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**** Dude, while I think its a good thing to be observant and not always take everything at face value, there are times when its just coincidence that shit happens, and Stuart Snyder's idiotic move of trying to replace Cartoon Network with CNReal was just that - him being an idiot.
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[[WMG: The placement of SymBionicTitan on the block is to test the waters]]
* And if it does well, it'll lead to the show getting a second season on AdultSwim.
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* One problem with this: Tom predates Halo by several years. So, it would be more proper to say that Master Chief is really TOM, and Cortana is really SARA.
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** Now [[http://www.adultswim.com/shows/toonami/index.html completely]] confirmed!...AndTheFandomRejoiced.

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** Now [[http://www.adultswim.com/shows/toonami/index.html completely]] confirmed!...AndTheFandomRejoiced.
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[[WMG: [[{{Halo}} TOM is the Master Chief, and SARA is Cortana]]]]

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and kept doing it for ''months'', somebody would have to listen.

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and kept doing it for ''months'', somebody would have to listen.
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* Give me some time, and I will post a link to the revenge scheme I have cooked up. [[http://www.youtube.com/user/CommanderThunderush?feature=mhee]] Ask for permission to watch this video:

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* Give me some time, and I will post a link to the revenge scheme I have cooked up. [[http://www.youtube.com/user/CommanderThunderush?feature=mhee]] Ask for permission to watch this video: video:



Part 1 will be finished in the near future (45%)... And since this is MY OWN PROJECT, just ''try'' saying it's {{Jossed}}!

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Part 1 will be finished in the near future (45%)... And since this is MY OWN PROJECT, just ''try'' saying it's {{Jossed}}! {{Jossed}}!



It'll be kinda like [[{{TeenNick}} The 90s are All-That]]; Toonami will start airing on Boomerang, complete with a new, cooler model for TOM, the possible return of the ship and SARA, and show almost all of it's old programming. It'll also oust that useless "[=BoomerAction=]" block.

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It'll be kinda like [[{{TeenNick}} [[TeenNick The 90s are All-That]]; Toonami will start airing on Boomerang, complete with a new, cooler model for TOM, the possible return of the ship and SARA, and show almost all of it's old programming. It'll also oust that useless "[=BoomerAction=]" block.



Related to the above. AdultSwim is showing Toonami to test viewers, either on their own or on CartoonNetwork's request. In the case of the former, they will use the results to attempt to convince Cartoon Network to bring back the block; the latter, Cartoon Network will use the results to determine whether to bring the block back or not.

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Related to the above. AdultSwim is showing Toonami to test viewers, either on their own or on CartoonNetwork's Creator/CartoonNetwork's request. In the case of the former, they will use the results to attempt to convince Cartoon Network to bring back the block; the latter, Cartoon Network will use the results to determine whether to bring the block back or not.



* TOM is backed, the Absolution is back, the game reviews are back so semi-confirmed.

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* TOM is backed, the Absolution is back, the game reviews are back so semi-confirmed.



To serve as a thank you for all of TOM's work behind the scenes of CartoonNetwork. After Toonami was cancelled, the head of CN promoted TOM to oversee development of new original CN television (NOT live-action of course). He spent the last four years traveling through distant places, eyeing for fresh blood to help out the (at the time) struggling network [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime with]] [[RegularShow some]] [[GeneratorRex success]]. As thanks for all of his hard work finding quality programming (and having a re-engergized feel from scouring new cartoons while in retirement), the head honcho, for Toonami's and TOM's 15th birthday, offered [[AdultSwim [as]'s]] AprilFoolsDay slot to air, which he happily accepted. When the prank found success from the audience, the head of CN and TOM worked out a new schedule, and the rest is history.
* The April's Fool Day Prank lends strength to this idea. TOM said he 'got the test results back'. He could have meant he was scanning a distant area of space for the new shows.

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To serve as a thank you for all of TOM's work behind the scenes of CartoonNetwork.Creator/CartoonNetwork. After Toonami was cancelled, the head of CN promoted TOM to oversee development of new original CN television (NOT live-action of course). He spent the last four years traveling through distant places, eyeing for fresh blood to help out the (at the time) struggling network [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime with]] [[RegularShow some]] [[GeneratorRex success]]. As thanks for all of his hard work finding quality programming (and having a re-engergized feel from scouring new cartoons while in retirement), the head honcho, for Toonami's and TOM's 15th birthday, offered [[AdultSwim [as]'s]] AprilFoolsDay slot to air, which he happily accepted. When the prank found success from the audience, the head of CN and TOM worked out a new schedule, and the rest is history.
* The April's Fool Day Prank lends strength to this idea. TOM said he 'got the test results back'. He could have meant he was scanning a distant area of space for the new shows.
shows.



