Gingtab Thomas

Gingtab Thomas is a main character in Snowtab in the Void. He was first introduced in "Voids". While he has had the least focus, he has also gone through a lot of change in the series so far, going from introvert in Season 1, to an ambivert in Season 3. In Season 4, Gingtab has assumed the role of comedy relief and troublemaker.
In "Oncoming", Gingtab decides to run for president of the Space Void. In "Unpresidented Fate", he loses the election to Tabsnow.
== Background ==
=== Introvert to Extrovert ===
Gingtab's main arc in the series is that he started off as an introvert who liked being alone with no people around to bother him, to an extrovert who is very open about his feeling and loves to hang out with his friends. The progression of this arc has been rapid, but natural.
Gingtab's introverted personality trait is noticeable in "Voids" and "Seeing Red", but isn't mentioned officially until "Alone Together", where Gingtab tells Greytab that he's an introvert and that he likes being alone, the episode explores Greytab trying to get Gingtab to come out of his shell, but instead forcing him to be something he's not comfortable with being, when Greytab apologizes to Gingtab, he is given the notion that Gingtab will now try and socialize a lot more that he used to, symbolizing a huge turning point for his personality.
Gingtab's attempts at being an extrovert are seen in his further appearances, where he is seen adding to conversations, taking part in adventures and battles, and helping retrieve the spell of the zodiac in "The Zodiac: Part 2". In "Sleepover", Gingtab makes amends with Snowtab after learning about his motives from their first meeting, allowing Gingtab to further change the way he acts towards others, and further making a change. As of "Back to the Bootes Void", Gingtab is shown to be very much more talkative, being the one in the episode to talk the most, and also start and finish with his own dialogue, in "Reflection", Gingtab resents Mr. Triangle for what he did in "Alone Together" and "The Return of Mr. Triangle", so it's possible that Gingtab isn't happy with who he's become, but this is up for speculation, he is still shown to be quite happy nonetheless.
As of "The Sound of Earrape", Gingtab is shown to be a lot more sociable with everyone, even becoming something of a trickster.
=== Religious Beliefs ===
Gingtab is an agnostic, as shown with the fact he doesn't use the phrase "Where in God's fake ass name am I?", and the fact he never talks about his religious beliefs, which is common across agnostic people. 
=== 2020 Election ===
In "Oncoming", Gingtab signs up to run for president of the Space Void, he currently plans to make the void "great again", and protect it from The Ruler of Universes and the triangles, and is running against Tabsnow for the title. 
In "Unpresidented Fate" he attempts to rig the election in order to grant him the win, but fails, allowing Tabsnow to win the election, meaning Gingtab goes back to being an ordinary resident of the void.
=== Backstory ===
In "The Bootes Void Bottle", details of Gingtab's backstory are revealed, such as Gingtab being an orphan and living at an orphanage prior to the events of the show. Gingtab also had a best friend similar to Tuxtab while at the orphanage, which is what drew him to becoming friends with Tuxtab in the first place. The creator has stated that more about this will be explored as the show goes on.
=== Sociopathic Side ===
Starting somewhere in Season 3, Gingtab starts to develop a much more chaotic personality, being way more sarcastic and troublesome as a character, and very against any kind of rules or restrictions, it is currently ambiguous as to whether or not Gingtab is a sociopath, but the tendencies are definitely growing. The only thing that really counters this is the fact that Gingtab is able to become remorseful (only to Tuxtab though), and also his potential dark background could also explain his much darker personality. 
== Appearance ==
Gingtab is a ginger cat with a black (or tabby) head, and presumably tail. He has a pink nose, and confirmed to have long messy black hair.
=== Original Outfit ===
Like every other snowtab in the first two seasons, Gingtab wore an alternate version of Snowtab's outfit. With an orange (brown in season 3) hat, brown shirt with orange star, and a green backpack.
=== Previous Outfit ===
In "Reflection", Gingtab starts to wear a new outfit, an orange parka coat, with ear holes for his ears to poke out the top, and an orange "G" at the centre top of the hood. His hood also has brown fur surrounding it. His outfit resembles Kenny from South Park.
=== Season 5 Appearance ===
Like everyone, Gingtab received a visual update to his appearance for the 5th season of the show. There aren't many changes besides rounding out edges and fixing line-art, but there are a couple, such as his much more defined "hair", and the removal of the "G" on the top of his hood. Starting with "The End of the Pandemic As We Know It", Gingtab now wears an eye patch on his left eye due to getting his eye scratched out, whether this is permanent or not is unclear.
== Personality ==
Gingtab was the first character to receive a distinct personality trait from the others, that trait being his introvertedness, which is explored in "Alone Together", in the same episode he did claim that he'd try to be sociable in future, which is evident in "The Return of Mr. Triangle", where he stands up for himself to Mr. Triangle. When in episodes that don't focus on him, Gingtab usually makes little to no interaction, and just stands there casually responding to whatever situation is happening in front of him. He is also seen as something of a trickster, as seen in "The Sound of Earrape", this is further developed in "Unpresidented Fate", where he uses his conmanship skills to try and rig the election in his favor, but ultimately fails due to the randomness of The Ruler of Universes. In "The City on the Edge of the Void", Gingtab reflects on this new behavior of his. As discussed earlier in this page, Gingtab also has sociopathic tendencies, which is only rivaled by his moments of humanity shown in most of his shared appearances with Tuxtab. Gingtab's ego is explored more in "Gingtab's Khalimov Steroids", where he is unaware of his bad behavior, believing it to be on Cloudsnow for "wanting him to be ripped", his ego is definitely shown when the gang pays more attention to Bro Triangle's weight loss other than him, believing they should all be paying attention to him. 
== Abilities ==
Like any other Snowtab, Gingtab possesses a range of abilities.
* God Powers - Gingtab can summon, control and use any object.
* Portals - Gingtab can summon blue portals to travel between voids.
* Void Communication - GIngtab can use void communication to communicate to other snowtabs or triangles in other voids.
* Sword - Gingtab can summon and use a sword in battle.
== Episodes of Focus ==
* Seeing Red
* Alone Together
* The Return of Mr. Triangle
* Back to the Bootes Void
* Switching Tabs
* The Sound of Earrape
* Oncoming
* The Halloween Pandemic
* Unpresidented Fate
* The City on the Edge of the Void
* The Bootes Void Bottle
* The End of the Pandemic As We Know It
* Gingtab's Khalimov Steroids
* Tux-Snow
== Trivia ==
* Gingtab's main outfit in the show resembles Kenny's outfit from South Park, despite this, the two characters' personalities couldn't be more distinct from one another, meaning this is nothing more than an referential Easter egg.
* Gingtab and Tuxtab's friendship (as well as Snowtab and Tabsnow's) is a reference to Ryan Jay's friendship with Kieran Kelly (who is a developer on the show and will be voicing many characters starting with Season 5).
* Gingtab was apparently always planned to have a personality shift sometime during the show, apparently the plan was that Gingtab's introvertedness had been hiding his true self.
* Gingtab is the most popular character, which is reflected by how much of the show now revolves around him, which is interesting due to the fact his outfit references Kenny, a character who is usually in the background of South Park, despite being a main character.
* Gingtab's characterization is inspired by many different characters, mainly Eric Cartman and any "evil" character in most sitcoms.
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