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1The list of drivers for the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' series.
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3For characters from the TV show, see [[Characters/TwistedMetal2023 here]].
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8!!Calypso
9-->"I am Calypso. And I thank you for playing Twisted Metal!"
10[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Calypso_smiling_5130.png]]
11[[caption-width-right:250:Calypso in the Reboot.]]
12-> '''Voiced By:''' Mel [=McMurrin=] (''2'', ''3'', and ''4''), Creator/DaveBoat (''Head-On'')
13-> '''Played By:''' Charles L. Simcoe (original), G. Russell Reynolds (reboot)
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15The mysterious host of the Twisted Metal contest. Few details are known of his {{Backstory}}, except his whole family died in a car accident years ago and his wish-granting powers were stolen from Minion, allowing him to survive. He's been holding Twisted Metal for 10 years, with the second game being the 11th entry. He's in all games, but only once as a car driver.
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17* AdaptationalVillainy: The 2012 reboot does not retain his above mentioned backstory, instead suggesting he's the devil. Also, the Twisted Metal tournament seems to exist just to satisfy his love for death and suffering. One of the locations involved is a shopping center during Christmas, because he loves watching innocents die horribly during a time when they should be happy.
18* AlasPoorVillain: Krista Sparks' ending in ''2''. [[spoiler: Calypso is happy to be reunited with his daughter, but then sees she is a cyborg with a bomb built in to kill him. Instead of running, he embraces her before the explosion kills them both.]]
19* AssholeVictim: Anytime he gets the tables turned on him. Subverted for the case of Grasshopper's ending in ''2'', which is more of an AlasPoorVillain moment for him and comes across as a borderline case of YouBastard towards the player.
20* BadassLongcoat: He wears a black longcoat in ''Head-On''.
21* BaldOfEvil: He does not have a single strand of hair on his head in ''Black''. His hairline is also receding in ''Head-On''.
22* BigBad: Of all games in the series except for ''4'', where Sweet Tooth (having stolen his powers) takes his place.
23* BigNo: Minion's ''Twisted Metal 2'' ending, where the demon just shuts him off before throwing him into Hell. Also Mr. Grimm's "Lost Ending", in which he ignores his pleas and reaps his soul.
24* BodyguardingABadass: He has bodyguards in the first game and ''Head-On''. Justified, since his powers are only limited to granting wishes.
25* ButtMonkey: In keeping with its LighterAndSofter theme, most of the endings in ''Small Brawl'' has Billy Calypso getting the short end of the stick for a change, with him getting into scenarios such as getting EatenAlive by a NuclearMutant frog, mauled by his cat, or strapped to the front of an ice cream truck driven by Sweet Tooth in a high speed police chase.
26* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the the first game, Calypso was less of a LiteralGenie and granted the contestants their wish without intentionally screwing them over (with the exception of Outlaw's, Spectre's[[note]]only his "Lost Ending"[[/note]], and depending on how you interpret his ending, Thumper). He was quite a bit more cruel in the original FMV endings, however.
27* CharacterNarrator: He himself narrates most endings in ''Twisted Metal 2'' and all in ''3''.
28* CheshireCatGrin: Several endings in ''Twisted Metal 2'' feature shots of Calypso sporting a wicked-looking grin while he narrates how the winners of his competition get screwed over by their own wishes.
29* ChickMagnet: He has a harem of beautiful babes in bikinis and shirtless guys toting guns in the first game's live-action endings and in ''Head-On'' (though the guys wear suits in the latter). And he apparently enjoys their company.
30* CollectorOfTheStrange: Mr. Grimm's middle cutscene in the reboot showcases several of Calypso's memoirs, including the Black Box Crimson Fury and Warthog were looking for in ''Twisted Metal'', Sweet Tooth's machete, No-Face's boxing gloves from ''Black'', Twister's helmet from ''2'', [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos' chain-blades]], and covers of ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters''. Also there is a painting [[spoiler:which is where Calypso imprisons those who get killed during his contests, including Preacher.]]
31* CompleteImmortality: In ''4'', he takes the souls of those who die in Twisted Metal to maintain his youth for over (at least) a couple centuries. As he survived being thrown off a skyscraper with little to no injuries visible, he's definitively unkillable by normal means.
32* ConsultingMisterPuppet: He speaks to his dead sister's doll as if it were her as well in the comic tie-in for ''2'', having convinced himself of that shortly after her death.
33* CoolAirship: His blimp, which he uses as a hideout in both ''2'' and ''3'', and becomes an arena in the latter.
34* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Depending on the game, he is presented as such. The reboot makes it more explicit by portraying him as the [=CEO=] of Calypso Industries.
35* CynicismCatalyst: As detailed in the comic tie-in for ''2'' (see MysteriousPast entry), his sister's death is what sets off the events that'd turn him into Calypso. She's also referenced by Minion in his ending.
36** DeathSeeker: Following the above, having accidentally killed his sister made him this for most of his life.
37* DeadpanSnarker: He is heavily sarcastic, especially in ''2'' and the reboot, of the PungeonMaster and bemused LiteralGenie kind.
38* DealWithTheDevil: How he got his powers in the comic tie-in. After besting Minion in a race, the devil (a demolition derby fan) allowed him to return to Earth in exchange of doing annual competitions to give him and his cohorts plenty of souls to play with in Hell. Calypso himself grants wishes to the winners, but they almost never come out the way the winners want.
39* DependingOnTheArtist: Calypso's appearance varies within the series. In the live-action endings to ''Twisted Metal'', Calypso's facial burns are the most extreme, making his face look like hamburger meat wearing a wig. In ''2'', Calypso's facial scars are much less prominent, and his fingernails are more like elongated talons. In ''3'' and ''4'', His facial scars and talons are completely gone, and his red hair is (usually) recolored black), making him appear otherwise normal. ''Black'' is an alternate continuity, where his scarring is absent, but he's bald and has an irregular black left eye. In ''Head-On'', his hairline is receding and once again has an irregular black left eye, looking like a cross between his ''2'' and ''Black'' incarnations. Finally, in the [=PS3=] version, he is portrayed as being in his 30's with no scarring, both eyes intact, and a head full of shoulder-length black hair, becoming a mix of his Twisted Metal 2 and ''3''/''4'' appearances.
40* DependingOnTheWriter: The source of Calypso's powers varies multiple times. In the original, the wish-granting was done by a demon named Black he stole from one of the contestant (the satan-like Mister Ash). In ''2'' and ''Head-On'', he has stolen the powers from Minion, a demon from Hell. ''4'' handwaved it as a magic ring, probably as an easy way to explain how Sweet Tooth stole the wish-grating magic from him. ''Black'' and the 2012 game didn't provide any explanation, [[spoiler:although the latter is heavily implied to either be or be related to the Devil.]]
41* DispenseWithThePleasantries: In his ending in Twisted Metal 4, he shuts down Melvin's congratulatory speech to demand his ring and the competition back from Sweet Tooth.
42* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Calypso ''will'' screw up your well-intended wish, unless you happen to be his daughter...
43* EvenEvilHasStandards:
44** One of the few wishes he granted with no cruel twist was to grant Axel the strength to face his abusive father, and when he helped Mortimer return to his eternal sleep.
45** In a more traditional example, he calls Dollface crazy behind her back in the reboot when introducing the Iron Maiden to Mr. Grimm. He also is perplexed when Cousin Eddy enters his contest and killed people uninvited in ''Head-On''.
46** According to Krista Sparks' bio in the ''[=TM2=]'' manual, she is fifteen years old (too young to drive unsupervised in the US) but lied about her age to join the tournament. This implies Calypso requires all contestants to have a valid driver's license.
47* EvilerThanThou:
48** Calypso got his wish-granting magic by stealing a demon's (Minion's) powers on the way to Hell, after the car crash that killed his family (apparently, the Devil is a ''big'' fan of demolition derbies).
49** Proves this to Sweet Tooth in ''3'' and ''2012'', screwing over his wish. [[spoiler: The later is especially notable. He promised Sweet Tooth he would get to find where his daughter was hiding, and sent him into her grave.]]
50* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: A defining trait of his. He certainly gets a kick out of screwing people out of wishes and telling sick jokes as he does so.
51* EvilTwin: Black's profile in ''TM: Lost'' appears to indicate this, with the "more colorful" Calypso sending him to pursuit and murder the Calypso from ''Black''. [[EvilVersusEvil And since he's no saint either...]]
52* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:In Grasshopper's ending in ''2'', when she reveals that she's been implanted with a bomb specifically to kill him, and she's afraid that it will hurt, Calypso doesn't hesitate to hug his daughter close to comfort her in her final moments, even at the cost of his own life.]]
53* FamedInStory: In ''Black'' he's number 2 on the FBI's most wanted list.
54* FauxAffablyEvil: Calypso has an air of friendliness, and he tries to de-escalate most situations where his life is threatened. It's obvious that he is trying to lull the wish maker into a trap rather than any sincerity on his part.
55* FirstNameBasis: Regarding Krista being his daughter, you would think that Sparks would have been added to his name. The Reboot nullifies this with Dollface having the name instead, leaving Calypso as is.
56** According to the ''2'' comic tie-in, [[NoNameGiven "Calypso" isn't even his birth name]], and was given to him as a nickname when he was a young adult.
57* FlatWhat: He may sometimes express his disbelief whenever the wish itself is seemingly trivial (the Hammerhead drivers wanting a new set of tires or Sweet Tooth wanting a [[CompanionCube paper bag]] in ''1'') or when Calypso can't understand the wish at all.
58* ForTheEvulz: While other games have given him different reasons to create the tournament (a deal with Satan, to maintain his immortality), the Reboot-version Calypso's motivation to create a [[DeadlyGame bloody tournament]] which leaves destruction in its wake seems to be simply to cause as much death and suffering as possible.
59* GenderBlenderName: Calypso is the name of a ''female'' nymph in Greek mythology - and obviously, had nothing to do with cars. According to the comic tie-in for ''2'', it is not his actual name but a nickname his employer at the time gave him after confusing the rhythmic hammering he was doing as being Calypso-themed music.
60* GoodScarsEvilScars: In the first games, his ''whole face'' is burnt from the car accident. ''Black'' and ''Head-On'' scale back the damage to one sunken-in eye.
61* HypocriticalHumor: While Caylpso is often completely taken aback by people who wish for mundane things (like Hammerhead's drivers asking for new tires in ''1''), this doesn't stop him from giving Axel a single pepperoni pizza for his wish in ''Head-On'' when he gets conveniently interrupted.
62* IdiotBall: Not him, specifically. But some of the contestants in Head-On would leave him wondering why they bother with the tournament. In Simon's case, he wondered why bother with resurrection when he can maneuver his own vehicle just fine in his current form. Again with Catfish, he wondered why bother asking for a one-on-one hunt with a man when the tournament had essentially fulfilled that desire.
63* InexplicablyAwesome: In ''Black''. Unlike other continuities there is no explanation for Calypso's powers or how he knows so many things about his contestants.
64* KarmaHoudini: Most of the time he does sit fairly pretty, all of Calypso's villainy is generally not unpunished. The games in continuity show Calypso goes unopposed year after year in hosting Twisted Metal, while the single-game continuities like ''Black'' and the reboot don't even ''have'' an ending where he loses or gets screwed at all (save Sweet Tooth's ending in the former).
65* KarmaHoudiniWarranty:
66** With how many endings end with Calypso being screwed over though, it is clear he isn't totally immune to karma. In ''2'' alone he can get blown up, attacked by the souls of those he's killed, or [[DraggedOffToHell thrown into Hell.]]
67** ''4'' is probably the biggest example of karma finally catching up to Calypso, especially due to being the last game in the original continuity. Not only is he dealt the humiliation of losing control over the Twisted Metal tournament to Sweet Tooth, but there is ''no'' way for him to win in the game, even in his own ending. Either someone else beats him in the tournament and gets their wish, or Calypso wins the tournament [[ShaggyDogStory only for Sweet Tooth to back out on the deal.]] Calypso attacks him in fury to take back his ring only for their struggles to break it, trapping them both inside of it [[SealedEvilInADuel trapped forever in a perpetual tug-of-war.]]
68* KickTheDog:
69** Being a JackassGenie, he screws over the drivers in most of their endings with gusto. A particularly cruel example is the Lost version of Spectre's ending in the first game, where he brings Scott Campbell back to life before shooting him dead again so he can compete next year.
70** The 2012 game not only has him screw over everyone's wish (although as they're all {{Villain Protagonist}}s, it borders on KickTheSonOfABitch with the exception of Mr. Grimm), he also regularly mocks them when serving as MissionControl. In particular, he loves making fun of how Mr. Grimm's father died while hiding under a very unconvincing JustJokingJustification.
71* LaughablyEvil: He's a rotten bastard but it's impossible not to get a laugh out of some of the ways he twists wishes around to screw people over, among his other antics.
72* ManipulativeBastard: Granted, he doesn't have to try very hard. Even knowing that he's a completely untrustworthy demonic trickster, people still do his bidding because his wish-granting power is too tempting to pass up.
73* MightyGlacier: In his playable appearance in ''4'', he uses a slow missile truck that has the most damaging special in the game.
74* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Says this when he was forced to grant Cousin Eddy's wish in ''Head-On'': [[spoiler: to make his RV shinier.]]
75* MysteriousPast: A comic tie-in for ''2'' revealed a large amount of info on his past. He was an unbalanced demolition derby driver with suicidal tendencies in life, and after the car accident, managed to [[BadassDriver outdrive]] [[LightningBruiser Minion]] in Hell. The Devil allowed him to return to Earth, in exchange for Calypso running an annual contest, sending both drivers and bystanders alike to Hell.
76* NonActionBigBad:
77** Calypso is the host of Twisted Metal but is never fought in game, outside of ''4'' where Sweet Tooth serves as the BigBad and Calypso gets PromotedToPlayable as a result. And, unless the wish he grants directly involves him, he tends to stay out of the winner's way after the wish is granted, letting the winner do themself in.
78** There are only a few instances where he directly tries to harm or kill the opponent, and most of them are by hiding and getting a cheap shot or two in, or in the case of Black, leaving a bomb for TheJuggernaut to find and slow him down. It is implied that his supernatural powers are only limited to granting the wish.
79* OffscreenVillainDarkmatter: Calypso has an endless supply of money. He owns a CoolAirship that in ''3'' is big enough to serve as an arena, on top of also having his own bodyguards. When he's usurped by Sweet Tooth in ''4'' he acquires a large missile truck to enter the contest and take it back.
80* OffStageVillainy: In ''Black''. Agent Stone's intro has him state he had heard of Calypso and was familiar with his past crimes even though he didn't know about his contest, though we aren't told what his other crimes were. As seen with John Doe's ending, they are bad enough to make him the #2 spot in the FBI's most wanted list.
81* PetTheDog:
82** Rarely... ''very'' rarely, he [[BenevolentGenie doesn't actually screw over a winner in their respective ending]]. [[spoiler: In ''Twisted Metal Head-On'', he undeniably ''helps'' and praises Mortimer, now a wizened, exhausted zombie, when he chooses to return to the grave from which he was disturbed and finally rest again, as opposed to taking revenge on the punks who dug up his corpse.]] No tricks, no abusing the phrasing or alternate meanings of words... Calypso gives him precisely what he wanted and intended.
83** In ''2'', Axel wished for the courage to stand up to his father for trapping him in the vehicle. Calypso did absolutely nothing to screw him over and gave him his wish straightforward. Axel got his wish, disowned his father and left as a free man.
84** When Mike and Stu wished to be able to fly, he could've turned them into flies. Instead, he grants their wish by buying them plane tickets. Luckily they were refundable, since the two idiots leaped to their deaths thinking they could literally fly. Then again, [[ExactWords this could be exactly what he was banking on.]]
85* PhantomZonePicture: In the reboot, he keeps the souls of those who died in his contest trapped inside of the painting (which apparently leads to a hellish dimension) in his office, [[AndIMustScream with their screams heard every time the camera passes by it]]. This later includes [[spoiler:the preacher]].
86* PhysicalGod: His powers allow him to fulfill any wish, from TimeTravel to [[RealityWarper warping reality]]. He's, however, unable to use them to fulfill his own desires, and can't deny a contest winner his/her own, even if he doesn't want to or harms him. Fortunately for him, [[LiteralGenie he can get around that most of the time...]]
87** However, there are things that are beyond even his powers. Taking Sweet Tooth's ending in ''Head-On'' for info, he doesn't seem to be able to cancel or undo a wish for the victor of the tournament. He MUST grant it. It usually always comes out evil for the drivers because of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor; but there are times in which the wish was vague (Hammerhead's ending in ''Twisted Metal 2'' springs to mind); and he enacted the wish, letting the victor find his/her way to hell.
88** Cousin Eddy's ending in ''Head-On'' also shows that he can't use his powers to defend himself from physical assault. Like when an angry inbred hillbilly threatens to strangle him to death, forcing Calypso to relent.
89* PromotedToPlayable: During ''Twisted Metal 4'' he becomes a contestant and playable character with his own vehicle after losing his position as host to Sweet Tooth.
90* RealityWarper:
91** Necessary to grant the wishes of the winners when it comes to impossible or downright magical stuff. Unfortunately for him, that's pretty much as far as his powers go.
92** Also muted some in ''Black'', where many of the endings can be explained away with Calypso being a very well informed and connected criminal, just a few are outright supernatural.
93* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His appearance in the [=PS3=] reboot, both in clothing and in features.
94* RedEyesTakeWarning: His newest incarnation's eyes glow red when he grants wishes.
95* {{Revenge}}: Out of all of the wishes he can grant, this is the only one he grants straight without fail. This is especially noticeable in ''Black'', where no less than ''6'' characters wanted to take revenge on someone (Axel, Mr. Grimm, Raven, Dollface, No-Face and Billy Ray), and all of them are granted exactly what they wish for.
96* RingOfPower: ''Twisted Metal 4'' attempted to explain his powers with one, mainly as a way to easily explain how Sweet Tooth could grant wishes after taking over the tournament. The ring has never been seen nor mentioned again after ''Twisted Metal 4''.
97* {{Satan}}:
98** In the reboot, the preacher claims that Calypso is this. It's later [[spoiler:heavily implied to be the truth]].
99** The man himself appears in the ''2'' comic tie-in, granting Calypso a chance to return to Earth after besting Minion in order to setup the tournament and secure a large supply of souls (and entertainment) back to him.
100* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: During Black's ending in ''Black'', Calypso, seemingly [[TheDreaded knowing what he's capable of]], refuses to even show up to congratulate him, instead setting up a time bomb in his place.
101-->''[[SoLongSuckers Screw you! Love, Calypso]]''
102* SelfMadeOrphan: According to the comic tie-in for ''2''. In his first attempt at suicide, he grabbed at his father's head and forced a multi-car accident, killing both his parents.
103* ShockAndAwe: Some games portray him using lightning as part of his wish-granting powers.
104* ThankingTheViewer: Most endings in ''2'' and ''3'' finish with him saying "I am Calypso. And I thank you for playing Twisted Metal!"
105* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: How do you know he's serious about winning in the fourth game? His special weapon is a ''nuke''.
106* TragicKeepsake: In the comic tie-in for ''2'', he keeps (and talks to) the doll that belonged to his dead sister.
107* {{Troll}}: The wishes he grants either come with a cruel price or twist at the winners' expense. He enjoys and laughs at the results.
108* VoiceOfTheLegion: He has this in the Lost Endings for the first game.
109* TheVoiceless: In ''Black'', he's never shown speaking onscreen (or even moving, save for a brief instance in Sweet Tooth's flashback movie).
110* YouAreNotAlone: A villainous and tragic example. In ''2'', when the driver of Grasshopper, who is [[spoiler:his own deceased daughter rebuilt by the LAPD and [[WhyAmITicking about to pull an unwilling]] TakingYouWithMe tells him that she is afraid, he gives her a comforting hug instead of running away]].
111* YouNukeEm: His Special in ''Twisted Metal 4'' is a mini-nuke.
112* YourSoulIsMine:
113** In ''Twisted Metal 4'' [[SpoilerOpening it was revealed]] that his power to grant wishes was fueled by a magic ring that stole souls. The Twisted Metal contest was a ploy to collect the souls of the losers, though it was implied [[TomatoSurprise that this was known by previous contestant]].
