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* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': Thokk aka War Beast is a lion-like alien with white fur. He is one of the most powerful villains in the comic, having nearly killed Invincible and fought Thragg for days [[spoiler:before being killed by him]].
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* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': Thokk aka War Battle Beast is a lion-like alien with white fur. He is one of the most powerful villains in the comic, having nearly killed Invincible and fought Thragg for days [[spoiler:before being killed by him]].
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Grimmjow is one of the Espada, the most powerful of Arrancar Hollows. Before he became an Arrancar, he was a white, panther-like Adjuchas-class Menos and his OneWingedAngel form is a white, feline-esque appearance. While not a hero, Grimmjow is one of the more [[NobleDemon honorable]] villains when in the series when it comes to battle and even aids the heroes in the final arc so he can have a rematch with Ichigo, his main rival.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Grimmjow is one of the Espada, the most powerful of Arrancar Hollows. Before he became an Arrancar, he was a white, panther-like Adjuchas-class Menos and his OneWingedAngel form is a white, feline-esque appearance. While not a hero, Grimmjow is one of the more [[NobleDemon honorable]] villains when in the series when it comes to battle and even aids the heroes in the final arc so he can have a rematch with Ichigo, his main rival.
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** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Nefertimon is based on Art/TheSphinx and has the body of a white lioness.
** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': Baihumon is one of the [[TheFourGods five Digimon Sovereigns]] and is a large white tiger with blue stripes.
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* Shen Long from ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' 2 is one of the most powerful fighters in the game and his werebeast form is a divine white tiger.
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* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': The game features a team of heroes called the Warriors of the Sky whose Animal Motifs are based on the Four Symbols. The leader of the team is War Tiger, a large, muscular man from Thailand whose SinisterScythe has a white tiger head decoration.
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* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': The game features a team of heroes called the Warriors of the Sky whose Animal Motifs are based on the Four Symbols. The leader One of the team them is War Tiger, a large, muscular man from Thailand whose SinisterScythe has a white tiger head decoration.
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** The Mystic Lion/[=MagiLion=] from ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''[=/=]''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''. It can combine with the Mystic Firebird/[=MagiFirebird=] to form the Manticore Megazord/Densetsu Gasshin [=MagiLegend=].
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** The Mystic Lion/[=MagiLion=] from ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''[=/=]''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''. It can combine with the Mystic Firebird/[=MagiFirebird=] to form the Manticore Megazord/Densetsu Gasshin [=MagiLegend=].[=MagiLegend=] and is created by the Green, Blue, Yellow and Pink Rangers fusing togther in their SuperMode.
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** The White Tiger Thunderzord/Mythical Chi Beast Won Tiger from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''[=/=]''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. It is piloted by TheLeader in ''Power Rangers'' and the SixthRanger in the ''Sentai'' show.
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** The White Tiger Thunderzord/Mythical Chi Beast Won Tiger from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''[=/=]''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. It is piloted by TheLeader in ''Power Rangers'' and the SixthRanger in the ''Sentai'' show. It has the ability to [[TransformingMecha transform into a "Warrior Mode"]] and can combine with all the other mecha except the Red Ranger's.
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* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'': Bast, the patron god of the Panther Cult, often appears as an enormous white panther (pictured above), though she may also appear as a white or black [[CatFolk cat person]].
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* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'': Bast, the patron god of the Panther Cult, cult, often appears as an enormous white panther (pictured above), though she may also appear as a white or black [[CatFolk cat person]].
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''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': The game features a team of heroes called the Warriors of the Sky whose {{Animal Motifs}}s are based on the Four Symbols. The leader of the team is War Tiger, a large, muscular man from Thailand whose SinisterScythe has a white tiger head decoration.
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* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': The game features a team of heroes called the Warriors of the Sky whose {{Animal Motifs}}s Animal Motifs are based on the Four Symbols. The leader of the team is War Tiger, a large, muscular man from Thailand whose SinisterScythe has a white tiger head decoration.
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* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/The_All-Seeing_White_Tiger The All-Seeing White Tiger]] which is described as "A proud ruler of the jungle that some fear and others respect."
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* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/The_All-Seeing_White_Tiger The All-Seeing White Tiger]] which is described as "A proud ruler of the jungle that some fear and others respect."
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* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': In the appropriately titled episode "The White Lion", Allura and Lotor venture into Oriande and meet a mysterious guardian spirit who takes the form of a white lion. Said creature tests them to see whether they are worthy of learning the secrets of Altean alchemy. It is implied to be the inspiration for the (multicolored) lions of Voltron.
