Join The Bacon Brigade Today, and get unique perks like early access, and a private Discord server. 👉👉👉 www.patreon.com/tacticalbaconproductions 👈👈👈 The patreon page is still under construction, and I'm still waiting on somebody with some new channel assets, and I will be experimenting with what perks are good and which ones aren't. So join me on this journey.
twisted metal ps3 also had a deleted ending where Calypso thank you for twisted playing metal ending. they have it on the behind the scenes of the game.
"I wish for there to be no more crime." "lol okay *makes it so that no laws exist anywhere on Earth, thus there's no crime because everything's technically legal*" There, I fixed the Outlaw's original 3 ending.
And now Outlaw doesn't have to stop Calypso since he's not doing anything against the rules, although he'd probably have to find a different driver to replace Outlaw for his next tournament.
Alternatively, Facist Dystopia. Or better yet, Post Apocolipse after a Facistic Dystopia. Nobody can commit crime if everyone is DEAD! The old JUDGE DEATH philosophy.... God I hope someone else here reads Judge Dredd.
I have noticed that Calypso tends to monkey paw wishes to the detriment of the winner... but when the winner is a victim of abuse, he tends to monkey paw their wishes to the ABUSER'S detriment. Almost like he still has an inner morality that makes him go "I can excuse global annihilation, but mistreatment of your family and employees is too much even for me". Idk, I find it interesting
Honestly I think it’s just a value of power the abuser of power which is fairly standard in twisted metal often dreams of big things and often fall to their folly in the wish itself, the victim of abuse simply wants retribution or freedom which is a goal that everyone should always strive to maintain , which could explain why he is fine with someone wishing for babes, it’s a simple wish for desperate people, the abusers often wish for grand complex things
I came up with a stupid wish when I was young for an early TM game. “I wish for a bottomless drink!” The winner gets the drink but sets it down somewhere and forgets about it, it tips over and slowly floods the Earth.
That could be the intended twist that Calypso has for the wish, but then reverse double twist. You tip it over in the middle of the California desert, or the Sahara desert, and boom. Instant drought ender.
yes. YES. this sounds like a great TM3 ending for some water based character. "So Hydro. your wish is for the ultimate thirst quencher? your wish is granted"
Here's my rewrite of Granny Dread's ending Calypso: "Granny Dread! Congratulations on winning the Twisted Metal tournament. Now for your prize, what is your-" *Calypso is cut off as he's hit across the face with a cane.* GD: "I didn't come here for no sassafrassin' wish! I came here to teach you some manners young man! I mean, just where do you get off trickin' people like that? Y'know back in my day when we told people they won a prize we damn well gave it to 'em..." *Calypso's guards watch in fear as Granny Dread beats down Calypso.* GD: "And don't make me have to come back here again, am I clear?" Calypso: "Y-Yes, of course madam. It won't happen again..." GD: "Hmph..." *Granny Dread speeds off, leaving Calypso on the ground dazed.* Calypso: "I am Calypso.... and I thank you for playing... Twisted Metal..."
I think the one where they wish for "babes" works because Kalypso's actor, spreads his arms, doesn't flinch, and just yells, "DONE!" With obvious amusement in his voice.
too be fair ps1 interpretations of Needles are terrible, imo, and 3 being the first one to not be made by the og team and company, with 4 and small brawl being better of the ps1 era. black is where the character really got good
I think General Warthog's ending makes sense. He wants to lead the greatest army. So the greatest army would be that of a toy army as they're controlled by your imagination, meaning that the army can't possibly lose if whoever is playing with them simply doesn't want them to lose. Might be a stretch but that's my take on that
He also gives sweet tooth exactly what he wishes for in almost every single game so I think even though sweet tooth may confuse and anger him with some of his wishes calypso has some respect along with fear so he won't risk screwing over sweet tooth
I think he has a lot of respect for rational people who know that resurrecting a loved one or getting superpowers probably isn’t the best idea. He’s been dealing with those idiots so often that getting someone else must be refreshing. I would also like to point to Dollface’s ending in Black. Calypso knew what she truly wanted, and created a scenario where she could get it within the confines of her original wish. What a guy.
Calypso definitely prefers to grant wishes to people that deserve their wish. It seems he hates these kind of wishes: -Superfluous or selfish, Whittlebones tower and rebirth, Amanda wats need for speed, and Capt Rogers appearance. -waste of time, practically all of twisted metal 3. -cruelty, the scientist and axel (head on), Needles in black and 2012, need I say more.
I think the reason why Minion in Black doesn't have an ending is because if he does win, he gets discovered by Needles, and Marcus gets erased by Needles
No, Marcus and Needles share the same body; so if Needles becomes aware that Marcus is Minion, in Twisted Metal Black, then Needles erases Marcus's consciousness from existing.
I think they originally wanted to give him an ending, but they programmed minion in as an afterthought of "well our other games had secret characters, so this one should have one", so he was a very last minute addition. That's why he doesn't have any custcenes or voicelines, and the idea of making his loadscreen tips a code was also because they didn't have a voice actor.
Personally, I think it's the opposite. If Minion wins, Needles gets repressed, Marcus wakes up and everything cuts to black. Like he's waking up from a nightmare.
It would’ve been a cool showdown. Calypso would be the intermediate between the two and bring them together. Calypso and say let’s see who wins and then it cut the black. Which is fitting since that’s the name of the game. lol
I forgot how GOOD Sweet Tooth's VA was in Black. "Let's face it boys and girls. A man has to have his priorities." The matter of fact way he says it is what truly elevates it and only confirms that it truly was a 10 second decision.
On Bloody Mary's ending: Any chance the guy didn't actually say he could never love her, but instead it's a play on paranoia, and believing that it's something he _would_ say, instead? Maybe she finally got what she wanted, but had become too mentally damaged to accept it?
Here’s my take on the ending. Calypso promised her that she would find her true love, not a man who would love her. Every time she thought she found happiness, she committed acts of violence. Even after winning Twisted Metal the pattern repeats and she’s like “I’m gonna kill every man until I find the right one!” Well maybe her true love has been with her the whole time. Her true love is not a who, but a what! Whether she knows it or not, Calypso did indeed give her her true love, violence.
I feel like it’s important to note that Auger and Granny Dread both show the desire to end the contest in their bios, but wish for something unrelated in the ending
Well Granny can make sense since her bio also say she just wants to watch TV to. So we can reasonably assume that she thought that her wish would prevent twisted metal from interrupting her shows
Thats what sucks about tm3, its actually my favorite to play because i love the graphic design of it (i think it looks better than two and is just more fun to play) but the put 0 effort in making good story building. Like how, how, HOW did they fuck it up so bad that they didnt even continue the stories they started in the game?
@@chipmcdip8629 agreed, the visuals were pretty clean (for the time) and I felt the cars were the easiest to control. Also probably because I was kid it was the only one I could beat so I had some good memories of trying to get every single ending.
"I want for people to stop destroying my buildings!" "So you wish for people to see your inner child?" "NO! THAT'S NOT WHAT I-" "LOL, too late, WISH GRANTED!"
Considering how we already have multiple endings where Needles and Marcus exist as multiple meta entities, one way of making an ending with a custom character is have Calypso congratulate the player directly, and ask them for their wish, but after a pause go on a monologue about the person he's _addressing_ doesn't exist in his world, and the one he's talking to is merely a puppet that will stop existing as soon as the player stops playing, and how he already fulfilled the player's wish of joining the Twisted Metal tournament, with the twist being that the OC was someone Calypso kidnapped and brainwashed to do the player's biding, so at the end the player accomplished nothing, destroyed the dreams and lives of the other competitors, and essentially killed an innocent person just so they could pretend to interact with the Twisted Metal verse for a few hours. "Thank you for playing Twisted Metal!", video feeds cuts off, "NO SIGNAL" screen, the end.
@@somebodyfamiliar6476 Hey, sometimes you need to kick the player in the balls to keep them interested, y'know? And yeah, Marcus thinking it's all a dream, and him believing the player is influencing his actions (Someone _is,_ but it's actually Needles, not us) inspired this idea.
@@JoobyMcGee It really sucks that TM4 is just a blatant piece of brand extension, because the idea of Sweet Tooth taking over the tournament is great in paper, the problem is the execution.
@@yocapo32 I gotta be honest I've played almost every twisted metal game with the exception of small brawl and 3 And you know what twisted metal 4 is not my least favorite, my least favorite is the PS3 reboot because I feel like it did more wrong in the face of twisted metal then twisted metal 4 did, Only 4 playable characters one of which doesn't even have a story mode, The fact that any character can drive any vehicle removing any uniqueness between drivers and vehicles and any personality, Having multiple different game modes that you're forced to play to beat the story, Having racing being one of those game modes because racing with twisted metal controls does not work properly And although it may be a bit childish to say this one of the worst things I think the game did was remove Cheat codes, I would not be a fan of twisted metal if they didn't have cheat codes Because I was not good at video games when I was younger so I would have hated twist metal if it didn't have cheat codes And not to mention the game feels slightly soulless, It has the feeling of one of those xbox live games that go live for like a few months and then just dies and no one ever talks about it again Oh yeah and the game focused way too hard on online in my opinion And while twisted metal 4 might have been definitely not a good game and is my 2nd least favorite It at least had some good ideas, good ideas that were executed poorly but still good ideas, Like a character creator, Calypso being a playable character, sweet tooth taking over the contest and some honestly really cool looking stages, nonsensical but cool, I will say I do not like how every single stage has a boss fight though
1:24:51 #16 I kinda wish for a Monkey's Paw twist for Cage is that Calypso successfully removes the part of his brain that makes him feel guilt from his murders... which was also the part that allowed him to derive pleasure from his murders, too. In fact, he's left an empty, emotionless husk. He still kills people, but not out of pleasure or the thrill of it, merely out of pure logic. At least he got rid of his guilt, though.
What would have been required for the complete removal of guilt would have been the removal of the amygdala, which is pretty important for emotions in general.
I love that idea but it wouldn’t work in Black. I feel like since it’s in Needles’ mind, he would never do that and would instead give a ruthless killer the chance to be the ultimate killer (just behind Sweet Tooth though, oc) But like I said I love that idea and I think that would be great for literally any other Twisted Metal game
As someone who also liked No-Face in Black, take another look (or a first look) in the manual for Black. Its themed as a journal written by Frank leading up to, and during the first few days of the tournament. Great stuff, honestly. Hauntingly well written, especially the part where he describes the other drivers and his own mindset on things.
I know, I miss game manuals so much, it's not just teaching you how to play the game or set up your console, but it has potential to fill in extra lore for players that are playing the game.
spectre's ending in black could've worked if instead of no man being able to love her, it's revealed that they *did* love her but her insecurities caused her to *feel* unloved. she'd be given a man who physically couldn't *not* love her, but she'd feel as if he was lying to her and seeing another woman because she's too scared of rejection and therefore subconsciously constructs the narrative that they don't love her. paranoid schizophrenia often leads to effects like this, albeit with less violent results.
I like your idea it's very creative but to defend the OG ending I think it's wonderful because even with a zombified Lobotomized man literally made for her to be loved even HE couldn't stand to be with her. It's like even your perfect man thinks you're an insufferable psycho lady go somewhere. Plus the delivery and anticipation of him speaking all for him to say " never love you " was peak too.
I have a personal fondness for Twisted Metal Black's version of Dollface's ending. It's certainly not the only time, but it's one of the rare times when Callipso goes above and beyond for the wisher, to their benefit. He actually grants BOTH of Dollface's wishes- the one she initially says for her mask's key, but also her own subconscious wish of getting revenge that even she wasn't aware of initially. It's an act of malicious kindness that lets her character growth really blossom, culminating in her actually realizing she's happy with who she is right now. AND the twist even retains the monkey's paw elements, but leaves the backlash on someone that actually deserved it. It might not be the absolute strongest character arc, but it's done very satisfyingly, making it one of my favorite stories in the series.
It's similar to Mr. Grimm's ending, Calypso gives him everything on a silver platter. It's probably because Calypso is the ego of Sweettooth, sharing the experiences of Needles and Marcus, this experiencing both of their traumas. Mr Grimm is what it's like for Marcus to be stuck while Needles is in control. Dollface is the experiences that made Needles come to exist. But they are both pains that all three characters feel; cuz it's all in Sweettooth's head. Calypso gets vicarious satisfaction from those endings just like Needles and Marcus, you know he's gonna milk it and make it as good as he can.
I completely agree. I loved the character design and concept of Dollface and her ending was so perfect. He down plays it for being just another revenge story but a revenge story came in top 4 with NoFace. Dollface was incredible, took revenge on her abuser and accepted herself for who she is now in all her broken glory and then drive away in a giant blacked out semi of death. She deserves her own comic series
If i win Twisted Metal and go face-to-face with Calypso you bet your ass im wishing to bring back evetyone whos died during the tournament so we can do it all again next year.
"So driver... your wish is to bring back all the other contestants for a grand twisted metal event?" Evil calypso laughter "finally, a wish I can get behind, your wish is granted... although I could use help planning for such a large event, what do you say driver? Up for a co-host position?"
@@PRESIDENT_LEMON If they ever bring back the create a car/driver feature, that could absolutely work for their ending. After all, you, the player, DO want to play again, right?
Sweett tooth’s ending in part 2 is about him wanting a simple life where he didn’t have to kill people. Yet when he becomes a bug, he realizes that killing is just what he does best and that he can’t change that about himself. It’s a weird ending, but it took me over 20 years to understand it.
But then, Black just did that but better. Once a life without killing was put before him, He went right back to murdering everything around him in seconds. "A man's got to have his priorities." after all. To be honest, Despite being the face of the franchise since day one, They *REALLY* didn't know what to do with Sweet tooth up until they started to really play into the split personality with Marcus, Starting with Black and doubling down on it in Head on.
Agent Sephard's ending is actually a well-written ending, since it is stated that Calypso gets his power from the winner wishing for something, therefore if you chose to ignore it he is powerless.
Taking that in consideration, and Grasshopper and Sweet Tooth's ending for that matter, it makes the ending to Outlaw 3 even more depressing/facepalm worthy: As long as the wish isn't affecting him directly, Calypso can warp any wish in any way he desires (if he wants to); the brother was in the right about shooting Calypso, as he already knows that simply wishing the contest away won't happen (he tried that and got sent to space that time), but as long as you don't attempt to make a wish at the moment, he's actually vulnerable. The sister acted stupid at the worst of times, but also it was the brother's fault for not discussing what to do after winning Twisted Metal. Tragic.
@@AtmanRyu Didn't they have a year in between Twisted Metal tournaments? You'd think they would have come up with a solid plan within those 365. And this is from the sister who modded her car to fly in space, which meant she is one of the few who actually outsmarted Calypso. And then she goes and gets dumb. Though... maybe that was Calypso's payback on the sister? She outsmarts him, so he makes her dumber? Dunno. But she was the one who suffered.
And I love how Shepard seemed to almost be tempted to make use of Calypso's power but had to remind himself that he couldn't trust him. It had a surprising amount of tension for the series. Even in Sweet Tooth's Black ending we knew he was gonna take a different kind of blood. Yet Agent Shepard gave us some uncertainty for a moment and it ended with Calypso hinting that it wouldn't be the end of it. It caused a good amount of intrigue that I kinda wish was expanded on.
