''My heart may be a Maximal fuel pump, but my soul is that of a tiger.'' - Tigatron
Real name: Tigatron Other known aliases: Big Cat, Pussycat, Stripes, Tiger-Bot Occupation: Reconnaisance Current group affiliation: Maximals Rank: 4 Past group affiliations: None Major enemies: Predacons First appearance: Fallen Comrades Origin: Fallen Comrades Description: Tigatron is an 8 foot tall white and green robot with horns who turns into a tiger.
Characteristics
31 STR 16
12 DEX 6
22 CON 24
10 BODY -2
6 INT -4
20 EGO 20
9 PRE -1
10 COM 0
12 PD 7
11 ED 7
4 SPD 18
10 REC 2
44 END 0
34 STUN 0
Characteristics Cost: 93
Powers and Skills
10 EC (10),"Transformer powers"
14a) 8/8 Armor
15b) 15" Running,1/2 END(+1/4) 2
8c) Shape Shift,"Tiger",Incantation(-1/4),0 END Persistent(+1) 0
7 1 LVLS Growth (stats already included),Always On(-1/2),0 END
Persistent(+1) 0
1 Life Support, only needs half food intake.
19 Life Support,doesn't breathe,safe in vacuum/pressure,safe in
heat/cold,immune to aging
31 MP (55),"Weapons",Only in appropriate form.(-1/4),OIF(-1/2)
2u 5 1/2D6 Entangle (Cold),OAF(-1/2),4 Charges(-1) 0
2u 2D6 HKA,"Claws/Bite",vs physical defense,0 END(+1/2) 0
2u 2D6+1 RKA,"Mini-Rockets",vs physical defense,9-12 Charges
(-1/4),Explosion(+1/2) 0
2u 3 1/2D6 RKA,"Quasar Cannon Rifle",13-16 Charges(0),OAF(-1/2) 0
3 Radio XMIT/REC,OIF(-1/2)
4 1 BODY Regen,recovery rate: per hour,Linked(-1/2),"to Shape
Shift."
3 +0" Running,x4 Non-Combat,Linked(-1/2),"to Shape Shift." 0
8 31 STR,1/2 END(+1/4) 0
5 Tracking Scent,Linked(-1/2),"to Shape Shift.",Restrainable
(-1/2)
3 Acrobatics 11-
1 Computer Programming 8-
9 3 Levels: with Weapons Multipower.,tight group
3 Survival 11-
3 Tracking 10-
2 WF,Rifles,Vehicle
Powers Cost: 157
Disadvantages
Base Points: 100
15 Accidental Chg,"To beast form if stunned.",common,occur 11-
5 Distinctive,"Talking cat-bot.",easily concealable,minor
15 Hunted,"By anti-Maximal forces.",as powerful,harsh,appear
11-
5 Physical Lim,"No hands in beast mode.",infrequently,slightly
15 Psych Lim,"Protective of friends.",common,strong
15 Psych Lim,"In love with Airazor.",common,strong
15 Psych Lim,"Overconfident",common,strong
15 Psych Lim,"Code vs. killing humans.",common,strong
5 Rep,"Heroic alien robot.",occur 8-
10 Rivalry,"with other Maximal warriors.",professional,PC rival
15 Unluck,3D6
10 Vuln,"to high energon attacks in robot form.",uncommon,x2
stun
10 Watched,"By Maximal leaders.",more powerful,non-combat
influence,mild,appear 11-
Disadvantages Total: 150
Experience Spent: 0
Total Points: 250
Explanation of the conversion: Tigatron displayed an enhanced sense of smell in cat mode, so I added that. In the
episode Victory, he manned the Axalon's guns, so I gave him vehicle-mounted weapons skills.
History: Tigatron was one of the protoforms from the Maximal ship called the Axalon commanded by Optimus Primal, which chased the Predacon criminal Megatron II
in the Dark Side through transwarp space after the theft of the Golden Disc. The
Maximals and Predacons crashed on prehistoric Earth, where high energon levels threatened to destroy the crew unless they
adopted organic alternate modes (Beast Wars Part 1).
