"Surrender Dorothy" is a famous special effect used in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, where the Wicked Witch of the West flies on her broomstick to write the two-word phrase across the sky. The phrase later attained local fame as graffiti in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
The "Surrender Dorothy" scene from The Wizard of Oz, with the Wicked Witch of the West completing the "Y" of "Dorothy"
Washington LDS Temple as seen from Interstate 495. The graffito was updated to say Surrender Donald
Miniature SURRENDER graffiti from 2007 stenciled on the green railroad bridge. Above the stencil are dark green squares where the previous graffito has been painted over.
A "Surrender Dorothy" mural at a ski resort in North Carolina
Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by 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. In addition, she is the main character in various adaptations, notably the 1939 film adaptation of the novel, The Wizard of Oz.
Dorothy with the silver shoes in an illustration by W. W. Denslow
Violet MacMillan
Dorothy Dwan
Judy Garland in the 1939 film.