114** Though ''[=TM4=]'' was [[CanonDiscontinuity officially orphaned]], the reboot picked up half of this concept again, and Calypso takes the souls of the losers and the victim bystanders, though they don't appear to fuel his powers.
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116!!Needles Kane
117[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sweet_tooth_1_5_8848.png]]
118[[caption-width-right:280:"Shut up and bleed, [[CurseCutShort you motherf-!]]"]]
119-> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/FredTatasciore (''Head-On''), JS Gilbert (''Black'', reboot, and ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'')
120-> '''Played By:''' Robert Goodens (original), Paul Vinson (reboot)
121
122Driver of '''Sweet Tooth''', an ice cream truck. A [[AxCrazy deranged]] SerialKiller dressed as a [[MonsterClown clown]]. A former mental patient that escaped and turned into a mad serial killer. He appears in all games. The reboot dwells more into his origins and his quest to [[IWillFindYou find "the one who got away"]].
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124* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: His profile for ''Black'' lists his disorders as Unspecified Psychotic disorder, homicidal tendencies... and insomnia.
125* ArtShift: Dramatically shifted across the series. In the original, he wore a full clown getup with an exaggerated latex mask sporting green hair. The sequel gave him a simpler white suit with a ruffle collar and face paint with a red nose, and presented his iconic burning scalp (which was part of his car's imagery even back in ''1''). ''3'' and ''4'' gave him much more ornate costumes befitting of a circus ringleader. He was given a full redesign come ''Black'', now sporting a mask instead of facepaint, gaining muscles and a gut belly and wearing polka-dotted pants with suspenders and no shirt. This design became his standard starting with ''Head-On'' (though his ending shows the mask as being [[ExpressiveMask expressive]]), used in all subsequent games and crossovers.
126* AxCrazy: Since the first game he was described as a deranged mental hospital escapee-turned-serial killer, with his "Lost Ending" showing him as a screaming maniac spouting nonsense and ''2'' showing him with a dislocated expression and excessive drooling. His insanity was toned down and redirected fully into being a sadistic and unrelenting killer starting in ''Black'', where he at one point expressed annoyance at all the people he hadn't killed yet.
127* BadHumorTruck: An invoked trope in ''Black'', which claimed it was the "perfect lure" for his victims.
128* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:His fate in the reboot, when his wish to go to the place where his daughter is found to kill her ends up with him appearing inside her buried coffin.]]
129* ButtMonkey: Downplayed; In the reboot, he ends up as such given [[spoiler: that he's dead at some point during Grimm and Dollface's campaign, but doubly moreso for the latter given that he doesn't even get to show up for his faction's bossfight]]. Even in his own ending, [[spoiler: he ends up buried alive and defeated by Calypso]].
130* {{Catchphrase}}: "Boys 'n' girls" in ''Black'' and the reboot.
131* CircusOfFear: ''Twisted Metal 4'' has him running one, filled with MonsterClown lackeys.
132* CreepyChild: In ''Small Brawl'', despite being a kid, he still has psychopathic tendencies (though he doesn't murder anyone).
133* CursedWithAwesome: In ''Black'', his FlamingHair is explained by it being a curse Preacher cast on him. While it looks wicked, this is not "awesome" for Needles as the fire is a constant source of pain and headaches, making the whole reason he entered the contest to find a way to turn it off.
134* TheCameo: He appears as a secret character in ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters'', ''VideoGame/HotShotsGolf 2'' and ''VideoGame/StarHawk'' (as a DLC costume for the Main character) due to his unofficially being the {{mascot}} for Sony. His mask appears as DLC in ''VideoGame/Payday2''.
135* DecoyProtagonist: In the 2012 game, he appears on the cover and title screen and is the first character you play as in the story. However, he's [[spoiler:betrayed by Calypso and promptly KilledOffForReal at the end of his arc]], leaving Mr. Grimm and Dollface to take over later on.
136* DefiantToTheEnd: In his reboot ending, [[spoiler:after realizing that [[JerkassGenie Calypso]] had [[HoistByHisOwnPetard screwed his wish over]] and got him [[BuriedAlive trapped in his dead daughter's coffin]], [[OhCrap buried deep underground]], [[YourDaysAreNumbered with no hope of getting out before the air runs out]], he spent his final moments cursing at Calypso as he tried to escape, promising that he'll find him, kill him and 'cut his insides out'. He didn't make it, of course]].
137---> '''Needles Kane''': "You will fear me, motherfucker! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Will.]] '''[[TheDreaded FEAR]]''' [[DyingDeclarationOfHate me]]...!"
138* EnfantTerrible: In ''Small Brawl'', despite being a kid like the rest of the cast, he's still rather psychotic. This is best shown by his ending: Needles simply asks for ice cream for his wish, and Billy gets some for him out of an ice cream truck. After Billy asks him [[WastefulWishing why he wished for so little]], we see Needles opening the door to the driver's seat, letting out an EvilLaugh… and we cut to Needles [[KidsDrivingCars driving the truck]] (with Billy tied to the front) in a high-speed police chase.
139* EvilerThanThou: Pulled this on Calyspo in ''Black''. Sweet Tooth entered his tournament with the promise of getting the fire on his head removed, and figured he could always kill Calyspo later. [[spoiler: In his ending when he's told he'd have to stop killing for the fire to go away he decides it's not worth it, rejects Calypso's offer and kills him.]] In ''Head-On'', [[spoiler:Sweet Tooth wishes to [[FreakyFridayFlip switch bodies with Calypso]] and Calypso has no choice but to grant it. After that Calypso is killed by his own guards.]]
140* EvilMask: [[spoiler:In the 2012 game, Needles managed to overtake Marcus's personality only after Marcus carved the mask. His son eventually dug up the mask, and Calypso had one made for Sophie (using the now-deceased Dollface's mask) when he resurrected her.]]
141* EvilLaugh: His iconic laughter in ''Twisted Metal'', ''2'', and ''Small Brawl''.
142* EvilSoundsDeep: In ''Black'' and the 2012 game. His voice is much deeper than what you'd expect a MonsterClown's to be.
143* EvilVersusEvil: He doesn't really like Calypso and wouldn't mind unseating him (which he does in ''4'' [[spoiler:and his ending for ''Head-On'']]) or outright murdering him (''Black'' [[spoiler:and also ''Head-On'']]), but don't think if he took over that he'd be any more well-meaning than Calypso...
144* EvenEvilHasStandards: In one of his loading screen quotes in ''Black'', even he finds Preacher's deeds to be reprehensible.
145-->''Damn preacher. Pious bastard. Think he never did wrong? You dig up his past, you'll be sickened by the truth...''
146* EyeScream: In his backstory for the 2012 game, he was stabbed in the eye by his daughter during his rampage, resulting in her escape. This turned his eye a [[RedEyesTakeWarning nasty looking red]].
147* FangsAreEvil: In a number of his appearances, most notably ''Head-On'' and as the mascot in ''2'' and ''3'', he has shark-like teeth.
148* FindTheCure: His wish in ''Black'' is a cure for his head-on-fire curse. [[spoiler:In the ending, he changed his mind since he would have to stop killing for the cure to stick. He ''does'' have his priorities.]]
149* FlamingHair: Beginning with ''Twisted Metal 2'', his head is perpetually on fire. Oddly enough, this was averted in ''3'' as he instead sports orange and yellow hair that looks like flames.
150* FromNobodyToNightmare: Most versions are him starting as a pretty ordinary fellow who became more and more deranged as time went on. In ''4'' he was a simple boy whose town was visited by Calypso's Twisted Metal carnival one day, inspiring his latent destructive urges to join the fun, ultimately becoming the tournament's star contestant, and supplanting Calypso as its ruler. In ''2012'' he was an ordinary ice cream truck driver who slowly became unhinged by his monotonous life and career, before developing a split personality that eventually took over completely, turning him into a blood-thirsty serial killer.
151* ImaginaryFriend: His "best friend" in ''Twisted Metal'', [[spoiler:a brown paper bag named Crazy Harold the Wacky Lunch Sack. Calypso grants the wish straight, but not before questioning ''why'' he would wish for something so menial.]]
152* InSeriesNickname: In the reboot, his name's still Needles Kane, but most people, including Calypso, call him Sweet Tooth, the name of his car (something that, out-of-universe, [[IAmNotShazam fans and non-fans alike had been doing for years at that point]]).
153* ItsPersonal: Needles mentions before the BossFight in ''Black'' that Warhawk was the one who captured him 3 months ago. And he's not happy about that.
154--> "Well boys 'n' girls, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge it's payback time]]."
155* IWillFindYou: His motive in the reboot is to find "the one who got away" ([[spoiler:Marcus's daughter Sophie]]) and kill her, finishing what he started. [[spoiler:However, when he gets his wish, he learns that his daughter committed suicide a few years before the reboot game... by way of being BuriedAlive in her coffin. He then screams this trope against Calypso while he desperately tries to pry himself from the coffin. And while [[KilledOffForReal he doesn't get to fulfill this promise]], [[YouKilledMyFather his son is all too willing to see it through to the end]].]]
156* KarmicDeath: In the reboot, [[spoiler:after hunting for his daughter the whole time, he only finds out too late that she was DeadAllAlong by [[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]]. So, when he wishes to be "where she was all this time", it's naturally right in her grave.]]
157* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In the reboot, although his son is there to take his place...]]
158* LaughablyEvil: DependingOnTheWriter. Up until ''Black'' he was this, being a mass murderer whose wishes included things like wishing to become an insect in the country, where he would murder more insects. ''Black'' and the reboot however depicted him as a serious character.
159* LightningBruiser: In ''4''. Unlike other games, Sweet Tooth is extremely mobile on top of being much more durable than usual. That is without getting into his special, which almost a guarantee kill if you land an attack with it.
160* MacheteMayhem: Wields a large, jagged machete as his weapon.
161* MadeOfIron: This guy ''survived the electric chair'' even before becoming a demon clown.
162* MentalWorld: [[spoiler:Marcus claims ''Black'' is all in Needles' head.]]
163* MonsterClown: It varied in seriousness along the series, but Sweeth Tooth was always causing mayhem and destruction in his way.
164* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His reboot version is a family man ice truck driver turned psycho clown serial killer. This seems to be a reference to John Wayne Gacy, a serial killer that was married twice and acted as a clown at fundraising events, parades and children's parties. Through this, Gacy gained the nickname Killer Clown.
165* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Vs. The Brothers Grimm:
166--> ''"I've killed tougher than you, asshole! Don't get cocky, you're just the appetizer... before I find and slaughter the entree!"''
167* RedEyesTakeWarning: After his Sweet Tooth persona takes him over completely, his remaining eye is a very unnatural, almost slightly luminescent blood red.
168* RedOniBlueOni: Red oni to Marcus' blue.
169* {{Sadist}}: He takes enjoyment only in spreading death and havoc.
170* SecretCharacter: Although he's considered the series mascot and he's been part of the starting roster in nearly every game, a couple of games in the series require him to be unlocked in order to be playable:
171** In ''2'', he's unlocked by inputting a cheat code on the character selection screen.
172** In ''4'', he's unlocked by either beating the game with any character, as well as inputting a cheat code.
173* SeriesMascot: Has been the iconic image for the franchise since the start.
174* SinisterSweetTooth: In some incarnations has shown a great love for ice cream and other frozen treats.
175* SlasherSmile: Constantly with his new clown mask. Not that he didn't show this before using makeup.
176* SNKBoss: In ''4'', mostly due to his insane special that is extremely difficult to dodge and is likely to kill the player if it connects. He has the best stats in the game, but the main source of difficulty fighting him is his special.
177* SplitPersonality: It's eventually revealed that he's the evil alter ego of Marcus Kane.
178* StartOfDarkness: The 2012 reboot finally gives him one.
179* SympatheticMurderer: Needles has been established as a ruthless SerialKiller as the series progressed, but the scenarists never really went into detail about the murders, or what kind of people Needles likes to kill. With this, the killer clown comes out favorably in the fandom. The [=PS3=] reboot even gives him a backstory where he once was a nice family man and adored ice cream truck driver.
180* TermsOfEndangerment: Likes to address his audience as "Boys 'n' Girls".
181* ThatManIsDead: In the reboot, [[spoiler: he keeps pestering Marcus into personifying him as the clown mask. After he was done making the mask, Needles pretty much [[SplitPersonalityTakeover took over]] and declared that he killed him.]]
182** This exchange in particular:
183--->'''Wife:''' Marcus! No!\
184'''Needles:''' Marcus does not live here anymore.
185* TransformingMecha: His car special in ''Black'' makes it turn into a giant clown-esque robot. The alternate special for the Sweet Tooth vehicle in the 2012 reboot keeps this.
186* UnexplainedRecovery: In ''4''. He acts the FinalBoss, but after you destroy his truck he doesn't have a scratch on him in his ending.
187* UnwittingPawn: To Calypso.
188* TheSociopath: He cares nothing about feelings, empathy or anything. All that matters is killing everything he sees.
189* VanityLicensePlate: ISKREEM in ''1'', SWEET in ''2012''.
190* VillainProtagonist: He's easily the most popular and iconic character in the game. Emphasized even more in ''Black'' and the 2012 Reboot, where he's one of the most notorious and brutal {{Serial Killer}}s InUniverse.
191* VocalEvolution: When voiced by J.S. Gilbert, Sweet Tooth went from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK9nUsR3a1Q creepy but human tone used in]] ''Black'', to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcAmSAJvFd8 the aforementioned raspy voice in the PS3 reboot]]. ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'' retains the raspy voice, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et2ZJIGBMEw sounds more breathy and cartoonish at times]].
192* WouldHurtAChild: An interesting case as, despite the ice cream truck, this isn't normally brought up. In ''Black'', he himself implies that he killed a little girl in his post-Minion cutscene. The reboot then makes this aspect of his character much more explicit, as in his backstory he kills one of his sons, and tries to kill his teenage daughter.
193
194!!Marcus Kane
195[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marcus_74.jpg]]
196-> '''Voiced By:''' Bob Ayres (''2''), Creator/FredTatasciore (''Head-On'')
197-> '''Played By:''' Paul Vinson (reboot)
198
199Driver of '''Roadkill''', a [[TheAllegedCar beat-up car]] made of spare parts. A homeless man who claims the world to be false, and enters the contest seeking to be released out of it. In ''Twisted Metal 2'' and ''3'' he was played as a crazy man, but ''Head-On'' [[spoiler:reveals he's the SplitPersonality of Needles Kane]]. In ''Black'', [[spoiler:he is revealed to be Minion's driver, trapped inside Needles' head]].
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201* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:His ''Twisted Metal 2'' ending, where he wakes up from a coma after being in a multi-car accident that included all the other contestants. Calypso's ominous visage at the end, however, makes you wonder... [[OrWasItADream was it a dream?]]]]
202* BeardOfSorrow: He's often depicted with a large, disheveled beard, this help enhance the aura of depression he's often exhuding in his appearance.
203* BedlamHouse: He's sent to one in his ''Twisted Metal 3'' ending when Calypso twists his desire to be among the pines in peace and sends him to a mental asylum named "Whispering Pines".
204* [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: Of Needles.
205* BreakingTheFourthWall: In his ''Twisted Metal 2'' profile, he addresses the player directly, claiming he can see the player sitting up in his living room playing his little video game. {{Justified|Trope}} by his story.
206* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: In his ending from ''2'' [[spoiler:once his wish is granted and he wakes up from a coma following a multi-car accident, he sees the other victims in nearby beds and notices they are the other drivers from his "dream".]]
207* CrazyHomelessPeople: A diagnosed schizophrenic living in a beat-up junker. Admittedly, he is one of the more benevolent recurring characters.
208* CypherLanguage: In ''Black'' his loading screen texts are all written using a basic numbers cypher (1=a, 2=b, etc). According to one of his loading screens, he does this to prevent Needles from performing a complete SplitPersonalityTakeover.
209* DarkIsNotEvil: In ''Black'', he is wearing the skin of a dead animal and is the one driving Minion, the vehicle previously driven by literal demons. But he still is his usual OnlySaneMan self, just that he is hiding from Sweet Tooth.
210* FirstContact: In ''Twisted Metal 3'' he claims he got contacted by aliens who told him he's going to win the contest.
211* {{Hobos}}: He's been living in his car for 10 years.
212* IJustWantToBeFree: His wish in ''3'' is to be able to live away from society in peace. Unfortunately, poor wording on his part leads him to being stuck in a mental hospital.
213* MentalWorld: He believes he is trapped into a nightmare in ''Head-On'', and his wish is to wake up. In ''Black'', he directly states the entire world is inside Sweet Tooth's head and he's trapped in it.
214* OnlySaneMan: As perceived by him. And he's correct since he's the only one (save Calypso, maybe?) who knows he's in a video game in ''2'' and the only one who realizes the world is a dream in ''Black'' and ''Head-On''.
215* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: His special in ''2'' and ''Head-On''. The boomerang would do triple damage if it hits the target on its way back.
216* SplitPersonalityTakeover:
217** [[spoiler:Marcus and Needles meeting within a field in their mind is the end result that led to the existence of Dark Tooth and Tower Tooth in ''Head-On''.]]
218** [[spoiler: What happens to him in the 2012 reboot, with Needles taking him over after convincing him to carve him (Needles) as a mask.]]
219* VanityLicensePlate: WAYKUP, alluding to [[AllJustADream his ending]] in ''2''.
220* YouHaveToBelieveMe: No one does, because he's nuts. Ironically, despite suffering persecutory delusions, he's very much ProperlyParanoid in this world.
221* YourMindMakesItReal: He's convinced the whole contest is in his mind in ''Head-On'', and that the world in ''Black'' is inside Sweet Tooth's head.
222
223!!Mr. Grimm
224[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_metal_head_on_mr_grimm_ending_720p_0_15_screenshot.png]]
225[[caption-width-right:250:"I don't want to be the reaper of souls anymore!"]]
226
227-> '''Voiced By:''' Bob Ayres (''2''), Chiara Zanni (''3''), Jeffrey Grellman (''Black''), Creator/DaveBoat (''Head-On'')
228-> '''Played By:''' Kenyon Glover (reboot)
229
230Driver of '''Mr. Grimm''', a motorbike that shares a name with its driver. TheGrimReaper himself, who either seeks Calypso's soul or something related to his addiction to souls. Appears in all games, though not always is the same character story-wise. In ''4'', he's replaced by a skeletal pirate named ''Captain Grimm'', who plays largely the same and drives a CoolBoat. In ''Black'', he's a [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]] veteran that became [[IAmAHumanitarian a cannibal]] after being forced to eat his friend during their time as [=POWs=], and enters the tournament seeking revenge on the Vietnamese officer that drove him to do it. The reboot is another reinvention: Daniel Grimm is a stuntman turned gang leader seeking to go back to the past and save his father from a fatal stunt accident to prevent his own StartOfDarkness.
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232* AndIMustScream: His ending in ''2'' has him wish for more human deaths to satiate his [[FantasticDrug soul addiction]]. He gets his wish… but the human race ends up extinct, leaving him more or less alone with an addiction that's impossible to satiate.
233* AntiVillain:
234** In the original, while he kills a fair number of people to get there, he is ultimately just doing his job as Grim Reaper and going after the soul of Calypso. His ending also makes it clear he doesn't like the job and is unable to feel truly happy.
235** While each of the characters in the reboot are different flavors of VillainProtagonist, Daniel Grimm is the most sympathetic as he wishes to instead renounce his life of crime by saving his father's life and everyone he had killed.
236* TheAtoner: Daniel Grimm in the reboot wants to prevent his StartOfDarkness and save his father and the people he's personally murdered after becoming a gang leader as a result.
237* BadassBiker: Most incarnations, drawing pretty heavy inspiration from [[ComicBook/GhostRider Johnny Blaze]].
238* CollectorOfTheStrange: The first game states he's a collector of souls.
239* ADayInTheLimelight: Has his own chapter in the reboot, titled "Mr. Grimm's Dark Trip Back". Somewhat played with, as mentioned elsewhere, he is a completely new character in the game.
240* DealWithTheDevil: Implied to have one with Calypso in his ''Twisted Metal'' ending. [[spoiler: Which he proceeds to break when he wins, [[YourSoulIsMine claiming Calypso's soul as his prize]].]]
241* DidntThinkThisThrough: A large majority of his wishes backfire due to a lack of foresight on his part.
