Tommyrod
Characteristics
Name	Tommyrod
Kanji	トミーロッド
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Height	175cm
Weight	200kg
Professional Status
Occupation	Bishokukai Vice Chef
Partner	Parasite Emperor (formerly)
Personal Status
Relatives	None known
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 71
Anime Debut	Episode 26
Voices
Japanese Voice	Ishida Akira

Tommyrod, also known as "Tommy", is one of the Sous Chef of the Bishokukai. With a bug-like appearance complete with wings, Tommyrod raises "parasite bugs" inside his body and can spew them out at will. He is the first Bishokukai member and Sous Chef to seriously fight Toriko without using a GT Robo.

Tommyrod is one of the few Bishokukai members that Alfaro says are capable of entering the Gourmet World. Recently, he has been shown to have regenerated his wounds from his battle with Toriko in the form of scar-like tissue, and has strengthened his Gourmet Cells even further.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 Synopsis 3.1 Ice Hell 3.2 Visit from Niceny 3.3 Approaching of Ichiryu 4 Abilities/Techniques 4.1 Tommyrod's Insects 5 Comments

AppearanceEdit

Tommyrod is of lean build (although this is partly an illusion), and a bug-like appearance complete with cockroach-like wings. He has a pink coloured bob cut hairstyle. Tommyrod has large eyes with black pupils, no visible nose, and appears to wear red lipstick. His large lips conceal a retractable set of deadly razor sharp fangs. He wears a dark blue polka dotted shirt with pink dots, a light purple veil around his waist, and pink pants. Tommyrod wears a numbers of rings around his arms and legs which bind the size of his muscles. When he removes them, his muscles swell to their true size, making him a muscular giant larger than Toriko.

PersonalityEdit

Like most other Bishokukai members, Tommyrod has a very cruel and ruthless personality and loves killing. He kills everything in his way, even if it is not involved in his mission. He had no hesitation in killing the parents of a baby Wall Penguin, or the other Bishokuya present in Ice Hell, and is even willing to kill fellow Bishokukai if they prove to be a burden. He also has a reputation for being extremely efficient in his job, killing anyone who poses even the most miniscule potential threat to accomplishing his goals. He will not react to taunts and is emotionless to the point where Toriko likens his emotional state to that of an insect. He has a hatred of pesticides and admits to having trouble controlling himself in the presence of such.

SynopsisEdit

Ice HellEdit

Tommyrod made an appearance emerging from the Tundra Dragon's corspe during the Ice Hell arc. He subsequently entered the ice cave with Barrygamon and Bogie Woods. Tommyrod approaches Toriko's group, assaulting it with an array of bugs before killing a baby Wall Penguin's parents, significantly angering Toriko. He then engages in a one-on-one match against Toriko, while Barrygamon and Bogie fight against Match and Takimaru respectively.

During his fight, Tommyrod attacks Toriko with a vast number of dangerous insects, seemingly overwhelming him before discovering that they were countered by the phytoncide emitted by Toriko's Gourmet Cells. Tommy then proceeds to engage Toriko directly, using shivering to blast bullets of hot air at him and his fangs to injure Toriko directly, ripping off parts of his left arm piece by piece. After eliminating Toriko's left arm and significantly injuring his right, he expresses his respect to Toriko by removing his armbands, significantly increasing the amount of strength he is able to use. Tommy then proceeds to slug Toriko with his fists, before losing his right arm to Toriko's Leg Knife and sections of his chest to Toriko's Leg Fork. Interrupted at the last minute by Teppei, an enraged Tommy attempts to attack, but is quickly immobilized by the Saiseiya's Knocking. With the last of his energy, Tommyrod unleashes his Parasite Emperor, telling it to run amok before losing consciousness and being rescued by Alfaro.

Visit from NicenyEdit

Around seven months later, at the Bishokukai Dining Kitchen which Niceny came on a visit and Tommyrod was shown to have made a full recovery, and has stated that he is storing even stronger insects in his body, demonstrating an improvement in his Gourmet Cells and wanting to get rematch against Toriko.

