No-Face

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No-Face
Blackfield AsylumPatient Profile
Vehicle	Crazy 8
Demeanor	FIERCELY AGGRESSIVE
Disorder	Chronic Pain, Rage Disorder with Psychotic features, brain trauma.
Treatment	Horse tranquilizers, isolation.
Age	30
Gender	Male
Eye Color	None (originally brown)
Hair Color	None
Born	1971
Voice Actor(s)	J.S. Gilbert
Wish	To find the doctor who scarred his face.

"You know, that was the first time I ever knocked someone out with one punch."

—No-Face, Twisted Metal: Black

Frank McCutcheon, famously titled The Tank and also known as No-Face is a contestant and driver of Crazy 8 in Twisted Metal: Black.

Appearance

His face is disfigured, with his eyes and mouth sewn shut. He wears a black suit with a dirty white shirt and black shoes.

Bio (Manual)

No-Face was a boxer at the local gym. His father was a championship boxer. Bout after bout, his dad knocked out fighter after fighter, most often in the first round. No-Face knew he had a champion's blood in him.

But unlike his father, No-Face has never been a contender for the National Title. Each week he fought purely for the love of the sport. Every fight would go the distance and the fans loved the show that No-Face put on.

Tonight's bout was going to be an easy one. The bookmakers had listed him as a favorite against the newcomer. No-Face's confidence was strong. But all that changed once he stepped into the ring...

No-Face's Journal (Manual)

Feb 14

"My therapist says I should keep a journal; he says it'll make me feel better. But I don't think anything'll ever replace the loss I've suffered... screw him.

When I get something to write about... I'll let you know."

April 19

"You're never gonna believe who my neighbor is in the next cell. That jerk off clown serial killer from the newspapers... glad they caught the freak, but he keeps mumbling the same words over and over...

I wonder if I should be worried... then again, if he killed me, I'd be out of this place."

June 19

"Well whadaya know? Something eventful just happened. This guy - calls himself Calypso - comes into my cell. From the looks of things, he killed about 15 guards just to get to me. Says he wants me to be a part of his contest, says if I win, I'll get to confront the man who did this to my face."

June 20 (unclear)

"When Calypso visited me that night, he also visited a bunch of other lunatics like me. Hell, people a lot stranger than me, to be honest. But we all got nothing to lose... so we all agreed to play. I guess I'm gonna have to get these other freaks just to get mY revenge."

June 21

"People ask how I can drive without my eyes. I dunno really. It's like all my other senses, they've gotten better... stronger. I drove by a group of kids today, just getting out of school. Don't know how but I know they were lookin' at me - I know they were afraid... I could... smell it! And I can sense the Doc too... I can feel him... I know he's out there... and when I win Calypso's gonna deliver him to me on a silver platter..."

June 23

"Damn that Doctor! My face hurts so much, I feel like I wanna take a knife and just slice the damn thing off! In the asylum, I was one of the calm ones... I never hurt nobody. But things are getting tough out here... this contest, it ain't easy. I think I need more of a killing instinct...

Maybe I should study the clown more... see how he does it. Man... am I ready to die for revenge?"

June 24 (unclear)

"Calypso took it upon himself to modify each of our vehicles to execute (I hate that word) these energy attacks. I couldn't imagine him touching my father's prized car... but I let it go, anything that will make it easier to get my wish is ok with me..."

June 25

"All of those other drivers... laughing screaming out as they race by... the Devil himself must be in their hearts. Before every fight, I used to pray... pray for protection. But no one answered my prayers... that's how I ended up here. Maybe the only way out is to ask the Devil for a favor."

June 28

"When I was a boy, my father used to take me to the fights. I used to inflict that kind of pain... to see that blood gushing and know it was all because of me. I used to practice on my brother... and the other kids in the neighborhood. After school, I knew the only thing I could ever be was a fighter...

Who knew it could all go so wrong."

July 1

"The end is near... I can sense it. Will the Doc be waiting for me at the tournament's end? Will I even survive that long? I hope - if anyone found this journal - that you've learned somethin' about me. I'd hate to die and be forgotten.

PS. I'm leaving this journal behind for the sucker who finds me missing. I've left behind a bunch of notes. But don't try to find me... and don't warn the Doctor that I'm coming for him. I don't want to have two people I gotta go after."

Story

Frank "The Tank" McCutcheon was a small time boxer years ago. One particular night, he fought against a big time boxer from out of town. He beat him so hard that Frank was knocked out before the end of the first round. Frank's face was greatly injured from the fight, but some guys he knew from his gym said that they knew a surgeon who could fix him. There were better doctors, but none Frank could afford, so he went to Dr. Hatch, who was a fan of his fights. However, the doctor also bet $20,000 on Frank during his fight and lost it. As Frank was being put under, he could hear the scraping sounds of the doctor's blades and blaring opera music. The doctor, bitter for his loss, proceeded to cut out Frank's eyes, tongue, and stitching his eyelids and mouth shut, earning the nickname, No-Face. No-Face is later seen sulking in an alley about his condition, then later busting into the hospital to find Dr. Hatch for revenge, but ends up attacking six innocent people. No-Face was sent to Blackfield Asylum afterwards, who has been alone in solitary confinement ever since. Some time later, a man named Calypso visits him, inviting him to a contest which, if No-Face won, would allow him to get revenge on the doctor who destroyed his life. Seeing no reason to refuse, No-Face enters the contest.

