Pura

Pura is a ridable character in the Crash Bandicoot series. In Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, she is introduced. In Chinese levels, Coco Bandicoot can ride her like Crash rides Polar in Crash Bandicoot 2. She helps coco in her fight against N.gin making her craft more powerful. She is a cuddly, cute and tiny tiger cub. She is best friend with Coco, and enjoys basking in the warm China heat.

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

Catnapped!
Pura would later be a racer again, in Crash Nitro Kart. But, N. Trance kidnapped her and brainwashed her in this game, 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, she wore clothes similar to Crash and can walk on two legs.

Trivia

 * Pura was originally intended to be a panda bear in Crash 3, but she was too similar to Polar who is a polar bear, so Pura finally became a tiger.
 * Pura made a small cameo in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. She is seen building a sandcastle while Aku-Aku was resting.
 * 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 Coco's power up in Crash 3.
 * Pura appears in Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2.
 * Pura's name might be a pun on the word "purr", as she purrs when Coco hugs her. There is no other likely origin for her name that can be thought of by fans.
 * 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. If this is true, it could explain how Coco and Pura originally met, as surely Coco has required customer service for her famous laptop at some point.
 * Pura has yet to appear in a Crash game since the character redesign. Most fans assume that if she does, she will be redesigned as a tasmanian tiger to counterbalance the changes made to Tiny.

Other Links

 * Pura at Crash Mania →