History VideoGame / TyTheTasmanianTiger

[[caption-width-right:350: From left to right: Maurie, Professor Julius MacGuffin, Ranger Ken, TY the Tasmanian Tiger, Dennis, Shazza the Dingo, and Duke]]

The first game chronicled the story of TY, the eponymous Tazzy Tiger trying to stop the villainous [[BigBad Boss Cass]] from reclaiming five talismans and unsealing the Dreamtime, which would let the cassowary wipe out all those [[FreudianExcuse mammals who usurped the dinosaurs' place]]. In a ''[[ContrivedCoincidence complete]]'' [[ContrivedCoincidence coincidence]], recovering all the talismans allowed TY to reunite with his family and put Boss Cass behind bars. The game was a Collectathon Platformer based in traditional Australian outback locales, and emphasized Ty's use of his different equippable boomerangs in combat and exploration.

''TY The Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue'' began with a full-scale assault and jailbreak, which of course [[YouCantThwartStageOne went off with barely a hitch]]. Freed, Boss Cass began his plans to conquer Southern Rivers through more traditional means... military force. TY, his brother Sly, [[OfficialCouple ostensible girlfriend Shazza]], and friends form the Bush Rescue group. TY then goes around Southern Rivers solving everyone's problems and fighting a few [[BossBattle boss battles]] and {{Mooks}} until he puts an end to Boss Cass's plans. This saw a series GenreShift into a platformer mixed with an WideOpenSandbox, with emphasis given to new gameplay styles like mech-oriented BeatEmUp and driving sequences.

''TY The Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue'' began with a full-scale assault and jailbreak, which of course [[YouCantThwartStageOne went off with barely a hitch]]. Freed, Boss Cass began his plans to conquer Southern Rivers through more traditional means... military force. TY, his brother Sly, [[OfficialCouple ostensible girlfriend Shazza]], and friends form the Bush Rescue group. TY then goes around Southern Rivers solving everyone's problems and fighting a few [[BossBattle boss battles]] and {{Mooks}} until he puts an end to Boss Cass's plans. This saw a series GenreShift into a platformer mixed with an OpenWorldSandbox, with emphasis given to new gameplay styles like mech-oriented BeatEmUps and driving sequences.

The first game chronicled the story of TY, the eponymous Tazzy Tiger trying to stop the villainous [[BigBad Boss Cass]] from reclaiming five talismans and unsealing the Dreamtime, which would let the cassowary wipe out all those [[FreudianExcuse mammals who usurped the dinosaurs' place]]. In a ''[[ContrivedCoincidence complete]]'' [[ContrivedCoincidence coincidence]], recovering all the talismans allowed TY to reunite with his family and put Boss Cass behind bars.

''TY The Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue'' began with a full-scale assault and jailbreak, which of course [[YouCantThwartStageOne went off with barely a hitch]]. Freed, Boss Cass began his plans to conquer Southern Rivers through more traditional means... military force. TY, his brother Sly, [[OfficialCouple ostensible girlfriend Shazza]], and friends form the Bush Rescue group. TY then goes around Southern Rivers solving everyone's problems and fighting a few [[BossBattle boss battles]] and {{Mooks}} until he puts an end to Boss Cass's plans.

''TY The Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan'' has TY going to rescue the mysterious Bunyips from the [[TheHeartless Quinkan]], and in the process of returning home, get stuck in limbo for six months. When he does finally return, Southern Rivers is devastated, the Quinkan have the few survivors bottled up in what remains of his hometown of Burramudgee, and Boss Cass has allied with them and is the puppet ruler of the land. Though Cass isn't too happy about being on a leash, he's unable to actively oppose his masters, and helps TY -- as long as it's convenient and furthers his own plots -- in getting rid of their [[EvilOverlord evil overlords]].

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: TY 2 has the character Princess Orchid, who was merely mentioned in the first game, make an appearance. She sends you through [[DeathCourse the Temple of Carnook]].

* ActionizedSequel: The first game mainly takes place in rural areas, and is a "collect-a-thon" with many similarities to the platformers made by Rare such as ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''. The second game, meanwhile, immediately drops you into a warzone with lasers, fires, and mech suits, and missions that feel more like episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Thunderbirds}}'', and only gets more sci-fi from there. and the third game? Well, does DarkerAndEdgier sum it up?

