Coco Bandicoot's Origin? Why Tawna Was Removed - Crash Bandicoot

Coco Bandicoot has been known as Crash's sister since the start of Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back. Do we even know much about her or why she was even absent during the events of Crash Bandicoot?
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[@maskedbadass6802]

"...Japan didn't feel comfortable with a super sexy character" I never thought I would hear these words.

[@OM3GA-Z3RO]

That does struck as weird even though Japan makes the most sexiest content that moral guardians and SJW's rages over.

[@MrSilnev]

@@OM3GA-Z3RO What needs to be understood though is that when the Japanese moral guardians perceive something for children (like 0-8) they treat the object in question like how I imagine censors treat stuff that goes on Nick Jr.

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

Context.

[@genyakozlov1316]

@@OM3GA-Z3RO Why did you have to bring up moral outrage culture? I am so tired of that discussion.

[@vitamin227]

Yeah, country that makes kids watch A N I M E

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

To this day, I still don't understand how Coco expected Crash to find an extra laptop battery in a freaking jungle.

[@ijumpshrooms707]

Why doesn't she just charge it? Oh wait it's the darn jungle.

[@felixthecat5333]

Most of our childhoods biggest mystery 🤔

[@FoxPrimed]

Definitely one of the most interesting childhood mysteries.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

The answer is pretty simple actually.... crash was going back to their house to grab a battery. Their own home wasnt far off from the N.sanity Beach. (cortex takes this opportunity to jack crash and warp him) Ta-da!

[@FoxPrimed]

@@deoxysandmew2162 Pretty good explanation. It makes that scene much more sense now.

[@VongolaXZax]

She was finishing up college, girl was getting her EDU.

[@Yayofangamer16]

Both Sony of America and Sony of JAPAN didn't like Tawna

[@HeilRay]

ClausMystery Japan didn’t have a problem

[@Yayofangamer16]

@@HeilRay Citation needed m8.

[@HeilRay]

@@Yayofangamer16 It's in the video and censored gaming video. The problem was in the west.

[@KazShiro]

That feeling when japan is less sensitive than the country of freedom

[@kennydarmawan13]

"Fun, cute-looking characters" You showed Rilla Roo, mate.

[@JEvans-wy9ln]

Rilla is cute though

[@neturalumbrella6688]

Gorilla monkey an*s face

[@Sweetie.21]

@@neturalumbrella6688 Another Daddy Caddy fan! :D

[@MichaelHill-sg8ks]

I always assumed that Coco came about from an experiment before Crash, since when the brainwashing Crash goes wrong, Cortex says, "failure again". Considering that Crash was meant to be a super-intelligent general for Cortex's army, it makes sense that Coco might have been a previous attempt but was rejected due to her kind nature and the unreliability of the Cortex Vortex. As for where Coco was during Crash 1: maybe she was creating her own plan to stop Cortex and just didn't find Crash until the second game. Great video as always. Really interesting information about Tawna and Brio.

[@Mailed-Knight]

I like this one.

[@VtnVivi]

Ah nice one!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@DragmaKerp]

I always thought the previous failure he mention was Tawna.

[@JayRamahi3810]

Michael Hill but Coco is Crash’s younger sister. Does younger mean who was transformed first or does it mean who was born first when they were still regular animals?

[@apollossunrise381]

Jay Ramahi Who got taken first. When it comes down to that Coco is more likely since she got failed as her kindness was to great. Tawna isn’t necessarily as nice as Coco so we don’t know which of the girls it is, but both seem to be smart compared to the other animals.

[@Silentgrace11]

“Ouch! I’m telling mom!...if we had one...” not gonna lie, I didn’t come in here expecting feels, but here we are.

[@Nonjola]

Sonic games technically have a backstory for their characters, but they are either very badly written or been changed later. Like the whole deal with the Classic and Modern universe.

[@gonzalot.605]

To be fair, most characters in the Sonic series *do* have a very interesting background, _(E.g. Knuckles, Shadow, Tails, Blaze...)_ but since SEGA of Japan doesn't care about having any form of cohesive narrative, this is entirely wasted. Man, I surely won't look back when the Sonic franchise moves its bases to the United States.

[@TheJuicyJediJester]

That's why i find it stupid when people complain about the characterization, lore, world, tones etc. Because the creators are inconsistent and just write random shit for whatever game they're working on at the time. Long ago i decided to just not give a damn. Every single little detail in all the games might as well be canon since none of it matters anyway.

[@gonzalot.605]

@@TheJuicyJediJester Someday, storytelling and lore will matter again in the Sonic franchise, but until then we will have to wait. Seriously though, I hope they shift Sonic Team to America this year already. The sooner they leave behind idiots like Morio Kishimoto and Shun Nakamura the better.

[@Mailed-Knight]

I don't care I'll still complain about their characterization. I liked Adventures Tails, Modern Tails is worse than Sarah, Scratch and SatAM Antione.

[@TheJuicyJediJester]

@@gonzalot.605 Fam it never mattered.

[@TurtleRhythm]

I think Coco was always there with Crash, as litter mates (or whatever you call bandicoot babies) until they were separated, and experimented on with being housed in different cages. Then Crash and Tawna meet for the events of the first game And then when Coco had a way and enough technology/energy she jumped in to help Crash for the 2nd and 3rd game+ Racing game & spinoffs

[@Krillos]

Oh, Coco was definitely in the first game! She was the one who drove the blimp Crash and Tawna stood on at the end! XD But all honestly, I hope Tawna makes a big comeback in the next big game. She has received much love from her debut in both N-Sane Trilogy and CTR with her new look and personality and Tawna needs to be part of the Bandicoot-family.

