Pura

Pura is a Tiger in the Crash Bandicoot series. In Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, he is introduced. In Chinese levels, Coco Bandicoot can ride him like Crash rides Polar in Crash Bandicoot 2. He helps Coco in her fight against N.Gin making her craft more powerful. He is a cuddly, cute and tiny tiger cub. He is best friends with Coco and her animal guardian. He also enjoys basking in the warm China heat.

China
Pura is first found in two levels of warped. Coco rides him through levels back when the great wall of china was being built. He then helps in the battle against N.Gin on the moon, backing up Coco and making Coco's ship more powerful. He can also be seen in the ending inside Crash's house with Coco.

On Your Marks...
In Crash Team Racing, Pura is seen resting with Coco, when Nitros Oxide came to Earth. Pura's violet kart has one of the best turning abilities.

Cameos
Pura made a small cameo in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. He is seen building a sandcastle while Aku-Aku was resting. Later, he is seen at the bandicoot's house in the end.

Catnapped!
Pura would later be a racer, in Crash Nitro Kart. But, N. Trance kidnapped and brainwashed him along with Polar and Dingodile. Pura can be unlocked as a playable character.

It's No Cat Nap!
Pura's latest appearance was in Crash Boom Bang. Here, he wore clothes similar to Crash and can walk on two legs.

Star Your Engines!
In Crash Nitro Kart 2, he is a playable character.

Pura's current state is unknown. He wasn't seen in any of the Wumpa island games making it likely that Coco left him on N. Sanity Island, along with Polar. It is also supected he went back to the time when China was being built.



Trivia

 * Pura was originally intended to be a panda bear in Crash 3, but he was too similar to Polar who is a polar bear, so Pura instead became a tiger.
 * In CTR, if the player selects an unlockable character in arcade mode, Pura gets taken out of the race (whilst all other characters race).
 * Pura appears in Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2 with a voice.
 * Some fans have thought that it could also derive from "Puranpur", a town/municipal board in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. Or Pura may also come from the word "pura", meaning temple in Indonesian.
 * Some people think that Pura is female. However, in the CTR instruction book, it says "his car", revealing that Pura is male
 * Pura orignally had green eyes. However, in Crash Boom Bang!, his eyes were changed from green to blue.
 * In the ending of Crash Team Racing, Pura joined the tigers of the Las Vegas show, Ziegfried and Floyd (a parody of Siegfried and Roy). However, his career ended in disaster when he closed his mouth a bit early. It stated that Floyd will be missed, indicating that Pura accidentally attacked Floyd. Ironically, t he real Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy was bitten on the neck by a seven-year-old male tiger during a performance. Roy survived, being critically injured and having severe blood loss, but the attack caused the show to close down. This incident happened in 2003, 4 years after the released of Crash Team Racing. Puracbnk2.png

Other Links

 * Pura at Crash Mania →