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!Heroes

!!The Bandicoots:

[[folder:Crash Bandicoot]]
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->''"Whoa!"''
-->Voiced by: Brendan O Brien (1996-98, 2000-03), Chip Chinery (1999), Creator/SteveBlum (2003), Creator/JessHarnell (2005-present)

A genetically advanced Eastern Barred Bandicoot and inhabitant of the Wumpa Islands. Once an ordinary bandicoot, he was snatched from the wild by Doctor Neo Cortex and subjected to the Evolvo-Ray as part of Cortex's plan to make Crash the general of his "Cortex Commandos", which would be used to dominate the world. However, when Cortex's mind-controlling Cortex Vortex failed to work on Crash, he was (''literally'') kicked out of Cortex's castle. As an act of revenge and to rescue a female bandicoot named Tawna, Crash traveled through the Wumpa Islands, defeating Cortex's henchmen along the way. He eventually stole Cortex's airship, defeated Doctor Cortex, and escaped alongside Tawna.

Nowadays, he attempts to live a quiet life on the Wumpa Islands. However, his relaxation tends to be interrupted by another world domination plot by Doctor Neo Cortex, forcing Crash to once again defeat him in order to put his life back in order.

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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Crash, in his appearance in the ''WesternAnimation/SkylandersAcademy'' Netflix series, is SuddenlyVoiced, this time with a proper AwesomeAussie accent, and he is much more intelligent as well. This is to the point where his actions lead to Spyro becoming a FanBoy of him.
* {{Adorkable}}: A lot of Crash's gameplay behaviour depicts him as bumbling and goofy, but thoroughly sweet.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Crash has a lack of communication with others except for Aku Aku and his siblings and an aptitude towards athleticism along with puzzle-solving skills. The food he likes to eat the most as his favorite is Wumpa fruit, showing a seeming pickiness with different foods. He also doesn't fear danger and shows insensitivity towards pain.
* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Crash was "cutened" up for the Japanese release. He even got the trademark Crash Dance created by the Japanese that originally appeared in Japanese commercials for ''Crash 1'' and was carried back into the American versions starting with ''2''. Some have speculated that this design change combined with Radical Entertainment's radical character redesigns that would make such things look awkward is what's keeping Radical's Crash games from being released in Japan.
** The Japanese covers are ironically a bit more indicative of Crash's in-game behavior and personality than [[CoversAlwaysLie the American covers.]] The original American covers for the original trilogy would always make Crash look much more intense and mischievous. In-game, he acts much more goofy and happy-go-lucky, and rarely seems to really know what he's doing.
* AsideGlance: Crash will turn to the camera to look at the viewer and wiggle his eyebrows whenever he's about to jump on and ride Polar or the wild boar.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Though he somehow figures his way through Cortex's schemes rather competently, he often shows a poor attention to the problems at hand, like shrugging off having his arch enemy inserted into his brain in ''Twinsanity''.
* BadassAdorable: Especially in the Japanese media, where he sports a cuter design and is no less formidable.
** The little dance he does when he wins in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'' is made extra-cute when he does it with Coco in a cutscene.
* BellyFlopCrushing: He gains this move in the second game that lets him bust open metal-reinforced (i.e not solid metal) crates. It's upgraded in the third game after beating Tiny, which lets him break the aforementioned reinforced crates and produce [[ShockwaveStomp a small shockwave around him that harms nearby enemies upon landing.]]
* BerserkButton: Don't deprive him of his Wumpa Fruit, and ''especially'' [[BigBrotherInstinct DON'T try to harm Coco.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: This dumb, silly, slapstick-prone and kind of lazy bandicoot can be dangerous and crafty when provoked.
* {{BFG}}: His Fruit Bazooka in the third game, that you can get after beating N. Gin. It lets him fire a Wumpa Fruit to the distance, allowing him to hit faraway crates and enemies. ''The Wrath of Cortex'' also gives him one (after beating Crunch and Lo-Lo) and it becomes instrumental in the final boss fight.
* BigBrotherInstinct: As dumb as he is, he visibly cares a lot about his little sister. It especially comes into play in later titles, as threatening Coco's life is often one of only a few ways the villains can grab [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Crash's undivided attention.]]
* BigOlEyebrows: He has thick eyebrows, though they're still nowhere near as huge as Fake Crash's eyebrows.
* BloodKnight: While he doesn't actively seek out the adventures he gets into, several commercials and [[AllThereInTheManual game manuals]] claim he enjoys them a lot more than he lets on.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Acts as the Brawn to either Coco and Aku Aku's Brains, doing most of the physical work while they provide directions and utilities. He sometimes has the same dynamic with Cortex during their EnemyMine moments as well.
* BrilliantButLazy: While he can be rather active and moves a lot once the game starts, in the end, he tends not to have anything to do other than napping.
* ButtMonkey: He often suffers numerous AmusingInjuries in his adventures, being killed in various brutal ways.
* CanonImmigrant: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ktHJEtYSY Crash Dance]] was originally created for commercials in Japan. As of the second game, it became a canon CharacterTic.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even pre-{{Flanderization}}, Crash seems a little... unhinged in demeanour.
* CoolBigBro: For all his buffoonery, he still often manages to be this to Coco, especially in the Radical games.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He might be a simple-minded guy who can barely speak, but there's no questioning him being a badass who went to a lot of places and kick lots of butts.
* DependingOnTheWriter: His intelligence drifted in and out from game to game.
* DoubleJump: An ability introduced in the third game that becomes a staple in many games afterward.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: His main form of offense. The third game gives it an upgrade after beating N. Tropy that lets him do a lot more spin at once, that also allows him to [[InstantFlightJustAddSpinning slow his descent in midair and reach great distances from a jump]]. A few games afterward also have the same upgrade.
* ExposedAnimalBellyButton: Only up until ''The Wrath of Cortex''.
* {{Expy}}: Crash is essentially a happier, friendlier version of Taz from WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes, with both of them being SeldomSeenSpecies native to Australia that are known for their powerful SpinAttack and their lack of intellect. Funnily enough, one of Crash's original names during development of the first game was Willie Wombat, which is the name of a character from Taz's SpinOff show, ''WesternAnimation/TazMania''.
* FingerlessGloves: In most games, he wears brown fingerless gloves.
* TheFool: Not the smartest guy around but somehow always comes out on top, even if he [[IronButtMonkey takes a few stumbles]] here and there.
* GeniusDitz: Crash's intellect borders on animalistic at times, however he can accustom to nearly any new tactic placed in front of him, be it controlling new vehicles and weaponry, or even sapient creatures.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Crash has this going on with Doctor Neo Cortex from time to time. Granted, it's usually to get rid of a bigger threat like Oxide or Velo.
* GoodIsDumb: Crash, though not without moments of brilliance, is often a victim of circumstances or being an UnwittingPawn due to his simple-mindedness, but Aku Aku always makes sure to guide him to do good.
* GoodMorningCrono: Up until and including ''Crash Purple'', most games in the series had Crash's first on-screen moments sleeping in some form. Even afterwards, the portable versions of ''Titans'' use a variant of this.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Crash wears pink boxers with red hearts, seen only in his death animations in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' and ''Warped''. (One of the Gags of ''Tag Team Racing'' depicts him with white boxers with red hearts instead.)
* GoombaStomp: Wherever spinning won't work, this usually will.
* GuileHero: Crash isn't exactly strong or smart compared to most of the villains, and most of his quests to take them down are plans made on the fly. More pronounced in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' and ''The Wrath of Cortex'' where he'll use the environment or even technology to get a leg-up on bosses he wouldn't otherwise have a chance with.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Wears shoes, pants and FingerlessGloves, but never a shirt.
* HappyDance: The trademark Crash dance, done whenever Crash earns a gem or a relic, beats a boss, or wins a race. It was originally created for the Japanese marketing, but was added into the games starting with ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Displays a rather sadistic sense of humor at times, shown especially in ''Crash Tag Team Racing''. Also a bit apathetic at times, though that may be due more to his [[GoodIsDumb stupidity]] and [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny spaciness]].
* HeroicMime: In early games, his only spoken words were "Uh-oh", "Yee-ha" and "Woah", which can hardly be counted as words in the first place. In the Radical-made games, [[TheUnintelligible he babbles like an idiot]]. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' sees him returning more towards this trope.
* HiddenDepths: As mentioned above, despite his usually vacuous demeanour, he is shown to be [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness seriously devoted and protective]] towards his baby sister in ''Titans''. ''Nitro Kart'' also shows him to be a surprisingly perceptive and forgiving. See below.
* HumbleGoal: Crash's greatest desires are dancing and napping. This is the guy who had an opportunity to be ''ruler of an entire galaxy'' but turned it down under the belief [[LonelyAtTheTop it would get boring.]]
* IdiotHero: Crash is perhaps the least intelligent of the heroes in the series.
* IronButtMonkey: So much the developers put special treatment in animating every possible manner he can lose a life in the game.
* JackOfAllStats: In the racing games, he is this alongside Doctor Neo Cortex.
* KillerYoyo: He's sometimes seen playing a yo-yo, but he never weaponized it until his appearance in ''Skylanders Imaginators''.
* KindheartedSimpleton: Sometimes a bit more [[HeroicComedicSociopath sociopathic]] than usual examples, though usually means well despite his cluelessness.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Often had the ''Warped'' or ''Twinsanity'' theme represent him in cutscenes.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: He gets eaten, bombed, turned into an angel, and hammered to name a few death animations. [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''Tag Team Racing'' in the form of the Die-O-Ramas.
* MascotWithAttitude: He appeared to be one on the covers, though in the games he was really goofy.
* NiceGuy: Ultimately, Crash is actually a pretty nice guy, if a little lazy and not always thinking straight. He pretty quickly accepts Crunch's HeelFaceTurn, has a pretty big BigBrotherInstinct towards any of the bandicoots or their allies in trouble (especially Coco), and will save the world from Cortex ([[EnemyMine and sometimes even for Cortex]]) without a second thought when it comes down to it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pretty much all Crash's actions in the second game only end up endangering the planet. First he is nearly tricked into handing Cortex the 25 crystals needed to power his planet scale Cortex Vortex, and then after Coco stops him, he helps Brio blow up Cortex's space station, indirectly triggering the events that will release Uka Uka. Oddly enough, Coco retroactively decides to travel back in time to ''help'' Crash do all this in ''N Sane Trilogy''.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Villains have tried and failed repeatedly to faze the vacuous Crash with ceaseless threats and insults. The first time Uka Uka threatened to hurt ''[[BigBrotherInstinct Coco]]'', however, [[OhCrap off came]] [[LetsGetDangerous that smile]].
* PalmTreePanic: His track in ''CTR'', Crash Cove, is set around a beach.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: When you think about it, this little guy can fight off much bigger, more muscular enemies and even enemies who use huge tech just by spinning or throwing Wumpa Fruits. This is best shown in the Mutant games.
* ThePollyanna: For all he's put up with, he's pretty happy-go-lucky.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: If you even know what a bandicoot is, it's probably because of Crash.
* ShowyInvincibleHero: No matter what you throw at this guy, he'll almost always figure out a way to win. And golly if he doesn't make it look awesome.
** ComicallyInvincibleHero: A lot of it is also PlayedForLaughs, and he does succumb to ''a lot'' of slapstick along the way.
* SiblingYinYang: He's simple minded, silent and passive, and prone to making expressive gestures, while Coco is more level headed (though also cheerful in her own way), more talkative and temperamental, and has relatively subtler gestures. Of course between Crash's occasional SimpleMindedWisdom and Coco's [[NotSoAboveItAll own goofy side]], there is a NotSoDifferent element to them, especially in later titles.
* SilentSnarker: Has occasional displays of this, especially in the Radical titles.
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Being a marsupial of very few words, it doesn't come out a whole lot, but Crash does have noticeable displays of intellect. He is an AllLovingHero in ''Nitro Kart'' in particular and [[DefeatEqualsFriendship it shows.]]
* SlideAttack: He gains this move in the second game, that allows him to move under gaps, kick the undersides of some enemies, jump higher and move faster in general. ''N-Tranced'' has an upgrade for this move (Super Slide) that lets him slide much further.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Even at his most outwardly dumbest, Crash is thoroughly competent at saving the day, and his track record for [[IdiotBall making an ass of things]] isn't really much greater than even his smartest comrades or foes.
* SpinAttack: His signature move is to spin around.
* SpinToDeflectStuff: In some boss fights he can spin back certain boss projectiles at them.
* SpringJump: In ''N-Tranced'' he can gain this move after beating Evil Coco, that lets him jump very high.
* SprintShoes: A powerup introduced in the third game (Warped), acquired after beating the final boss. This lets him run faster than usual, allowing him to finish Time Trials quicker. This is also often the last power he'd gain in other games where available.
* SuddenlyVoiced:
** Not conventionally, but in the Radical made titles and ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', Crash speaks in an incoherent babble, with a fair few audible words heard throughout. This is especially evident in the ''Titans'' promotional movies.
** A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w47m7yEr1W4 promotional video]] made for ''Cortex Strikes Back'' has Crash talking directly to the viewer. Thankfully, he does not talk like that in any of the actual games.
** In the ''WesternAnimation/SkylandersAcademy'' Netflix series, Crash makes a special appearance in the tail end of episode 10 and as a special guest in episode 11, and he is fully voiced. Here, he has an AwesomeAussie accent, is much more intelligent, and his actions lead to Spyro becoming his FanBoy and trying to be like him.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Tiny guy to Tawna's huge girl.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''Tag Team Racing'', Crash was much more of an apathetic {{Troll}}, committing violent pranks and destruction on various occupants of the park and shrugging off Von Clutch's deactivation. This characterisation is mostly exclusive to this one installment.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He most often eats Wumpa fruit.
* TheUnintelligible: Became this in the Radical titles, which contrasts with his HeroicMime status in other games.
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Most games have Cortex create a new mutant or more that is designed to excel over Crash (one of his first mutants) and defeat him. Crash always proves victorious, either by [[UnderdogsNeverLose defeating]] or [[HeelFaceTurn befriending]] the new mutant ([[DefeatEqualsFriendship or both]]).
* VomitDiscretionShot: In ''Mind over Mutant'', he throws up after Nina made him and Aku Aku kiss each other.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he sold his life story to be made into a successful movie.
* WouldHitAGirl: He's sparred with Nina several times now, albeit naturally in self defense.
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[[folder:Tawna]]
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->''"This time, no one will catch me!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/DebiDerryberry (2017), Misty Lee (2019)

Crash's love interest from the first game.
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* ActionGirl: In the reboot.
* AdaptationalBadass: Granted, she's still a DamselInDistress, but the intro of ''N. Sane Trilogy'' has her [[CurbStompCushion put up resistance]], punching out one of Cortex's flunkeys before she's surrounded and subdued. She later joins Crash in his adventures in ''Nitro-Fueled'', becoming the leader of the Nitro Squad, a team of racers whose members include the [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Trophy Girls]].
* BadassArmFold: Gives one in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZQykLPzAMU Nitro Tour Grand Prix Intro]] of ''Nitro-Fueled'', signalling that [[AdaptationalBadass she is no longer the same helpless damsel you had to save back in]] [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996 1996]].
* BareYourMidriff: In her ''Crash Boom Bang'' appearance.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Her original design had her wearing an ultra-tight tank top that showed off some serious cleavage and [[BareYourMidriff bared her midriff]], along with a pair of high heels. In-game, she has a shirt that covers more of her torso, and a pair of shoes similar to Crash's. The remake further tones down her curviness, though she's still a MsFanservice despite that.
* BraidsOfAction: Her motorsport outfit has her hair styled into an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Elsa-esque]] braid.
* BrutalHonesty: Unlike many racers and her own squad mates (save Megumi), she doesn't hide or use any excuses when she loses, but openly expresses her disappointment.
--> '''Tawna:''' I really wanted that trophy...
* TheBusCameBack: After 23 years of being PutOnABus, she returns as a playable character in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* CoolBigSis: Displays this vibe in ''Nitro-Fueled''. While her Nitro Squad teammates are more emotional, she remains mature, calm and collected, even when losing a race.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mostly vanished from the series after the first game barring the occasional cameo, and waved away by the original developers saying she broke up with Crash for Pinstripe Potoroo. She even sent him a break-up letter stating this in the Crash Bandicoot manga. Due to her return in ''Nitro-Fueled'', however, it's wholly ambiguous again on the in-universe reason for her disappearance, as it's implied that she's still with Crash or at least has feelings for him and has no known connection to Pinstripe.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: She appears to gain superpowers while wearing her motorsport uniform, as shown in her victory animation where she charges an EnhancedPunch and slams her fist into the ground, creating a pink energy shockwave.
* DamselInDistress: The extent of her role in the first game.
* DeadpanSnarker: The racers in VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled would either yelp or exclaim "Ouch!" when under attack. As for Tawna? She merely utters an annoyed grunt or a sardonic [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe "Oh, really?"]].
* DisposableLoveInterest: Disappears after the first game outside a few cameos. Averted in ''Nitro-Fueled'', where she returns as a playable character and the leader of the Trophy Girls (who are now known as the Nitro Squad), with her status as Crash's love interest only being implied and largely out of focus.
* {{Expy}}: She was outright defined by her creators as "Creator/PamelaAnderson, with a brain". Her role as the attractive girlfriend to the unattractive, cartoony hero also makes her very similar to [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]]
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: She has a much more human looking design than any of the other animal characters.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: And her in-game design is the toned-down version. Her original design was even ''more'' curvy.
* InexplicablyTailless: Actually averted in her case. Despite being a tailed animal, Crash and the other bandicoots are all tailless, except for Tawna, who has a fluffy yellow rabbit-like tail, rather than a rat-like tail bandicoots normally have.
* InformedAttribute:
** The idea behind Tawna was that she was "Pamela Anderson with a brain", implying that she's smart. Considering that she never actually says or does anything throughout the series, her smartness is never demonstrated.
** ''Nitro-Fueled'' may actually be the first actual implementation. Tawna's head of the Nitro Squad of racers, and she's the calm, cool, collected head and proves to be a capable racer.
* MsFanservice: She pretty much existed for this, with her rather humanoid, curvy look. Since the execs wanted to downplay this, the developers responded by leaving her out of the series after the first game. ''Nitro-Fueled'' brings it back, with her (and the rest of the Nitro Squad) wearing rather skin-tight racing gear, though it's toned down a bit.
* NonMammalMammaries: Downplayed. Marsupials ''are'' mammals, but still, marsupials' mammaries are different.
* PantheraAwesome: Has an alternative tiger skin in Nitro Fueled.
* PeekABangs: Her original concept art depicts her hair like this. The remake follows through on that concept.
* PromotedToPlayable: She joins Crash and the rest of the cast as a playable character in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled''.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Never gained much in terms of personality outside being Crash's (former?) girlfriend. ''Nitro-Fueled'' gives her a little more personality, and surprisingly not much related to Crash save for a tee shirt with his face on it.
* ShesGotLegs: She has a very long pair of legs that her [[WhoWearsShortShorts shorts]] easily show off.
* SickeningSweethearts: She and Crash are very affectionate when they're together, and she goes so far as to wear his face on her shirt. In turn, Tawna's the only thing besides eating, napping, and fighting that Crash has any particular interest in.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's twice as tall as Crash, easily able to lift him up. Downplayed in ''Boom Bang'' where she has a much shorter game model.
* SuddenlyVoiced: After twenty-three years of silence and minor gameplay grunts, Tawna finally speaks in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled''.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Huge girl to Crash's tiny guy.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Plays both sides with Coco:
** She's the Girly Girl to Coco's Tomboy as far as the older series is concerned, as Coco was explicitly introduced to be a less sexualized female companion for Crash that played up her intelligence and PluckyGirl aspects while Tawna, when she appeared, was always played for her beauty more than anything.
** As of the reboot, it's inverted, with Tawna being the rowdy, take no prisoners Tomboy to Coco's frilly, princess-aspiring Girly Girl.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: In the reboot, Tawna is a HotBlooded fighter and racer who has no problems getting her hands dirty, but [[PinkMeansFeminine wears pink for her outfits]].
* UngratefulBitch:
** Of doubtful canon: Supposedly, after Crash saves her, she breaks up with him, and hooks up with Pinstripe, one of the guys serving under Cortex who tried to kill Crash on his way to save her. However, this information was only in the Japanese manual for one of the games, the manga, and Naughty Dog's old website (possibly just as a joke), so it's unclear whether this is canon as of the reboot/remake games.
** Averted in the reboot/remakes. While she still doesn't make a physical appearance in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' or ''Warped'', she makes her return in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'' and it's implied that she's still with Crash or at least still has the hots for him, as she still wears her Crash t-shirt and doesn't seem to have any connection to Pinstripe anymore.
* TheVoiceless: Even quieter than Crash in the first game. Elevated to having a few gameplay grunts in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' and ''Boom Bang''. It wasn't until ''Nitro-Fueled'', twenty-three years after her debut, that she would gain a proper voice and dialogue.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Tawna wears shorts that often show off her legs.
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[[folder:Coco Bandicoot]]
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->''"Crash? Crash! Crash, my battery's fried. Make yourself useful, big brother, and go get an extra battery for me."''
-->Voiced by: Vicki Winters (1997), Creator/HyndenWalch (1999), Creator/DebiDerryberry (2001-Present)

The highly intelligent and spirited younger sister of Crash. Like Crash, Coco was also an ordinary bandicoot until she was taken from the jungle and genetically enhanced by Doctor Neo Cortex.

In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', the Crash Bandicoot: Warped version of Coco uses her laptop to hack herself back in time to be able to help her brother much more.
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* AcePilot: Has a number of space or aerial vehicles at her disposal in both ''Warped'' and ''The Wrath of Cortex'' and can fly them just fine.
* ActionGirl: She has a physical (and playable) role in ''Warped'', ''Crash Bash'', ''The Wrath of Cortex'', ''Mind Over Mutant'' and ''N.Sane Trilogy''.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Despite often being the OnlySaneMan, she's often seen quietly giggling at her brother's antics.
* {{Adorkable}}: Not as pronounced as Crash, but she is a DitzyGenius in the form of a young bandicoot gal, and has a clownish, slapstick prone side herself. While she lost some of this during the Radical titles, the Vicarious Visions remasters have brought it back full-force, bringing her back to a younger-looking design and adding on the slapstick, plus genuinely cute things like participating in her own version of the Crash Dance.
* AdrenalineMakeover: Compare her designs since ''Crash Nitro Kart'' to her design in the Creator/NaughtyDog games. Becomes especially apparent in the Radical titles. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' reversed her back to a more childlike design.
* BadassAdorable: It's not seen as often as with Crash, but she can kick ass and is TheCutie to boot. This is especially apparent in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', where she can go through the same levels as her big bro, and even traveled back in time (to the first two games) specifically so she could help him.
* BadassBookworm: While she doesn't read books, she is extremely intelligent and can kick ass when situation calls for it.
* BareYourMidriff: Starting with ''Crash Nitro Kart'', her outfits often bare her stomach.
* BigBrotherWorship: Her relationship with Crash is thoroughly affectionate considering their intellectual difference. She even gleefully mimics her brother several times in ''N Sane Trilogy''. Especially evident in the Japanese version, where Coco near exclusively refers to Crash as "onii-chan"/"big brother".
* BigLittleSister: [[YourSizeMayVary It varies.]] In some games, Coco is taller than her "big brother". In others, she is teeny compared to him. Personality wise, however, she is consistently more intelligent and mature than him, if to varying levels. In the ''N. Sane Trilogy'' they appear to be the same height.
* BigYes: Lets out [[RuleOfThree three]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rather...exuberant]] of these in ''Tag Team Racing'' when starting her kart up after a standstill, with the last one being [[LargeHam particularly hammy]].
-->'''Coco:''' Yes, ''YES'', '''''YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!'''''
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Of the non-spoken kind. She imitates Crash's victory dance as one of her idle animations in ''Mind Over Mutant'' and ''N. Sane Trilogy''. She also has a similar sounding "Whoa!" grunt in certain titles (though in fairness it's not a very exclusive exclamation).
* BrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Crash's Brawn. Being an expert hacker and Gadgeteer Genius, she often provides technology and directions for Crash as he treks through each adventure. Coco regularly provides physical assistance as well, though Crash usually plays the main bulk of the game due to either stronger abilities or being able to access more areas and vehicles.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: She becomes a victim of this in ''N-Tranced'' due to N-Trance's hypnotism, becoming the second boss.
* BuffySpeak: Seems to gained a tendency for this in the Radical series...and stuff.
* CrutchCharacter: In ''The Wrath of Cortex'', Coco starts out with Crash's base move set and a couple of variations, but only learns two of the unlockable abilities throughout the game. Downplayed from the fact Coco has her own set of levels tailor made for her more limited gameplay. Subverted in ''N Sane Trilogy'' where she learns any new ability Crash does.
* TheCutie: Especially in earlier games; She opens Twinsanity by chasing a butterfly around. The N. Sane Trilogy brings it back full force with her much more expressive animations.
* DamselInDistress: Happens more and more in recent titles, the villains seem to be fond of using her as hostage bait for [[BigBrotherInstinct Crash]].
* DanceBattler: In the N. Sane Trilogy, her version of the Spin Attack is styled like a pirouette.
* DenserAndWackier: The later games strived to make her more part of the cartoon antics, leaning her characterisation more into DitzyGenius quality. Even done retroactively in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* DesignatedGirlFight: Loathed Nina especially for unstated reasons in ''Tag Team Racing''. She hates her still although more understandably in ''Titans'', where she gets captured by her.
* DesignatedVictim: The bad guys seemed to be fond of kidnapping her in later games. It makes some sense since it's about the one way they can [[BigBrotherInstinct properly tick off Crash.]]
* DitzyGenius: In later titles while still somewhat of a techno whiz, she seems rather immature, [[LargeHam melodramatic]] and less resourceful outside her talent, and has gained a penchant for very unusual inventions such as a 'Butter Recycling' device. In ''N.Sane Trilogy'', the "ditzy" part is downplayed but still there - she is once again smart and resourceful, but she tends to be just as silly and goofy as her brother and she helps him in first and second game despite knowing very well that it's useless or even dangerous to do so.
* {{Expy}}:
** Seemingly one of [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogTeamSonic Tails]] as not only is she skilled [[GadgeteerGenius as an inventor]] and [[AcePilot piloting vehicles]] as demonstrated by her vehicle sections in ''Warped'' and ''The Wrath of Cortex'', she also shares a (although in this case literal) [[CoolBigSis brotherly relationship with Crash as Tails does with Sonic.]]
** More intentionally, Coco was requested to be created by Sony's Japanese unit to serve as another female sidekick following Tawna's "retirement" after the first game.
* FailuresOnIce: Though players can get through the skating sections as her, the animations show her to not be nearly as elegant at it as her brother in ''The Wrath of Cortex''. In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', she skates as well as Crash can, but still slips around when trying to stand still.
* FlowerInHerHair: Wears a blue flower in her hair in most of her appearances. ''Tag Team Racing'' and ''N. Sane Trilogy'' change its color to pink.
* GenkiGirl: Her ''N. Sane Trilogy'' incarnation is a lot more bubbly and eccentric compared to the original trilogy.
* GoodCounterpart: A light one to N. Gin due to their matching tech smarts and {{Ditzy Genius}} personalities. She ended up one to Nina in later games as well, both being right hand girls to Crash and Cortex respectively. However where Nina is conniving and sees herself superior to Cortex, Coco is humble and looks up to her big brother.
* GroinAttack: In ''Twinsanity'' she does this to Cortex.
-->'''Cortex:''' "My crystals!"
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Coco has long blonde hair and, despite her flaws, is purely on the side of good.
* HappyDance: She does her own version of the infamous Crash Dance in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* HisNameIs: She repeatedly attempts to warn Crash throughout ''Cortex Strikes Back'', but gets cut off before she can explain; by the time she finally makes it through, it’s nearly too late as Crash has already collected all the crystals, allowing Cortex to try and make off with them anyway.
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: A consistent part of her design, especially from ''CNK'' onwards.
* IconicItem: Is almost never seen without her pink laptop; in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' she even carries it around in the levels.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Debuts in the second game and becomes a prominent character afterwards.
* InnocentProdigy: Coco is a science wiz and while noticeably more lucid and intelligent than her ditzy older brother, she generally acts demure and bubbly most of the time.
* IronButtMonkey: In ''N Sane Trilogy'' especially, she can go through almost as many slapstick punishments as Crash.
* JokeCharacter: In both ''Warped'' and ''The Wrath of Cortex'', she essentially plays as a far weaker version of Crash. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in ''Mind Over Mutant'' and ''N. Sane Trilogy'' where she is on par with him.
* KickChick: In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', her spin attack has her kicking outwards and her body slam is a leg drop. It's pretty much an improved version of her karate-kicking self from ''The Wrath of Cortex''.
* {{Kid Hero}}ine: Originally; she appears [[KidHeroAllGrownUp older]] starting from Nitro Kart.
* KiddieKid: Coco is a teenager and while she is very intelligent for her age, that doesn't stop her from doing a goofy dance or dressing up as a princess from time to time.
* KidnappedScientist: Captured in ''Titans'' to complete Cortex's Doominator robot. Done in ''Ripto's Rampage'' as well, though only for the purpose of taking and destroying her resources against him.
* MovesetClone: In ''Crash Bash'' and ''Mind over Mutant'' she plays similarly to Crash. In ''N. Sane Trilogy'' she plays ''exactly'' like Crash.
* MsViceGirl: While she tends to keep her flaws in check better than [[CloudCuckooLand most of the other cast members]], she's still this, being a heroic and intellectually gifted girl but also somewhat immature, making her occasionally rather moody or obnoxious, especially in later games. She also seems to have inherited some of Crash's [[CloudCuckooLander eccentric side]] in places.
* NiceGirl: Despite her flaws, Coco is ultimately a good-hearted and kind young bandicoot who is willing to help her brother in any way she can.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: After Crash teams up with Cortex in ''Twinsanity'', she mistakes it for a kidnapping and busts into Cortex's lair and attacks him, causing the Psychetron to malfunction. [[HarmlessElectrocution Onto her.]]
-->'''Cortex:''' Ruined! Thanks to "Perky" here! ''*points to paralysed Coco*''
* NotSoAboveItAll: Became more idiot prone and cartoony in later games. In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', she has her own version of the Crash Dance, joins in on it whenever Crash does it, and she also likes doing selfies with funny faces. Failing too many times will also chain moodiness or even a temper tantrum from her, compared to Crash who often takes his abuse in stride.
* NumberTwo: Usually the next bandicoot to take action after Crash.
* OlderThanTheyLook: It's easy to mistake her initial incarnation for a young child due to her appearance and rather immature attitude, but according to WordOfGod, she's [[https://zembillas.blogspot.com/2019/05/let-it-shine-artshark.html already a teenager]] even in the Naughty Dog titles; N. Sane Trilogy and Nitro-Fueled make this a tad more obvious.
* PhoneaholicTeenager: Downplayed, but the remakes give her a pink phone, and if you leave her standing in one place for too long, she will either have a phone call with someone or take a selfie.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Wears pink sneakers with a matching pink laptop, and the flower she usually has [[FlowerInHerHair in her hair]] is sometimes pink as well. N. Sane Trilogy also gives her a pink phone and she now wears pink makeup (eyeshadow and lipstick).
** TrueBlueFemininity: Almost all of her outfits have blue denim in some way, and the aforementioned flower was originally blue. Her laptop is also blue in Nitro Kart, and in Crash of the Titans she wears a blue bandanna.
* PositiveDiscrimination: At first, compared to the crazy universe around her, Coco had no real glaring character flaws and was a genius to boot. Even after being PromotedToPlayable in ''Warped'', she was immune to the [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath wacky deaths]] and [[AmusingInjuries amusing injuries]] her brother would be subjected to. As more female characters were introduced however, [[DenserAndWackier Coco's defects began to show]], and in the ''N. Sane Trilogy'' she's almost as goofy as Crash is.
* PromotedToPlayable: She went from being an NPC in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' to having her own levels in ''Warped''. ''The Wrath of Cortex'' and ''Mind Over Mutant'' follow suit by making her playable on-foot. Taken even further in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', which makes Coco playable in most levels in any of the first three games.
* {{Protectorate}}: While Crash saves people on a regular basis, Coco is among few that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he treats dead seriously]] when in distress.
* RapunzelHair: Her initial design gives her long blond hair that reaches her waist, even when in a ponytail; most games afterwards dial it back a bit.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: All that time and effort she puts into inventions involving butter could be put into much more important things.
* RememberTheNewGuy: She was introduced as Crash's sister in ''Crash 2'' with absolutely no explanation as to where she came from. [[AllThereInTheManual The manual]] for ''The Wrath of Cortex'' would much later establish that she's one of Cortex's mutants, same as Crash, but even so, we don't know how she escaped Cortex's control or where she was during the first game.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: She doesn't get it as badly as Crash, but she is indeed subject to similar AmusingInjuries, most especially in her playable appearances and boss challenges. It becomes a RunningGag outright in ''Twinsanity''.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Had an obsessive hatred of Nina in ''Tag Team Racing''. It becomes mutual in ''Titans''.
* TheSmartGirl: Of the Bandicoot family.
* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: Following ''Crash Nitro Kart'' gives her a more matured figure and attire.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Systematically exposed [[FalselyReformedVillain Cortex's whole plan]] just seconds from Crash handing him over the necessary crystals in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
* SpinAttack: She can do it in Crash Bash and Mind Over Mutant, mimicking Crash. N. Sane Trilogy's version has her kick outwards in a pirouette.
* SpoiledSweet: She first appears sending Crash on an errand, and things don't often change from there. Crash seems to have earned an affectionate case of BigBrotherWorship for his constant doting though.
* SprintShoes: One of the few unlockable power ups Coco can use in ''The Wrath of Cortex'' (Crash Dash), likely to help with Time Trial mode.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Inverted. She is TheVoiceless in ''Warped'', despite speaking in all appearances before and after. The ''N Sane Trilogy'' remake downplays this, while she still has no dialogue, her gameplay grunts from the other two games are still used.
* TeenGenius: She has an IQ of 164 and has built all sorts of inventions to help her big brother. In her first appearance (the second game) she manages to hack into Cortex's projector and later get access to his plans, and in the N. Sane Trilogy, she even hacks into N. Tropy’s Time Twister from Warped, so she can send herself back in time to help her big bro through his first two adventures.
* TerritorialSmurfette: In the Radical titles, Coco knows to have an exceptional hatred for Nina, the one other recurring female at this point. Especially obsessive in ''Tag Team Racing'', where Nina doesn't even interact with her.
* ThePollyanna: Generally good natured and positive. She does have an occasionally [[MsViceGirl huffy]] side however, especially in the Radical titles.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: On one hand Coco loves technology and inventing, is the resident Wrench Wench and Action Girl who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty to stop Cortex, and wears practical outfits involving t-shirts and denim. On the other hand, there's always at least some pink in her design, and levels designed around her (like Coco Park in CTR and the scrapped Gone a Bit Coco) tend to be on the effeminate side.
* TookALevelInBadass: After being a JokeCharacter or a DistressedDamsel in many previous titles, Coco became fully playable and on the same level of physical capability as her brother in ''Mind Over Mutant''. Done retroactively in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Downplayed. While still heroic, the Radical Entertainment games gave her a more bratty temperament. Though her NiceGirl characterisation seems to be more prominent again, there are still shades of this characteristic at times (see WhatTheHellPlayer below).
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Butter, at least in the Radical titles.
* VocalEvolution: Debi Derryberry's voice for Coco was initially far more high pitched and soft spoken, before gradually becoming deeper and more tomboyish. As of ''N. Sane Trilogy'', it sounds notably more childish, akin to Creator/HyndenWalch's take on the character.
* WhatTheHellPlayer: In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', Coco has a lower patience for gameplay screw ups than Crash, especially when they're [[IronButtMonkey at her expense]]. Wasting time or losing a life as her will often earn you [[DeathGlare a very accusing glare]]. Fail to collect a coloured gem in the first game and she'll outright throw a temper tantrum at you. She throws a very similar one if you [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential pick on her as Crash]] in ''Tag Team Racing's'' Adventure Mode.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', she opens an online dating service. Her business doesn't do all that great, but hey, at least share prices are through the roof!
* WomenAreWiser: More prominent in earlier titles. She's more of a [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] DitzyGenius in later games, but still somewhat saner than Crash and Crunch.
* WrenchWench: Her prowess with machines start with ''The Wrath of Cortex'' and becomes increasingly prominent in the Radical era.
* YourSizeMayVary: In games such as ''VideoGame/CrashBash'' she is Crash's [[BigLittleBrother Big Little Sister]],but in others such as ''The Wrath of Cortex'', she is the smallest character of the main cast. She and Crash are of equal height in the ''N. Sane Trilogy'', likely due to her being a fully playable character and requiring the same hitbox as Crash.
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[[folder:Fake Crash]]
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-> ''"Wow!"''
-->Voiced by: Michael Connor (1999), Creator/DwightSchultz (2003), Andrew Morgado (2019)

A random version of Crash Bandicoot with thicker eyebrows, a bigger nose, longer ears and an overbite. Described as the result of an experiment GoneHorriblyWrong. He was created by the Japanese marketing team in advertisements for ''Crash Bandicoot 2'', and he was eventually added into the games themselves as a joke, usually through EasterEggs.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: He changes alignments every other game. In ''CTR'', Uka Uka protects him, implying that he's evil, but ''Nitro Kart'' has him protected by Aku Aku. Also, in ''Skylanders Imaginators'', it appears he crawls inside of Cortex's machine and causes the islands' rhythm to be thrown off out of sheer stupidity, but the level ends with a boss fight against him, and he actually does start attacking the player.
* AscendedExtra: Originally started off for advertisements in Japan, made cameos in the games, and became a plot point and full-on boss fight in ''N-Tranced'' on the GBA. ''Nitro-Fueled'' gives him a home track via DLC.
* BigOlEyebrows: Crash already has thick eyebrows, and Fake Crash's takes them UpToEleven.
* BlowingARaspberry: One of Fake Crash's quips in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled'' is to perform this action onto the other racers.
* CanonImmigrant: He was originally created for Japanese ''Crash Bandicoot 2'' advertisements before making it into the games themselves.
* DrivenByEnvy: In the Japanese ''CTR'' bonus video, it is shown that Fake Crash greatly envies the success of Crash Bandicoot.
* EvilKnockoff: Well, maybe. In ''CTR'', Fake Crash is protected by Uka Uka rather than Aku Aku, suggesting he was originally meant to be a bad guy. In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he is, however, protected by Aku.
* GagNose: He's got a bigger nose than Crash.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In some games he's evil and in others he's good. In yet others it's not made clear.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Crash, he has similar balanced stats in the racing games.
* MistakenIdentity: The villain's plot in ''N-Tranced'' is foiled because they thought Fake Crash was the real one, which left the actual Crash to undo it all.
* MirrorMatch: In ''N-Tranced'', he copies your every move. Hint: the traps at both sides of the arena aren't mirrored.
* MovesetClone: Has the same set of abilities as Crash himself in the Japanese version of ''Crash Bash''. Notably, his inclusion there means the "bandicoot" character type (consisting of Crash, Coco and Fake Crash) is the only type to get more than two playable characters.
* OddballDoppelganger: He's Crash, but with large eyebrows and giant teeth, is even dimmer, and he even has his own attempt at a Crash dance.
* RegionalBonus: He appears as a playable character in ''Crash Bash'', but only in the Japanese version of the game, known as ''Crash Carnival''.
* SecretCharacter:
** In ''Crash Team Racing'', he's unlocked by winning the Purple Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.
** In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he's unlocked by performing 50 boosts in a row with Team Cortex in Adventure Mode.
* SimpletonVoice: Arguably even dumber sounding than Crash himself, and that says a lot.
* SucksAtDancing: He has his own, considerably goofier version of the Crash dance. This even becomes a plot point in ''Skylanders Imaginators'', where his complete lack of rhythm combined with Cortex's latest invention threaten to tear the Wumpa Islands apart.
* UnusualEars: One of the more subtle details that differentiates him from Crash is his longer, floppier ears.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Fake Crash appears in ''Skylanders Imaginators'', and plays this role in the special Wumpa Island level. He crawls inside the Cortex Matrix Chamber, completely throwing off the rhythm of the island, which threatens to tear the islands apart. This might have stopped Cortex from using MindControl on everyone there, but now everyone, including Cortex, has to band together to stop Fake Crash's bad rhythm. However, he does attack the player at the end of the level in a boss fight, so it's rather hard to tell if he had malicious intent to begin with or not.
* WildCard: As evidenced by him being protected in ''CTR'' by Uka Uka, he was originally evil, but as the series progressed, he would either be on Crash's side, such as in ''N-Tranced'' and ''Nitro Kart'', or completely independent such as in ''Bash''. In ''Skylanders Imaginators'', he takes over Cortex's machine and begins destroying the islands through his bad rhythm, and considering that he does fight you at the end of the level, it's hard to tell whether he had this all planned or not.
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[[folder:The Trophy Girls/Nitro Squad]]
A group of female bandicoots who appeared in ''Crash Team Racing'', twirling umbrellas after the race has been won and handing out the trophies to the winners. Isabella hands out trophies to her fellow bandicoots (Crash and Coco), Megumi gives them to the scientists (Cortex and N. Gin), Liz gives them to the unevolved animals (Polar and Pura), and Ami gives them to the evolved animals (Tiny and Dingodile), plus all of the unlockable characters. They return as fully playable racers in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled'', now under the collective moniker of the Nitro Squad, with Tawna as their leader.
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!!Tropes applying to the group as a whole:
* AdaptationalBadass: They go from handing out trophies in CTR to actively racing for them as an AmazonBrigade in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* AmazonBrigade: They form one with Tawna as their leader in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* {{Animesque}}: Unlike Tawna, their faces have big, anime-like eyes. It helps that two of them, Ami and Megumi, have Japanese names. Averted in ''Nitro-Fueled'', where they look more in line with the rest of the characters and similar to Tawna in the actual game, but colourful anime-styled illustrations of them can be seen on the neon signs and barriers in Slide Coliseum.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the original ''CTR'', they had no dialogue or any real character at all. The most information one could gleam from them was during the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, which is also the only time they're addressed by name. Cut to twenty years later, and they've returned with their own unique voices and personalities.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: They appear to gain superpowers while wearing their motorsport uniforms, similar to Crash, Coco and Cortex and their Electron skins. Each Nitro Squad member's victory animation includes a moment where they perform moves that emit bursts of their respective color. Ami [[EnhancedPunch throws some punches and flexes]], Megumi [[KickChick kicks and twirls around]], Liz [[AssKickingPose performs martial arts gestures and poses]] and Isabella actually [[KamehameHadoken fires a small projectile from her hands]] (that vanishes quickly).
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: While their individual looks are different enough from Tawna's, they all acted similarly as the resident race queens of ''CTR'', sharing the same animation. ''Nitro-Fueled'' later fixed this by giving a distinct personality to each of the girls (which is reflected in their voices, racing animations and even official renders), varying stats as playable racers, their own unique podium animations, and even holograms in Slide Coliseum showing off their signature dances.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Possibly. Female bandicoots strongly resembling them appear in the Crash Bandicoot manga, in sequences where Crash fantasizes about saving the world and becoming popular with the ladies. This might explain why the Trophy Girls have a more {{Animesque}} appearance than anyone else in the whole series.
** A more straight example would be in ''Nitro-Fueled'', where they appear in Slide Coliseum as dancing holograms and images on the track's neon signs and barriers.
* ForeignFanservice: All of them are from -- or, [[ButNotTooForeign at least raised in]] -- different countries. Ami is from [[{{Eagleland}} America,]] Liz is from [[EnglishRose England,]] Isabella is from [[RambunctiousItalian Italy,]] and Megumi is from [[JapaneseSpirit Japan.]]
* {{Gainaxing}}: The girls' ample chests bounce during the award ceremonies. It is most noticeable when they pull back and wave. Averted in ''Nitro-Fueled'', which scales back their sexuality considerably, with only Ami and Liz still having relatively large chests, and Tawna, Isabella and Megumi being made smaller.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: While Isabella, Liz, and Megumi are much daintier than Ami, they're all just as capable at racing like she does.
* GroupieBrigade: Whenever one of them wins, an army of screaming silhouetted fangirls appears at the bottom of the screen at the podium, cheering for them and taking pictures.
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: Their bodies are by far the closest to actual human women in the franchise, especially noticeable in a series where most humans that show up look cartoonishly distorted in some way.
* InexplicablyTailless: Averted. Similar to Tawna, they're the only bandicoots (visible) tails, although their tails more closely resemble those of rabbits or hares than the rat-like tails bandicoots normally have.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: They're very curvaceous and have narrow waists. Averted in ''Nitro-Fueled'', where their proportions are a bit more sensible.
* LetsGetDangerous: Their motorsport outfits show just how serious they are about racing.
* MsFanservice: It's like Tawna times five!
* MultinationalTeam: They appear to be this in ''Nitro-Fueled'', with Ami and Tawna having American accents from different regions, Isabella being Italian, Liz being British, and Megumi being Japanese. Their nationalities seem to be based on the various women they're named after to some extent.
* OutdatedOutfit: Justified, seeing as they hadn't been used for 20 years by the time ''Nitro-Fueled'' was made. The only real change that was done for their regular clothes was to give Ami and Liz some pants.
* PitGirls: They were originally a group of curvy women who carry umbrellas and appear at the trophy ceremonies.
* SuddenlyVoiced: They all started talking in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* PromotedToPlayable: ''Nitro-Fueled'' has them ditch the podium and become fully-fledged playable racers.
* StatuesqueStunner: Much like Tawna, they're attractive and they tower over most of the other characters.
* ThemeNaming: They're all named after various women who worked at Sony Computer Entertainment at the time. Isabella comes from Isabelle Tomatis, Product Manager at SCE America, Ami comes from Ami Matsumura-Blair, Marketing Manager at SCE America, Liz comes from Elizabeth Ashford, PR Manager at SCE Europe, and Megumi comes from Megumi Hosoya, Product and Marketing Manager at SCE Japan (who is also responsible for creating Crash's iconic dance).
* TheVoiceless: They never spoke in the original ''CTR''.
* {{Tuckerization}}: See ThemeNaming above.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Ami becomes a racer herself, saying that she's tired of handing out trophies and wants to win one for herself, Isabella earns a bit part on the season finale of ''[[Series/{{Baywatch}} Bay Waters]]'', Liz poses for [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Bandiboy Magazine]] and buys her dream mansion with the earnings, and Megumi creates a new perfume line called "Odecoot".

!!Ami
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->''"Can't wait for the green light!''
-->Voiced by: Cissy Jones (2019)

A green-haired female bandicoot who was responsible for handing out trophies to Tiny, Dingodile, and all the unlockable animals in CTR. She returns as a Speed-Class racer in Nitro-Fueled.
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* AdaptationalModesty: ''Nitro-Fueled'' lengthened her dress and gave her a pair of pants to wear underneath it.
* AmazonianBeauty: She's a bit more bulky than the rest of the girls, and is happy to show it off.
* BoobsOfSteel: Ami is one of the girls with the biggest chest sizes, and has the highest speed out of them all, easily able to rival with the likes of other high-speed characters like Tiny and N.Tropy. She's also stronger than the other girls, showing off her muscles at any opportunity.
* BoyishShortHair: Out of all the Nitro Squad members, she has the shortest hair. She is also rather tomboyish, as she loves racing and her winning animation has her flexing her muscles.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Ami has green hair and green eyes.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Originally wore one in ''CTR'', but ''Nitro-Fueled'' lengthens it and gives her a pair of pants to wear beneath it.
* TheLadette: Ami has a more tomboyish personality than the other girls, and looking closely, she's also got a bit more muscle mass, which she's all too eager to display by flexing during her victory podium animation.
* MyNaymeIs: Her name is spelled like the Japanese "Ami", but pronounced like the English "Amy".
* SkirtOverSlacks: As of ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* StayingAliveDancePose: Her hologram in Slide Coliseum does a disco point.
* TomboyishVoice: She has a slightly raspy voice.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Even though she is TheLadette, she still wears a dress.
* TranquilFury: A downplayed variant. Should Ami lose a race she will merely cross her arms and sulk, but otherwise takes her loss a little better than her Nitro Squad friend [[SoreLoser Isabella]].
* TookALevelInBadass: While all of the girls became racers, she's the one who showed the most improvement, as she gained some muscle, high speed stats, and a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking more]] [[BoyishShortHair radical]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking haircut]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Ami has green hair, as well a green tail.

!!Megumi
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->''"I've been waiting for this!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/StephanieSheh (2019)

A blue-haired female bandicoot was was responsible for handing out trophies to Dr. Cortex, N.Gin, and N.Tropy in CTR. She returns as an Acceleration-Class racer in Nitro-Fueled.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Megumi is a scientist with a noticeable Japanese accent and an energetic, sweet personality.
* ApologeticAttacker: Unlike many characters, her racing lines mostly consist of apologizing to the others for inconveniencing them in some way.
* BadassAdorable: She's a GenkiGirl and an experienced racer.
* TheCutie: Compared to the others, Megumi has the least sex appeal, since her attractiveness is more focused on her Japanese-styled traits making her [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} cute]]. ''Nitro-Fueled'' emphasizes this a little further by giving her slightly chubbier cheeks and a noticeable accent.
* GenkiGirl: Her animations in ''Nitro-Fueled'' depict her as someone very enthusiastic and cheerful.
* GracefulLoser: Should Megumi end a race in a place lower than first, she'll shrug the loss off and even congratulate the winner in the podiums if she comes in second or third. She is also notably the only racer thus far to carry out this trait.
* HotScientist: Megumi wears a labcoat similar to Cortex's, hands out the trophies to the scientist characters, and the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue states that she invented a new line of perfume.
* JapanesePoliteness: She's Japanese and is by far the most polite member of the Nitro Squad, notably being a GracefulLoser if she doesn't come in first place.
* JapaneseRanguage: Downplayed. She speaks English perfectly well, but she has a thick Japanese accent, leading to her L's and R's sounding similar to each other sometimes.
* NiceGirl: Seems to be racing purely for the fun of it, and although she'll be visibly disappointed if she loses, she's also quick to shrug off the loss and be a good sport about it, clapping for whoever won at the podium. One of her idle animations also has her happily wave to whoever is next to her.
* OdangoHair: She keeps her hair tied into two buns.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Megumi has blue hair and a blue tail.

!!Liz
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->''"Now I'll make EVERY front page!"''
-->Voiced by: Victoria Atkin (2019)

A brunette female bandicoot who was responsible for handing out trophies to Polar and Pura in CTR. She returns as a Handling-Class racer in Nitro-Fueled.
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* AdaptationalModesty: Her appearance in ''Nitro-Fueled'' is considerably less provocative. She originally wore a tiny green tank top and a purple skirt so short that her matching green panties were plainly visible. Now she has a lengthened top that covers most of her torso while still leaving a little bit of midriff showing, and her skirt has been lengthened, plus she now wears a pair of pants beneath them for good measure.
* AttentionWhore: Liz is very competitive, and her motivation seems to be to become famous through racing. Her introduction in the CTR TV video has her proclaim that she's going to be on the front page of every publication, and that "You're gonna see my name in lights!" when she wins. Her victory animation at the podium also has her relishing the attention she gets from the audience, and switching between various poses for the cameras.
* BareYourMidriff: Liz bares hers between her green tank top and purple miniskirt. Downplayed in ''Nitro-Fueled'' as her tanktop is now considerably longer, but it still shows a little bit of her belly.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: She originally wore one in ''CTR'', to the point that her panties were visible, even when standing in front of her at eye level. Averted in ''Nitro-Fueled'', which greatly toned down her outfit's skimpiness.
* DontLookAtMe: Should Liz lose a race, she will turn away and cover her face with her hand in embarrassment over her loss.
* EnglishRose: Liz's name (the shortened form of "Elizabeth") implied it already, but her ''Nitro-Fueled'' appearance confirms her to be from England, and that she speaks in a matching [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents North London accent]]. Regarding her attitude, she is actually [[SpiritedYoungLady a bit uncouth]].
* IShallTauntYou: If she gets a starting boost, she will often yell "[[YoMomma Your Mum's]] an armadillo!"
* SarcasticClapping: Her losing animation at the podium has her giving the winner a sarcastic slow clap with an annoyed look on her face, occasionally rolling her eyes as well.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Sometimes says "Vroom!" when boosting.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: In a family-friendly sense. She's the only one out of all the girls to flaunt pretty looks at any given opportunity, casually mentions in her introduction how she'll make the front page of every publication, and tries to avoid losing races so that she doesn't look embarrassing.
* SkirtOverSlacks: As of ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* TheTease: Downplayed with Liz. When highlighted in the character selection menu for ''Nitro-Fueled'', she acts pleasantly surprised that the player decided to pick her, and promptly assumes a GendoPose.
* YourMom: She will sometimes shout "Your mum's an armadillo!" while racing.

