Appearances in Popular Culture
- One of the cheat codes of the role-playing video game Betrayal in Antara by Sierra Entertainment is "some call me Tim".
- In the trading card game Magic: The Gathering the Prodigal Sorcerer card is often affectionately called "Tim", because of his ability to damage any target (as Tim the Enchanter summons fiery explosions anywhere). There is also a card called "Ovinomancer" that has art that directly references Tim the Enchanter, as the character depicted is an elderly wizard with a long beard and horned skullcap. In the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game expansion, Through the Dark Portal, there is a card called "Tim," who has the same cost, stats, and ability as Prodigal Sorcerer. The flavor text for the card contains the quote "There are some who call me... Tim."
- According to Thomas Erdelyi in the liner notes of All for Nothing, The Replacements album Tim was named for the wizard.
- In the online comic strip "Bob and George", Tim was quoted by Bob when he used his fire attacks on Megaman and Bass to knock them off a tower.
- In the role-playing shooter game, Borderlands, there is an achievement labeled "There are some who call me...Tim".
- A popular overdrive guitar pedal by Paul Cochrane (Tim/Timmy) is named after Tim the Enchanter.
- In the PC game Terraria, there is an enemy spellcaster, named "Tim", who appears underground and attacks you with fireballs.
- The lyrics "some people call me Tim" feature prominently in the chorus of "Don Juan", a song by Suburban Legends. The lyric is a double entendre, referring to both Tim the Enchanter and Tim Maurer, then-lead singer of Suburban Legends.
- In the popular sandbox game Minecraft, a plugin entitled "Tim The Enchanter" has been created to allow players to enchant the game's armor, tools, and weapons easily.
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