Tom Sully

Dr. Tom Sully, nicknamed Tommy by Jake Sully, was the late twin brother of Jake Sully. Tom was supposed to participate in the Avatar Program on Pandora, having undergone much training. He met and befriended Norm Spellman during these courses.
==Biography==
===Time with Jake===
Jake described Tom as being similar in appearance yet opposite in personality to him, always studying in comparison to Jake being more outgoing. Tom had an interest in reading as well as science and mathematics. They both shared an interest in one of Tom's books about myths and legends about Earth's heroic figures. Tom was also quite interested in the mythological Greek hero Bellerophon.Avatar: Brothers
According to testimony by Dr. Grace Augustine, Tom was supposedly a brilliant scientist with PhD honors.
He was killed by a thief who attempted to steal his wallet, three years into his training in the summer of 2148.
===Avatar===
He was witnessed being covered with plastic inside a cardboard box before a hasty cremation in the Municipal Crematorium. Tom's brother, Jake was chosen to replace him in the Avatar Program by the RDA as Jake had identical DNA to Tom and was therefore able to drive his avatar.
===Jake's vision===
In issue 3 of Avatar: The Next Shadow, a vision of ghostly Tom in cremation, or perhaps a dream aspect manifested from Jake's guilt, appears in a vision or dream. In it, burning Tom blames Jake, claiming his actions bring suffering and lead others to their deaths.
==Trivia==
*In the original script (Project 880), he died from breathing in the fumes when a subway caught on fire in Boston. It is also said Tom signed an NDA regarding the Avatar Program, with Jake only knowing Tom had work to do in space, and that Jake and Tom were not very close.
*In the theatrical release of the film and the extended re-release, Tom was said to have been killed by a gunshot while in the Extended Collector's Edition, Jake said that Tom's killer used a knife.
*The name Tom means "Twin" and Tom was Jake's twin brother.
*On the Interstellar Vehicle Venture Star, it can be seen that Jake's locker reads "Sully .T" since Tom was the one intended to go to Pandora.
*More about Tom's life and his murder were supposed to be explored in a prequel novel written by James Cameron.
== Gallery ==
Tom's corpse2.jpg|Tom's cremation
Tom is put in a cremation oven.jpg|Tom's cremation
Tom's body is burned (1).jpg|Tom's cremation
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