Talking Tom & Friends (known as Talking Friends until late 2014, and Talking Tom and Friends until early 2021) is a video game franchise created and owned by Outfit7 Limited, a Slovenian video game developer. The franchise focuses on various mobile games involving anthropomorphic animal characters repeating things said by the user. The first app, Talking Tom Cat, was launched in July 2010. As of June 2022, the apps have achieved more than 18 billion downloads.[1] The franchise also includes various web series, which are mostly posted on YouTube.
Thomas "Talking Tom" (also called Tom) – A grey tabby cat and the title character of the franchise.[2] Tom is a wisecracking, adventure-seeking cat, described as the "world's most popular cat". In his app, he is a fully animated interactive 3D character that users can tickle, poke and play with. Users can also get Tom to repeat what they say, but said in a higher pitch voice.[3] The original Talking Tom Cat app was launched in 2010 for iOS, followed by Talking Tom 2 in 2011. In 2013, the My Talking Tom app was released, followed by the My Talking Tom 2 app in 2018.
Talking Angela (also called Angela) – Tom's girlfriend, a white cat with a love for travel, singing, fashion and dancing.[4][5] Angela has also appeared in other apps in Outfit7's flagship entertainment franchise, the more popular ones being Tom's Love Letters,Tom Loves Angela, Talking Tom Gold Run, and Talking Tom Hero Dash.
Talking Ginger (also called Ginger) – A mischievous ginger tabby kitten.[6] In the Talking Friends web series, he is Tom's nephew. In the Talking Tom & Friends web series, he is Tom's neighbour.
Benjamin "Talking Ben" (also called Ben) – A beige dog and Tom's best friend who is described in the Talking Ben app as "a grumpy dog and a chemistry professor". He enjoys inventing and doing things involving science and technology.[7]
Talking Hank (also called Hank) – A white dog with blue spots (one on his right eye, one on his tail tip, and the other on his rear). He was introduced in December 2014 with the premiere of the Talking Tom & Friends web series. His hobby is watching sitcoms, and he is Tom's roommate.
Talking Becca (also called Becca) – A grey rabbit who was introduced in the Talking Tom & Friends web series. Like Angela, she is also an aspiring singer.
Former/defunct
Talking Gina (also called Gina) – A giraffe who was only featured in the Talking Gina app and the Talking Friends web series.
Talking Pierre (also called Pierre) – A green parrot who was only featured in the Talking Pierre app and the Talking Friends web series.
Talking Larry (also called Larry) – A bird who was featured in a few apps including Talking Larry.
Talking Santa (also called Santa) – A character featured in a few apps including Talking Santa.
Talking Baby Hippo (also called Baby Hippo) – A light purple hippo who was featured in a few apps including Talking Baby Hippo.
Talking Harry (also called Harry) – A hedgehog who was featured in a few apps including Talking Harry.
Talking Rex (also called Rex) – A dinosaur who was featured in a few apps including Talking Rex.
Talking Roby (also called Roby) – A golden/silver robot who was featured in a few apps including Talking Roby.
Talking John (also called John) – A bacteria who was featured in a few apps including Talking John.
Talking Lila (also called Lila) – A fairy who was featured in a few apps including Talking Lila.
Talking Tom (officially named as Talking Tom Cat) is a video game released on June 26, 2010 by Outfit7, in which the title character, Tom, repeats anything said to him in a high-pitched voice, and interacts with the user.[8][9]
Development for the app began in October 2009 after Slovenian high school students Samo and Iza Login, who studied computer science in college, decided to get into the business of apps. The two had saved $250,000 from working for local IT companies, and the Logins, who legally changed their surname to match their career, set up an office in Ljubljana alongside six of their friends. Their first few attempts to get into the mobile market were unsuccessful, having created a soccer app, a travel guide to Iceland, and a “wealth affirmation” tool that shared financial mantras.[10]
After some more unsuccessful attempts, Samo Login, who was not interested in making games due to competition, came up with the idea to create an app based around a character. Samo Login purchased a $90 feral cat model named "CAT CARTOON" off of the 3D-model website TurboSquid, created and uploaded by 3D artist Andrey Kravchenko on January 31, 2004.[11][12][13][14][15] The model was also used for a character named Léo le Chat, only retextured with orange fur,[16][17][18][19] and in animation reels and commercials for OnlyACall.co.uk and Flynn Paff.[20][21][22] Samo personally renamed the model "Talking Tom", and handed the model, asw well as that for the alleyway background named "Alley Corner with Graffiti",[23] to his developers, who coded the animations and talkback feature, creating the app.[11] Both were eventually removed in 2016, being replaced with original assets matching newer entries in the franchise.[24]
Talking Ben
Talking Ben (officially named as Talking Ben the Dog) is an app released in 2011 in which the user interacts with Ben. The character has been featured in numerous apps, and in every web series.[25][26]
Talking Tom 2
Talking Tom 2 (officially named as Talking Tom Cat 2) is the sequel to Talking Tom, released in 2011. It retains most of the features of its predecessor, adding its own features and improved graphics.[27][28]
Talking News
Talking News (officially named as Talking Tom and Ben News) is a game released in 2011, in which Talking Tom and Talking Ben act as TV news anchors, repeating whatever is recorded and pulling pranks on each other.[29][30]
Talking Pierre
Talking Pierre is a video-game released in 2011 in which the user interacts with a parrot named Pierre. Pierre has appeared in only one web series since being introduced — Talking Friends.[31][32]
Tom's Love Letters
Tom's Love Letters is an app released in 2012 that lets users send personalised messages to their friends and family.[33][34] As of 2024, the app is no longer available.
Talking Ginger
Talking Ginger is an app released in 2012 that lets the user interact with an orange kitten named Ginger and get him ready for bed.[35][36] The character has been featured in numerous apps, and in every web series.
