![]() ![]() In the novel, tiktok is used as an adjective for any mechanical or robotic being. In the comic book Oz Squad, Tik-Tok's "Internal Clockwork Morality Spring" winds down and causes him to act violent, though he closely resembles Neill's depiction.Ī somewhat sinister version of Tik-Tok is a minor character in Gregory Maguire's revisionist Oz novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. That novel also introduces Tik-Tok's monotonic, halting mode of speech: "Good morn-ing, lit-tle girl." He becomes Dorothy's servant and protector, and, despite his tendency to run down at crucial moments, helps to subdue the Nome King. Tik-Tok first appears in Ozma of Oz (1907) where Dorothy Gale discovers him locked up in a cave, immobilized. ![]() ![]() The cruel king also whipped his mechanical servant, but his whippings caused no pain and merely kept Tik-Tok's round copper body polished. He was purchased by the king of Ev, Evoldo, who gave him the name Tik-Tok because of the sound he made when wound. He was the only model of his kind made before the two disappeared. Tik-Tok was invented by Smith & Tinker at their workshop in Evna. He describes himself as a " slave" to Dorothy and defers to her. He therefore can no more love or be loved than a sewing machine, but as a servant he is utterly truthful and loyal. As Baum repeatedly mentions, Tik-Tok is not alive and feels no emotions. ![]()
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