Tom the Moron: The Movie

Tom the Moron: The Movie is a 2010 American 3D animated comedy film based on the NBC television series Tom the Moron. It was produced by Sims-Shirley-Wilson Productions, Aleka Entertainment and Universal Television Animation with animation done by Rough Draft Studios, Yearim Productions and Saerom Animation. The events of the film take place during the second season of Tom the Moron. In the film, Tom Wasisnam learns of a cult in the town of Burgleville, Nevada that plans to summon the Anti-christ to dominate the entire state. Along with new student TBA, he and his friends team up to stop the cult's plans.

Shirley and Wilson accepted an offer for a film adaptation of Tom the Moron from Universal Pictures in 2008, following the shows massive success. Chance Sims was signed on as an executive producer and writer, after being absent from working on the show during Season 1 due to him working on Thomas and Mike for Adult Swim.

The film was distributed by Universal Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on March 5th, 2010. It was received positively by critics and grossed $340 million against a budget of $25 million.

Plot
One day in Burgleville, Tom is dropped off at High School, who is hoping to just have a regular day for once. Sam frantically tells Tom about a cult planning to bring about the destruction of the town by the Anti-christ, but only Tom and his new friend Meredith, whom he has fallen in love with, take it seriously. After noticing a series of strange events occouring in the town, they come to the conclusion that it's because of the cult, However everyone else at school denies them, thinking they're just seeing things.

Trying to figure out how they'll find the cult's hiding spot, Tom tells Sam that his neighbor, Randy Parkins, has a drivers licence, and can hook them up with a ride. Randy agress, but only if they have any proof. Meredith shows Randy TBA, and eventually he agrees to let them hitch a ride and find where the cult is.

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Voice cast
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Development
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With a budget of roughly $25 million, production of the movie was greenlit in 2008, and work began on a script for the film. The film's plot originally had TBA, this was later said by Seth Green (the voice of Tom) to be a "joke" plot to keep fans busy.

Animation
Animation production work was divided among four studios around the world: Aleka Entertainment in Burbank, California, Rough Draft Studios in Glendale, California, and Yearim and Saerom in Seoul, South Korea. As with the television series, the storyboarding, characters, background layout, and animatic parts of production, were done in America. The overseas studios completed the inbetweening, digital ink and paint, and rendered the animation to tape before being shipped back to the United States.

Soundtrack
An original soundtrack, titled Tom the Moron: The Movie: Music from the Motion Picture, was released on March 4th, 2010 by Atlantic Records and Universal Music Group.


 * 1) Blank Mind - TBA
 * 2) Hang On - Smash Mouth
 * 3) Action This Day - Queen
 * 4) Perfect Situation - Weezer
 * 5) Half a Brain and Half a Plan - Backstreet Boys
 * 6) Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
 * 7) It's the End of the World as We Know It - R.E.M
 * 8) We're Gonna Be Heroes - TBA
 * 9) Together Forever - Rick Astley
 * 10) Tom the Moron: The Movie: The Song - TBA
 * 11) Dreams - Van Halen

Score
The film's score was composed by Hans Zimmer. The score was released on July 31, 2010, from Varèse Sarabande.


 * 1) Tom the Moron Theme (Orchestral Version)
 * 2) Another Day in High School / Tom's Got a Brand New Crush
 * 3) He's Literally the Son of Satan / A Reason to Panic


 * 1) What The Hell Do We Know?! / Goin' On A Quest
 * 2) Area 52
 * 3) TBA Shows Himself / Sam is Taken Hostage / Lucius is Summoned
 * 4) The Fight / 24 Hours Until Doom
 * 5) I'm Not Alright / Some Time to Ourselves
 * 6) The Breakout / Back in Burgleville / The Cult
 * 7) A Sacrifice to Please Our New Lord / Getting the Gang Back Together / We're Too Late
 * 8) The Attack on Burgleville / The Awesomobile
 * 9) Watch Out! Apocalypse Ahead
 * 10) Mind-Control Chip / Fight or Flight / We Saved Nevada
 * 11) Confession / Another Happy Ending



Release
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Marketing
Prior to and during its theatrical run, the film was promoted across the United States. McFarlane Toys released a line of action figures based on the film while Activision released Tom the Moron: The Videogame, although the plot of the game was not based on the film. Sony produced a limited edition Tom the Moron PlayStation 3 Slim, and Windows Live Messenger presented their users with the opportunity to download a free animated and static content for use within their conversations.Convenience store chain 7-Eleven served a limited-edition Slurpee flavor called "The Atomic Flavorload", named after Tom and Sam's favorite Slush-O flavor in the show, to promote the movie. Burger King produced a line of Tom the Moron toy figures that were given away with children's meals, and ran a series of Tom the Moron-themed television adverts to promote this. TBA held a series of online sweepstakes to win a trip to the film's Los Angeles, California premiere.

Home Media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 17, 2010 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The DVD release features an audio commentary, storyboards, deleted scenes and more, and the Blu-ray release includes extra bonus features, including feature-length animatics. It was re-released on Blu-ray on June 5, 2012, as a part of Universal's Universal 100th Anniversary releases, and re-released again in 2018. It was also remastered in 4K Ultra HD.

Tom the Moron: The Movie was included on NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock on July 15, 2020.

Critical reception
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 87% based on 213 reviews. The site's consensus reads, "Tom the Moron: The Movie brings the humor and heart of the show to the big screen so well that it's one of the best show-to-movie adaptations out there." Another review aggregator, Metacritic, gave a score of 85 based on 57 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.