Crunch
# Crunch

Crunch may refer to:

* Big Crunch, a hypothetical scenario for the ultimate fate of the universe
* Credit crunch, a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans or a sudden tightening of the requirement conditions
* Crunch (chocolate bar), a chocolate bar made of milk chocolate and crisped rice
* Crunch Fitness, a chain of over 300 franchised fitness clubs located in the United States, Canada and Australia
* Crunch (video games), a period in which video game developers take on significant, often uncompensated overtime
* Crunchiness, the sensation of muffled grinding of a foodstuff
* John Draper (born 1943; also "Crunch"), an American computer programmer and legendary former phone phreak

## Athletics

* Le Crunch, the traditional name for the England–France rugby match at the Six Nations Championship
* Crunch (exercise), one of the most popular abdominal exercises
* Syracuse Crunch, a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League

## Media

* Crunch, a term used in the context of role-playing games
* Crunch (book), a book written by Jared Bernstein
* The Crunch (comics), an A4 British comic
* Crunch (TV programming block), a former Saturday morning programming block dedicated to animation on the Canadian television channel YTV
* Crunch Bandicoot, a character from the Crash Bandicoot franchise of video games

### Music

* "The Crunch", a 1977 single by English producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist Richard Anthony Hewson
* The Crunch, a 1984 EP by British post-punk/alternative rock band The Nightingales
* Crunch, a 2000 album by American heavy metal band Impellitteri
* The Crunch (band), an English/Swedish power pop group
* Crunch (Cry Wolf album), the second album released by the glam rock band Cry Wolf
