Tomako Sawyer

## Inspirations

### Music allusions

Tom Sawyer (Rush)Green River (Creedance Clearwater Revival)Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

## Appearances

### Debut

Episode 2: Sweet Home Alabama

**Tomako "Toma" Sawyer** is a recurring main character in UIR. She is a young wrestler who has been mutated into a half-human/half-gator hybrid. She is a good friend and sister figure to Ben and a crucial member of the Big Iron Rangers.

## Appearance:

She is a tanned alligator mutant of short stature, with short, fluffy, dyed red hair (originally black, then blonde after her father, then mutated to dark green after her transformation), sharp alligator teeth and fierce orange eyes. Toma has a short, muscular, bottom heavy build with most of her body, excluding her head and upper arms, being covered in green scales. She also possesses a small alligator tail due to her mutation. She is seen wearing multiple outfit throughout the series, but most notably: her debut outfit which consists of a torn red shirt and denim shorts and her current outfit which is made up of a white t-shirt with “SAVAGE” written on it, a white and blue tassled choker, a white and blue tassled gloves, black jeans and large white boots.

## Personality:

Fiery and fierce, Toma comes off as very confrontational and is always looking to butt heads with her enemies. She's a lot more compassionate to her friends, however, and seems willing to trust friends of Ben as she seems to get along with Jeff after the incident at the swamp and she quickly took a liking to Tobias Rivers after Ben introduced them. She is shown to be quick to temper, as seen in her first encounter with Cherry Bomb. Toma also seems very proud of the fact that she was raised by a pro wrestler and greatly believes that "Style is everything"

## History:

### **Past:**

Toma lived with her father Lynyrd and was training to become his successor in wrestling. Some time before the start of UIR, Toma and her father Lynyrd were bitten by a (assumedly) robot alligator which held some kind of mutagen which transformed the two into human/alligator hybrids. Shortly after this occured, Ironworks was sent by Dr. Styx to collect the two. Lynyrd told Toma to flee while he held Ironworks off, afterwards Lynyrd was captured and Toma ended up in the swamps of Alabama.

### **Heart of Gold:**

Toma had been terrorising the marshes for about 3 to 4 months by the time Ben came looking for her. Jeff believes her to have taken or even killed people in this time as those who had ventured into the swamps would go missing shortly after. It is likely that these people were hunters as Toma seems to believe Ben to be one when they first encounter eachother. Toma, thinking Ben to be a hunter drags him under the water and tries to kill him with a Tuskegee death roll, however he survives, much to her dismay. As the two fought, Toma was shot by Loader Baez, a hunter working for a tycoon (presumably Baron McThrill) who had been sent to capture her. Ben healed Toma with his aura which led her to start trusting him. Together they took out Baez and then both went back to Ben's house where she began to stay.

## Abilities and Skills:

### Pro Wrestler:

Toma was trained by her pro wrestler father and has been wrestling with alligators for most of her life. She's very skilled at wrestling and one day hopes to take her father's place. A lot of her attacks are named after towns and cities in Alabama.

* Tuskegee Deathroll: Similar a real alligator or crocodile’s “death roll”, Toma bear hugs the opponent and spins around in the water with them and tosses them into a wall or the bottom of the mass of water she’s in. This is really only an underwater move.
* Talladega Lariat: A powerful lariat where Toma jumps towards a foe, hooks her around their neck, and then sends them to the ground.
* Giga Talladega Lariat: A different version of her signature Lariat that’s used on bigger creatures such as Eppy.
* Birmingham Roundhouse: A powerful roundhouse kick that appears to be Toma’s most powerful attack.

### Gator Reflexes:

Toma's gator mutation gives her increased maneuverability in the water and she is able to pull off gator-style wrestling attacks whilst completely submerged.

## Relationships:

### Lynyrd Sawyer:

Her father and mentor, Lynyrd apparently was a former wrestler by the title of “Lynyrd the Savage”. He trained his daughter to become a wrestler, and presumably his successor. It can be assumed some, if not all of her moves, are ones her father developed. She seems to admire her father so much, that she even dyed her hair after him before her mutation.

### Ben Young:

Almost like a brother to the gator woman, the two started off in a rocky place before Ben saved her from the Night Rider, Baez. After that incident, she and Ben became good friends and allies, with Toma and Ben often training with each other and going on missions together.

### Tobias “Toby” Rivers:

Another good friend, Toby and Toma seem to have a good relationship. Upon their first encounter she was easily flustered by him flirting with her and kissing her hand. Besides that it’s unclear if there’s anything going on between them.

### Jeff Stills:

The two share a uncle and niece type of relationship. Out of the gang, Jeff has a similar background to Toma (both being from the swamps and “sticks” of the south). She seems to adore his cooking.

### Cherry Bomb:

The two detest each other, Toma constantly mocked by the Russian witch. Toma calls her an exploding Jezebel, and has a hard time trying to land a hit on her.

## Trivia:

* Toma’s full name is in reference to the song “Tom Sawyer” by the band Rush.
* Her title as “The Green River Monster” comes from the song “Green River” by the band Creedance Clearwater Revival
* According to Rust, she’s based off of the iconic Kaiju, Godzilla. Her father can be assumed to be based off it as well.
* She is based off of Asuka, a Japanese wrestler. Her hair being dyed multiple times and her current outfit are in reference to her as well as the wrestler's salon.