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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Just like her son, most schemes she enacts end up with her getting humiliated, which by proxy, harms her son's reputation.
-->Tom's Mom: I can not be the mom who brought a fart gun to get out of carpooling!
-->Tom: That's who you are!
-->Tom's Mom: I can not be the mom who brought a fart gun to get out of carpooling!
-->Tom: That's who you are!
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* VirtuousCharacterCopy: He is essentially [[WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfTim Tim's boss]], down to being a sort of boss-like character that regularly ropes Tom into various schemes that inevitably result in humiliation and chaos. However, unlike Tim's boss, the principal comes across as more well-meaning and nice but also [[ButtMonkey much more pathetic and lame]].
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* LaserGuidedKarma: He put Tom and a grocery store in a FrivolousLawsuit while pretending to be handicapped over a bunch of fruit falling over him. Ultimately, while he did presumably get the money (from the store only as Tom's family is utterly broke), Tom accidentally smashes his eye with a cork and collapses on the floor -- where the grocery store's automatic doors begin to smack him repeatedly.
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* [[Manchild]]{{Manchild}}: He has the mentality of irresponsible teenage slacker, regularly hangs out with kids, and apparently still eats in the school cafeteria.
* NiceGuy: While being far from a role-model to the kids, he has a friendly relationship with Tom and Nelson and he regularly gives the former advice (that usually backfire, but the thought counts).
* NiceGuy: While being far from a role-model to the kids, he has a friendly relationship with Tom and Nelson and he regularly gives the former advice (that usually backfire, but the thought counts).
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all the ire he causes Tom (along with ire that Tom inflicts on the principal), he still genuinely sees him and all the kids as family. When Tom was reported missing in Mexico, he gathered as much people as he could and flew all the way to the resort to aid in the search.
* RunningGag: How many times has he singled out Tom for whatever ZanyScheme he has in mind?
* RunningGag: How many times has he singled out Tom for whatever ZanyScheme he has in mind?
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* BreakTheHaughty: In "A Daffodil For Tererence", his overly pompous and snobby attitude towards acting bites him in the ass when he gets booed by the audience after replacing Tom.
* {{Jerkass}}: He tends to be one of the more nastier adults Tom has to interact with.
* {{Jerkass}}: He tends to be one of the more nastier adults Tom has to interact with.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Tom gets this treatment at least OnceAnEpisode. Sometimes deservered, sometimes not.
* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Downplayed, while not without his flaws, Nelson is effectively a more supportive and mostly innocent version of [[WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfTim Stu]].
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* OnlySaneMan: She is one of the few characters without any glaring flaws and is usually the first one to comment on whatever insanity Tom has gotten himself in.
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* OnlySaneMan: OnlySaneWoman: She is one of the few characters without any glaring flaws and is usually the first one to comment on whatever insanity Tom has gotten himself in.in.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: She is the girl with Tom and Nelson as the guys.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Especially in season two. She is often the first person to call out Tom on his actions and admits that she gets fed up with him a lot. Yet she still considers him a "secret" friend.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: She is the girl with Tom and Nelson as the guys.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Especially in season two. She is often the first person to call out Tom on his actions and admits that she gets fed up with him a lot. Yet she still considers him a "secret" friend.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Tom seems to form teunuous friendships with nearly every weird adult in Shady Oaks. Tom is seen interacting more with adults than his actual peers in school (aside from Nelson).
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* EasilyForgiven: Probably the only remotely positive thing that Tom has going for him. No matter how much of a social pariah Tom becomes or the various terrible actions he (in)diretly commits, by the next episode everyone forgives him and he is treated the same as normal. Likewise, Tom never holds a grudge for the people who drag him into horrible situations.
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* EasilyForgiven: Probably the only remotely positive thing that Tom has going for him. No matter how much of a social pariah Tom becomes or the various terrible actions he (in)diretly (in)directly commits, by the next episode everyone forgives him and he is treated the same as normal.normal (as in being seen as a weird loser). Likewise, Tom never holds a grudge for the people who drag him into horrible situations.
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* EasilyForgiven: Probably the only remotely positive thing that Tom has going for him. No matter how much of a social pariah Tom becomes or the various terrible actions he (in)diretly commits, by the next episode everyone forgives him and he is treated the same as normal. Likewise, Tom never holds a grudge for the people who drag him into horrible situations.
