Tom Wachowski

Thomas Michael "Tom" Wachowski, also known as the Donut Lord, is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Tails) of the . 
He is a police officer who becomes friends with Sonic. Eventually, he later becomes Sonic's adoptive father. He is an original character created exclusively for the movie. 
He is portrayed by , who also portrays Cyclops in the X-Men series, Prince Edward in Enchanted, and Fred O'Hare in Hop, and voices Diggs in , Tim Templeton as an adult in franchise, and Hitch Trailblazer in .
==Appearance==
Tom is an adult man with blue eyes and short brown hair. He wears his police uniform while on duty but can be seen in more casual clothes during his time away from work.
==Personality==
Tom is a responsible, dedicated and moral man who works dutifully as the sheriff of Green Hills and is also a caring husband towards his wife Maddie. He is generally serious albeit friendly as well, and possesses a penchant for dry sarcasm and lame humor. When off-duty, he can sometimes humorously go over the top, such as when he planned to use Maddie's tranquillizer gun to deal with what he believed to be some raccoons. While he gets along with everyone he meets, or at least attempts to, his sister-in-law Rachel held a potent disliking of him for unclear reasons prior to meeting Sonic. Regardless of his faults, Tom is a good human being and a person Sonic looks up to.
As a police officer, Tom felt undermined with his role as Green Hills' sheriff, admitting to Sonic that he's always felt more like a babysitter than an actual cop. This is what motivated him to earn a position in San Francisco's police department, something that he nearly went through with. After meeting Sonic, Tom finds himself having to take responsibility and did save him from Dr. Robotnik. While he soon tried to cut ties with him, he accepted that it was his fault that Sonic was stranded on Earth without his Portal Rings, leading him to help the Hedgehog and forming a close bond during their travels.
Tom later displays more caring qualities, being genial and inspiring. After realizing Sonic's loneliness, he would strive further to help him and later openly stated that the Hedgehog is his friend. He would later help Sonic defeat Robotnik and even accepted Sonic's nickname as the "Donut Lord". Later on, him and Maddie gave Sonic a new home inside their attic, making him a part of the Wachowski family and becoming a fatherly figure to him.
While he has his funny moments, Tom is quite mature and his serious nature often serves to ground Sonic's more daring and reckless attitude, though he can find himself going along with the Hedgehog if need be or in times of duress.
==Powers and Abilities==
Being a trained police officer and the sheriff of Green Hills, Tom is physically strong and has quick reflexes as he was able to knock Dr. Robotnik out with one punch and later evaded fire from one of the doctor's Badnik drones. He was also able to hold his own in a bar fight that Sonic started.
He is also quite intelligent and resourceful, as he was able to utilize Sonic's Portal Rings, despite never using them before in his life. This allowed him to sneak up on Dr. Robotnik and flank him from behind, getting a few good hits before the doctor managed to throw him off.
==History==
===Sonic the Hedgehog===
Tom Wachowski is the latest in a long line of Wachowski police sheriffs that have served and protected the peaceful town of Green Hills for generations. However, due to the town's peaceful nature, Tom has never had to deal with any major crimes, causing him to become bored with his job and using what free time he has on duty to find ways to entertain himself. Tom would usually find amusement in treating a box of donuts as people and eating the ones that 'step out of line'. He eventually applied to join the San Francisco police department to prove himself as an officer of the law and get the chance to save someone's life.
One night, a power outage occurs and Tom gets a call from his friend and colleague, Wade Whipple who starts panicking, but Tom was able to calm him down before hanging up when he sees the blue quill that he found the other day is now glowing inside. The following day, while Tom was at home, he notices a garbage can next to his shed had been knocked over and believed it to be the work of troublesome raccoons. He prepares his tranquillizer gun to incapacitate the animals but instead finds Sonic the Hedgehog taking refuge inside his shed. Terrified, he shoots Sonic in the thigh which renders him unconscious, but also causes the hedgehog to lose his bag of gold rings through a ring portal he opened to San Francisco.
Tom places Sonic within a cage as he takes him into his house and figures out through the blue quill that he's the Blue Devil Crazy Carl had always been blurting about, but Sonic escapes with ease upon awakening and begs Tom for protection against the government forces searching for him, claiming it was a matter of life and death. Seeing this as his chance to save a life, Tom tells Sonic to hide upstairs just as Dr. Robotnik arrives on his doorstep to inquire about the hedgehog's whereabouts. Tom tries to convince Robotnik to leave but ends up aggravating the doctor, who threatens to have him shot if he does not reveal Sonic's exact location within the next five seconds. Luckily, Wachowski was able to knock Robotnik out with a single punch when Sonic emerges from hiding to save him.
Tom tells Sonic the way to the location, San Francisco, but Sonic was unable to go there, so Tom has to drive the car and send Sonic to the location, San Francisco. On the way, they stop at a bar where Sonic wants to have some fun. Tom explained Sonic what a bucket list is. When Tom told Sonic about the bucket list, they tried to complete the bucket list. When they arrive at a place where Sonic can sleep, Sonic begins to sleep and Tom sees what Sonic wrote, make a real friend. Tom sees the news where he is called dangerous which makes Tom a little bit sad.
When they continue to going to the location, San Francisco, Dr. Robotnik finds them and starts attacking. Tom and Sonic fight against the robots, but one robot ruins the car and reveals itself to be a bomb. Tom and Sonic quickly try to remove the bomb from Sonic. When they finally do it, the bomb explodes and causes Sonic to temporarily pass out. Tom worries about Sonic and goes to the location where his wife, Maddie Wachowski is at. After going there, Maddie helps Sonic to recover while Jojo gives him a new pair of shoes. Sonic wakes up, says "Gotta go fast", and starts to run. Tom explains Maddie about the situation and they go to the location, San Francisco, through Rachel's car.
