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:''Tigerhawk is a [[Maximal]] and emissary of [[Vok|the Vok]] from the [[Beast Era]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
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:''Tigerhawk is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''


[[Image:TigerhawkGenesis1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|800-Ton Jesus.]]
[[File:TigerhawkGenesis1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|800-Ton Jesus.]]
In the fires of an unknown place between time and space, the [[Vok]] aliens de-Sparked and  fused the bodies of [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] together to form '''Tigerhawk''', a Vok-controlled super warrior intended to bring justice to the time-disrupting Transformers on prehistoric [[Earth]]. But when the two extracted Sparks unite and re-enter Tigerhawk's body, a different purpose and personality seems to emerge.
In the fires of an unknown place between time and space, the [[Vok]] removed the [[spark]]s of [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and fused their bodies together to form '''Tigerhawk''', a Vok-controlled super warrior intended to bring justice to the time-disrupting Transformers on prehistoric [[Earth]]. But when the two extracted sparks united and re-entered Tigerhawk's body, a different personality and purpose emerged.


Tigerhawk is by far the most powerful Transformer in the Beast Wars. In robot mode, Tigerhawk can fly, has missile launchers under each arm, his wings double as shields, and he has wrist-mounted electricity cannons. His beast mode contains razor sharp claws and teeth, as well as a pair of chainguns on his forearms. However, these outstanding powers are nothing compared to his uncanny shamanic abilities to control the weather and terrain of Earth almost at whim.  
Tigerhawk is by far the most powerful Transformer in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. His mighty wings grant him flight in either form and can deploy missile launchers, gatling guns or serve as defensive shields. In [[beast mode]], he bares razor-sharp claws and teeth, but all of these devastating weapons are nothing compared to his uncanny shamanic abilities to control the weather and terrain of Earth at will.


:''Japanese name:'' '''Tigerfalcon'''
{{bigquote|And a mighty warrior came down from the sky, and a rainbow was upon his head, and his feet as pillars of fire.|[[Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]|"[[Nemesis Part 1]]"}}
:''Italian name:'' '''Tigre Alata''' ("Winged Tiger")
:''Polish name:''  '''Jastrząb''' ("Hawk")
:''Latin American name:''  '''Tigrehalcon''' ("Tiger Hawk")


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Blu Mankuma]] (English), [[Kōichi Tōchika]] (Japanese)
{{voiceactor|[[Blu Mankuma]] (English), [[Kōichi Tōchika]] (Japanese)|[[Xue Weigang]] (Chinese), [[Alvaro Tarcicio]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Giorgio Bonino]] (Italian)}}


[[Image:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|left|250px|thumb|You see, when two Vok love each other very much...]]
[[File:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|You see, when two Vok love each other very much...]]
Concerned with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s constant futzing with the timestream, the Vok extracted the Sparks of the inert, captive Maximals [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]. Their bodies were merged together to form the staggeringly powerful Tigerhawk. Inhabited by two members of the Vok species, Tigerhawk travelled to Earth as a blindingly powerful energy comet.  
Concerned with [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s constant futzing with the timestream, the Vok extracted the Sparks of the inert, captive Maximals [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]. Their bodies were merged together to form the staggeringly powerful Tigerhawk. Inhabited by two members of the Vok species, Tigerhawk travelled to Earth as a blindingly powerful energy comet.  


[[Image:OtherVictories-Tigerhawkwinks.jpg|right|thumb|250px|thumb|He's got Tigatron's voice but Airazor's mannerisms.]]
[[File:OtherVictories-TigerhawkoverMegatron.jpg|right|thumb|is this loss]]


Tigerhawk's energy-ball plunged to Earth, impacting and utterly destroying the [[Darksyde]]. Declaring himself the emissary of the Vok, he charged Megatron with "the willful disruption of time and space", and demanded Megatron's immediate surrender. Megatron was not so keen on this idea, and ordered a Predacon attack instead. Tigerhawk engaged and defeated the entire [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] force, then shot down Megatron. [[Optimus Primal]] arrived at that point, concerned that if Megatron was killed, the Spark of the original Megatron would also be destroyed, thus worsening the damage to the time stream. Tigerhawk dismissed Primal's concerns as intolerable interference, and buried him in the ground with a wave of his hand. Tigerhawk was seconds away from executing the unconscious Predacon leader when Tarantulas disabled him with specialized versions of his arachnoid helper-drones.
Tigerhawk's energy-ball plunged to Earth, impacting and utterly destroying the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Declaring himself the emissary of the Vok, he charged Megatron with "the willful disruption of time and space", and demanded Megatron's immediate surrender. Megatron was not so keen on this idea, and ordered a Predacon attack instead. Tigerhawk engaged and defeated the entire [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] force, then shot down Megatron. [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] arrived at that point, concerned that if Megatron was killed, the Spark of the original Megatron would also be destroyed, thus worsening the damage to the time stream. Tigerhawk dismissed Primal's concerns as intolerable interference, and buried him in the ground with a wave of his hand. Tigerhawk was seconds away from executing the unconscious Predacon leader when Tarantulas disabled him with specialized versions of his arachnoid helper-drones.


