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This article is about the goat intern/spy. For Death's child, see here.
Thomas (born Nikolai) is a major recurring character in Regular Show. In his debut in the Season 4 premiere "Exit 9B," he is hired as an intern for the park and quickly becomes a part of the main cast of characters for the next two seasons. However, in the Season Six Special "The Real Thomas," he is revealed to be a Russian spy, but in the end, decides to double-cross the Russian government to save his friends and quickly goes into hiding. Thomas makes one more major appearance in the episode "Guys Night 2," and is then only seen again in Rigby's Graduation Day Special as a visual cameo. In Margaret's Letter it's revealed he fled to Canada and now owns a video store in Montreal that only rents out spy movies.
History
Early life
Thomas (born Nikolai) was born in Kiev at the very cold winter night. He was abandoned by his parents and was found and adopted by Russia, who made him a perfect weapon for the loyalty of Mother Russia. Years later, he was embraced by the M.O.M.M. (Ministry of Medo Management abbreviation). At the orders of General Romanoff, Nikolai and Natalia obtained fake IDs and were named Thomas and Natalie, as they went to the U.S. to infiltrate the Park. Thomas asked for an internship opportunity from Benson and at the first chance possible, he would start risking his life for the Park and gain his co-workers’ trust.
Internship and adventures
Thomas officially starts his internship in "Exit 9B," intending to work under Benson to gain easy college credit. However, when Garrett Bobby Ferguson Jr. takes over to build his freeway exit, Thomas works for him, doing chores asked by him.
Despite the beginning of the episode, where he claims he's only doing it for "college credit," when the Park turns back to normal, he decides to stick with the internship, and is officially initiated as a park employee in "Starter Pack."
Throughout Thomas's start as a park intern, he was known to be pranked a lot in "Starter Pack" by Muscle Man, which he didn't mind.
In the next few years, Thomas is fading into the background and doing almost nothing. Thomas later joined the Park Crew on various adventures, like: helping Muscle Man to save his trailer from Frank Jones in “Trailer Trashed”; fighting Doug MacFarland and his associates in “World's Best Boss”; fighting Capicola Gang in “Steak Me Amadeus”, helping Mordecai to overcome his depression over Margaret in “Laundry Woes”; helping Skips to bring his past self back to the past in “A Skips in Time” and etc.
Revelation and life in exile
As explained in "The Real Thomas," he was a Russian spy named "Nikolai" (hinted at by his alias of "Nicholas" in "Thomas Fights Back") sent to America to infiltrate the Park and steal it for Russia using massive rockets so they could improve their parks. However, when it was discovered Russia actually blew the Park up as a way around treaties, attempting to murder anyone on it, he turned the land mass around, landmasses friends. At first at the end of the episode, he would like to be employed at the Park, however, he is unable to work there anymore due to his current status: now on the run from both the U.S and Russia. As he left to hide from U.S and Russia, Thomas thanks the Park Crew for being the best friends he only had. As the Park crew tearfully look on, Rigby says, "You'll always be Thomas to us," as they might see him again on another side.
Life in undercover
Finally, after being able to hide his identity from both countries, Thomas did return to the park for a visit, such as attending Muscle Man's wedding disguised as an elderly man.
He later attends the park's Halloween celebrations, dressed as Sub-Zero II/Kuai Liang/Thundra from the Mortal Kombat franchise.
Thomas's final major appearance was in "Guys Night 2," where Mordecai, Rigby, Pops, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost gave him a guys night before he was to head over to the dam and go into hiding for good. Towards the end of the episode, he launched a flare that read out "Guys Night 2" in celebration after making it to his rendezvous point.
His last appearance features him sitting on the top of a Russian submarine while watching the park blast into space. It can be assumed that he is now the navy official. As seen where he raises his drink and bids his friends to space. In Margaret's Letter she mentions he owns a video store in Montreal Canada that only rents out spy movies. Thomas likely became aware of an outcome where the danger lies ahead of his friends, involving Pops' origin and his relationship with his brother, Anti-Pops.
Appearance
Thomas is an average-sized goat. He has tan-colored fur, longish bangs, a small brown beard on his chin, and grey horns on top of his head. Despite his normal look, however, it can be reasonably assumed that Thomas is among the strongest characters of the main cast, which is greatly attributed to his training as a Russian spy. While undercover as an intern, he usually wore a black t-shirt, grey-brown pants, and red-and-white sneakers. As a spy, he has worn a ninja outfit and a black sweater.
Personality
Thomas can be viewed as the "straight-man" of the Park staff; he is usually seen tagging along with the gang on their outings and occasionally during staff meetings.
