Mr. Slam

Mr. Slam is a vehicle that has appeared in Twisted Metal 2, Twisted Metal 4, Twisted Metal: Small Brawl, and Twisted Metal: Head-On.

It has always been depicted as a yellow front loader construction vehicle. It has good armor, a strong special, and poor speed. It is well-known for its special attack, which involves grabbing an opponent in its front lifter, and smashing or crushing their vehicle before tossing it away.

Twisted Metal 2

A disgruntled architect fired from his job, Simon Whittlebone wants to win Twisted Metal for the power to build a structure so grand that it will stretch to the gates of Heaven! But what will be lurking behind those gates?

Mr. Slam begins to build the greatest architectural achievement the world has ever seen...

Vehicle: Caterpillar 950 / Mr. Slam

Driver: Simon Whittlebone

Vehicle Type: Front Loader

Handling: Sluggish

Armor: 4/5

Special Weapon: 5/5

• Grab and Slam: Mr. Slam's Special Weapon is a bone-crunching Jaw Slam that picks up an opponent in its teeth and repeatedly smashes their vehicle into the ground. Capable of causing extreme damage, the Jaw Slam will only pick up a vehicle if they are positioned closely to the jaws. To execute, hold the firing button down to raise the jaws and then release the button when the enemy is in range.

Speed: 1/5

License Plate: CHWMUP ("chew 'em up")

Twisted Metal 4

Super Slam, as it is known in this version, is one of the nine end-of-level bosses in the tournament where it's battled along side Super Auger.

Being a boss, Super Slam has no storyline or ending. Also, his stats are unknown and likely higher than the original contestants.

Driver

Name: Simon Whittlebone

Demeanor: Unknown

Vehicle

Super Slam drives a slightly different vehicle in Twisted Metal 4. Instead of a front loader, it is more like a bulldozer. Specifically, an International Harvester Payloader.

Name: Super Slam

Handling: 3/5

Armor: 3/5

Speed: 3/5

Special Weapon: 4/5

• Loader: Slam will lift an opposing vehicle with the front scooper and slam it down three times.
• If the Loader is used at the same time another vehicle with a close-range special (Auger, Trash Man, Crusher, or another Slam), both vehicles will go flying into the air.

Twisted Metal: Small Brawl

The oldest & tallest of the contestants, he enters the contest seeking revenge because Calypso had destroyed his tree house! This is one little construction worker not to be messed with!

Driver

Name: Slam

Vehicle

 	 	 			  This construction truck is ready to "deconstruct" its opponents. When close to opponents, press the Fire Weapon button [L2 button] to grab them in the front loader's jaws and pound them into submission! Watch out for the earthquake created when Slam misses!

Name: (International Harvester Payloader) Construction Vehicle

Armor: 9/10

Acceleration: 7/10

Top Speed: 4/10

Handling: 6/10

Special: Grabs vehicles with its loader and slams them to the ground

Twisted Metal: Head-On

Mr. Slam returns to Twisted Metal: Head-On. He is once again operated by Whittlebone's ghost. He enters the tournament in order to finish Whittlebone Tower. He is an unlockable character, if you beat the Freeway Slalom in the Los Angeles Level.

Character Bio

In his Twisted Metal 2 ending, he fell to his death off Whittlebone Tower. Here, he comes back as a ghost who controls his vehicle. He wants to be reborn so he could finish his tower.

Character Info

Special: Bucket Slam Shake - Mr. Slam grabs an enemy vehicle and slams it a few times before throwing it in the air. His upgraded Special (only available in Twisted Metal: Head-On) reaches farther to grab far away enemies and deal more damage the more it is charged.

Tri-Missile - Mr. Slam fires three missiles simultaneously. Only available on Multiplayer on the PSP version. (TM:HO)

Trivia

• In the Twisted Metal 2 beta, Mr. Slam was originally named Bam Bam. Also, his Special Weapon was a little different - instead of throwing the car forward, Bam Bam threw the car backwards. Added to that, the Special Weapon was much more powerful in the beta version, capable of almost instantly killing a medium-armored opponent.

• Mr. Slam has the most name changes out of all the other Twisted Metal vehicles to date; his name changed from Mr. Slam to Super Slamm in Twisted Metal 4, then to simply Slam in Small Brawl, and then back to Mr. Slam again in Head-On.

• Seeing that Outlaw was the official winner of Twisted Metal 2, as shown in Head-On, it is impossible for Simon to have built Whittlebone Tower, let alone fall off of it. This thereby creates a continuality error with his appearance in Head-On.
  • However, it's quite possible that he didn't win the competition, but he did finish building his tower.

• Since Mr. Slam can be seen in the concept art for the cancelled game Twisted Metal: Apocalypse, it can be assumed that he was supposed to be a playable vehicle in that game.

• According to David Jaffe, a model for Mr. Slam has been created for Twisted Metal (2012) but was cut from the final game for unknown reasons.

  

  Mr. Slam model created for Twisted Metal (2012) that was cut from the final game

• Mr. Slam, Grasshopper and Spectre are the only vehicles that have been piloted by ghosts.