| “ | Do you see it? Nothing happens, and nothing will happen. Your time has started to stop. | „ |
| ~ No Tiempo to Amelia |
| “ | Amelia...there's nothing they can do. The gem has lost its energy. Things begin...and end! | „ |
| ~ No Tiempo's last words while fighting with his benign side, destroying Amelia's gem in the process |
No Tiempo, as known as the Lord of the Cycles, is the main antagonist in the 2018 mexican animated film El Angel en el Reloj by Fotosintesis Media.
He was voiced by Daniel del Roble.
Appearance[]
When he transforms in No Tiempo, it is a dark blue and anthropomorphic mass that has certain elements that are parts of clocks, such as the fact that his face looks like the wheel of a golden ratchet, and behind it, it has golden clock needles. His eyes are black holes (one of them, is pierced like a scar), and on his chest, a white gear is drawn that has a broken part. On his back, several pieces of golden gears float with some stripes of his dark mass. From the waist downwards, he doesn't have legs. but floats like smoke that takes the form of gear tentacles.
When he remains as Lord of Cycles, he has a mostly gold gear mask with a red cicle in the middle and black holes like eyes, with the right side colored blue-silver. He has a suit that has a fuchsia half on the right side and pink on the left side, having a white stripe in the center that holds dark shades of both colors. A blue button is on the left side, and a gold one on the right side. On the torso part, she has a pale pink suit with a triangular stripe in the center of pale violet, which hangs down to her "knees", also having a rhombus on each side of dark violet with a light blue stripe, and a belt of this tone on the hip, with 2 white vertical stripes. His "gloves" are a light blue on the left and a dark blue on the right, with white semi-spiral stripes surrounding them, and they don't have sleeves, but rather a kind of white circles through which their fingers come out. His arms and fingers are a dark cobalt blue. Her skirt is an elongated fabric of a very pale pink or whitish violet color.
Personality[]
No Tiempo is about a being who is greedy and cunning in deception, who only seeks to increase his power and cause time to become unbalanced.
When he remains as the Lord of the Cycles, he is and altruistic being and focused on doing his job.
History[]
When Amelia meets the old clockmaker, the man is seen wearing a necklace with his face on it.
When the protagonist arrives at the Fields of Time, Now warns her that if they find out there is a human there will be a lot of trouble (referring to No Tiempo), especially when she tries to name him, Here covers his mouth.
After the girl escapes, the fairies go looking for her while they talk about how Balzac will be furious with the news, but No Tiempo hears them, corners them and encloses them in bubbles that slow them down.
When she arrives at her time vault, this being appears to the girl, undoing the feather of the angel that was escorting her. There, he calls her by her name and introduces himself. He asks her the reason why she is in that world, and is curious that she wants to stop time. Between tricks, he tells her that he can help her, but he is going to show her certain scenes to see if that is what she wants. Upon receiving her positive response, he tells her that all she has to do is give him the gem from his vault (which is the heart of his watch). Upon obtaining it, everything stops. He tells her that nothing has happened and nothing will happen because his time has begun to stop, and disappears from the place just when Balzac the bear, Amelia's clock operator, arrives.
Thanks to this character, we are told that No Tiempo feeds on the gems of the people who come to the Fields of Time to stop their time, just like Amelia.
When she insists that she wants to reverse her mistake, the bear mentions that the only one capable of helping her is the Lord of Cycles. He tells her that he is a being that maintains the balance of time in all existing worlds, but they have not heard from him for many years.
After Amelia left to find Captain Needle, No Time arrives at his lair, where he begins to drain the energy from the gem with a machine. He claims that very soon, time will disappear from that and the other worlds.
After the little girl managed to find the boy and they were traveling on his ship, Captain Needle has some flashbacks of the past where he had faced No Tiempo, but for unknown reasons, the antagonist separated him from his best friend: a fairy named Martina.
It can be imagined that the thorn that corrupted the Lord of the Past was made by No Tiempo. After they recovered Martina and continued with the trip, No Tiempo notices the angel who takes care of Amelia, called Malachi. He says that everything that begins, must end. Finally, he goes to look for the ship.
Upon finding the ship, he takes advantage of the fact that Torque is asleep and uses his power to disorient the magic compass they had to get to the Palace of Cycles. Suddenly, different black holes called "abysses" begin to appear in the sky, which threaten to disintegrate them from existence. There, No Tiempo appears again, complaining why they insist on following if there are rules.
Captain Needle tells him that this time he is not going to beat him or his friends, but Amelia is going to confront him. He reveals to them that the girl voluntarily gave him her time gem, and asks her if that was not what she wanted. When she answers that she does not want to disappear, he tells her that there is no turning back, because his duty is to consume everyone's time, and hers is over. Upon hearing Captain Needle say that they are not going to leave her alone, he answers that so be it. He refrains from facing the boy, going to take Amelia in one of his abysses. When the captain is going to attack him, he stops him with his telekinesis and pushes him away. Even so, he receives the explosion of a bomb that the boy throws at him. He attacks Martina as a consequence. In that, Malachi appears and they have a tense fight between them, who always prevents him from attacking the crew. Even so, No Tiempo manages to immobilize him and destroy him completely, watching as the ship breaks apart and lands violently on the ground.
