Crash Bandicoot (character)

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Crash Bandicoot as he appears in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.

Crash Bandicoot, or simply Crash, is a popular video game character created by Naughty Dog, an anthropomorphic bandicoot who stars in a video game franchise of the same name. Originally a straightforward platformer for the PlayStation, it has since expanded to the Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox with various spin-off games in different genres.

General Information

Crash is a Perameles gunnii, of the order polyprotodonta, family Peramelidae, commonly known as the Eastern Barred Bandicoot. He is a marsupial, which means that he is born with a built in fanny pack. They live in Tasmania, a small island south of Australia, as well as on the Australian mainland. The Parameles gunnii is, on average, 320mm from head to rump, and has a 80mm tail. They weigh about 950g. Crash's family, on the other hand, tend to be about a meter tall, orange, walk on their hind legs, don't have tails, wear clothes, and wear big shoes. They have, therefore, earned a good living in the Parameles gunnii circus sideshow spinning real fast and the like.

Background

Crash was born an average, unremarkable bandicoot, kidnapped (or raised in captivity) to serve as a test subject in Doctor Neo Cortex's animal mutation experiments. Using Doctor Nitrus Brio's "Evolvo Ray" device, Cortex fundamentally altered Crash's genetic structure and brain capacity, turning him into the anthrophomorphic marsupial he is today. He was then subject to Cortex's own device, the Cortex Vortex, which was supposed to make him Cortex's willing servant, so that Crash could lead Cortex's army of mutant animals to world domination. The Cortex Vortex failed to alter Crash's mind, so Crash was dismissed as a failure, literally flying out of the window of Cortex's mountaintop laboratory into the sea below, eventually to wash up on the shore of N. Sanity Beach.

Crash was created by Naughty Dog intentionally as a character both 'goofy yet heroic', being able to portray multiple emotions merely by facial expression, (a feature rare then due to basic technology in games). Crash is mainly kind hearted and laid back, rarely ever getting upset or angry (though he detests evil, such as Cortex), though he is also rather simple, to some fans almost to the point of retardedness and lack of awareness.

Speech

With a few exceptions, Crash himself does not talk in his early games for Sony PlayStation. This is in fact common with video games as to allow the audience to play through the perspective of the character, (noticeably, Coco Bandicoot was mute in Crash Bandicoot: Warped). When he does, he speaks in a somewhat high pitched voice, though some of his comments are very obvious (e.g. 'Eh, Whatever', 'OK, here you go', 'Anyway', 'Cool!', 'Ah!', 'Haha!', 'Cutie!', 'Hey!') Crash was originally voiced by Brendan O'Brien. However, he was voiced by Rob Paulsen, Steven Blum and Jess Harnell in his later games.

Trivia

• Crash himself originally served as the unofficial mascot for Sony PlayStation, until his games appeared on other systems.
• He drives Four cars in Crash Tag Team Racing, Trikey, Yellow Horde, Crikee, and His Extra PSP (Playstation Portable) Car.

Love Interests

In the first Crash game, Crash had a crush on Tawna Bandicoot. However, after he rescues her from Cortex, they both break up and Pinstripe and Tawna get together. Crash now lives with his sister Coco. However, in Crash Tag Team Racing, Pasadena O'Possum appeared to be interested with Crash. Whenever she flirted with him, he made strange sounds but it seems that sometimes Pasadena was kidding about her interests in Crash. It is unsure if Crash has feelings for her, as he often switches to being disturbed by her interests, and suddenly showing interest in her, himself. Generally, some fans claim that Pasadena is a new love interest with Crash.

External links

• Crash Bandicoot series