The Wiz (1978)
Nipsey Russell: Tinman
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Quotes
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Tinman : The genius who created me only took care of my dashing good looks, my razor sharp wit and my irresistible attraction to the wrong women.
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Scarecrow : Now I'll never get my brain!
Tinman : Nor my heart.
Lion : Or my courage
Dorothy : But you don't need them now because you've had them all the time. Scarecrow, you're the one who figured out how to find the yellow brick road and how to destroy Evillene, and every smart move we've made, didn't you? Lion, you wouldn't even give up when Evillene strung you up by your tail. And, Tin Man, you have more heart than anyone I've ever known.
Tinman : [hopeful] Honest?
Dorothy : Yeah, you never needed anything from the fake wizard, anyway.
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[repeated line]
Tinman : TEENY! TEENY!
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Lion : Mamma would be so proud - goin' to see da WIZ!
[preens]
Lion : My momma used to say ta me, Fleet -...
Tinman , Scarecrow , Dorothy : FLEET?
Lion : That's my name: Fleetwood Coupe de Ville!
Tinman , Scarecrow , Dorothy : [snickers]
Lion : Momma had high ideals...
Tinman : Yeah!
Lion : - Y'know what I mean?
Tinman : Yeah!
[Lion and Tin Man high-five]
Tinman : Ha hah!
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Tinman : It was a sad day. There's not much amusement to the closing down of an amusement park.
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Scarecrow : I'll think about you all the time, Dorothy!
Tinman : And I'll miss you... every day. Even if I had to go back to that junk pile... even as teeny's seat cushion... I wouldn't mind... because I have known... real love.
[cries]
Dorothy : Aww... don't rust yourself now.
[wipes away the tears]
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Tinman : Hurry hurry hurry, step on up and save a life!
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Tinman : *Free* from your posterior prison, you hulking she-devil. Don't hear you laughin' now.
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Tinman : l'm in a little bit of a squeeze, brother. Can you give me a hand?
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Tinman : You're not just flimflamming an old flimflammer, are you?
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Tinman : [singing] Slide some oil to me, l'm beginning to feel just fine, Slide some oil down my throat, And let me lubricate my mind...
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Tinman : Slide some oil to me./ Let it trickle down my spine./ If you don't have STP, / Crisco will do just fine.