Tiger Claw speculation

[NinjaMan]

So what do you think his deal is? His design sheet says he's Shredder's bounty hunter/assassin from Japan. It also says he's traveled many lands and has a ton of weapons and lost his tail in a duel. So, is this guy a mutant? Magical being? Alien? What do you guys think his story is? What if he's a a being from another dimension that lost his tail in a duel with Usagi? Part of me hopes that's his story. :D

[Powder]

For some reason I don't think he's a mutant. Maybe some sort of ancient deity or whatever like some of the mutants from Archie.
He's got a nifty design, and I'm definitely interested in his appearance(s) based on that and what little we know of his backstory.

[TigerClaw]

Yeah, Me too, I'm curious about Tiger Claw :)

[LittleBlueHero]

Introducing Usagi would be epic... However, due to licensing issues I don't know that that will actually happen.

If it does though I hope to see Usagi in the IDW comic as well. As for wether or not he's a mutant... so far we haven't seen any other dimensions other than X. But the fact that there are other dimensions make for interesting and almost limitless story possibilities.

I could easily see the Turtles spending a season or at least part of one in a dimension of anthropomorphic animals... imagine the action figure potential!!

[JTH]

Wherever the Newtrailizer is from, I'm willing to bet it's the same place Tiger Claw is from.

[BubblyShell22]

I'm not sure what Tiger Claw's deal is, but maybe he was originally human and became a mutant somehow. It'll be interesting to see him and to hear his backstory on how he met Shredder and became associated with him.

[Captain PunchYouHard]

http://31.media.tumblr.com/694aaa3af9726f509c09202147f67dce/tumblr_mrwoo2KZKG1scqo4zo1_1280.jpg

[MikeandRaph87]

Does Tiger Claw remind any Archie's TMNT Adventures readers of this guy?
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tLbLABqU_b4/TeWARgVSX-I/AAAAAAAAFzc/PK6HGYZQZEE/s400/TigerUppercut01.jpg

Katmandu

The four arms seal the deal that the character was inspired from the guy.

[ToTheNines]

I think he's a mutant. The Kraang have been on earth for at least 16 years.

[Eiko]

I'm a huge cat lover so Tiger claw going to a clear fav of mine he prob a very old friend from another demension like Usagi could have been Splinter who cut his tail off anyway looking forward to this char.

[NinjaMan]

I think he's a mutant. The Kraang have been on earth for at least 16 years.

That's quite possible. And would mean he could possibly be one of the world's first mutant. It would make the history between him and Shredder interesting.

[Luckyday]

I would laugh so hard if he had come from a island near Japan like Ninjara and was not a mutant at all.

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

With those four arms, I think he might just actually be a new version of Katmandu, with the name changed because the nationality connection/pun that's no longer there.

[n-zero]

What if he's a a being from another dimension that lost his tail in a duel with Usagi? Part of me hopes that's his story. :D

Usagi probably isn't happening. Those crossovers were due to Stan Sakai being friends with Peter Laird, and Laird has been taking some time off from Turtles related projects since he sold the series to Nickelodeon.

With those four arms, I think he might just actually be a new version of Katmandu, with the name changed because the nationality connection/pun that's no longer there.

That picture isn't Tiger Claw- it's Kintaro form Mortal Kombat.

[miru]

Maybe Ninjara cut his tail off.

[Leofan26]

Maybe he ate a devil fruit? AAHH Sorry, One Piece humor here :lol:
An, mutation seems more likely here, think hey'll fight Leo? Seems his type.

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

Usagi probably isn't happening. Those crossovers were due to Stan Sakai being friends with Peter Laird, and Laird has been taking some time off from Turtles related projects since he sold the series to Nickelodeon.



That picture isn't Tiger Claw- it's Kintaro form Mortal Kombat.

*FACEPALM* That's what I get for not being an MK fan. When the guy above me indicated that was him, I believed it, I can be so dumb sometimes. :trolleye:

[demonsweat]

I would laugh so hard if he had come from a island near Japan like Ninjara and was not a mutant at all.

That's pretty much what they said during the SDCC panel. Shredder gets fed up and travels to Asia looking for recruits to help him fight the turtles, and comes back with Tiger Claw. It doesn't sound like he's of Kraang origin.

source (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO1NoUsrZGQ#t=20m23s)

[snake]

Maybe Ninjara cut his tail off.