* ActionizedSequel: The first game mainly takes place in rural areas, and is a "collect-a-thon" with many similarities to the platformers made by Rare such as ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''. The second game, meanwhile, immediately drops you into a warzone with lasers, fires, and mech suits, and only gets more sci-fi from there. and the third game? Well, does DarkerAndEdgier sum it up?

* FollowTheLeader: Conceptually, Ty is obviously following in the footsteps of ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', both of them being platforming mascots based on obscure Australian mammals. Additionally, the games are often criticized for being blatant ripoffs of the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' and, later, the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' games. The first game less so, feeling more like ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' with alot of fetch quests, and the bilbies looking like they could easily fit into a Rare game. Only Ty has alot more combat, weapons, and abuse of non-anthropomorphic animals.

In March 2016, it was announced that Krome will port the first game in the series to PC and OSX with HD graphics, and that the other two console entries in the series will follow. The third game is currently in Early Access on Steam.

* AffablyEvil: Fluffy, the mechanized yeti operator and third boss of the first game:

* AwesomeButImpractical: In TY 2 and 3, the Doomerang. Sure, it's remote-controlled, but you never need to snipe the mooks anyway. The Kaboomerang in TY 2 also counts; it generates a large explosion in front of you, but requires that TY throw both boomerangs at once leaving him nearly defenseless, and there is a significant delay before they detonate. In TY 1, however, it's the best choice simply for how much damage it does.

** The 4th picture in the Picture Gallery on Ty 1 has him head on.

** Hang on, Ty only uses that thing once, so wouldn't that make it a regular ChekhovsGun, rather than a ChekhovsBoomerang?

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Only in the racing segments. While there's no RubberBandAI, the karts are barely slowed by taking hits, whereas ''you'' will be spun into facing the wrong way while everyone passes you by.

* EliteMooks: The Uber Frills of TY 2 and 3. They're impossible to kill with a basic boomerang, though the upgraded rangs [[GameBreaker and Sly's Deadlyrangs]] cut right through them.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: When the Lasharang hits an enemy, it spins them around for a few seconds (whether it inflicted actual damage or not). The Lash Chassis in the third game does the same. It's upgrade, the Warparang, does one better, and ''drills'' enemies into the ground if you keep hitting them.

* FantasticRacism: More like Fantastic Speciesism, and related to the below ReptilesAreAbhorrent, you only see ''two frill lizards'' that are good. Shouldn't there be more lurking around somewhere?
** The end of TY 3 averts this a ''little'', as you see a young frill on the same playground as the mammals. For a fraction of a second.

* FurryConfusion: TY 1, in the HubLevel: "Aww, look at the cute little wallabies hopping around!" A single level later (the very first one!), you're whacking their sapient kangaroo cousins out cold. Let's not get into the lizards crawling about the place...

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Fluffy, in an attempt to save Ty, Shazza and Sly in the ending of TY 3]].

* InsistentTerminology: "TY" is always spelled in all capitals in offical material. The reason is unknown. Possibly a combination of XtremeKoolLetterz and attempted RuleOfCool.
** [[WordOfGod Steve Statiamadis has put this qualm to rest in his Steam AMA, stating that it was to avoid copyright claims from a soft toy company also named Ty.]]

* LargeHam: Boss Cass, yet again. When informed that [[HollywoodScience the latest evil device copies]] the [[ArtisticLicenseBiology warm-bloodedness of mammals and puts it in his frill minions]], [[FridgeLogic leaving the mammal "cold-blooded" and shivering]], his response is "That's not a side-effect, that's a feature! It'll make a great bullet-point on the side of the box!"

* LawOfOneHundred: Thankfully avoided, unless you count HundredPercentCompletion.
** Actually there's one instance; in the first game if you collect 100 opals, you get a [[ChargeAttack powered-up bite]].

* PresidentEvil: Boss Cass in the second and third games, with his own independent city of Cassopolis. Works until FridgeLogic sets in and you realize he's pretty much already declared war on you, so why ''haven't'' you sent in the army yet?
** Unfortunately, they ''have'' been sent in. [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou The problem is, they suck.]]

** It's just a shame there was never a [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Toomerang...]]

* ShownTheirWork: The koalas have two thumbs on each hand. That's only the ''start''... An {{Expy}} of Ned Kelly is even a miniboss fight in the first game.