Talking Angela is an app released in 2012 that was the target of a mudslinging campaign in which various individuals alleged that the app was created by paedophiles with the intent of tracking children, though no legitimate evidence was found proving the claims.[37]
Talking Ginger 2
Talking Ginger 2 (formerly Ginger's Birthday) is a game released in 2013, featuring Ginger. It allows the user to interact with Ginger at his birthday party. Until April 2014, the app was known as Ginger's Birthday.[38][39]
My Talking Tom is a virtual pet app released on November 14, 2013, that allows the user to take care of Tom as he grows, and rename and customise him.[40][41]
My Talking Angela
My Talking Angela is a virtual pet app released in 2014 that allows the user to take care of Angela as she grows, and rename and customise her.[42][43]
Talking Tom Jetski
Talking Tom Jetski is a game released in 2015 in which the user either plays as Tom or Angela, riding on a jet ski to complete missions. As of June 2022, the app is no longer available.[44][45]
Talking Tom Bubble Shooter
Talking Tom Bubble Shooter is a bubble-shooting game like the similar Puzzle Bobble and Bubble Bobble. released in 2015. As of June 2022, the app is no longer available.[46][47]
Talking Tom Gold Run
Talking Tom Gold Run is an endless runner game released in 2016, in which the player, as Tom, Angela, Ben, Hank, Ginger or Becca, chases Roy Rakoon, a Raccoon robber while collecting gold bars.[48][49]
My Talking Hank: Islands
My Talking Hank is a virtual pet game released in 2016, in which the user takes care of Hank. My Talking Hank: Islands is a relaunch and released in 2024.[50][51]
Talking Angela Color Splash
Talking Angela Color Splash is a match-3 game released in 2017. As of June 2022, the app is no longer available.[52]
Talking Tom Camp
Talking Tom Camp was a strategy game released in 2017, in which the player builds a camp while attacking enemy camps. As of June 2022, the app is no longer available due to shutdowns.[53][54]
Talking Tom Pool
Talking Tom Pool is a game released in 2017 in which the player builds a waterpark. As of June 2022, the app is no longer available.[55]
Talking Tom Jetski 2
Talking Tom Jetski 2 is a jetski racing video-game released in 2018. It has different mechanics from Talking Tom Jetski. As of 2023, the app is no longer available in the Google Play Store.[56][57]
Talking Tom Candy Run
Talking Tom Candy Run is an endless runner game released in 2018. As of 2023, the app is no longer available in the Google Play Store.[58][59]
Talking Tom Cake Jump
Talking Tom Cake Jump is an endless jumper game released in 2018. As of June 2022, the app is no longer available.[60][61]
Talking Tom Jump Up
Talking Tom Jump Up is the second endless jumper game released in 2018. As of June 2022, the app is no longer available.[62][63]
My Talking Tom 2
My Talking Tom 2 is a virtual pet app released in 2018. It is a sequel to My Talking Tom.[64][65]
Talking Tom Fun Fair
Talking Tom Fun Fair is a match-3 game like the similar Gardenscapes. released in 2019 in which the player rebuilds an abandoned amusement park.[66] As of June 2022, the app has been removed by Outfit7.[a]
Talking Tom Hero Dash
Talking Tom Hero Dash is an endless runner game released in 2019 that is similar to Talking Tom Gold Run. The characters are superheroes and they're fight against the Rakoonz.[67][68]
Talking Tom Splash Force
Talking Tom Splash Force is a game in which the player uses water balloons to attack criminals.[69][70]
My Talking Tom Friends
My Talking Tom Friends is a game where the player takes care of Tom initially, but later gets Angela, Hank, Ginger, Ben and Becca to take care of too. It was soft-launched in February 2020, before releasing globally on June 11, 2020.[71][72]
My Talking Angela 2
My Talking Angela 2 is a virtual pet app released in spring 2021. It is a sequel to My Talking Angela.[73][74]
Talking Tom Blast Park is an endless shooter mobile game that was soft-launched internationally on October 2020 with Tom, Angela, Hank, Tom's new pet Squeak, Ben, Becca and Ginger. The game states that half of the characters (Angela, Hank, Squeak, Becca, Ben and Ginger) are coming soon, who are unlocked through player achievements.[77][78] However, the game was withdrawn in 2024 before it was re-launched as an exclusive through Apple Arcade on December 5, 2024.[79]
Talking Ben AI
Talking Ben AI features Ben as an AI assistant who responds to users' queries using AI. It was soft-launched in South Africa on August 29, 2023, on Android.[80]
Talking Friends was the first animated web series of the Talking Tom and Friends franchise. It was produced by Disney Interactive Studios, and ran on YouTube from June 8 to August 31, 2012, for 10 episodes.
Outfit7 launched an animated series called Talking Tom and Friends in December 2014, later renamed Talking Tom & Friends, based on the antics of Talking Tom and his friends. The show's first 3 seasons were produced by the Austrian animation studio ARX Anima, while the Spanish animation studio People Moving Pixels produced season 4 and 5.
Talking Tom Shorts
Talking Tom Shorts is an ongoing web series distributed by Outfit7 and based on My Talking series. The show revolves the lives of Tom, Ben, Angela, Ginger and Hank, and it later features another character referred to as the hand. Unlike the TV series, none of the characters have dialogue, and the show extensively uses slapstick comedy. It is currently available on YouTube.
Tom and Angela fight each other while their cookies are being baked, then stop fighting to eat the cookies, then fight again over the last cookie. Note: This marks the addition of Talking Angela's background to the episode intro.
Angela takes Tom to an opera against his wishes, and Tom tries to pass the time by playing with his belongings but gets caught again and again. Then, Angela chooses to take Tom to a rock concert, much to his delight.
Tom and Angela play a video game in which they through balls at each other in a Mars-like world, and Tom loses. In a fit of rage, he starts to throw things Angela in real life.
At the beach, Tom tries to get his hands on one of Angela's books, and even attempts to dig a tunnel to get them. Meanwhile, a crab catches Angela's tail, and Tom and Angela confine themselves to a beach mat.
Tom uses a suction cup in his bathroom, but loses control of it, making everything in the room go inside it, include himself. When Angela releases Tom and everything that got sucked, she becomes mad at Tom for messing up the bathroom.
Tom and Angela are travelling by car, with Tom at the wheel. While Angela does her makeup, Tom drives recklessly, much to her annoyance. In retaliation, Angela hits Tom with her makeup kit.
Tom shows Angela that they both can get the hand to give them food but when they are chased by the hand which keeps on trying to feed them. Luckily for them, Talking Hank distracts the hand by using it to give himself food. Note: This marks the debut of Talking Hank.
Tom and Angela battle each other as pirates, but get interrupted by a bomb sent by Hank, who is then zapped by a thunderstorm cloud controlled by Angela. Note: This marks the addition of Talking Hank's background to the episode intro.
Hank tries to watch TV, but realises that it is blurry. So, Hank tries different glasses but is unable to see the TV clearly. Tom and Angela arrive, and show that the TV screen was dirty.
Tom and Hank are on an unknown planet, when Tom sees a star, and wishes to give it to Angela. Hank tries to help him get the star, but ends up getting it himself and giving it to Angela.
Tom and Hank compete in a piano playing video game. However, Hank plays the game really well, while Tom makes too many mistakes and becomes enraged at the game.
Tom and Hank climb a hill to get an apple. However, when it falls on its own, they choose to jump down after it. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 19 and 25
Angela launches a surprise attack from a hot air balloon on Tom and Hank, so Tom and Hank retaliate and shoot down the balloon. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 15 and 27
Tom and Angela go to the shop, but since it only has one cereal box on the shelves, they fight over the box. However, in the end the box is torn open and Hank is revealed to have obtained a trolley of cereal boxes, much to Tom and Angela's dismay. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 03 and 20
Angela is completing a sticker book, when Hank sets a pedestal fan to the highest setting, and gets Angela blown out through a window. Tom completes the sticker book for Angela, who is now in a cast, but sticks a sticker upside down. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 13 and 24
Tom tries to play a prank on Hank by making the living room look upside down by attaching all the furniture to the ceiling, but it backfires with Hank and Angela sitting upside down and behaving as if everything is normal. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 09 and 21
Tom, Angela, and Hank find gifts that fell out of the sky and use them to disturb each other. Then, the trio stops, and Tom gets hit by a boomerang which he threw first. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 12 and 26
Hank unclogs his toilet by himself, while Tom and Angela explore the volcanic geysers near his home. Hank, who is unaware that the toilet is connected to the geysers, ends up sucking Tom and Angela through the toilet. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 04 and 29
On Halloween, Tom and Hank watch a scary TV show, and Tom tries to hide the fact that he is scared by the movie. Tom goes to the kitchen, leaving Hank to watch the show, when a ghost appears and scares them, and is revealed to be Angela. However, as Angela laughs, she sees a real ghost through the window and screams. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 17 and 18
Tom, Angela, and Hank go on an expedition to photograph a monkey. Tom and Angela struggle to get any pictures, while Hank succeeds by covering himself with sweets to attract monkeys. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 05 and 28
While roasting marshmallows at a campfire in a jungle with Angela and Hank, Tom gets scared of something stirring nearby. It is soon revealed to be a tiger, but just before it attacks Hank, it eats one of his marshmallows, only to get chased by him. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 08 and 22
Angela wants to practice playing the ukulele, but Tom and Hank keep on making noise until it gets so bad Angela has to play on top of the tallest tree of the island, which fails since Tom and Hank jump up high and annoy her until she falls from the tree. Tom and Hank get worried if she is hurt, but then Angela plays the ukulele, prompting them to play the drum and maracas.
Tom dances, when Angela arrives. However, finding that he smells, he goes to the bathroom to wash up, and after washing up, gets blown out of the window by a hair dryer, into a trash can. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 02 and 30
Angela goes pearl hunting, but is unable to get a big pearl from a clam because the clam keeps on closing its mouth. Tom also tries to get the pearl, but to no avail. Hank succeeds by replacing the pearl with the coconut, and gives the pearl to Angela, when the clam arrives and chases the friends.