[[Image:Nemesis1-Tigerhawkbeastmode.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Pretty sure flapping your wings slowly doesn't let you hover in place, Tigerhawk.]]
Tigerhawk awoke to find himself a captive in [[Tarantulas's lair]]. The spider attempted to destroy Tigerhawk's mind by forcefully removing the Vok presence inhabiting it. Due to a fluke coincidence, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] only succeeded in destroying himself, alongside the Vok who had controlled Tigerhawk. The Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron, which followed Tigerhawk to Earth, merged to become one and entered Tigerhawk's body.  


Tigerhawk awoke to find himself a captive in [[Tarantulas's lair]]. The spider attempted to destroy Tigerhawk's mind by forcefully removing the Vok presence inhabiting it. Due to a fluke coincidence, [[Tarantulas]] only succeeded in destroying himself, alongside the Vok who had controlled Tigerhawk. The Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron, which followed Tigerhawk to Earth, merged to become one and entered Tigerhawk's body. {{storylink|Other Victories}}
Tigerhawk's memories appeared vague—at first he seemed not to remember being Tigatron or Airazor, yet after a moment he recognized Earth as "home". He remembered enough specifics of the Beast Wars to find surprising the appearance of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] as a Transmetal 2 and Optimus Primal in his "Optimal" form. {{storylink|Other Victories}}


Tigerhawk's memories appeared vague—at first he seemed not to remember being Tigatron or Airazor, yet after a moment he recognized Earth as "home". He remembered enough specifics of the Beast Wars to find surprising the appearance of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] as a Transmetal 2 and Optimus Primal in his "Optimal" form. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}
[[File:Nemesis1-Tigerhawkbeastmode.jpg|left|thumb|Pretty sure flapping your wings slowly doesn't let you hover in place, Tigerhawk.]]


[[Image:BWNemesisPt2 deathofTigerhawk.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Violent deaths in a kids show! Cool!]]
The Maximals were pretty impressed to have Tigerhawk around, with Optimus Primal quoting scripture from the [[Covenant of Primus]] about a "mighty warrior" from "the heavens". The Predacons, for their part, were scared oilless and Rampage told Megatron that there was nothing he could find that could work against Tigerhawk. Unfortunately, that wasn't true: Megatron discovered the Decepticon warship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''! Tigerhawk and Optimus raced against time to back up [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and stop the ''Nemesis'' from being activated, but to no avail. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} After a brief fight, Tigerhawk offered to hold the line while Optimus went back and warned the others.
Megatron, not long afterward, discovered the Decepticon warship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', and attempted to use it to destroy the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' itself. Tigerhawk attempted to single-handedly stop the ''Nemesis'', and despite holding his own for quite some time against the legendary warship as well as simultaneously draining the ship of its power just by holding it off, he was killed by the ship's main cannon. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
 
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Tigerhawk summoned a tornado and a lightning barrage to pummel the ''Nemesis'', holding his own for quite some time against the legendary warship and draining its power cells, though he was eventually killed by its main [[fusion cannon]]. [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] respected his actions as "a brave stand, and noble", while Optimus swore that no more of his friends were going to die because of Megatron's ambitions. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}


====3H comics====
====3H comics====
[[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] was an alternate version of Tigerhawk, among the differences being that A.) he was alive, and B.) he was in league with [[Unicron]]. Those who had known Tigerhawk all mistook Razorclaw for him until he cleared up on his identity. [[Optimus Primal]] sarcastically berated himself for the mistake, claiming that even Tigerhawk's [[nano-flea]]s were far above the likes of Razorclaw. {{storylink|Universe (2003 comic)|Universe}}
[[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] was an alternate version of Tigerhawk, among the differences being that he was alive and that he was in league with [[Unicron]]. Those who had known Tigerhawk all mistook Razorclaw for him until he cleared up on his identity. {{storylink|Abduction}} [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] sarcastically berated himself for the mistake, claiming that even Tigerhawk's [[nano-flea]]s were far above the likes of Razorclaw. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}