!!Isabella
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->''"Ah, yeah, it's my battle horse!"''
-->Voiced by: Melanie Minichino (2019)

A blonde female bandicoot who was responsible for handing out prizes to Crash and Coco in CTR. She returns as an All-Round-Class racer in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
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* BeautyMark: Isabella has one on her left cheek in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* HairTriggerTemper: She gets angrier at her losses than any of the other members of the Nitro Squad, and is also fiercely protective of her kart. Even her idle animation has her grow impatient and [[MilkingTheGiantCow gesticulate wildly]].
* HeartSymbol: Her victory animation at the podium has her blowing kisses to the audience, which makes loads of these appear.
* JackOfAllStats: Is an All-Round class racer in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* PoirotSpeak: Downplayed, as she says "ciao!" during one of her racing lines, but speaks in fluent English otherwise.
* RambunctiousItalian: Although her name already implied it, her ''Nitro-Fueled'' appearance confirms Isabella to be Italian, with the hot-blooded personality to match.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Occasionally says "Vroom vroom!" when she boosts and "Beep beep, ciao!" when passing someone.
* SensualSpandex: Isabella wears a form-fitting tracksuit that shows off all her curves.
* SoreLoser: While the other girls will be varying degrees of disappointed, Isabella will throw an outright tantrum on the podium if she doesn't win.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Trophy Girls as a whole were this to Tawna, but Isabella resembled her the most, and was the one to hand out trophies to Crash and Coco. The Japanese version of the game even changed her eye color from blue to brown in order to further differentiate the two.
* WrenchWench: She seems to have a deeper appreciation for the craft and machinery in the karts compared to the other girls, and is protective of her kart as a result. She also tends to make references to car care in her dialogue.
-->'''Isabella:''' (''When hit'') Hey, watch the paint!
-->'''Isabella:''' (''When hit while shielded'') Keep away from my kart!
-->'''Isabella:''' (''When using an item'') That'll buff right out!
-->'''Isabella:''' (''(When losing a race'') I could really use a tune-up.
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[[folder:Crunch Bandicoot]]
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->"''This is the creature who keeps sabotaging [[TakeOverTheWorld your master plan?]] Ha! [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe You gotta be kidding.]] [[BadassBoast I'll exterminate this field rat in no time!]]"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (2001-03), Chris Williams (2005-08), Ike Amadi (2019)

A genetically altered bandicoot who was originally created by Doctor Cortex to harness the power of the Elementals and destroy Crash Bandicoot. After his defeat to Crash, Crunch had a complete change of heart due to breaking out of his mind control and now lives with Crash and Coco.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: In his debut, he can throw fireballs, create waves, roll around in a stone ball, and turn into a ghostly storm cloud version of himself all due to the harnessed powers of the Elementals, and uses them all at once in the final battle.
* BigBrotherInstinct: After Crash and Coco were so kind as to welcome him into their family despite being enemies at first, he does everything he can to be a good mentor to his surrogate little siblings.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: A large part of why he's so loyal to Crash and his group is because of how they welcomed him with open arms after he broke free from Cortex's mind control.
* TheBigGuy: Of the Bandicoot family.
* BoisterousBruiser: In later games due to his hyperactive personality.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In his debut appearance it's revealed he was actually under Cortex's MindControl and was a good guy all along. He once again falls victim to this in ''N-Tranced'', and it continues happening in later games to the point of it becoming a RunningGag for him.
-->'''Crunch:''' Man, brainwashed ''again''!
* TheBusCameBack: Has been confirmed to have his first playable appearance in over a decade in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''. Anyone who purchases the Nitros Oxide edition will be able to play as him from the get-go.
* CloudCuckooLander: Following his HeelFaceTurn, he's became increasingly ditzy and hyper in personality.
* TheCameo: In the cutscene prior to the first boss fight in ''Twinsanity'', he appears among the gathering of villains for Crash's "birthday party". Humorously, he doesn't get that the gathering is actually to kill Crash and stands there confused holding a cake.
* {{Cyborg}}: One of his arms is [[ArtificialLimbs mechanical]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: His appearance in ''The Wrath of Cortex'' is this, as an actually dangerous bandicoot that Cortex wanted. After his release from brainwashing in that game, though, he became DenserAndWackier as the series went on (with the exception of ''N-Tranced'', where he actually averts WhyDontYouJustShootHim).
* DesignatedVictim: Nearly all his appearances involved him being brainwashed or otherwise put out of action, likely to justify him being an NPC.
* DistressedDude: Despite his status as TheBigGuy of the Bandicoots, Crunch frequently gets [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] or otherwise incapacitated in most of the games he appears in, and has to be freed by Crash.
* TheDogBitesBack: Pretty much the instant he's snapped out of Cortex's mind control, he's ready to beat the doctor to a pulp. Aku-Aku is able to reign him in before he can do any damage however and after joining the Bandicoot family, it can be implied that revenge is a large part of his motivation for opposing Cortex.
* DragonInChief: Even under Cortex's control, Crunch was thoroughly impudent. His alternative plan for attacking Crash in the final boss was ''kicking Cortex at him''.
* DumbMuscle: Following his {{Flanderization}} starting with ''Tag Team Racing'' and later in the Radical Entertainment titles.
* EvilCounterpart: He was originally this towards Crash, being the only Bandicoot under Cortex's control. After he's gone through his HeelFaceTurn, he's basically become the Good Counterpart to Tiny.
* {{Expy}}: Presented as TheRival to the protagonist in his debut appearance, is (continuously) manipulated in someway by a MadScientist in order to do his bidding, and [[SuperStrength shows extraordinary strength.]] And after he joins the heroes, [[TookALevelInDumbass his intelligence takes a hit]]. Does that ring anyone's bells to [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogTeamSonic a certain red echidna?]]
* FinalBoss: While he's also the only boss in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', the final battle has him team up with all four Elementals, Cortex, and Uka Uka.
* {{Flanderization}}: He was originally a KnightOfCerebus in ''The Wrath Of Cortex'', mostly due to being mind-controlled, and is revealed to be a genuinely nice and caring GentleGiant once freed from it. But as the series veered into more cartoony territory, so did Crunch, eventually being reduced to the DumbMuscle of the Bandicoots and ultimately ending up as a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Mr. T parody]] in the Radical Entertainment era. His return in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' discarded the Mr. T parody but kept his jock traits.
* GentleGiant: After his unbrainwashing, he proves to be a pretty friendly and easy-going guy.
* GoodIsDumb: As a brainwashed villain in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', Crunch was a fairly lucid and intimidating villain with minimal comical traits. After turning good, Crunch rapidly became buffoonish. Subverted in ''Mind Over Mutant'', evil brainwashed Crunch is even more crazy and dim as normal good Crunch.
* TheHeavy: He's played as a more major presence in ''The Wrath of Cortex'' than Cortex himself, as the bosses are all him in different ways.
* HeelFaceTurn: After being broken out of Cortex's mind control in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', he turns against him and joins the Bandicoots, who warmly welcome him aboard.
* IconicSequelCharacter: He debuted in the first post-Creator/NaughtyDog platformer, ''The Wrath of Cortex'', and has been a prominent member of the Bandicoot family ever since.
* LargeHam: Became this in later titles, ''Tag Team Racing'' and ''Mind Over Mutant'' in particular.
-->'''Crunch:''' ''(replying to Coco after she and Crash refuse to clean up)'' Okay. Guess I'll just say some catchphrases. Drink lemonade, Vitamin C.
* TheLoad: After being freed of Cortex's control, Crunch joins Crash and Coco on their following adventures, but he doesn't actually do much of anything useful. He makes a small cameo in ''Twinsanity'' at Crash's "birthday party", is brainwashed into attacking Crash again in both ''N-Tranced'' and ''Mind over Mutant'', and is frozen from the neck down for the entirety of ''Crash of the Titans''. The only times he isn't useless are when he's a playable character, which is relegated to kart races and a couple of levels in ''N-Tranced''.
* LovableJock: Seems to be one in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled''. He's still a good guy, but is very cocky and abrasive while racing. His podium animations drive the point further by having him flex and show off his muscles if he's the winner, in a manner similar to Koala Kong.
* MotorMouth: In the Radical Entertainment games.
* NiceGuy: When he isn't being mind-controlled; he expresses his gratitude towards Crash and the gang after the events of ''The Wrath of Cortex'', sees them as family, and even becomes a role model for children later on.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Claims as much in one of many quotes spouted upon having his vehicle destroyed in a race in ''Crash Tag Team Racing''.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Crunch's mannerisms in Radical Entertainment games are based on Mr. T's own.
* NonActionGuy: Ironically despite being TheBigGuy, he was ''never'' made fully playable in a main series game, limited to vehicles or cutscene action and thus often inactive. He got a BigDamnHeroes moment in ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'' however.
* PromotedToPlayable: In the main series, he first became a playable character in ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2NTranced'' via the game's Atlasphere stages, and was also playable in the racing titles starting with ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart''.
* RecurringBoss: In ''The Wrath of Cortex'', where he teams up with different Elementals throughout the game before he uses all of them and Cortex.
* SmugSmiler: In ''Nitro-Fueled'', Crunch has a perpetual smug, self-confident grin on his face.
* SpoofAesop: He enjoys delivering these in ''Mind Over Mutant''.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's got muscles to match the likes of Koala Kong and Tiny and by far has the darkest fur color of all the bandicoots but with much less ferocious looks, especially after his HeelFaceTurn. It's part of what made him such an EnsembleDarkhorse in the first place.
* TookALevelInDumbass: Tended to think with his fists in his initial appearances but was otherwise intelligent. In the Radical games, he's a complete airhead.
* TopHeavyGuy: Similarly to other big guys in the series like Tiny and Koala Kong, Crunch has a very large and muscular upper body but relatively skinny legs. This is even more noticeable in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', where he's much smaller than in previous games but retains his large upper body.
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Cortex invented him specifically to surpass Crash in every way and destroy his ArchEnemy once and for all. [[BrainwashedAndCrazy For]] [[UnderdogsNeverLose numerous]] [[HeelFaceTurn reasons]], it didn't work out.
* UndyingLoyalty: Pretty devout to Crash and Coco after his HeelFaceTurn. Unfortunately, the bad guys frequently get around this by brainwashing him again.
* UnexplainedRecovery: His body is blown to pieces after his third encounter with Crash, yet he returns just fine for their fourth encounter... after which he's reduced to a ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath pile of bones]]'', and he ''still'' shows up again completely fine for the final encounter with no explanation given.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: His boss battle in ''N-Tranced'' has him fire a gun at Crash for his main method of attack. He's the first boss of the brainwashed bandicoots, making a rare example in this series of a villain trying to do it twice.
** Averted in the true ending of ''The Wrath of Cortex''. After being freed from mind control, Crunch is all too eager to [[TheDogBitesBack pay Cortex back]] for screwing with his mind. Aku Aku puts a stop to it before he can get too far, however.
* XRaySparks: In the boss fight with him and Lo-Lo in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', he sometimes blinks an X-rayed image of himself when he's shot at. It's due to him becoming an embodiment of the storms itself. He even explodes into bones when he's defeated.
* YourSizeMayVary: In ''The Wrath of Cortex'' he towered over Crash, but after his HeelFaceTurn, he noticeably shrunk to about two or three heads larger than Crash, most likely to accommodate him becoming a playable character in later entries. In ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', he's even smaller, only about a head taller than both Crash and Coco, and smaller than characters like Tiny and Papu Papu.
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!!Allies:

[[folder:Aku Aku]]
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->''"It is I Aku Aku, my duty is to protect you. You may summon me by breaking open these crates. Call me thrice and I shall grant you special powers."''
-->Voiced by: David Siller (1996-1998 plus archive sounds), Mel Winkler (1998-2004), Creator/GregEagles (2007-Present)

The guardian of the Wumpa Islands and the father figure of Crash and his friends. Aku Aku is the spirit of an ancient witch doctor encased in a [[FloatingMask floating, wooden mask]]. When he sensed Crash's mission to stop Doctor Cortex, he scattered copies of himself throughout the Wumpa Islands in an effort to aid him in his mission. Whenever Crash possesses an Aku Aku mask, he will be shielded from one enemy attack or contact. Collecting three Aku Aku masks gives Crash temporary invulnerability from all minor dangers. He didn't become a full-fledged character until ''Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped'', in which he had his first speaking role.
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* BigGood: He's the main foil to [[GreaterScopeVillain Uka Uka]], and acts as the protector and mentor to Crash and Coco.
* BigOlEyebrows: Well, they're wooden, but they're still pretty big.
* BodySled: In ''Crash of the Titans'', Crash can use him as this whenever he isn't jacking a Titan.
* BottomlessPitRescueService: He can work as this in the racing games, bringing good racers back on track if they fall into a pit.
* CainAndAbel: Abel to Uka Uka's Cain.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Crash, especially in the later titles.
* ExpressiveMask: Bonus points in that he ''is'' a mask.
* FantasticLightSource: At least in the first game, he can act as this for the BlackoutBasement levels. This also means that you'll lose your light if you get hit.
* FatherToHisMen: He takes in Crash and Coco (and their pets, and later Crunch) and protects them from Cortex.
* FrickinLaserBeams: In ''Warped'', he can shoot lasers from his face, which he uses to hold off Uka Uka in a BeamOWar.
* InvincibilityPowerUp: Collect 3 masks, and Crash becomes invincible for a while, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQIWYKJgDsY a pretty cool-sounding bongo-like solo]] replacing the normal level music. In the racing games he also becomes this to the good characters, protecting them from attacks and hazards as well as [[NitroBoost speeding them up]].
* IronicName: In the Japanese translation of the series, his name literally translates as "Evil Evil", which is ironic considering he's the BigGood of the series.
* NiceGuy: In most games he is a caring, gentle kind of character who always protects Crash and Coco and is more than willing to help them out. In fact, ''Twinsanity'' shows that he will gladly team up with Uka Uka if it means saving the world from even bigger threat.
* PlatformingPocketPal: He acts as this for most platforming games, following Crash (and sometimes others) around as he runs. Justified given that he's a talking, FloatingMask.
* RemoteBody: It's explained in suplimentary materials from the first few games that the masks that can be found in crates during Crash's adventures are lesser copies that Aku-Aku strategically placed across the islands to assist Crash.
* SingleUseShield: The main use of him in gameplay is to be this; i.e when you have him around, if you get hit, you'll survive and he'll disappear. You can collect 2 of him to upgrade him into 2-use shield. In ''Crash of the Titans'' and ''Mind over Mutant'' he doesn't do this due to Crash having his own life bar.
* SpiritAdvisor: He's the spirit of a long-deceased witch doctor who guides Crash and Coco.
* SuddenlyVoiced: He was almost completely silent in the first and second games, only saying his trademark "Ooga booga" whenever Crash would break open one of the boxes containing him, but he otherwise never talked to Crash. Then he suddenly started speaking and took on the role of TeamDad in the third game. Averted in the Japanese versions of the series, in which Aku Aku spoke via text in the first game after Crash breaks open the first Aku Aku box, and he was even fully voiced in the second.
* TeamDad: He refers to Crash and Coco as being his "children", and generally acts as their mentor.
* VoiceForTheVoiceless: Acts as one for Crash in later games.
* WeirdBeard: He has a green goatee made of leaves. Justified as he's a wooden tiki mask.
* WitchDoctor: He was a human witch doctor before he became a sentient MaskOfPower.
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[[folder:Polar]]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/DebiDerryberry (2003), Misty Lee (2019)

A young polar bear who is an occasional ally of Crash.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: He makes adorable yelping noises like a puppy. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' makes him sound a bit more bear-like.
* AnthropomorphicShift: In ''Crash Boom Bang''.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', Polar, Pura and Dingodile get hypnotized by N. Trance into racing for him.
* ButtMonkey: He's often the unwilling mount of Crash Bandicoot, and Crash can also gain a load of extra lives if he jumps up and down on the poor bear's head 10 times.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Is completely absent from ''The Wrath of Cortex'' and the Radical Entertainment titles.
* CoolPet: Granted, he's still a cub, but polar bear is among nature's most feared apex predator, as the bear levels in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' can testify.
* DemotedToExtra: After being the PowerupMount in Crash 2, Polar cameos in ''Warped'' and is seen getting ready to charge outside the Bandicoot's house as they race to the Time Twister. He is not seen again until the ending.
* TheDogBitesBack: In ''Twinsanity'', Polar appears to have gotten tired of being used as a vehicle, and is seen [[FaceHeelTurn holding a baseball bat]] at Crash's "birthday party".
* ADogNamedDog: A polar bear named Polar.
* InfantImmortality: Played straight in ''Crash 2'', none of Crash's deaths remotely scathe Polar in any way. Subverted in directly playable appearances such as the racing titles however, where he suffers AmusingInjuries just like everyone else.
* IronButtMonkey: No matter what happens, Polar will never die alongside Crash, or even remotely show pain. He'll always miraculously survive. He'll remain unscathed by TNT/Nitro crates and, being a polar bear, is perfectly fine with falling into icy cold waters.
* MamaBear: In Crash 2, his parents [[AdvancingWallOfDoom chase Crash]] in one level, apparently not too thrilled with him using their son as a mount.
* PowerupMount: Crash moves faster while he's riding Polar.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: A cute young-looking polar bear.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he's unlocked by winning the Blue Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is basically a replacement for the warthog Crash rode in the first game.
* TeamPet: After ''Cortex Strikes Back'', he now lives with Crash and Coco.
* TheUnintelligible: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he speaks through a mix of barking and psychotic babbling.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he becomes the chief tester for an ice cream company. Several daring flavors (most of them involving sea life) have been made through him.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Crash Boom Bang'', Polar was suddenly anthropomorphic like the rest of the animals, and wearing a pair of jean-shorts.
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[[folder:Pura]]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/PaulGreenberg (2003), Misty Lee (2019)

A Chinese tiger cub from the past who is an occasional ally of Coco.
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* AnthropomorphicShift: In ''Crash Boom Bang''.
* BigDamnHeroes: In Coco's fight against N. Gin, when the battle comes into the second phase (N. Gin's mech docking with a larger spacecraft), Pura comes up with a space fighter of his own that docks with Coco's. Due to graphic limitations, however, most only realize this in ''N Sane Trilogy''.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', Pura, Polar and Dingodile get hypnotized by N. Trance into racing for him.
* CharacterTics: As a felid, he is frequently shown licking his legs and paws.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Doesn't appear in the Radical Entertainment games.
* CoolPet: By ''Warped'', the Bandicoots are keeping two apex land predators within the same house.
* CuteKitten: Cute tiger cub, but still.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Wrath of Cortex'', he only appears in the opening and ending, a la Polar in ''Warped''.
* GenderFlip: WordOfGod is that Pura was thought of as female in ''Warped'', but ''Crash Team Racing'' clarified him as male, and it's stuck that way ever since.
* InfantImmortality: Mirrors Polar in ''Warped''. At least ''one'' death animation subverts it, with Pura getting squashed and Coco evading injury.
* MeaningfulName: Pura is the Balinese word for temple, a borrowing from Sanskrit (in the original language, it means city). This is referenced in his Adventure character select screen in ''CTR'', where he is seen standing near a temple, while his personal stage in the same game is called Tiger Temple. Of course, the name was probably also chosen because it has "[[PunnyName purr]]" in it.
* PantheraAwesome: He's a tiger cub who has assisted Coco Bandicoot during times of need.
* PowerupMount: Is Coco's equivalent to Crash's Polar. He's more willing than Polar, too.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Though don't think this makes him harmless, as [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Zigfield and Floyd]] found out.
* SecretCharacter: To unlock him in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', you have to perform 50 boosts in a row with Team Bandicoot in Adventure Mode.
* TeamPet: Eventually found himself living with Crash and Coco after their adventure in ''Warped''.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Crash Boom Bang'', like Polar, he was suddenly anthropomorphic and wearing jean-shorts.
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[[folder:Baby T]]
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A freshly hatched baby ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' that Crash encounters during his visit to the Prehistoric ages in ''Warped''.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Didn't make any appearances in the series after ''Warped'', even though the ending confirms that Crash apparently took him back into the present day. Until ''Nitro-Fueled'' came along, that is.
* {{Expy}}: A green dinosaur that acts as a mount for the main hero? [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld Sounds familiar]].
* ExtremeOmnivore: Implied by his idle animations in ''Nitro-Fueled'', which involve him trying to eat his own steering wheel and sniffing the air for more food.
* InfantImmortality: Averted in this case, unlike Polar and Pura. Baby T will disappear if Crash takes damage while riding him.
* OddballDoppelganger: His Fake Baby T skin in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* PowerupMount: Unlike Polar and Pura, Crash has full control over Baby T, and isn't forced to constantly run forward and avoid obstacles while riding him. Riding Baby T allows Crash to jump higher, run over tall grass without slowing down or needing to destroy it, and acts as an extra hit point.
* PromotedToPlayable: ''Nitro-Fueled'' makes him fully playable.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He's a cute baby dinosaur.
* TeamPet: Lives with Crash and Coco at the end of ''Warped''. Though unlike Polar and Pura, the series sadly never utilized him again until ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* TyrannosaurusRex: An [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]] baby one at that.
* VegetarianCarnivore: Eats grass in his IdleAnimation, despite being a ''T. rex'' and therefore carnivorous. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he also tries to eat his own steering wheel, but gets grossed out by the taste.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Penta Penguin]]
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->''"Penguin Yay One."''
-->Voiced by: Gavin James (1999, [[LeftItIn unintentionally]]), Creator/FredTatasciore (2019)

A penguin that originally appeared in the Crash Bandicoot manga and was later confirmed to be the penguin from the Dingodile fight in ''Warped''. He later appeared as a secret character in ''Crash Team Racing''.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: He wears a magenta scarf when he's driving and in the manga.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Penguins were enemies in ''Cortex Strikes Back'', but Penta was seemingly intended to be the friendly penguin being terrorized by Dingodile in ''Warped'', which was later confirmed to be the case in the ''N. Sane Trilogy''. Despite this, in the original ''Team Racing'', Uka Uka would appear in Penta's item box but it was Aku Aku who actually showed up when he used the item, which was likely due to Penta being a largely unfinished character with many other bugs associated with him. The remake, which pokes fun at said glitches, has him be protected by ''both'' Aku Aku and Uka Uka, while also having Penta switch between acting [[FakeCutie innocent and malicious]] to make his true allegiance all the more ambiguous.
* BadassAdorable: Despite being a small penguin, Penta is notable for having ''maxed-out'' stats in the PAL version of ''Crash Team Racing'', and even after being {{nerf}}ed in ''Nitro-Fueled'', he's notable for having Speed-based stats (which puts him on par with titans like Tiny and Dingodile) rather than the Turning-based stats other small animals like Polar and Pura got.
* TheCameo: He appears in ''Crash Bash'' as a special obstacle in the Snow Bash stage, sleeping in the middle of the stage. If someone attacks him, [[SavageSetpiece he wakes up and gets angry]], and proceeds to spin around the arena, sending crates outward that can harm the combatants, until he stops and sleeps again.
* CanonImmigrant: He originally appeared as a character in the manga, although he is based on the penguin enemies that appeared in ''Cortex Strikes Back'', and he uses the same model as them when in the victory circle. He appeared in ''Warped'', being threatened by Dingodile before the boss battle, but it was never stated to be Penta until ''N. Sane Trilogy'', where the trophy for beating Dingodile is called "Penta's Revenge".
* EarlyBirdCameo: He actually appears in the intro to ''Team Racing'', if you look closely enough. He is one of the drivers racing in Coco Park when Oxide makes his challenge to Earth, and he also appears in the background behind Polar when he's reading his book. ''Nitro-Fueled'' makes this much more obvious, since he also pops up behind Polar and slaps his back, startling him and causing him to flip the book right-side-up.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The main reason he exists.
* {{Expy}}: There is also a penguin named Penta in the 1991 Famicom game ''Yume Penguin Monogatari''. The game involves Penta trying to lose weight in order to win back the affections his girlfriend, Penko. Similarly, Penta's appearance in the Crash manga gives him a girlfriend named Gurin, who he tries to win back after she falls for Crash.
* FakeCutie: Possibly in ''Nitro-Fueled''. Penta generally acts cute and innocent but will occasionally rub his hands in a shifty look while snickering malevolently, and he's protected by ''both'' Aku Aku and Uka Uka.
* LeftItIn: Penta was left unfinished and relatively untested in ''Team Racing'', with two of his sound clips being placeholder files uttered by one of the game's programmers, resulting in Penta saying "penguin yay one" and "penguin yay two" in a monotone voice along with his generic penguin noises. This became an in-joke within the fandom, to the point that in ''Nitro-Fueled'', Penta actually says "penguin yay one!" in his own voice.
* MasterOfAll: In the PAL version of ''Team Racing'', all of his stats are maxed out. In the NTSC version he's instead a Beginner character like Polar and Pura.
* MightyGlacier: In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he is in the same class as Tiny and Dingodile.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Comes with being a penguin.
* SecretCharacter: He's the only character in ''Team Racing'' that can only be unlocked through a cheat code.
[[/folder]]

!Villains

!!Scientists and Related Bad Guys:

!!!Tropes relating to all of them:
* HumansAreBastards: They're all humans and they tend to cause the most pain in the games filled with modified animals.
* ThemeNaming: All the scientists have PunnyNames based on words that sound as if they begin with the letter "N".

[[folder:Doctor Neo Periwinkle Cortex]]
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->''"Oh, how I hate bandicoots..."''
-->Voiced by: Brendan O'Brien (1996), Creator/ClancyBrown (1997-2003), Creator/LexLang (2004-Present)
-->Child Cortex voiced by: Creator/ClancyBrown (1998), Debi Derryberry (2004), Creator/CoreyBurton (2017)

A mad scientist who seeks to achieve world domination as an act of vengeance for the ridicule he has suffered in the past. Hoping to achieve this by modifying the local animals into his soldiers, he eventually creates Crash Bandicoot, the titular character of the series, but soon rejects him as unworthy of being in his army and removes him from his castle.

As Cortex's actions endanger the sanctity of the islands the games are set in, Cortex's plans for world domination are often hampered by Crash along with other characters. Crash's constant interference has made eliminating Crash one of Cortex's top priorities along with world domination.
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* AffablyEvil: Compared to many of the other villains, Cortex is honestly pretty cordial and almost friendly at times.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He has yellow skin, though in the earlier games his skin is more subtly yellowish than the [[TheSimpsons Simpsonesque]] hue it would later take.
* ArchEnemy: He is the main enemy of Crash Bandicoot.
* BaldOfEvil: He's the "top-balding" version of this, as he still has some hair around his head and a small tuft at the top.
* BadassNormal: He usually fights with simply a laser gun and some explosives, yet is considered tough enough to be almost on par with Crash in some games.
* BeardOfEvil: It's technically a goatee, but still counts.
* BigBad: He is typically the main villain of the series. DemotedToDragon upon Uka Uka's arrival.
** The DemotedToDragon part is definite throughout the Playstation games, but becomes arguable in the sixth generation games, where Uka Uka starts doing less and less, leaving Cortex to act more as a BigBad. [[spoiler:Then in ''Mind Over Mutant'', he was established as that game's BigBad.]]
* BigFancyCastle: His very own Cortex Castle, where he conducts his experiments in the first game. It's also his track in ''CTR''.
* BigNo: Screams this as he is defeated in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
-->'''Cortex''': '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!''' You haven't seen the last of me, Crash Bandicoot!
* BigOlEyebrows: Not quite as thick as Crash's, but still pretty impressive.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He specializes in turning animals into his slaves, and has made world domination his goal through said brainwashed slaves. His signature Cortex Vortex is his MindControlDevice. He even attempts to brainwash the entire planet in the second game, although thankfully he's thwarted. It's also implied that he aims to do the same thing in the third game.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: In ''Twinsanity'', he says something to this effect to Crash.
-->'''Cortex''': Crash, I've been like a father to you! I created you, nursed you... tried to destroy you.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: He has an N on his forehead. The buildings on Cortex Island in the first game also have some occasional N on them.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: In ''Twinsanity'', he has no idea what [[BigBad the Evil Twins]] are talking about when they say he ruined their lives, and justifies it by saying he's ruined the lives of so many he can't be expected to remember them all. It takes him until near the end of the game to realize what they meant: [[spoiler:they were once his pet parrots, Victor and Moritz, whom Cortex used as test subjects for the prototype Evolvo-Ray, only to send them to the Tenth Dimension instead]].
* CampStraight: He gets more and more campy as of the later games, with some parts even having him saying rather suggestive lines.
* CardCarryingVillain: The aspect of openly identifying himself as evil slowly becomes more obvious as the series progresses.
* ChasteToons: Nina is stated to be his niece, although he occasionally slips up and calls her his daughter, implying that he's hiding something. This concept was never explored in later games, though.
* TheChewToy: Throughout the entire series, what with his repeat failures, injuries, and humiliations. Became really apparent in ''Crash Twinsanity'', particularly in the section where Crash uses Cortex as a '''[[BodySled sled]]'''.
* CircusBrat: According to at least one strategy guide, he was raised to a family of circus performers.
* TheComicallySerious: Arguably his role in early games, became increasingly [[CloudCuckooLander clownish]] as the series progressed however.
* CreateYourOwnHero: He's the one responsible for creating Crash Bandicoot, the one who always foils his evil plans. Brio even warns him that they haven't determined the cause of past failures of Cortex's device, but Cortex was stubborn and went ahead with it.
* DarthVaderClone: He's the [[ArchnemesisDad creator (if not necessarily father)]] of the series protagonist, speaks in a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voice]], suffers a defeat in the original installment but survives, becomes a more direct threat in the sequel[[note]]Crash Bandicoot 2 is even entitled ''Cortex Strikes Back''[[/note]], and is revealed to be TheDragon to an even greater villain in the third installment.
* DitzyGenius: Increasingly became rather ineffective in spite of his scientific skills due to {{Flanderization}} over the course of the series, scaling back his competence to make room for slapstick humor.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Neo Cortex's middle name is "Periwinkle", as brought up in ''Tag Team Racing'', though he never comments on it.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely cares for Nina, albeit in his own twisted way.
* EvilerThanThou:
** DemotedToDragon and kicked around endlessly by Uka Uka, who later replaces him with Nina, his niece that is directly stated to be more diabolical than him. He takes revenge on them both in ''Mind Over Mutant'' and resumes the role of BigBad once more.
** In ''Nitro Kart'', after being captured and forced to race by Velo, he and Tiny overpower him for his power scepter. Things don't work [[GoneHorriblyWrong quite as planned afterwards]], however.
* EvilLaugh: Has an evil laugh in several titles, including ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
* EvilSoundsDeep: As Clancy Brown from 1997-2003, he has a menacing deep voice.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: He's been attempting to create an army of super-animals since he was eight years old.
* FalselyReformedVillain: In ''Cortex Strikes Back'', he claims to have reformed and be trying to stop the Earth from facing an impending doom, and that he needs Crash's assistance on gathering the crystals to help him. Of course, he's actually duping Crash as those crystals are going to be used to power his planetary Cortex Vortex.
* FaustianRebellion: [[spoiler:If you consider Uka Uka as the series's equivalent to the Devil, then this is what Cortex does in ''Mind Over Mutant''.]]
* FinalBoss: Alone in the original and ''Cortex Strikes Back'', with Uka Uka in ''Warped'', alone again in ''The Huge Adventure'', alongside Crunch and the Elementals with minor help from Uka Uka in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', and mutated in ''Mind over Mutant''.
* ForTheEvulz: Has been reduced to doing evil deeds just because as of ''Titans'':
-->'''Coco''': Cortex, why do you keep doing stuff like this?\\
'''Cortex''': Well, actually, it's pretty fun. You should try it. Y'know, riding around in huge, rumbling machines and whatnot? Very stimulating.
* GetBackHereBoss: In the second game. he's fleeing with his jetpack in space and Crash has to chase him before he gets too far away.
* GoKartingWithBowser: In some games, he's just racing together with Crash and others, though unlike most examples, all three racing games do justify it in the plot.
* TheHeavy: Uka Uka may be the ultimate source of evil in the series and Cortex's boss, but Cortex is the focus and plot driver.
* HijackedByGanon: Vaporizes the BigBad of ''Tag Team Racing'' so he can take over as the villain, though the rest of his plan fails miserably a minute later.
* HoverBoard: In the first and third game he flies around using this. It's also available for him in ''Skylanders Imaginators''.
* IronButtMonkey: Similar to Crash, no matter what horrible situation he is put in, he always bounces back, ready for the bandicoots' blood afterwards.
* JackOfAllStats: He is this alongside Crash in the racing games.
* {{Jerkass}}: An evil scientist for one thing, outright admits in Twinsanity he's willing to ruin other people's lives for another. In ''Nitro Kart'', he even outright insults Big Norm after the latter congratulated him on his win, [[EvenEvilHasStandards an act that shocks even Tiny and N. Gin]].
* JetPack: He uses this in the second game to escape from Crash as they're in space. In ''Crash Bash'' he (and N. Brio) also uses it as a pogo substitute, as well as a booster for Polar Push games.
* LargeHam: Even more so in the later games.
* {{Leitmotif}}: A sinister guitar riff accompanied most of his boss and cutscene appearances in the Naughty Dog games. A few notes are also used in ''Nitro Kart's'' cutscenes.
* MadScientist: One of several throughout the series, each with their own special skills. For Cortex, it's brainwashing.
* ManipulativeBastard:
** Manages to be this in the second game, tricking Crash into gathering the crystals for him.
** Taken UpToEleven in ''Mind Over Mutant'' where he pretty much scams the entire globe into voluntarily wearing N.Brio's N.V. mind control devices. For an extra touch he even uses the device's test run to lure Uka Uka into a trap to [[TheStarscream overthrow him]].
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: An evil doctor bent in world domination.
* MyBrainIsBig: He has a big head, with the top being very oddly flat.
* TheNapoleon: Implied to have been bullied for his short stature, even built a planetary minimizer to shrink the Earth so that its civilians could "look up to" him.
-->'''Cortex:''' Finally, after all these years of abuse, [[WhosLaughingNow who's the little guy now]]?
* ObviouslyEvil: Come on, just look at the guy and hear exactly what he says!
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Downplayed. He's an expert in genetics, biology and neuroscience and does tinker with machines and have some scattered knowledge of other subjects, but he outsources the heavy thinking regarding quantum mechanics, robotics and chemistry to his colleagues.
* PapaWolf: Though he's not her father, Cortex is very protective of Nina when the chips are down. When faced with the Evil Twins' mech producing a cannon and machine gun, he shivers in fear before realizing not only does [[RememberedICouldFly he have a gun too]], but that Nina is worn out from all the running and swinging she did in the previous phase and would be a sitting duck if she continued, so he takes on the mech alone.
* PunnyName: His name is a reference to the external section of the brain, and he's an expert on making subservient subjects by brainwashing them. He also attempted to mind-control everyone on the planet at once before Crash puts a stop to it.
* RayGun: It's his most-commonly used weapon.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: It's a bit hard to see in some games, but he has red eyes and he is evil.
* SissyVillain: Later games in the series made him much less threatening, giving him a more wistful way of speaking and a lot of CampStraight tendencies.
** The PlayStation interns gave the major characters of the Crash Bandicoot series a list of their favorite songs in Spotify. While Crash's playlist is filled with 90's smash hits and Coco's is filled with female popstars, N.Cortex's playlist is filled with sappy love songs such as ''My Heart Will Go On'', ''Truly Madly Deeply'' and ''I Will Always Love You''.
* SkippableBoss: In the first game. If you manage to collect all the gems, it's possible to skip his boss fight all together by going straight to The Great Hall and flying away with Tawna.
* TheStarscream[=/=]TheDogBitesBack: Spends several years under Uka Uka's abusive command, though following ''Mind Over Mutant'', well, let's just say [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Uka Uka will never want to eat cake again]].
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Most games portray Cortex as wimpy and cowardly (Crash does not take his physical threats seriously ''at all'' in ''Mind Over Mutant'' until he "cheats"). The Rollerbrawl mechanics of ''Twinsanity'' however had Cortex actually engage in comedic GoodOldFisticuffs with Crash, arguably making him the one villain closest to actually matching him.
* TacticalSuicideBoss:
** In the first game, he could just use the red and blue shots instead of the green ones that Crash can spin back at him. Even worse, when he's got one hit point left, he's reduced to spamming nothing but the green shots. In ''Twinsanity'' he does a similar blunder.
** In the third, the mines that he throws will open the hole in the floor, the real way of hurting him; hitting him normally doesn't actually do damage, although it does knock him over.
** In ''Twinsanity'', Cortex tosses bombs and fire his ray-gun at Crash, but his charged-up green plasma blast can be spun back at him. A cut line of dialogue actually has him lampshade it.
-->'''Cortex:''' Now be careful not to let him spin back the green plasma blast. Three full hits and we're done for. If only he knew!
* TakeOverTheWorld: His ultimate goal is world domination.
* TheyCalledMeMad: The catalyst of his quest for world domination is to get back at everyone who deemed him crazy.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Normally averted, as most games explain how Cortex comes back from his last defeat. However, it's never explained how he and N. Tropy returned after they were turned into babies and sent back into the past with Uka Uka at the end of ''Warped'', or how he escaped from Crash's mind after his botched attempt to get rid of Crash at the end of ''Twinsanity''.
* TheVietnamVet: Implied to be one in ''Tag Team Racing'', judging by one of his quotes after hitting an opponent with a weapon during a race:
-->'''Cortex''': Ha ha ha! Just like back in Da Nang!
* VillainousFriendship: To an extent. While he chides his subordinates a lot, he seems to enjoy having N. Gin or another to enjoy his conquests with. As shown in ''Nitro Kart'' he also lets Tiny goof around in his lair, if grudgingly ([[DumbMuscle he contributes very little to scheming]]).
* VocalEvolution: Lex Lang evolved from a near perfect replica of Clancy Brown's take of Cortex to sounding more flamboyant and high pitched. Reversed back in ''N-Sane Trilogy'' where Lang replicates his and Brien's performances.
* WeWillMeetAgain:
** Declares this at the end of ''Cortex Strikes Back'', after Crash defeats him:
-->'''Cortex''': You haven't seen the last of me, Crash Bandicoot!
** Does it again at the end of ''The Wrath of Cortex'', stranded in Antarctica as Uka Uka [[YouHaveFailedMe furiously tries to kill him for his latest failure]]:
-->'''Cortex''': I'll get my revenge, Crash Bandicoot! ''Just you WAIT!!''
** Quotes the trope directly after being foiled at the end of ''Tag Team Racing''.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue:
** In the first game, it's mentioned that while he hasn't been heard of after Crash foiled his plans, "scientists are harder to squash than cockroaches".
** In ''CTR'', he discovered a new chemical element that he patents as "Cortexrulestheworldium" which has endured several lawsuits regarding its name.
* XanatosGambit: He pulls of a good one in the third game: [[spoiler:If taking the crystals by his own forces doesn't work, then having Crash get them all and then taking them from him will do. Fortunately Crash is able to beat Cortex, nonetheless.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Doctor Nitrus Brio]]
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->''"But Doctor Cortex, we have not determined the cause of past failures!"''
-->Voiced by: Brendan O'Brien (1996-2000), Creator/MauriceLaMarche (2008-Present)

Cortex's assistant in the first game and one of the creators of the Evolvo-Ray that modified Crash and all the other animals.
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* BaldOfEvil: Unlike Cortex, he's completely bald. Played with in that while he's always evil, he does go against Cortex in the second game and is fine with trying to side with Crash.
* TheBartender: The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue from the first game claims that after Cortex's disappearance, Brio went back to tending bar. This actually make sense, considering that he was constantly mixing together chemicals in the first game.
* BigBadEnsemble: In ''Cortex Strikes Back'', he is out to get revenge on Dr Cortex which means he is trying to thwart Cortex's presumably noble plans, albeit for selfish reasons; if you collect all of the gems in that game, Crash even teams up with him to do so. However, since you are helping Cortex in that game, he is ''also'' trying to stop ''you'', and in fact every single enemy you fight in that game bar Cortex and N.Gin actually works for Brio in his efforts to stop you.
* BigOlEyebrows: He sports a fairly impressive pair.
* BookEnds: He is TheDragon to Cortex in both the first and last main series Crash game.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He claims in ''Mind Over Mutant'' to have invented everything, including the concept of recycling and Slinkys. But not Lite-Brite. Burt Meyer did that.
* TheDragon: To Cortex in the first game, only to betray him in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' and rekindle in ''Mind Over Mutant''. He was also N. Tropy's dragon in ''Twinsanity''.
* EnemyMine: Was ultimately willing to conspire with Crash to stop Cortex's plans in the second game.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: As the creator of the Evolvo-Ray, he's responsible for all of the modified animals.
* GigglingVillain: He occasionally breaks into small giggles whenever he speaks.
* HazyFeelTurn[=/=]HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He betrays Cortex and assists Crash in the second game, but largely just to spite his former boss. He gains evil ambitions again in time for ''Crash Bash'', ''Twinsanity'' and ''Mind Over Mutant''.
* HulkingOut: Partway through his boss battle in the original game, Brio will ingest the chemicals he was mixing, and turn into a green Hulk-like monster. He does this again in ''Twinsanity'', but with a different, more FishPerson-like design. In ''Mind Over Mutant'', Brio seems to transform when enraged, and now needs the mutagen to ''keep'' from transforming.
* HypercompetentSidekick: To Cortex, at first. He's the more cautious of the two, and is the one who perfected the Evolvo-Ray, but his advice usually falls on deaf ears. This role perks up again in ''Mind Over Mutant'', if downplayed due to his now more manic personality.
* TheIgor: He was Cortex's assistant before rebelling against him in the second game.
* LargeHam: Especially in ''Mind Over Mutant''.
--> '''Brio:''' ''Strike him with your large man-hand!''
* MadScientist: His specialty is modifying animals through the Evolvo-Ray that he developed. He also likes playing with chemicals.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He's the one who invented the Evolvo-Ray, and he resents Cortex for taking all of the credit, which is what caused him to betray Cortex and help Crash in the second game. He and Cortex worked together again in ''Mind Over Mutant'', although he's still clearly very resentful of Cortex for taking credit for his inventions.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Being voiced by Creator/MauriceLaMarche in ''Mind over Mutant'' and the ''N Sane Trilogy'', he ends up sounding like [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain The Brain]], meaning he sounds like Creator/OrsonWelles.
* OneSteveLimit: Zigzagged between him and Nitros Oxide; While they're pronounced the same, Brio and Oxide's first names are spelled just a bit differently.
* OneWingedAngel: Towards the end of the boss fight with him in the first game, he drinks some of his potions and turns into a Hulk-like monstrosity.
* PowerUpgradingDeformation: Courtesy of his mutagen.
* PsychoSerum: Which he uses to [[TurnsRed transform]] during Crash's battle with him in the first game, and again in ''Twinsanity''.
* PunnyName: His abbreviated name is a pun on the word "Embryo", and one of his attacks is to make green living blobs. He even [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade on it]] in ''Mind Over Mutant''.
-->'''N. Brio''': Yes, it is I, N. Brio! My name sounds like a fetus.
* RayGun: He gets his own in ''Crash Bash'' (for Crate Crush games as well as Ring Ding) due to him [[MovesetClone being a functional copy of Cortex]], who is already associated with wielding it.
* SpeechImpediment: Brio had a pretty bad stutter in the first game and in ''Cortex Strikes Back'', but it is gone by the time of ''Mind Over Mutant'', in fitting with his newly-gained confident personality. ''N Sane Trilogy'' has it back again.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Inverted. He is TheVoiceless in ''Twinsanity''. He speaks again in his next appearance.
* TookALevelInBadass: He is a lot more assertive and confident in ''Mind Over Mutant'' than in the previous games, where he was very meek and submissive. However, his annoyance over Cortex wrongly taking the credit for the creation of the Evolvo-Ray has lead to Brio making claims that he invented pretty much ''[[UpToEleven everything that exists]]''.[[note]]Except Lite-Brite.[[/note]]
* UnfortunateName: A name that sounds like "embryo" is not the most flattering one, to say at least.
* VillainTeamUp: Originally his assistant, he forms a more equal alliance with Cortex in ''Mind Over Mutant''.
* VocalEvolution: In ''Mind Over Mutant'', Creator/MauriceLaMarche voiced N. Brio in a completely divergent take from before, more like a modified version of Toucan Sam. In the ''N-Sane Trilogy'' cutscenes, he more closely imitates Brendan O'Brien's performance of the character; while he still sounds unmistakably like Sam, N. Brio once again has his stutter and LaughingMad tendencies.
* TheVoiceless: In ''Twinsanity'', N. Tropy does all the talking. Subverted in all other appearances.
* WaveMotionGun: He claims to build one in the second game, that he's gonna use against Cortex. [[spoiler:The true ending has him use it after Crash gets all the gems, with him allowing Crash to "do the honors", to shoot Cortex's space station down.]]
* XMustNotWin: He hates Cortex and he does whatever possible to get back at him, ignoring Cortex's concern of the planet facing an impending doom and how he's working to prevent it. As it turns out, however, [[spoiler:Brio turns out to be right on trying to stop Cortex, as the latter actually is lying the whole time.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Doctor N. Gin]]
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->''"Soooooo... you want to go a few rounds! When this is over, we'll see who's obsolete!"''
-->Voiced by: Brendan O'Brien (1997-99), Creator/CoreyBurton (2001, 2017-Present), Creator/QuintonFlynn (2003-04), Creator/NolanNorth (2005-08)

Doctor Neo Cortex's faithful right-hand man. As a child, N. Gin was a classmate of Neo Cortex and Nitrus Brio in Madame Amberly's Academy of Evil. N. Gin then went on to become a world-renowned physicist in the defense industry. However, due to a budget cut, one of his missile projects ended up faulty and, as a result, went awry, lodging itself into N. Gin's head. With his intellect, N. Gin was able to stabilize the weapon and reconstruct it as a life support system at the cost of his mental stability. Because the missile is still live, it activates whenever N. Gin is stressed or angry, leaving him with a large headache. Shortly after the missile incident, Doctor N. Gin was taken in by Doctor Neo Cortex to replace the double-crossed Doctor Nitrus Brio.
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* AbusiveParents: In-game quotes from ''Crash Tag Team Racing'' reveal that his mother told him that he would never accomplish anything and that his father frequently told him to "shut up [...] you freak".
* AdaptationDyeJob: He started off with orange hair, which got changed to black hair starting in ''Tag Team Racing''.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: In the original games, his skin is an odd shade of pink. In ''Twinsanity'', it's changed to a sickly shade of yellow. In the Radical games, he has chalk white skin.
* BadBoss[=/=]BenevolentBoss: In "Crash of the Titans", he subjects his Doom Monkeys to dangerous labor, yet on the intercom refers to them as "disgusting yet beloved" and tries to lead them in sing-a-longs and Bagel Wednesdays.
* ButtMonkey: Perhaps the most prominent after Cortex, [[TooKinkyToTorture though granted he does kind of enjoy most of it]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[{{Flanderization}} More and more so with each title it seems.]] It's been suggested this is a result of the missile in his head.
* ComputerVoice: His voice has an electronic reverb to it, though he loses it in some of the post-Naughty Dog games.
* {{Cyborg}}: He's an impromptu one, courtesy of the missile accident. Nearly half his face has been plated with cybernetics, and his voice has a synthesized rasp to it. ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'' also reveals that the eye surrounded with metal is fake, likely rendered unusable by the missile accident.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: "Doom" happens to be one of N. Gin's top favorite words. In fact, one of his karts in ''Tag Team Racing'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'' is even called the ''Doom'' Buggy.
* TheDragon: Replaced Brio as Cortex's right-hand man starting with the second game.
* EvilCounterpart: To Coco; both are sidekicks to Crash and Cortex respectively, with GeniusDitz tendencies and a rather short temper. The kart racing games highlight this by giving them identical stats and in "Warped", Coco is the one who gets to fight him instead of Crash.
* EvilRedhead: The Radical Entertainment games [[{{AdaptationDyeJob}} give him black hair]], but otherwise he’s this.
* {{Expy}}: He's an egg-shaped scientist with orange hair who often controls a red coloured giant robot in boss battles, alot like [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog another mad scientist]].
* {{Flanderization}}: N. Gin had a pretty radical shift in character over the course of the series. In the original games, he was rather soft-spoken and unemotional, being very much TheIgor to Cortex. Later games made him more mentally unstable and prone to loud outbursts and made the Creator/PeterLorre impression in his voice more obvious. It comes to a boiling point in ''Titans'' where he became a massive {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with NoIndoorVoice and a SplitPersonality who wants to eat Coco for some reason. [[JustifiedTrope Though it's kinda justified]] [[AmusingInjuries due to his faulty missile project being lodged into his head]], which he reconstructed as a life support system [[SanitySlippage at the cost of his mental stability.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Unlike Cortex and Brio, who are more into biology, and Tropy, who's a physicist, N. Gin's into engineering, as one can deduct by his name.
* GeniusDitz: He might be a loony guy with temper issues who can't even remember the recipe for ''toast'', but there’s little doubt about his intelligence; He’s demonstrated technical know-how that gives Coco a run for her money.
* HeManWomanHater: At one point in ''Crash of the Titans'' he expresses a disgust of women in general. One of his lines in the next game, however, implies he might be a StalkerWithACrush towards Coco (or at the very least, thinks she’d be a tasty meal). Given that N. Gin's characterization at this point is that of a ManChild, it may count as a grown-up version of GirlsHaveCooties.
* HumongousMecha: He's rather fond of creating and piloting these... until his Radical incarnation, anyway.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Debuts in the second game and becomes a prominent character afterwards.
* TheIgor: Taking the place of N.Brio in Crash 2 and so on.
* LargeHam: Eventually evolved into one. Earlier games had him behave very robotically, only really getting vocal when he was defeated. Later games made him manic and prone to loud outbursts.
* LaughablyEvil: He is this in the Radical games thanks to his manic outbursts and habit of going on bizarre tangents.
* MadScientist: His specialty is creating machines. In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue of ''Crash Team Racing'', he's opened a custom auto parts store in Toledo, Ohio, which closed after his "Clear-the-Road" missile system was recalled when it caused havoc on many freeways.
* MadScientistLaboratory: His lab is a race track in ''CTR''.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: A doctor who's also pretty unhinged.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Or Mysterious First Initial, in this case. None of the games reveal what the "N." stands for.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The fact that his voice is a Creator/PeterLorre impersonation becomes more obvious as the series goes on. The Radical Entertainment games take it further, adding a healthy dose of [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren Hoek]] to the mix.
* NoIndoorVoice: N. Gin is prone to ''very'' frequent fits of yelling in the Radical Entertainment games.
* NoNameGiven: It has never been revealed what his first name is.
* PunnyName: His name N. Gin, easily sounds like engine.
* SanitySlippage: The missile that was lodged into his head could've killed him if he hadn't rebuilt it as a life support system, but in exchange, it damaged his brain quite severely that he gradually turned from the robotic, soft-spoken, and emotionless [[TheIgor Igor]] to Dr. Cortex, to the loud, obnoxious LargeHam of a MadScientist that we know today.
* SissyVillain: Made '''very''' apparent in ''Crash Tag Team Racing'', where he laments on not being pretty enough and is overjoyed when Crash gives him a tutu, ballerina slippers and lipstick. This, combined with his overall demeanor, makes him one of, if not the most feminine male characters in the series.
* SplitPersonality: ''Titans'' indicates he has one in one scene, with one side wanting to support Cortex and the other Nina.
* TheStarscream: Despite his UndyingLoyalty, he does ditch Cortex and side with Brio and N. Tropy in ''Twinsanity''. He briefly goes along with Nina's takeover in ''Crash of the Titans'' as well, though in this case his devotion to Cortex prevails and he tips Crash in on where to find her.
* SubordinateExcuse: In later games his relationship with Dr Cortex leans into this, even referring to him as his friend at one point.
* SycophanticServant: Usually loyal to Dr Cortex (though see TheStarscream above). Even assisted Crash in thwarting [[TheStarscream Nina]] in hope that he would rescue his former master.
* TooKinkyToTorture: N. Gin has been known to outright thank people who inflict physical pain upon him, particularly [[HoYay Doctor Cortex]].
* TransformingMecha: His mech in the third game is able to transform into a big space fighter and then dock with a larger spacecraft.
* UndyingLoyalty: Being TheIgor and SycophanticServant. He left Cortex only once, and even then indirectly to search for treasure. When given a true opportunity to ditch Cortex for his seemingly more competent niece, he fights with his conscience, but ultimately decides he cares about Cortex too much and willingly gives Crash their whereabouts.
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: At least in the second and third game, the gameplay turns into a shooting bout as Crash and Coco try to target parts of his mech.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Doctor Nefarious Tropy]]
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->''"Now you're on my time, you little skunk! Give me the Crystals!"''
-->Voiced by: Michael Ensign (1998-99; 2003-04), Creator/CoreyBurton (2001, 2017-Present)

A henchman of Uka Uka and the self-proclaimed master of time. He created the Time Twister Machine that the bandicoots are using in ''Warped''.
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* AirGuitar: If he kills Crash in his ''Twinsanity'' boss fight, his victory dance is mimicking a guitar with his giant tuning fork.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Blue skin, at that. Apparently, constantly travelling through the cold vacuum of space and time will do that to you.
* BaldOfEvil: In ''Nitro-Fueled'', his helmet might come off after a big jump, showing that he's bald underneath.
* BeardOfEvil: He has two long hairs for an evil beard.
* BigBad: Arguably in ''N-Tranced''. Uka Uka is behind him, but the former's influence is hardly seen in said game. In addition, he seems to be the dominant force in the alliance of treasure-seeking villains in ''Twinsanity'', though the Evil Twins remained the primary Big Bad.
* BossArenaIdiocy: He normally stands far away from you, separated by a large pit, where he'll shoot beams at you with impunity. Then he stomps down with his fork and gets tired, as platforms that you can use to jump to him are created.
* ClocksOfControl: Tropy is a TimeMaster villain. His attire is completely time themed, consisting of armour covered in clocks and watches and gears and even his method of time hopping, the Time Twister, utilises a giant clock with his mug on it. Tropy is regularly depicted as even more of a SmugSnake than Dr. Neo Cortex, acting like a complacent and snooty EvilBrit by default but quickly reverting to temper tantrums whenever he starts losing to the bandicoots.
* ClockworkCreature: Rather literally -- there are multiple clocks on his body. He even refers to himself as "Master of Time."
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Aside from a small cameo in ''Boom Bang'', he hasn't been seen since ''Twinsanity'', excluding ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: He is promoted to BigBad in Cortex's absence in ''N-Tranced''.
* TheDragon: Depending on how you look at it, in ''Warped'' he is a [[CoDragons Co-Dragon]] either to Cortex along with N. Gin or to Uka Uka along with Cortex. He is Uka Uka's full-time Dragon in ''N-Tranced'', though.
* DualBoss: With Brio in ''Twinsanity'', though Tropy's the only one who can be attacked and they take turns.
* EvilBrit: The only scientist to speak with an upper-class English accent, and he's certainly evil.
* EvilLaugh: In ''N. Sane Trilogy'' he can occasionally be heard laughing during his boss fight.
* FantasticRacism: Often refers to the Bandicoots with names like "rats", "vermin" and "skunk". This extends to ''Twinsanity'', where he uses his first line before his boss fight to call Crash a rat.
* FascinatingEyebrow: He has one in his first message in ''Warped''.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He puts on a polite tone of voice when he isn't undergoing a VillainousBreakdown, but it's pretty obvious that it's never genuine.
* ForTheEvulz: [[AllThereInTheManual According to his bio]] in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', he enjoys causing time paradoxes for laughs.
* GracefulLoser: In ''Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'', once you beat all his time trial records, he doesn’t seem too upset about it and congratulates you before telling you you’ve unlocked him as a playable character.
* TheHeavy: Of all the games headed by Uka Uka's forces, Tropy is the first of two to replace Cortex as this for a game; ''N-Tranced'' in his case.
* HurricaneOfPuns: He's fond of letting out various time-related puns.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Downplayed. While he comes out in the third game and is popular, he's rather underplayed compared to the other doctors (other than N. Brio), especially in the Radical titles. ''N-Tranced'' is the exception, where he replaces Cortex as the focal antagonist.
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: His giant tuning fork, which can shoot energy beams.
* InelegantBlubbering: [[SoreLoser Whenever he comes second or third]] in ''Crash Team Racing''.
* IronicName: The concept of Entropy is the idea that anything, given time, will decay into chaos. Beating him has Cortex note N. Tropy is the one thing ''preventing'' his Time Twister from collapsing into a chaotic, time-distorting mess since he's the only one who knows how its delicate internals work.
* KnightOfCerebus: Tropy never quite suffered the same {{Flanderization}} the other villains underwent, remaining a more sinister and only moderately-comical baddie. And everyone else knows it, too; he was chosen by Uka Uka to replace Cortex for one game (and he nearly succeeded ''in the prologue stage'') and is implied to be the leader of the villains in the sub-plot of ''Twinsanity''. And his introduction was as a friend of Uka Uka while the mask was a KnightOfCerebus himself.
* LargeHam: Not quite as hammy as Cortex or N. Gin, but he still has his moments.
* LeanAndMean: Easily the tallest of the scientists, and arguably the meanest.
* LoadBearingBoss: An interesting [[PlayingWithATrope delayed version]] of this trope. His defeat in ''Warped'' causes the Time Twister to become unstable (as Cortex [[NiceJobBreakingItHero points out in the next cutscene]]), culminating in its self-destruction after Cortex's defeat if you got OneHundredPercentCompletion.
* MadScientist: One who specializes in time travel.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: A doctor like previous ones, and likes to cause time paradoxes for the hell of it.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: See PunnyName below. Also, someone with the first name of ''Nefarious'' isn't someone to be trifled with.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Burton's interpretation of the character is not too dissimilar from his Captain Hook voice, who was originally voiced by Creator/HansConried.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He's established as a more favoured and composed associate of Uka Uka than the deranged and abused Cortex. However he is prone to even greater tantrums than Cortex when his plans start to fail, and when Uka chastises him along with the rest of the RoguesGallery at the start of ''The Wrath of Cortex'' he looks just as meek and deflated as the others. He even [[InelegantBlubbering sobs hysterically]] in ''CTR'' if he places 2nd or 3rd overall.
* OnlySaneMan: In a cast that has grown very, very dysfunctional, Tropy has remained relatively sane.
* PungeonMaster: In ''Warped'' and ''CTR'', he tended to make a lot of references to time.
-->'''N. Tropy:''' This ''time'' you've done it!
-->'''N. Tropy:''' Now you're on my time, you little skunk! Give me the crystals!
-->'''N. Tropy:''' My time is up. But yours soon will be too.
* PunnyName: His abbreviated name is a pun on the word "entropy", which is basically the theory that everything turns chaotic given enough time.
* PutOnABus: While he hasn't shown up since ''Twinsanity'' excluding ''N. Sane Trilogy'', it's used as a plot point in the GBA games. He's the only villain from ''Warped'' missing in the first one, which is why Tropy was promoted by Uka Uka to main antagonist status for the second.
* TheRival: Being CoDragons, he and Cortex are sometimes shown mocking or competing with each other. Tropy even once seized an opportunity to play TheDragon solo after the latter annoyed Uka Uka with too many failures.
* SecretCharacter: In both ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' and ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart'', he can only be unlocked by [[DoubleUnlock unlocking and defeating]] all of his time trial ghosts.
* SmugSnake: Incredibly pompous and snide upon confrontations. Once he starts losing the upper hand however, his tantrums are almost as pronounced as those of Cortex.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Downplayed. He and Cortex are working towards the same goal and they never openly express hostility to each other, but his facial expressions in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' make it clear that he does NOT view Cortex with the same respect that he views Uka Uka.
* TimeMaster: He refers to himself as the "Master of Time", and has access to various forms of time travel technology. In ''CTR'' he also shows up in the TimeTrial runs.
* TrueFinalBoss: In ''N-Tranced'', he appears as the last boss Crash encounters. You can only fight him after getting all the colored gems.
* UnexplainedRecovery: It's never explained how he and Cortex were able to escape after being turned into babies and sent back in time along with Uka Uka.
* VillainousBreakdown: In ''Warped'', his initial taunts towards the bandicoots convey him as composed and confident. As you slowly collect more crystals from his Warp Room however, his calm facade fades and by the time you have collected them all he is livid.
-->'''N. Tropy:''' RAAGGHHHH!!! You little ''vermin'' are way too stupid to understand what you're getting yourselves into! This [[IncrediblyLamePun time]] you've ''done it''!!!
* VillainousFriendship: He's an old friend of Uka Uka, a fact implied in ''Warped'' and shown more conclusively in ''N-Tranced''. By contrast, Uka Uka never regards Cortex as more than an underling. That said, both of them get equal admonishing for failing him.
* VillainTeamUp: Joins forces with N. Brio and N. Gin in ''Twinsanity''. His association with Cortex in games such as ''Warped'' can arguably be considered this too.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he's seen tinkering with time machines again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nina Cortex]]
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->''"Have you come to deliver me from boredom?"''
-->Voiced by: Susan Silo (2004), Amy Gross (2005-08), Debi Derryberry (2007)

The niece of Doctor Neo Cortex. Once more kindhearted than she is now and had a rather noticeable affinity for small fuzzy animals, she was given bionic hands and sent to [[AcademyofEvil Madame Amberly's Academy of Evil]] to dissuade her from this behavior to make her more like her old man.

