Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced — After Dr. Neo Cortex's previous plan to shrink the Earth fails, Uka Uka enlists the help of Dr. N. Tropy to defeat the bandicoots. N. Tropy looks into the future and sees himself along with the bandicoots and comes to the conclusion that the only way to defeat them is to force them to join them. He in turn recommends the services of N. Trance to hypnotize them into joining them. Using a teleporter, he tries to transport Crash, Crunch and Coco to a starbase somewhere in space.
As the adventure progresses, Crunch and Coco are rescued and join Crash on his journey. Fake Crash is also defeated, although it is unclear whether he joins their side or not, as in the battle against N. Trance, while he can be used to harm N. Trance, by the same means he can harm Crash.