History Trivia / TOME

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was supposed to be a season 4 of TTA, but it was unceremoniously cancelled after Niosi entered college. A good portion of the fanbase was [[InternetBackdraft definitely not pleased with this outcome.]] And it's a shame, considering the material prepared would've been grand in scale and epic as hell.

* PromotedFanboy: There was at one point a call for fans of the series to submit avatars for use as "extras". Most of the Netkings also seem to be {{Fanboys}} or {{Fangirl}}s.

* MissingEpisode: Newgrounds viewers would never see TheMovie (leading to confusion when the season 3 finale references it), the Anime Openings, or other supplemental material[[note]]These things were originally uploaded to Website/Fireball20xl, which has long since been shut down [[/note]]

** TOME Season 2 was going to be a movie at some point, which would have began with the events of Episode 00 and led into the major events of season 2, included a mysterious new character who appatantly would have taken up Neomutant's role, and cut out the challenge of the Netkings. Chris Niosi decided not to go with the movie idea because it would have been too much of a balence between wrapping up TOME's story for viewers of season 1 and trying to appeal to new viewers who hadn't seen TOME and were only watching the movie, in addition to the fact that he wanted to include the Challenge of the Netkings and go with the story idea he had in mind since the beginning. There was also a period of time in which the entire series was envisioned as a video game, an idea which came to pass in [[VideoGame/{{TOME}} another continuity reboot after the project was over]].

* MissingEpisode: Newgrounds viewers would never see TheMovie (leading to confusion when the season 3 finale references it) or the Anime Openings.[[note]]These things were originally uploaded to Website/Fireball20xl, which has long since been shut down [[/note]]

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The only way to watch the Anime Openings, the Movie, or other supplemental material (since Newgrounds only has the main episodes on it, and the original host for these things has long since been discontinued).
* MissingEpisode: Newgrounds viewers would never see TheMovie (leading to confusion when the season 3 finale references it) or the Anime Openings.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The only way to watch the Anime Openings, the Movie, or other supplemental material (since Newgrounds only has the main episodes on it).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The only way to watch the movie, Anime openings, and other supplemental material, since Newgrounds only has the main episodes on it.

* TalkingToHimself: Happens a few times due to the limited cast, most notably with Kirbopher and Zetto [[spoiler: (who are not the [[TwoAliasesOneCharacter same person]] here like in the reboot]].

* NotableOriginalMusic: The main four regions of the game's overworld have four different composers, to give each area a distinct feel. Kajmaster Kajet and The Living Tombstone return to compose the music for [[TheLostWoods Edodes Woods]] and [[GraffitiTown Telluria City]], respectively, while Plasterbrain and Ccrusherp have been brought on to score [[PalmtreePanic Orange Island]] and [[CrystalLandscape Morganite Valley]]. Interestingly, the genders of these composers matche the sexes of each region's respective Netking, since Rubirules has been given a GenderFlip.

* NotableOriginalMusic: The main four regions of the game's overworld have four different composers, to give each area a distinct feel. Kajmaster Kajet and The Living Tombstone return to compose the music for [[TheLostWoods Edodes Woods]] and Telluria City, respectively, while Plasterbrain and Ccrusherp have been brought on to score [[PalmtreePanic Orange Island]] and [[CrystalLandscape Morganite Valley]]. Interestingly, the gender of these composers matches the sex of each region's respective Netking, since Rubirules has been given a GenderFlip.

The main four regions of the game's overworld have four different composers, to give each area a distinct feel. Kajmaster Kajet and The Living Tombstone return to compose the music for [[TheLostWoods Edodes Woods]] and Telluria City, respectively, while Plasterbrain and Ccrusherp have been brought on to score [[PalmtreePanic Orange Island]] and [[CrystalLandscape Morganite Valley]]. Interestingly, the gender of these composers matches the sex of each region's respective Netking, since Rubirules has been given a GenderFlip.

