Dark Tooth makes its debut in Twisted Metal 2 as a unplayable vehicle. It acts as the final boss, appearing after all the enemies on Hong Kong are defeated. It seemingly is driven by Sweet Tooth's father. However, he is never actually named or seen, only described as a shriveled and senile old man.
Dark Tooth uses Napalm Cone missiles as its machine guns, and as such is capable of making short work of even Minion. It can also destroy full-health small cars like Mr. Grimm and Spectre by simply running them over. It is also extremely durable, far more so any playable character (even Minion), capable of pulling off a 360 and turning around corners with ease.
After destroying the ice cream truck, the player has to fight the flaming head that was on top of it, but this phase is considered much easier because it has far less health than the truck.
Boss Dialogue[]
The following message will appear along with Dark Tooth:
Dark Tooth, Sweet Tooth's father, rises from the sewers.
"You killed my son!" he shouts.
"I want my little clown boy back!!!"
Dark Tooth will appear as a giant, upgraded version of Sweet Tooth the size of large house, with a giant flaming clown head over it. Once you defeat Dark Tooth, another message appears:
But wait...what's this? Inside the giant head
you see the shriveled figure of an old man!
"Heads up you freak!" the senile fool screams!
The giant head previously on top of the truck will be moving on its own as if it were a player. It is fast but extremely weak. After you finally defeat him, the last message shows:
CONGRATULATIONS!
You are the winner. Prepare to meet Calypso
in New York and claim your ultimate prize.
Special Weapons[]
- Phase 1: Bombs with clown faces that ricochet.
- Phase 2: Special Weapon of Dark Tooth's second phase when it is only a head. Will ram into opponents causing massive damage.
Trivia[]
- Dark Tooth's license plate reads "U-SCREAM," referencing the quote, "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream."
- When Dark Tooth takes enough damage, the head will come off. The head still has a license plate on it. However, this is highly difficult to see.
- Even if one plays as Sweet Tooth, its introductory message will still say "You killed my son!" he shouts. "I want my little clown boy back!!!"
- Although Dark Tooth is referred to as "The father of Sweet Tooth", he is never explicitly referred to as Charlie Kane, the driver of Yellow Jacket who was revealed to be the father of Needles Kane in the original game.
- It is an interesting note that when fighting Dark Tooth's head, the head seems to be floating on top of an invisible car. This is easily seen when firing at the head and the head gets launched towards you. The missiles and machine gun bullets collide with the air, with pieces of metal and shrapnel flying off an invisible vehicle.
- Dark Tooth also has rear-firing machine guns, similar to Minion's tank.
- Dark Tooth can selected as a playable character through the use of a game-modifying devices such as a Gameshark, but the clown head is not attached and is instead located on the ground within the current map you battle on. Your machine guns are not replaced by napalm cones, but your ricochets are replaced by giant clown-faced ones and you can also attack by ramming, which can be exceptionally devestating due to his armor and size to other vehicles. However, doing so lags the game greatly. Controlling Dark Tooth using this method also creates the high probability of causing the game to error into a softlock, during which Dark Tooth will appear out of bounds and unable to move.
Gallery[]
| Twisted Metal 2 Vehicles | |
|---|---|
| Default | Roadkill • Twister • Axel • Mr. Slam • Shadow • Hammerhead • Outlaw 2 • Warthog • Mr. Grimm • Grasshopper • Thumper • Spectre |
| Unlockable | Sweet Tooth • Minion |
| Unplayable | Dark Tooth |