Tigatron (BW)

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Tigatron is a Maximal from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

I must kill you... because God told me to!

Damage to his stasis pod upon crashing to Earth caused Tigatron to emerge far more tiger than robot. A loner who is more connected to the Earth than any other Beast Warrior, he enjoys the planet's natural beauty and is often concerned about the damage that the Transformers' battle is doing to it. Scout, infiltrator, and sometimes programming guru, Tigatron has filled a variety of roles for the Maximals.

Sometimes he is previously known as Unit 2; in this past life he temporarily served as a leg for Magnaboss.

“	We were given a paradise! All we had to do was live there in peace. But we proved unworthy... and the paradise is no more.	”
—Tigatron, "The Trigger, Part 2"

Fiction

First wave toy bio

A powerful and fearless warrior, Optimus Primal appointed Tigatron to patrol the northern polar sector, where he roamed in his beast mode. When he encountered Predacon activity, he was capable of transforming rapidly and reconfiguring his titanium tail into a powerful quasar cannon, which he then used to vaporize his enemies! Additionally, he sported a toxic fluid blaster, which rendered anybody struck by it completely useless. Tigatron bio

Cartoon continuity

Beast Wars cartoon

Voice actor: Blu Mankuma (English), Kōichi Tōchika (Japanese), Alexandr Novikov (Russian, 2nd dub), Armando Tiraboschi (Portuguese), Alvaro Tarcicio (Latin American Spanish), Luis Marín (Castilian Spanish), Marco Balzarotti (Italian), Henry König (German)

This is a land of peace, and I will kill anyone who says otherwise!

Tigatron's stasis pod was the first to fall onto the mysterious world which would later be revealed as prehistory Earth. Born in the far, frozen north, heavily damaged in his identity circuits and unable to remember friend from foe, Tigatron took to his beast mode. He patiently watched the Predacon and Maximal forces duke it out over the empty stasis pod, finally realising that he was a Maximal when Megatron threatened him and the white tiger he had scanned. Transforming, he quickly dispatched the Predacons, but told Optimus Primal that he preferred to remain in the wilds. Fallen Comrades

From the northern territories, he would send weekly updates to the Axalon through communication towers. The Trigger, Part 1 He teamed up with Primal to investigate why Waspinator was buzzing around in Maximal territory, and was able to track the Predacon back to a cave where Terrorsaur and Blackarachnia were attempting to use a sonic emitter to break into the Maximal base. After he stole the device, it exploded, and Tigatron rejoined the other Maximals to mourn Rattrap, who had apparently died trying to disarm Sentinel (only he hadn't died). A Better Mousetrap

When a temporal probe sent by the Maximal High Council neared the planet, Tigatron defended the Maximals while they tried to build a transmission tower on Predacon soil. He became the first victim of Tarantulas's transformation lock lens and ended up in a cage next to Cheetor in the Predacon base. Cheetor fouled up and clued Megatron in as to what was going on, but Tigatron led an escape, and the pair were able to destroy Tarantulas's weapon, though too late to contact the probe. The Probe

White Ranger Tiger Power.

Tigatron returned to the Axalon when the Maximals were preparing to leave the planet, remarking that it felt strange to be inside an artificial structure. After it turned out that the Predacons weren't as dead as had been thought, Tigatron attempted to leave to help Primal and Cheetor rescue Dinobot, but was told to sit down by Rhinox. No sooner was takeoff underway than the ship was damaged by Megatron and crashed once again. Victory Alerted to the landing of another stasis pod, Tigatron headed for it, only to run into Scorponok. He was swiftly able to freeze the scorpion, only to be taken out by Blackarachnia's cyber venom. He was later around in the Axalon to welcome Airazor to the team. The Spark

A cat and bird fall for each other. Love is truly blind.

It was during one of his weekly reports that Tigatron was attacked by Terrorsaur and Waspinator and found himself on a strange flying island. He explored the natural beauty of the island and believed this area, with its powerful death ray and many horrible death-traps, to be a land of peace. When Scorponok and Blackarachnia arrived on the island and shot down Airazor, Tigatron used one of Scorponok's cyberbees to send a warning message back to base. The Trigger, Part 1 The duo received reinforcements in the form of Optimus and Rattrap, and they attempted to beat the Predacons to the obelisk in the center of the island. They failed, and to Tigatron's distress, he was forced to destroy the island's power source after Blackarachnia took control of it. The island crashed, leaving Tigatron with profound regret. The Trigger, Part 2

Tigatron was the first Maximal to spot Inferno's stasis pod crashing, but was prevented from getting there by Waspinator. Airazor lent a hand, and he sent her ahead to secure the pod, but arrived to find she'd failed—the new protoform was a Predacon, and Tarantulas had made off with the empty pod. Tigatron pursued Tarantulas and managed to destroy the pod so that the Predacons couldn't learn anything from it, before he was attacked in retaliation by the Predacons. He would almost certainly have been destroyed if it wasn't for the timely arrival of Optimus and Airazor. Spider's Game

I can haz robot moed?

