Nitro Squad

The Nitro Squad is a group of characters that appear in Crash Team Racing and its remake, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. The group is formed by Ami, Liz, Isabella, and Megumi, with Tawna Bandicoot being associated with, but not a part of, the group in Nitro-Fueled.

The Nitro Squad first appears, with no official name, in Crash Team Racing as non-playable characters in the game, being motorsports models present at award ceremonies often seen whenever a player gets a trophy; Thomas Wilson, the creative director of Nitro-Fueled, mentions in an official Activision blog entry for the game that these characters used to be called the Trophy Girls, with this being a term that had never appeared in official Crash Bandicoot media. The Nitro Squad name was created for the group in Nitro-Fueled; the name is derived from Nitro-Fueled ' s "Nitro" theme, which references the Nitro Crates seen throughout the Crash Bandicoot series as well as nitrous oxide.

In Nitro-Fueled, the members of the group are stated to be from different parts of the world each, with Ami, Liz, Isabella, and Megumi being suggested to be from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan respectively; this is likely due to the namesakes of the former characters, and to tie with the theme of the Nitro Tour Grand Prix, the in-game event for Nitro-Fueled during which the characters first became available to play as, being based on internationality.