Editing T.T.

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|full_name=T.T. the Stopwatch

'''T.T.''' is an animated stopwatch appearing mainly in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and its [[Diddy Kong Racing DS|remake]]. His main role during Adventure mode is being a lobby secretary who tells the players the various totals of what they acquired during their journey. The players can race T.T. in track mode in each course, and if they can beat T.T. in all races, he will become playable. T.T.'s top speed without bananas is 63 mph. His speed and acceleration is tied to [[Krunch]]'s while piloting a [[plane]], making [[Drumstick (character)|Drumstick]] faster. T.T.'s instrument on the character select screen is a rotary organ. In ''Diddy Kong Racing DS'', T.T. has a slightly higher-pitched voice and more pronounced English accent. During the adventure, T.T. is imprisoned behind a [[Wish Door]] in each lobby except [[Future Fun Land]]. He cannot be freed unless the player beats him in a [[Wish Race]]. Once freed, T.T. challenges the player to beat him in every racetrack, from the [[Dino Domain]] to Future Fun Land, in Time Trial mode. When the player does so, T.T. is unlocked as a playable character.

In the ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic, "[[Sag niemals Holerö!]]," '''TicToc''', as he is called, joined [[Mario]] in his fight against an evil alien called [[KKDU|Heini]]. Whenever Heini sang his song "Holerö," the people around would turn into food. When Mario was spending his holidays in [[Switzerland]], he was seemingly the only one that could resist the spell. On his way back home via [[Germany]], he met TicToc from Zurich, Switzerland in the train. TicToc explained that he was just getting his batteries changed, when suddenly all people around him were transformed. In [[Austria]], TicToc and Mario met another non-transformed person: [[Bomberman]]. Due to a hint of [[Todojewski]], the three of them met [[Mahgo]] in Germany, a man who tells the heroes about their secret powers. According to Mahgo, TicToc was able to freeze time for a short amount of time. TicToc soon made use of this power, when they found Heini in [[Frankfurt]]'s [[Alte Oper]]. The alien and many of his friends were just about to start eating people they had previously turned into steaks and other food, when TicToc froze time. Mario and Bomberman managed to rescue the people and threw bombs at the aliens, before TicToc's powers diminished. In addition to "Sag niemals Holerö!"

 

T.T. appears in two ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' publications exclusively released in Japan: ''[[Mario no Bōken Land]]'', where he announces the start and finish of the race, and in ''[[4-koma Gag Battle]]'' comics, where he makes a few appearances.

*'''Instruction booklet bio''': "''Like Taj, the overseer of the racetrack is less than impressed at Wizpig’s behavior, but in T.T.’s case, it’s because the bully has sealed off his beloved courses. He can’t do much on his own, but he’s certainly willing to give animals any help he can in their mission.''"<ref>{{cite|title=''Diddy Kong Racing'' instruction booklet|page=26|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo|date=1997}}</ref>

*In ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts|Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', another game made by [[Rare Ltd.]], the character [[jiggywikki:Trophy Thomas|Trophy Thomas]] is often called ''T.T.'' Both characters are known for their passions of records of time, and Trophy Thomas's blue hair could have been inspired by the blue screw on T.T.'s head.

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