[@Krillos]

Κωνσταντίνος Φραγκίσκος Then good thing you’re not working with Activision. So you don’t have to do anything. xD

[@VtnVivi]

I'd like that :)

[@biecie]

That would be nice. The character cast ain't that big to begin with if we go by recurring characters.

[@MarioLuigi25]

The Crash Bandicoot series needs more good guys in general and I would love to see Tawna alongside her boyfriend Crash again so I'd be all for her being part of the main crew

[@Krillos]

disabled account I say nay to that. If Coco gets to keep her look, then I see no reason for Tawna to change. And in case you haven’t noticed yet, Tawna has now a personality of a tough gal in the remake. So yeah, Tawna is fine as she is.

[@TheIntimateAvenger]

I just assumed that the game devs decided that Coco was more marketable than Tawna so they replaced her.

[@trashsan6374]

She literally said "I'm telling mom, if we had one" Meaning they don't have a mom!

[@VtnVivi]

What if they had but died when they were younger with no recollection?

[@JayRamahi3810]

VTNVIVI or what if it’s cuz after transformation, their previous lives as animals were totally wiped out? What if they’re not siblings to begin with? 😯

[@BlurroBlue]

@@luminacrucisgaming4686 I-

[@VongolaXZax]

Coco will always hold a special place in my top favorite Sib characters, the Dynamic between Her and Crash will always be special, I would like to see more of that, just them, one on one, screen time.

[@roxasthebandicoot4492]

Fully agree

[@jacoblofthus7908]

You read my mind.

[@Pc_98_Fan]

About the "sexy problem" with Tawna: You should know that Japan has a modified version of Crash, because to them the look seems too scary. Yeah, Censorship in Japan was wack

[@VtnVivi]

I'm aware :)

[@Cpt.Masami]

I want the trophy girls to have their own back story, like where did they come from? maybe even make a new crash game where each of them are playable.

[@Krillos]

The Trophy Girls are not exactly canon since CTR is a spin-off game, not part of the Crash Bandicoot-continuity.

[@Cpt.Masami]

@@Krillos I never said they were canon tho. just that they should be or have some type of story to them.

[@SuperHuCHI]

@@Krillos Oxide appeared in Twinsanity, so, in a way, CTR is canon

[@Krillos]

Atomic Star Dude, the post-trilogy games follows their own continuity that is completely alienated from the trilogy’s and they do whatever they want without making sense. In other words, there’s no linearity between them.

[@SuperHuCHI]

@@Krillos Your call to believe that. Nothing stops them from utilising CTR characters if they so desire

[@Silentgrace11]

Side note: I deeply enjoy the small comic’s version of “What happened to Tawna” a lot more: she just breaks up with Crash and leaves 😂 Which makes the laptop situation fit a bit more, since Coco’s basically like, “stop being a depressed lump and do something with yourself...hey, how about picking up my other battery!” Now, what that says for Coco’s existence I can’t say; I’m inclined to say she was kidnapped after Crash left and went to save Tawna, but escaped before he accomplished his goal, giving her ample time to work alongside this mysterious new mask friend who insists her brother is okay to build a shelter and try fiddling with this computer she kidnapped from the lab on her way out~

[@VtnVivi]

Although the manga is non-canon, many seem to be loving it when it comes to Tawna's story.

[@Silentgrace11]

Agreed! I know it isn’t canon, but it certainly makes things fun 😂

[@isaaccooper862]

Idk if I really can get with it, cause like, only Japanese spinoffs use that story. Like Crash Boom! Bang! is FAR from canon I think many people would agree. Nothing released in America, from Naughty Dog or otherwise, ever alluded to that until that one Nitro Fueled trailer which was a joke about who she was really with.

[@Silentgrace11]

@@isaaccooper862 Eh, it certainly isn't a big deal either way. Like I said before, it isn't canon, but it certainly makes things fun ;) Someone wanted to fill the gap (a gap that Naughty Dog themselves didn't fill, Activision never filled, and Toys for Bob clearly has no intention of filling) and they filled it with something cute and kind of fun. If you want to get technical, the change was probably made because parents complained about there being a Furry style pixie dreamgirl in a kids game, but nothing wrong with taking some creative liberties with it, especially where no other explanation is provided.

[@isaaccooper862]

@@Silentgrace11 I guess... I'm just one of those people that I want the creators to be upfront and confirm stuff, even if we have to do some research. Cause fan theories can be pretty toxic sometimes. I'm also a Crash/Tawna person too, so it upsets me that Crash's love interest basically disappeared with no real confirmation as to what happened to her. I was hoping T4B would give us an answer in Crash 4, but they were focused on the wrong Tawna pretty much. But seeing as how positively recieved this one was (and she had hips for DAYS, you can even see she's wearing her old shorts if you look closely during her electrocution death animation), I don't see why they couldn't bring her back in the regular universe. But then there might be people upset that Tawna/Pinstripe isn't a thing, so... Idk. I just can't see her being a good guy and being WITH a good guy, and then she decides to date a mobster, but that's just me.

