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Revision as of 22:23, 16 April 2016
 Tom Berenson |
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| Tom Berenson | |
|---|---|
| Biographical information | |
| Species | |
| Host to |
unnamed Yeerk, |
| Gender |
Male |
| Hair color |
Brown |
| Eye color |
Brown |
| Born |
~1981 |
| Died |
2001 |
| Family |
Steve Berenson (father), |
| Occupation |
Student |
| Affiliation | |
| Behind the scenes | |
| First appearance | |
| Last appearance | |
| Cause |
Killed by Rachel |
| Portrayer |
Joshua Peace |
Tom Berenson is Jake's older brother. He is also a Controller and the primary reason Jake became involved in the war.
Biography
Family
Tom Berenson is the oldest son of Steve Berenson and Jean Berenson, and Jake's older brother. He's also Rachel, Saddler, Jordan and Sara's cousin.
Life as a Controller
Tom had initially joined the Yeerk front organization, The Sharing, and became a Controller sometime before the Animorphs met Elfangor because he wanted to spend time with a girl he liked, who was already a Controller at the time.[1] Tom originlly resisted being infested, but eventually complied in order to stop his brother, Jake, from being infested for the time being.[2]
During one of the Animorph's raid on the Yeerk pool, Tom is cut loose from a cage and rides on Jake's tiger morph back. As the Animorphs and several Controllers are escaping, Visser Three runs up the staircase and Tom attempts to fight him with his bare fists. Visser Three, apparently not wanting to waste a human host, simply sends him falling down the staircase with a side tail blade blow to the head.[1]
Tom's first Yeerk was Temrash 114, who later temporarily infested Jake. Temrash was a high-ranking Yeerk in The Sharing, but ranked lower than a Sub-Visser in the Yeerk military. After Temrash death, Tom was infested by another low ranking Yeerk.[2]
Morphing
Tom's new Yeerk was given the morphing cube by Cassie late because she thought that it was the right thing to do and that it would stop Jake from killing Tom. The Yeerks use the morphing technology, however, to fight against the Animorphs.[3] After the end of the war, only a few Yeerks use the morphing technology to become nothlits.[4]
Eventually, Tom's band of morphing Yeerk-Controllers stole Visser Three's Blade ship and attempted to destroy the Animorphs who stole a Pool ship. The Pool ship's weapons were disabled because of Erek's programming to never harm another being, so Jake had to send Rachel aboard the Blade ship to kill Tom. Although Rachel succeeds in killing Tom, she is also killed by his other Yeerk allies in polar bear morph.[4]
Tom's Morphs
Battle Morph(s): Jaguar, cobra
Raptor Morph: Eagle or falcon
| Morph | Book Acquired/used |
|---|---|
| Jaguar (through Tom's body) | The Answer |
| Human (Tom Berenson) | The Answer |
| Cobra (through Tom's body) | The Beginning |
Trivia
- Jake is infested by the same Yeerk that once infested Tom, and that is what helps reveal that Tom is infested again. The Yeerk torments Jake telling him how he broke Tom and how he would eventually break Jake. The Yeerk is discovered by Ax and is starved of Kandrona for three days and dies. Later Jake calls Tom and tells him to never stop fighting and he was not alone, and manages to hide his voice by half morphing a wolf.
- In the Animorphs (TV series) Tom's Yeerk receives the call from Jake, hangs up and his hand starts shaking violently. The Yeerk closes his hand once to regain control. This shows Tom resisting his Yeerk and his fight boosted from Jake's call.