Borderlands: The Lore Behind Tiny Tina Explained

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Tiny Tina is the loud, slightly unhinged demolitions expert of the Borderlands series. Despite her over-the-top personality, she plays a prominent role in the series and even has close bonds with some of the main characters. This has garnered plenty of love for her from the gaming community.

Because of her popularity, Gearbox created a spin-off title that features her more prominently — Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Set for release on March 25, players are excited to see how the game’s fantasy twist will elevate the original Borderlands formula. It’ll also be interesting to see how it adds to Tiny Tina’s already interesting character.

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Tina was born on the planet of Pandora. She was a pretty normal kid with normal parents — that is, until Hyperion came along. When Tina was younger, the corporation paid a visit to Pandora to mine its Eridium which is a valuable resource in Borderlands. Hyperion also sought to refine the element and, in the process, produced slag as a by-product. After doing some research on Eridium, Handsome Jack learned that slag had mutagenic properties and promptly ordered Hyperion staff to start experimenting with it.

At some point before the events of Borderlands 2, Hyperion had the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve built. It was a huge facility made specifically to detain potential test subjects. This included a range of animals as well as humans. Unfortunately, Tina and her family were among those who were taken for experimentation. According to ECHO recordings found in the preserve, Tina’s family was handed over to Hyperion by a man named “Flesh-Stick.” The scientists were to administer slag injections to them to see how they might react.

Before they were taken to the