Baum Character Registry · Constructed / artificial person

Tin Woodman

Also called: Nick Chopper · Tin Woodsman · Emperor of the Winkies · Tin Owl

A canonical individual in the Baum-only Character Census. Appearance evidence is chronological and text-grounded.

Proper named / textual designationNarrative / historical individual

Registry

Character record

Knowledge ID: CHAR-0187
Registry ID: char-0187
Canonical display name: Tin Woodman
Naming status: Proper named / textual designation
Character type: Constructed / artificial person
Participation: Narrative / historical individual
First matched appearance: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · Ch. 5

Oz Knowledge Base

First-class Knowledge entity

This Character Registry record is a canonical first-class Knowledge entity.

Claims: 2
Relationships: 0
Historical Atlas events: 0

Canonical

Dorothy first finds the Tin Woodman standing motionless beside a partly chopped tree, his body made entirely of tin.

Canonical

The Tin Woodman joins Dorothy's party intending to ask Oz for a heart.

Appearance Profile

Text-grounded appearance

Appearance is tracked only where Baum supplies textual evidence; absence of description is not filled from illustration traditions.

Rule: appearance may change between books, chapters, and events; unstated details are not imported from illustration traditions.

Appearance Timeline

Appearance states

transformation

Tin Owl

Mrs. Yoop transforms Nick Chopper into a Tin Owl.

The Tin Woodsman of Oz

Baum evidence

First matched textual evidence

5. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto had long been out chasing birds around him and squirrels. She sat up and looked around her. Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her. "We must

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