T.T. the Timer is an unlockable playable character in Diddy Kong Racing and Diddy Kong Racing DS who appears to be a red clock with yellow in the center and a blue clock timer and knob. T.T. can be unlocked by racing him in all of the courses in the game in Track Mode or Time Trial mode in the DS remake. Before so, T.T. is a secretary, telling the player his/her statistics and progress.