History VideoGame / CrashTwinsanity

* DummiedOut: Loads of content was lost due to time constraints. Lampshaded by Cortex as he activates the Psychetron.
--> '''Cortex:''' Come now, as we explore '''''a new dimension!''''' ...It should have been ''two'' new dimensions, but we... ran out of time.

* BeeAfraid: Totem Hokum. All sympathy for Cortex in this level is completely non-existent -- by the first checkpoint, the bees chasing him give him [[AmusingInjuries visible blisters]], a beehive gets dropped on him, and that eventually lures a [[BearsAreBadNews hungry bear]] into the chase!

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Nina in this game is a SilentProtagonist and a fairly docile little girl, a far cry from the conniving, loud-mouthed villainess she is in later games.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Many, many times, though one of the biggest examples is the Moulin Cortex:
--> '''Cortex:''' (sliding through the building) Coming through! Ladies... Excuse me madam! Are those ''real''? ...'''Mother?!'''

** Coco shows up at Cortex's iceberg lab, and delivers a kick to his [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar crystals]]:

->''"They're working together, but they ''don't'' have to like it!"''
-->-- '''The game's tagline'''

* NotableOriginalMusic: The soundtrack was composed by Spiralmouth, an a capella group, which gives the game a very distinctive sound style, compared to all the other ''Crash Bandicoot'' games.

--> '''Cortex:''' My daught-err... Niece!

* AcademyOfEvil: Madame Amberly's Academy of Evil, Cortex's alma mater. Nina was once enrolled there, but was expelled and forced to attend public school (of ''evil''!).

* AcademyOfEvil: Madame Amberly's Academy of Evil, Cortex's alma mater. Nina was once enrolled there, but was expelled and forced

* AcademyOfEvil: Madame Amberly's Academy of Evil, Cortex's alma mater. This is where his niece Nina currently attends.

-->'''Cortex, defensively:''' I'm an evil scientist!

** The Mecha Bandicoot appeared to have had this happen, too (despite both Crash and Cortex falling into the same pit, the wreckage was nowhere to be found). [[spoiler:Come the FinalBoss, [[UnexplainedRecovery he's back and ready to rumble.]]]]

! Due to its nature as a sequel, spoilers for the first four ''Crash Bandicoot'' games are unmarked.

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* NostalgiaLevel: Most of the first world counts, specifically Jungle Rumble and Totem Hokem. The first is a throwback to the first stages of the original ''Crash Bandicoot'', and the second is a throwback to the native fortress stages, complete with a recreation of Papu Papu's hut, [[ContinuityPorn down to the textures]].

--> '''Cortex:''' Come now, as we explore '''''a new dimension!''''' ...It should have been ''two'' new dimensions, but we... Ran out of time.

* EnemyMine: Crash and Cortex's shaky alliance, along with Aku-Aku and Uka-Uka's:

* DemotedToExtra: Many of the villains/bosses from prior games make an appearance early on. Out of them, only Dingodile and N. Gin show up as bosses. After his first few lines of dialogue, Aku-Aku is demoted until the Uka-Uka boss, after which they appear together in two more cutscenes, and from then on are only found in crates and say nothing. Coco, who was playable and a pivotal character in the previous game, makes cameos at the beginning, midway through the game, and at the very end, although she was originally [[WhatCouldHaveBeen going to be playable]].

* DroughtLevelOfDoom: High Seas Hi-Jinx starts fairly basic, but it goes through two rather long areas, then a boss fight against N.Gin, then a ChaseScene with Rusty Walrus, and finally a DualBoss against N.Tropy and N.Brio, all with no save points in-between.

* DummiedOut: As mentioned before, loads of content was lost due to time constraints. Lampshaded by Cortex as he activates the Psychetron.
--> '''Cortex:''' Come now, as we explore '''''a new dimension!''''' ...It should have been ''two'' new dimensions, but we... [[ExecutiveMeddling Ran out of time.]]