[@LaffyTaffy04]

The way I see it, Tawna may have been the one to convince N.Brio to betray Cortex because she put it in his mind that he was the greater genius. Also, I could see the ending of CB1 having Tawna take Crash to reunite with Coco.

[@LTM915]

I heard that the experiments on crash scrambled his brain, and his girlfriend realized how scrambled he was, abandoning him, leaving only crash and coco.

[@VtnVivi]

Hmm....

[@roxasthebandicoot4492]

In the comics she left him for tiny after the original CTR.

[@dragonking3915]

(Laughs) Break out the butter, I'm gonna make toast!

[@VtnVivi]

What kind of toast you making? I'm hungry.

[@mirageprime2010s]

GASP" its dingodile

[@kennydarmawan13]

I knew Japan didn't have a problem. But man, Universal should've thought more. They're very much garbage back then.

[@animezilla4486]

I do believe Coco's origin need to be Explorer in a future Crash Bandicoot game

[@PlebNC]

"There anything wrong with theorising?" Have you ever watched a Matpat video or met his fanbase?

[@VtnVivi]

Oh I know :P

[@VongolaXZax]

7:49 Crash takes the most craziest pictures. 😂

[@VtnVivi]

Haha

[@crashslysonic777]

This was a very interesting idea to where we think Coco came from. I think you should do the video discussing about the narrative in Crash. Plus, I love the new intro!

[@VtnVivi]

Thank you!

[@tonymata8070]

I honestly want Coco and Tawna to be playable in a main line Crash Bandicoot game, I would love to see some differences be made with Tawna’s gameplay if they ever think about it. Also cause I really love Tawna’s voice actress Misty Lee, she’s perfect as her. ❤️

[@uberkirbeeh7954]

Imagine pre experimented Crash trying to hide Coco somewhere in the jungle from N and his scientists before making an U turn to go and try to rescue Tana only to him getting captured, while Coco watches it happen in the bushes before she gets snatched by one of the scientists.

[@VtnVivi]

Not bad :)

[@Coopergal33]

Coco being part of the same kin as Crash before Cortex seems believable. I mean they are not well known enough so it might be that he would want to experiment with rare species. Tawna and the rest may have similar from other regions.

[@CrashHawk97]

Great video! I’d love to see more Crash Theories! I’ve always wanted to know more about the origins of Aku Aku and Uka Uka

[@VtnVivi]

Glad you liked it :D

[@BEEPIcons98]

That’s interesting theory I’ve heard Isabella being coco grown up wish naughty dog could had made a prequel to Crash Bandicoot. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@ErdrickHero]

The quote you use to show that Crash and Coco have a mom actually proves the opposite. "...if we had one". I see Coco more as an adopted little sister - since the two of them are fairly unique in that since they are mutants, creatures like themselves aren't found in nature, they naturally want to stick together. Coco, being too young to be Crash's romantic interest, takes a sisterly position relative to him. Obviously they both have parents, or they wouldn't exist - and they very well could have the same parents - but seeing as their parents weren't mutated, there's no way they could properly "parent" Crash and Coco. The two mutants are effectively orphans. Barring any future retcon, I still subscribe to the idea that Tawna left Crash for Pinstripe - even though this information didn't come from Naughty Dog themselves, and was only ever stated in Japanese material, it's the only cannon explanation we've ever been given. I once thought this explanation could be a red herring of sorts - that perhaps Pinstripe or one of his goons kidnapped her and either forged or forced her to write a goodbye letter - but her appearance in Nitro Fueled might make this an impossibility, depending on whether or not the Grand Prix content can be considered cannon, and where in the timeline they occur if they are cannon.

[@vampyresgraveyard3307]

CTRNF is not cannon naughty dog CTR is cannon.

[@vampyresgraveyard3307]

Crash bandicoot and coco bandicoot are both eastern barred bandicoot so they are bro and sis the eastern barred bandicoot is located in Victoria and Tasmania so there mum and dad are probably in Victoria or Tasmania and crash and coco got kidnapped or captured by cortex and cortex took all the animals back to wampa island near Tasmania to make them his slaves then crash and coco and tawna escape and they live on n. sanity beach or wampa island.

[@VtnVivi]

Perhaps Crash and Coco felt they were blood siblings? It just so happens they have no recollection of who raised them? One has to wonder, does the Cortex Vortex affect one's memories?

[@CoolDudeClem]

I have such a crush on coco! (i always play as her if i get the chance)

[@roxasthebandicoot4492]

Same lol

[@namelessshame8121]

A couple thing to point out, the Evolvo Ray and the Cortex Vortex were destroyed at the end of the first game. The Evolvo Ray mutates them, the Cortex Vortex brain washes them. Tawna was already mutated by the Ray by the time opening shows her, they were preparing her for the Vortex.

[@VtnVivi]

I can understand that :)

[@BrennySpain]

this is what I'm talking about VIVI! a proper crash bandicoot theory and speculation video. just awesome! :)

[@VtnVivi]

Aw thanks!

[@heartless2147]

It makes sense that Coco was meant to be a replacement to Crash for leading Cortex's army. When Crash is deemed a failure you can see Bandicoot 1.0 on the big screen, that implies that Cortex is prepared to try again with Bandicoot 2.0 aka Coco. I can definitely buy N Brio sabotaging the machine right before it's finished and she's deemed a failure, but she retains all the intelligence the machine gifted her since only the loyalty part of the process was sabotaged. But by then it's time for the boss battle with Cortex so once Crash wins he meets up with Coco sometime later. Since they're both Bandicoots and alone in this new existence as anthro animals, she decides them sticking together for survival would make the most sense. I can imagine Crash shouting "Sister" and Coco giggles and goes along with it. So they're most likely not actual siblings but they treat each other as family and that's good enough for them.

