Doctor Neo Periwinkle Cortex is the primary antagonist of a series.
 In the subsequent tapes, which take place following Crash's escape from Cortex's castle, Cortex trains Crash's sister, whom he codenames "Coco", hires N
 Following a celebratory trip to a futuristic metropolis, Cortex kidnaps Kupuna-Wa  a magical "Quantum Mask" with time-altering powers  and uses her to travel back in time to his original bid for world domination and avert Crash's creation

