Polar



Polar is a polar bear cub from the Crash Bandicoot series. Formerly Crash's pet, he helped Crash get through various dangerous icy passageways. Debuting in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, he has appeared in many kart racing titles, and has made assorted cameos in other mainstream Crash Bandicoot titles.

History
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back In Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Polar makes his first appearance in the winter-themed warp room. If a player jumps on Polar several times, their lives count will increase. Polar also appears as Crash's transportation in the eighth level, Bear It.

Crash Bandicoot: Warped
In Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Polar only appears in the opening cut-scene, sitting next to Crash.

Crash Team Racing
In Crash Team Racing, when Nitros Oxide attacked Earth, threatening to turn it into a parking lot, Polar stopped his dream of being a literature genius (which he was not accomplishing by reading his books upside-down), and decided to race against the villainous. Polar is a playable character in his Turquoise Kart. His home track is Polar Pass. His Kart can handle tight corners, much like Pura.

Crash Nitro Kart
In Crash Nitro Kart, Polar was brainwashed by N. Trance, along with Dingodile and Pura, into racing for Team Trance. However, in the Team Bandicoot ending, he is shown relaxing on the beach with Crash, Coco, and Crunch, revealing that he eventually escaped his brainwashing. Similar to Crash Team Racing, he excels in handling.

Crash Twinsanity
In Crash Twinsanity, he is seen at Cortex's gathering of villains, holding a baseball bat and glaring at Crash angrily.

Crash Boom Bang
In Crash Boom Bang, Polar makes a cameo as part of the Silhouette Quiz minigame. He is shown standing on his back legs and wearing jean shorts, similar to Pura's new look.

Trivia

 * Polar barks like a dog, despite being a bear.
 * In Crash Bandicoot 2, he sits outside the warp portals and isn't shown going in them after Crash, but yet he still arrives in the level before Crash does.
 * Polar becomes an ice cream tester as revealed in the epilogue of CTR.