The main antagonist of Terry Pratchet's Discworld novel (and live action adaption), The Hogfather. Teatime longs to join the Assassin's Guild, but tends to botch his own jobs due to his No Kill Like Overkill attitude. When a mysterious spectre appears and gives the Guild an interesting assignment, Teatime is the only man for the job. The mission? Kill the Discworld variant of Santa Clause (The Hogfather).
Teatime naturally gives off a sense of unsettlement. Perhaps its the way he merilessly slaughters his victims, or the way he talks, or perhaps its that you get the (fully justified) feeling that he is going to kill you the minute you utter his name as 'Tea Time' as ipposed to it's correct pronounciation, 'Teh-A-Time-Eh."
Teatime's plan involves storming the Tooth Fairy's palace with a rag tag bunch of petty criminals, a locksmith, and an ameteur wizard. He then manipulates the very belief of the Hogfather to remove him from existance and allow the Auditors (aforementioned spectre) to do evulz, and for people to create brand new mythical creatures from mere words (God of Hangovers anyone?). It takes the intervention of the Grim Reaper himself, his Grandaughter, and the greatest wizards in the world to stop him, but fortunately Teatime's plan is foiled, Hogswatch and by extension, The Discworld is saved.
In case you haven't got the idea yet, Lord Downey, the leader of the Assassin's Guild, a Guild based around ASSASSINATIONS felt very uncomfortable about him. This man felt very comfortable being approached by what could have been a murderous ghost, yet Teatime is clearly just a bit too much.
He can also do a Double Jump!
In the TV movie, Teatime was played by Marc Warren, heavily channeling Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. The result, is terrifying.
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