Dorothy Gale [singing]
Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops, a way upon the chimney tops. That's where you'll find me.
Most-quoted character in The Wizard of Oz (1939): in 44 of its 89 quotes
Most scenes with: The Scarecrow (16), The Tin Man (12), The Cowardly Lion (8)
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore...
Some place where there isn't any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It's far, far away — behind the moon — beyond the rain —
[singing] Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high,
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
More lines from Dorothy Gale
12 quotes Dorothy Gale Dorothy Gale [singing]
Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then— oh, why can't I?
Dorothy Gale Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow.
Note: first line is ranked #4 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
Dorothy Gale My! People come and go so quickly here!
Dorothy Gale Follow the Yellow Brick Road... follow the Yellow Brick Road?
Dorothy Gale [to the Scarecrow, after his song and dance]
Wonderful. Why, if our scarecrow back in Kansas could do that, the crows would be scared to pieces!
Dorothy Gale There's Emerald City. Oh, we're almost there at last, at last! It's beautiful, isn't it? Just like I knew it would be. He really must be a wonderful Wizard to live in a City like that!
Dorothy Gale Auntie Em was so good to me. And I never appreciated it. Running away and hurting her feelings. Professor Marvel said she was sick. She may be dying and it's all my fault. I'll never forgive myself. Never, never, never.
Dorothy Gale [to Scarecrow]
I think I'll miss you most of all.
Dorothy Gale There's no place like home.
Note: ranked #23 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
Dorothy Gale If you can't find what you're looking for in your own backyard, maybe you never really lost it at all.
Dorothy Gale Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!
Scenes with Dorothy Gale
31 scenes
Hunk Now look it, Dorothy. You ain't usin' your head about Miss Gulch. Think you didn't have any brains at all!
Dorothy I have so got brains.
Hunk Well, why don't you use 'em? When you come home, don't go by Miss Gulch's place. Then Toto won't get in her garden, and you won't get in no trouble, see?
Dorothy Oh, Hunk. You just won't listen, that's all.
Hunk Well, your head ain't made of straw, you know.
Dorothy Why, Zeke, you're just as scared as I am!
Hunk What's the matter? Gonna let a little ol' pig make a coward out of ya?
Hickory Look at you, Zeke, you're just as white--
Here, here, what's all this jabber-wapping when there's work to be done? I know three shiftless farm hands that'll be out of a job before they know it!
Hickory Well, Dorothy was walking along the--
I saw you tinkering with that contraption, Hickory. Now, you and Hunk get back to that wagon!
Hickory All right, Mrs. Gale. But someday, they're gonna erect a statue to me in this town.
Well, don't start posing for it now. Here, here, can't work on an empty stomach. Have some crullers.
Hunk Gosh, Mrs. Gale.
Just fried.
Hickory Thanks.
Hunk Swell.
Zeke You see, Dorothy toppled in with the big Duroc--
It's no place for Dorothy about a pig sty! Now, you go feed those hogs before they worry themselves into anemia!
Zeke Yes,am.
Dorothy Auntie Em, really, you know what Miss Gulch said she was gonna do to Toto? She said she was gonna--
Now, Dorothy, dear, stop imagining things. You always yourself into a fret over nothing.
Dorothy No--
Now, you just help us out today, and find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble.
Miss Gulch That dog's a menace to the community. I'm taking him to the sheriff to make sure he's destroyed.
Dorothy Destroyed? Toto? Oh, you can't! You mustn't! Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, you won't let her, will ya?
Course we won't. Will we, Em?
Dorothy Please, Aunt Em. Toto didn't mean to. He didn't know he was doing anything wrong. I'm the one that ought to be punished. I let him go in her garden. You can send me to bed without supper.
Miss Gulch If you don't hand over that dog, I'll bring a damage suit that will take your whole farm! There's a law protectin' folks against dogs that bite!
How would it be if she keeps him tied up? He's really gentle, with gentle people, that is.
Miss Gulch Well, that's for the sheriff to decide. Here's his order, allowing me to take him, unless you want to go against the law.
We can't go against the law, Dorothy. I'm afraid poor Toto will have to go.
Miss Gulch [holding up a basket]
Now you're seeing the reason. Here's what I'm taking him in, so he can't attack me again!
Dorothy No, no, I won't let you take him! You go away, you, or I'll bite you myself!
