Needles Kane

Needles Kane is a character that appears in every Twisted Metal.

Appearance
Needles is usually seen with his head on fire. He is also wearing bozo clothes that is usually white and pink. He also rides in his ice cream truck, Sweet Tooth. He is usually seen with paint on his face like a clown, or he wears a clown mask.

Blackfiled Asylum Patient Profile
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!

Vehicle: Sweet Tooth

Info: Male

Age: 42

Disorder: Unspecified Psychotic disorder; Homicidal tendencies; insomnia.

Treatment: Warning: Meds have no effect; Lost cause.

Wish: To rid himself of the curse inflicted on him by Preacher.

Twisted Metal
Needles Kane makes his first appearance in the original Twisted Metal. Seen lacking his trademark flaming head, Needles in his first appearance is decidely more tame than in future installments. He still has his killer personality, although not as flamboyant. He is portrayed by live-action actor Robert Goodens.

An escaped mental patient, Needles Kane is a man on a mission. He has entered Twisted Metal in hopes of gaining the one prize that means more to him than anything in the world...his best friend.

His wish is, to rescue his best friend, who happens to be a paper bag named Crazy Harold The Wacky Lunch Sack. Calypso is initially insulted, but follows through with the request.

Twisted Metal 2
Needles Kane returns in Twisted Metal 2 seen for the first time with his familar persona, which is reflected in his wish. He is a secret character, able to be battled in Story Mode but only playable with cheat code.

His wish is, To become a bug in a tiny garden out in the country as a final escape from his madness.

Twisted Metal 3
Needles Kane undergoes a radical change from Twisted Metal 2 to Twisted Metal III from sinister stalker to manical insanity. Needles' updated look in this installment plays up the circus side of his personality, giving him a more clownish look and a great fascination with ice cream and candy. This is the only Twisted Metal game besides the original where Needles doesn't have flaming hair, instead having styled orange hair that resemble flames. As in TM2 Needles is a secret character, but the player only needs to beat the game to unlock him.

If only all clowns were as sweet as Sweet Tooth, the world would be a much more psychotic place. This demented concessionaire bops around in his ice cream truck spreading merriment and salmonella. You'll also note that Sweet Tooth is down with the good humor: he'll be laughing the entire time he's launching the explosive head off the top of his truck. You'll have to earn this treat because Sweet Tooth is a hidden character available only after winning the game.

His wish is to eat all the candy and ice cream he wants.

Twisted Metal 4
In Twisted Metal 4, Needles Kane returns, now as the master of the Twisted Metal tournament, having overthrown Calypso. He is more ringmaster than clown in this installment, but oddly remains silent for the entirety of the game, having one of his clown minions speak for him. He is the final boss of TM4, and is considered one of the most difficult bosses in the series. In the same vein, Sweet Tooth's special attack in TM4 is considered the most overpowered and broken of any special in the entire series. Because he is the final boss, Needles doesn't have a unique ending, instead sharing the generic ending with the other bosses and custom cars.

Twisted Metal: Head On
As with Twisted Metal 4, Needles' goal in this tournament is to take over Twisted Metal itself-in his ending, he claims that he has participated in (and won) many previous tournaments, but now he wants a change.

Twisted Metal: Black
The first time Needles murdered his original victim, he didn't even flinch. He did it as skillfully as a trained surgeon and without regrets. After the first one, it was obvious that he had found his calling in life. He quickly developed an insatiable thirst for blood. Sometimes his victims were meticulously hunted down, but most were randomly chosen and just unlucky to have crossed his path. No one was safe...

Twisted Metal: Lost
Needles Kane is the driver of both Sweet Tooth and Gold Tooth. The latter vehicle is the same as his ice cream truck from Twisted Metal: Black, but colored gold. It has the same special weapon, but stronger armor. It can be unlocked by beating Twisted Metal: Lost on hard difficulty level.

Story Dialogue
1. All I have to do to win is kill everyone I see? Well, boys and girls, that's the one thing I'm good at...

2. The son-of-a-bitch who put the curse on me has entered the contest. I'm gonna kill him.....nice and slow.

3. It isn't right. A man's head isn't meant to be set on fire. Not unless I'm the one holding the blowtorch...

4. This joker won last year's contest. But I'm not afraid. I just need to get past his stupid shield and he's finished.

5. Damn preacher. Pious bastard. Think he never did wrong? You dig up his past, you'Il be sickened by the truth...

6. A small, tight space. Lots of people with no place to hide. For a butcher like me, it doesn't get better than this.

7. Up here I can look down on the city that fears me. I can smell their fear, and to be quite honest...I love it.

8. I recognize this freak. Used his little helicopter to capture me 3 months age. Well boys 'n girls it's payback time.

Important Information

 * Sweet Tooth is the only character in Twisted Metal that would actually dethrone Calypso and take control of the contest (Twisted Metal 4 & Head-On).
 * It is revealed after you unlock Minion that the events of Twisted Metal: Black take place within the mind of Sweet Tooth.
 * In Twisted Metal and Twisted Metal 3, Needles does not have his trademark "flaming head".
 * In Twisted Metal: Black, his mask was created by Mr. Creelo the former boss of Dollface whom he punishes by locking her in a mask.
 * In Twisted Metal: Black, is revealed that he is the older brother of Charlie Kane's son.