===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
{{note|Although it picks up after the first season, the ''Beast Wars Metals'' manga is not in-continuity with the television series.}}
[[File:Tigerfalcon1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Four katanas, 'cuz godlike elemental powers just aren't enough.]]
[[Image:Tigerfalcon1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Four katanas, 'cuz godlike elemental powers just aren't enough.]]
When the dead [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]] was resurrected due to the machinations of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], his lover, [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] was also revived, but as a mindless zombie. The zombie Airazor battled Tigatron, although Tigatron could not bring himself to hurt Airazor. Desiring another death over harming her, Tigatron gave her one of his katana and knelt down.
At one point, [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]'s [[spark]] became separated from her body, and her body was then possessed by a malevolent force. Airazor's body did battle with [[Tigatron]], though Tigatron could not bring himself to hurt Airazor due to his affection for her. Desiring death over harming her, Tigatron gave her one of his katana and knelt down.
 
As Airazor struck his neck with the blade, her spark traveled through the katana and into Tigatron's body. Inside cyberspace, the two reunited Maximals embraced, vowing never to be apart again. As their sparks joined, Tigatron and Airazor were reborn as the powerful Tigerhawk!
 
Tigerhawk used his elemental powers, channeled through his four katana, to dispatch hordes of zombie Predacon troopers with tornadoes and earthquakes. He then gathered up all the Maximals who had been separated from the team and returned them to Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}
 
===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
For ''[[ALTernity Today]]''{{'}}s crossword puzzle, "[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and Tigerhawk" was the clue to the answer for 145 across: "[[Fuzor]]". {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
 
===Ask Vector Prime===
Vector Prime stated that the Tigerhawk of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]] was a Cybertronian that had "gender that does not conform to a binary male/female state", along with the [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] of [[Primax 488.12 Alpha]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/5/23}}
 
===''Last Bot Standing''===
Tigerhawk was among the many Autobots who fought against the Decepticons as both sides drained the universe of its resources. {{Storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Tigerhawk-Fuzor.jpg|thumb]]
Tigerhawk Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who first appeared in the "Transmetals: Episode 3" mini events, and could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Tigerhawk_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Class''': Air
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: '''Blizzard: Create a blizzard in the area that deals 52.0 damage and slows enemy attacks by 25%, and call lightning strikes up to 8 times for 58.9 damage each.
 
:*''[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:tigerhawk  Tigerhawk at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]''
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As evil Airazor struck his neck with the blade, the real Airazor's spark traveled through the katana and into Tigatron's body. Inside cyberspace, the two reunited Maximals embraced, vowing never to be apart again. As their sparks joined, Tigatron and Airazor were reborn as the powerful Tigerhawk! (How romantic!)
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
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Tigerhawk was a Vok creation and the fusion of Tigerhawk and Airazor. His powers over the elements made him a fearsome combatant, but his alien origins caused others to regard him as dangerous and unpredictable. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}


==Toys==
==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
===''Beast Wars''===
[[Image:BW Tigerhawk toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Fly, my kitty! Fly!]]
[[File:BW Tigerhawk toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fly, my kitty! Fly!]]
*'''Tigerhawk''' (Transmetal 2 Ultra, 1999)
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Tigerhawk''' (Ultra Transmetal 2, [[1999]])}}</ul>
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-50'''
:*''Takara name:'' '''Metals Tigerfalcon''' (メタルスタイガーファルコン)
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''C-50'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 missiles, 2 wingtip missiles, 2 launchers
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (Takara), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}


: Tigerhawk transforms into half-robotic, half-technorganic, flying robot tiger-thing. Yes. In beast mode, he is armed with "[[hidden wing-tipped missiles]]", feather projectiles very similar to the Fuzor [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]'s, with spring-loaded switches to flip the wings forward, and flip-out missile launchers which activate when a lever on Tigerhawk's back is pulled (which also moves the wings). Under his beast head is a small cockpit with a pilot's chair (see Trivia below).
: Sold in the second wave of fourth-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Ultra toys, [[Transmetal 2]] Tigerhawk transforms into a cybernetic tiger-falcon hybrid. In [[beast mode]], he is armed with "Hidden wing-tipped missiles", feather projectiles very similar to the Fuzor [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)#Toys|Silverbolt]]'s, with spring-loaded switches to flip the wings forward, and flip-out missile launchers which activate when a lever on Tigerhawk's back is pulled (which also moves the wings). The white launchers on his wings are removable and can be held in his left fist. Under his beast head is a small cockpit with a pilot's chair.


: Like Transmetal 2 Megatron, Tigerhawk features a somewhat aborted "third mode", which is just a minor rearrangement of his beast mode parts  with his vacuum-metalized helmet (or "[[Targeting Computer Battle Visor]]") covering his beast tiger head, making him look rather like Battle Cat from ''He-Man''.
: Similar to Transmetal 2 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#TM2|Megatron]], Tigerhawk features an aborted and undocumented vehicular "third mode", which involves flipping him over to utilize the otherwise unexplained wheels on top of his wings and facing his cannon arm forward. The box and instructions opt to call the deployment of his vacuum-metalized bird helmet (or "Targeting Computer Battle Visor") over his beast tiger head a third mode instead.


