Oz, the Great and Horrible

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fictional character humbug literary character ruler wizard

Oz, the Great and Horrible is the imposing yet ultimately humbug wizard who rules the Emerald City in L. Frank Baum’s classic novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Oz, the Great and Horrible canonical 2
Oz, the Great and Terrible 2
Oz 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
humbug ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
wizard ⓘ
appearsIn The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
appearsInSeries Oz book series ⓘ
arrivesIn Emerald City ⓘ
Land of Oz ⓘ
associatedWith The Wizard’s palace ⓘ
surface form: Emerald City throne room

curtain concealing machinery ⓘ
giant head illusion ⓘ
catchphrase Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain ⓘ
country Land of Oz ⓘ
createdBy L. Frank Baum ⓘ
demandsTaskFrom Dorothy Gale ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1900 ⓘ
formerOccupation circus balloonist ⓘ
genre fantasy literature character ⓘ
goesByName Oz ⓘ
The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryRole deuteragonist ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
meetsCharacter The Cowardly Lion ⓘ
surface form: Cowardly Lion

Dorothy Gale ⓘ
Scarecrow ⓘ
The Tin Man ⓘ
surface form: Tin Woodman
moralTheme appearances versus reality ⓘ
nationalityInBackstory American ⓘ
occupation ruler of the Emerald City ⓘ
wizard ⓘ
origin Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
portrayedAs humbug ⓘ
imposing ⓘ
residence Emerald City ⓘ
revealedAs ordinary man ⓘ
rulesOver Emerald City ⓘ
taskDemands killing the Wicked Witch of the West ⓘ
title Oz, the Great and Horrible self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oz the Great and Terrible

Oz, the Great and Horrible self-link ⓘ
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
travelsBy hot air balloon ⓘ
uses illusions ⓘ
mechanical devices ⓘ
stagecraft ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Wizard of Oz (character) → alsoKnownAs → Oz, the Great and Horrible ⓘ
subject surface form: The Wizard of Oz
Oz the Great and Powerful → mainCharacterAlsoKnownAs → Oz, the Great and Horrible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz
Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs → alsoKnownAs → Oz, the Great and Horrible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz, the Great and Terrible
The Wizard → alsoKnownAs → Oz, the Great and Horrible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz, the Great and Terrible
The Wizard → alsoKnownAs → Oz, the Great and Horrible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz, the Great and Terrible Humbug
Oz, the Great and Horrible → title → Oz, the Great and Horrible self-link ⓘ
Oz, the Great and Horrible → title → Oz, the Great and Horrible self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz the Great and Terrible