

He instead derives from the extinct Thylacine, sometimes called the Australian Tiger, the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world. Tiny Tiger, one of Cortex’s failed Evolve-o-ray experiments, isn’t actually based on the striped tiger from asia. Cortex decided to name it Cortexrulestheworldium, which resulted in numerous lawsuits that have all failed to have the name changed.ĭefault Driving Style: Speed Home Tracks: Tiny Arena, Tiny Temple, Temple Turmoil First Appearance: Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997) They were, however, all deemed failures, and Crash’s in particular would result in Cortex’s downfall in triplicate.Īfter the events of CTR, Cortex went back to scientific research and discovered a new element in the periodic table, Element 117. Nitrus Brio to create a Cortex Commando army to be led by Crash.Ĭrash, Coco, Tiny, Dingodile, Ripper Roo, Pinstripe, Komodo Joe, Fake Crash, and all four Race Girl Bandicoots are the results of this plan thanks to the Evolve-o-ray mutating their bodies and the Cortex Vortex enhancing their intelligence. The evil mask Uka Uka recruited Cortex to take over the world by creating a mutated army of once-animals, newly-armored beasts, collaborating with Dr. Ridiculed by the scientific community for his outlandish (and nearly workable) theories, Cortex was motivated by one driving force: to shut those know-it-alls up once and for all.

Neo Cortex’s early years moulded him into the Mad Scientist that he is today, and is harder to squash than a cockroach.
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Tropy's Time Trial Ghosts on the CTR and CNK tracksĭr. Nitros Oxide Edition / Defeat in Adventure Modeīeat all N. Aku Aku and Uka Uka are also listed here, despite not being playable at this stage. This page details all of the characters who were available in the original Crash Team Racing from 1999 (with the exception of Oxide).
