Dingle bob

dingle bob was 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 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 is 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 does exist."
* "Time Is a ruler to measure the day, it doesn't only one way."
* "Watch it go round like a merry-go-round, going so fast like a merry-go-round."
* "It's quarter to nine, time to have a bath."
* "Scrub scrub scrub 'till the water's BROWN!"
* "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!"
* "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."
* "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 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."

## 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.
* 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.
* 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.