Tangle

"'W-we were starving on the Stretch! [Tangle] caught the only prey we'd seen in weeks while I was asleep. I found it with him when I woke up! H-he was going to keep it all by himself! He was going to let me starve, I know he was! I was so hungry. And afraid...I...he...' —Fire about killing Tangle in Episode 10: Pride Law."

Tangle was an African lion and a No-Mane who used to be a member of Fire's Bachelor Group.

He debuted in Episode 4, and was later revealed to have been murdered by Fire on The Prideless Stretch in Episode 10.

Personality
Tangle was a gentle and friendly lion. He was impressed with the fact Nothing fought Quickmane as a cub and also shared he wouldn't have the guts to pull that off, implementing that Tangle probably wasn't the bravest. Tangle also supported Fire against Proud when he was insulting Nothing for not being good at anything.

Appearance
Tangle had a pale brown pelt with a creamy gray muzzle, paws, eyelids, underbelly, and eyelids. His mane is a fuzzy pale blonde color with two drapes that go over both of his lime green eyes.

When he and Fire were in The Prideless Stretch, he is shown to be insanely skinny with the outlines of his ribs and bones showing through.

History
Although his past is unknown, we first meet him in Episode 4 when Fire introduces Nothing to his group. He compliments her bravery in attacking Quickmane when she was a cub and defends her when Proud speaks rudely of her due to her name. Sometime after Nothing leaves, Quickmane tracks down the group and attempts to kill Fire, only to be killed by Proud in the end. Tangle runs over to an injured Fire and the two, unable to find their other group members, make it onto The Prideless Stretch. Over time, the two become starved and dehydrated, eating very little to the point their bones were visible through their skin. In an attempt to find a meal, Tangle goes hunting on his own and manages to catch some rather large prey for him and Fire to share together. However, Fire assumes that Tangle is going to keep it all to himself and subsequently kills him. Tangle body was supposedly left out on The Prideless Stretch and he becomes a wandering spirit. When Fire snarls at Ghost to go away, the No-Mane uses his powers to let Tangle speak through him, who brokenly states that he was going to share the prey.

Fire
He and Fire were shown to be close friends and was hinted at in both the show and by the creator that he had a crush on him. After Proud killed Quickmane not long after the latter tried to kill Fire, Tangle ran back to get him and led him away from the battle. The two were separated from their group and forced onto The Prideless Stretch. Tangle was seemingly happy to have Fire with him and tried his best to feed the both of them, but after catching a rather large meal, Fire killed him after thinking Tangle would keep the meal all to himself.

Voice Actor

 * Malcolm Derikx

Episode Four: Outsider
Tangle was seen alongside his fellow group members. When Proud starts talking about Fire's sister's name being Nothing, Fire tells him to stop, but he continues. Tangle then defends Nothing and gets angry at Proud. When Feather talks about what she did to his father's face, Tangle is surprised and starts to praise her, commenting on how he would be too scared to do anything like that.

Episode Nine: Fire
Tangle is seen in a flashback, helping Fire from the battle between Quickmane and Proud. Fire tells Nothing that him and Tangle were wandering alone after that, but when Nothing asked Fire where his friend is now, Fire admits that he didn't make it, and reminds Nothing that The Prideless Stretch is tough to come by.

Episode Ten: Pride Law
Tangle speaks through Ghost, saying he ‘was going to share it’. When Nothing inquires into this, Fire reveals that Tangle had caught some food while he was sleeping. Fire was convinced that Tangle was going to eat it by himself and let him starve, and thus killed him. Tangle repeats his words in a panic through Ghost, and Fire shouts and begs for Ghost to stop.

Trivia

 * Tangle resembles Rock, who is a character from Cow of the Wild. COTW is another project of Tribble.
 * According to tribbleofdoom, Tangle is pansexual.
 * Tangle's voice actor, Malcolm, thinks that Tangle would never have the guts to kill somebody, and even thinks that he would apologize to prey.
 * It was hinted at by Maddi that Tangle had a crush on Fire, shown from a drawing she did with Fire and Tangle cuddling. She has also hinted this by jokingly calling him Fire's boyfriend.