She sometimes aids her uncle in his quest for world domination, though they have had a recent falling-out due to a failed plot headed by her and Cortex's boss Uka Uka. [[spoiler:Hinted in one line in ''Twinsanity'' to actually be Cortex's daughter, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse but nothing's come of it since then.]]]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: She takes over as BigBad in the console version ''Crash of the Titans'' and has her own playable arc in the DS version.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: She has white, grayish skin, becoming a bluer tone in the Radical Entertainment titles.
* ArtificialLimbs: Her hands were replaced with mechanical equivalents, and for starters are much, much stronger than her previous ones. ''Twinsanity'' is the only entry to show this newly required strength: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL9hfFDNWlo&index=9 giving her uncle a hug in this deleted cutscene between the two]] shows how little effort its required to make Cortex feel ''really'' uncomfortable from the pressure alone, and earlier on in a finished cutscene, accidentally snaps his hand when they finally meet up.
* BastardUnderstudy: Cortex took her under his wing after she started showing signs of goodness at an early age, "upgrading" her and coaching her in the ways of evil. [[TheStarscream It worked a little too well]], as shown in ''Crash of The Titans''.
* BerserkButton: An in-game quote from ''Crash Tag Team Racing'' demonstrates that she hates being referred to as "{{goth}}".
* BigBad: After Cortex's defeat, she takes over as the focus villain of ''Crash of the Titans'' and is fought as the FinalBoss.
* BrattyHalfPint: Her ''Tag Team Racing'' and her Radical Entertainment incarnations portray her as a rude little brat, the latter especially.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: She has a lowercase "n" on her forehead in a similar way to her uncle.
* ButtMonkey: Radical's depiction at least.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: [[DependingOnTheWriter Numerous developers all had completely different depictions of her]]. It was only following Radical's tenure that Nina's persona was fully defined, as a conniving brat almost as deranged as her uncle.
* CutenessProximity: Had a fondness for small animals, and shown in all of its glory in [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/crash/images/0/01/Mytwinsanity-30.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111119154429&path-prefix=it this model render.]] Unknown if it still applies to her in ''Tag Team Racing'' or the Radical Entertainment titles, likely not the case though.
* {{Cyborg}}: Bit of one with her new and "improved" hands.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Uncle, actually, but still, she proves to be just as villainous.
* DarkActionGirl: She is on Cortex's side and fights Crash sometimes.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DoesNotLikeSpam: She hates Wumpa fruit and by extension anything made from it, like Wumpa Whip.
* EarlyBirdCameo: First appears in ''Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage'' and was originally going to first appear in ''Crash Nitro Kart'' but [[DummiedOut was cut for unknown reasons.]]
* EvilCounterpart: Retooled into one for Coco in the Radical Entertainment games. Both exist largely as child sidekicks for Crash and Cortex respectively, both often through tech support. However Coco is largely sweet natured, humble, and looks up to her older brother despite his goofiness, while Nina is malicious, arrogant and treacherous towards her uncle, seeing herself as superior to him.
* FaceHeelTurn: As of ''Crash of The Titans'', it seems her forced rehabiliation has worked rather well.
* FinalBoss: In the Arachnina, she's the last opponent of ''Crash of the Titans''.
* FlatCharacter: In ''Twinsanity''. Other than her backstory which is brought up only once and [[AllThereInTheManual the other half of it being told through outside material,]] she barely shows any personality due to not having any speaking lines at all, and has the same bland smiling expression on her face throughout the entire game.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in both ''Tag Team Racing'' and the Radical Entertainment entries where she's refined as a stereotypical evil brat who now is also an evil genius and hates the Bandicoots, especially Coco, with a passion just like her uncle.
* GrapplingHookPistol: At least shown in ''Twinsanity'' she has long cable-like extensions underneath her grafted hands that allow this to be possible.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Nina became the product of Cortex's tutoring to be evil and underhanded. He turns out to be successful in the Radical Entertainment entries, so much that she actually surpassed his backstabbery and overthrown him. He was very proud of her that moment.
* {{Gonk}}: The earlier version of her surely didn't go to school to become a model.
* {{Goth}}: While she bears a resemblance to the sort, [[BerserkButton you'd be better off not labeling her as such.]]
* TheHeavy: Similar to Tropy in ''N-Tranced'', in ''Crash of the Titans'', Uka Uka decides that Cortex has failed too much and replaces him with Nina.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: More like cute, especially with those little Nosferatu-like buckteeth.
* MeaningfulName: Nina means "strong, powerful, kind, and intelligent" in various different cultures, all of which are traits she has shown at least once.
* MoralityPet: She is one of few subjects of genuine affection from Cortex, even going against his self-preserving nature to save her. That won't stop him inflicting some gleeful discipline after she betrays him however.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: {{Downplayed}}; while she has maintained her prominent forehead and buck teeth, her ''[[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/File:Nina_Cortex_CTTR.png Twinsanity/Tag Team Racing]]'' look sported a rather stuffy hairstyle and ape-ish face, while her subsequent ''[[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130310115711/villains/images/3/3d/L_6bfe890ebf973a332aaba87977cb466b.jpg Titans/Mind over Mutant]]'' look gives her a more appealing hair tuft and softer features.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Like her uncle, she hates Crash and the other Bandicoots starting with ''Tag Team Racing'', though she and Coco seem to loathe each other especially.
* SkipOfInnocence: Her walking animation in ''Twinsanity''.
* SpoiledBrat: Implied to be in the ''Crash of the Titans'' promotional shorts. Cortex apparently has to bribe her to help him with schemes.
* TheStarscream: In ''Crash of The Titans'' she takes over Cortex's position after Uka Uka fires him... [[SoProudOfYou and he was very proud]], though that didn't stop him from punishing her.
* TeenGenius: In the Radical Entertainment titles she's actually smarter (or at least more competent) than her MadScientist uncle, according to Aku Aku. [[GeniusDitz She does however retain a lot of his flaws]].
* TheVoiceless: In ''Twinsanity'' only, barring one grunt in the ending.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Before Cortex sent her to Madame Amberly's that is, although how effective depends on how you view the character herself in her blank slate in ''Twinsanity'' alone. More than confirmed to have happened in the Radical Entertainment titles.
* WhoWearsShortShorts?: In the GBA version of ''Titans'', instead of her purple skirt, she wears grey short shorts
* YouthfulFreckles: Again only present in ''Twinsanity''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lab Assistants]]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/DwightSchultz & Creator/MauriceLaMarche (2017)

Cortex's main cronies outside of his evolved animals. They appear in numerous levels, usually wearing themed costumes.
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* BewitchedAmphibians: In the medieval levels in ''Warped'', some of the lab assistants are princes that are transformed into frogs. You'll only know this if one of the frogs gets on Crash and kisses him.
* GagNose: They all have long, goofy noses.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: They appear this way in the first game, until it's revealed in the second and third games that they're actually a mass-produced MechaMook army.
* LeanAndMean: They're all tall, skinny, and out to get Crash.
* MechaMook: Revealed to be this throughout the original trilogy. In the first game, the ones that appear in the level "The Lab" inexplicably have electricity coursing throughout their bodies that they use to attack Crash (although in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' they wear electric gauntlets). They use the same powers in the jetpack levels of the second game, though this time they appear as half robotic [[Film/TheTerminator Terminator-like]] cyborgs. Then, in the third game, the secret warp room has an assembly line of them in the background. Here, their robotic appearance is covered up, they're put into costumes and sent out to the various levels in the game.
* MultipleHeadCase: There are lab assistants that appear in the level "Double Header" from ''Warped'' that are two headed. They're large, fat, and swinging two clubs. After they're knocked out, [[TrampolineTummy they can be used as bounce pads.]]
* OpaqueNerdGlasses: They all wear extremely thick, circular glasses that completely obscure their eyes...if they even have eyes. It's a trait consistent to all of them even if they're wearing various clothes.
* RoboticReveal: The secret room in ''Warped'' shows them being made in an assembly line.
* ShockAndAwe: One of their means of attacking Crash is to shock him with the electricity coursing through their bodies.
* StockScream: Whenever Crash knocks one of them off of a ledge, they let out a pitched-up version of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_scream Howie Scream]]. Averted in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', where they're given proper voice actors.
* UndergroundMonkey: Most of them are created to look the same but they just wear different clothing to suit the theme of the levels.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: From the second game onward, no matter where they are, they're wearing clothing with the appropriate theme. They can be dressed up as lumberjacks, mummies, hunters, pirates, knights, and a whole lot more.

[[/folder]]

!!Evil Masks

[[folder:Uka-Uka]]
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->''"I have heard enough of your shallow wisdom. It is I who is the strongest, and it is evil that will ultimately prevail!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/ClancyBrown (1998-2003), Alex Fernandez (2004), Creator/JohnDiMaggio (2007-Present)

Doctor Cortex's overseer and the evil younger twin brother of Aku Aku. Long ago, he was sealed away in an underground prison by Aku Aku due to his incredibly malicious nature. However, this prison would be destroyed many centuries later by the wreck of Cortex's space station, setting him free and allowing him to carry out his plot for world domination.
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* BadBoss: He threatens to kill Cortex for his failures, and even replaces him with Nina in ''Crash of the Titans''. In the later games, being unreasonably harsh to his subordinates is arguably Uka Uka's defining characteristic.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a reddish-brown beard.
* BigBad: Opposite to his brother Aku Aku, he is the main antagonist of the series.
* BottomlessPitRescueService:
** He can work as this in the racing games, bringing evil racers back on track if they fall into a pit.
** He also serves as this to Cortex in the final battle of ''Warped'', where he'll pick him up from the bottomless pit Crash knocks him into.
* CainAndAbel: Cain to Aku Aku's Abel, since he is Aku Aku's evil brother.
* CardCarryingVillain: Became shamelessly boastful about his evil nature starting with ''Crash Bash''.
* DemonicPossession: In the N. Sane Trilogy version of Warped, Uka Uka's habit of attaching himself to Cortex's face is expanded to him being able to take complete control over Cortex's body, though the only time he demonstrates this is before the final boss fight and he only does it to show off.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Though he sounded progressively less deep with each game. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' restores his menacing deep voice.
* EvilTwin: He is Aku Aku's twin brother and is for all intents and purposes his villainous equivalent.
* ExpressiveMask: Bonus points in that he ''is'' a mask. Though that factor kinda decreases with his Radical Entertainment redesign as he lacks a lower jaw in those games. It does get a bit strange though, since his upper jaw moves as if the roots of his teeth are actually an ''under'' bite rather than a forced overbite.
** The N.Sane trilogy brings back this trope for him in full force, AND THEN SOME.
* FrickinLaserBeams: In ''Warped'', he can shoot lasers from his face, which he uses to hold off Aku Aku in a BeamOWar. He also acts as the satellite substitute in ''Crash Bash's'' Melt Panic, with his beams being able to melt the ice stage and, if you get hit by them, always does negative effects.
* GameOverMan: He appears on the Game Over screen in ''Warped''. In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', he becomes one for all three games, though since his presence until ''3'' is meant to be a secret, he's [[SinisterSilhouettes hidden by shadows]] until the third game, where he's properly explained.
* GodOfEvil: Pretty godly in terms of his power. And ''certainly'' evil.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Played with- while Uka Uka never once takes the wheel on any karts in either ''Team Racing'' or ''Nitro Kart'', he does assist evil characters by giving them tips and acting as a power-up that makes them invincible, not to mention putting them back on the tracks when they fall off.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He's this in the first and second game due to him not appearing there and being revealed as the one behind Cortex the whole time. In the third game he's more closely involved, talking directly to the bandicoots; ''Crash Bash'' also plays the same way. ''The Wrath of Cortex'' onward brings him back to this.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Debuts in the third game and becomes a prominent character afterwards.
* InvincibilityPowerUp: In the racing games he can become this to the evil characters, protecting them from attacks and hazards as well as [[NitroBoost speeding them up]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Even more so than Cortex as he constantly bosses other bad guys around and is generally quite arrogant, unlike his brother, who is just as powerful as him, but much more humble and gentle.
* KnightOfCerebus: In ''Warped'' and ''Crash Bash'', Uka represented a far more terrifying enemy that terrified even Cortex. Toned down in later games, where he plays more the role of a comedic BadBoss.
* LargeHam: Always talks loud and over-dramatic. Somewhat toned down in later games, but still.
* TheManBehindTheMan: The main evil behind the machines of Cortex.
* MaskOfPower: In the same way as Aku Aku, he's a magical FloatingMask with lots of mystical powers.
* NoIndoorVoice: Clancy Brown gave Uka a [[VocalEvolution progressively]] loud, perpetually yelling voice. Creator/JohnDiMaggio toned this down with a more calmer depiction though still has tendencies of this. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' has him back to almost screaming every word with pure hatred for the do-gooding Bandicoot siblings.
-->'''Uka Uka:''' WHY!? WHY MUST YOU CONTINUE TO BE A THORN IN OUR SIDE!?
* OrcusOnHisThrone: In many of his later appearances Uka contributed very little to schemes, letting Cortex or some other crony take over. He becomes more active again in ''Titans'', though still has Nina take the lead.
* PowerEchoes: In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', his booming voice now echoes whenever he speaks.
* SdrawkcabName: His name is the name of his older twin brother Aku Aku but reversed.
* SealedEvilInACan: He was locked away in an underground prison by Aku Aku many eons ago until the prison was destroyed by Cortex's space station debris at the beginning of the third game.
* TheUnfought: He didn't get an actual boss fight until ''Twinsanity'' and ''Crash of the Titans'', despite being one of the main villains before then. He does, however, assist Cortex in ''Warped''.
* VocalEvolution: Clancy Brown's Uka sounded much more deep and sinister in ''Warped''. Alex Fernandez' Uka wasn't pitched down, making him sound a bit less threatening, and was prone to moments that were a bit more comical. Then, [=DiMaggio's=] Uka has a completely different voice, sounding more like a deeper-pitched [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Dr. Drakken]]. For ''N. Sane Trilogy'', [=DiMaggio=] imitates Brown's sinister baritone.
* WhenHeSmiles: He makes a genuine smile during his "I am feeling...generous" line in the ''N. Sane Trilogy version'' of ''Warped''.
* WitchDoctor: Can be assumed to be one, considering that's how his brother ended up becoming a mask as well.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: He was one of the characters to get a massive design change in ''Crash of the Titans'' to the point of looking entirely different than before. In both ''Crash of the Titans'' and ''Mind over Mutant'', he resembles a brown, sharp-toothed skull with no lower jaw, and had four horns with bones dangling off of them.
* YouHaveFailedMe: He threatens to punish Cortex for his failures all the time. Most are empty threats, though he did make a bungled attempt on his life in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', and has non lethally replaced him with another villain more than once (only to bring him back after they fail in turn). Also, his first threat on Cortex was a subversion of the trope; while he was angry with Cortex for messing up twice before, he let it slide since Cortex's failures indirectly freed him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Elementals]]
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-->Rok-Ko voiced by: Creator/ThomasFWilson (2001)\\
Wa-Wa voiced by: Creator/RLeeErmey (2001)\\
Py-Ro voiced by: Creator/MarkHamill (2001)\\
Lo-Lo voiced by: Creator/JessHarnell (2001)

A group of evil masks revived by Uka Uka in ''Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex'' to act as a power source for Crunch Bandicoot. Consists of Rok-Ko the Earth Elemental, Wa-Wa the Water Elemental, Py-Ro the Fire Elemental, and Lo-Lo the Air Elemental.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The instruction manual for ''The Wrath of Cortex'' notes their backstory as enemies to the Ancient masks several thousands of years ago and how the crystals are used to imprison them.
* AxCrazy: Py-Ro with how obsessed he wants Crash to succumb to a fiery death. Compared to the other Elementals who mainly taunt him, he's the one who gives him mostly what are essentially death threats. Its almost as if Mark Hamill's inner [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] is transmitting into him.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
-->'''Wa-Wa:''' Leave my levels alone!
* CatAndMouseBoss: Py-Ro the Fire Elemental, who turns Crunch into one of these. You have to lead him to a certain water-shooting mech in order to douse him, in which case the tables turn for Crash and Crunch.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Wa-Wa certainly acts the part, courtesy of the honorary Creator/RLeeErmey. Rather odd trait for a living, sentient aboriginal mask.
* ElementalPowers: All of them control one of the four elements of nature.
** DishingOutDirt: Rok-Ko controls earth.
** MakingASplash: Wa-Wa has power over water and can also [[AnIcePerson control ice]].
** PlayingWithFire: Py-Ro has power over fire.
** BlowYouAway: Lo-Lo controls the wind and can also [[ShockAndAwe shoot lightning]].
* JerkJock: While Rok-Ko doesn't look like it at first, he makes childish taunts towards Crash and acts like an overall ruffian. Helps that he's voiced by Creator/ThomasFWilson, who [[ActorAllusion played another one in the form of]] [[Characters/BackToTheFuture Biff Tannen]] in the [[Film/BackToTheFuture Back To The Future series.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Py-Ro was originally to be the last Elemental faced and his more brooding and manic disposition shows it. Zigzagged in the final game where the final Elemental is Lo-Lo, who is far more flamboyant but [[BewareTheSillyOnes offers an even more imposing transformation for Crunch.]]
* LargeHam: All of them have loud and expressive dialogue.
* MaskOfPower: They're a group of masks that contain elemental powers. They're never stated to be formerly witch doctors like Aku or Uka were, although they likely were.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Every mask except Rok-Ko turns Crunch into one of these (he just encases Crunch in a stone Atlasphere).
* {{Pun}}: All of them except Rok-Ko make at least one in their intermissions.
-->'''Wa-Wa:''' Ah, get over here you little orange sponge!
-->'''Py-Ro:''' Hope you brought your sunscreen, 'cause you're gonna burn.
-->'''Lo-Lo:''' Is there a draft in here?
* PyroManiac: Py-Ro, duh.
--> '''Py-Ro:''' Hmm, is it getting hot in here, is it safe to be wearing that fur? [[SuddenlyShouting It looks FLAMMABLE!]]
* SissyVillain: Lo-Lo who's easily the most flamboyant of the bunch, [[AgentPeacock contrasting with]] his destructive powers over storms and wind itself.
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: The fight with Lo-Lo is this, unlike the others, with Crash battling the transformed Crunch on his plane.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Velo Mask]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/SteveBlum (2003), Andre Sogliuzzo (2019)
A magical mask in the likeness of [[spoiler:the fake]] Emperor Velo XXVII that protects the alien racers in ''Crash Nitro Kart'' and ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled''.
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* AdaptedOut: The Velo Mask was absent in the [=GBA=] version of ''Nitro Kart'' and the original release of ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled'', with most of the alien characters instead being protected by Uka Uka. Due to fan requests, it was added to the latter game in one of the first update patches.
* EvilLaugh: It laughs in Emperor Velo's voice when activated in ''Nitro Kart''. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', it shouts Real Velo's higher-pitched "Ya-ha-hah!" instead.
* FlatCharacter: To the point where it's unclear if it even is a real "character". Unlike Aku Aku and Uka Uka, the Velo Mask has no explained role or function outside of gameplay and doesn't speak to the player at any point. It's unclear if it's an independent entity or just some projection of Emperor Velo's power. Even in ''Nitro-Fueled'', Uka-Uka still remains the mask-in-focus in the Adventure mode and is the one to tell the player they're going the wrong way.
* InvincibilityPowerUp: The Velo Mask acts as this for Teams Oxide and Trance in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', filling the same role as Aku Aku and Uka Uka for Teams Bandicoot and Cortex.
[[/folder]]

!!Other Evolved Animals:

[[folder:Ripper Roo]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote: Click here to see him as Dr. Roo]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doctor_roo.png[[/labelnote]]]]
-->Voiced by: Dallas [=McKennon=] (recording, 1996-1999), Creator/JeffBennett (2010), Creator/JessHarnell (2017), Andrew Morgado (2019)

A kangaroo who was the first creature modified by Doctor Neo Cortex, and is regarded as a failed experiment. He has a literal psychopathic personality and distinctive laughter. He later becomes a doctor in ''2'' although it seems that persona and part of his life didn't last very long.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He's a kangaroo with blue fur. Likely an effect of the Evolvo-Ray.
* AntiVillain: He works with Dr. N. Brio in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' to stop Crash from collecting the Crystals, taking a break from his studies to fight the bandicoot.
* AxCrazy: Absolutely loco.
* BadassBookworm: He can still fight well after getting his doctorate.
* BadassMustache: Again, as Doctor Roo.
* TheBerserker: One element to his fighting style, given his AxCrazy tendencies.
* TheCameo: He's among the villains who appear at Crash's "birthday party" in ''Twinsanity''.
* ContinuityNod: The end credits of the first game make mention of Ripper Roo getting therapy and higher education, receiving a doctorate in psychology and writing a book called ''Through the Eye of the Vortex: A Study of Rapid Evolution and Its Consequences''. In his boss battle in the second game, Crash interrupts him while he's studying.
* CombatSadomasochist: It's heavily implied that his habit of getting caught in his own explosions is a case of this.
* CulturedBadass: Doctor Roo, yet again.
* CuteAndPsycho: He becomes like this after the first game.
* DegradedBoss: He turns from being a second boss in the first game to being the first boss in the second. He also can now be hit by Crash's attacks.
* {{Expy}}: He bears a strong resemblance to Psycho the Weasel of the Toon Patrol from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', right down to the spiral eyes and straightjacket.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Type 1, and only shown a few times in CTR Nitro Fueled, once where he coughs up the boss key he previously swallowed after the player defeats him in Adventure Mode, and second where he swallows a beaker full of chemicals when he wins a race if the player uses his Mad Scientist skin.
* EyeGlasses: As Doctor Roo, has glasses which only make his pupils visible.
* GoodVersusGood: His role as a boss in Crash Bandicoot 2 invokes this due to his affiliations; he antagonizes Crash, but does so to stop Cortex.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Usually wears a straitjacket, and nothing else.
* HandyFeet: Handy enough to ''drive with''.
* JekyllAndHyde: Has this going on during his boss battle in the second game. When Crash first shows up, he's studying books and is dressed up to look like a doctor with a top hat, thick glasses, and a cane. After he's hit with his own TNT explosion, however, he reverts back to his former LaughingMad self, with the doctor clothes getting blown off in favor of WildHair. He switches back to Doctor Roo every time Crash hits him.
* LandSeaSky: Forms the "sea" portion of this with fellow Crash 1 evolved animals, Koala Kong and Pinstripe Potoroo. In most of his appearances, he is frequently associated with water and waterfalls.
* LaughingMad: His dialogue consists of insane laughter. Now and then, it's "translated" for the player.
* MadBomber: He frequently uses TNT and Nitro crates in his battles against Crash.
* MeaningfulName: His sharp claws could easily rip things apart, and as for "Roo", well...he's a kangaroo. 'Ripper' and 'Roo' are also Australian slang words for 'great' and 'kangaroo', respectively. So to some Aussies, his name could mean "great kangaroo". When you view some of his accomplishments, it makes a lot of sense actually!
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He stablized himself enough to obtain a doctorate, but it's clear he's still got issues to work through.
* MultiDirectionalBarrage: In his appearance in ''Crash Bash'' (El Pogo Loco stage), he may occasionally jump in the middle of the arena and then shoots missiles one by one to every direction instead of stamping TNT squares.
* NiceHat: Has a top hat, a bowtie and [[ClassyCane cane]] in ''2'' to go with his Doctor Roo transformation.
* PsychoPrototype: Crash came out of the Cortex Vortex a little [[CloudCuckooLander worse for wear]], but Roo, the earlier experiment...well...
* PuzzleBoss: His boss encounters involve him hopping around an arena with explosive crates involved. In the original game, he hops around in a set pattern on platforms surrounded by water, and the player has to jump on the drifting TNT crates at the right time so that they explode while Roo is next to them. In ''Cortex Strike Back'', he hops around the arena, and creates TNT and Nitro crates wherever he lands, and the goal is to find a safe spot from the explosions, and hit Roo after he has stunned himself.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Crash Team Racing'', he's unlocked as a playable racer by winning the Red Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.
* SharkTunnel: For some reason his track in ''CTR'' is set in one (Roo's Tubes).
* StockSoundEffect: His laughter is an adjusted and retuned version of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPiaB7z4ehY laughter track]] first recorded in Disney/LadyAndTheTramp originally provided by Creator/DallasMcKennon. This is averted in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'', where he's voiced respectively by Creator/JessHarnell and Andrew Morgado.
* StuffBlowingUp: What usually happens when you fight him. He's one explosives-loving kangaroo alright.
* SuddenlyVoiced: In the Japanese version of ''Crash Team Racing'' he speaks coherently. This was intended for the English version as well (with the voice files even existing in the game) but ultimately omitted.
* TacticalSuicideBoss: Ripper Roo, we get that you're crazy, but still, detonating a Nitro panel by your own body will make you vulnerable.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Aside from the Doctor Roo bit above, In ''CTR'', he surprisingly becomes a state governor.
* ThrillSeeker: In the ''Nitro-Fueled'' ending, he somehow becomes a thrill ride engineer, only to get blacklisted after the authorities discovered that every ride he created was just a new way to test his threshold for pain.
* YouDontLookLikeYou:
** Appears in the mobile game ''Crash Nitro Kart 3D'' looking much different than normal. He appears much larger, and his facial structure and body type look very different, and much more like an actual kangaroo. He also ditches his trademark straitjacket for [[BoxingKangaroo a pair of boxing gloves]]. Despite this, his character icon still uses his regular appearance. He's back to normal in ''Crash Nitro Kart 2''.
** Subverted in ''Crash Twinsanity'' where he looks more like a realistic kangaroo, with straight ears, shorter tongue and a squared muzzle, but is still recognizable regardless.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Koala Kong]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nsane_koalakong.png]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/FredTatasciore (2017)

A modified koala who tosses around boulders using his superhuman strength.
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* TheAhnold: Implied. The credits for the first game state that he moved to Hollywood to become an action star, and paid for counselling to improve his diction.
** [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/crashban/images/d/dd/Koala_Kong_Bio_Concept.png/revision/latest?cb=20151119163453 This concept art sheet]] explicitly states he's modeled after Stallone.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: He wears a red tank top and yellow pants, but no shoes.
* TheCameo: He's seen amongst the gathering of villains at Crash's "birthday party" at the beginning of ''Twinsanity''.
* CarpetOfVirility: His muscle-shirt is literally overflowing with with a giant tuft of chest-hair. Oddly, his in-game model from Crash Bash leaves his chest clean even though the tuft is still there for promotional art. It returns in ''Twinsanity'', but is absent again in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Loved to flex his muscles and shake his butt when fighting Crash, [[TacticalSuicideBoss leaving him wide open to Crash spinning back his boulders and defeating him.]]
* DumbMuscle: The instruction manual for the first game mentions that "more protons were put towards his muscles than his brain" upon creation.
* LandSeaSky: Forms the "land" part of this trio with Ripper Roo and Pinstripe. You first encounter him in a mine, where he attacks primarily by throwing boulders at you.
* PecFlex: Whenever he isn't attacking Crash, he's flexing his muscles, and ''N. Sane Trilogy'' further exaggerates this trope, to the point where his head is nearly engulfed by his pecs. His ShakingTheRump animation during his boss fight is even replaced by him doing a pec dance.
* PutOnABus: Aside from the first game, ''Crash Bash'', and a small cameo in ''Twinsanity'', Kong never served as a boss again, as Tiny had basically usurped his role as Cortex's muscle.
* RatedMForManly: He's a giant, muscular koala who loves to flex his muscles and throw boulders at weaker characters.
* TheRival: To Tiny in ''Crash Bash''. Also his MovesetClone.
* ShakingTheRump: During his boss fight in the original game, he frequently turns around and flexes his glutes at the camera.
* TopHeavyGuy: Much like Tiny, he has a large upper body, but skinny legs. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' further buffs him up, making him even ''more'' top heavy than Tiny, with much thicker arms and pecs so big they're nearly engulfing his head.
* TheVoiceless: He makes deep, gravelly sounds in ''Crash Bash'', but in the original game, he doesn't make a sound. It's heavily implied that he sounds like Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger or Creator/SylvesterStallone. He's given a proper voice at last in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: His reappearance in ''Crash Twinsanity'' has him re-tooled to be less wide and to have more koala-like features in his face. The end result is superficially familiar, but significantly different looking.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pinstripe Potoroo]]
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->''"Forget about it!"''
-->Voiced by: Brendan O'Brien (1996-2005), Creator/JessHarnell (2017), Creator/RobbieDaymond (2019)

A modified potoroo who wears a pinkish-red pinstripe suit and wields a fully-loaded Tommy gun. One of Cortex's servants from the first game and the head of Cortex Power, Cortex's power plant for his castle.

After his defeat at the hands of Crash, he moved to Chicago to work at a sanitation company and was working his way to becoming a state governor. Like Ripper Roo's situation, it didn't take too long to return back to his old gangster shenanigans. According to the
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Like any self-respecting gangster would.
* BottomlessMagazines: He can shoot his Tommy gun forever, though that doesn't stop it from jamming, leaving him open to be attacked. Averted in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', where he reloads his gun when repositioning.
* BrooklynRage: He speaks like this in ''CTR'', but it seems to lean more towards {{Joisey}}.
* TheCameo: He's among the gathering of previous villains seen during Crash's "birthday party" in ''Twinsanity''.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's the owner of Cortex's Power Station in the first game and he's responsible for the immense pollution in the ocean nearby.
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: His whole shtick. He even speaks with a [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey accent]], often associated with gangsters, in ''Crash Team Racing''.
* DeadMansTriggerFinger: When beaten, he squeezes the trigger especially hard before he goes down.
* TheDon: He's the leader of a group of gangster Potoroos. His full name is Don Pinstripelli Potorotti.
* {{Expy}}: Like Ripper Roo, Pinstripe bears a close resemblance to the Toon Patrol weasels from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. His hairdo makes him closely resemble Greasy, while the colour of his suit more evokes Smart Ass.
* FiringInTheAirALot: He [[TriggerHappy really likes shooting his gun]], which is really made obvious when he wins first place in ''Crash Team Racing''.
* GunNut: He loves his tommy gun a lot. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he kisses it affectionately both at the end of a race and in his special costume.
* HonestJohnsDealership: According to the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, he starts one after the events of Crash Team Racing. While successful at first, he eventually gets busted due to his "atypical methods", forcing him to go back to the energy business.
* ISurrenderSuckers: Subverted in ''Nitro-Fueled''. After you defeat him in Adventure Mode, he goes to his kart and punctures a tire to fish out something from inside -- with a shifty look and an ominous music sting, seemingly about to pull his gun on the player -- only for him to hand over the Boss Key (albeit reluctantly), fulfilling his part of the deal.
* LandSeaSky: Forms the "sky" portion of this with Koala Kong and Ripper Roo. His office is located at the top of his power plant, and ''Crash Team Racing'' reveals he owns a fleet of blimps that the remake ''Nitro-Fueled'' explains is an airborn casino.
* LaughingMad: In the original game, whenever he gets to stand in the center of the stage and fire his gun throughout the whole room, he lets out a wicked cackle.
* LeanAndMean: He's rather thin and he also looks like a gangster leader.
* LevelsTakeFlight: His track in ''CTR'' is Hot Air Skyway, a floating track on the sky.
* MadBomber: In ''Crash Team Racing'', he has a never-ending supply of rolling bombs, which he'll continuously throw behind him.
* MeaningfulName: His name is Pinstripe, and a pinstripe suit is often associated with gangsters. Whilst "potoroo" seems a simple reference to his species, a metal door in his factory names him "Don Pinstripelli Potorotti."
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When he's beaten, he accidentally shoots at the reactor in the background, which is implied to cause the eventual destruction of the castle.
* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: His primary weakness in the first game.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Crash Team Racing'', he's unlocked as a playable character by winning the Yellow Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: He's a Potoroo, which are rat-like marsupials about the size of a rabbit.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Aside from the sanitation company bit above, in ''CTR'', he becomes an used car salesman in New Jersey. His success is attributed to his Tommy gun.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: As befitting of his nature, especially in his post-defeat cutscene for ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* YouDirtyRat: Well, he's a Potoroo, which are at least rat-like in appearance. He's also a SlimeBall who will race for the fate of the planet [[OnlyInItForTheMoney for a good amount of fee.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Komodo Brothers]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:'''Left:''' Joe. '''Right:''' Moe.]]
-->Komodo Joe voiced by: David Anthony Pizzuto (1999), Creator/FredTatasciore (2017-Present)
-->Komodo Moe voiced by: Creator/FredTatasciore (2017)

Two modified komodo dragons, named Joe and Moe, who have served as boss characters in the series.
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* AbandonedMine: Joe's track in ''CTR'', Dragon Mines, is set on a mine with [[MinecartMadness rolling minecarts]] as obstacles.
* AntiVillain: In ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacing,'' Komodo Joe confronts the player as the third boss. His motivations are based on the doubt that you have what it takes to defeat Oxide. They also attempted to stop Crash from delivering the crystals to Cortex in the second game.
* BashBrothers: Although Joe races alone in ''Crash Team Racing''.
* BeardOfEvil: Moe has a goatee.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Joe is the brains, Moe is the brawn.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: For some reason, Komodo Moe does not appear alongside his brother Joe in ''CTR'', due to graphical limitations. With the exception of ''N. Sane Trilogy'', neither of them have appeared in the main series since their debut in ''Cortex Strikes Back'', only showing up as bosses in ''Crash Bash''. They don't even appear with the other villains at Crash's "birthday party" in ''Twinsanity'', though [[WhatCouldHaveBeen they were intended]] to make an appearance as the "Krazy Komodo Crash Course", where they chased Crash through a racetrack.
* DualBoss: They're fought at the same time, in both the second game and ''Crash Bash''.
* DumbMuscle: Komodo Moe may be strong, but he has a low IQ.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Like Tiny, the Komodo Brothers were intended for the first game and appear in the unused animated FMV as creations of Cortex.
* FatAndSkinny: Moe's the [[FatBastard fat]], Joe's the [[LeanAndMean skinny]].
* FourFingeredHands: Oddly enough, despite being the same species, Joe has four fingers on each hand, while Moe only has three.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: To deal damage to them, Crash has to spin Joe towards Moe, hurting them both.
* HazyFeelTurn: Due to their roles in the second game, the Komodo Brothers antagonized Crash, but for good purposes as they were trying to stop him from giving the crystals to Cortex. However, in ''Crash Team Racing'', Joe is protected by Uka Uka, which signifies that he (and likely Moe too) is in the bad side. It's not until Crash Bash that their alignment comes into question and even then, they fight anyone who reaches them, good or evil.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Cortex and Crash in ''CTR'', he has balanced stats all around.
* NotSoStoic: Joe puts on a cool face in ''CTR'', until he loses, where he starts bawling.
* PunnyName: Combined, their names create the word "mojo."
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Well, they're ''technically'' not "bad" guys, per se, but they're definitely not [[GoodIsNotNice nice]].
* SecretCharacter: Joe can be unlocked as a playable racer in ''Crash Team Racing'' by winning the Blue Gem Cup.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Komodo dragons are a fairly well-known lizard species, but seeing one in media is quite rare.
* SoreLoser: Joe is not only reduced to InelegantBlubbering when standing in a non-winning position on the podiums in ''CTR'', but after his boss fight, he only hands over the key after rubbing it in that if the planet is destroyed by the results of racing Oxide, it will be the player's fault. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he ''threatens'' the player by nearly killing them with his scimitar before producing the key.
* SpaceZone: In ''Crash Bash'' they're fought on the moon as they're controlling a cannon-filled fortress.
* {{Sssssnaketalk}}: Komodo Joe.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: They're never shown actually swinging their scimitars in the proper way. They ''only'' throw them.
* TheVoiceless: Komodo Moe has never had any fully voiced dialogue. All he has is an EvilLaugh that is recycled from the barrel-throwing Potaroo gangsters from the first game. He remains silent in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', but now has a unique laugh and grunts provided by Creator/FredTatasciore.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he runs [[HonestJohnsDealership Honest Joe's wedding ring and rare gem outlet]] in Zurich. It ends after it's discovered that the business has been used for laundering stolen gemstones. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', it's revealed that soon after, Moe opened up a jewelery auction house.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tiny Tiger]]
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->''"BANDICOOTS! I can SQUASH Bandicoots!"''

-->Voiced by: Brendan O' Brien (1998-2001), Creator/JohnDiMaggio (2003, 2017-Present), Chris Williams (2007-08), Creator/NolanNorth (2007)[[note]]in the DS version of ''Crash of the Titans'')[[/note]]

A hulking mutant Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) henchman. Originally a cohort for Dr. Nitrus Brio, he is retooled into Cortex's most faithful henchman in ''Warped''.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Was a thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) in the original games, but was changed to a siberian tiger in the Radical games. In other words, he was changed from a possum to a cat.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: While real Tasmanian tigers/thylacines were more of a beige, sandy color, in the Naughty Dog games he was orange. This was changed in ''Twinsanity'', his fur becoming sandy yellow.
* AntiVillain:
** Tiny originally served Doctor N. Brio for the purpose of keeping Crash from delivering the crystals to Cortex and stop his evil plans.
** He is clearly a PunchClockVillain in the Radical era games. Even with his previous incarnation, it gradually becomes more apparent he is [[UndyingLoyalty merely loyal to Cortex]] than actually being vile himself. Like Cortex, he also isn't against fighting alongside the heroes against a common enemy such as [[Videogame/CrashTeamRacing Oxide]]. He's even converted to the good side in ''Crash Bash'', though only for that game since the good side is lacking in numbers and Aku Aku asks to even the odds[[note]]Crunch had yet to make his debut at the time, and as for [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Tawna]]...[[/note]].
* BreakingTheBonds: At the start of his boss fight in the third game, he's chained to 2 big stone pillars.
* CampStraight: His Radical Entertainment incarnation is, in his own words, "stupendous and fantabulous".
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Initially one of N. Brio's lackeys in his debut in ''Cortex Strikes Back'', he was later retooled into Cortex's most [[UndyingLoyalty undyingly loyal]] henchman from ''Warped'' onwards.
* TheCameo: He's one of the villains at Crash's "birthday party" in ''Twinsanity''.
* DegradedBoss: He turns from being a third boss in the second game to being the first boss in third. He also can now be hit by Crash's attacks.
* DumbMuscle: His strength is only matched by his idiocy. That's before the Radical Entertainment games, at least.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Having been designed for the first game, he appears in the unused animated FMV. Counting this as canon, here it is made clear he was created by Cortex (albeit still through Brio's assistance).
* EmotionalBruiser: Both his losing animations in ''Nitro-Fueled'' certainly portray him as one, with his race loss animation having him wipe a tear from his eye and his podium loss animation outright having him bawling his eyes out (though not as much as Komodo Joe and Cortex).
* EvilSoundsDeep: Possesses an extremely deep voice prior to ''Crash of The Titans''.
* FluffyTheTerrible: "Tiny" is a word [[IronicName you wouldn't think of first]] when thinking of a hulking mutant tasmanian tiger. His track in ''CTR'', Tiny Arena, [[MarathonLevel is also far from tiny.]]
* GoThroughMe: When Nash threatens an unimpressed Cortex in ''Nitro Kart'' a very angry looking Tiny darts in front of him.
* GroundPound: His main tactic as a boss is to jump and trying to land on Crash as Tiny chases him.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Wears spiked shoulder pads, a LoinCloth and Converse sneakers, but is [[WalkingShirtlessScene always shirtless]].
* HazyFeelTurn: In ''Cortex Strikes Back'' Tiny served Brio, attempting to stop Cortex but antagonising Crash to do so. By the beginning of Warped, Tiny has become a loyal follower of Cortex, so ''still'' antagonising Crash but for fully evil purposes.
* HiddenDepths: ''Crash Nitro Kart'' portrays Tiny as much more docile off of work hours, being somewhat childlike and submissive around the other villains. His UndyingLoyalty to Cortex is also given much more focus.
* HulkSpeak: Before the Radical Entertainment games.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Debuts in the second game and becomes a prominent character afterwards.
* IronicName: What's this giant, muscular, roaring tiger called? None other than '''Tiny'''.
* InNameOnly: His portrayal in ''Titans'' is very much considered this by many fans, due to not only having a different personality and voice, but also because he's now a completely different species. Unlike the original games, where he's a tazmanian tiger, in ''Titans'' he's now a siberian tiger. He may as well be a completely different character.
* TheKlutz: Seems to be renowned for this by ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he is the first to blame when something goes berserk.
-->'''N. Gin:''' What did you break ''now''?!
* LeftStuckAfterAttack: In the third game, whenever he decides to stab Crash with his trident, he'll get stuck trying to dislodge it from the ground, leaving him open for Crash's attack.
* ManChild: Sometimes acts very excitable and infant like, particularly around Cortex.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: In the Radical games, Tiny is this in spades. The original rendition, while more vicious and antagonistic towards Crash, actually has traits of this as well, particularly in ''Crash Nitro Kart''.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Boss battles against Tiny involve him jumping around a lot. With his [[TopHeavyGuy massive upper body and positively twiggy legs]], you wouldn't exactly expect him to be capable of leaping higher and farther than Crash.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:In Team Cortex's ending in ''Nitro Kart'', after the bad guys get stranded on Terra, Tiny quickly fixes Velo's scepter, only to get himself mistaken for a god by its inhabitants.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Cortex:''' Tiny!!! You BUFFOON!!!]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His voice in the Radical Entertainment games is an impersonation of boxer Mike Tyson.
* RightHandAttackDog: Although not actually a dog, he tends to serve a similar role, especially when protecting Dr. Neo Cortex.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Tiny is a Tasmanian Tiger, a species that's been extinct since 1936. However, this is never pointed out in-game.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The Radical Entertainment version of Tiny sometimes practices this (''"I can hardly articulate my displeasure!"'').
* ShouldersOfDoom: Has this in combination with SpikesOfVillainy.
* SuperPrototype: He was the last animal subjected to the Evolvo-Ray before Crash.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He started out in ''Crash 2'' as the resident musclebound bruiser replacing Koala Kong, only with growling and emphasis on jumping around, before the following games [[DivergentCharacterEvolution fleshed him out]].
* TheRival: To Koala Kong in ''Crash Bash''. Also his MovesetClone.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Before the Radical Entertainment games.
* TopHeavyGuy: A very straight example prior to the Radical Entertainment redesign. His legs ''are'' tiny. Ironically, a lot of the boss battles against him involve him jumping around a lot, something you wouldn't expect his twiggy legs would be capable of.
* UndyingLoyalty: Ironically, following ''Cortex Strikes Back'' he is retooled into Cortex's most loyal minion. Especially prominent in ''Nitro Kart'', where he’s a borderline mindless pet for the doctor. He is also one of very few main cohorts who doesn't work against him in ''Twinsanity''.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he moves to Beverly Hills and opens a chain of fitness clubs under a brand of his own. The exercise videos he made are especially successful.
* WolfPackBoss: In ''Warped'' he fights alongside a pride of lions. In Crash of the Titans, he fights with several mutants.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: One of the most infamous examples in the Radical Entertainment games. The two designs have almost nothing in common to the point that they might as well be different characters. Tiny somehow went from being a roaring, monstrous Tasmanian Tiger to a campy Bengal Tiger with the voice of Mike Tyson. However, he reverted back to his original design in the mobile racing games that followed.
* YourSizeMayVary: In most games where he is a boss, he's an absolute behemoth. In many of his playable appearances however, he's only a head or two larger than Crash.
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[[folder:Dingodile]]
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->''"Break out the butter, I'm gonna make toast!"''
-->Voiced by: William Hootkins (1998-99), David Anthony Pizzuto (1999), Creator/DwightSchultz (2003-04), Creator/NolanNorth (2007)[[note]]Dingodile appeared in the DS version of ''Crash of the Titans'' only.[[/note]], Creator/FredTatasciore (2017-Present)

A combination of a dingo and a crocodile and the aggressiveness to match, Dingodile was originally created by N. Brio for an unknown purpose, later becoming one of Cortex's and Uka Uka's top henchmen in ''Warped''.
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* AntiVillain: Like Tiny, he isn't against fighting against a common enemy such as [[Videogame/CrashTeamRacing Oxide]] when the chips are down. Occasionally, he will also fight on the good side, such as in ''VideoGame/CrashBash''.
* AwesomeAussie: Despite the fact that all of the other evolved animals come from Australia as well -- except for the Komodo Brothers, who are from the neighboring Indonesia -- Dingodile is the only one to have an accent.
* BigBadWannabe: In ''Twinsanity'', he seems to be working alone, but N. Tropy outshines him as the primary villain of the treasure sub-plot.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', Dingodile, Pura and Polar get hypnotized by N. Trance into racing for him.
* ButtMonkey: The intros to the first two racing games [[AmusingInjuries are not kind to him]]. His kart [[AshFace blows up in his face]] in ''Crash Team Racing'' and gets [[SquashedFlat smashed into a wall by]] [[TheDoorSlamsYou Tiny bursting through the door beside him]] in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. It gets even worse for him in ''Nitro-Fueled'': his kart still explodes, but also [[FromBadtoWorse ignites a leak from two nearby drums of fuel.]] When he realises, he slowly turns to the screen with [[ThisIsGonnaSuck a defeated look]] before it cuts away.
* DeathMountain: His track in ''CTR'', Dingo Canyon, is set on one.
* FlamethrowerBackfire: In ''Warped'', whenever you land a hit on him, it somehow causes his fuel tank to explode.
* HeelFaceTurn: Implied in ''Nitro-Fueled.'' Instead of becoming an animal breeder like the original CTR, Dingodile's WhereAreTheyNow epilogue in the remake now says he retired his flamethrower and became a firefighter, ironically, being one of the most successful in the business.
* HiddenDepths: [[AllThereInTheManual According to his bio in the manual]] for ''The Wrath of Cortex'', his favourite hobbies are playing croquet and reading Shakespeare, and ''Twinsanity'' actually shows him reading. That and torching little animals with his flamethrower, of course.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Debuts in the third game and becomes a prominent character afterwards.
* InexplicablyTailless: Subverted. He normally has a very prominent green crocodile tail, but whenever he's driving a kart, his tail is conspicuously absent, since there's no way for him to sit in his tiny kart comfortably and naturally with that tail there. The ''Crash Team Racing'' remake, ''Nitro-Fueled'', originally kept this inconstancy straight in the first few trailers, but later on added his tail back.
* InformedSpecies: Despite being part dingo, part crocodile, his face looks much more like that of a wild pig than a dingo or crocodile: possibly as a result of combining a crocodile's nostrils and jawline shape with a dingo's head and muzzle.
* {{Jerkass}}: What other term can you use to describe the guy who torches small animals for a living and was about to set fire to a baby penguin before Crash intervened?
* KickTheDog: The aforementioned introduction scene where he threatens a baby penguin with his flamethrower.
* LoneWolfBoss: In ''Twinsanity'', he seems to be working separately from Tropy's alliance, though he may have supplied information.
* MixAndMatchCritter: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dingodile: half-dingo, half-crocodile.]] He's got the general body shape of a crocodile, but with the fur, ears and feet of a dingo, minus his scaly tail and underbelly. In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue of ''CTR'', he opens a special pet shop that combines many animals together for exotic pets.
* PunchClockVillain: While he is still a sadistic pyromaniac who is mostly loyal to Cortex and Uka Uka, near the beginning of ''Twinsanity'', after Crash and Cortex fall down a pit, rather than finishing off Crash or helping save Cortex, he instead opts to [[VillainousFriendship take a lunch break with Ripper Roo.]]
* PyroManiac: He wields a massive flamethrower, and he ''loves'' to use it.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: He is equal parts canine and reptile, and he is one of the least trustworthy as well as least honorable characters of the franchise.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', where he's unlocked by winning the Red Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.
* {{Slimeball}}: Most shown in ''Twinsanity'' where his only goal is to steal the Evil Twins' riches for himself, and the lack of sophistication comes into play due to the fact that he's an absolute PyroManiac.
* TheStarscream: He turns on Cortex in ''Twinsanity'' in an attempt to steal the Evil Twins' treasure.
* TacticalSuicideBoss: In ''Warped'', the crystal barriers that he made were covering him well enough -- the [[EasyLevelTrick slide/double-jump and spin trick]] notwithstanding -- before he starts blasting through them with his flamethrower, creating gaps big enough for Crash/Coco to get to him in the process.
** It happens again in Dingodile's ''Twinsanity'' boss battle, where his charged shots keep revealing the buttons that Crash can use to activate the sprinkler system. This briefly distracts him and puts out the wall of flames protecting him, opening him up to a counter-attack.
* TheRival: To Rilla Roo in ''Crash Bash''. Also his MovesetClone.
* VocalDissonance: An odd case in ''Twinsanity'' where his regular speaking voice is normal, but throughout his boss battle, he makes loud, disturbingly realistic pig-like squeals and grunts. Before that, he had a deep, goofy laugh in ''Crash Bash'' that sounded nothing like any of his other voices.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Entirely orange in coloration and even ditches his flamethrower for a water cannon in the DS version of ''Crash of the Titans''. He at least lampshades the latter in his boss battle intro:
-->'''Dingodile''': G'day, Crash! Now, I know what you're thinking. ''"Oh, look. It's Dingodile, again! Same old, same old!"''. Well, mate, I'VE got a shiny new gun! And I'm tougher than ever.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rilla Roo]]
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A hybrid of a Gorilla and a Kangaroo who was summoned to fight on Uka-Uka's teamin ''Crash Bash''.
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* AllThereInTheManual: According to one of the epilogues added in the Japanese version of Bash, Brio created Rilla Roo from the genes of Ripper Roo. Another states Rilla's desire to open a yakiniku (grilled meat) shop.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Or maybe not, considering he only makes one appearance in the entire series.
* EvilCounterpart: To Dingodile...who was only good for that one instance in ''Crash Bash''. One wonders why they didn't just make Rilla Roo the good counterpart to him.
* FlatCharacter: Shows up for ''Crash Bash'', acts like a monkey, then never shows up again.
* TheKlutz: He's described in the manual as having "the disposition of a trainwreck"
* MixAndMatchCritter: Half gorilla, half kangaroo.
* MovesetClone: He shares the same animations as Dingodile. This is likely the reason for his creation, as every playable character in ''Crash Bash'' shares animation with another (Crash and Coco, Cortex and Brio, Tiny and Kong). There aren't any other characters that share Dingodile's shape (except the Komodo Brothers, who are used as a boss) or status as a MixAndMatchCritter, so Rilla Roo was created as his equivalent.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He was never seen or mentioned in any of the games prior to ''Crash Bash'', nobody questions who he is, and after ''Crash Bash'' he never shows up again. He apparently was meant to appear in VideoGame/CrashNitroKart at one point, but was removed from the final game.
* TheRival: To Dingodile in ''Crash Bash''. Also his MovesetClone.
* ShrinkingViolet: His character bio gives him shades of this, being so camera shy that he doesn't even have a proper picture in the US instruction manual.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rusty Walrus]]
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->''"Ah, yummy! Fresh meat for my pot!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/DwightSchultz (2004)

A bipedal walrus who works on N. Gin's ship in ''Twinsanity''. Has an interest in cooking Crash.
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* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Much like with the [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996 boulders]], [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack giant polar bears]], [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped triceratops]] and [[VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex dragons]] before him, Rusty Walrus chases Crash down a hallway and cannot be attacked, and instantly kills Crash should he catch up.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He's a blue walrus.
* DemotedToExtra: He was originally going to have a larger role in the game, with his own boss fight, but as with a lot of content in ''Twinsanity'', it was cut.
* EvilChef: He chases Crash with the intention of cooking him.
* FatBastard: He's both an EvilChef and a walrus, so he's gonna be fat.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: He's never mentioned prior to his encounter. He just shows up out of nowhere, declares Crash as his next meal, and the chase begins. Even when compared to other Crash villains, he is pretty random.
* ImplacableMan: Absolutely nothing will stop him from taking his meat - not bottomless pits, not hot air vents, not even nitro crates!
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His name is a pun on NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He was never mentioned prior to chasing Crash, nor is he mentioned afterwards. However, unlike characters like Pasadena or the other FunnyAnimal characters who just show up out of nowhere in later titles, he's still under the employ of one of the main villains of the series, so it's easy to assume he's just another result of the Evolvo-Ray.
* WilyWalrus: A villainous walrus who tries to cook Crash.
[[/folder]]

!!Aliens:
!!!Relating to aliens in general
* AliensAreBastards: All of the aliens shown so far either want world domination, are working for other aliens wanting the same, or are coercing Earthlings to do evil for them. A few are less evil than others, however.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The only one who can't speak is Zam, who's the alien equivalent of a dog.
* InvincibilityPowerUp: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', all of them are protected by an unnamed green mask who resembles Velo. This includes Nitros Oxide, who was protected by Uka Uka in his debut game, and also extends to the characters brainwashed by N. Trance, both good (Polar and Pura) and evil (Dingodile).
* PlanetOfHats: It seems like the aliens in this series are big fans of kart racing, since they appear most frequently in racing games.