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* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': In the appropriately titled episode "The White Lion", Allura and Lotor venture into Oriande and meet a mysterious guardian spirit who takes the form of a white lion. Said creature tests them to see whether they are worthy of learning the secrets of Altean alchemy. It is implied to be the inspiration for the (multicolored) lions of that form Voltron.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Grimmjow is one of the Espada, the most powerful of Arrancar Hollows. Before he became an Arrancar, he was a white, panther-like Adjuchas-class Menos and his OneWingedAngel form is a white, feline-esque appearance. While not a hero, Grimmjow is one of the more [[NobleDemon honorable]] demons in the series in battle and even aids the heroes in the final arc so he can have a rematch with Ichigo, his main rival.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Grimmjow is one of the Espada, the most powerful of Arrancar Hollows. Before he became an Arrancar, he was a white, panther-like Adjuchas-class Menos and his OneWingedAngel form is a white, feline-esque appearance. While not a hero, Grimmjow is one of the more [[NobleDemon honorable]] demons villains when in the series in when it comes to battle and even aids the heroes in the final arc so he can have a rematch with Ichigo, his main rival.
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* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'': Byakko is a tiger demon with pale grayish skin.
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** Like Byakko, Jūra's design is based on the White Tiger of the West and is part of a team based on the Four Symbols. He has fangs, cat-like eyes and white-and-black striped hair.
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** Like Byakko, Jūra's design is based on the White Tiger of the West and is part of a team based on the Four Symbols. He has fangs, cat-like eyes and white-and-black striped hair.
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** A possible Ultimate form for [[SacrificialLion Leomon]] is [=IceLeomon=], who is basically Leomon but colored white instead of orange and [[AnIcePerson with ice powers.]]
** Baihumon is one of the [[TheFourGods five Digimon Sovereigns]] and is a large white tiger with blue stripes.
** [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Nefertimon]] is based on Art/TheSphinx and has the body of a white lioness.
** Baihumon is one of the [[TheFourGods five Digimon Sovereigns]] and is a large white tiger with blue stripes.
** [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Nefertimon]] is based on Art/TheSphinx and has the body of a white lioness.
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** A possible Ultimate form for [[SacrificialLion Leomon]] is [=IceLeomon=], who is basically Leomon but colored white instead of orange and [[AnIcePerson with ice powers.]]
]] Takuya fights an [=IceLeomon=] in ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' while trapped in Sakkuyamon's Ice Sphere.
** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': Baihumon is one of the [[TheFourGods five Digimon Sovereigns]] and is a large white tiger with blue stripes.
**[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Nefertimon]] ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Nefertimon is based on Art/TheSphinx and has the body of a white lioness.
** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': Baihumon is one of the [[TheFourGods five Digimon Sovereigns]] and is a large white tiger with blue stripes.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Grimmjow is one of the Espada, the most powerful of Arrancar Hollows. Before he became an Arrancar, Grimmjow he was a white, panther-like Adjuchas-class Menos. His Menos and his OneWingedAngel form is a white, feline-esque appearance.appearance. While not a hero, Grimmjow is one of the more [[NobleDemon honorable]] demons in the series in battle and even aids the heroes in the final arc so he can have a rematch with Ichigo, his main rival.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Rodolfo's superhero persona is literally "White Pantera," fitting the Rivera family's cat superhero motif while highlighting that he's the unambiguous hero of the family. He wears a white suit and a luchador mask with cat ears, as well as superpowered boots that give him incredible running speed and superpowered kicks and can make anybody who touches them tell the truth.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Rodolfo's superhero persona is literally "White Pantera," Pantera", fitting the Rivera family's cat superhero motif while highlighting that he's the unambiguous hero of the family. He wears a white suit and a luchador mask with cat ears, as well as superpowered boots that give him incredible running speed and superpowered kicks and can make anybody who touches them tell the truth.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': The first season dealt with the 12 Talismans, a set of {{MacGuffin}}s modeled after the Chinese Zodiac each granting a different power. The Tiger Talisman is modeled after a white tiger and has the power to split beings into their [[LiteralSplitPersonality good and evil halves]]. When the talismans are destroyed in season 3, the energies inhabiting them are transferred into the animals they represent. The Tiger Talisman's power is absorbed by a circus white tiger named Sasha.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': The first season dealt with the 12 Talismans, a set of {{MacGuffin}}s modeled after the Chinese Zodiac zodiac, each granting a different power. The Tiger Talisman is modeled after a white tiger and has the power to split beings into their [[LiteralSplitPersonality good and evil halves]]. When the talismans are destroyed in season 3, the energies inhabiting them are transferred into the animals they represent. The Tiger Talisman's power is absorbed by a circus white tiger named Sasha.
