Every Twisted Metal Ending Ranked From Worst To Best 

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"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.

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

>Sweet Tooth can withstand having his head on fire forever >Sweet Tooth cannot withstand having dental work done Ok

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

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.

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.

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..."

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.

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

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.

bro I can't believe they got the guys who make the bowling alley animations to make the endings for TM3 and 4

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 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

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?

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?

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.

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.

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 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

Calypso in the whole Twisted Metal series is the literal definition of "doing a little bit of trolling"

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

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)

The delivery of Calypso’s “My god….you killed everyone!” will never not be hilarious to me

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 wish for Twisted Metal to return to us in such a glorious way that whoever picks It up afterwards keeps it running 🥰

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.

"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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 wish for anything I want to happen, unless it turns out horribly wrong based on my terms.*

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. :/"

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.

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?

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 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.

Im surprised there wasn't an extra mention to TM4 with Calypso's ending: at the very end of the scene, it show a brief clip of a random boy finding the ring amongst the rubble. It's heavily implied that that kid is the kid "Calypso" in Small Brawl, which I think is an interesting detail to make the game more connected ^^

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.

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.

One thing to note about 3’s endings, it’s Calypso stating the wish, not the driver. This means he can phrase the wish however he wants and have no limit to how he can twist it. Example: Hammerhead wants peace in their neighborhood so they can watch their favorite show, but Calypso just takes the “watch your favorite show” aspect for the wish. Aside from the first game this is the only time the winner doesn’t speak (or at least have voice acting)

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 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.

With outlaw in twisted metal black, his second cutscene shows that he had ran out of ammunition before trying to kill himself with his gun. So, the same thing happens right before he gets shot after going back in time.

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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

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 found the alt ending for Sweet Tooth in Twisted Metal 2012, Needles wished for the same thing, but when he was transported to his daughter's location he found out that she became a clown serial killer just like her dear old dad out in the woods and got his head chopped off. Sophie then used his head as a torch

TM2's Sweet Tooth ending could've been a good twist if Sweet asked to be able to kill as much as he pleased without anyone caring or trying to hunt him down for it, so Calypso turns him into a predatory insect far in the middle of nowhere where he can kill as many other insects as he wants.

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

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.

Wishing for Calypso's babes is brilliant, and hats off to Calypso for granting that wish like a proud uncle.

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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:

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.

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 endings where the winner just wanted to do something with their friends could make sense if their friends live really far away and aren't able to show up, are stuck in jail, dead, etc.

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.

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.

I actually quite like the ironic endings. I think the developers are self aware; its a macabre car combat contest game where the prize for winning is a wish. It only makes sense that they disappoint the winner.

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

Marcus being at the very bottom and Needles at the very top is a kinda neat coincidence.

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.

The main thing that sucks about orbital's ending is if he just said I wish to be normal the ending could of been the same sense normal is just what the majority is.

Always enjoy your twisted metal videos!

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.

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

Calypso, I wish for a turkey sandwich...on rye bread...with lettuce and mustard and-AND, I don't want any zombie turkeys, I don't wanna turn into a turkey myself and I don't want any other weird or ironic surprises. You got that?!

I think Firestarter's wish isn't literally wanting to have a barbecue with his friends. I think by "barbecue" he means that he wants to set the world on fire, given his bio confirms he's a pyromaniac. The issue is that he clearly wasn't good at describing his wish to Calypso, making for an easy subversion. Which given that it would be tricky to make a subversion of "I wish to set the world on fire" I can see why they went more literal.

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.

Wow what a video! Gg for taking the time to put this together!

Orbital's ending in TM4 would've been so much better if they simply had him phrase it better so the twist would be less predictable. Everyone else also missing half their face works, if he just said "I wish to be normal again" it would be less predictable and honestly one of the best endings in my opinion. Additionally Spectre's ending in TM1 could've had a good twist where he sees his family again, but they've already moved on after his death and he becomes depressed as a result.

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

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.

Hammerhead in Twisted Metal Small Brawl actually does make sense. Let's look at some artists who are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You have ABBA, who isn't rock. Marvin Gaye, who isn't Rock. The Bestie Boys, who aren't Rock. The Beegees, who aren't rock. Many artists that don't even come close to being Rock end up being inducted into the rock and roll hall of Fame. So Billy Calypso turning Hammerhead into the leader of a boy band actually makes sense as a twist. Cause people have no idea what qualifies as Rock music now.

I would wish to have less anxiety and depression tbh. Yes. Id go through that whole ordeal and wish for this small thing. As someone who struggles with this stuff daily so much that it as cost me the love of my life and multiple MULTIPLE job opportunities I feel that alot of people take their confidence for granted. Twist this up. I'm actually interested in what you guys can do with it if you can.

#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 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!

Why the HELL does Melvin keep shaking his hips back and forth in all the Twisted Metal 4 endings? It's so distracting! Stop shaking your hips, damn you!

I only just realized how much Calypso sounds like a more-evil less-flamboyant version of Pegasus from Yugioh.

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.

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.

I just want to say I appreciate all the effort and love and memes put into this and it has been a massive nostalgia trip. Also holy shit a lot of the endings went over my head as a kid, Maybe for the best lmfao