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| − | Tom Berenson is the older brother of [[Jake Berenson]] Tom is a powerful controller, and a very important member of the [[Yeerk empire]]. He is almost saved in [[THE INVASION]] but never is. Over the course of the war Tom rallies a band of followers and steals a [[Pool Ship]] In the last book Jake sends [[Rachel]] to kill him, in which she succeeds. His first successing Yeerk that controlled him was Temrash 114, formerly known as Temrash 252 of a |
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| + | |name = Tom Berenson |
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| − | Jacuzzi that was shaped as a Yeerk pool in a hospital, the Sulp Niar pool. He was later infested by another Yeerk soon. |
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| + | |image = [[File:TomTV_.png|250px]] |
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| + | |species = [[Human]] |
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| + | |hostto = [[Temrash 114]] <small>(formerly)</small><br>[[Tom's Yeerk|Unnamed Yeerk]] |
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| + | |gender = Male |
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| + | |eyes = Brown |
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| + | |hair = Brown |
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| + | |born = c.1981 |
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| + | |died = 2000 |
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| + | |family = [[Steve Berenson]] <small>(father)</small><br>[[Jean Berenson]] <small>(mother)</small><br>[[Jake Berenson]] <small>(brother)</small><br>[[Rachel]] † <small>(cousin)</small><br>[[Jordan]] <small>(cousin)</small><br>[[Sara]] <small>(cousin)</small><br>[[Dan]] <small>(uncle)</small><br>[[Naomi]] <small>(aunt)</small><br>[[George]] <small>(uncle)</small><br>[[Ellen]] <small>(aunt)</small><br>[[Saddler]] † <small>(cousin)</small><br>[[Justin]] <small>(cousin)</small><br>[[Brooke]] <small>(cousin)</small><br>[[Forrest]] <small>(cousin)</small><br>[[Grandpa G]] † <small>(maternal great-grandfather)</small><br>[[Isaiah Fitzhenry]] † <small>(great-great-great-granduncle)</small> |
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| + | |job = Student |
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| + | |affiliation = [[The Sharing]]<br>[[Yeerk Empire]] |
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| + | |first = ''[[The Invasion]]'' |
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| + | |last = ''[[The Beginning]]'' |
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| + | |cause = Killed by [[Rachel]] |
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| + | |portrayer = Joshua Peace}} |
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| + | {{Quote|Not [[Jake]]. Leave Jake alone. Leave my brother alone. I'll... look, I'll never trouble you again. I swear it. Just leave Jake alone.|Tom pleading to [[Temrash 114]]|The Capture}} |
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| + | '''Tom Berenson''' was [[Jake]]'s older brother. He was also a [[Controller]] and the primary reason Jake became involved in the [[Andalite-Yeerk War|war]]. |
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| + | ==History== |
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| − | Jake realizes that the reason why he didn't become a Controller was that Tom gave up his freedom to prevent his younger brother Jake, begging to Visser |
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| + | ===Life as a [[Controller]]=== |
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| − | Three to leave his younger brother alone, but he does resist the futile rule of the Yeerks. |
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| + | Tom had initially joined the [[Yeerk]] front organization, [[The Sharing]], and became a [[Controller]] sometime before the [[Animorphs (characters)|Animorphs]] met [[Elfangor]] because he wanted to spend time with a girl he liked, who was already a Controller at the time.<ref name="bk01">''[[The Invasion]]''</ref> Tom originally resisted being infested, but eventually complied in order to stop his brother, Jake, from being infested for the time being.<ref name="bk06">''[[The Capture]]''</ref> |
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| + | During the Animorphs' first raid on the [[Yeerk pool]], Tom is cut loose from a cage and rides on the back of Jake's tiger morph. 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.<ref name="bk01" /> |
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| − | He tried to attack Visser Three in The Invasion, with nothing but his fists, but lost horribly. |
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| + | Tom's first [[Yeerk]] was [[Temrash 114]], a high-ranking Yeerk in [[The Sharing]], but ranked lower than a [[Sub-Visser]] in the [[Yeerk empire|Yeerk military]], who was promoted and assigned the task of infesting the governor of their state. However, thanks to the Animorphs' interference, Temrash temporarily infested Jake and was subsequently killed via Kandrona starvation. With Temrash's promotion, Tom was infested by another low ranking Yeerk instead.<ref name="bk06" /> This Yeerk would go on to become a major antagonist in the final part of the series. |
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| + | ===Gaining Morphing Powers=== |
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| + | Tom's new [[Yeerk]] was eventually given the [[Escafil Device|morphing cube]] by [[Cassie]] because she thought that it was the right thing to do and that it would stop Jake from killing Tom. The Yeerks use the [[morph]]ing technology, however, to fight against the Animorphs.<ref>''[[The Sacrifice]]''</ref> After the end of the [[Andalite-Yeerk War|war]], only a few Yeerks use the morphing technology to become ''[[nothlit]]s''.<ref name="bk54">''[[The Beginning]]''</ref> |
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| + | ===Death=== |
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| + | {{Quote|Tom was dead. And I wondered how I was ever going to explain it. I had ordered my [[Rachel|cousin]] to execute my brother. How would I ever explain that? All these years I'd fought to keep us all alive, to stop the [[Yeerk]]s, always with the hope that someday I would save my brother, that he would come back, that he'd be Tom again. That was why I'd enlisted in the [[Andalite-Yeerk War|war]] to begin with. I was going to save Tom. Tom was dead. The [[Tom's Yeerk|Yeerk in his head]] was dead. And Rachel.|[[Jake]]|The Beginning}}Eventually, Tom's band of morph-capable-Controllers stole Visser Three's [[Blade ship]] and attempted to destroy the Animorphs who had captured the [[Pool ship]]. The Pool ship's weapons were disabled because of [[Erek King]]'s programming to never harm another being, so Jake had to send Rachel aboard the Blade ship to kill Tom. Although Rachel succeeds in her mission, her grizzly form impaling Tom in cobra morph with her claws and finally biting down on him, she subsequently demorphs and is killed by one of his other Yeerk allies in polar bear morph.<ref name="bk54" /> |
