List of Oz characters (post-Baum) facts for kids

This article lists characters from the Oz books written by authors who continued the series after L. Frank Baum. These authors include Ruth Plumly Thompson, John R. Neill, Jack Snow, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren McGraw, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, Roger S. Baum (Baum's grandson), and Sherwood Smith.

People from the "Real World"

Jam: Jonathan Andrew Manley

Jonathan Andrew Manley, known as "Jam", is a boy from Ohio. He first appears in Rachel Cosgrove Payes' book The Hidden Valley of Oz. Jam, along with two guinea pigs and a pet rat named Percy, arrived in Gillikin Country on a large kite. After escaping from a villain named Terp the Terrible, Jam became friends with Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, and Hungry Tiger. They all worked together to defeat Terp. After Terp was defeated, Jam enjoyed a big celebration before Princess Ozma and the Wizard of Oz sent him back home to Ohio.

Jam did not appear in later stories by Rachel Cosgrove Payes.

Jenny Jump: The Part-Fairy Girl

Jenny Jump is a key character in the Oz books by John R. Neill, starting with The Wonder City of Oz in 1940. She was named after Jenny Jump Mountain in New Jersey, where Neill lived.

Jenny starts as a fifteen-year-old girl. One day, she catches a leprechaun named Siko Pompus trying to steal her cheese. Because she is so clever, she makes him grant her a wish. She wishes to become a fairy. However, during the magic process, Jenny loses focus, and the leprechaun escapes. This leaves Jenny as part-fairy and part-human. Still, she gains amazing new powers! With her fairy foot, she can leap all the way to the Land of Oz to begin her adventures.

Jenny doesn't like the simple, single-color clothes that Ozites usually wear. So, she opens a shop with a magic machine that dresses people based on their personalities.

In some versions of The Wonder City of Oz, Jenny is encouraged to run against Princess Ozma to rule Oz. The Ozites decide to use shoes as votes in this "Ozelection." Also, near the end of the book, the Wizard casts a spell to make Jenny younger and more obedient. This spell also makes her bad temper, envy, and ambition appear as creatures. However, Jenny seems to return to her old self in later books.

Jenny is often joined by a Munchkin boy named Number Nine. He loves her, even though she treats him a bit like a servant. He wears special whistling breeches so she always knows where he is.

In The Scalawagons of Oz, Jenny is a main character again. She helps search for stolen magical cars. In Lucky Bucky in Oz, she helps plan a big party in the Emerald City, but Number Nine has a bigger role in that story.

In The Runaway in Oz, Jenny starts the story by arguing with Scraps the Patchwork Girl. After Scraps runs away, Jenny spends the rest of the book helping to find her.

Notta Bit More: The Circus Clown

Notta Bit More is a circus clown from North America.

He first appears in The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923). He accidentally finds a magic phrase that sends him and an orphan boy named Bobby Downs (also called Bob Up) to the Munchkin Country kingdom of Mudge. The king of Mudge, Mustafa, wants them to bring him the Cowardly Lion. Notta Bit More and Bobby meet the Cowardly Lion, and he joins their group. A bird named Nickadoodle also joins because she falls in love with Notta. After King Mustafa is defeated by Princess Ozma, Notta Bit More accepts Ozma's offer to live in the Land of Oz. He lives in a tent outside the Royal Palace and adopts Bobby.

Notta Bit More also appears briefly in Return to Oz.

Peter Brown: The Athletic Boy

Peter Brown is a boy from Philadelphia and the main character in several Oz books by Ruth Plumly Thompson. He is first introduced in The Gnome King of Oz (1927). He also appears in Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929) and Pirates in Oz (1931). In the first and third books, the Nome King Ruggedo is the main bad guy. In Pumpkinhead, Peter and Jack face a "Red Baron" who wants to take over nearby lands and then the Emerald City. Peter is a great baseball pitcher, and his athletic skills often help him overcome challenges.