[@ArendAlphaEagle]

Cortex's immediate response after Crash's escape is to prepare Tawna for the Cortex Vortex, meaning that _she_ was likely meant to replace Crash for leading Cortex's army, not Coco. That, or Cortex wanted Tawna to be his trophy wife, like that one unused voice clip in Tag Team Racing.

[@heartless2147]

@@ArendAlphaEagle Well considering we don't see any female bosses in Crash like we do bosses like Ripper Roo, Tiny Tiger, etc, the trophy wife thing seems more likely with Cortex based on Tawna's design. Coco's intelligence and knack for technology would easily make her a good commander, just more the Oracle or armchair general type.

[@VtnVivi]

Never put much thought on the Bandicoot 1.0 :O

[@heartless2147]

@@VtnVivi At first glance it doesn't mean much, but when it comes to science 1.0 always means more experiments down the line improving on the original design. That's how we get Crunch in Wrath of Cortex, he's basically what Crash should've been in Cortex's eyes. Even though the game wasn't as good as the originals imo, I do like Crunch as a character. He evens out the family dynamic of the Bandicoot trio as the big youngest sibling who got involved with a bad crowd but had a change of heart and now strives to be good.

[@TwisterTH]

You know, funny enough, I would like to add the fact, that Coco has a similar line in Crash: Mind over Mutant, when attacked by Crash (again), she said: ~ "I'll tell Mom! (Whispers to self) Who is she anyway?" Nothing to extra and I don’t how many fans would take that from a spin-off games, again, just wanted to add that to a conversation. c:

[@VtnVivi]

Interesting to say the least :)

[@DragonMage155]

Maybe Tawna took Crash to Coco post end of Crash 1 with that bird they're riding on. It's very possible Coco and Tawna escaped together.

[@joelstar9075]

I always felt that Megumi was another failed experiment too, since she’s nice and sweet and she represented Cortex and N. Gin in the original CTR. (Also she’s wearing a lab coat with orange-redish eyes)

[@KichiMiangra]

I always ran with the thought that The evolution ray thingy came first and that they batched up a bunch of animals to be anthropomorphic a head of time and that Crash was just the first to be put in the vortex, and that Tawna was in the room being held because she was next to go in with possibly other Anthro-animals in the room as well that we didn't see. Possibly Including Coco. In the ps1 version Tawna is just standing there, and in the remake she goes in fighting, but for the most part in the first cutscene I don't see anything that says "I am of higher intelligence" from her as she could be just performing the actions of a scared animal that realized it could punch stuff. This thought follows that after Crashes escape Cortex started ramming all his pre-batched Anthro-animals into the cortex vortex and the ones deemed "Successful enough for the job" got used as bosses like Ripper Roo and Pinstripe. Tawna and Coco (And maybe the flag girls?) where all failures to comply and put in holding somewhere, but Tawna now being smarter, was able to escape to find Crash. Or possibly just let out to be used as bait to capture Crash? Another potential theory is that after Crash goes into the vortex the screen pops up saying "Bandicoot 1.0 REJECT" Tawna, Coco, and the flag girls may have gone in the Vortex first and came out as whatever the definition of 'Failure' is to Cortex, possibly making them a "Bandicoot 00" line of prototypes and may be the "Past Failures" that the scientists where talking about? And despite being hyper intelligent now Coco just didn't have access to the tools to escape, or maybe she didn't realize yet how tech-savy she had become because she didn't have time to tinker with any tech to find her calling? I'd really like to know what it means to be a failure to Cortex.

[@VtnVivi]

Very interesting way to put it!!!! Bandicoot 1.0 could very well be the 1st Bandicoot tested, throughout Crash 1 I'd like to imagine the trophy girls, Tawna and Coco were next. Thanks to their smarter nature, they escape, well Crash ends up rescuing Tawna in the end. Here's a fun theory about past failures, what if the NEW canon aka N.Sane and onward including Nitro-Fueled, has characters that were past failures? I can't help but wonder, ALL these characters were basic animals originally, a whole bunch could've been a result of Cortex's experiments.

[@adonaibaptiste4803]

Nah we just need to keep that E ten rating bro😉😉.

[@toongrowner1]

my personal head canon: Coco was there with Crash and Tawna. While Crash escaped, she was still in the castle, being trained to be Crash replacement. Instead she teamed up with Tawna and cause some havoc in the castle while crash was on his way back to save them. When Crash finally arrived, the two pretty much where free already and the castle about to blow up, all three escaping, with Crash and Tawna on a giant vulture (secret ending in crash 1). But Cortex survived, shot at them with Crash landing on a giant zepelin, having one last fight with Cortex (regular ending of crash 1).

[@MonosEx]

Crash 4 explained some of her origins offhandely on the Video tape recording leveles: Coco was still in captivity on Cortex's castle after Crash escaped at the beginning of Crash 1, she escaped later by herself when Crash stormed the place later on to save Tawna.

