Trivia / Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

• The Danza: In TY2 and 3, Gooboo Steve is voiced by creative director Steve Stamatiadis.
• Follow the Leader: Conceptually, Ty is obviously following in the footsteps of Crash Bandicoot, both of them being platforming mascots based on obscure Australian mammals. Additionally, the games are often criticized for being blatant ripoffs of the Jak and Daxter (the pause status screen in the first game especially bears uncanny resemblance to that game's version) and, later, the Ratchet & Clank games. The first game less so, feeling more like Banjo-Kazooie with a lot of fetch quests, and the bilbies looking like they could easily fit into a Rare game. Only Ty has a lot more combat, weapons, and abuse of non-anthropomorphic animals. In addition, the title character was obviously made in the Mascot with Attitude mold, following the trend started by Sonic the Hedgehog.
• Late Export for You: While the first two games were released worldwide, the third game didn't make it to Europe until it was released on Steam in 2018.
• The Other Darrin: The voice cast has changed between games. While characters such as Maurie, Dennis, Boss Cass, Fluffy, and Rex have the same voice actors throughout the series, others, including Ty, Shazza, Sly, Ranger Ken, and Julius, have different voice actors, with Shazza and Sly being egregious examples, as they have a different voice each game. Ty, in particular, was voiced by veteran video game voice actor Greg Ellis in the second and third games.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The second game was originally going to have a time travel plot, Betty and Duncan were a younger Di and Bri, and Karlos was supposed to be an older Julius. Probably might explain the dinosaurs.
  • There was going to be an animated series produced by Film Roman, but was scrapped due to networks not showing interest in it.
  • The first game was originally going to have a fourth set of levels after getting the Zappyrang. Said planned levels were a night Outback level, a mangrove level and another Great Barrier Reef level. The Zappyrang would've played a major role in these levels for electricity-based puzzles instead of just being used to grant access to the final level. Even without knowing this, it's evidenced by unlockable concept art showing a fourth, earth-themed variety of opal. It also explains why you get two talismans in the final level instead of just one.
• Word of God: According to Steve Statamadias, whilst you never revisit Rainbow Cliffs after the first game, it is located by the Bush Rescue HQ in Burramudgee.

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