Baum Character Registry · Person / intelligent being

Prince Bobo

Also called: Bilbil

A canonical individual in the Baum-only Character Census. Appearance evidence is chronological and text-grounded.

Title / role identifiedNarrative / historical individual

Registry

Character record

Knowledge ID: CHAR-0148
Registry ID: char-0148
Canonical display name: Prince Bobo
Naming status: Title / role identified
Character type: Person / intelligent being
Participation: Narrative / historical individual
First matched appearance: Rinkitink in Oz · Ch. 2

Oz Knowledge Base

First-class Knowledge entity

This Character Registry record is a canonical first-class Knowledge entity.

Claims: 0
Relationships: 0
Historical Atlas events: 0

Appearance Profile

Text-grounded appearance

Appearance is tracked only where Baum supplies textual evidence; absence of description is not filled from illustration traditions.

Rule: appearance may change between books, chapters, and events; unstated details are not imported from illustration traditions.

Appearance Timeline

Appearance states

enchantment

Bilbil

Prince Bobo exists under enchantment as Bilbil until restored.

Rinkitink in Oz

Baum evidence

First matched textual evidence

men the proper orders. "And, by the way," continued the fat little King, "let them also take my goat from his cage." "A goat!" exclaimed the King of Pingaree. "Exactly; my goat Bilbil. I always ride him wherever I go, for I'm not at all fond of walking, being a trifle stout—eh, Kitticut?—a trifle stout! Hoo, hoo, hoo-keek, eek!" The Pingaree people started to lift the big cage out of the boat, but just then a gruff voi

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