Honestly, the weirdest part of The Joneses in TM4 is that they were smart enough to be extremely specific with the wish (down to mentioning the specific brands and addendums)… but were stupid enough that they thought that traveling in said RV with Sweet Tooth behind the wheel was a good idea
The specificness of their wish may not have been a matter of intelligence or genre savviness, so much as them being _very_ picky with what they want. Anyone's who worked in retail can relate, I'm sure.
i honestly really like they ending, they get they wish but they are so annoying that sweet tooth would rather take his own life than continue wiht that nonesense, and i also think that its hilarious
I played tw black so I see how psycho sweet tooth is he cares more about killing then his pain and kills calypso why do the joneses what him as there driver why
The one thing that confuses me about Auger's ending in TM3 is that I recall his bio explaining he was tired of seeing the buildings he worked on get destroyed in the tournament, so he joined in hopes to put an end to it. How the hell is that synonymous with everyone seeing his inner child? Couldn't he just ask Calypso to make his buildings indestructible or something?
"Your wish is for people to see your inner child?" "I didn't say anything, I just got here, what? I want you to move the contest so my buildings-" "Your wish is granted" Auger screams and becomes a baby
An idea for an ending I've got: A scrawny weakling who's been pushed around his whole life asks Calypso for the body of a pro wrestler, so he can finally stand up for himself. With professional wrestlers coming in every shape and size, Calypso has the full gamut of human size to play with. But I'd say give him the body of the heaviest wrestler in history, Happy Humphrey, at 800lbs. "I know just who you can have the body of. A man from the annals of history, a living legend in his own time, who sat atop the record books." And for abject cruelty's sake, have him almost immediately die of cardiac arrest. "Perhaps you should have been more specific!"
I like the idea, but what if rather then almost immediately dying of it. After the wish it cuts to him about to stand up to who ever, (let's say bullies), and looks like he about to beat the shit out of them, before clutching his heart and falling over dead from cardiac arrest. Leaving to the calypso line.
Honestly, “The Body of a Pro Wrestler” seems like it’d be twisted just by leaving him with a wrestler’s corpse. Queue the police showing up to arrest him for murder.
@@NEEDbacon Not… really. Warthog in 2 at least got attached to the body. In this proposed ending, the winner would just be found near a dead person. It’s twisting the word body again, but in a different way. If anything the original proposal is more like Warthog in 2 because the end result is “My body isn’t what I want.” If we were to keep the original premise of “you didn’t specify the wrestler” it’d be less contingent on the player knowing about wrestling to give the nerd the body of a sumo wrestler rather than this one specific 800 lb guy
"The soul of the first one dead" sounds like it was Captain Grimm's attempt to trick Sweet Tooth. Since he's already dead he can't be killed in a sword fight. It backfires though.
The Outlaw ending in Black follows the fact that he was so eager to take down the bad guys that he just fired without really caring who he hit, with the result being that he got the bad guy and killed the family too. So he wishes to go back to do it again and not miss a single shot. Also, fun note, the terrorist who shoots Stone is one of the same cell that our amnesiac Roadkill had infiltrated.
It's important to note that the Lost Ending equivalent mentioned that his family died to extreme racists as well, possibly even the same cult he was sent to apprehend. Either way, his wish was the most noble. Even the most innocent of competitors would have to kill a lot of people to get what they wanted. Outlaw wanted to go back in time to save a family, which doing so would get his life back on track. While that's still a halfway personal reason, his wish meant that in the new timeline he wouldn't even join the competition and thus not even kill a innocents. It's like Grimm's 2012 ending where he wants to fix his own life to avoid ruining others'.
I thought it was meant to imply the guy he shot was Calypso that’s how he lived Cause we know calypso lived. You even see that his left eye is covered up until the ending
Yea the first time it is unclear if it is a terrorist or calypso without the left eye but the second time it was definitely calypso considering the eye meaning he was either the terrorist the whole time or he replaced the terrorist during the wish which is why he lived and could kill stone but either way I personally think its a better ending than it got ranked
I actually really liked Spectre's ending from Black. I don't remember how she phrased her wish but it's a blunt and kind of grim reminder that you can't force someone else to love you, no matter how much you love them. She found a man she instantly fell in love with, he doesn't love her back. Seems like a good subversion.
But...like her wish was to be loved by him. And he doesnt love her....thats not a subversion in any way whatsoever. Its like wishing for a pencil, then getting a typed and laminated essay on economics. Makes no sense, and there is no subversion.
The hell, michigan joke goes so much deeper than people realize. They 100% embrace that joke. In fact, it's almost a tourism thing (in the fact it effectively *is*.) It's actually a pretty neat little town.
There's also a hell, cayman island who got their name from an incredibly unique rock formation. Lots of merch, tried rum there when I was 14, knocked me on my ass
At first I was on board with Minion’s lack of ending in Black being lame, but I just watched your TM:Black series of videos and I think it helped me recontextualize it a bit. You make the point a lot that Needles and Marcus Kane are both warring sides of Sweet Tooth’s psyche, and that Black is a representation of the world/contest through Needles’s mind. So I present the idea that when Minion wins the contest, it’s symbolic of Marcus prevailing over Needles, and thus that world, and by extension the game itself, ceases to exist.
I think sweet tooth ending in black would be even better if he drank the vial then killed Calypso, igniting the flame immediately. Getting the same point across while explaining why Calypso didn't see it coming when sweet tooth just kills him
That would've worked too, but I think the existing ending underlines Sweet Tooth's character even better. He's not a trickster, he's about as straightforward as you can get. He sees Calypso's solution as a downright insult and doesn't even consider drinking it.
I remember a long time ago, I read a fanfic of different endings for Twisted Metal 3. It had things like Auger wishing his buildings would never be harmed during the Twisted Metal tournament. Eventually, he had buildings in every city on Earth, becoming phenomenally wealthy and forcing Calypso to set up his tournament in outer space. Thumper's ending was telling Calypso to close his eyes. It turns out Thumper made a deal with Outlaw's drivers to have his criminal record expunged, correctly deducing that Calypso would manipulate the wish, and Outlaw would be honorable. Needles just wished to kill people. Mr. Grimm kamikazed Calypso to get his soul. In Flower Power's ending, the remaining humans rip her apart in fury that she destroyed their homes and clothing. They were really well done endings that fit the characters perfectly. Shows how little the actual developers cared about things like plot or story.
Speaking of fanfics, there's a concept for a potential Twisted Metal Black type game called Twisted Metal Jailbreak. As per my implication, yes, it's unofficial and made by a fan. Each character profile has ideas for intros, interludes and epilogues. A few of the endings are pretty much endings from the game series, like how Mr. Grimm had a similar fate to Sweet Tooth 2012, but when Jc013 makes a clever twist, he REALLY makes a clever twist. And he even throws in some "benevolent Calypso" moments. One of the endings is an SA victim getting revenge on her monster, another is someone wishing to be undefeatable, only being killed by a piece of debris. Definitely better than TM3's endings.
David Jaffe has said that he knew some of the guys from 989 San Diego who made TM3 and 4 and he could tell they really didn't get Twisted Metal or what made it's lore work. All they really understood was 'Be careful what you wish for because Calypso will likely screw you over,' so they just relied on that without any kind of subtlety or cleverness. They were also lacking in ideas and obviously unwilling to go to the darker edges of humanity for inspiration. That's part of why Black is the apex of the series because it really puts the spotlight on how unhinged and desperate someone has to be to think that participating in Twisted Metal to get what they want is a good idea.
@@Anomaly188 Notice how the desperate ones are taken advantage of while the vengeful ones are given exactly what they want? Dollface is a mix of both. She desperately wants to be free of the mask so joins Twisted Metal to prove herself worthy of freedom after so long blaming herself. But in the end, she has to go all or nothing because she must take the key and her dad's life, though the latter was changed to her boss in the final release. If they stuck with her dad it would have been harder for her to decide, but more satisfying when she made her choice. Either way, the symbolism made it an ending I love so much. After all she went through, she decided to stop blaming herself and seek justice for abused people like her. Black isn't perfect but it is still interesting more often than not. My favorite twists are ones that feel deserved and when Dollface considered that she wasn't the bad one, I liked where her final act was going
One thing you forgot to mention with Krista's ending that makes it even better. In the other endings there is text at the end that Thanks you for playing Twisted Metal but in her ending it says The LAPD thanks you for playing Twisted Metal.
2:57: Fade To Black (#104) 3:21: Gordon Freeman's Wish (#103) 4:10: Crimestoppers (#102) 5:39: In Sink (#101) 6:27: Small Victories (#100) 7:39: Face-off (#99) 8:17: And I Must Scream (#98) 9:43: Ladies and Gentlemen, The 90s (#97) 10:56: The Wrong Trousers (#96) 11:42: Just... Trash (#95) 12:30: Dumb Child O'Mine (#94) 13:06: House Arrest (#93) 13:51: Clock Blocked (#92) 14:42: Hallowed By Thy Name (#91) 15:26: The Sweetest Tooth (#90) 16:10: Coma Chameleon (#89) 17:25: A Bug's Life (#88) 18:55: Hallo-What? (#87) 19:26: Dance Fucker Dance (#86) 19:58: Bugging Out (#85) 20:38: War Never Changes (#84) 21:09: Illegal Firearms (#83) 21:46: King Leprekong (#82) 23:08: Dead or Alive, You're Coming with Me (#81) 24:10: Never The Bride (#80) 25:22: Nothing on TV (#79) 26:17: Bland, James Bland (#78) 26:43: Little Shop of Terrors (#77) 27:24: X Gon' Give it To Ya (#76) 29:09: Am I Going Insane (#75) 29:59: I Live... Again (#74) 31:33: Drop The Bass (#73) 32:09: The Clown is Down (#72) 33:41: Born Again (#71) 34:31: Grill Me (#70) 35:09: Failure To Discharge (#69) 36:39: When You Were Young (#68) 37:20: Quit While You're a Head (#67) 37:54: Shitty Situation (#66) 38:37: Twist and Shout (#65) 39:04: The Box Vol. 1 (#64) 39:40: The Box Vol. 2 (#63) 40:56: Family Vacation (#62) 42:24: Frog in Your Throat (#61) 42:55: Man on The Edge (#60) 43:20: Middle of The Road (#59) 43:55: Define Flilicide (#58) 44:45: Ready for My Close-Up (#57) 46:16: Road-Killed in Action (#56) 47:08: World Peace of Pizza (#55) 48:18: Good Night, Sweet Prince (#54) 49:04: Dead Man Driving (#53) 50:07: Try That Again, in English This Time (#52) 50:56: Everybody's Got a Price (#51) 51:33: Fallen Angel (#50) 52:40: Master, Master (#49) 53:37: Hell on Earth (#48) 53:59: The Grimm Dark Future (#47) 55:03: Come To Brazil (#46) 56:10: The Deadliest Game (#45) 57:02: Chick Magnet (#44) 58:12: A Sole for a Sole (#43) 58:54: Black as Night (#42) 1:00:02: King Nothing (#41) 1:01:22: Lost in Space (#40) 1:02:03: Reap What You Sow (#39) 1:02:51: Quaff The Raven (#38) 1:03:54: FBI, Open Up (#37) 1:04:55: Redneck Rampage (#36) 1:05:48: Gotta Go Fast (#35) 1:06:51: Riding Dirty (#34) 1:07:33: With Lips (#33) 1:08:23: D-D-D-D-D-Duel (#32) 1:09:29: Tired (#31) 1:10:19: Calypso on The Wire (#30) 1:10:57: Near Death Do Us Part (#29) 1:12:16: The Red and The Black (#28) 1:13:25: Twisted Sister (#27) 1:14:57: Fine as Hell (#26) 1:15:40: Anticlimax Averted (#25) 1:16:59: Morality Bites (#24) 1:17:56: Meeting of The Mind (#23) 1:18:47: I Believe I Can... Oops (#22) 1:19:23: Until I Put on The Mask (#21) 1:20:36: Preaching To The Choir (#20) 1:21:54: Space Cop (#19) 1:22:59: Let There Be Babes (#18) 1:23:56: The Other Side (#17) 1:24:51: Cut My Brian into Pieces (#16) 1:25:57: A Pound of Flesh (#15) 1:26:56: Trading Places (#14) 1:28:00: Here is The Soul of a Man (#13) 1:29:08: A Friend in Need (#12) 1:30:03: The Man Who Would Not Die (#11) 1:31:01: One Punch Man (#10) 1:31:54: I'm The Superbeast (#9) 1:32:52: The One Ring (#8) 1:33:34: Wake Me Up Inside (#7) 1:34:28: Go To Hell (#6) 1:35:22: Bald Man Blues (#5) 1:36:26: Under The Graveyard (#4) 1:37:32: Explosive Reunion (#3) 1:38:34: Mostly Armless (#2) 1:39:55: Sweet Victory (#1)
To be fair, ATV/Gene Ruttish, despite his lack of impact, has accomplished a pretty impressive milestone. He is the first ever character in Twisted Metal to drive a vehicle that somehow has even less armor than Mr. Grimm. P.S. Pretty cool how the comment section for this video still has daily activity.
Something I realised while watching TM1's lost endings is just how beautifully B-Movie style *BAD* Grimm's ending is. You can clearly see a guy's face through the helmet which they didn't even *TRY* to hide with lighting or make-up (Hell, The lighting's the reason you *CAN* see Grimm's actor's face.) And the arm, Oh lord, the ARM, It's just a Halloween skeleton decoration they ripped the arm off and put a leather glove on, Then waved in Calypso's general direction. The fact that he doesn't have a magical artefact or doesn't kill Calypso for his soul, And instead just ties him up and hauls him off on the back of his bike, While Calypso's consuming the scenery like it's a gourmet meal is icing on this beautiful disaster of a cake.
I really like endings like Mortimer's from Head On, actually. As fun as the graveyard humor of monkey's paw horseshit can be, sometimes, depending on the wish and the character making it, it can be a lot more satisfying for them to just get exactly what they want. Black was often great about this.
I like to think that Calypso isn’t always a mean spirited prick and will grant more mundane/personal wishes that don’t fuck up the laws of reality too much. Like I have an idea for a new character that’s basically a pilot that wants to wish back their downed plane. Calypso might twist the wish a bit by retrieving the plane’s broken carcass, which the pilot is content to fix up.
@@psyc8407 makes sense. Or he respects/fears Mortimer after how often he gets one up on him in his endings. "He just wants to go to sleep? Shit, he's doing me a favor."
4:45 Wish: “Crime free world.” Twist: Everybody is in prison. 6:15: Wish: “Become a rock star.” Twist: Turns into a starfish baking on a rock. 6:30 Wish: “Most powerful army in the history of war.” Twist: He gains control of the most powerful army from yesterday: the army he already had. 7:40 Wish: “I don’t want to be the only one on the planet with half a face.” Twist: Loses the top half of the half of the face he has left leaving him the only person with one quarter of a face on the planet. 8:30 Wish: “Wish his sister would shut up.” Twist:
8:30: I think that's the only time a wish didn't have a complete twist; it was just taken very literally. Or was the twist how literally Calypso took it?
Salutations._ooooSon of God is named Jesus, who died to forgive us of all wrong. His father's name is God. His father brought into existence all things.! Breathe air._oooo
In the original Axle ending for TM Black, he was actually seeking revenge on Sweet Tooth for killing his son. There's a bit of dialogue where Sweet Tooth sickeningly tells Axle that the boy screamed for his father as he was murdered.
Conceptually, that could be even scarier, despite cut content not counting for this list. It was unfinished, thus causing the placeholder voice acting to not be as good as it could have been. But if finalized, it would have been pretty screwed up. Bacon did end up talking about the deleted endings, so feel free to go to that video too.
