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ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Neal showing up in Storybrooke, does not mean he was not turned into a flying monkey. Regina could have figured out, how to turn them back into humans. While it does look like Neal lost his heart, that does not automatically make him OUaT's version of the Tinman.

In The Wonderful Wizrd of Oz, the Tinman gets his heart back.... just like how the Lion gets courage, and the Scarecrow gets his brain. Are we going to assume that David is forever a coward, while Rumplestiltskin will be forever insane? That does not sound, like a happy ending. OUaT's Tinman might be someone who will loose his heart, but get it returned in the end. I doubt any of the Storybrooke/Enchanted Forest residents will double as Oz characters though they may perhaps mimic them in some way (such as Charming needing his courage back). The stories of Oz were already known to Emma, Mary Margaret and Regina which means there was already a Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow before the first curse was cast, so they are probably all separate and independent characters.