* WesternAnimation/JanaOfTheJungle has a white jaguar named Ghost.
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* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': In the appropriately titled episode "The White Lion", Allura and Lotor venture into Oriande and meet a mysterious guardian spirit who takes the form of a white lion. Said creature tests them to see if they are worthy of learning the secrets of Altean alchemy. It is implied to be the inspiration for the (multicolored) lions of Voltron.
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* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' has Dromarch, Nia's blade, who takes the appearance of a white tiger.
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* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'': Bast, the patron god of the Panther Tribe, often appears as an enormous white panther (pictured above), though she may also appear as a white or black [[CatFolk cat person]].
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There's something visually incredible about a large member of the cat family with white fur. Given white often represents [[LightIsGood purity and innocence]], a feline creature with fur can be seen as majestic and divine. Often, these cats have a mystical origin to them.
Examples of this trope are usually white tigers but it is possible to have white lions. White lions and tigers also exist in real life as do snow leopards who have white-gray fur. Big white cats are also pretty rare in real life
This trope can also apply to characters who use a white panther AnimalMotif.
The Great White Feline can be seen as a symbol of power, uniqueness, mysticism, magic, authority etc.
Given the frequency to associate such creatures in media with the supernatural, this trope could be seen as the big cat equivalent of MysticalWhiteHair.
Expect this trope to come up in the form of the White Tiger of the West when the Four Gods of Myth/ChineseMythology are featured in a work.
SisterTrope to WhiteWolvesAreSpecial and WhiteStallion.
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* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'': Tigrerra is a [[LightEmUp Haos]] attribute Bakugan and the Guardian of Runo Misaki. She is a large white tiger and gains a bipedal form when she evolves into Blade Tigrerra.
* ''Anime/BeastWarsII'': Lio Convoy is the leader of the Maximals and his alt mode is a white lion with a golden mane.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Before he became an Arrancar, Grimmjow was a white, panther-like Adjuchas-class Menos. His OneWingedAngel form is a white, feline-esque appearance.
* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'': Atsushi's Ability, "Beast Beneath the Moonlight", allows him to become a massive white tiger with a HealingFactor. The tiger itself is usually depicted as a wild animal separate from Atsushi, and the transformations happen without his consent, which combined with his existing trauma makes him wary and frightened of the tiger. However, after Fukuzawa gives him control over his power, Atsushi begins to make amends with the beast.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** A possible Ultimate form for [[SacrificialLion Leomon]] is [=IceLeomon=], who is basically Leomon but colored white instead of orange and [[AnIcePerson with ice powers.]]
** Baihumon is one of the [[TheFourGods five Digimon Sovereigns]] and is a large white tiger with blue stripes.
** [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Nefertimon]] is based on Art/TheSphinx and has the body of a white lioness.
* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'': Nagi has a pet white tiger named Tama. He is capable of standing on his hind legs and mimicking human voices.
* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'': Byakko is a tiger demon with pale grayish skin.
* The eponymous character of ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' is a white lion and the KingOfBeasts. In ''Journey into Time'' [[AlbinosAreFreaks he is bullied by other lions for having white fur.]]
* ''Anime/RoninWarriors'': White Blaze is a white tiger who serves as the TeamPet to the heroes. He is a thousand years old [[spoiler:and used to travel with the Ancient One]].
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': After [[AmazonianBeauty Tania]] is defeated by Jaden, she transforms into a white tiger which appears to be her true form.
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* ''ComicBook/RedSonja'': Issue #50 of the original Dynamite run has Sonja accompanying an EgomaniacHunter known as Lord Kinzara on a hunt for a mythical beast known as the Cloud Tiger which takes the form of a large, terrifying white tiger. Sonja convinces him to journey to the top of a mountain with just her and leave his hunting party behind. When they are confronted by the Cloud Tiger, it is revealed that Kinzara was the leader of the bandits who murdered Sonja's family and raped her when she was a child. Sonja has spent years tracking him down and used his obsession with hunting to lure him to his doom. Sonja leaves Kinzara to be killed by the Cloud Tiger and avenges her family.
