Tin Woodman (Oz)

The Tin Man, or the Tin Woodman (real name: Nick Chopper), is one of the three tritagonists of The Wizard of Oz franchise. 
He is the second member of Dorothy's group. He was once a normal man until the Wicked Witch of the East cast a spell on his axe and caused him to lose his heart. Despite being a victim of the Witch's curse, he is very kind and gentle but he still joins Dorothy on her quest. 
== Portrayals ==
He was portrayed by the late Jack Haley. Haley also played Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmworker, Hickory. 
In Minnie's Wizard of Dizz, he is played by Mickey Mouse who's voiced by Bret Iwan. 
In Berry Brick Road from the 2003 Strawberry Shortcake series, the character is voiced by Rebecca Noodle, Peppermint Fizz's voice actor.
He also appears in Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theatre, being voiced by Tuxedo Sam's voice actor.
In Journey Back to Oz, he was voiced by the late Larry Storch.
In The Wonder Pets In The Land of Oz, he was voiced by Tim Curry.
==Appearance==
Tin Man is made entirely of shiny hallow silver tin, and cleverly jointed together, although he rattles and clanks a little as he moves he is able to bend his joints and get around quiet easily when properly lubricated. Nick Chopper was once a great and strong man who worked happily as a humble woodsman before being tragically turned slowly into his current form of tin, having his "meat" body replaced by a metal one with no internal organs, heart, brain, lungs etc. This makes him different from other beings like Tik-Tok—the mechanical copper man from Oz's Royal Army of Oz.
His Berry Brick Road design is similar to his old design, but with Peppermint Fizz's face. He also has a peppermint pattern on his axe's handle, on his knees, around his waist, on his shoulders, and around his head like a headband.
In his Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theatre design, his design matches Tuxedo Sam, albeit made of tin.
His The Wonder Pets In The Land of Oz design features a wheel for him to get around in.
== Personality ==
Tin Man is the soft-hearted member of the team. He's also known to be overemotional, as he's known to cry enough tears to rust himself up instantly. But however, Tin Man is shown to be very prepared for anything. He carries a lot of things inside him, including his chicken, Billina. He's also quite sympathetic for anyone who's feeling sad. And he'll always be by the gang's side, whenever someone needs cheering up or when Oz needs saving from all the evil villains.
==Trivia==
* In "Abraca-Oops", Tin Man has the ability to transform into anything.
* He was also the first character to adopt an animal in Oz. (In this case, Billina the Chicken).
* Tin Man has also cried the most times in Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz so far. In this case, Lion and Wilhelmina cried five times, Dorothy cried three times, Ozma and the West Wicked Witch cried two times, and Frank, Lyman and the Wizard cried once. So far, Toto and Scarecrow were the only ones who haven't cried in the series yet.
* Buddy Ebsen was the original choice for the Tin Woodman, but was allergic to the metal shavings in the makeup he used, so he was replaced by Jack Haley.
*The Tin Man appeared on two Chef Boyardee commercials with the Chef Boyardee ad on his back.
*In Berry Brick Road from Strawberry Shortcake, he appears as an amalgamation of how he originally appeared and Peppermint Fizz, having peppermint-patterned joints and Peppermint Fizz's face. Because of this, he ends up being called "the Tin Woodsgirl" by mistake by Pupcake. He also ends up acting more like a jerk.
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