The Road to Oz · Character
Tik-Tok
A copper machine-man wound up to move, think, and speak, whose reliability is absolute and whose affection is, by design, impossible.
supporting
Also known as Mr. Tik - tok, Tik
First appearance: Tik-Tok and Billina
As a supporting figure in The Road to Oz, Tik-Tok is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A copper mechanical man sent by Ozma to welcome Dorothy; his machinery sometimes runs down, causing his speech or thoughts to become garbled.
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Ozma dispatches Tik-Tok with Billina to welcome Dorothy's party, but his thoughts run down mid-sentence and his speech collapses into nonsense until someone winds the key beneath his arm. He is trustworthy, dependable,…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Main Travel Companions
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Dorothy’s encounter with the tin statue of herself—a perfect replica of her first appearance in Oz—triggers an…
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See Tik-Tok in Tik-Tok and Billina