Dorothy Gale

"You will never defeat me Zelena, because I have the most powerful weapon of all: the love of the people."

- Dorothy Gale

Dorothy Gale is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She débuts in the twentieth episode of the third season. She is portrayed by guest stars Matreya Scarrwener and Teri Reeves.

Dorothy is based on the character of the same name from the children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Trivia

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Production Notes

 * The casting call name for her young self was "Betsy".
 * The casting call for her adult self describes her as "in her late 20s to early 30s and will have evolved from 'the iconic, pig-tailed girl from Kansas' into 'a brave warrior for good'. Having been sent home to the heartland with three clicks of her heels — courtesy of the 'Wizard' (aka a duplicitous Zelena) — Dorothy returns to Oz looking to reclaim the magical land from the Wicked Witch, whom Regina just ejected from Storybrooke."
 * Dorothy was supposed to appear in more episodes than she actually did in Season Five, along with Ruby, but Meghan Ory's schedule conflicts changed the original plan.
 * "Ruby Slippers" reveals that Dorothy is a lesbian or bisexual. "Friend of Dorothy" happens to be a LGBT term that started out as a euphemism for stating or asking if somebody was homosexual without others knowing, back when homosexual acts were illegal in the United States.


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Props Notes

 * The picture of Dorothy in Henry's storybook is "The Monkeys Caught Dorothy in Their Arms and Flew Away With Her", one of W. W. Denslow's illustrations from the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
 * Alchemical signs for the four elements are carved into the table and the stone pillars where the four witches are gathered in Oz. Fittingly enough, the element of the west (downward-pointing triangle), whose seat Dorothy was offered, is water.