Tiger Claw (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Tiger Claw is a male animated villain who features in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Biography
Takeshi was a Japanese human born in the modern age to a small village where he had a sister named Alopex. As children, he and his sister were in a playground when they accidentally came across a mysterious portal. The two believed this to be a magic door and decided to enter it but it was a portal to the Kraang. The aliens experimented on the two human children and mutated them where they went through many months of hardship. Ultimately, they were able to escape together and returned to Earth through the portal though they were now no longer human but instead animal mutations. The pair came to believe they were monsters at this point and they fled their home where they came to find refuge in a circus sideshow. However, they believed their talents were wasted in such a life and eventually they turned their skillsets into becoming the best assassins in the criminal underworld. They were notorious and feared, but one day Alopex turned on him attempting to kill him, and the two savagely fought in a lethal duel. The fight resulted in Alopex cutting off Tiger Claw's tail with her sword, taking it as a trophy, and escaping, but also being severely wounded in the process. Although she escaped, Tiger Claw initially believed that her wounds would be too grave for her to survive. However, as he learned later on, he was wrong, and she now wears his tail around her waist as a belt. Tiger Claw has been relentlessly searching for her with a vow to make her pay. Tiger Claw continued to build on his mercenary reputation. Due to this, he was eventually hired by the Shredder and is now his most dreaded, yet revered assassin and bounty hunter from Japan (Shredder finds him on his journey to Japan and enlists him as his newest henchman). He has traveled many lands - and his weapons are only prizes of his conquests.
Shredder returns from his visit in Japan for a few months, only to reveal that he brought back Tiger Claw, whom he calls the "most feared assassin in all of Asia". Instantly, Karai is dismissive of him, and her feelings turn even more sour once Shredder tells her that he will be replacing her with Tiger Claw as his brand-new second-in-command. The Shredder tells Tiger Claw to find and capture Splinter and the Turtles, commanding Karai to follow Tiger Claw's orders. Tiger Claw quickly locates and fights the Turtles, and he ultimately forces them to call upon Splinter by threatening to kill Michelangelo. Splinter arrives and seems to have the upper hand throughout most of the battle, but he is then shot in the neck by Karai's poison dart. With his final ounces of strength, Splinter throws a shuriken at the ropes binding his sons and tells them to flee immediately. Tiger Claw and Karai then take an unconscious Splinter back to Foot Headquarters, and Tiger Claw pours a bucket of water on him to wake him up. The Shredder prepares to execute the rat, when Karai convinces him to let him meet his end in combat and with honor. With some persuading from Tiger Claw, The Shredder agrees. The Turtles soon regroup and interrupt, brawling with The Foot to save Splinter. Following the Turtles, Tiger Claw, Karai, Rahzar, and Fishface quickly catch up and attack all of them on a rooftop. During the fight, Tiger Claw is knocked onto a fire escape. When he leaps back up to get back into the fight, he seemingly meets his demise when he falls into the huge mouth of a Kraathatrogon that April and Casey had just ridden up to the surface before being pulled through the portal and into the 1987 TMNT's universe.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Tiger Claw was a muscular humanoid tiger, but with his tail having been cut off by Alopex. His outfit has somewhat of a commando/bounty hunter look, consisting of a cyan shirt with sleeves rolled up and brown shirt vest over it, a double chain bullet bandolier with a jetpack, an azure scarf around his neck, a double chain bullet belt around his waist, and brown pants with pouches for his pistols on his thighs and belted bottoms that stop at his ankles.
Powers and abilities
As a child, he came to be mutated by the Kraang where he gained the body of a Bengal tiger. As such, he possessed various traits of a tiger, granting him certain advantages that allow him to overpower his foes.
A natural weapon at his disposal were a full set of retractable claws that he can use for close-combat.
Notes
- Tiger Claw was created by Brandon Auman where he was voiced by actor Eric Bauza in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tiger Claw made his first appearance in the 2012 animated television series where he was voiced by actor Eric Bauza.
Video games
- In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze, Tiger Claw appeared in the video game tied to the 2012 animated television series continuity where he was once again voiced by actor Eric Bauza.
Appearances
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
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