: In robot mode, Tigerhawk has a decent level of articulation, though his elbow joints are designed in such a way as to be not particularly useful. Due to his heels being vacuum-metalized, they are especially susceptible to scratching, as owners are likely to reposition them frequently to cope better with the heavy wings and gimmicks on his back.
:Originally, Tigerhawk, along with [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimal Optimus]] and Transmetal 2 Megatron were to have small driver-like figures sitting on control chairs located in cockpits on their bodies. These drivers were meant to represent their sparks. But [[Hasbro]] later realized that kids might confuse these spark representations as drivers controlling the robots,{{fact}} so they were abandoned, but the cockpits remained. The spark pilot was eventually used in the Japanese release of [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].


[[Image:Tigerhawkweaponspecs.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
: Judging from his packaging art, it seems that along with [[Optimus Minor#Toys|Optimus Minor]], [[Sonar (BW)#Toys|Sonar]], and [[Scarem#Toys|Scarem]], Tigerhawk was amongst the few Transmetals 2 that was intended to have the strange feature of having access to multiple limbs in robot mode... In this case, a second pair of arms formed by his rear beast mode legs.
: Judging from his packaging art, it seems that along with [[Optimus Minor]], [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] and [[Scarem]] Tigerhawk was amongst the few Transmetals 2 that was intended to have the strange feature of having access to multiple limbs in robot mode... In this case, a second pair of arms formed by his rear beast mode legs.


: A back-of-the-box graph for Tigerhawk gives technical designations to some of his robot mode parts. In addition to the already-mentioned "hidden wing-tip missiles" and "targeting computer battle visor," they include "[[blast-open thunder torpedoes]]," "ion-charged talons," "[[accelerator beam-turret cannon]]" and "multi-stage deployment wings."
: [[:File:Tigerhawkweaponspecs.jpg|A back-of-the-box graph]] for Tigerhawk gives technical designations to some of his robot mode parts. In addition to the already-mentioned "hidden wing-tip missiles" and "targeting computer battle visor," they include "Blast-open thunder torpedoes," "Ion-charged talons," an "Accelerator beam-turret cannon" and "Multi-stage deployment wings."


:This mold was later used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]].
: Know also that this mold was later used to make 2003 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Razorclaw (Universe)#Toys|Razorclaw]].  It was also [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as a future body of [[Ravage (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Ravage]] in [[Recordicons issue 20|''Recordicons'' #20]].  


::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Tigerhawk/tigerhawk.htm More information on Tigerhawk at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Tigerhawk/tigerhawk.htm More information on Tigerhawk at TFU.info]''
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Leader-Tigerhawk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The second coming of Robot Jesus.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Beast Wars Universe Tigerhawk''' (Leader Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Tigerhawk''' (タイガーホーク)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TL-64'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[April 27|27 April]] [[2024]]
:*''Accessories'': 2 Feather Blades, 2 Blasters, 1 arm-mounted double blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Dennis Chan]] (sculptor, archival)}}<ref name ="Pulsecon">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4YRFesAdo ''Transformers'' panel] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Thew Adams]] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2023]].</ref>
:Released in the seventh wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Leader class figures, ''Legacy: United'' "Beast Wars Universe Tigerhawk" is based on his ''Beast Wars'' design, now featuring show-accurate purple and copper colors. As per his Hasbro designer [[Mark Maher]], he also features beast mode sculptwork pulled directly from the previously released ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' [[Tigatron (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]] molds, carried over for obvious reasons.<ref name = "Pulsecon"/> The original toy's spring-loaded launching feathers are now hand-wielded feather swords, while the original toy's spring-loaded missile launchers are now merely hand-held 5 mm-compatible nonworking cannons. The double-barreled weapon sculpted into the original toy's right forearm is now a separate 5 mm-compatible accessory.  This Tigerhawk lacks the original's falcon mask as it was not shown on the show model, though one was likely planned given the unused slot on the tiger forehead and matching unused storage slot under the tail feathers.
:Predictably, this figure was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes ]]'' [[Razorclaw (Universe)#Toys|Razorclaw]].
:The ratchet for each hip joint tends to be incredibly tight, which can lead to breakage of the ratchet mechanisms for one or both hips over time, resulting in very loose leg joints. This issue seems to have been corrected with the Razorclaw version of this mold.