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* ButtMonkey: In the span of two seasons, he loses the few people that barely consider him a friend, loses his cabin in a fire, gets beaten up by his own wife in public, has his songs infringed in a Super Bowl commercial, and eventually loses his job. All of these problems involve [[DoomMagnet Tom in some manner]].
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* ButtMonkey: In the span of two seasons, he loses the few people that barely consider him a friend, loses has his cabin in a fire, burned down, gets beaten up by his own wife in public, has his songs infringed in a Super Bowl commercial, and eventually loses gets fired from his job. All of these problems involve [[DoomMagnet Tom in some manner]].
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* ButtMonkey: In the span of two seasons, he loses the few people that barely consider him a friend, loses his cabin in a fire, gets beaten up by his own wife in public, has his songs infringed in a Super Bowl commercial, and eventually loses his jobs. All of these problems all involve [[DoomMagnet Tom in some manner]].
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* ButtMonkey: In the span of two seasons, he loses the few people that barely consider him a friend, loses his cabin in a fire, gets beaten up by his own wife in public, has his songs infringed in a Super Bowl commercial, and eventually loses his jobs. job. All of these problems all involve [[DoomMagnet Tom in some manner]].
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* ButtMonkey: In the span of two seasons, he loses the few people that barely consider him a friend, loses his cabin in a fire, gets beaten up by his own wife in public, has his songs infringed in a Super Bowl commercial, and eventually loses his jobs. All of these problems all involve [[DoomMagnet Tom in some manner]].
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* DreadfulMusician: He plays a guitar and sings his own songs to cope with his AwfulWeddedLife, and they are all awful.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of the other adults in Shady Oaks are fond of him. Likely due to how basically all conversations with him involves him venting his frustrations about his wife through terrible songs.
* HenpeckedHusband: The only person Dakota's Mom harasses more than Tom is her own husband.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of the other adults in Shady Oaks are fond of him. Likely due to how basically all conversations with him involves him venting his frustrations about his wife through terrible songs.
* HenpeckedHusband: The only person Dakota's Mom harasses more than Tom is her own husband.
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** "The Nurse's Baby" probably being the biggest offender. Where not only is he mainly responsible for polluting the town's lake and killing all the fish, but he also doomed the town for generations of lead poisoning after a mishap involving lead plaques of his name.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Of an unintentional variety. Some episodes (especially in season two) have people who wronged Tom getting their comeuppance at the latter's hands. However, Tom is not a vengeful person and most karma he causes are mostly accidental.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite being seen as weak, he once kicked Randy hard enough that he appears in a later scene wearing a head brace. [[DisproportionateRetribution All because he stole his stick of cheese]].
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* {{Expy}}: He is a younger, more innocent, but just as a stoic and horrifically unlucky version of [[WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfTim Tim]].
* ExtremeDoormat: Most of Tom's misadventures wouldn't happen if he didn't cave to every person who insists he joins their ZanyScheme and/or stand up for himself when he gets blamed for the ensuing chaos.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Tom gets involved in multiple incidents ''no'' child should ever be subjected to and is repeatedly berated and insulted by everyone around him, ''especially'' [[AdultsAreUseless the adults]], who always blame him for everything that goes wrong in the town, which is all PlayedForLaughs.
* ExtremeDoormat: Most of Tom's misadventures wouldn't happen if he didn't cave to every person who insists he joins their ZanyScheme and/or stand up for himself when he gets blamed for the ensuing chaos.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Tom gets involved in multiple incidents ''no'' child should ever be subjected to and is repeatedly berated and insulted by everyone around him, ''especially'' [[AdultsAreUseless the adults]], who always blame him for everything that goes wrong in the town, which is all PlayedForLaughs.
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* TheStoic: Much like [[WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfTim Tim]], he has no emotional response to all the horrific things he is subjected to, [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood especially as a kid]], beyond "disappointment".
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* ButtMonkey: Usually at the hands of Tom. The principal often has bad things happen to him when he drags Tom to help him with whatever he needs. “History Week” being the crowning example, where asking Tom to help him become more well-liked ends with him becoming a pariah and having his office burned down by an angry mob.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite being the principal, most people openly treat with him no respect. Hell, he claims that the school crossing guard has been routinely bullying him for over ‘’twenty years’’.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite being the principal, most people openly treat with him no respect. Hell, he claims that the school crossing guard has been routinely bullying him for over ‘’twenty years’’.
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* ATasteOfDefeat: The season two finale has Tom utterly ruining her vacation and (mostly) getting away unscathed.
