"That is a first rate idea," says the Lion at one point. While the Scarecrow doesn't seem to notice his own brilliance, his friends sure do. And when the Lion falls asleep in the poppy field, he engineers a mouse-drawn chariot to haul his big friend to safety. When they're faced with a river, he thinks to build a raft. When the travelers can't move forward because of a ditch, he thinks to build a bridge. Whenever the gang comes upon an obstacle-and they come upon them all the time-he's the one who thinks their way out of it. The sad irony of the Scarecrow's life is that his greatest insecurity happens to be his greatest strength. Wherever he goes in Oz, he's always the smartest guy in the room. Will he, though? Because we're about to let you in on a little secret about the Scarecrow: he doesn't need a brain. When I have brains I shall probably like them better" (8.42). When Dorothy asks him if he thinks a field of flowers is beautiful, he says, "I suppose so. And that sense of self-consciousness seems to negatively impact his quality of life. "It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool" (4.26). Worse, now he has a huge complex about it. A crow made fun of him for not having a brain, and the Scarecrow took it very, very personally. Problem is, his first day in the cornfield didn't go so well. He came into existence when a farmer painted on his eyes, ears, and mouth. What happened in the world before that time is unknown to me" (4.12). Same diff.) "My life has been so short that I really know nothing whatever," he tells Dorothy. (Well, technically the day before yesterday. The thing is, Scarecrow was born yesterday. Best of all, he doesn't eat or drink anything (hey, more for us!) or even require sleep because he's…well, a scarecrow. And he's loyal-loyal enough to take out his own stuffing to protect in you in a fight (as he does for his pals in "The Search for the Wicked Witch") or abandon his kingdom to help you find your way home (as he does for Dorothy in "Away to the South").
He's up for trying anything because he can't get hurt. However, with much of the production details lost to the pages of time, the answer remains somewhere over the rainbow, becoming another incongruous mystery from the land of Oz.The Scarecrow is the first friend that Dorothy makes on the yellow brick road, and he's exactly the kind of guy who makes a perfect companion on a road trip. Somewhere along the way, between early scripts and final cut, guns made it onto the screen, albeit briefly and inexplicably.
Frank Baum's iconic novel to screen flowed through countless hands, particularly writers. The Wizard of Oz was produced under Hollywood's old studio system, meaning most people who worked on this film were under contract with MGM, not its individual projects. RELATED: The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz Filming Was Plagued by Bizarre Incidents However, when the Wicked Witch of the West suddenly appears in a cloud of smoke, the Munchkins don't bother to get off a shot. During the early scene in Munchkin Land, there are armed Munchkin guards with rifles and bayonets. Even more curious, the Scarecrow isn't the only one carrying a gun. If Scarecrow could obtain a gun in Oz, then why couldn't the villains? Scarecrow also never fires his gun, even when he and his companions are attacked in the Haunted Forest, so it's unclear what purpose the weapon served. The Wicked Witch's henchmen arm themselves with halberds, not firearms. Scarecrow's gun also presents continuity issues.
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