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* {{w|White tiger}}s are an extremely rare product of recessive genes, and the very few individuals encountered in the wild have all inhabited humid tropical environments. Snowstalker (and thus Tigatron) may not represent a proper tiger as modern humans would envision, but, rather, another tiger-like big cat that in the subsequent four million years has gone extinct. If indeed Snowstalker is part of a contemporary species of tigers, then it is also possible that she would have been the product of inbreeding, since mating a cub with its mother can also produce white tigers. | * {{w|White tiger}}s are an extremely rare product of recessive genes, and the very few individuals encountered in the wild have all inhabited humid tropical environments. Snowstalker (and thus Tigatron) may not represent a proper tiger as modern humans would envision, but, rather, another tiger-like big cat that in the subsequent four million years has gone extinct. If indeed Snowstalker is part of a contemporary species of tigers, then it is also possible that she would have been the product of inbreeding, since mating a cub with its mother can also produce white tigers. | ||
* The Japanese dub changes the relationship between Tigatron and Snowstalker. | * The Japanese dub changes the relationship between Tigatron and Snowstalker. She was renamed "Torajirō", a masculine Japanese name. Instead of being an equal, Torajirō was a youth whom Tigatron protected. | ||
* While no toy of Snowstalker was produced, due to her being the template for Tigatron, one could [[repurposing|repurpose]] a second [[Tigatron#Beast Wars|toy of Tigatron's original beast form]] as Snowstalker by simply not transforming it. | * While no toy of Snowstalker was produced, due to her being the template for Tigatron, one could [[repurposing|repurpose]] a second [[Tigatron#Beast Wars|toy of Tigatron's original beast form]] as Snowstalker by simply not transforming it. | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 7 April 2022
- Snowstalker is an animal from the Beast Wars cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The majestic predatory cat Snowstalker once prowled the distant frozen lands and mountaintops of prehistoric Earth. Like all members of her species, she was typically a loner, but a chance encounter with the Maximals and Predacons would change her life... and also prematurely end it.
Fiction
Beast Wars cartoon
Snowstalker was the animal template scanned by Tigatron's stasis pod. With his identity circuits damaged, Tigatron felt like he was more animal than robot, and he chose to stay in the wild alongside Snowstalker. Fallen Comrades The two roamed and hunted together, forming a strong pair bond—Optimus Primal was aware of how special Snowstalker was to Tigatron.
By a cruel twist of fate, in a heated battle with the Predacons an errant shot from Tigatron caused a rockslide on the mountain Snowstalker was climbing, and she was crushed to death. In his grief, Tigatron marked her final resting place with a grave marker made out of stacked stones. At the time, he swore he would never be able to bury another friend and thus could no longer participate in combat of any kind, though he soon had to reconsider. Law of the Jungle
Notes
- White tigers are an extremely rare product of recessive genes, and the very few individuals encountered in the wild have all inhabited humid tropical environments. Snowstalker (and thus Tigatron) may not represent a proper tiger as modern humans would envision, but, rather, another tiger-like big cat that in the subsequent four million years has gone extinct. If indeed Snowstalker is part of a contemporary species of tigers, then it is also possible that she would have been the product of inbreeding, since mating a cub with its mother can also produce white tigers.
- The Japanese dub changes the relationship between Tigatron and Snowstalker. She was renamed "Torajirō", a masculine Japanese name. Instead of being an equal, Torajirō was a youth whom Tigatron protected.
- While no toy of Snowstalker was produced, due to her being the template for Tigatron, one could repurpose a second toy of Tigatron's original beast form as Snowstalker by simply not transforming it.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Torajirō (トラジロー)[1]
References
- ↑ This is a masculine Japanese name used because it contains tora (虎, トラ), the Japanese word for "tiger".
