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** In the 2012 reboot, Dollface's real name is Krista Sparks. Most would immediately recognize that name as the name of Calypso's estranged 15-year-old daughter in who's long dead. Unlike her, this Krista is a grownup supermodel who's AxCrazy and obsessed with being the fairest of them all, with no mention of any connection to Calypso at all.

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** In the 2012 reboot, Dollface's real name is Krista Sparks. Most would immediately recognize that name as the name of Calypso's estranged 15-year-old daughter in ''2'' who's long dead. Unlike her, this Krista is a grownup supermodel who's AxCrazy and obsessed with being the fairest of them all, with no mention of any connection to Calypso at all.
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** In the 2012 reboot, Dollface's real name is Krista Sparks. Most would immediately recognize that name as the name of Calypso's estranged 15-year-old daughter in who's long dead. Unlike her, this Krista is a grownup supermodel who's AxCrazy and obsessed with being the fairest of them all, with no mention of any connection to Calypso at all.
** The Agent Stone that's Crimson Fury's driver shares the same name with Outlaw's driver in ''Black'', even though they are completely unrelated.
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Black'', the character models used in the character select screen are different, older ones than those used in the cutscenes. This is most evident with Agent Stone, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agent_stone_5.jpg who wears a helmet in the cutscenes]], [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/9/98/OutlawTMB2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090913211227 but doesn't in the select screen]] (along with a much different-looking face). Bloody Mary was changed to be slightly less creepy and more conventionally attractive from the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/a/a8/Screen_Shot_2021-04-25_at_11.16.01_AM.png/revision/latest?cb=20210425181529 loading screen]] to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/e/ef/TMBBloodyMary.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110901135150 the cutscenes]].

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Black'', the character models used in the character select screen are different, older ones than those used in the cutscenes. This is While with most characters the difference is subtle, this is pretty evident with Agent Stone, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agent_stone_5.jpg who wears a helmet in the cutscenes]], [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/9/98/OutlawTMB2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090913211227 but doesn't in the select screen]] (along with a much different-looking face). Bloody Mary was changed to be slightly less creepy creepy-looking and more conventionally attractive from the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/a/a8/Screen_Shot_2021-04-25_at_11.16.01_AM.png/revision/latest?cb=20210425181529 loading screen]] to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/e/ef/TMBBloodyMary.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110901135150 the cutscenes]].
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Black'', the character models used in the character select screen are different, older ones than those used in the cutscenes. This is most evident with Agent Stone, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agent_stone_5.jpg who wears a helmet in the cutscenes]], [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/9/98/OutlawTMB2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090913211227 but doesn't in the select screen]].

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Black'', the character models used in the character select screen are different, older ones than those used in the cutscenes. This is most evident with Agent Stone, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agent_stone_5.jpg who wears a helmet in the cutscenes]], [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/9/98/OutlawTMB2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090913211227 but doesn't in the select screen]].screen]] (along with a much different-looking face). Bloody Mary was changed to be slightly less creepy and more conventionally attractive from the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/a/a8/Screen_Shot_2021-04-25_at_11.16.01_AM.png/revision/latest?cb=20210425181529 loading screen]] to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/e/ef/TMBBloodyMary.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110901135150 the cutscenes]].
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Black'', the character models used in the character select screen are different, older ones than those used in the cutscenes. This is most evident with Agent Stone, who wears a helmet in the cutscenes, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/9/98/OutlawTMB2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090913211227 but doesn't in the select screen]].

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Black'', the character models used in the character select screen are different, older ones than those used in the cutscenes. This is most evident with Agent Stone, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agent_stone_5.jpg who wears a helmet in the cutscenes, cutscenes]], [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/9/98/OutlawTMB2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090913211227 but doesn't in the select screen]].
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Black'', the character models used in the character select screen are different, older ones than those used in the cutscenes. This is most evident with Agent Stone, who wears a helmet in the cutscenes, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/twistedmetal/images/9/98/OutlawTMB2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090913211227 but doesn't in the select screen]].
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Mr. Slamm and Grasshopper in ''Head-On'' are piloted by the ghosts of Simon Whittlebone and Krista Sparks respectively. According to Calypso in the former's ending, this is apparently a normal occurrence in this universe.
-->'''Calypso''': There are a lot of evil spirits floating around that would love to get a free wish.
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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''4'' has quite a few oddities compared to games before and since:
** For the first and last time in the series, Calypso isn't the host of the titular tournament, Sweet Tooth is, with Calypso being PromotedToPlayable as a result.
** Outside of Calypso and Mr. Grimm, none of the cast or vehicles from previous games makes a playable return.
** During gameplay, opponents are referred to by their drivers instead of the name of the vehicles they drive.

