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1* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The 1960s anime is portrayed in a distinctly sketchy but fast-moving style that stands out even today. Creator/MasaakiYuasa has admitted to being influenced by this show's artwork.
2* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
3** The original anime's OP, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttndwyst-Xo Yuke! Tiger Mask]] is a glorious song portraying the awesomeness of one of the Tiger Cave's best wrestlers.
4** The ED, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdBA_kSpXAw Minashigo no Ballad]] is a gently melancholic but still defiant tale about how a man must do his best no matter the odds.
5** The [[https://youtu.be/OYzh_q0OPeY?si=6iAzh0TlfWr6AiCq Italian theme song]] by the Cavalieri del Re is a staple of [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Italian pop culture]] that is familiar even among those who didn't watch the anime.
6* AdaptationDisplacement: The real wrestlers who used the Tiger Mask name and likeness, are vastly more popular than the anime and manga character. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Except in Italy]].
7* FountainOfExpies: He inspired King from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', and real wrestlers have adopted the Tiger Mask name and fame. Tiger Mask itself owes a little something to Fray Tormenta, a masked wrestler who used his funds to support an orphanage. The series is also the inspiration for the title character from ''Literature/GuinSaga'', which in turn inspired no less than... ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''!
8* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The anime series is very popular in Italy under the name ''L'Uomo Tigre, il Campione'', even getting a ShoutOut in the Italian dub of ''Manga/CaseClosed'' (when the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Killer Of The Week]] was shown having a wrestling mask, Megure openly wondered if the murderer was Tiger Mask). Incidentally, in Italy almost nobody knows of the real-life Tiger Masks.
9* MemeticMutation: '[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYB5DrH67eI The Money Tiger]]', a mock-opening sequence of a supposed cheesy Hebrew dub of a 1970s/'80s anime[[note]][[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext It's about a businessman named Esteban Jiménez who got hit by a special ray from planet Zorigon V, which changed his molecular structure and turned him into a businessman in the day and crimefighter by night.]][[/note]], used the opening sequence of ''Tiger Mask''[='=]s and ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'''s anime series. The parody gained modest memetic status.
10* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Various, but [[spoiler: the trainees of Tiger's Cave setting enraged pumas and gorillas on Mister X and the admins when they see that the organization is ''not'' invincible]] is the most awesome.

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