A True Coward

A True Coward is the fourth episode in Season One of Oz, Journey Through Magic. It is the fourth episode of the series overall.

Plot
Dorothy, The Tin Man, Hunk The Scarecrow, and Toto continue to walk down the Yellow Brick Road as they enter a forest. As the group start to walk and look around for potential threats, they hear a loud roar as a massive lion leaps into view, standing on top of a fallen tree and growling at the group before lunging at Hunk. He bites into Hunk and tears him apart before flinging him against a boulder, much to Dorothy's horror as Hunk lays still, unable to move. The Tin Man charges at the Lion, swinging his axe, but the Lion catches the axe with his mouth, biting onto the handle and yanking it out of the Tin Man's hands before flinging it away. The Tin Man then swings his right arm at the Lion, but he leaps over him and bashes into him, knocking him down.

The Lion then glares at Dorothy, who falls down as she tries to run away. As she crawls away at the slowly approaching Lion, Toto stands between her and the Lion. He then barks at the Lion before running away, prompting the Lion to start targeting him. This makes something in Dorothy snap, as she stands up and violently smack the Lion in the face, making the Lion groan and he starts whimpering before actually speaking. Dorothy reprimands the Lion for assaulting her friends as well as trying to eat her and Toto. He apologizes and continues to cry, saying he was just defending his turf and that he's a coward; pretty much everything scares him, including sheep. Dorothy labels him the Cowardly Lion, but then offers to take him with, thinking the Wizard could give him courage. The Cowardly Lion happily obliges.

As the group exit the forest, The Wicked Witch shows up to mock Dorothy, saying she'll never escape before summoning some Jitterbugs, which crawl under Dorothy's clothes, tickling her and making her fall on an hill filled with them as her boobs and armpits are savagely tickled, making the Witch laugh as she tells Dorothy to die laughing before flying off.

Hunk and the Tin Man swat at the Jitterbugs while the Lion cowers in the bushes. Dorothy laughs in agony as the bugs tickle her all over. The Lion, gaining a tiny bit of courage, runs over and roars at the bugs to get off of her. The bugs all shriek and fly away. Dorothy stands up, with a little help from Toto, and thanks the Lion for the help.

With the Jitterbugs all away, the group continues on down the Yellow Brick road.