The Wizard of Oz is a famous children's book and a movie from Earth's early 20th century.
If I Only Had a Heart, a tune that Doctor Ira Graves used to whistle, is a song from one of the movie adaptations of the book as sung by the character of the "Tin Man". Graves also compared Data, who wished to become more human, to the Tin Man's quest for a heart. (TNG: "The Schizoid Man")
Gomtuu was christened "Tin Man", after one of the characters in the Wizard of Oz by Starfleet scientists. (TNG: "Tin Man")
- The episode also derives its title from the character from The Wizard of Oz.
When Doctor Beverly Crusher was caught in a shrinking warp bubble and began to realize how easy it would be to leave the bubble, she said "Click my heels together three times and I'm back in Kansas?", quoting a phrase from The Wizard of Oz, spoken by the main character, Dorothy. (TNG: "Remember Me")
The Clown quoted The Wizard of Oz from Harry Kim's memory, stating "There is no place like home" and mocked the Ensign because he was restrained and thus not able to "click his heels together three times". (VOY: "The Thaw")
In 2373, Jake Sisko and Nog said "Lions, Gigers, bears...", "Oh my", paraphrasing the line "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my" from The Wizard of Oz. (DS9: "In the Cards")
- It is not clear if Jake and Nog were supposed to have been aware of the reference or not.
- Jean-Luc Picard's line to Lily Sloane in Star Trek: First Contact about not being in Montana anymore is an obvious reference to line in The Wizard of Oz about not being in Kansas anymore.
- The Wizard of Oz is one of the few real-life movies referenced in Star Trek not produced by Paramount Pictures.
External Links
- The Wizard of Oz at Wikipedia
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