* Was built by the original Tom in order for Tom to avoid a getting a ridiculous and uneccessary "Upgrade". The network wanted Tom to change to a new, more kid-friendly body and ditch the absolution for some reason; and he was bound by contract to obey them. Instead, he built a robot "double" and sent it down to the jungle planet to host the show for him. Then flew off in the Absolution to go do...whatever Toonami hosts do when they no longer host Toonami. At least, until he decided it was time for Toonami to return and did a [[strike: hostile]] totally peaceful takeover of Adult Swim's anime block.

* A hologram. Like the above theory, but with holograms instead of body doubles.

* Tom's evil (non-identical) twin brother!

* Hastily assembled at the last minute to host the show after Tom got pissed off at [[ExecutiveMeddling certain]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork changes]]; and flew off with the Absolution. This robot, however, was upset at being hated by the shows fans and being blamed for changes he had no control over. So after one final show, he left as well.

* A figment of your imagination. Clearly we all somehow hallucinated that entire era. Makes sense really. Like Tom would ever have a face.

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* Was built by the original Tom in order for Tom to avoid a getting a ridiculous and uneccessary "Upgrade". The network wanted Tom to change to a new, more kid-friendly body and ditch the absolution for some reason; and he was bound by contract to obey them. Instead, he built a robot "double" and sent it down to the jungle planet to host the show for him. Then flew off in the Absolution to go do...whatever Toonami hosts do when they no longer host Toonami. At least, until he decided it was time for Toonami to return and did a [[strike: hostile]] totally peaceful takeover of Adult Swim's anime block.

block.

* A hologram. Like the above theory, but with holograms instead of body doubles.

doubles.

* Tom's evil (non-identical) twin brother!

brother!

* Hastily assembled at the last minute to host the show after Tom got pissed off at [[ExecutiveMeddling certain]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork changes]]; and flew off with the Absolution. This robot, however, was upset at being hated by the shows fans and being blamed for changes he had no control over. So after one final show, he left as well.

well.

* A figment of your imagination. Clearly we all somehow hallucinated that entire era. Makes sense really. Like Tom would ever have a face.
face.



Both shows began their first incarnations as spinoffs of WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast. Both were revived very close together. Both are cashing in heavily on the nostalgia of [[TheNineties 90s]] kids. TOM is probably so far away from Brak and Zorak[[hottip:*:Not only in physical distance, but in timeslot and in content]] that a crossover is likely impossible, but that doesn't prevent them from both being in one universe when the two have so much in common.

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Both shows began their first incarnations as spinoffs of WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast. Both were revived very close together. Both are cashing in heavily on the nostalgia of [[TheNineties 90s]] kids. TOM is probably so far away from Brak and Zorak[[hottip:*:Not Zorak[[note]]Not only in physical distance, but in timeslot and in content]] content[[/note]] that a crossover is likely impossible, but that doesn't prevent them from both being in one universe when the two have so much in common.
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*The April's Fool Day Prank lends strength to this idea. TOM said he 'got the test results back'. He could have meant he was scanning a distant area of space for the new shows.
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* Jossed

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* JossedTOM is backed, the Absolution is back, the game reviews are back so semi-confirmed.
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[[WMG: The 2013 April Fools block will have Moltar hosting]]
* And it will air the debut shows on the block, such as SpaceGhost, TheRealAdventuresOfJohnnyQuest, and EagleRider.
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*** Not exactly jossed. There's still a chance but it's incredibly, incredibly slim at this point in time due to the cost to re-hire SARA's voice actor and animate SARA. Maybe a few years down the line, but not right now. DeMarco said that if Toonami gets more ratings, CN would be willing to invest more money in the block. They are still interested in doing multi-night promos but that's dependent, again, on money.

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*** Not exactly jossed. There's still a chance but it's incredibly, incredibly slim at this point in time due to the cost to re-hire SARA's voice actor and animate SARA. Maybe a few years down the line, but not right now. DeMarco [=DeMarco=] said that if Toonami gets more ratings, CN would be willing to invest more money in the block. They are still interested in doing multi-night promos but that's dependent, again, on money.
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[[WMG: TOM is a [[TimeLord]]

