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| {{Character infobox
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| |image = <tabber>CB1=[[File:Crash Bandicoot game Tawna.png]]|-|Boom Bang!=[[File:Crash Boom Bang Tawna.png|140px]]|-|NST / CTRNF=[[File:Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Tawna Render.png|120px]]</tabber>
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| |first_appearance = ''[[Crash Bandicoot (video game)|Crash Bandicoot]]'' (1996)
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| |latest_appearance = ''[[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]'' (cameo) (2020)
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| |species = Bandicoot
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| |latest_portrayal = Misty Lee (2019)
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| '''Tawna Bandicoot'''<ref>''Crash Bandicoot'' Japanese manual, p. 11</ref><ref name=crash2japanmanual>''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back'' Japanese manual, p. 17</ref> is a womanly bandicoot that appears in the first ''[[Crash Bandicoot (video game)|Crash Bandicoot]]'' game as [[Crash Bandicoot]]'s girlfriend. She became absent in following entries in the series, albeit with cameos, with [[Coco Bandicoot]] serving as the female supporting character of the series in her stead. She eventually reappeared in ''[[Crash Boom Bang!]]'' as a playable character, and would later appear in ''[[Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled]]'' in the same role.
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| Although the original counterpart doesn't physically appear, an [[Tawna (Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time)|alternate universe counterpart]] of Tawna appears as a playable character in ''[[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]''.
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| ==Overview==
| | * [[User:Superstarxalien/Sandbox 1]] |
| ===Games===
| | * [[User:Superstarxalien/Sandbox 2]] |
| ====''Crash Bandicoot''====
| | * [[User:Superstarxalien/Discord dump]] |
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| Tawna first appears in the original ''[[Crash Bandicoot (video game)|Crash Bandicoot]]'' game as an ordinary bandicoot that was captured by [[Dr. Neo Cortex]] and [[Dr. N. Brio]] and mutated by N. Brio's [[Evolv-O-Ray]], and one of the only mutant animals not yet brainwashed by the [[Cortex Vortex]] along with her boyfriend [[Crash Bandicoot]]. After Crash is placed into and rejected by the Cortex Vortex, Crash escapes Cortex's laboratory which causes Cortex to select Tawna as his replacement for the general of his army of mutants. Crash eventually defeats Cortex and reunites with Tawna on top of his blimp as they fly into the sunset.
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| Alternatively, once the player has collected every [[gem]], the player can access [[The Great Hall]], wherein Tawna awaits Crash on the balcony of [[Castle Cortex]], after which the two of them fly away on a large bird.
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| Tawna also appears throughout the game at the end of bonus levels accessed by collecting tokens resembling her face. However, she cannot be interacted with. In ''[[Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy]]'''s remake of the original game, she cheers when Crash reaches her in these levels, only to be dragged away by Cortex.
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| ====''Crash Boom Bang!''====
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| Tawna appears as an unlockable playable character in ''[[Crash Boom Bang!]]'', which marks her first major appearance in a game 10 years after the original ''Crash Bandicoot'', and her first voiced appearance in a game, where she is portrayed by Akiko Toda. Much like the other playable characters in the game, she participates in [[Viscount]]'s World Cannonball Race in order to win $100,000,000.
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| Her in-game description suggests she is romantically interested in [[Pinstripe Potoroo]], who is also a playable character in the game.<ref name=profiles>[[Tawna Bandicoot#Profiles|''Tawna Bandicoot § Profiles''.]]</ref> This is in reference to the story included in the manual for the Japanese version of ''[[Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]]'', and is the first direct reference to this in the games.
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| ====''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled''====
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| {{Bandipedia|section=yes}}
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| Tawna makes an appearance in ''[[Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled]]'' as a Bronze Tier reward in the game's first [[Grand Prix]], [[Nitro Tour Grand Prix|Nitro Tour]] which launched on July 3, 2019. Her default Driving Style is Acceleration. She appears alongside [[Ami]], [[Isabella]], [[Liz]], and [[Megumi]] to form the [[Nitro Squad]]. <!--- NOTE: missing from this section are the parts that list the availability of both the character unlock itself as well as her skins, each of her skins needs to be mentioned in this article (...maybe?) --->
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| ====''Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time''====
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| While the regular Tawna isn't present in the game, an [[Tawna (Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time)|alternate universe counterpart]] of her shows up to rescue Crash and [[Coco Bandicoot]] from pirates in the [[Hook, Line, and Sinker]] level. After being rescued, Coco mentions how she and Crash had lost contact with Tawna.