Tom is watching football on TV, when Hank comes and changes the channel. Tom takes the remote back, but Angela comes and changes the channel again, so Tom eats the remote so that no one can change it, but gets the hiccups, changing the channel every time he hiccups. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 03, 30, 09, 15, 32, 29, 35, 34 and 05
Angela decides to prank Tom on his birthday by putting a self-lighting candle on his cake, but the prank backfires when Tom uses a fire extinguisher on the cake, and chases Angela when the cake hits her. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 25, 26, 09, 12, 10, 22 and 27
Tom and Angela stop to replace a flat tire, when the spare tire rolls down the road. Tom chases it and gets hurt repeatedly, but catches it. After the tire is changed, the car rolls away, and Tom chases it. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 17, 20, 08, 40, 06, 13 and 16
Tom tries to recover Angela's rubber duck from the toilet, but Hank interferes and gets Tom and himself sucked through it, damaging the toilet, while Angela chooses to take a different duck. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 19, 36, 01, 13, 21, 31 and 23
Tom and Angela go trick-or-treating, and enter a house which seems to be unoccupied, only to find a series of strange happenings, and escape when a monster-like hand touches them. It is revealed to be a prop which Hank had used to spook them. Hank helps himself to Tom and Angela's candy, when real monsters arrive and eat the candy. Note: The total duration includes that of Episodes 37, 04, 11, 39, 07, 33 and 24
Pre-season 2 episodes (2015; 2018-19)
Most of these episodes are released before the release of season 2, those ones were overall to promote Outfit7 Limited's new app, My Talking Tom 2. Talking Angela's Dance Show and The Cool Ride weren't promoting the app at all.
No. overall
No. in season
Title
Release date
48
TBA
"Talking Angela's Dance Show"
December5,2018(2018-12-05)
Tom and Hank set up a stage for Angela to perform, but things go wrong on Tom and Hank's side during the performance while Angela tries to make the best out of the situation, which ends with the truss collapsing. Angela runs to the curtains in embarrassment, returning when the audience applauds the performance.
49
S1Part 5
"Snowball Fight"
December19,2018(2018-12-19)
Tom and Angela get into a snowball fight after Tom steals Angela's carrot to use as a nose for his snowman, when they noticed that Tom's pet has fainted. Tom's pet then traps Tom and Angela under a blanket of snow, and steals their carrot.
50
S1Part 8
"Bubble Fun"
January24,2019(2019-01-24)
Tom tries to take a bath, but loses grip on his soap, and it bounces all over the place.
51
S1Part 3
"Crazy Smoothie Challenge"
February21,2019(2019-02-21)
Tom makes smoothies in order to save space in the fridge for a cake, then makes a smoothie out of the cake in frustration at the cake still not fitting in the fridge.
52
S1Part 7
"Tricky Toys"
November8,2018(2018-11-08)
Tom tries to get a basketball from the top of a cupboard, and fails, so his pet pushes it down, only for the cupboard to tip over onto the ball.
53
S1Part 4
"First Aid Emergency"
January15,2019(2019-01-15)
Tom gets hurt while trying to jump from the roof onto the trampoline, so his pet tries to give him medicine. Tom runs away and his pet traps him on the roof, when he falls off, onto the trampoline. However, this time he gets hurt when the trampoline propels him into a tree.
54
S1Part 6
"Bathroom Buddy"
November22,2018(2018-11-22)
Tom tries keep his pet out of the bathroom while he uses the toilet, and even goes as far as boarding up the windows, but fails. He instead goes to Hank's island, but his pets still find him.
55
TBA
"The Cool Ride"
October22,2015(2015-10-22)
Angela rides on Tom's new jet ski, with her steering. However, things weren't meant to be, as the time on the jet ski goes out of control.
Season 2 (2019–23)
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Angela takes Tom's video-game controller and makes him clean up the house, but later yells at him for trashing the house with the vacuum cleaner. Tom then cleans the house, going as far as removing furniture, and even puts Squeak in the trash, and is forced to rescue it when the garbage bag rolls off, and then stop the bag from rolling over Hank. Angela gives Tom's video-game controller back to him, only to take it back when she notices that the garbage bag had strewn trash all over the road.
Tom tries yoga and gets hurt trying to impress Angela, so Angela gives him a bell to ring whenever he needs something. Tom uses it to his advantage, even after he recovers, only to get chased by Angela and Hank when they find that Tom was fooling them. Angela and Hank get hurt when they collide while chasing him, and make Tom cater to their needs as they had done for him, revealing in his absence that they aren't hurt. Extra episodes:
The friends play hide and seek, but Tom gets caught every time. So Tom flies to another island instead of hiding, only to choose a quicksand spot to camp at. Flip notices him and flies to warn Tom's friends, and they find him having saved himself. The friends make Tom the seeker and fly away like Tom had done, while Tom carries on his work. Extra episodes:
Angela organises a makeshift magic show for her friends, but closes it, considering to be a failure. After a mysterious person turns her toy magic wand into a real one, she accidentally casts a spell on herself, turning herself into an evil witch, and makes Tom's pets evil and chases and terrorises her friends. Tom accidentally throws candy at Squeak, and discovering that candy neutralises the magic, makes Angela return to normal and plugs the wand's end, only for Hank to unplug it and use the wand on himself. Extra episodes:
After Tom fails to do many physical activities properly unlike his friends and even his pets, he orders a headband that makes him stronger. However, when he spills water on it, he becomes a giant, and runs away in embarrassment, wreaking havoc while Angela tries to catch him, and escapes. Tom climbs a castle while Angela and Hank try to stop him in planes, when Angela falls out of her plane. Tom jumps down to save her, and Angela removes his headband, turning him back to normal. Extra episodes:
Tom makes his friends rest while he decorates the house with festive lights, and uses too many lights. However, he gets tangled in the lights after trying to fix any burnt out lights, and his friends try to pull him out, only for him to be launched into the air with the lights. Angela and Hank move a snowman away from where Tom will land, and when he lands, the snowman is launched into the air and lands on Tom, while the lights land perfectly on the house, only for one to burn out. Extra episodes:
Tom accidentally scratches Angela's plane, and Angela makes Tom fix it. However, Tom and Hank make it worse and destroy the airplane, and then repair it. However, the plane catches fire and Tom accidentally starts it, and ends up crashing it. Later, Tom and Hank give back Angela's plane, and she starts it, only for the paint to be blown off and the plane is revealed to be Tom's, and Angela chases Tom and Hank. Extra episodes:
Tom, Hank and Angela throw a music party, when Tom accidentally destroys the speakers. He orders giant speakers, but when a pet falls on the volume lever, the speakers start to blow everyone away. Tom manages to stop it, but accidentally turns it back on, and the friends get blown away. Struck by inspiration, Tom orders a giant jelly pudding to cover the speakers, and cleans up the mess they'd made, only for Hank to take a bite from the giant pudding and the speakers to start blowing him away. Extra episodes:
Tom discovers that Squeak has fleas, and tries to give it a bath without getting fleas himself, when the fleas take the form of a coat and attack Tom. Tom continues his search for his pet, and after his pet leaves him stuck in a vent, he goes in a rage and catches his pet, only to get fleas. Tom runs to the bathroom, which is now full of water, and opens it, ridding himself and his pet of fleas in time for dinner with Angela and Hank, while the fleas ominously look through the window. Extra episodes:
Tom and Angela take a walk through the forest with his pets, Squeak insists on eating berries. Tom sends it away, only for it to return, having eaten a magical berry. Tom and his friends try to take care of Squeak, which keeps on growing, and eventually, Tom goes inside Squeak and recovers the berry, only to throw it out and for a venus flytrap to eat it. Extra episodes:
Tom invites Angela and Hank to his house for dinner, but they both leave when Tom shows up with terrible food. A dejected Tom finds Hank's cooking channel, and chooses to learn from it, but fails until the next morning, and makes a sandwich. Angela and Hank arrive with Hank's sandwich, and Tom and Hank compete to make their sandwich bigger, only to destroy both sandwiches in the oven. The two leave the kitchen, and find that Angela has ordered pizza and left one slice, and the two start to fight again. Extra episodes:
Tom's pets role-play as space explorers, when one of them loses its jetpack, which gets stuck on the chimney. They then recover it, acting as jungle explorers along the way, but end up activating it and crash into an asleep Tom, who first pretends to be angry, but then joins their game as a dragon. Extra episodes:
Tom experiments on Squeak with smoothies that can change the pet's colour, when he accidentally drops an eraser into a smoothie and makes it invisible. Tom then drinks it and turns invisible, and scares Angela and Hank into thinking that there is a ghost when they visit him. They then return in ghostbusting attire and chase Tom, and eventually, Angela catches Tom and tackles him only for her to realise that it is Tom when Squeak drops a bag of flour on him. They then make a purple smoothie for Tom, only for it to make him purple, to his annoyance. Extra episodes:
During a contest, Becca broke the treehouse ladder which makes Angela and Ginger left. Tom and the others went to the bus to get a new ladder. Meanwhile, Angela and Ginger decided to use the balloons to fly. However, they have to go back down by deflating their balloons. When the friends reached home with the ladder, Angela and Ginger fell on Tom. Extra episodes:
Season 2, Episode 12
Season 2, Episode 10
Note: This marks the debut of Talking Ginger, Talking Ben and Talking Becca.
