- ""Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha""
- ―Tony laughing hysterically.[src]
Tony was a researcher from the research and mining company R.X.Tech working for Dr. Mark Willard. He was the first evil adversary Lara faced in Tomb Raider III.
Meeting with Lara[]
TR3 Cutscene - Lara meets Tony
Lara's first encounter with Tony
Tony was sent with two more researchers Randy and Rory to find a meteorite artifact called the Infada Stone in India.
The researcher went insane from the isolation and the effects of the strange surrounding temple of Indra.
Archaeologist Lara Croft who also has interest in the artifact finds their campsite and hears a muffled radio of his former employer Dr. Willard trying to contact him in frustration. She also hears Tony cheering and finds him coming out of his tent preparing to escape. Lara asks him about the location of the Infada Stone in that particular temple.
The crazed researcher tells her saying that Randy and Rory are still in the temple probably dead and he is leaving this place once and for all.
He goes on saying that Lara would probably die there too and with a hysterical laugh he runs away, leaving her alone in the jungle.
Infada Stone[]
Tomb Raider 3 cutscene Temple Ruins
Tony Escaping
When Lara enters the temple, she finds Randy and Rory dead. Tony steals the artifact and embeds it in his chest like the Dagger of Xian and runs away.
Lara tracks him down to the River Ganges and tries to shoot him but the insane researcher uses his new powers to break away the pillars above Lara nearly crushing her and escapes on a raft.
Lara catches up with him using one of the researchers' Quad Bikes and finds him in the dark and dangerous Caves of Kaliya.
She finds Tony in a cavern who laughs and makes the place more dangerous with lethal water. He then levitates himself and hurls fireballs at Lara who dodges them and after she shoots him, he collapses and explodes in an eerie orange light leaving the Infada Stone behind for her to obtain.
Development[]
An early enemy render for Tony shows that his sunglasses have noticeable rims whereas in the final version they appear almost rimless.
Appearances[]
- Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (First appearance)
In-Game Appearances[]
Tomb Raider III Adventures of Lara Croft[]
- Jungle (in cutscene)
- Temple Ruins (in cutscene)
- Caves of Kaliya (Death)
Quotes[]
Tomb Raider III Adventures of Lara Croft[]
Cutscene 01[]
- Whoohoo!
- What!? What do you want from me now?
- If you'd all stop, I might be just fine! Just a hundred percent... just... (groans and holds his head)
- All you, hundreds of you. Talking and chattering and breaking my brain up...
- Voodoo magic an' all huh? I don't touch the stuff myself.
- Yeah, Randy and Rory... peeesh.
- Well, they're staying put. In that temple. I told em' not to, warned em' first. Not doing much now I doubt, under half a ton of mudslide. Me? I'm leavin'. The next bus out. This jungle has rooted enough rot into me. I'd offer the same advice to you but you don't seem the type to take it, to care if I said you're gonna die here. (laughs) Yeah... die!
Caves of Kaliya[]
- Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
Trivia[]
- In the Caves of Kaliya level only, the sides of Tony's sunglasses are black. In all previous appearances they are cream.
- Inside the WAD for Caves of Kaliya, Tony is named Tony Firehands. This probably isn't Tony's last name but a pun on the fact that he can shoot fire from his hands when using the Infada Stone.
- It is implied that both Randy and Rory were brutally murdered by Tony, in the last room that Lara reaches in The Temple Shiva.
- There is a very used glitch in the final fight against Tony that consists of jumping on the central platform of the room, in which Tony can't damage you.
- Unlike Natla and Marco Bartoli, who used fire or fireballs as their main attack in their fight, there is no way to save yourself from the fire since Tony will turn the water into lava, preventing Lara from being able to go out. If she is hit by a fireball. And will obviously die instantly if it touches water or lava.
- He is the first boss in the Tomb Raider saga that can kill you with a single hit.
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