Tik-Tok (Oz)
Tik-Tok | |
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Oz character | |
Sean Barrett (1985 film) | |
In-universe information | |
Species | Robot |
Gender | male in likeness |
Title | Adviser to Ozma of Oz |
Nationality | Ev |
Tik-Tok is a fictional "mechanical man" from the
Baum's character
Tik-Tok (sometimes spelled Tiktok) is a round-bodied mechanical man made of copper, that runs on
As Baum repeatedly mentions, Tik-Tok is not alive and feels no emotions. He therefore can no more love or be loved than a sewing machine, but as a servant he is utterly truthful and loyal. He describes himself as a "
Tik-Tok was invented by Smith & Tinker at their workshop in Evna. He was the only model of his kind made before the two disappeared. He was purchased by the king of Ev, Evoldo, who gave him the name Tik-Tok because of the sound he made when wound. The cruel king also whipped his mechanical servant, but his whippings caused no pain and merely kept Tik-Tok's round copper body polished.
Appearances in the works of Baum
Tik-Tok first appears in Ozma of Oz (1907) where Dorothy Gale discovers him locked up in a cave, wound down and immobile. He becomes Dorothy's servant and protector, and, despite his tendency to run down at crucial moments, helps to subdue the Nome King. That novel also introduces Tik-Tok's monotonic, halting mode of speech: "Good morn-ing, lit-tle girl."
Later Baum published "Tik-Tok and the Nome King," a short tale in his
The Tik-Tok Man of Oz was a stage musical loosely adapted from Ozma of Oz;[4] and the play was adapted back into a novel called Tik-Tok of Oz, the eighth Land of Oz book, published on June 19, 1914. Although Tik-Tok is a major character in that latter book, he in no way drives the plot. Tik-Tok also appears in most other Oz novels as a notable inhabitant of the Emerald City, most prominently in The Scalawagons of Oz, in which he operates the production of the Scalawagons.
Appearances in adult fiction
In the comic book Oz Squad, Tik-Tok's "Internal Clockwork Morality Spring" winds down and causes him to act violent and sexual, though he closely resembles Neill's depiction.
A somewhat sinister version of Tik-Tok is a minor character in
Later works
Tik-Tok was played by Wallace Illington in the 1908 film,
Tik-Tok appeared in the 1980 television special Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz voiced by Joan Gerber.
Tik-Tok was a main character in Disney's
Tik-Tok appears in the 2017 TV series Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz voiced by Jess Harnell. Just like the books, Tik-Tok was created by Smith & Tinker.
Other appearances
Tik-Tok's design was used in the video game
See also
References
- ^ Jack Snow, Who's Who in Oz, Chicago, Reilly & lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; p. 213.
- ^ Thomas P. Dunn and Richard D. Erlich, eds., The Mechanical God: Machines in Science Fiction, Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1982; p. 85.
- ^ Raylyn Moore, Wonderful Wizard, Marvelous Land, Bowling Green, OH, Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1974; p. 144.
- ^ "Tik Tok To Tick Tonight," Los Angeles Times (Mar. 31, 1913), p. III1.
- ^ TheElstreeProject (22 January 2014). "The Elstree Project: Operating Tik Tok". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 14 April 2018 – via YouTube.