Robin Brown: The Boy from Roundabout

Robin Brown is the main character of Merry Go Round in Oz (1963). He is a small boy who was raised by a family of much larger boys. He escapes to Oz on Merry Go Round, a living merry-go-round horse. For a short time, he becomes the King of Roundabout, even though he doesn't want to be.

Speedy: The Rocket Pilot

Speedy is the main character of The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930) and Speedy in Oz (1934). He is the nephew of William J. Harmstead, an inventor from Long Island. Speedy's uncle raised him after his parents were lost at sea. Speedy first comes to Oz when his uncle's rocket ship, which Speedy was testing, flies out of control. He lands in an underground nation called Subterranea. Speedy escapes to the surface and finds himself in Winkie Country. There, he joins a quest to save the Yellow Knight's kingdom from a bad spell.

Four years later, Speedy and his uncle are looking for dinosaur bones in Wyoming. A magic geyser brings a large dinosaur skeleton to life. Speedy and the dinosaur, named Terrybubble, land on Umbrella Island, which flies through the sky. Speedy soon discovers a plan to kidnap Gureeda, the island king's daughter, whom Speedy is starting to like.

Emerald City Residents

Davy Jones: The Wooden Whale

Davy Jones is a wooden whale who appears in Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942).

Davy Jones was once a ship for pirates. But he left them on an island they attacked. He then met Bucky Jones, who was not a pirate. They traveled the ocean together. They faced many challenges on their way to the Land of Oz. The Wizard of Oz later offered Davy Jones a job. He now lives in Lake Quad, which is near the Emerald City.

Fans really like Davy as one of John R. Neill's most creative characters.

Herby: The Cough Syrup Doctor

Herby is a character in Ruth Plumly Thompson's Oz books. He was first seen in her 1928 book, The Giant Horse of Oz. Herby was a doctor who had been turned into a bottle of cough syrup by the witch Mombi. Prince Philidor of Ozure Isles freed him from the spell early in the book. However, Herby kept a three-shelf medicine chest inside his chest and had cough drop eyes. By the end of the book, he became the official Court Physician in the Emerald City palace. Since Ozites are almost never sick and cannot die naturally, he doesn't have much work, only treating occasional injuries.

Herby's name likely comes from the medicinal herbs that would have been in his chest. He appeared in several other books, including Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, Ojo in Oz, The Wishing Horse of Oz, Handy Mandy in Oz, and Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz, though never as a main character.

Humpy: The Live Test Dummy

Humpy is a live test dummy who appears in The Lost King of Oz (1925).

He was originally in Hollywood. Dorothy briefly visited and brought him to the Land of Oz. After escaping from the Back-woodsmen, Humpy and Dorothy met Kabumpo, who carried them on his back. Humpy, Dorothy, and Kabumpo then met Mombi, Snip, Tora, and Pajuka. Everyone thought Humpy was the long-lost King Pastoria. But it turned out that Tora was actually King Pastoria. King Pastoria allowed his daughter, Princess Ozma, to keep ruling the Emerald City. He then opened a tailor shop in the Emerald City, with Humpy working as his tailor's dummy.

Snip: The Tailor's Apprentice

Snip is a boy who appears in The Lost King of Oz (1925).

He was captured by Mombi to help her and Pajuku find King Pastoria. While traveling, they met an amnesiac tailor named Tora, who joined their search. When Dorothy, Humpy, and Kabumpo met them, Snip was among those who believed Humpy was the enchanted King Pastoria. However, Tora was actually the enchanted King Pastoria. After King Pastoria allowed his daughter Princess Ozma to continue ruling the Emerald City, he became a tailor, and Snip became his apprentice.

Sir Hokus of Pokes: The Obsolete Knight

Sir Hokus of Pokes is a character first introduced in The Royal Book of Oz (1921) by Ruth Plumly Thompson. His name sounds like "hocus pocus". He is an elderly knight who doesn't realize that knights are no longer needed, much like Don Quixote. Sir Hokus was found in the kingdom of Pokes, where he had been sleeping for centuries. Pokes is a small, very sleepy kingdom in Winkie Country. After joining Dorothy, Cowardly Lion, Comfortable Camel, and Doubtful Dromedary on an adventure, Sir Hokus returns with Dorothy to live at the Palace in the Emerald City.

