Papu Papu

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Papu Papu
Papu Papu as he appears in Crash Team Racing
First Appearance	Crash Bandicoot
Species	Human
Latest Appearance	Crash Twinsanity
Portrayed by	Brendan O'Brien (English, 1996, 2000) Michael Gollom (English, 1999) Dwight Schultz (English, 2004) Yū Shimaka (Japanese, 1999)

“Papu much tired of watching puny slugs race so slow. Papu want in action, to lay boom down big and prove Papu is world's best driver. Papu move so fast, you munch tracks.”
—Papu Papu, Crash Team Racing

Papu Papu (or just Papu) is a tribesmen who appears on N. Sanity Island.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Naughty Dog era 1.1.1 Crash Bandicoot 1.2 Traveller's Tales era 1.2.1 Crash Twinsanity 1.3 Spin-offs 1.3.1 Crash Team Racing 1.3.2 Crash Bash 2 Characteristics 2.1 Personality 3 Trivia

[edit] History

[edit] Naughty Dog era

[edit] Crash Bandicoot

Papu Papu's first appearance was in Crash Bandicoot. He is infuriated when Crash awakens him from his slumber. Papu Papu attacks Crash and a battle ensues. Papu Papu uses his tribal staff to fight Crash; however, the marsupial outsmarts the strong native and defeats him by knocking him out by jumping on his head when his staff is down upon the ground.

[edit] Traveller's Tales era

[edit] Crash Twinsanity

This was his latest appearance. He captures Doctor Neo Cortex. After Crash frees him, Papu sends the rest of the tribe after him.

[edit] Spin-offs

[edit] Crash Team Racing

Papu reappears in Crash Team Racing as the second boss in the game. His home track is Papu's Pyramid. He throws both green and red beakers to try and slow his opponent down. Like Tiny and Dingodile, Papu was a speedy racer at the expense of bad turning and acceleration. He can be unlocked by completing the Green Gem Cup in adventure mode or by holding L1 + R1 buttons while pressing Left, Triangle, Right, Down, Right, Circle, Left, Left and Down on the main menu.

[edit] Crash Bash

In Crash Bash, he is the first boss of the game. His battle arena is similar to boards like Jungle Bash, etc. He is surrounded by a ring of fire for protection. He summons Crash clones to fight you. When you defeat them, Papu laughs, disabling the fire and leaving him vulnerable, so at this time you have to hit him with a block. When his HP is at its lowest, he is ultimately defeated when a block crushes him.

[edit] Characteristics

[edit] Personality

Papu is bilingual, able to speak two languages; English and his native language (possibly aborigine). In Crash Team Racing, Papu speaks in third-person and with lack of pronouns, much like Tiny Tiger; i.e. "Papu move so fast, you munch tracks". In Crash Twinsanity, however, he speaks his native language.

[edit] Trivia

• One of Papu's prides is perhaps his beer belly, perhaps his most known characteristics. In the epilogue of Crash Team Racing (after completing at least 100% of the game), he became a wrestler and changed his name as "Mr. Bad Belly". Unfortunately, his signature move, the Bad Belly Bounce, was eventually banned after several of its victims suffered severe rope friction burns.
• In CTR, Papu is the tallest playable character, even taller than Tiny. On the track, this honor belongs Oxide. However, Papu still beats Oxide's size on the podium.

• In Crash Twinsanity, Papu is the only villain of Crash that didn't attend Crash's "Birthday Party" (with the exception of the other Doctor characters Doctor Nitrus Brio, N. Gin, and N. Tropy). He shares this trait with the Komodo Brothers, who don't appear in the game at all.

• When you fight Papu Papu in Crash Bandicoot, you could see his butt crack.

• In the Japanese version of Crash Bandicoot, Papu had 5 hit points instead 3.

• Papu, along with Komodo Joe, Pinstripe Potoroo, Penta Penguin, and Ripper Roo do not return as racers in Crash Nitro Kart.

• Papu Papu is the first boss ever fought in a Crash Bandicoot game.
• He had many hat variations in each one of his apperances

Crash Bandicoot Protagonists Crash Bandicoot | Aku Aku | Tawna Levels First Island (N. Sanity Beach • Jungle Rollers • The Great Gate • Boulders • Upstream • Rolling Stones • Hog Wild • Native Fortress) | Second Island (Up the Creek • The Lost City • Temple Ruins • Road to Nowhere • Boulder Dash • Whole Hog • Sunset Vista) | Third Island (Heavy Machinery • Cortex Power • Generator Room • Toxic Waste • The High Road • Slippery Climb • Lights Out • Fumbling in the Dark • Jaws of Darkness • Castle Machinery • The Lab • The Great Hall) Items Crates (Basic Crate • Aku Aku Crate • Bounce Crate • Arrow Crate • ? Crate • ! Crate • TNT Crate • Crash Crate • Checkpoint Crate • Bonus Crate) | Wumpa Fruit | Gem | Key Enemies Crab | Turtle | Skunk | Venus Fly Trap | Monkey | Tribesman | Flying Fish | Bat | Lizard | Snake | Spider | Hog | Holo-Projector | Robot | Machine Gunner | Barrel Thrower | Bird | Evil Hand | Lab Assistant | Rat | Blob Bosses Papu Papu | Ripper Roo | Koala Kong | Pinstripe Potoroo | Doctor Nitrus Brio | Doctor Neo Cortex

Crash Bandicoot Racing Series Playable Characters
Crash Team Racing	Coco Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot | Dingodile | Doctor N. Gin | Doctor Nefarious Tropy | Doctor Neo Cortex | Fake Crash | Komodo Joe | Papu Papu | Penta Penguin | Pinstripe Potoroo | Polar | Pura | Ripper Roo | Tiny Tiger
Crash Nitro Kart	Coco Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot | Dingodile | Doctor N. Gin | Doctor Nefarious Tropy | Doctor Neo Cortex | Fake Crash | N. Trance | Nitros Oxide | Polar | Pura | Real Velo | Tiny Tiger | Zam | Zem
Crash Tag Team Racing	Coco Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot | Crunch Bandicoot | Doctor N. Gin | Doctor Neo Cortex | Ebenezer Von Clutch | Nina Cortex | Pasadena O'Possum

Human Characters
Cortex's mother | Doctor N. Gin | Doctor Nefarious Tropy | Doctor Neo Cortex | Doctor Nitrus Brio | Ebenezer Von Clutch | Madame Amberly | Nina Cortex | Papu Papu | Park Drone | Tribesman