Tom 1's tenure as host may have been rather brief (July 1999-September 2000), but he still lived through at least two pivotal moments in Toonami's history: the premieres of the Funi dub of DBZ in September 1999 and Gundam Wing in March 2000. These two shows ushered in that early 2000s era when Toonami ruled weekday afternoons for us kids.

Pretty sure 99.9% of us was sad Tom1 bite the dust. But when Tom2 came outta the chamber we all had a sigh of relief when he upgraded to the new body. I even remember Toonami did the poll on what engine to go with…LIVE. Man the memories lol

I think we had to wait a week or something to see what happened to Tom. Damn, this is some undiluted nostalgia right here.

I remember watching these live and being creeped out by Tom 1 being destroyed by the Intruder. I was happy Tom wasn’t actually killed off but I will say for a while I liked Tom 1 over Tom 2. The animation for this era of Toonami is just pure, concentrated nostalgia though

Toonami on cartoon network those were the good old day. When the good anime shows had giant robots, spaceships and martial artis

happy 25th anniversary toonami!!! :3 still remember tom getting killed by intruder(especially his hand rising out in his last moments that i thought was his hand getting melted to the bone and the intruder being basically sentient lava.)being the biggest scare to me as a kid and thought it was so awesome seeing him come back/the music when the absolution is repaired.

thank you for posting this. This is the stuff of legends.

I remember voting for the Talon ST's. God damn! the nostalgia is on point

This is still my favorite Tom. It was horrifying to see him destroyed. First Tom will always be in our memories

I remember watching this on TV when it first aired...God, I feel so OLD...

My childhood is screaming 😱 I miss my big brother so much💔

God this is such a throw back i remember when i school was out and i got to spend days with my dad and when they announced this event i remember my dad woke me and my sister up early so we could get our chores done, make breakfast, and had cartoonnetwork pulled up so we were ready to go when the event started and we tried to make sure we were able to record each one sadly tho my copy of the tape got ruinined when my parents had a fight and my mom thought it was a good idea to take a random tape and throw it therefore smashing it when she was fighting with my dad-sighs- lost 4yrs of sailormoon episodes with that one but im so glad someone was able to find it and put it all otgether since i had missed some of it back then. Oh the memories RIP daddy you would have loved watching this with me

I can't believe I missed all of this! Always wondered how the OLD TOM upgraded. Now I know.

This was an iconic series for me. When TOM was killed, I was taken aback, like, 'Wait, the host of the show is actually dead? That's dark, but in a really awesome way. How are they gonna continue with their main character dead?' It got me obsessed with TOM and Sara's adventures behind all their anime broadcasts. I _had_ to write fanfiction for them (and after all these years, I still haven't given myself enough time to complete my adaptation of Endgame).

Alright, this time is officially MAKING ME CRAZY"- The very first line of Steve Blum as TOM

Omg I remember this I was heartbroken with what happened to Tom in the end. I was also surprised cause I never saw this side of tome and his ship no one had

So that’s why the design change. I kinda remember the robot changed but cannot be certain. Wish the plot explain what the intruder is though

I still get goosebumbs watching this!! :]

Man, that part where TOM gets engulfed by that red mass terrified me as a kid.

5th Grade Memories with my 5th Grade Harem Class with Suzy from Johnny Bravo, Madison from Totally Spies, Jasmine and Courtney five years before American Dragon: Jake Long on Disney Channel, Timberly Johanssen from Hey Arnold, Evan Hudson from Magic School Bus, Elyon and Alchemy from W.I.T.C.H., Mimi Tachikawa from Digimon Adventure 02, Lily Klein from Resident Evil

I wonder who was the person that won that trip to Japan, if there even was a winner in all that because visiting Japan during that time where anime/games were at its peak must’ve been a dream to see.

That beat that starts around 4:00 in the video is 🔥 like wow haha

WOW I never got to finish this series I only saw the first two episodes and couldn't catch the rest! What a throwback!!🤯🤯

Man I love this!

Dude...you just got a new subscriber. Thank you for this.

good job you won me a new subscriber

Thanks for bringing us back.

I remember calling to vote for the engine part, but got nervous and hung up. I called back a little later but couldn't vote because they already registered my number as someone who called already. 😭 I think I was going to vote for the Talon. I just remember it being "the round one."