On the whole "In the first game, Calypso seems to give most of the contestants what they want, but by 2012 is going out of his way to be a dick." thing, I think the retcon Grasshopper ending sort of implies even he isn't in full control of what happens when he grants a wish, since he was trying to coach his daughter's ghost on how to phrase her wish so it WOULDN'T backfire on her.
@@JohnWilliams-wl9px next Twisted Metal could be fucking fantastic if they do a redemption take on the premise of twisted Metal 4. Make 2012 Calypso actually be Mr. Ash (confirmed in universe to be Satan), and the start of the new game has Calypso return from wherever and take his tournament back over. Sort of an Elder Scrolls Arena "Jaeger Tharn" kind of thing.
Not to mention it isn't like Calypso could bring her back to life for the heck of it, she had to win in order for him to use his powers in such a way. So when she got upset and wished the accident didn't happen, he probably was only able to twist it so far for a "positive" end that he wanted. Hence the reason she is in a coma in some place probably far far away and secure from the Twisted Metal tourney.
@@salmon_wineit really could work too Have it be where Mr ash was trying to sabotage the tournament so he'd get Calypso back into hell, as there's starting to be diminishing returns on souls reaped in the tournament
I love Sweet Tooth's ending in Head-On, for the main reason that it shows Sweet Tooth that he isn't just a blindless killing machine, no it shows that he can be just as devious as Calypso if he wanted to. The way he figured out that Calypso's powers have set rules to follow, showing that he's been learning everything about him as the years go by. And as a bonus, if it's following Black lineage, that permanent fire on his head is gone, meaning he literally broke the curse too. Just by the sound of his ending, he enjoyed every moment of it.
The lost hammerhead ending is my favorite. Calypso is like "bro code trumps all" and, well, the first girl we see, at 1:23:18 is an easy 9/10. Like, that's some high quality midriff I'd enter a death race for.
TM:B Outlaw, shame it was only 69, was my favorite ending. If I remember, what changed after the time jump was that Stone had a clearer mind and could discern who he needed to kill without taking out the hostages, the irony is that without his aggression he accidentally let one person slip. I like to believe that at the cost of his life he saved the lives of the hostages, which I thought was pretty badass.
Either they used the same character model for both the guy Stone was going to kill and Calypso, or Calypso was the guy Stone was targeting in the first place. Maybe after the first time (when he killed the family by accident), Calypso got up and walked away while Stone was trying to end himself? This time around, he waited till Stone looked away and then when he looked back he shot him.
I'd wish for the "power to heal unjust injuries by transferring them to whoever inflicted them" . The backstory would be my best friend hospitalized by a drunk driver who got a slap on the wrist. The twist? As I reach for my friend, I collapse and start to develop the wounds of the bystanders caught in the crossfire of the Twisted Metal competition I drove in. Edit: If possible, I would also add that I'd like for TBP to name it "Due Unto Others" on a ranking, lol
On one hand, it would really suck if you were unable to control your power and it affected you, especially if it doesn't seem like it would be possible to twist your words into having that happen. On the other hand, I guess Calypso making it apply to you too would be fair, despite your intent. I'm that sort of person too; I hate bad deeds going unpunished, very much like Agent Stone in Black, but what would justice be if we punished the innocent in the crossfire?
Tbh i think a better twist is to persay have a family member or someone you love be turned insane and try to kill you all you can do is just sit and watch as your relative dies slowly.
I feel like a better and simpler alternative would be to have you get crushed to death, because you'd stepped on a bug moments after your wish had been granted; you'd never specified a species, after all.
In defense of General Warthog's ending in TM4, there are definitely a lot more toy soldiers out there than any other type of soldier. Gather them all up and they surely must be the greatest army, right?
disagree. Toy soldiers is the idea of a man who thinks being in a war or the army is all about just killing and taking. its the over the top stereotype of a soldier and some do exist. But true soldiers (the ones that get shit done) are calm, focused and level headed. I mean look at groups like the SAS they get shit done that some deem impossible or would take many soldiers to pull off. They are some of the best and brightest soldiers in the army. I mean as a Brit myself I look fondly upon the Ghurkhas because they are some of the best shooters in our entire army always winning tournaments and they have done things some deem just impossible or stupid to do. But they succeed because they keep themselves calm and train non stop, they know how to turn themselves off and focus on the moment and the task at hand and don't let emotions best them. There are real storied of them taking out powerful Terrorist members almost like it was nothing and even in ww2 a famous story of a Ghurkha who was the last man standing and fended off 100 German soldiers on his own. They are heavily respected and loved amongst our military. Nobody likes the toy soldiers
I think a much better twist for Outlaw 3's ending in TM3 would have been "Oh, you want a world without crime? Ok! Now NOTHING is illegal! Can't commit a crime if nothing is a crime!" That would have been a great mix of dark, hilarious and satisfying because it's a brilliant way to twist the wish's wording without being an ass pull.
I’d argue your not giving Mr. Grimm’s ending in the 2012 game enough credit. I think the twist of taking “send me back” to mean that I’m sending current, crazy scary looking you back in time is pretty clever. I’d assume what he had in mind was that he’d be that innocent little boy just with the knowledge he has now, which is why I think it works very well as a twist. Also, I think it’s some pretty good tragic storytelling. Mr. Grimm in that game traces all his mistakes back to when his father died, and thinks that if that could just be changed, his life would go better. But, in a way, his ending shows he can’t escape who he has become. He’s no longer the type of person who can save his father; he’s too far gone for even his younger self to spare him.
I feel like Orbital's wish in TM4 could've been improved if he simply stated 'I just want to be normal, I just want to be like everyone else' rather than clunkily state that he doesn't want to be the only one with half a face to illustrate what the monkey's paw wish would be. It would certainly make the twist a bit more satisfying in how Sweet Tooth twists the vagueness of his wish to mean that 'being like everyone else' could imply that everyone else is also like how he is. Just a thought.
Axel's ending in 2 really stood out in that Calypso granted the wish with no strings attached and he actually got what he wanted (despite an uncertain fate) unlike 90% of the other contestants where he either screwed them over or their own stupidity and greed did them in.
the line delivery on the lost Thumper ending is fucking hilarious to me _"i'm_ not the one who kidnapped your girlfriend. but as promised... she is here. :/"
21:53 In Micro Blast's "defense", he got turned into a statue, because he said he wanted his wish "for an eternity". So like Orbiter, it's about the character saying too much out of stupidity for the forced twist of the wish. This definitely doesn't change the ranking of the ending, just adding that detail.
That said, unlike Orbiter's wording, I can see where Microblast was going with that detail. He probably wanted to be immortal, he just didn't expect it would make him into stone.
To be fair, that could be justified by him wanting to avoid the potential loophole of the transformation not being permanent, though perhaps I'm giving too much credit to the writers of Twisted Metal 4.
I think the real tragedy of Warthog in head-on is that the very same youth that he was trying to save, thought were the victims and could save by shooting the bad guys, also formed part of the corruption he was trying to eradicate, showing how simpleminded his concept of good and evil was. Also like how in the original Hammerhead Lost Ending they blurred the cup to avoid any legal repercussions. And yes, I would like a slice of that peace-ah
3:29 Two things that could be done to fix the problem with the Custom Character ending In 4: - Have a list of generic wishes to pick up to In the customization menu. Something like "Money", "Power", "Revenge". It'd still be broad enough to play pretend as a player and generic enough to create a simple short ending. - Have a few custom voices to choose from, probably 2 male and 2 female ones. So the faceless character state the generic wish. I'm working with the limitations of what what a PS1 game could realistically do at the time.
Or make it so that just as the CAC says their wish, Calypso/Sweet Tooths Aid says they've already granted their wish, To be a part of the Twisted Metal Tournament.
I had no idea how far back and in depth this series went. I always saw this series as "that one game with the ice cream truck." This video has been a lot of fun learning about the characters and quirks of the older games. Great vid.
While I initially agree with where you put Bloody Mary's ending in this list due to execution, I dont think the concept is given enough credit. They tried to break the mould a bit by having the twist be that she's so broken that she'd never be happy with any man she's given anyway, and Calypso knew that so all he had to do was give her what she wanted for it to end up twisted. Like I said, poor execution but I still think the core idea has potential in other ways maybe
yeah good point kinda like its in her mind that he said that and maybe that he didnt actually say that. like they couldve made it more vague so you can pull that inerpretation from it more easily
I think the way it works is incredibly subtle. Think of it. Bloody Mary wants her true love. That's what she wishes for. Calypso did EXACTLY what she asked for. He got her her true love. Is it Calypso's fault that Bloody Mary is such a broken, impossible to please person that the only person that could possibly do it is someone who has been forcibly lobotomized to do whatever she asks? And Calypso probably left that little bit in him to say he'll never love her to point out the obvious fact she refused to consider, being so deranged that she thinks the police sirens sound like wedding bells, *your true love has no obligation to love you back.* You got your true love Mary. You got a man who will NEVER disobey you. And you got Preacher level confirmation that there is NO man who will love you Bloody Mary, you're insane. It's absolutely brutal, and fits pretty well with the fact that if we're talking about who is the most outright unfixably deranged in TM: Black, Bloody Mary takes the (wedding) cake. At least Preacher realized he was insane. Bloody Mary... she's completely gonzo at this point. Not a rational thought left about her wish.
@@harleymitchelly5542yeah, even the nameless dude in the ski mask has a sensible goal. and the guy with no sensory organs...yet Bloody Mary is just an insane vicious circle in of herself where she always goes after what she thinks she wants but it's impossible to really have because instead of working on herself she just obsesses over what's impossible for to really have because she just obsesses...over what's impossible for her to really have...because she obsesses...
I feel like the reason Calypso didn't give Mortimer's wish a twist in Head-On was because of the times Mortimer outplayed him, showing Calypso actually has a level of respect for him.
Honestly the Head-On ending for Sweet Tooth has me curious even beyond the "Calypso has to grant wishes even when he doesn't want to". Like, how do we even know that's the first time someone has done that? How do we know that all versions of Calypso we see aren't just someone else who won Twisted Metal, stole his body, and disposed of the last Calypso? Personally I think it's really cool viewing "Calypso" as a title more than a person, especially considering how varied his appearance has been between games. There could have been dozens of minds inhabiting that singular body over the span of the competition's history.
1:34:28 When I was a kid playing Twisted Metal 2, I had just beat the game with Minion and was watching his ending. My dad walked past and asked me, "Why is Satan wearing a beret?" I always imagined Minion with a beret ever since.
Hammerhead's is actually my favorite Small Brawl ending. He wasn't specific enough, and paid for it... he asked to be a rock star, and Calypso made him one: a 'pop' rock star. It amuses me because I know SO damned many music hipster snob types who would absolutely be mortified by having their wish monkey's pawed in such a way, and it's a bit more nuanced than the usual TM cruel twist ending.
Yeah, but the look he gets on stage(with his band mates) does not match a pop rock band from the era. Also pop rock bands tend to look like bands(they play instruments and such), even if they are "boy band-like" (like The Jonas Brothers or Hanson). I suppose that if they did this accurate though it would be confusing.
Sweet Tooth's *None Wish* in Twisted Metal Black was the best wish because he does the predictable after their is term limits on that wish. Awesome ending and made Sweet Tooth look golden
Also, it's clever when you go with the "Takes place in his head" theory. Like Sweet Tooth WANTS the fire to stop burning his scalp. But his WISH, is to keep killing.
"So driver, your wish is for an amazing franchise of games based on the twisted metal tournament? Your wish has been granted" Jump cut to a studio called calypso games producing a massively popular twisted metal game series. "With all of this data it shouldn't be hard finding skilled drivers any more... I am calypso and I thank you for playing twisted metal"
1:06:21 Fun Fact: in the original Jurassic Park, they actually used the sound of an elephant, a tiger, and an alligator, as well as the sound of a cinderblock being dragged across the ground, to create the sounds a T-rex make.
I really liked the Head On ending for Grasshopper, because I think it does a lot to show what kind of monster Calypso has become. The Grasshopper ending for 2 shows that he cares for his daughter and in Head On he invited her into the competition so that she could wish to be brought back to life, but the wish that she wanted would have lead to him never receiving his demonic powers. Calypso had an option to get back everything he had lost and instead chose selfishly for power. If you go Sweet Tooth's ending stating that he has to grant wishes, twisting the wish in the way that still caused the car accident, but instead of Krista dying she is left in a most likely permanent coma, being as good as dead.
Here's fixing the TM1 Spectre ending: Calypso brings Scott back to life but his family has moved on, quite reasonably believing he is dead, and think he's an impostor. He ends up arrested for harassing them and placed in a mental asylum for his 'belief' that he's the very obviously dead Scott Campbell. Also the TM4 Joneses ending was ALMOST decent. If they'd just been less specific and asked for a chauffeur, and then Sweet Tooth made himself the chauffeur to kill them, that would have worked. Them asking for Sweet Tooth specifically ruins it and just makes them too dumb to live.
Or a dumber and easier to film version : He got too excited to get back to his family, he gets into a vehicle accident, getting himself killed before meeting his family again.
I actually find it kinda funny how Twisted Metal: Black, the darkest and most horrific game in the franchise, is ironically the one that seems to pivot so much from how the wish is twisted. Most of the wishes either give them exactly what they wished for (No-Face, Cage, Billy Ray, Raven, Mr. Grimm) or they end up realizing by the time they win that what they want isn't what they needed (Needles, Dollface, arguably Charlie Kane's son; though the latter was by Calypso himself rather than the son's decision to let his father go willingly), with characters like Preacher, Bloody Mary, Agent Stone, and Axel either being their own downfall or still ending up with a bad end without some ironic twist added by Caplypso, with Black being probably the only exception--not counting Marcus Kane/Minion just not having an ending at all.
That's because Black was going for a different style of Monkey's paw. Pay closer attention to the endings and you'll find that the ones that payed out with zero consequences for the wisher were those that involved the murder of others, meaning that the price for Black's wishes is blood, be it someone else's or your own.
"I wish for the body of a twenty year old!" "Aight, here's one of the innocent bystanders that got domed by a mortar. I think he was twenty!" "What? No, I wanted MY body to be young again!" "You'll want to hide that, his family has been nosing around."
I am glad Grasshopper from TM2 rated so high. She was the first ending that came to mind, I remember being a kid and working so hard to get her ending because the boss 2-shotted her pretty much IIRC and then hating it because she died. Then I got more of the endings and realized that she at least took Calypso with her. I had no idea of her backstory or that their was a comic. Nice work on this!
Wait, i think i remember your channel from years ago. I remember this one animation where a boy and a girl met at a game store. Damn, the nostalgia is 1 hell of a drug
Nothing ever happens because before you can make anything you want to happen you're given a vision of tragedy because Calypso twists it no matter what it is so you're just haunted by never-ending nightmares.
"So driver, your wish is to play God of your own perfect little world where nothing bad can happen? Your wish is granted." Jump cut, you get your perfect life but outside of its boundaries people are suffering as for these wants to be perfectly pursued it costs alot from everyone else and because they are outside your vision or knowledge they will suffer eternaly "You should of known driver, every action has an equal but opposite reaction... but out of sight out of mind hehe? I am calypso and I thank you for playing twisted metal.
