Tomax and Xamot
| This article is about the evil twins. For their heroic counterpart, see Xamot (SG). |
- Tomax and Xamot are human twins from the G.I. Joe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Tomax and Xamot are twins who work in Cobra as the leaders of the Crimson Guard. Each looks like the other's reflection (meaning what one has on the left, the other has on the right), aside from a scar across Xamot's right cheek.
They share an almost symbiotic bond, finishing each other's sentences and feeling each other's pain.
Fiction
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
Tomax and Xamot accompanied Cobra Commander to the facility in Boston to test out their teleportation device using a link with Teletran 3. However, the G.I. Joe team interfered, and thanks to their attack, the device malfunctioned and transported them all to Cybertron, before going haywire and transporting Transformers across time. Shockwave tried to destroy the gathered humans, but a timely rescue by Ultra Magnus and Perceptor put an end to it. When Ultra Magnus asked the humans for help, the twins were the first to realize that it meant G.I. Joe and Cobra would have to call a truce and go rescue the time-lost Cybertronians. Tomax and Xamot teamed with Doctor Mindbender, Barbecue, and Spirit G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1 and ended up in an apocalyptic future that would come to pass should the humans fail in their tasks. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2
Rescued from a Sweep assault by the Dreadnoks, the team was shocked to realize they'd all died fifteen years prior in this timeline. The 'Noks took them to see their leader, a crippled, cyborg Duke, who refused to help in their task. The Dreadnok Torch, however, decided to help them as a means of avoiding this nightmare of a world from ever happening. As he helped them find a Cybertronian he only referred to as "The Autobot", the group was ambushed by a swarm of Insecticons. Revealing Cybertronian upgrades for themselves, the twins linked up their arms and fired devastating beams with their opposite hands, wiping out a hefty portion of the swarm. An EMP grenade from Torch took care of the rest, but next they encountered a horde of Ravage-esque robots. With Torch being out of EMP grenades and the twins not being able to use their weapon upgrade for another half-hour, things looked grim. Fortunately, they were again rescued, this time by "The Autobot"…Ratchet!
One quick explanation later, Ratchet refused to return to the present with them until he saved a number of enslaved humans from a Decepticon factory. The Joes and Cobras were reluctantly forced to agree. Using Ratchet as a distraction, Xamot and Tomax managed to use their link-up blast to destroy one of three Reflector guards, and while Ratchet fought the remaining two, the team rescued the humans and ensured their safe escape. Following the rescue, Ratchet refused to leave because even if he went back, they might still not be able to stop Shockwave from using Teletran 3 to burn Earth and leave it ripe for conquest. Fed up with Ratchet, Barbecue decided to stop asking and simply stuck the recall device on him, taking them all back to present-day Cybertron, where Ratchet was promptly blasted by Shockwave. Realizing Ultra Magnus's force field had failed and they were now in Decepticon hands, the twins attempted a link-up, but Tomax was shot and killed by Shockwave. Xamot was left lamenting the death of his twin brother. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3
Xamot found himself rescued along with a few others, but remained in shock from the death of Tomax. After Roadblock and Lady Jaye managed to hit the recall button for the last team, who brought the Dinobots along with them, Shockwave's forces were pushed back and the humans were allowed to return to Earth, Xamot included. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4
Much later, Tomax was listed as captured in G.I. Joe's database, despite being dead. Perhaps they had captured Xamot but couldn't tell the difference. Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
Tomax and Xamot were two of the many Cobra operatives hidden away in Springfield, a Cobra Base disguised as a quaint little town. They overpowered Roadblock, and were about to take him out, when several Joes flew in and joined the fight. Outnumbered, the twins were forced to surrender. I Saw Three Ships They were later busted out of their cell in Blackwater Prison by Cobra Commander Everybody Hates Metroplex who went on to lead the twins and an army of monstrous snake-men in a chaotic brawl against the Joes and Optimus Prime near the United Nations building. Expelled from the Garden
When Billy brought a bloodied and defeated Snake-Eyes to Silent Castle as a gift for Cobra Commander, Tomax and Xamot were among those present, rejoicing over the ninja's defeat. But Snake-Eyes sprang back up, ready to fight, and the twins took up arms against him. Pax Megatronus
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Tomax and Xamot Paoli were originally members of Cobra in the years following the Decepticon invasion of Earth, and after his brother's death Tomax eventually climbed the ranks to become the next Cobra Commander. Secret Raiders
When Cobra collapsed, Count van Rani appointed Tomax as the interim CEO of I.R.O.N.. Hoping to leave his past behind him, Tomax found that he couldn't bury his past as easily as he thought; Tomax was visited by Doctor X and Baron Ironblood, who warned him about the "Revolutionaries" closing in on their illicit activities involving the Talisman. The villains urged him to take up the mantle of Cobra Commander once more... a sentiment echoed by their newest ally Centurion, a lost Eukarian Transformer. The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb
Tomax and Centurion were sent to San Francisco to recover the "Project: Ice Man" protocols, involving the bodies of Domitius Major and Mike Power. During a raid on von Rani's castle in Kalistan, Snake-Eyes disguised himself as Tomax; using data obtained from von Rani's castle, the Revolutionaries subsequently tracked the real Paoli to San Franscico. The Iron Klaw
Tomax arrived at the I.R.O.N. building in San Francisco, where he had a holographic conversation with Garrison Kreiger regarding the recent attack on the Iron Castle. Forewarned of the arrival of the Revolutionaries, Tomax donned the Cobra Commander uniform just in time to fight Action Man. Kup joined the fight, which prompted Centurion to break cover and take on his fellow Cybertronian. Action Man and Mayday took down Tomax by striking the only non-bulletproof part of his suit, but Paoli was unable to give the team any new information regarding the conspiracy around the Talisman. Strange Visitors
Notes
- In the G.I. Joe cartoon, Tomax was voiced by Corey Burton and Xamot by Michael Bell, who were also the voices of another pair of twins, the Autobots Sunstreaker and Sideswipe.
- The corporation they head in the Joe cartoon is called Extensive Enterprises, which also manufactures Garbage O's cereal. The AllSpark Almanac
External links
- Tomax at YoJoe.com
- Xamot at YoJoe.com
- Tomax Paoli at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
- Xamot Paoli at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
