Toontorial

The **Toontorial** is a place where new Toons are taken after first being created. It introduces new players to the game and teaches them simple game mechanics. The first Toon created on any account will always enter the Toontorial upon creation. Any subsequent Toons created will have the option to skip it. The Toontorial in Tooniversal Studios is vastly different than the one seen in Toontwn Online, but it still teaches the player the same mechanics.

## Introduction

   The Toontorial begins with the Toon and Professor Pete or Professor Sweet (depending on the Toon's gender) entering Toon Hall to give them a tour. They walk in on Flippy and Tutorial Tom having a worrisome discussion that the Toon is unaware of, which seems to be related to the Cogs and Toontown Central. Flippy and Tom greet them and Tom tells the player to walk toward him. Upon doing so, he tells the player about the evil business robots called Cogs that plan to turn Toontown into a business corporation. After his speech, he tells the Toon to follow him to the Toon Headquarters so he can get them set up with Gags and a Toontask.

## Cog Battle

As the player approaches Tom, he tells them to watch out as a Flunky flies down to confront them. Flippy and Tom begin to panic as they ponder how the Flunky managed to get inside Toon Hall, but they quickly calm down as they realize they can use the Flunky to teach the player how to battle. Tom then tells the Toon to approach the Flunky so they can start.

When the battle begins, Tom gives the player a Cupcake and Squirting Flower as their starting Gags. He then explains that all battles have a timer that must be abided by when choosing Gags. He also shows the player the Toon's Laff Meter and explains that they must keep the Laff Meter healthy. All new Toons start the game with 15 Laff. After Tom explains the Laff Meter, he realizes that the battle timer is about to run out and that the Toon must watch out as the Flunky is about to attack them.

This is when the player is introduced to the Gag GUI. After the Flunky completes his attack, the player has an opportunity to fight back and destroy it using the two Gags. After using the first Gag, the Flunky will attack again, then the Toon can finish him off with their remaining Gag.

## Conclusion

Once the Flunky is defeated, the Toon will dance and earn experience points in the Throw and Squirt Gag tracks for using those Gags in the battle. Flippy and Tom will then congratulate the Toon for their victory, but are interrupted by an Anchor Man and a Gumshoe flying down into the Toon Hall. The Cogs try to schmooze the new Toon into joining them, but the Anchor Man soon makes the Toon go sad when he realizes their marketing tactic failed. Flippy and Tom then proceed to use Pink Slips on the two Cogs and fire them out of cannons. Flippy then tells the player that if their Laff Meter reaches 0, they will go sad and will be sent back to the playground to heal. However, since they are already in a playground, the Toon heals right away and is happy again.

Flippy then asks the Toon how they are feeling, but when he gets no response he realizes that he never taught them how to speak. He gives the player the Speedchat button and tells them to say something using the Speedchat menu. When the player clicks on one of the phrases, their Toon will say it and Flippy will congratulate them. he then shows them the Speedchat+ button and explains that it can be used to type to other Toons instead of using the menu. The player also recieves a Chat Log button, but Flippy does not mention it.

When Flippy is done talking to the player, they are free to exit Toon Hall by using the doors behind them. These doors are not functional until the Toontorial is completed. Once they go through the doors, they are taken out of the Toontorial and spawn in Toontown Central where they can begin their journey. The Toontorial can no longer be accessed by that Toon from hereon without hacks.

## Bugs

* Players can view their Gags by pressing the Home key or whatever keybind they set it to and will be able to delete Gags using the trash can on the menu. This will result in a softlock as they will not be able to defeat the Flunky.