[[folder:Nitros Oxide]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:"Get ready to race for the fate of your planet!"]]
->''"So you pesky Earth slugs like to race, eh? Well I, Nitros Oxide, am the fastest racer in the galaxy! I travel the stars looking for creatures to test my skills. It's a little game I call 'Survival of the Fastest!"''
-->Voiced by: David Anthony Pizzuto (1999), Creator/QuintonFlynn (2003), Creator/CoreyBurton (2019)

An extraterrestrial from the planet Gasmoxia who claims to be the fastest racer in the galaxy. He is best known as the BigBad of ''Crash Team Racing'', though he has had other appearances in the series.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: If he beats Earth's best racer, he promises to terraform the whole planet into a concrete parking lot and enslave all its inhabitants. Unused dialogue also reveals that he's the reason there's no life on Mars.
* AllYourPowersCombined: He had the weapons of the previous race bosses, except Ripper Roo; he used Papu Papu's green and red beakers (Tossing them in bundles of two), Komodo Joe's TNT/Nitro Crates, and Pinstripe's Bombs (shot backwards).
* AstralFinale: Given that he's an extraterrestrial, it's only fitting that his boss race takes place in a space station. He's also fought in space and then on his planet in ''Crash Bash'' as the final boss.
* BadassDriver: He's billed himself as the faster driver in the galaxy, and decides the fates of planets based on whether they can beat him in a race.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Crash Team Racing''.
* TheCameo: He can be seen among the gathering of villains from previous games in the cutscene prior to the first boss fight in ''Twinsanity''. He also appears very briefly, flying through space in his hovercraft, in the vanity logo sequence of ''The Wrath of Cortex''.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: More so than the other bosses in ''Crash Team Racing''. Not only does he drop the constant barrage of traps, but he actually starts the race before the green light. In the rematch, his item spam gets even worse. The track is going to be ''littered'' with traps if you let him get too far ahead. He also spins (as if he's hit by beakers, thus losing only a little time) rather than tumbling if he's hit by rolling bomb or missile etc, though he will tumble if hit by the bubble shield, Aku Aku/Uka Uka and TNT.
* CoolOldGuy: It's impossible to tell just by looking at him, but he's apparently old for a member of his species, and blames his loss against the racers of Earth on getting slower in his old age. ''Nitro-Fueled'' makes it more apparent by having the markings on his head look rather worn out.
* {{Cyborg}}: Oxide has metal exhaust pipes coming out of the back of his head and smaller ones on his back, indicating that he has some kind of cybernatic enhancements. These exhaust pipes are never used in any way and in gameplay terms seem to be purely cosmetic (other than igniting in his Hot Rod costume in his podium victory animation).
* DemotedToDragon: He's shown to merely be one of Velo's lackeys in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', and doesn't play any role in the Adventure Mode outside of being an occasional AI opponent.
* DrivesLikeCrazy
* EvilVsEvil: In most of his appearances, he is as much an enemy of Cortex's team for trying to steal his ambitions.
* FinalBoss: He's the fifth and last boss in ''Crash Team Racing'', as well as the last opponent in ''Crash Bash''.
* FlyingSaucer: His kart in ''Crash Team Racing'' is a big green round saucer with lots of exhaust pipes. It's more resembling a plane in ''Crash Bash'', though.
* HugeHolographicHead: In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he now directly addresses Crash, Coco and Cortex in this manner, explaining his plan to them and not simply to the player.
* JackOfAllStats: In ''Nitro Kart'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'' he has average stats with an emphasis on acceleration.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: More like multi-legged, but still.
* {{Nerf}}: In ''Nitro-Fueled'''s boss fights against him, he no longer merely skids when attacked by most items, instead tumbling like any other racer when hit with missiles or bombs.
* NiceHat: In his win pose in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he wears a top hat and dances with a cane. In his lose pose, however, he jumps up and down on the hat in a temper.
* OffModel: His ''Crash Nitro Kart'' model depicts him with one small exhaust pipe coming out of the back of his head instead of the two big ones he had before.
* OneSteveLimit: They're spelled differently, but his first name sounds ientical to that of Nitrus Brio's first name.
* PromotedToPlayable: He made his debut as an unplayable boss in ''Crash Team Racing'', but he becomes playable in ''Nitro Kart''. ''Nitro-Fueled'', as a remake of ''Crash Team Racing'', also turns him into an unlockable character.
* PunnyName: He shares the name of a turbo fuel.
* SacrificialPlanet: He is the reason why there's no life on Mars. He raced against the inhabitants of Mars before he raced Earth and Mars lost, leaving it as a desolate, barren planet (this is said in scrapped dialogue).
* ShoutOut: He throws out the infamous "survival of the fittest" line by Charles Darwin, modified to fit his racing theme of course.
-->'''Oxide:''' It's a little game I call Survival of the Fastest. Here's the way we play: I challenge the best driver of your world to a race for the planet. If your driver wins I'll leave your miserable little rock alone. But if I win I'll turn your entire globe into a concrete parking lot and make you my slaves[[labelnote:*]]("Minions" in ''Nitro-Fueled''.) [[/labelnote]]. [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHA!]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he plays no role other than being one of the common AI opponents. However, it's implied that he's the one who informed Emperor Velo of Earth's racing prowess in the first place, hence kickstarting the entire plot of the game.
* SmugSnake: He boasts about being the best racer in the universe and throws out as many taunts as he does traps in the final boss race.
* SoreLoser: He throws a mighty tantrum on the podium whenever he loses. The first time he's defeated, he also refuses to leave and [[MovingTheGoalposts tells the player to get relics to challenge him again.]]
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: In ''Crash Bash'' you have to chase after him on a space plane, trying to shoot/avoid obstacles along the way. It also doesn't fit into any minigames of the game.
* UnexplainedRecovery: The credits to ''CTR'' says he was in a unicycle accident so gruesome that it couldn't be described in detail. He shows up in later games looking no worse than he did before.
* VillainTeamUp: He has joined with Cortex a couple of times. He teams with him to get the bandicoots banished from N. Sanity Island in ''Nitro Kart 3D'' and gladly accepts an invite to Crash's "birthday party" for some revenge in ''Twinsanity''. In ''Nitro Kart'', Oxide and N. Trance together tell Velo about Crash and Cortex, causing the game to happen.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he ends up becoming a bitter alien. After some years of therapy, he goes back to the fray, but his choice of vehicle (a unicycle) leads to an accident too gruesome to be detailed.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: He appears in the mobile game ''Crash Nitro Kart 3D'' looking a lot more like an entirely green version of Film/{{Pumpkinhead}} and [[WalkingShirtlessScene without his iconic purple suit]]. His character icon still retains his old appearance, however.
* YourSizeMayVary: He appears larger than any other character when you actually race him, but when you see him in the winner's circle, he's suddenly much smaller, being taller than Crash and Cortex but definitely shorter than Tiny. ''Nitro Kart'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'' avert this, where he's around the same size as the rest of the cast.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:N. Trance]]
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->''"I'm a tough egg to crack!"''
-->Voiced by: Tom Bourdon (2003), [[Creator/MichaelGoughVoiceActor Michael Gough]] (2019)

An egg-like being from the Fifth Dimension and the self-proclaimed master of hypnotism. He aids Uka Uka in ''Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced'' at the recommendation of Dr. N. Tropy. In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he, along with Nitrous Oxide, informs Velo about Crash and Cortex, kickstarting the plot.
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* BaldOfEvil: Due to being an egg-like alien.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: N. Trance's modus operandi is doing this to his foes. He brainwashes Crunch, Coco and Fake Crash to work for him in his debut, and in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he does the same to Polar, Pura and Dingodile.
* TheBusCameBack: After ''Nitro Kart'', he's absent from the series until ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'' 16 years later.
* {{Cephalothorax}}: He's an egg-shaped alien being, with a mechanical body to help him move.
* {{Cyborg}}: His body is entirely mechanical, and without it, he wouldn't be able to move.
* EggFolk: He is essentially a sentient egg with a cybernetic suit with limbs.
* FinalBoss: He's the last opponent in the main game of ''N-Tranced''. While there is an area after him with more levels and a fight with N. Tropy, that has to be unlocked.
* LeftStuckAfterAttack: In his first phase, he might sometimes get stuck after his chain watch is lodged on the ground, leaving him open to attack.
* PungeonMaster: ''Nitro Kart'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'' have him make numerous cracks about eggs.
-->'''N. Trance:''' One kart sunny side up!
-->'''N. Trance:''' Scrambled again!
-->'''N. Trance:''' You must be yoking!
* VillainTeamUp: He and Oxide seem to be working together in ''Nitro Kart'' despite being on different teams.
* WaddlingHead: He has no organic limbs underneath his armor as seen in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: In the second phase, he's reduced to his head compartment that can fly around and shoot {{Energy Ball}}s. Crash has to spin him towards the lava pool where Fake Crash will activate the lava falls to damage him.
* YourSizeMayVary: He's roughly twice Crash's height in his first form in ''N-Tranced'', in ''Nitro Kart'' he takes up most of the space in his kart and grips the sides of it, and in ''Nitro-Fueled'' he's now considerably smaller and has to stand upright in his kart's seat to drive.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Emperor Velo XXVII]]
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->''"I am Emperor Velo XXVII! Ruler of this galaxy! My subjects hunger for entertainment."''
-->Voiced by: Creator/SteveBlum (2003), Andre Sogliuzzo (2019)

The extraterrestrial emperor of an unnamed empire who only appears in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. He is confident and dominating to the point of being a bully and showing contempt for his lessors, and kidnaps the best racers on Earth (namely Crash, Cortex and the rest of the cast) to prove his own skill in racing. [[spoiler:Upon his defeat to the Earth racers, Velo literally explodes with anger, revealing a pouty, impetuous and childish gremlin not much different from his subjects]].
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Albeit in a Russian accent. He also speaks in English to all of his champions, who come from different planets.
* AstralFinale: [[JustifiedTrope Although the entire game takes place in space]], Hyper Spaceway - Velo's track - takes it UpToEleven.
* BadassBoast: "You savages will learn fear... just as ''millions'' have before you."
* BadBoss: The world champions are not treated kindly for losing.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Crash Nitro Kart''.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: The letter "V" appears a lot in his citadel, especially on his throne. Even [[BeardOfEvil his beard]] is shaped like a V.
%%* TheBully
* TheBusCameBack: Has been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''. [[spoiler: His true form, that is.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: He practically ''savors'' the sound of the crowd booing him in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: While he's not as spammy as ''Crash Team Racing'' bosses, he has two {{Mooks}} who race with him, dropping energy orbs in your path, that Velo ''absorbs'' when he drives into them.
** He also can use items far quicker than even the fastest-reacting human.
* CoolBike: As a boss, his ride resembles one, but without wheels and it hovers with boosters. It's also used by the other bosses. [[MeaningfulName His name]] even means "Bike" in French.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: DoubleSubverted. When you beat him, regardless of whether you play as Team Bandicoot or Team Cortex, you won't be able to play as him. Instead, you need to complete the game as ''[[DoubleUnlock both]]'' teams to unlock him.
** [[spoiler: Even then, unless you're playing the GBA version, you'll only unlock [[TheNapoleon his true form]] for play. His [[FatBastard more imposing form]] remains unplayable.]]
* EvilVsEvil: In Team Cortex's story.
* FatBastard: And Unlike [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Big Norm]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk there's no soft center to speak of.]]
* FinalBoss: He's the champion and ultimately races the winning team.
* FlunkyBoss: Like Geary before him, he'll be accompanied with 2 of his underlings in his boss race. They're mostly there to drop traps on the track.
* {{Heel}}: His characterization in ''Nitro-Fueled'' portrays him as [[SmugSnake constantly acting smug while racing]], and he loves playing to the crowd at any given opportunity.
* HugeHolographicHead: How he communicates with you.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:In the Bandicoot's story, the players have no interest in taking his power and leave on affable terms despite capturing them for entertainment. Cortex's team on the other hand, have nothing against dishing it back, attacking him and nabbing his scepter.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: He's noticeably much taller than his gremlin-like subjects. [[spoiler:Or so it seems at first.]]
* LittleGreenMen: The citizens of his galaxy. [[spoiler: And him, too.]]
* MagicStaff: His scepter has some degree of magic power that Team Cortex tried to use to go back to their home. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it then GoesHorriblyWrong as it gets broken.]]
* MasterOfAll: His playable version has maxed stats.
* MovingTheGoalposts: When he loses his first match, he refuses to send the victorious team home until they win his time relics and grant him a rematch. He had only promised them "freedom"; since by technicality they're refusing to race, thus by the rules Earth must be destroyed.
* {{Nerf}}: For balancing reasons, [[spoiler:Real]] Velo is made into a max-handling, low top speed racer in ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' instead of having almost max stats.
* OfferedTheCrown: [[spoiler:After he's defeated, he offers the scepter -- and thus his entire galaxy -- to Crash, who declines. He's much less gracious towards Team Cortex, who resort to mugging it from him.]]
* OffModel: His cutscene model depicts him with an orange goatee and eyebrows, as opposed to the purple ones he has in gameplay. The cutscenes also show him with a gold version of the boss kart, but in gameplay, he uses the same purple one the rest of them have.
* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:The big body he has turns out to be a MobileSuitHuman for the real him, who's as small as his subjects.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: This emperor is an accomplished racer, and he claims to never lose before.
* ScriptedBattle: ''Elements'' of his race are scripted:
** For instance, the energy orbs are always in the same place on the track when you encounter them.
** He'll always get a missile as his first item - and proceed to use it in [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard ludicrously quick time]] if you're leading.
* SecretCharacter: He [[spoiler:(well, his true form)]] is unlocked in ''Crash Nitro Kart'' by fully completing Adventure Mode with both teams.
* SecretUndergroundPassage: [[spoiler:Hyper Spaceway is literally ''built under the Citadel'', and works by virtue of portals connecting it to other parts of the galaxy.]]
* SissyFight: [[spoiler:His real form has a somewhat anti climatic scuffle with Cortex in the final ending. Tiny quickly breaks it up.]]
* SoreLoser: Gets ''very'' angry about losing, to the point of exploiting a loophole in his previous agreement to make Team Bandicoot or Team Cortex remain in his servitude until he can beat them. Of course, when they do beat him again, he becomes so furious he literally explodes.
* VillainTeamUp: In the opening cinematic, it's shown that Team Oxide and Team N. Trance stand near his podium, waving to the spectators. It's implied that Velo has both teams as a means for competition for the Earth racers. Also shown with how both teams get a "Velo Mask" instead of Aku Aku or Uka Uka.
* WorthyOpponent: {{Subverted|Trope}}. When racing, he's rather gracious - "finally, some competition!". When he loses, though, he is a ''very'' SoreLoser.
* YouHaveFailedMe: He dispenses these with the same clockwork regularity as Darth Vader. Of the family friendly sort of course:
-->'''Velo:''' ''*to Geary*'' As punishment, you must clean the trophy podium. And when you're done with that, you will clean the ''entire colosseum''. ''*EvilLaugh*''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zem and Zam]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:'''Left:''' Zam. '''Right:''' Zem.]]
->''"Like taking candy from a baby!" -Zem''
-->Zem voiced by: Andre Sogliuzzo (2003-Present)
-->Zam voiced by: Creator/BillyWest (2003), Andrew Morgado (2019)

A large, vulgar creature and a dog-like alien who race alongside Nitros Oxide in ''Crash Nitro Kart''.
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* BigEater: Zem's trash talk mostly concerns his appetite.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Zem's a large, overweight alien while Zam's a small, dog-like creature.
* {{Crunchtastic}}: Zem thinks that big turbo chains are "Boostalicious."
* TheBusCameBack: Both have been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''.
* FatSlob: Though more just beefy than fat, Zem fits the title to a T.
* FlatCharacter: Both of them. Much like Rilla Roo, they appear out of nowhere, don't get any character development through cutscenes, and then vanish from the series. Their only real purpose is to give Nitros Oxide two teammates to race with, since he was never shown with any accomplices, and can't simply brainwash pre-established characters like N. Trance. [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome They're even absent from the GBA version altogether]].
* {{Metalhead}}: Zem is given some punk rocker atributes to help deepen his character when he was brought back for ''Nitro-Fueled'', such as throwing devil horns when he wins and having a [[TheQuincyPunk Quincy Punk]]-looking outfit available. Zam also gets in on the action a small bit with his Bulldog costume giving him a wavy blue mohawk.
* {{Gasshole}}: Zem burps often while racing. His podium animation in ''Nitro-Fueled'' is him giving off a massive burp and laughing it off afterwards.
* SatelliteCharacter: To Oxide, as they only exist for the sake of giving him teammates to race alongside.
* SecretCharacter:
** Both of them are unlocked by winning certain cups in ''CNK'''s Adventure Mode: Zem is unlocked by winning the Green Gem Cup while Zam is unlocked through the Purple Gem Cup.
** In ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', they are default racers in the Nitros Oxide edition, and unlockable in the standard edition.
* StoutStrength: Zem. He looks like a fat slob, but his biceps tell another story. Enhancd in ''Nitro-Fueled'' which gives him much better muscle tone and shape.
* TeamPet: Zam is pretty much an alien dog, [[InformedSpecies but he more greatly resembles a small dinosaur]].
* ThoseTwoGuys: They serve as this for Oxide.
** ThoseTwoBadGuys
* TopHeavyGuy: Despite being a gassy alien who constantly talks about eating, Zem has a large upper body, even having visible muscles in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* VillainousGlutton: Zem constantly talks about eating in his quotes and is a villain with some very, very crude humor.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Krunk]]
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->''"They will race me? They look slow! Send them back!"''
-->Voiced by: Marshall R. Teague (2003), Andrew Morgado (2019)

The racing champion of the planet Terra who appears in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. He challenges Earth's racers on the grounds that Earth is a copy of his Terra. When he races, he leaves out sticky fruits that slow down the player if they hit. When he loses to Crash's team, he confesses that Terra is actually a copy of Earth.
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* AmazingTechnicolourWildlife: He's a blue-furred baboon/mandrill, though it's {{justified}} since he's not actually from Earth.
* BerserkButton: Seems rather tetchy about Earth's similarities to Terra. Velo very easily convinces him to race the players when he mentions where they came from.
* TheBusCameBack: He, along with the other bosses from ''Nitro Kart'', has been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Crash offers him his iconic yo-yo as a gift from his world.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: Only in the handheld version of the game.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Resembles a blue anthropomorphic baboon or mandrill.
* FatBastard: Subverted. Though he initially comes off as hostile towards anyone from Earth, he ultimately turns out to be a GracefulLoser who's fine with admitting his planet ultimately copied Earth.
* GracefulLoser: Sadly but willingly gives his opponents his world key. Crash offers him a gift out of sympathy.
* HeelFaceTurn: Starts off hostile towards Crash and friends, but apologizes when Crash gives him his yo-yo, and admits that the people of Terra actually copied Earth instead of the other way around. While he plays fair with Cortex's team as well, they merely mock him in response, clearly angering him.
* JungleJapes: His [[PlanetTerra planet, Terra]], seems to be filled mostly with jungles and some [[TempleOfDoom temples]].
* {{Nerf}}: In ''Nitro-Fueled'', Krunk goes from having maxed out stats to a handling-based stat spread, similar to Polar, Pura, and Zam.
* NobleSavage: He may be proud of his planet, but he's also honorable and a GracefulLoser.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Okay it's of the racing variety, but he takes both his heritage and his competition seriously. This shows how quickly either can change his stance:
-->'''Krunk:''' They will race me? They look slow. Send them back.
-->'''Velo:''' ''*coy*'' But Krunk, they're from a planet just like yours. It's called Earth.
-->'''Krunk:''' Earth! I have heard of this planet. It is a copy of my Terra. I ''will'' race them, and show them who has better planet!
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In ''Nitro Kart'', he acts as a replacement for the role Papu Papu had in ''Crash Team Racing'', being a fat tribal chief who [[YouNoTakeCandle occasionally skips articles]] and acts as a boss with a jungle-themed home track and adventure mode area. He even looks like a furry Papu Papu. Amusingly, both he and Papu Papu are playable in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* TribalFacePaint: Both he and many other Terrans have this, to go along with their tribal nature.
* YouNoTakeCandle: A minor example. He doesn't refer to himself in third-person, but he occasionally skips articles.
-->'''Krunk:''' Earthling has lucky shot!
-->'''Krunk:''' You must try faster than that!
-->'''Krunk:''' I will stop giving you easy time now!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nash]]
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->''"I'm no small fish!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/BillyWest (2003), Creator/DwightSchultz (2019)

The racing champion of the planet Barin who appears in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. He is a cybernetic shark-like alien engineered to always move, never stopping to even sleep. In his race, he throws out snapping shark teeth and fake teeth as traps that slow down the player. He is finally put to sleep when [[TeenGenius Coco]] hacks into his helmet.
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* BullyingTheDragon: Gets snappy with Velo during his introduction. Also threatens Cortex after losing, [[BerserkButton beckoning an angry Tiny]]. Nash tries to start a fight until Velo yells at him to knock it off.
* TheBusCameBack: He, along with the other bosses from ''Nitro Kart'', has been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: Only in the handheld version of the game.
* {{Expy}}: He's a walking shark with some mannerisms that invoke WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: His goggles function as an opposite to what goggles are supposed to do; Keep water out of your eyes. His goggles are actually filled with water, in order to keep his eyes wet since he never blinks.
* {{Keet}}: He's engineered to never sleep, making him very edgy and hyperactive.
* {{Nerf}}: Instead of being a MasterOfAll like the other Champions in ''Nitro Kart'', Nash becomes an acceleration-focused racer in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* {{Sharkman}}: He's clearly a humanoid shark, although with an unusual body proportion.
* SharkTunnel: His home track, Deep Sea Driving, is set in one.
* ShoutOut: He is [[Film/AustinPowers a shark with a]] [[FrickinLaserBeams frickin' laser beam]] attached to his head, although he was never shown actually firing lasers from it until ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* SoreLoser: Demands his key back when he loses.
* SpoiledBrat: Gives off this vibe. He even yells straight in Velo's (holographic) face to start the race, only backing off when it's clear he made Velo mad. After the race, he just walks up to the winners and asks for his key back.
-->'''Nash:''' I ''need'' to get moving!
-->'''Velo:''' Soon Nash.
-->'''Nash:''' Not ''soon.'' '''NOOOOOOW!'''
** And after he loses the match:
-->'''Nash:''' Oooh, hello there. Do you think...I could get my key back? (Beat) Come on, hehe!
-->'''Crunch:''' You lost, buddy.
-->'''Nash:''' '''I don't CAAAAARE!'''
* SympathyForTheDevil: Coco hacks his brain to take a nap out of sympathy.
* ThreateningShark: Subverted. He's a rather small shark, is fairly cute, and ultimately pretty harmless.
* TokenEvilTeammate: He is by far the worst sport of Velo's champions and is the only one of them to threaten violence on the protagonists after losing to them.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Velo threatens this later on for losing to Cortex and arguing with the competitors.
* YourSizeMayVary: ''Nitro Kart'' depicts him as being as big as Tiny, able to look at him eye-to-eye. ''Nitro-Fueled'' shrinks him down to being around the size of Dr. Cortex.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Norm]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:'''Left:''' Small Norm. '''Right:''' Big Norm.]]
->''"Ooh, a race! Count me in!" -Big Norm''
-->Small Norm voiced by: Creator/RobbieDaymond (2019-Present)
-->Big Norm voiced by: Andre Sogliuzzo (2003-Present)

The racing champion of the planet Fenomena who appears in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. He is a book-loving mime who can split into his normal self and a larger, more obnoxious version of himself to race. His normal self drops box-shaped traps that act like the ice traps, while his larger self spams energy bubbles backward that slows down the racer.
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* BadassBookworm: Small Norm certainly counts, since he's an accomplished racer in his own right as well as enjoying reading in his spare time.
* BareYourMidriff: Big Norm's mime getup [[FanDisservice clearly doesn't fit him all the way]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Big Norm seems to have something resembling this for Little Norm when you race them.
* BerserkButton: Attacking Little Norm seems to be the easiest way to piss Big Norm off.
-->'''Big Norm:''' You'd better not touch ONE HAIR on his little head!
** Big Norm also gets pretty mad, to a somewhat lesser extent, if he is called a clown.
-->'''Big Norm:''' Where do you get off calling me a clown? With your big head and your stupid springy hair!
* BrilliantButLazy: Regular Norm doesn't actually seem to like racing, preferring to read. Big Norm, however, seems to enjoy the sport. It's shown in how Regular Norm always drives better than Big Norm does.
* BoisterousBruiser: Big Norm in spades. You can just hear how much he loves being on the track, especially in ''Nitro-Fueled''
* BrooklynRage: Big Norm's return in ''Nitro-Fueled'' adds a bit of Brooklyn flavor to help put emphasis on his thuggish attitude. He even sometimes gets off a "Fugeddabadit" when you select him.
* BurglarWear: In ''Nitro-Fueled'' both Norms are given alternate outfits that change their mime outfits into burglar outfits, complete with DominoMask.
* TheBusCameBack: Both Small Norm and Big Norm, along with the other bosses from ''Nitro Kart'', have been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''.
* DeathMountain: His home track is in Out of Time, situated on mountainous slopes.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: For Crash's team. The clown-hating Cortex tells him to get lost.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: Only in the handheld version of the game.
* DualBoss: You'll be racing both of them in their boss race. You only count as taking the lead if you pass Regular Norm.
* EnemyMime: Though he's less antagonistic than the other bosses in the game, and Big Norm only wears the mime outfit so Small Norm will race.
* FaceOfAThug: Big Norm looks like an intimidating lout, but is pretty relaxed and friendly despite his competitive streak.
* FatBastard: Subverted with Big Norm. He looks the part and is cocky about winning, but when defeated he's probably the most level headed and friendly challenger in the entire circuit and he cares deeply about his other half despite the annoying mime getup.
* GracefulLoser: Big Norm admits he doesn't like to lose, but despite this he very jovial after being beaten and heartily congratulates his opponents. ''Nitro-Fueled'' has him even remove his beret out of respect, when coming in any position other than first.
-->'''Big Norm''': Eh, you can't win 'em all, right?
* LiteralSplitPersonality: There's the normal, small Norm that's mute and likes reading, and the big, fat talkative version of him that actually wants to race.
* {{Nerf}}: In the transition from ''Nitro Kart'' to ''Nitro-Fueled'', (Small) Norm and Big Norm are now balanced and speed-focused racers respectively.
* NiceGuy: Regular Norm is a bit anti-social, but Big Norm is actually a surprisingly good sport. He admits that he hates losing and gives the racers some trash talk before the race, but that doesn't stop him from complimenting them. When race time comes, Big Norm is INCREDIBLY supportive and protective over Little Norm.
-->'''Big Norm:''' You know, you did good out there. You got a real shot at winning this thing, cause you work ''together''!
-->'''Crunch:''' Both of you make a good team too.
-->'''Big Norm:''' ''(To Regular Norm)'' Hey! Come over here and make nice!
-->'''Regular Norm:''' ...
-->'''Big Norm:''' Yeah, he pretends not to care, but he's just like me; He hates losing.
* TheNoseless: They look mostly human apart from this and their PointyEars.
* PointyEars: This and their lack of noses are their only really alien traits.
* ThePromise: The only reason Regular Norm races. He refuses and sulks at first, but Big Norm sternly reminds him:
-->'''Big Norm:''' [[TheVoiceless I don't wanna hear it.]] The deal was that you race in return for me wearing this dumb getup.
* RedOniBlueOni: Small Norm is the blue while Big Norm is the red. [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Note the colors of their caps.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Adding to Big Norm's intimidation factor is red MonochromaticEyes, which Little Norm lacks. They appear to just be part of his costume however, as his alternates in ''Nitro-Fueled'' give him regular eyes.
* TopHeavyGuy: Big Norm has a huge gut and beefy arms, but short, skinny legs.
* TheVoiceless: Regular Norm is committed to his mime act. In ''Nitro-Fueled'' he instead makes whistling noises.
* VoiceForTheVoiceless: Going through Little Norm's voice clips in CNK reveals them to all be Big Norm reacting to what's happening to Little Norm.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Velo threatens a CoolAndUnusualPunishment after he loses:
-->'''Velo:''' Perhaps I need new ways to motivate you, like...''*grins evilly*'' taking your books away.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Geary]]
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->''"Why try? Machines will ALWAYS win!"''
-->Voiced by: Paul Greenberg (2003), Creator/DwightSchultz (2019)

The racing champion of the planet Teknee who appears in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. He is a robot who is as much obsessed with winning as he is with cleaning, causing him to switch between personalities from time to time. He races with two cleaning drones that drop rolls of scrub which slow the player down.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Geary occasionally lapses into this in his green-eyed mode: especially evident when humming as he vacuums, or awkwardly doing the Robot dance with a chuckle when he wins in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny:
** Tries to be serious about racing, but often gets distracted by cleaning.
-->'''Geary:''' Only a robot can achieve perfection in motion! I will demolish anyb- (''Sotto voice'') Oh, what a mess! Can't have that now, can we? (''vacuums, then switches back to normal'') Now... '''''where was I?!'''''
-->'''Geary:''' My key! How did I lose? I know Teknee like the back of my- MY HAND! IT'S DIRTY! This whole place is ''filthy!'' (''begins vacuuming, eventually getting to cleaning up Crash or Tiny'')
** Interestingly, all his dialogue is edited to omit his NeatFreak personality in the portable version, meaning he finishes every sentence properly.
* TheBusCameBack: He, along with the other bosses from ''Nitro Kart'', has been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''.
* CampStraight: Acts quite femmy, if only because of his high-pitched voice and obsession with cleaning.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: Only in the handheld version of ''Nitro Kart''. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he is unlocked by purchasing him in the Pit Stop.
* TheDragon: Velo introduces Geary as "his finest racer" in his introduction, and is the final champion you face before going up against the Emperor himself.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/StarWars C-3PO]], both of them being humanoid robots with gold-coloured plating and fusspot personalities.
* FantasticRacism: Absolutely ''despises'' all organic forms of life.
* FriendlyEnemy: He'll clean anything. Even his opponents. Neither Tiny or Crash seem that objective to it either.
* FlunkyBoss: You'll race him along with his two cleaning drones. The drones aren't actual racers, they're just there to assist him by throwing [[ImprobableWeaponUser cleaning stuff]] like rolls of scrub that flattens the racer that gets hit.
* MachineMonotone: Averted in ''Nitro Kart'' where he is quite an emotional bot despite being built up as a cold, calculated racer. ''Nitro-Fueled'' adds a heavy metallic filter to his voice that plays it closer to this.
* MoodSwinger: Switches between a cold, ruthless combatant to a neurotic fusspot that likes cleaning in a flash, and back again.
* NeatFreak: His defining trait.
* {{Nerf}}: Once a MasterOfAll like the other Champions, his stats were lowered in ''Nitro-Fueled'' to be on the same level as balanced racers like Crash and Cortex.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes go red whenever he gets serious about racing.
* RobotHair: The way he's modeled gives the impression that he's balding on top.
* SoreLoser: Zigzagged in his podium loss animation for ''Nitro-Fueled''. He constantly swaps between having an enraged outburst in his ruthless personality, and respectfuly clapping to the winner in his fussy personality.
* SuperOCD: About cleaning.
* {{Tomorrowland}}: His planet, Teknee, has this theme as shown on its tracks.
* YouHaveFailedMe: From Velo, who orders him to clean both the trophy room and ''the entire colosseum'' as punishment.
* YourSizeMayVary: In ''Nitro Kart'', we was comparable to Tiny in height, but ''Nitro-Fueled'' makes him a lot smaller, being roughly the size of Crash.
[[/folder]]

!!Unaffiliated Villains:

[[folder:Papu Papu]]
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->''"Bunga boom!"''
-->Voiced by: David Siller (1996), Brendan O'Brien (2000), Michael Gollom (1999), Creator/DwightSchultz (2004-Present)

The obese chief of the native tribe of N. Sanity Island. He is neither on Crash's nor Cortex's side, but will capture and/or eat anything that steps into his territory.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Not Papu Papu himself, but his tribe. In the ''Skylanders Imaginators'' level based on ''Crash Bandicoot'', Papu Papu's tribe makes an appearance as friendly SurferDude types who want to help the player out, rather than being enemies.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: The original games tended to put emphasis on him being fat and lazy, but in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'', while he still has those qualities, he also acts a lot more aggressive and looks almost constantly angry.
* AdaptationalUgliness: The N. Sane trilogy adds noticeable moles to his skin.
* BadBoss: Downplayed in ''Nitro-Fueled''. In his intro cutscene, he carelessly knocks out all of the tribesmen that carried him in. Then he subverts it by making sure not to hit any as he drives into the portal.
* BigEater: In case you couldn't tell by his massive gut, he blames his loss in ''CTR'' on not eating a big enough breakfast, and his name means "Pass that dish again, mate" in his native tongue.
* DependingOnTheArtist: His headdress never stay consistent in between games.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: While he can speak English, it's clearly not his first language, which would be his tribe's own made-up language.
* FatAndProud: He mocks the player character in ''Crash Team Racing'' for being so small, and considering that you can play as Tiny, who's objectively bigger than him, he's probably talking about how none of the characters are as fat as he is.
* FatBastard: While technically neutral, Papu Papu is a short tempered grouch who constantly impedes the protagonist and didn't get the moniker "Mister Bad Belly" in ''Crash Team Racing'' for nothing.
* FlunkyBoss: In ''Crash Bash'' he can summon mini-Crashes that fights for him. They easily die in one hit and their AI aren't as good as normal CPU for the Crate Crush type game.
* {{Gonk}}: He was never exactly a good looking guy, though ''N. Sane Trilogy'' makes him even uglier, with a gap between his top front teeth and a bunch of of moles on his skin.
* GracefulLoser: In ''Crash Team Racing'', he takes his loss fair and square compared to the other bosses, complimenting your driving and contemplating his own performance.
* GroundPound: In ''Crash Bash'' he can cause the tiles you're standing on to flip in a wave, causing substantial damage, by smashing his scepter on the ground.
* JigglePhysics: His stomach, as well as his butt.
* KaizoTrap: A minor one: when he falls down after he's defeated, you better stay away as his falling can hurt Crash.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's large and fat and he's the chief of the tribe.
* LazyBum: According to the old bible, Papu Papu is known for being very lazy which is why Aku Aku goes to Crash for help instead of his old tribe. The same bible also says Papu Papu fights Crash because he was woken up.
* LoneWolfBoss: Papu has no connections to Cortex or Crash, he just wants to eat and rule his tribe in peace. He is, however, protected by Uka Uka in racing games, planting him squarely on the bad guy side.
* MeaningfulName: In his native tongue, Papu Papu apparently means "Pass that dish again, mate", a name fitting for someone as fat as he is.
* RepetitiveName: Two "Papu" one after another.
* {{Retcon}}: In the epilogue of the first game he's mentioned to have sold the Cortex Castle to a resort developer to help raise money for his tribe's welfare, but the subsequent games show that the castle is still there; in the second game Brio sets a set of teleporters at the top of the ruined tower, and in ''CTR'' and games after Naughty Dog the castle remains intact.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Crash Team Racing'', he's unlocked by winning the Green Gem Cup.
* SpinAttack: In the first game he primarily attacks by spinning around with his scepter and then smashing it down. It's not really fast and simple to avoid.
* ThirdPersonPerson: In ''Crash Team Racing''.
* TribalFacePaint: Papu Papu has two red stripes on each cheek. Taken a lot further in his redesign for ''N. Sane Trilogy'', where he has tribal patterns covering his cheeks, eyes and chin, as well as tribal tattoos on his shoulders and stomach.
* WakeupCallBoss: He's this in ''CTR'' due to his top speed, his choice of weapon (the beakers) and the track he's fought in. The game has been pretty simple before his boss fight, and after that, the Adventure Mode starts becoming tricky.
* WarmupBoss: He's the first boss in both the first game and ''Crash Bash''. He's at least slightly harder in the latter game.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Aside from the resort bit above, in ''CTR'', he becomes a wrestler under the name "Mister Bad Belly". His signature move "Bad Belly Bounce" gets banned after a few wrestlers suffered severe rope friction burns. ''Nitro-Fueled'' changes it so his signature move ignites a worldwide dance craze.
* YourSizeMayVary: Papu is made significantly smaller while racing. This is even more noticeable in ''Nitro-Fueled'', especially if you have Papu Papu [[MirrorMatch race himself]] in Adventure Mode, since he's depicted at his normal size in the boss cutscenes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bearminator]]
A giant polar bear in a ship captain's hat who acts as a boss in ''Crash Bash''.
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* BossArenaUrgency: Upon losing his health, he'll fire a big bomb towards the arena that reduces it to 3/4 and then 1/2 of the initial size.
* DubNameChange: The Japanese version renames him "Papaguma", literally meaning "Papa Bear", implying that he may or may not be Polar's father.
* FlunkyBoss: His submarine fires mechanical bears that the player needs to knock into the water.
* NiceHat: Wears a blue naval captain's hat.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He wasn't around in any of the previous games, although he is at least based on the giant polar bears that would chase Crash in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
* SubStory: Rides around in a submarine for the duration of his boss fight.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Evil Twins]]
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->''"Cower, you fools, before the awesome might of... the Evil Twins."''
-->Both twins voiced by: Creator/QuintonFlynn (2004)

A duo of highly intelligent twin parrots who act as the main antagonists of ''Crash Twinsanity''. Their real names are Victor and Moritz, [[spoiler:and were formerly the pet parrots of Doctor Neo Cortex, whose experimental Evolvo-Ray sent them to the Tenth Dimension and mutated them into the villains they would become. They are eaten by Evil Crash at the end of the game.]]
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* AndShowItToYou: With Cortex's brain instead of the usual heart.
* BigBadDuumvirate: They are the main antagonists of ''Twinsanity''.
* CardCarryingVillain: They openly refer to themselves as the Evil Twins and don't even try to hide how nasty they are.
* DimensionLord: As they put it themselves, they are "Masters of the infinite dimensions." Considering [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu they were able to defeat Aku-Aku and Uka-Uka]] offscreen, there's weight to their claim.
-->"FOOLS! You thought these two party toys could defeat US?! We're masters of the infinite dimensions, with power over reality itself! ...And riches beyond imagination!"
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: They were able to defeat both [[BigGood Aku-Aku]] and [[GreaterScopeVillain Uka-Uka]] offscreen, and deriding both masks as "party toys". [[spoiler: Later they are on the receiving end of this courtesy of Crash, Cortex, Nina, and especially Evil Crash.]]
* EatenAlive: [[spoiler:Evil Crash ate them at the end of Twinsanity.]]
* EvilVsEvil: They attack Earth specifically for revenge on Cortex. They aren't against making enemies with resident good guys such as Crash for interfering however.
* FinalBoss: They pilot a giant mecha at the end of ''Twinsanity''.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Moritz is the foolish sibling, Victor is the responsible one.
* ForTheEvulz: They love sucking the goodness out of dimensions and filling them with chaos and misery. Just for the heck of it.
* FreudianExcuse: They ended up becoming insane dimensional warpers because [[spoiler: they were once Cortex's parrots and were teleported to another dimension thanks to his experiments. They outright try to Invoke this trope at the end, but considering all the damage they've done and how much they have reveled in their evil pretty much no one shows any signs of sympathy towards them.]]
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Victor wears a black cape and Moritz a red one. Also, though it's often difficult to spot (and not evident in this picture), they also have different skin/feather colour -- Victor is blue while Moritz is green.
* IncomingHam: Their featured quote earns them a mention.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: See DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu above.
* RealityWarper: See their quote under DimensionLord above. At one point they pulled Cortex's brain out of his head.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When they realized they [[spoiler:ended up in Evil Crash's home, and he's looking at them with MeatOVision.]] Followed by GoryDiscretionShot.
-->''"Well... '''this''' is one heck of an ending."''
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler:In Victor's words, the severe "reverso-radioactivity" in the Tenth Dimension "sharpened our skills and warped our fragile eggshell minds".]]
* TheWorfEffect: They effortlessly [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeated both Aku-Aku and Uka-Uka offscreen.]] On the other hand, they're on the receiving end of it [[spoiler:when Evil Crash ate them.]]
* VillainousGlutton: Moritz is obsessed with food, to the extent that he often brings it up at random times.
-->'''Victor''': Oh, nuts!
-->'''Moritz''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint There's nuts?]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Evil Crash]]
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An evil and ferocious version of Crash Bandicoot from the Tenth Dimension who appears in ''Crash Twinsanity'' (and in ''Crash Tag Team Racing'' as an extra skin, as well as in ''Crash Boom Bang'').
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* AxCrazy: This Crash knows nothing but killing and eating people.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: After Crash, Cortex, and Nina deal with the Evil Twins, they're later eaten by Evil Crash.
* EvilCounterpart: He's just as stupid as the main Crash, but while that Crash is ultimately [[NiceGuy a brave and selfless hero]], this Crash is a [[AxCrazy psychotic monster]].
* SapientEatSapient: He eats [[spoiler:the Evil Twins]].
* TheUnfought: He's never directly confronted in a fight. He instead chases Cortex and kidnaps Nina in two different sections.
* TheVoiceless: He doesn't speak at all aside from roaring and grunting sounds.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Madame Amberly]]
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->''"You... are in detention!"''
-->Voiced by: Susan Silo (2004)

The headmaster of the Academy of Evil and former teacher of Neo and Nina Cortex, N. Gin and Nitrus Brio.
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* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: She has a large letter A on her forehead. It might be where Cortex and Nina got the idea of putting their first initials on their heads.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Falls down a bottomless shaft after her last cable disconnects from Cortex giving her the final blow, screaming all the while.]]
* EvilTeacher: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that shes literally teaches students to be as evil as her.
* FatBastard: She is hugely obese, requiring cables attached to her back to move around, and teaches her subordinates the ways of evil.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Account of her having a monocle instead of a standard pair of glasses.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Arguably is one of the first trilogy before Uka Uka was revealed, considering she was the one who taught Cortex everything he knows. Concept art found in the game shows that, if one considers it canon, she was also responsible for N. Brio and N. Gin.
* HighClassGlass: Again, wears a monocle.
* LargeAndInCharge: Not only (and obviously) weight wise, but also height: she could easily dwarf the tallest characters in the series prior! She's also the headmaster of a literal AcademyOfEvil.
* PsychoElectro: The head of an AcademyOfEvil and can fire lightning from her fingertips, what's more to be said?
[[/folder]]

!Others

[[folder:Farmer Ernest]]
->''"Oh, Crash. The farmer's market is tomorrow and my wumpa trees won't grow for, my orchard is riddled with greedy worms. If you rid my land of these pests, I'll give you this Power Crystal."''
-->Voiced by: Alex Fernandez (2004)

An emu who farms Wumpa trees, and appears only for a short gag in ''Twinsanity''.
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* PunnyName: Farmer Ernest is an earnest farmer.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Another FunnyAnimal with no stated origin, and he somehow already knows Crash.
* QuestGiver: Parodied, and the entire point for his existence. He promises Crash a crystal in exchange for clearing the worms out of his farm. However, Cortex is also there, and since Cortex doesn't care about helping him, he just shoots him and takes the crystal.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ebenezer Von Clutch]]
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->''"Is there no dummkopfs among you to accept the challenge of the greatest race of all time!?"''
-->Voiced by: Danny Mann (2005)

A deranged German cyborg who owns the amusement park "Von Clutch's [=MotorWorld=]". He has only appeared in ''Crash Tag Team Racing'', in which he begs for Crash and the others to find the Power Gems that keep his park up and running and his own Black Power Gem, his life source.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He has green skin.
* BilingualBonus: He occasionally throws German into his dialogue.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's a very eccentric individual.
* {{Cyborg}}: He has mechanical limbs.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Shuts down without his black heart gem, which Crash accidentally recovers, bringing him back to life. As he celebrates with Crash, he pats it back out by mistake, shutting down again. He can obviously be reactivated, making the second time more awkward than devastating.]]
* GratuitousGerman: He peppers his speech with German words.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: He knows who Crash and Cortex are prior to meeting them, mentions that he has all their games, and calls them his favorite "video heroes".
* PointyHairedBoss: At least from what his employees imply in gameplay cutscenes. Gives more logic to why [[spoiler: Willie would try to kill off the guy.]]
* PoirotSpeak: Speaks in a heavy German accent.
* ThoseWackyNazis: It is implied that Von Clutch served in UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo under the Axis side.
* TheVonTropeFamily: He has "Von" in his name.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pasadena O'Possum]]
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->''"I'm Pasadeno O'Possum. I'm racin' for ol' Von Clutch, and I'm gonna whup you, that's for sure!"''
-->Voiced by: Shanelle Workman (2005)

A Texan-accented racing champion and devoted subordinate of Von Clutch. She has only appeared in ''Crash Tag Team Racing'', and shows a clear infatuation for Crash, something that Crash himself is... less than enthusiastic about. [[DependingOnTheWriter Well, sometimes]].
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* ChivalrousPervert: Whenever Crash is around, she really enjoys cracking innuendos around and flirting with him.
* TheCutie: Especially when near Crash.
* DeepSouth: She has a very obvious Southern US upbringing, with the accent and country-isms to match.
-->'''Pasadena''': Ah think it's time to change the horseshoes on that car!
%%* DrivesLikeCrazy
* DumbBlonde: May slide more towards {{Cloudcuckoolander}} or GeniusDitz territory; neverless, someone who doesn't know what 2 plus 2 equals ''probably'' has a few issues with intelligence.
* {{Expy}}: Basically an offbeat version of [[Creator/HannaBarbera Hanna Barbera's]] [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Penelope]] [[WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop Pitstop]].
* GenkiGirl: Very energetic and boisterous, especially when she's at the wheel.
* GirlishPigtails: Has a big pair of blonde pigtails that come up from underneath the top of her cap.
* NumberTwo: She is arguably this to Von Clutch, or at least shares the role with Willie. [[spoiler:As it turns out, she is most likely such after Willie turns on them.]]
* OwMyBodyPart: Sometimes if she is attacked, she will say this;
-->'''Pasadena''': Ow, right in the pancreas!
* PunnyName: Her surname (O'Possum) is a not-so subtle reference to her species (Opossum).
* PrehensileTail: In ''Crash Tag Team Racing'', Pasadena picks up and throws weapons at opponents using her long tail.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Another FunnyAnimal that is never implied to have been modified by Cortex or another scientist. Then again her business partners are a German cyborg (who is a big fan of Cortex) and a giant anthropomorphic Wumpa Fruit so it's not really stand out there.
* ShipTease: When not seeming physically sickened by Pasadena's charms, he does seem to display a slight mutual affection, it ''is'' [[CloudCuckooLander Crash]] we are talking about though.
* SouthernBelle: To an extent: her upbringing is VERY obvious, anyway.
* UndyingLoyalty: One of very few subordinates of Von Clutch that thinks highly of him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Chick and Stew]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:'''Left:''' Chick. '''Right:''' Stew.]]
->''"Man, you ever put a baked ham in a woodchipper? I know I have!" -Stew''
-->Chick voiced by: Creator/QuintonFlynn (2005), Creator/RogerCraigSmith (2019-present)\\
Stew voiced by: Duane Shepard (2005), Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (2019-present)

A pair of veteran sportscasters who serve as the tutors of ''Crash Tag Team Racing''.
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* TheBusCameBack: They return in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled'' to introduce the Grand Prix, and are seen on a giant screen in Turbo Track.
* NiceHat: Stew has a ''ridiculous'' amount of these, changing to a different one every time he's off-camera.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Chick's voice in ''Tag Team Racing'' is clearly channeling Howard Cosell, while Stew's voice has been compared to Charles Barkley and George Foreman.
* NoodleIncident: Why exactly did Stew shove a baked ham into a wood chipper?
* PunnyName: Chick and Stew, when said together, sounds like "chicken stew."
* RememberTheNewGuy: More {{Funny Animal}}s with no stated origin.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Chick provides the straight commentary while Stew provides the color commentary.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Willie Wumpa Cheeks]]
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->''"Hiddly hidely ho, to the statue you must go! This way or that, fall down you go splat! And everyone thinks you're a schmo!"''
-->Voiced by: Roger L. Jackson (2005)

A giant talking Wumpa fruit, and the mascot and producer of Wumpa Whip in Von Clutch's [=MotorWorld=]. He only appears in ''Crash Tag Team Racing''. He is later revealed to be the thief of Von Clutch's Power Gems (though he gives no motive as to why he did it) and is soon liquefied by Doctor Neo Cortex.
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* AnthropomorphicFood: Willie's a giant Wumpa Fruit. In a world where animals can be modified into anthropomorphic FunnyAnimals (Or in the case of [[RememberTheNewGuy Pasadena]] in ''Tag Team Racing'', they can just show up out of nowhere), Willie stands out as being exceptionally weird.
-->'''Cortex:''' Holy cannoli! What is that thing!?
* BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Tag Team Racing''.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jolly and affable in his park persona initially, he finally has enough of the cast's stupidity however, and angrily reveals himself as the culprit, insulting all of them while doing so.
* ChekhovsGunman: He appears in one cutscene in the intro before becoming an NPC in an area you'll rarely pass by. He shows up right before the final area after it's revealed that the Big Bad has a connection to Wumpa Whip. Take a guess who stole the Power Gems.
* FinalBoss: If you want to consider the final goal of the game defeating Willie.
* ForTheEvulz: Never provides a reason for betraying his boss.
* {{Gonk}}: He looks absolutely hideous, considering he's a giant, possibly-mutated Wumpa fruit.
* {{Jerkass}}: He snaps and calls the other characters idiots for not figuring out that he was behind everything.
* ObviouslyEvil: He has a mischievous demeanor, with a habit of giggling sinisterly to himself.
* RhymesOnADime: Willie is quite fond of reciting limericks relating to the current situation.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to discuss him without spoiling how the game ends.
* ZeroEffortBoss: All you do to beat him at the end is pull a lever and Willie can't attack. He's then vaporized by Cortex, N. Gin, and Nina.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yaya Panda]]
->''"Crash! Only you can prevent this!"''

A female panda whose [[BadassAdorable cute and cuddly exterior hides the heart of a talented racer]]. She made her debut in ''Crash Nitro Kart 2'', where she teamed up with Crash and Coco to stop Cortex, Oxide and Ripper Roo from [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]], before making return appearances for the next two phone racing games.
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* BadassAdorable: A cute little panda who's also a BadassDriver.
* CanonForeigner: She was created exclusively for the spin-off phone racing games and hasn't made any main series appearances.
* FlatCharacter: As to be expected from a character who's only appeared in racing games, and mobile phone games at that. She has little character beyond being a great driver.
* PandaIngToTheAudience: There have been bears in the series before, but never a panda.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Much like Pasadena and Viscount before her, she's another FunnyAnimal with no official origin, though she's generally assumed to be a mutant regardless.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Viscount]]
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->''"I'll con them into working for me, and Super Big Power Crystal will be mine at last!"''

A wealthy Tasmanian Devil who appeared in ''Crash Boom Bang''. He organizes a tournament, and the victor will win the Viscount's fortune of $100,000,000, although this is just a distraction for the heroes so that he can find the Super Big Power Crystal, which grants whoever touches it their greatest wish.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He's a purple Tasmanian Devil.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Well, evil might be pushing it, but he's certainly greedy and manipulative.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: His full name is Viscount Devil, though he is never referred to as such outside Japan, likely to avoid any unintentional religious references.
* ManInWhite: Wears a fancy white suit.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Yet another FunnyAnimal that shows up without any fanfare.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Try to think of another Tasmanian devil in fiction than ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
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[[foldercontrol]]

!Heroes

!!The Bandicoots:

[[folder:Crash Bandicoot]]
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->''"Whoa!"''
-->Voiced by: Brendan O Brien (1996-98, 2000-03), Chip Chinery (1999), Creator/SteveBlum (2003), Creator/JessHarnell (2005-present)

A genetically advanced Eastern Barred Bandicoot and inhabitant of the Wumpa Islands. Once an ordinary bandicoot, he was snatched from the wild by Doctor Neo Cortex and subjected to the Evolvo-Ray as part of Cortex's plan to make Crash the general of his "Cortex Commandos", which would be used to dominate the world. However, when Cortex's mind-controlling Cortex Vortex failed to work on Crash, he was (''literally'') kicked out of Cortex's castle. As an act of revenge and to rescue a female bandicoot named Tawna, Crash traveled through the Wumpa Islands, defeating Cortex's henchmen along the way. He eventually stole Cortex's airship, defeated Doctor Cortex, and escaped alongside Tawna.

Nowadays, he attempts to live a quiet life on the Wumpa Islands. However, his relaxation tends to be interrupted by another world domination plot by Doctor Neo Cortex, forcing Crash to once again defeat him in order to put his life back in order.