Being more at home with his beast mode than his robot mode, he was invaluable help when the Maximals were left stuck in beast mode and overpowered by animal instincts. He helped them learn to work with these instincts instead of struggling for dominance. Call of the Wild After a group of the Maximals went missing, Tigatron and Primal hunted for them. Tigatron eventually heard their weapons fire and was able to alert Optimus. It turned out that the four Maximals had become blinded by an energon explosion and had been making their way back to base. Dark Voyage

After the other Maximals were expelled from their base by the Predacons with the aid of a Starscream-possessed Waspinator, Airazor alerted Tigatron. Tigatron joined the other Maximals in a ploy to take back their base, which apparently involved helping Starscream to mount an assault on the Darksyde. Possession He also helped provide reinforcements for Dinobot and Rattrap, as the pair tried to find a cure for the energon discharge virus with which Rhinox had been afflicted. The Low Road

KKHHAAAAAANNNNNN!!!

While providing aid for Cheetor and Dinobot, Tigatron easily trounced Waspinator and Inferno, but a stray shot from his weapon caused an avalanche, killing his tiger friend Snowstalker. Anguished, Tigatron quit the Beast Wars, refusing to fight any longer, despite several of the Maximals trying to persuade him otherwise. In the end, it was the Predacons' act of taking out Dinobot and Primal which made Tigatron realise that he had to do everything he could to protect the land. Law of the Jungle

Not much later, Tigatron was the first to detect a pulsing alien energy source. When Megatron initiated a somewhat suspicious truce shortly afterward, Optimus Primal ordered a covert infiltration of the Predacon base. Rattrap and Airazor made enough of a distraction to allow Tigatron inside the Predacon base.

Inside, he hacked his way into the ship's computer systems and found out what had Megatron so worried: The Vok were coming back, and they weren't happy. Before the Storm Tigatron returned to the Axalon to monitor the alien Planet Buster which threatened the world. He and the other Maximals were saved when Optimus Primal destroyed the weapon. Other Voices, Part 2 He and Airazor somehow escaped being Transmetalized by the quantum surge, but were knocked offline by Megatron while they were trying to recapture Blackarachnia. Aftermath After repairs, they left the base to search the planet for the stasis pods which had been knocked out of orbit by the explosion. Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)

"I'll never let go Jack..."

Tigatron and Airazor formed a very powerful relationship during this time. Unfortunately, before they could discover any still-functional pods, they found a valley untouched by the Planet Buster which also contained alien technology. The pair were soon abducted by a bizarre alien plant. Other Visits (Part 1)

And baby makes three!

The two were not seen again until much later, when their inert bodies were revealed to be the captives of the Vok, floating somewhere in a deep-space nebula. The Vok removed their sparks from their bodies, created a third spark, and then fused the new spark and the bodies into the awesomely powerful Vok emissary Tigerhawk. Tigerhawk was sent to Earth, while the sparks of Airazor and Tigatron followed behind. Reaching Earth, their sparks entered a comatose Cheetor, giving him a vision of Airazor and Tigatron's bodies, their sparks becoming one. But when the Vok interrupted the vision, Cheetor woke up screaming. He thought it was just a dream until he saw the combined Tigatron/Airazor spark floating before him. The combined spark led Cheetor to Tarantulas's lair, where Tarantulas was attempting to steal Tigerhawk's Vok powers for himself. Ultimately, the Vok were expelled into Tarantulas's body, killing him, which left Tigerhawk's body open for Tigatron/Airazor's spark to inhabit. Other Victories

Beast Wars Diorama Story

After Starscream's involvement in the Beast Wars, Tigatron eventually met up with several Autobots and Decepticons from another dimension. A battle broke out between the Maximals, Predacons, Autobots and Decepticons and Tigatron found himself pitted against Starscream. Starscream attempted to get the drop on him from the high ground, but Tigatron managed to blast the Decepticon square in the face. Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime then teamed up to take down the Decepticon for good. Tigatron Chapter The battle resolved, the other-dimensional Transformers returned to their place of origin and the Beast Wars continued as they were. Motorarm Chapter

3H comics

That's an impressive transformation there, Tigatron.

Tigatron and Airazor's sparks were sent back to Earth by the Vok sometime after Tigerhawk's destruction. Tigatron's spark took possession of Ravage's former body at the bottom of a lake. Joining Transmetal Airazor and a newly created Primal Prime, Primeval Dawn Part 1 Primeval Dawn II Tigatron scoured the planet for abandoned stasis pods. He awoke Ramulus from his pod, but Spittor had already been reprogrammed into a Predacon by the time they reached him. Spittor had joined a reborn Ravage and the recently created Iguanus and Razorclaw, and so the two groups battled. As Tigatron attempted to confront Spittor, Airazor knocked Spittor away, as she noted that the Predacon was covered in lethal poison. While they were occupied, Tarantulas, who was resurrected with the power of the Vok at his command, battled Primal Prime and ripped the Matrix of Leadership from his chest. Primeval Dawn Part 2

Then Airazor dies or something, yadda yadda yadda...