When the protagonists arrive at the Palace of Cycles, he impersonates the voice of the Lord of Cycles, speaking to Amelia about what she wants. He answers that he knows her and knows a lot about her, where she comes from and what she has been through. When she tells him that she knows that No Tiempo had deceived her and is going to disappear, she answers that Balzac had not told her the whole truth, since her castle and those who live in it will suffer the same fate. While she does not exist, they will not either. He was referring to the fact that Balzac was slowly dying. He emphasizes that he has not answered his question about what she wanted, and makes his presence felt.
However, he begins to have an internal struggle between his benign and malignant parts, turning out to be that the Lord of Cycles and No Time were one and the same being. The Lord of Cycles tells Amelia that she has almost no strength left and that the other part of her is very powerful. When the girl asks him who he really is, he tells her 2 names, mentioning that he is that which flows and that which grants and ends time.
When she reminds him of what she did with her gem and Malachi, No Time tells her that she only fulfilled her wish and the rest are the consequences. The Lord of Cycles tells her that there is nothing left to do, since the gem has lost its energy. He adds that things begin and end, being dominated by his evil part, who destroys Amelia's gem in front of her. Then, he takes everyone away from the girl and encloses her in a bubble that disintegrates her. Before disappearing, she asks the Lord of Cycles to bring Malachi back to life, since he only wanted to help her. Then, chasms form in the Fields of Time, which disintegrate everything around them.
Thanks to Malachi still being alive and helping Amelia to restore herself (with the help of Balzac's fairies), the angel's divine glow stops No Time, making him finally return to normal as The Lord of Cycles. He tells Amelia that she has finally regained her time, and therefore, the balance of it, since she had understood that the only thing that exists is the present, an instant that comes and goes, as small and fun as Here and Now.
When Amelia asks him why the past and the future exist, he answers that it is to know what we were, the successes and mistakes we made and what we could become if in the here and now we do what is necessary to achieve it. Then, he restores Amelia's gem and gives it back to her. When she thanks him, he answers that the thanks are for her. Thanks to that, Amelia manages to restore her time and bring everything back to normal.
Gallery[]
Quotes[]
| “ | Amelia: Do you know where I am? Here: In the only place you SHOULD NOT BE! |
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| ~ Here and Now trying to warn Amelia about No Tiempo |
| “ | No Tiempo: Amelia. Amelia: Who are you? |
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| ~ No Tiempo meeting Amelia for the first time |
| “ | The person you gave your gem to is called No Tiempo. He feeds on the gems of beings who come here to stop their time...return to the past or live in the future. Of beings who want to alther their reality...like you. | „ |
| ~ Balzac to Amelia about No Tiempo |
| “ | Balzac: No, no, no, Malachi. You better than anyone know that this girl's gem is impossible to recover. Amelia: Almost. You said it was ALMOST impossible. |
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| ~ Balzac revealing who can undo Amelia's mistake with No Tiempo |
| “ | Soon...very soon...time will disappear from this and all worlds. | „ |
| ~ No Tiempo begins to absorb the energy of Amelia's gem |
| “ | Hmmm, an angel. Everything that begins has to end...precisely. | „ |
| ~ No Tiempo about Malachi's presence |
| “ | No Tiempo: Why do they insist in continuing!? That they don't know the rules!? Captain Needle: This time you're not going to beat me or my friends. |
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| ~ No Tiempo angry at the insistence of Amelia and her friends to save her |
| “ | You know better than to meddle. This girl's fate is not in your hands. | „ |
| ~ No Tiempo to Malachi |
| “ | Amelia: H-Hello? Lord of Cycles? Lord of Cycles' Voice: What do you want, Amelia? |
„ |
| ~ No Tiempo reveals himself to be the Lord of Cycles |
| “ | Lord of Cycles...if I'm going to disappear, please bring Malachi back to life. He just wanted to help me. | „ |
| ~ Amelia praying to the Lord of Cycles for her angel before she dissapears |
| “ | Lord of Cycles: You got your time and the balance of time back, understanding that the only thing that exists is the present...The here and now, an instant that comes and goes. As small and fun as these two. Amelia: So, why do the past and the future exist? |
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| ~ Lord of Cycles thanking Amelia for helping him |
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Amelia
- Balzac
- Here and Now
- Captain Needle
- Fairy Martina
- Torque
- Malachi
Enemies[]
- Amelia (formerly)
- Here and Now (formerly)
- Captain Needle (formerly)
- Fairy Martina (formerly)
- Torque (formerly)
- Malachi (formerly)