Tom Pusslicker
- For other uses, see Thomas (Disambiguation).
Tom Pusslicker is a news anchor and was the main television anchor and reporter for Channel 4 News during the first ten seasons. He was frequently seen in episodes where unusual things occur on a large scale. He has not been seen reporting since the eleventh season and has been replaced by other anchors and reporters.
On occasion, the news report relevant to the episode would be preceded by the last lines of an otherwise unheard report about Hillary Clinton's ass.
He briefly returns in "Sponsored Content" as one of the former news anchors introducing Jimmy Valmer to Leslie Meyers.
Appearance
Tom is usually seen wearing a gray suit with a white shirt and tie. The color of his tie tends to change between appearances, including dark red, blue and green. He has brown hair, usually dark but occasionally lighter. In "Sponsored Content", he now has a lapel on his suit and visible sleeves.
Trivia
- There is some confusion over Tom's actual name, as it has since been seen that most news anchors in the show are referred as Tom regardless, and many other reporters such as Chris Swollenballs bear some resemblance to Tom. His last name was confirmed to be Pusslicker in "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow".
- In "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000" Tom was replaced by another reporter with black hair, he was referred to as Dan Akawa.
Prominence
- "Volcano" - reports on the eruption of Mount Evanston.
- "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig" - reports on Clone Stan Marsh's rampage through town.
- "Death" - reports on parents' efforts to take Terrance and Phillip off the air.
- "Pinkeye" - reports on the MIR Space Station crash.
- "Damien" - appears at Satan's press conference.
- "Mecha-Streisand" - reports on Kyle Broflovski finding the Triangle of Zinthar.
- "Chickenlover" - reports on Officer Barbrady's leave of absence and subsequent anarchy.
- "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)" - reports on the missing children.
- "Summer Sucks" - reports on the Giant Snake and advises people to stay home.
- "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls" - reports on the film festival.
- "Roger Ebert Should Lay off the Fatty Foods" - reports on the Tantalus V. Observatory's rising popularity.
- "Chef Aid" - Part of press pool reporting on Chef's lawsuit.
- "Prehistoric Ice Man" - reports on discovery of the prehistoric ice man.
- "Spontaneous Combustion" - talks to Randy Marsh, "son of a bitch".
- "The Red Badge of Gayness" - reports on the Confederacy's return.
- "Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus" - reports on the spread of a virus making children bleed.
- "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000" - participates in the false report to lure the kids into a trap.
- "Quintuplets 2000" - reports on the Quintuplets in town.
- "Chef Goes Nanners" - interviews citizens unsure about the town flag debate.
- "Fourth Grade" - reports on the effort to rescue Timmy Burch.
- "A Very Crappy Christmas" - talks with people disappointed in the holiday season.
- "It Hits the Fan" - reports on 'Shit' becoming more popular.
- "Cripple Fight" - reports that Mr. Slippyfist has been caugh, showing the photographs to the town.
- "The Entity" - reports on Herbert Garrison's new vehicle.
- "The Simpsons Already Did It" - reports on the missing statue head.
- "Red Hot Catholic Love" - reports on the new intero-retrogestion trend.
- "Child Abduction is Not Funny" - reports who to trust and not trust when it comes to child abduction.
- "My Future Self n' Me" - Produces reports for Motivation Corp. to support their stories of time travelers.
- "Grey Dawn" - reports on deaths due to elderly drivers.
- "Die Hippie, Die" - reports on the Hippie Jam Festival.
- "The Losing Edge" - reports on the State Championship game.
- "The Death of Eric Cartman" - reports on three escaped convicts.
- "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow" - Tom reports on the Beaverton flood.
- "Free Willzyx" - reports on the kidnapping of Jambu.
- "Bloody Mary"
- "Cartoon Wars Part I" - Tom reports on the Middle East protests of Family Guy.
- "Sponsored Content" - one of the Newsmen who is hiding from the advertisements.
- "Truth and Advertising" - one of the Newsmen who is hiding from the advertisements.
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