!! Listed Trivia:

! Trivia for the original ''WebAnimation/TVTomeAdventures'':
* MissingEpisode: Newgrounds viewers would never see TheMovie (leading to confusion when the season 3 finale references it) or the Anime Openings.
* PromotedFanboy: There was at one point a call for fans of the series to submit avatars for use as "extras". Most of the Netkings also seem to be {{Fanboys}} or {{Fangirl}}s.
* TalkingToHimself: Happens a few times due to the limited cast, most notably with Kirbopher and Zetto [[spoiler: (who are not the [[TwoAliasesOneCharacter same person]] here like in the reboot]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was supposed to be a season 4 of TTA, but it was unceremoniously cancelled after Niosi entered college. A good portion of the fanbase was [[InternetBackdraft definitely not pleased with this outcome.]] And it's a shame, considering the material prepared would've been grand in scale and epic as hell.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Most of the characters in TTA and TOME are originally based on members of the [=TVTome=] forums. [=Kirbopher15=] and Zetto are both based on (different aspects of) Niosi himself, Alpha is based on his best friend Mike Luckas (Ultimate Creature II), and Ruri and Flamegirl were based on their respective girlfriends at the time.

* ItWasHisSled: [[spoiler: Kirb being Zetto quickly became this after it was confirmed. You can't even go through a Youtube comment on the reuploads without finding it somewhere.]]

** A good amount of the casting was switched around before the project actually began. Although Nylocke was always going to be English in the remake[[note]]He was an American in the original, though an OccidentalOtaku[[/note]], both Blake Swift and Casey Mongillo were considered for the part (presumably, Swift would have used his natural English accent rather than the FakeAmerican one he ultimately used for Alpha). Jessi Nowack, who played Hyprelynx, was the first runner-up for the role of Flamegirl, and apparently only narrowly lost the part to Anna Kingsley. Other contenders for Flamegirl were Apphia Yu and Kira Buckland, both of whom got supporting parts later in the series as Whyti and Foreva. Finally, Neomutant was going to be played by Hans van Harken, but had to be replaced by Chris Guerrero at the last second because Harken became unavailable for the role.

* MissingEpisode: The SeasonFinale, "The Warring Demons", and the final short, "Plan Z", are not planned to be hosted on Newgrounds, the show's original home.

** A good amount of the casting was switched around before the project actually begun. Although Nylocke was always going to be English in the remake[[note]]He was an American in the original, though an OccidentalOtaku[[/note]], both Blake Swift and Casey Mongillo were considered for the part (presumably, Swift would have used his natural English accent rather than the FakeAmerican one he ultimately used for Alpha). Jessi Nowack, who played Hyprelynx, was the first runner-up for the role of Flamegirl, and apparently only narrowly lost the part to Anna Kingsley. Other contenders for Flamegirl were Apphia Yu and Kira Buckland, both of whom got supporting parts later in the series as Whyti and Foreva. Finally, Neomutant was going to be played by Hans van Harken, but had to be replaced by Chris Guerrero at the last second because Harken became unavailable for the role.
*** On this same note, Jon Jafari was nearly replaced between his appearances in episodes 4 and 8, and another actor was even recorded to replace him, but ultimately Jafari was able to return and redub for Sniperwheel in time for the Gemini Tournament.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Though Nylocke was always intended to be English in the remake (the original was American, though an OccidentalOtaku), Niosi had originally considered Casey Mongillo (an American, who was instead chosen for Gamecrazed) and Blake Swift (who presumably would have spoken with his natural English accent instead of the FakeAmerican he uses as Alpha) for the part. Martin Billany was considered for a part, but it was Thorment, which eventually went to Creator/Harry Partridge]].
** Jessi Nowack, who played Hyprelynx, was the first runner-up for the role of Flamegirl, and apparently only narrowly lost the part to Anna Kingsley. Other contenders were Apphia Yu and Kira Buckland, both of whom got supporting parts later in the series as Whyti and Foreva.
* TOME Season 2 was going to be a movie at some point, which would have began with the events of Episode 00 and led into the major events of season 2, included a mysterious new character who appatantly would have taken up Neomutant's role, and cut out the challenge of the Netkings. Chris Niosi decided not to go with the movie idea because it would have been too much of a balence between wrapping up TOME's story for viewers of season 1 and trying to appeal to new viewers who hadn't seen TOME and were only watching the movie, in addition to the fact that he wanted to include the Challenge of the Netkings and go with the story idea he had in mind since the beginning.
* Concept Art reveals that Anidoug and Torben (who would have been renamed [[PunnyName Torchure]]) were supposed to get updated counterparts in TOME like most important TTA characters, but were cut out because the episode they were going to appear in was scrapped. [[spoiler: This concept art also reveals that Thorment would have had a more important role in this episode as Tormentros, and that Motherboard would have returned instead of SOFDTI (though still apparently in the dual identity of Gamecrazed). Rubirules also would have had a different final form called Graphix, which was cut because Rubirules's overall design had been overhauled and the form wouldn't work with his new appearance.]] Finally, some aspects of the world of TOME itself were reworked (the Sun and Moon concept replaced an earlier idea where Zetto's Netking room was the entrance to the hacker base, similarly to TTA).
* Chris Niosi has revealed that Ruri was replaced by Kizuna late in development, after episodes 1 through 7 had already been completed. This was done because her entire disposition and personality were altered, and having Ruri as a cold and calculating hacker leader with a grudge against SOFDTI didn't seem to fit her.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was supposed to be a season 4 of TTA, but it has been unceremoniously canceled because Niosi had a lot less time to work on the series ([[CreatorBackdraft and also grew to dislike it over time]]). A good portion of the fanbase was [[InternetBackdraft definitely not pleased with this outcome.]] And it's a shame, considering the material prepared would've been grand in scale and epic as hell.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Most of the characters in TTA and TOME are originally based on members of the [=TVTome=] forums. Kirbopher15 and Zetto are both based on (different aspects of) Niosi himself, Alpha is based on his best friend Mike Luckas (Ultimate Creature II), and Ruri and Flamegirl were based on their respective girlfriends at the time.

