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Penguin

2-3
Bash
WOC
CT
NST
OtR!

Species

Penguin

Notable members

Penta Penguin
Gurin

Role

Hostile

Location

Iceberg Lab
Von Clutch's MotorWorld
Ice Warp Island

Equipment

Jetpacks (Twinsanity)

Offense

Spin

Penguins have appeared as enemies many times in the Crash Bandicoot series.

Overview

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

They are minor enemies in the snow/ice levels (Snow Go, Snow Biz and Cold Hard Crash). Here, they are one of three typical snow enemies, including porcupines and seals. Some penguins will walk back and forth, spin, get dizzy, and repeat the process. Others will slide down at Crash while he is walking forward. They can be defeated by any attack while not spinning.

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex

They appear in the levels Arctic Antics, Eskimo Roll and Avalanche. They have the same role as the ones in Cortex Strikes Back: walk back and forth, spin, and repeat the process. In the level Eskimo Roll, Crash can run over them with the atlasphere.

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage

They would have appeared as enemies in Arctic Cliffs, spinning and stopping like penguins did in the previous games. They also appear on a trading card.

Crash Twinsanity

Rocket Penguins in this game can be found in the Iceberg Lab and its associated levels. They have jet packs that they use to home in on Crash from above, or charge at him directly. At the end of their attack, whether they hit or missed their target, they will explode.

They are employed by Cortex. During the level Ice Climb, a group of penguins confront him, apparently because their paychecks bounced. He tries to appease them by offering them fish, but when the peguins aren't moved by this, he ends up shooting one with his ray gun instead. The rest of the penguins fly off.

They reappear in Slip Slide Icecapades to chase Crash and Cortex, and are seen again in Classroom Chaos as props inside glass display cases.

Crash Tag Team Racing

Main article: Ninja Penguin

Crash Tag Team Racing, unlike other games, have their own kind of penguin, known as Ninja Penguins. The Bowling minigames also feature penguin bowling pins.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Penguins reappear in the N. Sane Trilogy, reprising their role from Cortex Strikes Back and Warped.

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

Penguins appear as background decorations in the course Blizzard Bluff, where they can be seeing ice-skating, skiing and enjoying the snowy weather. Penguins can also be found having a dance party on the top of a cliff in the course Polar Pass. As the game is a remake of the original CTR, Penta Penguin is once again playable.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

In It's About Time, rather than being enemies as in previous games, penguins serve more as background decorations. They can be found in the snowy 11th dimension, in the levels Snow Way Out, Stay Frosty, Bears Repeating and Building Bridges. They sit on the edge of water pools, sometimes in groups, and jump off into the water if approached.

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!

In On the Run!, Penguins appear throughout the level Snow Go, spinning on the spot before getting dizzy and stopping as the player approaches. They are like more tools than enemies, as they are usually positioned in such a way that spinning or sliding them will send them flying into TNT or Nitro crates, detonating them and clearing the way or breaking item crates. In any case, they will still harm the player if they come into contact without attacking.

Appearances

Gallery

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name
Japanese	グリン Gurin

Trivia

The penguins in The Wrath of Cortex bear resemblance to macaroni penguins, whilst the penguins in Cortex Strikes Back resemble little penguins.
- Little penguins - like many other animals featured in the series - can be found in Tasmania.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

