Neo Cortex

Neo Cortex is the main villain of The Crash Bandicoot Series although he sometimes teams up with Crash or is replaced by a more deadly villain as Cortex has become somewhat goofy over the years thus he has been a playable character as well not just in spin-offs.

Quotes
 Crash Bandicoot 


 * "Moron! this Bandicoot will be my General and he will lead my Cortex Commandos to World Domination, this time I shall rain triumphant!"
 * "We are closer than ever before, quickly into The Vortex!"
 * *Strained panting from running* "Failure again! CAPTURE HIM!"
 * "Prepare the Female Bandicoot!"
 * "Darn you Crash Bandicoot!"
 * "Ha-ha-ha! HAH!"
 * "AAAaaaaaahh!!!"

 Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back 


 * "Hahahahaha! Crystals of course! DOH!"
 * "You fool! do you think I am unaware of the situation? if we don't have any friends left on the surface, then we need to find an enemy"
 * "Well-well-well, if it isn't Crash Bandicoot welcome, I apologize for the crude means used to bring you here but I rather expect a written invitation would have be turned down, I need your help, surrounding you are a series of five doors, through each door lies a well hidden Crystal, the Crystals look like this, bring me the Crystals Crash that is all I will say for now, we will speak again"
 * "No-no-no Crash, I said bring me The Crystals, now get back in there"
 * "No-no-no Crash, to save the world I need Crystals, CRYSTALS! one more time, they look like this, CRYSTALS CRASH go back through one of those doors and bring me Crystals"
 * "Look above the doorways, above each there is a big Crystal-shaped slot, fill all five Crystal slots in this Warp Room by retrieving one Crystal from each of the five areas, only after we have filled all of the slots in this room can we continue on our quest, this is the last time I will remind you"
 * "Well done Crash! I knew I could rely on you, now listen carefully these holograms are hard to maintain, during the course of my intellectual pursuits I have stumbled across a force that threatens to destroy the World, Crystals are the only means of containing it, the fate of the World is at stake it is imperative therefore that you bring them to me"
 * "Three Crystals not bad, I see you are getting the hang of it, I need to conserve power, I will communicate with you again after you retrieve the fifth Crystal."
 * "Listen up! we are not without enemies, some of them you may even recognise, although they cannot harm you inside this Warp Room they can attack you on your way to the next one, to get to the next Warp Room use the Platform that appears at the centre of the Room, good luck"
 * "Hahahahaha I see that Ripper Roo failed to prove much of a challenge yet again but back to business there are Crystals to be gathered, twenty to be exact, the Planets will align shortly all thirteen of them and this will create a power great enough to rip the Earth apart, properly utilised however the Crystals can absorb and contain the en-"
 * "Ten of twenty five Crystals, your on your way, I'm running low on power so communication from this point will be difficult, again be weary of the pathways between Warp Rooms, remember I am counting on you"
 * "Good show Crash! The Komodo Brothers obviously lacked your medal but now's not the time to get cocky, there are still many Crystals to obtain remember the World is counting on you"

Backstory
 Crash Bandicoot 

Before Cortex settled on Cortex Island he and Brio explored the Islands looking for the best spot for a lair, during this time Cortex sometimes carved his face into old walls to make himself seem more important including a secret cave near Wumpa Island Tribe's Boulder Traps.

Cortex eventually decided on building Cortex Castle on Iron Island which he then renamed Cortex Island building the Castle on top of Uka Uka's Temple Prison, after that he built Cortex Power Station to give power to his Castle and technology which included the new devices he created including his Airship, Evolvo-Ray, Cortex Vortex, Ray Gun and Hoverboard.

Cortex creates a Mineshaft on Wumpa Island as he was told about Power Crystals by Uka Uka, Cortex also imprisoned a bunch of guys who used to bully him in cells throughout his castle who have been growing old.

Crash Bandicoot
Cut Animated Intro

Cortex and Brio round up and mutate many of the animals they took from Australia and brainwash them into becoming his minions although unknown to him the animals mutated by Brio would actually be more loyal to him.

He had to have Ripper Roo put into a straightjacket due to his dangerous insanity, had Koala Kong work in the mines for being strong but stupid and made Pinstripe CEO of Cortex Power to focus more on science.

