Venus Fly Trap

The Venus Fly Trap is an enemy seen in the games Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, CTR, Crash Twinsanity and has a cameo appearance in the first Jak and Daxter game.

Crash Bandicoot
The Venus Fly Trap first appeared in the first Crash Bandicoot game. There were three kinds; One that was obviously on land, and two on the water's surface. The land-trap's head is colored red with white spots and its stem and leaves were green. The water-trap acted like a lily-pad. There were two kinds for the latter - One with green leaves, and another with blue leaves. They also had red heads like their terrestrial cousins. The green-leaved VFT kept its mouth open until it has the opportunity to eat its prey, namely Crash (if you stayed there too long). The blue-leaved VFT kept opening-and-clamping its mouth every 3 seconds, so you would have to time your jumps to avoid getting eaten. The Land-Trap usually appeared in Jungle Levels like Jungle Rollers or levels like Native Fortress, while the Water-Traps appeared in river levels including Up the Creek.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
The Venus Fly Trap reappeared in Cortex Strikes Back, but its looks changed a little; Its stem and leaves were still green, but its head color was changed to purple. Why this change was made is currently unknown. It was often seen in levels like Hang Eight, Air Crash and Plant Food.

The VFT had a relative, a plant that, instead of trying to bite Crash, shot seeds like bullets at long range. When at close quarters, the bullet-shooting plant would lower its head and raise spikes to defend itself. However, Crash would simply have to Body-Slam it to defeat it.

Crash Twinsanity
The VFT appeared in Twinsanity in the levels Jungle Bungle and Totem Hokum as a much larger relative of it, the plant went back to it's old design (red headed with green stem and leaves). They would bite at Crash when he was in their range. If they are spun or defeated, they will screech and green fluids will fly from them and it would fall down and stay there throughout the whole level. Crash encounters one just before he reaches "Coco" and it humorously gets it's head squashed by two logs that swing down from the sides.

Crash Team Racing
The Venus Fly Trap was also seen inCrash Team Racing, but only in the Papu's Pyramid track. If you drove too close, the plant would swallow you whole, spitting out only the wheels, this causing you to lose precious seconds and letting enemies to overtake you. Its colors were the same as in Cortex Strikes Back.

Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
Venus Fly Traps reappeared on the track Myan Mayhem, where they would repeat there same role from CTR.

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Venus Fly Traps appear in the jungle levels in this the game and retain their basic attack from previous games. They have a light purple colour haed, more similar to the one's in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
Venus Fly Traps are common enemies in the first world and Wumpa Village, still repeating their basic attack.

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
The Crash 2 VFT can be seen in Samos Hagai's hut.

Trivia

 * The Venus Fly Trap is very similar to Nintendo's Piranha Plant in appearance, etc. Fans sometimes prefer to call it a Piranha Plant as well, or, because the games it appears in are of the PlayStation console, a PlayStation Piranha Plant.
 * Its head-color change could be so as to tell the difference between Crash Bandicoot's Venus Fly Trap and Nintendo's Piranha Plant.
 * It is unknown whether or not the Venus Fly Trap was one of the creatures affected by the Evolvo-Ray, made by Doctor Nitrus Brio. Its more ferocious appearance than its real-life counterpart could be evidence that it evolved via the Evolvo-Ray.
 * In Lilo and Stitch: Trouble in Paradise on the Sony Playstation, some carnivorous plants make appearances as enemies. They bear a big resemblance to Crash Bandicoot Venus Fly Traps
 * It's possible that the Venus Fly Traps could be a reference to Audrey II from the 1986 flim Little Shop of Horrors.
 * In the Unused Uka Tree Level from Crash Twinsanity there was going to be an Unknown Walking Fly Trap enemy, it would most likely had been a smaller, mobile relative of the Venus Fly Trap. The plant can be seen in a purple Gem showing concept art of the level itself.
 * In the prototype of Crash Bandicoot 1, in one of the cut levels that can be played in it, a VFT is present, but its head is smaller for some reason.