My favorite ending was from the very 1st Twisted Metal when the guys driving the monster truck wish for new tires for their truck. Calypso is all like, "you could have ANYTHING you wish for, why tires?" To which the guys reply, "those huge metal crusher tires cost a fortune! " They get their wish with no double cross, and it showed that a simple and honest wish could work out without a
The most heartbreaking part of Preacher's ending, to me at least, is that he could've come back from that. Like, at that baptism, he didn't have complete control over himself. There's a very charitable argument that he more or less blameless for what happened there, simply because he didn't have the mental stability to really stop himself. He could've have come back, but his religiousness, the fact that he identifies so much with being a preacher, and the fact that he's basically on the outskirts of society at this point, prevents him from finding a healthy solution that doesn't involve religious mania or...THAT. And then there's what I think really makes that ending, in spite of how small a detail he is; He doesn't take The Permanent Option right away. He tries to find other paths, he tries another way out, but because he's so absorbed in his religion and his wrongdoing that he basically can't function otherwise, and that keeps him tortured until it quite literally destroys them. In spite of the somewhat over-the-top presentation, at its core this is something horrible happening to someone, at arguably their most vulnerable state them trying to find a way out over and over and over again, and when that doesn't happen...like...that HAPPENS, man. ...Made myself sad. Stay safe out there, folks. Take care of each other.
#14 seems like it SHOULD have been twisted. "Switch places? Okay." and have them teleport so he's now standing and Sweet Tooth is now sitting. "There, we switched places, that was a boring wish."
I think a more reasonable one would be to switch bodies only temporarily (Say, 5 seconds or so). Needles never specified if it was permanent, you know.
Mr grimm in tm12 is one of my favourite endings in the series. I just really like how he realises that he definitely would have pulled the trigger if a dude just appears in the back seat of his car
Dude, I couldn’t even begin to imagine the effort that went into making this. I would have fainted more than half way through making the video (not saying I’m lazy, but having to rank over ONE HUNDRED ENDINGS from worst to best in ascending order would be daunting for anyone!) Bravo! Though my only gripe would be the #1 spot. I honestly thought Sweet Tooth’s ending from Small Brawl would take that spot. Yeah, we see him kill Calypso in the Black ending, but since Twisted 1, we know that anyone can take revenge and even kill him if they don’t make a wish and know what they’re doing. Now tying him to the front of a vehicle and giving him a taste of his own medicine while literally at the wheel? That’s comedy gold, cathartic and shows Sweet’s personality justly!
Don't forget that it was Calypso's fault that happened, since Sweet Tooth wanted a little ice cream and Calypso decided to just steal an ice cream truck, which I guess still had the keys inside and decide to let him go inside and decide what he wanted from it instead of giving him a thing of ice cream.
Apparently the problem with crimson fury's lost ending wasn't that they couldn't rent a vehicle (they didn't have a taxi for yellow jacket adn they made do) the problem was that the actor playing agent stone didn't show up to the recording session
The cab drivers kid story always stuck with me throughout the years. Cab driver gets clapped driving, boy doesn't want to lose his dad and does the robot control system to keep him alive. When he wins the reward (suppose to revive dad) the dad is put to rest and the kid gets adopted by Calypso
The funny thing about augers twisted metal 3 wish is that he didn't actually want people to see his inner child. The manual states he wanted revenge on the contestants for destroying his buildings. Why change it??
You see, I knew flower power had her ending changed from the manual, but I never even thought the same applied for Auger. I guess him getting revenge on the other contestants would have been a bit too tough to animate. Or perhaps the game was such a mess, and running so close to deadline given how short the dev window was, changes were still being made right up to deadline.
@@TBP I myself believed (for a long time) that there were 2 teams of writers that worked on the character bios and the endings, and neither team could agree on characterization of the competitors, hence why some character wishes don't align with their bios.
@@suzynenechek8817 Firestarter might have changed what he wanted, because if he blew up Calypso's blimp then he wouldn't be able to get his wish from winning the contest.
@@TBP I feel like Calypso could've just said "Your wish has been granted... but then again, you already granted it, yourself, didn't you? But I need to grant something, so I'll take revenge for you, on the last contestant." before killing Auger.
"I wish the twisted metal franchise would come back to life, with new games as good as black or 2012" Excellent video. I don't agree 100% with some of the spots on the list, but it's good to see new content talking about Twisted Metal.
@@renzoacu4522 keep in mind I said they would be re releases not even remakes or remasters they would be the exact same game as they were before but they would cost the same as modern day high end triple A games I went with the Rockstar/Bethesda route with twisting the new games wish
I always had a soft spot for Twister and Outlaw, but in 2, the fact that Outlaw rescues her brother by KNOWING it was gonna be a twist and was prepared gets it very high on my personal ratings. Then again, the only ones I played were 1 and 2, so... Cool to see the rest.
I think Sweet Tooths wish would make sense if he worded his wish wrong. Like he wanted to kill without being chased by the police, but then worded it as "I want to kill and hide amongst the insects!" I feel that would have worked, especially if you establish him repeatedly calling his victims "Virmin" or "insects"
No his ending is a direct reference to metamorphosis and series creator even state the e ding shows how no matter what Stweet Tooth cannot change his nature, his bloodlust overcomes his own wishes.
TM3's Outlaw ending is so dumb because police officers don't *just* act as law enforcement. They also help people who are in danger in emergency situations. Who do you call when someone is trapped in a burning building?
William "Calypso" Sparks, if not for his hobby of collecting dead animals and the accident that killed his sister in an attempt to crush a snake slithering on the sidewalk via the family car...
1:01:53, correct me if im wrong, but wasnt Carl's wish was to live in a world without the twisted metal tournament. It seems like calypso not only brought him to a world without the tournament, but also gave him the ability to LIVE in that world.
I never really understood that ending. Did the kid actually go into a portal? Or die? I can't imagine it would be too dark cause the game was intended for a lighter audience. I always though he got trapped underground under the hill the box was on or something like that...
@@dr.pepperphdindeliciousnes1396 i think its pretty clear its just a bunch decoration in the box itself, not some portal. After all, billy doesn't have the magic power his adult counterpart does. He just an infinite supply of cash to be able to afford rockets and a sound system so powerful it launches people out of the state
@@momomoore379 I think you might be right about Grimm's ending. That makes sense compared to most of the other explanations I've seen. I wish small brawl had more development time or was on the PS2, like it was originally intended to be, so they could've done more with it. It's not a bad game but it had so much more potential.
Something I noticed is that MOST of the time (exceptions obviously) if you're w8sh involves death and destruction to others, Calypso will grant it with less of a punishment/twist compared to the more purehearted or badly phrased wishes. Example, if a mass serial killer wished to serve Calypso, I see him less likely to turn the character into a permanent bartender.
I always thought that Needles in 2 turned into a bug for the sake of being stealthy and hidden away from the public eye, considering he's still got some sharp shit on him that can easily affect a human under the right circumstances. Also, it's funny due to his bio stating something about "when I win this contest, I won't be too far from you", which kind of makes sense in bug context-
I feel like the custom character ending should've been determined by having an option list for some generic wishes like money or true love and make 4 or 5 lazy endings
@@gaugemogle0779 If that does happen. I'll create a female anti-heroine CaC whose wish is revenge on Calypso and for him to go back to hell for all the innocents who died in the Twisted Metal Tournament either via other contestants or Calypso turning their wishes on them with the twist being that she gets her revenge and gets sent to hell with him but for another twist is she accepts going to hell as she knew that by competing in this tournament and wishing for Calypso to get what she deserves she'd effectively damned her soul to hell but she's fine with it as long as Calypso gets what he deserves.
@@gaugemogle0779 My custom heroine's vehicle would be either a bike(Yes I loved Mr. Grimm), or Shadow(Seriously that was a awesome vehicle and the exploding coffins or soul bombs was a cool special)
I had a friend who was obsessed with these endings. Before the time of UA-cam, he would consistently beat the game just to watch the endings. Because of his passion, I started being pretty drawn into the “mythos”.
The Twisted Metal lore was never bet to be connected which is why it is inconsistent. But we never need for each games to be connected for us to enjoy the game.
Twisted metal was basically Overwatch with cars and honestly it has bigger potential now than it did then. If the game out now with modern graphics and engine it could be monumental.
I think Auger’s ending from TM3 would be a bit more clever if Calypso turned him into an old man (Calypso should’ve relied on this phrase, “once a man, twice a child” to twist the wish) since it would mean that he would revert to his “inner child”. But then again, that ending wouldn’t make sense either if it has nothing to do with his bio.
I literally grew up with this series and still play it to this very day. Axel's TM2 ending always stood out to me for sure if only I knew people that played it too miss playing coop with folks. I'd say you're choices were pretty good ones honestly.
yes. then he pulled the "violence against women" card completely ignoring what just happened five seconds ago. the reasoning for some of these is kinda weird. also complaining about how Thumper's was tone deaf resembled the controversy about the black power ranger being black. it probably didn't even cross their minds when writing it.
@@howaboutsomesoyfood I was just going to comment about him mentioning that whole violence against women thing, I never understood why people often have this attitude where women should be barred from violence in media but it's perfectly okay for them to be violent against others themselves in media. Just as long as no one is harming or killing them...Make zero F sense. If you asked any of these people why is violence against women worse than violence against a man in media. They wouldn't even have a logical answer for it.
@Matthew Lyman to me the difference seemed to be how Pit Viper was doing something right trying to kill Calypso and her death was shown to be serious while Thumper was shown being a asshole and her death was played for laughs
Twisted metal 2 Calypso voice actor is really the best one there is. For me his voice alone describes the character so well that it was insane. I remember recording the endings on the VHS along side the profiles and then watching it over and over until I could recite almost all the endings lol. The TM2 intro is still by far my favorite into of ever ^^.
Yup, I used to do that shit too. Felt like a bona fide cinematic genius because I spliced together all the cut scenes from the first three Halo games, lmao.
@@SatoshiKong For me it was both from desire and necessity as at the time I was lending the playstation rather that have my own so I would spend that weekend or week playing and recording, and then the times of between watching over and over again 🤣
Bro, I played twisted metal ONCE age 8 on a ps3 and have never once looked into it beyond that. For some reason my YT feed is FILLED with your twisted metal videos, it’s bizarre, not complaining tho
Join The Bacon Brigade Today, and get unique perks like early access, and a private Discord server.
👉👉👉 www.patreon.com/tacticalbaconproductions 👈👈👈
The patreon page is still under construction, and I'm still waiting on somebody with some new channel assets, and I will be experimenting with what perks are good and which ones aren't. So join me on this journey.
You forgot the ending of Twisted Metal PS3 *The True Ending* Where the girl becomes the clown and you get to see brimstone locked in hell
That's not a character ending, that's the game epilogue.
@@TBP I think still worth mentioning but its your video great video by the way
I just recognize how superblus twisted metal
ends are and...... grim reaper chan will make
an bitching Sweet anime or manga
twisted metal ps3 also had a deleted
ending where Calypso thank you
for twisted playing metal ending.
they have it on the behind the scenes of the game.
"I wish for there to be no more crime."
"lol okay *makes it so that no laws exist anywhere on Earth, thus there's no crime because everything's technically legal*"
There, I fixed the Outlaw's original 3 ending.
Omg, I commented the same thing 😂
And now Outlaw doesn't have to stop Calypso since he's not doing anything against the rules, although he'd probably have to find a different driver to replace Outlaw for his next tournament.
on three Calypso just didn't give
a damn.
he gave all a bad ending.😈
Thats good
Alternatively, Facist Dystopia. Or better yet, Post Apocolipse after a Facistic Dystopia. Nobody can commit crime if everyone is DEAD! The old JUDGE DEATH philosophy.... God I hope someone else here reads Judge Dredd.
I have noticed that Calypso tends to monkey paw wishes to the detriment of the winner... but when the winner is a victim of abuse, he tends to monkey paw their wishes to the ABUSER'S detriment. Almost like he still has an inner morality that makes him go "I can excuse global annihilation, but mistreatment of your family and employees is too much even for me". Idk, I find it interesting
Presumably due to his regret as a failure as a father?
@Skeleton Buying Pealts well in the comics he admits his greatest failures are the death of his family.
“I can excuse racism, but playing Twisted Metal 3 is too much even for me” lol
Honestly I think it’s just a value of power the abuser of power which is fairly standard in twisted metal often dreams of big things and often fall to their folly in the wish itself, the victim of abuse simply wants retribution or freedom which is a goal that everyone should always strive to maintain , which could explain why he is fine with someone wishing for babes, it’s a simple wish for desperate people, the abusers often wish for grand complex things
This is pretty in character specially for Tm2 Calypso
(Which is for me,the best version of him)
I came up with a stupid wish when I was young for an early TM game.
“I wish for a bottomless drink!”
The winner gets the drink but sets it down somewhere and forgets about it, it tips over and slowly floods the Earth.
That could be the intended twist that Calypso has for the wish, but then reverse double twist. You tip it over in the middle of the California desert, or the Sahara desert, and boom. Instant drought ender.
Depends on the drink, it could be full of sport drink/ Brawndo and could worsen droughts and famines.
Well then you can just distill it
That's Frigging Genius!
yes. YES. this sounds like a great TM3 ending for some water based character.
"So Hydro. your wish is for the ultimate thirst quencher? your wish is granted"
Here's my rewrite of Granny Dread's ending
Calypso: "Granny Dread! Congratulations on winning the Twisted Metal tournament. Now for your prize, what is your-"
*Calypso is cut off as he's hit across the face with a cane.*
GD: "I didn't come here for no sassafrassin' wish! I came here to teach you some manners young man! I mean, just where do you get off trickin' people like that? Y'know back in my day when we told people they won a prize we damn well gave it to 'em..."
*Calypso's guards watch in fear as Granny Dread beats down Calypso.*
GD: "And don't make me have to come back here again, am I clear?"
Calypso: "Y-Yes, of course madam. It won't happen again..."
GD: "Hmph..."
*Granny Dread speeds off, leaving Calypso on the ground dazed.*
Calypso: "I am Calypso.... and I thank you for playing... Twisted Metal..."
Sadly that would have been too creative for TM3. Maybe more akin to a TM2 ending.
This sounds more like a Twisted Metal Head-On ending lol. Way more creative than what we actually got
Man's got the confidence slapped out of him😂
Love it, it's funny and definitely in character, good job
I actually hear his voice while reading this. XD
I think the one where they wish for "babes" works because Kalypso's actor, spreads his arms, doesn't flinch, and just yells, "DONE!" With obvious amusement in his voice.
17:41
yes
I'm more surprised there's no twist, as I thought the babes were gonna turn out to be succubi and kill the drivers off screen
Let there be babes, at long last let there be babes.
@@bbletsplays1130 Calypso probably sent his nastiest ho's, ridden with STD's for the poor lads lol
>Sweet Tooth can withstand having his head on fire forever
>Sweet Tooth cannot withstand having dental work done
Ok
Man has priorities
too be fair ps1 interpretations of Needles are terrible, imo, and 3 being the first one to not be made by the og team and company, with 4 and small brawl being better of the ps1 era. black is where the character really got good
@@TorraShinjiro17Hahaha. I see what you did there
@@booneshow1863 now that he is free , he's going to be the greatest of all time .
Head on fire us enjoyable from time to time. But all those drills and shit in your mouth? Yeesh! No thank you!
I think General Warthog's ending makes sense. He wants to lead the greatest army. So the greatest army would be that of a toy army as they're controlled by your imagination, meaning that the army can't possibly lose if whoever is playing with them simply doesn't want them to lose. Might be a stretch but that's my take on that
You fixed it
Not sure they actually thought that
hey pigpen your content is good :3
Tbh. I agree with you. Its more clever than bacon gave it credit for
Hey Pigpen, love your videos.
