Who stole Toto in the Wizard of Oz?

Miss Gulch arrives and announces that she will have Toto destroyed because Toto bit her on one of her legs and she got the sheriff to give her an order for it. She takes Toto away in a basket on her bike, but Toto escapes and runs back to Dorothy.
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Why does Miss Gulch take Toto?

Early on in the black and white segment of the film, Miss Gulch informs Dorothy and her family that Toto bit her. Brandishing a warrant from the sheriff, Miss Gulch demands to take Toto to be destroyed. Failure to do so would bring the law down on Dorothy's family, and they would lose their farm.
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Who stole Dorothy's dog?

Miss Gulch shows up with an order to take Toto to the sheriff to be euthanize him, but Toto jumps out of the basket on the back of Miss Gulch's bicycle and runs back to Dorothy. Fearing that Miss Gulch, who does not know that Toto has escaped, will return, Dorothy takes the dog and runs away from home.
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Who was the mean lady in The Wizard of Oz?

The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Margaret Hamilton as Miss Gulch, The Wicked Witch of the West - IMDb.
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Why did Miss Gulch take Dorothy's dog?

Dorothy, a Kansas farm girl, lives with her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry. When Almira Gulch, brings a sheriff's order to take Dorothy's little dog Toto away to have the dog destroyed, because Toto bit Miss Gulch's leg, Auntie Em and Uncle Henry refuse to go against the law, and they give the dog to Miss Gulch.
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What happened to Dorothy's dog Toto?

Toto was getting ready to retire by that time. She lived comfortably in the Spitz household on Riverside Drive until the autumn of 1945 when she died. The Spitz family had a dedicated area of their backyard that they used as a cemetery for beloved pets, never expecting to have to move.
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Who was killed when Dorothy's house landed?

The Wicked Witch of the East was featured in the film The Wizard of Oz (1939), in which she is the sister of the Wicked Witch of the West. As in the book, she is killed when Dorothy's house falls on her.
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Did the wicked witch have a name?

The Wicked Witch of the West is actually nameless in The Wizard of Oz film and books. Gregory Maguire, in his novel Wicked, gave her the name Elphaba based on L. Frank Baum's initials: L.F.B. is El-pha-ba.
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Who are the 4 witches of Oz?

The Wiz: All four witches remain, but they get new names. The Wicked Witch of the East becomes Evvamean, the Good Witch of the North becomes Addaperle ("Miss One" in the movie version) and the Wicked Witch of the West becomes Evillene, while Glinda gets to keep her name.
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Is Glinda The Wicked Witch's Sister?

She introduces herself as Glinda and explains that the true Wicked Witch is her half-sister, Evanora. Years ago, she poisoned their father, the King, so she could rule Oz uncontested. Before he died, the King predicted that a powerful Wizard would come and take his place.
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Is Aunt Em really Dorothy's aunt?

Aunt Em is a fictional character from the Oz books. She is the aunt of Dorothy Gale and wife of Uncle Henry, and lives together with them on a farm in Kansas.
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What happened to Dorothy's real parents?

It's never explained, in the main books or any other well-known source, who Dorothy's parents are, how they died, or how she came to live with her aunt and uncle — only that Dorothy is an orphan.
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Is Toto a male or female?

Despite Toto being a male dog, he was portrayed in the 1939 film by a female dog named Terry (1933 - 1945). She was born on November 17, 1933, and died on September 1, 1945 at age 11, two months and sixteen days before her twelfth birthday.
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What is The Wicked Witch of the West name?

In the graphic novel adaptation of How the Wizard Came to Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West is named Morella. In the 2021 novel Oscar Diggs, The Wizard of Oz, the Witch of the West is named Theodora Elphaba, a combination of the names from Oz the Great and Powerful and Wicked.
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Who is the most powerful witch in The Wizard of Oz?

Glinda is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum for his Oz novels. She first appears in Baum's 1900 children's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and is the most powerful sorceress in the Land of Oz, ruler of the Quadling Country South of the Emerald City, and protector of Princess Ozma.
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Is Glinda the witch of the North?

The 1939 movie

In the classic 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz, the Good Witch of the North is called Glinda, which is the name of the Good Witch of the South in the Oz novels.
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Was Oz real or just a dream?

There are now over 50 novels based upon Baum's original Oz saga. Baum characterized Oz as a real place, unlike MGM's 1939 musical movie adaptation, which presents it as a dream of lead character Dorothy Gale. According to the Oz books, it is a hidden fairyland cut off from the rest of the world by the Deadly Desert.
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Who is the Wicked Witch son?

Liir Ko Thropp (pronounced [leer]) is a key character in The Wicked Years, appearing in all four novels, being the main protagonist of the second book Son of a Witch. He is the illegitimate son of Elphaba Thropp and her lover, Prince Fiyero Tigelaar.
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What does Glinda represent in The Wizard of Oz?

In The Wizard of Oz, characters like Glinda the Good Witch represent the mother archetype because she looks out for Dorothy, and Toto represent the trickster, because he is always creating problems.
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Who is the Wicked Witch to Dorothy?

…the evil witch's sister, the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton), vows to kill Dorothy in order to avenge her sister and retrieve the powerful ruby slippers. Glinda the Good Witch (Billie Burke) instructs Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road that runs to the Emerald City, where it…
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What is the moral of the story of The Wizard of Oz?

When choosing between love and hate, good and evil, love and good will always triumph. This is an obvious theme in The Wizard of Oz, and it's the best way to live. The very first person that Dorothy encounters in the land of Oz is Glenda the good witch.
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What happened to Dorothy's aunt?

Her aunt, Emily Brown (Gina Stockdale) is the only person who believes her, and refuses to let her be admitted. However, Aunt Em dies, gifting Dorothy a puppy named Toto before she does. Years pass, and Dorothy returns to Oz.
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Who was Auntie Em in Dorothy's dream?

Auntie Em Dorothy's Aunt and Henry's wife. A typical midwestern farm worker, her main concern is the upkeep of her farm. Doubles as Glinda the Good Witch of the North.
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