Neo Cortex

Dr. **Neo Periwinkle Cortex** (ネオ・ペリウィンクル・コルテックス, *Neo Periwinkuru Korutekkusu*), is both a fictional character and antagonist from the *Crash* series created by Andy Gavin. He is a professional scientist born in Peoria, Illinois. He is known as the creator of his nemesis: Crash Bandicoot.

"*Defeated again! This is not fair! Maybe I should retire to a nice, big beach, with a nice big drink, and a woman, with nice, big... bags of ice for my head...*"

—Doctor Neo Cortex.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Lex Lang (English), Shōzō Iizuka (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)
*Voice Actor (TV Series)*: Clancy Brown (English), Yōsuke Akimoto (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Appearance

Cortex appears as a short, typically yellow-skinned, large-headed human with a giant *N* symbol (which according to the official *Crash Bandicoot* website and *Wrath of Cortex* official strategy guide, stands for "Nerd, or more appropriately- Neo") located on his forehead since the age of 3.

Cortex is balding, with hair only on the sides of his head and a thick strand on top. Whatever hair he does have is black (blue in some games) and frazzled. He is also shown to have a short beard and bushy eyebrows with the same color along with this. The top of his head is typically depicted as being either unusually flattened or nearly-flattened towards the top. Cortex is a person of short stature in most of his appearances, seldom being taller than Crash in any of them (with the exceptions of the *Crash of the Titans, Crash Mind Over Mutant* and to a lesser extent *Crash Bash* and *Crash Twinsanity*).

As a child at the Academy of Evil, Cortex's appearance was largely the same, the biggest difference being a full head of hair, trimmed eyebrows and lacking a beard. The N on his forehead is also depicted as lowercase rather than uppercase.

#### Video Games

In the Naughty Dog-developed games as well as *Crash Bash* and *Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex*, this N appears to be painted or branded on; since *Crash Nitro Kart*, the N is shown to be metal-plated. He is most often seen wearing a lab coat, with some sort of black clothing underneath, and donning rubber gloves and boots. His eyelids are prominently red in most of his appearances in the video games.

#### TV Series

The gloves and boots Cortex wears is leather. His eyelids are prominently black in the TV version.

* Hair Color: Black (Games), Blue (TV)
* Skin Color: Yellow
* Eye Color: Black
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Uka Uka
* Doctor Nitrus Brio
* Doctor N. Gin
* Tiny Tiger
* Dingodile
* Doctor Nefarious Tropy
* Papu Papu
* Ripper Roo
* Koala Kong
* Pinstripe Potoroo
* Komodo Bros.
* Dr. Nefarious Tropy
* Nitros Oxide
* Rilla Roo
* [[N.Trance]

### Neutral

* Madame Amberly
* Apo-Apo

### Enemies

* Crash Bandicoot
* Aku Aku
* Crunch Bandicoot
* Tawna
* Penta Penguin
* Ebenezer Von Clutch
* Pasadena O'Possum
* Yaya Panda
* Chick Gizzard Lips
* Stew
* Farmer Ernest
* Carbon Crash
* The Evil Twins
	+ Tikimon
* Nitros Oxide
	+ Willie Wumpa Cheeks
	+ Zam
	+ Zem

## External links

* Dr. Neo Cortex *Wikipedia*
* Dr. Neo Cortex *Bandipedia*
* Dr. Neo Cortex *Crash Mania*
* Dr. Neo Cortex *Heroes Wiki*
* Dr. Neo Cortex *Skylanders Wiki*
* Dr. Neo Cortex *Spyro Wiki*
* Dr. Neo Cortex *Nintendo Wikia*
* Dr. Neo Cortex *Villains Wiki*