Tart

Tarb (Tart Ikisatashi in Japanese) is one of the main antagonists of Mew Mew Power. He is the one of the Cyniclon Warriors, a race of aliens (who were unnamed in the original Japanese version of Tokyo Mew Mew) who come to Earth, wishing to "reclaim it".

Mew Mew Power
Tarb first appears in volume 3 of the manga and episode 13 of the anime. He arrives on Earth with Sardon. The Cyniclons originally lived on Earth, but it became uninhabitable so they moved to another planet. This planet was even worse, and all the Cyniclons were forced to live underground for thousands of years due to sandstorms and other disasters. They finally came back to Earth, only to find that it had been taken over by humans. It is unknown how humans ended up on planet Earth.

Tokyo Mew Mew a La Mode
Tarb makes very small appearances in À la Mode, which does not advance the story plot. He appears in one small panel where Dren sneezes, Tarb tells Sardon and Dren that even though he shows his stomach as well, he doesn't get cold, with Sardon replying "The idiot never catches a cold...", and Tarb angrily replying "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!".

In Japan, it is believed that if you sneeze, it means someone is talking about you, which is why Dren sneezed as Corina was talking about him, and Tarb didn't sneeze as no one was talking about him, but Tarb assumes it's something else. This would be a joke most Americans would have trouble understanding, as it is an old wives tale of Japanese origin. An additional joke used in the alien's exchange would be the Japanese superstition that stupid people don't catch colds, hence Sardon's words.

Tarb also appears in "Berry's Rush Report 2", asking what happened to him and his planet, and in "Berry's Rush Report 3".

Personality
Tarb is kind of a crybaby and hates to be called chibi/chibiko (Japanese for runt, or midget) in Mew Mew Power. He argues a lot with Zoey and usually resorts to name calling. Overall, he is a rude and childish alien who likes to have fun, and make people cry. He is more prone to laughing out of true amusement (as opposed to Sardon's solemn expression and Dren's 'evil smirk'), and throws occasional tantrums when things don't go the way he expected them to. His energetic, childishly curious personality is comparable to that of Kikki Benjamin.

Love Interests
In the manga, Kikki Benjamin and Tarb appear to like each other, later developing crushes on each other. At first, he kidnaps Kikki, who doesn't seem to care that he's the villain. When he saves her from one of his dangerous Predasite, she thinks they are friends, and nicknames him Tar-Tar (Taru-Taru). At the end of the manga, before Tarb leaves, Kikki kisses him and puts a candy drop in his mouth. Tarb says he might come back to Earth for more, and to see Kikki again.

In the anime, Kikki is underground with Tarb. At first, Kikki is still cheerful as Tarb tries ignoring her. Later, Tarb realizes that Kikki was running out of air to breathe and was going to die when Kikki starts panting. He teleports them aboveground, saving them both. Also near the end of the anime Kikki is about to fall from weakness and Tarb catches her. He says what a fool he was and how he didn't like fighting anymore. Pudding replies by saying that now that he's with her she is 100 times stronger, and puts her face down close to his. Tarb also displays feelings of concern for her and mainly focuses his insults unto her and Zoey (as Dren loves Zoey) his attitude is his way of trying to prove to himself that he can never have any feelings for a human like Dren.

Appearance
Tarb has medium-length brown hair which he has in two pigtails he's quite short but to be fair he is only around 10 years old. His skin is light and his outfit exposes a lot of his body. He has large pointed ears and bronze eyes. His shirt is red and he wears black shorts and bandages around his legs, but he doesn't wear any shoes.

In the manga and video games his hair is red to match his outfit like his relatives Dren and Sardon's hair.

Weapons & Abilities
Tarb often wields a click-clack toy for a weapon, and has attacks named "Ho-Rai-Den" (Closing thunder revolvling), and "Hissatsu Hourai-Kyuu" (Certain Kill Treasure Ball). Aside from his having control over plants and Predasites also made from plants, he can perform flight, teleportation, and can even steal the spirit of a human (which he did once) like the other two Cyniclons.

Family
Mia Ikumi has confirmed that Sardon and Tarb are brothers and Dren is his adoptive brother. Tarb and Dren seem to get along better then Sardon does with either of them as their personalities are more sadistic, but Tarb usually gets along with Sardon.

Trivia

 * He was mistaken as a girl by Zoey after she meets him for the first time in the Manga.
 * In the English dub, all of the aliens were named after negative characteristics. Tarb's is Brat backwards.