Oz
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Oz or OZ may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Land of Oz, the setting for many of L. Frank Baum's novels
Fictional characters and entities
Oz (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a character from the TV series
Oz (One Piece), a manga character
OZ (Ultimate Marvel), a mutagen
OZ, a virtual world, virtual reality in the movie Summer Wars
Leonard "Oz" Osbourne, a Geordie bricklayer in British TV series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, played by Jimmy Nail
Chris Ostreicher, a character in the American Pie film series
Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky, a character in the comedy film, The Whole Nine Yards and its sequel, The Whole Ten Yards.
Organization of the Zodiac, or Oz, an organization in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Oz Vessalius, a protagonist in the manga Pandora Hearts
Oz, a playable character in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare's Exo Zombies mode
Wizard of Oz (character), often known simply as "Oz"
Comics
Oz (comics), a comic book series based on The Wizard of Oz
Oz (Judge Dredd story), a mini-series
Oz, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic
Oz, a manga by Natsumi Itsuki
Music
Oz (band), a Finnish heavy metal band
Carmen Maki & Oz, a Japanese rock band
Oz (album), by Missy Higgins, 2014
Oz (soundtrack), the soundtrack for the HBO television series
FZ:OZ, an album by Frank Zappa
"Oz", a song by Two Hours Traffic from their self-titled debut album
Publications
Oz (magazine) (1963–1973), Australia/UK underground satire magazine
The Oz, a nickname for the newspaper The Australian
OZ (radio amateur magazine), a Danish radio amateur magazine published by Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører
Liber OZ, the Rights of Man.
Ozwords (1994–2019), newsletter from the Australian National Dictionary Centre, Canberra
Other arts and entertainment
Oz (1976 film), an Australian rock music update of The Wizard of Oz
Oz (TV series), an HBO-produced prison drama, aired 1997–2003
Oz: Into the Wild, a 2002 novel featuring Buffy the Vampire Slayer character Oz
OZ - Over Zenith, a 2005 game for the PlayStation 2
The Dr. Oz Show, a daytime television series hosted by Mehmet Oz, aired 2009–2022
Oz the Great and Powerful, a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi
Businesses and organizations
OZ Group, an Italian wheel manufacturer
OZ Minerals, an Australian mining company
Circus Oz, an Australian circus group
The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, an independent film studio from 1914 to 1915, co-founded by L. Frank Baum
CHOZ-FM, a Canadian radio station based in St.
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