Tom of T.H.U.M.B. (). is an American anime-influenced animated series produced by Videocraft International (later Rankin/Bass) of North America, and Toei Animation of Japan. ABC would run the series in the United States on Saturday mornings between September 6, 1966, and March 4, 1967, as it was bundled with The King Kong Show.Eury, Michael (2007). Comics Gone Ape! The Missing Link to Primates in Comics.
Synopsis A parody of spy films of the 1960s called Tom of T.H.U.M.B. (based on the character in English folklore 'Tom Thumb'), about a secret agent for T.H.U.M.B. (short for Tiny Human Underground Military Bureau) named Tom and his Asian sidekick Swinging Jack, who are accidentally reduced by a shrinking laser ray gun to tall. The pair are sent out in a variety of miniature vehicles by their bad-tempered boss Chief Homer J. Chief to foil the fiendish plots of M.A.D. (short for Maladjusted, Anti-social and Darn mean), an evil organization made up of black-hatted and black-cloaked scientists "bent on destroying the world for their own gains".
Plot One day, Tom is sweeping in the laboratory, he then falls down the stairs and is recovered by his Asian sidekick Swinging Jack (simply Jack in the Japanese version). The two are accidentally zapped with a raygun, shrinking them to 3 in (76 mm) tall.
The pair become agents of the miniature bureau of T.H.U.M.B. (the Tiny Human Underground Military Bureau) by their bad-tempered boss Chief Homer J. Chief to foil the plots of M.A.D. (Maladjusted, Anti-social and Darn mean), who are an agency of black-hatted and black-coated villains determined to destroy the world for their gains.
Characters Tom (トム)
Voice: Carl Banas, Japanese voice: Shinsuke Chikaishi
Head of T.H.U.M.B., him and Swinging Jack were shrunken.
Swinging Jack (ジャック)
Japanese voice: Shun Yashiro
Tom's Asian sidekick, who was also shrunken.
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