Isabella

"Heh, yeah, it's my battle horse!"

- Isabella

Isabella is a character that appears in Crash Team Racing and its remake, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. She is a female bandicoot part of the Nitro Squad, responsible for handing out prizes to Crash and Coco in Crash Team Racing. She returns as a playable character in Nitro-Fueled, speaking with an Italian accent, suggesting she's from Italy. Isabella is named after Isabelle Tomatis, the product manager for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe at the time of CTR ' s release. In Nitro-Fueled, she is a member of the Nitro Squad and has an apparent love for speed.

Crash Team Racing
In Crash Team Racing, Isabella is one of the motorsports models seen in the game along with Ami, Liz, and Megumi, handing out trophies to the winners at the end of races. Isabella gives trophies to Crash and Coco. The epilogue of the game states that she landed a bit part in the season finale of "Bay Waters".

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Isabella was added to the game as a playable racer in the Nitro Tour Grand Prix. She is a Balanced class racer, similar to the racer she used to hand out prizes to (Crash).

Because of her playability, Isabella and the rest of the Nitro Squad no longer hand out trophies at the end of races.

Personality
Although little of her personality is explored, Isabella appears to be the most mellow of the Nitro Squad members. In spite of this, however, Isabella also appears to be the one who takes losing the worst, as she will physically throw a tantrum upon missing out on the top step of the victory podium.

It's suggested that she may have a much deeper apprectiation for the craft and machinery in the karts and is very protective of her own, especially during races.

Physical Appearance
Isabella has blond hair and tail and blue eyes. Her attire consists of a blue and white jumpsuit and black sneakers with white soles and laces. The letters "CTR" are printed sideways in blue on her right thigh. She is often seen carrying a blue umbrella with a white circle in the center.

In Nitro-Fueled, Isabella is redesigned to bear less resemblance to Tawna; her figure is more svelte, her hair is shorter and is now more styled on the right, she has a beauty mark on her left cheek, she now wears light blue eyeshadow and part of her tail is now orange like her fur. As for her outfit, her jumpsuit is now a lighter blue and her sneakers are now navy blue.

Nitro Squad
In Nitro-Fueled, Isabella joins a racing team known as the Nitro Squad along with Ami, Liz, and Megumi, with Tawna Bandicoot also being close to them. They were all introduced as playable together in the Nitro Tour Grand Prix, and are often seen racing together in promotional images, implying friendship and camaraderie amongst the group.

Appearances

 * Crash Team Racing
 * Crash Bandicoot Carnival (Referenced)
 * Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

Gallery
See: Isabella/Gallery

Trivia

 * In the Japanese version of Crash Team Racing, she has brown eyes to avoid confusion, as she bears a resemblance to Tawna. Despite this, she still has blue eyes on her Japanese artwork.
 * In the Italian version of the game, she has a Spanish accent instead. This makes her the only member of the Nitro Squad to speak with an accent in said adaptation.