* ''ComicBook/WhiteTiger'':
** Hector Ayala is the original White Tiger, a superhero whose costumed alias was modeled after a white tiger. He gains his powers from the Jade Tiger amulet. The identity has been wielded by other characters, namely Kasper Cole, Angela del Toro and Ava Ayala, Hector's youngest sister.
** The Tiger God that resides within the Tiger Amulets has occasionally taken the form of a white tiger though it has also been depicted as green.
** The second White Tiger was an actual white Bengal tigress evolved into a woman of East Indian descent by the High Evolutionary. She was part of the short-lived ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' revival in the 1990s.
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* ''Film/{{Primal}}'': One of the main antagonists is a 400 lb. white jaguar let loose below decks. It intervenes at several crucial moments during the film. GreatWhiteHunter Frank Walsh is determined to BringItBackAlive because it is worth a fortune.
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* Bai Hu the White Tiger is one of the leaders of Heaven in Kylie Chan's ''Literature/DarkHeavens''. He is characterized as a guy whose favorite things in life are (in no particular order) fighting, eating and screwing.
* A consistent motif in ''Literature/TheWhiteTiger''. In the book's TitleDrop, Balram is compared to the titular animal because his intelligence and potential to rise above his station is as rare and valuable as the white tiger. When he visits a zoo and sees a white tiger in a cage; he sees himself in the animal and [[spoiler:kills his boss]], giving himself freedom.
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* ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''[=/=]''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'': Kamen Rider Tiger and his American counterpart, Kamen Rider Axe, both have armor and Advent Beasts modeled after white tigers.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' have featured AnimalMecha based on this.
** The White Tiger Thunderzord/Mythical Chi Beast Won Tiger from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''[=/=]''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. It is piloted by TheLeader in ''Power Rangers'' and the SixthRanger in the ''Sentai'' show.
** The White Tiger Wildzord/[=GaoTiger=] from ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce''[=/=]''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' which is one of the main five Animal Mecha.
** The Mystic Lion/[=MagiLion=] from ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''[=/=]''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''. It can combine with the Mystic Firebird/[=MagiFirebird=] to form the Manticore Megazord/Densetsu Gasshin [=MagiLegend=].
** The [=TigerZord=]/Tora Origami from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai''[=/=]''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''. It is controlled by the Red Ranger and is part of a MechaExpansionPack.
** Cube Tiger from ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger''.
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* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tiger_(mythology) Baihu]] (the "White Tiger of the West") of Myth/ChineseMythology is the Trope Codifier for white tigers of importance or mysticism. It is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellation alongside the Azure Dragon of the East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the Black Tortoise (also called "Black Warrior") of the North.
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* Shen Long from ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' 2 is one of the most powerful fighters in the game and his werebeast form is a divine white tiger.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Solgaleo is a [[OlympusMons Legendary Pokemon]] whose physical appearance is that of a white lion. It is one of the two final stages of Cosmog and is one of three Legendary Pokemon of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': In Online mode, one of the Legendary animals that can be found is a pure white panther that roams the swamps near Lagras, called the Ghost Panther. It is very dangerous, and if killed, a coat can be made from its pelt.
*''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': Byakko/Bai Hu is a demon and Franchise/{{Persona}} in the series, based on the White Tiger of the West from the Chinese Constellations.
* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': The Night Elves ride panthers into battle, with the Priestess of the Moon HeroUnit riding a white-furred tiger.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': Tigatron's alt mode is a white tiger. He is much more in touch with his animal instincts than the other Maximals and is more at home in the wild than on the ''Axalon''. He was also friends with a normal white tiger named Snowstalker who was killed during the conflict between the Maximals and Predacons.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Rodolfo's superhero persona is literally "White Pantera," fitting the Rivera family's cat superhero motif while highlighting that he's the unambiguous hero of the family. He wears a white suit and a luchador mask with cat ears, as well as superpowered boots that give him incredible running speed and superpowered kicks and can make anybody who touches them tell the truth.
* ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'': The main family in the show is a family of rare white lions.
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': The first season dealt with the 12 Talismans, a set of {{MacGuffin}}s modeled after the Chinese Zodiac each granting a different power. The Tiger Talisman is modeled after a white tiger and has the power to split beings into their [[LiteralSplitPersonality good and evil halves]]. When the talismans are destroyed in season 3, the energies inhabiting them are transferred into the animals they represent. The Tiger Talisman's power is absorbed by a circus white tiger named Sasha.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'': [[TheBlacksmith Bengali]] is based on a white tiger. He is one of three new [=ThunderCats=] discovered in Season 2. His skills as a blacksmith prove useful when the Sword of Omens is broken again.
* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': In the appropriately titled episode "The White Lion", Allura and Lotor venture into Oriande and meet a mysterious guardian spirit who takes the form of a white lion. Said creature tests them to see if they are worthy of learning the secrets of Altean alchemy. It is implied to be the inspiration for the (multicolored) lions of Voltron.
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There's something visually incredible about a large member of the cat family with white fur. Given white often represents [[LightIsGood purity and innocence]], a feline creature with fur can be seen as majestic and divine. Often, these cats have a mystical origin to them.
Examples of this trope are usually white tigers but it is possible to have white lions. White lions and tigers also exist in real life as do snow leopards who have white-gray fur. Big white cats are also pretty rare in real life
This trope can also apply to characters who use a white panther AnimalMotif.
The Great White Feline can be seen as a symbol of power, uniqueness, mysticism, magic, authority etc.
Given the frequency to associate such creatures in media with the supernatural, this trope could be seen as the big cat equivalent of MysticalWhiteHair.
Expect this trope to come up in the form of the White Tiger of the West when the Four Gods of Myth/ChineseMythology are featured in a work.
SisterTrope to WhiteWolvesAreSpecial and WhiteStallion.
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[[folder: Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'': Tigrerra is a [[LightEmUp Haos]] attribute Bakugan and the Guardian of Runo Misaki. She is a large white tiger and gains a bipedal form when she evolves into Blade Tigrerra.
* ''Anime/BeastWarsII'': Lio Convoy is the leader of the Maximals and his alt mode is a white lion with a golden mane.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Before he became an Arrancar, Grimmjow was a white, panther-like Adjuchas-class Menos. His OneWingedAngel form is a white, feline-esque appearance.
* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'': Atsushi's Ability, "Beast Beneath the Moonlight", allows him to become a massive white tiger with a HealingFactor. The tiger itself is usually depicted as a wild animal separate from Atsushi, and the transformations happen without his consent, which combined with his existing trauma makes him wary and frightened of the tiger. However, after Fukuzawa gives him control over his power, Atsushi begins to make amends with the beast.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** A possible Ultimate form for [[SacrificialLion Leomon]] is [=IceLeomon=], who is basically Leomon but colored white instead of orange and [[AnIcePerson with ice powers.]]
** Baihumon is one of the [[TheFourGods five Digimon Sovereigns]] and is a large white tiger with blue stripes.
** [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Nefertimon]] is based on Art/TheSphinx and has the body of a white lioness.
* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'': Nagi has a pet white tiger named Tama. He is capable of standing on his hind legs and mimicking human voices.
* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'': Byakko is a tiger demon with pale grayish skin.
* The eponymous character of ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' is a white lion and the KingOfBeasts. In ''Journey into Time'' [[AlbinosAreFreaks he is bullied by other lions for having white fur.]]
* ''Anime/RoninWarriors'': White Blaze is a white tiger who serves as the TeamPet to the heroes. He is a thousand years old [[spoiler:and used to travel with the Ancient One]].
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': After [[AmazonianBeauty Tania]] is defeated by Jaden, she transforms into a white tiger which appears to be her true form.
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[[folder: Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/RedSonja'': Issue #50 of the original Dynamite run has Sonja accompanying an EgomaniacHunter known as Lord Kinzara on a hunt for a mythical beast known as the Cloud Tiger which takes the form of a large, terrifying white tiger. Sonja convinces him to journey to the top of a mountain with just her and leave his hunting party behind. When they are confronted by the Cloud Tiger, it is revealed that Kinzara was the leader of the bandits who murdered Sonja's family and raped her when she was a child. Sonja has spent years tracking him down and used his obsession with hunting to lure him to his doom. Sonja leaves Kinzara to be killed by the Cloud Tiger and avenges her family.
* ''ComicBook/WhiteTiger'':
** Hector Ayala is the original White Tiger, a superhero whose costumed alias was modeled after a white tiger. He gains his powers from the Jade Tiger amulet. The identity has been wielded by other characters, namely Kasper Cole, Angela del Toro and Ava Ayala, Hector's youngest sister.
** The Tiger God that resides within the Tiger Amulets has occasionally taken the form of a white tiger though it has also been depicted as green.
** The second White Tiger was an actual white Bengal tigress evolved into a woman of East Indian descent by the High Evolutionary. She was part of the short-lived ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' revival in the 1990s.
