Tommy Gilligan
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| Tommy Gilligan | |
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 Tommy Gilligan, both in regular clothes and as "The Tommy" |
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| First appearance | Operation: T.O.M.M.Y. |
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| Aliases | "The Tommy", Former Numbuh T |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 7 |
| Occupation | student, solo operative, former KND operative |
| Family | Numbuh 2 (older brother) Hoagie Gilligan Sr. (father) Betty Gilligan (mother) Lydia Gilligan (grandmother) |
| Portrayed by | Dee Bradley Baker |
| Created by | Tom Warburton |
Thomas "Tommy" Gilligan, age 7, is a fictional character on Codename: Kids Next Door. Tommy is the younger brother of Numbuh 2 (a.k.a. Hoagie), and wants to be just like him. In Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S. he became an operative, Numbuh T but quit to save the KND, currently working as a solo operative, "The Tommy". Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. His Spanish voice actor is Carlos Hernandez.
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[edit] His debut, and cadet training
Tommy's first appearance was in "Op T.O.M.M.Y.", in which Numbuh 2 got quite annoyed at him, so Tommy left him and built "The Flu Bug" for The Common Cold (whom the operatives had been fighting). This whole thing ended with all of the operatives (plus Tommy, who was not an operative then) getting sick, but thankfully no others (thanks to the Gilligan mother's chicken soup).
In Operation: E.N.D., in which in exchange for tagging along with Numbuh 1 on his mission, he made Nigel make him a (junior) operative, with "Numbuh T" as his codename (prompting the response: "T is not a number, loser!"). His story continued in "Op T.R.A.I.N.I.N.G.", an only episode of the series not to feature any of the regular five operatives. This episode showed him training with his new friends Sonya and Lee at the KND's Arctic Base, in the process washing away Father and his minions, who were trying to take the Codemodule.
[edit] Numbuh T and "The Tommy"
The Codemodule would be a key plot point in his next appearance, in season 3's "Op G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S.", in which he graduated from cadet school to regular operative status, and was assigned to Sector V, the same sector as the regulars. Tommy once again picked "Numbuh T" as his codename, and once again got the "T is not a number" response from a random person in the crowd. However, the computer saw no fault in assinging this codename.
During the post-graduation party, all the operatives were called to fight Father and his new ray. It turned out not to be a "age-ifying" ray as the KND had expected, but rather one that turned all KND operatives into animals. For example, Numbuh 2 became a hippo, Numbuh 86 became an Irish Setter, and the Numbuh 44's became kangaroos. Non-KND operatives (like the Delightful Children) were immune.
Later on, Tommy figured that this was because "Boogerhead" Father, as Tommy referred to him, had somehow linked the Codemodule (after having stolen it in "Op S.L.U.M.B.E.R.") to his ray. "The Runt of the Litter" as Father referred to Tommy had to sacrifice his own membership (or in the show's own words, take out his boogers from the Codemodule) to avoid the effects of Father's "animalization" ray and defeat him. However, Numbuh 362 revealed at the end of that ep that, despite saving the organization, there are computer failsafes that also preclude him from re-entering, so he became "The Tommy", a play on the famous radio hero The Shadow who works alone. Since then, virtually all of his appearances have had him wearing a dark blue hat and cape over his usual clothes (which have the same color as Hoagie's clothes).
[edit] Appearances
Tommy debuted in Operation: T.O.M.M.Y., and although he was mentioned in Operation: T.A.P.I.O.C.A. did not appear again until the finale for Season 2, Operation: E.N.D.
He had a brief role in Operation: Z.E.R.O.. While Numbuhs 3 and 4 are in the treehouse looking for Numbuh 2's device, they find him wanting to help, though the Toilenator just turns him into a Senior Citizombie. Later seen chasing Numbuh 1 and his father in Numbuh 1's house.
[edit] Episodes in which he is prominent
- Operation: T.O.M.M.Y.
- Operation: E.N.D.
- Operation: T.R.A.I.N.I.N.G.
- Operation: G.R.A.D.U.A.T.E.S.
- Operation: S.I.T.T.E.R.
- Operation: D.U.C.K.Y.
- Operation: T.R.I.C.Y.C.L.E.
[edit] Trivia
- He may be named after Tom Warburton.
- In Operation: DUCKY, it was revealed he hates taking baths, he also met up with Captain Jimmy in this episode.
- In Operation: CLUES, Tommy fears his grandmother.
- Tommy has yet to be seen without his glasses or hat, unlike his brother, who was seen goggle-less in Operations ARCTIC, LICE, and CAKED-FIVE.
- In the movie (Op. Z.E.R.O.), it is stated that there is a machine that can reinstate a decommissioned K.N.D. member. This could possibly mean that Tommy could be reinstated in the KND. However, the machine is now broken again. The continuity problem brought by this movie is: if ex-operatives can't be reinstated due to the above mentioned failsafes, how could Tommy make the codemodule accept the DCFDTL's/Sector Z's boogers?
Three reasons:
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- Sector Z was never actually decommisioned. (in that case, Tommy wouldn't have to reinstate them to make the DCFDTL vulnerable to the animalization ray)
- The DCFDTL are different.
- The KND lied to him about the failsafes.
