Lights Out

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Lights Out is a level in Crash Bandicoot. Crash sneaks through the darkened corridors of Cortex Castle. Because the darkness makes almost everything invisible, the Aku Aku masks in this level glow to help Crash see. Collecting them is the safest way to get through the level, but it also means that if Crash is hit by an enemy, he loses his only source of light.

Trivia

 * The stage's name is based on an old saying mothers everywhere tell their children at bedtime.
 * As the first "light" level in the series, this level is a fairly famous level in the series. So much so, in fact, that rapper Lil Wayne - a noted fan of the series - named his second studio album after it. Wayne is depicted glowing brightly on the album art, just like Aku Aku in this level. A few fans maintain that Aku Aku's voice in recent games is directly based on that of Lil Wayne, as a way of repaying the favor.
 * It is never explained in-game why Aku Aku glows in this level. Some fans have hypothesized that the entire level is, in fact, lit - by blacklight, which would cause the paint on Aku Aku to glow. This is not actually how blacklight works, however, an extremely rare lapse in realism in the series.