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''The Sad Girl (right) as the Wicked Witch of the West''

In 1939, MGM released '''''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''''', a cinematic adaptation of L. Frank Baum's fantasy novel, ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''. It grossed $3 million and won two Academy Awards. Numerous airings on television solidified its classic status. Several references to ''The Wizard of Oz'' have appeared in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work.

== References ==

* [[Fortune Cookies]] — One of the fortunes reads, "Pay no attention to the man in the parentheses." This refers to the Wizard's exclamation, "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"
* [[A Decemberween Pageant]] — [[Marzipan]] asks [[The Cheat]] to stop crying because he might rust, like how Dorothy tells the Tin Man when he cries.
* [[Malloween Commercial]] — One of [[The Sad Kids|the Sad Kids]] dresses as the Wicked Witch of the West.
* [[Thy Dungeonman II]] — If you attempt to search the hay after obtaining the bread, the game's narrator will mock you saying, "If thou only hadst a brain, thou would remember searching it quite thoroughly already." The first part of this is based on "If I Only Had a Brain".
* Email [[origins]] — When [[Señor]] and [[Mr. Bland]] are crushed in the scene depicting the origin of [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], the manner in which their legs stick out is as that of the Wicked Witch of the East when she is crushed by Dorothy's house.
* [[8-Bit is Enough]] — [[Gel-arshie|Gel-Arshie]] repeats the Wicked Witch when he enters the lava pool and exclaims, "I'm melting! I'm melting!"
** Additionally, when [[Strong Bad]] wakes up in [[The Field|the field]] after defeating [[Trogdor]], he tells each character individually that they were in his dream, like Dorothy does when she wakes up in Kansas.
* [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]] (Easter egg) — [[Strong Mad]], dressed as Pink Floyd's The Wall, name-drops ''The Wizard of Oz'' in reference to [[Dark Side of the Rainbow|the urban legend]] stating that Pink Floyd's ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' can sync with the film.
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