Up the Creek

''Good, you've finished the first island, I hope you had collected gem of N.Sanity Beach, Boulders and Hog Wild. Hurry! Ripper Roo is waiting you!'' -Level descriptionthumb|500px|right

Up the Creek is a level in Crash Bandicoot. It is basically a river that has lily pads on it. It is the first level on the second island. Crash encounters Venus Fly Traps and other enemies here.

Trivia

 * This level's title could be a reference to a film called Up the Creek, of which two exist. One is a British comedy film from 1958, featuring an officer played by David Tomlinson taking command of a Royal Navy vessel. The other is a terrible American comedy from 1984, about a collegiate raft race. Neither features an actual creek, though the river from the latter film is reasonably close.


 * It could also simply be a reference to the popular saying "up the creek without a paddle", a sly reference to the fact that Crash does not wield a paddle in this level.


 * This level bizarrely features a ! Crate that causes a pair of crates to appear earlier in the level, in a spot where no Outline Crates had existed before, thus immensely confusing any players that didn't think to blindly backtrack in this level. Many fans complained about this, explaining why Cortex stopped using this devious trap in future games.
 * This stage is a calming stage for some players.