Primal Prime, traumatized by the separation, was reduced to a coma, so as the Predacons returned to Tarantulas's lair with their prize, Tigatron and the others retreated with their leader's body to the Ark. Tigatron and Airazor left Ramulus to commune with the Vok on their own, but could not successfully contact them. Further more, Tigatron was worried about Airazor, who seemed to have incurred long-term wounds from the battle with Ravage's Predacons. Their concerns were interrupted by an attack on the Ark, orchestrated by Ravage. However, Ramulus had apparently fled for reasons unknown, leaving Tigatron and Airazor alone against their attackers. Or not, as Primal Prime suddenly appeared behind them, possessed and rejuvenated by the Vok! Primeval Dawn Part 3

3H folded before the "Primeval Dawn" story could be finished, so the exact story of how Tigatron came to join the Wreckers is unknown. It seems likely, though, based on the needs of later stories and comments by the writers, that Tarantulas was defeated, the Matrix was restored to Optimus Prime's body, and Primal Prime, Tigatron, Spittor, Ramulus, and also Sonar, Packrat, Fractyl, and Waspinator returned to Cybertron in the transwarp portal that Tarantulas had been building. Airazor's fate is unknown.

What was that up above, uh, about your "personal code prohibiting lethal force"?

Tigatron, Primal Prime, and others arrived on Cybertron during Megatron's anti-biological reign and joined Apelinq's Wreckers. The Wreckers and various other teams which persisted on the planet met with the Oracle, which assigned each of them a task. When Optimus Primal objected, saying that with all these soldiers, Megatron could be defeated easily, the Oracle swept him away and cleansed his memory of the recent events. Tigatron vehemently objected to this treatment of his former commander. A set of coordinates was infused into Primal Prime's head by the Oracle. When arriving at an Autobot shuttle, which was to ferry the Wreckers to those coordinates, Tigatron felt that something was amiss. It was then that the Vehicon generals Spy Streak, Scavenger, Quake and Blastcharge attacked. Tigatron used his Nature's Fury attack, utterly destroying Quake. Departure

During the ride in the Autobot shuttle, Tigatron meditated, recovering from using his powers against Quake. Ramulus knocked at the door of his chambers to alert him to their arrival on Archa Nine, and Tigatron sensed that danger awaited the Wreckers. As half their group left to scout the planet, Tigatron stayed behind with the remainder to repair their damaged shuttle. Tigatron's feelings of dread turned out to be correct; Cyclonus betrayed them all and stole the artifact the Wreckers were after, the Divine Light. Betrayal Apelinq had begun to lose what little faith he had in the mission, but Tigatron assured him that they must quickly mourn their fallen, soldier on, and accept their divine charge.

The Oracle led the Wreckers next to a desolate ice planet, where they found the exiled Quintesson scientist Al-Badur. Tigatron, meanwhile, had stayed behind with a few others on board the shuttle, where they faced an army of Sharkticons and defeated them easily. Disclosure

I'm not sure what's going on here, but it looks f@#$ing AWESOME.

In the unpublished Wreckers #4, Tigatron and the others learned that the Quintessons had invaded Cybertron and that Cryotek was taking this opportunity to use the Divine Light to assume the powers of Primus. Tigatron rejected this idea, stating that the Vok would never allow it. The Wreckers hurried back to Cybertron, and Primal Prime took Tigatron, Ramulus, and Apelinq with him to the surface below to find and stop Cryotek.

Tigatron was taken aback by the beauty of the newly technorganic Cybertron, but he didn't get a chance to enjoy it before the Wreckers plunged into battle. Unfortunately, at the planet's core, things went wrong for them almost immediately. Cryotek had already used the Divine Light to mutate himself into a larger, more impressive version of himself, and with one blast, he had destroyed both Apelinq and Primal Prime. Before Tigatron and the others could be next, thankfully, Primus himself intervened and brought back Apelinq and Primal Prime as a single new entity, Sentinel Maximus!

As amazing as this was, it didn't take long for Cryotek to shrug it off, and soon Tigatron and the others were fighting not only Cryotek and his loyal servant and former Wrecker, Cyclonus, but also his pet Deployer, Chro, who was also mutated to enormous size. Ramulus wondered why Tigatron did not simply unleash his Vok powers on their foes. Tigatron responded that doing such takes an incredible amount of focus and willpower, lest he tear himself and everything around him apart, and the moment did not lend itself to such.

Soon the Wreckers met up with the native Cybertronian counterforce, led by Cheetor. Though the two were happy to reunite, Tigatron was surprised to hear the matured Cheetor give him orders. Tigatron next found Rotorbolt with the mangled body of his fellow Predacon, Fractyl, who was still on life support from an earlier part of their journey. Tigatron feared Rotorbolt was going to euthanize the geometrist, and so he offered to use his Vok powers to restore him. The Vok warned him that this would extinguish the last of his connection to them, but still Tigatron proceeded.

