Spirit Tigers, also known as Tigris Spiritus, are a massive feline superspecies that first appeared in the MonsterVerse comic, Kingdom Kong.
Name[]
Spirit Tigers are named for their tiger-like appearances and their elusive, almost mystical nature. While initially being classified as "Holy Tigers" or Icarus Tigris, by the events of Kingdom Kong, they have been reclassified as Spirit Tigers, or Tigris Spiritus.
Design[]
Appearance[]
Spirit Tigers resemble giant white tigers with maroon stripes running throughout the creature's body. The eyes are foggy and white, and most notably, they adorn an impressive pair of stag-like antlers atop their heads. Like conventional tigers, all four feet are armed with razor-sharp claws.
Monarch estimates Spirit Tigers to be around 15 feet in length, although Kong encounters and kills a particularly gigantic one in the Kingdom Kong graphic novel.
Roar[]
According to Monarch Files 2.0, the roar of the Spirit Tiger is similar to that of a regular tiger.
Personality[]
Spirit Tigers are elusive and almost mystical creatures. They are predatory in nature, mostly hunting creatures smaller than themselves. They are fearless and ferocious in combat, battling until the bitter end as shown when a Spirit Tiger was snatched and killed by Kong. Spirit Tigers are described as "the most elegant, ethereal, and mysterious" creatures on Skull Island. Little is known about their ecological behavior.
Origins[]
The creature's predation and breeding patterns remain an elusive mystery.
History[]
Kong: Skull Island - The Official Movie Novelization[]
In the novelization of the film, James Conrad observes the tracks of an animal while trekking through the jungle. Due to its characteristics, the tracks were possibly left by a feline, which he estimates to be at least one-and-a-half meters long. However, the creature itself is never seen by the group in Skull Island.
Kingdom Kong[]
As a team of Monarch soldiers patrols Skull Island, they encounter a gigantic Spirit Tiger. The creature lunges after them, crushing and eating several soldiers in the process. Before it can finish off the survivors, Kong grabs the feline by the nape of its neck and lifts it. The Spirit Tiger struggles furiously, biting and clawing at Kong's hand before the ape grabs and twists the tiger's head, breaking its neck and killing it.
Abilities[]
Camouflage[]
The stripes on the Spirit Tigers' body allow them to blend in with forested environment of Skull Island.
Euphoria/nausea inducement[]
For reasons that have yet to be fully understood, anything in the vicinity of Spirit Tigers experience unusual physical phenomenon such as dizziness and euphoria.
Strength and combat[]
Spirit Tigers can use their teeth and claws as formidable weapons that can easily tear humans to shreds.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
List of appearances[]
Comics[]
- Kingdom Kong (First appearance)
Novels[]
