Sheriff Zapata

"Ha ha! Talk about a boom town! Your precious Jalapeno  is in that cell! Being evil really rocks!"

- Sheriff Zapata in Boom Town Sheriff Zapata is Uncle Jalapeño's nemesis whom Uncle Jalapeño sends Sackboy to defeat in the level Serpent Shrine. He is highly skilled with bombs, much like Uncle Jalapeño.

LittleBigPlanet
He first appears in Boom Town, imprisoning Uncle Jalapeño in a jail cell. After Sackboy breaks Uncle Jalapeño out, Zapata runs into the mines to try and escape them.

Later in Serpent Shrine, he throws bombs at Sackboy, but is thwarted when Sackboy blows him up instead.

Appearance
Sheriff Zapata is slightly dirty. He wears a black hat with a bullet hole, and has a big, black moustache. He wears a beige, patched-up suit with an orange tie. He also wears white socks and black shoes.

Name
Sheriff Zapata's name is a reference to Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. Zapata also sounds similar to the spanish word for shoe, zapato.

Trivia

 * Sheriff Zapata is the first boss in LittleBigPlanet, and the whole series.
 * He was originally named "Sereejinn".
 * The Mines is the only level in The Canyons in which he doesn't make an appearance.
 * Despite haven been blown up in the first game, Zapata can be seen in an audience of the LittleBigPlanet Karting level, King's Castle, hinting he may have survived.