History VideoGame / TonyHawksUnderground

Tony Hawk's Underground (commonly abbreviated as ''[[FunWithAcronyms THUG]]'') is a short series of two games that came between the classic ''[[{{TonyHawkProSkater}} THPS]]'' games and the rest of the series. It was the first in the series to feature an actual story line, and introduced the ability to get off your board and [[LeParkour jump all over shit]].

The first ''THUG'' was released for the [[PlayStation2 PS2]], [[NintendoGamecube GameCube]], {{Xbox}}, and [[GameBoy GBA]], and followed the player character as they rise to stardom with their childhood friend, Eric Sparrow, then have a bitter falling out after Eric starts becoming jealous as the player character starts to leave Sparrow in his dust, before Eric [[ItMakesSenseInContext gets drunk and hijacks a tank]]. It's funny, but still quite a bit DarkerAndEdgier and action-oriented than the rest of the series. A {{PC}} port also exists [[NoExportForYou if you're Australian]].

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: When ''Underground 2'' is installed on a Windows Vista or 7 computer, the games browser identifies it as ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2''.

* MoneyDearBoy: Played with. The losing team of the World Destruction Tour has to foot the bill for all damages caused by both teams during the contest; and Nigel Beaverhausen ([[InsistentTerminology Writer-Producer-Director]]) tries to persuade them to let him film and release the footage of the tour, before resorting to doing it without their permission. [[spoiler:Both Hawk and Margera agree to let Beaverhausen release the footage after he offers to foot the bill, once they find out the bill is $21,000,000 ''so far'' (they are in New Orleans when they make this agreement, with still ''one leg of the tour to go'')]].

* TheOtherDarrin: Possible - The first game forced all created skaters to use the same voice (Although it changed depending on the gender) in the story mode; whilst the second game (Despite it being the same character) allowed the player to choose from a number of voices, including the voice from the previous game.

* BigEater: Todd.

The first ''THUG'' was released for the [[PlayStation2 PS2]], [[Nintendo GameCube GameCube]], {{Xbox}}, and [[GameBoy GBA]], and followed the player character as they rise to stardom with their childhood friend, Eric Sparrow, then have a bitter falling out after Eric starts becoming jealous as the player character starts to leave Sparrow in his dust, before Eric [[ItMakesSenseInContext gets drunk and hijacks a tank]]. It's funny, but still quite a bit DarkerAndEdgier and action-oriented than the rest of the series. A {{PC}} port also exists [[NoExportForYou if you're Australian]].

The first ''THUG'' was released for the [[PS2 PS2]], {{Gamecube}}, {{Xbox}}, and [[GameBoy GBA]], and followed the player character as they rise to stardom with their childhood friend, Eric Sparrow, then have a bitter falling out after Eric starts becoming jealous as the player character starts to leave Sparrow in his dust, before Eric [[ItMakesSenseInContext gets drunk and hijacks a tank]]. It's funny, but still quite a bit DarkerAndEdgier and action-oriented than the rest of the series. A {{PC}} port also exists [[NoExportForYou if you're Australian]].

* IdiotBall: Eric keeps screwing the player character over at every single opportunity, ''yet the player character keeps forgiving him and asking him for help''. It isn't until Eric frames the player character for grand theft tank and massive property damage, leaving him stranded in Moscow without a passport that they finally take the hint.

* KarmaHoudini: Eric in the first game who after several attempts to get the player kicked off the team, finally succeeds in the Russian level when he runs off after drunkenly driving a tank and leaving the player locked in it to take the blame. He continues on gaining fame and money while the player has to work his way back home after being abandoned by the skate team. Granted the player recovers from this and goes on to make a successful series of skating videos and even punch out Eric on the second play through the final challenge. But he never really does pay for the tank incident by the end. The second game however fixed this by including him on the losing side of the tour and constantly getting humiliated until he's eventually shipped off when it was time to out one of the skaters. Judging by his treatment from both fellow skaters and fans, his pro skating career has apparently become something of a joke.

** There's also a car near the strip club that is implied to have [[AutoErotica people having sex in it.]]

The second game, ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2: World Destruction Tour'', focused on the titular World Destruction Tour, which is [[{{Expy}} totally not similar to]] ''Series/{{Jackass}}''. The celeb skaters (Which are largely made up of people involved with ''Jackass'') are divided in to two teams and do dangerous and stupid stunts for points. The player character in this game takes a back seat to celebrity slapstick shenanigans as the tour takes him or her all across the world, to 4 continents in total.