* EnemyMine: Crash and Cortex's shaky alliance, along with Aku-Aku and Uka-Uka's.
-->'''Cortex:''' Crash, I've been like a father to you! I created you, nursed you... [[BreadEggsMilkSquick tried to destroy you.]] So what do you say? With my mighty intellect, [[StealthInsult and your vacuous stupidity]], we'll be ''unbeatable!''

* FoeRomanceSubtext: There is a bit of this between Crash and Cortex.
** Just look at the idle animations during the brawling levels. One particularly infamous one features Cortex SPANKING Crash, who doesn't seem to entirely dislike it. [[https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/123912-crash-twinsanity-xbox-back-cover.png On the back of the American cover,]] where a few of these animations are showcased, there is one hidden behind the rating labelled "Censored"! (funnily enough, the rating in question is "E for everyone".)
** [[https://youtu.be/Y_KlnigoSJU?t=889 The cutscene before the Humiliskate level.]] Cortex is leaning over the balcony, desperately trying to come up with a plan. Crash stares at his rear end. The camera alternates between zooming in on it and showing Crash's face - first neutral, then surprised, then smirking with his tongue hanging out. Finally he runs forward, reaches out, and... kicks Cortex off of the balcony. Well, this is an E rated game after all.
** [[https://www.crashmania.net/images/collectibles/scans/print-ads/crash-twinsanity-1-2.jpg Some promotional art]] features Crash and Cortex with arms linked, with Crash in a wedding dress and Cortex in a tux. (Granted, thought bubbles above their heads show that they have other ideas, but that's how Foe Yay is sometimes.)

* FreudianExcuse: Late in the game, it's explained why the Evil Twins want revenge. [[spoiler:They were Cortex's pet parrots, from when he was a child. He warped them to the Tenth Dimension due to a malfunction with the Evolve-O-Ray.]]

* GameBreakingBug: It's entirely possible to wipe out a significant amount of progress in the game by [[spoiler: going back through the pathway which leads to the Uka Uka boss battle]] which will reset the event flags of anything after.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Many, many times, though one of the biggest examples is the Moulin Cortex.

* GroinAttack: Coco shows up at Cortex's iceberg lab, and delivers a kick to his [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar crystals.]]

* HellIsThatNoise: The sounds Dingodile makes in his boss fight, particularly when you hit him, sound a bit ''too'' realistic...

* HumanPopsicle: Cortex is seen this way just before the title screen, frozen with Uka-Uka chasing him. Later on in the game, Crash and Cortex find Uka-Uka frozen in a different block of ice, and break him free.

* [[HumanSnowball Human And Bandicoot Snowball]]: Crash and Cortex end up in one of these near the end of Slip Slide Icecapades.
* HumongousMecha: The Mecha Bandicoot. [[spoiler:Also the Evil Twins' four-legged robot that serves as the final boss.]]

** Cortex himself proves to be one of these, even more than in the previous games. He manages to come back from a deep freeze, survives pits of spikes, can be thrown into explosive crates, tossed into freezing water, into bottomless pits, into enemies, and all manner of other things that would kill Crash himself.

** Dr. Cortex displays this as well.

* JungleJapes: The first few levels are this, when they're not PalmTreePanic, to invoke the feel of the original Crash Bandicoot.

* LargeHam: Cortex has always been somewhat hammy, but in this game, he really goes [[IncrediblyLamePun whole hog.]]

* LivingStatue: The Tikimon boss. A huge, invincible, four-armed totem god, who coincidentally has [[AttackItsWeakPoint bad indigestion.]]

* LongSongShortScene: Quite a few songs didn't make it in, or had the stage they belonged to cut. Some found use in the trailers, but others were just left on the soundtrack. An even stranger example of one is the music for Uka-Uka's boss fight, due to the boss being so pitifully easy and short, you won't hear much of the song unless you wait around forever.

