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The Offbeat Officials of Oz

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Nathan

The Oz books have a lot of small royal courts with unusually-titled officials. This is something we see much more often in Ruth Plumly Thompson, but L. Frank Baum did have a few examples. In John Dough and the Cherub, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chronicles of Narnia, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aladdin, alibabble, baffleburg, bamboula, blufferroo, captain salt in oz, chick the cherub, chief chow chow, chief dipper, chief scarer, chief scorner, chief scrapper, chinda, dwarves, giants, gilbert and sullivan, grampa in oz, grand advizier, grand bozzywoz, grand chew chew, grand counter of the imperial spoons, hah hoh, handy mandy in oz, head booleywag, high coco-lorum, high qui-questioner, hippolorum, imperial persuader, jack pumpkinhead of oz, john dough, john dough and the cherub, kabumpo in oz, kimbaloo, king cheeriobed, king rinkitink, king sizzeroo, lord high humpus, lord high this and that, lord high upper dupper, mogodore, nox the ox, octagon isle, ojo in oz, out keeper, ozma, pat the prime patter, patch, perhaps city, peter brown, pirates in oz, pokes, preservatory, prime moneyster, prime piecer, prime preserve, prime pumper, pumperdink, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, royal scribbler, samandra, sapphire city, sauce box, scare city, sevenanone, silver island, silver mountain, sky island, smerker, snorpus, speedy in oz, sultan of samandra, supposyville, supposyville goes toboganning, swing city, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the horse and his boy, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the mikado, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thi, tighty, toddledy, town crier, town laugher, umbrella island, unicorners, unicorns, vizier | Leave a comment

Moving to a Magical Monarchy

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Nathan

Happy birthday, Ozma! It seems common among Oz fans to consider Ozma to be, in a way, our monarch, and Oz as a place we’d like to escape to someday if it were at all possible. C. Warren Hollister’s essay … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged behave yourself, belfaygor, c. warren hollister, glinda, grampa in oz, great book of records, immigration, jack pumpkinhead of oz, lord high humpus, magic picture, marriage, monarchy, oz and the fifth criterion, ozcon international, ozma, patriotism, perhaps city, prince tatters, princess pretty good, refugees, ritual, shirley sunshine, the tin woodman of oz | 1 Comment

Walking in a Winkie Wonderland

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Nathan

The geography of Oz is pretty complicated, with new communities often seeming to appear out of nowhere. You’d think it would have been thoroughly explored by now, but apparently not. L. Frank Baum did make a map of the nation, … Continue reading →

Posted in John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged emerald city, fix city, grampa in oz, herku, lucky bucky in oz, maybe mountains, monday mountain, oogaboo, patch, perhaps city, pokes, roads, suds, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thi, winkie river, winkies, yellow brick road | 2 Comments

The Single Dads’ Club

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Nathan

When I wrote about Princess Peach’s father, I noted that it’s pretty common in fiction for kings to have young, strong-willed daughters who are only children, and for the mother to be nowhere in sight. Rebecca pointed out that a … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Characters, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Dragon Quest, Families, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged aladdin, beauty and the beast, dragon quest iv, endor, fathers, king charles of videoland, king guardia xxxiii, king harkinian, king sizzeroo, maurice, mushroom king, ozma, pastoria, peer haps, perhaps city, princess gureeda, princess gwaelin, princess jasmine, princess lana, princess nadia marle guardia, princess peach toadstool, princess pretty good, speedy in oz, the little mermaid, the lost king of oz, thief of bagdad, triton, tsar stepan of zamoksva, tsarevna alena, umbrella island | 1 Comment

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