He is one of the more laid-back members of the Park. He is known for usually being oblivious towards any negative comments directed towards him, and often doesn't react to these, such as a usual running gag of being reproved by his park employees, as well as Rigby's criticisms towards his scary story everyone thought was terrible in "Terror Tales of the Park III." He also provides advice, usually to Mordecai or Rigby, albeit sometimes unhelpful. ("Wall Buddy," "I Like You Hi")
It is usually a running gag that Thomas asks a question that comes out the wrong way while he and others are in peril. These questions usually cause the gang to angrily yell out "THOMAS!" towards him. He also is known for making lame jokes, which causes the Park members to react likewise. ("Journey to the Bottom of the Crash Pit")
In reality, his intern personality was just a mask for his undercover mission. Being raised as a Russian spy, he only carries out their orders, even when he receives bad treatment from his superior, Romanoff, and his ally turned enemy, Natalia. That is until he reminisced the days of his time at the Park, such as being praised by the Park workers for saving the Park and being treated nicely when spending time with them. Revealing his current loyalty belongs to the Park, as seen that he did care for them due to their kindness to him during his act as an intern. Despite following his mission, he decides that killing them and destroying the Park are not a part of something he signed up for.
Relationships
Mordecai and Rigby
Mordecai and Rigby started to like Thomas in "Exit 9B" after saving the Park, but after he pranked them in "Starter Pack." they got angry at him. Although it didn't last long, Mordecai and Rigby have occasionally shown to not think much about Thomas positively, but they have also been on friendly terms as well, seen when they saved Thomas's life in "Cool Cubed" after he drank a very cold slushy.
Benson
Benson told Thomas he'd be a great addition to the team in "Exit 9B." However, he has occasionally been on bad terms with him, such as calling him out when the golf carts were taken in "Country Club," and due to being an intern, Benson sometimes doesn't see much use in Thomas to a point where he was ready to fire him in "Thomas Fights Back." However, he has occasionally seen him as a valuable member, especially after "Thomas Fights Back."
Muscle Man
Due to being an intern, Thomas is usually bullied by Muscle Man, and likewise, Thomas has shown some negativity towards Muscle Man, such as not wanting to help him in "Trailer Trashed" because he didn't know him that well, as well as putting him in a headlock after being called a "Momma's boy" in "Thomas Fights Back". However, they have treated each other with respect, such as Muscle Man helping him out in "Country Club," Thomas seeming worried about him in "Sleep Fighter," and in "New Year's Kiss" when Rigby said Thomas' resolution was lame, he told Rigby to give Thomas respect. After returning from hiding, Muscle Man begins to see how cool Thomas is and gets emotional when he has to leave them.
Skips
Skips and Thomas haven't interacted much; however, in "Starter Pack" he told Mordecai and Rigby to let Thomas fight his own battles. Skips has yelled at him with the others before, but has also been on friendly terms with him, such as in "Country Club" when he stops Benson from yelling at Thomas. Thomas has paired up with Skips during their fight with Frank Jones in
Pops
Pops and Thomas haven't interacted much, but, although Pops does yell at Thomas like the rest park workers sometimes, they have worked together and have been on good terms. After Thomas became a navy and saw the park which includes his friends and Eileen are launched to space while he was bidding his friends good luck, Thomas is now likely aware of Pops' origins as the Chosen One.
Cody
Cody is a "friend" of Thomas in Expert or Liar, which the latter claims are an intern at a said game show. It is never revealed how Cody and Thomas met and what their true relationship status is; if Cody is aware of Thomas' true nature or if he’s possibly another spy or robot helping him out on his undercover mission.
Family
Thomas' Mom
In "Exit 9B" and "Starter Pack," Thomas was seen speaking to his mom via cell phone, and she wasn't heard from again until she made her first official appearance in "The Thanksgiving Special." It is revealed in "The Real Thomas" that Thomas' mom seen in the aforementioned special is the "mom" he was seen speaking to in "Exit 9B" and "Starter Pack" was a ministry in Russia, known as "M.O.M.M." which stands for "Ministry of Mental Management."
Trivia
- He was the only worker at the Park who is considered a supporting character.
- He, Benson, and High Five Ghost are the only workers who didn't sleep in the Park grounds.
- Furthermore, Benson and Thomas are the only workers who have never lived on the Park grounds.
- Thomas drives a 2001 Subaru Forester, but it was destroyed in "Starter Pack."
- Upon losing a bet in "Terror Tales of the Park III", Thomas had to wear his Halloween costume (a slice of pizza), until Thanksgiving Day.
- He wears the suit in every episode he appears in until "The Thanksgiving Special", where he can be seen taking it off near the end of the episode.
- In "Benson's Car," he was seen wearing the costume. However, this episode came before "Terror Tales of the Park III"; the reason for this was these two episodes were aired out of production order.[1]
- In "The Real Thomas," it was revealed that his pizza costume was spy wear that he used to gather information from the Park workers and the pepperoni contained a camera and voice recorder.
- He is one of the few anthropomorphic characters to regularly wear clothes.
- In "I Like You Hi," it is revealed he has had at least four girlfriends, although viewers can assume this was also a lie after watching "The Real Thomas."
- Thomas spoke in an American accent until his true identity as a Russian spy was revealed in "The Real Thomas." From then on, he switched from using his American accent (while incognito) to his actual Russian accent.
- Thomas was born in Kyiv, which is now the capital of Ukraine.
- Although Thomas was supposed to appear in "A Regular Epic Final Battle", the writers decided against it, seeing as the Thomas arc had officially ended on a good note. This makes Thomas one of the only characters not appearing in the finale. His last official appearance was during the Season Seven finale, "Rigby's Graduation Day Special," having a brief cameo as he watched the dome launch into space.
Gallery
The gallery for Thomas can be viewed here.