Venus Fly Trap

The Venus Fly Trap is an enemy seen in many Crash games.

Crash Bandicoot
The Venus Fly Trap first appears in the first game. It is a plant with a large red "head" and numerous pointed teeth. Crash must approach it carefully, as if he comes too close to the plant, it will snap at him. It usually appears in jungle levels such as Jungle Rollers.

The Water Fly Trap is a water-bound variant of this enemy.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
The Venus Fly Trap reappears in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, though its head color has changed from red to dark purple with white spots. It is commonly seen in levels like Hang Eight, Air Crash and Plant Food.

The Venus Fly Traps has a relative: a plant that, instead of trying to bite Crash, shoots seeds like bullets at long range. This plant is known as the spitter plant.

Crash Twinsanity
Venus Fly Traps appear in Crash Twinsanity in the levels Jungle Bungle and Totem Hokum as much larger relatives of previous ones, returning to the old design (red-headed with a green stem and leaves). They will bite at Crash when he is within range. If they are spun or defeated, they will screech and green fluids will fly from them as they fall down. Defeated Traps will stay there throughout the whole level. Crash encounters one just before he reaches Cortex (disguised as Coco). Before Crash can defeat it, however, the plant's head is squashed by two logs that swing down from the sides.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Venus Fly Traps reappear in the N. Sane Trilogy, where they reprise their role from the original games. The 3-jawed ones with blue leaves are now green, within their leaves having the same color, and are purple from the inside.

Crash Team Racing
The Venus Fly Trap is also seen in Crash Team Racing on the track Papu's Pyramid. If a racer drives too close, the plant will swallow them whole and spit out only the wheels, causing the driver to lose precious seconds and letting opponents overtake them. Their color scheme is the same as it was in Cortex Strikes Back.

Crash Tag Team Racing
The Venus Fly Traps appear in some of the Crashinator Challenges in Crash Tag Team Racing. These are probably the ones that have gone through the most drastic changes as they are entirely green and their heads are flat, more like Venus flytraps in real life.

Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
Venus Fly Traps reappear on the track Mayan Mayhem, where they repeat their role from CTR.

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Venus Fly Traps reappear in Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, where they reprise their role from the original version of Crash Team Racing.

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 are similar in appearance to the ones in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, except they have a lighter purple-colored head, and don't have white spots.

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
Venus Fly Traps are common enemies in the first world, Wumpa Jungle, where they still repeat their basic attack.

Appearances

 * Crash Bandicoot
 * Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
 * Crash Team Racing
 * Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
 * Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
 * Crash Twinsanity
 * Crash Bandicoot (mobile)
 * Crash Tag Team Racing
 * Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
 * Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
 * Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

Trivia

 * It is unknown whether or not the Venus Fly Trap was one of the creatures affected by the Evolvo-Ray, made by N. Brio.
 * In the cut Nina Tree Level from Crash Twinsanity, there was going to be a Walking Fly Trap enemy. The plant can be seen in a Purple Gem concept art of the level itself.
 * In the prototype of Crash Bandicoot, in one of the cut levels that can be played, a Venus Fly Trap is present, though its head is smaller.
 * In Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, another game made by Naughty Dog, the Cortex Strikes Back Venus Fly Trap can be seen in Samos Hagai's hut.
 * The land variety of Venus Fly Traps in the original PS1 titles had mouths that split into three jaws during their biting attack. Later games, including Twinsanity and the N. Sane Trilogy, have omitted this detail as the plants are shown to have only two jaws at all times.

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