Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by the American author L. Frank Baum as the protagonist in many of his Oz novels. She first appears in Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and reappears in most of its sequels.

Dorothy Gale is an orphan who made several trips to the Land of Oz with her little black dog, Toto. She eventually moved to Oz permanently and lives in the Emerald City with her best friend, Princess Ozma, who is the ruler of all the land and made Dorothy a princess of Oz.

In rural Kansas, Dorothy Gale lives on a farm owned by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, and wishes she could be somewhere else. Dorothy's neighbor, Almira Gulch, who had been bitten by Dorothy's dog, Toto, obtains a sheriff's order authorizing her to seize Toto.

This is a disambiguation page for Dorothy Gale, a young girl from Kansas who went on several adventures in the Land of Oz.

Dorothy, fictional character, the youthful heroine of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900; film 1939), a book-length tale for children by L. Frank Baum, and most of its sequels.

In Oz, Dorothy finds herself chasing around a bunch of flying monkeys and evil witches and hot-air balloons. And you know something? She doesn't need all that drama in her life. All she wants to do is go home. She's not exactly ready for a big adventure, but she's about to get one anyway.

Dorothy Gale is the main protagonist of The Wiz. She embarks on a quest to find The Wiz to help her get home to New York City. Along the way she befriends the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion who join her in her quest.