Harry Tipper

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Harry Tipper
Unlocked by	Default
Species	Human
Size	Normal
Accuracy	N/A
Agility	N/A
Stamina	N/A
Fire Proof	N/A
Shock Proof	N/A
Default AI	N/A
Native TimeZone	1935
First Appearance	TS1 Story Mode
Relations	None
Games	TS1

As the game describes him, Harry Tipper is a 70's-style caricature of 'Disco' secret agents, who spends every Story-mode level he features in (with the exception of his level in TimeSplitters) attempting to defeat his arch-nemesis Khallos.

Backstory

Little about Harry Tipper's backstory has been revealed, but we can assume he has some money and may have been born into it, as he is the joint owner of at least one Disco and always has a wide selection of clothing, both for males and females, to hand.

The Russian Connection 1969

Chronologically, the first time we see Harry Tipper is in the third Timesplitters game, TimeSplitters Future Perfect. When we meet him, he is tracking Khallos, who is angry at Tipper for ruining his plans for world domination. Cortez and Tipper team up and sneak through the defences and past the guards before entering Khallos' base. Posing as guards and wearing guard's uniforms (Cortez a male uniform, Tipper a female uniform) they restart the power in the base and fight their way to the sublevels. They are separated, but both manage to board the Khallos Express and continue their hunt for Khallos.

The Khallos Express 1969

Tipper and Cortez board the train and travel from car to car searching for Khallos, in the hope of preventing the launch of his "French missile", a nuclear weapon he is planning on using to start world war 3. They battle two attack helicopters and deactivate the missile before engaging Khallos himself, before eventually stopping the train just before it runs over Kitten Celeste, Tipper's girlfriend. At this point Cortez leaves.

Chinese Restaurant 1970

In TimeSplitters, Tipper is not acting as a secret agent, but rather as a police officer, suggesting that something happened that caused a temporary demotion, or that he has only ever been a police officer. In his next mission, Det. Tipper raids a Chinese restaurant that is a front for a criminal ring. He then proceeds to gather the gang's files, and escape. His police partner is Lt. Christine Malone, and though Tipper is in a relationship with Kitten Celeste both before and after this mission, it appears that he and Malone had some kind of romance as well, sparking many brawls at "The Big Tipper", Harry's co-owned nightclub and disco.

Atomsmasher Secret Base 1972

When we next see Tipper, it is two years later and he is once again acting as a secret agent, or so it would appear. Captured by Khallos, he manages to free himself from his prison and almost certain death and deactivate various explosives around the atomsmasher base before ensuring that Khallos meets his demise. He is aided once more by Kitten Celeste, and the two of them escape together while Khallos' plans for world domination are stopped for the final time.

You Genius, U-Genix 2052

Tipper also makes an appearance in the ending cutscene of the "You Genius, U-Genix" level. Whether it is in 2052, by which time Tipper would be getting on or older than 100, or if Cortez's cry can be heard in Tipper's own time in the 1960's or 1970's. The latter is more likely, because Tipper doesn't look that old, and neither did Kitten Celeste, who he was canoodling with at the time.