Just wondering ??

[seekeerz]

Not connected to anything in particular - was it a heart or a brain the Tin Man wanted ?? I think it was a heart, but a friend tells me he wanted a brain, and having never actually watched the film from go to whoa, I'm not certain.

[Christiana]

As far as I remember the tin man wanted a heart and the scarecrow a brain.

[shaneystar2]

n the books, the origins of the character are rather gruesome. Originally an ordinary man by the name of Nick Chopper, the Tin Woodman used to make his living chopping down trees in the forests of Oz. The Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his axe to prevent him from marrying the girl that he loved. The enchanted axe chopped off his limbs, one by one. Each time he lost a limb, Nick Chopper replaced it with a prosthetic limb made of tin. Finally, nothing was left of him but tin. However, the tinsmith who helped him neglected to give him a heart. Once Nick Chopper was made entirely of tin, he was no longer able to love the girl he had fallen for.

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy Gale befriends the Tin Woodman and he follows her to the Emerald City to get a heart from The Wizard of Oz.

[seekeerz]

Gosh I'm glad the film didn't follow the books too closely - thanks to you both for the answers and I'd forgotten about Scarecrow - that's where we were getting our wires crossed.