History Awesome / TwistedMetal

** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPzQk-Nap34 Head-On]]'', he wishes that [[FreakyFridayFlip "you become me and I become you"]]. Calypso refuses, but his powers grant the wish anyway... at which point Needles, now in Calypso's body, has his old body gunned down, killing Calypso. As an added bonus, he even got rid of his flaming head curse. Needles simply walks away the winner.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-MyAv-DyS0 Cousin Eddie's ending]] in ''Head-On''. Sure, Eddie is still a bit of a ReplacementScrappy for Minion, but when Calypso refuses to give him his prize because he crashed the tournament? [[NeckLift Eddie grabs him by the neck and strangles him until he gives him his prize with no loopholes.]]

'''Melvin''': Out of the question! The completion and the {{ring|OfPower}} stay with Sweet Tooth! Wish for something else!\\
'''Calypso''': You forget the rules of the competition. Anything I desire is the prize. I won, and I desire the ring! Hand it over! ''Punches a few of Sweet Tooth's minions before getting into a tug of war with him''

* 4 gives us Mr. Zombie. This driver is none other than Rob Zombie as an undead driver! And when he wins, his wish is to let the world "hear the wails and warcries of a dead man's soul." What this means is we get a music video by the man himself!

** The prologue to the fourth game reveals that he won the first Twisted Metal competition and wished to become its star, which Calypso granted with no strings attached. At some later point, he overthrew Calypso and took over the competition himself.

'''Calypso''': Did you forget the rules of the competition? Anything I desire is my prize. I won, and I desire the ring! Hand it over! ''Punches a few of Sweet Tooth's minions before getting into a tug of war with him''

'''Calypso''': Spare me the rhetoric… ''you know what I want.''\\

** Dollface, the driver of Darkside, wishes for the key to her mask and is forced into a FriendOrIdolDecision. If she takes the key, her old boss [[CruelAndUnusualDeath would be killed by being slammed into an Iron Maiden...]] her [[BadBoss old boss]] who, by the way, trapped Dollface inside of her mask at the start [[DisproportionateRetribution just because she spilled coffee over his files]]. [[KickTheSonOfABitch It doesn't take long for Dollface to grab the key.]] [[ShaggyDogStory Even though she tosses the key away at the end because she liked her new face better than her old one]], she gets another awesome moment immediately afterwards, [[PayEvilUntoEvil where she vows to hunt down those who would hurt others]].

** Mr. Grimm, who had been [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty forced to cannibalize his friend Benny]] because a military adviser had left them starving to death in a Viet Cong hole, gets a little reunion with the now BoundAndGagged adviser. And Calypso even has a "special bonus" for Grimm -- "[[ImAHumanitarian dinner for one]]". The adviser should feel lucky [[AxCrazy he was killed with an ax first]] instead of just being EatenAlive...
** No-Face, the driver of Crazy 8, had [[EyeScream his eyes]] and [[TongueTrauma his tongue cut out]] by [[MadDoctor Dr. Hatch]], a BackAlleyDoctor who was pissed over losing $20,000 from betting on his last boxing match. He wishes for revenge on Hatch, and gets a good old fashioned "rematch" with Hatch BoundAndGagged on a boxing bag. Calypso even gives No-Face a "special bonus" -- a {{Red Boxing Glove|s}} with Hatch's surgical tools taped on it. [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge No-Face "knocks out" Hatch in just one punch.]]

*** No-Face also gets one in his ''Lost'' profile; while he has become a SerialKiller, he targets only other killers, and he's just trying to repair his face. Compared to his contemporaries, and given the setting he's in, it's nearly enough to mark him out as one of the forces of ''good''.

''No-Face punches Dr. Hatch in the face, accompanied by a boxing bell dinging and a SmashToBlack''\\
'''No-Face''': [[BondOneLiner Ya know]], [[{{Understatement}} that was the first time I've ever knocked someone out in one punch.]]

** Agent Stone, the driver of Outlaw, wants to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, [[HopeSpot and he seemingly gets it]]. This time keeping his TriggerHappy freak out under control, [[ColdSniper Stone gunned down the terrorists]], [[NeverHurtAnInnocent this time without killing the mother and daughter in the crossfire]]. ''[[YankTheDogsChain Too bad one of the terrorists was]] NotQuiteDead, [[ImprobableAimingSkills and is able to outsnipe Agent Stone...]]''

--->''"[[DefiantToTheEnd I...will...]]'' '''[[DefiantToTheEnd NEVER...]]''' ''[[DefiantToTheEnd love you...]]"''

