The Complete TWISTED METAL Timeline Explained
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About a year and a half ago, we took a look at what I thought at the time was the timeline of the Twisted Metal Series. But now that I'm much more experienced player with the Twisted Metal series, I can now confidently state that this is about as definitive a timeline as I can possibly make. So now I present to you on my 2 year anniversary of my very first video, The Definitive Twisted Metal Timeline.
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Who knew a gaming series about cars blowing each other tf up could have such a deep timeline.
Not me
Lmao
Just as the fighting games
To be honest, half of this timeline is just assumptions to make things a little more sense.
No wanting to criticise, the video is good, but is difficult to connect things that never were intended to be connected in the first place.
It's like in breaf of the wild, when they just said "it's 500 years in the future", so every timeline can count.
Lol I was like why and when did they create a timeline for than game.. I was to busy smashing cars with my brother
I like to think Black is how Sweet Tooth sees the world, but Twisted Metal 1 is how the world sees Needles. Makes the idea of these being parallel events very funny to me and kinda reinforces his absolute insanity in that game.
What nigga?
Not sure if you will see this but you should see the twisted metal show if you havn't it puts his level of phsyco at whole new heights it's amazing
@@smiaza1357no it doesnt it makes him a wannabe show clown,nah I would've preferred him more serious and less of a joke
@@lucasdiazjr5679 well even as a murderer, how serious can you be dressed as a clown? I know some of the games portrayed him as more serious but he was still a little goofy even if scary. His car shoots joker like laughing bombs lol
@@rayv6671 yet this one spends more time making bumass jokes,the scene with him and .ackie fighting shows they don't know the character,cus sweet tooth is gonna punch you and make a joke,no he's killing immediately,damn man chumps will take anything and say it's good
I remember when I was kid twisted metal was one of the many M rated games I played and I remember there was a map where you could take a missile and shoot down a plane and it would crash and open up a new section of the map and it blew me away
Yup, first level of Twisted Metal Black. Such an awesome moment leading to the unlock of one of (in my opinion) the most important characters in the lore; Yellowjacket.
I do like the potential of the ideas Small Brawl brings with it taking place at the end of the solid timeline. Have the story be that Billy was in awe of the Twisted Metal tournaments at a younger age, only to modify RC cars to match the original contestants and getting his bullying victims and other kids to play his own pretend tournament. Maybe the real Calipso gave him some power to make it more authentic and spread some chaos in order to make the wishes. If the story was decades after, as twisted as it sounds, a company run by Calipso (perhaps in the shadows) start to commercialize the Twisted Metal tournaments of old, making merchandise of the more 'famous' contestants and kids start to play pretend TM. Could be the same as before with him seeing himself in Billy and granting him powers to eventually bring back the tournament with some of the kids grown up now wanting to play the real deal.
and maybe the business leads in tm2012
I love Small Brawl it's so fun, and I don't have to worry about getting railed by cheating AI
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TBP uploaded. Boy the popcorn sure is extra delicious during these moments
I always figured that Head On had contestants that won in their own timelines, and Calypso brought them over into one, sounds confusing, but that can be applied to every game in the franchise when you talk about it’s lore. It’s alot to wrap ones head around, i mean, this is potentially the very reason why the game has “twisted” in it’s name.
23:50 it makes me so happy to see a copy of War of the Monsters with Calypso's trophies, that game is so fun
I'll never get sick of the Twisted Metal content. I had never even played the games before last year. Seeing your videos got me interested in seeking out the games for myself and its been a blast.
I had super vague memories of the game and googling around brought me across it and I never knew it even had a lore to it
I'm glad there those such as yourself that started playing. I'm 35, began with the first one the year it was released & after getting the second game my dad & I would play co-op daily.
I’m starting down the same path! 🖤
This was absolutely fantastic. And, let's face it, Twisted Metal is a crazy series.
i appreciate your dedication to this series
Same
Sure but that was clearly Billy Calypso in tye orange shirt at the end of TM4. Why anyone would think otherwise is nonsense. It cane out after as ihtended. He has the power of Calypso. Jesus Christ!
