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Tim the Enchanter is a fictional character from Monty Python's 1974 movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail
, played by John Cleese. His name derives from the following dialogue between him and King Arthur:

:Arthur: What manner of man are you that you can summon up fire without flint or tinder? :Tim: I... am an enchanter. :Arthur: By what name are you known? :Tim: There are some who call me... 'Tim'?

Tim's appearance in Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Tim is met by King Arthur and his knights in scene 20, where he stands on a mountain conjuring fireballs; when they ask him about the holy grail, he leads them to the Cave of Caerbannog. His warnings about the cave's guardian, the Rabbit of Caerbannog, are ignored, though, leading to the death of Gawain, Ector and Bors before the rabbit is killed with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. Tim also appears earlier in the film when several characters are shouting at people to "get on with it!".

Tim culture

Despite only having a minor appearance in the movie, Tim became something of a cult character among Monty Python fans; his legacy lives on in the Magic: The Gathering card Prodigal Sorcerer, which was nicknamed "Tim" after him, both for a supposed resemblance in the card's art and for the similarity in flavour between Tim's shooting of magical blasts and Prodigal Sorcerer's ability. Later, the Tim name was revived as "Tim on a stick" (for Rod of Ruin, a card which has a similar effect) and "Tim on a ship" (for Pirate Ship). The ability has since been used on many more cards and is sometimes informally called "Timming".

A cheat in the RPG computer game Betrayal in Antara by Sierra Entertainment was the line "some call me tim" entered into the cheat line. The effect of this cheat was that of killing all opponents during a fight instantly.

In the popular webcomic, Dominic Deegan, the "Infernomancer" character is actively called TIM among the fans in the absence of an official name.

In the computer game Heroes of Might and Magic III, one of the cheat codes is NWCtim. (All the cheat codes are NWC followed by a Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference.)

TinyTIM, the world's oldest active MUSH, was named in part after Tim the Enchanter.

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