| “ | Nurse Wilson: Would you like to go for a ride, Dorothy? Lie down. Dorothy Gale: I'd like to sit up if I may. Nurse Wilson: What did your aunt tell you?a Dorothy Gale: To do what you told me, Miss Wilson. Nurse Wilson: Then lie down. |
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| ~ Nurse Wilson manipulating Dorothy Gale into obeying her. |
Nurse Wilson is a supporting antagonist of the 1985 Disney dark fantasy film Return to Oz, an unnofficial sequel to the iconic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
She is a nurse employed the School and Sanitarium of Electrical Healing during the late 19th century, helping Dr. J.B. Worley in his electrotherapy experiments to "heal" his patients. In October 1899, Em Gale drops her niece Dorothy at the school/sanitarium in hopes of curing her of her apparent "delusions" about the Wonderful Land of Oz, entrusting Wilson with taking care of Dorothy, whom she prepares for Worley's latest experiment.
She was portrayed by the late Jean Marsh, who also played Queen Bavmorda in Willow.
Her Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Her Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
In General[]
- Works at the School and Sanitarium of Electric Healing, a clinic directed by Dr. J.B. Worley that specializes in electrotherapy to "cure" any patients form their madness, but all this process gets is turning them insane, so Worley has Wilson lock them up in the sanitarium's cellar, something Wilson doesn't object to.
- While all the patients Worley and Wilson damaged are never shown onscreen, they are heard moaning with anguish when the sanitarium is struck by a lightning, preventing this from counting as offscreen villainy.
- Though one can argue that she doesn't pass the System Standards due to the School and Sanitarium of Electric Healing's treatment on their patients leaning more on medical negligence rather than actual malice due to patient abuse at asylums being commonplace in the 19th century, Nurse Wilson does pass them, as Dr. Worley's patients show no signs of recovery yet she doesn't do anything to keep her superior from harming any more people with his electrotherapy. The mere fact that Wilson ends up being arrested by the local police at the end proves that the methods employed at the school/sanitarium weren't deemed acceptable even by the Kansan authorities.
Return to Oz[]
- Takes care of Dorothy Gale after her Aunt Em entrusts Worley with curing Dorothy about her "unpleasant dreams" of the Wonderful Land of Oz, but does nothing make Dorothy's state comfortable, taking away the lunch pail Em left for her under the pretext that she wouldn't need it and leaving her alone in her room for hours, suggesting her to take a "nap".
- Has Dorothy tied up to a stretcher so take her to the room where Worley will "operate" her. Dorothy was uncomfortable with being tied up, but Wilson manipulates her into obeying by reminding her that Em told her to trust the nurse, leading Dorothy to reluctantly oblige.
- Leaves a restrained Dorothy alone in the dark just like Worley and the other nurses when a thunder knocks the electricity off, which counts as child negligence.
- Chases after Dorothy and a mysterious girl (actually Ozma of Oz) upon finding them trying to escape from the facility, only giving up when Dorothy escapes through a river, unconcerned of the farm girl's fate. This is what allows her to stand out in universe.
What Prevents Her from Being Pure Evil?[]
- Since the majority of her actions are under Dr. Worley's orders, Nurse Wilson fails the Heinous Standards to her superior, as all she does is assist him by taking his patients to the room where he applies electrotherapy. This is a minor prevention as she committed more crimes than him.
Trivia[]
- Nurse Wilson is, alongside Evanora and the Jester, one of the three Oz villains to be Near Pure Evil.
External Links[]
- Nurse Wilson on the Villains Wiki
