Tigatron Is Alive!

[Demon Man]

Beast Wars fans, you're not gonna believe this! I just found out in a Botcon comic that Tigatron's been ressurrected from the dead, albiet as a Transmetal now, but it's the same Maximal. He has not been killed and likely won't be, and he has by all means and most assuredly returned! How do you feel about this? I, for one, am overjoyed beyond belief. I really missed the guy. But, enough about me. What is YOUR opinion? Are you delighted he's back? Do you wish he was still dead? Whatever your view, I'd like to see what you think of Tigatron being back to life from the death he recieved as Tigerhawk, and now is a Transmetal version of himself.

[SilverfromOZ]

Transformers is a vey fluid series with constant permutations appearing from various sources. The Armada/Energon/Cybertron series are their own story as was RID and neither had any link to G1 or BW. BW although being directly and intelligently linked to G1, never really went as far as to stick directly to old laws and as a result, I think that they either ignored or bypassed things which were silly (#cough cough# action master #cough cough#) or just didn't make sense (Is G2 Megs post Galvatron?)

Now with that piece of waffle aside, the point I'm trying to make is that we all have a different way of believing in the transformers chronology. Personally, I see everything that happened in BW as set in stone but everything thereafter (e.g. BM and various comics) as additional (almost fanfic). I suppose this is because I'm writing my BM fanfic and replacing the somewhat misguided (don't get me wrong I am a big fan of it but its still quite misdirected) series and I have my own visions of what would have played out from their return to Cybertron.

As for Tigatron's resurrection...... I haven't looked a great deal into it, but I for one am not a big fan. Its not that I have anything against Tigatron, as a matter of fact, its because of his character that I'm against it. If you go around killing off characters and constantly bringing them back, death no longer has meaning and thus so does life. Therefore you lose interest in the story. I can still remember seeing the Nemesis rise from the water for the first time and the brave last stand of Tigerhawk. That is a defining moment and bringing Tigatron back somewhat sullies that.

Death and resurrection of characters is something which must be done carefully. The original death of Optimus Prime was full of a$$ kicking and a brave last stand turning the tide of battle. Drama at its finest. Can anyone now count how many times Optimus was resurrected after that? So many I just don't care any more. "Ooohhh. They just blew up Optim... oh, he's back. 'It's just a scratch, I got better.' "
#cue Optimus singing the 'I am not yet dead' song from Monty Python's Holy Grail#

Anyhoo, I'll have my reservations but say that its a cool thing IF its done right.

[Spudatron]

Im with SilverfromOZ...

When you're dead... you're dead... I also got bored with the amount of times G1 Prime returned from the dead after the movie... twice? three times? Something rediculously stupid...

I didn't like that Tigatron departed the show so early BUT... it was done... his spark fused with another spark and a new transformer created... and subsequently destroyed... how the HELL do you bring him back after all that? You can't. When producers start *slag*' around with things like that, it makes the whole continuity of the series fall apart...

I do however enjoy the "Possession" episode where Starscream's spark returns... however, even then... he's dead... twice! Once in the G1 movie and twice in G1 when he tries to put Unicron together... how did he still exist to go back in time and find the Preds? Another stupid resurrection...

When you're dead... you're dead...

[Scourge]

wow, that comic came out in around 7 years ago. and yes I agree with the others like the character but it cheapens their deaths and makes their deaths less meaningful if they get revived. Which is partially why I didn't like Depthcharge getting brought back to life in that universe comic. Also I tend to treat the 3H botcon comics and toys as being little more then well writen fanfiction and fan created characters.

[Wonko The Sane]

Resurrection of a chracter can be a good thing if used correctly.Tigatron and Airazor never dies in Beast wars,just kidnapped in in Stasi Lock for a whole Season and a half,then came as Tigerhawk(Who some Fans consider him to be their'child')


Optimus Primal was resurrected through the Matrix and became Transmetal.It did cheapen his death a little,but,if we all remember the first time we seen it(Back in 96),we have to wait a whole year to see him come back in Coming of The Fuzors,and,we needed him to come back,basically because the Maximals won't do good without him.

Now,moving on to Dinobot("Sigh",here we go)Of course everyone knows Code of Hero by heart.Very sad and so on.Now,Dinobot did not resurrect until the Nemesis Part II.Meanwhile,TMII Dinobot was a good clone,but was his own character(Although,not enough character development proves it much),being more intelligent,stronger,and faster than the orginal,and has followed the rules to glory than honour.Though when the original came back,it is debateable if he truly did return form the Matrix to Earth.Remember,Dark Glass states that his memories was in the Clone but not his Spark(The Spark belonged to Rampage)and,if you looked at it closely,Dinobot had some similar speech,but was not exactly as how the original would state,so,did Dinobot fully resuerrected in his Second signiicant Clone...maybe,but we didn't have enough time to prove that theory,

[SilverfromOZ]

Well on the topic of Optimus' resurrection. This is a prime example (excuse the pun ) of resurrection working well. We were all aghast at the end of season 1 when Megs is gloating and Primal became space debris, but I personally loved all of Primal's recreation. If you look at it, they gave Garry the best lines with the best timing "My turn" and "In a word.... PRIME" I recall throwing my fist up in the air with a massive grin on my face after yelling "boo ya!" The great thing about Optimus Primal's resurrection was how much needed to be done for it. Had it failed, Rhinox could have been lost as well and it was great to see the rest of the Maximals pull together to carry off an impossible task.

Dinobot 2 was one I had my rerservations about (I had originally seen the action figure before the episode) but when I saw what they did, I accepted it. As Wonko said, he was a clone of the original and thus a different character and this is something I hope to explore in a fan-fic along the way. I feel there are some deeper issues that could be explored after the death of Rampage and I look forward to tapping into those.

Tigerhawk was also very different. Admittedly Airrazor and Tigatron were not lost but for all intents and purposes, they sacrificed their own sparks and individuality to create a new life and thus in my eyes its another noble sacrifice. One thing that was mentioned in the Aus DVD commentary was that they originally wanted both voice actors to do the voice and they would mix it together. It was only technical and cost issues that prevented them from doing so. Personally I think that would have been a cool touch but alas it did not come to pass.