While Tom and his friends enjoyed at their swimming pool, Ben decided to make up the rules;since it is a problem to him involving with his friends. However, Ben gets angry and make them when they break the rules. However, the friends trapped him in the locked house so they can play in the pool. Unfortunately, there was a thunderstorm. Luckily Ben was able to escape with his key-shaped whistle and rescue his friends. When the storm ended, everybody fell into a stack. But when they fell, Ben got angry again. Extra episodes:
While decorating the house for Halloween, Becca placed a picture of a spooky spirit; leading the friends trying to get rid of it. The picture becomes haunted and controls too many thing to wicked. The friends were trying to attack it, with Becca beaten it up in a trash can. However, Angela placed a rubber duck with a witch hat, but it turned wicked as well. Extra episodes:
When Hank wants to ride on their tire swing, the rest keep swinging on it. When it was his turn, his friends want to go next, but Hank glued his butt to the swing. Since he's glued to the seat, he was stuck forever, and the rope broke off with him rolling over town. Tom tried to bring him back. When He got Hank with him unstuck to the seat, the others brought the bus. Unfortunately, Tom didn't come to the bus with the tire swing landed on him. Extra episodes:
When Tom and his friends go shopping and buy different things, Angela wants a lovely hat. Tom decided to surprise her. Without looking, Tom mistakenly got a plunger to her. He went to the convener belt to get the gift back which leads him to fell in the factory. When he finally got the gift, he landed outside and give the hat to Angela, while Ginger wear the plunger instead. Extra episodes:
Tom and his friends were cleaning up the house, but Ginger wasn't. Instead, he used the bugs in the sand box to carry rubbish. Unfortunately, it leads them stealing furniture and other stuff. When Ginger and his friends were trying to stop them, with the bugs assembled into a furniture monster. The friends were not able to defeat them. Luckily, Ginger uses the loud guitar; that he used earlier. Ginger was able to defeat them with super, loud music. In the end, the friends cleaned up the backyard. Extra episodes:
While Tom and his friends were setting up a fancy party, Ginger and Becca mischievously play video games lazily ruining it. Any mischief deeds they did, the others keep stopping them, and boarded it all up. When Ginger and Becca are still ruining the party with the party items, the others lock them out the house. But they were able to enter through a window. The next thing they do is secretly eating the food. After that, they put a skateboard on Tom's ladder, causing him to fall with the collapsed jar stack. Luckily, Tom got saved by Ginger and Becca. In the end, everybody had some fun with them. Extra episodes:
While the friends were playing football, Ginger's foot got hurt badly by a rock. Since they only have 5 players, Ben decided to use their cleaning robot as a replacement. Ginger was not having fun. When it was a thunderstorm, the football robot got hit by lightning and gone out of control. The robot was chasing the ball everywhere destroying places in the house. Later, Ginger's friends were trapped in one toilet. Ginger defeated the robot by kicking the ball on the side of the net so it will be stuck. Everybody cheered for Ginger, that he got again while jumping. Extra episodes:
Tom sees aliens in outer space with his telescope but the others were not able. Tom decided to make a landing area. That night, the house loses gravity, hovered by the alien's UFO. Everybody discovered that they are at outer space. Ginger tries to press the off switch under their UFO, but he wasn't able to reach. When Becca used a football to kick it to the switch, it also didn't work. Luckily, Tom hanged n the lights and kick the ball that was able to turn off the hovering bottom. Unfortunately, everybody was falling down to Earth. Luckily, Tom uses his picture and lights to make a parachute. Soon, they're back at the ground safely. When Tom uses his telescope, the aliens can see that him, his friends and the house is at a deserted island. Extra episodes:
After Tom and his friends went to see the jet pack in the museum, which was closing, Roy plans to steal it. When Roy imagines what he'll use it for, he thought how he'll avoid the security. First, Roy sneaks out. Second, he goes up on top, and go through a vent. Thirdly, Roy uses his cheat goggles for the right code. Next, he accidentally press a button to turn of the lasers. Finally, he steals it. However, it turns out to be a toy jet pack. He decides to use it as a part of his chair, and plans to steal the golden duck.
Season 3 (2023–TBA)
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Angela uses her gardening formula to revive plants. However, she accidentally drip it all on the piano. The piano had powers to grow plants on its keyboard. Ginger thought it can grow objects too, but it makes the entire house infested with long plants. As Angela was stuck, she gave Ginger a potion that can shrink things, but Ginger accidentally shrunk the bus.
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The friends go on a camping trip, when their car runs out of fuel. The friends decide to set up camp by the roadside, when they get caught in a rainstorm, and get wet even in their tent because it has holes. Soon, the weather clears up, and the friends can't agree on what to do as recreation, when they find out that they have nothing to cook food with.
Tom and Angela buy fortune cookies. Tom's predicts that he'll find love, while Angela's predicts bad luck. Tom tries to cheer Angela up by showing his fortune, while Angela buys another cookie, which predicts even more bad luck.
Tom becomes obsessed with the "Talking Tom Gold Run" game (based on the game of the same name by Outfit7), and doesn't pay attention to Angela, making her mad, even though Tom tries to apologise. Ben, Hank and Ginger play the game when Ginger takes a picture that misleads Angela into thinking that Tom is still playing the game. Angela goes to Tom's house to yell at him, when Hank shows her Tom's apology video.
Angela considers going on a diet after weighing herself on a scale, and desperately trains with Tom, who has no interest in dieting. In the end, Angela still weighs the same, and infuriated, she throws the scale out of her house.
Angela feels attracted to Tom when he starts doing housework like carrying boxes and nailing pictures to the wall for her, but as soon as Tom leaves, all the pictures fall off.
In the middle of a heatwave, Tom and Hank (later Ben) play rock-paper-scissors to decide who fans the other, when Angela comes with a watermelon. Angela yells at Tom and Ben for spitting watermelon seeds at her, when they find Hank sleeping in the refrigerator.
While fixing his TV antenna in the middle of a storm, Tom gets struck by lightning and gets shrunk, and then gets crushed by Hank as he is heading back home. Tom wakes up and yells at Hank, not realising that he had a nightmare.
The gang visits Angela on her day off due to their water supply being shut off. However, Tom and his friends turn out to be terrible guests - Tom checks out all the rooms, Hank is a messy eater, Ginger tries Angela's jewellery and Ben uses his drone indoors, and Angela sends them away.
