| NOTE: This article is about the version of Dr. Nefarious Tropy from the original timeline. You may be looking for information on his new timeline version. |
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| “ | Now you're on my time, you little SKUNK! Give me the crystals! | „ |
| ~ Dr. N. Tropy in Crash Bandicoot: Warped. |
| “ | The rats are leaving the sinking ship. Tell us where the treasure is, and we'll... let you go. Silence? Looks like we'll have to wring it out of him. N. Brio? Get changed. | „ |
| ~ N. Tropy before his and N. Brio's fight with Crash in Twinsanity. |
Dr. Nefarious Tropy, also known as N. Tropy for short, is a major antagonist in the original timeline of the Crash Bandicoot franchise.
He is a master of time and a specialist in quantum warp technology, who is an old friend of Uka Uka who was summoned by him to help conquer the world in Warped. It is stated in the Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex manual that Tropy can be seen disturbing the temporal flow by causing time paradoxes for laughs. He is also shown to be acquainted with N. Trance.
He was voiced by Michael Ensign (in Warped, Crash Team Racing, Crash Nitro Kart and Twinsanity) and Corey Burton (in The Wrath of Cortex), who also originally voiced his new timeline version.
Appearance[]
N. Tropy is a tall and skinny humanoid which has a blue and cold skin, result from his frequent travels through the cold and hostile vacuum of space and time, long eyebrows and two equally long and skinny beards and thin legs. He typically wears a golden-brown, smog-producing, piston-driven time machine, which appears to obscure his lab coat, he also wears a tall headgear with a small silver fork and his left arm has a huge metal glove with a clock on it.
In Twinsanity, N. Tropy's design suffered a few changes. His headgear, time machine and boots became gold, his left arm became bionic with the typical metal glove with a clock on it, his tuning fork became longer, and he became taller than usual.
Personality[]
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Biography[]
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped![]
N. Tropy created the Time Twister Machine in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped!. He was summoned by Uka Uka to assist Dr. Neo Cortex in their plans for world domination. Tropy was the third boss faced in the game but was eventually defeated by Crash who gained the Super Spin ability upon defeating him.
Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex[]
N. Tropy appears as a supporting character in Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex and an obstacle in some of the levels. He appears in the opening cutscene during a meeting with Uka Uka, Cortex, N. Gin, Dingodile and Tiny Tiger, where he makes a suggestion to use Crunch Bandicoot to destroy Crash.
Crash Twinsanity[]
In Twinsanity, he teams up with Nitrus Brio and N. Gin and believing Crash knew the location of the Evil Twins' treasure, the doctors fight Crash after he escapes N. Gin's battleship but are both defeated by the bandicoot. Tropy reappears later with other villains in the Tenth Dimension, close to laying his hands on the treasure. When Cortex remarks that the treasure is stolen property, Tropy calls him out on seemingly developing a sense of morality, only to learn that Spyro the Dragon has come to retrieve his riches. The dragon breathes fire on N. Tropy's group, leaving their fate unknown.
Spin-offs[]
Crash Team Racing[]
N. Tropy's ghost
He also appeared in Crash Team Racing as a secret unlockable driver who could be obtained by beating his set records for Time Trials on each track.
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced[]
Due to Cortex's defeat in Crash Bandicoot: A Huge Adventure, Uka Uka turns to N. Tropy for help. The doctor looks into the future with his device and sees himself together with the bandicoots. Misinterpreting this as them being on his side, he kidnaps Coco, Crunch, and Fake Crash so his friend N. Trance can brainwash them into doing their bidding. However, he fails to realize that Fake Crash isn't the real Crash Bandicoot until the doppelgänger is defeated in battle. Tropy leaves N. Trance to try and stop Crash while he escapes to parts unknown. Only after collecting the Gems and Gem Shards in the game Crash is able to fight him and prevails in the end. N. Tropy is captured by the bandicoots and forced to take a picture with them, ironically resulting in the same image the doctor saw through his device.
Crash Nitro Kart[]
N. Tropy returns in Crash Nitro Kart. Again, serving as an unlockable driver and a ghost for Time Trials. He is unlocked the same way as in CTR and is a part of Team Cortex.
Powers and Abilities[]
N. Tropy is a highly intelligent engineer specializing in time travel. As such, he can create highly advanced devices such as the Time Twister and a steam powered Time Machine that he wears like armor. With his Time Staff and Time Machine Suit, N. Tropy is capable of manipulating matter, shifting time and emitting energy waves. However, using these devices can greatly drain him, leaving him open to attack.
Trivia[]
- Dr. Nefarious Tropy's shortened alias, N. Tropy, is a play on the word "entropy".
- During the development of Crash Twinsanty, it seems that N. Tropy was originally meant to have a more prominent role as the secondary antagonist to Crash and Cortex. Tropy was going to lead a team with N. Brio, N. Gin, and N. Trance to get the treasure of the Evil Twins before Cortex did. There are removed levels from Wumpa Island and Twinsanity Island where Crash, Cortex, and Nina had to keep facing previous bosses again like frog N. Brio (along with Koala Kong and N. Gin (who attacked Nina at the Uka Tree). N. Trance was going to get wounded by Evil Crash during the treasure hunt and stalking of Cortex's group. Out of all this, only a cutscene at the end of the game remains, where Cortex, Crash, and Nina faced N. Tropy, N. Brio, and N. Gin at the treasure chamber.
- N. Tropy was going to serve as the main antagonist of the cancelled game Cortex Chaos, which was meant to be a sequel to Crash Twinsanity, where Tropy gets back at Cortex by kicking him out of the league of evil scientists and replace him as the leader.