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| A cushion sporting Tawna's mugshot can also been seen at the end of the game's very first Bonus level, atop a sofa where she presumably would have waited for Crash as she did in her bonus levels from the first ''Crash Bandicoot''.
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| ====Other appearances====
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| A picture of Tawna appears on the fireplace of Crash's house in ''[[Crash Bandicoot: Warped]]'', and later ''[[Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex]]''. Crash's ending in the Japanese version of ''[[Crash Bash]]'' has Crash mistake a hologram Coco created, modeled after an imaginary future version of herself, to be Tawna. Tawna also appears on the sign of Moulin Cortex, a burlesque club, in ''[[Crash Twinsanity]]'''s [[Slip Slip Icecapades]] level.
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| Although she doesn't appear in the original ''[[Crash Team Racing]]'', internal game data suggests that Ami, Isabella, Liz, and Megumi were all based on her.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Crash_Team_Racing#Trophy_Girl_Internal_Names ''Crash Team Racing'' article on ''The Cutting Room Floor''].</ref>
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| ===Other media===
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| ====''Crash Bandicoot'' (manga)====
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| Tawna is present in the two chapters of Yamashita Takahiro's [[Crash Bandicoot (manga)|manga adaptation of the first ''Crash Bandicoot'']], which largely follows the events of the original game. When describing what happened to an amnesiac Crash that washed ashore on [[N. Sanity Island]], Aku Aku refers to Tawna as Crash's friend, instead of his girlfriend.<ref>Yamashita Takahiro's ''Crash Bandicoot''. Chapter 1. '''Aku Aku:''' 「よいか! やツのとろには おまるの が1ルフレンドの タウナが っかまっておる のじやぞ!!」 (''"You managed to escape from Cortex's castle, but your friend Tawna is still a prisoner!"''). Translation by danyq94 and Boogaboom.</ref>, though Crash later refers to her as his beloved.<ref>Yamashita Takahiro's ''Crash Bandicoot''. Chapter 1. '''Crash Bandicoot:''' 「そこだ! そこに いとしの タウナが……。」 (''"It's there! My beloved Tawna is there..."''). Translation by danyq94 and Boogaboom.</ref>
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| ====Japanese ''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back'' manual====
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| While Tawna is completely absent from ''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back'', the instruction booklet for the Japanese version of the game provides additional details as to what transpired after the first game; namely, Tawna leaves Crash and the [[Wumpa Islands]], referred to as Tasmania in the manual, for Chigago, USA in order to be with Pinstripe Potoroo.<ref name=profiles/><ref>''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back'' Japanese manual. p. 3. 「恋人のタウナは、ピンストライプと仲良くなって都会へ行ってしまったのです。ガックリしたクラッシュは「モテモテ トレーニング」を始めたのですが……大丈夫でしょうか？」 (''"Crash's girlfriend, Tawna, has travelled to the city after befriending Pinstripe. Gutted, Crash begins his "Attractive Training"... is he alright?"''). Translation by [https://crashbandicoot.fandom.com/wiki/User:thaswordster thaswordster].</ref> The events described serve as the backstory for the manga ''[[Crash Bandicoot: Dance! Then Jump! Na Daibouken]]'', released around the same time. These tidbits would later be mentioned in BradyGames' ''Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Official Strategy Guide'', which would be their first appearance in media released outside of Japan, and in ''Crash Boom Bang!'', the first and only reference of them in a Crash Bandicoot game.
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| ====''Crash Bandicoot: Dance! Then Jump! Na Daibouken''====
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| Tawna appears in two chapters of ''[[Crash Bandicoot: Dance! Then Jump! Na Daibouken]]'', a manga adaptation of ''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back'' by Ari Kawashima. Tawna is first mentioned in the first chapter of the first volume as an adaptation of the story present in the manual for the Japanese version of ''Crash Bandicoot 2'', where she suddenly leaves Crash to be with Pinstripe, leaving a parting letter to Crash, which causes Crash to engage in activities to make himself seem more attractive to women throughout the manga. She is later mentioned in the seventh chapter of the second volume as Crash dreams about becoming heroic enough for Tawna to come back to him, kissing [[Aku Aku]] in his sleep in the process.
