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===Television and streaming===
During the 2010s, White Tiger appeared in the ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' animated television series that aired in the now-defunct [[Disney XD]] network. His role was mostly that of a legacy character, featured in the episode "Kraven the Hunter" which in-universe takes place after his death. This incarnation of Hector is depicted as the second White Tiger and the father of Ava Ayala rather than her brother. After he was killed by [[Kraven the Hunter]], his mantle passed to his daughter. In 2022, news that one of the White Tigers would appear in [[Disney+]] reboot ''[[Daredevil: Born Again]]'' began appearing in the internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/white-tiger-daredevil-born-again-hero/|title=Who Is White Tiger, Daredevil: Born Again's Rumored New MCU Hero?|author=Joe Wilkes|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=December 22, 2022|accessdate=November 28, 2023}}</ref> at the moment nothing else was known and there was speculation that either
==Cultural impact and legacy==
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In 2016, [[Jon Huertas]] played Hector Ayala in an independent short film titled ''White Tiger'', which was produced by WestSide Stories Productions.<ref name=indy>{{cite web|url= https://www.thewrap.com/jon-huertas-white-tiger-fan-film/|title='This Is Us' Actor Jon Huertas Headlines Marvel 'White Tiger' Fan Film|author=Umberto González|publisher=The Wrap|date=2016-12-14|accessdate=2021-10-01}}</ref> The actor noted that it is his “favorite Marvel character and the one I’ve always related to the most”, arguing that the protect was born from a necessity “for someone to develop an adult [Hispanic] male comic character”.<ref name=indy/> After working on ''Marvel's Voices'', Older asserted that as the “first Latinx Super Hero, White Tiger holds such an integral and iconic status in comic book history” and commented on the importance of the introduction of Ayala by saying that it filled the void of children “growing up as [Latino nerds] not having people who looked like [them] on the page and [wondering] ‘where are we?”.<ref name=GR>{{cite web|url= https://www.gamesradar.com/marvek-voices-comunidades-covers-preview-latino-latina-latinx/|title= Preview Marvel's celebration of its Latinx heroes Voices: Comunidades #1|author=Chris Arrant|publisher=Games Radar|date=2021-09-27|accessdate=2021-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/marvels-voices-highlights-their-first-latino-superhero-who-was-secretly-teased-in-the-mcu.html/|title='Marvel's Voices' Highlights Their First Latino Superhero — Who was Secretly Teased in the MCU|author=Andrew Addessi|publisher=Showbiz CheatSheet|date=2021-10-08|accessdate=2021-10-11}}</ref>
In retrospective, comic author and artist J. Gonzo considers White Tiger's introduction important as it marked the appearance of a complex Latin American character, but noted that in subsequent appearances Marvel pushed the character to the background and ultimately failed to truly bring him to the mainstream, a pattern that was repeated with other Hispanic superheroes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grid.news/story/technology/2022/09/03/hispanic-and-latino-superheroes-in-mainstream-american-comics-lack-the-depth-and-nuance-they-deserve-say-experts/|title=D.C. and Marvel Comics have a Hispanic and Latino superhero problem — namely in the way they are represented|author=Christian Thorsberg|publisher=Grid|date=2022-09-03|accessdate=2023-01-05}}</ref> While discussing casting for characters within the Marvel Cinematic Universe following the success of [[Amazon Prime]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]'', Puerto Rican actor [[Ismael Cruz Córdova]]
===Literary studies===
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