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Tititi-Hoochoo

also Titihoochoo

Tititi-Hoochoo is a powerful being on the other side of the world whom Ruggedo defies at his peril.

First named in Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 9

he said, "you will make Tititi-Hoochoo very angry."

Names in the books

  • called Tititi-Hoochoo 10 chapters

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  • called Titihoochoo 1 chapter

    Kabumpo in Oz6

What the books say it is

  • species Jinjin 1 chapter
    • The Private Citizen--otherwise known as Tititi-Hoochoo, the Great Jinjin--looked at the little girl steadily.
      Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 11
  • role Great Jinjin 1 chapter
    • The Private Citizen--otherwise known as Tititi-Hoochoo, the Great Jinjin--looked at the little girl steadily.
      Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 11
  • colour white 1 chapter
    • Instead of the prevalent scarlet robe, he wore one of white, and the same dragon's head that decorated the others was embroidered upon its bosom.
      Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 11
  • wears a robe of white embroidered with a dragon's head 1 chapter
    • Instead of the prevalent scarlet robe, he wore one of white, and the same dragon's head that decorated the others was embroidered upon its bosom.
      Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 11
  • reputation Great 1 chapter
    • The Private Citizen--otherwise known as Tititi-Hoochoo, the Great Jinjin--looked at the little girl steadily.
      Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 11

Where the books disagree

  • disputed how the name is spelled 2 chapters

    The books spell the name two ways. "Tititi-Hoochoo" is used 33 times by Baum; "Titihoochoo" 1 time by Thompson. They are one and the same.

    • "I told you not to anger Tititi-Hoochoo,"
      L. Frank Baum · Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 18 · 1914
    • The fifth rock had taken Ruggedo the longest to carve, for it gave the story of his banishment by the Great Jinn Titihoochoo.
      Ruth Plumly Thompson · Kabumpo in Oz, ch. 6 · 1922

Appears in

Tik-Tok of Oz (2 of 25 chapters)

Mentioned in

Tik-Tok of Oz (8 of 25 chapters)
Kabumpo in Oz (1 of 22 chapters)

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