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* {{Anticlimax}}: PlayedForLaughs in Thumper's "Lost Ending", when Bruce refuses to shoot the man who kidnapped his girlfriend after Calypso offers him a gun and instead leaves with her…
-->'''Calypso''': That was anticlimactic! ''Aims gun at the kidnapper''\\
'''Kidnapper''': Oh my god…\\
''Calypso starts opening fire on him''



** Outlaw's fate in the Lost Ending.

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** Outlaw's fate in the Lost Ending.Ending has Captain Roberts wish for a world without Twisted Metal, just like in the real game's ending. ''Un''like it, however, Roberts gets trapped in a black void instead of getting shot into space.

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* BattleRoyaleGame: The series' primary game mode; your goal in each level is to be the last car standing, with all vehicles treating each other as enemies and the player having the luxury of extra lives (in singleplayer). The singleplayer AI tends to [[GangUpOnTheHuman focus on the player]] as not to allow them to exploit the AI and let the enemy cars take care of each other.



* BattleRoyaleGame: This is the series' primary game mode; your goal in each level is to be the last car standing, with all vehicles treating each other as enemies and the player having the luxury of extra lives. The AI tends to [[GangUpOnTheHuman focus on the player]] as not to allow them to exploit this and let the enemy cars take care of each other.
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** Openly invoked when discussing ''Black'' in the documentary "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9iJGPfvw2A The Dark Past]]": "A lot of times you think that, when someone has these kind of ideas, you're thinking '[[WereStillRelevantDammit Are they trying too hard to edgy, and cool, and not nerd-like]], or [[MyGodYouAreSerious do they really kind of think this way?]]'"

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** Openly invoked when discussing ''Black'' in the documentary "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9iJGPfvw2A The Dark Past]]": "A lot of times you think that, when someone has these kind of ideas, you're thinking '[[WereStillRelevantDammit Are 'Are they trying too hard to edgy, and cool, and not nerd-like]], nerd-like, or [[MyGodYouAreSerious do they really kind of think this way?]]'"
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* BattleRoyaleGame: A rare primarily single-player version; your goal in each level is to be the last car standing. The AI tends to [[GangUpOnTheHuman target the player]] as not to allow them to exploit this and let the enemy cars take care of each other.

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* BattleRoyaleGame: A rare primarily single-player version; This is the series' primary game mode; your goal in each level is to be the last car standing. standing, with all vehicles treating each other as enemies and the player having the luxury of extra lives. The AI tends to [[GangUpOnTheHuman target focus on the player]] as not to allow them to exploit this and let the enemy cars take care of each other.

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I thought this lyric would correlate better, because, y'know, Twisted Metal and cars.


[[caption-width-right:243:[[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "I see a red door and I want to paint it black..."]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:243:[[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "I see a red door line of cars and I want to paint it they're all painted black..."]]]]



* BattleRoyaleGame: A rare primarily single-player version; your goal in each level is to be the last car standing. The AI tends to [[GangUpOnTheHuman target the player]] as not to allow them to exploit this and let the enemy cars take care of each other.



* VehicularCombat: The entire point of the series.

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* VehicleBasedCharacterization: Some vehicles have drivers with personalities to match. For example, the [[BadHumorTruck ice cream truck]] is driven by a serial killer MonsterClown, TheGrimReaper rides on [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels a motorcycle]], and the hearse has been driven by morbid individuals such as a mortician and a goth girl.
* VehicularCombat: The entire point premise of the series.series; a variety of vehicles fighting in a battle royale with built-in guns, special weapons, or just ramming into each other.
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[[caption-width-right:243:[[Music/TheRollingStones "I see a red door and I want to paint it black..."]]]]

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*** And then we have Small Brawl, which is a LighterAndSofter version for kids. You wouldn't expect ''this'' to be connected to the Black and colourful universes, right? Well, in Spectre's ending, it was revealed that the boy was the son of Ken Masters, the Spectre in Twisted Metal 2, which is set in the colourful universe Marcus always regards as a nightmare. This makes Small Brawl a dream ''within'' a dream... Goddamn! Are the creators of Twisted Metal fans of Studio Gainax's or Creator/SeventhExpansion's animes or what?