:blanksta: no.

[Donatello19]

idk, but I'm not expecting much from him.

[DonatelloNinja82]

Introducing Usagi would be epic... However, due to licensing issues I don't know that that will actually happen.

If it does though I hope to see Usagi in the IDW comic as well. As for wether or not he's a mutant... so far we haven't seen any other dimensions other than X. But the fact that there are other dimensions make for interesting and almost limitless story possibilities.

I could easily see the Turtles spending a season or at least part of one in a dimension of anthropomorphic animals... imagine the action figure potential!!

I would love to see Usagi on this show. I absolutely love Usagi!!!

Wherever the Newtrailizer is from, I'm willing to bet it's the same place Tiger Claw is from.

Good theory!

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

Anybody else looking at the character sketches on nick's website?

They have some pretty cool ones up... Hadn't seen anyone else post any so I thought I would for those who were unaware.

Nick Season 2 Character Sketches (http://www.nick.com/pictures/tmnt-season-two-sketches-pictures.html)

http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o566/Pickin_Fanatics/flipbook-tmnt-comic-con-16.jpg (http://s1148.photobucket.com/user/Pickin_Fanatics/media/flipbook-tmnt-comic-con-16.jpg.html)

Tiger Claw looks Bada**! Plus the Newtralizer sketch is epic a well!

[NinjaMan]

I look at those sketches at least a few times a week lol. Love stuff like that.

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

I look at those sketches at least a few times a week lol. Love stuff like that.

Me too!!!! I'm such a sketch junkie! :trazz:

[NinjaMan]

Me too!!!! I'm such a sketch junkie! :trazz:

Agreed. I would love a sketchbook to be released.

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

Agreed. I would love a sketchbook to be released.

How freaking epic would that be!!??!???!!

[BubblyShell22]

I love Tiger Claw's design and can't wait to see him in action.

[raph27]

Sorry, but especially with this on Nick, I'm somehow stuck with the image of the stupid tiger lady from Kung Fu Panda....:ohwell:

[NinjaPug]

Just saw the producers say at PowerCon that Tiger Claw will speak some Japanese and have subtitles in the show. Very cool.

[Ninjinister]

Sorry, but especially with this on Nick, I'm somehow stuck with the image of the stupid tiger lady from Kung Fu Panda....:ohwell:

Dude Tigress is the s**t. Betta recognize.

[Shark_Blade]

What if he's a a being from another dimension that lost his tail in a duel with Usagi? Part of me hopes that's his story. :DI'd say yes to anything Usagi. :thyper:

[BubblyShell22]

Just saw the producers say at PowerCon that Tiger Claw will speak some Japanese and have subtitles in the show. Very cool.

That is cool. I wish they would have done that for the Turtles, Splinter, and April when they spoke Japanese in season one.

[TMNTFan9000]

I wonder who they'll get to voice him? I'm hoping it's either Ron Perlman, Steve Blum or Jim Cummings.

[NinjaMan]

Zulithe earlier in the year said he read about a Japanese actor doing voice recording. And since Tiger Claw will be speaking Japanese I wonder if that's his voice actor?

[NinjaPug]

Description of Tiger Claw:

TIGERCLAW
I was just a normal boy in Japan until the Kraang turned me into their greatest bounty hunter: half man, half tiger. My skills are so superior that Shredder has made me his second in command, and with good reason—I am nearly invincible on the battlefield! (Except when there’s a bowl of skim milk around.)

http://www.nick-asia-q.mtvi.com/shows/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/characters/tigerclaw/jyq3gs/6geets

[TigerClaw]

Description of Tiger Claw:

TIGERCLAW
I was just a normal boy in Japan until the Kraang turned me into their greatest bounty hunter: half man, half tiger. My skills are so superior that Shredder has made me his second in command, and with good reason—I am nearly invincible on the battlefield! (Except when there’s a bowl of skim milk around.)

http://www.nick-asia-q.mtvi.com/shows/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/characters/tigerclaw/jyq3gs/6geets
He looks cool! :D

http://nick-intl.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:file:gsp:scenic:/international/tmnt/characters/season2-poster/13a-tigerclaw.png?height=363&width=332&matte=true

[snake]

Just saw the producers say at PowerCon that Tiger Claw will speak some Japanese and have subtitles in the show. Very cool.