DLC Content

Crash Bandicoot: Stormy Ascent
Crash Bandicoot: Warped: Future Tense

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 {{infobox creature
-|image     = Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex Penguin.png
+|image     = <gallery>
+Crash 2 Penguin.png|2-3
+Crash Bash Penta Penguin.png|Bash
+Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex Penguin.png|WOC
+Twinsanity rocket penguin.png|CT
+Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Penta Penguin.png|NST
+OTR penguin.png|OtR!
+</gallery>
 |caption   =
 |species   = Penguin
 |race      =
-|members   =
+|members   = [[Penta Penguin]]<br/>[[Gurin]]
 |role      = Hostile
+|location  = [[Iceberg Lab]]<br/>[[Von Clutch's MotorWorld]]<br/>[[Wumpa Islands#Ice Warp Island|Ice Warp Island]]
-|location  =
-|equipment =
+|equipment = Jetpacks (Twinsanity)
-|offense   =
+|offense   = [[Spin]]
+|defense   = }}'''Penguins''' have appeared as enemies many times in the [[Crash Bandicoot (series)|''Crash Bandicoot'' series]].
-|defense   =
-}}'''Penguins''' have appeared as enemies many times in the [[Crash Bandicoot (series)|Crash Bandicoot series]]. They have appeared in ''[[Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]]'', ''[[Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped]]'', ''[[Crash Team Racing]]'', ''[[Crash Bash]]'', ''[[Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex]]'', ''[[Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure]]'', ''[[Crash Twinsanity]]'' and ''[[Crash Tag Team Racing]]''.
+==Overview==
-Penguins in ''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back'' will generally walk left and right one time, spin, and repeat. These penguins can be defeated by a general side attack when they aren't spinning. They can also be jumped on at any time. Rarely, penguins will slide down hills facing the character, similar to seals in the forward-moving areas of the snow-themed levels.
+===''[[Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]]''===
+They are minor enemies in the snow/ice levels ([[Snow Go]], [[Snow Biz]] and [[Cold Hard Crash]]). Here, they are one of three typical snow enemies, including porcupines and seals. Some penguins will walk back and forth, spin, get dizzy, and repeat the process. Others will slide down at [[Crash Bandicoot|Crash]] while he is walking forward. They can be defeated by any attack while not spinning.
+===''[[Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex]]''===
-In ''Crash Twinsanity'', the penguins' movements reflect their personalities. When surfing on Cortex, penguins act as a background, never catching the player, but just filling in for the story. In Cortex's Icy Lab, however, when Crash walks close enough to a penguin, they will launch themselves at him in a straight line or into the air and blow up. In ''The Wrath of Cortex'', the Penguins' form is much like the Crash 2 Penguins, appearing in the snow levels, but they waddle to one wall, turn around and spin to the other, and it will constantly do this until it is defeated.
+They appear in the levels [[Arctic Antics]], [[Eskimo Roll]] and [[Avalanche]]. They have the same role as the ones in ''Cortex Strikes Back'': walk back and forth, spin, and repeat the process. In the level Eskimo Roll, Crash can run over them with the [[atlasphere]].
-==Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back==
+===''[[Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage]]''===
+They would have appeared as enemies in [[Arctic Cliffs]], spinning and stopping like penguins did in the previous games. They also appear on a [[Trading Card|trading card]].
-They are minor enemies in the snow/ice levels ([[Snow Go]], [[Snow Biz]] and [[Cold Hard Crash]]). Here, they are one of three typical snow enemies, including porcupines and seals. Some penguins will walk back and forth, spin, get dizzy, and repeat the process. Others will slide down at Crash while walking forward.
-==Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex==
+===''[[Crash Twinsanity]]''===
-They appear in the levels: [[Arctic Antics]], [[Eskimo Roll]] and [[Avalanche]]. They have the same role as the ones in Crash Bandicoot 2; walk back and forth, spin, and repeat the process. In the level Eskimo Roll, Crash can run over them with the [[atlasphere]].
+'''Rocket Penguins''' in this game can be found in the [[Iceberg Lab]] and its associated levels. They have jet packs that they use to home in on Crash from above, or charge at him directly. At the end of their attack, whether they hit or missed their target, they will explode.
+They are employed by [[Neo Cortex|Cortex]]. During the level [[Ice Climb]], a group of penguins confront him, apparently because their paychecks bounced. He tries to appease them by offering them fish, but when the peguins aren't moved by this, he ends up shooting one with his [[Cortex's Ray Gun|ray gun]] instead. The rest of the penguins fly off.
-==Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage==
