The Tin Man is one of my favorite characters in The Wizard of Oz. I actually played him in a middle school production of this movie, so I might be a little biased.

He’s the second main friend that Dorothy comes across and he was immobilized from rust. Which happens way too easily during the movie. They weren’t even near the ocean.

I do think it was funny that he was originally scared by the Cowardly Lion’s tough guy routine. The Tin Man had an axe, my money would be on him.

Like his two counterparts, he was very loyal to Dorothy Gale. Even admitting that even if he doesn’t get the heart he wants, he hopes Dorothy to be happy and return back home to Kansas.

And when they find out that the Wizard of Oz is just some dude without magic, he gets a very artificial heart that doesn’t really matter. But he does become one of the rulers of Oz when the wizard leaves, so not a bad ending for him.