Journey Back to Oz

A tornado tears through Kansas, lifting Dorothy and Toto into the storm. She awakens in the magical Land of Oz, with Toto by her side and unfamiliar wonders on every horizon.

Dorothy wanders through Oz and meets a talking Signpost with three signs, all pointing toward Emerald City. The sign hints at a perilous journey ahead and sets Dorothy's quest in motion.

Dorothy meets Pumpkinhead, the unwilling servant of Mombi, who becomes a cautious ally on the road to the Emerald City. He carries with him the danger of Mombi's plans and a wary sense of humor.

Dorothy is captured by Mombi and her pet crow in a cottage on the edge of Oz. The capture demonstrates the reach of Mombi's dark magic and raises the stakes for Dorothy's escape.

Pumpkinhead sneaks into the cottage while Mombi is away and frees Dorothy from captivity. The two fugitives flee together, racing against Mombi's looming threat and the strange laws of Oz.

Dorothy and Pumpkinhead locate Woodenhead Stallion III, a former merry-go-round horse, and ride it toward Emerald City. The peculiar steed becomes a mobile ally as they travel through Oz.

They reach Emerald City, where Mombi arrives and captures Toto and the Scarecrow. Dorothy warns the Scarecrow about Mombi's green elephants, signaling the escalation of danger.

Dorothy, Pumpkinhead, and Woodenhead travel to Tinland to seek the Tin Man's aid. The Tin Man declines once he learns of the green elephants and the magical nature of the threat.

The group then consults the Cowardly Lion, who declines to help and suggests consulting Glinda the Good Witch instead. His refusal shifts hope toward Glinda's guidance.

Glinda appears with her Glinda Bird and explains she cannot fight Mombi directly. She urges Dorothy to trust in self faith and gives her a silver box of countermagic to be opened only in the Emerald City in a dire emergency.

Mombi summons nearby trees to life as a new obstacle. Glinda responds by sending a golden hatchet to Pumpkinhead, and some trees are transformed into gold and turned from threats into allies.

Dorothy opens Glinda's silver box and mice appear to frighten the elephants. Mombi is fatally trampled as her magic dies with her, and Pumpkinhead dies but is revived by Dorothy's tears. Woodenhead is named the head of the Oz cavalry, and a tornado conjured by Pumpkinhead and Glinda carries Dorothy and Toto back to Kansas, with a promise to return.