** Jessi Nowack, who played Hyprelynx, was the first runner-up for the role of Flamegirl, and apparently only narrowly lost the part to Anna Kingsley.
* TOME Season 2 was going to be a movie at some point, which would have began with the events of Episode 00 and led into the major events of season 2, included a mysterious new character who appatantly would have taken up Neomutant's role, and cut out the challenge of the Netkings. Chris Niosi decided not to go with the movie idea because it would have been too much of a balence between wrapping up TOME's story for viewers of season 1 and trying to appeal to new viewers who hadn't seen TOME and were only watching the movie, in addition to the fact that he wanted to include the Challenge of the Entkings and go with the story idea he had in mind since the beginning.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Most of the characters in TTA and TOME are originally based on members of the [=TVTome=] forums. Kirbopher15 and Zetto are both based on (different aspects of) Niosi himself, Alpha is based on his best friend Mike Luckas (Ultimate Creature II), and Ruri and Flamegirl were based on their respective girlfriends at the time.
* WordOfGod confirms Odboll wasn't hired by Kizuna until after Episode 11 when she found out about his hacking skills.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was supposed to be a season 4 of TTA, but it has been unceremoniously canceled because Niosi had a lot less time to work on the series. A good portion of the fanbase was [[InternetBackdraft definitely not pleased with this outcome.]] And it's a shame, considering the material prepared would've been grand in scale and epic as hell.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Though Nylocke was always intended to be English in the remake (the original was American, though an OccidentalOtaku), Niosi had originally considered Casey Mongillo (an American, who was instead chosen for Gamecrazed) and Blake Swift (who presumably would have spoken with his natural English accent instead of the FakeAmerican he uses as Alpha) for the part. Martin Billany was considered for a part, but it was Thorment, which eventually went to [[HappyHarry Harry Partridge]].

! Trivia for the original ''TVTomeAdventures'':

** Averted, surprisingly enough. Even though the cast is filled with a roster of incredibly talented and versatile voice actors, each of them plays only one character. [[spoiler: Or rather, one ''player'' - characters who are controlled by the same player share their voice actor. This was one of the earliest hints that Zetto and Kirbopher were one and the same - both were voiced by Chris Niosi. Zetto and Tigerlilly were also credited as having been played by other actors than the ones who played Kirbopher and Kizuna respectively, before TheReveal.]]

