28 Facts About Dorothy Gale

Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by American author L Frank Baum as the protagonist in many of his Oz novels.

Dorothy Gale's first appears in Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and reappears in most of its sequels.

Indeed, Dorothy Gale eventually goes to live in an apartment in the Emerald City's palace but only after her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry have settled in a farmhouse on its outskirts, unable to pay the mortgage on their house in Kansas.

Dorothy Gale's is often seen with her best friend and the ruler of Oz, Princess Ozma.

Dorothy Gale has a forthright and take-charge character, exhibiting no fear when she slaps the Cowardly Lion, and organizing the Winkies' rescue mission of her friends who have been dismembered by the winged monkeys.

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Dorothy Gale's begins to age very rapidly to her late 20s, making up for at least some of the years that have already passed.

Baum never states Dorothy Gale's age, but he does state in The Lost Princess of Oz that she is a year younger than Betsy Bobbin and a year older than Trot, whose age was specified as 10 in Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Giant Horse of Oz, putting her at age 11 by the time she comes to live in Oz.

Hank knows that he is in Oz because his mother, Dorothy Gale-Stover, had been there back in 1890 and later told him of her experiences.

Farmer's premise is that Dorothy Gale only visited Oz once and told her story to a journalist named Frank Baum.

The last name of Dorothy Gale was originally mentioned in Baum's script for the 1902 Broadway stage version of The Wizard of Oz, in which it was originally a setup for a punning joke.

Dorothy Gale's character was probably named after Baum's own niece, Dorothy Gale Louise Gage, who died in infancy.

Elements of Dorothy Gale's character are possibly derived from Matilda Joslyn Gage, Dorothy Gage's grandmother.

Dorothy Gale Gage is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois.

Dorothy Gale's is reunited with Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, their three farm workers, and Professor Marvel when she awakens from being unconscious at the end of this film, back at home, safe and proclaiming the film's theme and moral: "There's no place like home" .

Dorothy Gale appears in the animated film Legends of Oz: Dorothy Gale's Return, voiced by Lea Michele.

Dorothy Gale appears in the South Korean animated film Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs, voiced by Katie DiCicco.

Dorothy Gale appears in the ninth season of Supernatural, portrayed by Tiio Horn.

Desperate when it appeared that The Wicked Witch could not be killed, Dorothy Gale used a spell to bind herself and the Wicked Witch, keeping them both trapped in stasis at the Men of Letters bunker for decades.

Dorothy Gale appears in the third and fifth seasons of the TV series Once Upon a Time.

Dorothy Gale's is portrayed as an adult by Teri Reeves and as a child by Matreya Scarrwener.

Dorothy Gale, caught in her Kansas farmhouse during a raging cyclone, is swept away to Oz.

Fearlessly standing up to the witch, Dorothy Gale dares Zelena to do her worst, while boasting that she'll never be afraid of her again.

In Emerald City, Dorothy Gale is an adult when she is taken to Oz, working as a nurse.

Dorothy Gale's is still living with Em and Henry, but here they are identified as her adopted parents, her biological mother having left her with them as a baby and only recently getting back in touch with Dorothy.

Months after receiving the letter, Dorothy Gale makes her first official visit to her biological mother when the tornado occurs that takes her to Oz.

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Unlike other adaptations of the character, Dorothy Gale travelled from her family farm in Kansas to Wizard City to become a Balance wizard at Ravenwood School of Magical Arts.

Dorothy Gale is one of the non-playable characters that appears in the 2015 toys-to-life video game LEGO Dimensions.

Lord Vortech imprisons Dorothy Gale and uses the Ruby Slippers as one of the foundation elements needed to create his "perfect world".