Category:Total Immersion Events

A Total Immersion Event, often shortened to simply T.I.E., is an adventure featuring TOM and SARA, however the fourth T.I.E. (IGPX) did not feature them. There were a total of four Total Immersion Events during Toonami's original run on Cartoon Network, and five additional T.I.E.s have aired during its current run on Adult Swim.

The first T.I.E., The Intruder, aired in September 2000. An intruder invaded the Absolution and ultimately killed TOM 1. TOM 2 was born.

The second T.I.E., Lockdown, aired in September 2001. The Absolution got trapped in a tractor-beam, and TOM tried his best to get the ship out before the beam sucked the ship into a Trash Compactor.

The third T.I.E., Trapped in Hyperspace, aired in September 2002. SARA was attacked by a virus, so TOM and a Clyde had to get rid of the virus before it made the Absolution crash into Earth.

The fourth T.I.E., in September 2003 wasn't a TOM and SARA adventure, it was a 5 episode micro series of what would eventually become Toonami's first original series IGPX that premiered 2 years later with a very different premise.

The fifth T.I.E, The Intruder II, aired from November to December 2015. The sequel to The Intruder saw the return of the same villainous blob from the original. Having merged with the remains of TOM 1's body, the creature attacks TOM 5 and SARA v3 aboard the GPS Absolution Mk. III. SARA is seemingly destroyed in this T.I.E., but is reconfigured into the Vindication's computer system on Shogo 162, albeit with a few glitches. TOM 5 gains a molecular-printed replacement arm.

The sixth T.I.E, The Intruder III, was announced at Anime Expo 2016 and on Facebook in July 2016, and aired from November 5-26, 2016. Shogo 162 is destroyed in the finale, the Vindication is revealed to be a spaceship, and SARA upgrades herself into a holographic pixie, SARA v4.

The seventh T.I.E., Countdown, was announced in Summer 2017, and, like Intruder III, it was aired over four weeks, from November 4-25, 2017. TOM 5 is sent to the future by a future version of himself to stop a corrupted SARA from destroying the galaxy. TOM ultimately gets returned to his own time, battle scarred by his time in the future.

The eighth T.I.E., The Forge, was announced in Winter 2018, and aired from November 9 to December 14, 2019. The Vindication is recalled to The Forge, the birthplace of both it and TOM. TOM 5 is captured and ultimately killed by the Forge Commander. SARA uses the Forge to create TOM 6 and they're able to overthrow the Forge Commander and his compatriots. With the Vindication taken by the escaping Yellow TOM Units and Georgia, TOM and SARA are left to broadcast Toonami from the Vindication.

The ninth T.I.E., Cosmo Samurai, was announced on January 30, 2021, and, like Intruder III and Countdown, will air over four weeks, from February 6-27, 2021.