Tarung

Admiral Tarung, or Tarung for short, is one of the characters in BoBoiBoy Galaxy. He makes his debut in episode 9.

Early Life
Not much is known about Tarung's early life, but he had spent a sum of his time working in TAPOPS as one of it's legendary admirals. He made a big name for himself that even Adu Du and Probe knew that he was one to be feared.

At some point in time, he retired from his position and now works as a conservationist, specializing in taking care of endangered species. He no longer kept in contact with TAPOPS, other than to exchange a few words and to get clean clothes from the TAPOPS' cover laundry station.

BoBoiBoy Galaxy
Tarung makes his first appearance in Episode 9 of BoBoiBoy Galaxy, where he protects BoBoiBoy and Fang from being hypnotized by Katakululu. Using his sheer intimidation, he was able to best the hynofrog and captured him, trying to peserve the rare species.

Later he revealed that he was actually the recipient for the laundry bags that BoBoiBoy and his small team were supposed to deliver. After receiving the message that TAPOPS was in danger, he sets off with BoBoiBoy to aid the organization.

Personality
According to Adu Du, Tarung is known for his harshness and sheer skill, though Tarung looks like pretty mild during their first encounter.

Appearance
Tarung shares most of his appearance akin to the elusive white tiger. He has blue hair with white highlights and a pair of sharp blue eyes. He has white skin with black stripes, that change to orange with black stripes when he is enraged. He wears a skin-tight blue tank top with orange and black camo pants. Tarung appears to be wearing military-grade blue boots as well as a watch and a bangle on his wrists.

Abilities

 * Tarung Battle Suits ( Sarung Tarung): Admiral Tarung possess battle suits that take the form of alien beasts. However, they also comically appear like mascot costumes. Based on the fact that he was looking for Katakululu, he needs to first find the creature in order to mimic its abilities.
 * Tigerbear (Bearimau): A suit with the ability of a Tigerbear, an animal that, as the name states, is a cross between a tiger and a bear.
 * Molezard (Komondok): A suit with the ability of a Molezard, an animal that, as the name states, is a cross between a mole and a lizard.
 * Katakululu: A suit with the hypnotising ability of Katakululu.

Relationships
See more: Tarung/Relationships.

Trivia

 * In Malay and Indonesian, "Tarung" means "Fight".
 * This likely alludes to his expert combat skills.
 * When he's not working, his skin is white with red stripes and he has a gracious, mild demeanour. During his work hours (7 a.m. to 7 p.m., excluding lunch breaks), his skin inverts to red with blue stripes and he takes on a harsher, more terrifying persona.
 * He is the second character to have two distinct personalities, the first being Yaya Yah.
 * Tarung in reaction to BBB & Gopal's Laksa recipe.pnger, when Tarung reacted to BoBoiBoy and Gopal's Laksa recipe, the background shows an image of him during his childhood, still with reddish skin.
 * He bears a close resemblance to Uno, the villain from Agent Ali series, another Malaysian animated series.
 * He is the third character who can eat Yaya's biscuits without fainting, after Probe and Lieutenant Lahap.
 * He is similar to Gado the Lion from Bloody Roar game series back in the 90s, aside from the scarred face.

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