Bear It

Bear It is the eighth level in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. This level introduces Crash to his newest ally, Polar, a polar bear cub that he can ride. This gameplay idea is very, very similar to the hog-riding in the levels Hog Wild and Whole Hog. The bear/bandicoot team is tasked with dodging totem poles, seals, killer whales, and TNT Crates in a charming snowy valley climate.

Trivia

 * Bear It is mostly likely based off the phrase "bear it", which means to deal with something one may not want to do.
 * Outside of the level warp door, if you jump on Polar enough times, you get 10 lives.
 * Polar, the bear Crash rides in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, is later angry at Crash for riding on him. He then joins Crash's "birthday party", in Crash Twinsanity, in which Crash's enemies from previous games have a gathering with Dr. Neo Cortex.
 * In a glitch on the PSX rom, you can have Coco riding in this level.
 * In the beta version of this game, Polar would have said "Nyeh" instead of his usual squeaking. This was just a placeholder until the squeak could be added in.