Doctor Neo Periwinkle Cortex is the protagonist of the Crash Bandicoot series.
 Crash Twinsanity artist Daniel Tonkin observed that Cortex is "massively egotistical" and has "a real insecurity complex", while voice actor Lex Lang summarized Cortex's character as a "maniacal narcissist"
 Cortex is an egomaniacal mad scientist who seeks to achieve world domination with the use of the Evolvo-Ray, a machine capable of creating genetically enhanced soldiers from ordinary animals

