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All the spoilers for 'Wicked Part 2,' including questions like does Elphaba die, what happens to Glinda, and who Fiyero ends up with at the end.
Elphaba Thropp (/ ˈ ɛ l f ə b ə ˈ θ r ɒ p /) is the protagonist in the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, its musical theatre adaptation, and the musical's two-part film adaptation, Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025).
“It was the first page,” Lin tells TODAY.com, recalling a scene in which Dorothy and her companions discuss a rumor that Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, is intersex. “I was like, ‘Wait.
Elphaba uses the same spell again before the end of the movie to create a flying broomstick for herself, which makes it seem like she may be getting a better grasp on how the Grimmerie works. But ...
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is an American novel published in 1995, written by Gregory Maguire with illustrations by Douglas Smith. It is the first in The Wicked Years series, and was followed by Son of a Witch (published in September 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in October 2008), and Out of Oz (published in November 2011).
In the musical, the Scarecrow is revealed to be the remnants of Fiyero after he was captured by the Wizard's officials but made impervious to injury by Elphaba's incomplete spell. The Fiyero-Scarecrow executes a plan to save Elphaba by using the rumor that water will melt her; thus she stays alive and the two move out of Oz.
Why is 'Wicked' two parts? What's the meaning of the Emerald City scene that features 'Defying Gravity'? The creative team behind Universal's blockbuster musical breaks it all down.
"The Wizard and I" features the "Unlimited" theme present throughout the musical. In this piece, Elphaba prophesizes a celebration throughout Oz regarding her, though she does not know it regards her "death" at the end of the musical, after being "melted" by Dorothy, which Elphaba ironically sings about in saying that she is "so happy I could melt."