Sleuthing together a timeline for a franchise that, let's be honest, mostly doesn't have/need one is admirable. Nice job.
I'm late but Calypso has the Blades of Chaos because Needles joined a different tournament one year where he beat Kratos, and brought the blades home with him, only for Calypso to end up getting them from him.
Now I’ve just got the image of Kratos somehow cutting a hole into the Twisted Metal dimension with the Blade of Olympus, storming into Calypso’s office uninvited and taking his blades back.
Screen writers for the show did a great job considering the messy storyline. I very impressed with the twisted metal show.
I like to imagine that Black’s tournament is a completely separate one from ‘95’s because if that is the case then it essentially confirms that the entire game takes place in Needles’ head which is a massive cop-out to me, personally.
Reading needles, bio and twisted metal two, his wish actually makes complete sense, for a maniac. Also, that’s the best bio I think twisted metal has. But if you want to hide in someone’s closet and be under their bed to start and possibly murder them, the easiest way to do that would be a bug lol so it would be difficult to murder them, unless you were incredibly venomous.
One thing I would like to point out about the year Black takes place is that Grimm says that he spent 30 years in Blackfield (in his introduction cutscene), and that it was 1971 when he and Benny were in Vietnam. If the events Grimm listed out (Him and Benny being drafted, the two being caught and put in a hole, Grimm eating Benny's corpse, and Grimm being sent to Blackfield) all took place in 1971, that would mean that Black takes place in 2001. Which if that were true, would mean that Black's tournament is the 6th annual tournament (if my math is right).
You were correct about TM3 being set in 2008. The first level takes place in LA and Calypso mentions that it was destroyed by an earthquake in 2007.
TM3 is not Canon. The only canons are TM1, TM2, TM Black and TM Head On
It's so nice there's still a channel that still celebrates these games! Thank you TBP, will always be here for the uploads!
Twisted Metal 4 and Black were some of my favorite childhood games.......I can't imagine having to grow up without Sweet Tooth. Lol
Woke up just in time for this, hell yeah 🤘
Regarding Krista, I assume that the photo with the number 6 on it is just the age she was in the picture, and not specifically how old she was at the time the panel of Calypso looking at the photo was. As for TM2, I always assumed she was mostly, if not entirely a robot and that her given age is just the age that she was when she died (especially since her ghost in Head On looks to be the same age as in 2)
You did an awesome job trying tie the timeline of each of the game’s sequels and spin-off titles. Despite its continuity error and canon issue of Twisted Metal timeline.
This games storyline is more complicated than the story to Kingdom Hearts.
I don’t why but I find your Twisted Metal videos so entertaining. I’ve just once played the first game at a friends house as a kid, since my mom banned the series in my house growing up. I didn’t even own a PS1 lol. The way you share the story is so entertaining even someone who has almost no history with Twisted Metal like me gets totally invested.
Congrats on your anniversary! Keep doing what you're doing, you're on the right way. What about other game series? Dino crisis, parasite eve?
Definitely think "Billy" Calypso has powers, most likely from picking up the ring but could be a universal re-write. I wouldn't do any mental gymnastics with this one, because while it's goofy we do see other endings akin to this like him messing with Mortimer and his frog and turning it giant and probably intending for it to eat Mortimer with it falling back on him since he runs away saying he can keep the frog. Honestly, everything fits the bill really since he even tells Sweet Tooth he can "Have anything he wants", and it being known from previous iterations that he can't use his powers if they don't make a wish making him an easy target.
Been on this deep dive into Twisted Metal with ya for a long time now. This was definitely an enjoyable watch.
