Wicked Witch Of The West
The Wizard Of Oz franchise was first and foremost a children’s novel written by L. Frank Baum, that quickly became a cultural phenomenon that has spawned many movies, series, animations, comics, theater plays, and much, much more.
And though a lot of things have changed over the 120-plus years of its existence, one of the key characters who has changed the most is the Wicked Witch. Not only did the witch have a different name in many of the live-action adaptations, but the look has also undergone some drastic changes.
Starting in 1910’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Witch (named Momba) looked like a traditional witch. This continued throughout much of the series, including the famed 1939 The Wizard Of Oz adaptation where the Witch, now named Bastinda, is seen being green. Me green, me mean, right?
Well, all of that was completely revamped in the 2017 drama series Emerald City, where the Wicked Witch of the West (appropriately named West) now has no green skin and is quite a dark and grim-looking character in general, making for one of the most drastic transformations in film history.