The Adventures of the crew of the Absolution cale n sara n akima

Tom 2 had the best look hands down

The main point of this is the transition from Sonny straight to Steve blum right?

I watch a half of this but didn't seen enough like i was little, but now i can't finally watch this series now. Fun fact i got a funko pop of tom 1 for good memories and my collection's.

Dunno what I would've picked back then, but I like the look of the Talon STs today. 🤔 Wonder why.

Happy 20th Anniversary INTUDER OF TOONAMI!

Man, how surprised were we when they introduced The Intruder II?

They didn't have to go that hard with the parts and service character, but they did

I wish I took part in the T.I.E.s Of Toonami in the early days but I was baby and a kid back then never got the chance

Those old Animation looks so nostalgic

the shit Tom goes through to ensure Toonami broadcasts run smoothly

Unusually, the characters in this special almost entirely spoke via noises. (only SARA and TOM 2 spoke in clear English) TOM 1 has high-pitched scat singing, known as “Toonamish,” Grado, who was created for the remake, has Sinatra-esque crooning, TARA (a character created exclusively for the remake) spoke in a voice resembling Cyndi Lauper, Clyde50-B has static-sounding radio chatter, RUBY, who originally appeared in Toonami Swarm, has a pop star voice that sounds a LOT like TOM 1, albeit much higher pitched, and EBBY (who, like TARA, was created exclusively for the remake) spoke in vocoded meowing that one can hear in some virtual pet games. SARA issued an intruder alert, and TOM 2, to add to being a rebirth, spoke in English.

Totally forgot the vessel was called The Absolution. Cool.

I thought this was the end of Toonami when I first saw this. The destruction of T.O.M. 1 scared me. I stopped watching Toonami for a while thinking it was the end. I came back about 2 weeks later and saw TOM 2. I was like, why'd they have to get rid of my big man TOM 1 like that? lol

😂 in the background is that super man style tune from donkey kong country 2, I think. Or 3. its called aquatic ambience

Is there a soundtrack to the songs played in Toonami’s promos?

Ya know the first time I remember seeing the new engines I felt like I was looking at sneakers on the side of the ship

Toonami on cartoon network those were the good old days

Cars theme 🎶 here in my car

Dad was 21 when he watched it

Imagine Tom has Doom Slayer on his friend list vlogs. He would’ve not died, lose the ship engine and his suit. That would be badass

I have a question for anyone who entered the contest and voted the talon sts. Did any of you win any prizes? Did any of you win the trip to Japan? If so, what was it like?

Which engine did you all vote for when this special aired? I voted for the Harper.

Where did they get the walking sound effect?

I cant believe the had a community vote for the engine design

5:07 daaaaaah 9:12 wa hah

I remember telepathically voting for the Talon ST because I was afraid of calling toll free numbers. 😂

Just watched the Forge and this is the first time I'm seeing this, at least in whole. These a very cute! Back in the day I missed big belly Tom but now I appreciate at the slightly less Y2K look. Perhaps if Toonami last another the years, I'll think the current Tom too angular because some new design trend. That old ship is WAY Y2K.

The red blot it eating everything its path, and it is eating tom 1 10:32 and Steve blum voice tom 2 took over the abuselutio 12:05

Did they ever make toys of Tom and his alternates?

When cartoon network was serious about their shows.

I remember this :')

the thing ABSORBS AND DEVOURS EVERYTHING but one clyde explodes? huh?

Wish they released the song at 1:50

Is tom an explorer? Why is he out in space besides watching cartoons and movies?

Toonami The Intruder On Cartoon Network.

Was I the only one terrified by this as a kid?

Is this fanmade or is this really the actual toonami event The Intruder

Tom Steve Blum

9:00

Bye, TOM 1.

I liked the first Tom sucked that he got destroyed but I was thinking to buy the Funko Pop from Amazon

SARA: OOPS MY SYSTEM CRASHED I LOST MY DATA BUT I HAVE AN ANTIVIRUS TOM: ANTIVIRUS IS NOT ENOUGH YOU NEED PROTOGENT WORLDS ONLY ANTIVIRUS WITH DATA RECOVERY

Back when Toonami was awesome. Now it’s trash.