>After being discovered and confessing, he shows Dorothy how to end
>the dream illusion. And he shows the others they don't need magic
>to change their characters, just a little self-confidence.
He doesn't show, he gives talismans that magically make things happen. The scarecrow gets a diploma that makes him smart, the lion a medal that makes him brave, and the tin man a testimonial that gives him heart.
http://www.wendyswizardofoz.com/printablescript.htm
WIZARD
Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a
very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous
creature that crawls on the earth -- or
slinks through slimy seas has a brain!
From the rock-bound coast of Maine to the
Sun.... oh - oh, no -- -- ah - Well, be
that as it may. Back where I come from we
have universities, seats of great learning
-- where men go to become great thinkers.
And when they come out, they think deep
thoughts -- and with no more brains than
you have.... But! They have one thing you
haven't got! A diploma!
MS -- The Wizard reaches back and obtains several diplomas -- selecting one and presents it to the Scarecrow as Dorothy, Tin Man and the Lion look on --
WIZARD
Therefore, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Universitatus
Committeeatum e plurbis unum, I hereby
confer upon you the honorary degree of Th.D.
SCARECROW
Th.D.?
WIZARD
Yeah -- that...that's Dr. of Thinkology!
CU -- The Scarecrow recites the Pythagoras Theorem -- reacts with joy --
SCARECROW
The sum of the square roots of any two
sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to
the square root of the remaining side. Oh
joy, rapture! I've got a brain!