History Characters / CrashBandicootCocoBandicoot

* NonMammalMammaries: While marsupials ''have'' mammaries, it's in their pouch rather than exposed like placental mammals. Starting from ''Nitro Kart'', she gains a small bust. It gets retroactively added onto her original design in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', ''Nitro Fueled'', and ''On the Run'', although ''It's About Time'' had them removed.

* 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.

* FragileSpeedster: In ''Crash Team Racing'', she's an acceleration based character alongside N. Gin.

* GamerChick: The ending of ''It's About Time'' has her play video games with Tawna. [[spoiler:The 100% ending also reveals that she became an e-sports champion, under the moniker of "Kickass Coco".]]

** A light one to N. Gin due to their matching tech smarts and DitzyGenius personalities.[[note]]Which is acknowledged by a costume in ''It's About Time'' that dresses her up like him.[[/note]]

* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: A consistent part of her design, especially from ''CNK'' onwards.

-->'''Cortex:''' Ruined! Thanks to "Perky" here! ''(points to paralysed Coco)''
* NonMammalMammaries: Starting with ''Nitro Kart'', she gains a small bust. It gets retroactively added onto her original design in ''N. Sane Trilogy'', ''Nitro Fueled'', and ''On the Run'', although ''It's About Time'' had them removed.

* OrphansOrdeal: {{Implied|Trope}} by ''Tag Team Racing''. If Crash [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential hits her]], she yells that she's gonna tell their mom, "if [they] had one."

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* DemotedToExtra: ''Twinsanity'' gives her comparatively less attention than most other games she's in, with her only showing up in three cutscenes. [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by both being a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped playable character]] and having a [[DummiedOut scrapped level]] inside her [[WombLevel brain]] entitled Gone a Bit Coco, all of which, like many other parts of the game, were cut for time.

* DemotedToExtra: ''Twinsanity'' gives her comparatively less attention than most other games she's in, with her only showing up in three cutscenes. [[Invoked]] by both being a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped playable character]] and having a [[DummiedOut scrapped level]] inside her [[WombLevel brain]] entitled Gone a Bit Coco, all of which, like many other parts of the game, were cut for time.

* DemotedToExtra: ''Twinsanity'' gives her comparatively less attention than most other games she's in, with her only showing up in three cutscenes, and both being a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped character]] and having a [[DummiedOut scrapped level]] inside her [[WombLevel brain]] entitled Gone a Bit Coco.[[invoked]]

* DamselInDistress: Happens in her teenage years, the villains seem to be fond of using her as hostage bait for [[BigBrotherInstinct Crash]].

* CoolBoat: Gains access to a jet ski starting with ''Warped'', which she uses to take Crash water skiing in ''Wrath of Cortex''

* DemotedToExtra: ''Twinsanity'' gives her comparatively less attention than most other games she's in, with her only showing up in three cutscenes, and both being a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped character]] and having a [[DummiedOut scrapped level]] inside her [[WombLevel brain]] entitled Gone a Bit Coco.

* GadgeteerGenius: In addition to her computing prowess, ''Wrath of Cortex'' shows that she's built an entire VR Hub System in a laboratory underneath her and Crash's house that can warp them all around the world.

** She mirrors N. Tropy in several regards as well. Her smarts are often a key component for certain missions in the same way Tropy's machinations are for evil schemes (for example, Tropy creates the Time Twister hub in ''Warped'', while Coco mirrors this with the virtual hub in ''Wrath of Cortex''). They also often pose as [[OnlySaneMan a more composed and lucid counterpart]] to the main hero and villain respectively, even sometimes treated as [[SuperiorSuccessor more efficient replacements for them]], though sometimes squander it with their [[NotSoAboveItAll much worse temper and hubris]], being much more thin skinned to making a fool of themselves than the other characters are. However, while Coco, even at her most impatient, loves Crash and is protective of her brother (and in cases like ''Titans'', [[BigBrotherWorship rightfully trusts him to do the same]]), Tropy is distainful towards Cortex, considers him a nuisance to schemes, and recurrently plots against him, [[EvilVsEvil causing in-faction feuds]].

* IKnowMortalKombat: Her character profile in ''Wrath of Cortex'' explains that Coco learned how to fight after gaining an appreciation for old kung-fu movies.

* 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.

* DanceBattler: In the N. Sane Trilogy, her version of the Spin Attack is styled like a pirouette.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Infered. In games that take place earlier chronologically like ''Crash 2'' and ''It's About Time'', Coco is typically impatient with Crash and more openly views him as unreliable. In games after, Coco becomes increasingly more relaxed and playful, and by the Radical games, Coco loves and understands Crash more than anyone else and wilfully goofs around with him, with ''Titans'' making apparent she fully trusts Crash to come through for her. Subverted in the remakes, where Coco is playful and cheerful around Crash from the start, with her delivery in ''2'' made to sound less harsh.

** 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.

* 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.

* 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''.

* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Played with. Coco is certainly more intellectual than Crash (and in her first appearance establishes such by preventing him from [[NiceJobBreakingItHero helping Cortex take over the planet]]), though often Crash is the one doing Coco's bidding, and as the series progresses, it becomes clear she isn't quite playing with a full deck either. ''N Sane Trilogy'' even retools the original games to show Coco wasn't fully different from Crash even then. ''It's About Time'' however, due to reverting her personality and making her as active a hero as Crash the whole game, places her back in this trope more than ever.

* TechnicianPerformerTeamUp: The Technician to Crash's performer. She's TheSmartGirl and generally more careful and strategic than her brother, though lacks as much off-the-wall craftiness Crash sometimes demonstrates, and is shown to panic or lose her temper whenever things don't go according to plan. In many early games, Coco provides the gadgets and tactics while Crash does most of the leg work.

* TechnicianVsPerformer: The Technician to Crash's performer. She's TheSmartGirl and generally more careful and strategic than her brother, though lacks as much off-the-wall craftiness Crash sometimes demonstrates, and is shown to panic or lose her temper whenever things don't go according to plan.

* TheAce: ''It's About Time'' onwards converts her character into basically [[SuperiorSuccessor a perfected rendition]] of what Crash is ''supposed'' to be; all his abilities sans most of his defects and bungling qualities, a ''far'' greater intellect level, more popular and amicable with the rest of the team (even [[FriendlyEnemy Cortex]] to some level despite ''loathing'' Crash), as well as harnessing all four renditions of TheLeader trope to some level. She is the one protagonist to never hold the IdiotBall and even most slapstick she ''does'' suffer is rarely her own fault. She had elements of this trope in earlier games too, but was overall a much more fallible and childish character who simply had her own different brand of flaws from Crash.

* TheAce: ''It's About Time'' onwards converts her character into basically [[SuperiorSuccessor a perfected rendition]] of what Crash is ''supposed'' to be; all his abilities sans most of his defects and bungling qualities, a ''far'' greater intellect level as well as harnessing all four renditions of TheLeader trope to some level. She is the one protagonist to never hold the IdiotBall and even most slapstick she ''does'' suffer is rarely her own fault. She had elements of this trope in earlier games too, but was overall a much more fallible and childish character who simply had her own different brand of flaws from Crash.

* FlawlessToken: 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 by the ''N. Sane Trilogy'' she's almost as goofy as Crash is. Returned in ''It's About Time'' where she is once again far less blundering and flawed than Crash and can also now mirror all his abilities, making her more efficient in brawn as well as brains in-universe (though her [[ImmuneToSlapstick Immunity to Slapstick]] remains revoked in actual gameplay).