Track Tom

**Track Tom** was a character in *Turtle Man and DaPhantom* and the best friend of Purple Man, both of whom who were formerly seen as the copies of Turtle Man and DaPhantom. They had their own TV show as well, before they were confronted and stopped by the latter and Officer M.

## Appearance

Track Tom was brown in colour with a head consisting of a minecart that has flaps for his eyes, nose and mouth with wheels attached to it; he also had a train track for a body with silver bars. He also somehow had a brown neck, legs and arms, and on his arms he also wears white rubberhose gloves. Track Tom had a shimmer on their eyes similar to an old cartoon character, with the rubberhose gloves also reinforcing this.

## Background

Purple Man and Track Tom, alongside their accomplice Inspector M, signed a deal with Channel 100 Studios for their own show entitled *The Purple Man and Track Tom Show!* which first aired in 2014 and took place in their home named Turbotown. This was 7 years before Turtle Man and DaPhantom’s show premiered and was a big success at first, but as the years went by it declined in viewers and rarely anybody spoke about it anymore. Even though many of their viewers were later stolen by an imitator show named *Turtle Man and DaPhantom*, the show retained a cult following and was beloved by the executives of Channel 100 Studios. Sometime later, one of the main characters of Turtle Man and DaPhantom called Officer M. had approached Purple Man, Track Tom and Inspector M. with a business deal to help advertise their show to his show’s own viewers in exchange for some money, which they had agreed to and actually did help increase ratings for a while. Eventually though Officer M. left to return to his show and didn’t tell Turtle Man or DaPhantom anything about it, as to not make them realise he was working with these people. Some months later, Turtle Man and DaPhantom first discovered their show and hated it since they thought THEY were ripping THEM off, but Officer M. managed to convince them not to take any action as their show was big already so it was fine.

A few months later whilst watching TV one evening, Officer M. suggested to Turtle Man and DaPhantom that they watch The Purple Man and Track Tom Show on Channel 100 but they saw this idea as obscene and decided to head over to Channel 100 Studios to try and get their imitators cancelled. This didn’t work out since the executive told them that the show was their most popular and that they wouldn’t cancel it just because they did not like it, which made them mad so they stormed off. When leaving the studios, the trio actually ran into Purple Man and Track Tom themselves and instantly recognised them - Turtle Man demanded that they stop the show. Here, Purple Man and Track Tom revealed to them that their show had not only been around for longer then theirs, which made them the ripoffs, but that Officer M. had also worked with them to boost ratings which made Turtle Man and DaPhantom feel betrayed. When the two had given Officer M. an offer to join their team for good in exchange for all the money he wanted, the officer actually denied and chose to stay with his two best friends; as a result a brawl between the five of them broke out. Purple Man and Track Tom at first seemed to be winning until Officer M. called The Devourer for help, who came and just eat up Purple Man and Track Tom in an instant which killed them.

Shortly after their death, the executive of Channel 100 Studios attempted to avenge their demise when Turtle Man, DaPhantom and Officer M. left by vandalising The City of Nexus and trying to kill them himself but this failed as well. Some weeks later, Inspector M. also became aware of his friends’ deaths and hatched a plan to kill them by inviting them to a mansion alongside some of their friends. His plan also failed though and he was eventually killed in battle by Turtle Man, DaPhantom, Officer M, Victor and Mort. A while after the two’s death, the Devourer had used the Amulet of Souls (which he had stolen from Officer M. who had it) to create soul clones of Purple Man and Track Tom purely to annoy the trio since they hated them. They returned to Channel 100 Studios and were ready to return for a ninth season premiere of their show, after some time of it seemingly being cancelled as the duo were nowhere to be found following their death. However, the three heroes arrived to put a stop to the Devourer’s plan and get the amuley back which they managed to pull off, thanks to the help of an old friend. In a fight within the Milkshake Dragon, the soul clones of Purple Man and Track Tom were buffed by the Devourer’s use of the amulet but still ended up being destroyed by Turtle Man, DaPhantom and Officer M’s efforts.

They were revived again during the Soul War after the Amulet’s destruction, as soul vessels who still had their wacky cartoon abilities. This was seen when they were beating Doctor M. and Katie until the Frost Mercenary crushed them with his size-changing abilities. Neither Purple Man nor Track Tom nor Inspector M. were revived again after this, but a theme park of them were created by Channel 100 Studios which was now run by the City of Nexus’ Vice President which was very unstable but attracted a lot of attention and money until Turtle Man, DaPhantom and Officer M. came and convinced many people to leave, thus making them lose money. After the Vice President showed up and made them leave, most of the theme park collapsed behind him which made a lot of visitors leave.

## Personality and Relationships

Track Tom had a strong bond with Purple Man and they were shown to be willing to defend the other should they be weak or under attack, which shows that just like Turtle Man and DaPhantom their friendship is good. They were also friends with Inspector M. but he didn’t appear on set as much, and wasn’t even there when they were killed. Despite their good relationships with eachother and the people of Channel 100 Studios, they were rather boring and bland to be with, shown on their actual show where they give monotone and dead expressions compared to the insanity of Turtle Man and DaPhantom’s show. In addition, they could act pretty smug at times due to their show’s previous success and seemed to think that it would never end, when in fact it did.

Purple Man and Track Tom also didn’t like Turtle Man and DaPhantom since they already knew that they were ripping off their show since theirs came afterward, but they didn’t mind Officer M. as much since he had worked with the duo before. Though he did betray them in the end for Turtle Man and DaPhantom, since their show was simply much more exciting which made them mad. In return, Turtle Man and DaPhantom don’t like them or their show much either and were more then willing to head over to Channel 100 Studios in order to try get it cancelled.

## Abilities

Track Tom had various rubberhose abilities, such as being able to stretch heir limbs out or freely bounce around and as a result he was pretty hard to beat in a fight since he couldn’t even really feel pain. He could also do other cartoony things like randomly appearing out of nowhere off screen and even vomit out entire minecarts which were large and dangerous, which made him pretty dangerous if ever gotten into a fight with and even more dangerous if paired up with his buddy.

## Appearances

* S7E6 - Purple Man and Track Tom
* S8E6 - Amulet Woes (soul ghost)
* S8E15 - Soul War (soul ghost)
* S9E4 - Purple Man and Track Tomland (appears on media)

## Trivia

* They were likely the most meta characters on the whole show - they were portrayed as ripping off the Turtle Man and DaPhantom show on a different channel’s studio, but their show actually began a few years before the former’s did.
* Purple Man and Track Tom’s names were intentionally made to be very similar to Turtle Man and DaPhantom’s but was something else that also rhymed which the creators simply ran with.
* The guys already knew about Purple Man, Track Tom and Inspector M. before the episode in which they first debuted within Season 7, as Officer M. suggested watching their show but Turtle Man and DaPhantom did not want to at all.

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