I have a theory about Kratos's blades being in Twisted Metal 2012. In GOW 3, we see Athena replace the Blades of Chaos with the Blades of Exile but in 4 and Ragnarok we see that the Blades of Chaos are back and the Exile Blades are nowhere to be seen nor are they mentioned. I think this is because Calypso took the Blades of Exile. Kratos mentioned to Atreus how the Blades of Chaos return to him if he tries to get rid of them so there would be no use for the Blades of Exile. Just a fun theory I have
Wow very nice job. I never thought of Black being an interpretation of TM1 by Sweet Tooth but it makes sense. I always thought the levels were alot like the original TM and even ends on the rooftops like TM1 also. Also has the same dynamic music as well. But didnt really think much of all of that. And I tend to believe with my headcanon that TM1, 2, and head on take place in Marcus's head as they are more tied into reality, and the Black universe takes place in Sweet Tooths head. 3 and 4 and small brawl dont really have an explanation for except maybe could say they take place in Billy's head since they are more child like. And TM 2012 being the one where shit hits the fan in actual reality. Marcus losses his fight against Sweet Tooth after all the years and becomes Needles, possibly with real Calypso even being the one pulling the strings and why he has mementos from all the tournaments while invading Sweet Tooths mind. And Darkside, and Grimm, and Preacher also just happen naturally like a life imitating art kind of thing. And now Calypso has his real life tournament and doesnt need Sweet Tooths crazy mind anymore and could get rid of him.
I never once thought about the series' continuity in this way. You really opened my eyes about a lot of things! Glad you had fun with the video. It was lots of fun to watch!
the fact you took your time to do this that’s so awesome
The Black and 95 connection also makes sense if you're also taking into account the map designs as well. Since both these games have a few very similar maps in terms of feel and layout. It wouldn't be a stretch to think that in TM 1 that's how the places actually look like. While in Black, looking through Sweet Tooth's warped perspective, everything looks gritty and dilapidated.
Always interesting when a creator revisits an old topic.
Glad to see your revised timeline and your logic in forming it.
Great work! I'm sad to say, tho, but you missed one thing: TM3 does give you a date to work with! The voiced intro for Los Angeles has Calypso say that it's been 18 months since "The Great Quake of 2007", placing the game around a year and half later. TM4 is not really a sequel to 3, people seems to believe that due to it being a 989 game, but the devs clearly gave no care to years there. Also, a bit surprised that you didn't mention that, given HO happens 3 years later, there should have been 2 spare contest in there to fit extra winners. I personally think you can neatly accomodate every returning character with that info, but I will not bore you with random theories anyway. Keep up the great work!
I kinda like to think that Black did happen (and that there's some sort of multiverse going on but that's another thing entirely). Sure, Marcus says it takes place in Needles' head, but Marcus is also not really mentally sound (he's literally the split personality of a deranged man) and in both 2 and Head On he is convinced that the world he is currently in isn't real, so it's hard to say how reliable of a narrator he is.
An interesting thought that has literally no proof and is just a headcanon of mine is that (at least in Head On) Marcus and Needles have LITERALLY separated. In Sweet Tooth's ending he points out that he has won several tournaments in the past, so maybe he used one of his wishes to separate himself from Marcus (who recognizes him as the guy who drives Sweet Tooth) and maybe even to change his appearance, explaining the flaming head, red eyes, and maybe even the fact that his mask seems to also be his face if you take it literally and not as just a stylistic choice (it has the straps like in black, but also is expressive and seems to have a real mouth).
Dialogue from Preacher in TM:B. “So...this is Minion. This unholy killer used his infernal shield to win last year's contest, but I will destroy him.” Could Black be TM2’s tournament from his perspective?
All Memories of racers in TM Black are creations of Sweet Tooth's mind.
This game used to scare me as a kid, the clown on the cover was a big part of it, but also the eerieness of being a car in a lone city where other cars were hunting you down as well
I would really love to see they make a new Twisted Metal Zero game starring Minion (Devil) as the main character.
Here is what I think could be a (scuffed) explanation for why Calypso needs the ring in the TM3&4 timeline.
