Talking Tom Cat (2010)

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Where's that other one of you? This article is about the app. You may be looking for the character, the relaunch or the sequel.

Where can I find this? This game has been replaced by the relaunch on the Google Play Store and App Store. If you still want to play or try the original app before it got replaced, the APK can be found here! For the IPA, (iOS 3-6 only) click here! For the iPad version, (iOS 3-6 only) click here!

Talking Tom Cat
Platform(s)	iOS Android iPadOS Windows Phone
System Requirements	iPhone OS 3.0+ (iPhone, iPod touch) iPhone OS 3.2+ (iPad) Android 2.2+ Windows Phone 7
Developer	Outfit7
Genre	Virtual Pet Game
Language(s)	English Arabic French German Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese Russian Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese Turkish
In-App Purchases	Talking Tom Cat full version
Release Date	June 26, 2010 (iOS) July 26, 2010 (iPad) July 31, 2010 (Amazon) August 6, 2010 (Android, Free) September 10, 2010 (Android, Pro) May 1, 2012 (Windows Phone)
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Next	Talking Baby Hippo

Talking Tom Cat is an interaction-based video game app developed by Outfit7 and originally released for iOS devices on June 26, 2010. It is the first app in and unintentionally served as a kickstarter for the Talking Tom & Friends franchise, as well as an introduction to the series' flagship character, Tom. Originally conceived by Slovenian entrepreneur and high school student Samo Login, the app was developed by a small team of friends as one of their numerous attempts to get into the mobile market. In 2011, the app received a sequel called Talking Tom Cat 2.

The app features a talking cat, named Tom, whose main feature is to repeat words the user says into the microphone with a high-pitched helium voice.

On April 6, 2016, Talking Tom Cat was relaunched. The reimagining overhauls the entire game and features almost exclusively new content, with few returning elements, as well as a redone visual style based on the style first seen in My Talking Tom, a virtual pet app released by Outfit7 in late 2013.

Features

• Talk to Tom and he will repeat everything you say with a funny voice.
• Pet him to make him purr.
• Poke his head, belly or feet.
• Grab his tail.
• Press the Play button to watch the You Get Me music video. (This feature was removed on Android).
• Click the button to pour a glass of milk for Tom.
• Click the button to make Tom scratch the screen.
• Make Tom play the Cymbals ,fart , throw a pie at the screen or try to eat Larry .
• Tap the button to Record and share Videos on YouTube, Facebook, or send them by email or MMS.

Development

CAT CARTOON, the model which would eventually come to be known as "Talking Tom".

Six months prior to the app's production, Slovenian high school students Samo and Iza Login, who studied computer science in college, decided to get into the business of apps. The two had saved $250,000 from working for local IT companies and the Logins, who legally changed their surname to match their career, set up an office in the capital, Ljubljana, alongside six of their friends. Their first few attempts to get into the mobile market were unsuccessful, having created a soccer app, a travel guide to Iceland, and a “wealth affirmation” tool that shared financial mantras.

After some more unsuccessful attempts, Samo Login, who was not interested in making games due to competition, came up with the idea to create an app based around a character. Samo Login purchased a $90 feral cat model named "CAT CARTOON" which was created by 3D artist Andrey Kravchenko model off of the 3D-model website TurboSquid, which Samo personally renamed to "Talking Tom", and handed the model to his developers, who coded the animations and talkback feature, creating the app which would come to be known as Talking Tom Cat, which was published on June 26, 2010.

Legacy

Upon release, Talking Tom Cat reached massive success. Within merely months, the app had gained millions of downloads. The app's success inspired a series of apps following the same basis. The popularity of the app reached the attention of TurboSquid themselves, who applauded Andrey Kravchenko for having his model be featured in the app. In 2011, the app received a sequel called Talking Tom Cat 2. In March 2016, a remake of the app was teased by one of app's original developers, Samo Login, on his own YouTube channel. In April 2016, the app was relaunched, now featuring a brand new art style inspired by the one seen in My Talking Tom and numerous new features, though it also removed most features from the original version of the app. Both versions of the app were also featured in Outfit7's tenth anniversary YouTube video, "10 Billion Downloads! 10 Years of Fun!"

