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* Catherine and Katherine from... ''[[Catherine]]''.
* In the final battle of ''[[King's Quest V]]'', the [[Big Bad]] changes into a dragon; while Graham ''can'' change into a tiger, this just gets you killed; the trick is to change into a rabbit, which is nimble enough to dodge the dragon's [[Breath Weapon]].
* In [[DJMAX Technika]], the music selection ''Dual Strikers'' is a reference to tiger and dragon, with the characters for them emphasized in opposite corners of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180307090758/http://www.cyphergate.net/wiki/index.php?title=File:Dual_Strikers_Technika2Eyecatch.jpg eyecatch image].
== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[The Meek]]'', {{spoiler|Angora's grandfather is a giant olm, or cave salamander, and Luca's associate is a giant, ghostly tiger}}.
* In the ''[[Drowtales]]'' setting backstory, the Sharen, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170602210854/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=13 who use dragons as mounts], faught the Sullisinrune, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170529133853/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=151 who used tigers]. Now the Sarghress, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170602213832/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=147 who use wolves], have risen to challenge the Sharen.
* In [[Dubious Company]], [[The Dragon]] is an [[Officer and a Gentleman]] dealing with a [[Psychopathic Manchild]] superior and [[Hot-Blooded]] subordinates, making for a very sympathetic [[The Starscream|Starscream]].
* In ''[[The Beast Legion]]'', that is what it all boils down to.The Hero's Beast form is a white [[Were Tiger]] while the bad guy is a Sapphire Dragon.
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* Symbolism with tigers and dragons are common in asian martial arts, and one Shaolin myth has it that to prove themselves worthy of a black belt, students would have to fight their way through 100 wooden enemies and lift a 500 pound vase blocking the exit of the testing room. The vase was imprinted with a tiger and a dragon, and was hot enough that it would brand the symbols into the chest or shoulders of the student as proof of success.
* A Dragon is commonly used to symbolise China. A Tiger is commonly used to symbolise India. Guess which two large Asian nations have rapidly developing economies and are seen as rivals for the post of "next superpower"
* One civilian variant of the Dragunov rifle is the "Tiger".
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