But then it’s not up to the generals imagination but to the child’s. That child can just forget about the toy or have them lose one day if he wants.
bro I can't believe they got the guys who make the bowling alley animations to make the endings for TM3 and 4
I can’t get this out of my head
I can't believe Melvin's voice actor is Jon St. John.
Duke Nukem!
I think calypso loves to give the most simple wishes and let’s those wishes actually come true because he respects the simple joys of life.
He also gives sweet tooth exactly what he wishes for in almost every single game so I think even though sweet tooth may confuse and anger him with some of his wishes calypso has some respect along with fear so he won't risk screwing over sweet tooth
@GripesReality212 yeah sounds about right
I think he has a lot of respect for rational people who know that resurrecting a loved one or getting superpowers probably isn’t the best idea. He’s been dealing with those idiots so often that getting someone else must be refreshing. I would also like to point to Dollface’s ending in Black. Calypso knew what she truly wanted, and created a scenario where she could get it within the confines of her original wish. What a guy.
Calypso definitely prefers to grant wishes to people that deserve their wish. It seems he hates these kind of wishes:
-Superfluous or selfish, Whittlebones tower and rebirth, Amanda wats need for speed, and Capt Rogers appearance.
-waste of time, practically all of twisted metal 3.
-cruelty, the scientist and axel (head on), Needles in black and 2012, need I say more.
I think the reason why Minion in Black doesn't have an ending is because if he does win, he gets discovered by Needles, and Marcus gets erased by Needles
Wait needles is a cop???
No, Marcus and Needles share the same body; so if Needles becomes aware that Marcus is Minion, in Twisted Metal Black, then Needles erases Marcus's consciousness from existing.
I think they originally wanted to give him an ending, but they programmed minion in as an afterthought of "well our other games had secret characters, so this one should have one", so he was a very last minute addition. That's why he doesn't have any custcenes or voicelines, and the idea of making his loadscreen tips a code was also because they didn't have a voice actor.
Personally, I think it's the opposite. If Minion wins, Needles gets repressed, Marcus wakes up and everything cuts to black. Like he's waking up from a nightmare.
It would’ve been a cool showdown. Calypso would be the intermediate between the two and bring them together. Calypso and say let’s see who wins and then it cut the black. Which is fitting since that’s the name of the game. lol
I forgot how GOOD Sweet Tooth's VA was in Black.
"Let's face it boys and girls. A man has to have his priorities." The matter of fact way he says it is what truly elevates it and only confirms that it truly was a 10 second decision.
On Bloody Mary's ending: Any chance the guy didn't actually say he could never love her, but instead it's a play on paranoia, and believing that it's something he _would_ say, instead? Maybe she finally got what she wanted, but had become too mentally damaged to accept it?
That would be an interesting idea,
Here’s my take on the ending. Calypso promised her that she would find her true love, not a man who would love her. Every time she thought she found happiness, she committed acts of violence. Even after winning Twisted Metal the pattern repeats and she’s like “I’m gonna kill every man until I find the right one!” Well maybe her true love has been with her the whole time. Her true love is not a who, but a what! Whether she knows it or not, Calypso did indeed give her her true love, violence.
@@HarbingerOfBattlethat's basically what I've always understood of her ending. She fell in true love - with the act of killing men.
Imagine if Calypso ripped off his clothes and revealed a tuxedo revealing he is the true love she has been looking for lol
@@HarmonySword as a kid, my friend and I both were anticipating exactly that before we won her ending haha.
I feel like it’s important to note that Auger and Granny Dread both show the desire to end the contest in their bios, but wish for something unrelated in the ending
Well Granny can make sense since her bio also say she just wants to watch TV to. So we can reasonably assume that she thought that her wish would prevent twisted metal from interrupting her shows
Thats what sucks about tm3, its actually my favorite to play because i love the graphic design of it (i think it looks better than two and is just more fun to play) but the put 0 effort in making good story building. Like how, how, HOW did they fuck it up so bad that they didnt even continue the stories they started in the game?
@@chipmcdip8629 agreed, the visuals were pretty clean (for the time) and I felt the cars were the easiest to control. Also probably because I was kid it was the only one I could beat so I had some good memories of trying to get every single ending.
"I want for people to stop destroying my buildings!"
"So you wish for people to see your inner child?"
"NO! THAT'S NOT WHAT I-"
"LOL, too late, WISH GRANTED!"
I forgot about that, wasn't Auger just sick of rebuilding everything every year?
Considering how we already have multiple endings where Needles and Marcus exist as multiple meta entities, one way of making an ending with a custom character is have Calypso congratulate the player directly, and ask them for their wish, but after a pause go on a monologue about the person he's _addressing_ doesn't exist in his world, and the one he's talking to is merely a puppet that will stop existing as soon as the player stops playing, and how he already fulfilled the player's wish of joining the Twisted Metal tournament, with the twist being that the OC was someone Calypso kidnapped and brainwashed to do the player's biding, so at the end the player accomplished nothing, destroyed the dreams and lives of the other competitors, and essentially killed an innocent person just so they could pretend to interact with the Twisted Metal verse for a few hours.
"Thank you for playing Twisted Metal!", video feeds cuts off, "NO SIGNAL" screen, the end.
Ah, ok then. So the oc ending is simply guilt. Good to know! Also I like how you had Needles/Marcus and Calypso as the factors that come into play.
@@somebodyfamiliar6476
Hey, sometimes you need to kick the player in the balls to keep them interested, y'know?
And yeah, Marcus thinking it's all a dream, and him believing the player is influencing his actions (Someone _is,_ but it's actually Needles, not us) inspired this idea.
Not gonna lie, that would have been awesome
@@JoobyMcGee
It really sucks that TM4 is just a blatant piece of brand extension, because the idea of Sweet Tooth taking over the tournament is great in paper, the problem is the execution.
@@yocapo32 I gotta be honest I've played almost every twisted metal game with the exception of small brawl and 3 And you know what twisted metal 4 is not my least favorite, my least favorite is the PS3 reboot because I feel like it did more wrong in the face of twisted metal then twisted metal 4 did, Only 4 playable characters one of which doesn't even have a story mode, The fact that any character can drive any vehicle removing any uniqueness between drivers and vehicles and any personality, Having multiple different game modes that you're forced to play to beat the story, Having racing being one of those game modes because racing with twisted metal controls does not work properly And although it may be a bit childish to say this one of the worst things I think the game did was remove Cheat codes, I would not be a fan of twisted metal if they didn't have cheat codes Because I was not good at video games when I was younger so I would have hated twist metal if it didn't have cheat codes And not to mention the game feels slightly soulless, It has the feeling of one of those xbox live games that go live for like a few months and then just dies and no one ever talks about it again Oh yeah and the game focused way too hard on online in my opinion And while twisted metal 4 might have been definitely not a good game and is my 2nd least favorite It at least had some good ideas, good ideas that were executed poorly but still good ideas, Like a character creator, Calypso being a playable character, sweet tooth taking over the contest and some honestly really cool looking stages, nonsensical but cool, I will say I do not like how every single stage has a boss fight though
1:24:51 #16
I kinda wish for a Monkey's Paw twist for Cage is that Calypso successfully removes the part of his brain that makes him feel guilt from his murders... which was also the part that allowed him to derive pleasure from his murders, too. In fact, he's left an empty, emotionless husk. He still kills people, but not out of pleasure or the thrill of it, merely out of pure logic.
At least he got rid of his guilt, though.
What would have been required for the complete removal of guilt would have been the removal of the amygdala, which is pretty important for emotions in general.
I love that idea but it wouldn’t work in Black. I feel like since it’s in Needles’ mind, he would never do that and would instead give a ruthless killer the chance to be the ultimate killer (just behind Sweet Tooth though, oc)
But like I said I love that idea and I think that would be great for literally any other Twisted Metal game
As someone who also liked No-Face in Black, take another look (or a first look) in the manual for Black. Its themed as a journal written by Frank leading up to, and during the first few days of the tournament. Great stuff, honestly. Hauntingly well written, especially the part where he describes the other drivers and his own mindset on things.
I know, I miss game manuals so much, it's not just teaching you how to play the game or set up your console, but it has potential to fill in extra lore for players that are playing the game.
They also lampshade how he somehow manages to drive (and write no less!) even though he doesn't have eyes. I thought that was cute.
@@RvBnerd618the former boxer's muscle memory due to his many waiver/contract signings
I've read the Manual and I actually didn't know It was Frank's Journal
spectre's ending in black could've worked if instead of no man being able to love her, it's revealed that they *did* love her but her insecurities caused her to *feel* unloved. she'd be given a man who physically couldn't *not* love her, but she'd feel as if he was lying to her and seeing another woman because she's too scared of rejection and therefore subconsciously constructs the narrative that they don't love her. paranoid schizophrenia often leads to effects like this, albeit with less violent results.
I took it as she wished for the love of her life but it turns out the love of her life was as shallow as her
@@Handlelesswithme that's a good interpretation!
I like your idea it's very creative but to defend the OG ending I think it's wonderful because even with a zombified Lobotomized man literally made for her to be loved even HE couldn't stand to be with her. It's like even your perfect man thinks you're an insufferable psycho lady go somewhere.
Plus the delivery and anticipation of him speaking all for him to say " never love you " was peak too.
He was the love of her life, but he didn't reciprocate those feelings, the ending makes sense to me I don't know why this was overlooked
It turns out, the love of her life is killing.
Calypso in the whole Twisted Metal series is the literal definition of "doing a little bit of trolling"
It's like the one picture of the nuke above the door frame
yeah like there's no ulterior motive or grand scheme for running these tournaments he's just doing the entire thing purely for shits and giggles
I have a personal fondness for Twisted Metal Black's version of Dollface's ending.
It's certainly not the only time, but it's one of the rare times when Callipso goes above and beyond for the wisher, to their benefit. He actually grants BOTH of Dollface's wishes- the one she initially says for her mask's key, but also her own subconscious wish of getting revenge that even she wasn't aware of initially. It's an act of malicious kindness that lets her character growth really blossom, culminating in her actually realizing she's happy with who she is right now. AND the twist even retains the monkey's paw elements, but leaves the backlash on someone that actually deserved it.
It might not be the absolute strongest character arc, but it's done very satisfyingly, making it one of my favorite stories in the series.
I played as Dollface the most, so that was the only ending I fully remembered and felt good about lol
It's similar to Mr. Grimm's ending, Calypso gives him everything on a silver platter. It's probably because Calypso is the ego of Sweettooth, sharing the experiences of Needles and Marcus, this experiencing both of their traumas. Mr Grimm is what it's like for Marcus to be stuck while Needles is in control. Dollface is the experiences that made Needles come to exist. But they are both pains that all three characters feel; cuz it's all in Sweettooth's head.
Calypso gets vicarious satisfaction from those endings just like Needles and Marcus, you know he's gonna milk it and make it as good as he can.
Dollface was one of my favorite characters in the franchise. It's e shame what they did to her character in The PS3 version.
I completely agree. I loved the character design and concept of Dollface and her ending was so perfect. He down plays it for being just another revenge story but a revenge story came in top 4 with NoFace. Dollface was incredible, took revenge on her abuser and accepted herself for who she is now in all her broken glory and then drive away in a giant blacked out semi of death. She deserves her own comic series
Bravo,that's actually really damn well thought out.
If i win Twisted Metal and go face-to-face with Calypso you bet your ass im wishing to bring back evetyone whos died during the tournament so we can do it all again next year.
Calypso likes the way you think so he doesn't twist it, but Mr.Grimm hunts you down for stealing souls from him.
"So driver... your wish is to bring back all the other contestants for a grand twisted metal event?" Evil calypso laughter "finally, a wish I can get behind, your wish is granted... although I could use help planning for such a large event, what do you say driver? Up for a co-host position?"
@PRESIDENT_LEMON hell yeah, that'd be sick
@@PRESIDENT_LEMON If they ever bring back the create a car/driver feature, that could absolutely work for their ending.
After all, you, the player, DO want to play again, right?
@@PRESIDENT_LEMON"You can be next year's final boss."
Sweett tooth’s ending in part 2 is about him wanting a simple life where he didn’t have to kill people. Yet when he becomes a bug, he realizes that killing is just what he does best and that he can’t change that about himself. It’s a weird ending, but it took me over 20 years to understand it.
Oh shit
But then, Black just did that but better. Once a life without killing was put before him, He went right back to murdering everything around him in seconds. "A man's got to have his priorities." after all.
To be honest, Despite being the face of the franchise since day one, They *REALLY* didn't know what to do with Sweet tooth up until they started to really play into the split personality with Marcus, Starting with Black and doubling down on it in Head on.
Sounds Interesting,only the way it's told is a little weird
@@acemcwolf5445 honestly true; but god I just want more of that Twisted Metal 1, live action Sweettooth from the cut ending. "Oh man!" lmao
then it happened again on 3.
Agent Sephard's ending is actually a well-written ending, since it is stated that Calypso gets his power from the winner wishing for something, therefore if you chose to ignore it he is powerless.
Taking that in consideration, and Grasshopper and Sweet Tooth's ending for that matter, it makes the ending to Outlaw 3 even more depressing/facepalm worthy:
As long as the wish isn't affecting him directly, Calypso can warp any wish in any way he desires (if he wants to); the brother was in the right about shooting Calypso, as he already knows that simply wishing the contest away won't happen (he tried that and got sent to space that time), but as long as you don't attempt to make a wish at the moment, he's actually vulnerable.
The sister acted stupid at the worst of times, but also it was the brother's fault for not discussing what to do after winning Twisted Metal. Tragic.
@@AtmanRyu Didn't they have a year in between Twisted Metal tournaments? You'd think they would have come up with a solid plan within those 365. And this is from the sister who modded her car to fly in space, which meant she is one of the few who actually outsmarted Calypso. And then she goes and gets dumb.
Though... maybe that was Calypso's payback on the sister? She outsmarts him, so he makes her dumber? Dunno. But she was the one who suffered.
And I love how Shepard seemed to almost be tempted to make use of Calypso's power but had to remind himself that he couldn't trust him. It had a surprising amount of tension for the series. Even in Sweet Tooth's Black ending we knew he was gonna take a different kind of blood. Yet Agent Shepard gave us some uncertainty for a moment and it ended with Calypso hinting that it wouldn't be the end of it. It caused a good amount of intrigue that I kinda wish was expanded on.
That's why I love Agent Shepard, due to being one of the few people to stop Calypso
Honestly, the weirdest part of The Joneses in TM4 is that they were smart enough to be extremely specific with the wish (down to mentioning the specific brands and addendums)… but were stupid enough that they thought that traveling in said RV with Sweet Tooth behind the wheel was a good idea
The specificness of their wish may not have been a matter of intelligence or genre savviness, so much as them being _very_ picky with what they want. Anyone's who worked in retail can relate, I'm sure.
i honestly really like they ending, they get they wish but they are so annoying that sweet tooth would rather take his own life than continue wiht that nonesense, and i also think that its hilarious
I played tw black so I see how psycho sweet tooth is he cares more about killing then his pain and kills calypso why do the joneses what him as there driver why
I mean he is a pretty good driver just not in the way you like
The joneses was like my absolute favorite back in the day, their wish was smart however having sweet tooth involved was their downfall literally
The one thing that confuses me about Auger's ending in TM3 is that I recall his bio explaining he was tired of seeing the buildings he worked on get destroyed in the tournament, so he joined in hopes to put an end to it. How the hell is that synonymous with everyone seeing his inner child? Couldn't he just ask Calypso to make his buildings indestructible or something?
Or his buildings are barely taller than him
"Your wish is for people to see your inner child?"
