History VideoGame / CrashTagTeamRacing

** [[https://youtu.be/pKlA1YGA_rc Tire and Ice's music]] contains bits of Kalinka, Hungarian Dance No. 5, and Trepak from The Nutcracker. Likewise, [[https://youtu.be/HuLZosvxqco its high rank music]] is Korobeiniki, better known as ''Tetris'''s Type-A theme.

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: The "Die-o-Rama" [[FullMotionVideo FMVs]], which are pretty much an expansive tribute to Crash's previous slapstick deaths throughout the series. These cutscenes have Crash being maimed, shredded, smashed, crushed, blown up, [[AnvilOnHead Safed, Pianoed]], poisoned, [[SuperDrowningSkills drowned]], [[{{Fartillery}} farted]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext to death]], eaten and more. If you feel bad for him, don't worry, [[UnexplainedRecovery he gets better]].

** Zigzagged for the PAL version, which fixes a few bugs and [[ObviousBeta unfinished touches]] from the NTSC version, but also downgrades on a few other things (the [=PS2=] version has a lower framerate and the EasterEgg commentary played during the credits is omitted).

** [[https://youtu.be/pKlA1YGA_rc Tire and Ice's music]] contains bits of Kalinka, Hungarian Dance No. 5, and Trepak. Likewise, [[https://youtu.be/HuLZosvxqco its high rank music]] is Korobeiniki, better known as ''Tetris'''s Type-A theme.

[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine Combine and conquer!]]'']]

** A piano can be dropped on the other racers, expoding and taking out anyone who drives into it.

* HailfirePeaks: Tyrannosaurus Wrecks consists of a mix between {{Prehistoria}}, LethalLavaLand, AmusementParkofDoom, and SlippySlideyIceWorld.

* AbsenteeActor:
** This is the first game where neither Tiny or Dingodile appear since their first appearance (discounting their multiplayer exclusivity in ''N Tranced'').
** Uka Uka is also nowhere to be seen and Aku Aku only makes a very brief cameo as a mask worn by a tribesman on the Tiki Turbo track.

** Tiki Turbo and Pirates of the Carburetor's theme is an arrangement of main theme from Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean.

** One of the Mystery Island's second part music is an arrangement of Worm Chase from VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity.

** Pyramid Pass's high rank music is an arrangement of the theme tune of Franchise/IndianaJones.

** Labrea Car Pits's music is an arrangement of [[Music/TheRiteOfSpring]].

** One of the Mystery Island's second part music is an arrangment of Worm Chase from VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity.

** Labrea Car Pits's music is an arrangement of Music/TheRiteOfSpring.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Many of the [[TheManyDeathsOfYou Die-o-Ramas]] involve Crash doing things that range from [[DisproportionateRetribution blatant "law" breaking]], [[TooDumbToLive incredibly idiotic behavior]] or [[TookALevelInJerkass just being plain cruel]], which always results in Crash getting maimed in over-the-top ways. It's sometimes [[InvertedTrope inverted]] though, mostly with the Baby Yetis and the frozen Yeti.

* TookALevelInDumbass: While the nature of the series was always goofy, a few characters seem to have suffered a bit of an IQ drop since the previous game. [[spoiler: Willie Wumpa Cheeks even lampshades the idiocy of the entire group.]] Coco and Crunch in particular, originally the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Men]], are just as idiot prone as Crash and the villains.

* ToyTime: Everything the Von Clutch MotorWorld like PalmTreePanic, MedievalEuropeanFantasy, Prehistoria, BuildLikeanEgyptian, and SpaceZone are made from toys.

** The music for one of the Die-O-Ramas is a clear reference to the theme from [Film/Jaws].

** The music for one of the Die-O-Ramas is a clear reference to the theme from [[Film/Jaws]].

** The music for one of the Die-O-Ramas is a clear reference to the theme from Film/Jaws.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Many of the [[TheManyDeathsOfYou Die-o-Ramas]] involve Crash doing things that range from [[DisproportionateRetribution blatant "law" breaking]], [[TooDumbToLive incredibly idiotic behavior]] or [[TookALevelInJerkass just being plain cruel]], which always results in Crash getting maimed in over-the-top ways. It's sometimes [[InvertedTrope inverted]] though, mostly with the Baby Yetis and the the frozen Yeti.

--->'''Coco''': Coco did it! <{{Beat}}> Never mind!

** Evilocity's [[https://youtu.be/QDE3AXCYbVw low rank[=/=]Challenge Mode music]] is an arrangement of Music/NightOnBaldMountain.
** [[https://youtu.be/pKlA1YGA_rc Tire and Ice's music]] contains bits of Hungarian Dance No. 5. Likewise, [[https://youtu.be/HuLZosvxqco its high rank music]] is Korobeiniki, better known as ''Tetris'''s "Type-A" theme.