Crash Mania - Thinking outside the crate

Cameos and References

- Latest update: 27/06/2010

The Simpsons: In the Simpsons episode "Lisa gets an A", Lisa Simpson is seen playing an obvious parody of Crash Bandicoot. She controls an anthropomorphized dingo character with a similar name to Crash's, in the fictional self-named game, Dash Dingo. A parody of the Warp Room from Crash 2 is displayed, where a head hologram of the game's villain orders Dash to "find and devour the 7 crystal babies", much like Cortex orders Crash to find the Crystals.
Family Guy: In the Family Guy movie "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story", an innuendo is made by Tom Tucker, which shortly reveals him to be playing a handheld console while saying "Eat my dust, Crash Bandicoot!". If we head more in particular, it's most likely a reference to Crash Nitro Kart, judging by Tom's sentence and the fact that he's playing on a handheld.
GoldenEye 007: This N64 game has a carving on a wall from the additional Aztec mission, which seems to depict Crash Bandicoot (or a look-alike) chained into an ancient torture device. This is ironic if it really is him, since the Naughty Dogs say this game is one of their favourites in their site.
The Country Bears: A scene from this Disney movie shows a Crash Bash poster on a wall.
Angel: An episode of the series Angel has Drogyn and Illyria playing Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, for the Xbox. Drogyn instructs: "It is a test. You must collect these Crystals. And fruit."
Yes, Dear: The comedy series Yes, Dear features an episode with Jimmy playing the first Crash Bandicoot game on a PlayStation.
Friends: In the episode of Friends entitled "The One With Monica's Thunder", Joey walks into a room where Chandler is playing Crash Team Racing (specifically the track Hot Air Skyway, as Crash).
Dawson's Creek: In the episode "Four to Tango" of this TV series, Jen and Pacey prepare to evade the room when they hear someone enter the house. Jen makes it out of the window, and Pacey quickly dives and grabs a PlayStation controller, as Dawson enters the room. Confused as to why Pacey is at home on a school day, he questions him about this, to which he replies "Just playing some Crash Bandicoot".
Baby Geniuses: In this movie, one of the babies runs around in a closed mall and gets into a store, after which he starts playing the first Crash Bandicoot game.
Jak & Daxter: In the first Jak & Daxter game, there is one of the carnivorous plants from Crash 2 inside Samos' hut (albeit green). The exact same model is used, as both games were developed by Naughty Dog.
Johnny The Homicidal Maniac: Characters from this comic wear Crash Bandicoot shirts at times.
Spyro: Year of the Dragon: One of Sheila's missions is entitled "Krash Kangaroo", a reference to Crash Bandicoot. Additionally, one of the riddles in Haunted Tomb presents "a bandicoot" as one of the possible answers.
Spyro: Season of Flame: There is a trigger object in this game that uses the exact same sound as Aku Aku's famous mumbo-jumbo line, right down to the drumbeats.
The Legend of Spyro - A New Beginning (DS): The DS version of this game shows Crash in the level Dante's Freezer. He appears as part of the background and can't be interacted with. He is depicted cooking over a fire.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (TV ad): A rather distasteful ad for this platformer shows Ty walking into a hospital, where 3 critters lie covered in bandages. Their charts read "hedgehog", "dragon" and "bandicoot" (and if these aren't obvious enough, the patients are shaped exactly like Sonic the Hedgehog, Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot). Everyone gets nervous as Ty passes by, and after he says "Boo!" they all panic and have heart attacks.
Johnny Test: In the Johnny Test episode "Johnny vs. Smash Badger 3/Johnny Bee Good", Johnny is rewarded by his mother with a video game called "Smash Badger 3" (an obvious parody of Crash Bandicoot). In the game, Smash must defeat Dr. Swampbrain. He shouts a similar catchphrase at Smash when mad, in a tone like Cortex. Smash moves similarly to Crash Bandicoot, being able to jump, leap, and flip-spin.
Great Teacher Onizuka: In the manga version of GTO (Lesson 176), a Japanese Crash Bandicoot 2 can be seen on the pile of videogames one of the characters drops on the floor.
Ape Escape 3: There is a monkey in this game that is called Uka Uka.
The Mystery of the Bermuda triangle: This movie features Crash Nitro Kart being played at one point. It shows Crash Bandicoot in Inferno Island.
Jimmy Neutron: In the first episode of this series, Cindy threatened Jimmy to get her pants back by saying "Neutron, prepare to face the wrath of Vortex!", a possible allusion to The Wrath of Cortex. Additionally, in the episode "Ultra Sheen", Jimmy, Sheen and Carl went inside a video-game. In order to defeat an enemy, they needed jewels called Power Crystals that resembled the ones from Crash Bandicoot.
Game Over (TV Series): The first episode briefly shows a "Got Milk?" ad with Crash on the side.
Dead Ringers: Crash Bandicoot is briefly mentioned in an episode of this TV series.
MAD Magazine: Crash is featured on the cover of issue 457, along with several other recognizable video-game characters (click to zoom).
The Legend of Spyro - The Eternal Night: Crash can be seen frozen inside an icy pond from Celestial Caves, just past the fire room. You need to go right to the corner of the pond and tilt the camera to see him. He has his Twinsanity model there.
Croc advertisement: This ad for the game Croc: Legend of the Gobbos shows the namesake character picking his teeth, after having eaten three other video-game characters. You can see those characters' accessories lying next to Croc: Lara Croft's shotgun, Mario's hat and Crash Bandicoot's shoes (click to zoom).
Mauvais Rôle: This is a French animated short starring a generic First-Person Shooter monster, who after becoming tired of his role in video-games, decides to look for a new one. After one of his several failed attempts, he is seen walking out a door accompanied by Aku Aku (presumably he was auditioning for the role of Crash). Aku Aku gives his usual mumbo jumbo speech, and is smacked by the monster out of frustration. He later re-appears inside a trash can, along with various video-game items.
Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 Mission: Las Vegum: Crash is one of the countless video-game parodies that appear in this game. There is a bust of him in Little Venetia, which also serves as the loading screen for that level. There is also a totem pole in Pirate Island carved in his likeness.
Kids World: This movie contains a couple of cameos: it features a character playing the original Crash Bandicoot and a Crash Bandicoot 3 poster can also be seen later on.

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