History NightmareFuel / CrashBandicoot

* Emperor Velo's general demeanor is unnerving. The sharp teeth, the sinister stare, his VillainousBreakdown, all serve to establish this entity as a threat, who would clearly destroy the Earth out of spite for losing. [[spoiler:Of course, this becomes NightmareRetardant when his imposing form is revealed as a robotic suit housing an equally tiny and ineffectual alien]].

* Evil Crash, in a word, is unsettling. Imagine Crash Bandicoot devoid of any goodness and reduced to a snarling, feral beast driven by bloodlust. [[spoiler:Case in point, he violently attacks and devours the Evil Twins after they've been defeated, and is left to presumably attack any and everyone else in his way]].
* The ending where [[spoiler:Cortex gets trapped inside Crash's brain, with only thousands of duplicates of his worst enemy to keep him company]].

* Even though most of the music in the game is cheerful and fun, some tracks, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTeiwB4bupU&list=PL0495B8188FC3456F&index=33 Darkness Imminent]] and ''especially'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxS-nbObNWA&index=37&list=PL0495B8188FC3456F Mount Grimly]] have a much [[SurpriseCreepy darker, creepier sound]] to them, with the latter almost sounding out of place due to how unsettling it sounds.

* Even though the game is remembered for being goofier than the original series, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-kzW887NY the Dingodile boss fight in the Academy of Evil's boiler room]] is [[SurpriseCreepy surprisingly creepy.]] The arena is darkly lit and only lit by harsh red flames. Dingodile himself is also pretty scary, [[HellIsThatNoise making only loud grunts and high-pitched squeals]] as he launches flamethrower attacks at you. The major contributor, however, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3RHIojoD3Uis the soundtrack,]] which sounds surprisingly intense compared to the other rather breezy songs that make up the rest of the music.

** as if that isn't enough, He's Playable in [[Videogame/CrashTeamRacingNitrofueled Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled]]. he has a [[VoiceoftheLegion voice of legion]] and his animations are the same as his fusees... with the added bonus of randomly glitching out before switching. Mega-Mix is quite possibly the scariest crash bandicoot character yet.

** as if that isn't enough, He's Playable in [[Videogame/CrashTeamRacingNitrofueled Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled]]. he has a [[VoiceofLegion voice of legion]] and his animations are the same as his fusees... with the added bonus of randomly glitching out before switching. Mega-Mix is quite possibly the scariest crash bandicoot character yet.

** as if that isn't enough, He's Playable in [[videogame/CrashteamRacingNitrofueled]]. he has a [[VoiceofLegion]] and his animations are the same as his fusees... with the added bonus of randomly glitching out before switching. Mega-Mix is quite possibly the scariest crash bandicoot character yet.

** as if that isn't enough, He's Playable in ''[[videogame/CrashteamRacingNitrofueled]]''. he has a [[VoiceofLegion]] and his animations are the same as his fusees... with the added bonus of randomly glitching out before switching. Mega-Mix is quite possibly the scariest crash bandicoot character yet.

* The ski-boarding levels, despite the cheery theme and the fact Crash is just skiing on an ocean, are actually chase levels against a ThreateningShark, and once it's in range to attack you, the music suddenly changes to a modified version of the infamous and terrifying ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjtdzlfompg Shark Attack theme.]]

* Mega-Mix, the final boss of the game. They're a hulking monstrous fusion of Cortez, N-Gin, Dingodile, and Tiny that furiously charges towards Crash at such a speed that he needs to use the Crash Dash to escape!

* Mega-Mix. Just look at him.

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere No thanks!]] (Or you could just click yes so you don't hafta see this anymore!)]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: "What have you done to us?!" ''indeed.'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO US!?]]

* Py-Ro, compared to the other elementals, seems the most AxCrazy and likely ''wants'' Crash to get killed. Doesn't help that Mark Hamill voices him.

[[caption-width-right:350: [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere No thanks!]]]]

* Rusty Walrus can be this. He comes out of nowhere after a battle with N-Gin saying [[ImaHumanitarian "Aw yummy! Fresh meat for my pot!"]] and the fact that acts as the [[ImplacableMan Implacable Man]] since he's immune to [[OneHitKill Nitro Crates]] and the fact sealed doors only slows him down makes him more menacing than intended while raising a ton of questions that won't ever be answered.

You think that because these videogames have an excellent palette of colors doesn't mean it has something potentially creepy? Then you think wrong.

!!Videogame/CrashTwinsanity

* [[LethalLavaLand Fahrenheit]] [[EternalEngine Frenzy]], level 15. It first starts in volcanic cave with screen ''swirling'' from heat with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_j6ociJPJw this music]] playing in the background. It then continues to a canyon with open lava which looks like literal hell, where flying too low will kill Crash with the parts of his helicopter jumping around, which can scare some people. The contrasting [[SicklyGreenGlow green lasers and sprays]] don't make things better. The second part, mostly factory, is no better either thanks to hellish red tint. And, of course, there are those X-ray segments.

* The Ski-boarding levels, despite the cheery theme and Crash is just skiing on an ocean, are actually chase levels against a ThreateningShark, and once it's in range to attack you, the music suddenly changes to a modified version of the infamous and terrifying Film/{{Jaws}}' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjtdzlfompg Shark Attack theme.]]

* Even though the game is remembered for being goofier than the original series, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-kzW887NY the Dingodile boss fight in the Academy of Evil's boiler room]] is [[SurpriseCreepy surprisingly creepy.]] The arena is darkly lit and only lit by harsh red flames. Dingodile himself is also pretty scary, [[HellIsThatNoise making only loud grunts and high-pitched squeals]] as he launches flamethrower attacks at you. The major contributor, however, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3RHIojoD3Uis the soundtrack,]] which sounds surprisingly intense compared to the other rather breezy songs that make up the rest of the music.