Toto
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Toto (pronounced toe-toe) is a little black dog, the loyal companion of Dorothy Gale both in Kansas and the Land of Oz.
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Description
Toto has long, silky hair and small black eyes that twinkle merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose.
Animals from the outside world can talk once they reach Oz; but Toto remained silent for a long time and speaks only sparingly. (Tik-Tok of Oz)
Book Appearances
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (first appearance)
- The Road to Oz
- The Emerald City of Oz
- Tik-Tok of Oz
Background
Toto did not speak until the final chapter of the eighth Oz book, Tik-Tok of Oz, and continued to say very little in Baum's books. Some later Oz writers make him more talkative.
In the 1939 film Toto was played by a dog named Terry. She was paid $125.00 a week in the film. After the film, her name was changed to Toto.
Modern Oz writers have used Toto as a protagonist in several works, including Roger S. Baum's Toto of Oz and the Surprise Party and Toto in Candy Land of Oz, Chris Dulabone's Toto in Oz, Ian Fink's "Toto's Tale," Atticus Gannaway's "Toto and the Truth," and Gina Wickwar's Toto of Oz.
In Magic Land Toto is called Totoshka. In The Great Wishy Woz he is Nono.
