Pufferfish

Pufferfish are enemies encountered in the underwater levels of Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, and the N. Sane Trilogy remaster of the third game.

Description

First appearing in the original version of Warped, pufferfish are small, red fish with orange-yellow eyes and spines. They can inflate to become larger and more rounded, where their spines are made most visible. Pufferfish appear plain red with yellow eyes in The Huge Adventure, and have white-pinkish stripes, mouths and undersides in the N. Sane Trilogy remaster of Warped.

Initially, the pufferfish in the original Warped were colored purple instead of red, as seen in a promotional trailer^[1], the leaked beta version of Under Pressure and the Pizza Hut NTSC/U demo version^[2] of the latter level. Although it is unclear why the color change was made before the game's release, it is likely that this was done to make the pufferfish more visible to players.

Three pufferfish from The Huge Adventure appear on a trading card in Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage.

Behavior

Pufferfish are shown to inflate and raise their spines every few seconds, all while slowly moving up and down. In the original and remastered versions of Warped, they also turn to face Crash whenever he swims near them. Pufferfish can be defeated using the spin attack when deflated, or by shooting torpedoes using the Submergible. If Crash touches a pufferfish when it is inflated or fails to spin them away when they are deflated, he will become inflated himself.

In Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, several pufferfish appear as background objects in the remastered Roo's Tubes. They can be seen in one of the track's underwater sections, floating, inflating and deflating as in their N. Sane Trilogy appearance.

Appearances

Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (as a trading game card only)
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
- Roo's Tubes (as background object)

Gallery

References

Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Protagonists	Crash Bandicoot \| Aku Aku \| Coco Bandicoot \| Pura \| Penta Penguin \| Baby T \| Polar \| Fake Crash
Antagonists	Tiny Tiger \| Dingodile \| Doctor Nefarious Tropy \| Doctor N. Gin \| Doctor Neo Cortex \| Uka Uka
Items	Crates \| Wumpa Fruit \| Crystals \| Gems \| Relics
Super Powers	Super Belly Flop \| Double Jump \| Death Tornado Spin \| Fruit Bazooka \| Crash Dash
Levels	First Chamber: Toad Village \| Under Pressure \| Orient Express \| Bone Yard \| Makin' Waves Second Chamber: Gee Wiz \| Hang'em High \| Hog Ride \| Tomb Time \| Midnight Run Third Chamber: Dino Might! \| Deep Trouble \| High Time \| Road Crash \| Double Header Fourth Chamber: Sphynxinator \| Bye Bye Blimps \| Tell No Tales \| Future Frenzy \| Tomb Wader Fifth Chamber: Gone Tomorrow \| Orange Asphalt \| Flaming Passion \| Mad Bombers \| Bug Lite Hidden: Ski Crazed \| Area 51? \| Rings of Power Secret Levels: Hot Coco \| Eggipus Rex
Enemies	Bandifish \| Scarab \| Snake \| Arsonist \| Crocodile \| Eel \| Goat \| Lab Assistant \| Monkey \| Pufferfish \| Scorpion \| Seagull \| Shark \| Triceratops \| Pterodactyl \| Wave Lab Assistant \| Giant Lab Assistant \| Wizard Lab Assistant \| Frog

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Protagonists	Crash Bandicoot \| Aku Aku \| Coco Bandicoot
Bosses	Dingodile \| Doctor N. Gin \| Tiny Tiger \| Doctor Neo Cortex \| Uka Uka \| Mega-Mix
Items	Crates \| Wumpa Fruit \| Crystals \| Gems
Levels	First Chamber: Jungle Jam \| Shipwrecked \| Temple of Boom \| Frostbite Cavern \| Just in Slime Second Chamber: Snow Crash \| Rocket Racket \| Just Hangin' \| Shark Attack \| Ruined Third Chamber: Snow Job \| Ace of Space \| Sunken City \| Down the Hole \| Blimp Bonanza Fourth Chamber: Star to Finish \| Air Supply \| No-Fly Zone \| Drip, Drip, Drip \| Final Countdown
Enemies	Electric Eel \| Frog \| Jellyfish \| Lab Assistant \| Moray Eel \| Penguin \| Polar Bear \| Pufferfish \| Rat \| Scrubber \| Seal \| Shark \| Sparky Tentaclebot Unit \| Spike Lizard \| Squid \| Sewer Mech \| Venus Fly Trap \| Yeti

