Character Analysis: Tony Hawk

 Tony Hawk Research blog.

“If you have a game with your name on it, you have to learn how to play.” - Tony Hawk

Background:

• Full Name: Anthony Frank Hank
• Alias: Birdman
• Age: 52
• Born: May 12, 1968 San Diego, California
• Height: 191cm/6’3
• Weight: 72KG/152lb
• Likes: skateboarding, Chicken Sandwiches, Ritz Crackers
• One of the most influential figures in sports

Arsenal:

Skateboard:

His trusty board has a few nifty features:

• Skateboard can Transform, get wheels and be motorized at will via “Hot Rod”
• When Thrown, the Skateboard returns like a Boomerang

Protective Gear:

Go-Kart:

Motorcycle:

BMX:

Spray Cans (via “Double Fistin”):

Juggling Balls (via “Manual Entertainer”)

Chainsaw (via “Chainsaw Rocker”)

Guitar (via “Guitar”)

Hula Hoop (via “Hula Hoopin”)

Sandwich (via “Dont feed Phil”)

Kite (via “Franklin Grind”)

Rapier (via “Espana Sword Slide)

Web Shooters (via “does whatever a spider can”)

Wolverine Claws (via “Claw Punch”)

American Flag (via “Hero”)

Lightsaber (via various Darth Maul tricks)

Blaster (via “Quick Draw”)

Grappling hook (via “Grapple Grab”)

Jetpack (via “Jango Jump Jet”)

Ironman Boots (via “Boot Burst”)

Ironman Gauntlets (via “Fire Blaster”)

Ironman Scanner (via “the scanner”)

Abilities/Resistances:

Athleticism (Seasoned Skateboarder, skilled at Tennis and Baseball)

Fire Manipulation and Fire Breath (can set his Skateboard on fire while riding it. Sets his Farts on fire with a lighter.)

Lighting Manipulation (can cause the skateboard to constantly have a Lighting effect around him)

Water Manipulation (Can have a Trail of water come out of the skateboard)

Air Manipulation

Self Sustenance (can survive in space)

Animal Summons (can Summon a shark via “shark”)

Minor Time Manipulation 

Non Physical interaction 

Animal Communication

Lava Manipulation (Makes a Volcano erupt)

Size Manipulation (Shrinking + Growth)

Telekinesis (via “Force Grab” and “Telekickflipsis”)

Shadow Manipulation (via “Duck Dive Shark Attack”)

Weather Manipulation

Dimensional Travel (via “Visiting Home”)

Regeneration (via “Bloody Eddie”)

Elasticity (via “lick it up”, “Bite Board” and “Eyeball Grab”)

Levitation

Battlefield Removal (via “Beam Me Up”)

Heat Resistance 

Feats:

General:

• Became the Greatest Skater in the History of Skateboarding.
• First person to ever to hit the 900

Strength:

• Kicks a wooden plank in Two.

Speed:

• Average Skateboards go 8 -19 KM/H

Durability:

• Can survive huge falls.
• Survives jumping in a active volcano

Scaling:

The Skaters:

Tony Hawk can do all special moves of the other skaters and should scale to the hax, strength and speed from those moves because of that.

Chris Cole:

• Can make his Skateboard Levitate

THUG1 protagonist:

• Can Knock out Eric in a single punch

Roswell Alien:

• goes at "Warp speed" (debatably light speed)
• Has Telekinesis 

Robo Tony:

• Can shoot out gusts of wind by spinning

Demoness:

• Levitates
• Descents to hell, being replaced by candles and a Pentagram.

Bones/Ripper/X-Ray:

• Skeletons in Tony Hawk can survive Lighting strikes. 
•  Cool af

Ollie, the Magic Bum:

• Teleports
• Claims he can “open a can with your butt”

Kelly Slater

• Merges with the ground as a shadow, having only his hand stick out.

Mike Vallely

• Elbows Rails without real harm
• Can Handstand walk as fast as a skateboard

The Voodoo Doctor:

• Causes a Massive Storm over New Orleans (7.28 Megatons)

Crossover Skaters:

The feats and abilities performed by the characters inside of the Tony Hawk games should all be fair to use for the same reason as scaling to other skaters, that being Tony being able to use all their special Tricks.

Shrek:

• Snaps his Board in Half
• Uses his Earwax to grind better

Spider-Man:

• has web shooters, which he uses to pull his skateboard back.

Doomguy:

• The only Crossover skater with no Special tricks (loser)

Wolverine:

• stabs through the Skateboard hes riding

Darth Maul:

• Uses the force
• Wields a Lightsaber

Jango Fett:

• Uses his Grappling Hook, Jetpack, and Blaster for Tricks

Ironman:

• Uses parts of suit for various tricks, such as: his Gauntlet, Boots and scanner.

Call Of Duty Soldier:

• Uses a American Flag for one of his tricks

The Ninja Turtles:

• Their Special tricks are lame as hell.

Eddie (Iron Maiden):

• Rips… Something out of his body without any harm.

Gene Simmons (Kiss):

• Can Stretch his Tongue to fetch his skateboard
• Can Breath Fire

Support:

Neversoft Eyeball:

The Neversoft Eyeball can be Summoned by Tony to bring him a piece of wood which he then kicks in two. The same Eyeball appears as a playable character in Tony Hawk Pro skater 3, where it is humanoid.

Alien UFO:

Tony can call upon aliens in UFOs to beam him up.

Weaknesses:

Aside from the Occasional punches thrown, Tony Hawk, or other characters, do not fight very often.

End Results:

Strength + Durability: City level

Speed: Potentially the speed of Light

Media i used:

1. Tony Hawks Pro Skater
2. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2
3. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3
4. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2x
5. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4
6. Tony Hawks Underground
7. Tony Hawks Underground 2
8. Tony Hawks American Wasteland
9. Tony Hawks Downhill Jam
10. Tony Hawks Project 8
11. Tony Hawks Proving Ground
12. Tony Hawks Vert
13. Tony Hawks Motion
14. Tony Hawks Ride
15. Tony Hawks Shred
16. Tony Hawks Pro Skater HD
17. Tony Hawks Shred Session
18. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 5
19. Tony Hawks Skate Jam
20. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1+2

Calcs by NormallyNormal, research by Tario

Closing Words:

Hello! Tario here. I want to thank everyone who read this a lot. This will be my first ever blog I published so this means a lot to me. I'm a huge fan of Tony Hawk and Skateboarding so combining it with VS and giving it the representation it deserves.