Tigatron also met up with Rattrap, Nightscream, and Botanica, and after avoiding the question of the fate of Airazor, learned that Al-Badur had led the Wreckers and Cryotek to a long-forgotten Quintesson sentencing chamber. The Quintesson, attempting to 'port Cryotek away, locked both the Predacon and Sentinel Maximus in a containment field that threatened to suck them away into a dimension of nothingness. Tigatron and the others tried to free Sentinel Maximus with their various weapons, but had no luck. Though Cheetor and Rodimus tried to use their Matrix Templar powers to avert disaster, Sentinel Maximus ultimately sacrificed himself and Cryotek to the portal. Rodimus, who had suffered great wounds during his fight with Cyclonus, died shortly after due to these further exertions. Fractyl begged Tigatron to use his powers to save Rodimus as well, but Tigatron could not, as the Vok had since left him. Despite these losses, the Wreckers were victorious and Cybertron was saved. Wreckers: Finale Part II

Razorclaw continuity

In one splinter timeline of Primax 496.22 Alpha, Silverbolt's stasis pod landed far from the Axalon, and without his presence, Megatron slaughtered the Maximals. Left as the sole survivors, Tigatron and Airazor were then abducted by the Vok and then dispatched as Tigerhawk to end Megatron's machinations which threatened the Vok. Tigerhawk slew Megatron, but their reality was destroyed anyway by the timestorm Megatron's actions triggered. Subsequently, Tigerhawk was plucked by Unicron from the remnants of his home universe to become one of his Minion generals, renaming himself Razorclaw. However, the noble influence of Tigatron and Airazor at times posed a problem for the evil Razorclaw. Universe Razorclaw profile Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07

Dreamwave Armada comic

When the Heralds of Unicron destabilized the Decepticon space bridge nexus, causing the space bridges to become windows to other dimensions, Jetfire caught a glimpse of Rattrap and Tigatron in one of the portals. Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Shell Game was never published. The following would have taken place in unpublished issues.

While traveling back to Cybertron at the conclusion of the Beast Wars, Optimus Primal reflected on past battles, including those in which Tigatron fought. Shell Game #1

IDW Beast Wars comics

At the tail end of the Great War, Tigatron was a negotiator, respected by all sides for his desire for peace. He worked in close standing with Prowl, Ironhide, Silverbolt, Hot Spot, Lio Convoy, and Big Convoy on what came to be known as the Primal Council.

When news came that both Optimus Prime and Galvatron had met their ends on the battlefield, Tigatron was sent out by the Council to try and broker an armistice between the Autobots and the Decepticons. He was accompanied by a handful of soldiers into the field for this end. Unfortunately, the first enemy camp he made contact with was headed by a renegade soldier going by the name "Megatron". Rejecting the peace-talk outright, Megatron unleashed Predaking onto his visitors before meeting with Tigatron in combat himself. The duel was ended prematurely as Tigatron was snatched up by Predaking, and Megatron headed off to attack the base of the Primal Council. Thankfully, Tigatron was rescued from the gestalt's grasp by a soldier in his entourage. As the rest of the Autobots with them were slain, Tigatron argued with his rescuer over which one of them should head off to warn the Council of the incoming attack. Convincing him that she didn't need rescuing herself, and promising that she'd see him again someday, the soldier sent Tigatron on his way. This decision was for the best as Tigatron was capable with combining with four of his fellow council members into Magnaboss. He did so in time to push Megatron and his troops back from their assault. As transwarp energy began to rain down on the planet (apparently the result of a doomsday device triggered by Galvatron) the Tripredacus Council surrendered the war on behalf of all Decepticons.

The Pax Cybertronia was signed, but this was a bittersweet victory for Tigatron; the soldier he had promised to meet with again had been hit by transwarp energy, and in consequence was stripped of her identity and reduced to a protoform. Dawn of the Predacus

As Magmatron was surveying the timeline, he witnessed several key moments of the Beast Wars. Among those moments was Tigatron helping Airazor back to her feet. The Gathering #1

After Tigerhawk's body was destroyed, the two sparks contained within split, regaining their individuality. The Vok gave Tigatron a new Transmetal body. Beast Wars Sourcebook #4

Timelines

He wasn't even supposed to be here today!

Tigatron was once known as Unit 2, part of the Maximal Command Security Force which protected the fragile peace that existed on Cybertron in the centuries following the Pax Cybertronia. One of the Security Force's elite troops, Unit 2 was often put in charge of guarding important Maximal artifacts, a job that often required his amazing prowess at tracking. Despite his strong command of this environment, Unit 2 wondered if his destiny and place were elsewhere. BotCon 2006 Tigatron profile card

When the Golden Disk was stolen by a band of rogue Predacons, Unit 2 responded along with Unit 1, Nitrostreak. After Nitrostreak was incapacitated, Unit 2 attempted to follow the Darksyde by commandeering the Chromia 10, pursuing along with its pilot. During the ensuing firefight with a second Predacon vessel, their ship was badly damaged. Optimus Primal had their sparks remotely uploaded to blank protoforms in the Axalon's cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. Dawn of Future's Past

Two weeks after Airazor was reborn on Earth, Tigatron rushed out to assist the Maximals against the Predacons during a plot to launch an orbital weapon. The launching pad was destroyed by Airazor just as Tigatron arrived. The Razor's Edge

Beast Wars Metals manga

Wait, which edition of you comes with a sword!?