Dorothy!
Dorothy You wicked old witch! Uncle Henry, Auntie Em, don't let her take him! [struggles with Miss Gulch]
Miss Gulch I've got an order!
Put him in the basket, Henry.
Dorothy Oh Toto. [runs out, crying]
Miss Gulch The idea!
Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn't mean you have the power to run the rest of us. For twenty-three years, I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you. And now, well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!
Oh, house guests! And who might you be? Oh, now don't tell me. You're traveling in disguise, no, that's not right, I...you're going on a visit? No, I'm wrong, that's, uh, you're, uh, you're running away.
Dorothy How did you guess?
Professor
Professor Marvel never guesses, he knows. Now why are you running away? No, no, no, don't tell me. Uh, they don't understand you at home, they don't appreciate you. You want to see other lands, big cities, big mountains, big oceans!
Dorothy Why, it's just like you could read what was inside of me.
Dorothy Why can't we go with you and see all the Crowned Heads of Europe?
Do you know any? Oh, you mean the thing. [gesturing to his sign] I never do anything without consulting my crystal first. Let's go inside, and I'll show you..This is the same, genuine magic authentic crystal used by the priests of Isis and Osiris in the days of the Pharaohs of Egypt, in which Cleopatra first saw the approach of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. And so on and so on. Now, you, uh, you'd better close your eyes for a moment, my child, so I can be in better tune with the infinite. [looks through her basket] We can't do these things without reaching out into the infinite. That's all right now, you can open them. We'll look into the crystal. What's this I see? A house with a picket fence and a barn with a weather vane of a...of a... running horse.
Dorothy That's our farm.
I see a woman. She's wearing a polka-dot dress. Her face is careworn.
Dorothy That's Auntie Em.
Her name is Emily.
Dorothy That's right. What's she doing?
Well I, uh, I can't quite see. Why, she's crying. Someone has hurt her. Someone has just about broken her heart.
Dorothy Me?
Well, it's uh, someone she loves very much. Someone she's been very kind to. Someone she's taken care of in sickness.
Dorothy I had the measles once and she stayed right by me every minute. What's she doing now?
Well, she's, uh...What's this? Well, she's, she's putting her hand on her heart. Oh, she's, she's dropping down on the bed.
Dorothy Oh, no, no, no.
Uh, that's it, the crystal's gone dark.
Dorothy You don't suppose she could really be sick, do you? Oh, I've got to go home right away.
Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?
Dorothy Who, me? Why, I'm not a witch at all. I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas.
Oh, well, is that a witch [gesturing toward Toto]?
Dorothy Toto? Toto's my dog.
Well, I'm a little muddled. The Munchkins called me because a new witch has just dropped a house on the Wicked Witch of the East. And there's the house, and here you are, and that's all that's left of the Wicked Witch of the East. And so, what the Munchkins want to know is, are you a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?
Dorothy Oh, but I've already told you, I'm not a witch at all! Witches are old and ugly. [The Munchkins giggle from concealment] What was that?
The Munchkins. They're laughing because I am a witch. I'm Glinda, the Witch of the North.
Dorothy You are?! Oh, I beg your pardon! But I've never heard of a beautiful witch before.
Only bad witches are ugly. The Munchkins are happy because you have freed them from the Wicked Witch of the East.
Dorothy Oh, but if you please, what are Munchkins?
The little people who live in this land. It's Munchkinland. And you are their national heroine, my dear.
Dorothy It really was no miracle, what happened was just this. The wind began to switch, the house to pitch. And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch. Just then the Witch, to satisfy an itch, went flying on her broomstick thumbin' for a hitch.
[singing]
And oh, what happened then was rich. The house began to pitch, the kitchen took a slitch. It landed on the Wicked Witch in the middle of a ditch. Which was not a healthy sit-uation for the Wicked Witch.
Who killed my sister? Who killed the Witch of the East?! Was it you?!
Dorothy No, no it was an accident. I didn't mean to kill anybody!
Well, my little pretty, I can cause accidents too.
Aren't you forgetting the ruby slippers?
The slippers. Yes! The slippers... [She reaches for them, but they disappear and the feet curl up under the house] They're gone! The ruby slippers. What have you done with them? Give them back to me or I'll...
[after the slippers appear on Dorothy's feet]
It's too late. There they are and there they'll stay.
