A pretty understated part of Eddsworld is that Tom seemingly isn’t the only (debatably) human being born from at least one sapient object, as both Balloon Head Fred and Brickhead are also possibly the same? 🤔 I guess it’s just pure biological luck in terms of how many physical inhuman traits and/or abilities that you end up inheriting from the object(s) you stem from?
My take is that sapient objects can easily copulate with each other to make objects within the same broad type of category (raw natural material, industrial tools, sports equipment, fresh produce/food, etc), as long as they’re compatible! However, once a human being is introduced to the family tree, things DRASTICALLY change in how their future offspring can appear as.
It basically becomes a huge toss-up on the offspring taking the most biological/anatomical physical traits + visual aesthetic traits from their sapient object parent OR their human parent. In Balloon Head Fred’s case, he probably inherited way more from his balloon parent, while his human genes only applied to his body below the neck. Inversely in Brickhead’s case, he probably inherited way more from his human parent as his overall visual appearance is ‘fully’ human, minus the ability to change his head into a brick at will, which is probably a niche biologically inhuman ability that stems from his brick genes.
Thus, whoever was the human being in Tom’s family tree that got it on with a sapient object (it was MAYBE Sheriff Thompson?) basically had their human genes recessed for the longest time, before coming back in full-force for Tom. Honestly in terms of just visual aesthetics, Tom is quite lucky, as he’s only really missing his eyes, as he inherited that inhuman trait from his bowling ball mom. His pineapple father’s genes must’ve been repressed very heavily by the latent human genes, as the only real visual indicator that Tom is part-pineapple is his strangely naturally upright and spiky hair, as it mimics the appearance of a pineapple crown.
It’s also possible that the strange mixed-up genetics associated with human X sapient object offsprings can just vary WILDLY in their severity of impact + can skip generations. For instance, we do see Balloon Head Fred having a child with a seemingly fully 100% human woman, and yet his child badly lost the genetic lottery and came out fully as a sapient giraffe balloon animal!
Long story short, it’s probably a miracle that Tom didn’t end up being born as a sapient bowling ball with a tacky pineapple pattern all over it lmao