* IKnewIt: It turns out that [[spoiler: Kirbopher and Zetto are controlled by the same player]]. This was a popular fan theory (just check out [[WMG/{{TOME}} the WMG page]] for proof) which was finally confirmed in the season finale.
* ItWasHisSled: Kirb being Zetto quickly became this after it was confirmed. You can't even go through a Youtube comment on the reuploads without finding it somewhere.

!! Misc. Trivia:
* TOME was released on 11/11/11, will have a total of fifteen episodes (plus the prequel episode, /File:Zero). In addition, Season 2 was released on 8/26/14 (the day after TTA's tenth anniversary), and the numbers 11:11 and 15 appear many times during the series, both Arc Numbers in the original.
* None of the characters appear in every episode of Season 1, but Nylocke comes closest, appearing in nine out of ten episodes (missing episode 07), and four out of seven shorts (though two of those - 02 and 07 - are in stock footage). Of the five main characters, Alpha and Gamecrazed are tied for the fewest appearances, in just eight episodes and the two stock-footage shorts (although Kirbopher, though he appears in nine episodes, is only seen at the very end of episode 09, and has no dialogue).
** Short 05, "Rockoon's Modern Strife", is the only episode or short with original footage that does not feature any of the FiveManBand. Alpha's one "new" line in Rockoon's "[[SelfServingMemory flashback]]" is provided by Deven Mack.
* Alpha has never appeared in an episode without Flamegirl, and Gamecrazed has never appeared in an episode without Nylocke ''or'' Kirbopher. Only two members of the FiveManBand have appeared solo: Nylocke (in shorts 03 and 06) and Flamegirl (in short 04).
* Of the five main characters, four of them sing at some point during the run of the show:
** Alpha performs "Battle On" (original version and rock remix), and "Starlight Speedway'';
** Kirbopher performs "Battle On" (original version and jazz remix, though [[spoiler: he may be performing the latter as Zetto]]);
** Flamegirl performs "Starlight Speedway", though [[NonSingingVoice it isn't her regular voice actress singing]];
** and Nylocke, of course, performs "Nylocke's Theme Song". He's the only character who sings "in-universe", as opposed to over the end credits.
* The longest episode is "Fraggedquest", at 29:29; the briefest is "Infectuation", at 16:31. The longest short is "The Legend of Nylocke", at 09:05; the briefest is "Hackers", at 02:44. (All lengths are taken from the Blip versions.)
* The standard version of "Battle On!" has not been heard on the show since episode 04; however, eight of ten episodes end with [[VariationsOnAThemeSong some variation of the song]]. Only episodes 05 (which uses [[http://tomeseries.bandcamp.com/track/the-devastating-aftermath "The Devastating Aftermath"]], in its only appearance) and 07 (which uses a cover of "Starlight Speedway") do not.
* Of all the prominent characters (which is to say, the ones who receive character bios on Niosi's Deviantart and Tumblr - [[spoiler: merging characters who are known to share the same player, and excluding Demon Alpha and Demon Zetto]]):
** 19 are male, and 10 are female. Assuming that this is a representative sample, it means that about 1/3 of TOME's users are female.
** National origins break down thusly:
*** 14 are from the United States (again, assuming a representative sample, this means that about 1/2 of TOME's users are American)
*** 5 are from the United Kingdom
*** 2 are from Canada
*** 1 is from Japan
*** 1 is from China
*** 1 is from Vietnam
*** and 5 have an unknown origin
** And character classes break down like this ([[spoiler: this time counting all the characters shared by individual players, because their classes may differ]]):
*** 7 are Fighters
*** 4 are Swordsmen
*** 5 are Spellcasters
*** 3 are Morphological
*** 9 are Animalistic, making it the most common class;
*** 2 are Mechanical, making it the rarest class
*** and 2 have an unknown class
* Most Mechanical-class characters have a characteristic reverb to their voice (Sniperwheel, Armoora, the SpearCarrier voiced by Liz Losey), but Elescope, strangely, does not.