Approaching of IchiryuEdit

Tommyrod was seen sitting on a edge at the front lines, in the headquarters of the Bishokukai that resides in the Gourmet World, to see the president of IGO for the first time arriving and stating that he looks old.

Abilities/TechniquesEdit

Hunting Method: Tommyrod prefers to use his insects to capture his prey. He will only fight himself when against a tough opponent or if his insects become useless. Despite his seemingly frail form, he is just as dangerous, if not more so, then simply the swarms of insects he releases. He has shown incredible speed, able to create multiple afterimages of himself, and flight as well as deceptively immense physical strength, able to send Toriko flying a considerable distance with just one punch. As a Sous Chef of the Bishokukai, he is extremely powerful and also able to enter the Gourmet World.

Intimidation: Tommyrod's intimidation takes the form of a demonic octopus-like being with a vein-filled, pulsing head.

Insect Production: Tommy's main ability is to store a number of parasitic bugs from within his body. He has approximately 10,000 parasitic eggs in his body, which he hatches them in his esophagus before sending out. He expends 1,500 kilo calories to hatch one egg and because of this he cannot produce more than somewhat upwards of 1,000 insects without recharging his energy. The bugs' capture levels range from very weak to some in the 40s, with 44 being the highest seen, aside from the Parasite Emperor. He can control exactly which bugs he wants to hatch. After recovering from his wounds, he later states that he is able to store insects with higher capture levels in his body after his Gourmet Cells have evolved.

• Bomb bugs [Insect beast] Capture Level 10 and Detonation Bug Capture Level 25:’’’. Tommy produces several small cylinder-shaped insects to latch onto an opponent, then he produces a much larger insect which, when killed, will detonate all the smaller insects in a very large explosion.
• Jongal Stag Beetle [Insect beast] Capture Level 38: Stag beetles around the size of a human hand. They're agile and their jaws can bite through human bone and flesh with ease. A large swarm gave Toriko’s group a hard time as none of them were capable of harming the insects due to their swift movements and their tough exoskeletons.
• Parasite Emperor: A "devil that will eat anything without discrimination,” the Parasite Emperor is a hybrid insect beast with a capture level of 81; it is created through cross-breeding numerous ferocious insect species. To be born it requires in essence all of Tommyrod's bodily energy, a testament to its power. Tommyrod also comments that he uses most of his energy to restrain this creature from being born. The beast's breath is below freezing; it can also release high temperature gas for flame-based attacks as well as excrete scorpion poisons and a spider web. Before making an appearance, its silhouette was shown in Tommyrod mouth as a black spectre. The spectre was capable of using its freezing breath on Toriko without even needing to hatch.

Wings: Tommyrod has cockroach like wings on his back that give him the ability of flight, his wings are also quite durable.

Fangs: Tommyrod has razor sharp fangs, capable of biting right through flesh. Normally he keeps them retracted to allow his insects to pass through his mouth without killing them.

Egg Bomb: Tommy uses shivering to heat his breath to very high temperatures too fire eggs off like bullets which explode on impact. He normally uses this heat energy to cause the insect eggs inside him to hatch. When fired in clusters they can easily obliterate a man's arm.

Ganglions: Like Insects, Tommyrod has large clusters of nerve cells stored in every part of his body, allowing him to control his body even when injured. This also makes him very difficult to Knock.

Full Power Form: When removing the set of rings he keeps around his arms and waist Tommy's muscles and body grow to nearly double his own size. He becomes faster and much more physically powerful.

Tommyrod's InsectsEdit

Bishokukai
Boss	Midora
Unique Ranks	Alfaro (waiter) • Limon (sommelier) • Kaitora (exclusive saiseiya)
Chefs	Dores • Kuromado • Niceny • Starjun • Grinpatch • Tommyrod
Branch Chiefs	Elg • Yuu • Jerry Boy • Barrygamon • Bogie Woods • Sedoru
Subordinates	Joejoe • Bei • Zaiper • Gido • Dohsa
Animal Partners	Jack • Starjun's Beast • Tommyrod's Insects
Unknown Rank	Bile
Headquarters	Castle Shokuyokubō • 3rd Branch • 6th Branch • Starjun's Castle • Bishokukai Dining Kitchen