Tawna Bandicoot

Tawna is a character from the Crash Bandicoot series. She was Crash's girlfriend, who appeared prominently in only two Crash games: Crash Boom Bang! and Crash Bandicoot 1. She has cameo appearances in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Crash Twinsanity, and in the recent, Crash: Mind Over Mutant.

Crash Bandicoot
In Crash Bandicoot, she was another genius creation of Dr. Neo Cortex and Dr. Nitrus Brio. When Crash escapes, falling out a window, Cortex uses Tawna as a suspect, in order to get Crash to come back. Throughout the game Tawna icons can be aquired from opening crates, and once three are they teleport Crash to the treetops where Crash can see Tawna just to seperated from her again. A picture of Tawna is seen in The Great Hall and can be seen only if the player has acquired at least, six gems. In the end, she is rescued by Crash after, defeating Cortex on his blimp, or reuniting with him on a balcony, and later after completing the game totally, they are seen riding away either on a blimp, or a vulture, depending on the ending. Later she left Crash for Pinstripe Potoroo not long after the events of the first game. They move to Chicago and start a shoelace factory. After CTR, she moves with Pinstripe to New Jersey, where Pinstripe becomes a used car salesman.

Crash Twinsanity
She is found working at the Moulin Cortex. There is a picture of her and Cortex on the building.

Crash Boom Bang!
She is an unlockable playable character in this game.

Warped, Wrath of Cortex, and Mind over Mutant
There is a picture of Tawna in Crash's house, meaning he may still have feelings for her.





Trivia

 * According to Naughty Dog, Tawna's design was based off celebrity Pamela Anderson, for her blonde hair and breast size.
 * Tawna is shorter in Crash Boom Bang, possibly half the size she was in Crash Bandicoot.
 * After Crash Bandicoot, Naughty Dog removed her from the Crash series. The reason for this was said to be because she was found to be inappropriate for young children, since it was a family game. The real reason, however, was because Naughty Dog were not happy with her forced redesign, as she did not closely resemble her original intentions.
 * Tawna, along with Koala Kong, Dr. Nitrus Brio, Komodo Moe and Baby T are the only known characters of the Crash universe before Crash Bash that were not playable characters in Crash Team Racing.
 * A picture of Tawna is seen in Twinsanity in the Slip Slide Icecapedes level. She is seen when Crash and Cortex enter the house with the penguins. It is a picture of her in a magician outfit.
 * In Japan, a comic created in the instruction manual for Cortex Strikes Back shows that Tawna left Crash for Pinstripe Potoroo not long after the events of the first game. This is usually also largely accepted as being the case in Western countries.
 * In the Intro and Ending of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex, Tawna is seen in a picture in Crash's house, just like in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped.
 * Since Crash Boom Bang! is a spin-off and does not count in the main series, Pinstripe and Tawna may still have a relationship.
 * In Crash: Mind Over Mutant, there is a poster of Tawna next to the door.