"I didn't say anything, I just got here, what? I want you to move the contest so my buildings-"
"Your wish is granted"
Auger screams and becomes a baby
An idea for an ending I've got: A scrawny weakling who's been pushed around his whole life asks Calypso for the body of a pro wrestler, so he can finally stand up for himself. With professional wrestlers coming in every shape and size, Calypso has the full gamut of human size to play with. But I'd say give him the body of the heaviest wrestler in history, Happy Humphrey, at 800lbs.
"I know just who you can have the body of. A man from the annals of history, a living legend in his own time, who sat atop the record books."
And for abject cruelty's sake, have him almost immediately die of cardiac arrest. "Perhaps you should have been more specific!"
I like the idea, but what if rather then almost immediately dying of it. After the wish it cuts to him about to stand up to who ever, (let's say bullies), and looks like he about to beat the shit out of them, before clutching his heart and falling over dead from cardiac arrest. Leaving to the calypso line.
Honestly, “The Body of a Pro Wrestler” seems like it’d be twisted just by leaving him with a wrestler’s corpse. Queue the police showing up to arrest him for murder.
@@khristian625 Sure, but that's kinda re-treading Warthog's ending in 2. Ask for the head next year.
@@NEEDbacon Not… really. Warthog in 2 at least got attached to the body. In this proposed ending, the winner would just be found near a dead person. It’s twisting the word body again, but in a different way. If anything the original proposal is more like Warthog in 2 because the end result is “My body isn’t what I want.” If we were to keep the original premise of “you didn’t specify the wrestler” it’d be less contingent on the player knowing about wrestling to give the nerd the body of a sumo wrestler rather than this one specific 800 lb guy
@@khristian625 I suppose getting that specific would lose 99% of people, yeah. The sumo wrestler twist is a perfect workaround though.
"The soul of the first one dead" sounds like it was Captain Grimm's attempt to trick Sweet Tooth. Since he's already dead he can't be killed in a sword fight. It backfires though.
Yep and all because Captain Grimm didn't take his bird off of his shoulder before the sword fight.
The Outlaw ending in Black follows the fact that he was so eager to take down the bad guys that he just fired without really caring who he hit, with the result being that he got the bad guy and killed the family too. So he wishes to go back to do it again and not miss a single shot.
Also, fun note, the terrorist who shoots Stone is one of the same cell that our amnesiac Roadkill had infiltrated.
Came here just to say that. Thank you for putting that Clarification up. Outlaw was always my favorite.
It's important to note that the Lost Ending equivalent mentioned that his family died to extreme racists as well, possibly even the same cult he was sent to apprehend. Either way, his wish was the most noble. Even the most innocent of competitors would have to kill a lot of people to get what they wanted. Outlaw wanted to go back in time to save a family, which doing so would get his life back on track. While that's still a halfway personal reason, his wish meant that in the new timeline he wouldn't even join the competition and thus not even kill a innocents. It's like Grimm's 2012 ending where he wants to fix his own life to avoid ruining others'.
I thought it was meant to imply the guy he shot was Calypso that’s how he lived
Cause we know calypso lived. You even see that his left eye is covered up until the ending
The guy he shot was Calypso noticed their eye was sunken in afterwards just like Calypso
Yea the first time it is unclear if it is a terrorist or calypso without the left eye but the second time it was definitely calypso considering the eye meaning he was either the terrorist the whole time or he replaced the terrorist during the wish which is why he lived and could kill stone but either way I personally think its a better ending than it got ranked
Wishing for Calypso's babes is brilliant, and hats off to Calypso for granting that wish like a proud uncle.
I actually really liked Spectre's ending from Black. I don't remember how she phrased her wish but it's a blunt and kind of grim reminder that you can't force someone else to love you, no matter how much you love them. She found a man she instantly fell in love with, he doesn't love her back. Seems like a good subversion.
drag queen -if RuPaul was in
twisted metal.
But...like her wish was to be loved by him. And he doesnt love her....thats not a subversion in any way whatsoever.
Its like wishing for a pencil, then getting a typed and laminated essay on economics. Makes no sense, and there is no subversion.
She’s a femcel. If specter was a man in Black, it would be a hated ending
Calypso on 3:you get a bad ending
you get a bad ending hey you get a
bad ending.
no wonder sweet tooth threw em
out the window on 4 cause what he did on 3.
The hell, michigan joke goes so much deeper than people realize. They 100% embrace that joke. In fact, it's almost a tourism thing (in the fact it effectively *is*.) It's actually a pretty neat little town.
They actually had a big festival on June 6th, 2006, or 6/6/6
And jinx the cat became mayor there!
Can buy your own little plot of Hell too. When I visit family, I always try to swing by and grab food and just enjoy the novelty.
Their cop cars literally say "Crime doesn't have a chance in Hell" on the doors
There's also a hell, cayman island who got their name from an incredibly unique rock formation. Lots of merch, tried rum there when I was 14, knocked me on my ass
At first I was on board with Minion’s lack of ending in Black being lame, but I just watched your TM:Black series of videos and I think it helped me recontextualize it a bit. You make the point a lot that Needles and Marcus Kane are both warring sides of Sweet Tooth’s psyche, and that Black is a representation of the world/contest through Needles’s mind. So I present the idea that when Minion wins the contest, it’s symbolic of Marcus prevailing over Needles, and thus that world, and by extension the game itself, ceases to exist.
I think sweet tooth ending in black would be even better if he drank the vial then killed Calypso, igniting the flame immediately. Getting the same point across while explaining why Calypso didn't see it coming when sweet tooth just kills him
That would've worked too, but I think the existing ending underlines Sweet Tooth's character even better. He's not a trickster, he's about as straightforward as you can get. He sees Calypso's solution as a downright insult and doesn't even consider drinking it.
I remember a long time ago, I read a fanfic of different endings for Twisted Metal 3. It had things like Auger wishing his buildings would never be harmed during the Twisted Metal tournament. Eventually, he had buildings in every city on Earth, becoming phenomenally wealthy and forcing Calypso to set up his tournament in outer space. Thumper's ending was telling Calypso to close his eyes. It turns out Thumper made a deal with Outlaw's drivers to have his criminal record expunged, correctly deducing that Calypso would manipulate the wish, and Outlaw would be honorable. Needles just wished to kill people. Mr. Grimm kamikazed Calypso to get his soul. In Flower Power's ending, the remaining humans rip her apart in fury that she destroyed their homes and clothing. They were really well done endings that fit the characters perfectly. Shows how little the actual developers cared about things like plot or story.
Speaking of fanfics, there's a concept for a potential Twisted Metal Black type game called Twisted Metal Jailbreak. As per my implication, yes, it's unofficial and made by a fan. Each character profile has ideas for intros, interludes and epilogues. A few of the endings are pretty much endings from the game series, like how Mr. Grimm had a similar fate to Sweet Tooth 2012, but when Jc013 makes a clever twist, he REALLY makes a clever twist. And he even throws in some "benevolent Calypso" moments. One of the endings is an SA victim getting revenge on her monster, another is someone wishing to be undefeatable, only being killed by a piece of debris. Definitely better than TM3's endings.
David Jaffe has said that he knew some of the guys from 989 San Diego who made TM3 and 4 and he could tell they really didn't get Twisted Metal or what made it's lore work. All they really understood was 'Be careful what you wish for because Calypso will likely screw you over,' so they just relied on that without any kind of subtlety or cleverness. They were also lacking in ideas and obviously unwilling to go to the darker edges of humanity for inspiration. That's part of why Black is the apex of the series because it really puts the spotlight on how unhinged and desperate someone has to be to think that participating in Twisted Metal to get what they want is a good idea.
@@Anomaly188 Notice how the desperate ones are taken advantage of while the vengeful ones are given exactly what they want? Dollface is a mix of both. She desperately wants to be free of the mask so joins Twisted Metal to prove herself worthy of freedom after so long blaming herself. But in the end, she has to go all or nothing because she must take the key and her dad's life, though the latter was changed to her boss in the final release. If they stuck with her dad it would have been harder for her to decide, but more satisfying when she made her choice. Either way, the symbolism made it an ending I love so much. After all she went through, she decided to stop blaming herself and seek justice for abused people like her. Black isn't perfect but it is still interesting more often than not. My favorite twists are ones that feel deserved and when Dollface considered that she wasn't the bad one, I liked where her final act was going
What is it called?
One thing you forgot to mention with Krista's ending that makes it even better. In the other endings there is text at the end that Thanks you for playing Twisted Metal but in her ending it says The LAPD thanks you for playing Twisted Metal.
2:57: Fade To Black (#104)
3:21: Gordon Freeman's Wish (#103)
4:10: Crimestoppers (#102)
5:39: In Sink (#101)
6:27: Small Victories (#100)
7:39: Face-off (#99)
8:17: And I Must Scream (#98)
9:43: Ladies and Gentlemen, The 90s (#97)
10:56: The Wrong Trousers (#96)
11:42: Just... Trash (#95)
12:30: Dumb Child O'Mine (#94)
13:06: House Arrest (#93)
13:51: Clock Blocked (#92)
14:42: Hallowed By Thy Name (#91)
15:26: The Sweetest Tooth (#90)
16:10: Coma Chameleon (#89)
17:25: A Bug's Life (#88)
18:55: Hallo-What? (#87)
19:26: Dance Fucker Dance (#86)
19:58: Bugging Out (#85)
20:38: War Never Changes (#84)
21:09: Illegal Firearms (#83)
21:46: King Leprekong (#82)
23:08: Dead or Alive, You're Coming with Me (#81)
24:10: Never The Bride (#80)
25:22: Nothing on TV (#79)
26:17: Bland, James Bland (#78)
26:43: Little Shop of Terrors (#77)
27:24: X Gon' Give it To Ya (#76)
29:09: Am I Going Insane (#75)
29:59: I Live... Again (#74)
31:33: Drop The Bass (#73)
32:09: The Clown is Down (#72)
33:41: Born Again (#71)
34:31: Grill Me (#70)
35:09: Failure To Discharge (#69)
36:39: When You Were Young (#68)
37:20: Quit While You're a Head (#67)
37:54: Shitty Situation (#66)
38:37: Twist and Shout (#65)
39:04: The Box Vol. 1 (#64)
39:40: The Box Vol. 2 (#63)
40:56: Family Vacation (#62)
42:24: Frog in Your Throat (#61)
42:55: Man on The Edge (#60)
43:20: Middle of The Road (#59)
43:55: Define Flilicide (#58)
44:45: Ready for My Close-Up (#57)
46:16: Road-Killed in Action (#56)
47:08: World Peace of Pizza (#55)
48:18: Good Night, Sweet Prince (#54)
49:04: Dead Man Driving (#53)
50:07: Try That Again, in English This Time (#52)
50:56: Everybody's Got a Price (#51)
51:33: Fallen Angel (#50)
52:40: Master, Master (#49)
53:37: Hell on Earth (#48)
53:59: The Grimm Dark Future (#47)
55:03: Come To Brazil (#46)
56:10: The Deadliest Game (#45)
57:02: Chick Magnet (#44)
58:12: A Sole for a Sole (#43)
58:54: Black as Night (#42)
1:00:02: King Nothing (#41)
1:01:22: Lost in Space (#40)
1:02:03: Reap What You Sow (#39)
1:02:51: Quaff The Raven (#38)
1:03:54: FBI, Open Up (#37)
1:04:55: Redneck Rampage (#36)
1:05:48: Gotta Go Fast (#35)
1:06:51: Riding Dirty (#34)
1:07:33: With Lips (#33)
1:08:23: D-D-D-D-D-Duel (#32)
1:09:29: Tired (#31)
1:10:19: Calypso on The Wire (#30)
1:10:57: Near Death Do Us Part (#29)
1:12:16: The Red and The Black (#28)
1:13:25: Twisted Sister (#27)
1:14:57: Fine as Hell (#26)
1:15:40: Anticlimax Averted (#25)
1:16:59: Morality Bites (#24)
1:17:56: Meeting of The Mind (#23)
1:18:47: I Believe I Can... Oops (#22)
1:19:23: Until I Put on The Mask (#21)
1:20:36: Preaching To The Choir (#20)
1:21:54: Space Cop (#19)
1:22:59: Let There Be Babes (#18)
1:23:56: The Other Side (#17)
1:24:51: Cut My Brian into Pieces (#16)
1:25:57: A Pound of Flesh (#15)
1:26:56: Trading Places (#14)
1:28:00: Here is The Soul of a Man (#13)
1:29:08: A Friend in Need (#12)
1:30:03: The Man Who Would Not Die (#11)
1:31:01: One Punch Man (#10)
1:31:54: I'm The Superbeast (#9)
1:32:52: The One Ring (#8)
1:33:34: Wake Me Up Inside (#7)
1:34:28: Go To Hell (#6)
1:35:22: Bald Man Blues (#5)
1:36:26: Under The Graveyard (#4)
1:37:32: Explosive Reunion (#3)
1:38:34: Mostly Armless (#2)
1:39:55: Sweet Victory (#1)
Ohh, can't wait to see timestamps to be completed. Liked for now
@@RvBnerd618 15 down 89 left it's gonna take a while
@@RvBnerd618 Well I just did it
@@coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925 Excellent. Nice job
The DBZA Scene got me
To be fair, ATV/Gene Ruttish, despite his lack of impact, has accomplished a pretty impressive milestone. He is the first ever character in Twisted Metal to drive a vehicle that somehow has even less armor than Mr. Grimm.
P.S. Pretty cool how the comment section for this video still has daily activity.
doesnt his vehicle only allow 1 weapon at a time too?
@@bigbananadealer846 I know his special and general stats were garbage
Something I realised while watching TM1's lost endings is just how beautifully B-Movie style *BAD* Grimm's ending is.
You can clearly see a guy's face through the helmet which they didn't even *TRY* to hide with lighting or make-up (Hell, The lighting's the reason you *CAN* see Grimm's actor's face.) And the arm, Oh lord, the ARM, It's just a Halloween skeleton decoration they ripped the arm off and put a leather glove on, Then waved in Calypso's general direction. The fact that he doesn't have a magical artefact or doesn't kill Calypso for his soul, And instead just ties him up and hauls him off on the back of his bike, While Calypso's consuming the scenery like it's a gourmet meal is icing on this beautiful disaster of a cake.
I really like endings like Mortimer's from Head On, actually. As fun as the graveyard humor of monkey's paw horseshit can be, sometimes, depending on the wish and the character making it, it can be a lot more satisfying for them to just get exactly what they want. Black was often great about this.
Didn't he read him a bedtime story and all that, too? Oddly cute for Calypso.
@@goldskarr calypso was having fun with it
I liked seeing Calypso actually being friends with somebody.
I like to think that Calypso isn’t always a mean spirited prick and will grant more mundane/personal wishes that don’t fuck up the laws of reality too much. Like I have an idea for a new character that’s basically a pilot that wants to wish back their downed plane. Calypso might twist the wish a bit by retrieving the plane’s broken carcass, which the pilot is content to fix up.
@@psyc8407 makes sense. Or he respects/fears Mortimer after how often he gets one up on him in his endings. "He just wants to go to sleep? Shit, he's doing me a favor."
4:45 Wish: “Crime free world.”
Twist: Everybody is in prison.
6:15: Wish: “Become a rock star.”
Twist: Turns into a starfish baking on a rock.
6:30 Wish: “Most powerful army in the history of war.”
Twist: He gains control of the most powerful army from yesterday: the army he already had.
7:40 Wish: “I don’t want to be the only one on the planet with half a face.”
