Top 10 Differences Between The Twisted Metal Show And Games
<h4>Top 10 Differences Between the Twisted Metal Show and Games</h4>
Welcome to WatchMojo, and today, we’re counting down our picks for the Top 10 Differences Between the “Twisted Metal” Show and Games.
For this list, we’re rattling off some noticeable changes we found in the “Twisted Metal” series that weren’t in the games. Did you find any of these yourself? Let us know in the comments.
<h4>#10: The Setting</h4>
The show is very quick to establish the rules of the world and how society functions in a Y2K-esque post-apocalypse. While it all makes some sense, this is not at all what happens in any of the games. “Twisted Metal” was always super straightforward in its premises; every game features a tournament where insane criminals run around the world trying to blow up their cars all for a chance at being granted one wish. Though the first season does not focus on this sort of story at first, the second season seems like it will be introducing that kind of story.
<h4>#9: John Doe</h4>
In “Twisted Metal: Black”, John Doe is amnesiac just as the John Doe we’ve come to love in the TV show. The difference between the two is in background. The TMB version of John Doe eventually learns that he was an FBI agent who went undercover to try and bring down a dangerous cult. Luckily, the John Doe in the show is nothing like that…at least judging from his backstory in how he found Evelyn. But you know what they have in common? Roadkill!
<h4>#8: Agent Stone</h4>
Agent Stone is interesting in how the name has been used for two vastly different characters. The original “Twisted Metal” showed an Agent Stone that was an FBI agent who drove Crimson Fury in order to retrieve an alien artifact. But the Agent Stone in the show is mostly based on the “Twisted Metal: Black” iteration as both would accidentally take the life of a minor. The difference between the two is that TMB’s Stone would forever live with a guilty conscience while the show Stone used “the law” as a cover for his blind rage.
<h4>#7: Raven</h4>
The Raven we know in the show is almost nothing like her video game counterpart. Almost. In the show, Raven is an older woman (played by the fine Neve Campbell) who rules New San Francisco. But in “Twisted Metal: Black”, she holds no title remotely in the same vein. Instead, she is a teenage girl competing in the tournament to get revenge on a couple of bullies who got her friend, Kelly, killed. Judging from the show’s Raven hanging out at a bar called Kelly’s and uses voodoo dolls, maybe this story might surface in the second season.
<h4>#6: Mike and Stu</h4>
Not much is different about Mike and Stu. Their initial debut in “Twisted Metal 2” was pretty much the same as the show’s versions. Both of them are bumbling idiots who worry too much about themselves to care about rejoining society let alone deal with the maniacs running around. But the big difference between the show and game Mikes and Stus is their monster truck. Hammerhead is nowhere to be found in the show, and with the way the first season ended, we have a feeling Hammerhead might appear with a completely different driver. Maybe Catfish from “Head-On”?
<h4>#5: Granny Dread</h4>
Speaking of Hammerhead drivers, Granny Dread was the driver for the monster truck in “Twisted Metal III”, and her reason for competing was simply to live her remaining days with some peace and quiet as the tournament has caused too much racket. Obviously, this is nothing like the show’s Granny Dread. In the show, Granny is the eldest of a clan that travels in groups of Juggernauts and asks John and Quiet to fetch some ingredients. These ingredients are to help her pass into the afterlife…for some peace and quiet.
<h4>#4: The Preacher</h4>
Many might be quick to point out the show’s Preacher holds the same backstory as “Twisted Metal: Black’s” Preacher. However, we want to focus more on their character. Preacher in TMB is an old and very religious man, one who specialized in exorcisms and curses. The Preacher in the show is nowhere close to that. Instead, this Preacher leans in the opposite direction, deliberately turning against his religion and leading a clan that indulges in debauchery. However, they did make him the leader of the Holy Men just as he was in the 2012 “Twisted Metal” game.
<h4>#3: Miranda & Amber</h4>
The “Twisted Metal” show does such a unique and fun job in mixing characters from across every game and putting them together in interesting ways. Case in point, Miranda Watts and Amber Rose. One is the memorable driver of Twister in “Head-On”. The other…one of the least liked characters in TM3, the worst game in the franchise. And yet, the way the show tells the story of a relationship between them gives the show some beauty in its romance outside of John and Quiet. In the games, though, they never meet.
<h4>#2: Blackfield Asylum</h4>
Many fans of TMB will recall Blackfield Asylum has being the starting point for every contestant. Every character comes from this haunting place - Raven, Agent Stone, Preacher, and our favorite psychopath. However, you can’t squeeze all of them into one place for a show like this. Blackfield Asylum took a smaller role in the show and only serves as the home of one criminal, one man so dangerous that his name sends a shudder down anyone’s spine, one crazed murderer who rules all of Vegas…
<h4>#1: Sweet Tooth</h4>
One of the biggest concerns with the show was how it was going to depict Sweet Tooth. We knew the killer in the early days as a simple clown with some really weird wishes before he became the menace we knew in “Black”, “Head-On”, and 2012. The show’s version is a mix of the two with some original ideas, specifically in making him a failed child actor turned criminal. Even the hardcore “Twisted Metal” fan on our team wasn’t expecting a thespian Sweet Tooth to be as hilarious and frightening as he turned out to be.
