The Other Tom

"It’s not fair! You’re right. It’s not fair. It’s carnival!"

- CEO and Tom

The Other Tom is the 17th episode in Season 3 of Talking Tom and Friends.

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It's a doppelganger disaster! Talking Tom thought swapping places with his lookalike would be fun, but it's shaping up to ruin his life. Can he take back his life before it's too late?

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Talking Tom's friends are bothering him, but he's got a perfect plan to get away from them - switching places for the day with "Tim", a guy who looks and sounds exactly like him. But it turns out Tim has other, sinister plans. Will Talking Tom be able to get back to his friends and stop the doppelganger before his company and his friendships are ruined?

Plot
Tom wanted to have a day off, but all his friends are demanding things from him. Hank wanted to go to the snack store, Angela wanted to go bow-tie shopping, and Ben wanted him to help work on the Ear Bags, an invention that resembled air bags in a car, but for ears.

So, Tom goes on a walk to set his mind straight. He then bumps into his own doppelganger, Tim. They are shocked that they found each other's doppelganger. When they talk, Tim realizes that Tom was sick of having to work hard at a tech company. So, he suggests switching places; Tim would work at the garage and Tom would work at the carnival.

Tom goes to the carnival and enters the operating booth of the Barf-a-Coaster. He realizes it's a relaxing job, except for the screaming children in the roller coaster. Meanwhile, Tim is at the garage and works on a painting, and implants a tiny camera in the eye of a fish plaque decoration. So, Tom calls it a day to switch back with Tim, and tries to leave the booth, but the door wouldn't budge. The CEO is seen in the monitor, telling Tom that he is trapped and Tim is a robot. The window in the operating booth is barred shut. In another monitor, there is video footage of the garage. Tom was traumatized when he sees Tim kissing Angela.

Tim heads to the musical and Tom is still trapped in the booth. Tom sparks an idea. He controlled the roller coaster so that it derailed, and it crashed into Tom's booth, breaking him free. Meanwhile, Tim enters the stage, and gives a speech. However, in the speech, he claims that he is so much better than all the townspeople. He calls Ben a boring science partner, claims Angela is not as fun, interesting, or pretty as him, and announces that he won't work with Ben again.

Now that Tom was set free, he runs onstage and calls Tim out for being an impostor. They fight, so they become mixed up and no one knew who was the real Tom. So, Angela sings a song from the musical, and the real Tom recited the song perfectly and Tim was exposed. His plan was foiled and he self-destructed. Everyone in the theater ran out as Tim flew into the sky and burst into fireworks. Everyone was amazed by the fireworks show. Tom announces that he should not have pretended to be someone he's not.

Characters

 * Tom
 * Tim (debut)
 * Ben
 * Angela
 * Ginger
 * Hank
 * CEO
 * Ronnie Bergstedt (cameo)
 * Female Student (cameo)
 * Orage Hair Guy
 * Hipster (cameo)
 * Autumn Summers (pictured)

Locations

 * Tom Studios
 * Rickety Brothers Carnival
 * City Hall

Cast

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

Trivia

 * This episode was originally called "Tom - Tom."
 * Some of the basic events of this episode are similar to the 1998 film The Parent Trap.

Errors

 * When the CEO says, "Go ahead, pull it a third time, maybe something different will happen." Tom has pulled it more than 3 times.