| “ | Alvey it’s me, it’s dad. There’s no more superpowers. I know at first I was a jerk, but didn’t know how to handle a son. You help me grow up and I’d want to repay you, by helping you grow up. I love you. | „ |
| ~ Tim confessing his newfound fatherly love for his son |
Timothy "Tim" Avery is the main protagonist of the 2005 film Son of the Mask, the sequel to the 1994 film The Mask.
He is an aspiring cartoonist from Fringe City who works at an animation studio, and has just had his first child born with the powers of the Mask.
He is portrayed by Jamie Kennedy.
Biography[]
A cartoonist named Tim Avery becomes the new wearer of the Mask after his dog Otis found it in a river and brought it before him. He first tries on the mask at a party he goes to and becomes the host of it after it was starting to turn out as a drag. Tim Avery later had a baby born with the same powers as the mask.
Odin confronts his son Loki, who is in search of the Mask, and tells him about a baby born with its powers as a clue to find it. Otis begins to feel left out as Tim is spending more time with his baby so he takes the Mask for himself.
However, Tim's time with his son Alvey turned out to be a nightmare for him as he discovers his son's powers. As Loki eventually found them, he goes after Tim and threatens him to hand over his mask. As Tim tells him he doesn't have it, Loki attempts to kill him, but is then stopped by Odin, who possesses Tim's body and strips him of his powers.
Later that night, Loki sneaks into Alvey's room, where Alvey is sleeping, and contacts Odin, begging him to return his powers as he explains how close he was at reclaiming his mask. Odin complies as he gives Loki a second chance, but has him set on a timer.
Once his powers return to him, Loki approaches Tim and demands him to hand over the Mask or he will take Alvey away from him, before leaving with the baby. Tim and his wife encounters Loki at a dark alley and gives him his mask. However, Loki refuses to return Alvey as he grew fond of him during his wait. Otis suddenly bites Loki, causing him to drop the mask and allowing Tim to wear it. Loki makes a run for it with Alvey in his car, prompting Tim and Tonya to drive after him to a wrestling arena, where he and Loki fight over Alvey. Loki then decides to give Alvey the choice between the two of them.
At first, Loki draws Alvey over to him, but then Tim takes off the mask and tells Alvey about how he wants to raise him and that he loves him, making Alvey choose him instead. However, Loki refuses to give up, as he now attempts to kill the entire family until his timer went up. Odin soon appears before Loki and scolds him for his failure. He is then about to strike at him until Tim interrupts as he tells him that nothing is more important in life than the relationship of your family. Tim then gives back the Mask and Loki and Odin return home.
Personality[]
Tim unmasked, is a ambitious cartoonist who is also a whiny, cowardly, fearful, neurotic, overreactive manchild who doesn't know how to take care of a baby upon not wanting to until Alvey was born, as he has shown care about his pet dog Otis very much so.
Ever since Tonya told Tim to look over the baby and keep him safe, Tim can be quite irresponsible and bumbling to this approach, especially when he nearly fed Alvey broken glass from a light at night because of being too lazy or mindless to fed Alvey milk from a bottle, which terrified Alvey. However, despite his cowardice, idiocy and immaturity, he has shown to be well-intentioned towards his wife and Alvey, his newborn offspring.
He has shown to have paranoia or a slight case of PTSD towards the thought of his wife, Tonya, giving birth to many babies he finds horrific. He's especially petrified over Alvey behaving like a cartoon character and the situations Tim gets into, like changing Alvey's diaper and stopping the baby from peeing in three different lines, as Tim shows true concern and fear over what Alvey can do. His fears can make him misguided, as he thought Loki was Tonya when the latter returned home, making Tim torment her before making him slowly realize who he was attacking by feeling his wife's chest.
In his masked appearance, he's a party-animal who is very campy, charismatic, boisterous, flamboyant, and extroverted. As Masked Tim loves throwing himself into crowds to start singing and putting on a show as if he's the star when he really wasn't, making him a attention-seeker. Despite being cartoonishly hammy and over-the-top, he has fought against Loki to keep his family safe, no matter how ridiculous his situations can get.
Mask Appearance[]
His green masked appearance whose face resembles the Jolly Green Giant & Conan O'Brien combined, with orange hair which divides into two fronds, and having giant white teeth with a slight gap-tooth. He also wears a suit resembling The Joker's suit.
Quotes[]
| “ | Tonya, listen! Tonya! No, Tonya, listen! The police can't help us! He's the freaking God of Mischief. All he wants is his mask, which Otis is wearing. And if I can just figure out where Otis is, I can just-- of course! | „ |
| ~ Tim to his wife about Loki wants his mask. |
| “ | Can I ask you one question? | „ |
| ~ Tim |
| “ | Look at all this stuff! | „ |
| ~ Tim to his wife. |
| “ | Who's a fish? | „ |
| ~ Tim playfully towards his wife |
| “ | Don't you just love Halloween? | „ |
| ~ Masked Tim |
| “ | Honey, I think it's time we, trade up! | „ |
| ~ Masked Tim to his wife |
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Trivia[]
- Tim is similar to his predecessor Stanley Ipkiss.
- Both are lover boys and mischievous.
- Both are party animals when they're invited to please the crowd with their own dance moves.
- They both have unique machine guns.
- They both have dogs who wore their masks after them, Milo for Stanley, and Otis for Tim.
- Unlike Stanley who was treated like an outlaw, while Tim was needed for a cartoon show.
- After the party when Tim said "Honey I'm home!" is a reference from Fred Flintstone.
- According to Jamie Kennedy’s YouTube channel and the DVD Commentary, Tim originally wasn’t going to transform into the Mask a second time.