 When Cortex is defeated, the Time-Twisting Machine implodes on itself, trapping Cortex, Uka Uka and Tropy in a time prison, where they are transformed into infants.Tropy appears in "Crash Team Racing" as the player's opponent during the Time Trial races and later as an unlockable playable character.The game's epilogue states that Tropy resumed his time machine hobby after the events of the game, and was last seen entering an ancient rainforest.