Dorothy.}} | ||
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{{TB|"[[Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"]]"}} | {{TB|"[[Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB|The scene where Grampa says "And you were there, and you were there" is a parody of the ending of the 1939 adaptation of ''The Wizard of Oz'' when Dorothy | + | {{TB|The scene where Grampa says "And you were there, and you were there" is a parody of the ending of the 1939 adaptation of ''The Wizard of Oz'' when Dorothy awakes back in [[Kansas]].}} |
{{TBT|[[File:John's Car.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:John's Car.png|250px]]}} | ||
{{TB|[[Season 8|8]]}} | {{TB|[[Season 8|8]]}} | ||
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{{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}} | {{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB|When {{ap|John| | + | {{TB|When {{ap|John|Cockamamie's}} pulls up in front of the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson home]] to take the family for a drive, his car horn plays "{{W|Over the Rainbow}}", the opening song from ''The Wizard of Oz''.}} |
{{TBT|[[File:THOH8Marge.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:THOH8Marge.png|250px]]}} | ||
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{{TB|"[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]"}} | {{TB|"[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB| At the movie theater, when [[Homer]] has butter put on his {{ | + | {{TB| At the movie theater, when [[Homer]] has butter put on his {{W|Milk Duds}} to the point of overflow, he says "Swim, my pretties", a parody of the Wicked Witch of the West's call to her flying monkeys in ''The Wizard of Oz'': "Fly, my pretties!" (This line isn't actually said in ''The Wizard of Oz'', but Homer is relying on popular understanding.)}} |
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{{TB|"[[Catch 'Em If You Can]]"}} | {{TB|"[[Catch 'Em If You Can]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB|[[Grampa]], attempting to impress a couple of women, says that the feet sticking out from under the house in ''The Wizard of Oz'' were his. He then demonstrates by making his feet roll up, as seen with the {{ | + | {{TB|[[Grampa]], attempting to impress a couple of women, says that the feet sticking out from under the house in ''The Wizard of Oz'' were his. He then demonstrates by making his feet roll up, as seen with the {{W|Wicked Witch of the East}} in the film.}} |
{{TBT|[[File:Wicker Witch of the West.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:Wicker Witch of the West.png|250px]]}} | ||
{{TB|[[Season 16|16]]}} | {{TB|[[Season 16|16]]}} | ||
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{{TB|"[[On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister]]"}} | {{TB|"[[On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB|[[Bart]] builds a giant wicker statue of [[Lisa]], intending to burn it down. Unaware of Bart's intentions, Lisa misinterprets the statue as a peacemaking gesture, and Bart decides to play along. Just then, [[Dolph]], [[Jimbo]] and [[Kearney]] arrive carrying lit torches. Jimbo says, "Yo, Bart, we're ready to torch the Wicker Witch of the West", punning the {{ | + | {{TB|[[Bart]] builds a giant wicker statue of [[Lisa]], intending to burn it down. Unaware of Bart's intentions, Lisa misinterprets the statue as a peacemaking gesture, and Bart decides to play along. Just then, [[Dolph]], [[Jimbo]] and [[Kearney]] arrive carrying lit torches. Jimbo says, "Yo, Bart, we're ready to torch the Wicker Witch of the West", punning the {{W|Wicked Witch of the West}}.}} |
− | {{TBT|[[File:THOH16 - TZ ref.png| | + | {{TBT|[[File:THOH16 - TZ ref.png|300px]] <br> [[File:Treehouse of Horror XVI - Bewitched.png|250px]]}} |
{{TB|[[Season 17|17]]}} | {{TB|[[Season 17|17]]}} | ||
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− | {{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]] | + | {{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XVI]]}} |
− | {{TB|During Halloween [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] is dressed up as the Tinman and [[Jasper Beardley]] as the Scarecrow. The witch who turns everything under a spell has a green colour, much like the Wicked Witch of the West.}} | + | {{TB|During Halloween, [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] is dressed up as the Tinman and [[Jasper Beardley]] as the Scarecrow. The witch who turns everything under a spell has a green colour, much like the Wicked Witch of the West. Maggie is later also seen as a green-skinned witch.}} |
{{TBT|[[File:Thursdays With Abie - title screen.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:Thursdays With Abie - title screen.png|250px]]}} | ||
{{TB|[[Season 21|21]]}} | {{TB|[[Season 21|21]]}} | ||
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{{TB|"[[Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson]]"}} | {{TB|"[[Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB|The "[[Liberal straw man's song]]" is a parody of "{{W|If I Only Had a Brain}}" from '' | + | {{TB|The "[[Liberal straw man's song]]" is a parody of "{{W|If I Only Had a Brain}}" from ''The Wizard of Oz''.}} |