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| + | ==Tom's Morphs== |
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| + | {{Morphs/Tom}} |
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| + | ==Trivia== |
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| + | *In the [[Animorphs (TV series)]] Tom's Yeerk received 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. |
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| + | *Also in the [[Animorphs (TV series)|TV series]] he and [[Melissa Chapman]] are shown to have a short love affair in the episode ''[[The Front]]''. |
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| + | ==Gallery== |
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| + | <gallery> |
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| + | Melissa and Tom.png|Him and Melissa in The Front |
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| + | TomBerenson2.jpg|Tom in the episode Face Off |
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| + | Tom and Cassie and Marco.png|Tom, Cassie, and Marco from the episode Not My Problem |
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| + | TomBerenson3.png|Tom from the episode The Release |
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| + | TomBerenson4.png|Tom fighting his Yeerk in The Episode The Capture |
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| + | TomBerenson5.png|Tom in the episode On The Run |
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| + | Tom and Rachel.png|Tom talking to Rachel in the episode On The Run |
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| + | Tom talking to Chapman.png|Tom talking to Chapman in the episode The Underground |
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| + | The Release Episode 2.png|Tom tied up in the episode The Release |
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| + | Tom on the phone.png|Tom on the phone in The Capture |
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| + | Tomgloatingtv.jpg|Tom in Face Off |
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| + | Tomandjakeastom.png|Tom and Jake morphed as Tom |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ==References== |
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| + | [[Category:Characters]] |
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| + | [[Category:Human Characters]] |
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| + | [[Category:Berenson Family]] |
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| + | [[Category:Controller]] |
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| + | [[Category:Human-controllers]] |
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| + | [[Category:Yeerk Characters]] |
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| + | [[Category:Morpher]] |
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| + | [[Category:Deceased Characters]] |
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| Tom Berenson | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Species | |
| Host to |
Temrash 114 (formerly) |
| Gender |
Male |
| Hair color |
Brown |
| Eye color |
Brown |
| Born |
c.1981 |
| Died |
2000 |
| Family |
Steve Berenson (father) |
| Occupation |
Student |
| Affiliation | |
| Behind the scenes | |
| First appearance | |
| Last appearance | |
| Cause |
Killed by Rachel |
| Portrayer |
Joshua Peace |
- "Not Jake. Leave Jake alone. Leave my brother alone. I'll... look, I'll never trouble you again. I swear it. Just leave Jake alone."
- ―Tom pleading to Temrash 114
Tom Berenson was Jake's older brother. He was also a Controller and the primary reason Jake became involved in the war.
History
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 originally resisted being infested, but eventually complied in order to stop his brother, Jake, from being infested for the time being.[2]
During the Animorphs' first raid on the Yeerk pool, Tom is cut loose from a cage and rides on the back of Jake's tiger morph. 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, a high-ranking Yeerk in The Sharing, but ranked lower than a Sub-Visser in the Yeerk military, who was promoted and assigned the task of infesting the governor of their state. However, thanks to the Animorphs' interference, Temrash temporarily infested Jake and was subsequently killed via Kandrona starvation. With Temrash's promotion, Tom was infested by another low ranking Yeerk instead.[2] This Yeerk would go on to become a major antagonist in the final part of the series.
Gaining Morphing Powers
Tom's new Yeerk was eventually given the morphing cube by Cassie 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]
Death
- "Tom was dead. And I wondered how I was ever going to explain it. I had ordered my cousin to execute my brother. How would I ever explain that? All these years I'd fought to keep us all alive, to stop the Yeerks, always with the hope that someday I would save my brother, that he would come back, that he'd be Tom again. That was why I'd enlisted in the war to begin with. I was going to save Tom. Tom was dead. The Yeerk in his head was dead. And Rachel."
- ―Jake
Eventually, Tom's band of morph-capable-Controllers stole Visser Three's Blade ship and attempted to destroy the Animorphs who had captured the Pool ship. The Pool ship's weapons were disabled because of Erek King's programming to never harm another being, so Jake had to send Rachel aboard the Blade ship to kill Tom. Although Rachel succeeds in her mission, her grizzly form impaling Tom in cobra morph with her claws and finally biting down on him, she subsequently demorphs and is killed by one of his other Yeerk allies in polar bear morph.[4]
Tom's Morphs
| Morph | Book Acquired/used |
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| Jaguar (through Tom's body) | The Answer |
| Human (Tom Berenson) | The Answer |
| Cobra (through Tom's body) | The Beginning |
Trivia
- In the Animorphs (TV series) Tom's Yeerk received 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.
- Also in the TV series he and Melissa Chapman are shown to have a short love affair in the episode The Front.
Gallery
