Tom the Guru

"Cucumber... Broccoli... Baby potatoes?"

- Tom

Tom the Guru is the 16th episode of Season 5 and the 145th episode overall in Talking Tom and Friends.

YouTube
All hail Talking Tom! His hot new grocery-based philosophy is changing lives. But when his followers start taking his wisdom too far, not even Tom can stop the chaos they cause!

IMDb
Talking Tom starts a popular new lifestyle movement, but loses control of it when his followers take his ideas too far.

Plot
Tom gets prepared to deliver a motivational speech, only to find that he had accidentally replaced his speech with his shopping list. However, everyone seems to like the "speech" and begin to blindly follow him.

Soon, people start asking him for advice and crowding at the garage. However, they begin to take his ideas too far by stealing groceries. So, at the next speech, Tom confesses that he listed food by mistake and told them to return the stolen food. The townspeople simply assume their leader has lost faith and capture him.

The new leader of the Tommies reveals that they have built a Sphinx out of food. They already have captured the friends. Once Hank frees them, they hurry over and free Tom, only for Ben, Hank and Ginger to be captured. Angela, who escaped, gives Tom the speech he was supposed to deliver.

Tom manages to sneak past the Tommies and onto the Sphinx. He manages to deliver his speech, but the crowd gets disappointed. They wonder why they decided to ever follow Tom's beliefs and leave the cult. The friends all go home while Tom is disappointed, thinking that the speech was supposed to start a movement.

Characters

 * Tom
 * Ben
 * Hank
 * Ginger
 * Angela
 * Becca
 * MC
 * Mr. Claremont
 * Rhonda
 * Pretzel Vendor
 * Amy
 * Wesley
 * Jenny (non-speaking)
 * Ron (non-speaking)
 * Ruby (cameo)
 * Reece (cameo)
 * Hipster (cameo)
 * Tonya (cameo)
 * Ronnie (cameo)
 * Darren (cameo)
 * Brenda Blake (cameo)

Cast

 * Colin Hanks as Tom
 * James Adomian as Ben, Mr. Claremont, MC
 * Tom Kenny as Hank, Fan #1, Wesley, Pretzel Wendor
 * Maria Bamford as Ginger, Becca, Fan #2, Amy
 * Lisa Schwartz as Angela, Rhonda

Locations

 * Tom Studios
 * The Park

Trivia

 * This episode first aired on a British and Irish TV channel called POP.
 * This is the second time Becca does not have a major role.
 * The original episode has a scene that wasn't shown on the POP recording of the episode.
 * As of now, Tom The Guru is the lowest rated episode of the entire series on IMDB, clocking in at 4.1/10 score.
 * This episode was originally called "Guru Tom".
 * This episode comfirms that Becca is vegan.
 * This is the last episode to feature hank as an mnivore. He soon becomes vegan.
 * This episode focuses on the moral that vegan is good.

Errors

 * See List of Errors/Season 5