Characters

• Tom (debut)
• Larry

Trivia

• Talking Tom Cat was not the first app on the App Store to feature a character the user can talk to and it repeats it back to them. Seven months prior to this game, a similar app called Talking Carl was released, which starred a red monster who repeats words said into the microphone in a high pitched voice. It is unknown if Talking Tom Cat was inspired by this or if the similarities were merely a coincidence.
• Before the app's relaunch but after the removal of the seperate full version of the app, if the user were to install the latest version of the paid version of the app, the app would warn the user that it is no longer supported and the user would be forced to install the free version to continue playing the app, since both the full and free versions were being merged all into one app.
• Originally, this app costed $0.99 USD on the Google Play Store.
• Talking Tom Cat makes a cameo appearance in Talking Tom Cat 2, as the icon of the app can be seen on a cushion Ben hits Tom with. Originally, the app made two cameos as the app could also be seen as on a phone, but it was later replaced with My Talking Tom in 2013. Despite this, the button icon was never replaced and still features the original Tom.
• It is unknown why this app got an overhaul in 2016, although fans usually agree it was because the old model looked uncanny and outdated.
  • Though some believe it could have also been to remove references to apps that were released prior to 2014.
• Tom's model in the app was originally bought from the 3D model website TurboSquid for $90.
  • The model for the alleyway also appears to have been purchased from TurboSquid, as the original model can be located on the website here.
• Talking Tom Cat was originally supposed to feature a smooth transition between standing and listening, although the team presumably decided not to add it as it would get tiring having to watch the small animation. A similar transition would eventually be used in Talking Pierre the Parrot.
• This is the first Outfit7 app to have anti-piracy features.
• The app saw an online presence in mid 2021 on YouTube and TikTok, with Tom saying “Boy what the hell boy” which had become a meme.
• On the older versions of the Android version such as the 1.0 version, the app's folders of pre-rendered frames for animations and sounds can be found in the game's files.
• There is an unused sound on the original app called "angry.wav", which sounded like the typical cat sound that someone can hear in movies, animations and apps.
• Talking Tom Cat Free is a separate version of the app, but it has the same features as the original app. The only thing changed is the icon, and it has micro transactions.
  • Later, this version would replace the main version of the app as the full version.
• Before the relaunch of the game arrived, the game had anti-piracy features that contained some effects like giving Tom a bizarre distorted voice which made it useless to talk to him. These features were retained for Talking Baby Hippo, Talking Rex the Dinosaur and Talking Roby the Robot due to these apps also not originally being free.
• In version 1.0 for iOS, when Tom yawns, a noise or sound (audio or voice) will stop recording after yawning will play shortly at the end. The sounds are named "p_yawn2_11.wav" and "p_yawn3_11.wav".
• The sound which plays when Larry is angry at Tom when he tries to eat him was later reused in Talking Larry the Bird.
• In 2012, to collaborate with the Talking Friends Superstar line of toys, Talking Tom Cat had special features implemented into it which allowed the toys to communicate with it. These features were removed alongside the relaunch.
• In some versions of the app, there was a button that showed a 45-second footage of the "You Get Me" music video, which appeared only in the iOS version, but it was later removed.
  • This is similar to older versions of Talking Angela, where as on that app, you would see the "That’s Falling In Love teaser".
• As of Android 14, the original Talking Tom Cat no longer functions due to compatibility issues.
• The audio of Tom trying to eat Larry was low pitched in the Android version of the original version of the game in 2011.
• When the Pie button was introduced in version 1.3 of the iOS version, there were six sounds for it. Most of them were removed in version 1.5, now only containing two.
  • In the iOS Version of Talking Tom 1.3, there are several more sounds in the files: "splat_02.wav", "splat_03.wav", "splat_04.wav" and "splat_06.wav". All of these are unused in the app.
• This app is one of three apps that Outfit7 released for Windows Phone, with the other two being My Talking Tom and Talking Tom Cat 2.

Trailer

Talking Tom Cat - Gameplay Trailer (REUPLOAD)

See also

• Talking Tom Cat (2016)
• Talking Tom (disambiguation)
• Talking Tom Cat 2
• Talking Ben the Dog
• Talking Angela
• Talking Ginger
• Talking Ginger 2
• Talking Pierre the Parrot
• Talking Gina the Giraffe
• Talking Roby the Robot
• Talking Santa