Future Tron

"To the Future Tron!"

- Tom and Ben

Future Tron is the 3rd episode of Season 1 of the Talking Tom and Friends animated series and the 4th episode overall.

YouTube
You gotta check this out! Ben's Future Tron 6000 app showed us what the future could look like and it was totally whack!

IMDb
Ben and Tom made an assertiveness app - and well things got a bit out of hand.

Plot
Tom and Ben are seen attending the first annual Con-Compu-Con-Con-Con-Con (also known as Connected Computer Continually Conceptualized Conference and Convention). The host of the convention, MC, welcomes all of the attendants and introduces Steve Hobbs and Steve Bosniak on stage. Both Steves told the story of how they invented the first ever computer on/off switch; by working together and following the Pyramid of Friendship. Amazed, Tom and Ben decide to sneak backstage and meet them.

So they both hide behind a clothes hanger, until Steve Bosniak spots them in their hiding spot, so Tom and Ben introduce themselves. Steve Hobbs noticed that Tom and Ben were somewhat just like them, thinking that Tom think’s he’s Hobbs, and Ben thinks he’s Bozniak. However, Bozniak objects and thinks he’s like Tom. Despite Hobbs telling him it doesn’t matter who’s who, and pretty much how small the situation is, he was furious with Hobbs’ opinion. Tom reminds him about the Pyramid of Friendship to calm him down, but it backfired as he threw it at Hobbs, who angrily regrets working with Bozniak and says that he ruined his life. Tom and Ben walked away as the other two tech pioneers split.

Back at the Garage, Ginger is playing with some toy robots when Angela is working on a song, much to his annoyance. Angela states that the world doesn't revolve around him. Ginger sarcastically agrees. Angela quips that she is trying to write a smart song, which rhymes with "dance, dance, dance". Hank gives her a few suggestions: “Educational grants, elephants, romance.”

Tom and Ben come back, worried that if they are just like Hobbs and Bosniak, they could end up hating each other just like they just did, so they both decide to get one of their latest apps called Future Tron 6000: an app that uses metadata to predict the future. After the obligatory assembly, Tom and Ben turn on the TV and both see a little sequence showing them at the Auditorium, and Ben shows gratefulness for receiving the The Tech Star of the Year award. It went very well for both of them, until Ben thanks the CEO for inspiring him to make whatever successful app he made to win the award all on his own, leaving Tom speechless with rage. Backstage, Tom tells Ben how he cannot believe that he said somebody else inspired him and takes all the credit. Tom and Ben get into a fight and they both say the same thing Hobbs and Bosnian said when they were having their fight; "You ruined my life!” “No, you ruined my life!" In the present, both Tom and Ben were speechless at how Ben was more successful than Tom, and that they weren't friends in the future. Ben interprets that their current friendship might not be strong enough, and states they’ll have to engage in one-on-one friendship building activities (with music playing in the background, much to Hank’s excitement.)

After enjoying themselves in various places, Tom and Ben once again start up the Future Tron, this time showing a sequence of Tom and Ben playing Garage Pong, when Ginger (in a fake-sounding manly voice) commands them to get back to work, as he reminds how they completely mismanaged their company by getting too into their friendship, and had no choice but to sell it to him. (Angela also ended up working for him) As he maniacally laughs, the present Tom and Ben were even more speechless, until Tom scolds Ben for ruining their business this way. Ben argues that he was only trying to save their friendship. Angela stops them by telling them they're arguing about things that haven't even happened yet and that they are letting the Future Tron driving them apart in the present. Ben agrees, but Tom was still not sure about what they should do to fix the future, sarcastically suggesting they all live like Hank. However, Ben quickly gained confidence in the idea, so as the gang resort to sitting on the couch and eating cereal, they start up the Future Tron once more.

For the record, it almost turned out perfect, with Tom and Ben’s newfound easygoing natures making them both strong best friends and a hit tech company. As Tom suggests taking a “super-sonic helijet” to their book signing, Angela enters the garage, and greets Hank… with a kiss! Hank returns how happy he is to see his wife again. In the present, Tom finally freaks out and destroys the Future Tron with a mallet, stating that he is trying to do them all a favour for the future, but it kept ruining it. Ben, not bothering to ask as to why Tom did that in the first place, suggests creating a Future Tron 6001. Tom, however, concludes that no matter if they can make the future better or not, they should all stop worrying about it and just enjoy living in the present. Angela wonders what they should do next, when Hank says that sometimes on TV shows, after the characters learn their lesson, the final scene is just dancing and celebrating. Ben and Tom think a big dance scene coming out of nowhere seems a bit ridiculous, but naturally, they did.

Characters

 * Tom
 * Ben
 * Ginger
 * Angela
 * Hank
 * MC
 * Steve Hobbs
 * Steve Bosniak

Locations

 * Tom Studios
 * Auditorium

Cast

 * Colin Hanks as Tom
 * James Adomian as Ben and MC
 * Brian Stack as CEO
 * Lisa Schwartz as Angela
 * Maria Bamford as Ginger
 * Tom Kenny as Hank

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first appearance of Maurice Claremont (then just known as MC).
 * The date Tom taps into the Future Tron is 05/06/2018. In real time, the last episode that comes close to that date was “Pirates of Love”, the Season 3 premiere.
 * Steve Hobbs' and Steve Bosniak's names are a reference to Steve Jobs and Steve Wosniak, respectively.
 * Judging by how the name of the Future-Tron is spelled, Tom was a really bad speller back then.
 * Also, "6000" is misnamed as "60000", and the second digit scribbled out with an X.