Monkey

Monkeys are a recurring enemy in the Crash Bandicoot series, having appeared in one form or another in Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.

The monkey in Crash Bandicoot often appears in the native village and rolls back and forth in a specific area, threatening to run down Crash. The monkeys in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back often appear in the ruins levels and some hop back and forth between a set of three platforms, whereas larger ones throw barrels at Crash in a similar manner to Pinstripe's minions in the level Toxic Waste from the previous game. Two variations of the monkey appear in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, in which the brown-furred monkey found in the Arabian levels carries a stack of three pots, stumbling accordingly to block Crash's path. If Crash spin attacks the monkey, the two lower pots will be destroyed and the top pot will fall on the monkey's head, obscuring its view. The monkey will then attempt to charge at Crash aimlessly. It can easily be defeated with any attack at this point. The white-furred monkey that appears in the Egyptian levels will hide in a set of pots, popping out of each pot at random to throw an oil ball in Crash's direction. The monkey itself cannot be killed, but the pots it hides in can be destroyed, leaving the monkey without a hiding place. When all of the pots have been destroyed, the monkey will do nothing but cower in fear. Crash can pick up 10 wumpa fruits if he jumps on them. The monkey in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex appears in the volcano levels, its main form of offense being a large banana that it uses as a club.