Tawna Bandicoot

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

in Crash Bandicoot
In Crash Bandicoot, she was another evil genius creation of Dr. Neo Cortex and Dr. Nitrus Brio. When Crash escapes, falling out a window, Cortex uses Tawna as a hostage, in order to get Crash to come back and fight Cortex. In then end, she is rescued by Crash and are standing on Cortex's blimp, and later after completing the game totally, are seen riding away on the bird that is found in Sliperry Climb.

Trivia

 * According to Naughty Dog, Tawna's design was based off celebrity Pamela Anderson, for her blonde hair and buxom physique.


 * 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 is because she was found to be innappropriate for young children, since it was a family game. Coco Bandicoot then became Tawna's replacement.


 * Tawna is seen in the Intro and ending part of Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped as a cameo appearance in a picture hung up in Crash's house on top of his fireplace and next to his Crash 2 items.


 * Tawna also has a cameo appearance in Crash Twinsanity, where she is seen on a poster for a place called Moulin Cortex.


 * A picture of Tawna can be seen inside Crash's house near inside the front door in Crash: Mind Over Mutant and Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, possibly suggesting they still have a relationship.


 * 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.


 * Tawna can be seen briefly in Crash Team Racing when the player defeats Nitros Oxide.


 * 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.


 * It is possible that Tawna is deceased like the evil twins. Mainly because she is only seen in pictures.
 * Marcus Savino, a Crash Bandicoot official, had reported the backstory of the happenings between Crash Bandicoot and Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. "After defeating Cortex, Crash returned home with Tawna by his side and proceeded to have an ideal bandicoot life together. But one heart-breaking morning, Crash woke up to find Tawna gone. There was a note left behind: 'Dearest Crash, you saved me bravely, but I have fallen in love with another. Pinstripe Potoroo made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Take care, Tawna'".