Doctor Neo Periwinkle Cortex

Doctor Neo Periwinkle Cortex, also known as Dr. Cortex and Cortex, is one of the main characters from the Crash Bandicoot series.
== Charactah Account ==
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 and he eventually creates Crash Bandicoot 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.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Digital Comic
=== Manga ===
* Crash Bandicoot
* Crash Bandicoot: Dance! Then Jump! It's a Great Adventure
* Crash Bandicoot: Spin World
=== Video Games ===
* Crash Ball
* Crash Bandicoot
* Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
* Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
* Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
* Crash Bandicoot Blast
* Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
* Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
* Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
* Crash Bandicoot Party Games
* Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
* Crash Bandicoot: Mutant Island
* Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!
* Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
* Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
* Crash Bandicoot: Warped
* Crash Bash
* Crash Boom Bang!
* Crash Invaders
* Crash Nitro Kart
* Crash Nitro Kart 2
* Crash Nitro Mini Golf
* Crash of the Titans
* Crash Racing
* Crash Team Racing
* Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
* Crash Team Rumble
* Crash Tag Team Racing: Drive-By
* Crash Twinsanity
* Crash Village
* Crash: Mind Over Mutant
* Crashmoji
* CrashOut
* Interactive Pachislot Crash Bandicoot
* Skylanders: Imaginators
== Trivia ==
* His name is a pun on the neocortex, a part of the brain.
* Cortex has appeared in all main series Crash games as a final boss except for Crash Twinsanity and Crash of the Titans.
* Cortex's middle name was revealed to be Periwinkle by Ebenezer Von Clutch in Crash Tag Team Racing.
** In the German dub of the same scene, Von Clutch refers to Cortex as "Doktor Neo Strandschnecke Cortex". The word "Strandschnecke" (lit. beach snail) is the German name of the periwinkle - a snail species. It is not used as a given name in German however.
* In the Crash Bandicoot level Generator Room, the 'N' on his forehead is missing on the TV screens.
* In Crash Tag Team Racing, it is implied that Cortex had served in the Vietnam War.
* According to Clancy Brown during an interview, the reason why he stopped doing the voice of Dr. Cortex was that Universal paid actors minimum wage, and that he was never told about the Crash games (Wrath of Cortex and Crash Nitro Kart) during the time. In another interview, Lex Lang added that parents felt Brown's portrayal of the character was too mean for younger audiences, and wrote letters to Universal about the problem.
* Cortex's bestiary entry from Crash of the Titans for the Nintendo DS states the following:
** He likes himself and dislikes Crash Bandicoot.
** His height is 1.60m (~ 5'3") and his weight is 59kg (~ 130lbs).
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Neo Cortex at Bandipedia
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