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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Crash, in his appearance in the ''WesternAnimation/SkylandersAcademy'' Netflix series, is SuddenlyVoiced, this time with a proper AwesomeAussie accent, and he is much more intelligent as well. This is to the point where his actions lead to Spyro becoming a FanBoy of him.
[[Characters/CrashBandicootHeroes Heroes]]
* {{Adorkable}}: A lot of Crash's gameplay behaviour depicts him as bumbling and goofy, but thoroughly sweet.
[[Characters/CrashBandicootVillains Villains]]
* AmbiguousDisorder: Crash has a lack of communication with others except for Aku Aku and his siblings and an aptitude towards athleticism along with puzzle-solving skills. The food he likes to eat the most as his favorite is Wumpa fruit, showing a seeming pickiness with different foods. He also doesn't fear danger and shows insensitivity towards pain.
* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Crash was "cutened" up for the Japanese release. He even got the trademark Crash Dance created by the Japanese that originally appeared in Japanese commercials for ''Crash 1'' and was carried back into the American versions starting with ''2''. Some have speculated that this design change combined with Radical Entertainment's radical character redesigns that would make such things look awkward is what's keeping Radical's Crash games from being released in Japan.
** The Japanese covers are ironically a bit more indicative of Crash's in-game behavior and personality than [[CoversAlwaysLie the American covers.]] The original American covers for the original trilogy would always make Crash look much more intense and mischievous. In-game, he acts much more goofy and happy-go-lucky, and rarely seems to really know what he's doing.
* AsideGlance: Crash will turn to the camera to look at the viewer and wiggle his eyebrows whenever he's about to jump on and ride Polar or the wild boar.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Though he somehow figures his way through Cortex's schemes rather competently, he often shows a poor attention to the problems at hand, like shrugging off having his arch enemy inserted into his brain in ''Twinsanity''.
* BadassAdorable: Especially in the Japanese media, where he sports a cuter design and is no less formidable.
** The little dance he does when he wins in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'' is made extra-cute when he does it with Coco in a cutscene.
* BellyFlopCrushing: He gains this move in the second game that lets him bust open metal-reinforced (i.e not solid metal) crates. It's upgraded in the third game after beating Tiny, which lets him break the aforementioned reinforced crates and produce [[ShockwaveStomp a small shockwave around him that harms nearby enemies upon landing.]]
* BerserkButton: Don't deprive him of his Wumpa Fruit, and ''especially'' [[BigBrotherInstinct DON'T try to harm Coco.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: This dumb, silly, slapstick-prone and kind of lazy bandicoot can be dangerous and crafty when provoked.
* {{BFG}}: His Fruit Bazooka in the third game, that you can get after beating N. Gin. It lets him fire a Wumpa Fruit to the distance, allowing him to hit faraway crates and enemies. ''The Wrath of Cortex'' also gives him one (after beating Crunch and Lo-Lo) and it becomes instrumental in the final boss fight.
* BigBrotherInstinct: As dumb as he is, he visibly cares a lot about his little sister. It especially comes into play in later titles, as threatening Coco's life is often one of only a few ways the villains can grab [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Crash's undivided attention.]]
* BigOlEyebrows: He has thick eyebrows, though they're still nowhere near as huge as Fake Crash's eyebrows.
* BloodKnight: While he doesn't actively seek out the adventures he gets into, several commercials and [[AllThereInTheManual game manuals]] claim he enjoys them a lot more than he lets on.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Acts as the Brawn to either Coco and Aku Aku's Brains, doing most of the physical work while they provide directions and utilities. He sometimes has the same dynamic with Cortex during their EnemyMine moments as well.
* BrilliantButLazy: While he can be rather active and moves a lot once the game starts, in the end, he tends not to have anything to do other than napping.
* ButtMonkey: He often suffers numerous AmusingInjuries in his adventures, being killed in various brutal ways.
* CanonImmigrant: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ktHJEtYSY Crash Dance]] was originally created for commercials in Japan. As of the second game, it became a canon CharacterTic.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even pre-{{Flanderization}}, Crash seems a little... unhinged in demeanour.
* CoolBigBro: For all his buffoonery, he still often manages to be this to Coco, especially in the Radical games.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He might be a simple-minded guy who can barely speak, but there's no questioning him being a badass who went to a lot of places and kick lots of butts.
* DependingOnTheWriter: His intelligence drifted in and out from game to game.
* DoubleJump: An ability introduced in the third game that becomes a staple in many games afterward.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: His main form of offense. The third game gives it an upgrade after beating N. Tropy that lets him do a lot more spin at once, that also allows him to [[InstantFlightJustAddSpinning slow his descent in midair and reach great distances from a jump]]. A few games afterward also have the same upgrade.
* ExposedAnimalBellyButton: Only up until ''The Wrath of Cortex''.
* {{Expy}}: Crash is essentially a happier, friendlier version of Taz from WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes, with both of them being SeldomSeenSpecies native to Australia that are known for their powerful SpinAttack and their lack of intellect. Funnily enough, one of Crash's original names during development of the first game was Willie Wombat, which is the name of a character from Taz's SpinOff show, ''WesternAnimation/TazMania''.
* FingerlessGloves: In most games, he wears brown fingerless gloves.
* TheFool: Not the smartest guy around but somehow always comes out on top, even if he [[IronButtMonkey takes a few stumbles]] here and there.
* GeniusDitz: Crash's intellect borders on animalistic at times, however he can accustom to nearly any new tactic placed in front of him, be it controlling new vehicles and weaponry, or even sapient creatures.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Crash has this going on with Doctor Neo Cortex from time to time. Granted, it's usually to get rid of a bigger threat like Oxide or Velo.
* GoodIsDumb: Crash, though not without moments of brilliance, is often a victim of circumstances or being an UnwittingPawn due to his simple-mindedness, but Aku Aku always makes sure to guide him to do good.
* GoodMorningCrono: Up until and including ''Crash Purple'', most games in the series had Crash's first on-screen moments sleeping in some form. Even afterwards, the portable versions of ''Titans'' use a variant of this.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Crash wears pink boxers with red hearts, seen only in his death animations in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' and ''Warped''. (One of the Gags of ''Tag Team Racing'' depicts him with white boxers with red hearts instead.)
* GoombaStomp: Wherever spinning won't work, this usually will.
* GuileHero: Crash isn't exactly strong or smart compared to most of the villains, and most of his quests to take them down are plans made on the fly. More pronounced in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' and ''The Wrath of Cortex'' where he'll use the environment or even technology to get a leg-up on bosses he wouldn't otherwise have a chance with.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Wears shoes, pants and FingerlessGloves, but never a shirt.
* HappyDance: The trademark Crash dance, done whenever Crash earns a gem or a relic, beats a boss, or wins a race. It was originally created for the Japanese marketing, but was added into the games starting with ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Displays a rather sadistic sense of humor at times, shown especially in ''Crash Tag Team Racing''. Also a bit apathetic at times, though that may be due more to his [[GoodIsDumb stupidity]] and [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny spaciness]].
* HeroicMime: In early games, his only spoken words were "Uh-oh", "Yee-ha" and "Woah", which can hardly be counted as words in the first place. In the Radical-made games, [[TheUnintelligible he babbles like an idiot]]. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' sees him returning more towards this trope.
* HiddenDepths: As mentioned above, despite his usually vacuous demeanour, he is shown to be [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness seriously devoted and protective]] towards his baby sister in ''Titans''. ''Nitro Kart'' also shows him to be a surprisingly perceptive and forgiving. See below.
* HumbleGoal: Crash's greatest desires are dancing and napping. This is the guy who had an opportunity to be ''ruler of an entire galaxy'' but turned it down under the belief [[LonelyAtTheTop it would get boring.]]
* IdiotHero: Crash is perhaps the least intelligent of the heroes in the series.
* IronButtMonkey: So much the developers put special treatment in animating every possible manner he can lose a life in the game.
* JackOfAllStats: In the racing games, he is this alongside Doctor Neo Cortex.
* KillerYoyo: He's sometimes seen playing a yo-yo, but he never weaponized it until his appearance in ''Skylanders Imaginators''.
* KindheartedSimpleton: Sometimes a bit more [[HeroicComedicSociopath sociopathic]] than usual examples, though usually means well despite his cluelessness.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Often had the ''Warped'' or ''Twinsanity'' theme represent him in cutscenes.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: He gets eaten, bombed, turned into an angel, and hammered to name a few death animations. [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''Tag Team Racing'' in the form of the Die-O-Ramas.
* MascotWithAttitude: He appeared to be one on the covers, though in the games he was really goofy.
* NiceGuy: Ultimately, Crash is actually a pretty nice guy, if a little lazy and not always thinking straight. He pretty quickly accepts Crunch's HeelFaceTurn, has a pretty big BigBrotherInstinct towards any of the bandicoots or their allies in trouble (especially Coco), and will save the world from Cortex ([[EnemyMine and sometimes even for Cortex]]) without a second thought when it comes down to it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pretty much all Crash's actions in the second game only end up endangering the planet. First he is nearly tricked into handing Cortex the 25 crystals needed to power his planet scale Cortex Vortex, and then after Coco stops him, he helps Brio blow up Cortex's space station, indirectly triggering the events that will release Uka Uka. Oddly enough, Coco retroactively decides to travel back in time to ''help'' Crash do all this in ''N Sane Trilogy''.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Villains have tried and failed repeatedly to faze the vacuous Crash with ceaseless threats and insults. The first time Uka Uka threatened to hurt ''[[BigBrotherInstinct Coco]]'', however, [[OhCrap off came]] [[LetsGetDangerous that smile]].
* PalmTreePanic: His track in ''CTR'', Crash Cove, is set around a beach.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: When you think about it, this little guy can fight off much bigger, more muscular enemies and even enemies who use huge tech just by spinning or throwing Wumpa Fruits. This is best shown in the Mutant games.
* ThePollyanna: For all he's put up with, he's pretty happy-go-lucky.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: If you even know what a bandicoot is, it's probably because of Crash.
* ShowyInvincibleHero: No matter what you throw at this guy, he'll almost always figure out a way to win. And golly if he doesn't make it look awesome.
** ComicallyInvincibleHero: A lot of it is also PlayedForLaughs, and he does succumb to ''a lot'' of slapstick along the way.
* SiblingYinYang: He's simple minded, silent and passive, and prone to making expressive gestures, while Coco is more level headed (though also cheerful in her own way), more talkative and temperamental, and has relatively subtler gestures. Of course between Crash's occasional SimpleMindedWisdom and Coco's [[NotSoAboveItAll own goofy side]], there is a NotSoDifferent element to them, especially in later titles.
* SilentSnarker: Has occasional displays of this, especially in the Radical titles.
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Being a marsupial of very few words, it doesn't come out a whole lot, but Crash does have noticeable displays of intellect. He is an AllLovingHero in ''Nitro Kart'' in particular and [[DefeatEqualsFriendship it shows.]]
* SlideAttack: He gains this move in the second game, that allows him to move under gaps, kick the undersides of some enemies, jump higher and move faster in general. ''N-Tranced'' has an upgrade for this move (Super Slide) that lets him slide much further.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Even at his most outwardly dumbest, Crash is thoroughly competent at saving the day, and his track record for [[IdiotBall making an ass of things]] isn't really much greater than even his smartest comrades or foes.
* SpinAttack: His signature move is to spin around.
* SpinToDeflectStuff: In some boss fights he can spin back certain boss projectiles at them.
* SpringJump: In ''N-Tranced'' he can gain this move after beating Evil Coco, that lets him jump very high.
* SprintShoes: A powerup introduced in the third game (Warped), acquired after beating the final boss. This lets him run faster than usual, allowing him to finish Time Trials quicker. This is also often the last power he'd gain in other games where available.
* SuddenlyVoiced:
** Not conventionally, but in the Radical made titles and ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', Crash speaks in an incoherent babble, with a fair few audible words heard throughout. This is especially evident in the ''Titans'' promotional movies.
** A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w47m7yEr1W4 promotional video]] made for ''Cortex Strikes Back'' has Crash talking directly to the viewer. Thankfully, he does not talk like that in any of the actual games.
** In the ''WesternAnimation/SkylandersAcademy'' Netflix series, Crash makes a special appearance in the tail end of episode 10 and as a special guest in episode 11, and he is fully voiced. Here, he has an AwesomeAussie accent, is much more intelligent, and his actions lead to Spyro becoming his FanBoy and trying to be like him.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Tiny guy to Tawna's huge girl.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''Tag Team Racing'', Crash was much more of an apathetic {{Troll}}, committing violent pranks and destruction on various occupants of the park and shrugging off Von Clutch's deactivation. This characterisation is mostly exclusive to this one installment.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He most often eats Wumpa fruit.
* TheUnintelligible: Became this in the Radical titles, which contrasts with his HeroicMime status in other games.
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Most games have Cortex create a new mutant or more that is designed to excel over Crash (one of his first mutants) and defeat him. Crash always proves victorious, either by [[UnderdogsNeverLose defeating]] or [[HeelFaceTurn befriending]] the new mutant ([[DefeatEqualsFriendship or both]]).
* VomitDiscretionShot: In ''Mind over Mutant'', he throws up after Nina made him and Aku Aku kiss each other.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he sold his life story to be made into a successful movie.
* WouldHitAGirl: He's sparred with Nina several times now, albeit naturally in self defense.
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[[folder:Tawna]]
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->''"This time, no one will catch me!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/DebiDerryberry (2017), Misty Lee (2019)

Crash's love interest from the first game.
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* ActionGirl: In the reboot.
* AdaptationalBadass: Granted, she's still a DamselInDistress, but the intro of ''N. Sane Trilogy'' has her [[CurbStompCushion put up resistance]], punching out one of Cortex's flunkeys before she's surrounded and subdued. She later joins Crash in his adventures in ''Nitro-Fueled'', becoming the leader of the Nitro Squad, a team of racers whose members include the [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Trophy Girls]].
* BadassArmFold: Gives one in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZQykLPzAMU Nitro Tour Grand Prix Intro]] of ''Nitro-Fueled'', signalling that [[AdaptationalBadass she is no longer the same helpless damsel you had to save back in]] [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996 1996]].
* BareYourMidriff: In her ''Crash Boom Bang'' appearance.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Her original design had her wearing an ultra-tight tank top that showed off some serious cleavage and [[BareYourMidriff bared her midriff]], along with a pair of high heels. In-game, she has a shirt that covers more of her torso, and a pair of shoes similar to Crash's. The remake further tones down her curviness, though she's still a MsFanservice despite that.
* BraidsOfAction: Her motorsport outfit has her hair styled into an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Elsa-esque]] braid.
* BrutalHonesty: Unlike many racers and her own squad mates (save Megumi), she doesn't hide or use any excuses when she loses, but openly expresses her disappointment.
--> '''Tawna:''' I really wanted that trophy...
* TheBusCameBack: After 23 years of being PutOnABus, she returns as a playable character in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* CoolBigSis: Displays this vibe in ''Nitro-Fueled''. While her Nitro Squad teammates are more emotional, she remains mature, calm and collected, even when losing a race.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mostly vanished from the series after the first game barring the occasional cameo, and waved away by the original developers saying she broke up with Crash for Pinstripe Potoroo. She even sent him a break-up letter stating this in the Crash Bandicoot manga. Due to her return in ''Nitro-Fueled'', however, it's wholly ambiguous again on the in-universe reason for her disappearance, as it's implied that she's still with Crash or at least has feelings for him and has no known connection to Pinstripe.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: She appears to gain superpowers while wearing her motorsport uniform, as shown in her victory animation where she charges an EnhancedPunch and slams her fist into the ground, creating a pink energy shockwave.
* DamselInDistress: The extent of her role in the first game.
* DeadpanSnarker: The racers in VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled would either yelp or exclaim "Ouch!" when under attack. As for Tawna? She merely utters an annoyed grunt or a sardonic [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe "Oh, really?"]].
* DisposableLoveInterest: Disappears after the first game outside a few cameos. Averted in ''Nitro-Fueled'', where she returns as a playable character and the leader of the Trophy Girls (who are now known as the Nitro Squad), with her status as Crash's love interest only being implied and largely out of focus.
* {{Expy}}: She was outright defined by her creators as "Creator/PamelaAnderson, with a brain". Her role as the attractive girlfriend to the unattractive, cartoony hero also makes her very similar to [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]]
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: She has a much more human looking design than any of the other animal characters.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: And her in-game design is the toned-down version. Her original design was even ''more'' curvy.
* InexplicablyTailless: Actually averted in her case. Despite being a tailed animal, Crash and the other bandicoots are all tailless, except for Tawna, who has a fluffy yellow rabbit-like tail, rather than a rat-like tail bandicoots normally have.
* InformedAttribute:
** The idea behind Tawna was that she was "Pamela Anderson with a brain", implying that she's smart. Considering that she never actually says or does anything throughout the series, her smartness is never demonstrated.
** ''Nitro-Fueled'' may actually be the first actual implementation. Tawna's head of the Nitro Squad of racers, and she's the calm, cool, collected head and proves to be a capable racer.
* MsFanservice: She pretty much existed for this, with her rather humanoid, curvy look. Since the execs wanted to downplay this, the developers responded by leaving her out of the series after the first game. ''Nitro-Fueled'' brings it back, with her (and the rest of the Nitro Squad) wearing rather skin-tight racing gear, though it's toned down a bit.
* NonMammalMammaries: Downplayed. Marsupials ''are'' mammals, but still, marsupials' mammaries are different.
* PantheraAwesome: Has an alternative tiger skin in Nitro Fueled.
* PeekABangs: Her original concept art depicts her hair like this. The remake follows through on that concept.
* PromotedToPlayable: She joins Crash and the rest of the cast as a playable character in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled''.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Never gained much in terms of personality outside being Crash's (former?) girlfriend. ''Nitro-Fueled'' gives her a little more personality, and surprisingly not much related to Crash save for a tee shirt with his face on it.
* ShesGotLegs: She has a very long pair of legs that her [[WhoWearsShortShorts shorts]] easily show off.
* SickeningSweethearts: She and Crash are very affectionate when they're together, and she goes so far as to wear his face on her shirt. In turn, Tawna's the only thing besides eating, napping, and fighting that Crash has any particular interest in.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's twice as tall as Crash, easily able to lift him up. Downplayed in ''Boom Bang'' where she has a much shorter game model.
* SuddenlyVoiced: After twenty-three years of silence and minor gameplay grunts, Tawna finally speaks in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled''.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Huge girl to Crash's tiny guy.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Plays both sides with Coco:
** She's the Girly Girl to Coco's Tomboy as far as the older series is concerned, as Coco was explicitly introduced to be a less sexualized female companion for Crash that played up her intelligence and PluckyGirl aspects while Tawna, when she appeared, was always played for her beauty more than anything.
** As of the reboot, it's inverted, with Tawna being the rowdy, take no prisoners Tomboy to Coco's frilly, princess-aspiring Girly Girl.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: In the reboot, Tawna is a HotBlooded fighter and racer who has no problems getting her hands dirty, but [[PinkMeansFeminine wears pink for her outfits]].
* UngratefulBitch:
** Of doubtful canon: Supposedly, after Crash saves her, she breaks up with him, and hooks up with Pinstripe, one of the guys serving under Cortex who tried to kill Crash on his way to save her. However, this information was only in the Japanese manual for one of the games, the manga, and Naughty Dog's old website (possibly just as a joke), so it's unclear whether this is canon as of the reboot/remake games.
** Averted in the reboot/remakes. While she still doesn't make a physical appearance in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' or ''Warped'', she makes her return in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'' and it's implied that she's still with Crash or at least still has the hots for him, as she still wears her Crash t-shirt and doesn't seem to have any connection to Pinstripe anymore.
* TheVoiceless: Even quieter than Crash in the first game. Elevated to having a few gameplay grunts in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' and ''Boom Bang''. It wasn't until ''Nitro-Fueled'', twenty-three years after her debut, that she would gain a proper voice and dialogue.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Tawna wears shorts that often show off her legs.
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[[folder:Coco Bandicoot]]
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->''"Crash? Crash! Crash, my battery's fried. Make yourself useful, big brother, and go get an extra battery for me."''
-->Voiced by: Vicki Winters (1997), Creator/HyndenWalch (1999), Creator/DebiDerryberry (2001-Present)

The highly intelligent and spirited younger sister of Crash. Like Crash, Coco was also an ordinary bandicoot until she was taken from the jungle and genetically enhanced by Doctor Neo Cortex.

In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', the Crash Bandicoot: Warped version of Coco uses her laptop to hack herself back in time to be able to help her brother much more.
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* AcePilot: Has a number of space or aerial vehicles at her disposal in both ''Warped'' and ''The Wrath of Cortex'' and can fly them just fine.
* ActionGirl: She has a physical (and playable) role in ''Warped'', ''Crash Bash'', ''The Wrath of Cortex'', ''Mind Over Mutant'' and ''N.Sane Trilogy''.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Despite often being the OnlySaneMan, she's often seen quietly giggling at her brother's antics.
* {{Adorkable}}: Not as pronounced as Crash, but she is a DitzyGenius in the form of a young bandicoot gal, and has a clownish, slapstick prone side herself. While she lost some of this during the Radical titles, the Vicarious Visions remasters have brought it back full-force, bringing her back to a younger-looking design and adding on the slapstick, plus genuinely cute things like participating in her own version of the Crash Dance.
* AdrenalineMakeover: Compare her designs since ''Crash Nitro Kart'' to her design in the Creator/NaughtyDog games. Becomes especially apparent in the Radical titles. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' reversed her back to a more childlike design.
* BadassAdorable: It's not seen as often as with Crash, but she can kick ass and is TheCutie to boot. This is especially apparent in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', where she can go through the same levels as her big bro, and even traveled back in time (to the first two games) specifically so she could help him.
* BadassBookworm: While she doesn't read books, she is extremely intelligent and can kick ass when situation calls for it.
* BareYourMidriff: Starting with ''Crash Nitro Kart'', her outfits often bare her stomach.
* BigBrotherWorship: Her relationship with Crash is thoroughly affectionate considering their intellectual difference. She even gleefully mimics her brother several times in ''N Sane Trilogy''. Especially evident in the Japanese version, where Coco near exclusively refers to Crash as "onii-chan"/"big brother".
* BigLittleSister: [[YourSizeMayVary It varies.]] In some games, Coco is taller than her "big brother". In others, she is teeny compared to him. Personality wise, however, she is consistently more intelligent and mature than him, if to varying levels. In the ''N. Sane Trilogy'' they appear to be the same height.
* BigYes: Lets out [[RuleOfThree three]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rather...exuberant]] of these in ''Tag Team Racing'' when starting her kart up after a standstill, with the last one being [[LargeHam particularly hammy]].
-->'''Coco:''' Yes, ''YES'', '''''YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!'''''
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Of the non-spoken kind. She imitates Crash's victory dance as one of her idle animations in ''Mind Over Mutant'' and ''N. Sane Trilogy''. She also has a similar sounding "Whoa!" grunt in certain titles (though in fairness it's not a very exclusive exclamation).
* BrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Crash's Brawn. Being an expert hacker and Gadgeteer Genius, she often provides technology and directions for Crash as he treks through each adventure. Coco regularly provides physical assistance as well, though Crash usually plays the main bulk of the game due to either stronger abilities or being able to access more areas and vehicles.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: She becomes a victim of this in ''N-Tranced'' due to N-Trance's hypnotism, becoming the second boss.
* BuffySpeak: Seems to gained a tendency for this in the Radical series...and stuff.
* CrutchCharacter: In ''The Wrath of Cortex'', Coco starts out with Crash's base move set and a couple of variations, but only learns two of the unlockable abilities throughout the game. Downplayed from the fact Coco has her own set of levels tailor made for her more limited gameplay. Subverted in ''N Sane Trilogy'' where she learns any new ability Crash does.
* TheCutie: Especially in earlier games; She opens Twinsanity by chasing a butterfly around. The N. Sane Trilogy brings it back full force with her much more expressive animations.
* DamselInDistress: Happens more and more in recent titles, the villains seem to be fond of using her as hostage bait for [[BigBrotherInstinct Crash]].
* DanceBattler: In the N. Sane Trilogy, her version of the Spin Attack is styled like a pirouette.
* DenserAndWackier: The later games strived to make her more part of the cartoon antics, leaning her characterisation more into DitzyGenius quality. Even done retroactively in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* DesignatedGirlFight: Loathed Nina especially for unstated reasons in ''Tag Team Racing''. She hates her still although more understandably in ''Titans'', where she gets captured by her.
* DesignatedVictim: The bad guys seemed to be fond of kidnapping her in later games. It makes some sense since it's about the one way they can [[BigBrotherInstinct properly tick off Crash.]]
* DitzyGenius: In later titles while still somewhat of a techno whiz, she seems rather immature, [[LargeHam melodramatic]] and less resourceful outside her talent, and has gained a penchant for very unusual inventions such as a 'Butter Recycling' device. In ''N.Sane Trilogy'', the "ditzy" part is downplayed but still there - she is once again smart and resourceful, but she tends to be just as silly and goofy as her brother and she helps him in first and second game despite knowing very well that it's useless or even dangerous to do so.
* {{Expy}}:
** Seemingly one of [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogTeamSonic Tails]] as not only is she skilled [[GadgeteerGenius as an inventor]] and [[AcePilot piloting vehicles]] as demonstrated by her vehicle sections in ''Warped'' and ''The Wrath of Cortex'', she also shares a (although in this case literal) [[CoolBigSis brotherly relationship with Crash as Tails does with Sonic.]]
** More intentionally, Coco was requested to be created by Sony's Japanese unit to serve as another female sidekick following Tawna's "retirement" after the first game.
* FailuresOnIce: Though players can get through the skating sections as her, the animations show her to not be nearly as elegant at it as her brother in ''The Wrath of Cortex''. In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', she skates as well as Crash can, but still slips around when trying to stand still.
* FlowerInHerHair: Wears a blue flower in her hair in most of her appearances. ''Tag Team Racing'' and ''N. Sane Trilogy'' change its color to pink.
* GenkiGirl: Her ''N. Sane Trilogy'' incarnation is a lot more bubbly and eccentric compared to the original trilogy.
* GoodCounterpart: A light one to N. Gin due to their matching tech smarts and {{Ditzy Genius}} personalities. She ended up one to Nina in later games as well, both being right hand girls to Crash and Cortex respectively. However where Nina is conniving and sees herself superior to Cortex, Coco is humble and looks up to her big brother.
* GroinAttack: In ''Twinsanity'' she does this to Cortex.
-->'''Cortex:''' "My crystals!"
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Coco has long blonde hair and, despite her flaws, is purely on the side of good.
* HappyDance: She does her own version of the infamous Crash Dance in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* HisNameIs: She repeatedly attempts to warn Crash throughout ''Cortex Strikes Back'', but gets cut off before she can explain; by the time she finally makes it through, it’s nearly too late as Crash has already collected all the crystals, allowing Cortex to try and make off with them anyway.
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: A consistent part of her design, especially from ''CNK'' onwards.
* IconicItem: Is almost never seen without her pink laptop; in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' she even carries it around in the levels.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Debuts in the second game and becomes a prominent character afterwards.
* InnocentProdigy: Coco is a science wiz and while noticeably more lucid and intelligent than her ditzy older brother, she generally acts demure and bubbly most of the time.
* IronButtMonkey: In ''N Sane Trilogy'' especially, she can go through almost as many slapstick punishments as Crash.
* JokeCharacter: In both ''Warped'' and ''The Wrath of Cortex'', she essentially plays as a far weaker version of Crash. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in ''Mind Over Mutant'' and ''N. Sane Trilogy'' where she is on par with him.
* KickChick: In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', her spin attack has her kicking outwards and her body slam is a leg drop. It's pretty much an improved version of her karate-kicking self from ''The Wrath of Cortex''.
* {{Kid Hero}}ine: Originally; she appears [[KidHeroAllGrownUp older]] starting from Nitro Kart.
* KiddieKid: Coco is a teenager and while she is very intelligent for her age, that doesn't stop her from doing a goofy dance or dressing up as a princess from time to time.
* KidnappedScientist: Captured in ''Titans'' to complete Cortex's Doominator robot. Done in ''Ripto's Rampage'' as well, though only for the purpose of taking and destroying her resources against him.
* MovesetClone: In ''Crash Bash'' and ''Mind over Mutant'' she plays similarly to Crash. In ''N. Sane Trilogy'' she plays ''exactly'' like Crash.
* MsViceGirl: While she tends to keep her flaws in check better than [[CloudCuckooLand most of the other cast members]], she's still this, being a heroic and intellectually gifted girl but also somewhat immature, making her occasionally rather moody or obnoxious, especially in later games. She also seems to have inherited some of Crash's [[CloudCuckooLander eccentric side]] in places.
* NiceGirl: Despite her flaws, Coco is ultimately a good-hearted and kind young bandicoot who is willing to help her brother in any way she can.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: After Crash teams up with Cortex in ''Twinsanity'', she mistakes it for a kidnapping and busts into Cortex's lair and attacks him, causing the Psychetron to malfunction. [[HarmlessElectrocution Onto her.]]
-->'''Cortex:''' Ruined! Thanks to "Perky" here! ''*points to paralysed Coco*''
* NotSoAboveItAll: Became more idiot prone and cartoony in later games. In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', she has her own version of the Crash Dance, joins in on it whenever Crash does it, and she also likes doing selfies with funny faces. Failing too many times will also chain moodiness or even a temper tantrum from her, compared to Crash who often takes his abuse in stride.
* NumberTwo: Usually the next bandicoot to take action after Crash.
* OlderThanTheyLook: It's easy to mistake her initial incarnation for a young child due to her appearance and rather immature attitude, but according to WordOfGod, she's [[https://zembillas.blogspot.com/2019/05/let-it-shine-artshark.html already a teenager]] even in the Naughty Dog titles; N. Sane Trilogy and Nitro-Fueled make this a tad more obvious.
* PhoneaholicTeenager: Downplayed, but the remakes give her a pink phone, and if you leave her standing in one place for too long, she will either have a phone call with someone or take a selfie.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Wears pink sneakers with a matching pink laptop, and the flower she usually has [[FlowerInHerHair in her hair]] is sometimes pink as well. N. Sane Trilogy also gives her a pink phone and she now wears pink makeup (eyeshadow and lipstick).
** TrueBlueFemininity: Almost all of her outfits have blue denim in some way, and the aforementioned flower was originally blue. Her laptop is also blue in Nitro Kart, and in Crash of the Titans she wears a blue bandanna.
* PositiveDiscrimination: At first, compared to the crazy universe around her, Coco had no real glaring character flaws and was a genius to boot. Even after being PromotedToPlayable in ''Warped'', she was immune to the [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath wacky deaths]] and [[AmusingInjuries amusing injuries]] her brother would be subjected to. As more female characters were introduced however, [[DenserAndWackier Coco's defects began to show]], and in the ''N. Sane Trilogy'' she's almost as goofy as Crash is.
* PromotedToPlayable: She went from being an NPC in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' to having her own levels in ''Warped''. ''The Wrath of Cortex'' and ''Mind Over Mutant'' follow suit by making her playable on-foot. Taken even further in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', which makes Coco playable in most levels in any of the first three games.
* {{Protectorate}}: While Crash saves people on a regular basis, Coco is among few that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he treats dead seriously]] when in distress.
* RapunzelHair: Her initial design gives her long blond hair that reaches her waist, even when in a ponytail; most games afterwards dial it back a bit.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: All that time and effort she puts into inventions involving butter could be put into much more important things.
* RememberTheNewGuy: She was introduced as Crash's sister in ''Crash 2'' with absolutely no explanation as to where she came from. [[AllThereInTheManual The manual]] for ''The Wrath of Cortex'' would much later establish that she's one of Cortex's mutants, same as Crash, but even so, we don't know how she escaped Cortex's control or where she was during the first game.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: She doesn't get it as badly as Crash, but she is indeed subject to similar AmusingInjuries, most especially in her playable appearances and boss challenges. It becomes a RunningGag outright in ''Twinsanity''.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Had an obsessive hatred of Nina in ''Tag Team Racing''. It becomes mutual in ''Titans''.
* TheSmartGirl: Of the Bandicoot family.
* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: Following ''Crash Nitro Kart'' gives her a more matured figure and attire.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Systematically exposed [[FalselyReformedVillain Cortex's whole plan]] just seconds from Crash handing him over the necessary crystals in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
* SpinAttack: She can do it in Crash Bash and Mind Over Mutant, mimicking Crash. N. Sane Trilogy's version has her kick outwards in a pirouette.
* SpoiledSweet: She first appears sending Crash on an errand, and things don't often change from there. Crash seems to have earned an affectionate case of BigBrotherWorship for his constant doting though.
* SprintShoes: One of the few unlockable power ups Coco can use in ''The Wrath of Cortex'' (Crash Dash), likely to help with Time Trial mode.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Inverted. She is TheVoiceless in ''Warped'', despite speaking in all appearances before and after. The ''N Sane Trilogy'' remake downplays this, while she still has no dialogue, her gameplay grunts from the other two games are still used.
* TeenGenius: She has an IQ of 164 and has built all sorts of inventions to help her big brother. In her first appearance (the second game) she manages to hack into Cortex's projector and later get access to his plans, and in the N. Sane Trilogy, she even hacks into N. Tropy’s Time Twister from Warped, so she can send herself back in time to help her big bro through his first two adventures.
* TerritorialSmurfette: In the Radical titles, Coco knows to have an exceptional hatred for Nina, the one other recurring female at this point. Especially obsessive in ''Tag Team Racing'', where Nina doesn't even interact with her.
* ThePollyanna: Generally good natured and positive. She does have an occasionally [[MsViceGirl huffy]] side however, especially in the Radical titles.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: On one hand Coco loves technology and inventing, is the resident Wrench Wench and Action Girl who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty to stop Cortex, and wears practical outfits involving t-shirts and denim. On the other hand, there's always at least some pink in her design, and levels designed around her (like Coco Park in CTR and the scrapped Gone a Bit Coco) tend to be on the effeminate side.
* TookALevelInBadass: After being a JokeCharacter or a DistressedDamsel in many previous titles, Coco became fully playable and on the same level of physical capability as her brother in ''Mind Over Mutant''. Done retroactively in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Downplayed. While still heroic, the Radical Entertainment games gave her a more bratty temperament. Though her NiceGirl characterisation seems to be more prominent again, there are still shades of this characteristic at times (see WhatTheHellPlayer below).
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Butter, at least in the Radical titles.
* VocalEvolution: Debi Derryberry's voice for Coco was initially far more high pitched and soft spoken, before gradually becoming deeper and more tomboyish. As of ''N. Sane Trilogy'', it sounds notably more childish, akin to Creator/HyndenWalch's take on the character.
* WhatTheHellPlayer: In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', Coco has a lower patience for gameplay screw ups than Crash, especially when they're [[IronButtMonkey at her expense]]. Wasting time or losing a life as her will often earn you [[DeathGlare a very accusing glare]]. Fail to collect a coloured gem in the first game and she'll outright throw a temper tantrum at you. She throws a very similar one if you [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential pick on her as Crash]] in ''Tag Team Racing's'' Adventure Mode.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', she opens an online dating service. Her business doesn't do all that great, but hey, at least share prices are through the roof!
* WomenAreWiser: More prominent in earlier titles. She's more of a [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] DitzyGenius in later games, but still somewhat saner than Crash and Crunch.
* WrenchWench: Her prowess with machines start with ''The Wrath of Cortex'' and becomes increasingly prominent in the Radical era.
* YourSizeMayVary: In games such as ''VideoGame/CrashBash'' she is Crash's [[BigLittleBrother Big Little Sister]],but in others such as ''The Wrath of Cortex'', she is the smallest character of the main cast. She and Crash are of equal height in the ''N. Sane Trilogy'', likely due to her being a fully playable character and requiring the same hitbox as Crash.
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[[folder:Fake Crash]]
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-> ''"Wow!"''
-->Voiced by: Michael Connor (1999), Creator/DwightSchultz (2003), Andrew Morgado (2019)

A random version of Crash Bandicoot with thicker eyebrows, a bigger nose, longer ears and an overbite. Described as the result of an experiment GoneHorriblyWrong. He was created by the Japanese marketing team in advertisements for ''Crash Bandicoot 2'', and he was eventually added into the games themselves as a joke, usually through EasterEggs.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: He changes alignments every other game. In ''CTR'', Uka Uka protects him, implying that he's evil, but ''Nitro Kart'' has him protected by Aku Aku. Also, in ''Skylanders Imaginators'', it appears he crawls inside of Cortex's machine and causes the islands' rhythm to be thrown off out of sheer stupidity, but the level ends with a boss fight against him, and he actually does start attacking the player.
* AscendedExtra: Originally started off for advertisements in Japan, made cameos in the games, and became a plot point and full-on boss fight in ''N-Tranced'' on the GBA. ''Nitro-Fueled'' gives him a home track via DLC.
* BigOlEyebrows: Crash already has thick eyebrows, and Fake Crash's takes them UpToEleven.
* BlowingARaspberry: One of Fake Crash's quips in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled'' is to perform this action onto the other racers.
* CanonImmigrant: He was originally created for Japanese ''Crash Bandicoot 2'' advertisements before making it into the games themselves.
* DrivenByEnvy: In the Japanese ''CTR'' bonus video, it is shown that Fake Crash greatly envies the success of Crash Bandicoot.
* EvilKnockoff: Well, maybe. In ''CTR'', Fake Crash is protected by Uka Uka rather than Aku Aku, suggesting he was originally meant to be a bad guy. In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he is, however, protected by Aku.
* GagNose: He's got a bigger nose than Crash.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In some games he's evil and in others he's good. In yet others it's not made clear.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Crash, he has similar balanced stats in the racing games.
* MistakenIdentity: The villain's plot in ''N-Tranced'' is foiled because they thought Fake Crash was the real one, which left the actual Crash to undo it all.
* MirrorMatch: In ''N-Tranced'', he copies your every move. Hint: the traps at both sides of the arena aren't mirrored.
* MovesetClone: Has the same set of abilities as Crash himself in the Japanese version of ''Crash Bash''. Notably, his inclusion there means the "bandicoot" character type (consisting of Crash, Coco and Fake Crash) is the only type to get more than two playable characters.
* OddballDoppelganger: He's Crash, but with large eyebrows and giant teeth, is even dimmer, and he even has his own attempt at a Crash dance.
* RegionalBonus: He appears as a playable character in ''Crash Bash'', but only in the Japanese version of the game, known as ''Crash Carnival''.
* SecretCharacter:
** In ''Crash Team Racing'', he's unlocked by winning the Purple Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.
** In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he's unlocked by performing 50 boosts in a row with Team Cortex in Adventure Mode.
* SimpletonVoice: Arguably even dumber sounding than Crash himself, and that says a lot.
* SucksAtDancing: He has his own, considerably goofier version of the Crash dance. This even becomes a plot point in ''Skylanders Imaginators'', where his complete lack of rhythm combined with Cortex's latest invention threaten to tear the Wumpa Islands apart.
* UnusualEars: One of the more subtle details that differentiates him from Crash is his longer, floppier ears.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Fake Crash appears in ''Skylanders Imaginators'', and plays this role in the special Wumpa Island level. He crawls inside the Cortex Matrix Chamber, completely throwing off the rhythm of the island, which threatens to tear the islands apart. This might have stopped Cortex from using MindControl on everyone there, but now everyone, including Cortex, has to band together to stop Fake Crash's bad rhythm. However, he does attack the player at the end of the level in a boss fight, so it's rather hard to tell if he had malicious intent to begin with or not.
* WildCard: As evidenced by him being protected in ''CTR'' by Uka Uka, he was originally evil, but as the series progressed, he would either be on Crash's side, such as in ''N-Tranced'' and ''Nitro Kart'', or completely independent such as in ''Bash''. In ''Skylanders Imaginators'', he takes over Cortex's machine and begins destroying the islands through his bad rhythm, and considering that he does fight you at the end of the level, it's hard to tell whether he had this all planned or not.
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[[folder:The Trophy Girls/Nitro Squad]]
A group of female bandicoots who appeared in ''Crash Team Racing'', twirling umbrellas after the race has been won and handing out the trophies to the winners. Isabella hands out trophies to her fellow bandicoots (Crash and Coco), Megumi gives them to the scientists (Cortex and N. Gin), Liz gives them to the unevolved animals (Polar and Pura), and Ami gives them to the evolved animals (Tiny and Dingodile), plus all of the unlockable characters. They return as fully playable racers in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled'', now under the collective moniker of the Nitro Squad, with Tawna as their leader.
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!!Tropes applying to the group as a whole:
* AdaptationalBadass: They go from handing out trophies in CTR to actively racing for them as an AmazonBrigade in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* AmazonBrigade: They form one with Tawna as their leader in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* {{Animesque}}: Unlike Tawna, their faces have big, anime-like eyes. It helps that two of them, Ami and Megumi, have Japanese names. Averted in ''Nitro-Fueled'', where they look more in line with the rest of the characters and similar to Tawna in the actual game, but colourful anime-styled illustrations of them can be seen on the neon signs and barriers in Slide Coliseum.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the original ''CTR'', they had no dialogue or any real character at all. The most information one could gleam from them was during the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, which is also the only time they're addressed by name. Cut to twenty years later, and they've returned with their own unique voices and personalities.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: They appear to gain superpowers while wearing their motorsport uniforms, similar to Crash, Coco and Cortex and their Electron skins. Each Nitro Squad member's victory animation includes a moment where they perform moves that emit bursts of their respective color. Ami [[EnhancedPunch throws some punches and flexes]], Megumi [[KickChick kicks and twirls around]], Liz [[AssKickingPose performs martial arts gestures and poses]] and Isabella actually [[KamehameHadoken fires a small projectile from her hands]] (that vanishes quickly).
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: While their individual looks are different enough from Tawna's, they all acted similarly as the resident race queens of ''CTR'', sharing the same animation. ''Nitro-Fueled'' later fixed this by giving a distinct personality to each of the girls (which is reflected in their voices, racing animations and even official renders), varying stats as playable racers, their own unique podium animations, and even holograms in Slide Coliseum showing off their signature dances.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Possibly. Female bandicoots strongly resembling them appear in the Crash Bandicoot manga, in sequences where Crash fantasizes about saving the world and becoming popular with the ladies. This might explain why the Trophy Girls have a more {{Animesque}} appearance than anyone else in the whole series.
** A more straight example would be in ''Nitro-Fueled'', where they appear in Slide Coliseum as dancing holograms and images on the track's neon signs and barriers.
* ForeignFanservice: All of them are from -- or, [[ButNotTooForeign at least raised in]] -- different countries. Ami is from [[{{Eagleland}} America,]] Liz is from [[EnglishRose England,]] Isabella is from [[RambunctiousItalian Italy,]] and Megumi is from [[JapaneseSpirit Japan.]]
* {{Gainaxing}}: The girls' ample chests bounce during the award ceremonies. It is most noticeable when they pull back and wave. Averted in ''Nitro-Fueled'', which scales back their sexuality considerably, with only Ami and Liz still having relatively large chests, and Tawna, Isabella and Megumi being made smaller.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: While Isabella, Liz, and Megumi are much daintier than Ami, they're all just as capable at racing like she does.
* GroupieBrigade: Whenever one of them wins, an army of screaming silhouetted fangirls appears at the bottom of the screen at the podium, cheering for them and taking pictures.
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: Their bodies are by far the closest to actual human women in the franchise, especially noticeable in a series where most humans that show up look cartoonishly distorted in some way.
* InexplicablyTailless: Averted. Similar to Tawna, they're the only bandicoots (visible) tails, although their tails more closely resemble those of rabbits or hares than the rat-like tails bandicoots normally have.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: They're very curvaceous and have narrow waists. Averted in ''Nitro-Fueled'', where their proportions are a bit more sensible.
* LetsGetDangerous: Their motorsport outfits show just how serious they are about racing.
* MsFanservice: It's like Tawna times five!
* MultinationalTeam: They appear to be this in ''Nitro-Fueled'', with Ami and Tawna having American accents from different regions, Isabella being Italian, Liz being British, and Megumi being Japanese. Their nationalities seem to be based on the various women they're named after to some extent.
* OutdatedOutfit: Justified, seeing as they hadn't been used for 20 years by the time ''Nitro-Fueled'' was made. The only real change that was done for their regular clothes was to give Ami and Liz some pants.
* PitGirls: They were originally a group of curvy women who carry umbrellas and appear at the trophy ceremonies.
* SuddenlyVoiced: They all started talking in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* PromotedToPlayable: ''Nitro-Fueled'' has them ditch the podium and become fully-fledged playable racers.
* StatuesqueStunner: Much like Tawna, they're attractive and they tower over most of the other characters.
* ThemeNaming: They're all named after various women who worked at Sony Computer Entertainment at the time. Isabella comes from Isabelle Tomatis, Product Manager at SCE America, Ami comes from Ami Matsumura-Blair, Marketing Manager at SCE America, Liz comes from Elizabeth Ashford, PR Manager at SCE Europe, and Megumi comes from Megumi Hosoya, Product and Marketing Manager at SCE Japan (who is also responsible for creating Crash's iconic dance).
* TheVoiceless: They never spoke in the original ''CTR''.
* {{Tuckerization}}: See ThemeNaming above.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Ami becomes a racer herself, saying that she's tired of handing out trophies and wants to win one for herself, Isabella earns a bit part on the season finale of ''[[Series/{{Baywatch}} Bay Waters]]'', Liz poses for [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Bandiboy Magazine]] and buys her dream mansion with the earnings, and Megumi creates a new perfume line called "Odecoot".

!!Ami
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->''"Can't wait for the green light!''
-->Voiced by: Cissy Jones (2019)

A green-haired female bandicoot who was responsible for handing out trophies to Tiny, Dingodile, and all the unlockable animals in CTR. She returns as a Speed-Class racer in Nitro-Fueled.
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* AdaptationalModesty: ''Nitro-Fueled'' lengthened her dress and gave her a pair of pants to wear underneath it.
* AmazonianBeauty: She's a bit more bulky than the rest of the girls, and is happy to show it off.
* BoobsOfSteel: Ami is one of the girls with the biggest chest sizes, and has the highest speed out of them all, easily able to rival with the likes of other high-speed characters like Tiny and N.Tropy. She's also stronger than the other girls, showing off her muscles at any opportunity.
* BoyishShortHair: Out of all the Nitro Squad members, she has the shortest hair. She is also rather tomboyish, as she loves racing and her winning animation has her flexing her muscles.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Ami has green hair and green eyes.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Originally wore one in ''CTR'', but ''Nitro-Fueled'' lengthens it and gives her a pair of pants to wear beneath it.
* TheLadette: Ami has a more tomboyish personality than the other girls, and looking closely, she's also got a bit more muscle mass, which she's all too eager to display by flexing during her victory podium animation.
* MyNaymeIs: Her name is spelled like the Japanese "Ami", but pronounced like the English "Amy".
* SkirtOverSlacks: As of ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* StayingAliveDancePose: Her hologram in Slide Coliseum does a disco point.
* TomboyishVoice: She has a slightly raspy voice.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Even though she is TheLadette, she still wears a dress.
* TranquilFury: A downplayed variant. Should Ami lose a race she will merely cross her arms and sulk, but otherwise takes her loss a little better than her Nitro Squad friend [[SoreLoser Isabella]].
* TookALevelInBadass: While all of the girls became racers, she's the one who showed the most improvement, as she gained some muscle, high speed stats, and a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking more]] [[BoyishShortHair radical]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking haircut]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Ami has green hair, as well a green tail.

!!Megumi
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->''"I've been waiting for this!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/StephanieSheh (2019)

A blue-haired female bandicoot was was responsible for handing out trophies to Dr. Cortex, N.Gin, and N.Tropy in CTR. She returns as an Acceleration-Class racer in Nitro-Fueled.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Megumi is a scientist with a noticeable Japanese accent and an energetic, sweet personality.
* ApologeticAttacker: Unlike many characters, her racing lines mostly consist of apologizing to the others for inconveniencing them in some way.
* BadassAdorable: She's a GenkiGirl and an experienced racer.
* TheCutie: Compared to the others, Megumi has the least sex appeal, since her attractiveness is more focused on her Japanese-styled traits making her [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} cute]]. ''Nitro-Fueled'' emphasizes this a little further by giving her slightly chubbier cheeks and a noticeable accent.
* GenkiGirl: Her animations in ''Nitro-Fueled'' depict her as someone very enthusiastic and cheerful.
* GracefulLoser: Should Megumi end a race in a place lower than first, she'll shrug the loss off and even congratulate the winner in the podiums if she comes in second or third. She is also notably the only racer thus far to carry out this trait.
* HotScientist: Megumi wears a labcoat similar to Cortex's, hands out the trophies to the scientist characters, and the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue states that she invented a new line of perfume.
* JapanesePoliteness: She's Japanese and is by far the most polite member of the Nitro Squad, notably being a GracefulLoser if she doesn't come in first place.
* JapaneseRanguage: Downplayed. She speaks English perfectly well, but she has a thick Japanese accent, leading to her L's and R's sounding similar to each other sometimes.
* NiceGirl: Seems to be racing purely for the fun of it, and although she'll be visibly disappointed if she loses, she's also quick to shrug off the loss and be a good sport about it, clapping for whoever won at the podium. One of her idle animations also has her happily wave to whoever is next to her.
* OdangoHair: She keeps her hair tied into two buns.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Megumi has blue hair and a blue tail.

!!Liz
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->''"Now I'll make EVERY front page!"''
-->Voiced by: Victoria Atkin (2019)

A brunette female bandicoot who was responsible for handing out trophies to Polar and Pura in CTR. She returns as a Handling-Class racer in Nitro-Fueled.
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* AdaptationalModesty: Her appearance in ''Nitro-Fueled'' is considerably less provocative. She originally wore a tiny green tank top and a purple skirt so short that her matching green panties were plainly visible. Now she has a lengthened top that covers most of her torso while still leaving a little bit of midriff showing, and her skirt has been lengthened, plus she now wears a pair of pants beneath them for good measure.
* AttentionWhore: Liz is very competitive, and her motivation seems to be to become famous through racing. Her introduction in the CTR TV video has her proclaim that she's going to be on the front page of every publication, and that "You're gonna see my name in lights!" when she wins. Her victory animation at the podium also has her relishing the attention she gets from the audience, and switching between various poses for the cameras.
* BareYourMidriff: Liz bares hers between her green tank top and purple miniskirt. Downplayed in ''Nitro-Fueled'' as her tanktop is now considerably longer, but it still shows a little bit of her belly.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: She originally wore one in ''CTR'', to the point that her panties were visible, even when standing in front of her at eye level. Averted in ''Nitro-Fueled'', which greatly toned down her outfit's skimpiness.
* DontLookAtMe: Should Liz lose a race, she will turn away and cover her face with her hand in embarrassment over her loss.
* EnglishRose: Liz's name (the shortened form of "Elizabeth") implied it already, but her ''Nitro-Fueled'' appearance confirms her to be from England, and that she speaks in a matching [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents North London accent]]. Regarding her attitude, she is actually [[SpiritedYoungLady a bit uncouth]].
* IShallTauntYou: If she gets a starting boost, she will often yell "[[YoMomma Your Mum's]] an armadillo!"
* SarcasticClapping: Her losing animation at the podium has her giving the winner a sarcastic slow clap with an annoyed look on her face, occasionally rolling her eyes as well.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Sometimes says "Vroom!" when boosting.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: In a family-friendly sense. She's the only one out of all the girls to flaunt pretty looks at any given opportunity, casually mentions in her introduction how she'll make the front page of every publication, and tries to avoid losing races so that she doesn't look embarrassing.
* SkirtOverSlacks: As of ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* TheTease: Downplayed with Liz. When highlighted in the character selection menu for ''Nitro-Fueled'', she acts pleasantly surprised that the player decided to pick her, and promptly assumes a GendoPose.
* YourMom: She will sometimes shout "Your mum's an armadillo!" while racing.