Angela finds a mysterious rock in her garden, and makes Tom dig and remove it. He finds a sign warning against trespassing, and Angela makes him, Hank and Ginger go in with her. They discover a hidden tunnel leading to a dead end with a sign warning against digging through it, and choose to dig through. The tunnel turns out to be leading to Ben's house in the basement.
Tom tries to help Angela find her lost phone, but to no avail. Later, Angela finds it in her own stuff, and tries to hide the fact from Tom by throwing it across the compound wall into her garden, damaging her phone in doing so.
Ben's drone malfunctions and snatches Ginger's favorite toy, dropping it on a climber. Ben goes through a lot of trouble in getting it back after a bird flies off with it, only to find out that Ginger had another identical toy.
On the occasion of Lunar New Year, the gang paints lanterns which will be released into the sky, and arrives at the celebrations venue, only to find Hank missing. Hank arrives in time, and the friends release their lanterns.
Tom tries to get a Talking Tom plush toy for Angela, but fails. He steals coins from a nearby wishing fountain and manages to get every single toy in the machine.
Angela tries to prove that she's a good cook like Hank after she realises that Tom loves Hank's cooking, but not hers (Tom pretends to have enjoyed it), but fails even after going through so much trouble in cooking the food.
Tom's arm is broken, so Angela offers to run his café, but Tom is forced to run after her (quite literally) and make sure she doesn't ruin anything or make bad dishes.
Angela wants Tom to go with her to the Flower Festival, but Tom's pollen allergy causes problems - he sneezes at a passerby, sneezes his ice cream off the cone and ruins his and Angela's selfie.
Tom and Hank have a hard time being roommates together, and start dividing their furniture and belongings with tape unequally. Angela stops it by losing her temper on them and threatening to cut their belongings.
While his parents are away, Ginger goes everywhere trying to find a good place to sleep next to his friends, and ends up sleeping next to Ben then next to Angela. However, when they wake up, they find him missing - because he is sleeping in Hank's hammock.
Tom tries to become even more successful than Angela on social media, who takes fake pictures, by taking more elaborate fake pictures with Hank's help. Ginger becomes even more successful than Tom and Angela when he posts pictures showing how Tom made his pictures.
Tom and his friends rush to replace Angela's cake, which is bad, with one by Hank for Ginger's birthday. They succeed without Angela finding out, only for Angela to make them try her cookies.
Tom and Angela do their best to keep Ginger from disturbing them and causing trouble on their date. Later, they get Hank to distract Ginger, but fail when Ben arrives.
Tom tries to kiss Angela, but fails repeatedly and behaves clumsily. In the evening, he misses his last chance as a fountain sprays water on him, and gets fever.
During a big storm, water starts leaking into Ben's house due to a tunnel which his friends had dug before. Ben's friends arrive in time to save him and help restore his house and close the tunnel.
After Angela finds that her poster has been doodled on, she investigates and comes to the conclusion that Tom was the culprit, because there was a marker in his bag. It is later revealed that Ben took revenge on Tom and Angela for accidentally breaking his robot by doodling on the poster, when Hank came by and did it for fun, after which Ginger also doodled and kept the marker in Tom's bag as he couldn't reach the pencil stand.
While playing football, Tom leaves his friends under the pretext of going to work, but goes on a date with Angela. His friends find out and ignore him, so he agrees to play with them instead, and again goes on a date, which Hank and Ben crash, to their amusement.
Tom and Hank try to kill a mosquito that is preventing them from sleeping in the middle of the night, and fail. Angela offers to deal with the mosquito using bug spray, and succeeds. Later, the mosquito recovers and flies away to trouble Ben.
Tom and Angela compete against Ben and Hank in a series of swimming pool related matches, and are level after two rounds – Ben almost drowns after he tries to use a jetpack to cheat.
While cleaning up, Hank accidentally makes a bigger mess, so Tom decides to kick him out, and Hank goes to live with Ben. Hank again makes a big mess and is kicked out, so Hank goes back to Tom, who is overjoyed on seeing Hank, whom he missed.
When the gang goes to the beach, Angela, who is asleep, drifts away on a pool float and ends up stranded on a deserted island when she wakes up – she uses a map in a bottle as an SOS, but the boys only see the other side which is a map to a treasure. When Tom and Hank fight about who should have the treasure, Angela finds them and is angered. After the treasure chest is opened, it reveals to be a pirate captain suit for a girl, much to Angela's delight and the boys' dismay – they all head back to the beach under Angela's command.
Ginger wants to go to the beach even though he is sick, but Tom won't let him. Tom, Angela and Hank try to make him think it is autumn, which goes well, until Ben carelessly comes in wearing summer gear and accidentally reveals what the cats and Hank did. Ginger is upset and goes back to bed and Tom and Angela are furious at Ben, and choose to let Ginger have beach-like fun indoors.
Hank teaches Tom skateboarding so that Tom can impress Angela. Tom becomes a professional and impresses Angela, who then becomes impressed by a passerby on a unicycle.
Hank is making a movie and Ginger is upset that he doesn't get any acting parts. Ginger decides to sabotage the film and it seems to be successful, until, to his horror, Tom, Angela, Ben and Hank are revealed to have used props to deal with this. The movie is successful – but as a despondent Ginger leaves, he finds out that he was given credits for giving a use for props, much to his delight.
After a fortune teller predicts that Angela will get hurt, Tom does everything he can do to prevent it from happening. His attempt backfires when Tom accidentally pushes Angela while preventing her from falling into the sewer, causing the latter the break her arm.
Tom decides to knit a scarf and mittens for Angela with Hank and Ginger as a gift. Angela appreciates the gift, but hides the fact that one of the gloves has a hole.
The friends have a contest with Tom, Angela and Ginger in one team and Ben and Hank in the other. After a snowball-making contest and a ski jump match, both teams are even. Tom's team wins in the last contest, a race, when Ben and Hank crash into the snowball which was made by Tom's team in the beginning,
Tom returns home with a present for Hank and hides it from him. Ben decides to prank Hank by pulling a “flour-in-a-box” prank on him as revenge for damaging his robot in a previous episode, and gives the present to Hank. Hank gives it to Angela, who gives it to Ginger, who gives it back to Ben in exchange for a lollipop and a toy. Ben puts his present under a table, and Tom also puts his present next to Ben's. Later, Tom gives his gift to Hank, which is shown to be firecrackers. Ben thinking that his prank has failed, opens the other gift and falls for his own prank.
Tom, Angela, Ben and Ginger prepare for Lunar New Year, when Hank falls ill from sleeping outside in the snow. Angela offers to make food then, to the horror of the boys, knowing that her cooking is terrible. However, her food proves to be delicious this time.
Angela's smartphone stops working, so Tom tries to keep her entertained until it is repaired. However, everything Tom does with Angela is done by others with smartphones. Soon, Angela then starts to enjoy board games, has a game night with the boys and gets over her smartphone addiction.
While jogging, Tom gets lost and comes across an abandoned contraption. He takes it home and tries to fix it, but fails. Ben fixes the helicopter-hot air balloon machine, and takes Tom and Hank out for a joyride. However, the trio crashes in a storm, and Ben and Hank evacuate. Tom accidentally presses a button while evacuating, and the machine flies away with Tom. Tom decides to control the machine, and guides it back home, but crashes into his own home.
The gang goes on an adventure in the woods, however, Angela and Hank get separated from their friends after Hank falls into a pit. While lost, Angela makes a fire for Hank and Hank gives half of his food for Angela. Then Tom, Ben and Ginger find Angela's bag, which she lost while looking for firewood, and then see smoke from the campfire and find them. The four are able to get Hank out of the pit, but Ben accidentally drops his compass into the pit, much to Tom and Ginger's frustration.