When they finally arrive at the location, San Francisco, Dr. Robotnik's robots find them. Sonic quickly throws Tom and Maddie. Sonic opens a portal with his Rings for Tom and Maddie to be safe.
At the end, Tom and Sonic defeated Dr. Robotnik and Tom uses the ring to send him to the Mushroom Hills. Tom and his family made Sonic a new cave at their home.
===Sonic the Hedgehog 2===
After a while, Tom takes Sonic on a boat trip and scolds him for his action of being a vigilante and being irresponsible by showing him a newspaper on how he destroyed an entire city block while trying to stop a robbery in Seattle. Sonic tries to defend his actions by saying that the block was already messed up and that he was a hero for stopping a robbery, but Tom (rightfully) tells him that he put people in danger by disregarding their safety and that's not what heroes do. In response, Sonic tells Tom that he's not his dad and that he should stop trying to act like he is, which hurts Tom emotionally. Sonic says that he can take care of himself, until Tom tells him what being a hero is truly means: being responsible for others and whether he wants to hear this or not, he is still a kid and still has more growing up to do. Afterwards, Tom and Maddie are leaving for Hawaii to attend Rachel's wedding there, and Sonic provides them a ring portal to get there and an extra ring for Tom to use to allow them to return home after, leaving Sonic with Ozzie to watch over the house.
Tom later called Sonic to assure him not to cause any trouble and was convinced by him to relax. Meeting Randall, who reminded him to work Rachel's enmity out, Tom was greeted by Rachel, who requested him to 'bury the hatchet', although threatening him if he happened to ruin her wedding. He later played volleyball with Randall and his friends and met Jojo, the ringbearer, whom he played a trick with by hiding one ring. Giving one back, Tom looked back at Randall's group, noting that Sonic too should have a squad.
At the time of Rachel and Randall's marriage, Tom was called by Sonic, who fled from an avalanche in Siberia, ordering Tom to deploy a ring immediately. Doing so, Tom throws the ring to open a portal only to find out that he only thrown the wedding ring, now realizing he had given Jojo the wrong ring back. He interrupted the wedding, having to punch Randall in order to get the portal ring. Throwing it, Tom and other participants faced a storm of snow, unleashing Sonic and an unconscious new partner of Sonic's; Miles "Tails" Prower. Sonic informs Tom and Maddie of Robitnik's return. Before he can explain more, Sonic was then stunned and taken by the Guardian Units of Nations, an anti-alien organization led by the man who offered Tom and Maddie an Olive Garden gift card; Sam Walters. He reveals that many of the participants including Randall are G.U.N. agents, shocking Rachel, and the wedding as part of "Operation Catfish." Tom tries to rescue Sonic and Tails, but Randall stops and arrests him. Tom, Sonic (now fully awake) and Tails are taken to a nearby hotel. Maddie, however, saved him and the others with help from Rachel.
Outside, Tom and the others were met by a giant green energy beam emitting from an island nearby, signifying the Robitnik's reappearance. Wanting to organize a plan, Sonic instead rushed over there, taking responsibility for Tails, who woke up, alerting the Wachowskis of the challenge Sonic would soon face. Tom and Maddie finally convinced Walters about the situation.
Tom and Maddie returned to Green Hills with a G.U.N. helicopter along with Walters, who was told by an agent that they had spotted Doctor Eggman, and agent Stone in the Mean Bean Coffee Cafe with Wade as a hostage. Tom and the others then met Eggman, now powered by the Master Emerald, whom he threatened. Eggman nevertheless unleashed his power, taking scraps of metal throughout the town to form the Giant Eggman Robot.
Upon seeing Sonic, Tails, and their new friend Knuckles the Echidna fly the Tornado biplane into battle, Tom and Maddie helped evacuate many inhabitants. They took a truck to head towards Sonic, who was heavily injured by Eggman. They drove in time to save Sonic from the robot just as he retrieved the Master Emerald, but the car flipped from the punch Eggman made upon the ground. The three are nearly killed but the broken Master Emerald forms into Sonic, transforming him into Super Sonic, saves them in time. Tom and Maddie cheered him on as he defeats Eggman.
Super Sonic descended before Tom and Maddie, who are halted by Knuckles assuming Sonic is not the way he used to be, until being proven wrong when he summoned chili dogs for both him and Knuckles. With Sonic settling into his original form, Tom performed a group hug with him, Maddie and Tails, entitling Sonic as their kid. Witnessing Sonic, Tails and Knuckles perform a power bump as an oath to protect the Master Emerald, Tom and Maddie did so as well.
Tom and Maddie later had a baseball match, assisting Sonic's friends and explaining to Tails and Knuckles to have fun. Knuckles easily wins the game by punching the ball through the scoreboard. They and Ozzie leave to go have ice cream. Tom spoke to Sonic, praising him for having a group of friends to grow up with, as he once dream of Sonic having. In turn, Sonic states that he has a lot more than that and calls him "dad," to Tom's happiness. In a race to the truck, Tom left with the others for desserts.
=== Knuckles ===
Tom is on a trip outside of Green Hills. He also gave Wade a master key to keep him from being handcuffed after several incidents.
=== Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ===
==Quotes==
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*Tom is the second character portrayed by who co-stars with the film's CGI protagonist, the first was Fred O'Hare in Hop, with the character of E.B.
*Tom is a police officer, just like 's other character, Hitch Trailblazer.
*He is quite similar and may have been loosely inspired by Chris Thorndyke from Sonic X. Both were Sonic’s first human allies who guided, aided and housed him while he was adjusting to life on Earth. 
==External Links==
*Tom Wachowski on the Pure Good wiki
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