The Wizard of Oz Family Quotes

Auntie Em is certainly cold, but she's not heartless. This little snippet of dialogue early on, delivered just after she's chewed the farmhands out, is our first sign that she's really a decent sort… someone worth fighting through Wicked Witches to get home to. And crullers, yum.

We never see the good things that Aunt Em does for Dorothy, and indeed Dorothy seems to have forgotten it amid the whole "we're going to let your dog get dragged off to die" unpleasantness. Her revelation here reminds her that Auntie Em is really a pretty good family member, and prompts her initial, aborted return home.

The first sign that family isn't just blood relatives. Professor Marvel's worried about her and wants her to be safe, so much so that he shows up at the end of the film just to make sure she got home okay.