[@Tankurtle]

My head cannon. There is different types of evo rays. Battle and brain. Crash, and the commandos got the battle type. Coco got the brain type. For support. When dr. Cortex try to combine the two was when the first game happen. He used bandicoots because there quite easy to replace.

[@mediamuncher6982]

The real question is where are there parents.

[@ci7210]

Probably still normal Bandicoots

[@10RexTheWolf01]

Honestly these descriptions of Coco made it sound like we should've been using her more often in the story.

[@roxasthebandicoot4492]

Yes the fan base of coco is bigger than you think.

[@apollossunrise381]

Based on their heights in N Sane Trilogy, we can assume that Crash is either near her age, extremely short(or Coco is extremely tall) and or her hair makes her seem this way. She had to have gone through all that computer stuff due to something most would’ve just ignored: her hair. Notice how Tawna has straight hair that goes down and isn’t really styled, but Coco puts her hair in a ponytail. In games that focus on the main series(so no racing games) she is the only female who does this and adding females from racing games, she is the only one who wasn’t an adult. Because the rest of the girls were older teens/adults while Coco is more around 12-15.

[@chunkykong8683]

With her In Nitro Fueled and for possible Future Crash Game,s hopefully they'll treat her right this time. I wanna know Tawna proper and better unlike the way they removed her and maybe give her some new character development outside of Girl Power all the time.

[@VtnVivi]

I'd be so up for that!!!!

[@omarterrones]

If there was a crash bandicoot movie or a television series I would like to see crash and coco bandicoot to leave wumpa island and set sails to new adventures and to see old friends and maybe crash would reunite with tawna.

[@LordTchernobog]

This is why I belive a reboot/retelling would be nice to the Crash franchise. But only for the story, to be consistent. It's not the 90's anymore, where story wasn't important that much, but a quick small lore, which makes you pick up the game and play it. On the other hand: the Crash games has plotholes, that needs explonation - but I wish this covered in the games itself, NOT outside of it via interviews with the devs, or like Star Wars: releasing tons of books, comics ect. because the new trilogy quiet lacks of storytelling - sadly.

[@VtnVivi]

Crash I'd really look forward to re-imaginings happening after Warped, I mean why not?

[@christopherbluhm]

One of the best charater additions and removals in my opinion.

[@captainfordo2938]

So Sony Japan didn't want a super hot character because it was "inappropriate"? Are we pretending anime is a Chinese thing?

[@MrBoilertech]

Great video man

[@VtnVivi]

Thanks!

[@MrBoilertech]

@@VtnVivi no prob

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

I had no problem with Tawna Bandicoot. I always thought she and Crash were a cute couple.

[@JayRamahi3810]

Lol thanks for (sort of) addressing the elephant in the room which is how do we even truly know Crash and Coco are siblings? I mean with Cortex and Brio just randomly rounding up all these bandicoots and experimenting on them, what are the chances that Crash and Coco just happen to actually be siblings as opposed the random who were just swept up? 🤷‍♂️

[@fannedafternoon2695]

There's a crash bandicoot new game will be till 2021 it will be add it all characters and also it will be a playable characters will be crash,coco,crunch, and also tawna will be cameo character:

[@nickytembo4112]

Fanned Afternoon why 2021?

[@fannedafternoon2695]

Nicky Tembo because there delay crash bandicoot game till 2021

[@nickytembo4112]

Fanned Afternoon yeah but Activision has a quota to release per year when it comes to family friendly games

[@zhongli_simp_lmao7160]

Fanned Afternoon Could you reply with the link? I’d love to hear some more information if there is some!

[@fannedafternoon2695]

ravenflightthefattie just check on search crash bandicoot 2021

[@ThePawnShopHero]

Very glad that Crash Carnival credits screen translation came in handy! 🙏

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

Coco: *Created to replace Tawna* Also Coco: *Views Tawna as a big sister*

[@battybuddy]

The way I see it, coco and crashs mom wasnt exposed to the evolvo-ray and is probably dead from natural causes. I think if Coco WAS in one of the crates, Crash very well might have had that "brotherly instinct" but he also didnt "escape" so much as he accidentally the window, was knocked out cold, and came to a few islands away. I would think coco was given the cortex vortex much later as we have visual progression with the animals put underneath it: Ripper Roo is probably smarter then Crash, but also completely insane. Pinstripe is probably the smartest of the first games cortex minions, but hes also got a personality from gangster films. Coco could have been after Pinstripe, when they fixed some of those issues from Crash.

[@VtnVivi]

I see :O

[@KingNazaru]

Thanks a lot, Universal! God forbid Crash have his girlfriend.

[@VtnVivi]

Anyway, old Tawna still would've gotten scrapped this day and age.

[@KingNazaru]

Stupid SJWs !

[@KingNazaru]

@Hellen Mek Its adorable how you wrongly think SJWs are a recent thing.

[@KingNazaru]

@Hellen Mek People didn’t like her looking that way either. And yes SJWs did exist back in the 90s. Remember the backlash towards South Park and how they thought it ruin society with its controversial content?

[@KingNazaru]

@Hellen Mek Besides my second comment was about how we still wouldn’t get Crash’s girl in these times because of SJWs.

[@InfiniteGamesDenderotto]

I don't know, there is so much characters introduced later in the series that have nothing to do with Cortex and looks like simple habitants from the planet (Pasadena, Farmer Ernest, Viscount Devil, NPCs from Mind over mutant), with makes me think Crash's world is like the Dragon Ball world with there is normal looking people and anthropomorphic people living together.