In later books, he goes on several quests with the main characters. He has a very important adventure in The Yellow Knight of Oz, where he marries Princess Marygolden of Corabia. In that book, we learn that his current state was caused by magic from the Sultan of Samandra. At the end of the novel, he becomes the younger Corum, Prince of Corumbia, the Yellow Knight of Oz. A magic date pit turns his silver armor golden and transforms him into a young, blond-haired man. Even though his appearance changed, he was still called Sir Hokus for the rest of the book. He also gets a new animal friend, Stampedro.

Fans did not like this change to his character. In John R. Neill's books, Hokus usually goes back to his old self, like in The Scalawagons of Oz where he play-fights a two-headed Dragonette.

Percy: The Smart-Aleck Rat

Percy is a laboratory rat from Ohio. He first appears in Rachel Cosgrove Payes' The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951). He came to the Land of Oz with Jam and two guinea pigs, landing in Gillikin Country. During the quest to defeat Terp the Terrible, Percy ate some of Terp's special muffins, which made him grow ten times his normal size! After Terp was defeated and Jam went back to Ohio, Percy convinced the Wizard of Oz to keep him permanently enlarged. Percy has a "smart aleck" personality and often calls everyone "kiddo."

In Payes' The Wicked Witch of Oz, Percy went with Dorothy Gale when the Wicked Witch of the South woke up.

Some of Percy's unusual traits, like calling everyone "kiddo," were added by editors to make the book seem more modern in 1951.

Gillikin Country Characters

Agnes: The Dragon Friend

Agnes is a dragon who appeared in The Giant Horse of Oz. She is a close friend and helper of the Good Witch of the North.

Great Royal Marshmallow: The Candy King

The Great Royal Marshmallow is a marshmallow man who rules over Candy Country. In Dorothy of Oz, Dorothy and Toto are brought before him for picking lollipops, which is against the law. The Great Royal Marshmallow is sad because he has a stomachache. Dorothy helps him feel better by telling him to only eat marshmallows for a while. When he pardons Dorothy and Toto, Dorothy tells him that Glinda the Good Witch said Oz was in danger. The Great Royal Marshmallow helps Dorothy by giving her supplies for her journey, like baskets of fruits, candy, and nuts. He then has his Royal Sheriff take Dorothy and Toto to the border, telling Dorothy that Princess Gayelette can help her.

Jester: The Tricked Servant

The Jester is a servant of Princess Gayelette and Prince Quelala.

In Dorothy of Oz, the Jester found a wand belonging to the Wicked Witch of the West. The ghost of the Wicked Witch possessed him. Under her control, the Jester used the wand to turn Princess Gayelette, Prince Quelala, and their dinner guests into China Dolls. He also turned Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion into China Dolls and kidnapped the China Princess. When Dorothy and Toto arrived, the Jester pointed them to the castle. When Dorothy learned what he had done, she found that the Jester had also turned Toto into a China Doll. Dorothy came up with a plan to trick the Jester. She reminded him that jesters are supposed to make people happy. This made the Jester freeze, and he gave up the wand. The Wicked Witch's ghost faded away, and everyone returned to normal. Princess Gayelette allowed the Jester to stay and entertain them again.

The Jester appears in Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (based on the Dorothy of Oz book), voiced by Martin Short. In the film, he is said to be the Wicked Witch of the West's brother. He captures important people in Oz and turns them into puppets.

Kabumpo: The Elegant Elephant

Kabumpo is an Indian elephant who appears in several of Ruth Plumly Thompson's Oz books. He even has a main role in Kabumpo in Oz.

