Queen Ozma must give her State of the Merry Old Land of Oz speech by sundown, or she can't be queen any more. But while rehearsing, she and Dorothy say "prosperity" at the same time, Dorothy calls "Jinx!" and now, because it actually is a curse in Oz, neither one of them can talk! Ozma can't give her speech, and Dorothy can't command the Ruby Slippers without a voice, so everything is in a bit of a pickle. But Ozma and Dorothy lead everyone to the magic vault, where they find a basket that can take them anywhere if it's covered by a cloth made up of fabrics from all the lands of Oz. Good thing, too, because they have to find the horn of a yak-yakkity-yak to reverse the curse. Fortunately, the Patchwork Girl comes by with all kinds of fabric to make a dress for Ozma. She makes the cloth, the basket is covered and it turns into a balloon, and then Patchwork Girl kisses the Scarecrow right before they take off. Bad move, now the Scarecrow can't talk, either, because he's so overcome by emotion. (Nice bit of continuity with the previous story!) The Tin Woodman now takes over as party leader, but the balloon crashes and the Tin Woodman lands in a river, rusting his jaw shut! So now it's up to the Lion. They find the yak-yakity-yak and the Lion tries to take a horn, but it doesn't work. The yak gets mad, the Lion eats some peanut butter he found in the Tin Man's chest, and now he can't talk, either! There's only one member of the party who can get things worked out now—Toto! It seems the yak can understand barking. So Toto explains the situation and makes a deal to use the horn—which is not on the yak's head, but it's a brass instrument he keeps in his fur! One blast on it restores Dorothy's voice, so now she can fix everyone else's voices, take the yak to a tropical beach to warm up, and get everyone back to the Emerald City and restore Ozma's voice right before she has to give her speech.
Hmm, I don't think I have much to add here. It was funny that Toto managed to save the day in the end. I also liked the switch of the horn not being on the yak's head, but a musical instrument. (They do a lot of fun stuff with magical musical instruments on this show.) And Patchwork Girl is still really cool.
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I admire Dorothy in this episode because if I were in her situation, I would be raising a lot of middle fingers when the others couldn't understand her gestures.
Also, the part where they basivally gave the Scarecrow a cold shower...*snicker*
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