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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' [[Take a Third Option|cut out the middle man]]: [[Ninja Zombie Pirate Robot|A single Tiger Dragon]].
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'': In an early season one episode, tiger and dragon images are shown behind Misawa and Juudai respectively. {{spoiler|Later on, Misawa falls for Taniya, who has quite a few connections to tigers, and Juudai's past life love Yubel turns up: who was transformed into a dragon.}}
* ''[[Toradora (Light Novel)|Toradora!]]'' uses this as a frequently recurring motif. The characters are even named Taiga and Ryuuji!<ref>Ryuuji = "dragon child/dragon character"</ref>
** In the first episode, Taiga gives Ryuuji (who is [[One Head Taller]]) a powerful uppercut. Is this a reference to [[Street Fighter|Sagat?]]
** The title uses the Japanese word for tiger, tora, and the Japanese romanization of dragon, dora(gon).
* In ''[[Fist of the North Star (Manga)|Fist of the North Star]]'', Kenshiro and Raoh are sometimes represented by a dragon and a tiger, respectively. Kenshiro is stoic and does not seek power, Raoh is more hot-blooded and ambitious.
* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', Kenshin and his master are repeatedly given dragon motifs. Most of their fighting style's moves have the word Dragon in the name. Later on, the final [[Big Bad]] Enishi shows up...and is given tiger motifs.
** This is particularity referenced to their sword fighting style. Enishi uses a style with emphasis on a lower stance (earthly tiger), while Kenshin fights at a relatively higher stance (heavenly dragon).
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* The Liger vs. Theropod-type rivalry in ''[[Zoids]]'' is likely intended to invoke this trope.
* ''[[Hyakko]]'' gives most of its characters [[Eastern Zodiac]] associations. [[Meaningful Name|Torako and Tatsuki]], don't get along initially and their personalities (chaotic and energetic vs. calm and dignified{ continue to be contrasted throughout the series.
* Spoofed in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', with Nagi getting the [[Battle Aura]] of a dragon, and Ayumu countering with...a hamster. She never quite escapes the association with the little rodent.
* When Junichi and Yuuhi of ''[[Akane-iroIro Nini Somaru Saka]]'' square off in one episode, the dragon and tiger appear above their heads.
* The World Nobles of ''[[One Piece]]'' are known as the Celestial Dragons. One of the greatest challenges to their authority, an attack on their lands and the freeing of all their slaves, occurred at the hands of a Fishman called Fisher Tiger.
** One could also say that Queen Otohime is the "dragon" to Fisher's "tiger".
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* In ''Dragon Tiger Gate'', Dragon Wong and Tiger Wong are brothers loyal to a fault, but they do end up getting into spats every now and then.
* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', though [[In Name Only]].
** Mentioned during the Oscars by Steve Martin: he was wondering why there weren't any tigers and dragons. Then he understood it's because they're ''[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|crouching]]'' [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|and]] ''[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|hidden]]''.
** [[Word of God]] suggests that the title is intended to refer to the obvious threat of Jade Fox (the 'crouching tiger') and the secret but far more significant threat of {{spoiler|Jen}} (the 'hidden dragon').
* In ''Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger'', [[The Dead Rise to Advertise|the spirit of]] [[Bruce Lee]] points to the [[Bruce Lee Clone|Brucesploitation actor Bruce Li]] as his "successor", calling him the "Tiger" to Lee's "Dragon".
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[John Brunner]]'s ''[[Telepathist]]'' has Howson, the therapeutic telepath, entering the absurdly detailed Oriental fantasy dream-state of a catatonic patient. After a series of events, he brings the patient out of the fugue by naming Tiger City as the tiger, and his sword, which had slain a dragon, as the dragon. Both objects then turn into their respective animals and fight. Howson wins because "the tiger is the second strongest animal", and the other man wakes up. {{spoiler|Subverted, as the patient was also a telepath -- he'd put such blatant [[Weaksauce Weakness|weaknesses]] in it because he'd created the fantasy as a sort of ''holiday'', and wanted to be brought out of it easily.}}
** {{spoiler|In at least one version of the book, the catatonic telepath is caught completely by surprise. He'd set up [[Magic Aa Is Magic A|the laws of magic]] so that the above fight was possible with minimal [[Inception]]-style "cheating" on Howson's part, but he'd expected the people on the outside to send a less experienced therapeutic telepath, who would screw up and get noticed, at which point the catatonic guy would wake up on his own.}}
* In David Brin's novel ''Earth'', the on-screen representations of two software packages that end up fighting each other with the fate of the world at stake happen to be a tiger and a dragon.
* In [[1632]] in the [[Battle Couple]] Jeff and Gretchen Jeff is laid back and Gretchen is forceful.
