Tommy was a little boy in Joe Pritchett's pre-school. He only appeared in "The Verdict", when he called Jay old, to which Jay got offended and called him 'Big Ears' back in front of his classmates and the teacher, which got Jay into a lot of trouble, and had to spend time at the Feelings Table with Tommy's parents. Later in the episode, the viewers noticed that Joe told Gloria and Jay that Joe and his classmates then called Tommy 'Big Ears', because it had stuck.