Tommy's parents

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Tommy's parents

Tommy's parents (Japanese: ママ Mama and パパ Papa), are a pair of characters of the day who appeared with their son in The Kangaskhan Kid. They are shown to be a very wealthy family. One day, when the family was flying over Safari Land, Tommy's dimwitted father held Tommy outside the window and accidentally dropped him.

Years later, Tommy's parents brought a photo of Tommy to Officer Jenny, who recognized the boy as "Tomo", a feral boy living with a herd of Kangaskhan in the Safari Zone. When Tommy was introduced to his parents, he initially did not recognize them and did not believe that they were really his parents.

However, after his father whacked him in the head, Tommy's memories of them were restored. Tommy's father then asked if he remembered him (in the Japanese version, he asks if Tommy remembers him being breastfed, explaining why he was opening his shirt to expose his chest) before Misty knocked him unconscious due to feeling that Tommy had enough problems as is. Tommy's parents tried to convince him to leave the Kangaskhan, but instead, they eventually decided to live together with Tommy and the Kangaskhan.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese Mother: 小林幸子 Sachiko Kobayashi
Father: 田口昂 Takashi Taguchi
English Mother: Kayzie Rogers
Father: Ted Lewis
Arabic Mother: فاطمة سعد Fatima Saad
Father: مروان فرحات Marwan Farhat
Finnish Mother: Minna Tasanto
Father: Arto Nieminen
European French Mother: Marie Van Ermengem
Father: Benoît Van Dorslaer
Hebrew Mother: לירז ברגמן Liraz Bergman
Father: דודיק סמדר Dudik Smadar
Norwegian Mother: Katrine Blomstrand
Father: Trond Teigen
Polish Mother: Anna Bielańska*/Aleksandra Nowicka*
Father: Radosław Popłonikowski*/Paweł Wiśniewski*
Spanish Latin America Mother: Jacqueline Castañeda
Father: Álvaro Tarcicio
Spain Mother: Marisa Marco
Father: José Padilla


Trivia

  • Tommy's father's appearance and mannerisms are likely a reference to the character of Bakabon's Papa from the manga series Tensai Bakabon. This is emphasized by his closing the episode with a variation on Bakabon's Papa's famous catchphrase, kore de ii no da.


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