# Mr. Teacake - Discworld? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [February 23, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-teacake-discworld/998003 "2024-02-23T21:22:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-teacake-discworld/998003/1 "2024-02-23T21:22:24Z")
I recall a character named Mr. Teacake… pronounced ‘Tee-uh-KAH-kay’. ISTR he was an assassin. Where is this character from? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-teacake-discworld/998003/2 "2024-02-23T21:25:06Z")
Discworld had Mr Teatime, not sure which specific character he was based on, though. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-teacake-discworld/998003/3 "2024-02-23T21:28:20Z")
Teh-ah-_tim_-eh! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-teacake-discworld/998003/4 "2024-02-23T21:36:16Z")
I specifically remember Mr. Teatime from _Hogfather_, an assassin hired to kill the Diskworld Santa analog. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-teacake-discworld/998003/5 "2024-02-24T00:45:47Z")
_Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mirror, all marvelous facets and rainbows but, ultimately, also something that was broken._ I love that sentence. It tells you everything you really need to know about the character. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-teacake-discworld/998003/6 "2024-02-24T01:05:19Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > _Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mirror, all marvelous facets and rainbows but, ultimately, also something that was broken._ > > I love that sentence. It tells you everything you really need to know about the character. And that’s why the live action adaptions don’t work. The joy is all in the words. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-teacake-discworld/998003/7 "2024-02-24T03:38:43Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Discworld had Mr Teatime, not sure which specific character he was based on, though. What makes you think he’s based on anyone? It’s an original character, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-teacake-discworld/998003/8 "2024-02-24T04:00:16Z")
I thought there was a chance the OP may have been suggesting the possibility. I had checked [here](https://wiki.lspace.org/Jonathan_Teatime), but all it says is that perhaps ‘The name “Teatime” is very likely a tribute to fellow fantasy writer Douglas’ Adams work, _The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul._’ I am sure he is an original character. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-teacake-discworld/998003/9 "2024-02-24T04:43:29Z")
I think that by “Where is this character from?”, he meant “Which Discworld book?”. Which, as already mentioned, is Hogfather.