{"id":24159,"date":"2022-02-01T14:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/2022-celebrating-chinese-year-of-the-tiger-with-11-tigers-weve-ever-loved\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:29:09","slug":"2022-celebrating-chinese-year-of-the-tiger-with-11-tigers-weve-ever-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=24159","title":{"rendered":"2022: Celebrating Chinese Year of the Tiger with 11 tigers we&#8217;ve ever loved!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 1 marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year and 2020 is the year of the Tiger in Chinese Zodiac, which means that people born in 2022 will be Water Tigers, and the last Water Tigers were born in 1962. Confusing, right? Though knowledge of zodiac signs is a different science altogether &#8212; one hard to comprehend &#8212; nonetheless, most of us take pleasure in taking a peek at our horoscopes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chinese Zodiac, Tigers are considered courageous, assertive, short-tempered and generous. Some of the notable tiger personalities include <span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Queen Elizabeth II, Stevie Wonder, Jon Bon Jovi, Leonardo DiCaprico, Lady Gaga and Shawn Mendes.<\/span><\/span> Do those traits apply to the above mentioned people, born in the Year of the Tiger? We don&#8217;t know. Even some of the most famous fictional &#8220;Tigers&#8221; in popular culture cannot match such great expectations!<\/p>\n<p>Though humans have made tigers one of the most endangered animals on the planet, we have celebrated the species wholeheartedly on screens. Salman Khan dedicated several of his films to the big cat i.e.<em> Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai, Tiger 3<\/em> and Bollywood even has an action star Tiger Shroff. Must have brought some good luck!<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the Chinese Lunar Year, let&#8217;s take a look at some of the most famous tigers in pop culture and honourable references to felines that have made it BIG and are coolest of the bunch!<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1. Shere Khan in <em>Jungle Book<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"teaserContentWrap\">\n<p>Shere Khan is the famous ferocious Bengal tiger from Rudyard Kipling&#8217;s <em>Jungle Book<\/em>, who &#8220;hates man with a vengeance because he fears man&#8217;s gun and man&#8217;s fire&#8221; and hates the threat to his alpha animal status in the jungle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/UXM7MB02TID4s\" width=\"480\" height=\"274\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/the-jungle-book-f1940-fvm-UXM7MB02TID4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"teaserContentWrap\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2. Tigger from <em>Winnie the Pooh<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaserContentWrap\">\n<p>Though we love fierce cats, not all tigers in literature are a man&#8217;s enemy. In A.A. Milne&#8217;s beloved <em>Winnie the Pooh<\/em> children&#8217;s book series, the bounce-happy cartoon Tigger is Pooh&#8217;s energetic and sometimes troublemaking tiger friend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/T4ryxpy4m79G8\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/winnie-the-pooh-vegas-tigger-T4ryxpy4m79G8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>3. Tiger from comic strip <em>Calvin and Hobbes<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"teaserContentWrap\">\n<p>Often regarded as the last great newspaper comic strip, cartoonist Bill Watterson&#8217;s <em>Calvin and Hobbes<\/em> ran from 1985 to 1995. The comic follows the adventures of a 6-year-old mischievous boy Calvin and his best friend Hobbes \u2014 a stuffed Bengal tiger that may or may not actually exist. Named after 16th-century theologian John Calvin and 17th-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes respectively, the strip celebrated imagination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/NCpVljfcZTKa4\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/dance-calvin-and-hobbes-NCpVljfcZTKa4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>4. Rajah from <em>Aladdin<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Even if you are not a lover of Disney princesses, at one point in your life, you must have been fascinated by the idea of a pet tiger at home. All thanks to Princess Jasmine&#8217;s inseparable bond with Rajah in <em>Aladdin. <\/em>Rajah is a protector, a friend, a family member with an amazing attitude. He tears into princes that aren\u2019t worthy of Jasmine\u2019s time, and keeps Jasmine\u2019s dad off her back when she\u2019s sick of his attempts to set her up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/BulTjvpD7AkTK\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/tops-BulTjvpD7AkTK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>5. Tygra from <em>ThunderCats <\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Though there is more than one tiger represented in the <em>ThunderCats <\/em>series:, namely Javan, Bengali, and Caspin, but let&#8217;s talk about Tygra here because he\u2019s