- Could be Accidental Nightmare Fuel, but the opening to the game is unnaturally dark. So many beats between transitions, a vocoded, robotic voice narrating each screen, and a droning, ambient didgeridoo-based track in the background. To quote SomecallmeJohnny, "Are we playing Crash Bash, or Resident Evil?"
- The Evil Ending is quite possibly the grimmest moment in the entire series, with Uka Uka actually succeeding in capturing the crystals and Aku Aku, on the brink of a Heroic BSoD, begs Crash and Coco to flee for their lives. No gags, mood breakers or even any goofy music, just Uka Uka laughing demonically as lightning erupts in the background, with the Earth having only damnation to look forward to.
- Really, Aku Aku's final line just cements it. He laments that good failed in the face of evil and sends Crash and Coco into hiding, even though it's clear that his brother will hunt them down regardless.
Aku Aku: (mortified) How can this be? Was I so naïve to believe that Goodness on its own could triumph over Evil...? Now Uka Uka has the Crystals, the Earth is surely doomed. Run, Crash, hide! My friends... save yourselves!Uka Uka: There is nowhere to hide... FROM THE WRATH OF THE MIGHTY UKA UKA! (laughs maniacally) - Even before then, Uka Uka is portrayed in a far more menacing light. If you thought that Clancy Brown made him creepy in Warped, this is even worse. He's far more aggressive, his voice is much lower, almost like a demonic entity, and he's just barely stopped from outright killing Cortex and N. Brio where they stand for failing him in the Good Ending. Considering the stakes, it becomes very evident why.Uka Uka: (furiously) YOU HAVE FAILED ME FOR THE LAST TIME! YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR INCOMPETENCE!
- Even worse there's a cut away to Aku Aku just as Uka Uka prepares to zap them and we hear both characters' hurt grunts. Given the other ending is Canon Discontinuity, who's to say he didn't?
- The Bearminator's deep, growling Evil Laugh if you lose to him is pretty unnerving, especially combined with his Black Eyes of Crazy and mouthful of razor-sharp teeth.
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