242** His wish in ''2'' has him wish for humans to die faster to fuel his [[FantasticDrug soul addiction]]. However, he forgot the fact that humans need to live in order to create more. As a result, humanity goes extinct, which means Mr. Grimm now has [[HorrorHunger an everlasting hunger that's impossible to sate]].
243** In ''4'', his wish is a DuelToTheDeath with Sweet Tooth, with the winner receiving "the soul of the first one dead". Considering [[LoopholeAbuse he's already dead]], there's seemingly no way he won't come out on top… but Sweet Tooth ends up killing Captain Grimm's PirateParrot, thus making it the first one dead.
244** In his 2012 variation, he wishes to go back to save his father, but never specified where and when. This ends up backfiring as Calypso teleports him into the car his father and his younger self are in. Naturally, a ScaryBlackMan appearing inside your car out of thin air is going to cause more issues than it solves.
245* DreadlockRasta: His latest incarnation sports this hairstyle.
246* {{Expy}}: C'mon, [[DemBones Skeleton]] on a [[BadassBiker Motorcycle]]? [[Comicbook/GhostRider Where have we seen that before?]] The only reason his skull isn't on fire is probably because [[FlamingHair that's Sweet Tooth's gimmick]].
247* FantasticDrug: Souls are just that for him, with his wishes in ''2'' and ''Head-On'' playing with this the most: the former has him wish to satiate this addiction by having humans die faster, while the latter has him quit cold Turkey via passing the role of the Grim Reaper to someone else.
248* FlamingHair: The original's burning skull.
249* FlamingSkulls: He throws these as his Special, described as being the souls of those he reaped.
250** SinisterScythe: In ''Black'', it's these. [[KillItWithFire Still on fire though.]]
251** ChainsawGood: In the [=PS3=] game, he chucks these instead. [[KillItWithFire Can also be on fire, if he drags it along the road first.]]
252* FutureMeScaresMe: His reboot ending has [[spoiler:his past self murder him after he causes the car they're in to crash and kill their father, likely leading to his StartOfDarkness]].
253-->'''Mr. Grimm''': I gotta admit, [[spoiler:I'da shot that motherfucker, too]].
254* GlassCannon: Drives the vehicle with the lowest defense -- no surprise, given that he rides a motorbike and sidecar -- but compensates it with high speed, great handling and the most damaging Special, making HitAndRunTactics pretty much a necessity if you want to do well as him.
255* TheGrimReaper: In the main continuity (''1'' through ''4'' and ''Head-On'') he's the actual Death. He's a "normal" human being in ''Black'', where he's a ShellShockedVeteran, and the 2012 game, where he's a former stuntman-turned-gang leader with the skull face paint being in honor of his late father, a daredevil who used the motif to claim "Death itself could not touch him".
256** According to the bios in ''TM:Lost'', [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue which explained what happened to characters after]] ''Black'', it is stated that Grimm was starting to ''think'' he was TheGrimReaper due to good old SanitySlippage...
257* {{Halloweentown}}: His wish in ''Small Brawl'' is to go to "Halloween Land", where it's Halloween every day. After Mr. Grimm enters the "portal" Billy makes for him, it shows him terrified of what's inside… [[MoodWhiplash then it cuts to Billy knocking the "portal" over, leaving Grimm stranded there.]]
258* ImAHumanitarian: In his ''Black'' ending, Calypso offers him a mano-a-mano with the officer who put him in the situation to begin with... and Grimm realizes he acquired a taste for long pork. No explanation needed for what comes next.
259** NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Part of his FreudianExcuse: After being captured by the Viet Cong, he and his pal Benny were trapped in a hole with nothing to eat for days on end. The officer then told Grimm he'd "have to make do with what he found in the pit", and dropped a knife in; implying he wanted Grimm to turn on Benny and cannibalize him. Mr. Grimm initially refused, but after spending a week in starvation (and after Benny finally died from his untreated wounds), he gave in and ate what was left of Benny's corpse, saving and wearing his skull after as a grim reminder.
260* InNameOnly: Outside of name, vehicle choice and skeleton motif, the Mr. Grimm of the main series, the one in ''Black'', and the one in the 2012 reboot don't have much to do with each other.
261* KillAllHumans: In his ''Twisted Metal 2'' ending, [[spoiler:he asks Calypso to speed up the death rate so he can feast on plenty of souls. Calypso does so, engulfing the planet into senseless murder and conflicts, thus supplying Grimm with a flood of souls to feast on. This, however, only lasts so much and soon the Earth is left uninhabited and Grimm hungrily longing for more.]]
262* {{Pirate}}: His ''Twisted Metal 4'' rendition is a skeleton pirate that drives a CoolBoat with wheels, aptly named Captain Grimm.
263* RecurringElement: Despite his various incarnations being rather different from each other, the recurring motif of [[DemBones skeletons]] is the main way to tell it's him. From actually being a skeleton when he's TheGrimReaper, his ''Black'' incarnation wearing Benny's skull, his ''Small Brawl'' incarnation wearing a plastic Halloween mask and his 2012 version having skull face paint on.
264* ScaryBlackMan: His latest incarnation, who is a crime lord who wishes to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
265* ShadowDiscretionShot: When Mr. Grimm caves in and eats the corpse of his squadmate Benny in ''Black''.
266* ShellShockedVeteran: His ''Black'' incarnation is a Vietnam vet who underwent SanitySlippage after being forced to eat his best friend after they were both captured by the Viet Cong.
267* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: ''Black'', as noted below.
268* ShoutOut: There's an apparent one to ''Anime/HellGirl'' in his ''Head-On'' ending, where [[spoiler:he renounces his position as the Reaper, which is transferred to a girl wearing a sailor uniform]].
269* StableTimeLoop: In the reboot, he manages to [[spoiler:find himself inside of his father's car and causing it to crash, killing his father by accident, before being shot dead by his past self]].
270* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Mr. Grimm, at least in the main timeline, is indeed TheGrimReaper.
271* TokenGoodTeammate: While a murderer by admission, Mr. Grimm in the [=PS3=] game is the only playable character with a benevolent wish in mind, and he speaks of his past actions with an air of disgust.
272* TragicKeepsake: In his ''Black'' incarnation, Mr. Grimm kept his friend's skull and ''wore it as a mask/helmet''.
273** ConsultingMisterPuppet: In his ''Lost'' bio, he's talking to the skull as if it was still Benny.
274* VanityLicensePlate: [[YourSoulIsMine SOLTKR]] in ''1'' and YURNXT (You're Next) in ''2''.
275* TheVoiceless: Captain Grimm doesn't speak at all...
276** TalkingAnimal: ...It's his PirateParrot the one who does the talking. Huh.
277* YourSoulIsMine: He feasts on souls, which are often treated as a FantasticDrug, and his wish in ''1'' and ''3'' is to reap Calypso's soul. While he does get his wish straight in the former, Calypso uses FunWithHomophones to get out of it in the latter. The exact reason for why he reaps souls varies between games. In ''1'', he is a more traditional Reaper whose job is to collect the souls of the dead with no indication he eats them. In ''2'' and ''3'', he has to eat souls as they are food to him but he also finds it addictive. ''Head-On'' splits the difference: he is supposed to take souls to the afterlife, but tried eating one at some point and got addicted to the point that he wishes to stop being the Grim Reaper to cure his addiction.
278
279!!Preacher (Jebediah)
280[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/preacher.png]]
281-> '''Voiced By:''' Bob Ayres (''Black'')
282-> '''Played By:''' Steve Marvel (reboot)
283
284Driver of '''Brimstone''', an El Camino truck. An evangelist who believes he became possessed by a demon during an exorcism, who then forced him to murder. Wants to get rid of it. ''TM:Lost'' has him return to his car [[spoiler:after he killed himself]] searching for those who wronged him. He makes a couple of appearances in the 2012 reboot.
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286* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:In the reboot, he becomes trapped in Calypso's painting after presumably dying in the contest.]]
287* TheAtoner: Massively deconstructed. Preacher's guilt complex traps him in a vicious cycle of deepening insanity, which of course drives him to feel even more depraved, which fuels his desperation for redemption to fanatical levels.
288* BadassPreacher: Jebediah in "Black". Though also averted, as he admits in his intro:
289--> "I wasn't even a real preacher... I was just an evangelist, rejected by the church!"
290* BackFromTheDead: His bio in ''TM:Lost'' has him return from the death and possess his vehicle in order to drive again.
291* {{Curse}}: He puts a curse on Sweet Tooth during his execution, causing his head to permanently burn with the fires of Hell.
292* DecoyBackstory: According to himself, he was thrown into [[BedlamHouse Blackfield Asylum]] because he murdered a church full of people after getting [[DemonicPossession demonically possessed]] during an exorcism he was doing on a baby. [[spoiler:In his ending, Calypso reveals that there was no demon, with the exorcism Jebidiah thought he was doing being just a baptism, and Jebidiah was just insane. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Unable to cope with this]], Jebidiah ends up [[DrivenToSuicide jumping off a building and into traffic]].]]
293* DemonicPossession: In ''Black'', he was sent to Blackfield after a demon took over his body and killed people while Jebediah was performing an exorcism. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's he simply snapped during a ''baptism'', not an exorcism and the demon was all in his head]].
294* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In his ending, after he discovers the bitter truth he decides to jump off a building into traffic.]]
295* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the penultimate stage's loading screen, Preached remarks that he should [[DrivenToSuicide drive off the edge]], before saying that's the demon talking. In his ending, [[spoiler:he finds out the demon isn't real, and does indeed commit suicide via dropping himself off a building.]]
296* HandCannon: Sports a S&W 500 in some ''Black'' promo pics and in the character selection screen.
297* HearingVoices: The demon speaks in his mind.
298* HolierThanThou: Taken to [[NightmareFuel unspeakable levels]].
299* IAmAMonster: His reaction to finding out he wasn't possessed by a demon but was instead genuinely insane in his ending.
300-->'''Preacher''': It was Judgment Day in that church, and I was the ''Angel of Death!''
301* OnlySaneMan: In the reboot, he's the only person onscreen who is aware of who (or what) Calypso really is. [[spoiler:Which is why he then gets locked up in Calypso's painting.]]
302* PhantomZonePicture: [[spoiler:His fate in the reboot, as he ends up trapped in Calypso's painting alongside the souls of those killed by the tournament.]]
303* ScaryShinyGlasses: A pair of round glasses that hide his eyes and gives him a sinister, soulless look.
304* SinisterMinister: Played with on both counts. No church will ordain him, but he still feels called to evangelize so he acts like one anyway. And he's not evil, at least not intentionally, he just suffers from severe psychotic delusions that occasionally drive him to wanton violence. He also goes to pretty dangerous lengths with his fanaticism, seeing as his special attack is weaponized suicide bombers.
305* ShoutOut: His appearance in the 2012 reboot has him wearing red shades similar to [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard's]]. He also looks like Anderson, if Anderson had long hair.
306** The long white hair in the reboot may be an allusion to [[Manhwa/Priest1998 Ivan Isaacs]].
307** Much like many of the other characters are based in comic book characters, the Preacher Jebediah may be based on Jesse Custer from the comic book (wait for it) ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''. Never mind the obvious correlation between the two (being preachers), there's also the fact that Jesse is [[DemonicPossession possessed by a]] [[HybridMonster demon/angel hybrid]] in a disaster that kills all of the people in his congregation and destroys his church. Sound familiar?
308* TheKillerInMe: [[spoiler:When he's told the truth about the incidents.]]
309* YouALLLookFamiliar: His middle FMV uses Billy Ray (before his disfigurement) and his wife's models in place of a generic couple.
310* WhyAmITicking: Brimstone's Special consists of throwing explosive-strapped followers into enemy cars.
311
312!!Dollface
313[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doll_face.jpg]]
314
315-> '''Voiced By:''' Maria Brady (''Black''), Annie Hayden (reboot)
316-> '''Played By:''' Tara Darby (reboot)
317
318Driver of '''Darkside'''. A young teenage girl who spilled coffee on important papers for her boss, and as punishment he nailed a mask onto her head. She wants to get rid of it. In ''TM:Lost'' she decides to keep it as it never ages, but since she's still growing up, its starting to press against her skull. In the reboot, Dollface is completely re-imagined as a supermodel obsessed with beauty and being the absolute best supermodel in the world. Things went screwy after she got into a car accident which left her with a minor cut in her cheek...
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320* AdaptationalVillainy: Dollface in ''Black'' and Krista Sparks from ''2'' and ''Head-On'' are arguably the most sympathetic characters in the series. [[AxCrazy Krista Sparks as Dollface in the 2012 game is an entirely different story.]]
321* {{Animesque}}: She seems to have a strong anime vibe to her in the reboot, what with her having a pink hairdo and being the pilot of her own HumongousMecha, Iron Maiden. The fact that she's pretty AxCrazy makes her look like some psycho anime chick you see in those rather gory ecchi animes/mangas.
322* AxCrazy: The reboot's Dollface is a far cry from previous Krista Sparks and Dollface. She's completely and utterly unhinged to a murderous degree.
323* BadBoss:
324** Her former employer in ''Black'', [[DisproportionateRetribution who sealed her face in the mask]] ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor just for spilling coffee on his files]]''. [[spoiler:The fact he was working on a [[BigBad Sweet Tooth mask]] was probably meant to be a hint at how he was EvilAllAlong.]]
325** ''[[AdaptationalVillainy She]]'' is this in the 2012 Reboot, full-stop. She's not above [[WeHaveReserves sending her gang of Dolls to die in droves trying to take down]] [[OneManArmy Mr. Grimm]], and after her final mission in her campaign [[spoiler:[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she shot her Gunner in the face]] [[ItsAllAboutMe for daring to suggest "they" were both going to get "their" wishes]].]]
326* AbusiveParents: The manual for ''Black'' states her father blamed her for her mother's death. As seen in a prototype version of the game with early cutscenes, Mr. Kreel was originally ''her actual father'', who is implied to have murdered her mother and then put the mask on Dollface because she was ''being noisy''!!!
327* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:''Inverted'' in her ''Black'' ending - when given the FriendOrIdolDecision mentioned below, she invokes the trope by asking "[[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Why couldn't he (her boss) be nice to me?]]" [[PayEvilUntoEvil Cue her grabbing the key, and sealing Mr. Kreel's fate.]]]]
328* BecomingTheMask:
329** In ''Black'', [[spoiler:she elects to keep her mask on even though [[FriendOrIdolDecision she just murdered her old boss to get the key]] ([[ShaggyDogStory tossing away the key for good measure]]), and becomes a vigilante who seeks to PayEvilUntoEvil.]]
330---> "[[spoiler:[[TheStoic It doesn't cry, and it doesn't look scared]], and [[CoolMask it will always be pretty]], [[OlderThanTheyLook even when I'm old and grey inside]].]]"
331** [[spoiler: Her ''2012'' incarnation downplays the trope, believing that if she got the mask off, [[StatusQuoIsGod she'd be back to square one with competing with every other dime-a-dozen fashion model]]. ''[[TemptingFate But if she wished herself right to the top...]]'']]
332* BrightIsNotGood: The 2012 reboot version of Dollface, despite her bright pink body armor and matching hair, is a murderous AlphaBitch with no redeeming qualities. In contrast, the character in ''Black'' is one of the nicer and more sympathetic contestants, [[DarkIsNotEvil despite being clad in black spiky armor]].
333* ClingyCostume: In ''Black'' her mask is kept in place with nails and a specially crafted lock. In the reboot, it's magical, and she can't remove it because she can't find the man who put it on her.
334* ADayInTheLimelight: Krista Sparks stars in the last chapter of the reboot: "The Madness of Dollface".
335* DisneyVillainDeath: Gets one ([[spoiler:actually two]]) in the reboot during Grimm's boss fight against her. After damaging the Iron Maiden enough, she loses control of the mech and ends up sending it crashing into the bridge. She manages to grab hold on to the bridge and the final battle begins there. Then after the battle, she starts to lose her grip and eventually falls to the depths of the canyon while screaming "[[AtomicFBomb FUCK YOU]] [[SayMyName MR. GRIMM!]]" It then turns out to be a RasputinianDeath. In an obvious ShoutOut to ''Twisted Metal 2'', the Iron Maiden's OneWingedAngel form is [[spoiler:its head]]. Only after you destroy it does she play this trope straight, again.
336* DisproportionateRetribution:
337** What her boss in ''Black'' did to her just because she spilled coffee on some spreadsheets. They must have been some pretty damn important files to justify locking an intern's head in a torture device.
338** ''[[AdaptationalVillainy She]]'' does this all the time in the ''2012'' reboot: [[spoiler: [[TheRival A rival model]] is selected for a prize photoshoot? [[BludgeonedToDeath Beat her to death with a sledgehammer.]] A doctor claims he can't fix [[MinorInjuryOverreaction your (tiny) scar]]? [[OffWithHisHead Saw his head off with a hacksaw]]. Your {{Mook|s}} gets excited after winning Twisted Metal with you, and talking about how [[ItsAllAboutMe "we're" going to get "our" wishes]]? [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Shoot her in the face.]]]]
339* DysfunctionalFamily:According to the ''Black'' [[AllThereInTheManual instruction manual]], Dollface grew up in one with no siblings and [[ParentalAbandonment both parents working 15 hours shifts]]. [[MaternalDeathBlameTheChild Her father even blamed her for the death of her mother.]]
340* ExactWords: In the reboot, she makes a wish with Calypso to be on the world's biggest runway, the center of attention, and for him to watch her shine. [[spoiler: Calypso does so by teleporting her to the middle of an airport runway. No guesses for what happens here.]]
341* FriendOrIdolDecision:
342** Slightly modified. [[spoiler:In ''Black'', she has to choose between the key for her mask or the life of the cruel maskmaker who put it on her to begin with. [[PayEviluntoEvil It didn't take her long to decide who to save.]]]]
343** [[spoiler:Ironically, [[BecomingTheMask she chose to keep the mask on anyway]], and [[ShaggyDogStory simply tossed away the key she sacrificed her old boss for]], claiming "[[TheStoic It doesn't cry, and it doesn't look scared]], and [[CoolMask it will always be pretty]], [[OlderThanTheyLook even when I'm old and grey inside]].". It gets worse in ''Twisted Metal: Lost'', which reveals she's still growing while the mask is not, which is now causing outright brain damage.]]
344* ItsAllMyFault:
345** Blames herself for getting locked in the mask in ''Black'', just because she "defied Mr. Kreel (her boss)". Her opening line in her story mode really hammers this trope home:
346---> "I was a bad girl one time... and [[AndIMustScream now I'm gonna pay for what I did]] ''[[MadnessMantra forever and ever and ever...]]''"
347** Interestingly, this becomes a DefiedTrope halfway through her story line; after being knocked out by Minion's explosion, Dollface had a flashback to the moment where Mr. Kreel locked her inside the mask -- [[LateToThePunchline and then realized she didn't do anything wrong]], and even if she had, [[DisproportionateRetribution Mr. Kreel's "punishment" was grotesquely disproportionate compared to her accident]].
348---> "Now that I think about it... maybe it ''wasn't'' all my fault."
349* LooksWorthKillingFor: The reboot's version of Dollface will kill anyone she fears might be considered a more beautiful model than her. She even killed a doctor who fixed her face after an accident...because he left a minor, tiny and superficial scar.
350* NoNameGiven: In ''Black'' we only know her as Dollface. The reboot version is given the name Krista Sparks, the name of an already established character.
351* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Her ''Black'' ending features this heavily - first, she seals her BadBoss [[CruelAndUnusualDeath inside an Iron Maiden]] [[LaserGuidedKarma for him sealing her inside the mask]], and then sets out to stop other men like him from doing bad things to good people]].
352* [[PsychopathicManChild Psychopathic Woman Child]]: Implied at times in ''Black'', as a side effect of being locked in a mask crushing her head, not to mention having both [[AbusiveParents an abusive father]], and [[BadBoss an equally abusive boss]], and being locked inside [[BedlamHouse Blackfield Asylum]] almost as long as she was locked in her mask. It gets FromBadToWorse in the 2012 reboot, where Krista Sparks was already an AxCrazy, ItsAllAboutMe lunatic willing to kill her rivals ''even before getting locked inside her Dollface mask''.
353* RammingAlwaysWorks: The special attack in ''Black'' takes what Darkside used to do in ''Twisted Metal 1'' and adds a turbo function onto it. One can do extra damage with her special attacks by performing T-slides and such.