 Cut Level 1: Test Room 

After Crash is revealed to have gained Spinning Abilities from The Evolvo-Ray, Cortex puts him, Tawna and A Lab Assistant into The Holo-Room to train his abilities.

Opening Cutscene

Cortex threatened to make Crash work in the Mines if he didn't become smarter in the next Evolvo-Ray test but when they begin putting his soon-to-be general Crash into the Vortex it fails and Crash escapes so Cortex has to fix the Cortex Vortex and decides that when he's done he will turn Tawna into the general instead.

 Tawna Bonus Rounds 

During Crash's adventure he daydreams about finding Tawna in treetops, trying to rescue her and then Cortex showing up to swoop her away, Cortex is unware of these dreams however.

 Boss 2: Ripper Roo 

Cortex finds out that Crash has made it to the Second Island as Uka Uka could sense them, this makes him worry more about Crash succeeding, he is warned about Aku Aku by Uka Uka as well, as a result he sends Ripper Roo after Crash thinking the insane Kangaroo can blow Crash up.

 Cortex Bonus Rounds 

Crash has two day-mares about being in Cortex Castle with Neo Cortex, the real Cortex has no idea about these nightmares however, Aku Aku gets Crash out of them by giving him a Key which Crash visualises as Cortex flying away on his Hoverboard and dropping it.

 Boss 3: Koala Kong 

Cortex finds out that Crash has made it too his Wumpa Island Mineshaft so he gets his Mine worker Koala Kong to attack Crash but he is defeated, Crash then uses Cortex's own Mines to travel to Cortex Island.

 Level 16: Heavy Machinery 

Cortex seeing with his Surveillance Drones that Crash has made it to his Power Station warns The Potoroo Gang to get them ready to attack Crash, Crash defeats them all however.

 Level 18: Generator Room 

Cortex stares angrily at Crash through the monitor screens in the Generator Room, unfortunately Crash defeats the entire Potoroo Gang.

 Level 21: Slippery Climb 

Cortex finds out that Crash has made it to Cortex Castle so he demands Naughty Dog lock the Front Door however Crash starts climbing onto the Castle Walls instead so Cortex tells his Lab Assistants to get him sending them to climb on the ledge.

 Level 27: The Great Hall 

Cortex puts Tawna on a ledge where she can't escape.

 Boss 6: Dr. Neo Cortex 

He then angrily goes after Crash who is hi-jacking his Airship, he shoots at him with his Plasma Shots but Aku Aku figures out that the Green Shots can be knocked back so Crash spins it back causing Cortex to fall from his Hoverboard, injure his throat screaming during the fall and then crash into a Temple under his Castle where he finds a Crystal and comes up with a new plan

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
 Opening Cutscene 

One year later Cortex has built a Space Cortex Vortex which now orbits Earth, inside it him and Dr. N. Gin plot to trick Crash into collecting Crystals for him after they realise they have no minions

 Level 0: Intro 

Cortex teleports Crash to his Warp Room in Cortex Castle asking for his help in gathering Crystals and shows Crash what they look like.

 Level 1: Turtle Woods 

Crash comes back without the Crystal from the first portal three times making Cortex angry, after Crash actually brings the Crystal to him Cortex says that he has found something that threatens to destroy the World and that only Crystals can help him save it.

 Level 3: Hang Eight 

Cortex congratulates Crash on getting three Crystals.

 Level 5: Crash Dash 

After Crash has gathered five Crystals Cortex explains how to travel to the next Warp Room but warns him that the enemies could attack him on his way also stating that he may recognise some of the enemies.

 Boss 1: Ripper Roo 

Cortex mocks Ripper Roo for failing to defeat Crash again and then tells Crash that when the Planets align soon the Earth will be ripped apart unless they gather the twenty five Crystals to contain the energy.

 Level 10: The Eel Deal 

Cortex congratulates Crash on getting ten Crystals and says he has low power and will have to communicate less now.

 Boss 2: Komodo Bros. 

After Crash defeats The Komodo Bros. Cortex mocks their failure and then reminds Crash that The World is counting on him.