Hank microwaves some popcorn, when the microwave oven explodes. Hank takes it to Ben, who tries to repair it, but fails. Hank decides to sell some of his belongings so that he can afford to buy a new microwave, and purchases one. However, while returning home, Tom and Ginger run into Hank and he drops the microwave down the stairs, and Ben tries to repair it.
The friends play hide-and-seek, with Tom being the seeker. He finds everyone except Ginger, who manages to touch the tree before Tom sees him and wins. The friends play another match, and even though the friends choose less obvious places, Tom finds all of them except Ginger, who hid in a trash can. Meanwhile, Ginger is picked up by a garbage truck and returns in the evening, covered in garbage. The friends avoid him in disgust, and Ginger touches the tree, winning again.
When Angela, Ginger and Hank ignore Ben, being preoccupied with their problems and activities, Ben and Tom decide to stage a magic show for their friends. The show is a success, and fills the friends with joy.
Talking Tom Heroes
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Talking Tom Heroes is an animated series by Outfit7. It premiered on April 26, 2019, on YouTube. It also premiered on Boomerang in Asia and on Pop in the United Kingdom.
Ben creates a device that can create anything that is drawn on it. When Ginger draws a fire-breathing dinosaur and it starts causing chaos, the friends work to erase all their creations, and succeed.
When the Raccoon Robber refuses to keep quiet in the library and gets thrown out, he returns and takes everyone hostage so that he can keep on making noise with a machine that can make musical notes that can trap people. Ben and Hank initially manage to catch him, but get caught themselves, leaving Tom and Angela to save the library. Tom and Angela succeed and deactivate the invention, only for Ginger to use it, not knowing what it really is.
When Ginger tries to make bubbles but fails, Ben makes a device that can create big and impervious bubbles for Ginger. When Ginger shows it off to his friends, another child tries to steal the device from him, and damages it in doing so, causing it to make bubbles and trap all the children. Tom and the gang work to catch all the children and take them to safety.
Tom drops his crystal when fighting Ben and Hank for fun, and Ginger takes it. However, he accidentally drops it into the sewer, when Tom and the gang go to rescue a beached whale. Ginger and Angela recover Tom's hero crystal from the sewers and give it back to Tom in the nick of time.
Tom and the gang celebrate Angela's birthday and create a lot of litter. The garbage turns into a garbage monster that can turn anything it touches into trash. The gang attempts to stop the monster and succeed by dousing it with water.
When Tom saves a boy from a building which was on fire and gets featured on the news, he starts to act more like a washed-up celebrity than a friend and a hero, to his friends' annoyance. Later, Tom goes alone to clear up a landslide, but spends his time showing off instead of working, and clears up the landslide only with his friends' help. When the news crew arrives, however, he credits his friends as well, having learnt his lesson.
The friends visit a pyramid, when the Raccoon Robber steals numerous artefacts and a sceptre, unleashing a curse that destroys the pyramid and unleashes small creatures that will stop anyone from reversing the curse. The gang catches the Raccoon Robber and returns the sceptre to its stand, undoing the curse.
Tom's car breaks down when he tries racing against a driver in a sports car, and Ben repairs it. Ben also fills it with a liquid that makes it go faster, warning Tom not to use too much of it. Tom ignores Ben's warning, and uses multiple bottles of the liquid, and the car develops a mind of its own and wreaks havoc, speeding and swerving into traffic. Tom and his friends trap the car, and Tom stops the car before it runs over a pedestrian.
The friends play in the snow, throwing snowballs at each other, when Ginger sees a yeti, which wants to play with him. He rushes off to tell his friends, but when they look, the yeti is missing. The friends return to town, and the yeti follows them. Initially, everyone runs to shelter, and the yeti starts playing, gaining everyone's trust, only to lose it when his fangs are seen. The yeti, now saddened, cries and starts to ice up everything in doing so. Tom and the friends try to stop him, when Ginger arrives and calms the yeti down. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 03 and 04
The friends, along with the yeti, make slime, when the yeti ruins his by accident. Ben gives his slime and adds a drop of a chemical that makes it extra-slimey, when a mugful of it touches Hank's slime. The slime turns into a candy-loving monster that causes chaos in the city. The friends successfully stop the monster with the yeti's help. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 02 and 05
The friends participate in a boat race, where the Raccoon Robber sabotages Angela's boat. Angela ends up in last place, and realising that the Raccoon Robber had sabotaged her, uses her powers to overtake everyone and stop the Raccoon Robber from winning. Meanwhile, the Raccoon Robber sabotages other players as well, and distracts Angela into going the wrong way. Angela saves another racer who was in danger, and the Raccoon Robber is disqualified after the friends get proof of his cheating, with first place being given to Angela. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 06 and 07
Hank steals his friends' food to make a sandwich, to his friends' annoyance, and refuses to share the sandwich. Meanwhile, a disposed off vacuum cleaner develops a mind of its own and a taste for food. When it finds Hank and begs for his sandwich, Hank refuses to share, and the vacuum sucks him in and leaves to steal food from others. The friends rescue Hank and shut down the vacuum cleaner, but Hank accidentally turns it back on when trying to take back his sandwich. The friends try to stop the vacuum, which by now has become a big monster, and Hank stops it by offering it food, and the vacuum peacefully leaves. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 03 and 08
A cotton candy vendor, who considers his customers to be money, run out of cotton candy. So, he goes to the factory and speeds up the machinery. When the machinery goes out of control, it initially starts snowing cotton candy, but soon, tornadoes made of it ensue. The friends reach the factory to stop the machinery, get the vacuum cleaner from the previous episode to vacuum up the mess and make the vendor give his cotton candy for free instead as punishment. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 04 and 09
The friends suffer in summer while Ben repairs their air conditioner. Meanwhile, the Raccoon Robber steals people's fans and air conditioners for himself. When he experiences a blackout, he redirects power from the power station so that no one else gets electricity. The gang fights the Raccoon to stop him and destroys his computer with which he commits all his crimes. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 08 and 02
Tom helps Angela tend her garden, when moles invade it. When the garden is ruined, the friends rebuild it, and Ben waters them with a chemical to increase yield. Tom and Angela stand guard, but fall asleep, and the moles again ruin the garden. However, since the food was sprayed on, the chemical makes the moles aggressive and evil-minded. Tom, Angela and Hank fight to stop the moles while Ben creates an antidote, and solve the problem. Later, they choose to feed the moles, and Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 05 and 12
Hank participates in an eating contest, in which he is in last place. All other competitors lose after collapsing, except for one. Spurred on by his friends, Hank wins at the last moment, infuriating his opponent, who starts demanding everyone's food. Hank challenges him to another contest, while his friends make him drink a can full of chilli sauce, giving him a bad case of diarrhoea. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 09 and 01
Ginger plays superhero with his pet turtle, when he spills orange juice on its costume. While Ginger cleans the costume, the turtle falls into the toilet, and ends up in the ocean after going through the drains. Meanwhile Ginger and his friends go to the ocean to find the turtle. After they initially goof around, a giant octopus picks a fight with them, when Ginger sees his turtle. He swims to catch it, when the octopus catches him, when the turtle sees him. The turtle arrives with its mother and bites the octopus, freeing Ginger, and Ginger and the turtle say their goodbyes as Ginger lets the turtle live with its family. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 07 and 13
Hank and another farmer are competing in a pumpkin growing contest, when the farmer destroys all of Hank's pumpkins, but misses one. Hank finds out and installs security, and tends to his plant while the farmer uses too much fertiliser at a single spot. A giant pumpkin starts to kill all nearby plants by sucking nutrients, and the friends kill it by plugging its veins. The next day, Hank wins the pumpkin contest, to the farmer's annoyance. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 10 and 14
Tom wins a jewelled box for Angela, which contains a doll wearing a necklace. Angela takes the necklace for herself, and the doll comes to life. It makes the house seem haunted and makes the toys come to life. Angela and her friends stop the doll and trap it, and get it destroyed by the Crystal Mentor. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 05 and 16
While Hank is alone, the Raccoon Robber hypnotises him, and makes him rob for him. Hank, however, brings things that the Raccoon considers worthless. Meanwhile, Tom, Angela and Ben look for Hank on finding out what happened to him, and the Raccoon Robber follows Hank when he goes to the hero hideout. There, he chooses to steal the crystals giving the Crystal Mentor his powers, and succeeds. Hank's friends return and try to destroy the hypnotic machine, and eventually succeed and return the stolen crystals, and the Crystal Mentor sends the Raccoon Robber to an unknown place and reverses the damage done in the fighting. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 08 and 18
At the circus, Ginger cheers for a clown who tries to perform well, while the rest of the audience heckles him. Depressed, he uses his invention to steal people's happiness and uses it on the audience while performing so as to be appreciated. Tom and the gang try to release the stolen happiness but get sprayed with it by the clown, when Ginger arrives and shows his tickets. The clown remembers how Ginger appreciated him, repents his mistake and releases the stolen happiness. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 03 and 06
