Pinstripe Potoroo

Don Pinstripelli Potorotti (commonly shortened to just Pinstripe Potoroo) is a potoroo subjected to the Evolvo-Ray to be Doctor Neo Cortex's bodyguard. He is well known for wielding a Tommy Gun and laughing like mad. He made his first appearance in the first Crash Bandicoot game. In all his speaking appearances he is voiced by Brendan O'Brien.

Crash Bandicoot
Pinstripe is a high profile character being he is the head of Cortex's power plant. He is the 4th boss of Crash Bandicoot. He is very loyal to Cortex and is not only the CEO of "Cortex Power", but also Cortex's bodyguard. Pinstripe is very defensive and is always armed with his fully loaded sub machine gun, which he randomly fires around his office when he confronts Crash. When Crash defeats him, Pinstripe accidentally shoots the power generator behind the glass wall and the majority of Cortex Castle's power is destroyed.

Crash Team Racing
He returns as the fourth boss to race against in Adventure Mode. He is also a playable character if the player uses a cheat or completes the Yellow Gem Cup in Adventure Mode to unlock him. He drives a black kart which has high acceleration just like N. Gin and Coco.

His home track is Hot Air Skyway.

Stats

Speed: 4/5

Acceleration: 5/5

Turning: 2/5

Crash Twinsanity
Pinstripe made a brief cameo appearance in this game at Crash's "birthday party" Dr. Cortex organized. He nods his head at the camera while wielding his gun. He also appears in a storyboard gem.

Crash Boom Bang
Pinstripe returns in Crash Boom Bang as a playable character.

Personality
Pinstripe is a parody of Mafia gangsters seen in films such as Scarface, and talks with a strong Brooklyn accent. Pinstripe's gangster accent can be heard in all of his in-game quotes such as "Say good night!", "Watch your back!" or "Have some of this!". Pinstripe's main weapon is a Thompson SMG, which he uses against Crash in the first game, and is seen wielding it in future appearances.

Pinstripe also jokes about doing things for money (as most real-life Mafia do), as heard in CTR; "I'm the speed champion here, and I'm gonna save the world... for a sizeable fee, of course!" He seems very grumpy when he loses, probably because he was very close to challenging Oxide.

Appearance
Pinstripe's size appears to be that of the average human male. He possesses large ears which are pink inside and dark brown fur, and he always wears a pinkish-red suit and tie. However, in Crash Twinsanity, he instead dons a black pinstriped suit as seen in a poster in his first appearance. He is almost always holding his Tommy Gun, even when he is merely reciting his pre-race speech in CTR, however whenever he is on the winners podium, he can be seen shooting into the sky when he wins or if he loses, he can be seen shaking his gun which makes a rattling sound.

Trivia

 * In the Crash games made by Naughty Dog, Pinstripe had the third most hit points for a boss, six, beaten by N. Brio (second place), who had nine, and N. Gin, who had five and seven, equaling twelve, between his two machine forms in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped.


 * In biology, Pinstripe and Crash are close cousins as the potoroo and eastern barred bandicoot are not only Australian mammals, but also marsupials.


 * Pinstripe is the fourth boss in both Crash 1 and CTR.


 * Ironically, in Crash 1, when the player completes Generator Room, the door at the end says 'Stay Safe' with a picture of Pinstripe's face on it.


 * In CTR, after defeating Pinstripe, the reward for the fourth Boss Key will teleport the player back to Oxide's side of the map (along with Pinstripe's speech after he's defeated "So, youse beat me fair and square. I doubt you'll be dis lucky with Oxide. Here's a key for your troubles. Oh, brutha!").


 * His first name is a reference to 'pinstripe suits' which are for the most part the standard gangster but more fittingly Mafia attire.


 * Although it is established that Pinstripe is modelled after Mafia members, he could be more related to a specific one. Tony Montana, (the protagonist of Scarface and famous historical figure) could have been the person that inspired the Naughty Dog staff to create him. Or, it could have been sparked from watching many mobster movies and shows, such as Hawaii Five-O and The Untouchables.


 * He is 1 of the 4 characters in the series to use guns. The 2nd being Machine Gunners and the 3rd being lab assistants in Crash 2, and the rats with two shot guns in the level Cortex Power.


 * His full name is Don Pinstripelli Potorotti.


 * In some early NTSC copies of CTR Pinstripe's icon looked different. His head was smaller and his icon looked old. He shares this trait with Papu Papu.


 * If the player is using the 'language glitch' in CTR, his head swaps with Komodo Joe's, whereas his body swaps with Papu Papu's.


 * While playing the Purple Gem Cup in CTR, he is seen in last place all the time and is the slowest character there. It's even possible to overlap Pinstripe and even possible for the AI to overlap him as well due to bad start position.


 * He's the only CTR boss whose kart is a dark color. The other 4 have light colored karts.


 * Pinstripe is 1 of 4 characters to have a non-Californian accent, the other 3 being Doctor Nefarious Tropy, Ebenezer Von Clutch, and Dingodile. Pinstripe's accent, in particular, is very similar to New Yorker.


 * Since Pinstripe is Cortex's bodyguard, it's unknown why he makes so little appearances.


 * He seems to crave violence, given how he laughs a lot when shooting at Crash.
 * Pinstripe is Tawna Bandicoot's boyfriend (to Crash' dismay).
 * Pinstripe was going to be featured in a group, and have himself as the leader in that group.
 * According to Naughty Dog's old 1996 website, it is stated that Pinstripe became Tawna Bandicoot's boyfriend (probably used as an excuse for not having Tawna in Crash 2)