354* SmallGirlBigGun:
355** She is just a petite little girl who happens to drive a huge 18-wheeler which has a police cruiser for a bumper.
356** The 2012 reboot pairs her up with The Juggernaut. Similar to Darkside, but comes complete with a box trailer.
357* ShoutOut: Her boss in the first game, Mr. Kreel, had the same name as the BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{Warhawk}}''.
358* TokenGoodTeammate: In her ''Black'' incarnation, she was the only one [[WasItReallyWorthIt who questioned whether her wish would be worth killing everybody else in the contest]], and often expressed remorse and regret for her actions.
359* VagueAge: Her age isn't listed in ''Black''. Given that she had been locked in the mask for seven years, and mentioned that she just graduated from college when she got her job with Mr. Kreel, most fans believed she would've been at least 29 [[note]]since most people graduate college at 22, and 22+7=29[[/note]].
360* WomanChild: In her ''Black'' incarnation, most estimations of her age place her in her late 20s, at ''least'', but she talks like she was a [[ShrinkingViolet shy little girl]] [[OlderThanTheyLook sounding barely a day over 18]]. [[FreudianExcuse Having an]] [[AbusiveParents abusive father]], [[BadBoss an even more abusive boss]], and [[ClingyCostume getting locked in a mask that's crushing her head as it grows within it]] [[TraumaCongaLine probably had something to do with it]]. It's outright Invoked in her ''Lost'' profile, which states "This once young girl has become a young woman. While her body and skull grow bigger, the mask does not yield. [[SanitySlippage The crushing pressure on her brain has begun to take its toll.]]"
361* WhiteMaskOfDoom: Her most defining feature, of course, and is the cause for all of her woe.
362* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Her ''Black'' incarnation. In the 2012 Reboot... well, ''[[ItsAllAboutMe not so much]]...''
363* YouRemindMeOfX: Her boss in ''Black'' reminded her of her father. [[AbusiveParents In this case]], [[BadBoss it's not a good comparison to make]].
364
365!! Carl & Jamie Roberts
366[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carlandjamietmho.png]]
367-> '''Voiced By (Jamie):''' Jamie Bard (''2''), Kim Mae Guest (''Head-On'')
368-> '''Voiced By (Carl):''' Christopher Nissley (''2''), Creator/QuintonFlynn (''Head-On'')
369
370Drivers of '''Outlaw''', a police car. Carl was Outlaw's driver in ''Twisted Metal'', and sought to end the tournament's bloodshed once and for all, but was trapped in space after Calypso [[ExactWords literally granted]] his wish. His sister Jamie, driving Outlaw-II, saved him during ''Twisted Metal 2''. They drive together in ''3'' and ''Head-On'', working to stop Calypso.
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372* BackToBackBadasses: Their mugshot in ''3'' has them strike the pose.
373* BadassNormal: In a contest filled with demons, ghosts, and [[TheGrimReaper Death himself]], they not only canonically ''won'' their respective tournaments, but also survived Calypso's attempts to screw with them.
374* BrotherSisterTeam: They drive Outlaw together in ''3'' and ''Head-On'' following Jamie's rescue of Carl in ''2''.
375* CrazyPrepared: Jamie fitted her police cruiser with space flight technology because she knew Calypso would send her into space.
376* DonutMessWithACop: In their ''3'' ending, Jamie is holding out a sign reading "will work for donuts".
377* ExactWords:
378** In the first game, [[spoiler:"A world free of Twisted Metal"... and everything else!]]
379** In ''Head-On'', [[spoiler:in a fit of rage, Carl yells, "I WISH YOU'D JUST SHUT UP!" at Jamie. Unfortunately, he says this in front of Calypso, who gladly takes the opportunity to grant that wish.]]
380* GoneHorriblyRight: Their ending in ''3'' saw them ask for a world free of crime, making them lose their job. After all, if there's no criminals, there's no need for law enforcement. [[SubvertedTrope Of course]], they can always just get another job...
381* IdiotBall: A sad case in ''Head-On''. [[spoiler:Carl is about to shoot Calypso when Jamie tries to stop him. The two argue, and finally, blinded by his anger, Carl forgets he's standing in front of a JackassGenie and uses the word "wish" in one of his statements.]]
382* IronicName: Police officers who drive a vehicle called ''Outlaw''.
383* LegacyCharacter: In ''Twisted Metal 2'', Outlaw-II was meant to be this. All following games simply reverted the car's name back to just Outlaw.
384* RedOniBlueOni: In ''Head-On'', Carl is the impulsive red oni and Jamie the more level-headed blue oni.
385* ShockAndAwe: Their car's trademark Special: an electric bolt coming out of the car's siren which zaps any enemy on its radius.
386* SuddenNameChange: For some reason, ''Twisted Metal 2'' and ''3'' changed Carl's name to Buzz. ''Head-On'' rectified the mistake. Fanon usually splits the difference and considers "Buzz" to merely be a nickname.
387* VanityLicensePlate: The Outlaw car has [[DonutMessWithACop DOWNTS]] in ''1'' (driven by Carl) and 202LYF (20 to life) in ''2'' (driven by Jamie).
388* WipeThatSmileOffYourFace: [[spoiler:Jamie in Outlaw's ''Head-On'' ending, which is an obvious ShoutOut to Neo's de-mouthing in ''Film/TheMatrix''.]]
389
390!!Axel
391-> '''Voiced By:''' Peter Macon (''2''), Kevin Killebrew (''3''), JS Gilbert (''Black''), Scott [=MacDonald=] (''Head-On'')
392Driver of '''Axel''', a contraption formed by a platform and two monster truck tires, of which he's attached to. He's been living 20 years stuck in this machine, and enters ''Twisted Metal 2'' wishing for the strength to face his father. In ''Head-On'', he realizes he can't live outside his machine, and returns to it with the help of [[MadScientist Dr. Zemu]], who ask in return for his right to a wish should he win the contest. In ''Black'', he's out to get {{Revenge}} over the one who killed his wife.
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394* AbledInTheAdaptation: Since ''he's'' the one who made the vehicle this time around, Axel in ''Black'' isn't actually stuck inside his vehicle and can exit it whenever he wants, such as [[spoiler:when he shoots Sweet Tooth]].
395* AbusiveParents: Axel's father is the one who bounded him into his vehicle, because he was too stupid and needed to be taught a lesson.
396* AgonyOfTheFeet: The ''Black'' version of the vehicle is missing the platform between the wheels. This is intentional by design, as Axel himself lets his feet drag along the asphalt as additional penance for the death of his wife.
397* AnArmAndALeg: In his ending in ''2'', Axel leaves his vehicle by ''tearing himself out of it, leaving both of his arms behind'' as a way to defy his father.
398* ArtificialLimbs:
399** In ''Head-On'', he has his missing arms and feet replaced with mechanical implants, that also allow him to control his vehicle.
400** In his [[DummiedOut dummied]] ending from ''Small Brawl'', the wheelchair bound Axel asks for giant robot legs.
401* TheAtoner: Becomes this in his ''Head-On'' ending, where [[spoiler:he decides to use his wish to bring peace to the world as his way to atone for the destruction he caused. Unfortunately for him, Zemu had a remote to force him back into the machine and he was unable to finish his wish.]]
402* CallingTheOldManOut: In his ''Twisted Metal 2'' ending. Upon winning he visits his father at his place and demands him to release him of the machine. When denied and told he needs to be taught a lesson, he defiantly replies "let me show you what I've learned!" and proceeds to rip his arms off the machine, denounce his father and then calmly walk away.
403* CarFu: He has a secret special in ''Black'', where he joins both of his truck tires together and then proceeds to ram his enemies.
404* CoolShades: In ''Black'', later adopted in ''Head-On''.
405* {{Cyborg}}: Possibly in ''4'', since he appears coated in metal.
406* DemotedToExtra: In the 2012 reboot. While Axel himself doesn't appear, his vehicle is available as DownloadableContent.
407* DespairEventHorizon: His ''Black'' incarnation has given up all hope after his wife got killed, to the point where his Blackfield Asylum patient profile outright calls him a lost cause, a distinction only shared with [[SerialKiller Sweet Tooth]].
408* TheDeterminator: Shows some in his ending in ''2'', where upon his father's negative to release him, [[spoiler:he tears his own arms away from the contraption. ''Ouch''.]]
409* FingerInTheMail: His ''Black'' self received his wife through mail, ''piece by piece'' courtesy of Sweet Tooth.
410* GuideDangIt: In 2, Axel has the highest amount of ram damage in the game by a significant margin. This additional power is not listed anywhere in the manual.
411* ItsAllMyFault: In ''Black'', he blames himself for his wife's death. [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment He creates his vehicle and straps himself in it as self-appointed punishment for her death.]]
412* KilledMidSentence: In ''Head-On'', although more like stopped. [[spoiler: As he tried to declare his wish for peace, Zemu forced him back into the machine and zapped him, making him claim "Peac-AAAH!!!". Calypso took it as his wish and summoned pizza for his efforts. Dr. Zemu remarks that Axel always has ''next'' year's tournament… before asking someone (presumably Calypso) if they want a slice.]]
413* MadScientist: Dr. Zemu from ''Head-On'', who built mechanical limbs for Axel to return and control his vehicle in exchange of his wish if he won Twisted Metal.
414* MeaningfulName: He is literally the axel between his two giant tires.
415* OutlivingOnesOffspring: In the ''Black'' prototype's early cutscenes, Axel's son is the one murdered instead of his wife.
416* ReluctantWarrior: It's been stated in both ''Twisted Metal 2'' and ''Head-On'' he doesn't want to fight, but there's no other choice for him to escape his personal hell. [[spoiler:His ending in ''Head-On'' has him trying to make up for all the chaos. It didn't work.]]
417* ScaryBlackMan: Especially in ''2'' and ''Head-On''.
418* ShockwaveStomp: His recurring Special attack. Although it doesn't involve Axel stomping, the end result is the same: a shockwave that spreads from his car and damages/flips all enemies nearby.
419* TheUnreveal: What Dr. Zemu wants with Axel's wish should Axel win in ''Head-On'' is never revealed.
420* VanityLicensePlate: In ''2'', his vehicle somehow has a license plate and it's "[=REV13:10=]". It refers to a specific passage within the Bible's Book of Relevations that calls for endurance and faith in the most dire of situations. Situations like being trapped inside an infernal 2-wheeled death machine as Axel is are probably not what the writer of that passage had in mind, but when your life is a living hell, you need all the faith you can get.
421* YoureNotMyFather: Axel claims as much in his ending.
422--> "And you're no longer my father!"
423
424!!Minion
425[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minion_demon.jpg]]
426-> '''Voiced By:''' Peter Macon (''2'')
427Driver of '''Minion''', a CoolTank. A demon whose powers were stolen by Calypso. He's the FinalBoss in ''Twisted Metal'' and MidBoss in ''Twisted Metal 2'', ''3'', ''4'' and ''Black'' [[spoiler:(although replaced at the steering wheel by Marcus Kane)]].
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429* ArtificialStupidity: An easy way to deal with him in ''Twisted Metal 2'' is to get into one of the temples around the arena. The AI will just drive back and forth in front of it, exposing itself to the player's arsenal of weapons and specials.
430* CompositeCharacter: While in ''[=TM1=]'' Minion wasn't given any sort of backstory besides being the previous tournament's champion, ''[=TM2=]'' made him a mix of two of the first game's characters: his position as a demon from Hell pursuing Calypso for having something stolen from him comes from Darkside's driver Mr. Ash; while he being the origin of Calypso's wish-granting powers comes from Black, the demon Calypso stole from Mr. Ash and who actually made the wishes happen.
431* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: He's either the ruler or one of many rulers of Hell. The comic tie-in for ''2'' has him as a top demon subordinate of Satan himself.
432* DittoFighter: In ''Twisted Metal'', his car's Special throws every special in the game at once. Not as effective as it should be though.
433* FaceFramedInShadow: His ''Twisted Metal 2'' bio image has his face completely obscured.
434* FinalBoss: The very first game's final boss. All subsequent appearances demoted him to being a mid-game boss instead.
435* LightningBruiser: Minion is usually one of the fastest and most durable vehicles in the game, with a powerful special attack. There's a reason why he usually has to be unlocked. His only weakness is sheer size can make him more vulnerable to hazards in certain levels.
436* {{Hellfire}}: He's always surrounded by fire in ''Twisted Metal 2''.
437* HellGate: Opens one in his ending in ''2'' and throws Calypso into it.
438* HellSeeker: In ''3'', according to his ending (and despite what he claims in his profile).
439* HomingProjectile: His Special after the original game consists of 3 missiles and a freeze missile (named "Serpent" in ''Twisted Metal 4''), ALL homing on the target at once.
440** His "Serpent" has a possible chance of setting your car on fire if the freeze missile misses.
441* KickTheSonOfABitch: His ending in ''2''. He sends Calyspo to Hell.
442* MasterOfAll: He is usually this, with top-class speed, handling, and armor plus a badass superweapon. His only (slight) drawback is his size, which makes him a larger-than-average target.
443* {{Nerf}}: The playable version of him in ''2'' is much weaker than the boss version. Relativily speaking, he's still an overpowered character.
444* NoOriginStoriesAllowed: In ''1'' he was given no backstory at all outside the fact he was the previous year's champion. According to a set of scrapped videos (from the same lot as the "Lost Endings"), Minion was originally a mind-controlled government tank stolen and driven by a three-man gang called "Apocalypse 9".
445* OutOfTheInferno: For a similar effect, he comes out from within lava in ''Twisted Metal 2''.
446* PlaceWorseThanDeath: Minion tells Calypso that he wishes to return to Hell in ''3''. Calypso sends him to Hell… ''Michigan''. Considering Minion specifically wished to spend the rest of eternity in Hell, he's most likely stuck there.
447* PromotedToPlayable: After the first game, he became a recurring secret character.
448* PuzzleBoss: In ''Black'', before being able to hurt him, you need to [[AttackItsWeakPoint attack his shield's weak points]].
449* {{Revenge}}: Seeks out Calypso to make him pay for stealing his "birthright" (his powers).
450* SecretCharacter: All his appearances starting with ''Twisted Metal 2'' require a special code input to make him playable.
451* SNKBoss: As a rule, he's fast, very durable, and in the original game he had every character's special weapon. After that he had an extremely powerful HomingProjectile that freezes the opponent. In ''Black'' he is protected by DeflectorShields that need to be broken down before he can be damaged.
452* TankGoodness: Drives a tank, except for ''Black'' where he uses a giant tanker truck.
453* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: In ''3'', his wish to Calypso is "to spend the rest of eternity in Hell". Unfortunately for him, however, [[ExactWords there just so happens to be a town in Michigan named that…]]
454
455!!Bruce Cochrane
456[[quoteright:297:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bruce_9.png]]
457Driver of '''Thumper''', a purple Impalla. A gangster from South Central that has been fighting all his life. Appears in the first three games, seeking first to stop the violence in his neighborhood and later to rule the world.
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459* AdaptationalVillainy: Assuming they are the same character, at least. In the first game, while Bruce was a GangBanger, he had the noble goal of freeing his neighborhood of crime (or saving his girlfriend in the ''Lost'' ending). In ''2'', he instead wants to rule the world, and unintentionally [[spoiler:killed everyone to get there]].
460* CoolShades: Sports a pair of Film/{{Blade}}-inspired shades in all of his appearances.
461* GaleForceSound: In ''Small Brawl'', he and his partner Vinnie want the biggest sound system ever composed. However, it's ''so'' powerful it sends them flying across the state.
462* GangBangers: Apparently, given his background and bio. Which gang is never specified, for obvious reasons.
463* {{Gangsterland}}: His South Central neighbourhood, justified as the game takes place in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles.
464* {{Leitmotif}}: In ''Twisted Metal 4'', there is a beat that plays whenever you shoot his special attack.
465* LonelyAtTheTop: His cruel ironic twist in ''2'', [[spoiler:wanting to TakeOverTheWorld, but having no one left to rule over when he at the contestants had killed everybody]].
466* MusicalAssassin: His car's Special in ''Twisted Metal 3'': a soundwave blast.
467* NiceGuy: In the first game, in both of his endings. In the official one, he wishes for the crime in his neighborhood to stop, while in the "Lost Ending", he just wants to save his girlfriend, even refusing the opportunity shoot the person responsible when Calypso gives him the opportunity.
468* PetTheDog: While Calypso usually screws everyone else over with his LiteralGenie powers, Thumper was one of the few exceptions to be granted a genuinely ''satisfying'' ending (at least at face value with the text of the ending). Thumper explains how he's lived all his life in South Central under the shadow of violence in his neighborhood brought about by gang wars and such. All he wanted was for his neighborhood to be free of violence and hate. Calypso says he granted his wish, but Bruce is suspicious. Calypso tells him to go see for himself. He finds that, as the ending text puts it, ''"Calypso was not lying."''
469* PlayingWithFire: His car's Special in the first two games: a flamethrower.
470** In ''[=TM4=]'', it's a dual flamethrower: Complete with a {{Leitmotif}}!
471* PyrrhicVictory: His ''Twisted Metal 2'' ending. [[spoiler:His wish was to rule the earth, but during the tournament, he and the other drivers ''killed everyone else''.]]
472* SawedOffShotgun: Carries one around in ''2''.
473* SaveThePrincess: His original backstory as seen in the "Lost Videos" was to save his kidnapped girlfriend.
474* ScaryBlackMan: A young gang banger from South Central LA who's seen some real shit and has the looks to match. He's arguably one of the more benevolent contestant, though.
475* SideKick: As seen in the "Lost Videos", Bruce was originally going to have a co-pilot with him, but for some reason he was removed. Going by ''Small Brawl'', he may be named Vinnie.
476* TakeOverTheWorld: His wish in ''2''.
477* TokenMinority: Only black guy in the first game.
478* {{Tuckerization}}: He's named after one of the beta testers, Bruce Cochran.
479* VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Averted, specially in ''Twisted Metal 2''. Thumper's flamethrower is one of the most powerful special attacks in the game.
480
481!!Krista Sparks
482[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tm2kristasparks.jpg]]
483 [[caption-width-right:250:"Daddy? It's me, Krista! I'm back!"]]
484-> '''Voiced By:''' Jamie Bard (''2''), Creator/TaraStrong (''Head-On'')
485
486The only driver of '''Grasshopper''', a green dune buggy. At first presented as a girl looking to make her father pay, she's later revealed to be Calypso's daughter, thought to be dead in a car accident years ago. She debuts in ''Twisted Metal 2'' and later returns in ''Head-On''.
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488* ActionGirl: Double points for being a ''teenager'' right smack in the middle of a deadly demolition derby, and can win against ghosts, demons and TheGrimReaper himself.
489* AllJustADream: In ''Head-On'', [[spoiler:Krista asked for the accident that killed her to never happen, and is next viewed having a happy evening with Calypso on a park... only to be revealed she's actually in a coma at a hospital.]]
490* ArtificialHuman: How she survived the accident. [[spoiler:The LAPD turned her into a cyborg in order to get close to Calypso so they could detonate a bomb inside her and kill him.]]
491* BackFromTheDead: Returns as a ghost in ''Head-On''.
492* CallingTheOldManOut:
493** To Calypso in her ''Head-On'' ending:
494--> "What's the problem? You didn't want to help me! You just want another contestant to kill all those innocent people! You destroy everything and run around like you own the world!"
495** While Calypso had it coming, what he tries to explain to her is that he can only use his powers if he's granting a wish, but she doesn't listen.
496* CarFu: The most representative out of the whole cast; Grasshopper's special ability is to jump in the air and land on other cars.
497* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: [[spoiler:Her ending in ''2''.]]
498* CuteGhostGirl: In ''Head-On'', he returns as a ghost since Calypso is unable to bring her fully back from the dead unless she wishes for it herself.
499* ImprobableAge:
500** She's the first(?) teenage Twisted Metal combatant in the series, at age 15. But then age probably didn't matter to her, since [[spoiler:she was a cyborg in ''2'' and a ghost in ''Head-On'']].
501** According to her bio in the manual for ''2'', she actually faked her age in order to participate.
502* MissingMom: Not much is known about her. According to the comic tie-in for ''2'', her name was Joanie, and was killed during one of Calypso's derbies after being hit by a bouncing tire.
503* MoralityPet: To [[spoiler: Calypso. She is the one person he appears to care about.]]
504* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Calypso knows she was sent to kill him and that she is set to explode. He still hugs her to comfort her and dies with her.]]
505* VanityLicensePlate: "JUMPIN", Grashopper's signature move.
506* WhyAmITicking: [[spoiler:The LAPD made her a human bomb to get rid of Calypso.]]
507
508!!Simon Whittlebone
509[[quoteright:236:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simon_33.png]]
510Driver of '''Mr. Slam''', a bulldozer/loader. An architect fired from his job for attempting to build a tower tall enough to reach the heavens, he only desires to fulfill his greatest dream. He debuts in ''Twisted Metal 2'' and later returns in ''Head-On'' as a ghost. ''Twisted Metal 4'' has a version of his vehicle named '''Super Slamm''', but its uncertain if he's the driver.
511----
512* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:His ''Twisted Metal 2'' ending has him claiming that after he finished his tower]].
513** PrideBeforeAFall: Leads to a [[LiteralMetaphor literal]] case of this, as [[DisneyVillainDeath he slips and falls right from the top of his tower]] [[TemptingFate right when he declares himself to be a God]].
514* ArtShift: In ''2'' he had a long, square-shaped head with red hair and a Austrian accent. Come ''Head-On'', his appearance was changed completely and he now looks like an stereotypical nerd guy with brown hair.
515* BackFromTheDead: Returns as a ghost in ''Head-On'' to take over his vehicle in an attempt to finish/protect his skyscraper from being torn down.
516* BiblicalMotifs: A pretty clear allusion to the Tower of Babel in the Book of Genesis.
517* {{Determinator}}: Even after death, he still wants to complete his masterpiece.
518-->'''Simon''': My soul ''burns'' with the need to finish my masterpiece!
519* DualBoss: Super Slamm is a version of Mr. Slamm who appears paired up with Super Auger as a boss battle in ''4''.
520* FunnyForeigner: Well, not really "funny", but he's notably the only non-American contestant in ''Twisted Metal 2'', supernatural beings not-withstanding.
521** Subverted in ''Head-On'', where he loses his Austrian accent, and looks and sounds more like a stereotypical nerd from the United States. See ArtShift above.
522* IdiotBall: Defied. Upon winning Calypso's tournament, he wished to be reborn so he could finish the tower he died trying to complete. Calypso wondered why it was impossible for him to just do that in his corporeal form as Simon had no problem controlling his rig with it. Turned out, Simon was using too much of his energy to repel those trying to demolish Whittlebone Tower, and so he wanted to be brought back to life so they couldn't demolish the tower and finish the building.
523* InNameOnly: Super Slamm looks nothing like Mr. Slamm, being a much more mundane bulldozer.
524* MightyGlacier: As to be expected, his vehicle is slow, but durable and has a very strong special.
525* OurGhostsAreDifferent: He returns as a ghost in ''Head-On''. According to him, his soul is bound to his incomplete tower, causing him to worry that he will disappear if he keeps up in protecting it.
526* ShoutOut:
527** His ''Head-On'' ending is quite similar to ''Twisted Metal 3'''s Buster Cobb, the construction vehicle's driver who replaced him.
528** Possibly doubles as a TakeThat: With Buster Cobb's ending, [[spoiler: his wish for people to "see his inner child" wasn't even remotely HINTED at during his bio, since it only talked about Cobb getting {{Revenge}} on the Twisted Metal organization for destroying his buildings]], while with Simon Whittlebone's ending [[spoiler: his wish to be "reborn" was something he wanted, in order to finish the construction of Whittlebone Tower]]. With Cobb's ending, both his wish, and the subsequent "joke" of him [[spoiler: becoming a baby]] was seen by the fans as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, while Whittlebone's [[spoiler: being "reborn" as in infant who can't work on his tower as an adult, or protect it as a ghost]] was seen as [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the perfect punchline]] for [[LiteralGenie Calypso]] [[LaserGuidedKarma to punish him with]].
529* StarScraper: His wish in ''Twisted Metal 2'' is to build Whittlebone Tower, a skyscraper that would dwarf all other buildings on Earth. In ''Head-On'', he returns as a ghost to finish it.
530-->'''Simon Whittlebone''': This tower will reach the HEAVENS! I will be less a man… than [[AGodAmI A GOD!]]
531
532!!Captain Rogers
533[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_metal_2_characters_bios_and_special_weapons_5_11_screenshot.png]]
534Driver of '''Warthog''', a military HUMVEE. An old decorated soldier wanting to be young again. Appears in ''Twisted Metal 2'' and ''3''.
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536* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:When he wishes for the body of a 20-year-old, Calypso gives him one. ''Just'' the body, of course.]]
537* CoolOldGuy: Apparently has no problem fighting as hard as he did in his glory days, despite pushing 100.
538* FountainOfYouth: His desire is to be young again.
539* HeroicBuild: As his wish to be young is granted, he gets a muscular body...[[spoiler:Unfortunately for him... he didn't ask for a matching young head.]]
540* HomingProjectile: His "Patriot Missiles" special, a set of three homing missiles.
541* InSeriesNickname: He used to be called "Old Iron Guts", but he laments that currently he's only called "Old".
542* MightyGlacier: He has a powerful special and a durable but sluggish vehicle.
543* OldSoldier: At 105/107 years old, and still kicking ass.
544* LosingYourHead: His ''Twisted Metal 3'' ending, as a continuation of ''2'', has him asking for [[spoiler:a head to match his 20-years-old body, and gets his head put in a jar for his troubles.]]
545* ShellShockedVeteran: Played with. He doesn't appear to be traumatized by war so much as he's having some pretty serious problems coming to terms with his age and mortality.
546
547!!Charlie Kane
548[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charlie_kane_8.PNG]]
549 [[caption-width-right:250:"Sounds good to me, baby!"]]
550[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him and his son in ''Black'']]\
551[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charlie_kane_and_son_8.PNG]] [[caption-width-right:350:"I control him now. Everbody thinks it's weird. They Don't Like it."]][[/labelnote]]]]
552Driver of '''Yellow Jacket''', a taxicab. He sought out his missing children in ''1'', and discovers it's Needles Kane. It's also [[TheUnreveal implied]] he is the driver of FinalBoss '''Dark Tooth''' in ''Twisted Metal 2'' where he drives an ice cream truck the size a large house, as Dark Tooth claims to be Sweet Tooth's father. In ''Black'', he's a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie]] remote-controlled by his younger son (not Needles), seeking out a better life. In the reboot, [[spoiler: Charlie is now presented as Marcus/Needles' son. The clown spared him knowing that he'd make a good replacement should anything happen to him. He's now the new Sweet Tooth.]]
553----
554* AxCrazy: ''Twisted Metal'' "Lost Video" ending. He appears meek and rather disenchanted with everything as he claims he only wanted the thrill of one last drive, but once he drinks the vial Calypso offers him his expression goes crazy and he starts speaking very loudly.
555* CameBackWrong: His ''Black'' version gets shot in the head and turned into a non-speaking remote-controlled zombie by his son.
556* ChildProdigy: His young son, who created a remote control to control his zombie father as an 8-year old!
557* ContinuityNod: One to his live-action "Lost" ending in the 2012 game: the vial of red liquid he was given in the ending appears as part of Calypso's collection.
558* CreepyChild: The young son thinks it's perfectly normal to turn his father into an undead, remote controlled {{people puppet|s}}, and can't quite understand why others see him/them weirdly.
559* HookHand: He has one in the first game, for some reason.
560* JackOfAllStats: All of Yellow Jacket's stats in ''Twisted Metal'' are 3/5.
561* LightningBruiser: In ''2''. Dark Tooth is as durable as you would expect a giant version of Sweet Tooth to be. He is also '''FAR''' too fast for a giant ice cream truck, turns on the dime, and is armed with Sweet Tooth's special weapon in place of a machine gun as well having and endless of ricochet bombs. Even Minion will die quickly against his firepower.
562* ImprobableAge: His son in ''Black'' is only 8 years old, which is very young for a necromancer and a Twisted Metal combatant (''Small Brawl'' notwithstanding).
563* IWillFindYou: His main goal in ''Twisted Metal'' is to find his estranged son.
564* MolotovCocktail: His Special in ''Twisted Metal'' is a simple molotov projectile thrown forward.
565* NoNameGiven: The young boy who controls his corpse in ''Black'' is never given a name.
566* PapaWolf: As Dark Tooth, he gets angered after claiming you killed Sweet Tooth. Alternatively, he was really close to his younger son in ''Black''.
567* OneWingedAngel: After destroying Dark Tooth in ''Twisted Metal 2'', the player has to deal with the vehicle's flaming head as a second form boss.
568** ClippedWingAngel: Most players regard it as easier because it doesn't have any new attacks and has a lot less health than his truck.
569* RammingAlwaysWorks: His ''Black'' Special, which releases spikes all over his car, is better used through ramming than firing it as missiles.
570** When played as using hacks in ''2'', because he's not designed to be playable, he can't use normal weapons and is stuck ramming opponents, which is still a reliable way of killing them.
571* [[PeoplePuppets Zombie Puppets]]: ''Black'' Charlie is a zombie reanimated and controlled by his young son.
572* SNKBoss: In ''2''. He is fast, takes a ton of damage before dying, and has the missiles Sweet Tooth using as a special as a machine gun weapons, so he can kill the player in seconds. While he dwarfs all the other cars in the game, the arena you fight him in doesn't provide many areas where his size is much of a weakness.
573* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The son turned his father's corpse into a remote-controlled puppet and entered it in a contest where the objective is to kill the other contestants.
574* VillainousLineage:
575** In ''TM:Lost'', both Charlie and his younger son decide to kill Needles and then themselves, to stop their line of psychopath murderers.
576** In the reboot, [[spoiler: Charlie becomes Needles' successor. Apparently he was spared as he was the perfect replacement.]]
577* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So far, there has been no mention or reference to the young son in later sequels.
578
579!!Mortimer Scharf
580[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mortimer_4.png]]
581->''"What he took from them can never be forgiven or replaced. What they have hired me to do is their only hope, they are in the back right now and resting quite peacefully, but I promise, they will have their revenge."''
582
583Driver of '''Shadow''', a purple hearse. A mysterious graveyard keeper that carries missions of revenge for the souls of the deceased. Appears in ''Twisted Metal 2'' and ''Head-On'', where he's awakened from his eternal slumber and desires to go back to it.
584----
585* BackFromTheDead: In ''Head-On'', simply because his resting place was disturbed.
586* CastingAShadow: His special is a remote-controlled bomb shadow.
587* CreepyCrows: Has one always perched on his shoulder.
588* DownerEnding: Mortimer holds the distinct honor of [[AvertedTrope never suffering]] one of these in all three of the games he's been in. ''2'' and ''Small Brawl'' have him screw over Calypso instead of the other way around, while ''Head-On'' has Calypso grant his wish without any strings attached. Shadow might be lucky, because Raven from ''Black'' got off pretty well, too.
589* EvilTakesANap: He rests in his grave when he isn't wreaking havoc on Earth. When he wins ''Head-On'', he admits that he was woken by accident and uses his victory wish to go back to sleep, so Calypso tucks him in his coffin with a bedtime story.
590* GraveRobbing: In ''Head-On'', two guys robbing his own grave awoke him.
591* OminousPipeOrgan: Every time his car's Special is launched.
592* {{Revenge}}:
593** He carries out revenge for those who died.
594** {{Defied|Trope}} in ''Head-On'', where he refuses to exact revenge on the {{Grave Robb|ing}}ers who woke him up, instead wanting to return to his slumber.
595* TropeyComeHome: His motive in ''Small Brawl'' is to rescue his pet frog from Billy. When he wins, he decides to let Billy keep it… because it was exposed to radiation, and ends up eating Billy alive.
596* VanityLicensePlate: KREMATYU (Cremate You), since he's a mortician.
597* YouDontLookLikeYou: Looks extremely different between his two appearances. In ''2'', he has a cartoonishly thin face with a SinisterSchnoz and wears ScaryShinyGlasses and a top hat. In ''Head-On'' he's relatively normal-looking (though old and decrepit) and no longer dons the aforementioned accessories.
598
599
600!!Amanda & Miranda Watts
601Drivers of '''Twister''', an Indy racing car. Amanda is in ''Twisted Metal 2'', a racer obsessed with speed who wishes to drive at the speed of light. Her twin sister Miranda came in ''Head-On'' looking for her disappeared sister.
602----
603* BackupTwin: From a gameplay perspective, Miranda is this to Amanda.
604* BlowYouAway: Twister's Special makes her car spin around, creating a tornado that throws other cars away. With a dose of SpectacularSpinning. In ''Small Brawl'', it simply generates a tornado above her car.
605* BrokenFaceplate: Miranda's biggest IdenticalTwinIDTag compared to Amanda is her broken helmet. In her profile and the intro cinematic, there's only a small crack in the glass that reveals one of her eyes, but by the time of her ending, it's broken enough to show her entire face.
606* CameBackWrong: In ''Head-On'', Miranda Watts uses her wish to bring back her twin sister and gets [[spoiler:a zombie, as Amanda had died millions of years ago, as her car traveled back in time after passing light speed]].
607* FasterThanLightTravel: Amanda's wish, as she's obssessed with breaking limits.
608* FragileSpeedster: Twister is even faster than Spectre, but his armor is really weak. Fortunately for her, the car's frame is low enough that sometimes attacks misses it.
609* IllKillYou: Miranda says this outright when confronting Calypso after winning, but Calypso calmly tells her that she still has her wish.
610* IWillFindYou: Miranda's goal is to discover what happened to her sister after the 2nd game.
611* NotDrawnToScale: Miranda's height is listed as 5'2" on her character bio, but appears to be a bit taller than that.
612* SpeedDemon: Amanda is obsessed with speed, which is why she makes the wish to travel at the speed of light.
613* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Twister's driver in ''Small Brawl'' is the only girl shown on screen. Mime is also said to be driven by a girl, but she's never actually seen.
614* TornadoMove: Twister's signature ability is spinning around to create [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a twister]].
615* TrappedInThePast: Amanda's fate. [[spoiler:She wished to travel at the speed of light, but neglected the fact her car needed fuel to function, and once the tank's empty she finds herself trapped in prehistory. Cue GiantFootOfStomping, courtesy of a T-Rex.]]
616* VanityLicensePlate: Twister has LHYTSPD, which is Amanda's wish in ''2''.
617
618[[/folder]]
619
620[[folder:From Twisted Metal]]
621
622!!Mr. Ash
623Driver of '''Darkside''', a black semi-truck. A mysterious figure from Hell, bent on recovering what rightfully belongs to his. He returns as a MidBoss in ''Twisted Metal 3''. An interview with series creator David Jaffe confirmed that Mr. Ash is in fact Satan.
624----
625* ContinuityNod: In the intro of ''Twisted Metal 2'', a beaten-up Darkside appears on the side of the road. He's also seen in the background of the options menu.
626* DemotedToExtra: He's an unplayable boss (unless you use a [=GameShark=]) in the third game after being a regular character in the first. In fact, the only reason you know that he's still behind the wheel [[AllThereInTheManual is that the manual says so]].
627* EnergyWeapon: His Special in ''1'' is a white beam that deals little damage. Fortunately, [[RammingAlwaysWorks he has better ways to injure others]].
628* MightyGlacier: An ''extremely'' powerful truck that is snail-slow and handles terribly.
629* RammingAlwaysWorks: More like the only option for him.
630* {{Retcon}}: ''Twisted Metal'' has Mr. Ash claiming as his prize [[spoiler:Black, a powerful demon Calypso stole for himself and whose powers he uses to grant the wishes]], while Minion is just said to be the previous tournament's winner. Come ''Twisted Metal 2'', Minion claims Calypso has stolen ''his'' powers 11 years ago.
631** Potentially double-retconned in the 2012 reboot, where Calypso is [[spoiler:heavily implied to be Satan himself.]]
632* SinisterSilhouettes: He's represented as that, even though his ''Lost'' ending had him as a normal, if sinister man.
633* SwissArmyWeapon: His special in ''3'' is both a FreezeRay and a FireBreathingWeapon.
634* VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: In ''3'' if you are frozen by his special, then it's averted. Otherwise, he can't do much with it.
635* WakeUpCallBoss: In ''Twisted Metal 3''. He's not as bad as the later two bosses but his special being able to set you on fire while freezing you means he can do a lot of damage.
636
637!!Agent Stone
638Driver of '''Crimson Fury''', a red sports car. He's seeking an object that could "liberate the world".
639----
640* EnergyWeapon: His Special.
641* {{Expy}}: Of ''Film/JamesBond''. Played more obviously in ''Small Brawl''.
642* TheFaceless: His "Lost Video" ending was filmed in POVCam (in a similar manner to James Bond nemesis Ernst Blofeld), though he's fully seen entirely in the player-select screen. Also applies to his vehicle, which doesn't appear at all, likely due to the high cost of renting such an expensive car against the blatantly-cheap production budget.
643* FragileSpeedster: Holding the spot with Spectre in the first game. The car's really fast, but goes down in seconds if caught.
644* LaResistance: He's hired by an underground freedom organization, with the finished game ending suggests they're from England.
645* McGuffin: The item he looks for.
646* TheRival: Commander Mason.
647
648!!Dave & Mike
649Driver of '''Hammerhead''', a monster truck. Two college drop outs who are participating only for the thrill of battle.
650----
651* {{Bowdlerise}}: Comparing their wish in the early "Lost Video" to the finished game ending. In the first they ask for girls (after thinking for a moment since they hadn't actually thought about a wish), prompting Calypso's harem to get into Hammerhead; the latter has them ask for... a new set of tires, because they are expensive.
652* TheBigGuy: Granted Hammerhead is a monster truck, but it is HUGE compared to the other characters. Future installments tone down the size.
653* ThoseTwoGuys: Completely unremarkable except for being a pair of delinquents.
654
655!!Angela Fortin
656Driver of '''Pit Viper''', a dune buggy. A mysterious woman with a double life who wants [[{{Greed}} a million dollars]].
657----
658* ActionGirl: When she reveals her true objective.
659* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: In her "Lost Video" ending.
660* DroppedABridgeOnHim:
661** Pit Viper is the only one of the twelve original cars to have never returned in a sequel. [[spoiler:With her "Lost Video" ending even having her shot down by Calypso.]]
662** Also, her car [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute had its special and color scheme changed to become Grasshopper]].
663* GunsAkimbo: In her "Lost" ending.
664* HollywoodAcid: Her special.
665* ProfessionalKiller: Her true identity is revealed as Agent Amanda X, freelance assassin. Hired by the people of Los Angeles to kill Calypso.
666* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Angela is the only woman in the first game, aside from Calypso's harem who make a very easily missed cameo in the arena duel.
667* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: As opposed to most other drivers using wishes to kill Calypso or wish the tournament away (which naturally almost never goes right), Angela is genre-savvy enough to wish for a million dollars first, and ''then'' assassinate Calypso thereafter. In the "Lost Ending" though, this fatally backfires on her.
668
669!!Captain Spears
670Original driver of '''Roadkill'''. A former military man filled with grief as he feels that his own cowardice led his squadron into an enemy trap back in the "[[GreatoffscreenWar Jungle Wars of South America]]". He wants to be able to set the past right.
671----
672* AFatherToHisMen: Cared deeply for his men, and is haunted by their loss.
673* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:His LOST ending does have him successfully save his team by telling them not to enter the forest and to await his return. However, he never gets the chance to reunite with them as he gets ambushed by an enemy just as he cuts communication.]]
674* TheCaptain: Of a commando unit, apparently.
675* MyGreatestFailure: He lead his platoon into a trap and lost 25 of his men during the war. He's desperate for an opportunity to fix his mistake.
676* MyGreatestSecondChance: He wishes to be sent back in time to the war where he can set things right. [[spoiler:He is so caught up in realizing that his wish was granted that doesn't realize he is in the middle of a battle, and is promptly killed by a South American soldier.]]
677* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:He tries, but gets himself killed and most likely the rest of his platoon. Zero gain there buddy.]]
678
679!!Scott Campbell
680Driver of '''Spectre''', a white sports car. A man recently killed who wants to live again.
681----
682* BackFromTheDead: What he wants.
683* BigNo: After Calypso cruelly takes his life away after having just regained it in his "Lost Ending".