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[[folder: Film -- Live Action]]
* ''Film/{{Primal}}'': One of the main antagonists is a 400 lb. white jaguar let loose below decks. It intervenes at several crucial moments during the film. GreatWhiteHunter Frank Walsh is determined to BringItBackAlive because it is worth a fortune.
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[[folder: Literature]]
* Bai Hu the White Tiger is one of the leaders of Heaven in Kylie Chan's ''Literature/DarkHeavens''. He is characterized as a guy whose favorite things in life are (in no particular order) fighting, eating and screwing.
* A consistent motif in ''Literature/TheWhiteTiger''. In the book's TitleDrop, Balram is compared to the titular animal because his intelligence and potential to rise above his station is as rare and valuable as the white tiger. When he visits a zoo and sees a white tiger in a cage; he sees himself in the animal and [[spoiler:kills his boss]], giving himself freedom.
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[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''[=/=]''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'': Kamen Rider Tiger and his American counterpart, Kamen Rider Axe, both have armor and Advent Beasts modeled after white tigers.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' have featured AnimalMecha based on this.
** The White Tiger Thunderzord/Mythical Chi Beast Won Tiger from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''[=/=]''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. It is piloted by TheLeader in ''Power Rangers'' and the SixthRanger in the ''Sentai'' show.
** The White Tiger Wildzord/[=GaoTiger=] from ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce''[=/=]''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' which is one of the main five Animal Mecha.
** The Mystic Lion/[=MagiLion=] from ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''[=/=]''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''. It can combine with the Mystic Firebird/[=MagiFirebird=] to form the Manticore Megazord/Densetsu Gasshin [=MagiLegend=].
** The [=TigerZord=]/Tora Origami from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai''[=/=]''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''. It is controlled by the Red Ranger and is part of a MechaExpansionPack.
** Cube Tiger from ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger''.
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[[folder: Mythology & Religion]]
* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tiger_(mythology) Baihu]] (the "White Tiger of the West") of Myth/ChineseMythology is the Trope Codifier for white tigers of importance or mysticism. It is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellation alongside the Azure Dragon of the East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the Black Tortoise (also called "Black Warrior") of the North.
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* Shen Long from ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' 2 is one of the most powerful fighters in the game and his werebeast form is a divine white tiger.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Solgaleo is a [[OlympusMons Legendary Pokemon]] whose physical appearance is that of a white lion. It is one of the two final stages of Cosmog and is one of three Legendary Pokemon of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': In Online mode, one of the Legendary animals that can be found is a pure white panther that roams the swamps near Lagras, called the Ghost Panther. It is very dangerous, and if killed, a coat can be made from its pelt.
*''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': Byakko/Bai Hu is a demon and Franchise/{{Persona}} in the series, based on the White Tiger of the West from the Chinese Constellations.
* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': The Night Elves ride panthers into battle, with the Priestess of the Moon HeroUnit riding a white-furred tiger.
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': Tigatron's alt mode is a white tiger. He is much more in touch with his animal instincts than the other Maximals and is more at home in the wild than on the ''Axalon''. He was also friends with a normal white tiger named Snowstalker who was killed during the conflict between the Maximals and Predacons.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Rodolfo's superhero persona is literally "White Pantera," fitting the Rivera family's cat superhero motif while highlighting that he's the unambiguous hero of the family. He wears a white suit and a luchador mask with cat ears, as well as superpowered boots that give him incredible running speed and superpowered kicks and can make anybody who touches them tell the truth.
* ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'': The main family in the show is a family of rare white lions.
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': The first season dealt with the 12 Talismans, a set of {{MacGuffin}}s modeled after the Chinese Zodiac each granting a different power. The Tiger Talisman is modeled after a white tiger and has the power to split beings into their [[LiteralSplitPersonality good and evil halves]]. When the talismans are destroyed in season 3, the energies inhabiting them are transferred into the animals they represent. The Tiger Talisman's power is absorbed by a circus white tiger named Sasha.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'': [[TheBlacksmith Bengali]] is based on a white tiger. He is one of three new [=ThunderCats=] discovered in Season 2. His skills as a blacksmith prove useful when the Sword of Omens is broken again.
* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': In the appropriately titled episode "The White Lion", Allura and Lotor venture into Oriande and meet a mysterious guardian spirit who takes the form of a white lion. Said creature tests them to see if they are worthy of learning the secrets of Altean alchemy. It is implied to be the inspiration for the (multicolored) lions of Voltron.
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