- —Needles Kane
Marcus "Needles" Kane, also known as Sweet Tooth,[Note 1] is the main protagonist of the Twisted Metal series. He appeared in the 62nd episode of Death Battle, Joker VS Sweet Tooth, where he fought against The Joker from DC Comics.
History
The backstory of Marcus Kane is somewhat of a mess, varying across instances. One of the most logical was that he was originally a normal happy man with a family and a good life as an ice cream vendor. However, Marcus harbored a secret deep within his psyche, a darker, more murderous part that lived in his mind he dubbed as "Needles". He fought, tooth and nail, to gain control until the alt finally erased Marcus from his mind. Creating a mask and donning a head of fire, the newly-born Needles Kane would begin his streak of mass murder. This aspect remains consistent, up to refitting his ice cream truck into the infamous death machine known as the "Sweet Tooth", which would misconceptually be used as Needles' nickname. Nevertheless, the vehicle would be Needles' key to victory in the infamous Twisted Metal contests, in order to get a wish from the ominous Calypso.
Death Battle Info
Background
- Real name: Marcus "Needles" Kane
- Age: approx. 42
- Height: 5'9" | 175 cm
- Weight: 185 lbs | 84 kg
- Approx. body count: 1,000
- Best friend: a paper bag
Weapons
- Signature machete
- Molotovs
- Rocket launcher
- 12-gauge shot gun
- Chainsaw
- Land mines
Sweet Tooth
- Modified Chevrolet Step Van
- Specializes in armor and damage output
- Weapons
- Dual Gatling guns
- Missiles
- Laughing Ghost
- Flight
- Gatling gun
- Sweet Bot transformation
- Sweet Slam
- Laughing Death
Feats
- Won Twisted Metal numerous times
- Killed Calypso twice
- Murdered an entire hospital
- Ran Twisted Metal once
- Survived electric chair & escaped
- Strong enough to throw people out of reinforced windows
Quotes
- "Ahh... (sniff) It's perfect!"
- "You're roadkill! ROADKILL! YOU HEAR ME!?"
- "Here I come, scrawny!"
- "Shut up and bleed, you motherf—"
- "Get out!"
- "Right... I want to see you bleed... I want to watch you die..."
- "Ugh! What? What is this!?"
- "Die, die, DIE!!! Die... hehehe..."
Gallery
Appearance
(From PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale)
Arsenal and Abilities
Trivia
- Sweet Tooth is the sixth Sony character to appear, after Kratos, Ratchet, Clank, Jak, and Daxter, and with the next two being Nathan Drake and Cole MacGrath.
- He is the fourth Sony character to lose, after Kratos, Jak, and Daxter, and with the next one being Nathan Drake.
- Sweet Tooth is the second non-Marvel character to fight against a DC character, after Son Goku, and with the next 10 being Twilight Sparkle, Ben Tennyson, Sindel, She-Ra, Archie Sonic, Goku Black, Jinx, SpongeBob SquarePants, Simon the Digger, and Gurren Lagann.
- Sweet Tooth is the sixth Video Game character to fight a Comic Book character, after Zitz, Kratos, Raiden, Fox McCloud, and Raiden, and with the next seven being Amy Rose, Shovel Knight, Sigma, Widowmaker, Sindel, Jinx, and Xeno Trunks.
- He is the fourth Video Game character to lose, after Zitz, Kratos and Raiden, and with the next five being Shovel Knight, Sigma, Widowmaker, Sindel, and Xeno Trunks.
- Sweet Tooth is the second combatant to be voiced by Gianni Matragrano, after Lex Luthor, and with the next six being Nathan Drake, Batman, Shao Kahn, Satoru Gojo, Doom Slayer, and Columbo.
- He is the second combatant voiced by him to lose, after Lex Luthor, and with the next two being Nathan Drake, and Batman.
Notes
- ↑ While "Sweet Tooth" is the name of his truck, Needles has been referred to by the name of his vehicle in multiple Twisted Metal games and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
