Tony the Talking Clock is the second teacher in the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series. He teaches the three main characters about time and its importance.
Appearance[]
Tony is a circular wall clock (Standard old style, without specific markings) with a dark blue trim, a blue face, four yellow marks indicating the time, and the clock hands placed to look like a red moustache. Tony also wears white gloves and a bow-tie with an hourglass design on the inside. He has long legs and arms, and bright red shoes.
Quotes[]
- "There’s always time for a song."
- "Time is a tool you can put on the wall or wear on your wrist."
- "The past is far behind us, the future doesn’t exist."
- "It's quarter to nine, time to have a bath."
- "Scrub scrub scrub 'till the water's BROWN!"
- "Time is a ruler to measure the day, it doesn't go backwards, only one way."
- "Watch it go round like a merry-go-round, going so fast like a merry-go-round."
- "Let's go on a journey, a journey through TIME!"
- "The TIME is changing all the TIME. It's TIME to go to TIME!"
- "Don't be stupid, friends! C’mon it’s time to go!"
- "Time is old, like the Victorian times."
- The tree that is older has shrivelled and died."
- "Time can be told by the moon or the sun, but time flies fast when you're having fun!"
- "There is a time and place for mucking around!"
- "Time went new and got old like history, stuff from the past went into a mystery." (Although this quote is technically wrong, as something cannot be new and old at the same time.)
- "But look, a computer! Everything’s cool: IT’S THE FUTURE!"
- "Time is now the future and new, and look at all the wonderful things you can do!"
- "With gadgets, and gizmos, and email addresses!"
- "Look at the time!"
- "It helps us make pizzer (pizza), it keeps things in line."
- "Time is important and I am a clock."
- "Meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, MEH, MEH, MEH, MEH, MEH, MEH!!"
- "Sunrise, sunset, night and day, the changing seasons, the smell of hay."
- "Look at your hair grow, isn't it strange, how time makes your appearance change?"
- "It's out of my hands, I'm only a clock... Don't worry, i'm sure you'll be fine. But eventually, everyone runs out of time."
- "They're not here."
Trivia[]
- His name was revealed in a Dazed interview with Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling.
- He seems to pick on Bird Guy the most.
- In Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared 3, Tony made a brief cameo in the background behind Yellow Guy's initiation throne, but he appeared in black and white and a little different, standing next to Sketchbook.
- Tony is voiced by Baker Terry, who voices many other characters throughout the series.
- Since his clock hands barely move, his face looks like it’s always set to 2:43.
- Earlier, he states, 'The future doesn't exist!' but he soon states 'Everything's cool: it's the future!'
- This supports the theme that the teachers usually contradict themselves.
- Tony appears once again in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6 as a cameo and was in the original thumbnail.
- Also, in the bedroom there's a wall clock with the same Tony colors.
- The same clock appears later in the "teacher machine."
- Tony's pronunciation of pizza as "pizzer" has become a common joke among fans, and even a meme.
- He appears in the digital world from DHMIS 4 as a hidden easter egg.
- Tony's bow-tie disappears throughout the video.
- This is due to the fact that two Tony the Talking Clocks were made.
- One uses faintly visible strings to operate the mouth and does not have a bow-tie.
- The other has a bow-tie, but has four cross-hairs to add a mouth in during post-production.
- This is due to the fact that two Tony the Talking Clocks were made.
- The picture between the 'past' and 'future' that he shows is the painting of the clown Yellow Guy painted in episode 1, still covered in oil.
- He made a cameo in the "Wakey wakey" trailer (and in the DHMIS TV pilot) as a wall clock. Strangely, in this cameo, he appears with bow tie and face, so probably he came to life, despise the fact he doesn't have any role in the episode.
- He doesn't seem to move in the trailer.
- He appears in Colin's screen when Colin is telling the time.
- Strangely, Tony and Colin mention each other, for example in Episode 2,Tony points out a computer, and later appears in a computer screen. And in Episode 4,Colin shows a clock resembling Tony in his screen, and a clock cameo in his digital world.
- There could be a relation with the trailer and Tony (which is why he appears).
- For example, the trailer's name 'Wakey wakey...' could be hinting Tony which is why he appears in the trailer,this makes a bit sense because Alarm CLOCKS are used to WAKE you up. It is unknown if this is true or just a huge coincidence.
- He appears as an easter egg in a video game/book called Kleptodogs, along with Sketchbook.
Gallery[]
Tony the talking clock from DHMIS 2.
Tony in TheOdd1sout's video "How to live forever using only 5-hour energy."
A short cameo in Psych2Go's Video "What your favorite color says about you"
Cameo in Kurzgesagt's video "Homeopathy Explained – Gentle Healing or Reckless Fraud?"
Tony appears very shortly in DHMIS 6 because of Red guy using the machine. He looks slightly different due to the fact two Tony puppets were made.
A clock on the wall in the DHMIS 6 bedroom that resembles tony.
A slightly pixelated version of Tony on Roy's computer.
