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| |image = [[File:Catbat Crash Team Rumble Screenshot Crop.png|200px]] | | |image = [[File:Catbatfull.png|250x300px]]<br>Catbat in ''Crash Team Rumble'' |
| |first_appearance = ''[[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]'' (2020) (cameo) | | |first_appearance = ''[[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]'' (2020) (cameo) |
| |latest_appearance = ''[[Crash Team Rumble]]'' (upcoming) | | |latest_appearance = ''[[Crash Team Rumble]]'' (upcoming) |
| |species = Cat and bat hybrid | | |species = Cat and bat hybrid |
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| '''Catbat''' is a playable character in the upcoming game ''[[Crash Team Rumble]]'', having first appeared as a cameo in [[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]. They are a fusion of a cat and a bat. | | '''Catbat''' is a playable character in the upcoming game ''[[Crash Team Rumble]]'', having first appeared as a cameo in [[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]. They are a fusion of a cat and a bat. |
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| <!-- NOTE: This section is speculation and will eventually have to be revamped when the game comes out. -->It seems they may be a foil of [[Dingodile]], as cats parallel with dogs (which dingos are a species of) in pop culture, as well as Dingodile having feuded with the bats of [[Mosquito Marsh]] during the events of ''Crash Bandicoot 4''.
| | It seems they may be a foil of [[Dingodile]], as cats parallel with dogs (or dingos) in pop culture, as well as Dingodile having feuded with the bats of [[Mosquito Marsh]] during the events of Crash 4. |
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| | ==Creation== |
| | Designer and artist [[Nicholas Kole]] has stated that the character was originally designed as nonbinary and uses gender neutral pronouns, although this may have changed later in development. Since they are a playable character, they were designed to look more legible and appealing than monster-y. |
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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| ===''Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time''=== | | ===''Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time''=== |
| [[File:Crash4Coco100End.png|thumb|left|Catbat as seen in [[Coco Bandicoot]]'s section of the 100% ending in ''[[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]'']] | | [[File:Crash4Coco100End.png|thumb|left]] |
| Catbat appears in the 100% ending of ''[[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]'', where they tease [[Dr. Neo Cortex]] as [[Coco Bandicoot]] triumphs over [[Nina Cortex]]. | | Catbat appears in the 100% ending of Crash 4, where they tease Dr. Cortex as Coco triumphs over Nina. |
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| ==General information==
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| ===Appearance===
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| Catbat is a slim cat-bat hybrid with light blue-green fur. They have yellow eyes with catlike slit pupils and heavy eyebrow ridges, surrounded by dull pink markings and a scar over their right eye. They have a small pink nose, large fangs and long pointed ears with three silver piercings in the left ear. They also have a long thin tail and large spiked bat wings with pink webbing. They wear a black leather jacket with a tall, studded collar, dull blue jeans with a tear over the right knee, a black leather belt with a skull-shaped buckle, and a silver spiked ring around their tail. They don't wear anything under their jacket, showing purple stripes on their chest. They have bare feet with large brown claws.
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| With their limited appearances, their personality has yet to be properly demonstrated. At the very least, their body language conveys a cocky, confident punk-rock attitude.
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| Designer and artist [[Nicholas Kole]] has stated that the character was originally designed as nonbinary and uses gender neutral pronouns,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/FromHappyRock/status/1601073092297895936 |title=I was being silly and referring to a video- actually when I was designing them they were canonically NB |first=Nicholas |last=Kole |date=December 9, 2022 |publisher=Twitter |archiveurl=https://archive.is/aOnY6 |archivedate=December 23, 2022 |accessdate=December 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/FromHappyRock/status/1601087069409153025 |title=I can’t be sure of what the finished game includes, but they/them when I was designing! |first=Nicholas |last=Kole |date=December 9, 2022 |publisher=Twitter |archiveurl=https://archive.is/VnTtL |archivedate=December 23, 2022 |accessdate=December 24, 2022}}</ref> although this may change in the final release of ''Crash Team Rumble''. Since they are a playable character, they were designed to look more legible and appealing than monster-y.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/FromHappyRock/status/1601285505026781185 |title=Not really constraints so much as balancing a playable design as something legible and appealing instead of too monstery- also if you take away the nose it’s all bat and no cat |date=December 9, 2022 |publisher=Twitter |first=Nicholas |last=Kole |archiveurl=https://archive.is/efB4k |archivedate=December 24, 2022 |accessdate=December 24, 2022}}</ref>
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| Florian-coudray-coco.jpg|Variant of ''Crash Bandicoot 4'''s 100% ending found on [[Florian Coudray]]'s portfolio. | | Florian-coudray-coco.jpg|Variant of Crash 4's 100% ending found on [[Florian Coudray]]'s portfolio. |
| Crash Team Rumble Christmas 2022 Promo Art.jpg|Promotional ''Crash Team Rumble'' artwork for Christmas 2022
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *[[Nicholas Kole]], Catbat's designer, has responded to a Tweet asking if they played in a band, saying they would play in a goth or glam rock band.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/FromHappyRock/status/1601074814898556928 |title=Goth/glam rock for sure! |date=December 9, 2022 |publisher=Twitter |first=Nicholas |last=Kole |archiveurl=https://archive.is/lGnoX |archivedate= December 24, 2022 |accessdate=December 24, 2022}}</ref> | | *[[Nicholas Kole]] has responded to a Tweet asking if they played in a band, saying they would play in a goth or glam rock band. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| [[Category:Anthropomorphic animals]] | | [[Category:Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time characters]] |
| [[Category:Mammals]]
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| [[Category:Crash Team Rumble characters]] | | [[Category:Crash Team Rumble characters]] |