* Twisted Metal 2 gives one with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEnPK5LNZ0 Axel's Ending]]. Axel wishes for the strength to confront his father, who is responsible for trapping him in his vehicle to begin with. What does he do after he does confront him, after pleading with him one more time to free him, his father talks down to him like a dog. Fed up, Axel does the one thing that shocks his father straight, he literally rips his arms apart from the vehicle, freeing himself from the contraption. Further more, after proclaiming his newfound freedom, he disowns his father with a righteous fury and leaves, never to be seen again (at least apart from Twisted Metal 3).

** The LOST ending for Thumper- where he proves what kind of man he is by walking away instead of killing the man who kidnapped his girlfriend. It's possible he realized that Calypso never offers a gift that isn't poisoned; if it WAS poisoned, in walking away he made sure he became one of the few contestants to get what he wanted.

** In ''Head-On'', [[https://youtu.be/ymLG5VU2syQ?t=40m4s Crimson Fury's ending]] follows much the same logic that Quatro did in the fourth game. Calypso seems to realize what he's in for, as he throws his drink to the ground and his guards raise their guns before Agent Shepherd even steps out of his car, while noting that [[GenreSavvy there's always at least one contestant every year who's there to stop him]]... not that it stops Shepherd, who not only [[ShutUpHannibal brushes off]] Calypso's HannibalLecture but made sure to bring backup.

* Twisted Metal 2 gives one with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEnPK5LNZ0 Axel's Ending]]. Axel wishes for the strength to confront his father, who is responsible for trapping him in his vehicle to begin with. What does he do after he does confront him, after pleading with him one more time to free him, his father talks down to him like a dog. Fed up, Axel does the one thing that shocks his father straight, he literall rips his arms apart from the vehicle, freeing himself from the contraption. Further more, after proclaiming his newfound freedom, he disowns his father with a righteous fury and leaves, never to be seen again (at least apart from Twisted Metal 3).

*** Raven gets a second one in her profile for ''Lost''. Unlike almost every other character, who have for the most part become much worse as people, Raven instead became ''better', becoming one of the few honest-to-God ''heroes'' of Midtown, defending the innocent from the killers and monsters all around. That Raven basically became a superhero in a setting as grim as ''Black'' is an impressive testament to her HeroicWillpower and character as a person.

---> '''Cousin Eddie:''' "'''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis What? I? Win?]]'''"

--->'''Calypso:''' "Minion! Uh, its... [[OhCrap so good to see you again...]] [[AintTooProudToBeg surely we could work out a deal?]]"

* 4 gives us Mr. Zombie. This driver is none other than Rob Zombie as an undead driver! And when he wins, his wish is to let the world "hear the wails and warcrys of a dead man's soul." What this means is we get a music video by the man himself!

** In the fourth game, Calypso gets to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldWnWBOOWqE do this himself]] against Sweet Tooth. We never find out who won [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome their battle]], though it's implied that it killed the both of them, as a young boy picks up the wish-granting ring in the rubble of the tower.

** Bloody Mary, the driver of Spectre, doesn't get one herself, but her unnamed 'husband', [[AndIMustScream who had been lobotomized by Calypso to be Mary's 'perfect spouse']], does. Dven despite his modifications, he still manages to croak out his true feelings for his 'bride' while carrying her out of Calypso's chamber.

** No-Face, the driver of Crazy 8, had [[EyeScream his eyes]] and [[TongueTrauma his tongue cut out]] by [[MadDoctor Dr. Hatch]], a BackAlleyDoctor who was pissed over losing $20,000 from betting on his last boxing match. He wishes for revenge as Hatch, and gets a good old fashioned "rematch" with Hatch BoundAndGagged on a boxing bag. Calypso even gives No-Face a "special bonus" -- a {{Red Boxing Glove|s}} with Hatch's surgical tools taped on it. [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge No-Face "knocks out" Hatch in just one punch.]]

** The Carnival of Carnage, a gargantuan vehicle built in the honor of Needles Kane. You start out beneath the vehicle (if it can even be called a vehicle) being swarmed by Sweet Tooth trucks and dodging fireballs shot by a giant clown head. Then, you are set upon by hordes of Clowns (most looking like different incarnations of Sweet Tooth and his assistant from 4) with chainsaws in a giant pinball machine. Then you have to drive through a winding death coarse with spinning blades, jets of flame and swinging spiked balls, before you ''finally'' reach the actual final boss: a giant, flaming robotic clown head that has to be fought using Talon (a helicopter) while you are swarmed by flying Sweetbots... seriously.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-umN4Hmx9E Minion's ending]] in the second game, where he simply confronts a cowering Calypso, regains his powers from him, then casts him back into Hell.

** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNPQp3RD09k Head-On]]'', he wishes that [[FreakyFridayFlip "you become me and I become you"]]. Calypso refuses, but his powers grant the wish anyway... at which point Needles, now in Calypso's body, has his old body gunned down, killing Calypso, and as an added bonus, even got rid of his flaming head curse, Needles simply walks away the winner.