King Kinda Jolly: The Button King

King Kinda Jolly of Kimbaloo is a character in The Lost King of Oz. He is the short and round king of Kimbaloo, a happy little Gillikin kingdom known for its button trees and their crops. King Kinda Jolly wears a silver crown that matches his silver beard. He is married to Queen Rosa Merry. He is the leader of the 249 other male citizens of Kimbaloo and in charge of the button crops. He loves his people, and they love him back. He once hired the witch Mombi as a cook in his palace because he felt sorry for her, not knowing she was a former witch.

Leopard with the Changeable Spots: "Spots"

The Leopard with the Changeable Spots, nicknamed "Spots", is a leopard who lives in a jungle in Gillikin Country, as seen in The Hidden Valley of Oz. He gets his name because the markings on his fur change. They change randomly and also show his feelings. For example, they can shift from "pink diamonds, to violet hearts, to spinning pinwheels." When he is unsure, he gets "blue question marks," and when he is angry, he has "brightly colored swords and muskets spinning madly on his back." Because he is so unique, other leopards consider him an outcast. Dorothy's group becomes friends with him and nicknames him "Spots." He joins them on their quest to defeat Terp the Terrible.

The Leopard with the Changeable Spots later starred in a story called "Spots in Oz," where he and the Hungry Tiger investigate a spell that makes all spots disappear.

Pinny and Gig: The Guinea Pigs

Pinny and Gig are two guinea pigs from Ohio. They first appear in The Hidden Valley of Oz. They came to the Land of Oz with Jam and Percy when Jam's kite landed in Gillikin Country. After escaping from Terp the Terrible's castle, Pinny and Gig decided they didn't want any more adventures. They moved in with a farmer and his wife, who had let Jam stay at their farm for the night.

Prince Pompadore: The Pumperdink Prince

Prince Pompadore (called Pompa for short) is the prince of Pumperdink. He first appears in Kabumpo in Oz. He is the son of King Pompus. Kabumpo the Elephant is his teacher and protector. The story is about Kabumpo and Pompa searching for the "proper princess" mentioned in a strange prophecy. After many funny adventures, Pompa finds his future wife, Princess Peg Amy of Suntop Mountain. While Kabumpo becomes a regular character in Thompson's books, Pompa appears less often.

Pompadore appears again in The Purple Prince of Oz ten years later when his family is kidnapped by the wicked fairy Faleero. He and Peg Amy have a daughter named Pajonia. This makes Pompa the only human character in Thompson's Oz books who is clearly stated to have had a child during the "present day" stories.

Tugg: The Talking Tugboat

Tugg is a wooden tugboat.

In Dorothy of Oz, Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion build Tugg from the branches of Talking Trees along the Munchkin River. They use straw to make him waterproof and vines for ropes. Dorothy uses water and red berries to make paint and draw Tugg's mouth. When Tugg is named, he starts to speak and thanks the group for building him. Tugg tells the Talking Trees he will travel the Munchkin River and tell them what he sees. Dorothy and her friends board Tugg and travel downstream. When Dorothy's group is stuck in the Gamekeeper's maze, Tugg uses his foghorn to help them find their way out. Tugg continues to carry the group down the Munchkin River until they reach the Munchkin Village. When Tugg gets close to the Dainty China Country, Dorothy and her friends get off. Tugg heads back to the Talking Trees to share his journey. Dorothy tells Tugg they will meet him again soon.

Tugg appears in Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (based on the Dorothy of Oz book), voiced by Patrick Stewart. In this version, he is an old tree who gives his body to become a tugboat for Dorothy and her friends.

Wiser the Owl: The Molasses Magnet

Wiser the Owl is an owl who always seems to get stuck in molasses.

In Dorothy of Oz, Dorothy and Toto meet Wiser. He says he got his name because he gets wiser every day. When Dorothy tells him she is looking for Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, and Glinda, Wiser tells her she is in Gillikin Country. He advises her to go to Candy Country and ask the Great Royal Marshmallow for help. Wiser points Dorothy towards Candy Country and leaves, warning her to "watch out for the molasses." Unfortunately, Toto doesn't listen.