==Notes==
:Tigerhawk was revealed at PulseCon 2023.
[[Image:BWRConcept25.jpg|right|200px|thumb|One Winged Angel]]
*The extremely short duration of Tigerhawk's appearance on the show was the result of a strange confluence of factors. At the time, it was not at all certain that the ''Beast Wars'' franchise would be ending. However, at one point, after Tigerhawk had already been written into the show at Hasbro's explicit request, the company considered not releasing his toy at all. Thus he was ordered killed off immediately, and was. Hasbro eventually decided to release the toy, but by that point it was too late to change the scripts or animation.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.toys.transformers.moderated/browse_frm/thread/1f02d1311fc9de33/05dc8df47640b9b7?lnk=st&amp;q=script#05dc8df47640b9b7 Larry DiTillio explains Tigerhawk's strange, short life.]</ref> Tigerhawk's toy did not appear on shelves until well after his death on the show.


*In the ''Beast Wars Metals'' comic, Tigatron was interpreted as a samurai; the katana being their weapon of choice. Hence the whole samurai motif for Tigerhawk.
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CzcUTh_ulMH/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Tigerhawk from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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*His [[motto]] is "Violence will not be tolerated--surrender or be destroyed."  Poor copy-editing or delicious irony?  You be the judge!   
==Notes==
* The extremely short duration of Tigerhawk's appearance on the show (a mere three episodes) was the result of a strange confluence of factors. At the time, it was not at all certain that the ''Beast Wars'' franchise would be ending. However, at one point, after Tigerhawk had already been written into the show at Hasbro's explicit request,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=However, as time and money became more and more tight, Hasbro asked Larry DiTillio to introduce Tigerhawk in ["Other Victories"] as well. It is not easy to work with one's story being rewritten over and over.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20040823000328/http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonthree/ov/|name=Ben Yee|site=Ben's World of Transformers}}</ref> the company considered not releasing his toy at all. Thus he was ordered killed off immediately, and was. Hasbro eventually decided to release the toy, but by that point it was too late to change the scripts or animation.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The reason for [Tigerhawk's death] was mostly due to last minute decision making. Originally, Hasbro was not going to produce the Tigerhawk toy (they are as of this writing), so they instructed the writers to kill the character off...|name=Ben Yee|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20040823000413/http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonthree/nem2/|site=Ben's World of Transformers}}</ref> Tigerhawk's toy did not appear on shelves until well after his death on the show.
* [[Bob Forward]] credits [[Asaph Fipke]] for coming up with the idea of Tigerhawk.
** Bob Forward ultimately though is not a fan of Tigerhawk.
* In the ''Beast Wars Metals'' comic, Tigatron was interpreted as a samurai; the katana being their weapon of choice. Hence the whole samurai motif for Tigerhawk.
* His motto is "Violence will not be tolerated--surrender or be destroyed."  Poor copy-editing or delicious irony?  You be the judge!   
* An unrealized [[Fun Publications]] [[BotCon]] [[exclusive]] was a redeco of Tigerhawk into a non-combiner ''Beast Wars''-themed version of [[Predaking (G1)|Generation 1 Predaking]].<ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report]</ref>


*Originally, Tigerhawk, along with [[Optimus Primal|Optimal Optimus]] and Transmetal 2 Megatron were to have small driver-like figures sitting on control chairs located in cockpits on their bodies. These drivers were meant to represent their sparks. But [[Hasbro]] later realized that kids might confuse these spark representations as drivers controlling the robots, so they were abandoned, but the cockpits remained. The spark pilot was eventually used in the Japanese release of [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Tigerfalcon''' (タイガーファルコン ''Taigāfarukon''), '''Tigerhawk''' (タイガーホーク ''Taigāhōku'')
*''French:'' '''Tigre Ailé''' (Canada toy, "Winged Tiger")
*''Italian:'' '''Tigre Alata''' (toy, "Winged Tiger")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hǔ Yīng''' (虎鹰, "Tiger Hawk")
*''Polish:''  '''Jastrząb''' ("Hawk")
*''Spanish:'' '''Tigralcón''' (Latin America toy, "Tigralcon"), '''Tigrehalcón''' (Latin America cartoon, "Tigerfalcon")


*Even before they were combined into Tigerhawk, Airazor and Tigatron had a gender-ambiguous history. Tigatron was a male robot with a beast mode that seemed to be scanned from [[Snowstalker|a female tiger]], while Airazor was a female character in the English version of the show and male in the Japanese version then female again in ''[[Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]''.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:BWRConcept25.jpg|Original ''Beast Wars'' concept art
File:Tigerhawk show model Beast Wars Universe.jpg|''Beast Wars'' cartoon character model
File:Metals Manga Tigerhawk model.jpg|''Beast Wars Metals'' manga character model
File:Legacy Tigerhawk Sculpt fusion.jpg|Diagram of the sculpting from ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]] and [[Tigatron (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tigatron]] recycled into ''Legacy'' Tigerhawk


*Over a decade after the character was created, [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2]] went ahead and declared Tigerhawk to be a [[Fuzor]].
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
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Tigerhawk is a Maximal from the Beast Era of the Generation 1 continuity family.
800-Ton Jesus.