684* DownerEnding: His "Lost Video" ending, where Calypso brings him back to life, and then shoots him for [[YankTheDogsChain no real reason]]. Subverted in the game's actual ending, Scott is brought back to life and Calypso allows him to leave.
685--> ''"I givith, and I taketh away. Try again next year, driver!"''
686* FamilyMan: Has a wife and child that he left behind; he seeks life once more so he can be with them.
687* HomingProjectile: What'd become the trademark special of the car, the "Ghost Missile" will track the target wherever it goes, even ''going through walls to get to it''. To balance this, the missiles themselves are very weak.
688* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The restless spirit of a man randomly killed by a serial killer. He doesn't seem to have much problem interacting with the world, though.
689* {{Tuckerization}}: He's named after the game's producer.
690
691!!Commander Mason
692Original driver of '''Warthog'''. Seeks the same item as Agent Stone under government orders.
693----
694* ArmiesAreEvil: He and the military are certainly portrayed as "evil" in their search of the item. Even in his "Lost Video" ending he sends a platoon as a back up measure should Calypso fail to fulfill his wish.
695* BrownNote: [[spoiler:The Black Box of a plane shot down by aliens]]. For the U.S. government, the world's not yet ready for it.
696* DirtyCoward: In his "Lost Video" ending. After acting all high and mighty in front of Calypso, he runs away in ''fear'' after seeing what he did to the squad team he sent to get him.
697* GovernmentConspiracy: Avoiding said item to fall into the hands of Agent Stone and his freedom organization is Mason's main directive. He's also content knowing people will sleep peacefully, completely in the dark about things they're not yet able to understand.
698* TheRival: Agent Stone.
699[[/folder]]
700
701[[folder:From Twisted Metal 2]]
702
703!!Mike & Stu
704[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_metal_2_characters_bios_and_special_weapons_4_7_screenshot.png]]
705New drivers of '''Hammerhead'''. Much like before, two high school dropouts with much free time.
706----
707* CruelAndUnusualDeath: In their ending, after Calypso "grants" their wish, they test it out by jumping off a skyscraper... slowly realizing the folly of their actions as they plummet to their deaths. Bystanders crowd around them and murmur as their corpses lie there. Though judging from the very confused-looking Calypso left standing there [[LiteralGenie with plane tickets for the two]], it seems the pair were a bit ''too'' LiteralMinded.
708* {{Flight}}: Their desire, but only so they can [[AllMenArePerverts see down women's shirts]].
709* OneSteveLimit: Possibly averted, though its hard to say whether the Mike from the first game and this one are the same guy.
710* ThoseTwoGuys: Exactly like the previous drivers of Hammerhead.
711* TooDumbToLive: In their ending, they wish to fly. Calypso says "Wish granted." The pair runs off the nearest cliff... and promptly falls to their deaths, as a dumbfounded Calypso stands there with a pair of plane tickets in his hand and hopes that they're refundable.
712
713!!Ken Masters
714[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_metal_2_ken_masters.png]]
715[[caption-width-right:250:"Please Calypso, you gotta make me famous. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Make it so the entire world knows my face!]]"]]
716No, not [[Franchise/StreetFighter that one]]. New driver of '''Spectre'''. An actor who wants to be famous.
717----
718* BodyHorror: His wish is for Calypso to make it so the world knows his face. [[spoiler:Calypso does this by stretching his face around the ''entire planet''.]]
719* ContinuityNod: In ''Small Brawl'', [[spoiler:the kid controlling Spectre gets, as his wish, the keys of his father's vehicle. The keys were stored in a watch with Ken's picture on it, and the vehicle itself is revealed to be the Spectre from ''2''.]] Likely not intended to be taken as anything canonical, as canon as ''Small Brawl'' could be considered anyway.
720* HomingProjectile: The Ghost Missile from the first game returns, with the same ability to perfectly hit a target as it goes through walls.
721* OpaqueLenses: In his bio pic.
722[[/folder]]
723
724[[folder:From Twisted Metal: Black]]
725
726!!No-Face (Frank [=McCutcheon=])
727[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/no_facetmface1.png]]
728-->''"Must've been years I've been left alone in that darkness. [[NightmareFace But when you look like I do]], it's probably for the best."''
729Driver of '''Crazy-8''', a rally bug. A small-time boxer who was [[CurbStompBattle beaten to the point of needing surgery in one match]], and could only afford a back alley doctor that he was told was a fan of the fights. However, the doctor, unbeknownst to Frank, lost a considerable sum of money betting on him and sewed his eyes and mouth shut (and [[EyeScream eyes]] and [[TongueTrauma tongue]] removed). He's out seeking good ole' {{Revenge}}. In ''TM:Lost'', he's trying to restore his face (by removing the parts off others he deems evil) so he doesn't scare his baby daughter.
730----
731* AntiHero:
732** He's one of the more sympathetic contestants in ''Black''. He was a small-time boxer who got his life destroyed and his face horrifically mutilated by a BackAlleyDoctor who was bitter over losing money on No-Face's fight. It's pretty understandable why No-Face wants payback on the guy. Although he's still a criminal due to the fact that he accidentally killed six people in a fit of UnstoppableRage.
733** This is more emphasized in ''Lost'', as his backstory reveals he's been targeting and killing those he considers evil to get their eyes and tongues so he can fix his face and look at his baby daughter without her crying in horror.
734* BondOneLiner: Gives quite a [[BlackComedy darkly hilarious]] one right after punching Dr. Hatch in the face with a boxing glove covered in sharp objects:
735-->'''No-Face:''' You know, that was the first time I ever knocked someone out with one punch.
736* BrooklynRage: Has a distinctively New York accent, and was a boxer before going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
737* ChargedAttack: Crazy 8 has the ability to boost its electric shocks by charging up beforehand.
738* CrazyHomelessPeople: It's implied he ended up as one of these after Dr. Hatch destroyed his face.
739* CurbStompBattle: His last official boxing match had his opponent beat him so badly that he needed surgery to fix his face. He himself described it as one-sided.
740* DisproportionateRetribution: Poor Frank is the victim of this trope at the hands of Dr. Hatch, who viciously mutilated the poor boxer's face for no reason other than anger over losing a twenty thousand dollar bet from Frank's last fight. Keep in mind, there's no way Frank could have know about said bet and just needed help. [[KarmicDeath Needless to say, Dr. Hatch had his beatdown coming.]]
741* DisabilitySuperpower: The explanation for how he drives; he somehow senses his surroundings and those around him.
742* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: His ending. Once winning the tournament, he gets his wish of Revenge on Dr. Hatch, and the next scene shows the doctor bound and gagged, while No-Face puts on a boxing glove with dozens of Hatch's own scalpels and knives taped to it. As No-Face rears up for a haymaker to the doctor's face, the screen [[SmashToBlack cuts to black]] just before his fist makes contact.
743-->'''No-Face:''' I've seen fear in a man's eyes before, but this was different, this was ''special''. I think that doctor... he ''knew'' that payback was gonna be brutal. It's funny... even after all these years, I've still got some snap in that left hook of mine.
744* EyeScream: Due to being soundly beaten by his opponent, he needed surgery to fix his face, unfortunately Dr. Hatch does something worse to him. Taking away his eyes and then sewing his eyelids shut.
745* FacialHorror: When Dr. Hatch was done with him, the results were far from pretty, which Frank himself acknowledges.
746* GracefulLoser: While Frank's last opponent messed his face up in a brutal knockout loss, he surprisingly doesn't hold any ill will towards him. Likely due to all his anger being focused on Dr. Hatch for taking it even further and utterly destroying his life over a particularly petty reason.
747* InSeriesNickname: He's adopted "No-Face" as this.
748* MadDoctor: Dr. Hatch, a BackAlleyDoctor who was pissed at losing $20,000 on No-Face's last fight, and mutilated his face out of spite.
749* MouthStitchedShut: After taking away his eyes and tongue, Dr. Hatch then stitched his eyelids and mouth shut.
750* NightmareFace: The result of Dr. Hatch getting some disproportionate revenge on him, he even comments that with a face like his it's good that solitary confinement doesn't have much light.
751* PayEvilUntoEvil: Becomes this in ''TM:Lost'', attacking bad men to gather the parts he needs to restore his face.
752* PowerFist: A slightly mundane and rather sharp variety, Calypso gives No Face [[RedBoxingGloves a boxing glove]] with all sorts of sharp objects attached to it. Then shows him a boxing bag with a Dr. Hatch attached to it, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown it's easy to see where this is going]].
753* RedBoxingGloves: In his ending, he gets a single custom one with dozens of surgical implements latched on it to give Dr. Hatch a one punch knockout.
754* TongueTrauma: Had his tongue surgically removed by Dr. Hatch as part of his mutilation.
755* UnstoppableRage: Recovering from his horrific surgery, he falls into a blind (literally in his case) rage and inadvertently kills six innocent people while looking for Dr. Hatch, landing him in Blackfield Asylum afterwards.
756* ShockAndAwe: His Special, which works similar to the other game's Outlaw.
757
758!!Agent Stone
759[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agent_stone_5.jpg]]
760-->''"I was going to have to live with it for the rest of my life, and nothing I could do would ever take away the pain... until now."''
761Driver of '''Outlaw''', now a SWAT truck. A police sniper who let anger get the best of him and got a mother and her daughter killed alongside his target. He's seeking a second chance to fix his mistake. In ''TM:Lost'', [[spoiler: he's trapped in a loop after he won the tournament, and is forced to relive that day every night]].
762----
763* AccidentalChildKillerBackstory: Stone killed a mother and her daughter by accident when in an UnstoppableRage as he shoots down the terrorists.
764* ColdSniper: He should be, but rage got the best of him in the past.
765* DrivenToSuicide: He attempts this right after he realizes his mistake, but...
766** BungledSuicide: ...his rifle was out of bullets.
767* EmpathyDollShot: The bloodied teddy bear. Calypso tosses it in his direction to let Stone know that he knows what he wants.
768* FightingYourFriend: Personally knows the pilot of Warhawk, and is distraught to think he has to kill him in order to reach his goal.
769* GroundhogDayLoop: According to ''TM:Lost'', [[spoiler:after winning the tournament, he's trapped in reliving that fateful day every night, with him saving the family but not killing the thug in time before he puts a bullet into his head]].
770* ImprobableAimingSkills: His ''Black'' ending. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it wasn't in Stone's favor. He gets shot in the head by the terrorist he hadn't killed, when said terrorist had a pistol, was heavily wounded, and Stone was far enough away from the building to require a sniper rifle]].
771* LastBreathBullet: In his ending, [[spoiler:the dying thug is able to put a bullet in Stone's head ''[[ScopeSnipe through the scope]] of his sniper'']].
772* MoreDakka: His Special Attack, a machine gun frenzy on a single, locked-on enemy.
773* MyGreatestFailure: Shooting that family forever haunted him, landing him in Blackfield.
774* PinkMist: [[spoiler:"All units! Target is not down! Target is still hot!". *BoomHeadshot*]]
775* ScaryBlackMan: Averted, despite the [[CrapsackWorld setting]]. Well, unless you're one of the competitors.
776* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Averting the accidental killing he committed. In the end, [[spoiler:he succeeds, but at the cost of his own life]].
777* TokenGoodTeammate: Out of the characters in ''Black'', he is one of the few characters who didn't kill an innocent bystander (intentionally) and doesn't become a murderer at the end of his story. Even compared to John Doe, another TokenGoodTeammate, Doe shows that he is quick to consider violence when interacting with Calypso and according to his psychological profile.
778* UnstoppableRage: What clouds his judgement and leads to tragedy.
779
780!!Billy Ray Stillwell
781[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/billyraystillwell.jpg]]
782-->''"If I win this game, I get my revenge. Heck, maybe I'll even get lucky and get my old face back too..."''
783Driver of '''Junkyard Dog''', a tow truck. Billy was a simple farmer who worked a second job as a nighttime tow truck driver, helping out stranded motorists. He was married to his high school sweetheart Annie and lived a pleasant life.
784\
785However, one day, while checking out his crops, a crop-dusting plane flew over and sprayed both the crops and Billy, who passed out. Billy survived, but was disfigured by the chemicals. When he made his way back to his home to get help from Annie, he found out Annie was cheating on him with a pilot, and both had attempted to kill Billy and collect the life insurance. Enraged, he beat her to death with a garden hoe though the pilot escaped. He now wants to find the pilot and [[{{Revenge}} make him pay too]]. In ''TM:Lost'', he's just taken a liking to killing, but even if he wants to he's yet to kill another human 10 years after.
786----
787* BlackWidow: Annie has her pilot lover attempt to kill Billy by spraying some chemicals over him as he's checking his crop, so they can later cash on the life insurance.
788* TheCorrupter: Billy eventually believed that Annie was innocent (or at least didn't deserve the ExtremeMeleeRevenge he inflicted on her), and that it was the pilot who had swayed her into the plan.
789--> '''Billy Ray:''' " My poor, sweet Annie! I don't blame her no more.]] '' It was that damn pilot done steered her wrong!''"
790* EvilFeelsGood: In his ending he finds he likes killing after getting revenge on the pilot, and decides to become a serial killer in ''TM:Lost''.
791-->'''Billy Ray''': It may have only been the second time I've killed someone… but it felt so damn ''good''.
792* TheGrotesque: Due to crop-duster chemicals sprayed on him it turned him into what can be described as a living zombie.
793* HillbillyHorrors: Zigzagged. Ray's a rare sympathetic version of this trope, while he is a physically-deformed former farmer with AxCrazy tendencies. Stillwell used to be a normal man until he snapped after his own wife attempted to kill him in a horrific way. However, he decides to fully embrace violence at the end of his story after fulfilling his revenge.
794* ImprovisedWeapon: He uses a [[VisualPun garden hoe]] as a weapon to kill his wife.
795* LoveHurts: And it kills.
796* TheNoseless: After the chemicals warped his appearance, he only has his nostrils instead of a nose.
797* TragicVillain: Stillwell was just a normal farmer who genuinely loved his wife, unfortunately for him she was also cheating on him with a cropduster pilot. The two tried to kill Billy so they could collect the life insurance and be together. However, Billy survived, albeit badly disfigured, and discovered their plan when he tried to go to her for help. No wonder he snapped.
798* VisualPun: He kills his cheating wife with a gardening hoe.
799* YouDontLookLikeYou: The Billy Ray in the cutscenes looks very different from the Billy Ray in the character selection screen.
800
801!!John Doe
802[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jd_63.png]]
803 [[caption-width-right:250:"I don't think I like the man I'm turning out to be."]]
804
805Driver of '''Roadkill'''. An amnesiac man looking for his identity. ''TM:Lost'' reveals there's a police unit of identical John Does that seeks Calypso's downfall.
806----
807* AmnesiacDissonance: He finds out in the end that [[spoiler:he's an undercover FBI agent, and saved dozens of lives in a bombing incident. He is, in fact, a hero... [[OhCrap and he's standing in front of one of the world's most wanted criminals]], [[ShootTheShaggyDog who shoots him dead]].]]
808* AmnesiacHero: Wakes up in the asylum with no memory of his identity or past.
809%%* BaldOfEvil: He believes he can't be a good guy with how he looks. [[spoiler: Subverted when his past is revealed.]]
810* BigDamnHeroes: The reason of his amnesia.
811* CloneArmy: According to ''TM:Lost'', there's a whole division of the police made up of clones for John Doe, each set to kill Calypso.
812* {{Cult}}: He was part of one. [[spoiler: Well, [[TheMole not really...]]]]
813* DarkIsEvil and DarkIsNotEvil: Both tropes are played on for him. He invokes the first believing he's not a good guy because of his appearance, and [[spoiler: turns out that's Justified. He assumed that appearance to infiltrate a terrorist group, making him a example of both.]]
814* DepopulationBomb: [[spoiler:The cult set up a bomb within the city's Disease Control Center, claiming its destruction would spread diseases all over the world.]]
815* {{Expy}}: His appearance has a striking resemblance to Derek Vineyard from Film/AmericanHistoryX. [[note]]This was done intently because it was meant to invoke the stereotypical Neo-Nazi image. His [[https://youtu.be/W6i-FanLX5M?t=1573 beta model]] even has a tattoo on his left arm that says "One race, one country"; this was obviously cut to avoid any major controversy about the game promoting this sort of ideology.[[/note]]
816* FatalFamilyPhoto: [[spoiler:It is shown to the player just after he's shot...]]
817** [[spoiler:IHaveAFamily: His last words.]]
818* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Subverted. When he's starting to regain his memories he isn't liking the man he's turning to be, remembering how the {{Cult}} he was part of wanted to bomb the Disease Control Center and spread destruction across the world ForTheEvulz. When he regains his memories he realizes that he actually stopped their attack.]]
819* LaserGuidedAmnesia: He doesn't remember anything before a certain point before he was sent to the asylum.
820* MacrossMissileMassacre: His special, a rack of 12 missiles that can be [[ChargedAttack charged up]] for more damage.
821* TheMole: [[spoiler:Is revealed to have been one in the {{Cult}} he was running with.]]
822* NoNameGiven: Is given the pseudonym "John Doe", since he can't remember his own name and none of the asylum doctors know who he is either. [[spoiler:Even he learns of his identity, his real name isn't revealed to the audience.]]
823* OhCrap:
824---> [[spoiler:"That's right, I am a hero. A hero undercover agent standing in front of #2 on America's Ten most wanted list. In other words, a dead man."]]
825* QuestForIdentity: His storyline and reason for competing in Twisted Metal, after Calypso reveals he knows his past. He begins to remember on his own after the fight with Minion.
826* ShoutOut: His character looks like [[Film/AmericanHistoryX Derek Vinyard]], while the gang[=/=]{{Cult}} he ran with seems to ape [[Film/FightClub Project Mayhem]].
827* TattooedCrook: The tattoos were the only hints to John's past before Calypso showed up... and they didn't paint a pretty picture.
828* WhiteGangBangers: What John's gang was before they jumped to full-on Doomsday {{Cult}}.
829
830!!Bloody Mary
831[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bm.png]]
832[[caption-width-right:250:"No one as pretty as me deserves to be alone."]]
833-->''"Finally! A man who loves me? And all I have to do is win this contest? For true love, I can do anything!"''
834Driver of '''Spectre'''. A woman with a past of rejections, who experiences a psychotic break at her friend's wedding, killing the bride and donning her bloodied dress. Enters to ask for the perfect man. In ''TM:Lost'', she has lost her hold of reality and just wants to find someone who'd kill her.
835----
836* AmbiguousSituation:
837** Regarding her bad luck at finding love. She's not ugly by any stretch yet she has a lot of... problems that would make many men find her repulsive. However, her ending has Calypso give her a man who was completely lobotomized to unconditionally love her and she was still refused. This could really imply that she may be cursed.
838** For that matter, when the man Calypso lobotomized said he would never love Mary, did Calypso [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth really fail to grant her wish]] or did he actually find someone who would love Mary [[JackassGenie but removed those feelings]]?
839* AxCrazy:
840** She is a [[{{Understatement}} little]] unstable.
841** Up to Eleven in ''Lost'', where her backstory states she's lost all grip on reality and is just driving and killing because it's so natural for her.
842* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: An interesting case where she not only killed the bride but also took her dress. Never washing it and keeping her friend's blood on it.
843* DaddysGirl: Her father's view on women's beauty ([[spoiler:not to mention [[TheBluebeard killing Mary's mother]]]]) seems to be [[FreudianExcuse partly responsible for Mary's own screwed-up mentality]].
844* DeathSeeker: Becomes this in ''TM:Lost'', with the realization that not even a man ''lobotomized'' to love her will actually do so. She now kills and drives so she could finally find someone that can put her out of her misery.
845* HomingProjectile: The car's signature perfect-aim Ghost Missile returns once again, somewhat fitting for her, considering her "quirks".
846* InLoveWithLove: She wants a husband but isn't in love with any specific man. She just wants a marriage due to her jealousy and insecurity.
847* LoveMakesYouEvil: ''And'' [[LoveMakesYouCrazy Crazy]] She's a psychotic woman who's wish is to find someone that she loves to love her back. Unfortunately, not even Calypso's magic can do so.
848* PsychoKnifeNut: Her snapping is punctuated by her taking the wedding cake knife and using it on her friend Kristen.
