History VideoGame / TonyHawksUnderground

* CanadaEh: Vancouver, where Slam City Jam is held in the first game. There's even a hockey rink in that level. The second game has the Canada level from ''[=THPS3=]'' as one of the levels in Classic Mode, complete with snow and pine trees.

** ''Underground 2'' features [[Series/{{Jackass}} Jesse James, Wee Man, Phil Margera, Steve-O]], WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}, and a [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty C.O.D. Soldier]].

The first ''THUG'' was released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, and UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, and followed the player character as they rise to stardom with their childhood friend, Eric Sparrow, then have a bitter falling out after Eric starts becoming jealous as the player character starts to leave Sparrow in his dust, before Eric [[ItMakesSenseInContext gets drunk and hijacks a tank]]. It's funny, but still quite a bit DarkerAndEdgier and action-oriented than the rest of the series. A [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows PC]] port also exists [[NoExportForYou if you're in Australia or New Zealand]].

** The pro assigned to your team, which you can choose from: Bob Burnquist[[note]]who plays this trope the straightest, as he's eliminated following the first leg[[/note]], Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska and Mike Vallely. Berlin and Skatopia are the exceptions as Bam[[note]]although he has Eric Koston on his team, you can't pick him[[/note]] and Tony fill in for each level respectively.

* BringMyBrownPants: In ''Underground 2'', [[TheScrappy Eric]] [[ButtMonkey Sparrow]] not only pissed himself, but crapped himself after Bam pulled the chainsaw away.
* ButtMonkey: [[TheScrappy Eric Sparrow]], and to a lesser extent, Bob Burnquist in ''Underground 2''. The same game also gives us [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Nigel Beaverhausen]].

** If the PC manages to impress the girls at the beach in Hawaii they will flirt with them by offering the male (as well as female) PC to rub lotion on their back.

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->I gotta give it to ya', that run was ''bull'''shit'''''. No, in a good way though.

* NextSundayAD: The first game is set in 2004, a year after the game was released. References to Spring Break in the Tampa level indicate that the game begins around March of 2004.

* TantrumThrowing: The second game actually turns this into a game mechanic. If you bail in a certain way, you can start a new combo by filling up the "Tantrum Meter" by ButtonMashing, which results in the player tossing or smashing their board before a new one materializes in their hands.

* CanonName: Well, two Canon Names. Odd case since the character is the same in both games. The player character in ''Underground'' 1 is referred to as "Steve" in the Pre-Made Skaters and referred to as "Chris" in the ''Underground 2''.

* DisasterDominos: The second game turns this trope into a gameplay mechanic. By performing a trick in a certain place, you can trigger a cutscene of a series of things getting broken, radically reshaping the level.

* DiasterDominos: The second game turns this trope into a gameplay mechanic. By performing a trick in a certain place, you can trigger a cutscene of a series of things getting broken, radically reshaping the level.

* AmbiguouslyBi: There are several instances in the first game where female NPC will flirt with the female Player Character:

* DenserAndWackier: The series themselves aren't too serious with their objectives and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Funny Background Events]] but ''Underground 2'' basically combines the ''Tony Hawk'' games with ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' and a cartoon with the amount of destruction that seems infeasible in real life without hurting anyone and how many characters survive injuries. The graphics also became cartoonier with more exaggerated facial expressions.

* NextSundayAD: The game is set in 2004, a year after the game was released. References to Spring Break in the Tampa level indicate that the game begins around March of 2004.

* ZombieApocalypse: The Level Destruction for New Orleans turns all of the [=NPCs=] into zombies. They explode in gibs when you hit them while playing as the Witch Doctor, but otherwise behave like ordinary [=NPCs=]. The ending reveals that they were [[DoingInTheWizard just really intoxicated revelers who haven't seen the outside of a bar in months]].

* TantrumThrowing: The second game actually turns this into a game mechanic. If you bail in a certain way, you can start a new combo by filling up the "Tantrum Meter" by ButtonMashing.

** In the player character's room in ''Underground'', there's a poster of Daisy on the wall, a skater from ''Pro Skater 4''. There's also a crude mockup version of her without her [[GagBoobs most memorable characteristic]] in the "Pre-Made Custom Skaters" section. A copy of the game can be seen briefly on the player's desk, in the cutscene following the character creation in Story Mode.

* HulaAndLuaus: The Hawaii level in the original ''Underground''. Overlaps with PalmtreePanic.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: In ''Underground 2'', your player character will be stripped to their underwear and get pelted with live mousetraps in the Australia level, regardless of their sex.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The final level of ''Underground 2'''s story mode is "Skatopia", a large sloped area in the middle of a forest that has been converted into a massive, anarchistic skate park. Ridiculous, right? Well, believe it or not, this level is based on an actual park, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skatopia located in Rutland, Ohio]], that is still in operation as of 2021.

* Ephebophile: In Moscow, if the Player Character manages to impress an actress with their tricks, she will suggestively flirt with the PC... even if the PC is 16 years old and is still a minor.