Tick Tock Clock

This article is about the course in Super Mario 64. For the racecourse, see DS Tick-Tock Clock.

Tick Tock Clock
Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS
How to unlock	Open the Big Star Door on the third floor with 50 Power Stars.
Boss(es)	None
Mission(s)	Super Mario 64 Roll into the Cage The Pit and the Pendulums Get a Hand Stomp on the Thwomp Timed Jumps on Moving Bars Stop Time for Red Coins Super Mario 64 DS Luigi in the Cage The Pendulum Switch Star Get a Hand Stomp on the Thwomp Timed Jumps on Moving Bars Stop Time for Red Coins Tick Tock Silver Stars
Stars	Super Mario 64: Super Mario 64 DS:

“There's something strange about that clock. As you jump inside, watch the position of the big hand.”

—Toad, Super Mario 64

Tick Tock Clock is the fourteenth course in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. To access the course, the player needs to open the Big Star Door on the third floor of the Mushroom Castle with 50 Power Stars. The entrance to Tick Tock Clock is the face of the large grandfather clock. Based on when the player jumps into the clock (rounded to the nearest quarter hour), the speeds of the internal clockworks change: Entering when the minute hand is nearest "12" makes everything stop, entering near "3" makes everything move slowly, entering near "6" makes everything move randomly and change speeds frequently, and entering near "9" makes everything move quickly. If time is not still, several platforms will turn, move, or flip; conveyor belts will move; and pendulums and the large hands will swing.

Tick Tock Clock appears to be changed more than any other level in the DS remake, with many areas altered for easier difficulty, removing elements such as the triangular blocks and fog effects, and repositioning several areas of the level. It is one of two courses with both a Switch Star and Silver Stars, the other being Shifting Sand Land.

Tick Tock Clock is referenced in various other games. It receives a racetrack in Mario Kart DS, and it returns in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The Mario Party 3 minigame Tick Tock Hop takes place on the clock's painting from Super Mario 64; the minigame returns in Mario Party Superstars. In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, there is a painting of the entrance to Tick Tock Clock. Luigi's Top Gear Sentry weapon in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle references Tick Tock Clock, as the description mentions that the gear wheels on the weapon were taken from an old clocktower at Peach's Castle.

Layout

Map of Tick Tock Clock in Super Mario 64 DS

Tick Tock Clock entrance

The player starts at the base of the clock's mechanics. In the DS version, there is additional ground around the base of the clock, and Bob-ombs fall and attack the player in this area. To the left of the starting area are several ascending rotating bars that spin if time is not still, along with a Spinning Heart below them; the rotating bars lead up to the area with the first rotating hand and are where all of the Red Coins are placed. In front of the player's starting position is a large pendulum followed by a conveyor belt and a rotating block. Afterward is another pendulum followed by a ramp leading to three rotating blocks, followed by the platform that the earlier rotating bars lead to; it has a large clock hand swinging around nearby that brings the player to the third Power Star. This platform has a yellow block with coins, as well as a flame thrower nearby.

After the clock hand are several spinning platforms leading to a caged Power Star, followed by a small lift above, then a pole with an Amp circling it. After the player climbs up the pole, the path splits: To the left are a Heave-Ho and an area with a spinning triangular platform and two pendulums, leading to the second Power Star. To the right of the pole are lifts leading farther up the clock. Above the lifts are rotating blocks leading upward, with a mesh floor with Moving Bars behind them. Up the rotating blocks is a bending platform with Moving Bars placed under a cage that contains a yellow block full of coins. Afterward, a couple of conveyor belts lead to a long bending platform with several spinning platforms and triangular blocks (or square blocks in the DS version) breaking it up and a large platform in the middle. At the top of the platform is another clock hand that can bring the player to an area with a Thwomp, which can carry the player to the fourth Power Star.

Missions

Mission	Appears in	Summary
Roll into the Cage	Super Mario 64	This mission's objective is to collect the Power Star in a cage.
Luigi in the Cage	Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to collect the Power Star in a cage as Vanish Luigi.
The Pit and the Pendulums	Super Mario 64	The mission's objective is to collect the Power Star behind some pendulums.
The Pendulum Switch Star	Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to collect the course's Switch Star.
Get a Hand	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to ride one of the clock hands.
Stomp on the Thwomp	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to reach the top of Tick Tock Clock, where a Thwomp waits with the Power Star above it.
Timed Jumps on Moving Bars	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to use Moving Bars to reach the Power Star.
Stop Time for Red Coins	Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to collect the course's Red Coins.
Tick Tock Silver Stars	Super Mario 64 DS	This mission's objective is to collect the Silver Stars.

Enemies

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  Bob-ombs

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  Amps

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  Flame throwers

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  Heave-Hos

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  Thwomp

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  Moving Bars

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  Goombas (DS version only)

Statistics from Super Mario 64

• Total Number of Coins: 128
• Caps Found: (none)
• Spinning Heart: #1 : Near the starting point, on a lower platform, under spinning platforms with the Red Coins. #2: On the mesh right after the pole.
• Cannons: (none)
• 1UP Mushrooms (4):
  • Homing Mushrooms : #1 In the pole before the second Spinning Heart.
  • Triggered Mushrooms : #2 After the pole, the player should climb up the elevator. The mushroom is activated by standing on the three Moving Bars. The 1-Up appears on the platform after them.
  • Box Mushrooms : #3 Near the top point of the clock, the box is on a platform accessed by three turning platforms. #4 Near #3, on a separate mesh platform in the middle of the clock. Accessed by dropping from above or long-jumping from near the two turning platforms.
• Warps: (none)

Gallery

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  The portal leading to Tick Tock Clock in the N64 version

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  The portal leading to Tick Tock Clock in the DS version

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  The starting area in the N64 version

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	チックタックロック Chikkutakkurokku	Portmanteau of "tick-tock" and "clock"
Chinese	摇摆古钟 Yáobǎi Gǔzhōng	Swaying Old Clock
French	Horloge Tic-Tac	Tic Tac Clock
German	Ticktack-Trauma	Tick Tock Trauma
Italian	Pendolo Tictoccato	Tick-Tocked Pendulum
Korean	똑딱시계 Ttokttak Sigye	Tick Tock Clock
Spanish	Reloj Tictac	Ticktock Clock

Trivia

• In the N64 version, the last used speed of the clock can be seen in the credits. In the DS version, it will always appear to be moving at the speed when the clock is entered at the number 3; the same applies to the N64 version if it has not been visited by the player.
• The name of the 100-Coin Star is Multi-coin Blocks.