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Crash Bandicoot
Protagonists	Crash Bandicoot \| Aku Aku \| Tawna
Levels	N. Sanity Island: N. Sanity Beach \| Jungle Rollers \| The Great Gate \| Boulders \| Upstream \| Rolling Stones \| Hog Wild \| Native Fortress Middle Island: Up the Creek \| The Lost City \| Temple Ruins \| Road to Nowhere \| Boulder Dash \| Whole Hog \| Sunset Vista Cortex Island: Heavy Machinery \| Cortex Power \| Generator Room \| Toxic Waste \| The High Road \| Slippery Climb \| Lights Out \| Fumbling in the Dark \| Jaws of Darkness \| Castle Machinery \| The Lab \| The Great Hall
Items	Crates (Basic Crate \| Aku Aku Crate \| Bounce Crate \| Arrow Crate \| ? Crate \| ! Crate \| TNT Crate \| Big TNT Crate \| Crash Crate \| Checkpoint Crate \| Iron Crate \| Iron Arrow Crate \| Wumpa Fruit \| Gem \| Key
Enemies	Crab \| Turtle \| Skunk \| Venus Fly Trap \| Monkey \| Tribesman \| Flying Fish \| Bat \| Snake \| Spider \| Hog \| Holo-Projector \| Robot Turtle \| Spiked Saucer \| Slim \| Fat \| Evil Hand \| Lab Assistant \| Rat \| Blob
Bosses	Papu Papu \| Ripper Roo \| Koala Kong \| Pinstripe Potoroo \| Doctor Nitrus Brio \| Doctor Neo Cortex

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Protagonists	Crash Bandicoot \| Aku Aku \| Coco Bandicoot \| Doctor Nitrus Brio \| Polar
Bosses	Ripper Roo \| Komodo Brothers \| Tiny Tiger \| Doctor N. Gin \| Doctor Neo Cortex
Items	Crates (Basic Crate, ? Crate, Bounce Crate, Aku Aku Crate, Checkpoint Crate, Crash Crate, Arrow Crate, Locked Crate, TNT Crate, Nitro Crate, Nitro Switch Crate, ! Crate, Iron Crate, Iron Arrow Crate) \| Wumpa Fruit \| Crystal \| Gem
Levels	First Warp Room: Turtle Woods, Snow Go, Hang Eight, The Pits, Crash Dash Second Warp Room: Snow Biz, Air Crash, Bear It, Crash Crush, The Eel Deal Third Warp Room: Plant Food, Sewer or Later, Bear Down, Road to Ruin, Un-Bearable Fourth Warp Room: Hangin' Out, Diggin' It, Cold Hard Crash, Ruination, Bee-Having Fifth Warp Room: Piston It Away, Rock It, Night Fight, Pack Attack, Spaced Out Secret Warp Room: Totally Bear, Totally Fly
Enemies	Armadillo \| Bee \| Cyborg Lizard \| Porcupine \| Electric Eel \| Gorilla \| Lab Assistant \| Lizard \| Mechanical Piranha \| Mole \| Monkey \| Orca \| Penguin \| Polar Bear \| Possum \| Rat \| Robot Walker \| Scrubber \| Seal \| Sparky Tentaclebot Unit \| Spike Rat \| Spiked Saucer \| Spitter Plant \| Tiki \| Turtle \| Venus Fly Trap

Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Protagonists	Crash Bandicoot \| Aku Aku \| Coco Bandicoot \| Pura \| Penta Penguin \| Baby T \| Polar \| Fake Crash
Antagonists	Tiny Tiger \| Dingodile \| Doctor Nefarious Tropy \| Doctor N. Gin \| Doctor Neo Cortex \| Uka Uka
Items	Crates \| Wumpa Fruit \| Crystals \| Gems \| Relics
Super Powers	Super Belly Flop \| Double Jump \| Death Tornado Spin \| Fruit Bazooka \| Crash Dash
Levels	First Chamber: Toad Village \| Under Pressure \| Orient Express \| Bone Yard \| Makin' Waves Second Chamber: Gee Wiz \| Hang'em High \| Hog Ride \| Tomb Time \| Midnight Run Third Chamber: Dino Might! \| Deep Trouble \| High Time \| Road Crash \| Double Header Fourth Chamber: Sphynxinator \| Bye Bye Blimps \| Tell No Tales \| Future Frenzy \| Tomb Wader Fifth Chamber: Gone Tomorrow \| Orange Asphalt \| Flaming Passion \| Mad Bombers \| Bug Lite Hidden: Ski Crazed \| Area 51? \| Rings of Power Secret Levels: Hot Coco \| Eggipus Rex
Enemies	Bandifish \| Scarab \| Snake \| Arsonist \| Crocodile \| Eel \| Goat \| Lab Assistant \| Monkey \| Pufferfish \| Scorpion \| Seagull \| Shark \| Triceratops \| Pterodactyl \| Wave Lab Assistant \| Giant Lab Assistant \| Wizard Lab Assistant \| Frog

DLC Content

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

[0] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CVp5Ro8GLg

[1] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieLjNSH9c3E

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