In this installment, Needles generally goes by "Sweet Tooth" or "Marcus Kane", while only his followers still refer to him as Needles. His passion for finding "the one that got away"—the only one of his would-be victims that managed to escape alive—is the driving force of his story and his motivation for entering the new Twisted Metal tournament.
Story[]
Kane Family.
His real name is Marcus Kane, a middle-aged man who lived a decent life. Happily married and a father of four, he worked as an ice cream salesman, handing out treats from his future demolition vehicle. However, a small part of him was filled with resentment and hatred for his mundane life, eventually manifesting as a split personality. This dark side, dubbed "Needles", began eating at the edges of Marcus' sanity, trying to convince him to set it free.
After an unknown period of time, Marcus finally gave in to Needles' demands, externalizing the facet of himself by creating a macabre clown mask. Unfortunately, this allowed Needles to subdue or destroy Marcus' personality, effectively bringing the man's repressed madness and sadism to the forefront. To celebrate his new freedom, the newly-named Sweet Tooth donned the clown mask (somehow setting his head ablaze in the process) and decided to murder "his" family.
Marcus' wife, youngest son and baby were quickly slaughtered, but Sweet Tooth took his time with his daughter. He would later admit this was a mistake, as it gave the girl time to grab a pair of large scissors and drive them towards the mad clown's right eye (hitting just under). As Sweet Tooth reeled in pain, Sophie fled into the night, becoming the first—and only—person that survived Sweet Tooth's murderous urges.
Infuriated at this turn of events, Sweet Tooth vowed to find his daughter and "make her BLEED." He began roaming the world in his ice cream truck—modified for combat and destruction—in search of the one that got away. At one point, he was able to track Sophie to a hospital, but found no sign of her beyond the "scent of her fear". On the other hand, Sweet Tooth took great pleasure in slaughtering everyone that got in his way on the way up, musing that "It was like Christmas morning: every hallway filled with...little, tiny, blood-filled gifts."
After killing yet another woman on the hunt for Sophie, Sweet Tooth decides to enter Calypso's latest Twisted Metal contest, intent on using his wish to finally catch up with his elusive prey. During the competition, his main opponents are The Skulls, led by Mr. Grimm. In the final battle of the tournament, Sweet Tooth was pitted against The Brothers Grimm, but managed to emerge victorious at the cost of his gunner's life.
Ending[]
After he wins the contest, Sweet Tooth wishes for Calypso to send him to Sophie's hiding place. As Calypso used his powers, Sweet Tooth awakens to find himself in a coffin, complete with a blackened skeleton lying on top of him. Calypso reveals that Sophie has been dead for ten years; her mind broken by the murder of her family, she committed suicide long before her father found the hospital she had lived in since that night. Infuriated at Calypso's trickery, Sweet Tooth futilely attempts to escape his daughter's coffin while swearing to kill him, but he is far too deep in the ground to make any progress. As a final insult, Calypso spray-paints "Sweet Tooth" on Sophie's tombstone, leaving the murderous clown to die of suffocation.
At the end of the game (during the credits), it is revealed that Sweet Tooth realized that his oldest son was hiding very close to where he had his final confrontation with Sophie. Despite this, the killer chose to spare Charlie Kane, leading the latter to see himself as the heir to his father's work. Having apparently heard of Sweet Tooth's passing, Charlie made good on his destiny by digging up Sophie's coffin, containing both her and her father, and retrieving the clown mask. Donning the mask and setting his own head alight, Charlie set off in Sweet Tooth's old truck, swearing to avenge his father's murder by doing the same to Calypso.
Later still, Calypso himself visited the grave, musing that Sweet Tooth had impacted Sophie in a way that gave her great potential for causing pain. Deciding to make use of the girl's rage and hatred, Calypso resurrected Sophie as a female version of her father, right down to the clown mask and flaming scalp.
Scenes[]
Sweet Tooth's Opening Cutscene - Twisted Metal (PS3)
Sweet Tooth's Blood Filled Gifts Cutscene - Twisted Metal
Sweet Tooth's ending - Twisted Metal (2012)
Twisted Metal (2012) - Epilouge 1 Ending HD
Twisted Metal Epilogue 2
Quotes[]
- "I don't blame myself. They were my first murders."
- "Marcus doesn't live here anymore..."
- "Take me to her NOW!"
- "You can't hide from me, little girl... you can't hide from daddy."
Trivia[]
- Needles is apparently the 884th person to compete in the Twisted Metal contest.
- Sweet Tooth was played by actors Adam Dunnells as Marcus Kane, and Paul Vinson as Needles.
- An earlier version of Sweet Tooth's introduction can be found on youtube with scrapped quotes and small edit differences.
Gallery[]
![Sweet Tooth promotional poster.[1]](/wiki/File:TM2012SweetToothPoster.png "TM2012SweetToothPoster.png (595 KB)")
![The 1/6 scale collectible statue of Sweet Tooth from Gaming Heads (the maker of the statue).[2]](/wiki/File:Vertical_17.jpg "Vertical 17.jpg (154 KB)")
| Twisted Metal (2012) Characters | |
|---|---|
| Host | Calypso |
| Contestants | Sweet Tooth • Mr. Grimm • Dollface • Preacher |
| Factions | The Clowns • The Skulls • The Dolls • The Holy Men |
| Others | Charlie Kane • Kane Family • Sophie Kane |