The Famous Monster

The Famous Monster is the 37th episode of Season 1 of Talking Tom and Friends.

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Talking Tom gets his big showbiz break, but he quickly discovers that acting too hard can have crazy consequences!

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There's no business like show business. When Talking Tom steals the scene from Talking Angela, the fame quickly goes to his head. But his big break backfires right in his face, leaving him with a frozen expression. Now it's time to act his way out of a paper bag before his scary look is unmasked.

Plot
Tom helps Angela rehearse for a commercial audition. Tom instructs Angela to do a certain role, but Tom is disappointed. So, Tom makes out a few lines, and the director overhears. He decides to make Tom the face of the commercial.

Tom rehearses at the garage. However, when Ginger gives him four layers of acting to play, Tom becomes face-frozen. His face muscles had popped, leaving him stuck in an awkward facial expression. Tom tries desperately to pull his face back, but to no avail.

Tom tries to brush it off with charisma, but at the diner the townspeople get scared of Tom and run away screaming. Some form an angry mob and corner him, but Tom manages to get away. At the garage, he cowers in the closet, no longer wanting to be in the commercial. So, Angela gives Tom a paper bag to put over his head, and sends him off.

Tom hides behind a van and calls Ben, who has a plan. Ben built a robotic mask for Tom that he can control, so no one notices. Wearing the mask, the director gives Tom a set of acting instructions. However, the director kept adding on more layers, which was too much for the mask to handle. The mask freezes too, scaring the crew.

Tom removes the mask to explain it was just a faulty device, but his still disfigured face only frightened them more. The crew and even a spider is horrified and run away screaming.

Tom later sees a Grape Phone commercial on TV claiming their product was "monster-proof." Tom was relieved that he got his normal face back, but sad that he lost the opportunity to become a TV star. Then, he receives a call from a movie company offering a role to the "guy whose face looks like a monster." However, when Angela explains that Tom got his face back, the line disconnects.

Characters

 * Tom
 * Angela
 * Ben
 * Hank
 * Ginger
 * Director (debut)
 * Rhonda
 * Advertiser
 * Steve Bosniak (cameo)
 * Amy (cameo)
 * Wesley (cameo)
 * TV Host (cameo)

Locations

 * Tom Studios
 * Jerry's
 * City Hall

Cast

 * Colin Hanks as Tom
 * Lisa Schwartz as Angela, Rhonda
 * James Adomian as Ben
 * Tom Kenny as Hank, Wesley, Advertiser
 * Maria Bamford as Ginger
 * Brian Huskey as Director

Trivia

 * The bag that Tom puts over his face at one point resembles a similar headgear in My Talking Tom.
 * This episode was originally called "Tom's Big Break."
 * This episode's title is a reference to The Fame Monster, a studio album by American singer Lady Gaga.
 * This is the first appearance of Director.

Errors

 * When Tom is dancing and then the director angrily enters the room, all the contestants disappear.