Later, Dorothy and her friends meet Wiser again. He tells Dorothy to build a boat from the Talking Trees to travel down the Munchkin River. Before Dorothy faces the Jester, she meets Wiser again. She asks him to help the Cowardly Lion get into his life-size china doll disguise. After the Jester is freed, Wiser appears by the river near Princess Gayelette's castle with Tugg and the dragons Dorothy met earlier.

Wiser the Owl appears in Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (based on the Dorothy of Oz book), voiced by Oliver Platt.

Witch of the North: Tattypoo

The Witch of the North was not named in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz or any of Baum's other Oz books. However, Baum named her Locasta in the 1902 musical. Ruth Plumly Thompson, who continued writing Oz books after Baum, changed the character and named her Tattypoo.

This character is different from the Good Witch of the North from Baum's original stories.

Quadling Country Characters

Belfaygor of Bourne: The Beardy Baron

Belfaygor of Bourne is a major character in Ruth Plumly Thompson's Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz.

Belfaygor lives in Bourne, a place in the Quadling Country. He is in love with Shirley Sunshine. But because of a magic spell that went wrong, his beard grows incredibly fast. He has to carry scissors to cut it constantly. This causes big problems, especially when he sleeps. When he is locked in a prison cell with Peter Brown, Jack Pumpkinhead, and Snif, his beard grows so much overnight that it fills the cell and makes it hard to breathe.

After Shirley Sunshine is rescued, Belfaygore's beard disappears. The Wizard of Oz breaks the enchantment. After this, Belfaygore promises never to grow a beard again and finally marries Shirley.

In Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, Belfaygor is shown among the people captured by the Jester and turned into puppets.

Bell-snickle: The Buckwheat Villain

Bell-snickle is the main villain of The Scalawagons of Oz. He is described as looking like a blue-green buckwheat cake and is proud of being a mystery. He messes with the special gas that makes the Scalawagons work, causing them to go out of control. After he is defeated, Jenny Jump uses him as a rubber stamp in her shop.

Bell-snickle's name seems to come from the German folk character Belsnickel, but he doesn't look like him.

Snif: The Griffin-in-Training

Snif is a character who appears in Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz.

Snif is an "-iffin," which is a griffin that lost its "gr." He speaks in rhymes. He first appears and joins Peter Brown and Jack Pumpkinhead. Snif, Peter, and Jack later meet Baron Belfaygore and help rescue his fiancée, Shirley Sunshine. After the villain Mogodore is defeated, Snif gets his "gr" back and becomes a full griffin again.

Munchkin Country Characters

Abatha: The Blue Witch

Abatha the Good Witch of the East is the main character in Eric Shanower's graphic novel, The Blue Witch of Oz. She fell under a spell during a disagreement with her brother-in-law over her son.

Crunch: The Stone Man

Crunch is a giant stone man who appears in The Cowardly Lion of Oz. He was created by the wizard Wam long ago in the Land of Oz. Since Wam didn't have a purpose for Crunch, he wandered all over Oz.

Many years later, Crunch met Notta Bit More and the Cowardly Lion. He joined their group but got impatient with how non-magical beings did things. Crunch took the Cowardly Lion to Mustafa in Mudge so Mustafa could add him to his collection of lions. Then Crunch turned the Cowardly Lion and Mustafa's other lions to stone. Glinda and the Wizard of Oz used their magic to freeze Crunch. Princess Ozma decided that Crunch's frozen body would stay in Mudge as a punishment for Mustafa.

Handy Mandy: The Seven-Armed Girl

Handy Mandy is a goatherder who appears in Handy Mandy in Oz.

She comes from Mt. Mern, a place where people have seven arms. She described her hands to King Kerr:

"This iron hand...I use for ironing, lifting hot pots from the stove and all horrid sort of work; this leather hand I keep for beating rugs, dusting, sweeping and so on; this wooden hand I use for churning and digging in the garden; these two red rubber hands for dishwashing and scrubbing, and my two fine white hands I keep for holding and braiding my hair."

