Clanker (Earth-5819)

Clanker is a character found at Clanker's Cavern in Crash Bandicoot 1. He is an extremely large aquatic mutant cyborg, who resembles a giant shark despite having a whale blowhole. He has many organic bits akin to deep skin tissue that pin out of his original body. Doctor Neo Cortex uses him as his garbage disposal. Crash Bandicoot may enter Clanker via his teeth, blowhole and gills.

Crash Bandicoot 1
After finding Clanker, Crash has to swim through a key-loop a total of 3 times to release him from a chain that is tying Clanker. If Crash drowns after doing it, he'll have to do it again.

Crash Team Racing
Clanker can be seen in the background of the Clanker's River course.

Crash Bandicoot: Nuts &amp; Bolts
Clanker reappears in Crash Bandicoot: Nuts & Boltsas a part of Crashland, but L.O.G. has separated him into multiple pieces as sections. His head sticks out of the wall as an exhibit, while his teeth are in a separate display. A portion of his body that contains spinning blades serve as a tunnel, while the remainder of his body is lodged into the ground as a ramp and a bridge. One of Crashland's challenges involves protecting Clanker's eyes from attacking Cortexbots.

Trivia

 * In a beta video of Crash Bandicoot 1, Clanker appears as a live, organic creature. Many beta shots reveal Clanker opening his mouth fully wide after his teeth have been knocked out, but this is never seen in the final version of the game.
 * The sounds that Clanker makes are actually Crash's gibberish slowed down, as revealed by Grant Kirkhope in a "Guest Grumps" video and in the video "Naughty Dog Revealed: Five Things You Didn't Know About Crash Bandicoot.