Calypsos powers are deeply rooted within the tournament itself, with the carnage its causing probably being the source of them, the bigger the damage the stronger Calypso is, which is why from TM1 to TM2, he tried to cause mayhem on a global level instead of just wrecking one city.
Resetting the timeline would surely require a big amount of his power to pull off, which could explain why he made himself to be so influencal in the TM reboot timeline, to keep high control without needing to use much of his power.
And the second reset would have most likely required even more of his powers since he went so far back into the past, before the time where he even got the powers in the first timeline, and being at a point where cars just started to drive meant his powers had no carnage to feast on.
In an attempt to preserve what powers he had still left, he condensed them into the ring for save keeping until he could start up the tournament again to fuel his powers.
But instead of the powers just coming back to him after the chaos started, they were still contained only to the ring but useable by anyone whos wearing it, which is why Sweet Tooth was able to use Calypsos former powers without any problems.
My canon:
TM1 (2005): Carl won
TM2(2006): Jamie won
TM 2007: Axel won
TM 2008: Marcus Kane won
TMHO(2009): Needles won
Twister died as a loser, Krista blew up when she lost in 2, and Simon Whittlebone decided built the Whittlebone Tower after his loss because I think he survived in 2 but lost and then built the tower and fell from it.
do you write a script for these? your videos are easy to listen to.
He said he writes a script and records multiple takes to get it right.
I have very vague memories playing twisted metal 1 or 2 on the ps1 as a kid, but all i remember was of course sweet tooth and feeling freaked out knowing if my parents caught me playing a game filled with serial killers id never get to touch a Playstation again 😂
what if calypso has the ability to pull people from one timeline to another? This could explain the age differences, everyone who comes back from the last games, as well as marcus and sweet tooth being the same person.
I think the first timeline video is how I found you. I enjoy your content so I stuck around. Always looking forward to what you check out next. Plus the twisted metal franchise used to be a favorite of mine. Sad it's mostly dead these days
Your theory of twisted metal black just being the first tournament makes sense with calypsos trophy room
"being on fire is basically California default state."
I Calypso could see the state of modern day LA he wouldn't even bother making Twisted Metal take place there to begin with.
LMFAO
Also TM2 taking place around the world in a single day isn't farfetched. Since Calypso bends reality as he sees fit, isn't impossible for him to teleport the contestants from place to place in a single day.
My pet theory about Small Brawl was that Specter from that game is the son of Ken Masters and the Bride from Black. Ken used his personal charm to bed the bride, neither realizing who one-another were. Ken vanishes the morning after, leaving the bride distraught and furthering her descent into insanity. Following this Ken dies in the tournament and the Bride, suffering from post-partum depression, goes off the deep end and gets herself locked up.
As a result Specter ends up a kinda-sorta orphan who's on rare occasions able to visit his mother. He wears the ghost costume because he grows more and more to resemble his father as he grows up and that upsets her, and this messed with his head quite a bit. Being a child he comes to the belief that finding his father would fix everything, unaware Calypso had already chosen his mother for a tournament at one point and leaving her fate up in the air.
As for why all 3 are tied to the same car, we can say the bride chose hers based on her fleeting memories of Ken and Specter's on his memories of his mother and/or the stories she told him.
Tbh Calypso perpetuating a neverending cycle of violence only to for his ultimate ending to be an eternity of neverending violence is kind of kino
To your theory about Calypso. What if he operates like 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' where there is a "main" Calypso that can jump between his alternate reality selves BUT his power will bleed through to his other selves. You could even argue that the closer the version is to the prime timeline the more of 'main' Calypso's power they have access to (which would explain why Billy and Twisted Metal Black versions seem to not be as reality altering in most of their wishes).
Now as for why he sends Black in.....Black (the game)....maybe if main Calypso doesn't like some of his variations but possessing them and trying to kill himself might destroy the prime Calyoso too, again like Everything Everywhere all at Once, so he sent a minion.
