TOM 2

Toonami Operations Module 2.0 (better known as TOM 2) was the second body of TOM and the host of Cartoon Network's Toonami from September 2000 to March 2003.
He was voiced by Steve Blum who also voiced every following iteration of TOM and is more famously known for voicing Spike Spiegel from the anime series, Cowboy Bebop.
==History==
After TOM 1 got devoured by the blob-like creature known as the Intruder, SARA v1 downloaded the former host's consciousness into an older-aged, sleeker robot shell. Dubbed TOM 2, our new host would attempt to destroy the Intruder by blowing up the starboard engine it was inhabiting. Despite TOM 2 believing that The Intruder was destroyed, it survived and returned years later to kill TOM 4 and attempt to kill TOM 5.
Later, TOM 2 sent out dozens of remote-controlled robots (played by the viewers) to destroy a trash compactor ran by a crazed titan of a (non-sentient) robot, so that a ship could be rescued from a tractor beam.
Then, while traveling in hyperspace, the Absolution got infected by a sentient computer virus known as Swayzak. TOM 2 jacked into the systems to help Sara cleanse the infection, using a virtual ship to fight bugs with an array of weapons. Unfortunately, when it looked like all had been said and done, Swayzak infected TOM as a final stand, but Sara and the viewers went inside TOM to stop the virus in a final showdown.
TOM 2 met his end at the hands of a space pirate known as Orcelot Rex, who had stolen Sara and was using her to aid him in his quest for world domination. When TOM flew across space on his Star Cycle in attempt to confront this new enemy after the Absolution blew up, he got captured by Orcelot and electrocuted to death.
==Trivia==
*TOM 2 was the first TOM to be voiced by Steve Blum, who is now regarded as the signature voice for the character and his future incarnations.
*TOM 2's personality also bears resemblance to Peter Parker from the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy.
*TOM 2 was the only TOM to undergo a Face-Heel Turn (that is, go evil for a bit) when Swayzak infected him in the Trapped in Hyperspace game.
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