Give me back my slippers. I'm the only one that knows how to use them. They're no use to you. Give them back to me. Give them back!
Keep tight inside of them. Their magic must be very powerful, or she wouldn't want them so badly.
[laughs]
Oh, rubbish! You have no power here. Now begone, before somebody drops a house on you too!
[looks up at the sky, afraid]
Very well. I'll bide my time. [to Dorothy] And as for you, my fine young lady, it's true, I can't attend to you here and now as I'd like, but just try to stay out of my way. Just try! I'll get you, my pretty - and your little dog, too! Ah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah!
Dorothy Now which way do we go?
Pardon me. That way is a very nice way...[pointing]
Dorothy Who said that?
Dorothy [Toto barks at the Scarecrow]
Don't be silly, Toto. Scarecrows don't talk!
It's pleasant down that way too!...[pointing in another direction]
Dorothy That's funny. Wasn't he pointing the other way?
Of course, people do go both ways [pointing in both directions] That's the trouble. I can't make up my mind. I haven't got a brain. Only straw.
Dorothy How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
I don't know. But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?
Dorothy Yes, I guess you're right.
Do you think if I went with you this Wizard would give me some brains?
Dorothy I couldn't say. But even if he didn't, you'd be no worse off than you are now.
Yes, that's true.
Dorothy But maybe you'd better not. I've got a witch mad at me and you might get into trouble.
Witch? I'm not afraid of a witch. I'm not afraid of anything. Oh... except a lighted match. [indicates his straw stuffing]
Dorothy I don't blame you for that.
But I'd face a whole box full of them for the chance of getting some brains! Look, I won't be any trouble, because I don't eat a thing. And I won't try to manage things, because I can't think. Won't you take me with you?
Dorothy Why, of course I will.
Hooray! We're off to see a Wizard!
Dorothy [Dorothy tries to pick an apple, but the tree slaps her hand]
Ouch!
Tree
What do you think you're doing?
Dorothy We've been walking a long way, and I was hungry-- Did you say something?
Tree
She was hungry!
Tree #2
She was hungry!
Tree
Well, how would you like to have someone come along and pick something off of you?
Dorothy Oh, dear. I keep forgetting I'm not in Kansas.
Come along, Dorothy. You don't want any of those apples.
Tree
You hintin' my apples aren't what they ought to be?
Oh, no. It's just that she doesn't like little green worms.
Dorothy Why, it's a man. A man made out of tin!
[squeaking]
Dorothy Did you say something?
[squeaking]
Dorothy He said "oil can."
Oil can what?
...
Dorothy [Dorothy squirts oil onto the Tin Man and his arm loosens and falls]
Did that hurt?
No, it feels wonderful. I've held that axe up for ages.
Dorothy How did you ever get like this?
Well, about a year ago, I was chopping that tree, when suddenly it began to rain. And right in the middle of a chop, I rusted solid. Been that way ever since.
Dorothy Well, you're perfect now.
Perfect? Bang on my chest if you think I'm perfect. Go ahead, bang on it.
It's empty. The tinsmith forgot to give me a heart.
No heart. All hollow.
Dorothy You know, we were just wondering why you couldn't come with us to the Emerald City to ask the wizard for a heart.
But suppose the wizard wouldn't give me one once we got there?
Dorothy Oh, but he will. He must. We've come such a long way already.
[the Wicked Witch appears on the rooftop of the Woodsman's cabin and cackles loudly]
You call that long?! Why, you've just begun! Helping the little lady along are you, my fine gentlemen? Well, stay away from her, [pointing to the Scarecrow] or I'll stuff a mattress with you! [toward the Tin Man] And you - I'll use you for a beehive. Here Scarecrow, want to play ball? [she hurls a ball of fire at the Scarecrow, who draws back in terror from the flames burning on the ground near him]
[The Tin Man quickly beats out the flames, as the witch disappears]
I'm not afraid of her. I'll see you get safely to the Wizard now whether I get a brain or not. Stuff a mattress with me, eh? [tries to snap his fingers defiantly, but his gloved fingers produce no sound]
I'll see you reach the Wizard, whether I get a heart or not. Beehive! Bah! Let her try and make a beehive out of me! [snaps his fingers, making a harsh "clank" sound]
Dorothy Oh, you're the best friends anybody ever had! And it's funny, but I feel as if I've known you all the time. But I couldn't have, could I?