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[[WMG: TOM is a [[TimeLord]]TimeLord]]
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I said it first!
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[[WMG: [=TOM4=] is RetGone rather than pure CanonDiscontinuity]]
In his final promo, [=TOM4=] mentioned that the eleven years preceding, including the years from the Moltar era through [=TOM3=], happened. The current revival also likely shares that backstory, with [=TOM3.5=] mentioning "if you've been down from the beginning", which implies that the "beginning" still happened. For two shows to share the entire backstory but not exist in the same continuity (as there's been [[DorkAge no mention whatsoever of the TOM4 years]]), they practically have to be {{alternate timeline}}s instead of altogether different universes. My guess: whatever never-told event destroyed [=TOM3=] and forced the regeneration into [=TOM4=] would also have made it impossible for Toonami to ever come back. [=TOM4=] knew this, and decided the mission, and the ability of some version of himself to continue the mission, was more important than his own current existence, especially on a timeline where he could no longer continue the mission. When he flew off, what he flew off to do was to research methods of time travel, and he found one. What he ended up traveling back to was the filming of an April Fool's episode, which he managed to shift over to Creator/AdultSwim with a teaser of The Room, something that likely made no sense to [=TOM3=] despite it ending up saving his life. This erased [=TOM4=] from the timeline, [[HeroicSacrifice but for the mission's sake, it was worth it]].
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Both shows began their first incarnations as spinoffs of WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast. Both were revived within a month of one another. Both are cashing in heavily on the nostalgia of [[TheNineties 90s]] kids. TOM is probably so far away from Brak and Zorak[[hottip:*:Not only in physical distance, but in timeslot and in content]] that a crossover is likely impossible, but that doesn't prevent them from both being in one universe when the two have so much in common.

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Both shows began their first incarnations as spinoffs of WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast. Both were revived within a month of one another.very close together. Both are cashing in heavily on the nostalgia of [[TheNineties 90s]] kids. TOM is probably so far away from Brak and Zorak[[hottip:*:Not only in physical distance, but in timeslot and in content]] that a crossover is likely impossible, but that doesn't prevent them from both being in one universe when the two have so much in common.

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[[WMG: The current incarnation of Toonami exists in the same universe as the current incarnation of WesternAnimation/CartoonPlanet]]
Both shows began their first incarnations as spinoffs of WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast. Both were revived within a month of one another. Both are cashing in heavily on the nostalgia of [[TheNineties 90s]] kids. TOM is probably so far away from Brak and Zorak[[hottip:*:Not only in physical distance, but in timeslot and in content]] that a crossover is likely impossible, but that doesn't prevent them from both being in one universe when the two have so much in common.
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[[WMG: The Tom 4...]]

* Was built by the original Tom in order for Tom to avoid a getting a ridiculous and uneccessary "Upgrade". The network wanted Tom to change to a new, more kid-friendly body and ditch the absolution for some reason; and he was bound by contract to obey them. Instead, he built a robot "double" and sent it down to the jungle planet to host the show for him. Then flew off in the Absolution to go do...whatever Toonami hosts do when they no longer host Toonami. At least, until he decided it was time for Toonami to return and did a [[strike: hostile]] totally peaceful takeover of Adult Swim's anime block.

* A hologram. Like the above theory, but with holograms instead of body doubles.

* Tom's evil (non-identical) twin brother!

* Hastily assembled at the last minute to host the show after Tom got pissed off at [[ExecutiveMeddling certain]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork changes]]; and flew off with the Absolution. This robot, however, was upset at being hated by the shows fans and being blamed for changes he had no control over. So after one final show, he left as well.

* A figment of your imagination. Clearly we all somehow hallucinated that entire era. Makes sense really. Like Tom would ever have a face.

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[[WMG: Toonami is soon going to be enslaved to FUNimation if it airs to a lower age demographic.]]
Have you seen how much anime FUNimation was licensed? its almost like they're aiming for a monopoly... and then, when you least expect it... they buy out Cartoon Network.
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[[WMG: TOM was given the option of becoming anything he wanted]]
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[[WMG: CN might potentially use Toonami to try and get funding for other weird shows or justify their presence]]
On wikipedia, it says something about them thinking to bring on their own adaptation of the annoying orange. Similar to Nickolodeons move with Fred (that high pitched screamy kid).

[[WMG: TOM was given the option of becoming anything he wanted]]
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-->Only {{Toonami}}

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-->Only {{Toonami}}-->[[Creator/{{Toonami}} ONLY Toonami.]]
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The Absolution crashed on the jungle planet, forming the wreckage we saw. TOM was broken, badly and Sara was knocked offline. Using pieces of the Absolution, TOM rebuilt himself and created 3 robotic assistants. Despite his more disfigured body, he stayed loyal to the mission (and his viewers) and kept Toonami going. The block ending was because he was running out of energy and the need to fix himself, the Absolution, and Sara outwheighed the mission. He had enough energy to send his loyal fans one last transmission, letting us know he'd come back if he could.

