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This page lists the cameos and references to the Crash Bandicoot series that have been made in external pop culture.

The Simpsons: In the Simpsons episode "Lisa gets an A", Lisa Simpson is seen playing an obvious parody of Crash Bandicoot. She controls an anthropomorphized dingo character with a similar name to Crash's, in the fictional self-named game, Dash Dingo. A parody of the Warp Room from Crash 2 is displayed, where a head hologram of the game's villain orders Dash to "find and devour the 7 crystal babies", much like Cortex orders Crash to find the Crystals.

Family Guy: In the Family Guy movie "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story", an innuendo is made through Tom Tucker, which shortly reveals him to be playing a handheld console while saying "Eat my dust, Crash Bandicoot!". If we head more in particular, it's most likely a reference to Crash Nitro Kart, judging by Tom's sentence and the fact that he's playing on a handheld.

GoldenEye 007: This N64 game has a carving on a wall from the additional Aztec mission, which seems to depict Crash Bandicoot (or a look-alike) chained into an ancient torture device. Ironically, the Naughty Dogs have declared this game to be one of their favourites.

The Country Bears: A Crash Bash poster can be seen on a wall, in this Disney movie.

Angel: An episode of the series Angel has Drogyn and Illyria playing Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, for the XBox. Drogyn instructs: "It is a test. You must collect these Crystals. And fruit."

Yes, Dear: The comedy series Yes, Dear features an episode with Jimmy playing the first Crash Bandicoot game on a PlayStation.

Friends: In the episode of Friends entitled "The One With Monica's Thunder", Joey walks into a room where Chandler is playing Crash Team Racing (specifically the track Hot Air Skyway, as Crash).

Dawson's Creek: In the episode "Four to Tango" of this TV series, Jen and Pacey prepare to evade the room when they hear someone enter the house. Jen makes it out of the window, and Pacey quickly dives and grabs a PlayStation controller, as Dawson enters the room. Confused as to why Pacey is at home on a school day, he questions him about this, to which he replies "Just playing some Crash Bandicoot".

Baby Geniuses: In this movie, one of the babies runs around in a closed mall and gets into a store, after which he starts playing the first Crash Bandicoot game.

Jak & Daxter: In the first Jak & Daxter game, there is one of the snapper plants from Crash 2 inside Samos' hut (albeit green). The exact same model is used, as both games were developed by Naughty Dog.

Johnny The Homicidal Maniac: Characters from this comic wear Crash Bandicoot shirts at times.

Game Over (TV Show): In the very first episode of this show, there is a billboard with Crash Bandicoot doing a "Got Milk?" ad.

Spyro: Year of the Dragon: One of Sheila's missions is entitled "Krash Kangaroo", a reference to Crash Bandicoot. Additionally, one of the riddles in Haunted Tomb presents "a bandicoot" as one of the possible answers.

Spyro: Season of Flame: There is a trigger object in this game that uses the exact same sound as Aku Aku's famous mumbo-jumbo line, right down to the drumbeats.

Spyro Legend- A New Beginning (DS): The DS version of this game shows Crash in the level Dante's Freezer. He appears as part of the background and can't be interacted with. He is depicted cooking over a fire.

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (TV ad): A rather distasteful ad for this platformer shows Ty walking into a hospital, where 3 critters lie covered in bandages. Their charts read "hedgehog", "dragon" and "bandicoot" (and if these aren't obvious enough, they are shaped exactly like Sonic the Hedgehog, Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot). Everyone gets nervous as Ty passes by, and when he says "Boo!", they all panic and succumb to heart attacks.

Johnny Test: In the Johnny Test episode "Johnny vs. Smash Badger 3/Johnny Bee Good", Johnny is rewarded by his mother with a video game called "Smash Badger 3" (an obvious parody of Crash Bandicoot). In the game, Smash must defeat Dr. Swampbrain. He shouts a similar catchphrase at Smash when mad, in a tone like Cortex. Smash moves similarly to Crash Bandicoot, being able to jump, leap, and flip-spin.

Reboot: The computer-animated series Reboot once featured a Crash/Sonic hybrid game as a parody, named Rocky Racoon.

Great Teacher Onizuka: In the manga version of GTO, in Lesson 176, a Japanese Crash Bandicoot 2 can be seen in the pile of videogames which one of the characters drops on the floor.

Ape Escape 3: There is a monkey in this game that is called Uka Uka.

The Mystery of the Bermuda triangle: This movie features Crash Nitro Kart being played at one point. It shows Crash Bandicoot in Inferno Island.

Jimmy Neutron: In the first episode of this series, Cindy threatened Jimmy to get her pants back by saying "Neutron, prepare to face the wrath of Vortex!", a possible allusion to The Wrath of Cortex.
Additionally, in the episode "Ultra Sheen", Jimmy, Sheen and Carl went inside a video-game. In order to defeat an enemy, they needed jewels called Power Crystals that resembled the ones from Crash Bandicoot.

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 Mission: Las Vegum: Along with numerous other external video-game references, Crash marks his spot with a giant model of his head, placed on top of a building in Little Venetia.