...
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man
[singing in unison]
We're off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Dorothy I don't like this forest. It's dark and creepy!
Of course I don't know, but I think it'll get darker before it gets lighter.
Dorothy Do you suppose we'll meet any wild animals?
We might.
Well, some, but mostly lions and tigers and bears.
Dorothy Lions?
And tigers?
And bears.
Dorothy Lions and tigers and bears, oh my.
Put 'em up, put 'em uuuuuup! Which one of you first? I'll fight ya both together if you want. I'll fight ya with one paw tied behind my back! I'll fight ya standin' on one foot! I'll fight ya with my eyes closed! [To the Tin Man] Ooooh, pulling an axe on me, hey? [To the Scarecrow] Sneakin' up on me, hey? Why, gnong-gnong!
Here, here. Go away and let us alone!
Oh, scared, huh? Afraid, huh? How long can you stay fresh in that can? Ha-ha-ha-ha. Come on, get up and fight, ya shivering junkyard. [To the Scarecrow] Put your hands up, ya lopsided bag of hay.
Now that's getting personal, Lion!
Yes, get up and teach him a lesson.
What's wrong with you teachin' him?
W-w-w-ell, I hardly know 'im.
Dorothy [Dorothy scoops Toto into her arms and slaps the Lion]
Shame on you!
Dorothy No, but you tried to. It's bad enough picking on a straw man, but when you go around picking on poor little dogs...
Well, you didn't have to go and hit me, did ya? Is my nose bleeding?
Dorothy Well, of course not. My goodness, what a fuss you're making. Well, naturally when you go around picking on things weaker than you are. Why, you're nothing but a great big coward!
You're right. I am a coward. I haven't any courage at all. I even scare myself! Look at the circles under my eyes. I haven't slept in weeks.
Why don't you try counting sheep?
That doesn't do any good, I'm afraid of 'em.
That's too bad. [to Dorothy] Don't you think the wizard could help him too?
Dorothy I don't see why not. [to the Lion] Why don't you come with us? We're on our way to see the wizard now...[pointing to the Tin Man] to get him a heart...
Dorothy I'm sure he could give you some courage.
Wouldn't you feel degraded to be seen in the company of a cowardly lion? I would.
Dorothy Of course not.
Gee, that's awfully nice of you. My life has been simply unbearable.
Dorothy Well, it's all right now. The wizard will fix everything.
Gateman
[Reaching the gate into the Emerald City, Dorothy and her friends ring the bell. A Gateman appears through a porthole.]
Who rang that bell?!
All four
We did!
Gateman
Can't you read?!
Read what?
Gateman
The notice!
All four
What notice?
Gateman
It's on the door, as plain as the nose on my face! It's a [Realizes there is no notice] Oh-- Oh... [Hangs a notice on the door, then disappears]
All Four
[Reading the notice]
"Bell out of order. Please knock." [Dorothy knocks on the knocker, and the Gateman reemerges]
Gateman
Well, that's more like it! Now, state your business.
All four
We want to see the Wizard.
Gateman
[Nearly falls out of his porthole from shock]
The Wizard?! But nobody can see the Great Oz! Nobody's ever seen the Great Oz! Even I've never seen him!
Dorothy Well, then — how do you know there is one?
Gateman
Because he, uh... You're wasting my time!
Dorothy Oh please, please sir. I've got to see the Wizard. The Good Witch of the North sent me.
Gateman
Prove it.
She's wearing the ruby slippers she gave her.
Gateman
Oh, so she is. Well, bust my buttons! Why didn't you say that in the first place? That's a horse of a different color! Come on in!
Dorothy What kind of a horse is that? I've never seen a horse like that before!
Carriage Driver
No — and never will again, I fancy. There's only one of him, and he's it. He's the "Horse of a Different Color" you've heard tell about.
Dorothy If you please, sir. We want to see the Wizard right away. All four of us.
Guard
Orders are: nobody may see the Great Oz! Not nobody, not nohow!
Dorothy Oh, but please. It's very important!
And I got a permanent just for the occasion!
Guard
NOT NOBODY, NOT NOHOW!!!
But she's Dorothy!