Following the Quantum surge, Tigatron was separated from the other Maximals and left stranded somewhere on Energoa. Following Optimus Primal's rebirth and escape from Megatron, Airazor was left to ponder sadly where her "Tigatron-sama" was. Elsewhere on Energoa, Tigatron could be seen staring poetically at the Moon. Beast Wars Metals #1

Left with amnesia, Tigatron scoured the snowy regions of Energoa as a samurai ronin. He encountered Blackarachnia and Tarantulas there and promptly chopped Tarantulas in two. Blackarachnia managed to block his blade with her legs and escape, though. Beast Wars Metals #2

Believing Tigatron to still be alive, Airazor eventually went off on her own to look for him. The recovered Tarantulas later called a truce and Tigatron naively believed him. This gave Tarantulas the chance to take over Tigatron's mind with a Predacon control unit. Beast Wars Metals #3

Airazor soon found Tigatron and, seeing he was being mind-controlled, linked her consciousness with his body in an attempt to free her beloved's mind. Tigatron was eventually freed from Tarantulas's control, but not before his out-of-control body delivered a fatal blow to Airazor. Coming too his senses too late, Tigatron wept as he held Airazor's lifeless form in his arms. Beast Wars Metals #4

Succumbing to his grief, Tigatron committed ritual suicide. He was promptly revived by the energies of the sparks released by the obliterated Rampage. He helped Optimus Primal defeat Jaguar, but was soon met by another mindless killer zombie: Airazor. Beast Wars Metals #5 Not wanting to hurt his beloved again, he offered her his sword and his neck. Just as zombie-Airazor began to strike, her spark entered his body through the sword. In cyberspace, the two embraced each other and vowed never to be apart again. Their sparks then merged, resulting in the all-powerful Tigerhawk. Beast Wars Metals #6

Transformers Legends anthology

When human archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, Mini-Con Laserbeak translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. When one of the archeologists, Jessica Theist, later touched one of the markings, she was bestowed a vision of the Maximals' and Predacons' battles. Among them, she noted a "white tiger." Fire in the Dark

Device Label

During the Great War, Tigatron was an Autobot who worked with Blaster, transforming into a USB drive to search the Internet for clues to energon, under the command of Optimus Prime. Tigatron's Device Label Bio

Classics

Tigatron was among Blaster's minions when they teamed up with negative polarity Ravage. Recordicons #12

Transformers Legends comic

Tigatron was an employee of Axalon Trading Company and an otaku who enjoyed Transformers fiction that featured cute girls and female Transformers. Rookie employee Rattrap, who only liked the Beast Wars part of Transformers, had little to talk to him about until they found common ground in remembering the Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia toy and its removable "bra". The Bishōjo Fan Gap He came with the other Transformers fans of Axalon to the Transformers Celebration 2014 event, where he drooled over a Super GT race queen model and was the only one to enjoy a video message from a pop idol group. Legends Bonus Vol. The same group also visited Tokyo Toy Show 2014, where they were reprimanded by their boss, Optimus Primal, for caring about toys at their age. Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report Part 1 On seeign Yūki Tai on stage, Tigatron commented that when his name was read in the Japanese order, it sounded like "saiyuuki". Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report Part 2

When Tankor used his "80s Transformation Beam" to revert items back to the way they were in the 80s, Tigatron didn't mind at all that a TV began showing adult-rated content at prime-time like in the old days. Bonus Edition Vol. 3 He was much less pleased when the beam transformed his anime girl figurines into keshigomu. Bonus Edition Vol. 5 The tall statures of Tigatron and the other employees of Axalon was a source of grief for Rattrap, disliked his small size. Bonus Edition Vol. 8 When Rattrap's aunt Arcee was turned into a Transformer and drove him to work, Tigatron and Rhinox were awestruck and saved her from getting arrested by Ai. Bonus Edition Vol. 10 Jealous of Rattrap being so close to a Transformer lady, Tigatron prayed to the Oracle for the same thing to happen to him, and was immediately answered when Chromia appeared before him, followed by all kinds of heroic female Transformers. They were then attacked by an equivalent group of female villains seeking to kidnap Tigatron, causing a battle to break out until Tigatron woke up, revealing the whole thing had been a dream. Undaunted, he visited a temple the next morning and prayed for it to happen for real. Bonus Edition Vol. 11

During Windblade's attempt to destroy the Legends Universe, Tigatron was caught up in her windstorm and, in the aftermath, failed to realize their office had been destroyed by Metroplex. Bonus Edition Vol. 12 Tigatron and Rhinox later grew even more jealous of Rattrap as he told stories about how close he'd been to Arcee growing up, but calmed down after realizing she hadn't been a Transformer during that time. Arcee Chapter To Tigatron's shock, an amnesiac Windblade decided to live at his house, which led to him getting caught in the middle during conflicts between her and his partner Airazor. Windblade Sequel Tigatron went on to witness Black Convoy cause trouble at Tokyo Toy Show 2015, Bonus Edition Vol. EX and relocate to Metroplex's city mode when it became Axalon Co.'s new office building. The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter He got very excited when Alpha Trion foresaw that Blackarachnia, Slipstream and Nightbird Shadow would soon appear before them. Bonus Edition Vol. 14

