The corrections officers (COs) are mostly white, with many black and some Latino officers. By the time the guard had second thoughts, his grandson dies. Who’s Who in Oz. Entries relating to The Giant Horse of Oz treat Tattypoo and the Good Witch of the North as two separate people. L. Frank Baum laid out the powers that ruled the corners of Oz. Electrokinesis: The power of control or create the eletricity. The Muslims had almost inevitably long-running tensions with the Aryans. Who’s Who in Oz is an illustrated index of nearly every character that ever appeared in the first 39 Oz books. An example is Perix, a minor character from Grampa in Oz, to whom Snow arbitrarily assigns the title Prince. Hydrokinesis: The power to control or create water 1. Schibetta's son, Peter, failed to take it back but under Antonio Nappa they finally got back a lot of their power. In the end of Season 1, he orchestrates a riot with the Muslims and takes charge of Emerald City. Flight: The power of fly with or wit… Irashi the Rough, who held the title Pasha of Rash, is the lead villain of The Hungry Tiger of Oz. They are racist, nationalist, tough and like to have what are known in the series as "Prags" (The show's term for a "Bitch"). Oz is handing off to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Ginger is divorced from all connection with Jinnicky, and his more substantial roles in Purple and The Silver Princess in Oz are completely ignored. In the novel Perix was not given any title, and was only implied to be of nobility. Inmates are generally paired with sponsors of similar nationality, background, race, and/or religion, to help acclimate, with the help of someone with similar interests and beliefs. There has been fan speculation that Snow did this in order to establish a new continuity element, which would allow him to create his own version of the Good Witch in an unrealized story. He is said to have first appeared in The Purple Prince of Oz, but had previously appeared in Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz. Rodgers appeared as a contestant on the show in 2015 where he won and raised $50,000 for the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Fund. Saïd took over leadership duties again but after he killed Adebisi in self-defense and convert Salah Udeen was killed by the Aryans, he had an angry period where he gave into violence a lot. Belfaygor of Bourne, lead villain of Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, is said to rule over all the other barons, which was not the case in the novel. She is the only one of the four death row inmates to be executed as planned. Continuity errors and unreliable information. This allows Adebisi to become the most powerful inmate in Oz and creates his own version of paradise. Other notable members include William Cudney, who shot the child of a doctor who had aborted his wife's fetus, and Robert Sippel, a pedophile priest, who was eventually nailed by Schillinger and the Aryans. In retaliation, another officer threw him off a roof, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Who's Who in Oz is a guidebook to the characters in the classic Oz novels. Some character names are spelled differently in their title headings than in the articles themselves. 1. With Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters. The Latinos, also known as "El Norte", are one of the three main players in the drug trade along with the Italians and Homeboys. Many people find whose and who's particularly confusing because, in English, an apostrophe followed by an s usually indicates the possessive form of a word. He claims to have a knack for "picking winners and losers", which probably explains his shifting alliances and ability to stay alive. He neglects to mention that Crinkle's final rank was General. Since lions are supposed to be "The Kings of Beasts," the Cowardly Lion believes that his fear makes him inadequate. They are anti-drugs and against almost everything else that falls in that category. After reaching breaking point, Beecher attacks Schillinger and leaves his eye badly damaged. In Aunt Em's Harlem apartment, Snow listed the Soldier under both his names as Omby Amby (the name Baum gave to him in Ozma of Oz) and as Wantowin (Thompson re-christened him "Wantowin Battles" in Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz). His family moved to Montana in 1951, eventually settling in Oakland, California. "Because every member of the Royal Family is currently imprisoned by the Nome King. He again leads the Homeboys while Redding is distracted following Hill's death and later unsuccessfully tries to convince Neema to lead them. He is often seen reciting his poetry in the cafeteria and his poems provide insight into some of the current prison issues. It was written by Jack Snow, and published by Reilly & Lee in 1954. A bisexual serial killer and psychopath who preys upon gay men in the outside world while hiding his sexual orientation through a series of marriages. He also makes an enemy of Warden Glynn for concealing the identity of the man who raped Glynn's daughter. It contains over 34,000 autobiographical entries, carefully updated for maximum accuracy from information personally supplied by the biographee. This racist belief is later absent when she meets inmate Deyell. E.g., the stork from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Nikobo the Hippo from Captain Salt in Oz are listed as male, when they were female in their novels. He often bullies and intimidates other inmates despite his age and size, including his fellow African-American cellmate Poet (who he eventually made peace with) and the elderly Rebadow. Desperate for protection from the many non-white inmates and enemies he has, Robson becomes a willing prag of Wolfgang Cutler, who rapes and sexually humiliates him in front of other inmates. The Italians and Sicilians, also known as the "Wiseguys", are one of the most powerful gangs. This landed Alvarez in solitary where he went in and out through the series. Oz is made up of four divisions that surround the Emerald City in the center. Dicksy Land becomes "Diksey Land," and Marshland becomes "Mudland." Rodgers, whose fiancee calls a “ nerd,” is a lifelong Jeopardy! Richie Hanlon was a kind individual who was shafted by the Aryans, and Jason Cramer was the only inmate who was ever released and stayed out. Her first stay on death row is