The Wizard of Oz

1939 Theatrical Release Poster

The Wizard of Oz is a classic 1939 film that has been referenced in Gargoyles several times.

Wizard of Oz references in Gargoyles

• In "The Hound of Ulster", Elisa paraphrased a line from the film when she said "I don't think we're in Scotland or Kansas either." Later, the Banshee told Cu Chullain that she'll get him and his little dog too.

• In "The Gathering" Part One, Elisa declared to Goliath that there's no place like home after arriving back in Manhattan.

• During the Halloween party at the Eyrie Building, "Masque" & "Bash", Angela and Broadway dressed up as Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion, respectively. Margot assumed that Lexington was dressed as a "post-modern Tin Man", but he claimed he was a cyborg.

• In "Everywhere", while watching Lexington leading the cybots away from Broadway and Izaak Slaughter, Demona says, "Fly, my pretty, fly...."

• In"Your Witness", Lexington nicknames Margot Yale "the Wicked Witch of the West Side".

Apocrypha

• In the Disney Adventures story, "All Hallows' Eve", a couple of people in the parade following Halloween are dressed as Dorothy and the Scarecrow.

Tidbits

The Wizard of Oz is also referenced in the non-canonical Gargoyles/The Spectacular Spider-Man crossover "Religious Studies 101: A Handful of Thorns". [1]

Early in the development of Gargoyles, there was going to be a villain called "The Sorceror/Sidero" who was described as manifesting himself in a Wizard of Oz state as a big floating head. [2][3][4]

Greg Weisman is a fan of the film [5] and has implied the Banshee is too.[6]

The fourth book of L. Frank Baum's "Oz" series upon which the movie was based, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908), featured a race of gargoyles underground; these were made of wood, were mute (and disliked loud noises), and had detachable wings.

See Also

• The Wizard of Oz at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
• The Wizard of Oz at the Internet Movie Database