On Halloween, Tigatron was sent into a stupor when Blackarachnia, Slipstream and Nightbird came trick-or-treating at his house clad in cute outfits. Bonus Edition Vol. 17 During another encounter with Chromia, Tigatron learned about her use of armor parts to appear different and was ecstatic to see her and Arcee trade armors. Unfortunately for him, this too was a dream. Chromia Chapter While watching Adventure, Rattrap and Tigatron struck upon the idea to use the Legends Universe's dream powers to travel into the Adventure world, where Tigatron hoped to meet Strongarm. They succeeded, only for Strongarm to get freaked out by Tigatron's pervy behavior and lock them both up in stasis cells, leading to them being late for work that day. Go! Adventure When Windblade looked back at the fun memories she'd made in the Legends world, she remembered feeding Tigatron at the cafe she worked at. LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue Later, when Armada Starscream attempted to destroy both himself and Windblade in order to save the universe, a despairing Tigatron called for someone to stop him. Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18 When the female Transformers of the Legends world were swooning over the macho man Springer, Tigatron got jealous and used Alpha Trion's ultra drill to summon various human women to fawn over him instead. His plan didn't work out, as all the humans lost interest in him as soon as they saw Springer. Bonus Edition Vol. 19

While attending the TransformersFes 2016 event, Tigatron encountered the "real" Rattrap from Beast Wars. Bonus Edition Vol. EX He went on to help convince Skids not to send all the Legends Universe's interdimensional visitors back to where they came from, Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 20 work with the Autobot Headmasters when they formed a partnership with the Axalon Trading Company, Bonus Edition Vol. 21 and get caught up in Megatron-turned-Galvatron's attack on the city. Bonus Edition Vol. 23 Grand used Tigatron and his friends as examples of what to expect from the Legends world before sending humans there. LG24 Shockwave & Cancer Prologue Tigatron then attended Cancer's first concert, Bonus Edition Vol. 24 creeped around Ai when she arrested the Sweeps, Bonus Edition Vol. 26 and fled from Scourge's Zodiac-fueled rampage. Bonus Edition Vol. 27 Having learned to mass-produce Master-Braces, Tigatron and his workmates became Headmasters and invaded Decepticon Tera-Kura Co. in search of transtectors, but went back to normal when the braces stopped working. Bonus Edition Vol. 28 When Wheelie busied himself flipping the skirts of cheerleaders, Tigatron was around to voice his approval. Bonus Edition Vol. 29 He then witnessed Weirdwolf's transtector run away from him, Bonus Edition Vol. 30 and was in the cheering audience when Fortress inaugurated the new Autobot-Axalon HQ. Bonus Edition Vol. 31

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Everybody wants to be a cat, because a cat's the only cat who knows where it's at.

Tigatron was a native of the planet Eukaris, born from the hot spot inside the Titan Chela. He abandoned his tribe long ago so that he could be with his love Airazor.

When battling combiners from Cybertron briefly touched upon the planet, Airazor and Tigatron witnessed Optimus Maximus battling against Devastator. Windblade vol. 2 #6 They later investigated the huge footprints the combiners left behind. Tigatron wanted to report their discovery to the others while Airazor disagreed. All That Remains They eventually sought out the advice of the seer Blackarachnia, who foresaw the reappearance of vehicular Cybertronians on their planet.

Later, Tigatron was present when the first real offworld representatives arrived: Windblade and Starscream, and was present when Chela awoke, intending to destroy the Cybertronians. After Chela was killed by Starscream, the leaders of Eukaris agreed to join the Council of Worlds. Blackarachnia appointed Tigatron and Airazor as delegates to Cybertron, believing that their independence from Eukaris's competing tribes would make them impartial diplomats. Windblade vol. 2 #6

Approximately two weeks later, Tigatron was present for the ceremony inducting Carcer delegates Obsidian and Strika into the Council of Worlds. The Will of the Few

After Optimus Prime announced his intent to annex Earth into the Council of Worlds, Tigatron attended the first council meeting discussing this sudden change of events. New Worlds Order In-between Council meetings, Tigatron and Airazor continued adjusting to life on Cybertron, quietly hoping that one day the growing number of immigrants could expand beyond the borders of Iacon.

When the Council re-convened to discuss a string of mysterious mnemosurgical assaults and the growing distrust of the Badgeless, the two Eukarian delegates were in attendance. The Committee moved to have Ironhide investigate the crime spree. 07:00:00 Things turned sour following the death of an inebriated Decepticon which most chalked up to police brutality; Tigatron and Airazor attended the emergency meeting to try and sort out what could be done. Ultimately, Ironhide stepped up as the new head of Cybertronian security. Applicable Skills

The Council later met with Optimus to hear his side of the story. Although Prime insisted that his intentions were pure, its members unanimously voted against allowing Earth a seat on the council. The Medium and the Message This situations changed abruptly when Optimus managed to raise a slumbering Titan from beneath Monument Valley, prompting the assembled delegates to re-consider admitting Earth into the Council No Fair Fights

Games

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)

Tigatron's been dunked in bleach.