!!Isabella
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->''"Ah, yeah, it's my battle horse!"''
-->Voiced by: Melanie Minichino (2019)

A blonde female bandicoot who was responsible for handing out prizes to Crash and Coco in CTR. She returns as an All-Round-Class racer in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
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* BeautyMark: Isabella has one on her left cheek in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* HairTriggerTemper: She gets angrier at her losses than any of the other members of the Nitro Squad, and is also fiercely protective of her kart. Even her idle animation has her grow impatient and [[MilkingTheGiantCow gesticulate wildly]].
* HeartSymbol: Her victory animation at the podium has her blowing kisses to the audience, which makes loads of these appear.
* JackOfAllStats: Is an All-Round class racer in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* PoirotSpeak: Downplayed, as she says "ciao!" during one of her racing lines, but speaks in fluent English otherwise.
* RambunctiousItalian: Although her name already implied it, her ''Nitro-Fueled'' appearance confirms Isabella to be Italian, with the hot-blooded personality to match.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Occasionally says "Vroom vroom!" when she boosts and "Beep beep, ciao!" when passing someone.
* SensualSpandex: Isabella wears a form-fitting tracksuit that shows off all her curves.
* SoreLoser: While the other girls will be varying degrees of disappointed, Isabella will throw an outright tantrum on the podium if she doesn't win.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Trophy Girls as a whole were this to Tawna, but Isabella resembled her the most, and was the one to hand out trophies to Crash and Coco. The Japanese version of the game even changed her eye color from blue to brown in order to further differentiate the two.
* WrenchWench: She seems to have a deeper appreciation for the craft and machinery in the karts compared to the other girls, and is protective of her kart as a result. She also tends to make references to car care in her dialogue.
-->'''Isabella:''' (''When hit'') Hey, watch the paint!
-->'''Isabella:''' (''When hit while shielded'') Keep away from my kart!
-->'''Isabella:''' (''When using an item'') That'll buff right out!
-->'''Isabella:''' (''(When losing a race'') I could really use a tune-up.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Crunch Bandicoot]]
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->"''This is the creature who keeps sabotaging [[TakeOverTheWorld your master plan?]] Ha! [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe You gotta be kidding.]] [[BadassBoast I'll exterminate this field rat in no time!]]"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (2001-03), Chris Williams (2005-08), Ike Amadi (2019)

A genetically altered bandicoot who was originally created by Doctor Cortex to harness the power of the Elementals and destroy Crash Bandicoot. After his defeat to Crash, Crunch had a complete change of heart due to breaking out of his mind control and now lives with Crash and Coco.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: In his debut, he can throw fireballs, create waves, roll around in a stone ball, and turn into a ghostly storm cloud version of himself all due to the harnessed powers of the Elementals, and uses them all at once in the final battle.
* BigBrotherInstinct: After Crash and Coco were so kind as to welcome him into their family despite being enemies at first, he does everything he can to be a good mentor to his surrogate little siblings.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: A large part of why he's so loyal to Crash and his group is because of how they welcomed him with open arms after he broke free from Cortex's mind control.
* TheBigGuy: Of the Bandicoot family.
* BoisterousBruiser: In later games due to his hyperactive personality.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In his debut appearance it's revealed he was actually under Cortex's MindControl and was a good guy all along. He once again falls victim to this in ''N-Tranced'', and it continues happening in later games to the point of it becoming a RunningGag for him.
-->'''Crunch:''' Man, brainwashed ''again''!
* TheBusCameBack: Has been confirmed to have his first playable appearance in over a decade in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''. Anyone who purchases the Nitros Oxide edition will be able to play as him from the get-go.
* CloudCuckooLander: Following his HeelFaceTurn, he's became increasingly ditzy and hyper in personality.
* TheCameo: In the cutscene prior to the first boss fight in ''Twinsanity'', he appears among the gathering of villains for Crash's "birthday party". Humorously, he doesn't get that the gathering is actually to kill Crash and stands there confused holding a cake.
* {{Cyborg}}: One of his arms is [[ArtificialLimbs mechanical]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: His appearance in ''The Wrath of Cortex'' is this, as an actually dangerous bandicoot that Cortex wanted. After his release from brainwashing in that game, though, he became DenserAndWackier as the series went on (with the exception of ''N-Tranced'', where he actually averts WhyDontYouJustShootHim).
* DesignatedVictim: Nearly all his appearances involved him being brainwashed or otherwise put out of action, likely to justify him being an NPC.
* DistressedDude: Despite his status as TheBigGuy of the Bandicoots, Crunch frequently gets [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] or otherwise incapacitated in most of the games he appears in, and has to be freed by Crash.
* TheDogBitesBack: Pretty much the instant he's snapped out of Cortex's mind control, he's ready to beat the doctor to a pulp. Aku-Aku is able to reign him in before he can do any damage however and after joining the Bandicoot family, it can be implied that revenge is a large part of his motivation for opposing Cortex.
* DragonInChief: Even under Cortex's control, Crunch was thoroughly impudent. His alternative plan for attacking Crash in the final boss was ''kicking Cortex at him''.
* DumbMuscle: Following his {{Flanderization}} starting with ''Tag Team Racing'' and later in the Radical Entertainment titles.
* EvilCounterpart: He was originally this towards Crash, being the only Bandicoot under Cortex's control. After he's gone through his HeelFaceTurn, he's basically become the Good Counterpart to Tiny.
* {{Expy}}: Presented as TheRival to the protagonist in his debut appearance, is (continuously) manipulated in someway by a MadScientist in order to do his bidding, and [[SuperStrength shows extraordinary strength.]] And after he joins the heroes, [[TookALevelInDumbass his intelligence takes a hit]]. Does that ring anyone's bells to [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogTeamSonic a certain red echidna?]]
* FinalBoss: While he's also the only boss in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', the final battle has him team up with all four Elementals, Cortex, and Uka Uka.
* {{Flanderization}}: He was originally a KnightOfCerebus in ''The Wrath Of Cortex'', mostly due to being mind-controlled, and is revealed to be a genuinely nice and caring GentleGiant once freed from it. But as the series veered into more cartoony territory, so did Crunch, eventually being reduced to the DumbMuscle of the Bandicoots and ultimately ending up as a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Mr. T parody]] in the Radical Entertainment era. His return in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' discarded the Mr. T parody but kept his jock traits.
* GentleGiant: After his unbrainwashing, he proves to be a pretty friendly and easy-going guy.
* GoodIsDumb: As a brainwashed villain in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', Crunch was a fairly lucid and intimidating villain with minimal comical traits. After turning good, Crunch rapidly became buffoonish. Subverted in ''Mind Over Mutant'', evil brainwashed Crunch is even more crazy and dim as normal good Crunch.
* TheHeavy: He's played as a more major presence in ''The Wrath of Cortex'' than Cortex himself, as the bosses are all him in different ways.
* HeelFaceTurn: After being broken out of Cortex's mind control in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', he turns against him and joins the Bandicoots, who warmly welcome him aboard.
* IconicSequelCharacter: He debuted in the first post-Creator/NaughtyDog platformer, ''The Wrath of Cortex'', and has been a prominent member of the Bandicoot family ever since.
* LargeHam: Became this in later titles, ''Tag Team Racing'' and ''Mind Over Mutant'' in particular.
-->'''Crunch:''' ''(replying to Coco after she and Crash refuse to clean up)'' Okay. Guess I'll just say some catchphrases. Drink lemonade, Vitamin C.
* TheLoad: After being freed of Cortex's control, Crunch joins Crash and Coco on their following adventures, but he doesn't actually do much of anything useful. He makes a small cameo in ''Twinsanity'' at Crash's "birthday party", is brainwashed into attacking Crash again in both ''N-Tranced'' and ''Mind over Mutant'', and is frozen from the neck down for the entirety of ''Crash of the Titans''. The only times he isn't useless are when he's a playable character, which is relegated to kart races and a couple of levels in ''N-Tranced''.
* LovableJock: Seems to be one in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled''. He's still a good guy, but is very cocky and abrasive while racing. His podium animations drive the point further by having him flex and show off his muscles if he's the winner, in a manner similar to Koala Kong.
* MotorMouth: In the Radical Entertainment games.
* NiceGuy: When he isn't being mind-controlled; he expresses his gratitude towards Crash and the gang after the events of ''The Wrath of Cortex'', sees them as family, and even becomes a role model for children later on.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Claims as much in one of many quotes spouted upon having his vehicle destroyed in a race in ''Crash Tag Team Racing''.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Crunch's mannerisms in Radical Entertainment games are based on Mr. T's own.
* NonActionGuy: Ironically despite being TheBigGuy, he was ''never'' made fully playable in a main series game, limited to vehicles or cutscene action and thus often inactive. He got a BigDamnHeroes moment in ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'' however.
* PromotedToPlayable: In the main series, he first became a playable character in ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2NTranced'' via the game's Atlasphere stages, and was also playable in the racing titles starting with ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart''.
* RecurringBoss: In ''The Wrath of Cortex'', where he teams up with different Elementals throughout the game before he uses all of them and Cortex.
* SmugSmiler: In ''Nitro-Fueled'', Crunch has a perpetual smug, self-confident grin on his face.
* SpoofAesop: He enjoys delivering these in ''Mind Over Mutant''.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's got muscles to match the likes of Koala Kong and Tiny and by far has the darkest fur color of all the bandicoots but with much less ferocious looks, especially after his HeelFaceTurn. It's part of what made him such an EnsembleDarkhorse in the first place.
* TookALevelInDumbass: Tended to think with his fists in his initial appearances but was otherwise intelligent. In the Radical games, he's a complete airhead.
* TopHeavyGuy: Similarly to other big guys in the series like Tiny and Koala Kong, Crunch has a very large and muscular upper body but relatively skinny legs. This is even more noticeable in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', where he's much smaller than in previous games but retains his large upper body.
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Cortex invented him specifically to surpass Crash in every way and destroy his ArchEnemy once and for all. [[BrainwashedAndCrazy For]] [[UnderdogsNeverLose numerous]] [[HeelFaceTurn reasons]], it didn't work out.
* UndyingLoyalty: Pretty devout to Crash and Coco after his HeelFaceTurn. Unfortunately, the bad guys frequently get around this by brainwashing him again.
* UnexplainedRecovery: His body is blown to pieces after his third encounter with Crash, yet he returns just fine for their fourth encounter... after which he's reduced to a ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath pile of bones]]'', and he ''still'' shows up again completely fine for the final encounter with no explanation given.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: His boss battle in ''N-Tranced'' has him fire a gun at Crash for his main method of attack. He's the first boss of the brainwashed bandicoots, making a rare example in this series of a villain trying to do it twice.
** Averted in the true ending of ''The Wrath of Cortex''. After being freed from mind control, Crunch is all too eager to [[TheDogBitesBack pay Cortex back]] for screwing with his mind. Aku Aku puts a stop to it before he can get too far, however.
* XRaySparks: In the boss fight with him and Lo-Lo in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', he sometimes blinks an X-rayed image of himself when he's shot at. It's due to him becoming an embodiment of the storms itself. He even explodes into bones when he's defeated.
* YourSizeMayVary: In ''The Wrath of Cortex'' he towered over Crash, but after his HeelFaceTurn, he noticeably shrunk to about two or three heads larger than Crash, most likely to accommodate him becoming a playable character in later entries. In ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', he's even smaller, only about a head taller than both Crash and Coco, and smaller than characters like Tiny and Papu Papu.
[[/folder]]

!!Allies:

[[folder:Aku Aku]]
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->''"It is I Aku Aku, my duty is to protect you. You may summon me by breaking open these crates. Call me thrice and I shall grant you special powers."''
-->Voiced by: David Siller (1996-1998 plus archive sounds), Mel Winkler (1998-2004), Creator/GregEagles (2007-Present)

The guardian of the Wumpa Islands and the father figure of Crash and his friends. Aku Aku is the spirit of an ancient witch doctor encased in a [[FloatingMask floating, wooden mask]]. When he sensed Crash's mission to stop Doctor Cortex, he scattered copies of himself throughout the Wumpa Islands in an effort to aid him in his mission. Whenever Crash possesses an Aku Aku mask, he will be shielded from one enemy attack or contact. Collecting three Aku Aku masks gives Crash temporary invulnerability from all minor dangers. He didn't become a full-fledged character until ''Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped'', in which he had his first speaking role.
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* BigGood: He's the main foil to [[GreaterScopeVillain Uka Uka]], and acts as the protector and mentor to Crash and Coco.
* BigOlEyebrows: Well, they're wooden, but they're still pretty big.
* BodySled: In ''Crash of the Titans'', Crash can use him as this whenever he isn't jacking a Titan.
* BottomlessPitRescueService: He can work as this in the racing games, bringing good racers back on track if they fall into a pit.
* CainAndAbel: Abel to Uka Uka's Cain.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Crash, especially in the later titles.
* ExpressiveMask: Bonus points in that he ''is'' a mask.
* FantasticLightSource: At least in the first game, he can act as this for the BlackoutBasement levels. This also means that you'll lose your light if you get hit.
* FatherToHisMen: He takes in Crash and Coco (and their pets, and later Crunch) and protects them from Cortex.
* FrickinLaserBeams: In ''Warped'', he can shoot lasers from his face, which he uses to hold off Uka Uka in a BeamOWar.
* InvincibilityPowerUp: Collect 3 masks, and Crash becomes invincible for a while, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQIWYKJgDsY a pretty cool-sounding bongo-like solo]] replacing the normal level music. In the racing games he also becomes this to the good characters, protecting them from attacks and hazards as well as [[NitroBoost speeding them up]].
* IronicName: In the Japanese translation of the series, his name literally translates as "Evil Evil", which is ironic considering he's the BigGood of the series.
* NiceGuy: In most games he is a caring, gentle kind of character who always protects Crash and Coco and is more than willing to help them out. In fact, ''Twinsanity'' shows that he will gladly team up with Uka Uka if it means saving the world from even bigger threat.
* PlatformingPocketPal: He acts as this for most platforming games, following Crash (and sometimes others) around as he runs. Justified given that he's a talking, FloatingMask.
* RemoteBody: It's explained in suplimentary materials from the first few games that the masks that can be found in crates during Crash's adventures are lesser copies that Aku-Aku strategically placed across the islands to assist Crash.
* SingleUseShield: The main use of him in gameplay is to be this; i.e when you have him around, if you get hit, you'll survive and he'll disappear. You can collect 2 of him to upgrade him into 2-use shield. In ''Crash of the Titans'' and ''Mind over Mutant'' he doesn't do this due to Crash having his own life bar.
* SpiritAdvisor: He's the spirit of a long-deceased witch doctor who guides Crash and Coco.
* SuddenlyVoiced: He was almost completely silent in the first and second games, only saying his trademark "Ooga booga" whenever Crash would break open one of the boxes containing him, but he otherwise never talked to Crash. Then he suddenly started speaking and took on the role of TeamDad in the third game. Averted in the Japanese versions of the series, in which Aku Aku spoke via text in the first game after Crash breaks open the first Aku Aku box, and he was even fully voiced in the second.
* TeamDad: He refers to Crash and Coco as being his "children", and generally acts as their mentor.
* VoiceForTheVoiceless: Acts as one for Crash in later games.
* WeirdBeard: He has a green goatee made of leaves. Justified as he's a wooden tiki mask.
* WitchDoctor: He was a human witch doctor before he became a sentient MaskOfPower.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Polar]]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/DebiDerryberry (2003), Misty Lee (2019)

A young polar bear who is an occasional ally of Crash.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: He makes adorable yelping noises like a puppy. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' makes him sound a bit more bear-like.
* AnthropomorphicShift: In ''Crash Boom Bang''.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', Polar, Pura and Dingodile get hypnotized by N. Trance into racing for him.
* ButtMonkey: He's often the unwilling mount of Crash Bandicoot, and Crash can also gain a load of extra lives if he jumps up and down on the poor bear's head 10 times.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Is completely absent from ''The Wrath of Cortex'' and the Radical Entertainment titles.
* CoolPet: Granted, he's still a cub, but polar bear is among nature's most feared apex predator, as the bear levels in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' can testify.
* DemotedToExtra: After being the PowerupMount in Crash 2, Polar cameos in ''Warped'' and is seen getting ready to charge outside the Bandicoot's house as they race to the Time Twister. He is not seen again until the ending.
* TheDogBitesBack: In ''Twinsanity'', Polar appears to have gotten tired of being used as a vehicle, and is seen [[FaceHeelTurn holding a baseball bat]] at Crash's "birthday party".
* ADogNamedDog: A polar bear named Polar.
* InfantImmortality: Played straight in ''Crash 2'', none of Crash's deaths remotely scathe Polar in any way. Subverted in directly playable appearances such as the racing titles however, where he suffers AmusingInjuries just like everyone else.
* IronButtMonkey: No matter what happens, Polar will never die alongside Crash, or even remotely show pain. He'll always miraculously survive. He'll remain unscathed by TNT/Nitro crates and, being a polar bear, is perfectly fine with falling into icy cold waters.
* MamaBear: In Crash 2, his parents [[AdvancingWallOfDoom chase Crash]] in one level, apparently not too thrilled with him using their son as a mount.
* PowerupMount: Crash moves faster while he's riding Polar.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: A cute young-looking polar bear.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he's unlocked by winning the Blue Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is basically a replacement for the warthog Crash rode in the first game.
* TeamPet: After ''Cortex Strikes Back'', he now lives with Crash and Coco.
* TheUnintelligible: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he speaks through a mix of barking and psychotic babbling.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he becomes the chief tester for an ice cream company. Several daring flavors (most of them involving sea life) have been made through him.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Crash Boom Bang'', Polar was suddenly anthropomorphic like the rest of the animals, and wearing a pair of jean-shorts.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pura]]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/PaulGreenberg (2003), Misty Lee (2019)

A Chinese tiger cub from the past who is an occasional ally of Coco.
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* AnthropomorphicShift: In ''Crash Boom Bang''.
* BigDamnHeroes: In Coco's fight against N. Gin, when the battle comes into the second phase (N. Gin's mech docking with a larger spacecraft), Pura comes up with a space fighter of his own that docks with Coco's. Due to graphic limitations, however, most only realize this in ''N Sane Trilogy''.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', Pura, Polar and Dingodile get hypnotized by N. Trance into racing for him.
* CharacterTics: As a felid, he is frequently shown licking his legs and paws.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Doesn't appear in the Radical Entertainment games.
* CoolPet: By ''Warped'', the Bandicoots are keeping two apex land predators within the same house.
* CuteKitten: Cute tiger cub, but still.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Wrath of Cortex'', he only appears in the opening and ending, a la Polar in ''Warped''.
* GenderFlip: WordOfGod is that Pura was thought of as female in ''Warped'', but ''Crash Team Racing'' clarified him as male, and it's stuck that way ever since.
* InfantImmortality: Mirrors Polar in ''Warped''. At least ''one'' death animation subverts it, with Pura getting squashed and Coco evading injury.
* MeaningfulName: Pura is the Balinese word for temple, a borrowing from Sanskrit (in the original language, it means city). This is referenced in his Adventure character select screen in ''CTR'', where he is seen standing near a temple, while his personal stage in the same game is called Tiger Temple. Of course, the name was probably also chosen because it has "[[PunnyName purr]]" in it.
* PantheraAwesome: He's a tiger cub who has assisted Coco Bandicoot during times of need.
* PowerupMount: Is Coco's equivalent to Crash's Polar. He's more willing than Polar, too.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Though don't think this makes him harmless, as [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Zigfield and Floyd]] found out.
* SecretCharacter: To unlock him in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', you have to perform 50 boosts in a row with Team Bandicoot in Adventure Mode.
* TeamPet: Eventually found himself living with Crash and Coco after their adventure in ''Warped''.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Crash Boom Bang'', like Polar, he was suddenly anthropomorphic and wearing jean-shorts.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Baby T]]
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A freshly hatched baby ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' that Crash encounters during his visit to the Prehistoric ages in ''Warped''.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Didn't make any appearances in the series after ''Warped'', even though the ending confirms that Crash apparently took him back into the present day. Until ''Nitro-Fueled'' came along, that is.
* {{Expy}}: A green dinosaur that acts as a mount for the main hero? [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld Sounds familiar]].
* ExtremeOmnivore: Implied by his idle animations in ''Nitro-Fueled'', which involve him trying to eat his own steering wheel and sniffing the air for more food.
* InfantImmortality: Averted in this case, unlike Polar and Pura. Baby T will disappear if Crash takes damage while riding him.
* OddballDoppelganger: His Fake Baby T skin in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* PowerupMount: Unlike Polar and Pura, Crash has full control over Baby T, and isn't forced to constantly run forward and avoid obstacles while riding him. Riding Baby T allows Crash to jump higher, run over tall grass without slowing down or needing to destroy it, and acts as an extra hit point.
* PromotedToPlayable: ''Nitro-Fueled'' makes him fully playable.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He's a cute baby dinosaur.
* TeamPet: Lives with Crash and Coco at the end of ''Warped''. Though unlike Polar and Pura, the series sadly never utilized him again until ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* TyrannosaurusRex: An [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]] baby one at that.
* VegetarianCarnivore: Eats grass in his IdleAnimation, despite being a ''T. rex'' and therefore carnivorous. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he also tries to eat his own steering wheel, but gets grossed out by the taste.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Penta Penguin]]
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->''"Penguin Yay One."''
-->Voiced by: Gavin James (1999, [[LeftItIn unintentionally]]), Creator/FredTatasciore (2019)

A penguin that originally appeared in the Crash Bandicoot manga and was later confirmed to be the penguin from the Dingodile fight in ''Warped''. He later appeared as a secret character in ''Crash Team Racing''.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: He wears a magenta scarf when he's driving and in the manga.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Penguins were enemies in ''Cortex Strikes Back'', but Penta was seemingly intended to be the friendly penguin being terrorized by Dingodile in ''Warped'', which was later confirmed to be the case in the ''N. Sane Trilogy''. Despite this, in the original ''Team Racing'', Uka Uka would appear in Penta's item box but it was Aku Aku who actually showed up when he used the item, which was likely due to Penta being a largely unfinished character with many other bugs associated with him. The remake, which pokes fun at said glitches, has him be protected by ''both'' Aku Aku and Uka Uka, while also having Penta switch between acting [[FakeCutie innocent and malicious]] to make his true allegiance all the more ambiguous.
* BadassAdorable: Despite being a small penguin, Penta is notable for having ''maxed-out'' stats in the PAL version of ''Crash Team Racing'', and even after being {{nerf}}ed in ''Nitro-Fueled'', he's notable for having Speed-based stats (which puts him on par with titans like Tiny and Dingodile) rather than the Turning-based stats other small animals like Polar and Pura got.
* TheCameo: He appears in ''Crash Bash'' as a special obstacle in the Snow Bash stage, sleeping in the middle of the stage. If someone attacks him, [[SavageSetpiece he wakes up and gets angry]], and proceeds to spin around the arena, sending crates outward that can harm the combatants, until he stops and sleeps again.
* CanonImmigrant: He originally appeared as a character in the manga, although he is based on the penguin enemies that appeared in ''Cortex Strikes Back'', and he uses the same model as them when in the victory circle. He appeared in ''Warped'', being threatened by Dingodile before the boss battle, but it was never stated to be Penta until ''N. Sane Trilogy'', where the trophy for beating Dingodile is called "Penta's Revenge".
* EarlyBirdCameo: He actually appears in the intro to ''Team Racing'', if you look closely enough. He is one of the drivers racing in Coco Park when Oxide makes his challenge to Earth, and he also appears in the background behind Polar when he's reading his book. ''Nitro-Fueled'' makes this much more obvious, since he also pops up behind Polar and slaps his back, startling him and causing him to flip the book right-side-up.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The main reason he exists.
* {{Expy}}: There is also a penguin named Penta in the 1991 Famicom game ''Yume Penguin Monogatari''. The game involves Penta trying to lose weight in order to win back the affections his girlfriend, Penko. Similarly, Penta's appearance in the Crash manga gives him a girlfriend named Gurin, who he tries to win back after she falls for Crash.
* FakeCutie: Possibly in ''Nitro-Fueled''. Penta generally acts cute and innocent but will occasionally rub his hands in a shifty look while snickering malevolently, and he's protected by ''both'' Aku Aku and Uka Uka.
* LeftItIn: Penta was left unfinished and relatively untested in ''Team Racing'', with two of his sound clips being placeholder files uttered by one of the game's programmers, resulting in Penta saying "penguin yay one" and "penguin yay two" in a monotone voice along with his generic penguin noises. This became an in-joke within the fandom, to the point that in ''Nitro-Fueled'', Penta actually says "penguin yay one!" in his own voice.
* MasterOfAll: In the PAL version of ''Team Racing'', all of his stats are maxed out. In the NTSC version he's instead a Beginner character like Polar and Pura.
* MightyGlacier: In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he is in the same class as Tiny and Dingodile.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Comes with being a penguin.
* SecretCharacter: He's the only character in ''Team Racing'' that can only be unlocked through a cheat code.
[[/folder]]

!Villains

!!Scientists and Related Bad Guys:

!!!Tropes relating to all of them:
* HumansAreBastards: They're all humans and they tend to cause the most pain in the games filled with modified animals.
* ThemeNaming: All the scientists have PunnyNames based on words that sound as if they begin with the letter "N".

[[folder:Doctor Neo Periwinkle Cortex]]
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->''"Oh, how I hate bandicoots..."''
-->Voiced by: Brendan O'Brien (1996), Creator/ClancyBrown (1997-2003), Creator/LexLang (2004-Present)
-->Child Cortex voiced by: Creator/ClancyBrown (1998), Debi Derryberry (2004), Creator/CoreyBurton (2017)

A mad scientist who seeks to achieve world domination as an act of vengeance for the ridicule he has suffered in the past. Hoping to achieve this by modifying the local animals into his soldiers, he eventually creates Crash Bandicoot, the titular character of the series, but soon rejects him as unworthy of being in his army and removes him from his castle.

As Cortex's actions endanger the sanctity of the islands the games are set in, Cortex's plans for world domination are often hampered by Crash along with other characters. Crash's constant interference has made eliminating Crash one of Cortex's top priorities along with world domination.
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* AffablyEvil: Compared to many of the other villains, Cortex is honestly pretty cordial and almost friendly at times.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He has yellow skin, though in the earlier games his skin is more subtly yellowish than the [[TheSimpsons Simpsonesque]] hue it would later take.
* ArchEnemy: He is the main enemy of Crash Bandicoot.
* BaldOfEvil: He's the "top-balding" version of this, as he still has some hair around his head and a small tuft at the top.
* BadassNormal: He usually fights with simply a laser gun and some explosives, yet is considered tough enough to be almost on par with Crash in some games.
* BeardOfEvil: It's technically a goatee, but still counts.
* BigBad: He is typically the main villain of the series. DemotedToDragon upon Uka Uka's arrival.
** The DemotedToDragon part is definite throughout the Playstation games, but becomes arguable in the sixth generation games, where Uka Uka starts doing less and less, leaving Cortex to act more as a BigBad. [[spoiler:Then in ''Mind Over Mutant'', he was established as that game's BigBad.]]
* BigFancyCastle: His very own Cortex Castle, where he conducts his experiments in the first game. It's also his track in ''CTR''.
* BigNo: Screams this as he is defeated in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
-->'''Cortex''': '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!''' You haven't seen the last of me, Crash Bandicoot!
* BigOlEyebrows: Not quite as thick as Crash's, but still pretty impressive.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He specializes in turning animals into his slaves, and has made world domination his goal through said brainwashed slaves. His signature Cortex Vortex is his MindControlDevice. He even attempts to brainwash the entire planet in the second game, although thankfully he's thwarted. It's also implied that he aims to do the same thing in the third game.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: In ''Twinsanity'', he says something to this effect to Crash.
-->'''Cortex''': Crash, I've been like a father to you! I created you, nursed you... tried to destroy you.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: He has an N on his forehead. The buildings on Cortex Island in the first game also have some occasional N on them.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: In ''Twinsanity'', he has no idea what [[BigBad the Evil Twins]] are talking about when they say he ruined their lives, and justifies it by saying he's ruined the lives of so many he can't be expected to remember them all. It takes him until near the end of the game to realize what they meant: [[spoiler:they were once his pet parrots, Victor and Moritz, whom Cortex used as test subjects for the prototype Evolvo-Ray, only to send them to the Tenth Dimension instead]].
* CampStraight: He gets more and more campy as of the later games, with some parts even having him saying rather suggestive lines.
* CardCarryingVillain: The aspect of openly identifying himself as evil slowly becomes more obvious as the series progresses.
* ChasteToons: Nina is stated to be his niece, although he occasionally slips up and calls her his daughter, implying that he's hiding something. This concept was never explored in later games, though.
* TheChewToy: Throughout the entire series, what with his repeat failures, injuries, and humiliations. Became really apparent in ''Crash Twinsanity'', particularly in the section where Crash uses Cortex as a '''[[BodySled sled]]'''.
* CircusBrat: According to at least one strategy guide, he was raised to a family of circus performers.
* TheComicallySerious: Arguably his role in early games, became increasingly [[CloudCuckooLander clownish]] as the series progressed however.
* CreateYourOwnHero: He's the one responsible for creating Crash Bandicoot, the one who always foils his evil plans. Brio even warns him that they haven't determined the cause of past failures of Cortex's device, but Cortex was stubborn and went ahead with it.
* DarthVaderClone: He's the [[ArchnemesisDad creator (if not necessarily father)]] of the series protagonist, speaks in a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voice]], suffers a defeat in the original installment but survives, becomes a more direct threat in the sequel[[note]]Crash Bandicoot 2 is even entitled ''Cortex Strikes Back''[[/note]], and is revealed to be TheDragon to an even greater villain in the third installment.
* DitzyGenius: Increasingly became rather ineffective in spite of his scientific skills due to {{Flanderization}} over the course of the series, scaling back his competence to make room for slapstick humor.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Neo Cortex's middle name is "Periwinkle", as brought up in ''Tag Team Racing'', though he never comments on it.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely cares for Nina, albeit in his own twisted way.
* EvilerThanThou:
** DemotedToDragon and kicked around endlessly by Uka Uka, who later replaces him with Nina, his niece that is directly stated to be more diabolical than him. He takes revenge on them both in ''Mind Over Mutant'' and resumes the role of BigBad once more.
** In ''Nitro Kart'', after being captured and forced to race by Velo, he and Tiny overpower him for his power scepter. Things don't work [[GoneHorriblyWrong quite as planned afterwards]], however.
* EvilLaugh: Has an evil laugh in several titles, including ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
* EvilSoundsDeep: As Clancy Brown from 1997-2003, he has a menacing deep voice.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: He's been attempting to create an army of super-animals since he was eight years old.
* FalselyReformedVillain: In ''Cortex Strikes Back'', he claims to have reformed and be trying to stop the Earth from facing an impending doom, and that he needs Crash's assistance on gathering the crystals to help him. Of course, he's actually duping Crash as those crystals are going to be used to power his planetary Cortex Vortex.
* FaustianRebellion: [[spoiler:If you consider Uka Uka as the series's equivalent to the Devil, then this is what Cortex does in ''Mind Over Mutant''.]]
* FinalBoss: Alone in the original and ''Cortex Strikes Back'', with Uka Uka in ''Warped'', alone again in ''The Huge Adventure'', alongside Crunch and the Elementals with minor help from Uka Uka in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', and mutated in ''Mind over Mutant''.
* ForTheEvulz: Has been reduced to doing evil deeds just because as of ''Titans'':
-->'''Coco''': Cortex, why do you keep doing stuff like this?\\
'''Cortex''': Well, actually, it's pretty fun. You should try it. Y'know, riding around in huge, rumbling machines and whatnot? Very stimulating.
* GetBackHereBoss: In the second game. he's fleeing with his jetpack in space and Crash has to chase him before he gets too far away.
* GoKartingWithBowser: In some games, he's just racing together with Crash and others, though unlike most examples, all three racing games do justify it in the plot.
* TheHeavy: Uka Uka may be the ultimate source of evil in the series and Cortex's boss, but Cortex is the focus and plot driver.
* HijackedByGanon: Vaporizes the BigBad of ''Tag Team Racing'' so he can take over as the villain, though the rest of his plan fails miserably a minute later.
* HoverBoard: In the first and third game he flies around using this. It's also available for him in ''Skylanders Imaginators''.
* IronButtMonkey: Similar to Crash, no matter what horrible situation he is put in, he always bounces back, ready for the bandicoots' blood afterwards.
* JackOfAllStats: He is this alongside Crash in the racing games.
* {{Jerkass}}: An evil scientist for one thing, outright admits in Twinsanity he's willing to ruin other people's lives for another. In ''Nitro Kart'', he even outright insults Big Norm after the latter congratulated him on his win, [[EvenEvilHasStandards an act that shocks even Tiny and N. Gin]].
* JetPack: He uses this in the second game to escape from Crash as they're in space. In ''Crash Bash'' he (and N. Brio) also uses it as a pogo substitute, as well as a booster for Polar Push games.
* LargeHam: Even more so in the later games.
* {{Leitmotif}}: A sinister guitar riff accompanied most of his boss and cutscene appearances in the Naughty Dog games. A few notes are also used in ''Nitro Kart's'' cutscenes.
* MadScientist: One of several throughout the series, each with their own special skills. For Cortex, it's brainwashing.
* ManipulativeBastard:
** Manages to be this in the second game, tricking Crash into gathering the crystals for him.
** Taken UpToEleven in ''Mind Over Mutant'' where he pretty much scams the entire globe into voluntarily wearing N.Brio's N.V. mind control devices. For an extra touch he even uses the device's test run to lure Uka Uka into a trap to [[TheStarscream overthrow him]].
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: An evil doctor bent in world domination.
* MyBrainIsBig: He has a big head, with the top being very oddly flat.
* TheNapoleon: Implied to have been bullied for his short stature, even built a planetary minimizer to shrink the Earth so that its civilians could "look up to" him.
-->'''Cortex:''' Finally, after all these years of abuse, [[WhosLaughingNow who's the little guy now]]?
* ObviouslyEvil: Come on, just look at the guy and hear exactly what he says!
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Downplayed. He's an expert in genetics, biology and neuroscience and does tinker with machines and have some scattered knowledge of other subjects, but he outsources the heavy thinking regarding quantum mechanics, robotics and chemistry to his colleagues.
* PapaWolf: Though he's not her father, Cortex is very protective of Nina when the chips are down. When faced with the Evil Twins' mech producing a cannon and machine gun, he shivers in fear before realizing not only does [[RememberedICouldFly he have a gun too]], but that Nina is worn out from all the running and swinging she did in the previous phase and would be a sitting duck if she continued, so he takes on the mech alone.
* PunnyName: His name is a reference to the external section of the brain, and he's an expert on making subservient subjects by brainwashing them. He also attempted to mind-control everyone on the planet at once before Crash puts a stop to it.
* RayGun: It's his most-commonly used weapon.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: It's a bit hard to see in some games, but he has red eyes and he is evil.
* SissyVillain: Later games in the series made him much less threatening, giving him a more wistful way of speaking and a lot of CampStraight tendencies.
** The PlayStation interns gave the major characters of the Crash Bandicoot series a list of their favorite songs in Spotify. While Crash's playlist is filled with 90's smash hits and Coco's is filled with female popstars, N.Cortex's playlist is filled with sappy love songs such as ''My Heart Will Go On'', ''Truly Madly Deeply'' and ''I Will Always Love You''.
* SkippableBoss: In the first game. If you manage to collect all the gems, it's possible to skip his boss fight all together by going straight to The Great Hall and flying away with Tawna.
* TheStarscream[=/=]TheDogBitesBack: Spends several years under Uka Uka's abusive command, though following ''Mind Over Mutant'', well, let's just say [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Uka Uka will never want to eat cake again]].
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Most games portray Cortex as wimpy and cowardly (Crash does not take his physical threats seriously ''at all'' in ''Mind Over Mutant'' until he "cheats"). The Rollerbrawl mechanics of ''Twinsanity'' however had Cortex actually engage in comedic GoodOldFisticuffs with Crash, arguably making him the one villain closest to actually matching him.
* TacticalSuicideBoss:
** In the first game, he could just use the red and blue shots instead of the green ones that Crash can spin back at him. Even worse, when he's got one hit point left, he's reduced to spamming nothing but the green shots. In ''Twinsanity'' he does a similar blunder.
** In the third, the mines that he throws will open the hole in the floor, the real way of hurting him; hitting him normally doesn't actually do damage, although it does knock him over.
** In ''Twinsanity'', Cortex tosses bombs and fire his ray-gun at Crash, but his charged-up green plasma blast can be spun back at him. A cut line of dialogue actually has him lampshade it.
-->'''Cortex:''' Now be careful not to let him spin back the green plasma blast. Three full hits and we're done for. If only he knew!
* TakeOverTheWorld: His ultimate goal is world domination.
* TheyCalledMeMad: The catalyst of his quest for world domination is to get back at everyone who deemed him crazy.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Normally averted, as most games explain how Cortex comes back from his last defeat. However, it's never explained how he and N. Tropy returned after they were turned into babies and sent back into the past with Uka Uka at the end of ''Warped'', or how he escaped from Crash's mind after his botched attempt to get rid of Crash at the end of ''Twinsanity''.
* TheVietnamVet: Implied to be one in ''Tag Team Racing'', judging by one of his quotes after hitting an opponent with a weapon during a race:
-->'''Cortex''': Ha ha ha! Just like back in Da Nang!
* VillainousFriendship: To an extent. While he chides his subordinates a lot, he seems to enjoy having N. Gin or another to enjoy his conquests with. As shown in ''Nitro Kart'' he also lets Tiny goof around in his lair, if grudgingly ([[DumbMuscle he contributes very little to scheming]]).
* VocalEvolution: Lex Lang evolved from a near perfect replica of Clancy Brown's take of Cortex to sounding more flamboyant and high pitched. Reversed back in ''N-Sane Trilogy'' where Lang replicates his and Brien's performances.
* WeWillMeetAgain:
** Declares this at the end of ''Cortex Strikes Back'', after Crash defeats him:
-->'''Cortex''': You haven't seen the last of me, Crash Bandicoot!
** Does it again at the end of ''The Wrath of Cortex'', stranded in Antarctica as Uka Uka [[YouHaveFailedMe furiously tries to kill him for his latest failure]]:
-->'''Cortex''': I'll get my revenge, Crash Bandicoot! ''Just you WAIT!!''
** Quotes the trope directly after being foiled at the end of ''Tag Team Racing''.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue:
** In the first game, it's mentioned that while he hasn't been heard of after Crash foiled his plans, "scientists are harder to squash than cockroaches".
** In ''CTR'', he discovered a new chemical element that he patents as "Cortexrulestheworldium" which has endured several lawsuits regarding its name.
* XanatosGambit: He pulls of a good one in the third game: [[spoiler:If taking the crystals by his own forces doesn't work, then having Crash get them all and then taking them from him will do. Fortunately Crash is able to beat Cortex, nonetheless.]]
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[[folder:Doctor Nitrus Brio]]
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->''"But Doctor Cortex, we have not determined the cause of past failures!"''
-->Voiced by: Brendan O'Brien (1996-2000), Creator/MauriceLaMarche (2008-Present)

Cortex's assistant in the first game and one of the creators of the Evolvo-Ray that modified Crash and all the other animals.
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* BaldOfEvil: Unlike Cortex, he's completely bald. Played with in that while he's always evil, he does go against Cortex in the second game and is fine with trying to side with Crash.
* TheBartender: The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue from the first game claims that after Cortex's disappearance, Brio went back to tending bar. This actually make sense, considering that he was constantly mixing together chemicals in the first game.
* BigBadEnsemble: In ''Cortex Strikes Back'', he is out to get revenge on Dr Cortex which means he is trying to thwart Cortex's presumably noble plans, albeit for selfish reasons; if you collect all of the gems in that game, Crash even teams up with him to do so. However, since you are helping Cortex in that game, he is ''also'' trying to stop ''you'', and in fact every single enemy you fight in that game bar Cortex and N.Gin actually works for Brio in his efforts to stop you.
* BigOlEyebrows: He sports a fairly impressive pair.
* BookEnds: He is TheDragon to Cortex in both the first and last main series Crash game.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He claims in ''Mind Over Mutant'' to have invented everything, including the concept of recycling and Slinkys. But not Lite-Brite. Burt Meyer did that.
* TheDragon: To Cortex in the first game, only to betray him in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' and rekindle in ''Mind Over Mutant''. He was also N. Tropy's dragon in ''Twinsanity''.
* EnemyMine: Was ultimately willing to conspire with Crash to stop Cortex's plans in the second game.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: As the creator of the Evolvo-Ray, he's responsible for all of the modified animals.
* GigglingVillain: He occasionally breaks into small giggles whenever he speaks.
* HazyFeelTurn[=/=]HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He betrays Cortex and assists Crash in the second game, but largely just to spite his former boss. He gains evil ambitions again in time for ''Crash Bash'', ''Twinsanity'' and ''Mind Over Mutant''.
* HulkingOut: Partway through his boss battle in the original game, Brio will ingest the chemicals he was mixing, and turn into a green Hulk-like monster. He does this again in ''Twinsanity'', but with a different, more FishPerson-like design. In ''Mind Over Mutant'', Brio seems to transform when enraged, and now needs the mutagen to ''keep'' from transforming.
* HypercompetentSidekick: To Cortex, at first. He's the more cautious of the two, and is the one who perfected the Evolvo-Ray, but his advice usually falls on deaf ears. This role perks up again in ''Mind Over Mutant'', if downplayed due to his now more manic personality.
* TheIgor: He was Cortex's assistant before rebelling against him in the second game.
* LargeHam: Especially in ''Mind Over Mutant''.
--> '''Brio:''' ''Strike him with your large man-hand!''
* MadScientist: His specialty is modifying animals through the Evolvo-Ray that he developed. He also likes playing with chemicals.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He's the one who invented the Evolvo-Ray, and he resents Cortex for taking all of the credit, which is what caused him to betray Cortex and help Crash in the second game. He and Cortex worked together again in ''Mind Over Mutant'', although he's still clearly very resentful of Cortex for taking credit for his inventions.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Being voiced by Creator/MauriceLaMarche in ''Mind over Mutant'' and the ''N Sane Trilogy'', he ends up sounding like [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain The Brain]], meaning he sounds like Creator/OrsonWelles.
* OneSteveLimit: Zigzagged between him and Nitros Oxide; While they're pronounced the same, Brio and Oxide's first names are spelled just a bit differently.
* OneWingedAngel: Towards the end of the boss fight with him in the first game, he drinks some of his potions and turns into a Hulk-like monstrosity.
* PowerUpgradingDeformation: Courtesy of his mutagen.
* PsychoSerum: Which he uses to [[TurnsRed transform]] during Crash's battle with him in the first game, and again in ''Twinsanity''.
* PunnyName: His abbreviated name is a pun on the word "Embryo", and one of his attacks is to make green living blobs. He even [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade on it]] in ''Mind Over Mutant''.
-->'''N. Brio''': Yes, it is I, N. Brio! My name sounds like a fetus.
* RayGun: He gets his own in ''Crash Bash'' (for Crate Crush games as well as Ring Ding) due to him [[MovesetClone being a functional copy of Cortex]], who is already associated with wielding it.
* SpeechImpediment: Brio had a pretty bad stutter in the first game and in ''Cortex Strikes Back'', but it is gone by the time of ''Mind Over Mutant'', in fitting with his newly-gained confident personality. ''N Sane Trilogy'' has it back again.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Inverted. He is TheVoiceless in ''Twinsanity''. He speaks again in his next appearance.
* TookALevelInBadass: He is a lot more assertive and confident in ''Mind Over Mutant'' than in the previous games, where he was very meek and submissive. However, his annoyance over Cortex wrongly taking the credit for the creation of the Evolvo-Ray has lead to Brio making claims that he invented pretty much ''[[UpToEleven everything that exists]]''.[[note]]Except Lite-Brite.[[/note]]
* UnfortunateName: A name that sounds like "embryo" is not the most flattering one, to say at least.
* VillainTeamUp: Originally his assistant, he forms a more equal alliance with Cortex in ''Mind Over Mutant''.
* VocalEvolution: In ''Mind Over Mutant'', Creator/MauriceLaMarche voiced N. Brio in a completely divergent take from before, more like a modified version of Toucan Sam. In the ''N-Sane Trilogy'' cutscenes, he more closely imitates Brendan O'Brien's performance of the character; while he still sounds unmistakably like Sam, N. Brio once again has his stutter and LaughingMad tendencies.
* TheVoiceless: In ''Twinsanity'', N. Tropy does all the talking. Subverted in all other appearances.
* WaveMotionGun: He claims to build one in the second game, that he's gonna use against Cortex. [[spoiler:The true ending has him use it after Crash gets all the gems, with him allowing Crash to "do the honors", to shoot Cortex's space station down.]]
* XMustNotWin: He hates Cortex and he does whatever possible to get back at him, ignoring Cortex's concern of the planet facing an impending doom and how he's working to prevent it. As it turns out, however, [[spoiler:Brio turns out to be right on trying to stop Cortex, as the latter actually is lying the whole time.]]
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[[folder:Doctor N. Gin]]
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->''"Soooooo... you want to go a few rounds! When this is over, we'll see who's obsolete!"''
-->Voiced by: Brendan O'Brien (1997-99), Creator/CoreyBurton (2001, 2017-Present), Creator/QuintonFlynn (2003-04), Creator/NolanNorth (2005-08)

Doctor Neo Cortex's faithful right-hand man. As a child, N. Gin was a classmate of Neo Cortex and Nitrus Brio in Madame Amberly's Academy of Evil. N. Gin then went on to become a world-renowned physicist in the defense industry. However, due to a budget cut, one of his missile projects ended up faulty and, as a result, went awry, lodging itself into N. Gin's head. With his intellect, N. Gin was able to stabilize the weapon and reconstruct it as a life support system at the cost of his mental stability. Because the missile is still live, it activates whenever N. Gin is stressed or angry, leaving him with a large headache. Shortly after the missile incident, Doctor N. Gin was taken in by Doctor Neo Cortex to replace the double-crossed Doctor Nitrus Brio.
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* AbusiveParents: In-game quotes from ''Crash Tag Team Racing'' reveal that his mother told him that he would never accomplish anything and that his father frequently told him to "shut up [...] you freak".
* AdaptationDyeJob: He started off with orange hair, which got changed to black hair starting in ''Tag Team Racing''.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: In the original games, his skin is an odd shade of pink. In ''Twinsanity'', it's changed to a sickly shade of yellow. In the Radical games, he has chalk white skin.
* BadBoss[=/=]BenevolentBoss: In "Crash of the Titans", he subjects his Doom Monkeys to dangerous labor, yet on the intercom refers to them as "disgusting yet beloved" and tries to lead them in sing-a-longs and Bagel Wednesdays.
* ButtMonkey: Perhaps the most prominent after Cortex, [[TooKinkyToTorture though granted he does kind of enjoy most of it]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[{{Flanderization}} More and more so with each title it seems.]] It's been suggested this is a result of the missile in his head.
* ComputerVoice: His voice has an electronic reverb to it, though he loses it in some of the post-Naughty Dog games.
* {{Cyborg}}: He's an impromptu one, courtesy of the missile accident. Nearly half his face has been plated with cybernetics, and his voice has a synthesized rasp to it. ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'' also reveals that the eye surrounded with metal is fake, likely rendered unusable by the missile accident.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: "Doom" happens to be one of N. Gin's top favorite words. In fact, one of his karts in ''Tag Team Racing'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'' is even called the ''Doom'' Buggy.
* TheDragon: Replaced Brio as Cortex's right-hand man starting with the second game.
* EvilCounterpart: To Coco; both are sidekicks to Crash and Cortex respectively, with GeniusDitz tendencies and a rather short temper. The kart racing games highlight this by giving them identical stats and in "Warped", Coco is the one who gets to fight him instead of Crash.
* EvilRedhead: The Radical Entertainment games [[{{AdaptationDyeJob}} give him black hair]], but otherwise he’s this.
* {{Expy}}: He's an egg-shaped scientist with orange hair who often controls a red coloured giant robot in boss battles, alot like [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog another mad scientist]].
* {{Flanderization}}: N. Gin had a pretty radical shift in character over the course of the series. In the original games, he was rather soft-spoken and unemotional, being very much TheIgor to Cortex. Later games made him more mentally unstable and prone to loud outbursts and made the Creator/PeterLorre impression in his voice more obvious. It comes to a boiling point in ''Titans'' where he became a massive {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with NoIndoorVoice and a SplitPersonality who wants to eat Coco for some reason. [[JustifiedTrope Though it's kinda justified]] [[AmusingInjuries due to his faulty missile project being lodged into his head]], which he reconstructed as a life support system [[SanitySlippage at the cost of his mental stability.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Unlike Cortex and Brio, who are more into biology, and Tropy, who's a physicist, N. Gin's into engineering, as one can deduct by his name.
* GeniusDitz: He might be a loony guy with temper issues who can't even remember the recipe for ''toast'', but there’s little doubt about his intelligence; He’s demonstrated technical know-how that gives Coco a run for her money.
* HeManWomanHater: At one point in ''Crash of the Titans'' he expresses a disgust of women in general. One of his lines in the next game, however, implies he might be a StalkerWithACrush towards Coco (or at the very least, thinks she’d be a tasty meal). Given that N. Gin's characterization at this point is that of a ManChild, it may count as a grown-up version of GirlsHaveCooties.
* HumongousMecha: He's rather fond of creating and piloting these... until his Radical incarnation, anyway.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Debuts in the second game and becomes a prominent character afterwards.
* TheIgor: Taking the place of N.Brio in Crash 2 and so on.
* LargeHam: Eventually evolved into one. Earlier games had him behave very robotically, only really getting vocal when he was defeated. Later games made him manic and prone to loud outbursts.
* LaughablyEvil: He is this in the Radical games thanks to his manic outbursts and habit of going on bizarre tangents.
* MadScientist: His specialty is creating machines. In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue of ''Crash Team Racing'', he's opened a custom auto parts store in Toledo, Ohio, which closed after his "Clear-the-Road" missile system was recalled when it caused havoc on many freeways.
* MadScientistLaboratory: His lab is a race track in ''CTR''.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: A doctor who's also pretty unhinged.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Or Mysterious First Initial, in this case. None of the games reveal what the "N." stands for.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The fact that his voice is a Creator/PeterLorre impersonation becomes more obvious as the series goes on. The Radical Entertainment games take it further, adding a healthy dose of [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren Hoek]] to the mix.
* NoIndoorVoice: N. Gin is prone to ''very'' frequent fits of yelling in the Radical Entertainment games.
* NoNameGiven: It has never been revealed what his first name is.
* PunnyName: His name N. Gin, easily sounds like engine.
* SanitySlippage: The missile that was lodged into his head could've killed him if he hadn't rebuilt it as a life support system, but in exchange, it damaged his brain quite severely that he gradually turned from the robotic, soft-spoken, and emotionless [[TheIgor Igor]] to Dr. Cortex, to the loud, obnoxious LargeHam of a MadScientist that we know today.
* SissyVillain: Made '''very''' apparent in ''Crash Tag Team Racing'', where he laments on not being pretty enough and is overjoyed when Crash gives him a tutu, ballerina slippers and lipstick. This, combined with his overall demeanor, makes him one of, if not the most feminine male characters in the series.
* SplitPersonality: ''Titans'' indicates he has one in one scene, with one side wanting to support Cortex and the other Nina.
* TheStarscream: Despite his UndyingLoyalty, he does ditch Cortex and side with Brio and N. Tropy in ''Twinsanity''. He briefly goes along with Nina's takeover in ''Crash of the Titans'' as well, though in this case his devotion to Cortex prevails and he tips Crash in on where to find her.
* SubordinateExcuse: In later games his relationship with Dr Cortex leans into this, even referring to him as his friend at one point.
* SycophanticServant: Usually loyal to Dr Cortex (though see TheStarscream above). Even assisted Crash in thwarting [[TheStarscream Nina]] in hope that he would rescue his former master.
* TooKinkyToTorture: N. Gin has been known to outright thank people who inflict physical pain upon him, particularly [[HoYay Doctor Cortex]].
* TransformingMecha: His mech in the third game is able to transform into a big space fighter and then dock with a larger spacecraft.
* UndyingLoyalty: Being TheIgor and SycophanticServant. He left Cortex only once, and even then indirectly to search for treasure. When given a true opportunity to ditch Cortex for his seemingly more competent niece, he fights with his conscience, but ultimately decides he cares about Cortex too much and willingly gives Crash their whereabouts.
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: At least in the second and third game, the gameplay turns into a shooting bout as Crash and Coco try to target parts of his mech.
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[[folder:Doctor Nefarious Tropy]]
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->''"Now you're on my time, you little skunk! Give me the Crystals!"''
-->Voiced by: Michael Ensign (1998-99; 2003-04), Creator/CoreyBurton (2001, 2017-Present)

A henchman of Uka Uka and the self-proclaimed master of time. He created the Time Twister Machine that the bandicoots are using in ''Warped''.
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* AirGuitar: If he kills Crash in his ''Twinsanity'' boss fight, his victory dance is mimicking a guitar with his giant tuning fork.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Blue skin, at that. Apparently, constantly travelling through the cold vacuum of space and time will do that to you.
* BaldOfEvil: In ''Nitro-Fueled'', his helmet might come off after a big jump, showing that he's bald underneath.
* BeardOfEvil: He has two long hairs for an evil beard.
* BigBad: Arguably in ''N-Tranced''. Uka Uka is behind him, but the former's influence is hardly seen in said game. In addition, he seems to be the dominant force in the alliance of treasure-seeking villains in ''Twinsanity'', though the Evil Twins remained the primary Big Bad.
* BossArenaIdiocy: He normally stands far away from you, separated by a large pit, where he'll shoot beams at you with impunity. Then he stomps down with his fork and gets tired, as platforms that you can use to jump to him are created.
* ClocksOfControl: Tropy is a TimeMaster villain. His attire is completely time themed, consisting of armour covered in clocks and watches and gears and even his method of time hopping, the Time Twister, utilises a giant clock with his mug on it. Tropy is regularly depicted as even more of a SmugSnake than Dr. Neo Cortex, acting like a complacent and snooty EvilBrit by default but quickly reverting to temper tantrums whenever he starts losing to the bandicoots.
* ClockworkCreature: Rather literally -- there are multiple clocks on his body. He even refers to himself as "Master of Time."
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Aside from a small cameo in ''Boom Bang'', he hasn't been seen since ''Twinsanity'', excluding ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: He is promoted to BigBad in Cortex's absence in ''N-Tranced''.
* TheDragon: Depending on how you look at it, in ''Warped'' he is a [[CoDragons Co-Dragon]] either to Cortex along with N. Gin or to Uka Uka along with Cortex. He is Uka Uka's full-time Dragon in ''N-Tranced'', though.
* DualBoss: With Brio in ''Twinsanity'', though Tropy's the only one who can be attacked and they take turns.
* EvilBrit: The only scientist to speak with an upper-class English accent, and he's certainly evil.
* EvilLaugh: In ''N. Sane Trilogy'' he can occasionally be heard laughing during his boss fight.
* FantasticRacism: Often refers to the Bandicoots with names like "rats", "vermin" and "skunk". This extends to ''Twinsanity'', where he uses his first line before his boss fight to call Crash a rat.
* FascinatingEyebrow: He has one in his first message in ''Warped''.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He puts on a polite tone of voice when he isn't undergoing a VillainousBreakdown, but it's pretty obvious that it's never genuine.
* ForTheEvulz: [[AllThereInTheManual According to his bio]] in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', he enjoys causing time paradoxes for laughs.
* GracefulLoser: In ''Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'', once you beat all his time trial records, he doesn’t seem too upset about it and congratulates you before telling you you’ve unlocked him as a playable character.
* TheHeavy: Of all the games headed by Uka Uka's forces, Tropy is the first of two to replace Cortex as this for a game; ''N-Tranced'' in his case.
* HurricaneOfPuns: He's fond of letting out various time-related puns.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Downplayed. While he comes out in the third game and is popular, he's rather underplayed compared to the other doctors (other than N. Brio), especially in the Radical titles. ''N-Tranced'' is the exception, where he replaces Cortex as the focal antagonist.
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: His giant tuning fork, which can shoot energy beams.
* InelegantBlubbering: [[SoreLoser Whenever he comes second or third]] in ''Crash Team Racing''.
* IronicName: The concept of Entropy is the idea that anything, given time, will decay into chaos. Beating him has Cortex note N. Tropy is the one thing ''preventing'' his Time Twister from collapsing into a chaotic, time-distorting mess since he's the only one who knows how its delicate internals work.
* KnightOfCerebus: Tropy never quite suffered the same {{Flanderization}} the other villains underwent, remaining a more sinister and only moderately-comical baddie. And everyone else knows it, too; he was chosen by Uka Uka to replace Cortex for one game (and he nearly succeeded ''in the prologue stage'') and is implied to be the leader of the villains in the sub-plot of ''Twinsanity''. And his introduction was as a friend of Uka Uka while the mask was a KnightOfCerebus himself.
* LargeHam: Not quite as hammy as Cortex or N. Gin, but he still has his moments.
* LeanAndMean: Easily the tallest of the scientists, and arguably the meanest.
* LoadBearingBoss: An interesting [[PlayingWithATrope delayed version]] of this trope. His defeat in ''Warped'' causes the Time Twister to become unstable (as Cortex [[NiceJobBreakingItHero points out in the next cutscene]]), culminating in its self-destruction after Cortex's defeat if you got OneHundredPercentCompletion.
* MadScientist: One who specializes in time travel.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: A doctor like previous ones, and likes to cause time paradoxes for the hell of it.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: See PunnyName below. Also, someone with the first name of ''Nefarious'' isn't someone to be trifled with.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Burton's interpretation of the character is not too dissimilar from his Captain Hook voice, who was originally voiced by Creator/HansConried.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He's established as a more favoured and composed associate of Uka Uka than the deranged and abused Cortex. However he is prone to even greater tantrums than Cortex when his plans start to fail, and when Uka chastises him along with the rest of the RoguesGallery at the start of ''The Wrath of Cortex'' he looks just as meek and deflated as the others. He even [[InelegantBlubbering sobs hysterically]] in ''CTR'' if he places 2nd or 3rd overall.
* OnlySaneMan: In a cast that has grown very, very dysfunctional, Tropy has remained relatively sane.
* PungeonMaster: In ''Warped'' and ''CTR'', he tended to make a lot of references to time.
-->'''N. Tropy:''' This ''time'' you've done it!
-->'''N. Tropy:''' Now you're on my time, you little skunk! Give me the crystals!
-->'''N. Tropy:''' My time is up. But yours soon will be too.
* PunnyName: His abbreviated name is a pun on the word "entropy", which is basically the theory that everything turns chaotic given enough time.
* PutOnABus: While he hasn't shown up since ''Twinsanity'' excluding ''N. Sane Trilogy'', it's used as a plot point in the GBA games. He's the only villain from ''Warped'' missing in the first one, which is why Tropy was promoted by Uka Uka to main antagonist status for the second.
* TheRival: Being CoDragons, he and Cortex are sometimes shown mocking or competing with each other. Tropy even once seized an opportunity to play TheDragon solo after the latter annoyed Uka Uka with too many failures.
* SecretCharacter: In both ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' and ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart'', he can only be unlocked by [[DoubleUnlock unlocking and defeating]] all of his time trial ghosts.
* SmugSnake: Incredibly pompous and snide upon confrontations. Once he starts losing the upper hand however, his tantrums are almost as pronounced as those of Cortex.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Downplayed. He and Cortex are working towards the same goal and they never openly express hostility to each other, but his facial expressions in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' make it clear that he does NOT view Cortex with the same respect that he views Uka Uka.
* TimeMaster: He refers to himself as the "Master of Time", and has access to various forms of time travel technology. In ''CTR'' he also shows up in the TimeTrial runs.
* TrueFinalBoss: In ''N-Tranced'', he appears as the last boss Crash encounters. You can only fight him after getting all the colored gems.
* UnexplainedRecovery: It's never explained how he and Cortex were able to escape after being turned into babies and sent back in time along with Uka Uka.
* VillainousBreakdown: In ''Warped'', his initial taunts towards the bandicoots convey him as composed and confident. As you slowly collect more crystals from his Warp Room however, his calm facade fades and by the time you have collected them all he is livid.
-->'''N. Tropy:''' RAAGGHHHH!!! You little ''vermin'' are way too stupid to understand what you're getting yourselves into! This [[IncrediblyLamePun time]] you've ''done it''!!!
* VillainousFriendship: He's an old friend of Uka Uka, a fact implied in ''Warped'' and shown more conclusively in ''N-Tranced''. By contrast, Uka Uka never regards Cortex as more than an underling. That said, both of them get equal admonishing for failing him.
* VillainTeamUp: Joins forces with N. Brio and N. Gin in ''Twinsanity''. His association with Cortex in games such as ''Warped'' can arguably be considered this too.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he's seen tinkering with time machines again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nina Cortex]]
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->''"Have you come to deliver me from boredom?"''
-->Voiced by: Susan Silo (2004), Amy Gross (2005-08), Debi Derryberry (2007)

The niece of Doctor Neo Cortex. Once more kindhearted than she is now and had a rather noticeable affinity for small fuzzy animals, she was given bionic hands and sent to [[AcademyofEvil Madame Amberly's Academy of Evil]] to dissuade her from this behavior to make her more like her old man.

