Well, I clearly couldn’t help myself, but I wanted to edit the Beyond line-up of the guys to be some of the canonical rejects, with my headcanon edits on them of course! 😆💕 For now I just did Tomatoredd, Torm, ‘Replacement Tom’ Matt (AKA Clatt), and Toaster Edd! 🧪

You can see below for some various explanations on certain details that I added! 💚💙💜❤️

In a nutshell, Bing is humiliated by their existence.

They’re essentially a constant reminder of his failure at trying to artificially inflate the viewership numbers of arguably the worst film he’s directed in his career! Plus, he fully intended all of the clones (both perfect and reject) to ‘expire’ after a very, VERY short period of time, so the fact that they all lived beyond that short life expectancy, made the whole situation MORE embarrassing for him.

His actual intended goal in trying to retrieve the escapee clones from the theater was just to round them all up and ‘reuse’ their materials, but alas, the guys already made quick work of them via the clone massacre at Edd’s house lol

Thus, when returning back to his evil laboratory, Bing was just so disheartened by the whole ordeal that he just….. didn’t bother dealing with the rejects, who are essentially now the remaining survivors of his cloning escapade. After seeing the level of violence that their ‘original’ counterparts are capable of, he quickly crossed off the idea of trying to ‘reuse’ their material, and simply wrote the whole situation as a loss.

Since then, he views them purely under the lens of ‘hey I can maybe probably use these guys as extras in my future films and I don’t even have to pay them at all’. He’s since drafted a handful of scripts that could use them all as extras, and he has toyed with the idea of using them as film staff as well.

Even so, Bing at least treats the rejects DECENTLY, but it’s glaringly obvious that he refuses to view them as fellow human beings, and that they’re all lesser than him. Occasionally he’ll ask Larry to give them the random stuff they request (TVs, games, clothes, beds, certain food dishes, etc), while other times he just closes his ears and ignores it all. He’s mostly miffed by the fact that the reject rooms have taken up so much space in his lab, due to excessive amount of rejects that were made during the cloning process.

Overall, Bing is very tentative in interacting with them, as he truly fears the mere possibility that any of the rejects can get their hands on him and kill him, all in retaliation for their miserable existences. Eventually, MUCH LATER ON, he begins to properly interact with them, but purely under the need of using them in his films.

Larry on the other hand is way more sympathetic to their plight, mainly since from the start, he knew that cloning such a excessive amount of clones (especially from literal arse DNA) would lead to a plethora of issues. He was absolutely right in his judgement, considering the accidental release of the perfect clones from the theater and the accidental prolonged lifespans of the rejects.

While Bing keeps constantly tiptoeing around taking care of the rejects and making sure they’re not ripping each other to shreds, Larry is the one tasked with keeping tabs on them all. Thus, he interacts with them quite frequently on a near daily basis, and he is somewhat decently respected by the rejects. Understandably, many of them still detest Larry for being associated with that evil director, but considering that he’s now basically their caretaker, they all know NOT to push his buttons too severely.

Neither Bing nor Larry view themselves as pseudo-father figures to the rejects! Even just thinking about that will genuinely enrage Bing (as all respectable evil geniuses aren’t supposed to feel ‘close’ to their man-made creations) and in Larry’s case, the idea of being a father figure to what is technically a bunch of grown ass men is pretty awkward feeling lol

Now, in regard to their thoughts on some particular rejects:

• Tomatoredd: Bing is somewhat fascinated by the fact that they’re technically four guys merged into one, and he tends to observe and take notes the most on them, when compared to the other rejects. He does think his appearance and voice is quite freaky though, and he can be quite disparaging towards him at times. Bing does at least plan on featuring Tomatoredd in a possible protagonist role in a future film, as his general strange mannerisms are somewhat interesting and it can lend him to be an intriguing main character. Larry finds some sense of kinship with Tomatoredd, mainly due to fact that the both of them are ‘missing’ an eye. He has noted that this clone definitely needs more psychological/emotional support when compared to the others, so he definitely makes sure to at least attend to Tomatoredd’s requests at higher rate of frequency, to at least make him a bit more comfortable.

• Torm: Bing has noticed that this clone tends to be quite lax when compared to the rest, as if he’s always bored and unengaged by their circumstances. He IS aware of ‘what happened to him’ (as there is a hidden camera in every reject room, for the sake of observation) and he is curious if that phenomenon can be repeated again amongst other ‘fusion’ rejects, just so he can properly record it and use it in a possible body horror-centric film. He feels absolutely zero sympathy for him though….. Larry is well aware of Torm’s situation, as he is more mindful of how to act around him. Considering that Torm has a similar ‘passive’ yet kinda snarky demeanor akin to Larry’s, he does get along well with him and doesn’t mind his presence.

