Crash Bandicoot

Crash's personality is difficult to define. Throughout his career, he has always shown himself to be helpful and very attentive to others. But, in general, he has a rather eccentric and cartoonish personality; simply put, he's a whirlwind. However, despite this, Crash is usually kind, altruistic, humble, and calm. He isn't known for his anger; even toward his greatest enemies, he rarely holds a grudge or harbors much resentment. Threatening his little sister seems to be one of the few ways to trigger his aggression. However, one must be careful with his appetite, as he is very protective of his Wumpa Fruit, his favorite food.

Crash is a very emotional character who laughs and cries easily. Although he has a reckless and danger-loving nature and enjoys fighting, he prefers relaxing in the sun and rarely goes looking for trouble. Crash is prone to uncouth personal habits, such as burping or scratching his rear end. Crash is also easily distracted. He is also quite oblivious to his surroundings, but this could be due to his muteness.

Crash's intelligence level was questionable, as he is mute and Aku Aku even commented that brain damage "wasn't a great danger to Crash," and he was often described as stupid or clumsy. However, this may have been a joke, especially since he is shown to be intelligent enough to evade Cortex's attempts to get rid of him in Twinsanity and has been able to outwit several bosses much more powerful than himself in the past, such as Tiny and N. Tropy, or drive various vehicles, such as jeeps, motorcycles, cars, and planes, and manipulate some machines, robots, and titans.

The things he does that seem silly could be better attributed to his obviously impulsive nature. His muteness never seems to cause him any problems, since Aku Aku and Coco can understand him anyway. His sense of right and wrong is also intact, as he helps those in need.

Crash is an anthropomorphic Eastern bandicoot with orange fur, green eyes, and red hair on his head in most of his appearances, styled in a mohawk. Crash's proportions are simple and cartoonish, with a large head directly connected to his body without a defined neck. He has a black nose, bushy eyebrows, an orange-yellow belly, and a peach-colored snout.

Crash usually wears fingerless gloves, blue jeans/shorts, and red high-top sneakers with white soles featuring animal prints and laces. He also wears pink underwear with red hearts or white underwear with red hearts. He's known for donning other outfits when necessary, such as scuba gear, a motorcycle jacket, and many others.

Crash's most common ability is his tornado spin, in which he spins rapidly to strike a nearby opponent. The power of this attack varies, to the point where he can spin continuously or even float in the air while using it, though these enhancements usually appear as power-ups. He can also spin objects, living or inanimate, to increase his hitting radius. He can jump over opponents, as well as slide and body slam.

In the games that begin with Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Crash is shown to be able to drive a variety of vehicles, such as a motorcycle, a jet submarine, a jeep, and a biplane.

In Crash Bandicoot, Crash can only jump and spin. In Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash gains the ability to slide, crawl, burrow, and body slam. In Crash Bandicoot: Warped, his burrowing ability is removed, although the game introduces five superpowers, which are obtained by defeating a boss battle.

Coco Bandicoot:

Coco shares many traits with his older brother Crash. Physically, they are usually depicted as being the same height. In most appearances where both are playable, they have similar or identical abilities (spinning, sliding, etc.). Besides adventuring together, they both love to relax and laze around.

Aku Aku:

Aku Aku calls Crash and Coco his children, protects them, and guides them on their adventures, so he could be considered a father figure to them. Although Dr. Cortex begins to see Crash as his son in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, he never does so with Coco.

Tawna Bandicoot:

In Crash 4, Crash and Coco meet a Tawna from an alternate universe, who rejects their request to join them and leaves. Coco seems upset by this, and Crash comforts her. Tawna accepts their friendship after they defeat both Dr. N. Tropys, and at the end of the story, they play a video game together.

Spyro:

Spyro appears in Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy, two crossover games between the Crash and Spyro series. Crash and Spyro fight when they first meet because Ripto's henchmen have been altered to resemble Spyro and Crash in their respective worlds. However, after this fight, they realize they have been tricked by their arch-enemies and join forces to thwart Cortex and Ripto's plan.

Crash Bandicoot

Crash was captured by Neo Cortex and subjected to the Evolvo-Ray, which granted him human-like intelligence. Destined to become the general of Cortex's army of mutant animals, Crash was put through a nine-month training program by Cortex, after which he was to be sent to the Cortex Vortex to undergo brainwashing. Despite warnings from Cortex's assistant, N. Brio, that the machine was not ready, Cortex proceeded with the process, which failed, allowing Crash to escape. He fled Cortex's castle by jumping out of a window and falling into the ocean, leaving Tawna Bandicoot, a female bandicoot he cared for, in the care of the scientists.

He then awakens disoriented and lost on the shore of N. Sanity Island, determined to save Tawna and stop Cortex's plans for world domination. He embarks on a quest to traverse the Wumpa Islands and reach Cortex's castle. Crash soon encounters a witch doctor mask, Aku Aku, who takes care of him and protects him from various dangers, and quickly develops a close, paternal bond with him.

Throughout his journey, Crash faces Papu Papu, Ripper Roo, Koala Kong, and Pinstripe Potoroo before reaching Cortex's castle. N. Brio is the penultimate enemy he must defeat, whom he battles in his chemistry lab. Brio tries to repel Crash with his chemical solutions and then drinks them, transforming into a Hulk-like monster. After Crash defeats Brio, a Bunsen burner on Brio's chemistry table tips over, setting the castle ablaze. Crash escapes through the lab and reaches the Great Hall, completing his mission.