Hank gets a toothache, so his friends take him to a dentist. However, Hank refuses to be treated, so Ben invents a shrinking device, and shrinks himself, Tom and Angela so that they can get rid of the naughty germs, while Ginger makes sure Hank doesn't hamper them while asleep. The friends get rid of the toothache, and force Hank to brush his teeth. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 02 and 11
Tom and Angela are given a helmet and a mirror by a mysterious old woman. Later, an identical copy of Angela emerges from the mirror, steals Angela's hero crystal and costume, and leaves to steal jewels for the old woman. Angela and her friends chase and trap the thief, and at one point, both Angelas claim to be real. Tom finds which one is real, and gets rid of the clone and the mirror. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 13 and 19
After his friends keep on leaving him alone to stop villains and solve problems, a bored Ginger finds a squirrel and befriends it. One day, the squirrel jumps into Hank's backpack and Ginger jumps in after it – so Tom, Angela and Ben go in to get Ginger and the squirrel. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 12 and 21
The friends travel to China on holiday, and at a beach, Angela wears her hero mask and the Crystal Mentor tells them to go to a nearby monastery for training. At the monastery, Tom's friends pay attention while Tom, not showing interest, tries to sneak off. Tom accidentally knocks down a jar containing an evil spirit which traps the monks and Tom's friends. Tom single-handedly frees his friends and they trap the monster, breaking its curse, and head for the beach. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 16 and 20
After Tom bounces on a trampoline and gets electrocuted by an overhead light which he had hit, Tom's shadow develops a mind of its own. Initially, it stays with him, but it leaves after being ignored and neglected. It then scares Angela, Ben and Hank, getting them electrocuted and creating more shadows. The shadows start scaring people by shape-shifting, and when Tom and his friends try to catch them, they fail. Hank then brings his vacuum cleaner friend and succeeds in trapping the shadows and re-attaching them to themselves. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 18 and 22
Angela becomes a ballerina fan, and learns it. However, she fails to perform well, and asks Ben to invent a costume that can make Angela dance well. The costume works well, until Angela accidentally tears it, and the costume starts changing into various other costumes, like hula dancers and karatekas and controlling Angela's movements. Tom successfully destroys the costume, but after he, Ben and Hank laugh at Angela's inability to perform well, she makes them join classes. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 14 and 17
After Ben repeatedly does his part in saving the day, but doesn't get any credit, he ignores his friends and refuses to report to the hero hideout. His friends leave to save a clown from an accident, but Angela also gets caught in the same situation. Meanwhile, the Crystal Mentor ropes Ben to the hero hideout, reprimands him and shows him that Angela is in trouble. Ben goes to save the clown, while Angela had saved herself, and saves him at the last second, and gets credited this time. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 15 and 23
The Raccoon Robber takes over a goods train carrying gold, and Tom and the gang chase it and tie up the thief, only to find that the train can't stop and will fall into a town at the bottom of a valley. After Tom fails to stop the train using brute strength, Ben suggests using a giant rubber band, and the plan initially seems to work, but the band snaps and the friends, with the Raccoon Robber's help, pull back the train. After the heroes congratulate him, he runs off with gold, resuming their chase. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 19 and 03
Ginger goes around the neighbourhood with his pet squirrel, trying to solve people's problems, when he bumps into a suspicious-looking man with a mask. Thinking that he is a robber, Ginger funs off to warn his friends, but when they arrive, they see him ostensibly repairing something, and reprimand Ginger for the false alarm. After the friends leave, Ginger sees the man going down a hole, and follows him, and finds out that the man has connected the sewer lines and the water lines so that he can sell water. Ginger sabotages the connection, and the man returns to investigate and catches Ginger, but not before he sends his pet squirrel to warn the friends. The friends follow the squirrel, only to discover that Ginger has single-handedly defeated the man. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 09 and 04
Tom and his friends visit a museum, where the Raccoon Robber coincidentally steals a gem, and the security raises the alarm. While putting it in his bag, he finds out that it can make any inanimate object come to life. While trying to escape from the police and the superheroes, the Raccoon Robber hides in a laundry shop, and accidentally throws the gem into a washing machine, which then tries to wash him. Tom and the friends then try and save the Raccoon Robber, and remove the gem and make the Raccoon Robber clean up the mess. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 24 and 13
The friends visit Ginger's friend, the yeti, and Ginger builds a snow-castle with him. Ginger uses his RC train to bring snow for the castle, and lets the yeti use it. Later, the remote goes missing, and Ginger blames the yeti and goes back home with his friends. At their home, Hank realises that he had taken the remote thinking it was for a TV, and Ginger goes back to the yeti's house to apologise. The yeti, not knowing where the remote is, starts crying and causes a storm. Tom and his friends go after Ginger to save him but when he gets stuck in the middle of a frozen lake which is cracking, they instead calm the yeti down, and get the yeti to help save him. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 20 and 16
The friends visit a hedge maze, where the Raccoon Robber starts trapping people by shutting the walls. The friends change into superheroes, and Angela notices him, but the Raccoon Robber snatches her superhero mask and uses it to exit the maze and breaks into bank vaults. Meanwhile, the friends create a decoy for the Raccoon Robber, and trap him, but he escapes the trap. The friends, however, manage to trick him and recover the mask, while sending him back to the hedge maze and trapping him inside. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 14 and 25
After the friends misuse their powers to solve their personal problems, the Crystal Mentor takes them to a training ground, where Ginger is the coach. The friends reach the end of the course using their powers, so the Crystal Mentor takes their crystals away and sends them to the beginning. However, Ginger accidentally steps on a button, trapping himself above a pool infested with crocodiles. Tom, Angela, Ben and Hank then reach the end of the course and save Ginger without their powers, but fall in the pool. The Crystal Mentor then gets rid of the crocodiles, explains their wrongdoing and returns their crystals, much to their joy. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 23 and 18
Tom, Angela, Hank and Ben go to the beach, where Ben uses his new invention to shrink their baggage and make going to the shade easier. Hank later tries to use the device to enlarge his sandwich, but Ben fights him over it and the invention instead enlarges a crab. The crab goes on a rampage, terrorising people, and the friends try to stop it. When their attempts fail, Ben enlarges Tom and has him fight the crab while Ben fixes the invention. When Tom also is unable to hold off the crab, Angela kicks coconuts at the crab, but hits Tom, and Ben gets an idea to have Angela kick coconuts and enlarge them midair, and knocks out the crab, and shrink it. Later, Hank again asks to use the invention on the sandwich, but Ben shrinks Hank with it, to the latter's delight. Note: The total duration includes that of episode 24
Ben works on his news invention, and resorts to using his glove, when the witch from Episode 23 notices him. She disguises herself as a delivery person, and turns Ben into a baby, but flees before taking the glove when he cries. Ben's friends find him when they run into the room hearing the commotion, and take care of him. Later, while the friends go for a walk, the witch arrives in disguise and takes Ben to his home while Tom, Angela and Hank report to the Crystal Mentor, and ransacks the room, leaving a booby trap which turns Tom into a baby when they find Ben's room ransacked. Later, Angela and Hank find the witch ransacking Tom's house, and give chase, and corner her in a warehouse. The two groups fight, when a big crate falls onto Tom, who holds it with his powers, and defeats the witch by throwing it at her. Later, the witch is forced to turn Tom and Ben back to normal, and she disappears to everyone's relief. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 21, 13, 20, 19 and 09
The friends visit an aquarium, where the Raccoon Robber steals a pearl. The friends then give chase, when the Raccoon Robber breaks a glass wall, freeing a shark, and then use the shark to catch the robber, and then return the shark to its enclosure after fixing it. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 27 and 30
Hank's power crystal gets broken when the friends save a child from a malfunctioning lift. later, he tries to use it to return to the heroes' headquarters, but instead ends up in a different place, and uses it again and again to escape from danger in each place until he reaches a jungle inhabited by a tribe of live pineapples. His friends find him being treated as the king of the tribe (as he gifted them with the contents of his bag) and bring Hank and his bag back safely by distracting the tribe, and get it fixed. Hank then goes back to the tribe to recover the fruits he was gifted with. Note: The total duration includes that of episodes 28, 25, 29, 18 and 31
Ginger daydreams of being a superhero like his friends, when they leave. Then Ginger goes to Ben's house and finds Ben's pencil and board from Episode 1 that could create anything that is drawn on it, and uses it to make a power crystal of his own. Then he uses it to go to his friends' hero headquarters, and gets a new hero costume elevator of his own. However, he tries to use his powers, inadvertently damaging the hero headquarters, when Tom, Angela, Hank, and Ben return and see what happened. Ginger leaves in shame, and later disposes off his crystal. Meanwhile, the friends use their powers to fix the hero headquarters, and leave to fight a garbage-spewing monster. Ginger notices his power crystal glowing and uses it again, and attacks the monster while his friends have been defeated, but the garbage monster breaks Ginger's hoverboard. Ginger then uses Ben's device to draw elephants that destroy the monster with water., Ben fixes his hoverboard with his magnetic glove. Ginger becomes happy.