849* RageBreakingPoint: Mary freaked out each time she heard about someone she knew getting married, but she kept out of trouble (to some degree) until serving as a bridesmaid at her friend Kristen's wedding. It was Kristen throwing the bouquet in Mary's direction that finally drove her over the edge, Mary seeing the gesture as underscoring her own failure to find a husband, and she murdered Kristen and stole her wedding dress.
850* ShootTheShaggyDog: Her reward for winning the tournament is to be given a man who will love her without question... because he was lobotomized. [[spoiler:Even that doesn't work - the only words he ever says to her are "I will ''never'' love you." She promptly snaps, kills him, and drives away.]]
851* {{Yandere}}: Probably one of the most extreme examples. Unlike other yanderes, Mary doesn't have a specific lover. All she wants is a man to love her, be it a rich guy, a family man or even a hobo off the streets. True to being a yandere, rejecting her love would only [[BerserkButton piss her]] [[AxCrazy off]]. After coming to the realization that not even Calypso can grant her the love she wants, she goes [[SanitySlippage completely off the deep end]].
852
853!!Raven
854[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raven_54.png]]
855-->''"They killed Kelly. But they won't get away with it. When I win, I'll find them both...and I'll kill them."''
856
857Driver of '''Shadow'''. A gothic girl who's put in the Asylum after witnessing her friend's death by drowning. Wants to get even at the two guys who caused it. In ''TM:Lost'', she has turned into a night vigilante, killing the evildoers of the city.
858----
859* AntagonisticOffspring: Has expressed a desire to kill her parents (mostly for institutionalizing her in the first place) if she ever runs into them and keeps the voodoo dolls around for just that reason.
860* DarkIsNotEvil: [[BlackAndGreyMorality Compared to the other contestants]], Raven is still a legitimate AntiHero. Her ''Lost'' profile expands this further, where she uses her {{Voodoo Doll}}s and the spirits in Shadow to fight the other {{Serial Killer}}s in Midtown.
861* DeadlyPrank: What sets things off; two boys testing if her friend, mocked for her like of occultism, is a witch by [[BurnTheWitch throwing her down the pier and seeing if she floats.]]
862* {{Goth}}: A mix of the gloomy and psycho type. Although the psycho part is understandable considering the trauma she went through,
863* HeterosexualLifePartners: Describes Kelly as her "soul mate." David Jaffe confirmed in an interview that Raven and Kelly were in fact a lesbian couple.
864* AHeroToHerHometown: Her ''Lost'' profile states she has become a hero to Midtown, by protecting the innocent, [[PayEvilUntoEvil and hunting down the freaks and killers cursing the city]].
865* MoreDakka: She has a hidden special which copies the same game's Outlaw.
866* PayEvilUntoEvil: She saw her best friend murdered so she wants to get back on the men who did it. In ''Lost'' she the went onto hunt the serial killers plagueing Midtown as a night vigilante.
867* {{Revenge}}: Her reason for entering the contest. Her best friend Kelly was tossed off a pier. Neither Kelly nor Raven could swim, so Raven had to watch her drown.
868* TarotTroubles: Including the obligatory {{Foreshadowing}} by drawing the "Death" card.
869* TookALevelInBadass: Her ''Lost'' profile has her use her occult powers to battle evil in Midtown, and became a celebrated urban legend.
870* VoodooDoll: She gets a pair of voodoo dolls after she makes her wish. [[spoiler:She uses it to gouge out the eyes of the two boys.]]
871
872!!Cage
873[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_metal_black_cage_by_coleiosis_dah5qri.png]]
874-->''"I've been killing for 12 years. It's my passion. But something's wrong… every time I do it… it breaks my heart…"''
875Driver of '''Warthog''', now a stationwagon attached to tank threads. A SerialKiller who feels remorse every time he kills. He participates seeking to have the part of his brain that makes him feel sorrow removed. In ''TM:Lost'', he attempted to overthrow Sweet Tooth as the biggest SerialKiller, but only gets his arms and legs chopped off.
876----
877* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:He gets them torn off after challenging Sweet Tooth to a duel, along with his legs]].
878* ArtificialLimbs: A bonus he gets from Calypso.
879* AxCrazy: He wants to be a SerialKiller but is held back by his empathy, so he wants to get rid of it. In his ending he eagerly goes off on a killing spree that he is certain will overshadow even Sweet Tooth.
880* BaldOfEvil: A serial killer and nary a speck of hair on the head.
881* BladeBelowTheShoulder: He's given two blade hands by Calypso to enhance his killing power.
882* BreakingOldTrends: Unlike the drivers of Warthog before and since, Cage isn't in the military, and is instead a SerialKiller.
883* EvilVsEvil: Wants to outdo Sweet Tooth in being the most notorious SerialKiller in Midtown, to the point of him directly challenging him in ''Lost''. [[CurbStompBattle It doesn't end well for him]].
884* FireBreathingWeapon: Warthog's Flamethrower Special.
885* InNameOnly: Compared to all the other cars, Warthog looks the least like its previous incarnations. Justified in that [[invoked]][[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally it was an unrelated car]] named "[[IronicName White Knight]]".
886* LackOfEmpathy: An interesting case where he's a serial killer that ''does'' have empathy... his only problem is that he just wants [[InvokedTrope to get rid of it.]]
887* LampshadeHanging: In ''TM:Lost'' it is said how no one is sure how a head and torso [[spoiler:due to having his arms ripped off by Sweet Tooth]] is able to drive a vehicle[[note]]Then again we have No Face and Severed Sam so it isn't completely far fetched[[/note]].
888* RedEyesTakeWarning: For some reason, his eye-color turns red in a few shots, particularly after the surgery.
889* SinisterShades: A serial killer who wears what appears to be a cross between sunglasses and goggles. For some reason, they're completely absent in the ending cutscenes.
890!!Black
891[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blkt.png]]
892 [[caption-width-right:250:"...Name..................Black.............k..ll...............l.....Calypso...."]]
893Driver of '''Manslaughter''', a dump truck. A mysterious monster that's out to get Calypso. ''TM:Lost'' states he comes from another world ordered by another "more colorful" Calypso to kill his darker self.
894----
895* AmbiguouslyHuman: While Black appears to be human at first glance, [[HulkSpeak it definitely doesn't act like one]], is [[NighInvulnerability seemingly unkillable]] and claims to have been created for the express purpose of winning the contest. It wears a mask that reveals only its eyes, possibly to hide any inhuman features. If this Black really is the same one from the original ''Twisted Metal'', then it is a demon.
896* AnotherDimension: He comes from one according to ''TM:Lost''.
897* TheBrute: It can barely say intelligible sentences, and is strong enough to completely NoSell an explosive Calypso left for him.
898* ContinuityNod: Shares his name with the demon Calypso used in the first game to grant wishes. Whether he's the same one or not is debatable.
899* TheDreaded: Implied. Rather than facing in person when Black came around, Calypso ran away and set up a bomb. Considering [[NighInvulnerability he survived said bomb without a scratch]], it's safe to say Calypso was right to be cautious.
900* DumbMuscle: It can barely say intelligible sentences.
901* HulkSpeak: [[RuleofThree It can barely say intelligible sentences.]]
902* {{Immortality}}: Apparently incapable of dying. Calypso takes this seriously enough to avoid even trying.
903* InexplicablyAwesome: We don't know what he is, but he appears immortal. Calypso sets a bomb to kill him and doesn't leave a scratch.
904* TheJuggernaut: His bio states he apparently can't die, and Calypso even decided to run rather than face him.
905* MightyGlacier: Manslaughter is extremely sluggish with poor controls, but has great protection with a powerful special.
906* NighInvulnerability: Able to withstand explosions without even a scratch.
907* NoSell: Calypso setting a bomb to kill him failed to scratch him.
908
909!!Warhawk
910[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmbwarhawkpilot.png]]
911[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're in violation of Midtown City Code 4432! Step out of your vehicle and surrender peacefully! ...Time's up!"'']]
912The FinalBoss of ''Black'' and pilot of the eponymous '''Warhawk''', a hi-tech helicopter who's flown by a police officer in an attempt to stop the contest.
913----
914* AnimalMotifs: Clearly a hawk (hence the said helicopter's name).
915* BossArenaIdiocy: Had he NOT brought those mini-Minions along with him, the last contestant would ''literally'' have no way to put a scratch on him.
916* CoolHelmet: [[DummiedOut His unused portrait]] features him wearing a black helmet with a red visor (pictured above).
917* DarkIsNotEvil: A dark-colored helicopter with menacing design resembling glowing red shades... however all Warhawk did was to stop the rampage of the protagonist.
918* DisneyVillainDeath: After defeating him, the cutscene has him being blasted out of his helicopter screaming, and cuts to black just before he presumably impacts on the ground.
919* HeroAntagonist: He's probably the closest thing ''Black'' has to an unambiguously heroic driver, and he only wants to put an end to the contest that's already claimed dozens of innocent lives... [[ShootTheShaggyDog and he has to die for every single character's ending]]. [[AmnesiacHero John Doe]], [[ApologeticAttacker Dollface]], and (especially) [[FightingYourFriend Agent Stone]] are ''not'' thrilled about having to do the deed.
920* LightningBruiser: He pilots a giant helicopter that is the largest vehicle in the game. As you can expect given that it's a helicopter, it's extremely fast despite its size. Not to mention it has an endless supply of missiles.
921* NoNameGiven: The cop piloting it.
922* NoSell: Due to the Warhawk's airborne nature, it can't by hit by Darkside's ramming special.
923* PuzzleBoss: His shield can only be deactivated by blowing up Minion mock-ups, which the player has to defeat first, as he flies over them.
924* RedEyesTakeWarning: Has two glowing parts that resembles red-tinted shades.
925* ShoutOut: ''VideoGame/{{Warhawk}}'' was a 1995 Platform/PlayStation game created by [=SingleTrac=].
926* StopOrIWillShoot: His pre-fight intro video has the officer say the following line captioned above.
927* SuperCop: That helicopter of his probably isn't a Midtown P.D. standard-issue aircraft. He was also the officer who [[spoiler:caught Needles Kane, aka Sweet Tooth]].
928
929!!Severed Sam (Sam Boomer)
930Driver of '''12-Pac''', a racing car. Exclusive for ''Twisted Metal: Lost'', he's a racer who was decapitated in a big car crash. He now looks for the crazed fan who took his head in the incident.
931----
932* HeadlessHorseman: Well a headless racecar driver but close enough.
933* LoonyFan: He has one who ended up ''stealing his severed head'', and Sam is in the contest to find both.
934* OffWithHisHead: He lost his in a car crash during a race.
935* MacrossMissileMassacre: His Special attack, a rack of up to 10 missiles aimed directly at the enemy.
936* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Somewhere between zombie-like and able to function with a lack of a head.
937[[/folder]]
938
939[[folder:From Twisted Metal: Head-On]]
940
941!!Agent Shepherd
942
943[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f5936ea1_78ec_4a5e_8a39_acde4f4ae8bb.png]]
944 [[caption-width-right:250:Forget it, Calypso! The name's Secret Agenst Shepherd of the FBI. You're under arrest.]]
945
946New driver of '''Crimson Fury'''. An FBI agent out to get Calypso who doesn't even entertain the idea of getting a wish from him.
947----
948* BadassInANiceSuit: He has entered the contest using quite a nice black suit.
949* EnergyWeapon: His Special has him aiming a reticle and shooting a red laser beam.
950* FragileSpeedster: Crimson Fury returns from the first game, and is as fast and fragile as ever.
951* TheMenInBlack: Invoked, given his appearance is based on [[Film/MenInBlack Agent K.]]
952* OnlySaneMan: As seen in his ending, he really only wants to put Calypso behind bars. Unlike Outlaw's drivers, he doesn't waste any time and has him arrested with some backup.
953* ShutUpHannibal: Delivers a great one in his ending.
954
955!!Catfish
956New driver of '''Hammerhead'''. A hunter that wants to hunt the best prey: humans.
957----
958* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: If he wins the tournament, Calypso grants his wish... only for the "prey" to turn out to be Calypso himself, who distracts Catfish with a decoy and then guns him down, taking Catfish's head and prized rifle as trophies.
959* EgomaniacHunter: His entire characterization is built around this, along with a heavy dose of DeepSouth.
960* KarmicDeath: He's an EgomaniacHunter who has hunted several kinds of illegal game and wishes to [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunt humans]]. He ends up getting hunted himself and gets his head mounted on a wall.
961* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: He thinks humans are the only worthy game left for him to hunt, having defeated every other worthwhile quarry on the planet.
962
963!!Chuckie Floop
964[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chuckie_floop.jpg]]
965-> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/DaveWittenberg
966
967New driver of '''Spectre'''. Actually just guy who won Specter as a prize from a radio station contest. He joins the Twisted Metal tournament but isn't sure what he wants yet.
968----
969* CasanovaWannabe: Implied by his ImagineSpot during his ending where he is surrounded by beautiful women in bikinis. It's likely that’s what he was planning on spending all that cash on.
970* {{Greed}}: [[spoiler:He ends up wishing for ''a lot'' of money… [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor and ends up drowning in it]].]]
971-->'''Chuckie''': It all comes back to cash, bro. [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms The greenbacks, the dead presidents, simoles! CLAMS!]] '''[[LargeHam HAHA, YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT, BABY! MONEY!]]'''
972* HomingProjectile: Ghost Missile, a Spectre classic.
973* NaiveNewcomer: Due to winning Spectre in a radio station contest, he isn't entirely sure how the contest works or what the prize is, and is somewhat nervous around Calypso.
974-->'''Calypso''': Congratulations, Mr. Floop. You have won this year's Twisted Metal.
975-->'''Chuckie Floop''': (''Awkwardly'') Here I am! Okay, winner, right? Big time? Not a loser, winner.
976* UnfazedEveryman: He's just a normal guy who happens to win a ticket (and also the appropriate car) into the contest.
977
978!!Angel
979[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmho_angel.jpg]]
980-> '''Voiced By:''' Kim Mai Guest
981
982New driver of '''Thumper'''. Wants to outshine her brothers and friends with the best customized car.
983----
984* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Her wish for a car that can "shake the world" results in it literally shaking the area around her as she's driving, causing her to get flattened by a building.
985* BerserkButton: She doesn't like being called "little girl" or "sweetheart".
986* BullyingADragon: Sure, Angel, constantly insult and threaten Calypso, who is a RealityWarper capable of seemingly doing anything, before he grants you your wish he can easily twist against you. See where ''that'' gets you.
987* CoolCar: While Thumper is already pretty cool, she wants it to be even cooler.
988-->'''Angel''': See my car here? But I want ''more''. More lift, more bounce, more ''thump''. And I don't just want it louder. I want it bigger, I want it badder, I want something that can shake the world, yo!
989* PlayingWithFire: It's Thumper after all.
990* [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Pretty Fly For A White Gal]]: She's a female jive turkey.
991* VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Averted- again, it's Thumper.
992
993!!Colonel Hall
994-> '''Voiced By:''' Brett Pels
995
996New driver of '''Warthog'''. A military man that wishes to get the ultimate weapon, a weapon that'll allow him to stop the evildoers of the world.
997----
998* DrugsAreBad: While he wants to kill all evildoers, he especially has a bone to pick with drug lords for corrupting the nation's youth.
999* HomingProjectile: Keeps the "Patriot Missiles" special.
1000* InfinityPlusOneSword: He basically asks for one as his wish.
1001* PayEvilUntoEvil: His goal is to kill every evildoer in the world. It's a little intense, but given [[CrapsackWorld the kind of world he lives in]]…
1002* ScaryBlackMan: A little different than normal, given that this one is just a frighteningly angry military officer.
1003* WouldntHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Unfortunately, the children don't have the same reservations against shooting him in his ending.]]
1004
1005!!Gene Ruttish
1006Driver of '''ATV'''. One of Cousin Eddy's colleagues that enters separately. He wants to become the "most desireable man on the planet".
1007----
1008* ChickMagnet: His wish comes true in his ending. [[spoiler: It's much more effective than he expected... or wanted.]]
1009* ComingAndGoing: Very fucked up version, he gets all women wanting to ravish him, but instead of sex alas he gets killed by suffocating by the mass of ladies.
1010* DragonWithAnAgenda: Well, not quite Cousin Eddy's dragon per se, but he does go behind his back and enters the contest to get his own wish.
1011* FragileSpeedster: Possibly even more than Mr. Grimm. While as fast as Grimm, his armor is pretty much non-existent, and he goes down even faster than the motorcycle guy. And unlike Grimm, he doesn't have [[GlassCannon the power]] to back it up.
1012* JokeCharacter: He has even less health than Mr. Grimm and, unlike Mr. Grimm, his special weapon is nowhere near strong enough to make up for it. If you consider ''Head-On'' too easy, ATV is the vehicle for you.
1013** GlassCannon: That being said, he'll become this when [[MagikarpPower you upgrade his special weapon, replacing the wimpy shotgun with bundles of dynamite]], which are powerful, home in on enemies and are quite spammable.
1014* {{Mook}}: The Cousin Eddy mid-boss includes a fight against 4 [=ATVs=].
1015* TheUnintelligible: The guy ''has'' to be inspired by [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Boomhauer]]. The game even provides complimentary subtitles (that "translate" his dialogue rather than transcribe it) for him, although Calypso seems capable of understanding him without any issue.
1016
1017!!Cousin Eddy
1018Driver of '''Cousin Eddy''', a beatup RV. A foolish hillbilly that likes two things: shiny stuff and breaking things. Serves as the MidBoss of the game after he invaded the contest uninvited.
1019----
1020* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Shiny stuff is about the only thing he likes.
1021* BadassNormal: Similar to Minion from ''Twisted Metal 2'', he's able to get away with intimidating Calypso into giving him what he wants (both of them NeckLift him, too). ''Un''like the powerful demon Minion, Eddy is a DumbMuscle hillbilly with no special powers.
1022* BloodKnight: He didn't even know there was a contest going on, and just joined in because he found the explosions entertaining.
1023-->'''Cousin Eddy''': I've seen… your demolition derby! I saw you shootin' each other… (''chuckles, pointing at his RV'') I built this!
1024* TheBrute: He forced everyone in his town to set up his RV by brute strength.
1025* DumbMuscle: His ending reveals that Calypso didn't invite him to tournament, he just entered because he thought it looked fun, and when Calypso refuses to give him anything for winning, Eddy {{Neck Lift}}s him and threatens to pummel if he doesn't.
1026* {{Expy}}: He serves a very similar role to Minion's depiction from ''Twisted Metal Black'', including the same [[PlayingWithFire Special Attack]] and PuzzleBoss [[AttackItsWeakPoint battle]].
1027* FatBastard: A big, fat brute who gets off on breaking things.
1028* ManChild: His brain stopped developing at age 3.
1029* {{Mooks}}: Before fighting him, one has to deal with 4 of his hillbilly friends riding [=ATVs=].
1030* PunctuatedForEmphasis: In his ending, when he finds out the demolition derby was a contest, he excitedly asks what he wins. When Calypso tells him he gets no prize because he wasn't an official contestant, Eddy lifts him up into the air and asks again: "What. I. Win?"
1031* RefugeInAudacity: In his ending, he more or less joined a tournament uninvited, killed everyone else in said tournament, threatened to choke the reward giver when he refuses to give the intruder the reward, gets it without any strings attached, and leaves without any repercussions.
1032* SimpleMindedWisdom: Granted he may not realize it himself, his wish was so simply worded and unopen to interpretation (He pointed at his RV and said "Make it better.", there's not really many ways that could be interpreted.), He not only gets his wish without Calypso screwing him over at all, he gets EXACTLY what he wished for, to Calypso's lament. Could probably count as an AchievementInIgnorance.
1033* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: During his ending, Calypso refuses to grant his wish because he never entered the Twisted Metal competition officially. Fortunately for Eddy, [[NeckLift the hillbilly has other ways to get what he wants]].
1034* TooDumbToFool: Calypso can't cheat his wish as it's too simple and straightforward for him to twist.
1035[[/folder]]
1036
1037[[folder:From Twisted Metal 3]]
1038
1039!!Amber Rose
1040Driver of '''Flower Power''', a beetle car. An environmentalist that seeks to "cover the world in flowers".
1041----
1042* FanService: There's a special code to turn her mugshot profile into an ''[[MaleGaze ass-shot]]''.
1043* GranolaGirl: She's an environmental activist. Apparently she's so committed that she even collects the scrap metal from previous tournaments.
