Trapper

Trapper
Information
Driver(s)	Trapper
Vehicle Type	6x4 Army Truck
Blip Color	Green
Special Weapon Sound Effect
File Name	TR (player) TB (boss)
Menu Statistics ( * )
Armor
Acceleration
Top Speed
Handling

Trapper is a new vehicle made for Twisted Metal: Small Brawl. It is the boss of the Minigolf Mayhem level in Tournament Mode.

Design

It is a safari truck based on the 6x6 WW2 Troop Transport.

Special Weapon

• Monkey: Fires a red monkey out the vehicle. Upon colliding with an enemy vehicle or solid surface, it will multiply and inflict massive damage.

How to Unlock

To unlock Trapper, players must complete Tournament Mode using every other available vehicle in the game, including Mime, Axel, and Darkside.

Behind the Scenes

Early Trapper model.

Early on in development, Trapper was a smaller car, and was planned to be a secret character that was meant to be unlocked by finding the hidden pieces of the vehicle throughout the levels. After this idea was scrapped, a result of Minion being cut and Piecemeal being promoted to final boss, Trapper was promoted to mid-boss, and its design changed to the one from the final version, as Dave Goodrich felt its small stature was not menacing enough to be a boss. This smaller design of Trapper was then reused for Grasshopper's vehicle, which eventually became Warthog.

The idea for the later design came from Padre Destino's Goliath Halftrack from Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense, but as to not copy it, Goodrich looked for inspiration elsewhere, eventually finding a R/C 6x6 WW2 Troop Transport in the back of a Hobby Magazine.

Concept of Trapper's special.

Its special weapon was originally supposed to be a boomerang that split off into multiple ones, with all of them exploding after reaching a limit of 8. Its projectiles were also able to steal pickups that they collided with. As Goodrich felt the boomerang didn't fit a big-game hunter, it was changed into monkeys similar to the ones from the Barrel of Monkeys toy instead, and the stealing mechanic was scrapped. Trapper originally had a tinted cap, but was removed to show some barrels sitting in the back. However, the barrels were removed as well because of potential trademark issues.

Trivia

• Trapper's Special Weapon is the first one in the Twisted Metal series that splits itself upon collision with anything. This would be replicated with Road Boat's primary Special Weapon.
• The monkeys' design from Trapper's special is similar to the design of a "Barrel of Monkeys" game piece.
• Trapper has the highest armor rating in Twisted Metal: Small Brawl, beating the boss version of Piecemeal by a mile.

Gallery

• General
• Earlier versions

General

Trapper in the car selection screen.

Trapper as a boss.

Earlier versions

The rear of the early Trapper model.

The front of the early Trapper model.

Concept art of the early version of Trapper, later used for Grasshopper (and later Warthog).

Planning document of Trapper's special.

Trapper's character document from before the idea of Small Brawl was decided.

Trapper's textures.