- Thomas Ridgewell
- Thomas Ridgewell
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- Meeting Edd Gould
- Death of Edd Gould
- Томас риджуэлл eddsworld с гитарой
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- Latest Appearance
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- Appearance
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- Tom’s Parents
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- Tom from the Future
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- Томас риджуэлл eddsworld с гитарой
Thomas Ridgewell
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Thomas Ridgewell
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Thomas James «TomSka» Ridgewell is an English YouTuber, actor, writer, producer, director, voice actor and filmmaker. He was, along with Matt Hargreaves, one of Edd Gould’s closest friends. Ridgewell voiced his animated counterpart in Eddsworld and has contributed to it from 2004 to 2016. [1] He is mostly well-known for creating the asdfmovie series.
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Early Life
Thomas was born on June 27, 1990 to two then-26-year-old Jehovah’s Witnesses. [2] [3] He was originally going to be named «Dudley», but his parents decided to name him «Thomas» after his twin sister, Amelia, died in his Mother’s womb during a car crash. Thomas was raised a Jehovah’s Witness, but he no longer holds his faith. [4]
Meeting Edd Gould
Tom met Edd Gould on the StickSuicide forums (now Explosm.net, best known for their Cyanide and Happiness webcomic). He initially looked up to Gould as an idol; they quickly became friends, and Ridgewell would often send Gould his animations for critique.
The story of how Tom and Edd first met, as well as the early history of Eddsworld, is detailed in a deviantART journal entry: [5]
“ | I [. ] met Tom online actually, shortly after I started making stick animations, he was actually a fan who had added me on a messaging service back when I did stick animations because he liked the animations I had posted on StickSuicide.com (now Explosm.net www.explosm.net) and he basically sat in my contact list for a long time, when Edd Again came out he started talking to me more, even sending fan art and his work (which was clearly a take on the style used in Edd Again) which he shortly fixed by adding a monobrow on the face (hence Tom’s initial appearance). Then we carried on speaking and I didn’t include Tom in any of my animations until late 2004 when I initiated him «into the crew». He was technically the first member too! | ” |
When Tom joined the cast of Eddsworld, Edd drew up a «contract» in MS Paint, stating if Tom left, he would have to kill himself or stop animating.
Ridgewell also appeared briefly at the end of the short «Fan Service» displaying three T-shirts that were available at sharkrobot.com.
Death of Edd Gould
«Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning.» — Thomas Ridgewell
Ridgewell states he was informed of Gould’s death by a phone call from Gould’s mom on Sunday morning, around 10 A.M, where she said he passed away the previous night. He was hungover at the time but sobered up immediately. Ridgewell further explained that while the situation was explained to him, he couldn’t really focus on it at the time, and «freaked out» for a bit. Matt Hargreaves called him and came over, and people started coming over throughout the day.
Tom decided to hold off on the announcement of Gould’s death for a couple of days. The video RIP Edd Gould (1988-2012) was made on Monday. Ridgewell said it was «tough» to make; Bing was the assistant director for the video, and they all just kept quiet and worked on it throughout the day.
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Томас риджуэлл eddsworld с гитарой
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Tom is a main protagonist in Eddsworld and the animated counterpart of Thomas Ridgewell.
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Appearance
Tom wears a blue hoodie, large spiky hair (he called it «Steve» in «Moving Targets»), no eyes, and a spherical head. Sometimes, Tom is shown to have dark blue jeans whereas at others to have normal grey leg-wear. He wears checkered shoes which are the set out the same way as a chess board. Tom is the shortest compared to Edd, Matt, and Tord.
Tom’s eyes started off as a black line, but later transitioned into empty, black sockets. He inherited this peculiar trait from a bowling ball (considered Tom’s «mother»).
In a second Tumblr post made after the end of Eddsworld: Legacy, the real Tom stated that Tom’s black eyes came about from a suggestion he made to Edd after noticing that he would often draw Tom with hollow white eyes when he was shocked. Tom suggested Edd replace his character counterpart’s unibrow with black circles for easier animation. Tom meant for them to be fully black eyes which were caused by the counterpart being possessed by a demon that would take control of Tom’s body in moments of extreme anger. Edd decided to take his own approach to the new look and portray them simply as empty sockets.
Portrayal
Tom’s «father» (Fun Dead)
Tom seems to have a more consistent portrayal throughout his appearances. Tom is generally portrayed as cynical, pessimistic, and cold. Tom can be smart or stupid depending on the situation. Tom does not usually get along with others such as Matt or Tord, and does not enjoy Christmas. Tom is addicted to alcohol, particularly Smirnoff, and cares deeply for a bass guitar (which Tom calls Susan).
Tom’s Parents
In «Fun Dead», Tom’s «mother» was a bowling ball and Tom’s «father» was a pineapple, explaining the lack of eyes and spiky hair. In a flashback in «25ft Under the Seat», Tom’s «father» was drawn as a watermelon.
Quotes
Tom’s Classic Design
“ | Lame. wait. Ahhhhhhh! | ” |
“ | Holy lonely pony eating macaronis! | ” |
“ | Ugh. He just kept screaming, crying, begging for help, his things breaking, evil laughter, sobbing, his TV keeps turning on and off, his window opening, and suddenly enigmatic gusts of wind are coming through. (Bites toast) You know, That sort of thing. | ” |
“ | What do we look like, his friends? | ” |
“ | I don’t see why not we just open the door and. now I’m going backwards! | ” |
“ | Um, pardon me neighbor, what a lovely day, could we per chance borrow a cup of your finest sugar? | ” |
“ | You know when I told you I didn’t hate you, I LIED!» | ” |
“ | See, this is why you guys should NEVER listen to me.» | ” |