** TheChick: [[PlayerCharacter The player]], who has to be a female in order for it to count as a FiveManBand.

* ButtMonkey: [[TheScrappy Eric Sparrow]], and to a lesser extent, [[AwesomeMcCoolname Bob Burnquist]] in 2.

** TheChick: [[PlayerCharacter The player]]

* KarmaHoudini: Eric in the first game who after several attempts to get the player kicked off the team, finally succeeds in the Russian level when he runs off after drunkenly driving a tank and leaving the player locked in it to take the blame. He continues on gaining fame and money while the player has to work his way back home after being abandoned by the skate team. Granted the player recovers from this and goes on to make a successful series of skating videos and even punch out Eric on the second play through the final challenge. But he never really does pay for the tank incident by the end. The second game however fixed this by including him on the losing side of the tour and constantly getting humiliated until he's eventually shipped off when it was time to out one of the skaters.

* TheOtherDarrin: Possible - The first game forced all created skaters to use the same voice (Although it changed depending on the gender) in the story mode; whilst the second game (Despite it being the same character) allowed the player to choose from a number of voices, including the voice from the previous game.

** TheLancer: [[PlayerCharacter The player]]

** TheChick: Rodney Mullen

** The "Star Wars Kid" can be found in a hidden room in ''THUG 2''.

* IdiotBall: Eric keeps screwing the player character over at every single opportunity, ''yet the player character keeps forgiving him & asking him for help''. It isn't until Eric frames the player character for grand theft tank and massive property damage, leaving him stranded in Moscow without a passport that they finally take the hint.

* MoneyDearBoy: Played with. The losing team of the World Destruction Tour has to foot the bill for all damages caused by both teams during the contest; and Nigel Beaverhausen ([[InsistentTerminology Writer-Producer-Director]]) tries to persuade them to let him film & release the footage of the tour, before resorting to doing it without their permission. [[spoiler:Both Hawk & Margera agree to let Beaverhausen release the footage after he offers to foot the bill, once they find out the bill is $21,000,000 ''so far'' (they are in New Orleans when they make this agreement, with still ''one leg of the tour to go'')]].
* NoFinalBossForYou: At the end of the first game, Eric Sparrow turns up and taunts the player character with the tape of their Crowning Moment of Awesome from earlier in the game, which only Eric & the main character were witness to, before challenging the player to follow Eric's run across the entirity of the New Jersey level, whilst Eric is throwing things at you. Play through the game a second time, and as Eric pulls out the tape & starts taunting the main character, [[MundaneSolution they just punch him out & take the tape]].

* ButtMonkey: [[TheScrappy Eric Sparrow]], and to a lesser extent, [[AwesomeMcCoolname Bob Burnquist]] in THUG2.

** Eric Sparrow is one of the pro skaters on Bam's team in ''Underground 2'', but he doesn't play a major role. He's treated as the ButtMonkey throughout the game, with the player character & Sparrow switching teams for a level at one point - Whilst the switch is inplace, Hawk messages you saying that they need you back on the team because [[EpicFail Sparrow just bailed & took out a brass band in the process]].

* IdiotBall: Eric keeps screwing the player character over at every single opportunity, ''yet the player character keeps forgiving him & asking him for help''.

* KarmaHoudini: Eric in the first game who after several attempts to get tbe player kicked off the team, finally succeeds in the Russian level when he runs off after drunkenly driving a tank and leaving the player locked in it to take the blame. He continues on gaining fame and money while the player has to work his way back home after being abandoned by the skate team. Granted the player recovers from this and goes on to make a successful series of skating videos and even punch out Eric on the second play through the final challenge. But he never really does pay for the tank incident by the end. The second game however fixed this by including him on the losing side of the tour and constantly getting humiliated until he's eventually shipped off when it was time to out one of the skaters.
* MoneyDearBoy: Played with. The losing team of the World Destruction Tour has to foot the bill for all damages caused by both teams during the contest; and Nigel Beaverhausen tries to persuade them to let him film & release the footage of the tour, before resorting to doing it without their permission. [[spoiler:Both Hawk & Margera agree to let Beaverhausen release the footage after he offers to foot the bill, once they find out the bill is $21,000,000 ''so far'' (they are in New Orleans when they make this agreement, with still ''one leg of the tour to go'')]].

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: If the player character is female, she will be the only prominent female character.

--> '''Bam:''' ''Tanks''. Oh, tanks. Look at these tanks. ''[Later]'' It's so good, we can't go skating now, 'look at these tanks''.