* MotiveDecay: We first see N. Gin piloting the Mecha Bandicoot, the next time we see him he has gone from being Cortex's loyal right hand man to being a pirate. No explanation is given, at least not in the final product as presented.
** Earlier plans would have taken it further, with him [[TheStarscream outright betraying and trying to attack Cortex with his artillery]] after he allies with N Tropy for the Evil Twins' treasure.
* MotorMouth: Cortex is one of these momentarily, thanks to the Evil Twins' reality-warping powers.

* NameTron: The device used to take Crash and Cortex to the tenth dimension is called... The Psychetron. [[RuleOfCool For some reason.]]

* NostalgiaLevel: Most of the first world counts, specifically Jungle Rumble and Totem Hokem. The first is a throwback to the first stages of the original ''Videogame/CrashBandicoot1996'', and the second is a throwback to the native fortress stages, complete with a recreation of Papu Papu's hut, [[ContinuityPorn down to the textures.]]

* NumberedSequels: Like with ''Wrath of Cortex'', this only applies to the Japanese version; there, the game is simply called ''Crash Bandicoot 5''.

** Just look at the idle animations during the brawling levels. One particularly infamous one features Cortex SPANKING Crash. [[https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/123912-crash-twinsanity-xbox-back-cover.png On the back of the cover,]] where a few of these animations are showcased, there is one hidden behind the rating labelled "Censored"! (funnily enough, the rating in question is "E for everyone".)

* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Zigzagged. When Cortex remembers his past with the Evil Twins he faces them fearlessly....and reverts them back to the abused pets they were in earlier days. When the Evil Twins catch themselves on this, they angrily turn this ''onto'' Cortex and convert the cage into a HumongousMech, cowing Cortex again until he and the others fight back. Essentially, the entire final climax is game of who can out-bully the other.

* PaperThinDisguise: Cortex dresses up as Coco to lure Crash through the jungle. Crash doesn't really seem to notice that his sister suddenly has a man's voice, a completely different body shape, a giant triangular head, and a beard. Of course, this ''[[CloudCuckoolander is]]'' [[IdiotHero Crash Bandicoot]] we're talking about...

* RageBreakingPoint: Cortex completely ''loses his shit'' after the destruction of the Mecha Bandicoot, and ditches all of his technology entirety to leap at Crash and tangle them both in a BigBallofViolence.

** The cutscene before the slide levels. Cortex is leaning over the balcony. Crash stares at his rear end. The camera alternates between zooming in on it and showing Crash's face - first neutral, then surprised, then smirking with his tongue hanging out. Finally he runs forward, reaches out, and... kicks Cortex off of the balcony. Well, this is an E rated game after all.

** There's a bit in Evil Crash's introduction cutscene. It starts with a close up of Cortex, who has his arms wrapped around "Crash". He rubs the bandicoot's chest and says "Your fur is so soft... and warm..." in a gentle voice, eyes closed. Unfortunately for Cortex, it is revealed that he has been snuggling up to Evil Crash, who doesn't take too kindly to being stroked by a scientist.

* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Zigzagged. When Cortex remembers his past with the Evil Twins he faces them fearlessly....and reverts them back to the abused pets they were in earlier days. When the Evil Twins catch themselves on this, they angrily turn this trope ''onto'' Cortex and convert the cage into a HumongousMech, cowing Cortex again until he and the others fight back. Essentially the entire final climax is game of who can out-bully the other.

** Just look at the idle animations during the brawling levels. One particularly infamous one features Cortex SPANKING Crash. On the back of the cover, where a few of these animations are showcased, there is one hidden behind the rating labelled "Censored"! (funnily enough, the rating in question is "E for everyone".)

** Some promotional art features Crash and Cortex with arms linked, with Crash in a wedding dress and Cortex in a tux. (Granted, thought bubbles above their heads show that they have other ideas, but that's how Foe Yay is sometimes.)

** A certain (removed) voice line from Cortex. Need I remind you again that this is an E rated game?
-->'''Cortex:''' Oh, you NAUGHTY DOG!