Boulder Dash

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Boulder Dash a level in the original Crash Bandicoot, the second of two stages where Crash gets chased by a boulder, very similar to the famous scene of Indiana Jones: The Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Purple Gem is required to fully clear this level.

Trivia

 * This episode is named after the term "balderdash", which means gibberish or nonsensical talk. It could also be a pun on the popular board game named Balderdash, or even the popular PAX TV game show of the same name.
 * It may also refer to the game series "Boulder Dash" as well as its first eponymous entry, in which the player has to collect gems without getting crushed by boulders. In said game there are also fireflies and butterflies as enemies. Note that gems and boulders are a common element in Crash games, and even fireflies are seen in more than one level.
 * Butterfly are instead a common element in Crash Bandicoot's sister series, that is, the Spyro series. Fireflies are also featured in one game, "Spyro 2: Season of Flame" for the Game Boy Advance.
 * Interestingly, a popular wooden roller coaster would later be named after this stage, built in 2000 and located at Bristol, Connecticut's famous Lake Compounce, New England's Family Theme Park! It remains one of the most popular wooden coasters in the world to this day, as fans from around the world long to be reminded of the glory days of the Crash Bandicoot franchise.
 * At the end of the secret path, accessible only with the Purple Gem, one can see that Doctor Neo Cortex and Doctor Nitrus Brio have carved their heads on the stone walls, much as real-world lovers do. This scene is often alluded to by writers of Crash series slash fiction. The fact that two Brio head carvings are present even sometimes plays a part in the most deviant and unrealistic of these stories.
 * The secret path has blue mushrooms musrhooms are more commanly red and white in video games.