Let TOM do his thing and grab the guards' attention... allowing you to slip on by unnoticed.
― In-game description[src]
TOM is a power-up that can be used to make a lot of noise that will distract all enemies in range, enabling the player to slip past them. It is only available in Sly 2: Band of Thieves for Sly Cooper, and is obtained by using a cheat code (
) that must be entered while the game is paused.
Description[]
TOM (an acronym for Toonami Operations Module) is the robot mascot of a cartoon block called Toonami, which initially ran on Cartoon Network before its cancellation in 2008. Toonami was relaunched in 2012, currently running on Cartoon Network's late-night Adult Swim block.
During the development of Sly 2, the incarnation of TOM that hosted Toonami was TOM 3. As such, TOM 3 is the incarnation used for the TOM power-up in Sly 2.
Use[]
TOM shouting.
To use it, the player must press the assigned button (
, 
or 
) and aim where they want Sly to throw it, using the arrow that appears. When the button is released, TOM will be thrown and will attract nearby guards, allowing the player to either escape or eliminate them. It will self-destruct after a limited amount of time.
Unlike the Alarm Clock, a similar power-up, TOM will not ring. Instead he shouts either "hey, hey, hey!" or "hey, hey, peanuts!"
Trivia[]
- He is one of the three gadgets that you need to use a cheat code to get, the other two being Mega Jump and Time Rush.
- He is one of the three gadgets from Sly 2 that are meant to lure guards, the other two being Alarm Clock and Music Box.
- TOM is voiced by Steve Blum, who later voiced Rioichi Cooper in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time.
- Likewise, his Japanese voice actor, Takeshi Kusao, also voices Sly in the re-released Japanese versions of the series.