Cap'n Bill

Cap'n Bill Weedles
Oz character
Cap'n Bill as depicted by John R. Neill
First appearance	The Sea Fairies (1911)
Created by	L. Frank Baum
Information
Species	human
Gender	male
Occupation	sea captain (retired)
Family	Trot (goddaughter)
Nationality	United States

Cap'n Bill Weedles is a fictional character found in L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz. Cap'n Bill and his friend Trot were introduced in Baum's fantasy novels The Sea Fairies (1911) and Sky Island (1912). They first appear in Oz in The Scarecrow of Oz (1915), the ninth book in the Oz series.

History

Cap'n Bill Weedles is an ex-sailor with a wooden left leg from the knee down. His head is almost bald and what little hair he has is grizzled. His eyes are pale blue with a gentle look to them, and his face is round, rugged, and bronzed. He has been Trot's companion from birth as he was her mother's star boarder. Formerly he was captain of a schooner, and Trot's father was his mate; after losing his leg the Cap'n retired, and Trot's father was promoted to captain of the same ship.

Cap'n Bill and Trot also play significant roles in the later Oz books, The Lost Princess of Oz (1917), The Magic of Oz (1919) and The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946).

Baum borrowed from one of his own earlier characters, Naboth Perkins in Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea (1906), to create Cap'n Bill.^[1]

References

↑ Katharine M. Rogers, L. Frank Baum, Creator of Oz: A Biography, New York, St. Martin's Press, 2002; p. 141.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Canonical books

L. Frank Baum	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) Ozma of Oz (1907) Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) The Road to Oz (1909) The Emerald City of Oz (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913) Tik-Tok of Oz (1914) The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) Rinkitink in Oz (1916) The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918) The Magic of Oz (1919) Glinda of Oz (1920)

Ruth Plumly Thompson	The Royal Book of Oz (1921) Kabumpo in Oz (1922) The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923) Grampa in Oz (1924) The Lost King of Oz (1925) The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926) The Gnome King of Oz (1927) The Giant Horse of Oz (1928) Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929) The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930) Pirates in Oz (1931) The Purple Prince of Oz (1932) Ojo in Oz (1933) Speedy in Oz (1934) The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935) Captain Salt in Oz (1936) Handy Mandy in Oz (1937) The Silver Princess in Oz (1938) Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939)

Others	The Wonder City of Oz (1940) The Scalawagons of Oz (1941) Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942) The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946) The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949) The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951) Merry Go Round in Oz (1963) Yankee in Oz (1972) The Enchanted Island of Oz (1976) The Forbidden Fountain of Oz (1980) The Ozmapolitan of Oz (1986) The Wicked Witch of Oz (1993) The Giant Garden of Oz (1993) The Runaway in Oz (1995) The Rundelstone of Oz (2000) The Emerald Wand of Oz (2005) Trouble Under Oz (2006)

Alternate	Dorothy of Oz (1989)

Locations
and elements

Characters

Other writers

Authors	John R. Neill Jack Snow Rachel Cosgrove Payes Eloise Jarvis McGraw Dick Martin Alexander Volkov Gregory Maguire Sherwood Smith Roger S. Baum

Illustrators	William Wallace Denslow Frank Kramer Dirk Gringhuis Dick Martin Eric Shanower William Stout

Adaptations and other derivative works

Films	The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz (1910) The Land of Oz (1910) John Dough and the Cherub (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914) The Wizard of Oz (1925) The Wizard of Oz (1933) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Return to Oz (1964) The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969) Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde (1971) Journey Back to Oz (1974) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1975) The Wiz (1978) The Wizard of Oz (1982) Return to Oz (1985) Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (1987) The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990) Lion of Oz (2000) The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011) Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2011) After the Wizard (2011) Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014) Ozland (2014) Guardians of Oz (2015) Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016)

Stage	The Wizard of Oz (1902) The Woggle-Bug (1905) The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913) The Wizard of Oz (1942) The Wiz (1974) The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981) The Wizard of Oz (1987) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2000) The Wizard of Oz (2011) The Woodsman (2012)

Television	Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961) Off to See the Wizard (1967) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986) The Wizard of Oz (1990) The Oz Kids (1996) Lost in Oz (2002) Once Upon a Time (since 2011) The Wiz Live! (2015) Emerald City (beginning TBA)

Comics	Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1904–05) Adventures in Oz (1986–92) The Enchanted Apples of Oz (1986) Oz Squad (1991) Lost Girls (1991–92) Oz (1994) Dorothy of Oz (2006) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2009)

Video games	The Wizard of Oz (1993) The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road (2008) Emerald City Confidential (2009)

Parodies	The Wozard of Iz Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's Wizard of Odd

Reimagining	The Wizard of Mars (1965) Hunter (1973) Zardoz (1974) Oz (1976) The Number of the Beast (1980) A Barnstormer in Oz (1982) The Wizard of A.I.D.S. (1987) The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1990) Twister (1994) The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997) Tin Man (2007) Dorothy Must Die (2014) The Wicked Will Rise (2015)

The Wicked Years	Wicked Son of a Witch A Lion Among Men Out of Oz Wicked (musical) Characters

Others	Rainbow Road to Oz MÄR The Wizard of Oz (pinball) The Wizard of Oz (arcade game)

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