Warthog (name sometimes written as WartHog) is a recurring vehicle in the Twisted Metal series, and is one of the thirteen original vehicles. It appears in all games but Twisted Metal 4. Warthog has always had strong armor and poor speed in almost all installments of the Twisted Metal series.
Description[]
Warthog is most commonly depicted as an AM General HMMWV, however in Black, Small Brawl and the 2012 game, Warthog is depicted as a station wagon strapped on top of a tank chassis (Black and the 2012 game), and a dune buggy (Small Brawl).
The drivers of Warthog have been mostly those who have served or are affiliated with the armed forces through most of the Twisted Metal franchise except in Twisted Metal: Black. Its Special Weapon is usually the Patriot Missiles, a barrage of three homing missiles that are colored red, white, and blue.
Entries[]
| Vehicle | Driver(s) | Entry | Description |
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 Commander Mason |
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Warthog's first appearance was from 1995's Twisted Metal, the first game in the series. It was driven by Commander Mason. |
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 Captain Rogers |
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Warthog's second appearance was from 1996's Twisted Metal 2. It was similar in design to its original iteration, but was driven by a new character - Captain Rogers. |
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 Captain Rogers |
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Warthog's third appearance was from 1998's Twisted Metal III. It was driven once again by Captain Rogers. |
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 Cage |
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Its fourth appearance was in 2001's Twisted Metal: Black, now being a tank chassis with a station wagon chained on top. It was driven by Cage. |
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 Warthog |
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Warthog's fifth appearance was from 2001's Twisted Metal: Small Brawl, now being a dune buggy R/C far removed from its previous appearances not just in design, but also in stats. It was driven by a boy with the same name. |
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 Colonel Hall |
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Its sixth appearance was in 2005's Twisted Metal: Head-On. It was back to being a Humvee, and was now driven by Colonel Hall. |
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Cage |
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Its seventh appearance was in the Lost mode from the Extra Twisted Edition of Twisted Metal: Head-On (2008). It uses the same model from Black. |
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Its eighth and final appearance was in 2012's Twisted Metal, having the same exact design from Black. |
Scrapped[]
- Warthog - Twisted Metal: Harbor City: Warthog was planned early on to appear in the cancelled Harbor City title, but no model was created for it. For the beta test, it was a simple green vehicle with the word "WART" on it.
Trivia[]
- The name "Warthog" is used for General Warthog from Twisted Metal 4. However, his tank is actually named "Trojan", as revealed in his ending.
- Warthog from both Black and Small Brawl originally had other names until just before the game was released. In Black, it was known as "White Knight" for the entirety of development, while in Small Brawl, it was originally supposed to be Grasshopper. This explains why the vehicles have nothing in common with other Warthog entries.
- Warthog from Black and Lost is one of the many vehicles who borrowed from Thumper's original flamethrower Special Weapon. The others include Firestarter, Drag Queen's Hot Rodder, Cousin Eddy's RV, Kamikaze and Crimson Fury.
- In TM(1995), Warthog's license plate reads "UESUVA," which is based on the phrase "U S of A," which is a variation on USA, the abbreviation of the United States of America. In TM2, its license plate reads "LUKETMYHED" (Look at my head), a foreshadowing to the vehicle's ending cutscene.