Tin Woodman - Modern Works

Modern Works

• The song "Country Robot/A Letter to Dorothy" by The Incredible Moses Leroy is written from the Tin Man's perspective; it includes the lyrics "You gave me oil, I was a rusty load/ You even helped me find my heart."
• In the song "Tin Man" by the band America, the lyrics state that "Oz never did give nothin' to the Tin Man, that he didn't, didn't already have." The rest of the song has nothing to do with the Tin Man or Oz.
• Country artist Kenny Chesney recorded the song "Tin Man" for his album "All I Need to Know". The first verse and refrain state:

Saw a man in the movies that didn't have a heart

How I wish I could give him mine

Then I wouldn't have to feel it breaking all apart

And this emptiness inside would suit me fine

It's times like these

I wish I were the tin man

You could hurt me all you wanted

I'd never even know

Well...I'd give anything just to be the tin man

And I wouldn't have a heart and I wouldn't need a soul

• In the comic book series "Oz: The Manga", the Tin Man is depicted as a large, golemesque tin creation. His personality and backstory are the same as in the original books, however.
• Not one but two Tin Woodmen appear in the comic book The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles #1.
• In the VeggieTales episode The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's, the Tin Man and his Kansas counterpart from the 1939 film were played by Larry the Cucumber.
• In the 2007 Sci-Fi miniseries Tin Man, a "Tin Man" is a term used for the law enforcers of Central City in the Outer Zone (O.Z.) One of the story's protagonists, Wyatt Cain (played by Neal McDonough in the title role), is a Tin Man whose past left him hardened and distant from others. In addition, he is first found by Dorothy imprisoned in an iron suit that replays a non-stop loop of the capture of his wife and child.
• Fatale, the cyborg narrator of the superhero novel 'Soon I will Be Invincible', compares herself to the Tin Man several times in the story.
• Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the New Morgue), a song by heavy metal band W.A.S.P. about a crooked record company executive, includes the lines "I'm the tin man, I've never had a heart; I'm the tin man, But I'll make you a star".
• The Avett Brothers 2009 Album I and Love and You features a song called "Tin Man".
• Verses of the Future Islands 2010 post-pop, synth-ballad Tin Man contain numerous metaphorical, Tin-Man related references. The song also features a powerful and climactic end chorus consisting solely of the repeated line - "I am the Tin Man".
• In 2010, Whitestone Motion Pictures released the short steampunk film, Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man that retells the story of the tin woodsman's origins.
• In the 2011 direct-to-DVD animated film Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man was voiced by Rob Paulsen. This adaptation is a midquel/parallel of the classic 1939 film featuring Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse with Droopy.
• The Tin Man appears in Dorothy and the Witches of Oz played by Jordan Turnage. He appears in the form of a man named Rick (played by Ross Edgar).