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| ====''Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Official Strategy Guide''====
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| BradyGames' strategy guide for ''Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex'' features a section called "The Complete and Authorized History of Crash Bandicoot", which summarizes the events of the first ''Crash Bandicoot'', ''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back'', ''Crash Bandicoot: Warped'', and ''The Wrath of Cortex'' itself. While the events are largely the same as those that occur in the games themselves, the summary mentions Tawna as attempting an escape from Castle Cortex with Crash during the events of the first game, only to be found out by Cortex. Tawna's story about leaving Crash for Pinstripe prior to the events of the second game, which had previously only ever been referenced in Japanese media, is also included in the summary, with Tawna leaving a note to Crash before leaving.<ref>''Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Official Strategy Guide''. p. 137. "Dearest Crash, you saved me bravely, but I have fallen in love with another. Pinstripe Potoroo made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Take care, Tawna".</ref>
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| ==General information==
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| ===Appearance===
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| <!-- cover her design in crash 1, the japanese crash 1 art (separate from the mangas), boom bang, and nst -->
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| ===Personality===
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| <!-- personal notes:
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| tawna does jackshit in og crash 1, though she does actually combat someone in the remake so figure that out
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| tawna is, like, vain in crash boom bang, all of her animations are her posing and applying lipstick and the game calls her a "blonde bombshell" (aka sexy)
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| tawna is about as serious as any regular real life person normally is in in nitro-fueled, no exaggerations whatsoever, like she's flat out not a cartoon character at that point
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| that's about it the mangas are not important here of course
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| ===Creation and early development===
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| <!--so, talk about the pitch bibles (the two of them) here
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| mention her name being karmen, being named and designed a wombat like crash was
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| mention the stuff about her being "pamela anderson but with a brain" (as per naughty dog's website circa jak 1), which more or less amounts to her being the only character that isn't a wacky caricature in the project wombat document, and also reasoning with n. brio who used to be a more tragic/sympathetic character at that point instead of flat out evil
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| idk where exactly this goes but it's, of course, important to mention the events that led her to stop appearing in games since crash 2 (and thus the creation of coco)
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| ===Relationship with Crash Bandicoot===
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| ==Profiles==
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| ===''Crash Bandicoot''===
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| "Love of Crash's life, this unfortunate she-bandicoot is next on the list for experimentation by the nasty Doctors. What's a bandicootess to do (other than pout convincingly) to let her hero know he'd better hurry if he wants somebody to come home to."
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| ===''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back''===
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| *Japanese manual
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| お兄ちゃんの元恋人。せつかく助けてあげたのに、お兄ちゃんのおバカなところに愛想がつきてタスマニアから出ていってしまったの。ウワサでは、囚われている間に仲良くなったピンストライプという男を追っかけて、アメリカのシカゴに行ったらしいわ。<ref name="crash2japanmanual"/> (''Crash's ex-girlfriend. Even though he saved her, she grew tired of his silliness and left Tasmania. Rumor has it that she travelled to Chicago, USA, in pursuit of a man named Pinstripe, whom she befriended during her time as a prisoner.''<ref name=crash2japanmanualtranslation group=note>Translation by [https://crashbandicoot.fandom.com/wiki/User:thaswordster thaswordster].</ref>)
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| ===''Crash Boom Bang!''===
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| *In-game
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| "Tawna, the blonde bombshell, is crazy about Pinstripe."
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| ==Notes==
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| While Tawna was designed to be Crash's love interest in her first appearance, following games have altered or not made reference to this aspect of her character; as a way to explain her disappearance in ''[[Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]]'', the Japanese manual of the game states that she broke up with Crash, being romantically interested in [[Pinstripe Potoroo]] afterwards. This is later referenced in ''Crash Boom Bang!'', wherein her character profile states she is "crazy about Pinstripe." Other games in the series don't reference Crash or Tawna's relationships.
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