Twist: Loses the top half of the half of the face he has left leaving him the only person with one quarter of a face on the planet.
8:30 Wish: “Wish his sister would shut up.”
Twist:
8:30: I think that's the only time a wish didn't have a complete twist; it was just taken very literally. Or was the twist how literally Calypso took it?
Salutations._ooooSon of God is named Jesus, who died to forgive us of all wrong. His father's name is God. His father brought into existence all things.! Breathe air._oooo
Wish: Wish for a crime free world.
Twist: The concept of law and order no longer exists. In this case a total anarchy world where anything goes.
In the original Axle ending for TM Black, he was actually seeking revenge on Sweet Tooth for killing his son. There's a bit of dialogue where Sweet Tooth sickeningly tells Axle that the boy screamed for his father as he was murdered.
Conceptually, that could be even scarier, despite cut content not counting for this list. It was unfinished, thus causing the placeholder voice acting to not be as good as it could have been. But if finalized, it would have been pretty screwed up. Bacon did end up talking about the deleted endings, so feel free to go to that video too.
On the whole "In the first game, Calypso seems to give most of the contestants what they want, but by 2012 is going out of his way to be a dick." thing, I think the retcon Grasshopper ending sort of implies even he isn't in full control of what happens when he grants a wish, since he was trying to coach his daughter's ghost on how to phrase her wish so it WOULDN'T backfire on her.
Plus the 2012 version is implied to just be the actual devil so natural he going to screw people over.
@@JohnWilliams-wl9px next Twisted Metal could be fucking fantastic if they do a redemption take on the premise of twisted Metal 4.
Make 2012 Calypso actually be Mr. Ash (confirmed in universe to be Satan), and the start of the new game has Calypso return from wherever and take his tournament back over. Sort of an Elder Scrolls Arena "Jaeger Tharn" kind of thing.
Not to mention it isn't like Calypso could bring her back to life for the heck of it, she had to win in order for him to use his powers in such a way. So when she got upset and wished the accident didn't happen, he probably was only able to twist it so far for a "positive" end that he wanted. Hence the reason she is in a coma in some place probably far far away and secure from the Twisted Metal tourney.
@@salmon_wineit really could work too
Have it be where Mr ash was trying to sabotage the tournament so he'd get Calypso back into hell, as there's starting to be diminishing returns on souls reaped in the tournament
I love Sweet Tooth's ending in Head-On, for the main reason that it shows Sweet Tooth that he isn't just a blindless killing machine, no it shows that he can be just as devious as Calypso if he wanted to. The way he figured out that Calypso's powers have set rules to follow, showing that he's been learning everything about him as the years go by.
And as a bonus, if it's following Black lineage, that permanent fire on his head is gone, meaning he literally broke the curse too. Just by the sound of his ending, he enjoyed every moment of it.
The lost hammerhead ending is my favorite. Calypso is like "bro code trumps all" and, well, the first girl we see, at 1:23:18 is an easy 9/10.
Like, that's some high quality midriff I'd enter a death race for.
TM:B Outlaw, shame it was only 69, was my favorite ending. If I remember, what changed after the time jump was that Stone had a clearer mind and could discern who he needed to kill without taking out the hostages, the irony is that without his aggression he accidentally let one person slip. I like to believe that at the cost of his life he saved the lives of the hostages, which I thought was pretty badass.
so, ummmm... in the... lost endings for harbor city..... he kinda.... gets trapped in an infinite cycle
Either they used the same character model for both the guy Stone was going to kill and Calypso, or Calypso was the guy Stone was targeting in the first place. Maybe after the first time (when he killed the family by accident), Calypso got up and walked away while Stone was trying to end himself? This time around, he waited till Stone looked away and then when he looked back he shot him.
Nice
I'd wish for the "power to heal unjust injuries by transferring them to whoever inflicted them" .
The backstory would be my best friend hospitalized by a drunk driver who got a slap on the wrist.
The twist? As I reach for my friend, I collapse and start to develop the wounds of the bystanders caught in the crossfire of the Twisted Metal competition I drove in.
Edit: If possible, I would also add that I'd like for TBP to name it "Due Unto Others" on a ranking, lol
That's really good idea!👍👍👍
That would have been a great ending for someone in Black 2
On one hand, it would really suck if you were unable to control your power and it affected you, especially if it doesn't seem like it would be possible to twist your words into having that happen. On the other hand, I guess Calypso making it apply to you too would be fair, despite your intent. I'm that sort of person too; I hate bad deeds going unpunished, very much like Agent Stone in Black, but what would justice be if we punished the innocent in the crossfire?
Tbh i think a better twist is to persay have a family member or someone you love be turned insane and try to kill you
all you can do is just sit and watch as your relative dies slowly.
I feel like a better and simpler alternative would be to have you get crushed to death, because you'd stepped on a bug moments after your wish had been granted; you'd never specified a species, after all.
In defense of General Warthog's ending in TM4, there are definitely a lot more toy soldiers out there than any other type of soldier. Gather them all up and they surely must be the greatest army, right?
disagree. Toy soldiers is the idea of a man who thinks being in a war or the army is all about just killing and taking. its the over the top stereotype of a soldier and some do exist. But true soldiers (the ones that get shit done) are calm, focused and level headed. I mean look at groups like the SAS they get shit done that some deem impossible or would take many soldiers to pull off. They are some of the best and brightest soldiers in the army. I mean as a Brit myself I look fondly upon the Ghurkhas because they are some of the best shooters in our entire army always winning tournaments and they have done things some deem just impossible or stupid to do. But they succeed because they keep themselves calm and train non stop, they know how to turn themselves off and focus on the moment and the task at hand and don't let emotions best them. There are real storied of them taking out powerful Terrorist members almost like it was nothing and even in ww2 a famous story of a Ghurkha who was the last man standing and fended off 100 German soldiers on his own.
They are heavily respected and loved amongst our military. Nobody likes the toy soldiers
I think a much better twist for Outlaw 3's ending in TM3 would have been "Oh, you want a world without crime? Ok! Now NOTHING is illegal! Can't commit a crime if nothing is a crime!" That would have been a great mix of dark, hilarious and satisfying because it's a brilliant way to twist the wish's wording without being an ass pull.
I’d argue your not giving Mr. Grimm’s ending in the 2012 game enough credit. I think the twist of taking “send me back” to mean that I’m sending current, crazy scary looking you back in time is pretty clever. I’d assume what he had in mind was that he’d be that innocent little boy just with the knowledge he has now, which is why I think it works very well as a twist.
Also, I think it’s some pretty good tragic storytelling. Mr. Grimm in that game traces all his mistakes back to when his father died, and thinks that if that could just be changed, his life would go better. But, in a way, his ending shows he can’t escape who he has become. He’s no longer the type of person who can save his father; he’s too far gone for even his younger self to spare him.
Also speaking of with, if you look closely you see that Dollface crashed into them
I feel like Orbital's wish in TM4 could've been improved if he simply stated 'I just want to be normal, I just want to be like everyone else' rather than clunkily state that he doesn't want to be the only one with half a face to illustrate what the monkey's paw wish would be. It would certainly make the twist a bit more satisfying in how Sweet Tooth twists the vagueness of his wish to mean that 'being like everyone else' could imply that everyone else is also like how he is. Just a thought.
That was my first thought when I heard it
Axel's ending in 2 really stood out in that Calypso granted the wish with no strings attached and he actually got what he wanted (despite an uncertain fate) unlike 90% of the other contestants where he either screwed them over or their own stupidity and greed did them in.
the line delivery on the lost Thumper ending is fucking hilarious to me
_"i'm_ not the one who kidnapped your girlfriend. but as promised... she is here. :/"
21:53 In Micro Blast's "defense", he got turned into a statue, because he said he wanted his wish "for an eternity". So like Orbiter, it's about the character saying too much out of stupidity for the forced twist of the wish.
This definitely doesn't change the ranking of the ending, just adding that detail.
He also did say "like a skyscraper".
Oh that *Short* temper of his, always getting the best of him………
That said, unlike Orbiter's wording, I can see where Microblast was going with that detail. He probably wanted to be immortal, he just didn't expect it would make him into stone.
To be fair, that could be justified by him wanting to avoid the potential loophole of the transformation not being permanent, though perhaps I'm giving too much credit to the writers of Twisted Metal 4.
I think the real tragedy of Warthog in head-on is that the very same youth that he was trying to save, thought were the victims and could save by shooting the bad guys, also formed part of the corruption he was trying to eradicate, showing how simpleminded his concept of good and evil was.
Also like how in the original Hammerhead Lost Ending they blurred the cup to avoid any legal repercussions.
And yes, I would like a slice of that peace-ah
3:29 Two things that could be done to fix the problem with the Custom Character ending In 4:
- Have a list of generic wishes to pick up to In the customization menu. Something like "Money", "Power", "Revenge". It'd still be broad enough to play pretend as a player and generic enough to create a simple short ending.
- Have a few custom voices to choose from, probably 2 male and 2 female ones. So the faceless character state the generic wish.
I'm working with the limitations of what what a PS1 game could realistically do at the time.
Makes sence to be honest, ah good way to give a possible solution
Or make it so that just as the CAC says their wish, Calypso/Sweet Tooths Aid says they've already granted their wish, To be a part of the Twisted Metal Tournament.
Also when we get to make a Character in the game we get to pick a Car to upgrade
I had no idea how far back and in depth this series went. I always saw this series as "that one game with the ice cream truck." This video has been a lot of fun learning about the characters and quirks of the older games. Great vid.
Marcus being at the very bottom and Needles at the very top is a kinda neat coincidence.
From the same game no less
While I initially agree with where you put Bloody Mary's ending in this list due to execution, I dont think the concept is given enough credit. They tried to break the mould a bit by having the twist be that she's so broken that she'd never be happy with any man she's given anyway, and Calypso knew that so all he had to do was give her what she wanted for it to end up twisted. Like I said, poor execution but I still think the core idea has potential in other ways maybe
yeah good point kinda like its in her mind that he said that and maybe that he didnt actually say that. like they couldve made it more vague so you can pull that inerpretation from it more easily
I think the way it works is incredibly subtle.
Think of it. Bloody Mary wants her true love. That's what she wishes for.
Calypso did EXACTLY what she asked for. He got her her true love.
Is it Calypso's fault that Bloody Mary is such a broken, impossible to please person that the only person that could possibly do it is someone who has been forcibly lobotomized to do whatever she asks?
And Calypso probably left that little bit in him to say he'll never love her to point out the obvious fact she refused to consider, being so deranged that she thinks the police sirens sound like wedding bells, *your true love has no obligation to love you back.* You got your true love Mary. You got a man who will NEVER disobey you. And you got Preacher level confirmation that there is NO man who will love you Bloody Mary, you're insane. It's absolutely brutal, and fits pretty well with the fact that if we're talking about who is the most outright unfixably deranged in TM: Black, Bloody Mary takes the (wedding) cake. At least Preacher realized he was insane. Bloody Mary... she's completely gonzo at this point. Not a rational thought left about her wish.
@@harleymitchelly5542yeah, even the nameless dude in the ski mask has a sensible goal. and the guy with no sensory organs...yet Bloody Mary is just an insane vicious circle in of herself where she always goes after what she thinks she wants but it's impossible to really have because instead of working on herself she just obsesses over what's impossible for to really have because she just obsesses...over what's impossible for her to really have...because she obsesses...
I feel like the reason Calypso didn't give Mortimer's wish a twist in Head-On was because of the times Mortimer outplayed him, showing Calypso actually has a level of respect for him.
Honestly the Head-On ending for Sweet Tooth has me curious even beyond the "Calypso has to grant wishes even when he doesn't want to". Like, how do we even know that's the first time someone has done that? How do we know that all versions of Calypso we see aren't just someone else who won Twisted Metal, stole his body, and disposed of the last Calypso?
Personally I think it's really cool viewing "Calypso" as a title more than a person, especially considering how varied his appearance has been between games. There could have been dozens of minds inhabiting that singular body over the span of the competition's history.
1:34:28 When I was a kid playing Twisted Metal 2, I had just beat the game with Minion and was watching his ending. My dad walked past and asked me, "Why is Satan wearing a beret?" I always imagined Minion with a beret ever since.
Minion: IT’S YOUR FAULT THAT I HAVE TO WEAR THIS BERET, AND NOW IT’S TIME TO PAY THE PRICE!
*Forces Calypso to wear a beret for eternity*
Hammerhead's is actually my favorite Small Brawl ending. He wasn't specific enough, and paid for it... he asked to be a rock star, and Calypso made him one: a 'pop' rock star.
It amuses me because I know SO damned many music hipster snob types who would absolutely be mortified by having their wish monkey's pawed in such a way, and it's a bit more nuanced than the usual TM cruel twist ending.
Oh yeah, that’s a really good point
Yeah, but the look he gets on stage(with his band mates) does not match a pop rock band from the era. Also pop rock bands tend to look like bands(they play instruments and such), even if they are "boy band-like" (like The Jonas Brothers or Hanson).
I suppose that if they did this accurate though it would be confusing.
Sweet Tooth's *None Wish* in Twisted Metal Black was the best wish because he does the predictable after their is term limits on that wish. Awesome ending and made Sweet Tooth look golden
Also, it's clever when you go with the "Takes place in his head" theory. Like Sweet Tooth WANTS the fire to stop burning his scalp. But his WISH, is to keep killing.
I wish for Twisted Metal to return to us in such a glorious way that whoever picks It up afterwards keeps it running 🥰
Granted, no side effects
Granted, but its so buggy at release
@@theintruder6085that’s just most AAA games nowadays
"So driver, your wish is for an amazing franchise of games based on the twisted metal tournament? Your wish has been granted"
Jump cut to a studio called calypso games producing a massively popular twisted metal game series.
"With all of this data it shouldn't be hard finding skilled drivers any more... I am calypso and I thank you for playing twisted metal"
@@PRESIDENT_LEMONWHY DO I HEAR HIS VOICE😅
1:06:21 Fun Fact: in the original Jurassic Park, they actually used the sound of an elephant, a tiger, and an alligator, as well as the sound of a cinderblock being dragged across the ground, to create the sounds a T-rex make.
I really liked the Head On ending for Grasshopper, because I think it does a lot to show what kind of monster Calypso has become. The Grasshopper ending for 2 shows that he cares for his daughter and in Head On he invited her into the competition so that she could wish to be brought back to life, but the wish that she wanted would have lead to him never receiving his demonic powers. Calypso had an option to get back everything he had lost and instead chose selfishly for power. If you go Sweet Tooth's ending stating that he has to grant wishes, twisting the wish in the way that still caused the car accident, but instead of Krista dying she is left in a most likely permanent coma, being as good as dead.
Here's fixing the TM1 Spectre ending: Calypso brings Scott back to life but his family has moved on, quite reasonably believing he is dead, and think he's an impostor. He ends up arrested for harassing them and placed in a mental asylum for his 'belief' that he's the very obviously dead Scott Campbell.
Also the TM4 Joneses ending was ALMOST decent. If they'd just been less specific and asked for a chauffeur, and then Sweet Tooth made himself the chauffeur to kill them, that would have worked. Them asking for Sweet Tooth specifically ruins it and just makes them too dumb to live.
Or a dumber and easier to film version : He got too excited to get back to his family, he gets into a vehicle accident, getting himself killed before meeting his family again.
57:16
"ATV is to Twisted Metal is what Kobra was to Mortal Kombat."
Me: Who the fuck is Kobra?