* TakeThat: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzsC1qSqFDo This commerical]] has Ty beating up Sonic, Crash, and Spyro. Fans of the respective characters were NOT amused.
** It could've been worse. Mario could've gotten it, too.
** Can we talk about how he literally gives one of them a ''heart attack'' in that commercial? Ty just straight up murdered someone!

* VictoryPose: Involves balancing the item on the flat of a boomerang. [[FridgeLogic How does he do that with a geode? Or a]] ''[[FridgeLogic turning gear]]''?

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Ty. Goes hand in hand with WalkingSwimsuitScene since Ty's standard attire include a bandana worn around the neck, brown gloves, and a pair of red floral print trunks.

* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Ty wears pretty much a pair of red and yellow floral print board shorts, a similarly patterned bandana around the neck, and a pair brown leather gloves.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Quite a few [=NPCs=] of Burramudgee are MIA after the Quinkan invasion. While some have simply moved elsewhere others, such as Sheila's sister or the town doctor, are nowhere to be found, meaning they may have been KilledOffForReal.
** There is the possibility that not everyone survived the Quinkan invasion...

* ScarfOfAssKicking: TY gets one in the third game; since it has the same pattern as his shorts from the previous one, there's a decent chance it was actually made from them. [[CaptainObvious Or just made from the same type of fabric]].

TemporaryPlatform: Both types of ice boomerangs do this, by either freezing water or chilling lava-based platforms (but not lava itself). Other floating platforms will shrink and grow in and out of existence, either on a timer or shortly after you step on them.

* DarkerAndEdgier: TY 3. Where to begin? The player character goes missing for six months (and presumed possibly dead), and in that time the Outback has been invaded, your hometown completely destroyed, the [[LaResistance survivors]] relocated, and the entirety of Southern Rivers conquered and devastated by the Quinkan.
** [[spoiler: And then you reach [[HeroicSacrifice the ending]]...]]

** You have to escort Dennis home in the first game, and then through a LostWorld in the second. He also shows up in the third, but at least by then he's carrying a ''bazooka'' to defend himself with.

KillerRobot: The CY robots in the training grounds, who ''are'' programmed to make you feel a world of hurt. Alas, they're not very good at that either.

* KillerRobot: The CY robots in the training grounds, who ''are'' programmed to make you feel a world of hurt. Alas, they're not very good at that either.

* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler: Fluffy in the fourth game. Ty is surprised to see her after her demise in the previous game, and she's back to her hostile behavior, despite having befriended Ty previously. Defeating her reveals she's actually a robot duplicate.]]

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[[caption-width-right:280:[[VideoGame/MegaMan Proto Man]] wants his scarf back.]]

''TY The Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan'' has TY going to rescue the mysterious Bunyips from the [[TheHeartless Quinkan]], and in the process of returning home, get stuck in limbo for six months. When he does finally return, Southern Rivers is devastated, the Quinkan have the few survivors bottled up in a small, run-down town, and Boss Cass has allied with them and is the puppet ruler of the land. Though Cass isn't too happy about being on a leash, he's unable to actively oppose his masters, and helps TY -- as long as it's convenient and furthers his own plots -- in getting rid of their [[EvilOverlord evil overlords]].

''TY The Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue'' began with a full-scale assault and jailbreak, which of course [[YouCantThwartStageOne went off with barely a hitch]]. Freed, Boss Cass began his plans to conquer Southern Rivers through more traditional means... military force. TY, his brother Sly, [[OfficialCouple ostensible girlfriend Shazza]], and friends from the Bush Rescue group. TY then goes around Southern Rivers solving everyone's problems and fighting a few [[BossBattle boss battles]] and {{Mooks}} until he puts an end to Boss Cass's plans.

* FollowTheLeader: Conceptually, Ty is obviously following in the footsteps of ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'', both of them being platforming mascots based on obscure Australian mammals. Additionally, the games are often criticized for being blatant ripoffs of the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' and, later, the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' games. The first game less so, feeling more like ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' with alot of fetch quests, and the bilbies looking like they could easily fit into a Rare game. Only Ty has alot more combat, weapons, and abuse of non-anthropomorphic animals.

* TemporaryPlatform: Both types of ice boomerangs do this, by either freezing water or chilling lava-based platforms (but not lava itself). Other floating platforms will shrink and grow in and out of existence, either on a timer or shortly after you step on them.