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Tord Larsson was an online friend of Edd Gould whose animated counterpart appeared in Edd's animations and comics. He is of Norwegian descent.

History with Eddsworld

Tord was first brought in by Edd Gould to draw comics for eddsworld.co.uk.[1] The two became close friends, which led to Tord gaining an animated counterpart, first appearing in Eddsworld Christmas Special.[2]

Edd started having major computer problems around the time The Dudette Next Door was made, and had to use internet cafes and such to stay in contact with Tord. Tom and Tord were left to chat alone, and according to Edd, it lead the two to realize "they didn't like each other too much". Once Edd returned, things continued as normal.[2]

Tord quit Eddsworld after the completion of Moving Targets in 2008.[2] The first scene in 25ft Under the Seat showing his animated counterpart leaving was a result of this. Edd confirmed Tord's departure in a Scrambled Edd blog post from a few days after 25ft was uploaded, and said Tord did so for "a number of reasons" but assured that the two were still friends.[3] Edd would later state in a vokle that the scene from 25ft was his least favorite scene in any of his animations. Tord's voice for his animated counterpart appeared one last time in a flashback scene in WTFuture.

Edd clarified in his "Origins of Eddsworld" post that Tord left because he "wished to pursue his own ambitions separately from the group",[2] and he also said in its comments section that the two were still in touch.[4][5]

Shortly after learning about Edd Gould's death in 2012, Tord posted a video where he explained why he left Eddsworld and addressed rumors regarding him that were floating around at the time.[6] In it, Tord confirmed that he left Eddsworld because he wanted to make a name for himself outside of it, added that he was always anonymous online so he wouldn't get attention from Eddsworld fans, and stated that his animated counterpart stopped appearing because he felt it wasn't appropriate to have a character bearing his name still present in Eddsworld. Some time later, Tord deleted the channel the video was uploaded on. The end of the video was used in Tomska's video "Your Eulogy".

Tord's animated counterpart reappeared for the Eddsworld: Legacy finale, The End, although he was voiced by Jamie Spicer-Lewis. The real Tord was not contacted.[7]

Portfolio

Title Uploaded Role
The Dudette Next Door September 18, 2005 Character designer (Kim and Katya), Voice actor (Tord)
Zombeh Attack October 4, 2005 Voice actor (Tord; Partial)
Behind the Scenes of Eddsworld October 8, 2005 Voice actor (Tord)
Eddsworld Christmas Special '05 December 2, 2005 Animation assistance
Tord's Adventure March 17, 2006 Voice actor (Tord)
Zombeh Attack 2 May 6, 2006 Voice actor (Tord)
Breakfast August 16, 2006 Voice actor (Tord)
Eddsworld 20k September 1, 2006 Voice actor (Tord)
Zombeh Nation November 11, 2006 Voice actor (Tord)
Christmas Visitor December 10, 2006 Voice actor (Grim Reaper)
Hello Hellhole January 16, 2007 Voice actor (Tord)
Boris Grishenko July 1, 2007 Voice actor (Boris Grishenko)
Ruined September 2, 2007 Voice actor (Tord)
Eddsworld Halloween Special 2007 October 21, 2007 Voice actor (Tord)
Zanta Claws December 21, 2007 Voice actor (Tord)
Spares May 16, 2008 Voice actor (Tord)
Moving Targets July 2, 2008 Voice actor (Tord)
Zanta Claws II December 17, 2008 Special Thanks
WTFuture February 13, 2010 Voice actor (Tord)

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References

  1. "Introducing the new part-time workers at Eddsworld....
    Tom Ridgewell & Tord Larrson
    Tom is Going To do the Occassional Comic and flash, while Tord is our new Comic artist! check out his most recent one... 'Hobbie accessories'!" (11/13/2004)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Origins of Eddsworld"
  3. Exthra Crithpy!: "Right, to answer most of your questions, yes, Tord has left Eddsworld, and its highly unlikely he’ll be coming back. Why did he leave? He has a number of reasons, which is fair enough it was his choice. We are still friends, it’s not like he left angrily or something. I’m sorry to the the surprisingly large fan base he has, but if you liked him that much you should really respect his decision (: And no, we are not planning to ‘replace’ him with anyone any time soon, we’re going to keep it as three for a while. C:" - Scrambled Edd (eddsworld.co.uk) (9/30/2008)
  4. Question: "if you don't mind me asking, do you and tord still keep in touch?"
    Edd's Answer: "Yup, of course."
  5. "If Tord left to pursue his own personal work where can it be found? I just want to know what he's been up to."
    "Kind of eliminates the point of wanting to be separate from the group if i send fans after him, but ill ask him when i next speak to him."
  6. "Tord explains why he left Eddsworld (RIP Edd Gould)" (KalashniCock)
  7. "The “I Hate TomSka” Masterpost 7) “TomSka brought back Tord against his wishes” - ...I’ll admit, with no way of contacting him, I hadn’t given much thought to character’s real-life counterpart other than hoping that replacing the voice actor and tying off the character would encourage fans to leave the man alone."

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