Nitrus Brio

Brio is a somewhat neutral character, he is a villain but he hates Cortex enough to team up against him while also secretly wanting Cortex to take him seriously so he will still sometimes team up with Cortex.

Quotes
 Crash Bandicoot 


 * "But Doctor Cortex, we have not determined the cause of past failures! heh-eh-eh-eh"
 * "But Doctor Cortex, The Vortex is not ready, we have no idea what it could do! heh-eh-eh-eh"
 * "Hmm-ROAR!!!"
 * "Oooh!"

 Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back 


 * "Soooo you are helping Cortex gather Crystals and yet you have acquired a Gem, interesting ge-ge-ge-ge, well Crash heh-heh-heh know this, as long as you are allied with C-C-C-Cortex! you are my sworn enemy and I will do anything in my power t-t-t-to stop you heh-heh, if the fate of the world is truly your concern you must g-g-gather the Gems not the C-C-Crystals!, if you obtain all forty two Gems I can use them to f-f-f-focus a laser-haha-laser beam that will destroy Cortex and his Space Station he has created, until then I must use my ffforces to stop you from gathering Cry-"

Backstory
 Crash Bandicoot 

Cortex and Brio explored the Islands before settling on a location, Cortex carved his face into a wall and then later did it again so Brio did as well due to his need of getting credit, They have a Castle built on Cortex Island with Brio getting his own Chemistry Lab added.

Crash Bandicoot
Cut Animated Intro

Cortex and Brio round up and evolve a bunch of animals, secretly Brio had made it so that they would be loyal to him although some of the Mutants developed their own wills and were loyal to nobody and Tiny Tiger was faulty and came out loyal to Cortex, Ripper Roo had to be put into a straightjacket due to how insane and dangerous he was to everyone around him.

Opening Cutscene

Brio had been getting more and more worried about the machines failing but Cortex ignored him causing Crash to escape.

 Cut Menu Screen 

Brio then had to help Cortex fix The Cortex Vortex so that Tawna could be brainwashed, Brio begins teaching Tawna about Chemistry so he has someone to talk to about it.

 Brio Bonus Rounds 

Crash had day-mares about being stuck in mineshafts with Brio sometimes but Aku Aku woke him out of them by blowing up the fake Brio, the real N. Brio had nothing to do with them and has no idea Crash had them.

 Level 23: Fumbling In The Dark 

Brio locks the doors that lead to the Lab Floors of Cortex Castle forcing Crash to have to climb outside the Walls again, he had also done the same for the door to The Great Hall.

 Boss 5: Dr. Nitrus Brio 

Crash had made it into Cortex Castle and walked into Brio's Chemistry Lab which caused Brio to start attacking by throwing potions at him, when Crash defeated all his Blob Creatures he drank a potion becoming a Hulk-Like creature and tried to crush Crash but Crash knocked him out the window and he fell, later he transformed back into his normal form.

 Level 26: The Lab 

Brio had left a few Blob Creatures in Cortex's Tech Lab as backups but Crash defeated those as well.

 End Credits 

After Brio awoke in his normal form he spent some time soul searching for something he could do, he then found out that Papu Papu was trying to sell Cortex Castle so he bought it under the guise of Resort Developer, instead he turned the place into a Bar, later he gave Ripper Roo some much needed therapy and education.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
 Level 2: Snow Go 

Once Crash has gathered another Gem Brio figures out that Crash is helping Cortex and uses the Castle's Holograms to tell him that he should be collecting Gems to help destroy Cortex's Space Station instead of Crystals and threatens that if Crash doesn't stop helping Cortex he will do all he can to stop him.

 Level 5: Crash Dash 

Brio lays out Electrical Fences and Electrical Land Mines near the Boulder Traps to hopefully stop Crash gathering Crystals.

 Boss 1: Ripper Roo 

Brio teleports Crash by sabotaging the Warp Room Elevator thus pulling Crash to Roo Falls where Ripper Roo has agreed to help Brio defeat Crash and save the World but Roo is defeated.