To be honest i kinda like this because it implies that the reason there are so many continued story's between characters in the games even though there shouldn't be logically is because 'prime' Calypso is jumping back and forth to see what they would wish for in the timelines where they won. Which would futher tie him to the player. He basically is doing what most players are doing, seeing what a character would wish for, but he does it from inside the games universes.
(Sorry this was so long....)
I just love when theres a Twisted Metal related upload, its so damn rare to talk about it
My personal explanation for how Calypso has the Blades of Chaos is that some version of PlayStation All-Stars happened during Timeline B. Calypso simply sat back and watched, only planning to take action if Polygon Man got past the summoned heroes and directly threatened him. During that time, he witnessed the rival battle between Needles Kane and Kratos, which Kratos won. Intrigued and seeing potential for a new competitor, Calypso did some digging into Kratos’ world and quickly realized that getting anywhere near the Ghost of Sparta was a bad idea- he’d tell Calypso to shove any deal he offered and could very feasibly kill him if Calypso pushed the issue. Instead, once Polygon Man was defeated and the competitors returned to their worlds, Calypso commissioned a copy of the Blades be made as a reminder of the warrior that had impressed him so much.
"we also know she was reanimated an fit with a bomb by the NYPD"
(Cutscene clearly shows LAPD)
Never change, Bacon.
“Ok its 2012 now so i have 6 years before i have to return these sick ass blades” -calypso probably
The world is in a chaotic state due to multiple wishes made by various winners of The Twisted Metal contest over the years. It would makes sense if his powers grew because from TM 1 TM 2 TM Head on (The True TM3)and TM 2012
He basically ages backwards in those games. I always saw it as w visual indication of his increased strength from all of the people who have died in his contest.
Calypso is the devil or at least something similar as TM 2012 heavily implied that he was the devil in preacher's story mode
Sweet tooth scared me as a kid playing these games, as an adult his live action adaptation made me laugh and kinda wanna be his friend thankfully both our names start with S so he might like me enough not to kill me.
babe, wake up. tbp posted another twisted metal video. joke aside, really love your videos delving on the series itself, especially with the Twisted Meta series you made
I literally met this channel today by seeing the twisted metal original timeline and yesterday you upload a definitive video lol
Another problem with TM3 and 4 is that in TM3’s opening level, Calypso says it’s been 18 months since an earthquake in 2007 which is why LA is wrecked in the first level. Thus, TM3 has to take place in 2008 while TM4 has to take place in 2009.
Just something about the Crista age thing. She was 15 when she died and stayed 15 when she was reconstructed as a cyborg
If I remember correctly, Twisted Metal was not originally an annual tournament. I think it was something like 5 or 15 years between tournaments.
Calypso and Sweet-tooth were always fighting the world in their own way.
To be locked away forever, fighting each other, servers as a proper ending for them.
I hope this doesn't mean you intend to take down your previous timeline video, I'm quite fond of that one
You don't need to worry about that.
Jesus Christ, giving kingdom hearts convoluted timeline a run for its money. that was a headache and a half to try to absorb. don't know how you had the patients for that but I tip my hat to you.
Hey @Tactical Bacon Productions... I might sound stupid in this as I only played Twisted Metal during my childhood and I only know fragments from 1, 2, 3, 4, Black and Small Brawl...
This might come off as a hunch.
Krista Sparks was born. Calypso earns his power and everything follows as according to the timeline stated.
Minion was an entity to safeguard the darkness of Twisted Metal and has every chance to take it back from Calypso if he misuses or doesn't use the power when granting the correct wishes in the tournaments the Twisted Metal way which places each victor in the darkness they wished for.
When Calypso saw Krista Sparks, he didn't kill her as intended but kills himself with her. Since Calypso was technically immortal, Krista Sparks is now a ghost which allows Calypso to accept that he has a chance of reunion with his daughter before he continues his duty of darkness.
However in the 9th Tournament, Minion wins the tournament and sends Calypso to hell for punishment in not killing Krista Sparks but allowing her to die mercifully without a twist.
