Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Video Game • 1997
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Are animals abused?
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If the player jumps on top of Polar, a polar bear cub, a few times in the warp room, they are rewarded with ten extra lives. This is played for laughs and Polar isn't hurt.
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Many minor enemies in the game are animals, such as penguins, seals, turtles and others. Death animations are cartoony and light-hearted.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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The first boss, Ripper Roo, is a strait-jacket clad kangaroo. No specific mental illnesses are attributed to him, being merely described as "insane".
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Is someone eaten?
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Crash can get eaten by man-eating plants if he runs into them.
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Is there gun violence?
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In N. Gin's boss fight, he fires lasers and missiles at Crash from his mech. Cortex is seen holding a sci-fi laser gun in his boss fight, but he never fires it.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone drown?
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There is a drowning animation when Crash falls into water, where he struggles to swim to the surface before succumbing to the water.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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There is a brief drowning animation when Crash falls into water.
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Does a plane crash?
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Not a plane, but a space station is blown up and sent on a collision course back to Earth.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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It is possible to die by falling into a pit. A cartoony whistling sound is played and the impact with the ground is not seen or heard. Tiny Tiger is defeated in his boss fight by tricking him into jumping into a pit, but he doesn't die, returning in later games.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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There isn't a nuclear explosion, however Cortex's space station is blown up by a laser in the 100% ending.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Kinda. Crash is abducted by Cortex at the beginning of the game. Crash is technically able to leave, but Cortex convinces Crash to help him, so Crash chooses not to.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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In a minor way - Crash smiles and wiggles his eyebrows at the camera at the beginning of the Polar levels (Bear It, Bear Down and Totally Bear).
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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One of the bosses, Ripper Roo, is presented as mentally ill - no specific mental illnesses are mentioned, being merely described as "insane".
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Several of Crash's death animations could be interpreted as him being knocked unconscious.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Some levels involve traveling up a river.
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Is someone restrained?
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The first boss, Ripper Roo, wears a strait-jacket.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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There is a drowning animation when Crash falls into water, where he struggles to swim to the surface before succumbing to the water.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Some hazards in levels can electrocute Crash, but electro-therapy isn't used.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Crash can of course die if the player fails during gameplay, and he is an anthropomorphic bandicoot. Several bosses are also anthropomorphic animals.
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Does a head get squashed?
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There are hazards in the 2D segments of snow levels that in most versions of the game result in everything but Crash's head being crushed. In the Japanese version, however, Crash's head is squashed too.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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There are hazards in the 2D segments of snow levels that in most versions of the game result in everything but Crash's head being crushed. In the Japanese version, however, Crash's entire body is crushed.
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Is someone homeless?
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While they are shown to have a house in the next game, Crash and Coco are only ever shown randomly sitting in the jungle, which some players may interpret as them not having a house.
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Is someone burned alive?
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There are fire hazards in some levels, which result in a cartoony death animation of Crash turning into a small pile of ashes.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Crash can burrow into certain patches of ground in the levels Diggin' It and Bee-having. A lumberjack lab assistant can hit Crash with a mallet while he's underground, killing him.
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Are there bugs?
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The levels Diggin' It and Bee-Having revolve around swarms of bees emerging from hives and chasing Crash. There are also friendly fireflies that follow Crash to light the way in the dark levels Night Light and Totally Fly.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Crash is lied to and manipulated into gathering crystals for Cortex, led to believe that he is helping to save the world rather than powering Cortex's Cortex Vortex device, but gaslighting specifically is never shown.
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