Dorothy Gale
| Dorothy Gale | |
|---|---|
| Oz character | |
| First appearance | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) |
| Created by | L. Frank Baum |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Ellie Smith (1939) (The Wizard of the Emerald City) Dorothy Gale / Kansas (2014-2016) (Once Upon a Time) |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Adventurer Royal princess Government liaison Farm girl |
| Family | Aunt Em Uncle Henry |
| Relatives | Bill Hugson (distant uncle) Mrs. Hugson (distant aunt) Zeb of Hugson's ranch (distant cousin) unnamed Australians (related through Henry) Susan (indirect descendant) Em (niece of Susan) Dori (niece of Susan) |
| Nationality | American Ozite (later) |
Dorothy Gale is a character created by the American author L. Frank Baum as the protagonist in many of his Oz novels. She first appears in Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and reappears in most of its sequels. She is also the main character in various adaptations, notably the 1939 film adaptation of the novel, The Wizard of Oz.
In later novels, the Land of Oz steadily becomes more familiar to her than her homeland of Kansas. Dorothy 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. Dorothy's best friend Princess Ozma, ruler of Oz, officially makes her a princess of Oz later in the novels.