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*** And then we have Small Brawl, which is a LighterAndSofter version for kids. You wouldn't expect ''this'' to be connected to the Black and colourful universes, right? Well, in Spectre's ending, it was revealed that the boy was the son of Ken Masters, the Spectre in Twisted Metal 2, which is set in the colourful universe Marcus always regards as a nightmare. This makes Small Brawl a dream ''within'' a dream... Goddamn! Are the creators of Twisted Metal fans of Studio Gainax's Creator/StudioGainax's or Creator/SeventhExpansion's [[Creator/Ryukishi07 07th Expansion]]'s animes or what?
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* MoralDissonance: Even the good guys leave a trail of death and destruction that tends to be massively out of proportion to what they want to achieve. In ''Black'', for instance, Raven wants to avenge the death of her friend who was [[spoiler:drowned by bullies]] and Agent Stone [[spoiler:went mad with grief because he accidentally shot a family during a hostage crisis]]. To make things right again, both drivers run over tens of pedestrians, blow up civilian cars that happen to be in their way or in the blast radius and destroy a large number of buildings. The number of innocent deaths would probably be well over a hundred. Raven returns in ''Twisted Metal: Lost'', where she [[spoiler:protects the city from the other rampaging killers... by using her voodoo powers]] to blow the hell out of everything.
** This is sometimes brought up. Jebediah is less than thrilled when he realizes they're fighting in a town he used to preach in, and several characters in ''Black'' apologize to Warhawk before the final battle (Agent Stone in particular is crushed -- "I know this man"). It's just that they're usually out of options.
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** Energy abilities such as the shield, jumping and invisibility were not a thing in the first game, and rear-firing missiles, freeze missiles and land mines were regular weapon pickups instead.
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* AdultFear: Imagine one day your spouse, for no reason that you can see, decides to wear a clown get-up complete with a mask and just outright murders you and the rest of the family.
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*** And then we have Small Brawl, which is a LighterAndSofter version for kids. You wouldn't expect ''this'' to be connected to the Black and colourful universes, right? Well, in Spectre's ending, it was revealed that the boy was the son of Ken Masters, the Spectre in Twisted Metal 2, which is set in the colourful universe Marcus always regards as a nightmare. This makes Small Brawl a dream ''within'' a dream... Goddamn! Are the creators of Twisted Metal fans of Studio Gainax's or 7th Expansion's animes or what?
*** And then we have to fit in the Alternate Universe of the 2012 game.

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*** And then we have Small Brawl, which is a LighterAndSofter version for kids. You wouldn't expect ''this'' to be connected to the Black and colourful universes, right? Well, in Spectre's ending, it was revealed that the boy was the son of Ken Masters, the Spectre in Twisted Metal 2, which is set in the colourful universe Marcus always regards as a nightmare. This makes Small Brawl a dream ''within'' a dream... Goddamn! Are the creators of Twisted Metal fans of Studio Gainax's or 7th Expansion's Creator/SeventhExpansion's animes or what?
*** And then we have to fit in the Alternate Universe AlternateUniverse of the 2012 game.
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A live action television adaptation is in development from Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision and Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment’s [=PlayStation=] Studios division. Rhett Reese and Paul Wenrick (''Film/{{Zombieland}}, ''Film/{{Deadpool}}) will write/executive produce and Creator/AnthonyMackie will star as John Doe.

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A live action television adaptation is in development from Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision and Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment’s [=PlayStation=] Studios division. Rhett Reese and Paul Wenrick (''Film/{{Zombieland}}, ''Film/{{Deadpool}}) will write/executive produce develop, ''Series/CobraKai'' veteran Michael Jonathan Smith will write, Creator/WillArnett will executive produce, and Creator/AnthonyMackie will star as John Doe.
Doe. Creator/{{Peacock}} has given the show [[https://deadline.com/2022/02/twisted-metal-peacock-live-action-comedy-series-video-game-anthony-mackie-1234960605/ a series order]].
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A live action television adaptation is in development from Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision and Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment’s [=PlayStation=] Studios division. Rhett Reese and Paul Wenrick (''Film/{{Zombieland}}, ''Film/{{Deadpool}}) will write/executive produce and Creator/AnthonyMackie will star as John Doe.
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* AllStereotypeCast: Twisted Metal 3 alone includes a stereotypical raver, a sexy environmentalist GranolaGirl, a "get off my lawn"-type granny, a black guy from "the hood" who wants to "kick it with his homies in the crib", an expy of [[Music/TheProdigy The Prodigy]]'s frontman, a burly construction worker, a ComicBook/GhostRider expy and a crazy deranged homeless guy.

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* AllStereotypeCast: Twisted Metal 3 alone includes a stereotypical raver, a sexy environmentalist GranolaGirl, a "get off my lawn"-type granny, a black guy from "the hood" who wants to "kick it with his homies in the crib", an expy of [[Music/TheProdigy The Prodigy]]'s frontman, a burly construction worker, a ComicBook/GhostRider expy and a [[CrazyHomelessPeople crazy deranged homeless guy.guy]].
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* AllStereotypeCast: Twisted Metal 3 alone includes a stereotypical raver, a sexy environmentalist GranolaGirl, a "get off my lawn"-type granny, a black guy from "the hood" who wants to "kick it with his homies in the crib", an expy of The Prodigy's frontman, a burly construction worker, a ComicBook/GhostRider expy and a crazy deranged homeless guy.

