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L. Frank Baum's twelfth book, The Tin Woodman of Oz, tells us all about the Tin Man, maybe more than we wanted to know. It turns out his real name is Nick Chopper, which is quite a coincidence, if you think about it. After falling in love with the Wicked Witch of the East's ward, Nimmie Amee, the witch enchants his axe, forcing it to cut off all his body parts one by one. A tinsmith named Ku-Klip replaces each dismembered body part with a metal version. A heavy metal version.





It actually gets even crazier from there, as the Tinman comes across his ex-lady's next lover, Captain Fy-ter, who was also forced to dismember himself via the evil witch's magic. The two then vie for Nimmie Amee's affections in a truly bizarre love triangle. Sparks fly, but that's not a good thing.