Finally, at the end of the journey, Crash confronts Cortex himself atop his airship. Cortex, filled with rage, curses Crash for ruining his plans, defeating his henchmen, and destroying his lair. The two battle on the airship; Cortex fires plasma beams at Crash from his laser gun on his hoverboard, but Crash deflects them back at Cortex, spinning them around. Soon, Cortex's hoverboard takes one too many plasma hits, causing it to explode and send Cortex plummeting to the ground. Crash happily reunites with Tawna atop the airship, and the two embrace.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

A year after his last encounter with Cortex, Crash is found relaxing in the woods with his little sister, Coco Bandicoot, who wakes him from his nap and asks him to find a new battery for her laptop. Before he can get far, he is kidnapped by Neo Cortex and taken to a teleportation room. Cortex claims to have "changed" his ways and asks for Crash's help. He asks Crash to gather the twenty-five crystals to stop a deadly "planetary alignment" that threatens to destroy all life on Earth.

Meanwhile, N. Brio, angry with Cortex for replacing him with Dr. N. Gin, orders Crash to collect the forty-two gems to destroy Cortex's space station and warns him that he will do everything in his power to stop him. Since Crash couldn't collect them all alone, he enlisted the help of a polar bear cub named Polar, whom he later adopted as a pet. Coco also hacks Cortex's communications and suspects his true plans. For every five crystals Crash collects, he gains access to the platform leading to the upper room. However, Crash must defeat a boss to enter.

After battling Ripper Roo, the Komodo Brothers, and Tiny Tiger, who worked for N. Brio, and collecting twenty crystals, Cortex warns Crash that Brio cannot be trusted and orders him to deliver the crystals to N. Gin. Instead, Crash fights and defeats N. Gin, infuriating Cortex, who demands that Crash bring the crystals directly to him. When Crash collects all twenty-five crystals, Coco uncovers Cortex's lies: the planetary alignment was a hoax, and he actually intended to use the crystals to power his new and improved Cortex Vortex and brainwash everyone.

Crash catches up to Cortex, who grabs the crystals and tries to escape into space using his jetpack. Crash, who is faster with his own jetpack, dodges all the obstacles in his path and spins Cortex around three times, destroying his jetpack and sending him floating into deep space. Crash returns home to relax on the beach with Coco, who wonders what happened to Cortex, noting that the Cortex Vortex space station is still operational. Crash eventually collects all 42 gems, which Brio uses to build a powerful laser to destroy the Cortex Vortex, and gives Crash the honor of activating it. Along with Brio and Coco, he watches as the station explodes into a thousand pieces.

Crash Bandicoot: Warped

After Cortex Vortex is destroyed by N. Brio's gem-powered laser, its remains plummet into Earth's atmosphere, destroying a prison-temple that contained a great evil.

Meanwhile, Crash, Aku Aku, Polar, and Coco are relaxing at home until Aku Aku hears an evil laugh echoing through the air, revealing it to be Uka Uka, his evil twin brother whom he imprisoned long ago. Uka Uka allies himself with Cortex, and together they plot, with the help of Uka Uka's partner, N. Tropy, to gather the crystals to power a rebuilt Cortex Vortex. Fearing what Uka Uka might do now that he's free, Aku Aku leads Crash and Coco to use N. Tropy's Time Twister machine to gather the powerful crystals scattered throughout time before Cortex does. Crash and Coco collect five crystals, and Crash once again outsmarts Tiny Tiger in ancient Rome, gaining the Super Belly Flop power. Ten crystals are enough for Crash to travel to the Ice Age and defeat Dingodile to obtain the Double Jump power. While in prehistoric times, Crash rides on the back of a baby T-Rex, whom he adopts as a pet and names Baby T. Collecting 15 crystals allows Crash to knock out Tropy and obtain the Death Tornado Spin power. 20 crystals allow Coco (with the help of her new pet tiger, Pura, halfway through) to knock N. Gin out of space and obtain the Fruit Bazooka power for Crash. After collecting all 25 crystals, Crash and Aku Aku battle Cortex and Uka Uka. Crash and Aku Aku emerge victorious, and Crash gains the Speed ​​Shoes power.

However, they are not finished yet, as Cortex and Uka Uka still have the opportunity to collect the 42 gems and use them instead of the crystals. After collecting the rest of the gems, Crash and Aku Aku face Cortex and Uka Uka again, defeating them for good when the Time-Twister machine, unable to stay together, implodes. Crash and Aku Aku fortunately escape, but Cortex, Uka Uka, and N. Tropy are sucked into the wormhole and trapped in the distant past. While Crash, Coco, and their respective pets relax around the fire, Aku Aku reflects on what has happened to his enemies.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Crash is one of the main protagonists of It's About Time. When Aku Aku senses trouble in N. Sanity Peak, he and Crash travel there and meet Lani-Loli, a member of the Quantum Masks. Nearby, they discover a quantum rift, a literal hole in space that acts as a gateway between dimensions. Together, Crash, Coco, and other allies travel through these rifts to prevent Nefarious Tropy and Neo Cortex from conquering the multiverse. Furthermore, Crash's own existence is threatened when Cortex travels back in time to undo his creation. This goes awry when, after Cortex's defeat, Crash accidentally breaks off a piece of the Cortex Vortex. The Vortex malfunctions with his past self trapped inside, creating a time loop in which Crash is responsible for his own creation.

There are eleven levels of Crash-exclusive flashbacks that delve deeper into his backstory and his relationships with other characters. After subjecting Crash to the Evolvo-Ray, Cortex designed a series of harrowing tests to assess his aptitude as a mutant soldier, developing a paternal affection for him in the process. Meanwhile, Nitrus Brio conducted his own tests, plotting to use Crash to help him betray Cortex. The footage ends shortly before Crash's escape at the beginning of Crash Bandicoot.

Crash narrates the epilogue of the ending 100%, assuring players that he is "perfectly fine" after the events of the game.