Good, one thing that Clone Wars (Star Wars Cartoon) did wrong was making aliens speak basic and refuse to have subtitles. Glad turtles is doing it.

[NinjaMan]

Description of Tiger Claw:

TIGERCLAW
I was just a normal boy in Japan until the Kraang turned me into their greatest bounty hunter: half man, half tiger. My skills are so superior that Shredder has made me his second in command, and with good reason—I am nearly invincible on the battlefield! (Except when there’s a bowl of skim milk around.)

http://www.nick-asia-q.mtvi.com/shows/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/characters/tigerclaw/jyq3gs/6geets

Thanks for this info!

[CyberCubed]

Tigerclaw was Japanese so why is he dressed like an American western?

[JoshDA7X]

To blend in perhaps? Who knows, maybe he watched too much Dog the Bounty Hunter when he was growing up.

[Metalwolf]

He gets made into Shredder's second in command? I wonder what happens to the previous 'second in command?' :teek:

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

He gets made into Shredder's second in command? I wonder what happens to the previous 'second in command?' :teek:

Hmmm, methinks maybe 'Karai go bye bye'? :lol: Ethier turning rouge and doing her own thing, or turning good.

[The Fifth Turtle]

Good, one thing that Clone Wars (Star Wars Cartoon) did wrong was making aliens speak basic and refuse to have subtitles. Glad turtles is doing it.

Couldn't agree more. A breath of fresh air. Otherwise it's like casting Keanu Reeves for a Ronin......oh wait.

[snake]

Couldn't agree more. A breath of fresh air. Otherwise it's like casting Keanu Reeves for a Ronin......oh wait.

:lol: So true

[ticktack]

I see you speak of Karai for a moment. She may not be everytime character (a suggestion), if her appearance is forced she may have a token nature. And yes, we are happy to have a kind of character that are possibly deficit, try to tone the deficit down or we notice that you try. If she has a big role then we're happy for her.

[BubblyShell22]

Well, with all of the times Karai has now disobeyed Shredder, he may be at the end of his rope once he finds out she disobeyed him again and may demote her putting Tiger Claw in her place.

[TigerClaw]

I hope Tiger Claw isn't one of those characters you see in only one episode, and never to be heard from again. Hopefully he'll appear in more this season.

[marcelangelo]

Tigerclaw was Japanese so why is he dressed like an American western?

hahahaha, EXACTLY my words from another thread a few weeks ago...

[BubblyShell22]

I doubt Tiger Claw will be a one note character as I'm sure he'll be prominent in Shredder's army.

[Metalwolf]

I doubt Tiger Claw will be a one note character as I'm sure he'll be prominent in Shredder's army.That's what I think too.

Plus I'm glad he speaks Japanese, I'm wondering if the Shredder will be talking Japanese back to him? That would be neat. :)

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

Tigerclaw was Japanese so why is he dressed like an American western?

Probably because he's a modern Japanese kid was was part of normal society, and not every Japanese character has to be a martial artist or a ninja? :lol: And how the heck is there a Japanese 'look'?

[Candy Kappa]

Probably because he's a modern Japanese kid was was part of normal society, and not every Japanese character has to be a martial artist or a ninja? :lol: And how the heck is there a Japanese 'look'?

According to Cybercubed? Kimono and topknot is my best guess. :roll:

[Metalwolf]

Probably because he's a modern Japanese kid was was part of normal society, and not every Japanese character has to be a martial artist or a ninja? :lol: And how the heck is there a Japanese 'look'?He looks to be in his late 30s or early 40s, I wonder what would have been going on TV or in Japanese society back then when he was a kid to make him choose the 'western' look.

[Luckyday]

He looks to be in his late 30s or early 40s, I wonder what would have been going on TV or in Japanese society back then when he was a kid to make him choose the 'western' look.

Old school yankee or yakuza.

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

He looks to be in his late 30s or early 40s, I wonder what would have been going on TV or in Japanese society back then when he was a kid to make him choose the 'western' look.

Tke a look at quite a few anime, the old west/american western cowboy theme (Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, etc.) is very popular and prevalent in modern japanese culture.

[Shark_Blade]

Based on the leaked storyboard (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=46234), I guess they will dispose Karai and he'll become second in command.