In the fires of an unknown place between time and space, the Vok removed the sparks of Tigatron and Airazor and fused their bodies together to form Tigerhawk, a Vok-controlled super warrior intended to bring justice to the time-disrupting Transformers on prehistoric Earth. But when the two extracted sparks united and re-entered Tigerhawk's body, a different personality and purpose emerged.

Tigerhawk is by far the most powerful Transformer in the Beast Wars. His mighty wings grant him flight in either form and can deploy missile launchers, gatling guns or serve as defensive shields. In beast mode, he bares razor-sharp claws and teeth, but all of these devastating weapons are nothing compared to his uncanny shamanic abilities to control the weather and terrain of Earth at will.

“ And a mighty warrior came down from the sky, and a rainbow was upon his head, and his feet as pillars of fire. ”

—The Covenant of Primus, "Nemesis Part 1"

Fiction

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Beast Wars cartoon continuity

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Beast Wars cartoon

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Voice actor: Blu Mankuma (English), Kōichi Tōchika (Japanese), Xue Weigang (Chinese), Alvaro Tarcicio (Latin American Spanish), Giorgio Bonino (Italian)
You see, when two Vok love each other very much...

Concerned with Megatron's constant futzing with the timestream, the Vok extracted the Sparks of the inert, captive Maximals Tigatron and Airazor. Their bodies were merged together to form the staggeringly powerful Tigerhawk. Inhabited by two members of the Vok species, Tigerhawk travelled to Earth as a blindingly powerful energy comet.

is this loss

Tigerhawk's energy-ball plunged to Earth, impacting and utterly destroying the Darksyde. Declaring himself the emissary of the Vok, he charged Megatron with "the willful disruption of time and space", and demanded Megatron's immediate surrender. Megatron was not so keen on this idea, and ordered a Predacon attack instead. Tigerhawk engaged and defeated the entire Predacon force, then shot down Megatron. Optimus Primal arrived at that point, concerned that if Megatron was killed, the Spark of the original Megatron would also be destroyed, thus worsening the damage to the time stream. Tigerhawk dismissed Primal's concerns as intolerable interference, and buried him in the ground with a wave of his hand. Tigerhawk was seconds away from executing the unconscious Predacon leader when Tarantulas disabled him with specialized versions of his arachnoid helper-drones.

Tigerhawk awoke to find himself a captive in Tarantulas's lair. The spider attempted to destroy Tigerhawk's mind by forcefully removing the Vok presence inhabiting it. Due to a fluke coincidence, Tarantulas only succeeded in destroying himself, alongside the Vok who had controlled Tigerhawk. The Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron, which followed Tigerhawk to Earth, merged to become one and entered Tigerhawk's body.

Tigerhawk's memories appeared vague—at first he seemed not to remember being Tigatron or Airazor, yet after a moment he recognized Earth as "home". He remembered enough specifics of the Beast Wars to find surprising the appearance of Cheetor as a Transmetal 2 and Optimus Primal in his "Optimal" form. Other Victories

Pretty sure flapping your wings slowly doesn't let you hover in place, Tigerhawk.

The Maximals were pretty impressed to have Tigerhawk around, with Optimus Primal quoting scripture from the Covenant of Primus about a "mighty warrior" from "the heavens". The Predacons, for their part, were scared oilless and Rampage told Megatron that there was nothing he could find that could work against Tigerhawk. Unfortunately, that wasn't true: Megatron discovered the Decepticon warship Nemesis! Tigerhawk and Optimus raced against time to back up Depth Charge and stop the Nemesis from being activated, but to no avail. Nemesis Part 1 After a brief fight, Tigerhawk offered to hold the line while Optimus went back and warned the others.

Tigerhawk summoned a tornado and a lightning barrage to pummel the Nemesis, holding his own for quite some time against the legendary warship and draining its power cells, though he was eventually killed by its main fusion cannon. Dinobot respected his actions as "a brave stand, and noble", while Optimus swore that no more of his friends were going to die because of Megatron's ambitions. Nemesis Part 2

3H comics

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Razorclaw was an alternate version of Tigerhawk, among the differences being that he was alive and that he was in league with Unicron. Those who had known Tigerhawk all mistook Razorclaw for him until he cleared up on his identity. Abduction Optimus Primal sarcastically berated himself for the mistake, claiming that even Tigerhawk's nano-fleas were far above the likes of Razorclaw. Escape

Beast Wars Metals comic

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Four katanas, 'cuz godlike elemental powers just aren't enough.