Guard
[About the Wicked Witch's recent message, "Surrender Dorothy"]
The Witch's Dorothy? Well, um, that makes a difference. Just wait here; I'll announce you at once. [Enters the Wizard's palace]
Did you hear that? He'll announce us at once! I've as good as got my brain!
I can faintly hear my heart beating!
Dorothy I'll be home in time for supper!
In another hour, I'll be King of the Forest. Long live the King!
Dorothy If you were king, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?
Not nobody! Not no how!
Dorothy Not even a rhinoceros?
Imp-oceros!
How about a hippopotamus?
Why, I'd thrash him from top to bottom-us!
Dorothy Supposing you met an elephant?
I'd knot him up in cellophant!
What if it were a Brontosaurus?
I'd show him who's King of the Forest!
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man
[in unison]
How?
How? Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on a mast to wave? Courage! What makes an elephant charge his tusk, in the misty mist or the dusky dusk? What makes a muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the Seventh Wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like THUNDER? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got?
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man
[in unison]
Courage.
You can say that again! [short pause; realizing] Hmm?
Wait a minute, fellas. I was just thinkin'. I really don't want to see the Wizard this much. I'd better wait for ya outside.
What's the matter?
Oh, he's just scared again.
Dorothy Don't you know the Wizard is gonna give you some courage?
Dorothy Well, then we'll ask him for you.
I'd sooner wait outside.
Dorothy Why?
Because I'm still scared. [He yelps]
What happened?
Somebody pulled my tail!
Oh, you did it yourself.
Come forward!
Tell me when it's over... I wanna go home!
I am Oz, the Great and Powerful! Who are you? WHO - ARE - YOU?!
Dorothy If you please — I am Dorothy... the small and meek. We've come to ask...
SILENCE!
Dorothy [cries out and runs back to the others]
Oh! Jiminy Crickets!
The Great and Powerful Oz knows why you have come. Step forward, Tin Man! [He obeys.] You dare to come to me for a heart, do you, you clinking, clanking, clattering collection of colligenous junk?!
Uh, yes-yes sir. Y-y-yes, Your Honor. Y'see, uh, a while back, we were walking down the Yellow Brick Road, and -
QUIET!
Whoa! [retreats]
And you, Scarecrow, have the effrontery to ask for a brain, you billowing bale of bovine fodder?!
[He bows and approaches on his knees]
Yes, Your Honor-- I mean Your Excellency-- I mean Your Wizardry!
Enough! [Scarecrow retreats] And you, Lion... [Lion steps forward but is too frightened to speak] WELL?! [Lion faints, and the others rush to his side. Scarecrow fans him with his hand in an attempt to revive him.]
Dorothy You should be ashamed of yourself! Frightening him like that, when he came to you for help!
Silence, whippersnapper! The Beneficent Oz has every intention of granting your requests. [Lion instantly regains consciousness and sits up.]
What's that? Huh? What did he say?
But first you must prove yourselves worthy by performing a very small task. Bring me the broomstick of the Witch of the West.
But, but, but, if we do that, we'll have to kill her to get it.
Bring me her broomstick and I'll grant your requests. Now go.
W-w-what if she kills us first?
I SAID GO!!!
And you, my dear, what an unexpected pleasure. It's so kind of you to visit me in my loneliness.
Dorothy What are you gonna do with my dog? Give him back to me.
All in good time, my little pretty. All in good time.
Dorothy Oh, please give me back my dog.
Certainly, certainly, when you give me those slippers.
Dorothy But the Good Witch of the North told me not to.
Very well. [To her winged-monkey captain] Throw that basket in the river and drown him.
Dorothy No, no! Here, you can have your old slippers, but give me back Toto!
That's a good little girl. I knew you'd see reason.
Dorothy [The Wicked Witch is zapped when she tries to take the slippers]
Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't do it! Can I still have my dog?
No! Fool that I am. I should have remembered. Those slippers will never come off, as long as you're alive. But that's not what's worrying me. It's how to do it. These things must be done delicately, or you hurt the spell.
Dorothy [Toto leaps out from the basket and runs out the door]
Run Toto, Run!
Catch him, you Fool!
Dorothy [Toto escapes]
He got away! He got away!
Ooh, which is more than you will. Drat you and your dog! You've been more trouble to me than you're worth, one way or another, but it'll soon be over now. Do you see that? [She holds up a large hourglass timer] That's how much longer you've got to be alive. And it isn't long, my pretty. It isn't long. I can't wait forever to get those shoes.
