Talk:Tom

Tom was part of the Sunny pirates.


 * No, he was not. The tattoo he has is a circle with several small dots around it. The Sunny Pirates tattoo is more Sun-like with wavy lines to cover up the hoof mark.Mugiwara Franky 07:05, 15 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Could we get a picture of that tattoo? - BattleFranky202 20:48, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Here.Mugiwara Franky 05:02, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks... That's an interesting tattoo; haven't seen it before or anywhere else. - BattleFranky202 05:05, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Tom is actually an obese long-horned cowfish fishman, not a pufferfish fishman. Oda made it clear in his volume 38 SBS Corner.

Clearly Tom wasn't one of the Sunny Pirates, but those tatoos make me guess he could have been a slave too, and those flowers could be another modification on Tenryuubito's mark.Queproblematico 18:05, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I have no doubts about it, but we're waiting on Oda.One-Winged Hawk 18:30, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Another point to look at when considering Tom's potential piracy background is interestingly the song "Bink's Sake", which has the line "Lets all sing out with a Don! As the ship sets sail". As this song was well known by pirates before Roger's time, Tom had to have gotten his expression from somewhere. The DON comment is also right before the mention of a ship setting sail, which is interesting since our current suspect is a shipwright.

Dead
Wait.. Why is he in the dead characters category? For all we know, he went to Impel Down. 12:33, December 28, 2012 (UTC)

I thought he was taken back for execution. Franky blamed himself for Tom's death. 12:36, December 28, 2012 (UTC)

Hmm. Do you know where it says that he is being taken to execution? 12:48, December 28, 2012 (UTC)

Little Oars Jr. has more evidence on why he's dead compared to Tom. We should take the deceased category off until confirmed. :3JoJolion (talk) 13:18, December 13, 2013 (UTC)

We have confirmed this. He was either executed as ordered or bled out beforehand. Please don't turn this into another Sabo fiasco. Franky and Iceburg both said he was dead, and there is nothing to suggest otherwise. 16:54, December 13, 2013 (UTC)

Possible Basis?
So apparently there's a man named Thomas Blake Glover who's responsible for bringing one of the first steam locomotives to Japan, helped commission some of the first Japanese Warships for the Imperial Navy, brought over the first dry dock, and help found a shipbuilding company that eventually became the Mitsubishi Corporation. This seems pretty close to a lot of things Tom's done in the story, so maybe it should be added to the Trivia Section. SteelSkull4 (talk) 07:01, 3 August 2023 (UTC)