Pura

Pura is a tiger cub who was first introduced in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. In the Asian levels, Coco Bandicoot can ride him like Crash rides Polar in Crash Bandicoot 2. He helped Coco during her fight against N.Gin, making her craft more powerful as well.

Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Pura was first found in two various levels of Crash Bandicoot 3: 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.

Crash Team Racing
In Crash Team Racing, Pura is seen resting with Coco, when Nitros Oxide came to Earth. Pura's grey-purple coloured kart has one of the best turning abilities, and is classed as beginner in the difficulty mode.

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
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.

Crash Nitro Kart
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. In order to unlock him you have to get 50 turbo boosts in the adventure mode with Team Bandicoot.

Crash Boom Bang
Pura's made an appearance in Crash Boom Bang. In the game he is now an anthropomorphic animal, and wear jeans similar to Crash along with Polar.

Crash Nitro Kart 2
Pura made his latest appearance in Crash Nitro Kart 2, where he is a playable character.

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 has a voice box in Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2.
 * Pura's name may come from the word "pura", meaning temple in Indonesian.
 * Pura has been mistaken as a female due to his name. However, in the CTR instruction book, it says "his car", revealing that Pura is male.
 * Pura originally had green eyes. However, in Crash Boom Bang, his eyes were changed from green to blue.
 * Pura has a purple kart in European version of CTR and indigo in American version.