Can I believe my eyes? Why have you come back?
Dorothy Please sir, we've done what you told us. We brought you the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West. We melted her.
Oh, you liquidated her, eh? Very resourceful.
Dorothy Yes, sir. So we'd like you to keep your promises, if you please, sir.
Not so fast, NOT SO FAST! I'll have to give the matter a little thought. Go away and come back tomorrow.
Dorothy Tomorrow? Oh, but I want to go home now!
You've had plenty of time to think already!
Yeah!
DO NOT AROUSE THE WRATH OF THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ! I SAID COME BACK TOMORROW!
Dorothy If you were really Great and Powerful, you'd keep your promises!
[As Toto reveals him behind a curtain]
You presume to criticize the Great Oz?! You ungrateful creatures! You're lucky that I'm only holding this till tomorrow, instead of the next TWENTY YEARS from now! [They notice him] Er... the Great Oz has spoken. [Redraws the curtain hastily] PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN! THE GREAT, er... OZ... HAS SPOKEN!!
Dorothy [Pulling aside the curtain]
Who are you?
Oh, er, [Into a microphone, which increases his voice dramatically] I AM THE GREAT AND POWERFUL [In normal voice] ... Wizard... of Oz.
Dorothy You are?! I don't believe you.
I'm afraid it's true. There's no other Wizard except me.
You humbug!
Yeah!
Yes. That's exactly so. I'm a humbug.
Dorothy Oh, you're a very bad man!
Oh, no, my dear, I... I'm a very good man - I'm just a very bad Wizard.
What about the heart that you promised Tin Man?! And the courage that you promised Cowardly Lion?!
Tin Man and Cowardly Lion
And Scarecrow's brain!
Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity! Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain! Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts — and with no more brains than you have. But! They have one thing you haven't got! A diploma! Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Universita Committeeatum E Pluribus Unum, I hereby confer upon you the honorary degree of Th.D.
"Th.D."?
That's, er, "Doctor of Thinkology".
[Rapid]
The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side. [Normal, amazed] Oh, joy! Rapture! I've got a brain! How can I ever thank you enough?
Well, you can't! [To the Cowardly Lion] As for you, my fine friend — you're a victim of disorganized thinking. You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom! Back where I come from though we have men who are called heroes. Once a year, they take their fortitude out of mothballs and parade it down the main street of the city. And they have no more courage than you have. But — They have one thing that you haven't got! A medal! Therefore, for meritorious conduct, extraordinary valor, conspicuous bravery against Wicked Witches, I award you the Triple Cross. You are now a member of the Legion of Courage!
Oh... Shucks, folks, I'm speechless!
[To the Tin Man]
As for you, my galvanized friend - you want a heart! You don't know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
But I-- I still want one.
Back where I come from, there are men who do nothing all day but good deeds. They are called phila-, er, er, philanth-er, good-deed doers! And their hearts are no bigger than yours. But! - They have one thing you haven't got. A testimonial! Therefore, in consideration of your kindness, I take pleasure at this time in presenting you with a small token of our esteem and affection. And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.
Read what my medal says: "Courage"! Ain't it the truth!
Dorothy Oh, they're all wonderful.
Hey! What about Dorothy?
Yes, how about Dorothy?
Yeah, Dorothy next!
Dorothy I don't think there's anything in that black bag for me.
Well, you've forced me into a cataclysmic decision. The only way to get Dorothy back to Kansas is for me to take her there myself!
Dorothy Oh, will you? Could you? Oh — but are you a clever enough Wizard to manage it?
Child, you cut me to the quick. I'm an old Kansas man myself; born and bred in the heart of the Western wilderness. Premiere Balloonist par excellence for the Miracle Wonderland Carnival Company. Until one day, while performing spectacular feats of stratospheric skill never before attempted by civilized man, an unfortunate phenomena occurred. The balloon failed to return to the fair!
It did?
Dorothy Weren't you frightened?
Frightened? You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe - I was petrified. Then suddenly, the wind changed and the balloon floated down into the heart of this noble city, where I was instantly acclaimed Oz, the first Wizard Deluxe! Times being what they were, I accepted the job, retaining my balloon against the advent of a quick getaway. And in that balloon, my dear Dorothy, you and I will return to the land of E Pluribus Unum!