[@VtnVivi]

Yeah I wonder about that too!

[@Dr._Nicolas]

I created my own headcanon regarding the cortex experiments, so I like the idea of crunch bandicoot been the "original" super bandicoot soldier and the trophy girls were for emotional support fo the Super Soldiers, you know made just to please the super soldiers. So crash & coco was the Fail for Cortex for some reason as the same for the other experiments, like the beef head koala kong, the unstable ripper roo, the highly intelligent but not strong pinstripe potoroo.

[@stefanloncar6868]

It would be nice if next Crash game has more of story but still reteain cartoony feel Considering lore of Crash series Like Masks how Aku Aku and Uka Uka came to be, Were they humans that fused their souls into Voddo masks ? Or are there more of their kind and not just Elementals cause we saw new Mask in PlayStation Time to Play commercial They can dive more into Nina’s backstory. Because Cortex repleaces her hands with mechanical ones so she no longer plays with animals, it could have some trauma on how she sees her uncle and most likley traumatized her emotionaly. Perhaps Nina has potential to be portrayed as sympethatic character We can learn more of Cortex’s history at Madame Amberly’s School with N. Brio and N. Gin. Especaly Brio for all emotional and physical abuse he recived from Cortex And where N. Tropy came from was he also student at Academy of Evil ?

[@VtnVivi]

I don't think Tropy was specified to have attended the Academy. Aku Aku lore would be nice at least :)

[@vgamissos5983]

Love these theories 😍🔝 Ir would be nice to make like a Nina origin vid

[@VtnVivi]

Thanks :D

[@zackaryevans138]

I am presuming “rated X” means “FORGET IT!!”

[@jonasjensen680]

It's not that I don't like tawna,... I just don't really care about her

[@VtnVivi]

Understandable.

[@nekogamer2508]

Crashworth cortex is the main character of the series crash oh and crash 4 its about time explains she was doing test track according to the flashback tapes

[@BrennySpain]

vivi you're so lucky that your comments section hasn't been affected by Coppa am I right? I honesty love your commenting on your videos. I couldn't not being able to do it if you get what I mean? ;)

[@VtnVivi]

Yeah so far I'm alright :)

[@SticksGazetteFan2005]

In the japanese version of crash 2 cortex strikes back it says that tawna was the one who broke up with crash and left him with pinstripe.

[@TimelessKidd]

Atleast Twana appears in the remake of Crash 1 and CTR

[@Doctor_Odin]

Easiest explanation would be that Tawana was head of the female units and Coco was meant to be the organizer of the units. Therefore either hidden away by her or cortex Crash being part of the male units. I doubt cortex the male and female subjects together.

[@notsocaringwolf.3763]

Instead of removing her, just make her more kid-friendly.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

There can be many interpretations of how coco came to be and when... time travel is easiest method, but also uncreative and rather...should i say, uninspired... What i like to believe is that, yes... Coco was the very FIRST bandicoot that was experimented on. After first failure... Crash Bandicoot was a 2nd attempt at the bandicoot experiment. As for Tawna, i say she WAS meant to be 2nd bandicoot experiment, but N.Brio insisted to try "male" bandicoot first. So, basically, the Tawna was hit with Evolvo-Ray before crash, but crash was chosen to go first into the cortex vortex thanks to N.brio. Coco was simply unaffected by cortex vortex and deemed as failed experiment, but both doctors thought, it would be a waste to discard a creation at this stage. They decided to cage her, so she doesnt escape and perhaps figure out a way to make use out of her. (Given she aint a vicious type, they could encapsulate her easily.) I imagine using her computer genius to help with making inventions perhaps... like a rank that's higher than a lab assistant. More like a Lab captain of sorts or something... But i guess Brio wanted Tawna to be instead, i suppose... Crash also turned out to be unaffected by the cortex vortex... and my little explanation that i made out of nowhere would be simply... "WILLPOWER". Remember how Dingodile despite being Cortex's troops and followers he seems to have a mind of his own?! Cause his willpower is insanely strong! To those who dont remember... When Aku Aku brainwashed Dingodile in Crash Bash, it changed his personality and voice. He... didnt... felt like "dingodile" no more. And same goes for CNK and N.trance hypnotising him. I believe somewhere there was stated that N.trance had to brainwash him SO HARD, that it made Dingodile cross his eyes, cause he felt that he could lose control of him at any time. So i suppose, both crash and coco had very strong willpower, at least for this cortex vortex. I presume, that might not have been the case of crystal powered cortex vortex sized station laserbeam. Who knows. In conclusion, i dont think both Coco and Crash are same blood, just same species happen to end up in cortex lab as a simple mutation experiment. Once Crash got to castle before evil doctors proceeded with Tawna... Orange Marsupial confronts Brio and Cortex and sets castle on fire in the process of his antics. In this entire turmoil, all animals that HAVENT been experimented on, have been freed by this whole commotion, allowing Coco to escape from her prison. Evil Dr. Neo Cortex is defeated, and Crash rescues Tawna. WHy does Tawna leave crash?! Well..... my imagination tells me that after when she gained the beauty and intelligence thanks to evolvo-ray and what Dr. Nitrus Brio was talking about to her, she wanted to become a movie star. She simply didnt want a dull life with crash doing same thing over and over.... she was... ambitious. Thus, they part ways... Crash... heartbroken, sits on the log in the N.sanity jungle near the beach and whimpers... Meanwhile Coco, after when she escaped from the castle, our female bandicoot found crash in the jungle... she followed crash's sounds of his sorrowful moans. She decides to accompany him so Crash doesnt feel lonely, essentially making him forget the pain of his broken heart. And thus both decided to help one another from now on and stick together. PS. Actually now that i think about it.... this sort of remind of me Smurfette story a bit.... Huh.... interesting...