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The Absolution crashed on the jungle planet, forming the wreckage we saw. TOM was broken, badly and Sara was knocked offline. Using pieces of the Absolution, TOM rebuilt himself and created 3 robotic assistants. Despite his more disfigured body, he stayed loyal to the mission (and his viewers) and kept Toonami going. The block ending was because he was running out of energy and the need to fix himself, the Absolution, and Sara outwheighed the mission. He had enough energy to send his loyal fans one last transmission, letting us know he'd come back if he could.
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[[WMG: TOM 4 and beyond..]]
The Absolution crashed on the jungle planet, forming the wreckage we saw. TOM was broken, badly and Sara was knocked offline. Using pieces of the Absolution, TOM rebuilt himself and created 3 robotic assistants. Despite his more disfigured body, he stayed loyal to the mission (and his viewers) and kept Toonami going. The block ending was because he was running out of energy and the need to fix himself, the Absolution, and Sara outwheighed the mission. He had enough energy to send his loyal fans one last transmission, letting us know he'd come back if he could.
Now, he's back, having obtained means to rebuild himself, his ship, and reinitialize contact with Earth. What trials brought him back, [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold we may never know]]... But make no mistake. [[UndyingLoyalty He came back for us.]]
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*** [[{PrecisionFstrike}F(orget)]] him!

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*** [[{PrecisionFstrike}F(orget)]] him!
Not exactly jossed. There's still a chance but it's incredibly, incredibly slim at this point in time due to the cost to re-hire SARA's voice actor and animate SARA. Maybe a few years down the line, but not right now. DeMarco said that if Toonami gets more ratings, CN would be willing to invest more money in the block. They are still interested in doing multi-night promos but that's dependent, again, on money.




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** I see what you did there.
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[[WMG: T.O.M. downgraded his body because he preferred 3.0 to 4.0.]]
He only transferred to TOM 4.0 because of ExecutiveMeddling. When AdultSwim decided to revive Toonami, they gave him a choice as to which of his available bodies to use. The choice was obvious: An upgraded 3.0.
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** Well, they had almost certainly had CasshernSins and DeadmanWonderland ready to air on [as], replacing the shows that have [[FullMetalAlchemistBrotherhood already]] [[{{Kekkaishi}} finished]] [[{{Durarara}} airing.]] But they may have found that people much preferred the Toonami-based bumpers to the weird crap they had on there before, so they set some up and called it Toonami.
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*** [[{PrecisionFstrike}F(orget)]] him!
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[[WMG: Once Toonami's rating get it more money we'll start getting multi night events again]]

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[[WMG: Once Toonami's rating get it more money we'll start getting multi night multi-night events again]]



* The first one would be the return of Sara

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* The first one would be the return of Sara
SARA.
** Jossed. [=DeMarco=] said there's no chance of that happening.
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* TOM 4's face is what TOM 3's face is under that helmet! THE HORROR!
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** can I just say that I love this WMG?

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** can Can I just say that I love this WMG?
** I also love this WMG, b******!
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To serve as a thank you for all of TOM's work behind the scenes of CartoonNetwork. After Toonami was cancelled, the head of CN promoted TOM to oversee development of new original CN television (NOT live-action of course). He spent the last four years traveling through distant places, eyeing for fresh blood to help out the (at the time) struggling network [[AdventureTime with]] [[RegularShow some]] [[GeneratorRex success]]. As thanks for all of his hard work finding quality programming (and having a re-engergized feel from scouring new cartoons while in retirement), the head honcho, for Toonami's and TOM's 15th birthday, offered [[AdultSwim [as]'s]] AprilFoolsDay slot to air, which he happily accepted. When the prank found success from the audience, the head of CN and TOM worked out a new schedule, and the rest is history.

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To serve as a thank you for all of TOM's work behind the scenes of CartoonNetwork. After Toonami was cancelled, the head of CN promoted TOM to oversee development of new original CN television (NOT live-action of course). He spent the last four years traveling through distant places, eyeing for fresh blood to help out the (at the time) struggling network [[AdventureTime [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime with]] [[RegularShow some]] [[GeneratorRex success]]. As thanks for all of his hard work finding quality programming (and having a re-engergized feel from scouring new cartoons while in retirement), the head honcho, for Toonami's and TOM's 15th birthday, offered [[AdultSwim [as]'s]] AprilFoolsDay slot to air, which he happily accepted. When the prank found success from the audience, the head of CN and TOM worked out a new schedule, and the rest is history.

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