She sometimes aids her uncle in his quest for world domination, though they have had a recent falling-out due to a failed plot headed by her and Cortex's boss Uka Uka. [[spoiler:Hinted in one line in ''Twinsanity'' to actually be Cortex's daughter, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse but nothing's come of it since then.]]]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: She takes over as BigBad in the console version ''Crash of the Titans'' and has her own playable arc in the DS version.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: She has white, grayish skin, becoming a bluer tone in the Radical Entertainment titles.
* ArtificialLimbs: Her hands were replaced with mechanical equivalents, and for starters are much, much stronger than her previous ones. ''Twinsanity'' is the only entry to show this newly required strength: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL9hfFDNWlo&index=9 giving her uncle a hug in this deleted cutscene between the two]] shows how little effort its required to make Cortex feel ''really'' uncomfortable from the pressure alone, and earlier on in a finished cutscene, accidentally snaps his hand when they finally meet up.
* BastardUnderstudy: Cortex took her under his wing after she started showing signs of goodness at an early age, "upgrading" her and coaching her in the ways of evil. [[TheStarscream It worked a little too well]], as shown in ''Crash of The Titans''.
* BerserkButton: An in-game quote from ''Crash Tag Team Racing'' demonstrates that she hates being referred to as "{{goth}}".
* BigBad: After Cortex's defeat, she takes over as the focus villain of ''Crash of the Titans'' and is fought as the FinalBoss.
* BrattyHalfPint: Her ''Tag Team Racing'' and her Radical Entertainment incarnations portray her as a rude little brat, the latter especially.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: She has a lowercase "n" on her forehead in a similar way to her uncle.
* ButtMonkey: Radical's depiction at least.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: [[DependingOnTheWriter Numerous developers all had completely different depictions of her]]. It was only following Radical's tenure that Nina's persona was fully defined, as a conniving brat almost as deranged as her uncle.
* CutenessProximity: Had a fondness for small animals, and shown in all of its glory in [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/crash/images/0/01/Mytwinsanity-30.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111119154429&path-prefix=it this model render.]] Unknown if it still applies to her in ''Tag Team Racing'' or the Radical Entertainment titles, likely not the case though.
* {{Cyborg}}: Bit of one with her new and "improved" hands.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Uncle, actually, but still, she proves to be just as villainous.
* DarkActionGirl: She is on Cortex's side and fights Crash sometimes.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DoesNotLikeSpam: She hates Wumpa fruit and by extension anything made from it, like Wumpa Whip.
* EarlyBirdCameo: First appears in ''Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage'' and was originally going to first appear in ''Crash Nitro Kart'' but [[DummiedOut was cut for unknown reasons.]]
* EvilCounterpart: Retooled into one for Coco in the Radical Entertainment games. Both exist largely as child sidekicks for Crash and Cortex respectively, both often through tech support. However Coco is largely sweet natured, humble, and looks up to her older brother despite his goofiness, while Nina is malicious, arrogant and treacherous towards her uncle, seeing herself as superior to him.
* FaceHeelTurn: As of ''Crash of The Titans'', it seems her forced rehabiliation has worked rather well.
* FinalBoss: In the Arachnina, she's the last opponent of ''Crash of the Titans''.
* FlatCharacter: In ''Twinsanity''. Other than her backstory which is brought up only once and [[AllThereInTheManual the other half of it being told through outside material,]] she barely shows any personality due to not having any speaking lines at all, and has the same bland smiling expression on her face throughout the entire game.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in both ''Tag Team Racing'' and the Radical Entertainment entries where she's refined as a stereotypical evil brat who now is also an evil genius and hates the Bandicoots, especially Coco, with a passion just like her uncle.
* GrapplingHookPistol: At least shown in ''Twinsanity'' she has long cable-like extensions underneath her grafted hands that allow this to be possible.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Nina became the product of Cortex's tutoring to be evil and underhanded. He turns out to be successful in the Radical Entertainment entries, so much that she actually surpassed his backstabbery and overthrown him. He was very proud of her that moment.
* {{Gonk}}: The earlier version of her surely didn't go to school to become a model.
* {{Goth}}: While she bears a resemblance to the sort, [[BerserkButton you'd be better off not labeling her as such.]]
* TheHeavy: Similar to Tropy in ''N-Tranced'', in ''Crash of the Titans'', Uka Uka decides that Cortex has failed too much and replaces him with Nina.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: More like cute, especially with those little Nosferatu-like buckteeth.
* MeaningfulName: Nina means "strong, powerful, kind, and intelligent" in various different cultures, all of which are traits she has shown at least once.
* MoralityPet: She is one of few subjects of genuine affection from Cortex, even going against his self-preserving nature to save her. That won't stop him inflicting some gleeful discipline after she betrays him however.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: {{Downplayed}}; while she has maintained her prominent forehead and buck teeth, her ''[[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/File:Nina_Cortex_CTTR.png Twinsanity/Tag Team Racing]]'' look sported a rather stuffy hairstyle and ape-ish face, while her subsequent ''[[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130310115711/villains/images/3/3d/L_6bfe890ebf973a332aaba87977cb466b.jpg Titans/Mind over Mutant]]'' look gives her a more appealing hair tuft and softer features.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Like her uncle, she hates Crash and the other Bandicoots starting with ''Tag Team Racing'', though she and Coco seem to loathe each other especially.
* SkipOfInnocence: Her walking animation in ''Twinsanity''.
* SpoiledBrat: Implied to be in the ''Crash of the Titans'' promotional shorts. Cortex apparently has to bribe her to help him with schemes.
* TheStarscream: In ''Crash of The Titans'' she takes over Cortex's position after Uka Uka fires him... [[SoProudOfYou and he was very proud]], though that didn't stop him from punishing her.
* TeenGenius: In the Radical Entertainment titles she's actually smarter (or at least more competent) than her MadScientist uncle, according to Aku Aku. [[GeniusDitz She does however retain a lot of his flaws]].
* TheVoiceless: In ''Twinsanity'' only, barring one grunt in the ending.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Before Cortex sent her to Madame Amberly's that is, although how effective depends on how you view the character herself in her blank slate in ''Twinsanity'' alone. More than confirmed to have happened in the Radical Entertainment titles.
* WhoWearsShortShorts?: In the GBA version of ''Titans'', instead of her purple skirt, she wears grey short shorts
* YouthfulFreckles: Again only present in ''Twinsanity''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lab Assistants]]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/DwightSchultz & Creator/MauriceLaMarche (2017)

Cortex's main cronies outside of his evolved animals. They appear in numerous levels, usually wearing themed costumes.
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* BewitchedAmphibians: In the medieval levels in ''Warped'', some of the lab assistants are princes that are transformed into frogs. You'll only know this if one of the frogs gets on Crash and kisses him.
* GagNose: They all have long, goofy noses.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: They appear this way in the first game, until it's revealed in the second and third games that they're actually a mass-produced MechaMook army.
* LeanAndMean: They're all tall, skinny, and out to get Crash.
* MechaMook: Revealed to be this throughout the original trilogy. In the first game, the ones that appear in the level "The Lab" inexplicably have electricity coursing throughout their bodies that they use to attack Crash (although in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' they wear electric gauntlets). They use the same powers in the jetpack levels of the second game, though this time they appear as half robotic [[Film/TheTerminator Terminator-like]] cyborgs. Then, in the third game, the secret warp room has an assembly line of them in the background. Here, their robotic appearance is covered up, they're put into costumes and sent out to the various levels in the game.
* MultipleHeadCase: There are lab assistants that appear in the level "Double Header" from ''Warped'' that are two headed. They're large, fat, and swinging two clubs. After they're knocked out, [[TrampolineTummy they can be used as bounce pads.]]
* OpaqueNerdGlasses: They all wear extremely thick, circular glasses that completely obscure their eyes...if they even have eyes. It's a trait consistent to all of them even if they're wearing various clothes.
* RoboticReveal: The secret room in ''Warped'' shows them being made in an assembly line.
* ShockAndAwe: One of their means of attacking Crash is to shock him with the electricity coursing through their bodies.
* StockScream: Whenever Crash knocks one of them off of a ledge, they let out a pitched-up version of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_scream Howie Scream]]. Averted in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', where they're given proper voice actors.
* UndergroundMonkey: Most of them are created to look the same but they just wear different clothing to suit the theme of the levels.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: From the second game onward, no matter where they are, they're wearing clothing with the appropriate theme. They can be dressed up as lumberjacks, mummies, hunters, pirates, knights, and a whole lot more.

[[/folder]]

!!Evil Masks

[[folder:Uka-Uka]]
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->''"I have heard enough of your shallow wisdom. It is I who is the strongest, and it is evil that will ultimately prevail!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/ClancyBrown (1998-2003), Alex Fernandez (2004), Creator/JohnDiMaggio (2007-Present)

Doctor Cortex's overseer and the evil younger twin brother of Aku Aku. Long ago, he was sealed away in an underground prison by Aku Aku due to his incredibly malicious nature. However, this prison would be destroyed many centuries later by the wreck of Cortex's space station, setting him free and allowing him to carry out his plot for world domination.
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* BadBoss: He threatens to kill Cortex for his failures, and even replaces him with Nina in ''Crash of the Titans''. In the later games, being unreasonably harsh to his subordinates is arguably Uka Uka's defining characteristic.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a reddish-brown beard.
* BigBad: Opposite to his brother Aku Aku, he is the main antagonist of the series.
* BottomlessPitRescueService:
** He can work as this in the racing games, bringing evil racers back on track if they fall into a pit.
** He also serves as this to Cortex in the final battle of ''Warped'', where he'll pick him up from the bottomless pit Crash knocks him into.
* CainAndAbel: Cain to Aku Aku's Abel, since he is Aku Aku's evil brother.
* CardCarryingVillain: Became shamelessly boastful about his evil nature starting with ''Crash Bash''.
* DemonicPossession: In the N. Sane Trilogy version of Warped, Uka Uka's habit of attaching himself to Cortex's face is expanded to him being able to take complete control over Cortex's body, though the only time he demonstrates this is before the final boss fight and he only does it to show off.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Though he sounded progressively less deep with each game. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' restores his menacing deep voice.
* EvilTwin: He is Aku Aku's twin brother and is for all intents and purposes his villainous equivalent.
* ExpressiveMask: Bonus points in that he ''is'' a mask. Though that factor kinda decreases with his Radical Entertainment redesign as he lacks a lower jaw in those games. It does get a bit strange though, since his upper jaw moves as if the roots of his teeth are actually an ''under'' bite rather than a forced overbite.
** The N.Sane trilogy brings back this trope for him in full force, AND THEN SOME.
* FrickinLaserBeams: In ''Warped'', he can shoot lasers from his face, which he uses to hold off Aku Aku in a BeamOWar. He also acts as the satellite substitute in ''Crash Bash's'' Melt Panic, with his beams being able to melt the ice stage and, if you get hit by them, always does negative effects.
* GameOverMan: He appears on the Game Over screen in ''Warped''. In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', he becomes one for all three games, though since his presence until ''3'' is meant to be a secret, he's [[SinisterSilhouettes hidden by shadows]] until the third game, where he's properly explained.
* GodOfEvil: Pretty godly in terms of his power. And ''certainly'' evil.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Played with- while Uka Uka never once takes the wheel on any karts in either ''Team Racing'' or ''Nitro Kart'', he does assist evil characters by giving them tips and acting as a power-up that makes them invincible, not to mention putting them back on the tracks when they fall off.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He's this in the first and second game due to him not appearing there and being revealed as the one behind Cortex the whole time. In the third game he's more closely involved, talking directly to the bandicoots; ''Crash Bash'' also plays the same way. ''The Wrath of Cortex'' onward brings him back to this.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Debuts in the third game and becomes a prominent character afterwards.
* InvincibilityPowerUp: In the racing games he can become this to the evil characters, protecting them from attacks and hazards as well as [[NitroBoost speeding them up]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Even more so than Cortex as he constantly bosses other bad guys around and is generally quite arrogant, unlike his brother, who is just as powerful as him, but much more humble and gentle.
* KnightOfCerebus: In ''Warped'' and ''Crash Bash'', Uka represented a far more terrifying enemy that terrified even Cortex. Toned down in later games, where he plays more the role of a comedic BadBoss.
* LargeHam: Always talks loud and over-dramatic. Somewhat toned down in later games, but still.
* TheManBehindTheMan: The main evil behind the machines of Cortex.
* MaskOfPower: In the same way as Aku Aku, he's a magical FloatingMask with lots of mystical powers.
* NoIndoorVoice: Clancy Brown gave Uka a [[VocalEvolution progressively]] loud, perpetually yelling voice. Creator/JohnDiMaggio toned this down with a more calmer depiction though still has tendencies of this. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' has him back to almost screaming every word with pure hatred for the do-gooding Bandicoot siblings.
-->'''Uka Uka:''' WHY!? WHY MUST YOU CONTINUE TO BE A THORN IN OUR SIDE!?
* OrcusOnHisThrone: In many of his later appearances Uka contributed very little to schemes, letting Cortex or some other crony take over. He becomes more active again in ''Titans'', though still has Nina take the lead.
* PowerEchoes: In ''N. Sane Trilogy'', his booming voice now echoes whenever he speaks.
* SdrawkcabName: His name is the name of his older twin brother Aku Aku but reversed.
* SealedEvilInACan: He was locked away in an underground prison by Aku Aku many eons ago until the prison was destroyed by Cortex's space station debris at the beginning of the third game.
* TheUnfought: He didn't get an actual boss fight until ''Twinsanity'' and ''Crash of the Titans'', despite being one of the main villains before then. He does, however, assist Cortex in ''Warped''.
* VocalEvolution: Clancy Brown's Uka sounded much more deep and sinister in ''Warped''. Alex Fernandez' Uka wasn't pitched down, making him sound a bit less threatening, and was prone to moments that were a bit more comical. Then, [=DiMaggio's=] Uka has a completely different voice, sounding more like a deeper-pitched [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Dr. Drakken]]. For ''N. Sane Trilogy'', [=DiMaggio=] imitates Brown's sinister baritone.
* WhenHeSmiles: He makes a genuine smile during his "I am feeling...generous" line in the ''N. Sane Trilogy version'' of ''Warped''.
* WitchDoctor: Can be assumed to be one, considering that's how his brother ended up becoming a mask as well.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: He was one of the characters to get a massive design change in ''Crash of the Titans'' to the point of looking entirely different than before. In both ''Crash of the Titans'' and ''Mind over Mutant'', he resembles a brown, sharp-toothed skull with no lower jaw, and had four horns with bones dangling off of them.
* YouHaveFailedMe: He threatens to punish Cortex for his failures all the time. Most are empty threats, though he did make a bungled attempt on his life in ''The Wrath of Cortex'', and has non lethally replaced him with another villain more than once (only to bring him back after they fail in turn). Also, his first threat on Cortex was a subversion of the trope; while he was angry with Cortex for messing up twice before, he let it slide since Cortex's failures indirectly freed him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Elementals]]
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-->Rok-Ko voiced by: Creator/ThomasFWilson (2001)\\
Wa-Wa voiced by: Creator/RLeeErmey (2001)\\
Py-Ro voiced by: Creator/MarkHamill (2001)\\
Lo-Lo voiced by: Creator/JessHarnell (2001)

A group of evil masks revived by Uka Uka in ''Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex'' to act as a power source for Crunch Bandicoot. Consists of Rok-Ko the Earth Elemental, Wa-Wa the Water Elemental, Py-Ro the Fire Elemental, and Lo-Lo the Air Elemental.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The instruction manual for ''The Wrath of Cortex'' notes their backstory as enemies to the Ancient masks several thousands of years ago and how the crystals are used to imprison them.
* AxCrazy: Py-Ro with how obsessed he wants Crash to succumb to a fiery death. Compared to the other Elementals who mainly taunt him, he's the one who gives him mostly what are essentially death threats. Its almost as if Mark Hamill's inner [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] is transmitting into him.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
-->'''Wa-Wa:''' Leave my levels alone!
* CatAndMouseBoss: Py-Ro the Fire Elemental, who turns Crunch into one of these. You have to lead him to a certain water-shooting mech in order to douse him, in which case the tables turn for Crash and Crunch.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Wa-Wa certainly acts the part, courtesy of the honorary Creator/RLeeErmey. Rather odd trait for a living, sentient aboriginal mask.
* ElementalPowers: All of them control one of the four elements of nature.
** DishingOutDirt: Rok-Ko controls earth.
** MakingASplash: Wa-Wa has power over water and can also [[AnIcePerson control ice]].
** PlayingWithFire: Py-Ro has power over fire.
** BlowYouAway: Lo-Lo controls the wind and can also [[ShockAndAwe shoot lightning]].
* JerkJock: While Rok-Ko doesn't look like it at first, he makes childish taunts towards Crash and acts like an overall ruffian. Helps that he's voiced by Creator/ThomasFWilson, who [[ActorAllusion played another one in the form of]] [[Characters/BackToTheFuture Biff Tannen]] in the [[Film/BackToTheFuture Back To The Future series.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Py-Ro was originally to be the last Elemental faced and his more brooding and manic disposition shows it. Zigzagged in the final game where the final Elemental is Lo-Lo, who is far more flamboyant but [[BewareTheSillyOnes offers an even more imposing transformation for Crunch.]]
* LargeHam: All of them have loud and expressive dialogue.
* MaskOfPower: They're a group of masks that contain elemental powers. They're never stated to be formerly witch doctors like Aku or Uka were, although they likely were.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Every mask except Rok-Ko turns Crunch into one of these (he just encases Crunch in a stone Atlasphere).
* {{Pun}}: All of them except Rok-Ko make at least one in their intermissions.
-->'''Wa-Wa:''' Ah, get over here you little orange sponge!
-->'''Py-Ro:''' Hope you brought your sunscreen, 'cause you're gonna burn.
-->'''Lo-Lo:''' Is there a draft in here?
* PyroManiac: Py-Ro, duh.
--> '''Py-Ro:''' Hmm, is it getting hot in here, is it safe to be wearing that fur? [[SuddenlyShouting It looks FLAMMABLE!]]
* SissyVillain: Lo-Lo who's easily the most flamboyant of the bunch, [[AgentPeacock contrasting with]] his destructive powers over storms and wind itself.
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: The fight with Lo-Lo is this, unlike the others, with Crash battling the transformed Crunch on his plane.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Velo Mask]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/SteveBlum (2003), Andre Sogliuzzo (2019)
A magical mask in the likeness of [[spoiler:the fake]] Emperor Velo XXVII that protects the alien racers in ''Crash Nitro Kart'' and ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled''.
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* AdaptedOut: The Velo Mask was absent in the [=GBA=] version of ''Nitro Kart'' and the original release of ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled'', with most of the alien characters instead being protected by Uka Uka. Due to fan requests, it was added to the latter game in one of the first update patches.
* EvilLaugh: It laughs in Emperor Velo's voice when activated in ''Nitro Kart''. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', it shouts Real Velo's higher-pitched "Ya-ha-hah!" instead.
* FlatCharacter: To the point where it's unclear if it even is a real "character". Unlike Aku Aku and Uka Uka, the Velo Mask has no explained role or function outside of gameplay and doesn't speak to the player at any point. It's unclear if it's an independent entity or just some projection of Emperor Velo's power. Even in ''Nitro-Fueled'', Uka-Uka still remains the mask-in-focus in the Adventure mode and is the one to tell the player they're going the wrong way.
* InvincibilityPowerUp: The Velo Mask acts as this for Teams Oxide and Trance in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', filling the same role as Aku Aku and Uka Uka for Teams Bandicoot and Cortex.
[[/folder]]

!!Other Evolved Animals:

[[folder:Ripper Roo]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote: Click here to see him as Dr. Roo]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doctor_roo.png[[/labelnote]]]]
-->Voiced by: Dallas [=McKennon=] (recording, 1996-1999), Creator/JeffBennett (2010), Creator/JessHarnell (2017), Andrew Morgado (2019)

A kangaroo who was the first creature modified by Doctor Neo Cortex, and is regarded as a failed experiment. He has a literal psychopathic personality and distinctive laughter. He later becomes a doctor in ''2'' although it seems that persona and part of his life didn't last very long.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He's a kangaroo with blue fur. Likely an effect of the Evolvo-Ray.
* AntiVillain: He works with Dr. N. Brio in ''Cortex Strikes Back'' to stop Crash from collecting the Crystals, taking a break from his studies to fight the bandicoot.
* AxCrazy: Absolutely loco.
* BadassBookworm: He can still fight well after getting his doctorate.
* BadassMustache: Again, as Doctor Roo.
* TheBerserker: One element to his fighting style, given his AxCrazy tendencies.
* TheCameo: He's among the villains who appear at Crash's "birthday party" in ''Twinsanity''.
* ContinuityNod: The end credits of the first game make mention of Ripper Roo getting therapy and higher education, receiving a doctorate in psychology and writing a book called ''Through the Eye of the Vortex: A Study of Rapid Evolution and Its Consequences''. In his boss battle in the second game, Crash interrupts him while he's studying.
* CombatSadomasochist: It's heavily implied that his habit of getting caught in his own explosions is a case of this.
* CulturedBadass: Doctor Roo, yet again.
* CuteAndPsycho: He becomes like this after the first game.
* DegradedBoss: He turns from being a second boss in the first game to being the first boss in the second. He also can now be hit by Crash's attacks.
* {{Expy}}: He bears a strong resemblance to Psycho the Weasel of the Toon Patrol from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', right down to the spiral eyes and straightjacket.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Type 1, and only shown a few times in CTR Nitro Fueled, once where he coughs up the boss key he previously swallowed after the player defeats him in Adventure Mode, and second where he swallows a beaker full of chemicals when he wins a race if the player uses his Mad Scientist skin.
* EyeGlasses: As Doctor Roo, has glasses which only make his pupils visible.
* GoodVersusGood: His role as a boss in Crash Bandicoot 2 invokes this due to his affiliations; he antagonizes Crash, but does so to stop Cortex.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Usually wears a straitjacket, and nothing else.
* HandyFeet: Handy enough to ''drive with''.
* JekyllAndHyde: Has this going on during his boss battle in the second game. When Crash first shows up, he's studying books and is dressed up to look like a doctor with a top hat, thick glasses, and a cane. After he's hit with his own TNT explosion, however, he reverts back to his former LaughingMad self, with the doctor clothes getting blown off in favor of WildHair. He switches back to Doctor Roo every time Crash hits him.
* LandSeaSky: Forms the "sea" portion of this with fellow Crash 1 evolved animals, Koala Kong and Pinstripe Potoroo. In most of his appearances, he is frequently associated with water and waterfalls.
* LaughingMad: His dialogue consists of insane laughter. Now and then, it's "translated" for the player.
* MadBomber: He frequently uses TNT and Nitro crates in his battles against Crash.
* MeaningfulName: His sharp claws could easily rip things apart, and as for "Roo", well...he's a kangaroo. 'Ripper' and 'Roo' are also Australian slang words for 'great' and 'kangaroo', respectively. So to some Aussies, his name could mean "great kangaroo". When you view some of his accomplishments, it makes a lot of sense actually!
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He stablized himself enough to obtain a doctorate, but it's clear he's still got issues to work through.
* MultiDirectionalBarrage: In his appearance in ''Crash Bash'' (El Pogo Loco stage), he may occasionally jump in the middle of the arena and then shoots missiles one by one to every direction instead of stamping TNT squares.
* NiceHat: Has a top hat, a bowtie and [[ClassyCane cane]] in ''2'' to go with his Doctor Roo transformation.
* PsychoPrototype: Crash came out of the Cortex Vortex a little [[CloudCuckooLander worse for wear]], but Roo, the earlier experiment...well...
* PuzzleBoss: His boss encounters involve him hopping around an arena with explosive crates involved. In the original game, he hops around in a set pattern on platforms surrounded by water, and the player has to jump on the drifting TNT crates at the right time so that they explode while Roo is next to them. In ''Cortex Strike Back'', he hops around the arena, and creates TNT and Nitro crates wherever he lands, and the goal is to find a safe spot from the explosions, and hit Roo after he has stunned himself.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Crash Team Racing'', he's unlocked as a playable racer by winning the Red Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.
* SharkTunnel: For some reason his track in ''CTR'' is set in one (Roo's Tubes).
* StockSoundEffect: His laughter is an adjusted and retuned version of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPiaB7z4ehY laughter track]] first recorded in Disney/LadyAndTheTramp originally provided by Creator/DallasMcKennon. This is averted in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'', where he's voiced respectively by Creator/JessHarnell and Andrew Morgado.
* StuffBlowingUp: What usually happens when you fight him. He's one explosives-loving kangaroo alright.
* SuddenlyVoiced: In the Japanese version of ''Crash Team Racing'' he speaks coherently. This was intended for the English version as well (with the voice files even existing in the game) but ultimately omitted.
* TacticalSuicideBoss: Ripper Roo, we get that you're crazy, but still, detonating a Nitro panel by your own body will make you vulnerable.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Aside from the Doctor Roo bit above, In ''CTR'', he surprisingly becomes a state governor.
* ThrillSeeker: In the ''Nitro-Fueled'' ending, he somehow becomes a thrill ride engineer, only to get blacklisted after the authorities discovered that every ride he created was just a new way to test his threshold for pain.
* YouDontLookLikeYou:
** Appears in the mobile game ''Crash Nitro Kart 3D'' looking much different than normal. He appears much larger, and his facial structure and body type look very different, and much more like an actual kangaroo. He also ditches his trademark straitjacket for [[BoxingKangaroo a pair of boxing gloves]]. Despite this, his character icon still uses his regular appearance. He's back to normal in ''Crash Nitro Kart 2''.
** Subverted in ''Crash Twinsanity'' where he looks more like a realistic kangaroo, with straight ears, shorter tongue and a squared muzzle, but is still recognizable regardless.
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[[folder:Koala Kong]]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/FredTatasciore (2017)

A modified koala who tosses around boulders using his superhuman strength.
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* TheAhnold: Implied. The credits for the first game state that he moved to Hollywood to become an action star, and paid for counselling to improve his diction.
** [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/crashban/images/d/dd/Koala_Kong_Bio_Concept.png/revision/latest?cb=20151119163453 This concept art sheet]] explicitly states he's modeled after Stallone.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: He wears a red tank top and yellow pants, but no shoes.
* TheCameo: He's seen amongst the gathering of villains at Crash's "birthday party" at the beginning of ''Twinsanity''.
* CarpetOfVirility: His muscle-shirt is literally overflowing with with a giant tuft of chest-hair. Oddly, his in-game model from Crash Bash leaves his chest clean even though the tuft is still there for promotional art. It returns in ''Twinsanity'', but is absent again in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Loved to flex his muscles and shake his butt when fighting Crash, [[TacticalSuicideBoss leaving him wide open to Crash spinning back his boulders and defeating him.]]
* DumbMuscle: The instruction manual for the first game mentions that "more protons were put towards his muscles than his brain" upon creation.
* LandSeaSky: Forms the "land" part of this trio with Ripper Roo and Pinstripe. You first encounter him in a mine, where he attacks primarily by throwing boulders at you.
* PecFlex: Whenever he isn't attacking Crash, he's flexing his muscles, and ''N. Sane Trilogy'' further exaggerates this trope, to the point where his head is nearly engulfed by his pecs. His ShakingTheRump animation during his boss fight is even replaced by him doing a pec dance.
* PutOnABus: Aside from the first game, ''Crash Bash'', and a small cameo in ''Twinsanity'', Kong never served as a boss again, as Tiny had basically usurped his role as Cortex's muscle.
* RatedMForManly: He's a giant, muscular koala who loves to flex his muscles and throw boulders at weaker characters.
* TheRival: To Tiny in ''Crash Bash''. Also his MovesetClone.
* ShakingTheRump: During his boss fight in the original game, he frequently turns around and flexes his glutes at the camera.
* TopHeavyGuy: Much like Tiny, he has a large upper body, but skinny legs. ''N. Sane Trilogy'' further buffs him up, making him even ''more'' top heavy than Tiny, with much thicker arms and pecs so big they're nearly engulfing his head.
* TheVoiceless: He makes deep, gravelly sounds in ''Crash Bash'', but in the original game, he doesn't make a sound. It's heavily implied that he sounds like Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger or Creator/SylvesterStallone. He's given a proper voice at last in ''N. Sane Trilogy''.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: His reappearance in ''Crash Twinsanity'' has him re-tooled to be less wide and to have more koala-like features in his face. The end result is superficially familiar, but significantly different looking.
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[[folder:Pinstripe Potoroo]]
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->''"Forget about it!"''
-->Voiced by: Brendan O'Brien (1996-2005), Creator/JessHarnell (2017), Creator/RobbieDaymond (2019)

A modified potoroo who wears a pinkish-red pinstripe suit and wields a fully-loaded Tommy gun. One of Cortex's servants from the first game and the head of Cortex Power, Cortex's power plant for his castle.

After his defeat at the hands of Crash, he moved to Chicago to work at a sanitation company and was working his way to becoming a state governor. Like Ripper Roo's situation, it didn't take too long to return back to his old gangster shenanigans. According to the
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Like any self-respecting gangster would.
* BottomlessMagazines: He can shoot his Tommy gun forever, though that doesn't stop it from jamming, leaving him open to be attacked. Averted in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', where he reloads his gun when repositioning.
* BrooklynRage: He speaks like this in ''CTR'', but it seems to lean more towards {{Joisey}}.
* TheCameo: He's among the gathering of previous villains seen during Crash's "birthday party" in ''Twinsanity''.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's the owner of Cortex's Power Station in the first game and he's responsible for the immense pollution in the ocean nearby.
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: His whole shtick. He even speaks with a [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey accent]], often associated with gangsters, in ''Crash Team Racing''.
* DeadMansTriggerFinger: When beaten, he squeezes the trigger especially hard before he goes down.
* TheDon: He's the leader of a group of gangster Potoroos. His full name is Don Pinstripelli Potorotti.
* {{Expy}}: Like Ripper Roo, Pinstripe bears a close resemblance to the Toon Patrol weasels from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. His hairdo makes him closely resemble Greasy, while the colour of his suit more evokes Smart Ass.
* FiringInTheAirALot: He [[TriggerHappy really likes shooting his gun]], which is really made obvious when he wins first place in ''Crash Team Racing''.
* GunNut: He loves his tommy gun a lot. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he kisses it affectionately both at the end of a race and in his special costume.
* HonestJohnsDealership: According to the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, he starts one after the events of Crash Team Racing. While successful at first, he eventually gets busted due to his "atypical methods", forcing him to go back to the energy business.
* ISurrenderSuckers: Subverted in ''Nitro-Fueled''. After you defeat him in Adventure Mode, he goes to his kart and punctures a tire to fish out something from inside -- with a shifty look and an ominous music sting, seemingly about to pull his gun on the player -- only for him to hand over the Boss Key (albeit reluctantly), fulfilling his part of the deal.
* LandSeaSky: Forms the "sky" portion of this with Koala Kong and Ripper Roo. His office is located at the top of his power plant, and ''Crash Team Racing'' reveals he owns a fleet of blimps that the remake ''Nitro-Fueled'' explains is an airborn casino.
* LaughingMad: In the original game, whenever he gets to stand in the center of the stage and fire his gun throughout the whole room, he lets out a wicked cackle.
* LeanAndMean: He's rather thin and he also looks like a gangster leader.
* LevelsTakeFlight: His track in ''CTR'' is Hot Air Skyway, a floating track on the sky.
* MadBomber: In ''Crash Team Racing'', he has a never-ending supply of rolling bombs, which he'll continuously throw behind him.
* MeaningfulName: His name is Pinstripe, and a pinstripe suit is often associated with gangsters. Whilst "potoroo" seems a simple reference to his species, a metal door in his factory names him "Don Pinstripelli Potorotti."
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When he's beaten, he accidentally shoots at the reactor in the background, which is implied to cause the eventual destruction of the castle.
* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: His primary weakness in the first game.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Crash Team Racing'', he's unlocked as a playable character by winning the Yellow Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: He's a Potoroo, which are rat-like marsupials about the size of a rabbit.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Aside from the sanitation company bit above, in ''CTR'', he becomes an used car salesman in New Jersey. His success is attributed to his Tommy gun.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: As befitting of his nature, especially in his post-defeat cutscene for ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* YouDirtyRat: Well, he's a Potoroo, which are at least rat-like in appearance. He's also a SlimeBall who will race for the fate of the planet [[OnlyInItForTheMoney for a good amount of fee.]]
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[[folder:Komodo Brothers]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:'''Left:''' Joe. '''Right:''' Moe.]]
-->Komodo Joe voiced by: David Anthony Pizzuto (1999), Creator/FredTatasciore (2017-Present)
-->Komodo Moe voiced by: Creator/FredTatasciore (2017)

Two modified komodo dragons, named Joe and Moe, who have served as boss characters in the series.
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* AbandonedMine: Joe's track in ''CTR'', Dragon Mines, is set on a mine with [[MinecartMadness rolling minecarts]] as obstacles.
* AntiVillain: In ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacing,'' Komodo Joe confronts the player as the third boss. His motivations are based on the doubt that you have what it takes to defeat Oxide. They also attempted to stop Crash from delivering the crystals to Cortex in the second game.
* BashBrothers: Although Joe races alone in ''Crash Team Racing''.
* BeardOfEvil: Moe has a goatee.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Joe is the brains, Moe is the brawn.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: For some reason, Komodo Moe does not appear alongside his brother Joe in ''CTR'', due to graphical limitations. With the exception of ''N. Sane Trilogy'', neither of them have appeared in the main series since their debut in ''Cortex Strikes Back'', only showing up as bosses in ''Crash Bash''. They don't even appear with the other villains at Crash's "birthday party" in ''Twinsanity'', though [[WhatCouldHaveBeen they were intended]] to make an appearance as the "Krazy Komodo Crash Course", where they chased Crash through a racetrack.
* DualBoss: They're fought at the same time, in both the second game and ''Crash Bash''.
* DumbMuscle: Komodo Moe may be strong, but he has a low IQ.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Like Tiny, the Komodo Brothers were intended for the first game and appear in the unused animated FMV as creations of Cortex.
* FatAndSkinny: Moe's the [[FatBastard fat]], Joe's the [[LeanAndMean skinny]].
* FourFingeredHands: Oddly enough, despite being the same species, Joe has four fingers on each hand, while Moe only has three.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: To deal damage to them, Crash has to spin Joe towards Moe, hurting them both.
* HazyFeelTurn: Due to their roles in the second game, the Komodo Brothers antagonized Crash, but for good purposes as they were trying to stop him from giving the crystals to Cortex. However, in ''Crash Team Racing'', Joe is protected by Uka Uka, which signifies that he (and likely Moe too) is in the bad side. It's not until Crash Bash that their alignment comes into question and even then, they fight anyone who reaches them, good or evil.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Cortex and Crash in ''CTR'', he has balanced stats all around.
* NotSoStoic: Joe puts on a cool face in ''CTR'', until he loses, where he starts bawling.
* PunnyName: Combined, their names create the word "mojo."
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Well, they're ''technically'' not "bad" guys, per se, but they're definitely not [[GoodIsNotNice nice]].
* SecretCharacter: Joe can be unlocked as a playable racer in ''Crash Team Racing'' by winning the Blue Gem Cup.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Komodo dragons are a fairly well-known lizard species, but seeing one in media is quite rare.
* SoreLoser: Joe is not only reduced to InelegantBlubbering when standing in a non-winning position on the podiums in ''CTR'', but after his boss fight, he only hands over the key after rubbing it in that if the planet is destroyed by the results of racing Oxide, it will be the player's fault. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he ''threatens'' the player by nearly killing them with his scimitar before producing the key.
* SpaceZone: In ''Crash Bash'' they're fought on the moon as they're controlling a cannon-filled fortress.
* {{Sssssnaketalk}}: Komodo Joe.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: They're never shown actually swinging their scimitars in the proper way. They ''only'' throw them.
* TheVoiceless: Komodo Moe has never had any fully voiced dialogue. All he has is an EvilLaugh that is recycled from the barrel-throwing Potaroo gangsters from the first game. He remains silent in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', but now has a unique laugh and grunts provided by Creator/FredTatasciore.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he runs [[HonestJohnsDealership Honest Joe's wedding ring and rare gem outlet]] in Zurich. It ends after it's discovered that the business has been used for laundering stolen gemstones. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', it's revealed that soon after, Moe opened up a jewelery auction house.
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[[folder:Tiny Tiger]]
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->''"BANDICOOTS! I can SQUASH Bandicoots!"''

-->Voiced by: Brendan O' Brien (1998-2001), Creator/JohnDiMaggio (2003, 2017-Present), Chris Williams (2007-08), Creator/NolanNorth (2007)[[note]]in the DS version of ''Crash of the Titans'')[[/note]]

A hulking mutant Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) henchman. Originally a cohort for Dr. Nitrus Brio, he is retooled into Cortex's most faithful henchman in ''Warped''.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Was a thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) in the original games, but was changed to a siberian tiger in the Radical games. In other words, he was changed from a possum to a cat.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: While real Tasmanian tigers/thylacines were more of a beige, sandy color, in the Naughty Dog games he was orange. This was changed in ''Twinsanity'', his fur becoming sandy yellow.
* AntiVillain:
** Tiny originally served Doctor N. Brio for the purpose of keeping Crash from delivering the crystals to Cortex and stop his evil plans.
** He is clearly a PunchClockVillain in the Radical era games. Even with his previous incarnation, it gradually becomes more apparent he is [[UndyingLoyalty merely loyal to Cortex]] than actually being vile himself. Like Cortex, he also isn't against fighting alongside the heroes against a common enemy such as [[Videogame/CrashTeamRacing Oxide]]. He's even converted to the good side in ''Crash Bash'', though only for that game since the good side is lacking in numbers and Aku Aku asks to even the odds[[note]]Crunch had yet to make his debut at the time, and as for [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Tawna]]...[[/note]].
* BreakingTheBonds: At the start of his boss fight in the third game, he's chained to 2 big stone pillars.
* CampStraight: His Radical Entertainment incarnation is, in his own words, "stupendous and fantabulous".
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Initially one of N. Brio's lackeys in his debut in ''Cortex Strikes Back'', he was later retooled into Cortex's most [[UndyingLoyalty undyingly loyal]] henchman from ''Warped'' onwards.
* TheCameo: He's one of the villains at Crash's "birthday party" in ''Twinsanity''.
* DegradedBoss: He turns from being a third boss in the second game to being the first boss in third. He also can now be hit by Crash's attacks.
* DumbMuscle: His strength is only matched by his idiocy. That's before the Radical Entertainment games, at least.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Having been designed for the first game, he appears in the unused animated FMV. Counting this as canon, here it is made clear he was created by Cortex (albeit still through Brio's assistance).
* EmotionalBruiser: Both his losing animations in ''Nitro-Fueled'' certainly portray him as one, with his race loss animation having him wipe a tear from his eye and his podium loss animation outright having him bawling his eyes out (though not as much as Komodo Joe and Cortex).
* EvilSoundsDeep: Possesses an extremely deep voice prior to ''Crash of The Titans''.
* FluffyTheTerrible: "Tiny" is a word [[IronicName you wouldn't think of first]] when thinking of a hulking mutant tasmanian tiger. His track in ''CTR'', Tiny Arena, [[MarathonLevel is also far from tiny.]]
* GoThroughMe: When Nash threatens an unimpressed Cortex in ''Nitro Kart'' a very angry looking Tiny darts in front of him.
* GroundPound: His main tactic as a boss is to jump and trying to land on Crash as Tiny chases him.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Wears spiked shoulder pads, a LoinCloth and Converse sneakers, but is [[WalkingShirtlessScene always shirtless]].
* HazyFeelTurn: In ''Cortex Strikes Back'' Tiny served Brio, attempting to stop Cortex but antagonising Crash to do so. By the beginning of Warped, Tiny has become a loyal follower of Cortex, so ''still'' antagonising Crash but for fully evil purposes.
* HiddenDepths: ''Crash Nitro Kart'' portrays Tiny as much more docile off of work hours, being somewhat childlike and submissive around the other villains. His UndyingLoyalty to Cortex is also given much more focus.
* HulkSpeak: Before the Radical Entertainment games.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Debuts in the second game and becomes a prominent character afterwards.
* IronicName: What's this giant, muscular, roaring tiger called? None other than '''Tiny'''.
* InNameOnly: His portrayal in ''Titans'' is very much considered this by many fans, due to not only having a different personality and voice, but also because he's now a completely different species. Unlike the original games, where he's a tazmanian tiger, in ''Titans'' he's now a siberian tiger. He may as well be a completely different character.
* TheKlutz: Seems to be renowned for this by ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he is the first to blame when something goes berserk.
-->'''N. Gin:''' What did you break ''now''?!
* LeftStuckAfterAttack: In the third game, whenever he decides to stab Crash with his trident, he'll get stuck trying to dislodge it from the ground, leaving him open for Crash's attack.
* ManChild: Sometimes acts very excitable and infant like, particularly around Cortex.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: In the Radical games, Tiny is this in spades. The original rendition, while more vicious and antagonistic towards Crash, actually has traits of this as well, particularly in ''Crash Nitro Kart''.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Boss battles against Tiny involve him jumping around a lot. With his [[TopHeavyGuy massive upper body and positively twiggy legs]], you wouldn't exactly expect him to be capable of leaping higher and farther than Crash.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:In Team Cortex's ending in ''Nitro Kart'', after the bad guys get stranded on Terra, Tiny quickly fixes Velo's scepter, only to get himself mistaken for a god by its inhabitants.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Cortex:''' Tiny!!! You BUFFOON!!!]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His voice in the Radical Entertainment games is an impersonation of boxer Mike Tyson.
* RightHandAttackDog: Although not actually a dog, he tends to serve a similar role, especially when protecting Dr. Neo Cortex.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Tiny is a Tasmanian Tiger, a species that's been extinct since 1936. However, this is never pointed out in-game.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The Radical Entertainment version of Tiny sometimes practices this (''"I can hardly articulate my displeasure!"'').
* ShouldersOfDoom: Has this in combination with SpikesOfVillainy.
* SuperPrototype: He was the last animal subjected to the Evolvo-Ray before Crash.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He started out in ''Crash 2'' as the resident musclebound bruiser replacing Koala Kong, only with growling and emphasis on jumping around, before the following games [[DivergentCharacterEvolution fleshed him out]].
* TheRival: To Koala Kong in ''Crash Bash''. Also his MovesetClone.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Before the Radical Entertainment games.
* TopHeavyGuy: A very straight example prior to the Radical Entertainment redesign. His legs ''are'' tiny. Ironically, a lot of the boss battles against him involve him jumping around a lot, something you wouldn't expect his twiggy legs would be capable of.
* UndyingLoyalty: Ironically, following ''Cortex Strikes Back'' he is retooled into Cortex's most loyal minion. Especially prominent in ''Nitro Kart'', where he’s a borderline mindless pet for the doctor. He is also one of very few main cohorts who doesn't work against him in ''Twinsanity''.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he moves to Beverly Hills and opens a chain of fitness clubs under a brand of his own. The exercise videos he made are especially successful.
* WolfPackBoss: In ''Warped'' he fights alongside a pride of lions. In Crash of the Titans, he fights with several mutants.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: One of the most infamous examples in the Radical Entertainment games. The two designs have almost nothing in common to the point that they might as well be different characters. Tiny somehow went from being a roaring, monstrous Tasmanian Tiger to a campy Bengal Tiger with the voice of Mike Tyson. However, he reverted back to his original design in the mobile racing games that followed.
* YourSizeMayVary: In most games where he is a boss, he's an absolute behemoth. In many of his playable appearances however, he's only a head or two larger than Crash.
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[[folder:Dingodile]]
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->''"Break out the butter, I'm gonna make toast!"''
-->Voiced by: William Hootkins (1998-99), David Anthony Pizzuto (1999), Creator/DwightSchultz (2003-04), Creator/NolanNorth (2007)[[note]]Dingodile appeared in the DS version of ''Crash of the Titans'' only.[[/note]], Creator/FredTatasciore (2017-Present)

A combination of a dingo and a crocodile and the aggressiveness to match, Dingodile was originally created by N. Brio for an unknown purpose, later becoming one of Cortex's and Uka Uka's top henchmen in ''Warped''.
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* AntiVillain: Like Tiny, he isn't against fighting against a common enemy such as [[Videogame/CrashTeamRacing Oxide]] when the chips are down. Occasionally, he will also fight on the good side, such as in ''VideoGame/CrashBash''.
* AwesomeAussie: Despite the fact that all of the other evolved animals come from Australia as well -- except for the Komodo Brothers, who are from the neighboring Indonesia -- Dingodile is the only one to have an accent.
* BigBadWannabe: In ''Twinsanity'', he seems to be working alone, but N. Tropy outshines him as the primary villain of the treasure sub-plot.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', Dingodile, Pura and Polar get hypnotized by N. Trance into racing for him.
* ButtMonkey: The intros to the first two racing games [[AmusingInjuries are not kind to him]]. His kart [[AshFace blows up in his face]] in ''Crash Team Racing'' and gets [[SquashedFlat smashed into a wall by]] [[TheDoorSlamsYou Tiny bursting through the door beside him]] in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. It gets even worse for him in ''Nitro-Fueled'': his kart still explodes, but also [[FromBadtoWorse ignites a leak from two nearby drums of fuel.]] When he realises, he slowly turns to the screen with [[ThisIsGonnaSuck a defeated look]] before it cuts away.
* DeathMountain: His track in ''CTR'', Dingo Canyon, is set on one.
* FlamethrowerBackfire: In ''Warped'', whenever you land a hit on him, it somehow causes his fuel tank to explode.
* HeelFaceTurn: Implied in ''Nitro-Fueled.'' Instead of becoming an animal breeder like the original CTR, Dingodile's WhereAreTheyNow epilogue in the remake now says he retired his flamethrower and became a firefighter, ironically, being one of the most successful in the business.
* HiddenDepths: [[AllThereInTheManual According to his bio in the manual]] for ''The Wrath of Cortex'', his favourite hobbies are playing croquet and reading Shakespeare, and ''Twinsanity'' actually shows him reading. That and torching little animals with his flamethrower, of course.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Debuts in the third game and becomes a prominent character afterwards.
* InexplicablyTailless: Subverted. He normally has a very prominent green crocodile tail, but whenever he's driving a kart, his tail is conspicuously absent, since there's no way for him to sit in his tiny kart comfortably and naturally with that tail there. The ''Crash Team Racing'' remake, ''Nitro-Fueled'', originally kept this inconstancy straight in the first few trailers, but later on added his tail back.
* InformedSpecies: Despite being part dingo, part crocodile, his face looks much more like that of a wild pig than a dingo or crocodile: possibly as a result of combining a crocodile's nostrils and jawline shape with a dingo's head and muzzle.
* {{Jerkass}}: What other term can you use to describe the guy who torches small animals for a living and was about to set fire to a baby penguin before Crash intervened?
* KickTheDog: The aforementioned introduction scene where he threatens a baby penguin with his flamethrower.
* LoneWolfBoss: In ''Twinsanity'', he seems to be working separately from Tropy's alliance, though he may have supplied information.
* MixAndMatchCritter: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dingodile: half-dingo, half-crocodile.]] He's got the general body shape of a crocodile, but with the fur, ears and feet of a dingo, minus his scaly tail and underbelly. In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue of ''CTR'', he opens a special pet shop that combines many animals together for exotic pets.
* PunchClockVillain: While he is still a sadistic pyromaniac who is mostly loyal to Cortex and Uka Uka, near the beginning of ''Twinsanity'', after Crash and Cortex fall down a pit, rather than finishing off Crash or helping save Cortex, he instead opts to [[VillainousFriendship take a lunch break with Ripper Roo.]]
* PyroManiac: He wields a massive flamethrower, and he ''loves'' to use it.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: He is equal parts canine and reptile, and he is one of the least trustworthy as well as least honorable characters of the franchise.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', where he's unlocked by winning the Red Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.
* {{Slimeball}}: Most shown in ''Twinsanity'' where his only goal is to steal the Evil Twins' riches for himself, and the lack of sophistication comes into play due to the fact that he's an absolute PyroManiac.
* TheStarscream: He turns on Cortex in ''Twinsanity'' in an attempt to steal the Evil Twins' treasure.
* TacticalSuicideBoss: In ''Warped'', the crystal barriers that he made were covering him well enough -- the [[EasyLevelTrick slide/double-jump and spin trick]] notwithstanding -- before he starts blasting through them with his flamethrower, creating gaps big enough for Crash/Coco to get to him in the process.
** It happens again in Dingodile's ''Twinsanity'' boss battle, where his charged shots keep revealing the buttons that Crash can use to activate the sprinkler system. This briefly distracts him and puts out the wall of flames protecting him, opening him up to a counter-attack.
* TheRival: To Rilla Roo in ''Crash Bash''. Also his MovesetClone.
* VocalDissonance: An odd case in ''Twinsanity'' where his regular speaking voice is normal, but throughout his boss battle, he makes loud, disturbingly realistic pig-like squeals and grunts. Before that, he had a deep, goofy laugh in ''Crash Bash'' that sounded nothing like any of his other voices.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Entirely orange in coloration and even ditches his flamethrower for a water cannon in the DS version of ''Crash of the Titans''. He at least lampshades the latter in his boss battle intro:
-->'''Dingodile''': G'day, Crash! Now, I know what you're thinking. ''"Oh, look. It's Dingodile, again! Same old, same old!"''. Well, mate, I'VE got a shiny new gun! And I'm tougher than ever.
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[[folder:Rilla Roo]]
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A hybrid of a Gorilla and a Kangaroo who was summoned to fight on Uka-Uka's teamin ''Crash Bash''.
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* AllThereInTheManual: According to one of the epilogues added in the Japanese version of Bash, Brio created Rilla Roo from the genes of Ripper Roo. Another states Rilla's desire to open a yakiniku (grilled meat) shop.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Or maybe not, considering he only makes one appearance in the entire series.
* EvilCounterpart: To Dingodile...who was only good for that one instance in ''Crash Bash''. One wonders why they didn't just make Rilla Roo the good counterpart to him.
* FlatCharacter: Shows up for ''Crash Bash'', acts like a monkey, then never shows up again.
* TheKlutz: He's described in the manual as having "the disposition of a trainwreck"
* MixAndMatchCritter: Half gorilla, half kangaroo.
* MovesetClone: He shares the same animations as Dingodile. This is likely the reason for his creation, as every playable character in ''Crash Bash'' shares animation with another (Crash and Coco, Cortex and Brio, Tiny and Kong). There aren't any other characters that share Dingodile's shape (except the Komodo Brothers, who are used as a boss) or status as a MixAndMatchCritter, so Rilla Roo was created as his equivalent.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He was never seen or mentioned in any of the games prior to ''Crash Bash'', nobody questions who he is, and after ''Crash Bash'' he never shows up again. He apparently was meant to appear in VideoGame/CrashNitroKart at one point, but was removed from the final game.
* TheRival: To Dingodile in ''Crash Bash''. Also his MovesetClone.
* ShrinkingViolet: His character bio gives him shades of this, being so camera shy that he doesn't even have a proper picture in the US instruction manual.
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[[folder:Rusty Walrus]]
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->''"Ah, yummy! Fresh meat for my pot!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/DwightSchultz (2004)

A bipedal walrus who works on N. Gin's ship in ''Twinsanity''. Has an interest in cooking Crash.
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* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Much like with the [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996 boulders]], [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack giant polar bears]], [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped triceratops]] and [[VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex dragons]] before him, Rusty Walrus chases Crash down a hallway and cannot be attacked, and instantly kills Crash should he catch up.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He's a blue walrus.
* DemotedToExtra: He was originally going to have a larger role in the game, with his own boss fight, but as with a lot of content in ''Twinsanity'', it was cut.
* EvilChef: He chases Crash with the intention of cooking him.
* FatBastard: He's both an EvilChef and a walrus, so he's gonna be fat.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: He's never mentioned prior to his encounter. He just shows up out of nowhere, declares Crash as his next meal, and the chase begins. Even when compared to other Crash villains, he is pretty random.
* ImplacableMan: Absolutely nothing will stop him from taking his meat - not bottomless pits, not hot air vents, not even nitro crates!
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His name is a pun on NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He was never mentioned prior to chasing Crash, nor is he mentioned afterwards. However, unlike characters like Pasadena or the other FunnyAnimal characters who just show up out of nowhere in later titles, he's still under the employ of one of the main villains of the series, so it's easy to assume he's just another result of the Evolvo-Ray.
* WilyWalrus: A villainous walrus who tries to cook Crash.
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!!Aliens:
!!!Relating to aliens in general
* AliensAreBastards: All of the aliens shown so far either want world domination, are working for other aliens wanting the same, or are coercing Earthlings to do evil for them. A few are less evil than others, however.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The only one who can't speak is Zam, who's the alien equivalent of a dog.
* InvincibilityPowerUp: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', all of them are protected by an unnamed green mask who resembles Velo. This includes Nitros Oxide, who was protected by Uka Uka in his debut game, and also extends to the characters brainwashed by N. Trance, both good (Polar and Pura) and evil (Dingodile).
* PlanetOfHats: It seems like the aliens in this series are big fans of kart racing, since they appear most frequently in racing games.

