Calypso (TM2)

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

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Calypso
Information
Vehicle	None, as he is not a contestant
Age	37-38 (at death)
Gender	Male
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Brown
Born	Dallas, Texas
Voice Actor(s)	Mel McMurrin
Wish	None, as he is not a contestant

Calypso returns in Twisted Metal 2, this time in a more stylized form. This incarnation of Calypso has a sadistic sense of humor, often twisting the victor's wish into a nightmare they never asked for. He is also seen piloting a Zeppelin (blimp) for transportation.

Appearance

His appearance changes slightly, this time having more sleek hair, a mildly burnt face, and appearing more charming than in the original, as well as having a normal human voice. Despite this, his fingers are noticeably elongated with talon-like fingernails.

Story (Comic)

Young Calypso from TM 2 Comic

Calypso was born in 1956-1957 (the exact year is not confirmed). In 1968, when he was twelve years old, he stole his parent's car to run over a copperhead snake, fueled by his fascination with road-kill, but accidentally ran over his younger sister's head. When his parents discovered this, they made him clean his sister's blood off the driveway.

Calypso stared at his sister's doll, and after quite some time, he began to associate it with his sister. Two years after they buried her, their parents still grieved and argued every time they went to put flowers on her grave. Ridden with guilt, Calypso decided to try and join his sister by blinding his father while he was driving, but the resulting accident only managed to kill their parents. Calypso was disappointed that he was not among the body count, vowing to his sister that next time, he would do it right.

He then decided to hitchhike until one truck stopped and offered Calypso a ride. The trucker, named Al, gave him a job fixing cars in a demolition derby. One day, Al was drunk and shot him in the arm ranting about him listening to calypso music. The next day, Al apologized and gave him his own car and his old helmet, christening him as Calypso.

Car Crash from the TM 2 Comic.

For 20 years, Calypso participated in the Demolition Derby, hoping he would die, but only managed to keep killing both the drivers and the audience. Eventually, Calypso went to Vegas and got married to a woman named Joanie. They had a daughter named Krista. Eventually, Calypso got tired of his wife and often cheated on her. One day, however, his wife was in the audience and a tire flew off and killed her. Calypso and Krista then lived their lives out of suitcases and motel rooms. Often times Calypso would be so ragged that Krista, despite being only 15 years old, would drive their car to keep them moving.

One night, Calypso went to a bar and left Krista in the back seat to sleep. When he left the bar, he saw his wife and she told him that she was in Hell and that he should be too. Calypso agreed, and she told him all he had to do was close his eyes and let go of the wheel. Just before they crashed, Krista woke up as Calypso had forgotten all about her and both of them died.

Calypso went to Hell and was chased down by a demon named Minion, but eventually lost him. Satan, who saw the whole thing, was impressed: he gave Calypso a drink, which transformed him into the man we know him as today, and told him to be the host of a demolition derby that would send more souls to hell. The winner, however, would get one wish, no matter the price, size or even reality. 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. 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. The only way anyone could ever get near Calypso was by winning the Twisted Metal tournament.

Calypso in hell being challenged by Minion from TM 2 Comic.

Calypso would grant any wish the winner desired, no matter what it is, even distorting reality to grant it. However, he would usually twist the wish to ensure it would backfire on the winner, causing harm not only to him or her, but as many people as possible, usually killing them. This was his method of gathering souls for Hell. There have been cases where he refrained from doing so at all, or fell victim to his own schemes, as he must grant the wish in some shape or form, giving certain contestants a small window of opportunity.

Downfalls

• Grasshopper - Now a cyborg, Krista has no wish other than to be reunited with her father, and she reveals him the L.A.P.D.'s plan to kill Calypso. Despite the obvious danger, the sight of his scared daughter brings him to embrace her in a hug as the bomb inside her detonates, killing them both. The L.A.P.D. later thanks the player for winning (and putting an end to) Twisted Metal.

• Shadow - Mortimer also does not make a wish, instead telling Calypso that he has brought a "gift": the souls of everyone killed due to Calypso's tournament. The vengeful spirits surround Calypso and carry him away, only for him to escape and grab on to the wing of a plane, scaring one of the passengers while thanking the player for playing Twisted Metal.

• Minion - Minion solely seeks revenge on Calypso for stealing his birthright powers 11 years prior. Intimidated, Calypso begs to be spared, but Minion refuses to relent, opens a portal to Hell and remarks "Time to rot in Hell with your little sister", laughing evilly as he tosses Calypso into it, which then closes.

Quotes

• "The driver of Roadkill, a man named Marcus Kane, stepped out of his car and stood face-to-face with me, the creator of Twisted Metal."
• "Oh, Marcus, I always knew you would be the one to figure it out. I will grant your wish, but please! Feel free to come back and visit us any time! The rest of your friends will be here for quite a while (laughs)."
• "Greetings, Simon Whittlebone! I raise my glass to the one competitor who's made it all the way!"
• "Mortimer, any prize you request will be yours."
• "A gift? For me? Let me see it."
• "Your wish is granted, driver!"
• "Minion! Eh, it's so good to see you again! Surely, we can work out a deal!"
• "Sweet Tooth, winner of the 'Twisted Metal' contest, was granted an audience with the founder of the competition."
• "I have agreed to grant a winner any prize they request that will be no limits on price, size, or in this case, even reality."
• "The night sky exploded with light! And when the light faded, Sweet Tooth had gotten his wish. For the rest of his days, he enjoyed his new life alone in the garden, away from all those who were telling him he was crazy."
• "Oh but Sweet Tooth was happy, and... whenever he got lonely for human companionship, or human FLESH, all he had to do was look up, and dream of the day when he would crawl out of the garden and back into the world of man."
• "Krista! I thought you had died! In the car crash that almost killed me! You're alive! (reads label on one of the gears in Krista's head) Property of the L.A.P.D.?"
• "I would be GLAD to grant your wish, my dear! I will let you go and see your brother."

Trivia

• The only endings in which Calypso does not thank the player for playing are Grasshopper's, Minion's, Outlaw 2's, and Roadkill's. He dies in Grasshopper's, is sent to Hell in Minion's, and never got the chance in Outlaw 2's and Roadkill's, although he was briefly glimpsed at the end of the latter.
• In the comic, the car that Calypso enters Hell in appears to be a Pontiac Catalina.