The Axalon's cargo of Maximal protoforms in stasis pods had been launched into orbit before the crash, but eventually
Tigatron's pod fell to Earth in the northern sector. Both the Maximals and Predacons observed the landing. Optimus Primal
decided to fly alone in an attempt to get to it first, but Dinobot warned of an ambush. Primal insisted
on going and was attacked by Waspinator and Terrorsaur who disabled Primal. Primal was placed in the cryo-regeneration
chamber by Dinobot as Rhinox, Cheetor and Rattrap raced to get the pod. Realizing the Maximal base would be nearly
unguarded, Megatron II sent his flyers to get the pod while the rest of the Predacons attacked the Maximal base. As the
Predacon flyers were outpacing the Maximals to the pod, Megatron II arrived at the Axalon where he attempted to entice
Dinobot into returning to the Predacons, but Dinobot refused. He used the automated defenses of the Axalon to ward off
Megatron II, Scorponok II and Tarantulas. Using the moon to reflect a laser pulse communication, the Primal and
Dinobot were able to send a signal to the pod to activate. The pod than scanned a nearby white tiger, and Tigatron emerged
as a tiger himself greeted the animal.
Megatron II raced to get to the pod himself as Primal emerged from the cryo-regeneration chamber and
placed Dinobot in it. When the Predacon flyers arrived at the pod they didn't realize it was already
empty and they worked to open it. The Maximal ground party and Megatron II arrived at the pod. Megatron II threatened to
destroy two nearby tigers if they Maximals didn't back off. Opening the pod the Predacons found it empty and one of
the tigers revealed himself as Tigatron. As the fight joined by Optimus Primal the Predacons were chased off. Tigatron
was invited to return to the Maximal base, but he felt with his identity circuits damaged, he prefered to be with the
tigers. He agreed to act as scout for them and the Maximals returned to base (Fallen Comrads).
Blackarachnia, Terrorsaur and Waspinator attempted to drill their way into the Axalon,
but were thwarted when they were discovered by Tigatron (A Better Mousetrap).
Airazor's pod fell to Earth inside Predacon controlled terratory. The pod was spotted by the
Tarantulas and Megatron II, as well as by Rhinox and Cheetor. Cheetor told Tigatron to contact base with the news. Blackarachnia and
Scorponok II were sent by Megatron II to retrieve the pod. Rhinox was the first to arrive at the crash site and
discovered the pod was damaged and the protoform was dying. Cheetor then arrived to help Rhinox save the protoform. On his
way back to base, Tigatron discovered Scorponok II and disabled him, but was in turn ambushed by Blackarachnia. Rhinox
replaced the damaged locking chip in the protoform with one donated by Cheetor. Cheetor confronted Blackarachnia, keeping
her from getting to Rhinox and the protoform. Cheetor then tried to lure Waspinator and Terrorsaur away from the pod, but
Terrorsaur got the best of him. Rhinox had to run the sequencer program for the protoform through his own processor to
keep it alive. This knocked Rhinox into stasis lock, but started the DNA scanners for the stasis pod. The protoform was
formatted to the form of a falcon which was flying overhead just as Terrorsaur arrived. The newly born Airazor was able to
defeat Terrorsaur. Rhinox took her back to the Axalon, introducing her to Optimus Primal and the other Maximals (The
Spark).
Rhinox conducted tidal research on the planet and discovered that one of the moons seemed to have too low a mass, as if it
was hollow. Tigatron made his weekly radio report to Rattrap at the Maximal base when he was attacked by Terrorsaur and
Waspinator. During the battle the three stumbled across a flying island with a weapons system tower which nearly destroyed the
Predacons. Optimus Primal checked out the scene of the fight, but found nothing. Terrorsaur and Waspinator limped back to
base where they reported on the island to Megatron II. Airazor then reported to the Maximals that she saw the Predacons
flyers return to base severely wounded. As Megatron II sent Scorponok II and Blackarachnia to find the island, Airazor
followed them. Tigatron discovered the island had traps and that the weapons system fired at any use of energy weapons.
Scorponok II found the island using one of his cyber-bees, although Tigatron captured it. Blackarachnia used her line gun
to get them up to the island. Discovering they were being watched, Scorponok II shot Airazor from the sky. Tigatron found
Airazor and reprogrammed the cyber-bee to return to the Maximal base with a message. Cheetor found the cyber-bee. In the
message he warned the Maximals of the island and it's potential power to destroy them if it fell into Predacon hands (The
Trigger Part 1).
As Blackarachnia and Scorponok II discovered the secrets of the island, Airazor and Tigatron worked to get to the
weapons system first. Optimus Primal took Rattrap and flew to the island, but they were intercepted by Terrorsaur and
Waspinator. During the battle Rattrap was able to capture Terrorsaur and ride him to the island. Tigatron and
Airazor triggered a booby trap on the island, but narrowly escaped. The Predacons got to the weapons system first.
Blackarachnia used Terrorsaur to distract the weapons system and blast her way in. She planned to use the weapons
system to destroy the Maximals and rule the Predacons. As Scorponok II attempted to subdue her he fell victim to another
booby trap. Blackarachnia took control of the island from it's command center and set course for the Maximal base.