Therefore, when Outlaw Officer Carl Roberts won the tournament, Calypso being fearful to be sent to Hell by Minion due to his wish previously - sends him to outer space in a Twist of darkness and in the next one he reveals to Charlie Kane regarding his darkness, becoming Dark Tooth.
When Roadkill - Marcus Kane (whom technically is Needles Kane in canon) emerged to defeat Charlie Kane; he realized that Marcus and Needles Kane were the concept of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde within him. Technically in canon, he would be either driving Roadkill or Sweet Tooth's ride in between to gamble on which side suits him to win the tournament - outsmarting the system that he can either be one of the drivers whenever he loses as the other split character. With these factors at hand, he either needs to be strong enough to resist and kill Charlie Kane and be good or kill him and accept he will become the next Sweet Tooth / Tower Tooth. By defeating Charlie Kane with Calypso splitting his two personalities, Tower Tooth was born. As the two Kanes coexist together, knowing there are no other Kanes in their life anymore - the tournament continues as it is for the rest of the timeline while they continue to make others suffer as there is nothing to look forward to (all Kanes are dead).
Throughout the period of insanity of the Kanes, Needles Kane has lost all consciousness within his mind and often imagines himself as what would it be like being Calypso in person. Hence throughout his insanity, he sculpted the imaginary version of Calypso in his dream (the one-eyed Calypso) and Needles Kane as a contestant defeating his own version of Calypso, executing a plan of revenge on him for making the Kanes and other participants suffer and suffer and suffer in Twisted Metal.
What was not disclosed was - another sole survivor of the Kane family still exists - Sophie Kane was still alive and she took matters into her own hands after knowing the insanity of Needles Kane (whom at this point was already a psychotic murderer that kills everyone under Calypso's influence). Knowing how psychotic the darkness had drawn Needles Kane insane during this period of time (likely Marcus Kane is dead at this point due to guilt of killing the contestants under Calypso's influence) - by 1999 Needles Kane - Sweet Tooth whom is the evil counter part of Marcus Kane decides that enough is enough and steals the ring from Calypso so he can be the one to handle the tournament, giving Calypso a taste of his own suffering when he was a participant while making him suffer through the tournament for the suffering of the Kane bloodline. With this thought instilled, he uses the ring to rebuild the contestants in the strongest forms to honor them. However, Calypso (whom still has another ring on his finger in his profile image in Twisted Metal 4) is immortal as always and wins the tournament with insiders helping him reach to the end (as Moon Buggy, Minion and RC Car being the three vehicles that does not have the "Super" term).
If Twisted Metal 4 shows a kid picking up the ring while Sweet Tooth and Calypso continues fighting inside the ring, this also shows that all the characters that were sucked into the ring were reincarnated as children and starting the beginning of Small Brawl with humble beginnings because in perspective - Small Brawl would be RC cars doing a carnage combat which doesn't destructively end the world and it's a children's tournament. For those whom outsmart Calypso in their end cutscenes (Shadow, Slamm, Crimson Fury and Sweet Tooth obviously), it'll prove that the new Calypso is an impersonator and is mortal, not immortal like the Twisted Metal 1, 2, 3 and 4 counterparts. Hence, Small Brawl is the last part when Twisted Metal dies entirely and it's just a mere imagination for children.
The death of Spectre's father would then be directly canon as the son will be looking for the father's ride to drive in the next Twisted Metal. Hence a timeline repetition of Ken Masters but with the son inheriting the name "Ken Masters" - driving the car to restart the multiverse and change the fate of Twisted Metal and the cycle repeats... until the next Twisted Metal resolves.
Yes. It's long-winded and I'm sorry for writing this without any research except referring to this video.
I would say maybe, because Twisted Metal is a known tournament in-universe, Small Brawl could just be Kids playing "Twisted Metal" in their yards/houses. Like playing Cops/Robbers, or something in that vein.
I had to do a rewind at the Rich Evans shot lol Very funny statement.