commuted when it is discovered she is pregnant and though the father is never identified, she claims it was Satan and she is sent to a mental hospital. He escapes Oz through one of Busmalis' tunnels and remains on the run for 6 months, eventually recaptured on the border with Mexico. Besides drugs, they also deal in alcohol and medical supplies via their members doing work detail as orderlies. Compared to. Snow also alphabetizes haphazardly, listing some Kings, Queens, and even Doctors, under their titles rather than their names. She is executed screaming and crying. His character undergoes the most drastic changes throughout the seasons, during which he becomes a drug addict and falls in love with Keller, a first for Beecher in encountering homosexuality. As a gang they might appear to be insignificant, but Ryan O'Reily manages to factor into most major plots throughout the series. After starting a correspondence relationship with Adebisi, she rejects him upon meeting him and discovering he is black. Only during the … Arif took over after that, but again could not handle it. Jaz Hoyt is their leader. In his first book, he detailed this witchy phenomenon: “There were only four witches in all the Land of Oz, and two of them, those who live in the North and the South, are good witches. 1. Due to Emerald City's unconventional configuration and routine, each new inmate is given a sponsor to help acclimate. Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home to Kansas and help her friends as well. The socially astute narrator of the show. A former middle class lawyer in denial about his alcoholism, Beecher is convicted of driving whilst intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter after hitting a young girl. An African-American inmate with a talent for poetry. Convicted October 21, 1992 - Aggravated assault in the first degree. She is unfailingly friendly and sexually aggressive, despite her 'good girl' persona. A gigantic, deranged maniac of Nigerian descent; incarcerated for decapitating a police officer with a machete. https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Who%27s_Who_in_Oz?oldid=74422. Pyrokinesis: The power to control or create fire. He comes around after being awakened by the admonition of a young inmate whom the librarian had also reached. When he is later smitten with the prison librarian, he finds out she has breast cancer and hardens his heart fearing the pain of another death. The Christians are perhaps the most quiet of all the groups in Oz, but they get a voice when Jeremiah Cloutier entered the fold. He is one of the inmates present in the season pilot to survive to the finale. He is often the moral compass of the show and shows great remorse for the deaths for which he is responsible. -Original advertising slogan for book in 1954. The country as a whole was originally enchanted by a character named Queen Lurline, who is described in the Oz backstory. Author Evan Schwartz writes that Baum named Dorothy Gale after his niece, Dorothy Gage, who passed away at 5-months-old. Led through the whole series by the charismatic Vernon Schillinger. This is a list of characters in the original Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants. After Morales died, nobody stepped up to lead. Zif is a student at the College of Art and Athletic Perfection; he is both respectful and resentful towards his teacher Wogglebog who considers Zif a "nobody or a nothing." In Rinkitink in Oz, the monster Choggenmugger was killed by Nikobob. They tend to have an easier relationship with the Italians rather than the Homeboys, although they have cooperated with both. His servant Ginger is correctly acknowledged as having debuted in Jack, but is referred to as being the servant of Baron Mogodore. Over the course of the show, Robson evolves from a secondary character into a central character with a storyline of his own. This crisis, combined with the stress of Dorothy's prolonged disappearance and sudden reappearance, took a toll on his health, and his doctor ordered him to take a vacation. Oz is the wizard that Dorothy and the others travel to see in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Upon discovery, the rest of the Aryans, including Schillinger, cast him out. In the beginning of the series, they run the drug trade with an iron fist but because of Ryan O'Reily and Simon Adebisi, they lost their leader Nino Schibetta and control of the trade. McManus and Saïd have his work published in order to promote McManus' prison education program and he is granted early parole. So who will be behind the podium on Monday, April 5? 17 from 1 work by Rachel Cosgrove. 2. He undergoes a spiritual transformation in season 4 and he and Beecher try to forgive each other but this does not last. One of the youngest inmates in Oz, Wangler was sixteen when he committed murder and was tried as an adult. "There is no ruler," was the answer the head Wheeler gave. In the first season, Saïd spends much of his time converting other inmates to his cause, even many of the Homeboys, much to the anger of Adebisi. Some people's and places' names are misspelled, e.g. He spends most of his time in Oz in and out of solitary and survives several attempts on his life by Guerra, a fellow Latino inmate. 38 from the 3 works of John R. Neill. More than 120 years ago, our founder, Albert Nelson Marquis, established a standard of excellence with the first publication of Who’s Who in America. Upon his return to Oz, he is friends with Wangler and Pierce until their deaths and helps Saïd bring down Adebisi. He grows in prominence in seasons 3 and 4 when he manipulates racial tension within the prison to force Warden Glynn to hire a black man to run Em City. The Cowardly Lion is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. She is the aunt of Dorothy Gale and wife of Uncle Henry, and lives together with them on a farm in Kansas.In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, she is described as having been a "young, pretty wife" when she arrived at Uncle Henry's farm, but having been "grayed" by her life there, implying that she appears older than her years. 329 from the 19 works of Ruth Plumly Thompson. He fancies himself a lawyer and tries to help other inmates by representing them, with mixed results. Oz's creator is the person you see getting tattooed in the intro. 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