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'''Doctor N. Gin''', often known as simply '''N. Gin''' (alternatively formatted as '''N-Gin''' in some games), is a recurring antagonist in the ''[[Crash Bandicoot (series)|Crash Bandicoot]]'' series. His first appearance is in ''[[Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]]''. Since [[Doctor Nitrus Brio]] resigned, N. Gin has served as the right-hand man of [[Doctor Neo Cortex]]. N. Gin is a skilled mechanic with a stereotypical eccentric personality. | '''Doctor N. Gin''', often known as simply '''N. Gin''' (alternatively formatted as '''N-Gin''' in some games), is a recurring antagonist in the ''[[Crash Bandicoot (series)|Crash Bandicoot]]'' series. His first appearance is in ''[[Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]]''. Since [[Doctor Nitrus Brio]] resigned, N. Gin has served as the right-hand man of [[Doctor Neo Cortex]]. N. Gin is a skilled mechanic with a stereotypical eccentric personality. | ||
==Conception and creation== | ==Conception and creation== | ||
Jason Rubin is credited for the concept of Doctor N. Gin. N. Gin has a live missile in his head, which can give him a headache whenever it becomes active; this characteristic was inspired by Rubin's own chronic migraine headaches. N. Gin was praised as "truly original" by his creators. N. Gin's name is an obvious play on the word "engine", referring to his occupation as a physicist. | Jason Rubin is credited for the concept of Doctor N. Gin. N. Gin has a live missile in his head, which can give him a headache whenever it becomes active; this characteristic was inspired by Rubin's own chronic migraine headaches. N. Gin was praised as "truly original" by his creators. N. Gin's name is an obvious play on the word "engine", referring to his occupation as a physicist. | ||
== | ==History== | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Like the rest of the characters in the series, N. Gin's exact age is uncertain. However, in a piece of concept art for ''Crash Twinsanity'', N. Gin is shown to have gone to the same school as Neo Cortex and Nitrus Brio, and thus is about the same age as the latter two. N. Gin's Peter Lorre-esque accent and taste for polka music suggest that he is of European ancestry, though no other evidence of this exists in the games. According to him, N. Gin has or had a superficial brother named George (a reference to Liberace), and has ruined at least one prom. | Like the rest of the characters in the series, N. Gin's exact age is uncertain. However, in a piece of concept art for ''Crash Twinsanity'', N. Gin is shown to have gone to the same school as Neo Cortex and Nitrus Brio, and thus is about the same age as the latter two. N. Gin's Peter Lorre-esque accent and taste for polka music suggest that he is of European ancestry, though no other evidence of this exists in the games. According to him, N. Gin has or had a superficial brother named George (a reference to Liberace), and has ruined at least one prom. | ||
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In ''[[Crash Boom Bang!]]'', N. Gin appears in the [[Silhouette Quiz]] minigame. | In ''[[Crash Boom Bang!]]'', N. Gin appears in the [[Silhouette Quiz]] minigame. | ||
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==General information== | |||
===Physical description=== | |||
[[File:N Gin CB2 artwork.jpg|thumb|''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back'' artwork]] | |||
Doctor N. Gin is a stocky, red-haired (black in ''[[Crash Tag Team Racing]]'' and dark blue in ''Crash of the Titans'') cyborg with only half a face. He wears an identical attire to Cortex, with a notable difference being a numerous amount of large bolts located all over his lab coat. A distinguishing feature of his is the large missile protruding from the right side of his head. After the incident that provided the missile, N. Gin reconstructed it as a life-support system, turning nearly half his head into metal. The missile is still live, and was only thought to activated only when N. Gin was stressed or angry, but as revealed in ''Crash Tag Team Racing'', he can activate the missile at will, usually to stabilize a vehicle. While the eye located on the non-mechanical side of his head is somewhat small, the eye on the other side of his face is large, circular, and with a small black pupil occupying it (although in ''Crash Nitro Kart'', this eye is replaced by a black electronic eye with a red pupil). In terms of height, N. Gin is somewhat shorter than Cortex, but appears to be as tall as him in ''Crash Tag Team Racing''. In the same game, N. Gin's skin takes on a grayish tone, as opposed to the pink/yellow of earlier games (Doctor Cortex once described N. Gin as "hav[ing] bad complexion). An alternate costume in the game depicts N. Gin in a ballerina outfit, bought by Crash to increase his self-esteem. | |||
In ''Crash of the Titans'', N. Gin's skin and hair color take on a bluish scheme, and the pupil on the robotic half of his face is larger. Besides these differences, N. Gin looks similar to what he did in past games. In the [[Nintendo DS]] version, N. Gin's profile shows him to be 1.25 meters tall (4 feet, 1 inch) and weighs 63 kilograms (139 pounds). | |||
As a child in the Academy of Evil, N. Gin is shown to have a paper airplane stuck in his head, foreshadowing the missile lodged in his head later in his life. This is revealed in an unlockable piece of concept art in ''Crash Twinsanity''. | |||
===Personality=== | |||
During his first appearances, N. Gin is portrayed in a similar light to that of Cortex's previous henchman [[Doctor Nitrus Brio]]: he is less impulsive than Doctor Cortex or [[Uka Uka]] and prefers to think over the situation rather than rushing to a decision. This usually leads to a loud rebuttal by his superiors whenever he questions their way of doing things, as shown in the opening cinematics of ''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back'' and ''Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex'', the latter in which N. Gin actually contemplates the fact that [[Crash Bandicoot]] might simply be too powerful for him and the others to defeat. Nevertheless, Cortex occasionally takes N. Gin's advice into consideration if it benefits him in any way. While completely loyal to Doctor Cortex, N. Gin can easily turncoat for a more efficient leader, leading to something of a split personality that struggles with N. Gin's undying loyalty to Doctor Cortex. His double personality make him as an ambiguous character. | |||
N. Gin's behavior becomes more deranged by ''Crash Nitro Kart'' and ''Crash Twinsanity'', becoming prone to fits of giggling. In a deleted scene from ''Crash Twinsanity'', it is shown that he has developed somewhat of a crush on Crash's sister, [[Coco Bandicoot|Coco]], as evidenced when Cortex disguises himself as Coco and is kidnapped by N. Gin as a result, who attempts to make "her" his sea bride. | |||
In ''Crash Tag Team Racing'', Doctor N. Gin is depicted as a bipolar, masochistic, suicidal and effeminate madman, prone to fits of feminine mannerisms, yelling, sobbing, and giggling, and making doomsday weapons out of random items such as pink fuzzy slippers. He is also shown to have low self-esteem and crossdressing tendencies, at one point asking Crash to buy him a ballerina outfit so that he can feel more attractive. | |||
In ''Crash of the Titans'', N. Gin has emotional problems, who leading him in hysterical ways. While N. Gin is a masochist, he only enjoys pain if it is bound to logic, demonstrated by his reaction to Neo Cortex spitting scalding hot tea all over his face despite having dumped his entire tea cup prior to that. In the game, there is a part where he briefly shows his misogynistic when informing Crash of his sister's whereabouts,expressing disgust at the thought of girls and eventually is disgusted of Coco. This contradicts with a statement he makes over his factory's intercom, in which he expresses a desire for women. N. Gin enjoys muffins and cupcakes, but hates preppies, citing their music and wavy hair as reasons for his ire against them. | |||
==Portrayals== | ==Portrayals== | ||