{{TBT|[[File:Rowing boat in a tornado.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:Rowing boat in a tornado.png|250px]]}} | ||
{{TB|[[Season 24|24]]}} | {{TB|[[Season 24|24]]}} | ||
{{TB|519}} | {{TB|519}} | ||
− | {{TB|"[[Changing of the Guardian]]"}} | + | {{TB|"[[The Changing of the Guardian]]"}} |
− | {{TB|[[Homer]] prays that if dies in the [[2013 Springfield tornado|tornado]], he wants to be taken to {{ | + | {{TB|[[Homer]] prays that if dies in the [[2013 Springfield tornado|tornado]], he wants to be taken to {{W|Land of Oz|Oz}}. However, he doesn't want [[Flanders]] to be the {{W2|Scarecrow|Oz|scarecrow}}. The scene of the two people greeting while being on a rowing boat in a tornado is a parody of the "It's a Twister!" scene from the 1939 film ''The Wizard of Oz''}} |
{{TBT|[[File:Moe Szyslak's grandmother.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:Moe Szyslak's grandmother.png|250px]]}} | ||
{{TB|[[Season 25|25]]}} | {{TB|[[Season 25|25]]}} | ||
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{{TB|"[[The Wreck of the Relationship]]"}} | {{TB|"[[The Wreck of the Relationship]]"}} | ||
{{TB|Homer's fantasy football team is named ''Somewhere Over the Dwayne Bowe'', a pun on the song "{{W|(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow}}" from ''The Wizard of Oz'' and real-life American football player {{W|Dwayne Bowe}}.}} | {{TB|Homer's fantasy football team is named ''Somewhere Over the Dwayne Bowe'', a pun on the song "{{W|(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow}}" from ''The Wizard of Oz'' and real-life American football player {{W|Dwayne Bowe}}.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Kids Costumes-Halloween of Horror.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 27|27]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|578}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Halloween of Horror]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|When the kids get off the school bus wearing their costumes, [[Principal Skinner]] greets them at the door as they go into the [[Springfield Elementary School|school]] building. [[Janey Powell]] is dressed as [[Dorothy Gale]], and Skinner says to her, "No place like home!", echoing one of the movie's catchphrases.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:No image.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 28|28]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|599}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[The Town]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|Homer reads ''The Wizard of Oz'' as bedtime story to [[Bart]], [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie]] although only tells him, "Everything after the tornado was a dream. The end."}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Skinner, Chalmers and Willie The Wizard of Oz.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 29|29]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|621}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Whistler's Father]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Skinner]] (as [[Tin Man]]), [[Chalmers]] (as [[Cowardly Lion]]) and Willie (as [[Scarecrow]]) dressed as the characters of ''The Wizard of Oz'' so Marge could paint them on the wall. Homer is also seen as the {{W2|Wizard of Oz|character}}.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:One Angry Lisa Wizard of Oz.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TRs|[[Season 34|34]]|2}} | ||
+ | {{TB|730}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[One Angry Lisa]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|When [[Marge]] started to get tired of exercising, the camera feeds of the people start to spin in a tornado shape and the music becomes reminiscent of the tornado scene.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:The Wizard of Ows Physical Therapy.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|739}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Top Goon]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[The Wizard of Ows Physical Therapy]] is a reference to ''The Wizard of Oz''.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Glinda the Good Witch Braud.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 35|35]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|755}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXXIV]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Dominique Braud]]'s credit "Glinda the Good Witch Braud" is a reference to {{W|Glinda|Glinda the Good Witch}}.}} | ||
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{{TB|''[[Bart Simpson and the Krusty Brand Fun Factory]]''}} | {{TB|''[[Bart Simpson and the Krusty Brand Fun Factory]]''}} | ||
− | {{TB|[[Sideshow Bob]] releases a number of flying cyborg monkeys on the tour group for the [[Krusty Fun Factory]].}} | + | {{TB|[[Sideshow Bob]] releases a number of flying cyborg monkeys on the tour group for the [[Krusty Brand Fun Factory]].}} |