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* ''[[Super Sentai]]'' likes to use this when it fits into the motifs. ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]'' has the Red and Sixth Rangers being based on the Dragon and Tiger respectively, with the appropriately contrasting personalities. ''[[Juken Sentai Gekiranger]]'' has the Tiger as the Red Ranger and the Dragon as the [[Big Bad]].
** In an unintentional case, ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' has Tommy Oliver, who goes from the evil-but-redeemed dragon-based Green Ranger (based on ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]]'' footage) to the heroic tiger-based White Ranger (from the above-mentioned ''Dairanger''). The Green Ranger powers were somehow revived via [[Evil Twin]] in a second-season two-parter, leading to a Green vs. White battle before being sealed away for good.
* And of course this comes up when both of the above franchises have a crossover. In ''[[Kamen Rider Xx Super Sentai: SuperThe HeroGreat TaisenSuperhero (Film)War|Kamen Rider X Super Sentai Super Hero Taisen]]'', [[Kamen Rider Ryuki]] and [[Juken Sentai Gekiranger|Geki Red]] fight each other during the gigantic Rider vs. Ranger battle.
* The [[Mockumentary]] ''[[Dragons a Fantasy Made Real|Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real]]'' had a realistic scenario of a fight between a tiger and a dragon. {{spoiler|It doesn't end well for the tiger.}}
* ''[[Kung Fu (TV)|Kung Fu]]:'' As part of their final graduation exercise Shaolin monks get a tiger and a dragon branded onto their forearms, by having to lift a heavy, red hot, urn to get to the exit of the testing facility.
 
== [[Music]] ==
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* In ''[[Ace Attorney]]'', Phoenix Wright finds himself at particular odds with Furio Tigre. This becomes far more relevant in the Japanese version, where Phoenix Wright and his Japanese name represent the dragon rather than a phoenix.
** If you look closely, you'll notice Tigre's shirt features a tiger chomping on a dragon's neck.
* In ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'' Mitsuki Konishi's noise form is a tiger, Megumi Kitaniji's is a dragon. {{spoiler|Konishi plans to usurp Kitaniji as Conductor, or Composer, even.}}
* ''[[Art of Fighting]]'' has a rivalry between its two main protagonists: Ryo Sakazaki (the tiger) and Robert Garcia (the dragon). In fact, the Japanese name of the series is ''Ryuuko no Ken'', or "Fist of the Dragon/Tiger". Their stances occasionally reflect their animal motifs, and they share a super move, the Ryuuko Ranbu, that refers to the rivalry in its name.
** Slightly inverted as Ryo is called the "Invincible Dragon" while Robert is called the "Raging Tiger."
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== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[The Meek (Webcomic)|The Meek]]'', {{spoiler|Angora's grandfather is a giant olm, or cave salamander, and Luca's associate is a giant, ghostly tiger}}.
* In the ''[[Drow TalesDrowtales]]'' setting backstory, the Sharen, [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=13 who use dragons as mounts], faught the Sullisinrune, [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=151 who used tigers]. Now the Sarghress, [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 Aa 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.
* ''[[Draconia Chronicles]]'' is about warring nations of Tiger and Dragon people whose populations are dominantly female.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Showed up as a joke on ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'', of all places.
* Very subtle, but in a [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Chicken Boo]] sketch. Chicken Boo was a in a karate tournament. He was [[Paper-Thin Disguise|disguised]] as "Moo Goo Gai Boo" from the ''Dragon'' Dojo, up against Gwai Yan Kee from the ''Tiger'' Dojo. The sensei even references the mythology: "The boastful tiger will yield to the serene whisper of the dragon".
** Also a [[Bilingual Bonus]]: "Moo Goo Gai" is a Cantonese dish with chicken, so it ends up meaning [[Meaningful Name|"Chicken Boo"]] in Cantonese. "Gwai Yan Kee" [[As Long Asas It Sounds Foreign|means nothing]]. It just means "white yankee" (technically, "ghost yankee") in Cantonese, which could be a statement about "black belt" mills frequently being run by white guys with no real training. [[Did Not Do the Research|This is also strange because Cantonese don't fight with karate]] (Karate is Japanese); they fight with a style of kung fu called ''hakka kuen'' (which is where all those "Dragon style", "Mantis style", "Crane style", et al come from). Then again, it ''is'' Animaniacs we're talking about, [[Rule of Funny|so it's not like we should be expecting total accuracy]].
* The episode "Other Victories" is ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Transformers Beast Wars]]'' featured a battle between Megatron in his dragon form and [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Tigerhawk]]. At one point, [http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6a/OtherVictories_clash.jpg a flash of lightning illuminates them black on a white background], a possible reference to this trope.
* In ''[[Legend of the Dragon]]'' (first season), the Tiger Warrior Bengial is the [[Action Girl]] [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]] to the Dragon Warrior Ang's [[Martial Pacifist]] [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]. She's also [[Designated Girl Fight|more likely to fight]] Yang's [[Evil Twin]] sister, the Shadow Dragon Warrior.
 
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