There's a good reason Crash Bandicoot has endured as such an iconic mascot for the decades since his smash debut on the PlayStation in 1996. Designed to be as expressive, colorful, and zany as possible, Crash popped against the beach and jungle backgrounds of N. Sanity Island, and his elastic features, borrowed from stretch and squash frames in cartoons, gave him a never-before-seen (in video games) liveliness.