## Trivia

* It is possible that Tom and Flippy are talking about Pressbot HQ before the player meets them. This is evidenced by Pressboot HQ being near Lost Central on the map and that Toons are sent to Toontown Central upon leaving. However, nothing about their discussion has been confirmed or hinted at.
* The Toontorial seems to be classified as its own area in the game that is separate from any playground. This can be seen when a friend tries to teleport to a Toon who is in the Toontorial. The friend is prevented from teleporting by a message that tells them that they do not know how to get there, similar to trying to teleport to a friend who is in an area that they have not uncovered on the map.
	+ Even if said friend has done the Toontorial upon being created, they still are unable to teleport. Lost Central has a similar issue where as soon as a Toon logs out, the area is covered back up by a cloud on the map and have to revisit it to uncover it again.
	+ This also means that the Toontorial is a completely separate area from Toon Hall and Toontown Central even though it looks exactly the same and uses the same interior theme.
* Once the player completes and exits the Toontorial, they are unable to return to it at any point.
* If a player somehow manages to teleport to a Toon who is in the Toontorial, their game will crash. This does not impact the new Toon.
* If a Toon in the Toontorial somehow manages to teleport out of it, they will be free to explore the entire game and even complete Toontasks and train Gags as normal. However, upon switching districts or leaving the game, the Toon will be sent back to the Toontorial.
	+ If the Toon is sent back, all their Laff is reset back to 15 and their task progress is completely reset to allow them to take Tutorial Tom's task. They will also lose teleport access to any playground they earned it for. Their Gags will also be set to level 1, but they will retain any new tracks that they earned, but will still only have access to a Cupcake and Squirting Flower when they fight the Flunky. They also retain any Cog Suit parts they assembled and any rewards they recieved from bosses or Field Offices. Jellybeans, Silly Tokens/Sweets, Cattlelog items, Toon level, Racing Tickets/Karts, and clothing rewards are unaffected by this as well, but the task progress of said clothing rewards will also be reset, allowing the Toon to recomplete the tasks for no rewards. They can also join a Guild and add other Toons as friends by doing this, which are also unaffected when they return to the Toontorial.
		- Because their Laff is set to 15, any Laff points that the player earned from Golfing, Gardening, Fishing, Racing, Toon leveling, and Cog Suits will also be taken away, but they will still retain any trophies or other boosts they earned regardless (such as Gag experience multiplier or Cog HQ teleport access). Gag trees that are higher than level 1 will still be planted and will retain their organic boost, but they will not be able to harvest any Gags from them until they reearn the Gag. For example, if a player gains enough Throw experience to earn a Fruit Pie Slice and plants it, the Gag will be taken away from their Gag inventory when they get sent back to the Toontorial, but the tree will still be in their estate. They will be unable to harvest any Fruit Pie Slices from the tree until they reearn the Gag through battling.
		- Since the Toon retains access to any new Gag tracks they unlocked, this can cause strange side effects if they attempt to train more Gags through Gag training frames, such as gaining access to every Gag track. The game does not allow them to earn frames for a track that they already learned, so the game will crash if they attempt to choose any more tracks after learning them all. The same situation occurs if they attempt to unlearn a track for a new one since there are no new tracks for them to learn.
		- The player can use SOS Cards, Pink Slips, and Unites in the Toontorial if they received them from bosses.
	+ The Toon will not have access to Speedchat+ if they teleport out unless they are whispering to another Toon, but can still use Speedchat or view the Chat Log at any time.
	+ This used to be possible without hacks via teleporting to Peaceful Park by not being in a Guild and pressing Insert. This has since been patched.
		- When this was still possible, tasks that had the Toons collect an item from Cogs or Fishing would have a 100% drop rate. It also casued the Toon to flash back and forth in two different spots (they're current position and one other spot) in Sellbot Field Offices and in Cog Building elevators, making it impssoible for them to complete the Field Office. This is no longer the case.
	+ Friends who view informaton about the Toon will notice that their location is classified as being in the last playground or Cog HQ they were in. If a new Toon teleports to Slumber Sanctuary from the Toontorial, their information panel will show them still being in Slumber Sanctuary when they return to the Toontorial.
* When the player talks to Tutorial Tom for the first time, they are actually given a Toontask that they can view that tells them to do so. The player is unable to interact with Tom once the Flunky appears, and Tom is inaccessible due to the Flunky cutscene starting once they enter the hallway that leads to him.
	+ However, if the player uses hacks or some other method to go around the cutscene trigger, they will be able to interact with Tom. He will tell the Toon to make a friend, then proceeds to teleport to the middle of the room. Even though Tom tells the Toon to make a friend, the Toontask they are given tells them to ride the Trolley instead. Using hacks to teleport out of the Toontorial at this point will allow them to complete the task by riding the Trolley and play the game as normal. If they do not speak to Tom beforehand, they will be stuck with the "Follow Tutorial Tom" Toontask or simply no Toontask at all.
		- When players were still able to teleport to Peaceful Park from the Toontorial, having the Trolley task would softlock them in Peaceful Park as the game does not allow them to leave their current playground without first riding the Trolley even though there is no Trolley in Peaceful Park.
* Before a slight overhaul was made to the Toontorial, Flippy would destroy the Anchor Man and Gumshoe instead of firing them. He would press a button and they would immediately begin to explode. This was changed to having both Flippy and Tom fire the cogs instead.
* If a Toon manages to go sad in the Toontorial, their game will crash.
* A Flunky is always the first Cog a new player encounters in the game since their first created Toon always goes to the Toontorial. An Anchor Man and Gumshoe are second and third as they also appear in the Toontorial after the Flunky is defeated.
* The player is given their Gags at the very start of the Toontorial, but Tom will not show this to them until they confront the Flunky.