These conditions can appear in other breeds and some breeders have denied that it is a problem for the Munchkin.

Unfortunately for the principle of consistency, this initial map of Oz was drawn backwards, with the Munchkin Country in the left and the Winkie Country in the right, with the compass rose reversed to keep the Munchkin Country in the east and the Winkie Country in the west.

This may explain why Ruth Plumly Thompson reversed the locations from Baum's -- in her books the Munchkin country is west ; and her Winkies East ( see for instance Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz but also in several other books ).

It is also conceivable that " Munchkin " is derived from the German word for " mannikin " or " little figure ": " Männchen ", with "- chen " being the diminutive suffix for " Mann " ( man ).

The Redneck Trees were also picked up by Steve Jackson Games for the " Clerical Errors " Munchkin expansion sets.

In his titular novel by Ruth Plumly Thompson, Mustafa of Mudge, a wealthy sultan at the southern tip of the Munchkin Country, kidnaps the Cowardly Lion for his large collection of lions that he feels would be incomplete without Oz's most famous lion.

Munchkin, a cartridge for the Odyssey2 video game console

Colvig worked for not only the Disney studio, but also the Warner Bros. animation studio, Fleischer Studios ( Bluto, Gabby ), and MGM, where he voiced a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz.

She was originally brought to life by a magician who lived in the Munchkin Country named Dr. Pipt by means of his Powder of Life formula to be a servant for his wife.

Munchkin is cartridge number 38 in the official Magnavox / Philips line of games for the Philips Videopac.

It was however, similar enough for Atari to sue Philips and force them to cease production of Munchkin.

Munchkin won the 2001 Origins Award for Best Traditional Card Game, Munchkin Fu was illustrated by Greg Hyland, ( creator of Lethargic Lad ) in a style inspired by John Kovalic, not by John Kovalic himself.

** Pants Macabre is an expansion for Munchkin Bites, and was released in late 2005.

** The Narrow S Cape is an expansion for Super Munchkin, released in the summer of 2006.

** Call of Cowthulhu is an expansion for Munchkin Cthulhu.

** The Unspeakable Vault is the second 56 card expansion for Munchkin Cthulhu, released in January 2008.

** Crazed Caverns is the third expansion for Munchkin Cthulhu, bringing 20 double-sized dungeon cards that act the same as in Demented Dungeons and 16 standard-sized portal cards.

** Beating a Dead Horse is an expansion for The Good, The Bad, and The Munchkin, and is currently in design.

** Jump the Shark is an expansion for Munchkin Booty and was released in March 2009.

** Fish & Ships is a mini expansion for Munchkin Booty and was released in Sept 2010 it contains 15 cards.

** Armed & Dangerous is an expansion for Munchkin Zombies and was released in mid-2011.

Also provided are rules for playing to the 20th level, also known as Epic Munchkin.

The legs of the Munchkin may be slightly bowed, although excessive bowing is a disqualification in the show ring.

The Munchkin is a relatively new breed of cat characterized by its very short legs, which is caused by a naturally occurring genetic mutation.

Critics predicted that the breed would develop back, hip and leg problems similar to those that plague some Dachshunds. Amidst much controversy, TICA accepted the Munchkin into its New Breed development program in September 1994.

Oz is roughly rectangular in shape, and divided along the diagonals into four countries: Munchkin Country ( but commonly referred to as ' Munchkinland ' in adaptations ) in the East, Winkie Country ( called " The Vinkus " in Gregory Maguire's Wicked and its sequel Son of a Witch ) in the West ( sometimes West and East are reversed on maps of Oz, see West and East below ), Gillikin Country in the North, and Quadling Country in the South.

Atari initially failed to convince a U. S. district court to halt the sale of Munchkin, but ultimately won its case on appeal.

* Exclusive Warehouse 23 Munchkin Booster is, as its name proclaims, an exclusive set of 10 cards ( 9 new and a color reprint of the promo ' Pegasus Steed ') covering most of the Munchkin versions ; available only from SJGames ' " Warehouse 23 " online store.

He has illustrated board and card games for several companies, including Steve Jackson Games ( notably the Munchkin card game plus its many expansions and derivatives and Chez Geek and its derivatives ), Cumberland Games & Diversions ( Pokéthulhu ), and the third edition of Fantasy Flight Games's Mag Blast.

Munchkin Country ( or Munchkinland in the 1939 film and its imitators ) is the eastern region ( though some maps have it on the westside as described here West and East ) in the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Atari was exclusively licensed to produce the first play-at-home version of Pac-Man, but Munchkin hit store shelves in 1981, a year before Atari's game was ready.

* Compared with the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man, Munchkin has fewer objects on the game board but renders them with more color and animation.

in the U. S .) which implicitly depicts the conflict between Phillips and Atari by pitting the Munchkin character against an insect-like, tree-eating opponent called the Dratapillar, which very strongly resembles the antagonist of Atari's Centipede.

* Munchkin Bites is the fourth standalone version, released in 2004.

* Super Munchkin is the fifth standalone version, released in the summer of 2005 and is a parody on Superhero comics.

* Munchkin Impossible, the sixth standalone version, was released in late 2006 and parodies secret agent stories such as those of Mission: Impossible and James Bond.

* Munchkin Cthulhu, the seventh standalone version, released in March 2007, lampoons Lovecraft's Mythos and the horror gaming that surrounds it, summoning classic monsters from outside reality.

* The Good, The Bad, And The Munchkin is the eighth standalone version, was released in November 2007, and is meant to make fun of Western and cowboy-themed movies such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Unlike in the musical version, however, Nessarose is not infatuated with Boq, the Munchkin boy, or anyone for that matter, and lives a solitary life.

Designed and programmed by Ed Averett, Munchkin is very heavily based on Namco's 1980 arcade game Pac-Man, but not a direct clone.

Munchkin plays much like Pac-Man, with the following key differences:

Redesigned to avoid another copyright dispute, the Munchkin character rolls through Crazy Chase's mazes without the continuous chomping motion characteristic of Pac-Man.