Young Dorothy Gale, and her little dog Toto, are sucked through a twister out of her bland Kansas home with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry into the vivid world of Oz. When she arrives in her family's farmhouse, Dorothy lands on the Wicked Witch of the East freeing the inhabitants of the Munchkin Country.
The confused girl is met by the Good Witch of the North and gifted with silver shoes thought to be magical. The Witch tells Dorothy that in order to return, she must go to the City of Emeralds and ask the Wizard of Oz to return her home. Dorothy and Toto begin their journey along the yellow brick road under the good Witch's protection.
The duo meets a scarecrow along the path and free him from his perch. The Scarecrow only wants a brain, so Dorothy convinces him to join them and ask the Wizard for one. Next they meet a Tin-woodman rusted motionless. Dorothy oils his joints and invites him to join them going to the City of Emeralds. The Tin Man resolves to ask the wizard for a heart. Finally the group encounters a Cowardly Lion. Dorothy and her new friends convince him to join them and ask the Wizard for courage.
The five: Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion survive the journey to the Emerald City together. There they each meet the wizard, in a different form he agrees to aid their quest if they can kill the Wicked Witch of the West. The gatekeeper warns the party the Witch is clever and difficult to kill. And the witch tries as she might to destroy the friends, finally settling on capturing the Lion and Dorothy with flying monkeys, incapacitating the two friends left behind.
Dorothy is successful, through a complete mishap which destroys the witch and the people of the West are thankful enough to ask the Tin Man to be their ruler--he agrees after he aids Dorothy in her quest to return home. Back in the Emerald City the wizard tries to put off the troupe. Toto ends his rouse when he tips over a screen revealing the wizard as an old man from an Omaha, Nebraska circus.
He grants the wishes of Dorothy's companions, but when attempting to bring her home, Toto escapes and Dorothy misses the hot air balloon ride home to retrieve her closest friend. In tears the people of the Emerald City suggest Glinda the good Witch of the South might be able to send her home. The friends adventure forth again to find Glinda in the South of Oz. Through trials and tribulations Dorothy finally manages to make her way home--There's no place like home.
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