Voice actor: Martin Roach (English), ??? (Japanese)

After helping the Maximals defeat Megatron’s Predacons forces once and for all, Tigatron decided that he, along with Airazor, would remain on prehistoric Earth, despite their comrades’ urgings to join them on their journey back to Cybertron. Together, they remained on what they felt was their true place for the centuries to come. Someday, they plan to return to Cybertron, as visitors from a distant world almost forgotten... Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)

Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their respective page. See the other characters' pages for Tigatron's fate in those outcomes.

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)

Voice actor: Martin Roach (English), ??? (Japanese)

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Tigatron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 10 cores of this character. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Toys

Beast Wars

Surprisingly not a case of yellowing.

• Tigatron (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
  • Japanese ID number: C-8
  • Accessories: Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

Part of the third wave of Hasbro Beast Wars Deluxes, the original Tigatron toy is a redeco of the original Cheetor toy in cream, silver, and green, transforming into a fairly generic big cat in shape. His robot mode parts color layout is notably different from Cheetor's. In robot mode, he is armed with a rifle made out of his hindquarters and tail, along with a second water-squirting "gut gun" formed out of his stomach. This cannon is usable in both modes, but in beast mode, it's awkward and just plain weird. As with most early Beast Wars toys, he features a "mutant head" that replaces his face.

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Over time, this will yellow and become the Hasbro version.

The Takara version was released a year later, in a more show-accurate bright white color, with his paint applications directly copied from Cheetor's layouts just as the show model had done. This version also has a slight mold tweak to keep the beast head pointed forward.

This mold was also used to make Shadow Panther and Tripredacus Agent. It was slated to be used for Universe Nightprowler, but that toy set was canceled.

• More information on Tigatron at TFU.info

Let's hope neither Airazor nor Silverbolt find out about this...

• Deep Forest Showdown: Tigatron VS Blackwidow (VS set, 1997)
  • Japanese ID number: VS-8
  • Accessories: Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

In Japan, Tigatron was available both individually and in a two-pack with the Predacon Blackarachnia. Both toys are identical to their individual Japanese releases.

He flashes you to death.

• Tigatron (Deluxe, 2001)
  • Accessories: Tail-whip, left & right pistol barrels

A BotCon 2001 exclusive, Transmetal Tigatron is a redeco of Beast Wars Metals Ravage, which is itself a retool of Transmetal Cheetor. He transforms into a mechanical cat with flip-out thruster-wings. His robot mode arms have spring-loaded flip-out blaster grips, which also have barrel extensions that can be clipped to his legs in beast mode. His tail separates to become a whip weapon, but he doesn't hold it very well. His chest panels open up to reveal a decal; he also came with an extra decal sheet to display other options within his chest, plus Maximal and Wreckers faction symbol decals for extra customization. Both he and Arcee were limited to 1200 pieces.

Transmetals Tigatron was repurposed as a future version of Shattered Glass Ravage. The original version of this mold was slightly retooled to make Armada Cheetor. It was also used as the model for the non-toy character Cataclysm.

• More information on Transmetal Tigatron on TFU.info

Timelines

In recognition of his bravery in the field, Unit 2 was granted the MCSF's highest honor, Really Bitchin' Upholstery.

• Unit 2 (Tigatron) (Scout, 2006)
  • Accessories: Engine-blaster, left & right side-pipes, Maximal Golden Disk Key

A retooling of the Cybertron Clocker toy using "Axalon Cheetor"'s new headsculpt, "Unit 2" transforms into an open-topped Cybertronic sports car. Due to painted whiskers on his robot mode face that resemble a human mustache, Unit 2 is one of a small percentage of Transformers who feature facial hair. His rear engine assembly reveals a pair of spring-loaded flip-out guns when a Cyber Planet Key/Golden Disk Key is placed in it. This assembly becomes a hand-held blaster in robot mode. His side-pipes can also be removed and used as hand-weapons.

This toy was an "attendance exclusive" for BotCon 2006, available only to pre-registrants who actually showed up for the convention.

The original version of this mold was also used to make Cybertron Swerve, movie-verse Clocker, and was the basis for many non-toy members of the Maximal Command Security Force.

• More information on "Unit 2" at TFU.info

Beast Wars Telemocha Series

Definitely had his caffeine this morning.

• Tigatron (Deluxe, 2007)
  • Japanese ID number: TM-11
  • Accessories: Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

The original Tigatron toy was given an extensive redeco using a ridiculous number of paint operations for his Telemocha Series release. He retains all of the gimmicks of the original version as well.

Included in the set is a DVD of Tigatron's debut episode, "Solitary Warrior Tigatron".

Device Label

• Tigatron (Device Label, 2009)

Despite appearances, he is NOT waving.

Device Label Tigatron transforms from a working USB 2 gigabyte thumb drive into a white mechanoid tiger.

You can name him anything you want.

Stored on the USB drive is an installable program called "Transformers Desktop Defender". When the Tigatron device is plugged in, a Tigatron avatar appears on the screen, transforming from thumb drive to jaguar mode as the program is activated. The program's setup allows you to rename your jaguar to anything you desire, alter the avatar's movement speed and his personality, decide whether he eats your desktop icons, and view his function, mission, and Tech Spec numbers. Whether he appears as Ravage or Tigatron can be selected as well.

