Ripto

"Ha! So it's you, Bandicoot. Spyro may have defeated me in the past, but I won't be defeated by a creature like you!"

- Ripto

Ripto is Spyro the Dragon's arch-nemesis, appearing as a recurring antagonist in a handful of Spyro the Dragon games. He appears in Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy where he teams up with Neo Cortex in a plot to exterminate Spyro and Crash.

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
In Crash Purple: Ripto's Rampage, he teams up with Dr. Cortex to destroy their common enemies. He is the penultimate boss and then he unites with Cortex in a battle ship, which the player has one minute to destroy. After destroying the battle ship, the player beats the game.

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!
While Ripto himself did not appear in On the Run!, a Ripto themed skin for Coco was added in Season 3: Battle of the Dragons.

Crash Team Rumble
Ripto features as a playable character in Crash Team Rumble, being added during the Ripto's Ragin' Rumble event in season 2. He is in the Booster role, which makes a Cortex player's main goal activating gem platforms and collecting relics to activate relic stations. He is available for early access from October 26th to November 2nd, then his full release will occur on November 21st.

How Ripto came to be in Crash Team Rumble is explained in the promotional comics; after a mysterious portal appears in his castle, he mistakes the silhouettes of Cortex, Ripper Roo and N. Gin for a dragon and enters the portal, ending up in Crash's dimension. After a brief squabble when Cortex and his associates attempt to steal Ripto's scepter, Ripto storms off, stating his intention to take over Crash's world and name it "New Riptonia".

Notably, Cortex does not recognize Ripto, implying the events of Ripto's Rampage are not considered canon in Rumble.

Personality
In Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, Ripto is described as a classic example of the "Napoleon complex", given his short stature and bad temper. He utterly despises dragons and will attempt to destroy Spyro at every opportunity. He usually sends out his lackeys, Crush and Gulp, to do his dirty work. He uses his scepter to cast evil spells, but isn't quite as good as a master dragon.

Appearance
Ripto is an orange, toad-like, and abysmally short Riptoc, a dinosaurian species. He has a pear-shaped head with a wide maw and a large, crooked horn protruding from his forehead. He wears a caped cloak with an oversized collar, as well as a large, necklaced red jewel. Ripto is often seen with a magic scepter, a thin one made of gold, with a large, red jewel on its tip.

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
"This diminutive dinosaur with a lethal Napoleon complex is a pint-sized menace who has mastered the art of magical spells. He has teamed up with Cortex for the first time to defeat Crash and Spyro."
 * Manual

Appearances

 * Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
 * Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! (cameo)
 * Crash Team Rumble promotional comics
 * Crash Team Rumble

Gallery
See: Ripto/Gallery

Trivia

 * His name is taken from what Spyro's name looks like when written in Japanese characters misread as English letters.
 * The boss level in Crash Purple, Ripto's Magical Mystery Tour, is named after a comedy film starring the Beatles.
 * Ripto is one of the only characters to have their name featured in a Crash game's title. This is in his only appearance in the Crash Bandicoot series, Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage. The only other characters with this distinction are Crash, Cortex and N. Trance.

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