Tigerhawk

Lookin' good!

Tigerhawk was a Maximal warrior, originally an emissary of the Vok, who fought during the Beast Wars era of the Generation 1 continuity.

Japanese name: Tigerfalcon.

Fiction

Beast Wars

Concerned with Megatron's constant futzing with the timestream, The Vok merged the sparks and bodies of the Maximals, Tigatron and Airazor together to form the staggeringly powerful Tigerhawk. Tigerhawk appeared on the Earth as a meteor, which promptly destroyed the Darkside, engaged and defeated the entire Predacon force, and nearly buried both Megatron and Optimus Primal, before succumbing to a virus courtesy of Tarantulas.

Later, after awakening in Tarantulas' lair, the spider attempted to destroy Tigerhawks mind be forcefully demolishing the Vok presense inhabiting it. Due to a fluke coincidence, Tarantulas only succeeded in destroying himself, alongside the Vok who had enslaved Tigerhawks mind. Afterward, Tigerhawk allied himself with the Maximals.

Not long after, Megatron discovered the rebuilt Decepticon WarshipThe Nemesis, and attempted to use it to destroy the Ark itself. Tigerhawk attempted to single handedly stop the Nemesis, and despite holding his own for quite some time against the legendary warship, he was killed by the ships main cannon.

Beast Wars Metals manga

Katana: cuz elemental powers just aren't enough.

(Note: although it picks up after the first season, the Beast Wars Metals manga is NOT in-continuity with the TV series.)

At one point, Transmetal Airazor's spark became seperated from her body, and he body was then possessed by a malevolent force. Airrazor's body did battle with Tigatron, though Tigatron's 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, 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 was reborn as the powerful Tigerhawk!

(In the Beast Wars Metals manga, Tigatron was interpretted as a samurai; the katana being their weapon of choice. Hence the whole samurai motif for Tigerhawk.)

3H Universe Comics

Razorclaw was an alternate version of Tigerhawk. Unfortunately, one of the differences was his being evil and in league with Unicron.

==Toys==

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