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* AllStereotypeCast: Twisted Metal 3 alone includes a stereotypical raver, a sexy environmentalist GranolaGirl, a "get off my lawn"-type granny, a black guy from "the hood" who wants to "kick it with his homies in the crib", an expy of [[Music/TheProdigy The Prodigy's Prodigy]]'s frontman, a burly construction worker, a ComicBook/GhostRider expy and a crazy deranged homeless guy.

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* AllJustADream: From various in-game hints, ''Black'' seems to occur completely in Needles Kane's head. In ''2'', the driver of Roadkill [[spoiler:wakes up from a coma caused by a massive highway pileup, giving the impression that the competition happened in his head, with the other drivers involved being the other contestants.]]
** OrWasItADream: However, Marcus' ending shows a brief glimpse of Calypso's burning eyes...

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In ''2'', the driver of Roadkill [[spoiler:wakes up from a coma caused by a massive highway pileup, giving the impression that the competition happened in his head, with the other drivers involved being the other contestants.]]
** *** OrWasItADream: However, Marcus' ending shows a brief glimpse of Calypso's burning eyes...
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* ThankingTheViewer: "I am Calypso, and I thank you for playing ''Twisted Metal''." This line closes many of the endings throughout the series.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the 2012 game as Sweet Tooth attempts to kill the one that got away, [[spoiler:blood splatters on the family picture of the Kanes, covering up the members he killed. Aside from himself and Sophie, Charlie also remains visible and not covered in blood. In the ending, it's revealed that Sweet Tooth only cut him and let him live as a potential heir.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In ''Black'', the police helicopter [[FinalBoss Warhawk's]] arrival is foreshadowed by Bloody Mary's level quote, but she's too delusional to realize this herself.
-->"From here, I can hear the sound of wedding bells. They're a lot like police sirens...I never noticed that before."
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In the 2012 game as Sweet Tooth attempts to kill the one that got away, [[spoiler:blood splatters on the family picture of the Kanes, covering up the members he killed. Aside from himself and Sophie, Charlie also remains visible and not covered in blood. In the ending, it's revealed that Sweet Tooth only cut him and let him live as a potential heir.]]
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Sweeth Tooth is already under Transforming Mecha, and isn't huge enough to count.


* HumongousMecha: Sweet Tooth's special in Black transforms his ice cream truck into this.

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* HumongousMecha: Sweet Tooth's special in Black transforms his ice cream truck into this.



*** Then of course there's the Iron Maiden [[http://thegamingliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/DF2.jpg Dear crap, look at it]]

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* TransformingMecha: Sweet Tooth's super in Black turns it into one of these.

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* TransformingMecha: Sweet Tooth's super in Black ''Black'' turns it into one of these.these. The ''2012'' version gives it arms and legs, making it a full-fledged mecha.
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* MoodWhiplash: In 2012, the cutscenes are stylised and disturbing, with intense, yet mostly grounded scenes of [[NightmareFuel Sweet Tooth and Dollface committing their various murders.]] Then comes the gameplay, which is full of [[CrazyAwesome explosions, giant robots, and ridiculously over the top battle grounds.]]

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* MoodWhiplash: In 2012, the cutscenes are stylised and disturbing, with intense, yet mostly grounded scenes of [[NightmareFuel Sweet Tooth and Dollface committing their various murders.]] Then comes the gameplay, which is full of [[CrazyAwesome explosions, giant robots, and ridiculously over the top battle grounds.]]
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* MoralDissonance: Even the good guys leave a trail of death and destruction that tends to be massively out of proportion to what they want to achieve. In ''Black'', for instance, Raven wants to avenge the [[TearJerker death of her friend]] who was [[spoiler:drowned by bullies]] and Agent Stone [[spoiler:went mad with grief because he accidentally shot a family during a hostage crisis]]. To make things right again, both drivers run over tens of pedestrians, blow up civilian cars that happen to be in their way or in the blast radius and destroy a large number of buildings. The number of innocent deaths would probably be well over a hundred. Raven returns in ''Twisted Metal: Lost'', where she [[spoiler:protects the city from the other rampaging killers... by using her voodoo powers]] to blow the hell out of everything.

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* MoralDissonance: Even the good guys leave a trail of death and destruction that tends to be massively out of proportion to what they want to achieve. In ''Black'', for instance, Raven wants to avenge the [[TearJerker death of her friend]] friend who was [[spoiler:drowned by bullies]] and Agent Stone [[spoiler:went mad with grief because he accidentally shot a family during a hostage crisis]]. To make things right again, both drivers run over tens of pedestrians, blow up civilian cars that happen to be in their way or in the blast radius and destroy a large number of buildings. The number of innocent deaths would probably be well over a hundred. Raven returns in ''Twisted Metal: Lost'', where she [[spoiler:protects the city from the other rampaging killers... by using her voodoo powers]] to blow the hell out of everything.

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