# Winged Monkeys — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz character guide

> Winged Monkeys in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Winged Monkeys, the Monkeys, The remaining Monkeys, XIV The Winged Monkeys, Winged Monkeys, Monkeys, The Monkeys, Your, their

**First appearance:** 0015-xiv-the-winged-monkeys

## Snapshot

A flying troop bound to whoever holds the Golden Cap, they descend from the sky on command—sometimes as terror, sometimes as rescue—and even the Wizard dreads meeting them again.

## Who they are

They are servants, not villains: three times the Cap's owner may summon them, and they must obey, whether the bidding comes from a witch or a girl. Their reputation precedes them so powerfully that Oz, who has faced them once in the West, panics at the mere threat of their return. That mix of dread and reluctant obedience makes them the story's wild card—feared by the powerful, yet ultimately the mechanism that carries travelers across impassable country.

## Relationships

### [Dorothy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_wizard_of_oz_se/characters/dorothy)

_rivalry_

The Winged Monkeys initially serve the Wicked Witch and attack Dorothy, but later obey her due to the Golden Cap's power.

### [Dorothy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_wizard_of_oz_se/characters/dorothy)

_rivalry_

The Winged Monkeys initially serve the Wicked Witch and attack Dorothy, but later obey her due to the Golden Cap's power.

### [Dorothy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_wizard_of_oz_se/characters/dorothy)

_rivalry_

The Winged Monkeys initially serve the Wicked Witch and attack Dorothy, but later obey her due to the Golden Cap's power.

## In the story

### [The Search for the Wicked Witch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_wizard_of_oz_se/chapters/xii-the-search-for-the-wicked-witch)

Summoned for the third and last time, they destroy the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, imprison the Lion, but spare Dorothy due to the Good Witch's mark.

### [The Winged Monkeys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_wizard_of_oz_se/chapters/xiv-the-winged-monkeys)

Summoned by Dorothy; the King tells the story of their enslavement to the Golden Cap.

### [Away to the South](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_wizard_of_oz_se/chapters/xviii-away-to-the-south)

Summoned by Dorothy but cannot help her cross the desert as they belong only to Oz.

### [The Country of the Quadlings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_wizard_of_oz_se/chapters/xxii-the-country-of-the-quadlings)

Summoned for the final time; carry the travelers over the hill and set them down in the Quadling country.

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