! Crate

! Crates, when struck, typically turn outline crates into other types of crates. Often, they form new iron crates, creating a bridge that allows the player to cross gaps, and/or regular crates containing Wumpa Fruit. Occasionally, they have other purposes, such as in The Lab, where they activate doors and platforms. In all games except Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, ! crates don't count toward the box count as they are indestructible.
There are many variants of the ! crate. In many games, there is a green variant- the nitro switch crate, used to detonate all Nitro Crate in a level. In Crash Nitro Kart and the Nitro-Fueled remake of Crash Team Racing there is a wooden variant which activates traps after being broken. In Crash Bash, there is a purple variant found in many Pogo Pandemonium mini-games that turn a player's squares into points. This variation also appears in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled as an alternate skin for the Iron Checkpoint Crate (albeit resembling a Basic Crate in that it appears to have a wooden texture). ! crates are also blue in the mobile version of Crash Twinsanity. The Nintendo DS version of Crash: Mind Over Mutant features a half-red, half-blue variant that spawns giant magnetic blocks.
==Other Names==
*Switch Box - Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
*Activation Crate - Crash Nitro Kart
*Switch Crate - Crash Twinsanity
==Descriptions==
===Crash Bandicoot===
*Manual
"Similar to the above entry, but these boxes may cause something in the background to change."
===Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back===
*Manual
"These boxes may cause something to change somewhere on the level."
===Crash Bandicoot: Warped===
*Manual
"Smack this box and something in the level changes."
===Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex===
*Manual
"Hit these to turn on those silly Outline Boxes."
*Bradygames strategy guide
"These turn on the Outline Boxes."
===Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure and Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced===
*Manual
"Hit these to fill in the Outline Boxes."
*N-Tranced - Prima strategy guide
"Smack the switch to fill in the Outline Boxes."
===Crash Twinsanity===
*Manual
"When landed on or spun, activates any outline crates linked to it."
*Prima strategy guide
"Jump on (or Spin-Attack) an iron switch crate to fill in outline crates. But what are outline crates? See the following."
==Appearances==
*Crash Bandicoot
*Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
*Crash Bandicoot: Warped
*Crash Bash
*Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
*Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
*Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
*Crash Nitro Kart
*Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (as a card)
*Crash Twinsanity
*Crash Twinsanity (mobile)
*Crash: Mind Over Mutant (Nintendo DS)
*Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
*Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
*Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!
==Gallery==
Exclamation crate.png|A ! crate from the Naughty Dog games.
Warped ! steel crate render.jpg|Promotional render of a ! Crate for Warped.
Crash Bandicoot Purple Ripto's Rampage Iron ! Crate.png|! crate sprite from Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Iron ! Crate.png|A ! crate from the Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy.
Iron ! Crate Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.png|A ! crate from the N. Sane Trilogy.
crash 2 japanese exclamation crate.png
Japanese Crash 1 Activation Crate.png
COTR-Activator-Crate.png|An wooden ! Crate from Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!.
OTR team badge crate.png|The crate team badge from On the Run!.
==Names in Other Languages==
es:Caja Reforzada
fi:!-laatikko
it:Cassa !
ja:！箱
pt:Caixa !
ru:Ящик-переключатель
Category:Items
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Category:Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Category:Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Category:Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!