Optimus Primal ordered Cheetor, Rhinox and Dinobot to evacuate the base.
Before she was able to bring the island within range, Tigatron fought his way into the weapons system and
fired on it's power-core, causing the island to crash. After being destroyed, the weapons system tower sent
a signal a similar tower on the moon, which sent another message into deep space. This turn of events worried the
Maximals, as they wondered who built the island and how they would react to its destruction (The Trigger Part 2).
Inferno II's pod fell to Earth. Blackarachnia uncovered Tarantulas' lair. Tarantulas' wanted to get a hold of an intact
stasis pod so he could make a ship capable of leaving Earth, and his computer system discovered a falling pod. He
sabotaged both the Maximal and Predacon computer systems so neither side would know of the pod, but Tigatron also spotted
the falling pod. Tarantulas and Blackarachnia were the first to the pod and Inferno II was infected with a Predacon shell
program. Although Tarantulas attempted to format the protoform as another spider, he was too late and it had already
scanned a fire ant. As Tigatron closed in on the pod's landing site he was attacked by Waspinator, but saved by Airazor.
Tigatron sent Airazor off to get the pod as quickly as possible. Inferno II emerged as a Predacon fire ant with a
violent personality dominated by his ant nature. Inferno II attacked Tarantulas and Blackarachnia as invaders and set to
protecting his colony, the stasis pod. Inferno II then attacked Airazor. Blackarachnia played along and convinced Inferno
II she was sent by the royalty of the colony. Tarantulas went after the stasis pod while they were occupied. Noticing the
pod was gone, Inferno II hunted down Tarantulas. Airazor went for help as Tigatron tracked the Predacons.
Megatron II's equipment came back online and he sent Scopronok II to bring Tarantulas and his finds back to base. Tigatron
caught up with Tarantulas and destroyed the pod so it wouldn't fall into Predacon hands, but then he was attacked by all
the Predacons. Inferno II vowed to destroy Tigatron and all his kind for the destruction of his colony, but he was
seriously injured when Optimus Primal and Airazor arrived to save Tigatron. Scoponok II then returned Inferno II to the
Predacon base for repairs (Spider's Game).
Tigatron turned his back on the war with the Predacons for a short time when a battle lead to the death of Snowstalker,
a real tiger he had befriended. In the end he came to the conclusion that while war could bring horrible consequences,
it was sometimes necessary (Law of the Jungle).
When the Earth was hit by a quantum wave it transfigured several Cybertonians into transmetal forms, but Tigatron was
unaltered (Aftermath).
Tigatron ended up falling in love with Airazor.
They were kidnapped by the alien Volx.
The sparks of Airazor and Tigatron were used in the creation of the Volx emmesary Tigerhawk. Tigerhawk destroyed the
Predacon ship Dark Side. After nearly being killed by Tarantulas, Tigerhawk joined the Maximals.
Tigerhawk was killed by Megatron II using the weapons of the Decepticon ship Nemesis (Nemesis Part 2).
The Volx then ressurected Airazor and Tigatron by placing their sparks into blank Maximal protoforms, only now they were
in transmetal forms. They joined Primal Prime (Convention Comic 2001).
Airazor, Primal Prime and Tigatron set out to discover if any more stasis pods survived. They discovered and recruited
the Maximal Ramulas. Ambushed by the Predacons Tarantulas, Ravage, Razorclaw II, Spittor and
Iguanus, Primal Prime had the Matrix ripped out of his system (Wreckers #2).
After defeating Tarantulas, the Maximals were joined by Sonar and Packrat
as well as the Predacons Fractal and Spittor. Returning to Cybertron
he was joined by Apelinq and became leader of the Wreckers.
Once on Cybertron the Wreckers were joined by Rodimus and visited the Oracle computer were sent on a mission off planet.
Before leaving they were also joined by Arcee and Devcon as well as Decepticons Cyclonus, Skywarp and Rotorbolt (Wreckers #1).
Trivia: On the Beast Wars television show, the voice of Tigatron
is played by actor Blu Mankuma.
The television model of Tigatron was recolored from the U.S. toy so as to make it look less like Cheetor.
When the Japanese toy came out later, they then changed it to more closely resemble the television model. The toy
of Tigatron is similar to that of Cheetor and Shadow Panther. The toy of Tigatron came with an insect-like mask, but
this was never used in the television series.
