Mr. Tick-Tock

Mr. Tick-Tock is a giant alarm clock and a mid-boss featured in a few Kirby games, the first being Kirby's Adventure. He grants the Mike ability. In his appearances, Mr. Tick-Tock attacks by jumping and launching music notes, as well as making short-ranged sound waves. Mr. Tick-Tock is directly named for the onomatopoeia "tick tock," a sound that clocks make.

In Kirby's Star Stacker and Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu, Mr. Tick-Tock has a seemingly miniature counterpart named Tick-Tock Jr., although their relation has never been established as Mr. Tick-Tock and Tick-Tock Jr. have never appeared together.

Kirby's Adventure / Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
In both Kirby's Adventure and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Mr. Tick-Tock is a recurring mid-boss. He jumps around haphazardly in an attempt to crush Kirby. He can also create a force field of sound (in the form of an alarm) around his body by forcibly ringing the bells on his shoulders. At times, the sound also creates musical notes which can be used to shoot back at him. If Kirby inhales him after his defeat, he is awarded the powerful Mike ability.

Kirby: Canvas Curse
In Kirby: Canvas Curse, Mr. Tick-Tock makes a cameo appearance in the Sub-Game Paint Panic.

Kirby Super Star Ultra
In Kirby Super Star Ultra, Mr. Tick-Tock appears in in Revenge of the King alongside some other mid-bosses from Kirby's Adventure and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. Mr. Tick-Tock first appears hidden in a secret area in Illusion Islands, where he can be fought optionally, and then shows up later in the final level of the sub-game, The Revenge. The second time Kirby encounters him he is not optional and must be defeated in order to move on. Mr. Tick-Tock is also fought in The True Arena alongside the rest of the retro mid-bosses. In this game, his force field ring attack makes a sound similar to a phone. Otherwise, however, he behaves the same as he did in past games. Kirby can once again get the Mike ability from inhaling him.

Physical appearance
Mr. Tick-Tock is a large circular, creature that resembles an alarm clock. His body is a reddish color and has two blue feet. The center of his face is a light orange color. Mr. Tick-Tock has four hands on his face, with the upper hands serving as eyebrows and the lower hands serving as a mustache. He has small blue limbs, a reddish, round button-nose on the center of his face, and has cartoonish glove-like hands. Much like real life alarm clocks, he has two gold bells and a small hammer that are on the top of his head.

Originally, for Kirby's Adventure, Mr. Tick-Tock had a blue body, as shown in both his artwork and sprites. In Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, there is an alternate palette of Mr. Tick-Tock that is blue like his original appearance, although the outline of the circular part of his body is purple.

Trivia

 * Mr. Tick-Tock, Poppy Bros. Sr., Chef Kawasaki, and Boxy are the only mini bosses that gives Kirby Limited-use Abilities.
 * An unused enemy in the 2003 prototype for Kirby & The Amazing Mirror resembles Mr. Tick-Tock.