• Scribble Tom: Due to the fact that this clone seemingly breaks reality itself due to their appearance (basically being a Mr. Game and Watch-like entity, in terms of being visually 2D in a 3D space), Bing has a very keen interest in observing and studying him further, for the sole purpose of putting him in a supporting character role in a live action animated film. He does think he is probably one of the more ‘kinder’ clones and does enjoy his presence, and Scribble Tom absolutely leans into this, to the point where Bing is 100% fine with that clone roaming around the lab and doing whatever he wants. Larry however, sees through this ‘cute and innocent’ façade though, and is a bit more stern whenever he’s interacting with him. Even so, he avoids being overly cruel to Scribble Tom, mainly since he has a gut feeling that this clone has befriended too much of the other rejects, and either insulting or harming Scribble Tom WILL put a target on his back.

• Realistic Matt: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR FACE. (Both Bing and Larry are genuinely repulsed by his eerily uncanny appearance, and will usually ignore his requests and they’ll also avoid seeing him at all costs)

• ‘Film Buff’ Tom: He’s literally just A Guy. Other than him being completely devoid of having a sense of humor, Bing does use him as a preliminary critic while editing his film footage, in order to improve upon his craft. Unfortunately for him, FBT is VERY critical when he’s reviewing footage, and he very clearly gets on Bing’s bad side quite often, intentionally or not. Larry actually uses him as a drinking buddy (while still on the clock of course), as FBT is the most ‘Tom-like’ of the Tom rejects, and thus he definitely gets into a good mood whenever booze is involved. He will often try to keep tabs on various social dramas that are occurring amongst the rejects, via chatting with FBT, as this clone somehow manages to pick up on various interpersonal issues, general opinions, etc from the other reject rooms.

• Toaster Edd: One of the very few rejects that made it into the theater….. and never quite left. Due to literally lacking a brain, this reject was later found by Larry, still sitting in his seat, totally incoherent and glossy eyed….. he’s since found a new purpose just living in the lab’s kitchen, and both Bing and Larry look after him at a much more often rate than the other rejects. He’s definitely more pitied upon by them when compared to the other clones, as he’s essentially a lobotomite….. at least the toast he makes does indeed taste good.

Toaster Edd:

I won't lie toaster edd freaks me out if I thought about it more than a gag, taking it seriously just isn't my style. taking the assumption that in eddsworld being cartoons is something diegetic, I mostly interpreted this as edd prime canonically having a toaster in his head and pointedly Did Not think about it further. ya know, ah la hamster wheel.

now im imagining Bing sending a bulk order of One Million toasters. oh god what have I done. are there even that many toasters in the UK?

Where’s Waldo Matt:

Still at large.

Kitten Shopping Tom:

firsts thing firsts, kitten shopping Tom = Film Buff Tom to me. Alas film buff tom has cannibalized a lot of my other tom clone headcanons in my quest to give him a little more something that I think is interesting. creating a kind of tomalgam.

He has joy and whimsy and smiles he just doesn't have a sense of humor and probably has Alexithymia. Got the bits of tom that would impulsively buy an expensive camera and optimistically insist on making movies to make that money back. Has some awareness that Something Happened before he got put in the room but has put no importance to it so he's just chillin'. He generally comes off as very aloof because of the after mentioned all of that. least depressed tom clone.

I very off offhandedly mentioned he's a bit of an escape artist (so he can go kitten shopping) a while ago but to explain myself a little bit more: even if FB!Tom is missing all of his funny bones, doesn't mean he isn't capable of jokes, he just isn't aware he is making them and this materializes into fourth wall jokes when I think it's funny.

This also holds the implication that after we see him get dropped into rejectroom#64 he just? gets out?? and does this over and over again??? (albeit from the dumpster those times). you can begin to imagine the train of thought I was having when i came up with this headcanon.

another reason why i made FB!Tom like that is how tf is he seeing movies? he is simply walking out the front door. he is in the cutaway gag when the others are asking what happened to him. he yearns for the black and white film festival.

Closing thoughts:

Hopefully I didn’t perceive this ask wrong, as you’re asking about how Tomatoredd views and feels about the other rejects? Regardless, take what I wrote XD

Torm: They find a sense of solidarity towards them, in terms of how they’re both essentially ‘fusion’ rejects! They’ve definitely noticed how generally stable Torm is, as he rarely ‘explodes’ and just has overall a very lax demeanor, thus it’s quite common for Tomatoredd to ask them for ‘advice’ in how to be more like them. Sometimes they do feel like they’re getting snubbed by Torm though, as that clone also has a habit of keeping to themselves. Plus, Tomatoredd can feel that they’re being…… judged by Torm at times. They’re unsure why, but the uncomfortable sensation does linger at times, as they’re sadly unaware of WHAT happened to Torm. Regardless, they pretty much use Torm as a rock to brace themselves against whenever they’re suffering from any sort of deep internal turmoil. They DO rarely butt heads at times, as the other clones in their room do perceive the both of them as the ‘leaders’, thus they both need to agree on certain group decisions for everyone’s sake. Thankfully though, Tomatoredd just doesn’t have the heart to severely fight against the one person that’s ‘just like us’, but the occasional petty squabble between them does happen anyways lol