Powers: Tigatron is highly energy efficient strong, fast and totally fearless. He carries a quasar cannon, a freeze
rifle and has wrist mounted mini-rockets in robot mode. As a tiger he attacks with tooth and claw, has a highly
developed sense of smell, and can run at over 80 mph. Of all the Maximals, he seems to be the most adept at intigrating
his mind with his beast instincts. He recovers from damage quicker in beast mode and is better protected from high energon
levels as well.
When Tigatron arrived on Cybertron he was immunized by Ape-Linq against the transformation locking
virus created by Megatron II.
Weaknesses: Although instinctive, Tigatron isn't particularly knowledgable and is low compared to ranking among the
Maximals. He can let his love of the Earth and protecting it get in the way of his mission as a Maximal. In beast mode he
lacks ranged weapons completely. High energon fields can adversely effect Tigatron if he stays in robot form for too
long. His animal form is protected from high energon levels. He cannot fly.
Links to other Tigatron pages:
Character created by Hasbro.
Champions rules conversion by Mathew R. Ignash - mathewignash@comcast.net.
Last Updated - December, 2005
The Axalon's cargo of Maximal protoforms in stasis pods had been launched into orbit before the crash, but eventually
Tigatron's pod fell to Earth in the northern sector. Both the Maximals and Predacons observed the landing. Optimus Primal
decided to fly alone in an attempt to get to it first, but Dinobot warned of an ambush. Primal insisted
on going and was attacked by Waspinator and Terrorsaur who disabled Primal. Primal was placed in the cryo-regeneration
chamber by Dinobot as Rhinox, Cheetor and Rattrap raced to get the pod. Realizing the Maximal base would be nearly
unguarded, Megatron II sent his flyers to get the pod while the rest of the Predacons attacked the Maximal base. As the
Predacon flyers were outpacing the Maximals to the pod, Megatron II arrived at the Axalon where he attempted to entice
Dinobot into returning to the Predacons, but Dinobot refused. He used the automated defenses of the Axalon to ward off
Megatron II, Scorponok II and Tarantulas. Using the moon to reflect a laser pulse communication, the Primal and
Dinobot were able to send a signal to the pod to activate. The pod than scanned a nearby white tiger, and Tigatron emerged
as a tiger himself greeted the animal.
Megatron II raced to get to the pod himself as Primal emerged from the cryo-regeneration chamber and
placed Dinobot in it. When the Predacon flyers arrived at the pod they didn't realize it was already
empty and they worked to open it. The Maximal ground party and Megatron II arrived at the pod. Megatron II threatened to
destroy two nearby tigers if they Maximals didn't back off. Opening the pod the Predacons found it empty and one of
the tigers revealed himself as Tigatron. As the fight joined by Optimus Primal the Predacons were chased off. Tigatron
was invited to return to the Maximal base, but he felt with his identity circuits damaged, he prefered to be with the
tigers. He agreed to act as scout for them and the Maximals returned to base (Fallen Comrads).
Airazor's pod fell to Earth inside Predacon controlled terratory. The pod was spotted by the
Tarantulas and Megatron II, as well as by Rhinox and Cheetor. Cheetor told Tigatron to contact base with the news. Blackarachnia and
Scorponok II were sent by Megatron II to retrieve the pod. Rhinox was the first to arrive at the crash site and
discovered the pod was damaged and the protoform was dying. Cheetor then arrived to help Rhinox save the protoform. On his
way back to base, Tigatron discovered Scorponok II and disabled him, but was in turn ambushed by Blackarachnia. Rhinox
replaced the damaged locking chip in the protoform with one donated by Cheetor. Cheetor confronted Blackarachnia, keeping
her from getting to Rhinox and the protoform. Cheetor then tried to lure Waspinator and Terrorsaur away from the pod, but
Terrorsaur got the best of him. Rhinox had to run the sequencer program for the protoform through his own processor to
keep it alive. This knocked Rhinox into stasis lock, but started the DNA scanners for the stasis pod. The protoform was
formatted to the form of a falcon which was flying overhead just as Terrorsaur arrived. The newly born Airazor was able to
defeat Terrorsaur. Rhinox took her back to the Axalon, introducing her to Optimus Primal and the other Maximals (The
Spark).
Powers: Tigatron is highly energy efficient strong, fast and totally fearless. He carries a quasar cannon, a freeze
rifle and has wrist mounted mini-rockets in robot mode. As a tiger he attacks with tooth and claw, has a highly
developed sense of smell, and can run at over 80 mph. Of all the Maximals, he seems to be the most adept at intigrating
his mind with his beast instincts. He recovers from damage quicker in beast mode and is better protected from high energon
levels as well.