[[folder:Nitros Oxide]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:"Get ready to race for the fate of your planet!"]]
->''"So you pesky Earth slugs like to race, eh? Well I, Nitros Oxide, am the fastest racer in the galaxy! I travel the stars looking for creatures to test my skills. It's a little game I call 'Survival of the Fastest!"''
-->Voiced by: David Anthony Pizzuto (1999), Creator/QuintonFlynn (2003), Creator/CoreyBurton (2019)

An extraterrestrial from the planet Gasmoxia who claims to be the fastest racer in the galaxy. He is best known as the BigBad of ''Crash Team Racing'', though he has had other appearances in the series.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: If he beats Earth's best racer, he promises to terraform the whole planet into a concrete parking lot and enslave all its inhabitants. Unused dialogue also reveals that he's the reason there's no life on Mars.
* AllYourPowersCombined: He had the weapons of the previous race bosses, except Ripper Roo; he used Papu Papu's green and red beakers (Tossing them in bundles of two), Komodo Joe's TNT/Nitro Crates, and Pinstripe's Bombs (shot backwards).
* AstralFinale: Given that he's an extraterrestrial, it's only fitting that his boss race takes place in a space station. He's also fought in space and then on his planet in ''Crash Bash'' as the final boss.
* BadassDriver: He's billed himself as the faster driver in the galaxy, and decides the fates of planets based on whether they can beat him in a race.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Crash Team Racing''.
* TheCameo: He can be seen among the gathering of villains from previous games in the cutscene prior to the first boss fight in ''Twinsanity''. He also appears very briefly, flying through space in his hovercraft, in the vanity logo sequence of ''The Wrath of Cortex''.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: More so than the other bosses in ''Crash Team Racing''. Not only does he drop the constant barrage of traps, but he actually starts the race before the green light. In the rematch, his item spam gets even worse. The track is going to be ''littered'' with traps if you let him get too far ahead. He also spins (as if he's hit by beakers, thus losing only a little time) rather than tumbling if he's hit by rolling bomb or missile etc, though he will tumble if hit by the bubble shield, Aku Aku/Uka Uka and TNT.
* CoolOldGuy: It's impossible to tell just by looking at him, but he's apparently old for a member of his species, and blames his loss against the racers of Earth on getting slower in his old age. ''Nitro-Fueled'' makes it more apparent by having the markings on his head look rather worn out.
* {{Cyborg}}: Oxide has metal exhaust pipes coming out of the back of his head and smaller ones on his back, indicating that he has some kind of cybernatic enhancements. These exhaust pipes are never used in any way and in gameplay terms seem to be purely cosmetic (other than igniting in his Hot Rod costume in his podium victory animation).
* DemotedToDragon: He's shown to merely be one of Velo's lackeys in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', and doesn't play any role in the Adventure Mode outside of being an occasional AI opponent.
* DrivesLikeCrazy
* EvilVsEvil: In most of his appearances, he is as much an enemy of Cortex's team for trying to steal his ambitions.
* FinalBoss: He's the fifth and last boss in ''Crash Team Racing'', as well as the last opponent in ''Crash Bash''.
* FlyingSaucer: His kart in ''Crash Team Racing'' is a big green round saucer with lots of exhaust pipes. It's more resembling a plane in ''Crash Bash'', though.
* HugeHolographicHead: In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he now directly addresses Crash, Coco and Cortex in this manner, explaining his plan to them and not simply to the player.
* JackOfAllStats: In ''Nitro Kart'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'' he has average stats with an emphasis on acceleration.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: More like multi-legged, but still.
* {{Nerf}}: In ''Nitro-Fueled'''s boss fights against him, he no longer merely skids when attacked by most items, instead tumbling like any other racer when hit with missiles or bombs.
* NiceHat: In his win pose in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he wears a top hat and dances with a cane. In his lose pose, however, he jumps up and down on the hat in a temper.
* OffModel: His ''Crash Nitro Kart'' model depicts him with one small exhaust pipe coming out of the back of his head instead of the two big ones he had before.
* OneSteveLimit: They're spelled differently, but his first name sounds ientical to that of Nitrus Brio's first name.
* PromotedToPlayable: He made his debut as an unplayable boss in ''Crash Team Racing'', but he becomes playable in ''Nitro Kart''. ''Nitro-Fueled'', as a remake of ''Crash Team Racing'', also turns him into an unlockable character.
* PunnyName: He shares the name of a turbo fuel.
* SacrificialPlanet: He is the reason why there's no life on Mars. He raced against the inhabitants of Mars before he raced Earth and Mars lost, leaving it as a desolate, barren planet (this is said in scrapped dialogue).
* ShoutOut: He throws out the infamous "survival of the fittest" line by Charles Darwin, modified to fit his racing theme of course.
-->'''Oxide:''' It's a little game I call Survival of the Fastest. Here's the way we play: I challenge the best driver of your world to a race for the planet. If your driver wins I'll leave your miserable little rock alone. But if I win I'll turn your entire globe into a concrete parking lot and make you my slaves[[labelnote:*]]("Minions" in ''Nitro-Fueled''.) [[/labelnote]]. [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHA!]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he plays no role other than being one of the common AI opponents. However, it's implied that he's the one who informed Emperor Velo of Earth's racing prowess in the first place, hence kickstarting the entire plot of the game.
* SmugSnake: He boasts about being the best racer in the universe and throws out as many taunts as he does traps in the final boss race.
* SoreLoser: He throws a mighty tantrum on the podium whenever he loses. The first time he's defeated, he also refuses to leave and [[MovingTheGoalposts tells the player to get relics to challenge him again.]]
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: In ''Crash Bash'' you have to chase after him on a space plane, trying to shoot/avoid obstacles along the way. It also doesn't fit into any minigames of the game.
* UnexplainedRecovery: The credits to ''CTR'' says he was in a unicycle accident so gruesome that it couldn't be described in detail. He shows up in later games looking no worse than he did before.
* VillainTeamUp: He has joined with Cortex a couple of times. He teams with him to get the bandicoots banished from N. Sanity Island in ''Nitro Kart 3D'' and gladly accepts an invite to Crash's "birthday party" for some revenge in ''Twinsanity''. In ''Nitro Kart'', Oxide and N. Trance together tell Velo about Crash and Cortex, causing the game to happen.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In ''CTR'', he ends up becoming a bitter alien. After some years of therapy, he goes back to the fray, but his choice of vehicle (a unicycle) leads to an accident too gruesome to be detailed.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: He appears in the mobile game ''Crash Nitro Kart 3D'' looking a lot more like an entirely green version of Film/{{Pumpkinhead}} and [[WalkingShirtlessScene without his iconic purple suit]]. His character icon still retains his old appearance, however.
* YourSizeMayVary: He appears larger than any other character when you actually race him, but when you see him in the winner's circle, he's suddenly much smaller, being taller than Crash and Cortex but definitely shorter than Tiny. ''Nitro Kart'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'' avert this, where he's around the same size as the rest of the cast.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:N. Trance]]
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->''"I'm a tough egg to crack!"''
-->Voiced by: Tom Bourdon (2003), [[Creator/MichaelGoughVoiceActor Michael Gough]] (2019)

An egg-like being from the Fifth Dimension and the self-proclaimed master of hypnotism. He aids Uka Uka in ''Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced'' at the recommendation of Dr. N. Tropy. In ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he, along with Nitrous Oxide, informs Velo about Crash and Cortex, kickstarting the plot.
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* BaldOfEvil: Due to being an egg-like alien.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: N. Trance's modus operandi is doing this to his foes. He brainwashes Crunch, Coco and Fake Crash to work for him in his debut, and in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', he does the same to Polar, Pura and Dingodile.
* TheBusCameBack: After ''Nitro Kart'', he's absent from the series until ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'' 16 years later.
* {{Cephalothorax}}: He's an egg-shaped alien being, with a mechanical body to help him move.
* {{Cyborg}}: His body is entirely mechanical, and without it, he wouldn't be able to move.
* EggFolk: He is essentially a sentient egg with a cybernetic suit with limbs.
* FinalBoss: He's the last opponent in the main game of ''N-Tranced''. While there is an area after him with more levels and a fight with N. Tropy, that has to be unlocked.
* LeftStuckAfterAttack: In his first phase, he might sometimes get stuck after his chain watch is lodged on the ground, leaving him open to attack.
* PungeonMaster: ''Nitro Kart'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'' have him make numerous cracks about eggs.
-->'''N. Trance:''' One kart sunny side up!
-->'''N. Trance:''' Scrambled again!
-->'''N. Trance:''' You must be yoking!
* VillainTeamUp: He and Oxide seem to be working together in ''Nitro Kart'' despite being on different teams.
* WaddlingHead: He has no organic limbs underneath his armor as seen in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: In the second phase, he's reduced to his head compartment that can fly around and shoot {{Energy Ball}}s. Crash has to spin him towards the lava pool where Fake Crash will activate the lava falls to damage him.
* YourSizeMayVary: He's roughly twice Crash's height in his first form in ''N-Tranced'', in ''Nitro Kart'' he takes up most of the space in his kart and grips the sides of it, and in ''Nitro-Fueled'' he's now considerably smaller and has to stand upright in his kart's seat to drive.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Emperor Velo XXVII]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote: Click here to see his true form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nf_realvelo.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->''"I am Emperor Velo XXVII! Ruler of this galaxy! My subjects hunger for entertainment."''
-->Voiced by: Creator/SteveBlum (2003), Andre Sogliuzzo (2019)

The extraterrestrial emperor of an unnamed empire who only appears in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. He is confident and dominating to the point of being a bully and showing contempt for his lessors, and kidnaps the best racers on Earth (namely Crash, Cortex and the rest of the cast) to prove his own skill in racing. [[spoiler:Upon his defeat to the Earth racers, Velo literally explodes with anger, revealing a pouty, impetuous and childish gremlin not much different from his subjects]].
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Albeit in a Russian accent. He also speaks in English to all of his champions, who come from different planets.
* AstralFinale: [[JustifiedTrope Although the entire game takes place in space]], Hyper Spaceway - Velo's track - takes it UpToEleven.
* BadassBoast: "You savages will learn fear... just as ''millions'' have before you."
* BadBoss: The world champions are not treated kindly for losing.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Crash Nitro Kart''.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: The letter "V" appears a lot in his citadel, especially on his throne. Even [[BeardOfEvil his beard]] is shaped like a V.
%%* TheBully
* TheBusCameBack: Has been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''. [[spoiler: His true form, that is.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: He practically ''savors'' the sound of the crowd booing him in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: While he's not as spammy as ''Crash Team Racing'' bosses, he has two {{Mooks}} who race with him, dropping energy orbs in your path, that Velo ''absorbs'' when he drives into them.
** He also can use items far quicker than even the fastest-reacting human.
* CoolBike: As a boss, his ride resembles one, but without wheels and it hovers with boosters. It's also used by the other bosses. [[MeaningfulName His name]] even means "Bike" in French.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: DoubleSubverted. When you beat him, regardless of whether you play as Team Bandicoot or Team Cortex, you won't be able to play as him. Instead, you need to complete the game as ''[[DoubleUnlock both]]'' teams to unlock him.
** [[spoiler: Even then, unless you're playing the GBA version, you'll only unlock [[TheNapoleon his true form]] for play. His [[FatBastard more imposing form]] remains unplayable.]]
* EvilVsEvil: In Team Cortex's story.
* FatBastard: And Unlike [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Big Norm]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk there's no soft center to speak of.]]
* FinalBoss: He's the champion and ultimately races the winning team.
* FlunkyBoss: Like Geary before him, he'll be accompanied with 2 of his underlings in his boss race. They're mostly there to drop traps on the track.
* {{Heel}}: His characterization in ''Nitro-Fueled'' portrays him as [[SmugSnake constantly acting smug while racing]], and he loves playing to the crowd at any given opportunity.
* HugeHolographicHead: How he communicates with you.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:In the Bandicoot's story, the players have no interest in taking his power and leave on affable terms despite capturing them for entertainment. Cortex's team on the other hand, have nothing against dishing it back, attacking him and nabbing his scepter.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: He's noticeably much taller than his gremlin-like subjects. [[spoiler:Or so it seems at first.]]
* LittleGreenMen: The citizens of his galaxy. [[spoiler: And him, too.]]
* MagicStaff: His scepter has some degree of magic power that Team Cortex tried to use to go back to their home. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it then GoesHorriblyWrong as it gets broken.]]
* MasterOfAll: His playable version has maxed stats.
* MovingTheGoalposts: When he loses his first match, he refuses to send the victorious team home until they win his time relics and grant him a rematch. He had only promised them "freedom"; since by technicality they're refusing to race, thus by the rules Earth must be destroyed.
* {{Nerf}}: For balancing reasons, [[spoiler:Real]] Velo is made into a max-handling, low top speed racer in ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' instead of having almost max stats.
* OfferedTheCrown: [[spoiler:After he's defeated, he offers the scepter -- and thus his entire galaxy -- to Crash, who declines. He's much less gracious towards Team Cortex, who resort to mugging it from him.]]
* OffModel: His cutscene model depicts him with an orange goatee and eyebrows, as opposed to the purple ones he has in gameplay. The cutscenes also show him with a gold version of the boss kart, but in gameplay, he uses the same purple one the rest of them have.
* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:The big body he has turns out to be a MobileSuitHuman for the real him, who's as small as his subjects.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: This emperor is an accomplished racer, and he claims to never lose before.
* ScriptedBattle: ''Elements'' of his race are scripted:
** For instance, the energy orbs are always in the same place on the track when you encounter them.
** He'll always get a missile as his first item - and proceed to use it in [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard ludicrously quick time]] if you're leading.
* SecretCharacter: He [[spoiler:(well, his true form)]] is unlocked in ''Crash Nitro Kart'' by fully completing Adventure Mode with both teams.
* SecretUndergroundPassage: [[spoiler:Hyper Spaceway is literally ''built under the Citadel'', and works by virtue of portals connecting it to other parts of the galaxy.]]
* SissyFight: [[spoiler:His real form has a somewhat anti climatic scuffle with Cortex in the final ending. Tiny quickly breaks it up.]]
* SoreLoser: Gets ''very'' angry about losing, to the point of exploiting a loophole in his previous agreement to make Team Bandicoot or Team Cortex remain in his servitude until he can beat them. Of course, when they do beat him again, he becomes so furious he literally explodes.
* VillainTeamUp: In the opening cinematic, it's shown that Team Oxide and Team N. Trance stand near his podium, waving to the spectators. It's implied that Velo has both teams as a means for competition for the Earth racers. Also shown with how both teams get a "Velo Mask" instead of Aku Aku or Uka Uka.
* WorthyOpponent: {{Subverted|Trope}}. When racing, he's rather gracious - "finally, some competition!". When he loses, though, he is a ''very'' SoreLoser.
* YouHaveFailedMe: He dispenses these with the same clockwork regularity as Darth Vader. Of the family friendly sort of course:
-->'''Velo:''' ''*to Geary*'' As punishment, you must clean the trophy podium. And when you're done with that, you will clean the ''entire colosseum''. ''*EvilLaugh*''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zem and Zam]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:'''Left:''' Zam. '''Right:''' Zem.]]
->''"Like taking candy from a baby!" -Zem''
-->Zem voiced by: Andre Sogliuzzo (2003-Present)
-->Zam voiced by: Creator/BillyWest (2003), Andrew Morgado (2019)

A large, vulgar creature and a dog-like alien who race alongside Nitros Oxide in ''Crash Nitro Kart''.
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* BigEater: Zem's trash talk mostly concerns his appetite.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Zem's a large, overweight alien while Zam's a small, dog-like creature.
* {{Crunchtastic}}: Zem thinks that big turbo chains are "Boostalicious."
* TheBusCameBack: Both have been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''.
* FatSlob: Though more just beefy than fat, Zem fits the title to a T.
* FlatCharacter: Both of them. Much like Rilla Roo, they appear out of nowhere, don't get any character development through cutscenes, and then vanish from the series. Their only real purpose is to give Nitros Oxide two teammates to race with, since he was never shown with any accomplices, and can't simply brainwash pre-established characters like N. Trance. [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome They're even absent from the GBA version altogether]].
* {{Metalhead}}: Zem is given some punk rocker atributes to help deepen his character when he was brought back for ''Nitro-Fueled'', such as throwing devil horns when he wins and having a [[TheQuincyPunk Quincy Punk]]-looking outfit available. Zam also gets in on the action a small bit with his Bulldog costume giving him a wavy blue mohawk.
* {{Gasshole}}: Zem burps often while racing. His podium animation in ''Nitro-Fueled'' is him giving off a massive burp and laughing it off afterwards.
* SatelliteCharacter: To Oxide, as they only exist for the sake of giving him teammates to race alongside.
* SecretCharacter:
** Both of them are unlocked by winning certain cups in ''CNK'''s Adventure Mode: Zem is unlocked by winning the Green Gem Cup while Zam is unlocked through the Purple Gem Cup.
** In ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', they are default racers in the Nitros Oxide edition, and unlockable in the standard edition.
* StoutStrength: Zem. He looks like a fat slob, but his biceps tell another story. Enhancd in ''Nitro-Fueled'' which gives him much better muscle tone and shape.
* TeamPet: Zam is pretty much an alien dog, [[InformedSpecies but he more greatly resembles a small dinosaur]].
* ThoseTwoGuys: They serve as this for Oxide.
** ThoseTwoBadGuys
* TopHeavyGuy: Despite being a gassy alien who constantly talks about eating, Zem has a large upper body, even having visible muscles in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* VillainousGlutton: Zem constantly talks about eating in his quotes and is a villain with some very, very crude humor.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Krunk]]
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->''"They will race me? They look slow! Send them back!"''
-->Voiced by: Marshall R. Teague (2003), Andrew Morgado (2019)

The racing champion of the planet Terra who appears in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. He challenges Earth's racers on the grounds that Earth is a copy of his Terra. When he races, he leaves out sticky fruits that slow down the player if they hit. When he loses to Crash's team, he confesses that Terra is actually a copy of Earth.
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* AmazingTechnicolourWildlife: He's a blue-furred baboon/mandrill, though it's {{justified}} since he's not actually from Earth.
* BerserkButton: Seems rather tetchy about Earth's similarities to Terra. Velo very easily convinces him to race the players when he mentions where they came from.
* TheBusCameBack: He, along with the other bosses from ''Nitro Kart'', has been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Crash offers him his iconic yo-yo as a gift from his world.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: Only in the handheld version of the game.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Resembles a blue anthropomorphic baboon or mandrill.
* FatBastard: Subverted. Though he initially comes off as hostile towards anyone from Earth, he ultimately turns out to be a GracefulLoser who's fine with admitting his planet ultimately copied Earth.
* GracefulLoser: Sadly but willingly gives his opponents his world key. Crash offers him a gift out of sympathy.
* HeelFaceTurn: Starts off hostile towards Crash and friends, but apologizes when Crash gives him his yo-yo, and admits that the people of Terra actually copied Earth instead of the other way around. While he plays fair with Cortex's team as well, they merely mock him in response, clearly angering him.
* JungleJapes: His [[PlanetTerra planet, Terra]], seems to be filled mostly with jungles and some [[TempleOfDoom temples]].
* {{Nerf}}: In ''Nitro-Fueled'', Krunk goes from having maxed out stats to a handling-based stat spread, similar to Polar, Pura, and Zam.
* NobleSavage: He may be proud of his planet, but he's also honorable and a GracefulLoser.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Okay it's of the racing variety, but he takes both his heritage and his competition seriously. This shows how quickly either can change his stance:
-->'''Krunk:''' They will race me? They look slow. Send them back.
-->'''Velo:''' ''*coy*'' But Krunk, they're from a planet just like yours. It's called Earth.
-->'''Krunk:''' Earth! I have heard of this planet. It is a copy of my Terra. I ''will'' race them, and show them who has better planet!
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In ''Nitro Kart'', he acts as a replacement for the role Papu Papu had in ''Crash Team Racing'', being a fat tribal chief who [[YouNoTakeCandle occasionally skips articles]] and acts as a boss with a jungle-themed home track and adventure mode area. He even looks like a furry Papu Papu. Amusingly, both he and Papu Papu are playable in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* TribalFacePaint: Both he and many other Terrans have this, to go along with their tribal nature.
* YouNoTakeCandle: A minor example. He doesn't refer to himself in third-person, but he occasionally skips articles.
-->'''Krunk:''' Earthling has lucky shot!
-->'''Krunk:''' You must try faster than that!
-->'''Krunk:''' I will stop giving you easy time now!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nash]]
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->''"I'm no small fish!"''
-->Voiced by: Creator/BillyWest (2003), Creator/DwightSchultz (2019)

The racing champion of the planet Barin who appears in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. He is a cybernetic shark-like alien engineered to always move, never stopping to even sleep. In his race, he throws out snapping shark teeth and fake teeth as traps that slow down the player. He is finally put to sleep when [[TeenGenius Coco]] hacks into his helmet.
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* BullyingTheDragon: Gets snappy with Velo during his introduction. Also threatens Cortex after losing, [[BerserkButton beckoning an angry Tiny]]. Nash tries to start a fight until Velo yells at him to knock it off.
* TheBusCameBack: He, along with the other bosses from ''Nitro Kart'', has been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: Only in the handheld version of the game.
* {{Expy}}: He's a walking shark with some mannerisms that invoke WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: His goggles function as an opposite to what goggles are supposed to do; Keep water out of your eyes. His goggles are actually filled with water, in order to keep his eyes wet since he never blinks.
* {{Keet}}: He's engineered to never sleep, making him very edgy and hyperactive.
* {{Nerf}}: Instead of being a MasterOfAll like the other Champions in ''Nitro Kart'', Nash becomes an acceleration-focused racer in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* {{Sharkman}}: He's clearly a humanoid shark, although with an unusual body proportion.
* SharkTunnel: His home track, Deep Sea Driving, is set in one.
* ShoutOut: He is [[Film/AustinPowers a shark with a]] [[FrickinLaserBeams frickin' laser beam]] attached to his head, although he was never shown actually firing lasers from it until ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* SoreLoser: Demands his key back when he loses.
* SpoiledBrat: Gives off this vibe. He even yells straight in Velo's (holographic) face to start the race, only backing off when it's clear he made Velo mad. After the race, he just walks up to the winners and asks for his key back.
-->'''Nash:''' I ''need'' to get moving!
-->'''Velo:''' Soon Nash.
-->'''Nash:''' Not ''soon.'' '''NOOOOOOW!'''
** And after he loses the match:
-->'''Nash:''' Oooh, hello there. Do you think...I could get my key back? (Beat) Come on, hehe!
-->'''Crunch:''' You lost, buddy.
-->'''Nash:''' '''I don't CAAAAARE!'''
* SympathyForTheDevil: Coco hacks his brain to take a nap out of sympathy.
* ThreateningShark: Subverted. He's a rather small shark, is fairly cute, and ultimately pretty harmless.
* TokenEvilTeammate: He is by far the worst sport of Velo's champions and is the only one of them to threaten violence on the protagonists after losing to them.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Velo threatens this later on for losing to Cortex and arguing with the competitors.
* YourSizeMayVary: ''Nitro Kart'' depicts him as being as big as Tiny, able to look at him eye-to-eye. ''Nitro-Fueled'' shrinks him down to being around the size of Dr. Cortex.
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[[folder:Norm]]
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->''"Ooh, a race! Count me in!" -Big Norm''
-->Small Norm voiced by: Creator/RobbieDaymond (2019-Present)
-->Big Norm voiced by: Andre Sogliuzzo (2003-Present)

The racing champion of the planet Fenomena who appears in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. He is a book-loving mime who can split into his normal self and a larger, more obnoxious version of himself to race. His normal self drops box-shaped traps that act like the ice traps, while his larger self spams energy bubbles backward that slows down the racer.
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* BadassBookworm: Small Norm certainly counts, since he's an accomplished racer in his own right as well as enjoying reading in his spare time.
* BareYourMidriff: Big Norm's mime getup [[FanDisservice clearly doesn't fit him all the way]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Big Norm seems to have something resembling this for Little Norm when you race them.
* BerserkButton: Attacking Little Norm seems to be the easiest way to piss Big Norm off.
-->'''Big Norm:''' You'd better not touch ONE HAIR on his little head!
** Big Norm also gets pretty mad, to a somewhat lesser extent, if he is called a clown.
-->'''Big Norm:''' Where do you get off calling me a clown? With your big head and your stupid springy hair!
* BrilliantButLazy: Regular Norm doesn't actually seem to like racing, preferring to read. Big Norm, however, seems to enjoy the sport. It's shown in how Regular Norm always drives better than Big Norm does.
* BoisterousBruiser: Big Norm in spades. You can just hear how much he loves being on the track, especially in ''Nitro-Fueled''
* BrooklynRage: Big Norm's return in ''Nitro-Fueled'' adds a bit of Brooklyn flavor to help put emphasis on his thuggish attitude. He even sometimes gets off a "Fugeddabadit" when you select him.
* BurglarWear: In ''Nitro-Fueled'' both Norms are given alternate outfits that change their mime outfits into burglar outfits, complete with DominoMask.
* TheBusCameBack: Both Small Norm and Big Norm, along with the other bosses from ''Nitro Kart'', have been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''.
* DeathMountain: His home track is in Out of Time, situated on mountainous slopes.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: For Crash's team. The clown-hating Cortex tells him to get lost.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: Only in the handheld version of the game.
* DualBoss: You'll be racing both of them in their boss race. You only count as taking the lead if you pass Regular Norm.
* EnemyMime: Though he's less antagonistic than the other bosses in the game, and Big Norm only wears the mime outfit so Small Norm will race.
* FaceOfAThug: Big Norm looks like an intimidating lout, but is pretty relaxed and friendly despite his competitive streak.
* FatBastard: Subverted with Big Norm. He looks the part and is cocky about winning, but when defeated he's probably the most level headed and friendly challenger in the entire circuit and he cares deeply about his other half despite the annoying mime getup.
* GracefulLoser: Big Norm admits he doesn't like to lose, but despite this he very jovial after being beaten and heartily congratulates his opponents. ''Nitro-Fueled'' has him even remove his beret out of respect, when coming in any position other than first.
-->'''Big Norm''': Eh, you can't win 'em all, right?
* LiteralSplitPersonality: There's the normal, small Norm that's mute and likes reading, and the big, fat talkative version of him that actually wants to race.
* {{Nerf}}: In the transition from ''Nitro Kart'' to ''Nitro-Fueled'', (Small) Norm and Big Norm are now balanced and speed-focused racers respectively.
* NiceGuy: Regular Norm is a bit anti-social, but Big Norm is actually a surprisingly good sport. He admits that he hates losing and gives the racers some trash talk before the race, but that doesn't stop him from complimenting them. When race time comes, Big Norm is INCREDIBLY supportive and protective over Little Norm.
-->'''Big Norm:''' You know, you did good out there. You got a real shot at winning this thing, cause you work ''together''!
-->'''Crunch:''' Both of you make a good team too.
-->'''Big Norm:''' ''(To Regular Norm)'' Hey! Come over here and make nice!
-->'''Regular Norm:''' ...
-->'''Big Norm:''' Yeah, he pretends not to care, but he's just like me; He hates losing.
* TheNoseless: They look mostly human apart from this and their PointyEars.
* PointyEars: This and their lack of noses are their only really alien traits.
* ThePromise: The only reason Regular Norm races. He refuses and sulks at first, but Big Norm sternly reminds him:
-->'''Big Norm:''' [[TheVoiceless I don't wanna hear it.]] The deal was that you race in return for me wearing this dumb getup.
* RedOniBlueOni: Small Norm is the blue while Big Norm is the red. [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Note the colors of their caps.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Adding to Big Norm's intimidation factor is red MonochromaticEyes, which Little Norm lacks. They appear to just be part of his costume however, as his alternates in ''Nitro-Fueled'' give him regular eyes.
* TopHeavyGuy: Big Norm has a huge gut and beefy arms, but short, skinny legs.
* TheVoiceless: Regular Norm is committed to his mime act. In ''Nitro-Fueled'' he instead makes whistling noises.
* VoiceForTheVoiceless: Going through Little Norm's voice clips in CNK reveals them to all be Big Norm reacting to what's happening to Little Norm.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Velo threatens a CoolAndUnusualPunishment after he loses:
-->'''Velo:''' Perhaps I need new ways to motivate you, like...''*grins evilly*'' taking your books away.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Geary]]
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->''"Why try? Machines will ALWAYS win!"''
-->Voiced by: Paul Greenberg (2003), Creator/DwightSchultz (2019)

The racing champion of the planet Teknee who appears in ''Crash Nitro Kart''. He is a robot who is as much obsessed with winning as he is with cleaning, causing him to switch between personalities from time to time. He races with two cleaning drones that drop rolls of scrub which slow the player down.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Geary occasionally lapses into this in his green-eyed mode: especially evident when humming as he vacuums, or awkwardly doing the Robot dance with a chuckle when he wins in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny:
** Tries to be serious about racing, but often gets distracted by cleaning.
-->'''Geary:''' Only a robot can achieve perfection in motion! I will demolish anyb- (''Sotto voice'') Oh, what a mess! Can't have that now, can we? (''vacuums, then switches back to normal'') Now... '''''where was I?!'''''
-->'''Geary:''' My key! How did I lose? I know Teknee like the back of my- MY HAND! IT'S DIRTY! This whole place is ''filthy!'' (''begins vacuuming, eventually getting to cleaning up Crash or Tiny'')
** Interestingly, all his dialogue is edited to omit his NeatFreak personality in the portable version, meaning he finishes every sentence properly.
* TheBusCameBack: He, along with the other bosses from ''Nitro Kart'', has been confirmed to be playable in ''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled''.
* CampStraight: Acts quite femmy, if only because of his high-pitched voice and obsession with cleaning.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: Only in the handheld version of ''Nitro Kart''. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he is unlocked by purchasing him in the Pit Stop.
* TheDragon: Velo introduces Geary as "his finest racer" in his introduction, and is the final champion you face before going up against the Emperor himself.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/StarWars C-3PO]], both of them being humanoid robots with gold-coloured plating and fusspot personalities.
* FantasticRacism: Absolutely ''despises'' all organic forms of life.
* FriendlyEnemy: He'll clean anything. Even his opponents. Neither Tiny or Crash seem that objective to it either.
* FlunkyBoss: You'll race him along with his two cleaning drones. The drones aren't actual racers, they're just there to assist him by throwing [[ImprobableWeaponUser cleaning stuff]] like rolls of scrub that flattens the racer that gets hit.
* MachineMonotone: Averted in ''Nitro Kart'' where he is quite an emotional bot despite being built up as a cold, calculated racer. ''Nitro-Fueled'' adds a heavy metallic filter to his voice that plays it closer to this.
* MoodSwinger: Switches between a cold, ruthless combatant to a neurotic fusspot that likes cleaning in a flash, and back again.
* NeatFreak: His defining trait.
* {{Nerf}}: Once a MasterOfAll like the other Champions, his stats were lowered in ''Nitro-Fueled'' to be on the same level as balanced racers like Crash and Cortex.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes go red whenever he gets serious about racing.
* RobotHair: The way he's modeled gives the impression that he's balding on top.
* SoreLoser: Zigzagged in his podium loss animation for ''Nitro-Fueled''. He constantly swaps between having an enraged outburst in his ruthless personality, and respectfuly clapping to the winner in his fussy personality.
* SuperOCD: About cleaning.
* {{Tomorrowland}}: His planet, Teknee, has this theme as shown on its tracks.
* YouHaveFailedMe: From Velo, who orders him to clean both the trophy room and ''the entire colosseum'' as punishment.
* YourSizeMayVary: In ''Nitro Kart'', we was comparable to Tiny in height, but ''Nitro-Fueled'' makes him a lot smaller, being roughly the size of Crash.
[[/folder]]

!!Unaffiliated Villains:

[[folder:Papu Papu]]
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->''"Bunga boom!"''
-->Voiced by: David Siller (1996), Brendan O'Brien (2000), Michael Gollom (1999), Creator/DwightSchultz (2004-Present)

The obese chief of the native tribe of N. Sanity Island. He is neither on Crash's nor Cortex's side, but will capture and/or eat anything that steps into his territory.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Not Papu Papu himself, but his tribe. In the ''Skylanders Imaginators'' level based on ''Crash Bandicoot'', Papu Papu's tribe makes an appearance as friendly SurferDude types who want to help the player out, rather than being enemies.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: The original games tended to put emphasis on him being fat and lazy, but in ''N. Sane Trilogy'' and ''Nitro-Fueled'', while he still has those qualities, he also acts a lot more aggressive and looks almost constantly angry.
* AdaptationalUgliness: The N. Sane trilogy adds noticeable moles to his skin.
* BadBoss: Downplayed in ''Nitro-Fueled''. In his intro cutscene, he carelessly knocks out all of the tribesmen that carried him in. Then he subverts it by making sure not to hit any as he drives into the portal.
* BigEater: In case you couldn't tell by his massive gut, he blames his loss in ''CTR'' on not eating a big enough breakfast, and his name means "Pass that dish again, mate" in his native tongue.
* DependingOnTheArtist: His headdress never stay consistent in between games.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: While he can speak English, it's clearly not his first language, which would be his tribe's own made-up language.
* FatAndProud: He mocks the player character in ''Crash Team Racing'' for being so small, and considering that you can play as Tiny, who's objectively bigger than him, he's probably talking about how none of the characters are as fat as he is.
* FatBastard: While technically neutral, Papu Papu is a short tempered grouch who constantly impedes the protagonist and didn't get the moniker "Mister Bad Belly" in ''Crash Team Racing'' for nothing.
* FlunkyBoss: In ''Crash Bash'' he can summon mini-Crashes that fights for him. They easily die in one hit and their AI aren't as good as normal CPU for the Crate Crush type game.
* {{Gonk}}: He was never exactly a good looking guy, though ''N. Sane Trilogy'' makes him even uglier, with a gap between his top front teeth and a bunch of of moles on his skin.
* GracefulLoser: In ''Crash Team Racing'', he takes his loss fair and square compared to the other bosses, complimenting your driving and contemplating his own performance.
* GroundPound: In ''Crash Bash'' he can cause the tiles you're standing on to flip in a wave, causing substantial damage, by smashing his scepter on the ground.
* JigglePhysics: His stomach, as well as his butt.
* KaizoTrap: A minor one: when he falls down after he's defeated, you better stay away as his falling can hurt Crash.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's large and fat and he's the chief of the tribe.
* LazyBum: According to the old bible, Papu Papu is known for being very lazy which is why Aku Aku goes to Crash for help instead of his old tribe. The same bible also says Papu Papu fights Crash because he was woken up.
* LoneWolfBoss: Papu has no connections to Cortex or Crash, he just wants to eat and rule his tribe in peace. He is, however, protected by Uka Uka in racing games, planting him squarely on the bad guy side.
* MeaningfulName: In his native tongue, Papu Papu apparently means "Pass that dish again, mate", a name fitting for someone as fat as he is.
* RepetitiveName: Two "Papu" one after another.
* {{Retcon}}: In the epilogue of the first game he's mentioned to have sold the Cortex Castle to a resort developer to help raise money for his tribe's welfare, but the subsequent games show that the castle is still there; in the second game Brio sets a set of teleporters at the top of the ruined tower, and in ''CTR'' and games after Naughty Dog the castle remains intact.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Crash Team Racing'', he's unlocked by winning the Green Gem Cup.
* SpinAttack: In the first game he primarily attacks by spinning around with his scepter and then smashing it down. It's not really fast and simple to avoid.
* ThirdPersonPerson: In ''Crash Team Racing''.
* TribalFacePaint: Papu Papu has two red stripes on each cheek. Taken a lot further in his redesign for ''N. Sane Trilogy'', where he has tribal patterns covering his cheeks, eyes and chin, as well as tribal tattoos on his shoulders and stomach.
* WakeupCallBoss: He's this in ''CTR'' due to his top speed, his choice of weapon (the beakers) and the track he's fought in. The game has been pretty simple before his boss fight, and after that, the Adventure Mode starts becoming tricky.
* WarmupBoss: He's the first boss in both the first game and ''Crash Bash''. He's at least slightly harder in the latter game.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Aside from the resort bit above, in ''CTR'', he becomes a wrestler under the name "Mister Bad Belly". His signature move "Bad Belly Bounce" gets banned after a few wrestlers suffered severe rope friction burns. ''Nitro-Fueled'' changes it so his signature move ignites a worldwide dance craze.
* YourSizeMayVary: Papu is made significantly smaller while racing. This is even more noticeable in ''Nitro-Fueled'', especially if you have Papu Papu [[MirrorMatch race himself]] in Adventure Mode, since he's depicted at his normal size in the boss cutscenes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bearminator]]
A giant polar bear in a ship captain's hat who acts as a boss in ''Crash Bash''.
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* BossArenaUrgency: Upon losing his health, he'll fire a big bomb towards the arena that reduces it to 3/4 and then 1/2 of the initial size.
* DubNameChange: The Japanese version renames him "Papaguma", literally meaning "Papa Bear", implying that he may or may not be Polar's father.
* FlunkyBoss: His submarine fires mechanical bears that the player needs to knock into the water.
* NiceHat: Wears a blue naval captain's hat.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He wasn't around in any of the previous games, although he is at least based on the giant polar bears that would chase Crash in ''Cortex Strikes Back''.
* SubStory: Rides around in a submarine for the duration of his boss fight.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Evil Twins]]
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->''"Cower, you fools, before the awesome might of... the Evil Twins."''
-->Both twins voiced by: Creator/QuintonFlynn (2004)

A duo of highly intelligent twin parrots who act as the main antagonists of ''Crash Twinsanity''. Their real names are Victor and Moritz, [[spoiler:and were formerly the pet parrots of Doctor Neo Cortex, whose experimental Evolvo-Ray sent them to the Tenth Dimension and mutated them into the villains they would become. They are eaten by Evil Crash at the end of the game.]]
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* AndShowItToYou: With Cortex's brain instead of the usual heart.
* BigBadDuumvirate: They are the main antagonists of ''Twinsanity''.
* CardCarryingVillain: They openly refer to themselves as the Evil Twins and don't even try to hide how nasty they are.
* DimensionLord: As they put it themselves, they are "Masters of the infinite dimensions." Considering [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu they were able to defeat Aku-Aku and Uka-Uka]] offscreen, there's weight to their claim.
-->"FOOLS! You thought these two party toys could defeat US?! We're masters of the infinite dimensions, with power over reality itself! ...And riches beyond imagination!"
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: They were able to defeat both [[BigGood Aku-Aku]] and [[GreaterScopeVillain Uka-Uka]] offscreen, and deriding both masks as "party toys". [[spoiler: Later they are on the receiving end of this courtesy of Crash, Cortex, Nina, and especially Evil Crash.]]
* EatenAlive: [[spoiler:Evil Crash ate them at the end of Twinsanity.]]
* EvilVsEvil: They attack Earth specifically for revenge on Cortex. They aren't against making enemies with resident good guys such as Crash for interfering however.
* FinalBoss: They pilot a giant mecha at the end of ''Twinsanity''.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Moritz is the foolish sibling, Victor is the responsible one.
* ForTheEvulz: They love sucking the goodness out of dimensions and filling them with chaos and misery. Just for the heck of it.
* FreudianExcuse: They ended up becoming insane dimensional warpers because [[spoiler: they were once Cortex's parrots and were teleported to another dimension thanks to his experiments. They outright try to Invoke this trope at the end, but considering all the damage they've done and how much they have reveled in their evil pretty much no one shows any signs of sympathy towards them.]]
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Victor wears a black cape and Moritz a red one. Also, though it's often difficult to spot (and not evident in this picture), they also have different skin/feather colour -- Victor is blue while Moritz is green.
* IncomingHam: Their featured quote earns them a mention.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: See DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu above.
* RealityWarper: See their quote under DimensionLord above. At one point they pulled Cortex's brain out of his head.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When they realized they [[spoiler:ended up in Evil Crash's home, and he's looking at them with MeatOVision.]] Followed by GoryDiscretionShot.
-->''"Well... '''this''' is one heck of an ending."''
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler:In Victor's words, the severe "reverso-radioactivity" in the Tenth Dimension "sharpened our skills and warped our fragile eggshell minds".]]
* TheWorfEffect: They effortlessly [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeated both Aku-Aku and Uka-Uka offscreen.]] On the other hand, they're on the receiving end of it [[spoiler:when Evil Crash ate them.]]
* VillainousGlutton: Moritz is obsessed with food, to the extent that he often brings it up at random times.
-->'''Victor''': Oh, nuts!
-->'''Moritz''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint There's nuts?]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Evil Crash]]
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An evil and ferocious version of Crash Bandicoot from the Tenth Dimension who appears in ''Crash Twinsanity'' (and in ''Crash Tag Team Racing'' as an extra skin, as well as in ''Crash Boom Bang'').
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* AxCrazy: This Crash knows nothing but killing and eating people.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: After Crash, Cortex, and Nina deal with the Evil Twins, they're later eaten by Evil Crash.
* EvilCounterpart: He's just as stupid as the main Crash, but while that Crash is ultimately [[NiceGuy a brave and selfless hero]], this Crash is a [[AxCrazy psychotic monster]].
* SapientEatSapient: He eats [[spoiler:the Evil Twins]].
* TheUnfought: He's never directly confronted in a fight. He instead chases Cortex and kidnaps Nina in two different sections.
* TheVoiceless: He doesn't speak at all aside from roaring and grunting sounds.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Madame Amberly]]
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->''"You... are in detention!"''
-->Voiced by: Susan Silo (2004)

The headmaster of the Academy of Evil and former teacher of Neo and Nina Cortex, N. Gin and Nitrus Brio.
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* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: She has a large letter A on her forehead. It might be where Cortex and Nina got the idea of putting their first initials on their heads.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Falls down a bottomless shaft after her last cable disconnects from Cortex giving her the final blow, screaming all the while.]]
* EvilTeacher: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that shes literally teaches students to be as evil as her.
* FatBastard: She is hugely obese, requiring cables attached to her back to move around, and teaches her subordinates the ways of evil.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Account of her having a monocle instead of a standard pair of glasses.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Arguably is one of the first trilogy before Uka Uka was revealed, considering she was the one who taught Cortex everything he knows. Concept art found in the game shows that, if one considers it canon, she was also responsible for N. Brio and N. Gin.
* HighClassGlass: Again, wears a monocle.
* LargeAndInCharge: Not only (and obviously) weight wise, but also height: she could easily dwarf the tallest characters in the series prior! She's also the headmaster of a literal AcademyOfEvil.
* PsychoElectro: The head of an AcademyOfEvil and can fire lightning from her fingertips, what's more to be said?
[[/folder]]

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[[folder:Farmer Ernest]]
->''"Oh, Crash. The farmer's market is tomorrow and my wumpa trees won't grow for, my orchard is riddled with greedy worms. If you rid my land of these pests, I'll give you this Power Crystal."''
-->Voiced by: Alex Fernandez (2004)

An emu who farms Wumpa trees, and appears only for a short gag in ''Twinsanity''.
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* PunnyName: Farmer Ernest is an earnest farmer.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Another FunnyAnimal with no stated origin, and he somehow already knows Crash.
* QuestGiver: Parodied, and the entire point for his existence. He promises Crash a crystal in exchange for clearing the worms out of his farm. However, Cortex is also there, and since Cortex doesn't care about helping him, he just shoots him and takes the crystal.
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[[folder:Ebenezer Von Clutch]]
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->''"Is there no dummkopfs among you to accept the challenge of the greatest race of all time!?"''
-->Voiced by: Danny Mann (2005)

A deranged German cyborg who owns the amusement park "Von Clutch's [=MotorWorld=]". He has only appeared in ''Crash Tag Team Racing'', in which he begs for Crash and the others to find the Power Gems that keep his park up and running and his own Black Power Gem, his life source.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He has green skin.
* BilingualBonus: He occasionally throws German into his dialogue.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's a very eccentric individual.
* {{Cyborg}}: He has mechanical limbs.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Shuts down without his black heart gem, which Crash accidentally recovers, bringing him back to life. As he celebrates with Crash, he pats it back out by mistake, shutting down again. He can obviously be reactivated, making the second time more awkward than devastating.]]
* GratuitousGerman: He peppers his speech with German words.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: He knows who Crash and Cortex are prior to meeting them, mentions that he has all their games, and calls them his favorite "video heroes".
* PointyHairedBoss: At least from what his employees imply in gameplay cutscenes. Gives more logic to why [[spoiler: Willie would try to kill off the guy.]]
* PoirotSpeak: Speaks in a heavy German accent.
* ThoseWackyNazis: It is implied that Von Clutch served in UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo under the Axis side.
* TheVonTropeFamily: He has "Von" in his name.
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[[folder:Pasadena O'Possum]]
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->''"I'm Pasadeno O'Possum. I'm racin' for ol' Von Clutch, and I'm gonna whup you, that's for sure!"''
-->Voiced by: Shanelle Workman (2005)

A Texan-accented racing champion and devoted subordinate of Von Clutch. She has only appeared in ''Crash Tag Team Racing'', and shows a clear infatuation for Crash, something that Crash himself is... less than enthusiastic about. [[DependingOnTheWriter Well, sometimes]].
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* ChivalrousPervert: Whenever Crash is around, she really enjoys cracking innuendos around and flirting with him.
* TheCutie: Especially when near Crash.
* DeepSouth: She has a very obvious Southern US upbringing, with the accent and country-isms to match.
-->'''Pasadena''': Ah think it's time to change the horseshoes on that car!
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* DumbBlonde: May slide more towards {{Cloudcuckoolander}} or GeniusDitz territory; neverless, someone who doesn't know what 2 plus 2 equals ''probably'' has a few issues with intelligence.
* {{Expy}}: Basically an offbeat version of [[Creator/HannaBarbera Hanna Barbera's]] [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Penelope]] [[WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop Pitstop]].
* GenkiGirl: Very energetic and boisterous, especially when she's at the wheel.
* GirlishPigtails: Has a big pair of blonde pigtails that come up from underneath the top of her cap.
* NumberTwo: She is arguably this to Von Clutch, or at least shares the role with Willie. [[spoiler:As it turns out, she is most likely such after Willie turns on them.]]
* OwMyBodyPart: Sometimes if she is attacked, she will say this;
-->'''Pasadena''': Ow, right in the pancreas!
* PunnyName: Her surname (O'Possum) is a not-so subtle reference to her species (Opossum).
* PrehensileTail: In ''Crash Tag Team Racing'', Pasadena picks up and throws weapons at opponents using her long tail.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Another FunnyAnimal that is never implied to have been modified by Cortex or another scientist. Then again her business partners are a German cyborg (who is a big fan of Cortex) and a giant anthropomorphic Wumpa Fruit so it's not really stand out there.
* ShipTease: When not seeming physically sickened by Pasadena's charms, he does seem to display a slight mutual affection, it ''is'' [[CloudCuckooLander Crash]] we are talking about though.
* SouthernBelle: To an extent: her upbringing is VERY obvious, anyway.
* UndyingLoyalty: One of very few subordinates of Von Clutch that thinks highly of him.
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[[folder:Chick and Stew]]
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->''"Man, you ever put a baked ham in a woodchipper? I know I have!" -Stew''
-->Chick voiced by: Creator/QuintonFlynn (2005), Creator/RogerCraigSmith (2019-present)\\
Stew voiced by: Duane Shepard (2005), Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (2019-present)

A pair of veteran sportscasters who serve as the tutors of ''Crash Tag Team Racing''.
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* TheBusCameBack: They return in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled'' to introduce the Grand Prix, and are seen on a giant screen in Turbo Track.
* NiceHat: Stew has a ''ridiculous'' amount of these, changing to a different one every time he's off-camera.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Chick's voice in ''Tag Team Racing'' is clearly channeling Howard Cosell, while Stew's voice has been compared to Charles Barkley and George Foreman.
* NoodleIncident: Why exactly did Stew shove a baked ham into a wood chipper?
* PunnyName: Chick and Stew, when said together, sounds like "chicken stew."
* RememberTheNewGuy: More {{Funny Animal}}s with no stated origin.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Chick provides the straight commentary while Stew provides the color commentary.
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[[folder:Willie Wumpa Cheeks]]
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->''"Hiddly hidely ho, to the statue you must go! This way or that, fall down you go splat! And everyone thinks you're a schmo!"''
-->Voiced by: Roger L. Jackson (2005)

A giant talking Wumpa fruit, and the mascot and producer of Wumpa Whip in Von Clutch's [=MotorWorld=]. He only appears in ''Crash Tag Team Racing''. He is later revealed to be the thief of Von Clutch's Power Gems (though he gives no motive as to why he did it) and is soon liquefied by Doctor Neo Cortex.
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* AnthropomorphicFood: Willie's a giant Wumpa Fruit. In a world where animals can be modified into anthropomorphic FunnyAnimals (Or in the case of [[RememberTheNewGuy Pasadena]] in ''Tag Team Racing'', they can just show up out of nowhere), Willie stands out as being exceptionally weird.
-->'''Cortex:''' Holy cannoli! What is that thing!?
* BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Tag Team Racing''.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jolly and affable in his park persona initially, he finally has enough of the cast's stupidity however, and angrily reveals himself as the culprit, insulting all of them while doing so.
* ChekhovsGunman: He appears in one cutscene in the intro before becoming an NPC in an area you'll rarely pass by. He shows up right before the final area after it's revealed that the Big Bad has a connection to Wumpa Whip. Take a guess who stole the Power Gems.
* FinalBoss: If you want to consider the final goal of the game defeating Willie.
* ForTheEvulz: Never provides a reason for betraying his boss.
* {{Gonk}}: He looks absolutely hideous, considering he's a giant, possibly-mutated Wumpa fruit.
* {{Jerkass}}: He snaps and calls the other characters idiots for not figuring out that he was behind everything.
* ObviouslyEvil: He has a mischievous demeanor, with a habit of giggling sinisterly to himself.
* RhymesOnADime: Willie is quite fond of reciting limericks relating to the current situation.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to discuss him without spoiling how the game ends.
* ZeroEffortBoss: All you do to beat him at the end is pull a lever and Willie can't attack. He's then vaporized by Cortex, N. Gin, and Nina.
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[[folder:Yaya Panda]]
->''"Crash! Only you can prevent this!"''

A female panda whose [[BadassAdorable cute and cuddly exterior hides the heart of a talented racer]]. She made her debut in ''Crash Nitro Kart 2'', where she teamed up with Crash and Coco to stop Cortex, Oxide and Ripper Roo from [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]], before making return appearances for the next two phone racing games.
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* BadassAdorable: A cute little panda who's also a BadassDriver.
* CanonForeigner: She was created exclusively for the spin-off phone racing games and hasn't made any main series appearances.
* FlatCharacter: As to be expected from a character who's only appeared in racing games, and mobile phone games at that. She has little character beyond being a great driver.
* PandaIngToTheAudience: There have been bears in the series before, but never a panda.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Much like Pasadena and Viscount before her, she's another FunnyAnimal with no official origin, though she's generally assumed to be a mutant regardless.
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[[folder:The Viscount]]
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->''"I'll con them into working for me, and Super Big Power Crystal will be mine at last!"''

A wealthy Tasmanian Devil who appeared in ''Crash Boom Bang''. He organizes a tournament, and the victor will win the Viscount's fortune of $100,000,000, although this is just a distraction for the heroes so that he can find the Super Big Power Crystal, which grants whoever touches it their greatest wish.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He's a purple Tasmanian Devil.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Well, evil might be pushing it, but he's certainly greedy and manipulative.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: His full name is Viscount Devil, though he is never referred to as such outside Japan, likely to avoid any unintentional religious references.
* ManInWhite: Wears a fancy white suit.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Yet another FunnyAnimal that shows up without any fanfare.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Try to think of another Tasmanian devil in fiction than ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
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* EggFolk: He is essentially a sentient egg with a cybernetic suit with limbs.
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* ApologeticAttacker: Unlike many characters, her racing lines mostly consist of apologizing to the others for inconveniencing them in some way.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In ''Nitro Kart'', he acts as a replacement for the role Papu Papu had in ''Crash Team Racing'', being a fat tribal chief who [[YouNoTakeCandle occasionally skips articles]] and acts as a boss with a jungle-themed home track and adventure mode area. He even looks like a furry Papu Papu. Amusingly, ''Nitro-Fueled'' has both him and Papu Papu as playable characters.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In ''Nitro Kart'', he acts as a replacement for the role Papu Papu had in ''Crash Team Racing'', being a fat tribal chief who [[YouNoTakeCandle occasionally skips articles]] and acts as a boss with a jungle-themed home track and adventure mode area. He even looks like a furry Papu Papu. Amusingly, ''Nitro-Fueled'' has both him he and Papu Papu as are playable characters.in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
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* EmotionalBruiser: Both his losing animations in ''Nitro-Fueled'' certainly portray him as one, with his race loss animation having him wipe a tear from his eye and his podium loss animation outright having him bawling his eyes out (though not as much as Komodo Joe and Cortex).
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* BlowingARaspberry: One of Fake Crash's quips in ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled'' is to perform this action onto the other racers.

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* ExtremeOmnivore: Implied by his idle animations in ''Nitro-Fueled'', which involve him trying to eat his own steering wheel and sniffing the air for more food.


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* OddballDoppelganger: His Fake Baby T skin in ''Nitro-Fueled''.
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* EvilLaugh: It laughs in Emperor Velo's voice when activated.
* FlatCharacter: To the point where it's unclear if it even is a real "character". Unlike Aku Aku and Uka Uka, the Velo Mask has no explained role or function outside of gameplay and doesn't speak to the player at any point. It's unclear if it's an independent entity or just some projection of Emperor Velo's power.

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* EvilLaugh: It laughs in Emperor Velo's voice when activated.
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* FlatCharacter: To the point where it's unclear if it even is a real "character". Unlike Aku Aku and Uka Uka, the Velo Mask has no explained role or function outside of gameplay and doesn't speak to the player at any point. It's unclear if it's an independent entity or just some projection of Emperor Velo's power. Even in ''Nitro-Fueled'', Uka-Uka still remains the mask-in-focus in the Adventure mode and is the one to tell the player they're going the wrong way.
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* AscendedExtra: Originally started off for advertisements in Japan, made cameos in the games, and became a plot point and full-on boss fight in ''N-Tranced'' on the GBA.

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* AscendedExtra: Originally started off for advertisements in Japan, made cameos in the games, and became a plot point and full-on boss fight in ''N-Tranced'' on the GBA. ''Nitro-Fueled'' gives him a home track via DLC.
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* AnnoyingLaugh: Starting with ''Tag Team Racing'' ([[SuddenlyVoiced when she finally has a voice]]), she has an annoying giggle, complete with multiple snorts.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: He is by far the worst sport of Velo's champions and is the only one of them to threaten violence on the protagonists after losing to them.

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-->'''Big Norm''' You'd better not touch ONE HAIR on his little head!

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-->'''Big Norm''' Norm:''' You'd better not touch ONE HAIR on his little head!head!
** Big Norm also gets pretty mad, to a somewhat lesser extent, if he is called a clown.
-->'''Big Norm:''' Where do you get off calling me a clown? With your big head and your stupid springy hair!
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* UnfortunateName: A name that sounds like "embryo" is not the most flattering one, to say at least.

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* StayingAliveDancePose: Her hologram in Slide Coliseum does a disco point.



* VegetarianCarnivore: Eats grass in his IdleAnimation, despite being a ''T. rex'' and therefore carnivorous.

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* VegetarianCarnivore: Eats grass in his IdleAnimation, despite being a ''T. rex'' and therefore carnivorous. In ''Nitro-Fueled'', he also tries to eat his own steering wheel, but gets grossed out by the taste.
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* GracefulLoser: Should Megumi end a race in a place lower than first, she'll shrug the loss off and even congratulate the winner in the podiums if she comes in second or third.

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* GracefulLoser: Should Megumi end a race in a place lower than first, she'll shrug the loss off and even congratulate the winner in the podiums if she comes in second or third. She is also notably the only racer thus far to carry out this trait.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Didn't make any appearances in the series after ''Warped'', even though the ending confirms that Crash apparently took him back into the present day.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Didn't make any appearances in the series after ''Warped'', even though the ending confirms that Crash apparently took him back into the present day. Until ''Nitro-Fueled'' came along, that is.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: Type 1, and only shown a few times in CTR Nitro Fueled, once where he coughs up the boss key he previously swallowed after the player defeats him in Adventure Mode, and second where he swallows a beaker full of chemicals when he wins a race if the player uses his Mad Scientist skin.
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* HairTriggerTemper: She gets angrier at her losses than any of the other members of the Nitro Squad, and is also fiercely protective of her kart.

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* HairTriggerTemper: She gets angrier at her losses than any of the other members of the Nitro Squad, and is also fiercely protective of her kart. Even her idle animation has her grow impatient and [[MilkingTheGiantCow gesticulate wildly]].
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* BadassBookworm: Small Norm certainly counts, since he's an accomplished racer in his own right as well as enjoying reading in his spare time.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In ''Nitro Kart'', he acts as a replacement for the role Papu Papu had in ''Crash Team Racing'', being a fat tribal chief who [[YouNoTakeCandle occasionally skips articles]] and acts as a boss with a jungle-themed home track and adventure mode area. He even looks like a furry Papu Papu. This gets particularly amusing in ''Nitro-Fueled'' since it has both him and Papu Papu as playable characters.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In ''Nitro Kart'', he acts as a replacement for the role Papu Papu had in ''Crash Team Racing'', being a fat tribal chief who [[YouNoTakeCandle occasionally skips articles]] and acts as a boss with a jungle-themed home track and adventure mode area. He even looks like a furry Papu Papu. This gets particularly amusing in Amusingly, ''Nitro-Fueled'' since it has both him and Papu Papu as playable characters.

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* KiddieKid: Coco is a teenager and while she is very intelligent for her age, that doesn't stop her from doing a goofy dance or dressing up as a princess from time to time.



* SkippableBoss: If in the first game you manage to collect all the gems, it's possible to skip his boss fight all together by going straight to The Great Hall and flying away with Tawna.

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* SkippableBoss: If in In the first game game. If you manage to collect all the gems, it's possible to skip his boss fight all together by going straight to The Great Hall and flying away with Tawna.
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