Scribble Tom: Hands down the one fellow reject that they’re the most comfortable in casually socializing with, even if they’re not feeling that emotionally well. Seeing Scribble Tom’s generally ‘innocent’ positive demeanor always puts them in a good mood, and they can’t really ever be mad at them, even if that clone can be a bit TOO excitable and annoying at times. Unfortunately for Scribble Tom, Tomatoredd does have a bad habit of venting towards him about their internal conflicts and various fears/worries, as he feels the most comfortable in expressing these thoughts to him, and it clearly stresses out Scribble Tom. That clone is basically operating on a whole other plane of existence (both figuratively and literally) and being burdened about how Tomatoredd is afraid of being torn to shreds from the inside out, is clearly too much for them to process. They’ve since then developed a habit of just nodding and going “mmm hm”, while clearly not digesting what Tomatoredd is venting towards them about. Regardless, the two get along incredibly well, and Tomatoredd is grateful for their friendship. Yes, he WILL kill anyone for Scribble Tom’s sake.

Realistic Matt: Purely a touch-and-go relationship. It’s not just how his face is just so severely uncanny looking, but RM just has this strange air to their personality that makes him kinda unsettling in most of the other clones’ eyes. They’re strangely apathetic and yet RM demands the admiration of everyone (especially from other Matt clones), and thus they’re very off putting. Even so, Tomatoredd will sometimes spend some brief time with RM, as he isn’t that bad of an individual, just a bit….. strange. He’s quite a listener and is more observant than other clones, and isn’t that judgmental, so at least Tomatoredd finds some very mild comfort in spending time with RM. Still, he’s definitely lower on Tomatoredd’s ladder of ‘clones that are good friends to us’.

‘Film Buff’ Tom: He’s alright. Probably the most ‘Tom’ Tom clone to be in their shared living space, thus there’s definitely a small bit of envy they feel towards him, as he’s basically the most normal looking guy in there. However, his literal lack of having a sense of humor and him being quite ‘flat’ in his speech/lexicon is very surprising, and thus Tomatoredd feels indifferent towards him. He’s not that good of a conversationalist and can be pretty bland to be around, so he doesn’t really like to socialize with him all that much. If there’s one thing they’re DAMN good at talking about though is definitely movies, so rarely Tomatoredd will engage with him to just chat about films (mainly via the Edd part of him). FBT overall is just so….. inoffensive and BASIC, that Tomatoredd will shrug him off at times.

Toaster Edd: Sympathy. Pure utter sympathy. They’re not even jealous of how that clone is ‘allowed’ to freely roam the lab, considering how he’s basically fully comatose, being solely used as a kitchen appliance by Bing & Larry. A part of them wants to properly befriend him and help him socialize with others, but they sadly agree that it’ll be a lost cause. Tomatoredd has at least once attempted to give a spare can of cola towards that clone (as they’ve escaped and reentered their reject room a couple of times but aren’t able to fully leave the lab, just like the others), and soon realized that he can’t even open up the can on his own….. nor drink it on his own either, as they had to manually prop his mouth open and pour it in…… Toaster Edd didn’t even react to any of it. Ever since, Tomatoredd been just another passive observer, just like every other clone…..

• Upon being made, he somehow managed to evade the claw that’s meant to detect and remove rejects from the movie screening at the theater, as in terms of external appearance, there isn’t nothing that ‘wrong’ with him per se. The thing is, he didn’t react AT ALL towards the movie, which should’ve caused the system to detect him as a flawed clone (like what happened to ‘Film Buff’ Tom, who was removed due to not laughing, possibly by him lacking a sense of humor), and yet he still stayed there the entire time.

• As the film’s credits rolled, all of the other ‘perfect’ clones left the theater, and yet Toaster Edd stayed behind, still in his seat. Sitting there. Alone. It wasn’t until some time after, once Bing & Larry had returned from Edd’s house, that he was finally spotted. Larry had been tasked by Bing to go clear out and sweep the theater, to make sure that there weren’t any stragglers left, and he was quite literally the only one to be spotted.

• Larry understandably assumed that this Edd clone would potentially try to flee or fight back, he approached him calmly and spoke towards him kindly, but was shocked to see the clone not react at all. In fact, Larry assumed that the clone was just DEAD. However, much to his surprise, Toaster Edd was just sitting there, completely oblivious to anything and everything around him. Larry proceeded to pull him out of his seat, and was further surprised to see that the clone offered no resistance towards him, and could be literally dragged around.