-They would have appeared as enemies in [[Arctic Cliffs]], spinning and stopping like peguins did in the previous games.
+They reappear in [[Slip Slide Icecapades]] to chase Crash and Cortex, and are seen again in [[Classroom Chaos]] as props inside glass display cases.
-==Crash Twinsanity==
-Their largest role might be in ''Crash Twinsanity''. In one cutscene, they confront Cortex about their pay, saying that a check had bounced. Cortex tries to calm them down by offering them a fish, but this only suceeds in making them angrier. Suddenly, the fish in Cortex's hand is replaced with his ray gun, which he uses to shoot the one he was talking to. This causes the other penguins to fly off in fear. They may have betrayed Cortex because of this (probably why they attack Crash and Cortex). They appear again chasing both Crash Bandicoot and Cortex during Slip Slide Icecapades. To defeat the penguins, Cortex can shoot them with his ray gun, or Crash can spin them. There are a lot of them in the [[Ice Climb]] level. They have jet packs that they can use to slide after Crash and Cortex (in the [[Humiliskate]] levels), charge at Crash, or fly in the air and try to dive-bomb Crash. These attacks are very easy to dodge.
+===''[[Crash Tag Team Racing]]''===
-They are also seen in [[Classroom Chaos]] inside some of the glass boxes along with other enemies.
-==Crash Tag Team Racing==
 :''Main article: [[Ninja Penguin]]''
 ''[[Crash Tag Team Racing]]'', unlike other games, have their own kind of penguin, known as Ninja Penguins. The Bowling minigames also feature penguin bowling pins.
+===''[[Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy]]''===
-==Penta Penguin==
+Penguins reappear in the ''N. Sane Trilogy'', reprising their role from ''Cortex Strikes Back'' and ''Warped''.
-:''Main article: [[Penta Penguin]]''
+===''[[Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled]]''===
-[[Penta Penguin]], the only penguin so far in the series to be named, appeared as a hidden character in ''[[Crash Team Racing]]'' and its ''[[Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled|Nitro-Fueled]]'' remake (via a code only), but was previously seen in the [[Dingodile]] boss fight in ''[[Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped]]'' and later in the ''[[Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy]]'' remaster of the third game.
+Penguins appear as background decorations in the course [[Blizzard Bluff]], where they can be seeing ice-skating, skiing and enjoying the snowy weather. Penguins can also be found having a dance party on the top of a cliff in the course [[Polar Pass]]. As the game is a remake of the original ''CTR'', Penta Penguin is once again playable.
+===''[[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]''===
+In ''It's About Time'', rather than being enemies as in previous games, penguins serve more as background decorations. They can be found in the snowy 11th dimension, in the levels [[Snow Way Out]], [[Stay Frosty]], [[Bears Repeating]] and [[Building Bridges]]. They sit on the edge of water pools, sometimes in groups, and jump off into the water if approached.
+===''[[Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!]]''===
+In ''On the Run!'', Penguins appear throughout the level [[Snow Go (On the Run!)|Snow Go]], spinning on the spot before getting dizzy and stopping as the player approaches. They are like more tools than enemies, as they are usually positioned in such a way that spinning or sliding them will send them flying into TNT or Nitro crates, detonating them and clearing the way or breaking item crates. In any case, they will still harm the player if they come into contact without attacking.
 ==Appearances==
 *''[[Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]]''
-*''[[Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped]]''
+*''[[Crash Bandicoot: Dansu! De Jump! Na Daibouken]]''
+*''[[Crash Bandicoot: Warped]]''
 *''[[Crash Team Racing]]''
 *''[[Crash Bash]]''
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 *''[[Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure]]''
 *''[[Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage]]''
+*''[[Crash Twinsanity 3D]]''
 *''[[Crash Twinsanity]]''
 *''[[Crash Tag Team Racing]]''
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 *''[[Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy]]''
 *''[[Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled]]''
+*''[[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]''
+*''[[Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!]]''
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery>
+<gallery widths="97">
-Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back Penta Penguin.png|A Penguin in ''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back''.
+Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back Penta Penguin.png|A penguin in ''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back''.