[While Dorothy is chasing Toto, the Wizard's hot-air balloon floats away.]
This is a highly irregular procedure - absolutely unprecedented. It'll ruin my exit.
Dorothy Oh, wait! Come back, come back!
I can't come back, I don't know how it works!
Dorothy Oh, now I'll never get home.
Stay with us, then, Dorothy. We all love ya. We don't want ya to go.
Dorothy That's very kind of you. But this could never be like Kansas. Auntie Em must have stopped wondering what happened to me by now. Oh, Scarecrow, what am I gonna do?
Dorothy Oh, will you help me? Can you help me?
You don't need to be helped any longer. You've always had the power to go back to Kansas.
Dorothy I have?
Then why didn't you tell her before?
She wouldn't have believed me. She had to learn it for herself.
What have you learned, Dorothy?
Dorothy Well, I—I think that it, that it wasn't enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em — and it's that — if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right?
That's all it is!
But that's so easy! I should've thought of it for you -
I should have felt it in my heart -
No, she had to find it out for herself. Now those magic slippers will take you home in two seconds!
Dorothy Oh! Toto too?
Toto too.
Dorothy Now?
Whenever you wish.
...
Then close your eyes and tap your heels together three times. And think to yourself, 'There's no place like home'.
Dorothy But it wasn't a dream. It was a place, and you [Hunk] and you [Hickory] and you [Zeke]... and you [Professor Marvel] were there. [Everyone laughs] But you couldn't have been, could you?
We dream lots of silly things when we...
Dorothy No, Aunt Em. This is a real, truly live place. And I remember that some of it wasn't very nice. But most of it was beautiful. But just the same, all I kept saying to everybody was, 'I want to go home.' And they sent me home. [Everyone chuckles again] Doesn't anybody believe me?
Of course we believe you, Dorothy.
Dorothy Oh, but anyway, Toto, we're home! Home! And this is my room - and you're all here! And I'm not gonna leave here ever, ever again because I love you all! - And oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home. There's no place like home.
Guard
The Wizard says, Go away! [Goes back to the Wizard's palace]
Dorothy, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Man
[shocked together]
Go away?
Dorothy [sobs and sits down]
And I was so happy. I thought I was on my way home.
Dorothy [The guard opens the door's window] [crying]
Auntie Em was so good to me, and I never appreciated it, running away and hurting her feelings. Professor Marvel said she was sick. She may be dying and it's all my fault.
Dorothy [The guard starts crying]
I'll never forgive myself. Never, never, never. [Scarecrow and Tin Man continue to comfort Dorothy]
Guard
[sobbing]
Please, don't cry anymore. I'll get you to the Wizard somehow. Come on. I had an Aunt Em myself once. [Sobs and opens the door for Dorothy and her friends]
Dorothy [crying]
I’m frightened! I’m frightened, Auntie Em! I’m frightened!
Dorothy? Dorothy? Where are you? It’s me? It’s Auntie Em? We’re trying to find you? Where are you?
Dorothy [crying]
I’m here in Oz, Auntie Em! I’m locked up in the Witch’s castle and I’m trying to get home to you, Auntie Em! Oh, Auntie Em, don’t go away! I’m frightened! Come back! Come back!
[mimicking Dorothy]
“Auntie Em! Auntie Em! Come back!” I’ll give you, Auntie Em, my pretty! Ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha!
Captain of the Winkie Guard [After looking at the remains of the Wicked Witch of the West]
She's dead! You killed her!
Dorothy I didn't mean to. It's just the Scarecrow was on fire.
Captain of the Winkie Guard HAIL TO DOROTHY, THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD!!!
Winkie Guards
HAIL!!! HAIL TO DOROTHY, THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD!!!
Dorothy The broom! May we have it?
Captain of the Winkie Guard Please, and take it with you.
Dorothy Goodbye, Tin Man. Oh, don't cry! You'll rust so dreadfully. Here's your oil can.
Oh, thank you. Now I know I've got a heart, 'cause it's breaking... And it's saying Thank you, Dorothy.
Dorothy Goodbye, Lion. I know it isn't right, but I'm going to miss the way you used to holler for help before you found your courage.
Oh, thank you. I never would've found it if it hadn't been for you...
Dorothy [to Scarecrow]
I think I'm going to miss you most of all.
