Ruination

Ruination is the nineteenth level in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. In this thrilling sequel to Road to Ruin, Crash Bandicoot proves that even purely cosmetic thunderstorms cannot keep him from compulsively smashing handmade wooden boxery. As a matter of background ambientation, the storm broadens as Crash advances through the level, reaching its high point in the Green Gem Route, where the music is almost unhearable due to the rain effects.

The aforementioned Green Gem Path thankfully involves no crates, instead simply consisting of a series of tricky jumps that must be made whilst being bombarded by logs thrown by log-throwing gorillas. More than half of this stage's crates are found in the Bonus Round, where Crash will encounter a minor Locked Crate puzzle and a major crate staircase suspended over bottomless nothingness.

Trivia

 * This level's name is an obvious allusion to the famous and popular Transformers series, in which "Ruination" is the term for the "combined form" of the "Decepticon" "Commandos", whatever that means.
 * Alternately, it is an obvious portmanteau of the words "ruin" and "nation", referring to the fact that Naughty Dog believes that then-President William Jeffrey Clinton literally broke America forever. This, incidentally, explains why they never added a donkey character to the series, despite constant demands from fans.
 * It is never explained in-game how the stone statue heads can still breathe fire in this level. Doesn't rain, which is water, usually put out fire?