Dingodile

Tom Wayland (2005 - present)

''"Bring out the butter, gonna make toast!" - Dingodile; Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped''

Dingodile is a genetically enhanced combination between a dingo and a crocodile and he has an Australian accent. He makes his first appearance in Warped, after which he makes regular appearances in the series up until Twinsanity. His latest appearance is in Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D.

Dingodile is often equipped with a flamethrower, which is fueled by a large gas tank worn on his back. The flamethrower is occasionally traded for a water gun, seen in both Huge Adventure and Titans. He is also known to attack with his tail.

It is generally assumed that Dingodile was created by Dr. Cortex, but some sources claim Dr. N. Brio to be his real creator. This may be one of the reasons of why Dingodile has no trouble betraying Cortex from time to time.

Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
''"Good day, mate! Dingodile's the name!" '- ''Dingodile introducing himself to Crash.

Dingodile is first seen when Crash activates the second world portal, he claims he has been sent by Uka Uka and Cortex to fetch Crash's power crystals and warns Crash to back off and hand over the crystals, or he's done. Crash of course recovers all the crystals in the world and so Dingodile appears once more and states that he warned him and now he's in for it. Next is a cutscene showing Penta Penguin walking across an icy bit of land, then Dingodile appears on a ice pedastall with his signature flamethrower in hand. He then laughs evily and is just about to finish him off when Crash appears, taking his mind off Penta. Crash then gets into a fight, with Dingodile building an ice barrier around himself, despite using a flamethrower he is tricked into breaking his own barrier and attacked by Crash three times. He tries showering Crash with flame shots from above but Crash still manages to make his flamethrower backpack expolde on him and Dingodile just can't take the third time and is beaten. Penta later reappears and jumps on the crispy black Dingodile's backpack heroicly. Leaving Crash gets the Double jump ability, before passing out Dingodile admit's that Crash won fair and square but it doesn't matter as Crash will soon be up against much worse.

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
In The Wrath of Cortex, Dingodile is only given a brief role and is seen in the intro during Uka Uka's conference in the space station. He has no lines of dialogue and his only use was as an obstacle, racing against Crash in a racing level and shooting his flamethrower at Crash while in his Atlasphere during several different levels.

Crash Twinsanity
" Cozy, ain't it? Rumor is you two got your mitts on some treasure. And I want a piece of that pie!" In Twinsanity, Dingodile shows up at Crash's "birthday party" with several other villains. After Crash and Cortex's squabble, he discusses lunch with Ripper Roo. Later, he is seen inside a small shack, which is crushed by a giant snowball containing Crash and Cortex. He overhears their intentions of getting the Evil Twins' treasure and secretly follows them to the Academy of Evil. Believing they already have the treasure, he encounters them inside the boiler room, only to be defeated by Crash. He is last seen unconscious in the boiler room.

Crash Team Racing
In CTR, he appears as a playable standard character on Team Cortex's team against Nitros Oxide. His home track is "Dingo Canyon". Like Tiny Tiger and the hidden racer Papu Papu, he was one of the fastest racers; the only side effect was having bad turning and average acceleration. In the intro he is seen trying to fix his kart but it blows up in his face.

Crash Bash


Dingodile appears once again as a playable character in Crash Bash. In the intro, he moved to the good side along with Tiny Tiger because of the lack of players on Aku Aku's side. It is interesting to note that his boss battle music from Warped is used for a mini-game (most notably in &quot;Dot Dash&quot;) and the battle against Oxide, but is slightly remixed. This game Is the only game where Dingodile does not have his flamethrower or any other kind of weapon except In the mini-games.

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Dingodile appears as a boss where he is battled underwater. He wears a glass air helmet and a pair of blue swim trousers and uses his flamethrower, along with modifications including that the flamethrower fires many rockets instead of fire. At Cortex's space station when the Planetary Minimizer malfunctions he to comes a part of the Mega-Mix.

Crash Nitro Kart
"You call that racing? This is Racing!" In Crash Nitro Kart, Dingodile's character takes a much more odd and satirical turn. He is first seen as his usual self in the intro, assissting N. Gin in his lab. He is squashed against the wall when Tiny bursts in the room. The next time he shows up, he is seen on a podium with the evil master of hypnotism, N. Trance. Dingodile has been brainwashed by N. Trance to race for him in the circuit, along with Pura and Polar.

The brainwashing seems to have greatly affected him both physically and mentally. Physically, he dons a helmet with a small antennae on the top, assumed to be N. Trance's way of brainwashing him (though it could also double as a method of controlling his kart, which dons a similar antennae and lacks any visible means of steering). His eyes also turn green, and oddly enough, one eye looks up and one eye looks down, possible due to the brainwashing. Mentally, he seems much more happy and generally more insane. All of his taunts are said in an insane manner, completely different from the old Dingodile, and he almost always seems to have a huge smile on his face. He is unlocked by winning the Red Gem Cup. On the podium he does a crazy dance. For some reason, Dingodile says "Watch as I sneak up behind this kart!"

Crash Tag Team Racing
He is also seen with Crash's team who can help Crash defeat Willy Wumpa Cheeks.

Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
Dingodile is a playable racer in this game. He drives the Overcompensator from Crash Tag Team Racing.

Crash of the Titans
Dingodile also makes an appearance as a boss on the DS version of this game but its considered non-canon.



Personality
When Dingodile first appeared, he had a rasp Australian accent. However, in Crash Bash, he had an uncharacteristically deep and somewhat goofy laugh whenever he won a minigame. He regained his first accent in Crash Twinsanity.

Dingodile was seen preying on the weak; in fact, he nearly fried Penta Penguin with his flamethrower before battling Crash. He is also sometimes treacherous, and is not above betraying even Cortex for his own gains, which is evident in Crash Twinsanity.

Dingodile also tends to make jokes about food. Before battling Crash, for example, he cackles "Bring out the Butter... I'm gonna make Toast!" Another joke was made in Twinsanity: "Rumor is you two got your hands in some nifty treasure, and I want a piece of that pie."

In Crash Nitro Kart, Dingodile is seen showing traits of cowardice. Examples of this are present when he covers his eyes during a particularly high jump, and when he says lines such as "I can't look!" It is possible that this trait stems from being under the powerful hypnosis of N. Trance, and is not present when he is not under his mind control.

He seems to be invincible to fire as shown in his boss fight in Twinsanity, but that might just be because he likes fire hence his flamethrower.

Appearance
Dingodile has the appearance of both a dingo and a crocodile (execpt in Crash of the Titans of which his appearance is that of a pig): his body shape is that of a crocodile, but it is covered in brown fur like a dingo. His tail is usually green, except for the Nintendo DS version of Crash of the Titans, and his eyes are usually brown, except for Crash Nitro Kart, where they were green (probably due to N.Trance's brainwashing of him). He always carries a flamethrower with a big tank on his back. He is approximately 2 meters (6 feet) tall and weighs about 95 kilograms. He has sharp teeth and is pretty fat as of Twinsanity. His pants are usually beige or blue and he never wears shoes or a shirt.