[@VtnVivi]

That last part got me all like AWWWWWWW

[@deoxysandmew2162]

@@VtnVivi :3 (^_^)

[@FreeAimDog]

imagine if tawna had a carmelita fox skin from sly cooper series

[@VtnVivi]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@husariuspl117]

The Flashback Tapes in Crash 4 with Coco explains some of her origin. The first flashback tape says that after Crash escaped Cortex was testing Coco

[@roxasthebandicoot4492]

Anyone ever notice tawna is the only bandicoot who has a tail lol.

[@VtnVivi]

Well now its gone in Crash 4 :O

[@roxasthebandicoot4492]

🥲

[@gamerguy425]

Brio did mention "past failures" in the Crash 1 intro, so that implied Coco possibly having escaped on her own or maybe resisted the cortex vortex, but the narrative implies that Crash/Tawna were the only ones there ("prepare the female bandicoot" not "the other/remaining female bandicoot"). it really is canonical conundrum. If she was still there it wouldn't make much sense for Crash to leave her, and if she already escaped, she probably should have ran into Crash when he escaped (the Coco that appears in N.Sane is time traveling). I think escaping before the game and just not reuniting with Crash for whatever reason until the second game probably makes most sense though.

[@seanscudder5428]

anyone think that cannicled Crash Landed game would explain Coco, from what I remember from the Beta clips, A baby bandacute had taking a liking to Crash, and has some saw him as a older brother

[@f34rbeast32]

I love this channel a lot

[@VtnVivi]

Aww thank you!

[@tresheppard8942]

Well, it's finally nice that Activision had finally fixed Tawna's new designed in Crash Bandicoot: N-Sane Trilogy, and Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled as her return without sexual looks. But I really wish that Tawna will be reunited with Crash as his girlfriend once again in new Crash Bandicoot game in the future.

[@VtnVivi]

Now will they properly write her back in? I'd like that :)

[@tresheppard8942]

@@VtnVivi Yeah. And I could imagine that Tawna will be returned and reunited with Crash as his girlfriend once again instead of Pinstripe in new Crash Bandicoot game. 🙂

[@tresheppard8942]

@@VtnVivi Oh, and by away, yesterday, I just heard BetaM just confirmed all of the requested characters in five more new CTR Grand Prix seasons in Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled that he determined in this year! 😀 Like: the seventh season of CTR Grand Prix is called "Rustland Grand Prix" with includes Mega-Mix,... Evil Crash,... Madame Amberley,... and Victor and Moritz the Evil Twins,... and a new mask power: Apo that'll be coming by this Friday!😀 The eighth season of CTR Grand Prix is called "Carnival Grand Prix" with includes Viscount,... Bearinator,... a brand new character: Land Shark,... and Willie Wumpa Cheeks that'll be hopefully coming by February 21st!😀 The ninth season of CTR Grand Prix is called "Back N. Time Part 2 Grand Prix" with includes Fake Emperor Velo XXVII,... Baby Neo Cortex,... and Baby N. Tropy that'll be hopefully coming by March 27th! 😀 The tenth season of CTR Grand Prix is called "Spyro Part 2 Grand Prix" with includes Ripto,... the Sorceress,... Bianca,... and Elora that'll be hopefully coming by May 1st!😀 And finally, the eleventh and final season of CTR Grand Prix is called "Future Grand Prix" with includes Rusty Walrus,... Farmer Ernest,... and a brand new character: Wole Hog that'll be hopefully coming by June 5th! 😀 This is a very huge news! BetaM has done all of the hard work to confirmed the requested characters in five more future CTR Grand Prix seasons. And he should rest now. And we should thank him, and respect him, and appreciate him for all doing of his hard work for determining the requested characters in future CTR Grand Prix seasons in this year.😌 Forget about "Driver WhoAmI" character in Rustland Grand Prix. We've got Twinsanity characters in Rustland Grand Prix along with Mega-Mix. And it looks we don't need a story of Crash Nitro Kart to fit in Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled anymore. Because Fake Emperor Velo XXVII has been confirmed in Back N. Time Part 2 Grand Prix along with Baby Neo Cortex and Baby N. Tropy. And besides, we've only got the original classic story mode of Crash Team Racing in Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled as the adventure mode. 🙂 So, are you ready for five more new CTR Grand Prix that'll make your minds blown??? Because get ready, CTR fans. Our future awaits. 😀 And I am super hyped and very EXCITED!!! 😄

[@datbitchkeepingitreal6712]

Tre' Sheppard She still has the sex appeal just less, same with the trophy girls & I'm pretty sure we might get more Games the amount of Fan art & Sells were very High.

[@MrVr-hl1mm]

@@tresheppard8942 ye i really hope willie wumpa and land shark to appear in the game

[@thefrogthatknows5251]

My understanding from Tawna's reintroduction in CB4 was that Tawna simply left to live a better life after the liberation of the island.

