Tom is a green crocodile and Spot's friend and a student in Miss Bear's class. He started out dark green in color in the first season. He also sports rather sharp-looking incisors and a red coloring inside his mouth on the first season of The Adventures of Spot; during later episodes of the first season, he loses the sharp incisors, red color, and the white eye sacs, leaving him looking younger and less intimidating. By the second season, he turns to a lighter shade of green.
He loves going fishing and loves the snare drum, considered to be his favorite instrument. His dad is the mayor of the town.