![]() The message reading "Surrender Dorothy" in the D.C. The graffito was updated to say Surrender Donald ![]() Washington area graffiti Washington LDS Temple as seen from Interstate 495. ![]() The full message read "SURRENDER DOROTHY OR DIE -W W W". Originally, there was a full message written out by the Witch, seen only in the first 120-minute test screening. The special effect was achieved by using a hypodermic needle, spreading black ink across the bottom of a glass tank filled with tinted water. The terrified townspeople of the Emerald City – and the four intrepid adventurers – respond by rushing to the chamber where the Wizard of Oz himself ( Frank Morgan) resides, only to be turned away by a majordomo (also played by Frank Morgan) based loosely on the Soldier with the Green Whiskers. As they leave the "Wash & Brush Up Co.", the Wicked Witch of the West ( Margaret Hamilton) appears in the sky riding her broomstick, skywriting the words "SURRENDER DOROTHY". In the scene, Dorothy Gale ( Judy Garland) has reached the Emerald City with her companions The Scarecrow ( Ray Bolger), Tin Woodman ( Jack Haley) and Cowardly Lion ( Bert Lahr), whereupon they are treated to the hospitality and technological comforts of the fantastic city. The first appearance of the phrase is in the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz (it is not in the novel or any previous adaptations). The phrase later attained local fame as graffiti in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. " Surrender Dorothy" is a famous special effect used in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, where the Wicked Witch of the West flies on her broomstick to write the two-word phrase across the sky. Dorothy: Oh, I beg your pardon! But, I've never heard of a beautiful witch before.Film special effect The "Surrender Dorothy" scene from The Wizard of Oz, with the Wicked Witch of the West completing the "Y" of "Dorothy".They're laughing because, I *am* a Witch. Dorothy: But, I've already told you, I'm not a witch at all! Witches are old, and ugly!.Glinda: So, what the Munchkins want to know is, are you a good witch, or a bad witch?.And there's the house, and here you are, and that's all that's left of the Wicked Witch of the East. Glinda: Well, I'm a little muddled! The Munchkins called me because a new witch has just dropped a house on the Wicked Witch of the East.Dorothy: Who me? I'm not a witch at all.Glinda: Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?.The Scarecrow: Hooray! I guess that did it! Help yourself!.The Scarecrow: I'll show you how to get apples!.The Scarecrow: Oh no! It's just that she doesn't like little green worms!.Angry Apple Tree: Are you hinting my apples aren't what they ought to be?.You don't want any of *those* apples! Hmph! Dorothy: Oh, dear! I keep forgetting I'm not in Kansas!.Angry Apple Tree: Well, how would you like to have someone come along and pick something off of you?.Dorothy: We've been walking a long ways and I was hungry and.Angry Apple Tree: What do you think you're doing?.The Wicked Witch of the West: See that? That's how much longer you've got to be alive! And it isn't long, my pretty, it isn't long! I can't wait forever to get those shoes!.The Wicked Witch of the West: Which is more than you will! Drat you and your dog! You've been more trouble to me than you're worth one way or another, but it'll soon be over now!.Dorothy: Run, Toto, run! Run Toto, run! He got away! He got away!.The Wicked Witch of the West: Catch him!.These things must be done *delicately*, or you hurt the spell. The Wicked Witch of the West: No! Fool that I am! I should have remembered those slippers will never come off, as long as you're alive.Dorothy: Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't do it! Can I still have my dog?.The Wicked Witch of the West: That's a good little girl.you can have your old slippers, but give me back Toto! The Wicked Witch of the West: Throw that basket in the river and drown him!.The Wicked Witch of the West: Very well.Dorothy: But the Good Witch of the North told me not to!.The Wicked Witch of the West: Certainly, certainly.Dorothy: Oh, please give me back my dog!.The Wicked Witch of the West: All in good time, my little pretty.Dorothy: What are you gonna do to my dog? Give him back to me!.
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