Tiny Tiger

Tiny Tiger is a tiger by N.Brio. He made his debut in Cortex Strikes Back.

Playstation appearances
Cortex Strikes Back

His first appearance was in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, the 2nd crash game. He was the third boss in the game. He was working for N. Brio to stop Crash from gathering Crystals for Cortex. He attacks by jumping on small platforms, attempting to squish Crash. You had to jump on other platforms until they flash red and fall; you would have to lure Tiny to these, and he will fall with them. He had 3 hit points.

Every time Tiny falls with a platform, it returns up with him: as an often unseen detail, while Crash is already celebrating his victory with his own trademark dance, Tiny is actually returning up even after running out of hit points but appearing exhausted, lying on the platform which, in turn, after having brought up Tiny for the last time ends up falling beneath the Tiger's weight.

Warped

In the third Crash game, Crash Bandicoot:Warped, he was the first boss. This time he was working for Cortex. You fight him in a Colosseum. Again, he had Three Hit Points, and he attacks by trying to jump on Crash, but also trying to hit you with his three-prong javelin. It will get stuck, leaving Tiny vulnerable to a spin-attack. After that he will unleash lions.

CTR and Crash Bash

In Crash Team Racing, Tiny was a playable racer. He was one of the fastest, just like Dingodile, but he had bad accelaration. His home Track is "Tiny Arena". He raced for the cortex team.

In Crash Bash, Tiny was a playable character. He was equal to Koala Kong.

Later appearances
The Wrath of Cortex

Tiny made some small cameos in this game. He appeared in a few levels either in the backround or blocking Crash's path.

Nitro Kart

Tiny was a playable racer for Cortex's team in this game.

Twinsanity

Tiny makes a cameo at the beginning of the game for Crash's "Birthday Party".

Crash of the Titans

Tiny makes an appearance as a sub-boss. He is mad about being left out of Crash Tag Team Racing and takes out his frustrations on Crash. It should be noted that he took on the appearance of a real tiger in this game, wearing army clothes and having a personality and voice similar to Mike Tyson.

Handheld appearances
The Huge Adventure/XS

He was the 3rd boss out of 4 in this game.

Purple/Fusion

He was a boss again in this game.

Games without Tiny

 * Crash Bandicoot
 * Crash Bandicoot: N-Tranced
 * Crash Tag Team Racing
 * Crash: Mind over Mutant

Personality
When Tiny first appeared, he didn't have a voice, but instead had a signature roar. In Warped, he had his voice, speaking in third-person but with few pronouns, like Papu Papu in CTR; he retained his voice in CTR. His voice and personality drastically changed when he appeared in Crash of the Titans; his voice resembled Mike Tyson and he became more kind-mannered, willing to share his feelings and somewhat more intelligent (but obviously to a lesser extent than most characters).

Like Koala Kong, even though Tiny had initially been hired to stop Crash, he actually does not seem to be evil himself (despite his somewhat violent behavior), just trying to stop Crash because it's his job.

Trivia

 * It is possible that Tiny was created as a foil to Crash; Although he lacks intelligence, he is literate and capable of speech. Crash, on the other hand, is intelligent, but he is the quiet type.


 * The Crash Bash manual had a picture of Tiny holding a Nitro crate with which he intends to throw at who-knows-who. In reality, however, it is impossible for Tiny (in fact, impossible for Anyone for that matter) to pick up a Nitro crate, as a single touch triggers an explosion. However, the crate was missing the word "Nitro".