Love your twisted metal content
Coming back to this franchise has been such a wild ride (ignore the pun) but damn I've learned so much from your vid's love it!!!
This video is longer than the average Twisted Metal Peacock series episode 💀
Imagine a new twisted metal that comes out and makes the host a full demon made from the fused amalgamation of Calypso and Sweet tooth, Calypso Kane
Would be awesome especially considering how good vehichle physics have gotten with games like Rocket League
CA being perpetually on fire is very accurate comment.
They could completely add another game where they do Sweettooth and Calypso are trapped and the kid is running the tournament. He hears both voices in his head and whoever wins wants revenge on Sweettooth so when they win we get a Sweettooth/Calypso meld the kid bow understands the power of the ring and Sweettooth os happy to return to killing I the tournament. Then the next sequel if Sweettooth wins he splits from Calypso, and I the next sequel have both competing with Calypso wanting to get his ring back to reset timeline again
FUCK YES!!! New tactical bacon upload always makes my night!
The intro of Twisted Metal 4 puts Calypso running the games in the 1920s with a young Sweettooth joining. Explains how he was being chased for 100 years.
Well this is just a thought but what if twisted metal black takes place after roadkill’s 2 ending because he woke up in a hospital and it all appeared to be a dream
You take a lot of account on Calypso, but everything makes sense when you consider its all in Marcus' head.
Damn. I'm 35 now and recall the first TM on ps1......sweet tooth, axel... calypso..... bring my nostalgia back plz
Sometimes we just gotta drop logic and use our imagination and enjoy the fantasy of the game world. Loved Twisted Metal in my "kid days". I hope i can replay TM2 on xbox someday soon. Good video bro.
Honestly? I always liked the interpretation that a lot of the strange happenings in Twisted Metal, particularly 2, Black, and Head-On, are just: It's a Video Game!
In Twisted Metal 2, Marcus explicitly calls out the player in his Character Bio, saying he's the only one who knows what's going on here, that you, the player, are making him do this! I like to think that Marcus' ending, when Calypso says 'Feel Free to come back and visit us any time' is straight up him saying 'I'll give you a happy ending, but you only get it for as long as the game isn't being played!' Hence why when Marcus says 'Everything's gonna be alright' while holding his family, Calypso shows up, as if reveling in the morbid irony of it!
Twisted Metal: Head On, I like to think the Video Game aspect plays into particularly Sweet Tooth's ending, and ESPECIALLY Dark Tooth's ending! Note Needles' use of words when he's talking to Calypso, and who he's actually looking at when he says it, "We've been doing this a long time. You hold a Twisted Metal, I kill and Destroy for you." (I know Calypso looks the same way later in the cutscene but is 100% talking to Needles, but shush) What's really interesting is Calypso saying 'Nobody MAKES YOU compete every year, Needles', and then Needles' reaction because uh. That kind of IS what we're doing, making him compete, by playing the game!
But what's really interesting to me is Dark Tooth's ending, which I CAN'T justify any other way than 'It's a Video Game'! Specifically the talk of 'I've been here before' because how do you unlock Dark Tooth again? Oh yeah, by beating the game's story mode and fighting Darktooth and Tower Tooth! Straight up, I can only see that justifiably explained as 'The game is being played again, we've been here before, and it's time to be the final boss again!'
And then Twisted Metal Black. This one you can look at many different ways, and surprise surprise, it's because of Marcus. Most of what he's saying pretty heavily leans to this being in Needles' mind, but I think he might also be talking even deeper than that! Note his messages after establishing this is in Needles' head, "I miss the old colorful world" and "We will return to our old world one day". To me, it sounds like he's telling us the player what's going on in the game in-universe (The world is warped by Needles) while ALSO telling us this is just a one-off game, and that he prefers the old style of games over this despairingly dark world! ...Which would have been ironic as hell to say if Harbor City was ever released!
One more thing to note, I find it interesting that, while Marcus is the personality known for breaking the 4th wall and talking to the audience... Notice that Needles always does too! Note how much he calls out the audience as 'Boys and Girls', where everyone else just doesn't actually address the player! I just find that interesting!