1044* GreenAesop: Subverted, obviously. Her wish to fill the world with flowers ends up with monstrous carnivorous plants swamping the entire planet and eating her alive.
1045-->'''Calypso''': I picked my favorites. Aren't they beautiful?
1046* HomingProjectile: A rose-shaped missile that homes in the enemy.
1047* PoliceAreUseless: She claims so in her profile.
1048
1049!!Buster Cobb
1050Driver of '''Auger''', a construction vehicle with a drill on its front. He's pissed off at the tournament bringing down his buildings, but he wish others to see "his inner child".
1051----
1052* {{Expy}}: The driver of Slamm in ''Small Brawl'' looks much closer to a younger Buster than Mr. Slamm's original driver, Simon Whittlebone.
1053* DualBoss: Together with Super Slamm in ''Twisted Metal 4''.
1054* FountainOfYouth: [[spoiler:His wish to "connect with his inner child" results in Calypso turning him into a baby.]]
1055* MightyGlacier: Auger is crazy slow, but very tough and very strong.
1056* MotiveDecay: His bio states he's entering the tournament because he's angry at it for destroying his buildings. Out of nowhere his ending has him want others to see "his inner child."
1057* ThisIsADrill: His Special.
1058
1059!!Club Kid
1060Driver of '''Club Kid''', a micro car. Some dude who wants to party all night.
1061----
1062* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: While most cars in ''Twisted Metal 3'' are certainly cheaters in the [[HarderThanHard Insane Difficulty]] setting, not all have a Special Attack as irritating as him. His Special consists of a whirling void that attracts all nearby cars to its center, spinning them around for damage before exploding. Considering that he spams 4-5 as he drives by, and how all other CPU cars keep on firing at random even while trapped, you can stay trapped on this all the way from full health to death.
1063* EvilBrit: He's the only non-american contestant, hailing from London.
1064* HaveANiceDaySmile: He and his car have this painted all over.
1065* NoNameGiven: Unless we're supposed to believe his name is ''actually'' Club Kid.
1066
1067!!Damien Coles
1068Driver of '''Firestarter''', a hot rod. A pyromaniac.
1069----
1070* EvilRedhead: A pyromaniac and serial arsonist with flaming red hair to match.
1071* PlayingWithFire: The only reason Thumper got cheated out of his original Special.
1072* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: According to the manual, he ''mastered'' this art. Don't ask how/why.
1073* VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Unlike Thumper, Firestarter's Special isn't that much useful. Though using more than one with rear attacks while the enemy is frozen is a very effective tactic.
1074
1075!!Lance Wylder
1076Ex-New driver of '''Spectre'''. Wants to be famous.
1077----
1078* BadassLongcoat: He looks quite cool on his portrait. His 3D model, on the other hand...
1079* TheCasanova: He comes out as this in his biography.
1080* {{Expy}}: He looks very similar to the previous Spectre driver, Ken Masters, even wishing for the same thing (albeit worded differently).
1081* HomingProjectile: The Ghost Missile in this version acts pretty much as always, homing in on a target and going through everything to get to it.
1082
1083!!Granny Dread
1084Ex-New driver of '''Hammerhead'''. Wants to stop the contest from disturbing her neighborhood's peace and interrupting her TV watching.
1085----
1086* BatterUp: She has one in her bio pic.
1087* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In classic Twisted Metal style, if she wins, Calypso straps her to a chair with eye-opening gizmos à la ''Literature/AClockWorkOrange'' and forces her to watch daytime television endlessly. Even worse, she's given nothing but SMPTE color bars, and can't change the channel. It's so tedious that she ends up begging Calypso to make it stop.
1088* NeverMessWithGranny: She drives a monster truck, has a pet pit bull, and entered the tournament to kill everyone who wrecked her home town and stopped her from watching her TV shows.
1089* RammingAlwaysWorks: Her Special was turned into this: using it propels Hammerhead forward with great force.
1090
1091!!Primeval
1092FinalBoss of the game, driving a hunting jeep. Only addressed as an acquaintance of Calypso.
1093----
1094* BaldOfEvil: No hair and, unlike some of the other demons, no horns.
1095* DiabolusExNihilo: There is barely any description given as to who this guy is or where he came from.
1096* DittoFighter: Sort of. His special is a mesh of Roadkill, Mr. Grimm, Warthog and Flower Power's Specials. The manual, however, claims he has [[InformedAbility the power of all other contestants]].
1097* HomingProjectile: His special. It's next to impossible to dodge on top of dealing a ton of damage.
1098* LightningBruiser: Despite what you'd expect from a jeep that offers no protection to the driver he's far more durable than any of the playable vehicles. On top of that he'll spam a very powerful HomingProjectile.
1099* SNKBoss: His Special is deadly powerful, painfully homes in and has such pushback force that it makes your car slide all over the place. He's also prone to spam it like there's no tomorrow, and combined with his aggressive AI, there's little chance of survival on a face-to-face confrontation. Fortunately there's also that [[BottomlessPits lovely lower floor opening into open sky]].
1100[[/folder]]
1101
1102[[folder:From Twisted Metal 4]]
1103
1104!!Melvin
1105One of Sweet Tooth's clown minions, and the one that does most of the talking to the winners of the completion.
1106----
1107* EvilGloating: The endings where the winner's wish backfires often conclude with him mocking their plight with a one-liner.
1108* GangstaStyle: In Quatro's ending, he brandishes a pistol against the alien in this manner.
1109* HypocriticalHumor: In Microblast's ending, Melvin makes a HurricaneOfPuns at the poor leprechaun's expense… completely ignoring the fact that they're practically the same height.
1110* MonsterClown: Just like his boss.
1111* OhCrap: He has this reaction when Meter Maid gives him a ShockinglyExpensiveBill for all the parking fines Sweet Tooth and his gang have accumulated.
1112-->'''Melvin''': This fine is in the ''millions!'' This can't-!
1113* RageBreakingPoint: After getting fed up with the Joneses constantly making addendums to their wish, he immediately orders them to GetOut.
1114-->'''Melvin''': GRANTED FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THAT IS ''SANE!'' THAT'S ''IT!'' It's parked outside, someone will see you out. BYE!
1115* SophisticatedAsHell: He can be surprisingly verbose depending on who wins.
1116* TomTheDarkLord: He's a MonsterClown and the BigBad's spokesman… and he's also called Melvin.
1117* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When Calypso starts fighting with Sweet Tooth over the ring in his ending, Melvin can only beg them to stop before screaming in terror as their battle causes the souls inside the ring to escape in a massive explosion.]]
1118
1119!!Orbital
1120A British secret agent who wants to restore his face after being half-deformed. Drives a sleek sports car.
1121----
1122* AnIcePerson: His Special is a spherical ball which pulls the enemies into it and freezes them.
1123* {{Expy}}: Clearly based on ''Franchise/JamesBond'' with a bit of [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Two-Face]] thrown in for some reason. This also makes him very similar to Crimson Fury's driver Agent Stone.
1124* IJustWantToBeNormal: His motivation to enter the contest. Unfortunately, poor wording on his part ends up with him [[spoiler:turning most of the agency he works with into TwoFaced freaks like him. Essentially making his disfigurement "normal"]].
1125* IdiotBall: He specifically states that [[spoiler:he "[doesn't] want to be ''the only one on the planet'' with only half a face"]] (emphasis added) when making his wish. No points for guessing how Sweet Tooth spins this.
1126* TwoFaced: A rare non-villainous one, half of his face is literally a skull thanks to a bio-weapon created by his archenemy Dr. Rhoemer horribly disfiguring him.
1127
1128!!Pizza Boy (Conner Nazang)
1129A pizza delivery boy/street racer who wants the most powerful car that he can use to beat all street racers. Drives a RiceBurner.
1130----
1131* BewareTheSillyOnes: Despite a being TotallyRadical pizza delivery boy, he's also apparently extremely rich via extorting customers using heavy machine guns.
1132* DeadlyDisc: His special fires a pair of buzzsaws that home into the target, referred to as pizza cutters in the manual.
1133* DisproportionateRetribution: Apparently shot up a person's bird bath for the owner not tipping well, causing him to be sentenced to… [[{{Unishment}} 1000 hours of community service of delivering pizza to Twisted Metal tournaments.]]
1134* NitroBoost: His wish is to have a highly tuned car so powerful he could easily win races. Said car was equipped with a NitroBoost so powerful that it caused his car to ''fly off'' out to space and into a blackhole.
1135* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A blond, white HipHop guy. [[Music/{{Eminem}} Sounds familiar?]]
1136* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: He's an expy of Eminem, all the way down to trying to rap. He's not quite as good at it.
1137* TotallyRadical: Constantly spewing out painfully awkward 90s hip-hop slang.
1138* TheUnintelligible: Due to the aforementioned speech patterns, you'd be forgiven if you had absolutely no idea what he actually wished for in his own ending.
1139
1140!!Quatro
1141A four-armed alien cop tasked to apprehend Sweet Tooth. Drives a Xeon hoverbike.
1142----
1143* BadassBiker: A very skilled, very courageous cop on a sweet hovercycle.
1144* BigDamnHeroes: When Quatro was obviously outgunned and outnumbered by Sweet Tooth's gang, an Inter-galactic police department hovercar suddenly appears outside telling the gang that they're surrounded and ordering them to surrender. The Clowns promptly drop their guns and put their hands above their heads.
1145* BondOneLiner: Right after the clowns surrender,
1146--> '''Quatro''': "Your move, Sweet Tooth."
1147* BountyHunter: Described to be one by Sweet Tooth's assistant.
1148* {{Expy}}: A weird three-way. Story-wise, as a police character who wants to arrest the host of the Twisted Metal tournament, he's one of Outlaw's drivers. Gameplay wise, he's a a GlassCannon biker a la Mr. Grimm and he has a similar shockwave special to Axel.
1149* GenreRefugee: The only alien character in the series.[[note]]Although Crimson Fury and Warthog's endings in the first game involves a black box which reveals that an airplane was shot down by a UFO.[[/note]]
1150* GunsAkimbo: Pulls of a double guns akimbo when he confronts Sweet Tooth and his gang.
1151* MultiarmedAndDangerous: He has four arms, holding a gun in each.
1152* NumericalThemeNaming: Quatro means "four" in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, fitting for a MultiArmedAndDangerous SuperCop.
1153* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/RoboCop'', a lot of his lines in his ending reference Murphy.
1154-->"One way or another, you're coming with me."
1155-->"Your move, Sweet Tooth."
1156* SuperCop: An alien one sent to arrest [[MonsterClown Sweet Tooth]], [[BigBad Calypso]], [[GhostPirate Grimm]], and [[BombThrowingAnarchists Rob Zombie]].
1157* TheUnintelligible: He speaks in some sci-fi alien effect, which requires subtitles in his ending to be understood.
1158
1159!!The Joneses (Ralph, Meg, Mitch and Tammy)
1160A family of Twisted Metal fanatics who want to take Sweet Tooth on a holiday with them in a new RV. Drives a station wagon.
1161----
1162* BigScrewedUpFamily: One could only wonder what Mr. and Mrs. Jones taught their kids that made them fans of a BloodSport.
1163* {{Expy}}: Its special, "Hornets", is practically Warthog's old Patriotic Missiles.
1164* ShoutOut: The family themselves are very reminiscent of the Bundys from ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', while their car is a dead ringer for the [[TheAllegedCar Wagon Queen Family Truckster]] from ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation''.
1165* TakingYouWithMe: An annoyed Sweet Tooth drives the family's RV off the cliff, possibly killing himself and the family.
1166* TooDumbToLive: In what may be the single most brazenly foolish wish in the entire series, one of the features they request for their trailer is ''Sweet Tooth as their personal driver''. They're lucky he at least makes their deaths quick.
1167
1168!!Microblast
1169A leprechaun who has grown tired of everyone bullying him due to his small size and wants to get back on them by being bigger. Drives a life-size toy car.
1170----
1171* JokeCharacter: He is among the weakest (or possibly THE weakest) in the game, having little armor and a special weapon which is just Speed missiles with laughing sound effects. He does make up for this with his [[FragileSpeedster agility]].
1172* {{Kaiju}}: He became a giant and terrorized the city. Unfortunately, before he could wreak havoc, he became a giant statue.
1173* TheNapoleon: Melvin really loves riling him up about his size in his ending.
1174
1175!!Trash Man
1176A garbage man who wants to turn the whole world into a habitat his pets could live in. Drives a garbage truck.
1177----
1178* TheBrute: A great big, barely articulate bruiser.
1179* DumbMuscle: Doesn't really have anything intelligent to say.
1180* FatBastard: He is pretty big.
1181* MightyGlacier: He himself is a giant wall of muscle, but this is especially true of his truck, one of the biggest, heaviest, beefest in the game. Its top speed is about average, but its handling is ''extremely'' sluggish.
1182
1183!!Meter Maid (Zanita Corbett)
1184A [[MsFanservice sexy]] parking attendant who wants Sweet Tooth to pay his parking summons. Drives a 3-wheeled meter car.
1185----
1186* BaitAndSwitch: Sweet Tooth plays along and agrees to Zanita's conditions, thinking he's going to have sex with her only to realize at the last minute that she's ''actually'' making him take driving classes as an alternative to paying his hefty parking tickets.
1187* BigDamnHeroes: She manages to make the MonsterClown Sweet Tooth, the crazy guy staging the tournament, do a little bit of community service by taking up driving lessons. And she didn't even get screwed over whatsoever, unlike other cops (except Quatro).
1188* {{Expy}}: Of Outlaw, ''Twisted Metal 4'' being the only game to lack the otherwise recurring vehicle. Unlike Quatro, she's less bounty hunter, and more of a conventional real world cop, albeit a meter maid. She drives an official police vehicle, and even has a multi-targetting lighting move like previous Outlaws.
1189* HoneyTrap: Uses her status as a MsFanservice to trick Sweet Tooth into attending driving lessons to pay off his parking tickets.
1190* MsFanservice: She certainly is compared to Jamie.
1191* ShockAndAwe: Her special weapon, the Electro Ray (adapted from Outlaw's Tazer), which has an additional ability to suck the health of opponents into her own.
1192* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: Her goal is to get Sweet Tooth to pay for the millions of dollars in traffic tickets he and his crew have acquired. Of course, he can pay in ''[[DoubleEntendre another way…]]'' that being [[BaitAndSwitch driving lessons]].
1193* {{Stripperiffic}}: Though she is a real meter maid, you would be forgiven for mistaking her for a stripper dressed as a meter maid due to her skimpy attire.
1194* TakeAThirdOption: Her ending has her giving parking summons to Sweet Tooth worth millions. She does, however, promise him that she'll clear the summons if he did a little "service". Rather than paying the fines and thinking he's getting lucky, Sweet Tooth unwittingly does what actually turns out to be ''actual community service'' in the form of driving lessons.
1195* TrafficWardens: It's right there in her name. She entered the tournament just so she could fine Sweet Tooth for staging the Twisted Metal tournament and all its related traffic offenses.
1196
1197!!Goggle Eyes
1198A pest exterminator who wants to kill all bugs. Drives a pest exterminator van.
1199----
1200* AxCrazy: Downplayed, but his hatred of bugs is so strong he created the most lethal pesticide known to man in collage, and he's rather serious about his goal to cause mass bug extinction.
1201-->'''Goggle Eyes''': My wish is to trap the bugs so I can '''KILL THEM ALL!'''
1202* GogglesDoNothing: Presumably they're protective goggles, but he never wears them over his eyes, so it's a moot point.
1203* JackOfAllStats: His states are all 3/5, although his special weapon is 4/5.
1204* OrificeEvacuation: Happens in his ending, when all bugs in the world come out of his body as he wished to "contain them all" to catch.
1205* VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Mighty averted, although its not really a flamethrower. The Greentox has fairly long range, does a quite a lot of damage and it sets opponents on fire.
1206
1207!!General Warthog
1208An old-fashioned army general who dislikes the army's usage of computers and electronics for modern warfare. He wants to command a powerful old-schooled army unmatched by any modernized military. Drives a UsefulNotes/WorldWarI tank.
1209----
1210* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's a general who entered Twisted Metal tournament, showing he's no slouch in combat himself.
1211* {{Hypocrite}}: Dislikes computers and electronics in modern warfare, uses a KillSat as his special.
1212* KillSat: His special weapon, the Ion Blast has him planting a marker in which could be detonated like a remote bomb. This causes an ion cannon satellite to shoot at where the marker was planted. A direct hit (difficult to pull off) sets the unlucky bastard on fire. The weapon itself might be a ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer''.
1213* TheNeidermeyer: Constantly shouting like he's giving orders, constantly referring to himself in the third person, ''massive'' chip on his shoulder, and dreams of subjugating the world with a massive army. Yep.
1214* SchizoTech: He drives a [=WW1=] tank filled with an arsenal of modern weapons and has a futuristic KillSat as his special weapon.
1215* TankGoodness: It may be [[SchizoTech ridiculously outdated by now]] but that is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_IV_tank Mark IV tank]] he's driving there. He probably chose this tank to fit in with his 'old-schooled military' persona. In Warthog's ending, Melvin oddly refers to the tank as Trojan.
1216
1217!!Drag Queen (Dennis Flanders)
1218A DragQueen who wants to become a pop star. Drives a tricked out Camaro hot rod.
1219----
1220* CampGay: Textbook definition.
1221* DudeLooksLikeALady: Naturally. He's a DragQueen.
1222* EarnYourHappyEnding: He gets to perform in drag to a sold-out crowd in his ending.
1223* EnormousEngine: [[KillItWithFire A flamethrower]] even shoots out from the blowers!
1224* FatBastard: And he seems to be able to fit in that [[CoolCar hot rod]] of his somehow...
1225* InSeriesNickname: "Ms. Petunia", according to the manual.
1226* MeaningfulName: As explained [[DragQueen here]]. Also Drag Queen's car is modified for drag racing (as seen in Pizza Boy's ending).
1227* PerformanceArtist: As seen in his ending, though what's actually going on could be considered vague at best.
1228* VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Averted. This one's a little closer to Thumper in terms of effectiveness.
1229
1230!!Music/RobZombie
1231A.K.A Mr. Zombie. An [[TheUndead undead]] musician who wants the world to hear his awesome music. But you've probably already heard a good number of his songs since ''3''...
1232----
1233* AsHimself: Well, himself as an actual zombie, but yes.
1234* {{Expy}}: Stats-wise, he's very similar to Orbital. His special weapon is also the same, except that instead of freezing you on explosion, it scorches you.
1235* MundaneMadeAwesome: He says his wish is to "let this world hear the wails and war cries of a dead man's soul". Cue music video.
1236* OurZombiesAreDifferent: It's not entirely clear what his deal is, but he's clearly very different from Mortimer, who is a restless spirit.
1237* PlayingWithFire: His Special's shockwave sets enemies on fire.
1238* ShoutOut: He drives the Munster Koach from ''Series/TheMunsters''. Oddly though its called the Dragula (the other awesome lookin' hot rod in the show) ingame. The Munster Koach was used in Rob Zombie's music video for the aptly titled Dragula. Coincidentally, Hot Rod Herman's remix of that song is used for the Construction Yard arena.
1239* SignatureHeadgear: His trademark top hat.
1240* SpeciesSurname: A zombie named, well, Rob Zombie.
1241* TheVoiceless: He has his floating head henchman speak on his behalf.
1242
1243!!Crusher, Moon Buggy and RC Car
1244Three new cars that appear as stage bosses in tournament mode. Neither of them are given an actual driver or any backstory, they are just there. Crusher is a tank-threaded scrap crusher, Moon Buggy is a 6-wheeled moon trekker and RC Car is a life-size... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin RC car]].
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1246* EnergyWeapon: The RC Car's Special is this.
1247* FragileSpeedster: RC Car. Pretty good speed, very little armor.
1248* FrickinLaserBeams: RC Car uses an enhanced version of the Laser Special available to custom cars, only this one has ''much'' longer range and hits ''really'' hard.
1249* LightningBruiser: Moon Buggy is quite fast for a car his size.
1250* MightyGlacier: Crusher is as slow as a large tank tread-driven scrap crusher would be, but takes a fair amount of punishment before going down.
1251* ShockAndAwe: Moon Buggy's Quasar Special launches three whirling balls of energy that last a ''long'' time, have persistent tracking, and not only zap nearby targets with devastating lightning damage, but also jostle them around helplessly in the air.
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