Doctor Neo Periwinkle Cortex is a character in a video game.
 Cortex is the main antagonist in the handheld titles Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy
 Cortex was originally envisioned as a self-aware video game character who was bothered by the clichs he embodied and addressed the audience throughout the game

