Polar

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This article is about a friendly polar bear affiliated with Crash Bandicoot. For information on the enemies of the same species, see Polar Bear.

Polar
Polar as he appears in the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
First appearance	Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997)
Latest appearance	Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (2020)
Species	Polar bear

Polar is a recurring character in the Crash Bandicoot franchise.

Characteristics

Polar is a polar bear cub and a pet owned by Crash Bandicoot, who often rides on him while traversing through ice levels. Polar shares some traits with puppies, such as having a tendency to bark.

Biography

Polar appears in some of the arctic levels, where Crash would ride him in the same manner he did on the boar in Crash Bandicoot. He was also used in a certain level where Crash had to escape from an exceptionally large polar bear. In the second world of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Polar's first appearance, he is in the warp room and can be jumped on to earn extra lives.

Polar appears in Crash Bandicoot: Warped in the opening cinema, where it is revealed that he now lives with Crash.

Polar is a playable character in Crash Team Racing. His kart is light blue, and is in the beginners category of karts, which are low in speed, average in acceleration, and great in turning prowess.

A group of polar bears resembling like Polar appear in Crash Bash, though none of them were revealed to be Polar.

Polar is also a playable character in Crash Nitro Kart. He was brainwashed alongside Pura and Dingodile by N. Trance, and joined the N. Trance Team, whose karts were green in color. He was also seen in the end cinema for team Bandicoot, where he, Coco, Crash and Crunch are at the beach.

Polar appears again in Crash Twinsanity at Crash's "birthday party", where he wears an angry expression and wields a baseball bat. According to Crash Twinsanity concept art, Polar has apparently joined the villains for unexplained reasons.

Polar appeared in Crash Boom Bang!, where he stood upright and wore jeans, a la Pura in the same game.

Gallery

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  Crash Team Racing model

Nomenclature

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ポーラ Pōra	Same as English.