Loading Screen Dialogue

1. If I win, I can ask for any prize? I'll take revenge. Try having your face ripped apart; see what you ask for...
2. You grow up on the east side, ain't much affects you no more. That's why it don't bother me, killin' these other drivers.
3. The docs in the asylum always asked what I could see. I told'em I saw what I seen my whole life: darkness.
4. This guy won last year's contest. But I ain't afraid. If I can just find a way past his force field, I can beat him.
5. I can still hear dat' freakin' opera music. Maybe it's the song I'll play when I cut that bastard apart...
6. This place is tight- it's like bein' up on the ropes, close to the other fighter. You gotta bob an' weave; jab an' run.
7. Face is starting to hurt. No medication. Since I left the asylum, I can't give into the pain; can't fall off the edge...
8. Never cared for the fuzz. Always givin' me a hard time, just 'cause I wuz a bum. Man, I'm gonna enjoy gutting this pig...

Ending

No-Face goes to Calypso, who grants him his prize. No-Face is brought off-screen to a room with the doctor who mutilated him tied to a punching bag. No-Face is also given a boxing glove with multiple sharp objects tied to it, fitting him perfectly as if "they were meant to be together". No-Face then kills the doctor with his new glove and later recollects that it was "the first time he ever knocked someone out with one punch".

Quotes

• "When the lights are low in this place, you get plenty of time for thinking."
• "It beats the alternative, listening to the screams that come from every direction."
• "Must've been years I was left alone in that darkness, but when you look like I do, it's probably for the best."
• "My life was over. But the man who did this to me, to my face, he was still out there."
• "But one day, I had a visitor."
• "Guy's name was Calyspo. He ran this freak-show contest that he wanted me to be a part of."
• "If I entered and won, he said I'd taste the payback I've been dreaming about."
• "I just wanted to find the son of a bitch who destroyed my life."
• "How could I refuse?"
• "In the nuthouse, I was always drugged up. I never thought about what happened to me."
• "But now that I was out, I couldn’t stop thinking about it."
• "I was a boxer. You never heard of me. I was strictly small-time."
• "One night, I went up against this, uh, hot-shot fighter from out of state. I never even saw him coming."
• "I got torn to pieces before the end of the first round!"
• "My jaw was shattered, my nose was broken, I was a mess."
• "Some of the guys from the gym said they knew this surgeon who could fix me up, good as new."
• "Eh, maybe there were better doctors in town, but none that I could afford."
• "Besides, I'd heard this guy was a big fan of the fights! Too bad ol' doc made the mistake of betting on me that night…"
• "As I went under, all's I could hear was the scraping sound of the doc's blade, and this blaring opera music that played while he worked."
• "When I woke up, my face felt like it had gone fifteen rounds with a semi truck!"
• "The doc did a good job, I'll give him that. From what I hear, I went a little crazy…"
• "They say I busted up the hospital trying to find the guy. In the process, I tore up six innocent people."
• "But now that I'm out, there ain't no place for the doc to hide."
• "So what do you know? I was the winner! Calypso's contest was over and I was the champ!"
• "And true to his word, the man delivered the goods. I got my prize."
• "He even had a special bonus lined up for me."
• "It fit perfect, like we was meant to be together."
• "I had seen fear in a man's eyes before, but this was different. This was special."
• "I think that doctor, he knew payback was going to be brutal."
• "It's funny. After all these years, I still got some snap in that left hook of mine."
• "You know, that was the first time I ever knocked someone out with one punch."

Trivia

• The cover of the TM:B instruction manual reads "Journal" on the inside it states that the journal belongs to No-Face and throughout the manual are passages by No-Face providing backstory.
• In the manual, it is explained that No-Face has some sort of extra-sensory perception, which allows him to notice the world around him.
• According to No-Face's journal from the manual, Calypso frees No-Face (and by extension the other contestants) on June 19th, the same day Twisted Metal: Black was released on North America.
• Interestingly, during his narration in the final cut scene, No-Face mentions that he's seen the fear in a man's eyes before, but "this was special". However, No-Face has no eyes with which to see as well as having his eyelids sewn together. This was possibly either a simple oversight on the part of the script writers, or what he means to say is that hearing/feeling a man's fear is better than seeing it. It might also mean that he saw the fear in the face of some of the other boxers he fought against.
• Somehow he is able to narrate his story, even though his tongue has been cut out and his lips sewn shut. This is probably for story purposes, or his narrations were his thoughts.
• The Opera song that Dr. Hatch plays during the operation is Vesti la giubba by Enrico Caruso or Italian opera singer by Luciano Pavarotti.
• No-Face is seen on the game disk and is a shadow on the back of the game case.
• A producer of 3D and Flash animation created a series of six original Flash "Webisodes" to promote the release of Twisted Metal: Black. One was made for No-Face.
• In Twisted Metal (2012), No-Face's boxing glove is seen in a trophy case in Calypso's office close to the beginning of Mr. Grimm's middle cutscene.

Gallery

No-Face in the character selection screen.

Poster of No-Face.

No-Face as he appears in TM:B.

No-Face before the incident.

Concept art of No-Face by Lee R. Wilson (May 2000).