* HatedByAll: Ironic. Despite probably being the biggest factor for why everyone thinks Tom is a loser, she is viewed in a much more negative light.
* KarmaHoudini: Much of her harassment and berating to Tom and his family, along with virtually everyone in Shady Oaks (including her husband) goes unpunished.
* HatedByAll: Ironic. Despite probably being the biggest factor for why everyone thinks Tom is a loser, she is viewed in a much more negative light.
* KarmaHoudini: Much of her harassment and berating to Tom and his family, along with virtually everyone in Shady Oaks (including her husband) goes unpunished.
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* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Outside of proximity or with Tom, Nelson and Dakota don’t really interact with each other. In “Filthy Tom”, Nelson is relieved when Tom finally shows up for his pool party, as him and Dakota don’t know what to do without Tom. Ditto for the bus driver who outright states that without Tom, they have literally nothing to talk about.
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** Later episodes do show that he values Tom as a friend. They often play video games and whiffle ball together, gets distressed at the idea of Tom making new friends and ignoring him, and flat out admits that he does not really see himself making any additional friends outside of Tom.
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* OnlySaneMan: She is one of the few characters without any glaring flaws and is usually the first one to comment on whatever insanity Tom has gotten himself in.
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: An entirely unintentional example. The advice and help he gives Tom often sound good in paper, but they often have holes that will drag the two of them into awkward situation or can be easily misconstrued by Tom into something bad.
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* TrueCompanions: Mostly PlayedStraight. Nelson always tries his best to help Tom with whatever strange situation he is in and is usually the sole consistent person Tom can rely on for support. However there are instances where he leaves Tom to the wolves, but are mainly in specific instances where it is clear [[DoomedProtagonist that being associated with Tom]] will only end badly for himself also.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tom's mom can be extremely unsympathetic to the people around her and often uses her boyfriends just to mooch off their money and get free meals (just ask the school principal). Despite that, she still loves her son, even if she is not the best at showing it.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tom's mom Mom can be extremely unsympathetic to the people around her and often uses her boyfriends just to mooch off their money and get free meals (just ask the school principal). Despite that, she still loves her son, even if she is not the best at showing it.
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* BlackBestFriend: Is this to Tom.
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* TrueCompanions: Mostly PlayedStraight. Nelson always tries his best to help Tom with whatever strange situation he is in and is usually the sole consistent person Tom can rely on for support. However there are instances where he leaves Tom to the wolves, but are mainly in specific instances where it is clear [[DoomedProtagonist that being associated with Tom]] will only end badly for himself also.
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* CoolLoser: A few episodes show that Tom is genuinely capable of being fairly popular in his school [[BeYourself by just being himself]], but his own ditzy actions caused by an outside source and unlucky circumstances always prevent that from fully happening.
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* ButtMonkey: Tom can't go a single episode without being humiliated, made fun of, or forced to do something that he doesn't want to do.
* LoserProtagonist: Dumb, unathletic, not good at ''anything'', widely mocked, and almost never wins.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Particularly in season two. While Tom has extremely bad luck, the catalyst for most of his problems were caused by his very own dumb and misinformed actions.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Tom is such a ButtMonkey that virtually any episode where he is not in a bad situation can be considered a victory for him.
* LoserProtagonist: Dumb, unathletic, not good at ''anything'', widely mocked, and almost never wins.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Particularly in season two. While Tom has extremely bad luck, the catalyst for most of his problems were caused by his very own dumb and misinformed actions.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Tom is such a ButtMonkey that virtually any episode where he is not in a bad situation can be considered a victory for him.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tom's mom can be extremely unsympathetic to the people around her and often uses her boyfriends just to mooch off their money and get free meals (just ask the school principal). Despite that, she still loves her son, even if she is not the best at showing it.
* ParentsAsPeople: She is a well-meaning parent who genuinely cares about her son and wants to give him a better life, but is also extremely irresponsible and is just as prone as Tom is when it comes to making dumb schemes that backfire on her and getting into awful situations.
* ParentsAsPeople: She is a well-meaning parent who genuinely cares about her son and wants to give him a better life, but is also extremely irresponsible and is just as prone as Tom is when it comes to making dumb schemes that backfire on her and getting into awful situations.
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* WildCard: Sometimes Uncle Bill is able to help and support Tom, but he often drags Tom into trouble as well.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Their family is widely known across Shady Oaks for being poor, dumb losers.
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* ButtMonkey: An entire family of them! None of Tom's family members have achieved any measurable amount of success and are usually in the bottom of the social pole.
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