-penguinspin.png|A penguin spinning in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
+Penguinspin.png|A penguin spinning in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
-Penta_Penguin_CB2.png|A Penguin in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
+Penta Penguin CB2.png|A penguin in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
-Penguin.png|A Penguin in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
+Penguin.png|A penguin in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
 Penguin Snow Go.jpg|A penguin walking around in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
-Crash 2 Penguin.png|A Penguin in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
+Crash 2 Penguin.png|A penguin in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
+Jpn crash 2 cover render.png|Penguins featured in artwork used on the Japanese box art for ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
-Penta Penguin 2.jpg|A Penguin in ''Crash Bash''.
+JP penguin render.png|Japanese promo render of a penguin.
-Crash Bash Penta Penguin.png|A Penguin in ''Crash Bash''.
+Jpn penguin, plant, porcupine render.png|Japanese promo render of a penguin among other enemies for ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
-penguinWOC.png|A Penguin in ''Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex''.
+JP 2csb print ad.jpg|Japanese print ad for ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
+C Wall03 1.png|A wallpaper released as part of ''Mascot Crash Bandicoot'', a Japanese promotional disk released to promote ''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back''.
+polar and penguin TOMY figurines.jpg|1998 Polar and Penguin figurines by TOMY.
+Penta Penguin 2.jpg|A penguin in ''Crash Bash''.
+Crash Bash Penta Penguin.png|A penguin in ''Crash Bash''.
+PenguinWOC.png|A penguin in ''Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex''.
 Crash Bandicoot Purple Ripto's Rampage Penguin.png|Penguin sprite from ''Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage''.
-penguinTCG.png|The Penguin's trading game card in ''Crash Purple''.
+PenguinTCG.png|The penguin's trading game card in ''Crash Purple''.
-Fish.jpg|A penguin not being persuaded by Cortex's of fish.
+Fish.jpg|A penguin not being persuaded by Cortex's offer of fish in ''Twinsanity''.
-Oh oh.jpg|The penguins behind Crash while he is riding Cortex.
+Oh oh.jpg|The penguins chasing Crash and Cortex down the mountain in ''Twinsanity''.
-Crash Tag Team Racing Rocket Penguin.png|A Rocket Penguin in ''Crash Tag Team Racing''.
 Green Gem 6-A.png|''Crash Twinsanity'' Concept Art.
-Icecapades concept art.jpg|Concept art of Penguins in the Slip Slide Icecapades level of Crash Twinsanity.
+TS rocket penguin concept.jpg|Concept art of a rocket penguin for ''Twinsanity''.
+Icecapades concept art.jpg|Concept art of penguins in the Slip Slide Icecapades level of ''Crash Twinsanity''.
+Penguin bowling pins.png|Penguin bowling in ''Tag Team Racing''.
+Crash Got Frozen 4.jpg|A group of penguins seen in the upper background in ''It's About Time''.
+OTR snow go concept.png|Concept art for ''On the Run!'' showing penguins in Snow Go.
+OTR bear it concept.png|Concept art for ''On the Run!'' showing penguins in Bear It.
 </gallery>
+==Names in Other Languages==
+{{Foreign names
+|Jap = グリン
+|JapR = Gurin
+|JapM = Guin (shortened form of "Penguin")
+}}
 ==Trivia==
 *The penguins in ''The Wrath of Cortex'' bear resemblance to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_Penguin macaroni penguins], whilst the penguins in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' resemble [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_penguin little penguins.]
 **Little penguins - like many other animals featured in the series - can be found in Tasmania.
-*The penguins may be seen in Crash of the Titans in their torpedo pack in one of the [[Doctor N. Gin]] episodes.
-*To unlock Penta Penguin in ''CTR'', hold L1 and R1 and then type down, right, triangle, down, left, triangle, up.
-*In the PAL version of ''CTR'', Penta is just as fast as [[Oxide]], while in the North American versions of the game, his racing stats equal that of [[Polar]] and [[Pura]].
-*In ''The Wrath of Cortex'', the sound the penguin makes when it spins sounds exactly like Crash's spin.
 {{Cortex Strikes Back}}
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 [[it:Pinguino]]
 [[Category:Enemies]]
-[[Category:Creatures]]
+[[Category:Crash Bandicoot: Dansu! De Jump! Na Daibouken]]
 [[Category:Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage]]
 [[Category:Crash Tag Team Racing]]
 [[Category:Crash of the Titans]]
-[[Category:Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled]]
+[[Category:Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled]]
+[[Category:Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]
+[[Category:Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!]]

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