I found this video trying to understand the story of twisted metal in its relation to the new series and I watched all 36 minutes and have no better understanding of the game or the show but boy was it a rollercoaster of a video to watch I enjoyed every minute I commend you for trying to decipher this for us sir. I played most of these games as a small child and didn't realize there was a story at all I thought it was just cars blowing each other up for no reason. Now I can't believe my parents let me play this demented game. I love the show by the way it's not even close to the games story really but how do you make that mess of timelines into something watchable. I really liked this video I was laughing the whole time
I’m here after binging the new tv series on peacock, and I loved the show so far, but the only thing I know from the games is sweet tooth and the fact it was a survival driving/car fighting game.
So this was a big help.
There is one explanation for the blades of chaos being in Calypso's trophy collection.
I'll just say it has something to do with PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
My headcannon with zero sleuthing (because headcannons are "jus for funsies") was always that 1-4 were cannon. Everything else being that battle in the ring. Small brawl? The guy driving an icecream truck won creators rights for that battle. Black? Calypso got to set that round, said fuck your silly ass clowning, deal with gritty edge. Back and forth perpetually rigged games each time they get to rewrite the rules, pieces etc. "Hey Calypso, what was that ghost car. Dan Masters right? Ken? Well fuck it its his kid, we're all kids, we're having an RC car war this time!"
And if Markus ever wrestles control, we’re probably going to get a saner game.
TM: 2 and Head On which you can consider 3 are self contained reality/timelines and possibly connected to TM: Black before its events or maybe after
Alternates TM: 1, 3, 4 , Small Brawl are self contained reality/timelines, 4 and Small Brawl maybe connected
TM Black self contained reality/timeline that is also possibly a reboot or some begining point due to Needles involvement
TM: 2023 self contained reality/timeline is also a reboot which connects multiple realities as current end point
I really hope we get another twisted metal game soon. Or at least a spiritual successor that's like Twisted Metal: Black or head-on since I personally think those are the best games in the series.
I really like the in-depth dates that you found I also hope that we get a new game soon, and they really should bring back lost and apocolips and some other canceld games cause that could make the timeline much more intresting. Lastly what do you think they will do for the 30th anaversary of the series in 2025?
Well, this was very interesting. I never actually put that much thought into the TM series timeline...
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I just play and blow up stuff.
24:08 Twisted Metal Head on ending - Sweet Tooth’s - he did.
Could you do a video comparing the different Calypsos over the games?
Mel McMurrin's is my personal favorite.
I wonder does box art imply who's story it is Sweet Tooth is on 1, 2 in logo, 3, 4 over a battle, Black, Head-On, 2012 Face over a battle, Small Brawl next to logo, Who is this really about, has Sweet Tooth beat Calypso in any timeline?
I don't know if this helps, but on road rage in TM4 you can clearly see the empire state building and the twin towers in the skybox, so 1999 might actually be way more plausible
keep in mind, TM4 was *developed and released* in 1999, so it's a given they'd be there
Calypso in 2012 looks like if Weird Al and Matthew Mercer had a baby.
I always thought that Charlie Kane working for Calypso in 2 was referencing his ending from TM '95.
I know the game isn't the most liked, but I like the concept in head on of being a character specific direct sequel to 2.
In the alternate scenes in Twisted Metal: Black it shows sweet tooth being arrested in 31st of October 2023
One of my favorite games from my childhood
Good times back then playing twisted metal on the flip ps1 😢 time sure does fly
David jaffee confirmed that minions secret message in TM Black was a very last moment thing because mainly they forgot to put something there so they just made a Easter egg that basically had no meaning or thought whatsoever, BTW check out David jaffee's streams!
- Callypso, my wish is you meeting Deez.
- Who is Deez?
- Deez Nuts.
It seems like the end of twisted metal 4 leads into small brawl. The kid who picked up the ring looks like Billy