![]() ![]() Twisted Metal is my tournament, it's my brainchild, it's mine! This will be proven soon enough. It is shown in the intro that Calypso once drove a trackless Circus Train, while other drivers drove old-fashioned automobiles similar to the Ford Model-T, and that his competition started out as a town-to-town caravan event. He's going to turn Sweet Tooth into clowndog on a stick if he gets the chance." -Twisted Metal 4 - Instruction Manualĭifferent than all other games, Calypso is actually a contestant in Twisted Metal 4, due to Needles Kane taking the ring from him and usurping control of the Twisted Metal tournament, and was once again voiced by Mel McMurrin. He gave his heartless soul to the organization and this is the thanks he gets. " The legendary Calypso is in exile, tossed off the Twisted Metal throne by a circus hack. Upon winning the contest, Calypso grants the victor any wish they truly desire, with no intended trickery (save for Carl Roberts). For one character, their wish backfires by their own naivety. It is noted that he sits on a throne of scrapped cars. His voice was distorted and less human compared to the later games. Simco) with long, somewhat frizzy red hair, a badly burned face, and wearing a sleek tuxedo. However, Calypso must grant the winner's request, even if he doesn't want to (a fact that has been used against him on a few occasions, see below).Ĭalypso in hell being challenged by Minion from TM 2 ComicĬalypso makes his first appearance in Twisted Metal (1995), played by a live actor (Charles L. However, he would usually make so that the wish would backfire at the winner, causing harm not only to him, but as many people as possible, usually killing them. The only way anyone could ever get near Calypso was by winning the Twisted Metal tournament.Ĭalypso would grant any wish the winner desired, no matter what it is, even distorting reality to grant it. Because of this, many law enforcement agencies, such as Interpol and the FBI, started to investigate the tournament and attempting to arrest Calypso, but to no avail. Calypso ran the tournament for 10 years, during which much suspicion was raised about him and his tournament, mainly because the wishes always seemed to backfire at the winners, usually killing them. The winner, however, would get one wish, no matter the price, size or even reality. Satan, who saw the whole thing, was impressed: he gave Calypso a drink, which turned him into the man we know him as today, and told Calypso to be the host of a demolition derby that would have more souls to come to Hell. Just before they crashed, Krista woke up as Calypso had forgotten all about her and both of them died.Ĭalypso went to Hell and was chased by a demon named Minion, but eventually lost him. Calypso agreed, and she told him all he had to do was close his eyes and let go of the wheel. When he left the bar, he saw his wife and she told him that she was in Hell and that he should be too. One night, Calypso went to a bar and left Krista in the back seat to sleep. Calypso and Krista then lived their lives out of suitcases and motel rooms. One day, however, his wife was in the audience and a tire flew off and killed her. Eventually, Calypso got tired of his wife and often cheated on her. ![]() Eventually, Calypso went to Vegas and got married to a woman named Joanie. The next day, Al apologized and gave William his own car and gave him his old helmet, and christened him as Calypso.įor 20 years, Calypso participated in the Demolition Derby, hoping he would die, but only managed to keep killing both the drivers and the audience. One day, Al was drunk and shot William in the arm ranting about him listening to calypso music. The trucker, named Al, gave William a job fixing cars in a demolition derby. He then decided to hitchhike until one truck stopped and offered Calypso a ride. William was disappointed that he was not among the body count, vowing to his sister that next time he would do it right. Ridden with guilt, William decided to try and join his sister, by blinding his father while he was driving, causing an accident killing his mother and father. Two years after they buried her, they were still grieved and argued every time they went to put flowers on her grave. However, William stared at his sister's doll, and after quite some time, he began to associate it with his sister. When his parents discovered this, they made him clean up the driveway of his sister's blood. He had a younger sister whom, when he was 12 years old, after stealing his parent's car to run over a copperhead (he had a fascination with roadkill at the time), accidentally ran over his sister's head. 12.1 Twisted Metal (1995) (Lost Endings)Ĭalypso, whose real name may have been William Sparks (referenced in Small Brawl), was born in 1956-1957 (the exact year is not confirmed).
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