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Encyclopedia > Pinstripe Potoroo
Pinstripe Potoroo

"Pinstripe" Production Painting
Game series Crash Bandicoot
First game Crash Bandicoot
Creator(s) Naughty Dog
Voice actor(s) (English) Brendan O'Brien
Voice actor(s) (Japanese) Takahiro Yoshino (CBB)

Pinstripe Potoroo (ピンストライプ Pinsutoraipu?) is a villain boss character in the Crash Bandicoot series of video games, originally made for the PlayStation. He was designed by Naughty Dog after an employee saw The Godfather on cable.[1] Image File history File links "Pinstripe"_Production_Painting_(Crash_Bandicoot). ... // Crash Bandicoot is a popular series of video games. ... Group Hug Hint Guide Artwork. ... Naughty Dog is an American video game company founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1986. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Brendan OBrien is a record producer who worked with many bands including Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Kings X, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Aerosmith, The Wallflowers, Matthew Sweet, Limp Bizkit, Lifehouse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Rage Against The Machine, The Black Crowes, Aimee Mann, Bruce Springsteen, The... Flag Ship from the video game Gorf In video games, a boss is a particularly challenging computer-controlled character that must be defeated at the end of a segment of a game, whether it be for a level, an episode, or the very end of the game itself (final boss). ... // Crash Bandicoot is a popular series of video games. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... Naughty Dog is an American video game company founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1986. ... This article is about the film based on the Mario Puzo novel. ...

Contents

Overview

Pinstripe Potoroo is a potoroo, created by Doctor Neo Cortex to protect his creator with his wits, his skills, and his fully-loaded Tommy gun. The marsupial family Potoridae includes the bettongs, potoroos and rat-kangaroos. ... Doctor Neo Cortex ) is a video game character, and the main antagonist of the Crash Bandicoot series. ... A bodyguard is a person or group of people who professionally protect someone (known as their principal) from personal assault, kidnapping, assassination, loss of confidential information, or other threats. ... A lance corporal of the East Surrey Regiment, British Army equipped with a Thompson M1928 submachine gun (drum magazine), 25 November 1940 The Thompson, also known as the Tommy Gun, was a family of American submachine guns that became infamous during the Prohibition era. ...


In the original Crash Bandicoot, he is the chief executive officer of Neo Cortex's Cortex Power toxic waste dump, and one of the later bosses in the game, sporting the aforementioned Tommy gun and dressed in a Mafia-style pinstripe suit. Group Hug Hint Guide Artwork. ... A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ... Toxic waste is a hazardous waste that is toxic (poisonous or hazardous) for a variety of reasons. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...


He returns as the penultimate boss on Crash Team Racing, this is his first appearance since the first Crash Bandicoot game and now seems to be associated with blimps as well as his tommy gun. He can be unlocked as a playable character by getting all the yellow tokens and winning the Yellow Gem Cup. Crash Team Racing , Crash Bandicoot Racing) is a racing game for the PlayStation, made by Naughty Dog. ...


Pinstripe then made another appearance in Crash Twinsanity, but only as a cameo at Crash's "birthday party". Crash Twinsanity , Crash Bandicoot 5: The Ambition of Crash and Cortex?!?) is the fifth platform game in the Crash Bandicoot series. ...


Tawna, Crash's girlfriend in the first Crash Bandicoot game, was written out of the series as having dumped Crash for Pinstripe. Tawna ) is a character in the Crash Bandicoot series. ...


It is stated at the end of the first game that Pinstripe moves to the big city and starts a city wide sanitation program. In Crash Team Racing he is said to have also become a used car salesman in New Jersey. No references to either of these epilogues have been shown in later Crash games as of yet. Crash Team Racing , Crash Bandicoot Racing) is a racing game for the PlayStation, made by Naughty Dog. ...


Pinstripe is a playable character in Crash Boom Bang!, along with Tawna. Crash Boom Bang! (Crash Bandicoot Festival in Japan) is the second party game (after Crash Bash) in the Crash Bandicoot series, set for release in the United States on October 10, 2006 for Nintendo DS. It is to be developed by Dimps. ...


Weapon

Pinstripe is never seen without a fully-loaded Tommy gun at hand (except while driving).


Theme tune

  • Pinstripe's theme in Crash Bandicoot largely consists of a xylophone and off-key piano music.

Xylophone in Bali 1937 The xylophone (from the Greek meaning wooden sound) is a musical instrument in the percussion family which probably originated in Indonesia (Nettl 1956, p. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ...

Voice actors

  • Pinstripe is voiced by Brendan O'Brien in all of his appearances, except in Crash Twinsanity, where he doesn't speak.
  • He is voiced by Takahiro Yoshino in Crash Boom Bang!.

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Crash Bandicoot characters, items, and places
Crash and His Pals Crash | Aku Aku | Tawna | Coco | Polar | Pura | Rex | Fake Crash | Penta | Crunch | Ernest | Pasadena | Von Clutch | Chick | Stew
Neutral/Anti-Heroes Brio | Papu Papu | Trophy Girls | Krunk | Nash | Norm | Geary | Park Drones | Viscount
Cortex and His Baddies Cortex | Ripper Roo | Kong | Pinstripe | N. Gin | Komodo Bros. | Tiny | Uka Uka | N. Tropy | Dingodile | Rilla Roo | Elementals | Mega-Mix | N. Trance | Nina | Rusty
Other Villains Oxide | Bearminator | Velo | Zam | Zem | Evil Twins | Tikimon | Amberly | Evil Crash | Willie
Enemies Tribesmen | Lab Assistants | Piranha Plants | Ants
Items Crystals | Gems | Wumpa Fruit | Relics | Gem Shards
Areas N. Sanity Island | Cortex Castle

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Pinstripe Potoroo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (338 words)
Pinstripe Potoroo is a potoroo, created by Doctor Neo Cortex to protect his creator with his wits, his skills, and his fully-loaded tommy gun.
Pinstripe's theme in Crash Bandicoot largely consists of a xylophone and off-key piano music.
Pinstripe is voiced by Brendan O'Brien in all of his appearances, except in Crash Twinsanity, where he doesn't speak.
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