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Tigra (Greer Grant Nelson) is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Introduced as the non-superpowered crime fighter the Cat in The Claws of the Cat #1 (November 1972). The character was created by writer-editor Roy Thomas and artist Wally Wood (Marie Severin was then brought in to help layout the art), with her early adventures written by Linda Fite. She mutated into the super powered tiger-woman Tigra in Giant-Size Creatures #1 (July 1974), by writer Tony Isabella and artist Don Perlin.

Greer Nelson (née Grant) first appeared as The Cat. She later became Tigra through a mystic ritual that bound the soul of one of the Cat People, to her own.
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!!Tigra provides examples of:
* AlliterativeName: '''Gr'''eer '''Gr'''ant.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Cat, but also tiger.
* ArchEnemy: ComicBook/TheHood after he and his gang gave her a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown because another villain asked him to do so in exchange for his advice. Tigra gets her revenge when, at the end of Dark Reign, she corners him and talks at length about how she wants to kill him... and then doesn't. [[CruelMercy Instead she simply brings in his wife so she'll know who he is and what he's done and never let him near her or his daughter again]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Tigra's fairly nice and even a little flirtatious normally. Keep in mind that this is a woman that had a conversation with X-23 about the best way to eviscerate a person.
* CatGirl: The Cat was once a costumed heroine who used a powered costume, but a ritual was performed on her, transforming her into the werecat Tigra. There's a tug-of-war between her human and feline instincts and which has the upper hand tends to [[DependingOnTheWriter depend on the writer]]. One day she's able to fly interstellar spacecraft, the next she's chasing and eating mice and unable to speak (except in cat noises.)
* CatsHateWater: Tigra used to be deathly afraid of water, though she seems to have at least somewhat gotten over it.
* DatingCatwoman: In a miniseries from the 90s, Greer (using the false name of Greer Sorenson) infiltrated a police academy hoping to find answers about the death of her husband Billy. While there she met and fell in love with Sergeant Matt [=McMullin=], an instructor at the academy. Unfortunately, Greer discovered that Matt was involved with a group of vigilante cops called the Brethren of the Blue Fist. Worse, it was revealed that Matt had killed Billy to stop him from exposing the Brethren's crimes.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: She never wears shoes while in Cat form.
* HalfHumanHybrid: She is a human woman turned half-tiger thanks to magic. And ''then'' she... [[spoiler: went and got knocked up by a Skrull pretending to be Henry Pym. Which would make her child half-Skrull, one-quarter human and one-quarter magic tiger.]] The disguise was so good that the [[spoiler:Skrull imposter only gave Hank Pym's DNA, so the child is three-quarters human, one-quarter magic tiger.]]
* HealingFactor: If Tigra is injured, she is capable of regenerating damaged tissue faster than an ordinary human. She can heal injuries as severe as broken bones within a matter of days. However, she is unable to regenerate missing limbs, organs, or brain cells.
* HollywoodDateless: In Avenger's Academy, Tigra of all people laments her dating impaired status during the series ("Single mom who sheds"). She could probably easily get dates—just not long term commitment.
* HotTeacher: After joining Avenger's Academy, Tigra's definitely this. {{Lampshaded}} several times by the students, but especially when she meets Emma Frost in issue #22.
--> '''Emma Frost''': By the way, darling, I love your outfit. Don't let anyone tell you it's inappropriate for a teacher.
* JackOfAllStats: Tigra has impressive strength, speed, agility, healing and combat skills but is surpassed in one area each by another Avenger.
* LegacyCharacter: Greer is in fact not the first Tigra. In West Coast Avengers, Volume 2, Issue 6, it is revealed that the first Tigra was also a woman who was transformed into a cat person by the original two Cat People, Flavius and Helene.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Made especially obvious by her usual attire.
* MsFanservice: Tigra is a twofer, being a CatGirl who walks around wearing naught but a bikini. Later books have tried to justify this with Tigra saying wearing anything else over a full coat of fur would result in heatstroke, and the bikini is pretty much for modesty's sake.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Tigra originally struggled to control her cat-like urges and desires. After her "Human" and "Cat" souls were fused, it ceased to be an issue.
* NaturalWeapon: Her claws and fangs.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Tigra's power set isn't as impressive compared to a lot of the other Avengers. As she herself once said, "I can't fly. I don't teleport. I'm not a god of any type. I'm just... me."
* PrimaryColorChampion: As The Cat, Greer wore a yellow and blue costume.
* ReallyGetsAround: Known for being very sexually active and having had a lot of partners.
* StatuesqueStunner: She stands at 5'10"/178cm tall and very much attractive.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She runs around in a bikini!. Counts as FridgeBrilliance when you consider the West Coast Manor is in California, and its probably hot enough for her already, as she's covered in fur 24/7. She even lampshades this in recent issues where the students and the Runaways meet up.
* SexyCatPerson: She's basically a humanoid tigress, and she's certainly gorgeous. She even provides the trope page image.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: She has pretty green eyes and her fiery red hair remains in cat form.
* SuperSenses: Tigra's senses are about ten times as keen as an average human's, and about five times that of an average cat's. She also has a rarely used sixth sense that allows her to sense the emotions of others on a basic level.
* SuperReflexes: Tigra has incredible reflexes. She was able to dodge Ragnarok's hammer after it was thrown at her, and showed incredible flexibility while training White Tiger and again when slipping out of restraints that would've easily held a normal person.
* SuperSpeed: While not a speedster by any means, Tigra can move pretty fast if she wants to.
* SuperStrength: Though it's not usually played up, Tigra's officially as physically powerful as Spider-Man.
* SuperToughness: Tigra's physiology makes her much tougher than an ordinary person. Her body is able to withstand great impact forces and blunt trauma that would severely injure or kill a normal human, though she is far from invulnerable.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Tigra possesses a mystical talisman that allows her to change her appearance from feline to human at will. She rarely uses it and only appears in her human form when circumstances require it. She regards her feline body as her natural form.
* WolverineClaws: Tigra's claws are extremely sharp and tough.
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* NaturalWeapons: Her claws and fangs.

* BadassNormal: When she was The Cat.

* HealingFactor: If Tigra is injured, she is capable of regenerating damaged tissue faster than an ordinary human. She can heal injuries as severe as broken bones within a matter of days. She is unable to regenerate missing limbs, organs, or brain cells.

* WolverineClaws: Tigra's fangs and claws are extremely sharp and tough.

* FemmeFatalons: Tigra's fangs and claws are extremely sharp and tough.

* FemmeFatalons: Tigra's fangs and claws are extremely sharp and tough