When the dead Tigatron was resurrected due to the machinations of Megatron, his lover, Airazor was also revived, but as a mindless zombie. The zombie Airazor battled Tigatron, although Tigatron could not bring himself to hurt Airazor. Desiring another death over harming her, Tigatron gave her one of his katana and knelt down.

As Airazor struck his neck with the blade, her spark traveled through the katana and into Tigatron's body. Inside cyberspace, the two reunited Maximals embraced, vowing never to be apart again. As their sparks joined, Tigatron and Airazor were reborn as the powerful Tigerhawk!

Tigerhawk used his elemental powers, channeled through his four katana, to dispatch hordes of zombie Predacon troopers with tornadoes and earthquakes. He then gathered up all the Maximals who had been separated from the team and returned them to Optimus Primal. Beast Wars Metals #6

The AllSpark Almanac

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For ALTernity Today's crossword puzzle, "Silverbolt and Tigerhawk" was the clue to the answer for 145 across: "Fuzor". The AllSpark Almanac II

Ask Vector Prime

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Vector Prime stated that the Tigerhawk of Primax 496.22 Alpha was a Cybertronian that had "gender that does not conform to a binary male/female state", along with the Overlord of Primax 488.12 Alpha. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/5/23

Last Bot Standing

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Tigerhawk was among the many Autobots who fought against the Decepticons as both sides drained the universe of its resources. Last Bot Standing #2

Games

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Transformers: Battle Tactics

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Tigerhawk Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who first appeared in the "Transmetals: Episode 3" mini events, and could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Transformers: Earth Wars

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  • Class: Air
  • Lowest Star Rating: 2 star
  • Ability: Blizzard: Create a blizzard in the area that deals 52.0 damage and slows enemy attacks by 25%, and call lightning strikes up to 8 times for 58.9 damage each.

Transformers Roleplaying Game

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Tigerhawk was a Vok creation and the fusion of Tigerhawk and Airazor. His powers over the elements made him a fearsome combatant, but his alien origins caused others to regard him as dangerous and unpredictable. Technorganic Secrets

Toys

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Beast Wars

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Fly, my kitty! Fly!
  • Tigerhawk (Ultra Transmetal 2, 1999)
  • Takara name: Metals Tigerfalcon (メタルスタイガーファルコン)
  • Takara ID number: C-50
  • Accessories: 2 missiles, 2 wingtip missiles, 2 launchers
  • Known designers: Yuichiro Hira (Takara), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)
Sold in the second wave of fourth-year Beast Wars Ultra toys, Transmetal 2 Tigerhawk transforms into a cybernetic tiger-falcon hybrid. In beast mode, he is armed with "Hidden wing-tipped missiles", feather projectiles very similar to the Fuzor Silverbolt's, with spring-loaded switches to flip the wings forward, and flip-out missile launchers which activate when a lever on Tigerhawk's back is pulled (which also moves the wings). The white launchers on his wings are removable and can be held in his left fist. Under his beast head is a small cockpit with a pilot's chair.
Similar to Transmetal 2 Megatron, Tigerhawk features an aborted and undocumented vehicular "third mode", which involves flipping him over to utilize the otherwise unexplained wheels on top of his wings and facing his cannon arm forward. The box and instructions opt to call the deployment of his vacuum-metalized bird helmet (or "Targeting Computer Battle Visor") over his beast tiger head a third mode instead.
Originally, Tigerhawk, along with Optimal Optimus and Transmetal 2 Megatron were to have small driver-like figures sitting on control chairs located in cockpits on their bodies. These drivers were meant to represent their sparks. But Hasbro later realized that kids might confuse these spark representations as drivers controlling the robots,[citation needed] so they were abandoned, but the cockpits remained. The spark pilot was eventually used in the Japanese release of Cryotek.
Judging from his packaging art, it seems that along with Optimus Minor, Sonar, and Scarem, Tigerhawk was amongst the few Transmetals 2 that was intended to have the strange feature of having access to multiple limbs in robot mode... In this case, a second pair of arms formed by his rear beast mode legs.
A back-of-the-box graph for Tigerhawk gives technical designations to some of his robot mode parts. In addition to the already-mentioned "hidden wing-tip missiles" and "targeting computer battle visor," they include "Blast-open thunder torpedoes," "Ion-charged talons," an "Accelerator beam-turret cannon" and "Multi-stage deployment wings."
Know also that this mold was later used to make 2003 Universe Razorclaw. It was also repurposed as a future body of Shattered Glass Ravage in Recordicons #20.

