Lindsay Tim Weekly, mainly known as Tim, was a human character on Solar Opposites. He is the former lover of Cherie and the father of Pezlie. He is the overarching protagonist of The Wall serial arc serving as the main protagonist of season 1, the main antagonist of season 2, and one of two posthumous overarching protagonist (alongside The Duke) of season 3, 4, and 5.
History[]
Tim was eating at a burger joint when he was shrunk by Yumyulack just for wearing a red shirt. When he is placed in The Wall he is attacked by some Wallians but is saved by the Janitor and so he learns how to survive in The Wall. Some time later, Tim saved Cherie from being attacked by the very same Wallians after being placed in The Wall. Tim then shows Cherie how life in The Wall is like and together they go in a quest with Pedro to get some insulin for his diabetic father, Enrique. After starting a riot in the lower levels to get a magazine they go to The Duke and he gives Tim the insulin while also executing Pedro over the riot they caused. Tim and Cherie start a rebellion to defeat the tyrannical Duke with Tim as their leader, who earns the admiration of many people. In an attempt to stop them the Duke throws Cherie in the “Boo Hoo Hole” and throws Tim into jail, although he is later saved by Cherie, who took over after Tim left and organized an attack to the Duke and his followers. That night, Tim and Cherie realize their feelings for each other and spend the night together, leading to the conception of their child.
The night of the attack, the rebellion succesfully defeat the Duke’s followers after he flooded the lower levels and Tim and Cherie arrive to his office in time to see him leave The Wall through a hidden hole located just behind his chair. Cherie tries to convince him that it was their chance to escape and become big again but Tim, enamoured with the idea of being a great hero and leader of the entire Wall, stabs Cherie with his toothpick cane and throws her out while hiding the hole and declaring himself leader of The Wall while lying to everyone about Cherie dying by killing the Duke and declaring that she was to be celebrated on “Cherie Day”.
Tim mostly proved to be a good leader of the Wall, keeping it clean and it’s people happy yet he was not above executing delinquents on sadistic ways such as drowning them on boiling chocolate as punishment. One day he grew tired of keeping his secret to everyone and he told local hero Halk that it was him who killed Cherie (albeit he still changed the story to make Cherie seem bad) and left it up to Halk about whether to tell the truth or lie to the Wallians by telling them that a cricket killed Cherie. Tim watched pleased as Halk choose to lie for the sake of Nova, leaving a disappointed Halk to sulk until he was approached by Cherie, who survived the injuries and gave birth to her and Tim’s daughter; Pezlie.
Cherie and Halk together sought to take Tim down, unaware that Tim dying of lead poisoning from a vintage Burger King glass he kept in his chambers. When the duo went to kidnap him, Tim was so ill he thought Cherie was dead and was a ghost haunting him and playing board games with him. When brought to the Bowinian Church’s infirmary Sister Sasha and Sister Sisto tried to heal him but made the situation worse by injecting contact lens solution in his veins and so Tim died without finding out he had a daughter, much to Cherie’s anger since she wanted Tim in prison for his crimes and spat in his body.
Personality[]
Initially, Tim was your average, good-natured nobody. Quite literally, he was thrown in the wall simply for having a red shirt. A decent, slightly awkward guy who didn't want to get in the middle of things, Tim became a hero and inspirational leader determined to take down The Duke and escape the wall. However, when he actually did defeat The Duke and find a way outside, he turned into the very thing he hated; betraying Cherie and taking the role of ruler of The Wall for himself. It is likely that Tim becoming a "somebody" within the Wall when he was a nobody outside, is what led to his corruption, as returning to the outside would make him a nobody once again. This mind-set is hinted at in the Wall's new ideology under his leadership that "you can be whatever you want within the wall."
While he is shown to be plagued by guilt and doubt over what he did in the second season, he is still becoming more and more like The Duke. He displayed the Duke's characteristic cowardice by leaving it up to Halk to decide whether or not to tell the people the truth, thereby absolving himself of the responsibility.
Appearance[]
Tim was a skinny man with brown hair and pale skin. Before being shrunk, Tim wore a long sleeved red shirt and square glasses, a blue tie and brown pants. After being shrunk he seemed to have lost weight as he had marked cheekbones, a "5 o' clock" beard, a blue bandana around his head (presumably his tie) and brown pants identical to the ones he originally wore which he had to take from a Polly Pocket doll.
After taking over the Wall he grew shaggy long hair and a long beard and that he trimmed for "Cherie Day" and wore dirty Jedi-like robes. When he became sick he grew back the beard and became paler with pale blue dots on his face.
Appearances[]
- "The Quantum Ring"
- "The Lavatic Reactor"
- "Terry and Korvo Steal a Bear"
- "The Apple Pencil Pro
- "The Unlikely Demise of Terry's Favorite Shot Glass"
- ”Edemame Duffle Bag”
- ”Hululand” (death)
Trivia[]
- Tim was thrown into the wall for having a red shirt. "Red-shirt" is a term to describe the nameless disposable nobodies from Star Trek that were always killed during missions to show danger. The famous term comes from the habit that any crewmember who wore a red shirt uniform on a mission would end up dead.
- His "red shirt" status is symbolic of Tim being the ultimate nobody; he was even thrown into the wall for no reason other than that he was wearing a red shirt at time, unlike other wall residents like Cherie that had actually offended Yumyulack.
- The epic painting of Tim on a throne is a parody of the sculpture of Conan which appears right before the end credits of Conan the Barbarian (1982)
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