Ken from street fighter 2 but in mortal Kombat
I actually find it kinda funny how Twisted Metal: Black, the darkest and most horrific game in the franchise, is ironically the one that seems to pivot so much from how the wish is twisted. Most of the wishes either give them exactly what they wished for (No-Face, Cage, Billy Ray, Raven, Mr. Grimm) or they end up realizing by the time they win that what they want isn't what they needed (Needles, Dollface, arguably Charlie Kane's son; though the latter was by Calypso himself rather than the son's decision to let his father go willingly), with characters like Preacher, Bloody Mary, Agent Stone, and Axel either being their own downfall or still ending up with a bad end without some ironic twist added by Caplypso, with Black being probably the only exception--not counting Marcus Kane/Minion just not having an ending at all.
That's because Black was going for a different style of Monkey's paw. Pay closer attention to the endings and you'll find that the ones that payed out with zero consequences for the wisher were those that involved the murder of others, meaning that the price for Black's wishes is blood, be it someone else's or your own.
The only one that actually got screwed over through no fault of his own was John Doe
"I wish for the body of a twenty year old!"
"Aight, here's one of the innocent bystanders that got domed by a mortar. I think he was twenty!"
"What? No, I wanted MY body to be young again!"
"You'll want to hide that, his family has been nosing around."
I am glad Grasshopper from TM2 rated so high. She was the first ending that came to mind, I remember being a kid and working so hard to get her ending because the boss 2-shotted her pretty much IIRC and then hating it because she died. Then I got more of the endings and realized that she at least took Calypso with her. I had no idea of her backstory or that their was a comic. Nice work on this!
*I wish for anything I want to happen, unless it turns out horribly wrong based on my terms.*
Wait, i think i remember your channel from years ago.
I remember this one animation where a boy and a girl met at a game store.
Damn, the nostalgia is 1 hell of a drug
Nothing ever happens because before you can make anything you want to happen you're given a vision of tragedy because Calypso twists it no matter what it is so you're just haunted by never-ending nightmares.
@@Liu_99
My terms dictate I do not get nightmares, but instead pleasant visions possible futures.
You get Extra nightmares when you sleep.
"So driver, your wish is to play God of your own perfect little world where nothing bad can happen? Your wish is granted."
Jump cut, you get your perfect life but outside of its boundaries people are suffering as for these wants to be perfectly pursued it costs alot from everyone else and because they are outside your vision or knowledge they will suffer eternaly
"You should of known driver, every action has an equal but opposite reaction... but out of sight out of mind hehe? I am calypso and I thank you for playing twisted metal.
My favorite ending was from the very 1st Twisted Metal when the guys driving the monster truck wish for new tires for their truck. Calypso is all like, "you could have ANYTHING you wish for, why tires?" To which the guys reply, "those huge metal crusher tires cost a fortune! "
They get their wish with no double cross, and it showed that a simple and honest wish could work out without a
...Calypso shooting their monster truck in the head, executioner style
The most heartbreaking part of Preacher's ending, to me at least, is that he could've come back from that. Like, at that baptism, he didn't have complete control over himself. There's a very charitable argument that he more or less blameless for what happened there, simply because he didn't have the mental stability to really stop himself. He could've have come back, but his religiousness, the fact that he identifies so much with being a preacher, and the fact that he's basically on the outskirts of society at this point, prevents him from finding a healthy solution that doesn't involve religious mania or...THAT. And then there's what I think really makes that ending, in spite of how small a detail he is; He doesn't take The Permanent Option right away. He tries to find other paths, he tries another way out, but because he's so absorbed in his religion and his wrongdoing that he basically can't function otherwise, and that keeps him tortured until it quite literally destroys them.
In spite of the somewhat over-the-top presentation, at its core this is something horrible happening to someone, at arguably their most vulnerable state them trying to find a way out over and over and over again, and when that doesn't happen...like...that HAPPENS, man.
...Made myself sad. Stay safe out there, folks. Take care of each other.
That’s sad man
also worth noting christianity hates suicide so him doing that is his ultimate giving it up
It's 100% the ending that has stuck with me the most over the years, for sure.
#14 seems like it SHOULD have been twisted. "Switch places? Okay." and have them teleport so he's now standing and Sweet Tooth is now sitting. "There, we switched places, that was a boring wish."
I think a more reasonable one would be to switch bodies only temporarily (Say, 5 seconds or so). Needles never specified if it was permanent, you know.
Mr grimm in tm12 is one of my favourite endings in the series.
I just really like how he realises that he definitely would have pulled the trigger if a dude just appears in the back seat of his car
Dude, I couldn’t even begin to imagine the effort that went into making this. I would have fainted more than half way through making the video (not saying I’m lazy, but having to rank over ONE HUNDRED ENDINGS from worst to best in ascending order would be daunting for anyone!) Bravo!
Though my only gripe would be the #1 spot. I honestly thought Sweet Tooth’s ending from Small Brawl would take that spot. Yeah, we see him kill Calypso in the Black ending, but since Twisted 1, we know that anyone can take revenge and even kill him if they don’t make a wish and know what they’re doing.
Now tying him to the front of a vehicle and giving him a taste of his own medicine while literally at the wheel? That’s comedy gold, cathartic and shows Sweet’s personality justly!
Don't forget that it was Calypso's fault that happened, since Sweet Tooth wanted a little ice cream and Calypso decided to just steal an ice cream truck, which I guess still had the keys inside and decide to let him go inside and decide what he wanted from it instead of giving him a thing of ice cream.
Man I forgot about the Lost ending for Thumper. That "oh my god." is the best thing in Twisted Metal outside of Axel's TM2 ending.
Bitches? Bitches. BITCHES!!! *stands up*LET THERE BE BITCHES!!!!!
Apparently the problem with crimson fury's lost ending wasn't that they couldn't rent a vehicle (they didn't have a taxi for yellow jacket adn they made do) the problem was that the actor playing agent stone didn't show up to the recording session
Might also explain why the person speaking isn't British
Name of the actor?
Acording to David Jaffe, since the actor didn't show up, they changed the ending so that Agent Stone isn't shown and Jaffe himself played Agent Stone.
The cab drivers kid story always stuck with me throughout the years. Cab driver gets clapped driving, boy doesn't want to lose his dad and does the robot control system to keep him alive. When he wins the reward (suppose to revive dad) the dad is put to rest and the kid gets adopted by Calypso
The funny thing about augers twisted metal 3 wish is that he didn't actually want people to see his inner child. The manual states he wanted revenge on the contestants for destroying his buildings. Why change it??
You see, I knew flower power had her ending changed from the manual, but I never even thought the same applied for Auger. I guess him getting revenge on the other contestants would have been a bit too tough to animate. Or perhaps the game was such a mess, and running so close to deadline given how short the dev window was, changes were still being made right up to deadline.
@@TBP more than just the manual, his bio says the same thing. He was angry that all his hard was destroyed year after year
@@TBP I myself believed (for a long time) that there were 2 teams of writers that worked on the character bios and the endings, and neither team could agree on characterization of the competitors, hence why some character wishes don't align with their bios.
@@suzynenechek8817 Firestarter might have changed what he wanted, because if he blew up Calypso's blimp then he wouldn't be able to get his wish from winning the contest.
@@TBP I feel like Calypso could've just said "Your wish has been granted... but then again, you already granted it, yourself, didn't you? But I need to grant something, so I'll take revenge for you, on the last contestant." before killing Auger.
"I wish the twisted metal franchise would come back to life, with new games as good as black or 2012"
Excellent video. I don't agree 100% with some of the spots on the list, but it's good to see new content talking about Twisted Metal.
The "new" games are just re releases of 2012 and black and cost the same as a modern day triple A game
@@makislayer8426 So then, you're Calypso, and you thank me for playing Twisted Metal hkhkhkhkhk
@@renzoacu4522 keep in mind I said they would be re releases not even remakes or remasters they would be the exact same game as they were before but they would cost the same as modern day high end triple A games I went with the Rockstar/Bethesda route with twisting the new games wish
@@makislayer8426 yeah, I know, and you thank me for playing Twisted Metal
Twist: characters are now locked behind DLC and NFTs
I kinda like Orbital’s ending, but I do agree that having him phrasing it like that was a little too on the nose.
I think if they just omitted the part where he specifically mentions having half a face, it would have been a good ending.
@@danieltaylor4185 would have probably been better if he said something like " i wish i looked like everyone else".
@@blackbloom8552 "Wish granted!"
Orbital's face becomes a grotesque mess of facial features that never stop changing to resemble everyone around him.
@@nobodyinparticular9640 I was making a wish that would work with the original twist but thats pretty good too.
I always had a soft spot for Twister and Outlaw, but in 2, the fact that Outlaw rescues her brother by KNOWING it was gonna be a twist and was prepared gets it very high on my personal ratings.
Then again, the only ones I played were 1 and 2, so... Cool to see the rest.
I think Sweet Tooths wish would make sense if he worded his wish wrong. Like he wanted to kill without being chased by the police, but then worded it as "I want to kill and hide amongst the insects!" I feel that would have worked, especially if you establish him repeatedly calling his victims "Virmin" or "insects"
No his ending is a direct reference to metamorphosis and series creator even state the e ding shows how no matter what Stweet Tooth cannot change his nature, his bloodlust overcomes his own wishes.
Then Sweet Tooth becomes a police officer lol
@@MeanSpread it probably would have been a Ed Kemper scenario where he probably failed the academy.
TM3's Outlaw ending is so dumb because police officers don't *just* act as law enforcement. They also help people who are in danger in emergency situations. Who do you call when someone is trapped in a burning building?
It has many layers of stupid
@@TBP True.
Fire dept?
@@tapset Still, the police do way more than apprehend criminals.
While I get what you're saying a burning building is precisely when you're expected to call the firemen and not the cops
I like the Grasshopper Head-On ending. Wasn't canon accurate, but I really really like anything showing Calypso being somewhat human.
William "Calypso" Sparks, if not for his hobby of collecting dead animals and the accident that killed his sister in an attempt to crush a snake slithering on the sidewalk via the family car...
1:01:53, correct me if im wrong, but wasnt Carl's wish was to live in a world without the twisted metal tournament.
It seems like calypso not only brought him to a world without the tournament, but also gave him the ability to LIVE in that world.
The Small Brawl Mr. Grimm is pretty simple.
Basically, Jimmy Calypso made a little box of goofy scary things inside of a cardboard box for Mr. Grimm
I never really understood that ending. Did the kid actually go into a portal? Or die? I can't imagine it would be too dark cause the game was intended for a lighter audience. I always though he got trapped underground under the hill the box was on or something like that...
@@dr.pepperphdindeliciousnes1396 i think its pretty clear its just a bunch decoration in the box itself, not some portal. After all, billy doesn't have the magic power his adult counterpart does. He just an infinite supply of cash to be able to afford rockets and a sound system so powerful it launches people out of the state
@@momomoore379 I think you might be right about Grimm's ending. That makes sense compared to most of the other explanations I've seen. I wish small brawl had more development time or was on the PS2, like it was originally intended to be, so they could've done more with it. It's not a bad game but it had so much more potential.
Something I noticed is that MOST of the time (exceptions obviously) if you're w8sh involves death and destruction to others, Calypso will grant it with less of a punishment/twist compared to the more purehearted or badly phrased wishes. Example, if a mass serial killer wished to serve Calypso, I see him less likely to turn the character into a permanent bartender.
I always thought that Needles in 2 turned into a bug for the sake of being stealthy and hidden away from the public eye, considering he's still got some sharp shit on him that can easily affect a human under the right circumstances. Also, it's funny due to his bio stating something about "when I win this contest, I won't be too far from you", which kind of makes sense in bug context-
I feel like the custom character ending should've been determined by having an option list for some generic wishes like money or true love and make 4 or 5 lazy endings
I really hope a new twisted metal game comes out With a Custom character Option Because that would be cool to choose your Ending/Wish
@@gaugemogle0779 If that does happen. I'll create a female anti-heroine CaC whose wish is revenge on Calypso and for him to go back to hell for all the innocents who died in the Twisted Metal Tournament either via other contestants or Calypso turning their wishes on them with the twist being that she gets her revenge and gets sent to hell with him but for another twist is she accepts going to hell as she knew that by competing in this tournament and wishing for Calypso to get what she deserves she'd effectively damned her soul to hell but she's fine with it as long as Calypso gets what he deserves.
@@derrickhaggardIf I make A character like Thumper Because The idea of a Lowrider with flamethrowers is Awesome
@@gaugemogle0779 My custom heroine's vehicle would be either a bike(Yes I loved Mr. Grimm), or Shadow(Seriously that was a awesome vehicle and the exploding coffins or soul bombs was a cool special)
@@derrickhaggard That'd be my second choice A motorcycle
I had a friend who was obsessed with these endings. Before the time of UA-cam, he would consistently beat the game just to watch the endings. Because of his passion, I started being pretty drawn into the “mythos”.
The Twisted Metal lore was never bet to be connected which is why it is inconsistent.
But we never need for each games to be connected for us to enjoy the game.
Twisted metal was basically Overwatch with cars and honestly it has bigger potential now than it did then. If the game out now with modern graphics and engine it could be monumental.
Sure ... if they can resist the loot box and DLC temptation. Come to think of it, that would be the type of trick Calypso would play
u just crossed the line with that retarted comment
Except all the PC crybabies would get any real, dark humor, canceled.
I think Auger’s ending from TM3 would be a bit more clever if Calypso turned him into an old man (Calypso should’ve relied on this phrase, “once a man, twice a child” to twist the wish) since it would mean that he would revert to his “inner child”.
But then again, that ending wouldn’t make sense either if it has nothing to do with his bio.
I literally grew up with this series and still play it to this very day. Axel's TM2 ending always stood out to me for sure if only I knew people that played it too miss playing coop with folks. I'd say you're choices were pretty good ones honestly.
Wait pit vipers ending was disturbing? Didn't she just try to kill him?
yes. then he pulled the "violence against women" card completely ignoring what just happened five seconds ago. the reasoning for some of these is kinda weird. also complaining about how Thumper's was tone deaf resembled the controversy about the black power ranger being black. it probably didn't even cross their minds when writing it.
it made him uncomfortable so it was bad , I guess.
Yea I was confused on that one
If a women is trying to kill someone I think I can forgive pointing a gun on her
@@howaboutsomesoyfood I was just going to comment about him mentioning that whole violence against women thing, I never understood why people often have this attitude where women should be barred from violence in media but it's perfectly okay for them to be violent against others themselves in media. Just as long as no one is harming or killing them...Make zero F sense. If you asked any of these people why is violence against women worse than violence against a man in media. They wouldn't even have a logical answer for it.
@Matthew Lyman to me the difference seemed to be how Pit Viper was doing something right trying to kill Calypso and her death was shown to be serious while Thumper was shown being a asshole and her death was played for laughs
Twisted metal 2 Calypso voice actor is really the best one there is. For me his voice alone describes the character so well that it was insane. I remember recording the endings on the VHS along side the profiles and then watching it over and over until I could recite almost all the endings lol. The TM2 intro is still by far my favorite into of ever ^^.
Yup, I used to do that shit too. Felt like a bona fide cinematic genius because I spliced together all the cut scenes from the first three Halo games, lmao.
@@SatoshiKong
For me it was both from desire and necessity as at the time I was lending the playstation rather that have my own so I would spend that weekend or week playing and recording, and then the times of between watching over and over again
🤣
Bro, I played twisted metal ONCE age 8 on a ps3 and have never once looked into it beyond that.
For some reason my YT feed is FILLED with your twisted metal videos, it’s bizarre, not complaining tho