Dingodile: Crikey! Coco: Dingodile?! Dingodile: Easy, chums. If I was here to fight, you'd be cactus. Tawna: He's with me. Found him lost out there. Caught him up on the whole... Time, space, y'know, thing. Dingodile: Yeah. Just tryin' to get home. I was enjoying the retired life, see.
Dingodile is a major character in the Crash Bandicoot video game series. He is a genetically enhanced combination between a dingo and a crocodile with a heavy Australian accent. He was originally a villain who served the series main antagonist, Dr. Neo Cortex until he eventually retired from villainy to open his own diner.
He was voiced by the late William Hootkins in Crash Bandicoot: Warped, then by the late David Anthony Pizzuto in Crash Team Racing, then by Dwight Schultz in Crash Nitro Kart, then by Nolan North in Crash of the Titans, then by Fred Tatasciore in Crash Bandicoot: N-Sane Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. In the Japanese dub of the games, he was voiced by Keisuke Ishida in Crash Bash.
Sometime after the events of Warped, Dingodile seemingly lost his loyalties as one of Dr. Cortex's henchmen and retired from his villainous ways to open his own diner at Mosquito Marsh. However when his business competitor Papa Batfield managed to destroy his restaurant, Dingodile bared arms once more to get his revenge. He used his Vacuum Cannon to dismantle Papa Batfield's juice mixing vats and blow up his juice cellar before an interdimensional portal called a Quantum Rift suddenly pulled Dingodile into an alternate dimension. For much of the game, Dingodile attempts to return home while inadvertently helping Crash and Coco on their adventure through the multiverse.
Dingodile eventually ended up in Bermugula's Orbit where he decided to tag along with the bandicoots to defeat N. Tropy, and afterwards inquire about going back to his world. He is told that the Quantum Masks can only take him as far as Neon City in the Sn@xx Dimension until they have rested enough to send everyone home. Dingodile used his time in Neon City to grab a bite to eat with Tawna before his old boss Dr. Neo Cortex kidnapped Kupuna-Wa to travel back in time. He helped Crash and Coco go after the villain while he stayed in the Sn@xx Dimension until he was finally sent back to Mosquito Marsh where he rebuilt and reopened his diner.
Other Games[]
Crash Team Racing[]
In Crash Team Racing, Dingodile appears as a playable racer. He can be selected in the adventure mode, where he is one of eight characters competing to stop Nitros Oxide from conquering the world.
Crash Bash[]
In Crash Bash, Dingodile appears as playable character and anti-hero (with Tiny Tiger). Dingodile is summoned with a handful of other villains to assist in the battle between Aku Aku and Uka Uka. Since Uka Uka has too many allies, Dingodile and Tiny are moved to Aku Aku's side to even things out.
Crash Nitro Kart[]
Dingodile is featured as an unlockable character in Crash Nitro Kart. Shortly before Velo's circuit, N. Trance kidnapped Dingodile and hypnotized him into racing for his team. In the adventure mode, he appears as an enemy racer and is allied with Velo.
Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled[]
Dingodile returns in the remaster for Crash Team Racing serving the same role he had in the original game. He is a Speed class driver.
Crash Team Rumble[]
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Quotes[]
Home Cookin'
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Dingodile: "Ohoho, Crikey, I'm starved! Wait, is that...? (sniffs) Roadkill Pie? (sniffs again) Slug and centipede gumbo? (sniffs once more) Braised bat tacos with guanamole? (gasps) Well now, what have we got here? Tired of that vile swill Papa Batfield cooks up in his filthy outhouse? C'mon down to Dingo's Diner!" Disclaimer: "Food served at Dingo's Diner may not meet the legal definition of 'food'. Consume at your own risk. Side effects of dining at Dingo's diner may include fatigue, increased body odor, risk-seeking behavior, thinking too much about your uncle, increased hunger, decreased hunger, alienation from friends and family, skin irritation, ennui, leaky orifices, oozing orifices, glowing orifices, additional orifices, gas, wumpa cheeks, remembering that girl from high school — what's she up to? Do you think she's happy? — and profuse vomiting. No shirts, no shoes, no bats!"