Tom has trouble repainting his café, so Ben gives him a device that can change the colour of any item. The Racoon Robber walks by and notices the device, and decides to steal it to turn bricks into gold. He steals it while Tom attends to a customer, and Tom and his friends give chase. They find that the racoon has stolen bricks, and that the tool can only repaint items but not change them. They then corner the Racoon Robber at a construction site, where Ben damages the device, causing it to malfunction. Ben then repairs it while his friends chase the raccoon, and creates a fake open manhole as a trap for the raccoon, and catches him. They then make the racoon repaint their café.
Talking Tom Heroes: Suddenly Super
Talking Tom Heroes: Suddenly Super is an upcoming CGI animated series by Outfit7 and Epic Story Media, a company that has worked on other TV shows such as Slugterra and Pocoyo, it was announced on July 9, 2021. It will follow the characters as they work as superheroes while maintaining a civilian identity.[286][287]
Other media
The Talking Tom & Friends franchise has expanded beyond apps and animated series. The franchise also sells branded merchandise and music videos.[288]
Talking Tom and Talking Angela's music video for their single "You Get Me", created in cooperation with Walt Disney Records, has received over 350 million views on YouTube as of March 2020.[5] Talking Angela has also recorded her first solo song called "That's Falling in Love".[289] Talking Tom and Talking Angela's "Stand By Me", based on Ben E. King'ssong of the same name, received 54 million views as of March 2021.[290]
Talking Tom & Friends launched a range of interactive toys called "Superstar" in 2012. The plush toys talk and interact with multiple Talking Tom & Friends apps, as well as with each other, using a voice recognition system.[291] The series has since been discontinued.
A live-action animated feature film based on the Talking Tom & Friends franchise entered development in October 2014, with Brad Fischer, James Vanderbilt, and William Sherak producing the film. It will be produced by Mythology Entertainment.[292][293] In October 2018, Jean-Julien Baronnet (who was also involved in the Rabbids Invasion television series and the Assassin's Creed film) was set to produce the film.[294][295] As of late October 2019, the film is stated to be in the script stage, but they are still figuring out on what it will look like and what the story should be like.[296]
Controversies
Paedophile hoax
In February 2014, Talking Angela was the subject of an Internet hoax claiming that it encourages children to disclose personal information about themselves, which is allegedly then used by paedophiles to identify the location of these children. The rumor, which was widely circulated on Facebook and various websites claiming to be dedicated to parenting, claims that Angela, the game's main character, asks the game's user for private personal information using the game's text-chat feature. Other versions of the rumor even claim that it is run by a paedophile ring, while some go so far as to even claim that the user is recorded by the camera and can be seen in Angela's eyes.[297]
It was debunked by Snopes.com soon afterwards. The site's owners, Barbara and David Mikkelson, reported that they had tried to "prompt" it to give responses asking for private information but were unsuccessful, even when asking it explicitly sexual questions.[298] While it is true that in the game with child mode off Angela does ask for the user's name, age and personal preferences to determine conversation topics, Outfit7 has said that this information is all "anonymised" and all personal information is removed from it. It is also impossible for a person to take control of what Angela says in the game, since the app is based on chat bot software.[299]
In 2015, the hoax was revived again on Facebook, prompting online security company Sophos and The Guardian to debunk it again.[300] Sophos employee Paul Ducklin wrote on the company's blog that the message being posted on Facebook promoting the hoax was "close to 600 rambling, repetitious words, despite claiming at the start that it didn't have words to describe the situation. It's ill-written, and borders on being illiterate and incomprehensible."[301]Bruce Wilcox, one of the game's programmers, has attributed the hoax's popularity to the fact that the chatbot program in Talking Angela is so realistic.[302]
However, concerns not related to the hoax have been raised; one such concern is that the game's child mode may be too easy for children to turn off, which, if they did, would allow them to purchase "coins", which can be used as currency in the game, via iTunes.[303] Disabling child mode also enables the chat feature, which, while not "connecting your children to paedophiles", still raises concerns as well, according to Stuart Dredge, a journalist from The Guardian.[300]
Impact
The scare has significantly boosted the game's popularity, and is credited with helping the app make it into the top 10 free iPhone apps soon after the hoax became widely known in February 2014[304] and 3rd most popular for all iPhone apps at the start of the following month.[302]
Age-inappropriate advertising
In 2015, the My Talking Tom app was reported for having advertised age-inappropriate advertisements for adult services. The Advertising Standards Authority of the United Kingdom ruled that advertising for an adult web site was delivered to underage children via the app.[305][306] The ASA noted that Outfit7 "had a strict advertising policy" but that the company "had not been able to identify which ad network had served an age-inappropriate ad on a children's app" and how the advertisements were shown in the app.[307]
Reception
Upon release, Talking Tom Cat reached massive success. Within merely months, the app had gained millions of downloads. The popularity of the app reached the attention of TurboSquid themselves, who applauded Andrey Kravchenko for having his model be featured in the app.[15]
My Talking Tom had over 11 million downloads and was the top games app in 135 countries worldwide within 10 days of its launch.[308][309]
The Talking Tom & Friends YouTube channel has over 14.8 million subscribers and 6.1 billion views as of May 2022.[310]
As of June 2022, the franchise has had its apps downloaded more than 18 billion times.[311]
Accolades
The My Talking Tom app won the award for "Best iPad Game: Kids, Education & Family" at the 2014 Tabby Awards, the global competition for the best tablet app.[312]
My Talking Tom was also voted the 2014 Tabby Award Users' Choice favorite in two categories, "Best iPad Game: Kids, Education & Family" and "Best Android Game: Puzzle, Cards & Family".[313]
The Talking Tom & Friends television series won the Best Animated Series Award at the 2016 Cablefax Awards.[314]
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