Tiny Tiger
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| Tiny Tiger | |
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 "Tiny Tiger" Production Painting |
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| Game series | Crash Bandicoot |
| First game | Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back |
| Creator(s) | Naughty Dog |
| Voice actor(s) (English) | Brendan O'Brien John DiMaggio (CNK) |
| Voice actor(s) (Japanese) | Fumihiko Tachiki |
Tiny Tiger (タイニー タイガー Tainī Taigā?) is a character from the Crash Bandicoot universe.
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[edit] Overview
Tiny was a Thylacine that was subjected to the Evolvo-Ray. Tiny is quite a misnomer for Tiny, because he is quite large in reality. The name Tiny the Tiger is of course an obvious spoof of Tony the Tiger, the mascot from the Kelloggs brand Frosted Flakes sugar cereal. Tiny has sharp teeth, pointed claws, and is muscle-bound. His arms are likely his most powerful weapon. Despite all this, his legs are short and skinny (ironically, he has terrific jumping prowess, as seen in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot: Warped.)
The manual for Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex refers to Tiny being one of Doctor Neo Cortex's first mutated animal minions, although Naughty Dog says Ripper Roo is the first one. It is also possible that he was created by Doctor Nitrus Brio. He first appeared in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back where he fought Crash in a small space station (as the third boss of the game) under Brio's orders.
Tiny is extremely strong, but his strength is largely outweighed by his lack of intelligence. As a result, he often fails to defeat Crash. Tiny has trouble understanding what is going on. Still, he is capable of speech, unlike Crash. In Crash Bash, he is often thrown off of the Polar Push levels due to his sheer momentum and lack of control. Some people think the only thing that's tiny about Tiny is his intelligence. Tiny proves to have "some" intelligence in Crash Nitro Kart after becoming the ruler of Terra, although Cortex still brands him a buffoon. He speaks in short sentences and normally addresses himself in third person, like "Tiny crush puny bandicoot". Hobbies of his are lifting weights and smashing things. He occasionally plays checkers with himself.
It is possible his lack of intelligence was deliberatlely engireed by Cortex/Brio to ensure his loyalty (of which it only worked if Cortex was the creator). Indeed, Tiny is shown as being fiercely loyal to Cortex, rushing to his aid at the slighest hint of trouble for his master, who then hides behind him. Being complete opposites, and two stereotypes, a physically pathetic but incredibly intelligent Cortex and a dim, powerful Tiny, if the two were to fight Crash at once the could be a very difficult fight indeed. However, the chances are that Tiny's foolishness would still result in failure for them both.
Many would consider Tiny to not be truely evil, but instead misinformed and easily led, or just silly like most of the "baddies." Cortex seems toknow this, saying that although he "hated everything" he also had a "good heart nonetheless."
[edit] Appearances
[edit] Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Tiny made his debut in this game as the third boss of the game, apparently fought in a part of the space station. As the enemies in the game are led by Doctor Nitrus Brio, it is possible that he was created by him.
[edit] Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Here, Tiny Tiger adopted a new gladiator getup, and was sent by Uka Uka and Cortex to get the Crystals and bring them to the Coliseum in ancient Rome. He is once again defeated by Crash.
[edit] Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Tiny played a minor role in this game as an attendee of Uka Uka's 'bad guy convention'. He spends most of the game as an obstacle in the Atlasphere levels, he is mute in this game.
[edit] Crash Twinsanity
Tiny's latest appearance was in Crash Twinsanity as a cameo along with Cortex's other animal minions at Crash's "birthday party". Tiny was going to be a boss in the cut level lava caves.
[edit] Other appearences
- Tiny is a playable character in the video games Crash Team Racing, Crash Bash and Crash Nitro Kart
- Tiny is a boss in Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure.
[edit] Voice actors
- Tiny was voiced by Brendan O'Brien in the first games, and by John DiMaggio in Crash Nitro Kart.
- He is voiced by veteran seiyū Fumihiko Tachiki in the Japanese dubs of the games.
[edit] Mysteries
Tiny seems to be the last of the Tasmanian Tigers, though that was never explained.
Tiny was clearly working for Doctor Nitrus Brio in his first appearance, but has since been working for Cortex and no one knows why.
Although not exactly a mystery, it is still unclear why Tiny seems to have been discontinued in the video game series when he was one of the most popular (and potentially funny) characters. many fans could not believe that he and Dingodile were not present in CTTR, still assuming they appeared in the game until it came out.
[edit] External links
| Good Guys | Crash | Tawna | Aku | Coco | Polar | Pura | Rex | Trophy Girls | Crunch | Pasadena | Penta | Fake Crash | Ernest | Chick | Stew | Von Clutch | Park Drones | |
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| Neutral | Brio | Papu | Velo | Krunk | Nash | Norm | Geary |Viscount |
| Uka Uka and His Villains | Cortex | Ripper Roo | Kong | Pinstripe | N. Gin | Komodo Bros. | Tiny | Uka | Tropy | Dingodile | Rilla Roo | Elementals | Trance | Nina | Rusty |
| Other Villains | Oxide | Evil Crash | Amberly | Tikimon | Zam | Zem | Evil Twins | Bearminator | Ripto | Willie |
| Enemies | Tribesmen | Lab Assistants | Piranha Plants | Ants |
| Items | Crystals | Gems | Wumpa Fruit | Relics | Gem Shards |
| Areas | N. Sanity Island | Cortex Castle |
