Wicked
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Neither adaptation elaborates further.
Meanwhile, the movie suggests that Jeff Goldblum’s Wizard arrived to find a power vacuum for the taking.
She is also vicious as a child; the adults are all careful around her not to get bitten.
While the musical doesn’t spend any time on Elphaba’s upbringing, the movie provides some flashbacks.
However, in the book, she is born without arms rather than having to use a wheelchair.
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Elphaba never challenges her sister to reclaim the title.
After leaving Nessa, Nanny travels on her own and manages to find Elphaba again in Winkie Country.
The third child and only boy is named Shell, in honor of Turtle Heart.
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However, he becomes an antagonist in Maguire’s later Wicked Years books.
Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) insists that Elphaba stay after her accidental display of power.
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