This mold was also used to make Device Label Ravage and Cheetor, which came preloaded with the same program (although the Cheetor version can also display the avatar as Cheetor, naturally).

• More information on Device Label Tigatron at TFU.info

Combiner Wars

In retrospect, Breakdown really shouldn't have taken that trip to the Island of Dr. Moreau.

• Tigatron (Deluxe, 2016)
  • Accessories: Sword/gun, Gun/fist/foot

Timelines Tigatron is a redeco of the Deluxe class Dawn of the Predacus boxset Ravage, and he transforms from a supercar resembling a Lamborghini Diablo to robot and back! As a Combiner Wars Deluxe limb he is able to combine with any Voyager Class toys released as part of the same subline or any Unite Warriors figure though he is nominally the left leg of Magnaboss. Tigatron was released individually as a souvenir figure for BotCon 2016. The set of Magnaboss stickers sold in the Transformers Collectors' Club store included a small Wreckers symbol for use on Tigatron's shoulder. The back of his new head tooling received criticism for being amazingly flat.

Seriously, he's not Shattered Glass Ravage.

Combiner Wars mold: Breakdown

Version 1: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Breakdown Breakdown (Generation 2) Sunstreaker Fun Publications: Combiner Wars Ravage Tigatron TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-02 Breakdown UW-05 Sunstreaker Version 2: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Jumpstream TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-EX Trickdiamond Version 3: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Wheeljack Fun Publications: Combiner Wars Wrecker Counterpunch TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-EX Wheeljack UW-08 Lightspeed

Merchandise

• Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game (1997)

Tigatron was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars card game.

Robot Heroes

It's Johnny the tackling Alzheimer's patient! "WWHO AM IIIIIiiiii?!" *fwump*

• Tigatron vs Inferno (2-pack, 2009)

Part of the fifth wave of Universe Robot Heroes, Tigatron is a redeco of Robot Heroes Cheetor. He is painted in the original American toy's colors (being mostly pale yellow, with a silver face), and like Cheetor has articulation at the shoulders and neck. He comes packaged with Inferno.

The US release of this two-pack was cancelled, but it saw release in Hong Kong, Australian, UK, German, and Russian markets.

• More information on Tigatron at TFU.info

Notes

Tigatron's control art. Note the extensive retooling from Cheetor that never happened.

C-L-E-M-S-OH CRAP!

He's armed with a cryo-freeze beam and a deadly raspberry-blowing tongue.

• The original concept art for Tigatron, shown in the "Beast Wars Reborn Golden Disc", shows that he was originally intended to be a retooling of the mold, rather than a simple redeco, changing his beast mode head and a lot of his robot mode parts (yet not the face), as well as giving him some kind of horrible tumor gun. Obviously, this didn't happen.
• The Tigatron shown at Toy Fair in 1996 and depicted in a Hasbro catalog accompanying said Toy Fair was cast in orange plastic instead of cream-colored, giving him a more "traditional" tiger look. The change to a "white" tiger has so far been unexplained. On top of that, his name was spelled "Tigertron" in said Hasbro catalog.
• Tigatron's beast mode may well have been female. His template animal was female, and while wild felines have size differences between males and females Tigatron and Snowstalker were shown as being the same size; indeed, they were for all intents and purposes identical, such that Waspinator thought Snowstalker was Tigatron. (Though to be fair, Waspinator is not the brightest crayon in the box.)
• In the Japanese dub of Beast Wars, for the sake of humor, Tigatron was played as a "samurai" rōnin (to explain his wandering ways). He spoke in an archaic dialect, ending sentences with "de gozaru" (an honorific that eventually evolved into the modern "desu"). Additionally, since Airazor was made male in the Japanese dub, "he" was presented as Tigatron's ward whom he looked to as a "brother" (hence the close bond). Eventually, after the events of "Other Visits", their romantic relationship was "outed" to the audience.
• An unused idea by Larry DiTillio was that the Vok ceased trying to destroy Earth because contact with Tigatron (after his abduction) made them question the morality of the tactic.
• Tigatron's role in the Beast Wars cartoon was originally intended for Wolfang.
• Tigatron's package art is one of a handful that features the toy's mutant head instead of the regular robot head, to rather hilarious effect.
• He has a stadium named after him.
• Cheetor and Tigatron are the only characters in Beast Wars who are definitely in the correct scale to the lifeforms they adopted as beast modes, as each is seen nearby real versions of the animals they mimic.
• Tigatron's animation model (and thus that of Cheetor's original body as well) is one of the comparatively more toy-accurate of the Season One cast. His transformation scheme, however, is simplified by having his arms and crotch-piece unfold from his beast mode's belly instead of its back.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Tigatron (タイガトロン Taigatoron)
• Korean: Tigertron (타이거트론 Taigeoteulon)
• Mandarin: Lǎo-hǔ (Taiwan, 老虎, "Tiger"), Bái Hǔ (China, 白虎, "White Tiger")
• Polish: Tygrytron
• Portuguse: Tigertron (Brazil)
• Russian: Tigron (Тигрон)
• Spanish: Tigatron (Spain), Tigretron (America)

External links

• Tigatron's profile at BotCon.com