[@zeroarashiuchiha7699]

As much as I am okay with Coco. I still would have preferred for Tawna to stick with Crash rather than being incognito for years

[@rainette3686]

i wish that activison/toys for bob/etc whoever works on the newer game or even if the Official Crash 4 gets dlc, that they actually include where Coco was in CB1 and what happened to tawna after that. It would be nice. Seeing Tawna after years made me so hapyp especially with her redesign but i just think we need to know more.

[@evilgamemichaelsperling8736]

What about big brother of crash Crunch

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

No actual relation, mate. And Crunch's origins are pretty well known in the community. He was created initially as a super-weapon to defeat Crash, but was freed from Cortex's control and joined the Bandicoots.

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

@Κωνσταντίνος Φραγκίσκος That's basically it in a nutshell.

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

He is not a real brother but he likes to be like a big brother after he doesn't have a family like most of mutants

[@evilgamemichaelsperling8736]

I'm saying did cortex still experiment Crunch around time crash 1 to crash 3

[@JBLightning.]

Great theory ideas

[@VtnVivi]

Thank you!

[@MMkillsINCTV]

And after this all... She's back in Crash 4 with a whole new design!

[@roxasthebandicoot4492]

Which i don't like design it's like she downgraded.

[@MMkillsINCTV]

@@roxasthebandicoot4492 not at all actually, she looks way better

[@roxasthebandicoot4492]

Nah they basically downgraded her,her hair dosen't look great and it looks like they shrunk her even more,she looked so cute with the pink flower,laptop and eyelids and her attitude was fit her.

[@MMkillsINCTV]

@@roxasthebandicoot4492 nah she look good in this game with a cool outfit

[@roxasthebandicoot4492]

@@MMkillsINCTV yeah better with unlockable skin better but her default bleh,is like a downgrade of nzane trilogy design.

[@killersquidarchives]

i dought they are blood related. crunch isnt really related to crash and coco by blood and if that's the case who's to say crash and coco are related by blood

[@TheBeleren]

finally someone who did such a video i totally agree with you thanks man :D

[@BlastingBigLoads2]

She never got that battery...

[@VtnVivi]

That poor thing.

[@crashban4t.f.s.b783]

Crash Wrath of Cortex is canon. Crash Bandicoot 4:It’s About Time is a part of the 2nd timeline.

[@ethantunnell8009]

I always wondered why Tawna wasn't in the N Sane Trilogy but was in It's About Time.

[@FrankieHoey]

What I’m thinking is that they probably removed Tawna due to how she was a bit too overly sexualised (or something like that!)

[@DavidChilson]

I think there's a time gap in the opening cutscene of Crash 2. After Cortex discovers that crystal cave, we next see that Cortex has built a space station which in my opinion would've probably taken at least couple of years to build. So if CoCo escaped right after Cortex's defeat in Crash 1, a time gap would explain how it seems she and Crash have known each other for a while when we finally see them in the game.

[@bandicootsmwcentral2950]

The opening cutscenes show that the events of Crash 2 happens 1 year after Crash 1. So most likely the space station was already built by then.

[@djtoxicdhg]

How do people not know why Tawna was removed in the first place she was removed because American cultures super weird with Aiden light overly sexualized women meanwhile every other developed country is kind of indifferent about sex and sexualizing characters and they don't have the ramp it amount of teenage pregnancies that we do

[@RedDragonForce2]

Crash 4 has a nice line where Crash and Coco “lose touch” with Tawna.

[@StickyVA]

She left him because she realized he was crazy. So coco had to take care of him

[@thesonicshadowfananimation]

Please Make Coco Bandicoot's Outfit, Biker Coco Removed - Crash Bandicoot!

[@danieldishon688]

Crash Bandicoots canon is ever changing. Even from the 2nd game it takes more than just a little retro actively adding to game ones lore to make everything make sense, and so on with game 3. Was Passedena Possem an experiment? Komoda Joe? Dingodile? How the Cheif Walrus? CRT Nitro Fuel has grand prix's hosted by two chicken people, a panda and a moose who where never created by Cortex. To some degree it's a new canon world now where there where always anthropomorphic bandicoot humanoids since caveman days in crash. If Cortex experimented on Crash, we now need to understand he was a humanoid but Cortex was trying to make him an enhanced warrior but fried his brain instead.

[@VtnVivi]

Good point, but let's not forget Cortex did mention past failures. Not saying EVERYONE in CTR Nitro Fueled is a result of Cortex, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the CTR nitro Fueled characters were also a result of failed tests.

[@ReeseGhost]

Time to watch a Crash Bandicoot lore video

[@13bloodwolf21]

damn cortex experimented on like 8 bandicoots lol

[@VtnVivi]

Damn he won't quit.

[@biecie]

9:05 that was wholesome.

[@maniacalfool5885]

SONIC HAS ALOT OF AWESOME LORE!

[@BrennySpain]

But also Vivi, you might not be surprised by this, but way back when in 2005 when sly 3 came out, I declared that as my second favourite video game series of all time at that point, after kingdom hearts, because nothing was ever gonna top it. I don’t know what it was about sly cooper at that time, but I just kept replaying all the missions over and over again, as well as the challenges, cause you couldn’t do that with the second game band of thieves and the first game didn’t really have a lot of variety in gameplay either. You get what I mean overall?

[@VtnVivi]

I get you!! What made me fall in love with this game is for sure the characters.