one of the core <em>ThunderCats<\/em> characters. He\u2019s considered to be second in command, the level-headed adviser who is gifted with numerous abilities. He serves as both an architect and a scientist; he carries \u201cmind-power\u201d which allows him to create simulations within other people\u2019s minds; and he can become invisible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/11cpcPpJQesIgM\" width=\"480\" height=\"364\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/80s-cartoons-thundercats-11cpcPpJQesIgM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>6. Richard Parker from<em> Life of Pi<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Who didn&#8217;t love the incorrectly named Bengal tiger Richard Parker in the novel <em>Life of Pi<\/em> by Yann Martel? It won the 2002 Booker Prize for Literature before its big screen adaptation won four Oscars in 2012. The surreal survival story sees shipwreck survivors Pi Patel and a tiger misnamed Richard Parker float adrift at sea on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/3o7aD1F20Om7Qsva7u\" width=\"480\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/foxhomeent-life-of-pi-3o7aD1F20Om7Qsva7u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>7. Master Tigress from <em>Kung Fu Panda<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This animated feline was left at the doorstep of an orphanage when she was an infant, but she grew up to be a fierce warrior in 2008&#8217;s <em>Kung Fu Panda <\/em>and its sequels. Tigress is a South China tiger and the founder of the Furious Five. Angelina Jolie has lent her her voice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/i0XqiBWIx7R3q\" width=\"480\" height=\"192\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/cute-sleep-i0XqiBWIx7R3q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>8. Shivam from <em>The Walking Dead<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Before <em>The Walking Dead<\/em>, who would have thought that the coolest companion in a zombie outbreak could be an obedient tiger? The seventh season of <em>The Walking Dead<\/em> introduced the Kingdom, a post-apocalyptic safe haven led by the exuberant Ezekiel and his trusty tiger, Shiva. Step aside, Joe Exotic: here\u2019s the real Tiger King.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/l0HlLOzZqrXqnZ2Tu\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/foxtvuk-the-walking-dead-thewalkingdead-ezekiel-l0HlLOzZqrXqnZ2Tu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>9. Eye of the Tiger<\/em> by Survivor<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"teaserContentWrap\">\n<p>The unmistakably popular opening riff of the <em>Rocky 3<\/em> theme song has become a pop culture staple. Written and performed by the US band Survivor, <em>Eye of the Tiger<\/em> has been used as an intro music by US politicians, games, movies and everywhere else.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe title=\"Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (Official HD Video)\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/btPJPFnesV4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>10. Tiger Woods<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Even the fictional characters on this list will agree that Tiger Woods is deserving of the title as the one true Tiger King who reigns. One of the most remarkable pro careers in the history of sports began when Tiger Woods made his PGA Tour debut 25 years ago. He continuously held the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking for more than five years on two separate occasions. And the list goes on!<\/p>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter wp-image-79784\" src=\"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/images\/2022\/02\/tiger-woods-1024x564.jpg\" alt=\"tiger\" width=\"725\" height=\"399\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>11. The White Tiger<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<div class=\"teaserContentWrap\">\n<p>Another Booker Prize winner, <em>The White Tiger<\/em> is a novel by Arvind Adiga. Adapted into a film for Netflix in 2021, it tells the story of Balram Halwai, a poor Indian driver whose street smarts see him break free from serving his rich masters to become a &#8220;self-made entrepreneur.&#8221; A visiting school inspector once called him the &#8220;white tiger&#8221; while noting his potential, despite his humble origins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter wp-image-79783\" src=\"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/images\/2022\/02\/FotoJet-23-1024x566.jpg\" alt=\"tiger\" width=\"671\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Netflix docu-series titled <em>Tiger King<\/em> on Joe Exotic, an illegal big cat breeder in Florida can also make it to the list, but we choose not to give him any rank here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here the biggest and coolest cats of the bunch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,214],"tags":[958],"class_list":["post-24159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-featured","tag-2022year-of-the-tiger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}