Legacy

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The second coming of Robot Jesus.
  • Beast Wars Universe Tigerhawk (Leader Class, 2024)
  • TakaraTomy name: Tigerhawk (タイガーホーク)
  • TakaraTomy ID number: TL-64
  • TakaraTomy release date: 27 April 2024
  • Accessories: 2 Feather Blades, 2 Blasters, 1 arm-mounted double blaster
  • Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Shuhei Umezu (TakaraTomy), Dennis Chan (sculptor, archival)[1]
Released in the seventh wave of Legacy Leader class figures, Legacy: United "Beast Wars Universe Tigerhawk" is based on his Beast Wars design, now featuring show-accurate purple and copper colors. As per his Hasbro designer Mark Maher, he also features beast mode sculptwork pulled directly from the previously released Kingdom Tigatron and Airazor molds, carried over for obvious reasons.[1] The original toy's spring-loaded launching feathers are now hand-wielded feather swords, while the original toy's spring-loaded missile launchers are now merely hand-held 5 mm-compatible nonworking cannons. The double-barreled weapon sculpted into the original toy's right forearm is now a separate 5 mm-compatible accessory. This Tigerhawk lacks the original's falcon mask as it was not shown on the show model, though one was likely planned given the unused slot on the tiger forehead and matching unused storage slot under the tail feathers.
Predictably, this figure was redecoed into Age of the Primes Razorclaw.
The ratchet for each hip joint tends to be incredibly tight, which can lead to breakage of the ratchet mechanisms for one or both hips over time, resulting in very loose leg joints. This issue seems to have been corrected with the Razorclaw version of this mold.
Tigerhawk was revealed at PulseCon 2023.

Notes

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  • The extremely short duration of Tigerhawk's appearance on the show (a mere three episodes) was the result of a strange confluence of factors. At the time, it was not at all certain that the Beast Wars franchise would be ending. However, at one point, after Tigerhawk had already been written into the show at Hasbro's explicit request,[2] the company considered not releasing his toy at all. Thus he was ordered killed off immediately, and was. Hasbro eventually decided to release the toy, but by that point it was too late to change the scripts or animation.[3] Tigerhawk's toy did not appear on shelves until well after his death on the show.
  • Bob Forward credits Asaph Fipke for coming up with the idea of Tigerhawk.
    • Bob Forward ultimately though is not a fan of Tigerhawk.
  • In the Beast Wars Metals comic, Tigatron was interpreted as a samurai; the katana being their weapon of choice. Hence the whole samurai motif for Tigerhawk.
  • His motto is "Violence will not be tolerated--surrender or be destroyed." Poor copy-editing or delicious irony? You be the judge!
  • An unrealized Fun Publications BotCon exclusive was a redeco of Tigerhawk into a non-combiner Beast Wars-themed version of Generation 1 Predaking.[4]

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Tigerfalcon (タイガーファルコン Taigāfarukon), Tigerhawk (タイガーホーク Taigāhōku)
  • French: Tigre Ailé (Canada toy, "Winged Tiger")
  • Italian: Tigre Alata (toy, "Winged Tiger")
  • Mandarin: Hǔ Yīng (虎鹰, "Tiger Hawk")
  • Polish: Jastrząb ("Hawk")
  • Spanish: Tigralcón (Latin America toy, "Tigralcon"), Tigrehalcón (Latin America cartoon, "Tigerfalcon")
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  • Original Beast Wars concept art
    Original Beast Wars concept art
  • Beast Wars cartoon character model
    Beast Wars cartoon character model
  • Beast Wars Metals manga character model
    Beast Wars Metals manga character model
  • Diagram of the sculpting from Kingdom Airazor and Tigatron recycled into Legacy Tigerhawk
    Diagram of the sculpting from Kingdom Airazor and Tigatron recycled into Legacy Tigerhawk

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Transformers panel with Ben MacCrae, Mark Maher, Evan Brooks, Takio Ejima and Thew Adams at Hasbro Pulse Con 2023.
  2. ↑ "However, as time and money became more and more tight, Hasbro asked Larry DiTillio to introduce Tigerhawk in ["Other Victories"] as well. It is not easy to work with one's story being rewritten over and over."—Ben Yee, Ben's World of Transformers
  3. ↑ "The reason for [Tigerhawk's death] was mostly due to last minute decision making. Originally, Hasbro was not going to produce the Tigerhawk toy (they are as of this writing), so they instructed the writers to kill the character off..."—Ben Yee, Ben's World of Transformers
  4. ↑ BotCon 2014 attendee report
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