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There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.
— The Wizard of Oz • 1939
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Dorothy's whole adventure is a lesson she had to learn for herself, and this is the spell that proves it: the way home was on her feet from the start. The film turned a plain proverb into a charm with three clicks of the heels. Fans still say it, or tap their heels, when they finally get back through their own front door.
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In context
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At the end of The Wizard of Oz (1939), Dorothy has trekked to the Emerald City and melted the Wicked Witch of the West, only to watch the Wizard's balloon float off without her. Glinda then tells her the ruby slippers could have taken her home all along. After a tearful goodbye to her friends, Dorothy closes her eyes, taps her heels together three times and says the words. Kansas swirls back around her and she wakes in her own bed. In L. Frank Baum's novel the wish is worded differently and the magic shoes are silver.
Sources (2)
- Oz Wiki: The Wizard of Oz (1939)Plot, 'No Place like Home' sectionReference checked
- Wikiquote: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)Dorothy's closing linesReference checked
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