Based on the original Talking Tom & Ben News app by Outfit7, the premise is simple: Tom and Ben are TV news anchors who repeat everything you say in their signature voices. On Scratch, these projects use block-based coding to recreate the interactive studio environment, allowing users to:

At first glance, the phrase “Scratch Tom and Ben News” appears to be a nonsensical jumble of names and actions—a random verb, two common first names, and a generic noun for media. Yet, within its awkward assembly lies a profound metaphor for the contemporary crisis of information. To “scratch” is to scrape away a surface, to excavate, or to delete. “Tom and Ben” evoke the everyman (Tom, Dick, and Harry) as well as the archetypal trickster (Tom Sawyer whitewashing a fence) and the rational printer (Benjamin Franklin). “News” is the sacred text of the secular age. Together, the phrase invites us to consider a radical act: defacing the messenger and the message, and in doing so, revealing the unstable foundations upon which our shared reality is built.

To make it feel like a real duo, Ben should react to Tom's interruption. This is the "magic" feature that makes the project feel alive.

In the digital age, “scratching” has two primary meanings. The first is the DJ’s art of scratching a vinyl record—manually moving the disc back and forth to create a new, percussive sound from an existing recording. This act does not destroy the original signal but recontextualizes it, introducing noise, rhythm, and the palpable presence of the human hand. To “scratch” Tom and Ben News, then, is to interrupt the smooth, algorithmic flow of information. It is the act of the citizen-journalist who pauses a cable news clip to point out a logical fallacy, or the meme-maker who splices a politician’s words into a jarring remix. Scratching is the sound of skepticism.

Clicking on the characters to make them fall off their chairs or tapping "paw" buttons to trigger specific animations.

Create a new sprite that is just a long thin rectangle with text on it (the news headline).

When I receive [Interrupt Tom v] // Ben stops working to look at Tom switch costume to [Looking-Up v] wait until <[Tom] is not talking> // Logic to wait for Tom to finish

Scratch recreations typically mimic the classic "news anchor" setup where Tom and Ben sit behind a desk. Standard interactive features include:

Scratch Tom And Ben News !!hot!! < Quick × WALKTHROUGH >

Based on the original Talking Tom & Ben News app by Outfit7, the premise is simple: Tom and Ben are TV news anchors who repeat everything you say in their signature voices. On Scratch, these projects use block-based coding to recreate the interactive studio environment, allowing users to:

At first glance, the phrase “Scratch Tom and Ben News” appears to be a nonsensical jumble of names and actions—a random verb, two common first names, and a generic noun for media. Yet, within its awkward assembly lies a profound metaphor for the contemporary crisis of information. To “scratch” is to scrape away a surface, to excavate, or to delete. “Tom and Ben” evoke the everyman (Tom, Dick, and Harry) as well as the archetypal trickster (Tom Sawyer whitewashing a fence) and the rational printer (Benjamin Franklin). “News” is the sacred text of the secular age. Together, the phrase invites us to consider a radical act: defacing the messenger and the message, and in doing so, revealing the unstable foundations upon which our shared reality is built.

To make it feel like a real duo, Ben should react to Tom's interruption. This is the "magic" feature that makes the project feel alive. scratch tom and ben news

In the digital age, “scratching” has two primary meanings. The first is the DJ’s art of scratching a vinyl record—manually moving the disc back and forth to create a new, percussive sound from an existing recording. This act does not destroy the original signal but recontextualizes it, introducing noise, rhythm, and the palpable presence of the human hand. To “scratch” Tom and Ben News, then, is to interrupt the smooth, algorithmic flow of information. It is the act of the citizen-journalist who pauses a cable news clip to point out a logical fallacy, or the meme-maker who splices a politician’s words into a jarring remix. Scratching is the sound of skepticism.

Clicking on the characters to make them fall off their chairs or tapping "paw" buttons to trigger specific animations. Based on the original Talking Tom & Ben

Create a new sprite that is just a long thin rectangle with text on it (the news headline).

When I receive [Interrupt Tom v] // Ben stops working to look at Tom switch costume to [Looking-Up v] wait until <[Tom] is not talking> // Logic to wait for Tom to finish To “scratch” is to scrape away a surface,

Scratch recreations typically mimic the classic "news anchor" setup where Tom and Ben sit behind a desk. Standard interactive features include:

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