A geyser carried Handy Mandy to Keretaria in Munchkin Country. After being freed from a dungeon by Nox the Royal Ox, Handy Mandy joins him to find King Kerry, the rightful ruler of Keretaria. They discover a plot by the Wizard of Wutz to take over Oz, especially when Ruggedo is accidentally freed from his jar. When she strikes her silver hammer, she summons an elf named Himself. He turns the Wizard of Wutz and Ruggedo into potted cacti. After Princess Ozma restores order, Mandy is finally given gloves. After a month back on Mt. Mern, she uses a wishing pill to move herself and her goat herd to Keretaria to start a new life.

Mooj: The Clock Magician

Mooj is a "bent and hideous" old Munchkin magician who appears in Ojo in Oz.

He took over the throne of Seebania and lives in a hut filled with clocks on Moojer Mountain. It took Princess Ozma, Realbad, and the Wizard of Oz to defeat Mooj. Princess Ozma turned him into a drop of water and sent him into the Nonestic Ocean.

Realbad: The Rightful King

Realbad is a tall, strong, and handsome man who appears in Ojo in Oz.

He is the leader of a bandit gang in Munchkin Country. He is later revealed to be Ree Alla Bad, the true King of Seebania, Ojo's father, and the nephew of Unc Nuckie.

Snufferbux: The Bear Performer

Snufferbux, whose full name is Snufforious Buxorious Blundorious Boroso, is a bear who appears in Ojo in Oz. A group of gypsies captured Snufferbux with honey and made him perform for them. He gained his freedom when he met Ojo and Realbad. Snufferbux went with them on their journey across Munchkin Country. After Mooj was defeated, Princess Ozma made sure Snufferbux was happy by exiling the gypsies who captured him from the Land of Oz.

X. Pando: The Elevator Man

X. Pando is a tall man with legs like an accordion. He appears in Ojo in Oz.

X. Pando is an "elevator man" who lifts people to the top of Moojer Mountain. The payment is something small, like a brief dance.

Zif: The College Student

Zif is a Munchkin who appears in The Royal Book of Oz. He is a student at Wogglebug's College of Art and Athletic Perfection.

Winkie Country Characters

Comfortable Camel: The Lost Traveler

The Comfortable Camel is a Bactrian camel who came to the Land of Oz in The Royal Book of Oz. He and his friend, the Doubtful Dromedary, got lost in a sandstorm and ended up in Oz near the Deadly Desert. There, they met Dorothy Gale. The two camels helped Dorothy, Cowardly Lion, and Sir Hokus of Pokes search for Scarecrow.

Doubtful Dromedary: The Doubting Friend

The Doubtful Dromedary is a dromedary who came to the Land of Oz in The Royal Book of Oz. He doubts everything he says. He and his friend, the Comfortable Camel, got lost in a sandstorm and ended up in Oz near the Deadly Desert. There, they met Dorothy Gale. The two camels helped Dorothy, Cowardly Lion, and Sir Hokus of Pokes search for Scarecrow.

Peg Amy: The Wooden Princess

Peg Amy is a wooden doll from Kabumpo in Oz. She is revealed to be the long-lost princess of Sun Top Mountain in Winkie Country. After being freed from her enchantment, Peg Amy married Prince Pompadore. They ruled Sun Top Mountain together, but also spent time in his father's kingdom, Pumperdink. In The Purple Prince of Oz, they have a daughter named Pajonia. This makes Peg the only named human in Oz to have given birth in the "present day" of Ruth Plumly Thompson's stories.

Characters from Outside Oz

A-B-Sea Serpent: The Alphabet Snake

The A-B-Sea Serpent is a large snake made of alphabet blocks. He comes from Mer City in the Nonestic Ocean.

