History Series / TigerCubs

* HeroesWantRedheads: Hon-to falls for (dyed) redhead Chung Wai-yan in season 2.

In Cantonese, it's officially called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Flying Tigers]] [[note]]Justified since it's the colloquial nickname of the unit by the Hong Kong public.[[/note]] or Special Duties Unit as well. The show centers on the SDU's officers and personnel as they are deployed throughout the [=SAR=] to battle against armed criminals and terrorists, as well as being called in to support their fellow officers when their expertise or manpower is needed when firearms are involved. The SDU frequently works alongside detectives of the HKPF's Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB) in most of their cases. It also shows the lives of these officers in and out of work as they try to balance their personal and professional lives, despite their position in the force.

* UrbanWarfare: A given since most of Hong Kong are cities that the [=SDU=]'s combat tactics are meant to engage armed criminals and terrorists in the [=SAR=]. However, they are also trained to engaged hostiles in the rural parts of Hong Kong as well.

* FakeDating: Cheuk-yuen and Man-keung engage in this to deter Wai-wai from pursuing the former. [[Spoiler: It doesn't work.]]

* AppealToIgnorance: [[spoiler:Kary and her group converts their [=AEGs=] to actual firearms. It is said several times by those playing airsoft/familiar with airsoft that airsoft manufacturers have made their products that it's impossible for anyone, even a gunsmith, to change an airgun into a working firearm.]]

Although the series was ended after 2 seasons, its spiritual successors include Flying Tiger (飛虎之潛行極戰, lit. trans. "Flying Tigers: Stealth Battle") (2018), and Flying Tiger 2 (飛虎之雷霆極戰, lit. trans. "Flying Tigers: Thunder Battle") (2020),

* TheCavalry: Also as a BigDamnHeroes moment. In "Cracking the Drug Den", the SDU team come in just in time to kill the drug dealers as the OCTB agents are cornered and injured.

* TheCalvary: In "Cracking the Drug Den", the SDU team come in just in time to kill the drug dealers as the OCTB agents are cornered and injured.

Although the series ended at 2 seasons, its spiritual successors include Flying Tiger (飛虎之潛行極戰, lit. trans. "Flying Tigers: Stealth Battle") (2018), and Flying Tiger 2 (飛虎之雷霆極戰, lit. trans. "Flying Tigers: Thunder Battle") (2020),

* DefrostingIceQueen: Madam Chong is a very cool, reserved Senior Inspector. Hon-To defrosts her with a few bumps along the way.

* HandicappedBadass: The all-female team in "Disability Grant" in season 2 features a deaf woman, a blind woman, and a woman in a wheelchair.

* UrbanWarfare: A given since most of Hong Kong are cities that the [=SDU=]'s combat tactics are meant to engage armed criminals and terrorists in the [=SAR=]. However, they are also trained to engaged hostiles in the rural parts of Hong Kong as well.

* ActionGirl: Madam Chong in almost every episode, and So Man-keung to a lesser extent due to her role as a technical support officer.

* ShirtlessScene: Occasional but brief occurrences in the SDU locker room.

* RunningGag: Chong Chuk-yuen tries to get away from Ting Wai-wai's romantic advances and his plot to mend the fence between her and his superior, Chin Ho-to.