{{TBT|[[File:Tic Tac Doh Wizard of Oz.png|170px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:Tic Tac Doh Wizard of Oz.png|170px]]}} | ||
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{{TB|''[[A Brand New Burns, Part Two!]]''}} | {{TB|''[[A Brand New Burns, Part Two!]]''}} | ||
{{TB|[[Mr. Burns]] seems to own [[Dorothy's ruby slippers]].}} | {{TB|[[Mr. Burns]] seems to own [[Dorothy's ruby slippers]].}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:On the Bubble.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|{{SC|153}}}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[On the Bubble]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|When Bart starts to cause all the laundry machines to produce bubbles, he says "Fly, my pretties, fly!"}} | ||
{{TBT|[[File:Evan Wizard of Oz.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:Evan Wizard of Oz.png|250px]]}} | ||
{{TB|{{SC|211}}}} | {{TB|{{SC|211}}}} | ||
{{TB|''[[An Unconventional Romance]]''}} | {{TB|''[[An Unconventional Romance]]''}} | ||
− | {{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]]'s friend | + | {{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]]'s friend {{ap|Evan|An Unconventional Romance}} cosplays as a cross between [[Dorothy Gale]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]]. He writes fanfiction where Ozzy Osbourne travels to the {{W|Land of Oz}} where Dr. Oz ([[Mehmet Oz]]) is the wizard.}} |
{{TBT|[[File:I'm Not in Springfield Anymore!.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:I'm Not in Springfield Anymore!.png|250px]]}} | ||
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{{TB|''[[I'm Not in Springfield Anymore!]]''}} | {{TB|''[[I'm Not in Springfield Anymore!]]''}} | ||
− | {{TB|The plot is based on ''The Wizard of Oz''.}} | + | {{TB|The plot is based on ''The Wizard of Oz'' and the title comes from [[Dorothy Gale|Dorothy]]'s line, "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in [[Kansas]] anymore."}} |
+ | {{TBT|}} | ||
+ | {{TB|{{Cmc|Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis|1}}}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|The title is a reference to the song "{{W|Over the Rainbow}}" from ''The Wizard of Oz'' film.}} | ||
{{TBT|[[File:Tin Woodman.png|150px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:Tin Woodman.png|150px]]}} | ||
− | {{TB| | + | {{TB|{{Cmc|The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II|2}}}} |
{{TB|''[[The Read Menace!]]''}} | {{TB|''[[The Read Menace!]]''}} | ||
{{TB|The [[Tin Woodman]] is one of the fictional characters awakened when [[Professor Farnsworth]]'s literary reality-tearing machine is set off in the [[New New York]] Public Library.}} | {{TB|The [[Tin Woodman]] is one of the fictional characters awakened when [[Professor Farnsworth]]'s literary reality-tearing machine is set off in the [[New New York]] Public Library.}} | ||
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{{TB|''[[Sound Thinking!]]''}} | {{TB|''[[Sound Thinking!]]''}} | ||
− | {{TB|In an effort to win a contest for the loudest and grossest video, [[Bart]] sets trucks loaded with killer bees, glue and {{ | + | {{TB|In an effort to win a contest for the loudest and grossest video, [[Bart]] sets trucks loaded with killer bees, glue and {{W|nitroglycerin}} rolling toward a crowd. As [[Mayor Quimby]], [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] flee the chaos, they exclaim together, "Bees! Glue! Nitro! Oh my!" This is a reference to the "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!" line by [[Dorothy Gale]], the [[Scarecrow]] and the [[Tin Woodman]] just before they meet the [[Cowardly Lion]] in the movie.}} |
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{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest]]''}} | {{TB|''[[The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest]]''}} | ||
{{TB|''[[Cecil and Bob's Evil Prison Showtune Sing-Along!]]''}} | {{TB|''[[Cecil and Bob's Evil Prison Showtune Sing-Along!]]''}} | ||
− | {{TB|The song "[[Somewhere over the Rainbow]]" is a parody of "{{ | + | {{TB|The song "[[Somewhere over the Rainbow]]" is a parody of "{{W|Over the Rainbow}}" from ''The Wizard of Oz''.}} |
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Revision as of 14:33, April 27, 2024
The Wizard of Oz the feature film released in 1939 directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy.
It remains the most iconic of several onscreen adaptations of the 1900 children book's novel by L. Frank Baum.
This picture is one of Matt Groening's favorite films (#8 in his personal list of 100 Favorite Things) [1] and has therefore been referenced numerous times on The Simpsons.
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References to The Wizard of Oz in The Simpsons
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Comic stories
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Common cast and crew
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References
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