First appearing in The Royal Book of Oz, the A-B-Sea Serpent and the Rattlesnake were on vacation in the Munchkin River. There, they met the Scarecrow. After the A-B-Sea Serpent helped Scarecrow cross the Munchkin River, he invited the A-B-Sea Serpent and Rattlesnake to the Emerald City to meet Princess Ozma, Betsy Bobbin, Patchwork Girl, and Tin Woodman.

Rattlesnake: The Rattling Companion

The Rattlesnake is a snake made of 100 rattles. He is the A-B-Sea Serpent's friend.

First appearing in The Royal Book of Oz, the A-B-Sea Serpent and the Rattlesnake were on vacation in the Munchkin River. There, they met the Scarecrow. After the A-B-Sea Serpent helped Scarecrow cross the Munchkin River, he invited the A-B-Sea Serpent and Rattlesnake to the Emerald City to meet Princess Ozma, Betsy Bobbin, Patchwork Girl, and Tin Woodman.

Clocker: The Wise Clock-Headed Man

Clocker is a man with a clock for a head. He is the wise man of Menankypoo and first appears in Pirates in Oz.

He can only speak once every 15 minutes, when the clock chimes and its cuckoo bird comes out with a note. The people of Menankypoo locked Clocker in Kadj the Conqueror's cave for "putting ideas in the former king's head." Clocker forms an alliance with Ruggedo in his latest plan to conquer the Land of Oz. This begins when they convince invading pirates to join Ruggedo. With help from Peter and Captain Salt, Princess Ozma stops the invasion. One of the things she does is keep Clocker so he can be reprogrammed.

Captain Samuel Salt: The Royal Explorer

Captain Samuel Salt is the sea captain of the Crescent Moon. He first appears in Pirates in Oz.

While he was known as a pirate captain, he was most interested in exploring. This caused his crew to leave him and take two of his ships. When he arrived on Octagon Island, he met King Ako, whose men had also left him. The two of them, along with Ako's bird friend Roger the Read Bird, left the island. The three of them met Peter Brown when they were looking for their missing crews. After Ruggedo and the pirates are defeated, Captain Salt stops being a pirate and stays in Oz as the Royal Explorer.

In Captain Salt in Oz, Captain Salt had the Crescent Moon fixed up by Jinnicky the Red Jinn. He, King Ako, and Roger the Read Bird discovered new places like Patrippany, Ozamaland, Peakenspire Island, the Sea Forest, and Seeweegia.

Captain Salt was present at Ozma's birthday party in The Wonder City of Oz. He was also there when the Wizard of Oz showed off his new invention, the Scalawagons, in The Scalawagons of Oz.

Jinnicky the Red Jinn: The Genie in a Jar

Jinnicky the Red Jinn is a character who often appears in Ruth Plumly Thompson's Oz books. He is shown as a character who has many servants and whose red body is kept inside a ginger jar. For long trips, he uses a magic jinriskishka. He has a friendly but serious rivalry with the Wizard of Oz. He is eager to stop the wicked fairy Faleero in "The Purple Prince of Oz" before the Wizard does.

Pigasus: The Flying Pig Poet

Pigasus is a flying pig character created by Ruth Plumly Thompson in the 1930s. Like the mythical Pegasus, anyone who rides him is magically made to speak in rhyming poems. The character first appeared in Pirates in Oz (1931) and played a big role in the story of The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935).

Other Post-Baum Characters

Baum's successors created other characters for the series. Some are only mentioned briefly, or play small roles. These include:

• Bangladore - A young candy giant who lives in a forest in Winkie Country.
• Blink - The housekeeper at the Scarecrow's mansion in Winkie Country.
• Mops - A worker at Scarecrow's mansion who is his cook.
• Pid - A servant of Sir Hokus.
• Wag - A traveling rabbit who was once tricked by Ruggedo. He loves collecting things. He later joins Kabumpo and Prince Pompadore to stop Ruggedo and Glegg.

See also

• List of Oz characters (created by Baum)
• List of Wicked characters

Images for kids

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  Kabumpo the Elephant