[CyberCubed]

I'm not fond of having a Tiger mutant in the army. It feels like it makes Rahzar/Fishface redundant now.

The show needs more humans like Hun in Shredder's command, not various animal mutants. And this is on top of the possibility of Bebop/Rocksteady coming in and working for Shredder too.

[TigerClaw]

I'm not fond of having a Tiger mutant in the army. It feels like it makes Rahzar/Fishface redundant now.

The show needs more humans like Hun in Shredder's command, not various animal mutants. And this is on top of the possibility of Bebop/Rocksteady coming in and working for Shredder too.
He isn't the only Tiger Mutant, In the Archies Series Comics, There was a mutant 4 armed Tiger name Katmandu.

http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091123222308/tmnt/images/thumb/f/f7/Katmandu.jpg/230px-Katmandu.jpg

[CyberCubed]

I know, but he was a one-off character living in the Middle East. He wasn't part of Shredder's army that we'd see for multiple episodes.

[Shark_Blade]

The more mutants the merrier. :tcool:

[MCLeo28]

Based on the leaked storyboard (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=46234), I guess they will dispose Karai and he'll become second in command.

That's based off of storyboard pics that we don't even know if they're real or not. I don't know, seems crazy why Karai would start doubting Shredder this early into the season when we already witness her slightly malicious personality when she still remains loyal to Shredder after her loss against Leo and goes as far as to kill April. Seems out of place to be doubting Shredder now.

@CyberCubed

I wouldn't say Rahzar is completely redundant. He defeated Leo, Donnie, and Raph fairly easily in combat.

[Shark_Blade]

That's why it's an assumption, and I go with that.

[BabyTurtles]

I'm not fond of having a Tiger mutant in the army. It feels like it makes Rahzar/Fishface redundant now.


Rahzar kicked major butt XD I mean the only way the turtles's defeated him was by shocking him! I'm sure Shredder will wanna keep him around.

Fishface is pretty smart and has connections :3 he's a good asset too!

the more the merrier XD

[Ninjinister]

He isn't the only Tiger Mutant, In the Archies Series Comics, There was a mutant 4 armed Tiger name Katmandu.

http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091123222308/tmnt/images/thumb/f/f7/Katmandu.jpg/230px-Katmandu.jpg

Katmandu wasn't a mutant.

[Zulithe]

the tiger claw link does not work for me :(

so wait tigerclaw is a mutated... boy? as in child? wonder how that will play out

i thought shredder was looking for warriors in japan. maybe he's a highly trained kid?

[Electric]

I kinda hope fish face and ra haze dislike tiger claw. It'd be cool to see then get jealous of shredders attention of him, kinda like hun and Baxter with Karai on 2k3

[kelligrafie]

There's pictures of a Tiger Claw toy which has him wearing an eye patch. However, we've seen images of him without.

Can we please speculate on how he gains the patch.

Do we think Splinter does it?

Or is it a weird reverse-twist-homage to SAINW and Raphael takes his eye out?

Also, I heard somewhere that Tiger Claw was part of a travelling circus.

He probably got picked up by them because he was mutated at a young age, everyone else shunned him and he either ran away or his parents sold him. And he got added to the freak show. The western clothes are probably a circus gimmick. Or Doc Brown dressed him.

[LivingMutagen]

the tiger claw link does not work for me :(

so wait tigerclaw is a mutated... boy? as in child? wonder how that will play out

i thought shredder was looking for warriors in japan. maybe he's a highly trained kid?

He was mutated AS a kid. So he's an adult now, after growing up with the circus.

[NinjaPug]

There's pictures of a Tiger Claw toy which has him wearing an eye patch. However, we've seen images of him without.


New production art of Tigerclaw includes the eye patch

http://37.media.tumblr.com/a8e43d78931b93586e1633480cd2b61e/tumblr_n3vbpc5EU91r2nvplo1_1280.jpg

[TigerClaw]

New production art of Tigerclaw includes the eye patch

http://37.media.tumblr.com/a8e43d78931b93586e1633480cd2b61e/tumblr_n3vbpc5EU91r2nvplo1_1280.jpg
I wonder how he ended with the Eye Patch? Probably after getting out of that Worm maybe?

[Drose18]

Any news on Tigerclaw coming back?

[Huzzah]

Eye patches are just cool, who needs a reason?