Calypso (2012)

• Introduction
• TM(1995)
• TM2
• TMIII
• TM4
• Black
• Small Brawl
• Head-On
• TM(2012)
• TV Series

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Calypso
Information
Faction	Calypso Industries
Vehicles	None, as he is not a contestant.
Age	??
Gender	Male
Eye Color	White Red (with aura)
Hair Color	Black
Born	??
Actor	G. Russell Reynolds
Wish	None, as he is not a contestant.

Calypso returns in Twisted Metal (2012) as the master of the Twisted Metal contest once again. He is seen as the President of his own company, Calypso Industries, which he may have set up as a front for his tournament.

Appearance

This rendition of Calypso bears more resemblance to his appearance in Twisted Metal 4, maintaining his sleek business suit, straight down hair, and has no burns on his face.

Wishes

As with other Twisted Metal games, his wish-granting abilities relatively stay the same; often never giving what the contestants truly wish for. Upon the three contestants' wishes, the following happens:

Sweet Tooth's ending shows him being placed in the coffin of his oldest daughter. She was shown to have committed suicide ten years ago. He ended up trapped with her corpse in Sweet Tooth's daughter's grave. (He wished to be taken to where she was hiding all these years.)

Mr. Grimm's ending shows him being taken back (as his current age) to the night where his father was killed. Rather than be taken to the stunt show where his father actually dies, he was teleported to the back of his father's car instead. This spooked both his younger self and his father, and Mr. Grimm accidentally ended up causing an automobile accident, inadvertently killing his father. He was then shot by his younger self. (He wished to be taken back to the night his father was killed.)

Dollface's ending shows her being taken to "the largest runway" which turned out to be an airport runway. She is later hit by an airplane, and is seen as the only way the mask was removed. (She wished to be at the center of the biggest runway, shining brightly.) Calypso then makes a taunting remark, saying "Why, Miss Sparks, you were right. You do shine!"

Quotes

• "Your wish is granted."
• "Look around Sweet Tooth. You've been given your prize."
• "I'm sure your dad would be proud."
• "Why, Miss Sparks, you were right. You do shine!"

Trivia

• Calypso does say his catchphrase "I am Calypso, and I thank you for playing Twisted Metal." only after seeing the secret ending after the credits.
• It is implied that Calypso is the Devil, mainly by the Preacher. Other signs comport with this theory:
  • The Calypso Industries tower is stylized as a demonic tower of flames for a brief second.
  • Some previous contestants are imprisoned in a painting of the macabre vision of the tower, including the Preacher himself.
  • Whenever he grants wishes, his eyes glow red, and he gains a red aura around his body, which does not happen in previous games.
  • While granting Mr. Grimm's wish, his voice takes on a deep and demonic tone for a brief second as well.
• It is possible that Calypso helped create Dollface, as she was given her mask by a Dr. Ospylac (Calypso spelled backwards).
• Calypso keeps a trophy case filled with items from earlier Twisted Metal games.
• The Calypso Industries building contains a room that is apparently a disco hall, implying that Calypso has a fondness for disco. The game tips make fun of this, saying that "Calypso must have disco fever." In the cutscenes where his office is shown, however, he always listens to classical music.
• It is revealed in an alternative scrapped ending that Calypso had the Preacher captured by his female bodyguards after Dollface was revealed to be an android built by the Preacher himself. He then sent the Preacher to a mental asylum (which was going to be Blackfield Asylum but was named, "The Asylum" as a placeholder due to the scene being unfinished). He talks to a doctor at this asylum and offers to pay if he uses other radical methods stating, "Money is no object" and leaves the asylum in his limousine. This ending can be viewed on David Jaffe's YouTube channel. The Preacher has a vision appearing to be in Hell with all the other souls.

Gallery

Calypso's Office - www.burtoncg.com

Model of Calypso's office from Twisted Metal (2012).