![]() ![]() Convenient Eclipse: The eclipse is what's going to allow Azkadellia to cast her spell.Just when Zero is on the verge of crying like a little girl, Jeb reveals that he's been clinking together a pair of spoons. Zero can't see what's happening and starts to panic. The next thing we hear is some ominous metallic clinking. Jeb gets behind Zero and takes hold of his fingers. Cold-Blooded Torture: Amusing subversion when Jeb captures Zero and prepares to interrogate him.Chekhov's Gun: The toy horse, the princess nursery rhyme, and Cain's straight razor.Chekhov's Gag: The first thing Glitch says to Cain in part one: "I have a proper name, and when I remember it I will tell you." The first thing he says to Cain after he's reunited with his brain in part three? "My name isn't Glitch.Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": "Tin Man" is the Outer Zone's term for police officers, presumably because police badges have historically been made of tin.And then subverted, as Azkadellia is actually possessed. Broken Record: Glitch picked up that nickname because of his habit of repeating himself uncontrollably, a symptom of having half of his brain removed.Broken Bird: Azkadellia shows signs of this, particularly post-witching.Brain in a Jar: More appropriately, half a brain. ![]() ![]() Blown Across the Room: Well, more like knocked backwards and out a window, but still.Their proximity to each other is a plot point - they're scheduled to both slip behind the moon at once in just a few days' time. Binary Suns: The first "not in Kansas anymore" moment for DG comes when she spots two suns next to each other in the OZ sky.The witch manages to bring about the permanent night (and even says "I won"), but the heroes manage to kill her and undo it anyway. But, the Witch's henchmen are actually called Longcoats, since that's what they wear. Cain and Glitch are both actual Badass Longcoats. Badass Longcoat: Played straight and subverted.Appropriated Appellation: "Toto" isn't actually the man's name-he just got stuck with it because little DG couldn't pronounce "tutor".Animated Tattoo: The flying monkeys are tattoos on Azkadellia's chest when she's not using them.Probably Azkadellia, depending on how aware she was.Affectionate Nickname: In the flashbacks to DG and Azkadellia's happy childhood, Azkadellia was nicknamed 'Az' by her sister and mother.Aerith and Bob: Sisters Azkadellia and.D orothy G ale?.Tutor (Toto) is a zig zaged example as his true form is a human but can morph into a small into a dog like his original counterpart.Raw (Cowardly Lion) is also a downplayed example as he’s a half human, half lion hybrid.Downplayed with the Auntie Em and Uncle Henry analogues, Emily and Hank, as they are actually humanoid robots.note In the source material, The Tin Man was once a human woodcutter whose cursed axe chopped off his limbs one by one until his entire body was replaced by tin. The Scarecrow and Tin Man analogues, Glitch and Cain, are humans rather than sentient beings made of straw and tin.It was followed by two Spiritual Successors, Alice in 2009 and Neverland in 2011. It's The Wizard of Oz saturated with Rule of Cool and Darker and Edgier. And that's not even all of the surprises! The Wizard is split across two characters, one of whom is DG's real father, and the other of whom is a showman/oracle addicted to happiness-inducing vapors. Finally, the Wicked Witch is Azkadellia, a powerful and dangerous tyrant and witch.Īs for the rest, Toto is a were-terrier who tutored DG and her sister in magic. The flying monkeys are tattoos on the Wicked Witch's cleavage that come to life, the Poppy Field is actually the hunting ground of fearsome plant-animal things, and Auntie Em and Uncle Henry are not quite normal Muggles. The Tin Man himself is a disheartened ex-policeman played by Neal McDonough, and the Cowardly Lion is a psychic Cat-Man. The Scarecrow is a lobotomized ex-genius played by Alan Cumming. Primarily a dystopian re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz, it's a bit closer to Return to Oz in that it uses many elements from other books in the Land of Oz series as plot points.ĭG is a rebel teen about to break loose played by Zooey Deschanel. Tin Man was a miniseries that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel from December 2 through December 4, 2007. ![]()
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