• As they returned back to Bing’s evil laboratory, Larry was already coming up with numerous hypotheses on why this Edd clone seems to be so mentally absent and eerily quiet. He doesn’t talk back, nor resist, and didn’t even flinch upon Larry poking and prodding him while walking back. He did notice a strange burning smell coming from the clone though, but assumed it was just some sort of after-smell from the cloning machine manufacturing process.

• Bing of course was immediately enamored by the strange nature of this clone, as he has already begun to observe and take notes on the surviving rejects under his ‘care’. He immediately assumed that Toaster Edd was a reject that wasn’t properly detected, and he was absolutely correct in that assumption. Larry then began to suggest that the clone should be sent off to be ‘recycled’, an idea they both had at the time in regard to handling so many clones. Thankfully, they never went through with this idea, and Bing wrote off this entire cloning escapade as a production loss.

• Before Bing could even decide what to do, he also noticed the strange burning smell. It was emanating from the Edd clone, although it was clearly smelling more and more like toasted bread. Upon saying this, Larry thought Bing was having a stroke, but he was ADAMANT that it was a real toast smell coming from the clone. It didn’t take long soon after for his manufacturing flaw to finally appear.

• Upon seeing that yes, he literally has a TOASTER for a brain, Bing was delighted at seeing this macabre discovery. A living pseudo-human being, still breathing and functioning (debatably) even though he’s missing such an incredibly important body part! The pieces soon quickly fell into place on why this Edd clone is acting so strange though, as he’s effectively a lobotomite. No wonder his eyes are so heavily skewed and vacant…..

• Bing then had the idea of keeping him in the kitchen, as he shrugged off the idea that the clone would try to escape on his own, as he could’ve easily had the opportunity to do so alongside the rest of the ‘perfect’ clones at the theater. Larry objected at the idea, as he thought toasting bread within the literal skullcap of a clone is disgusting, up until hearing Bing’s claims that the bread is perfectly toasted and is delicious. To his horror, his boss is right!

• Toaster Edd now lives in the lab’s kitchen, in which he is treated more as a kitchen appliance than an actual sapient human being. Seemingly, he doesn’t seem to object to this at all, if he’s even capable to process what’s being done to him. He just sits in a chair by the singular table in the room, staring at seemingly nothing 24/7. He technically does have access to the entire lab and can leave at any time, but he just stays there. His only real sense of interaction is whenever Bing uses him to toast bread, and the rare time in which Larry uses him to toast bagels instead.

• At least he does indeed have a cot in the corner of the kitchen in which he could rest and sleep on, but to Bing & Larry’s knowledge, he’s NEVER used it. It now just collects dust, and is sometimes used to hold up excess paperwork and research notes. He essentially has nothing else to his name, and he hasn’t requested anything for him to have, unlike the rest of the rejects.

• The occasional strange grunt or moan can be heard from the clone, but Bing & Larry are unsure if he’s trying to communicate with them, or if he’s trying to expesss any sort of pain or discomfort. Bing of course waves it off and even assumes it’s just the clone’s body doing it unconsciously, while Larry does a conscious effort in trying to communicate back to Toaster Edd. Alas, so far he hasn’t been able to parse out what the clone wants (if he even needs anything), but at least he’s way more considerate than Bing.

• Eventually one day when some of the other rejects began to slowly slip out of the reject rooms to explore the borderline labyrinthian laboratory, the clones that managed to find Toaster Edd were HORRIFIED. They falsely assumed that Bing & Larry ‘did this to him’, and that they will ‘be next’, thus worsening their already shaky relationship with their ethically dubious caretakers. Seemingly, Toaster Edd didn’t even flinch upon being in the presence of other clones.

• Yes, he can indeed ‘taste’ the bread, bagels, crumpets, etc, that’s placed into his toaster. It’s pretty much the only thing he’s used to ‘tasting’, as the internalized drive for the taste of cola has sadly petered out as time goes on. If a fellow Edd clone were to offer him a can of cola and even opened it up for him, he wouldn’t address it at all. Hypothetically if he were to be assisted in drinking the cola, he COULD react positively, but none of the other rejects have the drive to attempt this (at least, to most of their knowledge)

• In fact, Toaster Edd surreally doesn’t show the need to eat, drink, bathe, sleep, etc! It’s as if he’s really more object than ‘man’, which makes his existence even more disturbing if you think about it hard enough. No wonder Bing is adamant in keeping him alive, as he’s a EVIL film director after all. He’s definitely become a favorite of his, and hopes that Toaster Edd doesn’t spontaneously drop dead one day.