Crash Bandicoot

Crash Bandicoot is the titular main protagonist of the Crash Bandicoot series.
== Charactah Account ==
A genetically advanced Eastern Barred Bandicoot and inhabitant of the Wumpa Islands. Once an ordinary bandicoot, he was snatched from the wild by Doctor Neo Cortex and subjected to the Evolvo-Ray as part of Cortex's plan to make Crash the general of his "Cortex Commandos", which would be used to dominate the world. However, when Cortex's mind-controlling Cortex Vortex failed to work on Crash, he was (literally) kicked out of Cortex's castle. As an act of revenge and to rescue a female bandicoot named Tawna, Crash traveled through the Wumpa Islands, defeating Cortex's henchmen along the way. He eventually stole Cortex's airship, defeated Doctor Cortex, and escaped alongside Tawna.
Nowadays, he attempts to live a quiet life on the Wumpa Islands. However, his relaxation tends to be interrupted by another world domination plot by Doctor Neo Cortex, forcing Crash to once again defeat him in order to put his life back in order.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Skylanders Academy
* Skylanders Academy Season 3
=== Comics ===
* Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Digital Comic
=== Manga ===
* Crash Bandicoot
* Crash Bandicoot: Dance! Then Jump! It's a Great Adventure
* Crash Bandicoot: Spin World
=== Video Games ===
* Crash & Spyro Launch!
* Crash and Spyro
* Crash Anywhere
* Crash Ball
* Crash Bandicoot
* Crash Bandicoot & Spyro Adventure World
* Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
* Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
* Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
* Crash Bandicoot 99x
* Crash Bandicoot Blast
* Crash Bandicoot Desktop Character
* Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
* Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
* Crash Bandicoot Party Games
* Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
* Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy
* Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!
* Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
* Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
* Crash Bandicoot: Warped
* Crash Bash
* Crash Boom Bang!
* Crash Invaders
* Crash Nitro Kart
* Crash Nitro Kart 2
* Crash Nitro Mini Golf
* Crash of the Titans
* Crash Racing
* Crash Tag Team Racing
* Crash Tag Team Racing: Drive-By
* Crash Team Racing
* Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
* Crash Team Rumble
* Crash Twinsanity
* Crash Twinsanity 3D
* Crash Village
* Crash: Mind Over Mutant
* Crashmoji
* CrashOut
* Interactive Pachislot Crash Bandicoot
* Skylanders: Imaginators
* Spyro and Crash
== Trivia ==
* In a YouTube video posted in July 2018, animator Butch Hartman revealed he created his own designs for Crash's prototype, Willy, during his time at Hanna-Barbera.
* At the time of its initial release, the character was considered the "unofficial mascot" of Sony, rivaling Nintendo's Mario and Sega's Sonic.
** According to Crash's character profile in Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! is described that he loves wumpa, yo-yos, pancakes and running and he hates Doctor Neo Cortex, TNT crates, Nitro crates and falls.
* As revealed by Cortex in the flashback tapes in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time:
** His real name is "Crashworth Cortex the First" and "Crash" is a nickname.
** The shorts he wears belonged to Cortex and were handed down to him.
** His birthday, as chosen by Cortex, is July 19th.
* In Japanese versions of many games, Crash is able to speak, though he still doesn't speak very often and only does so in short and simple phrases.
** Crash can speak full, fluent sentences in all three official manga adaptations; Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot: Dansu! De Jump! Na Daibouken and Crash Bandicoot: Kattobi! Spin World . This happens again in his appearances in the Skylanders Academy episodes "The Skylands Are Falling!", "Crash Landing", "Days of Future Crash", and "Raiders of the Lost Arkus, Part 2" and also in the 100% ending of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time.
* According to The Crash Bandicoot Files, released by Dark Horse Comics, Crash would've constantly impersonated other famous pop-cultural icons, similar to his portrayal in the commercial.
* Crash, Aku Aku and Cortex are the only characters to appear in every single Crash game. However, Crash is the only one of the three to make a full appearance and be a playable character in every game. Aku Aku has a cameo appearance in Crash Tag Team Racing, and Doctor Neo Cortex appears as a multiplayer character in Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced.
* Crash and Cortex are the only two characters that are playable in all of the racing games.
* In Cortex Strikes Back and Warped, Crash's burn death animation is re-used from Crash Bandicoot.
* In real life, eastern barred bandicoots have stripes on their back, hence their name.
* Crash's design is different in Japan, having had his teeth made smaller and his eyes bigger (with Pac-Man eyes) to appeal better to the Japanese market. This design is included as a secret costume in Crash Tag Team Racing, as well as being featured in Crash Boom Bang, a Japanese developed title.
* In the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2011, Crash was voted as the eleventh best video game character.
* In one of Crash's early designs, he was going to have a tail which was cut due to the limitations of the PlayStation. In real life, bandicoots have long hairless tails.
* One of Crash's concept designs had him wear a black mask, making him resemble Zorro.
* Crash has been confirmed to be one of the most popular western video game protagonists in Japan.
* During 2007, Crash had been crowned as a symbolic mascot for the School and Youth Programs, as a part of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
* Although not being an official character in the game, according to statics, Crash, along with Cortex had been the most requested IP's in the All-Stars Battle Royale franchise by Sony.
* Crash was purposely designed with no neck to make his design simpler and take fewer polygons to render. He is the only Bandicoot in the series (not counting his "Fake" or "Evil" duplicates) to be designed in such a way, with other bandicoot characters such as Coco, Crunch and Tawna having far more human-shaped anatomy.
* In Chinese localizations, Crash is no longer a bandicoot; in the Traditional Chinese localization of On the Run! he is called a thylacine, while in the Simplified Chinese version he is called a wolf. This change affects all bandicoot characters in the game. The reason for this change is unknown, and does not occur in any other localization.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Crash Bandicoot at Bandipedia
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