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~ Dingodile in his own commercial for his new restaurant with the disclaimer noting the risks of his "food".
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Oi, you buggers stay outta my diner!
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~ Dingodile upon seeing Papa Batfield's cronies going into his diner with TNT.
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Time for a spring cleanin'.
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~ Dingodile at the start of the level.
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Hmph! Jump on a TNT crate? What am I, a bandicoot?
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~ Dingodile stating how his methods differ from Crash Bandicoot's
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Argh! Bastards! I'll get every last one of yas!
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~ Dingodile after his diner is destroyed.
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Awww, I made all them tablecloths m'self...
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~ Dingodile expresses his sadness over his destroyed diner.
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There we are.
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~ Dingodile upon reaching a hard-to-reach stack of crates.
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Niiiice.
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~ Dingodile halfway through the level.
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Blimey!
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~ Dingodile when he reaches the bats' base.
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Hahaha! How do you like them wumpas?
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~ Dingodile after destroying the bats' base.
Thar He Blows!
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Uh. Got a feelin' I'm not in the bayou no more.
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~ Dingodile at the start of the level.
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You smell good enough to eat. Hehe!
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~ Dingodile upon reaching the end of the level.
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Uh-oh.
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~ Dingodile trying to avoid getting blown up by TNT.
No Dillo Dallying
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That's more like it. Now... which way's me diner?
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~ Dingodile at the start of the level.
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Stagnant water, smells like home.
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~ Dingodile near the end of the level.
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Crikey, not again!
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~ Dingodile getting sucked into another portal.
Road Blocked
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Alright, gotta be another one of them shimmery things 'round here.
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~ Dingodile at the start of the level.
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Ahhh. Time to go home.
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~ Dingodile near the end of the level.
Rush Hour
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Hmph. Let's see if these tall poppies know how to smoke a steak.
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~ Dingodile at the start of the level.
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Blimey! Best not to think about that.
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~ Dingodile upon seeing a billboard for his restaurant.
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Hmm... does this mean I have franchise potential?
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~ Dingodile after seeing more billboards.
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Am I a franchise? Could I open a restaurant... in an airport?
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~ Dingodile getting ideas for his restaurant.
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But if I franchise because I saw my future franchise... oh bollocks, my head hurts!
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~ Dingodile near the point where Tawna takes over.
Other
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Ehehehehe!
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~ Dingodile amused at seeing N. Tropy flirting with his female counterpart in "Out for Launch".
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Oi! What'd I miss...?
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~ Dingodile upon seeing Crash and Coco tied up by Tawna in "Stowing Away".
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Bloody dags.
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~ Dingodile after knocking away the N. Tropys in "A Hole in Space".
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Oi, not that it ain't been fun, but about my ticket home...?
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~ Dingodile asking the Quantum Masks to send him back home in "A Hole in Space".
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Ugh, strewth! Who cooked it?! Heat was too high. S'why it was all rubbery inside. Subpar grill marks, too.
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~ Dingodile commenting on the food he ate in "The Crate Escape".
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Dingodile: "Dingo's Diner is back and ready for you! Say g'day to delectable dishes inspired by my interdimensional travels! Enjoy the breeze with our innovative three-wall dining room design! Dingo's Diner: health and safety rated - 'D' for 'Delicious!'" Disclaimer: "Warning: 'D' is a failing sanitation grade and does not stand for delicious."
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~ Dingodile in the ending cutscene after "Past Unmasked".
Trivia[]
Introduced in Warped as yet another of Cortex's evolved animal minions, Dingodile is proven to be considerably popular and has consistently made further appearances throughout the series as one of his top henchmen. Solidified in Crash 4: It's About Time, in which he is the very first of Cortex's minions to become playable in one of the main platformer games.
While Dingodile originally speaks with an Australian accent, in the European Spanish dub of Warped and Crash Team Racing, he speaks with a Mexican accent. However, he doesn't speak with an accent in later appearances, not even in the remakes.
According to his bio in the manual for The Wrath of Cortex, Dingodile's favorite hobbies are playing croquet and reading Shakespeare, and Twinsanity actually shows him reading. That and, of course, torching little animals and orange marsupials with his flamethrower.