History VideoGame / TonyHawksUnderground

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** There's a sign in the Hawaii level in ''Underground'' that says "Yummy Weiners" and has a boy with a peculiar-looking hot dog in his mouth.
** There's a porn movie theater in the Los Angeles level in ''Underground 2'', which can be attested both from the titles on the marquee ("Rear Admiral" and "Come Hither") and the fact that some of the gaps involving it call the place an "XXX".
** There's also a car near the strip club that is [[DontComeAKnockin implied to]] have [[AutoErotica people having sex in it.]] It's possibly a reference to the 1998 movie Recoil, where something similar happens.
** After a particularly EpicFail from Eric in ''Underground 2'', Chad Muska [[LampshadeHanging lampshades the situation]] while holding a hot dog in a very suggestive way.
--> '''Mike Vallely:''' Dude, could he suck any worse?\\
'''Chad Muska:''' Yo, it's kind of ironic, man. ''[picks up a sausage and wags it toward Mike]'' Him nailing a wiener cart... Get it?
** A hilariously subtle one in ''Underground 2'' when the team picks are narrowed down between the Player Character and [[BandageMummy Paulie]]. Typically, the player character will express their frustration by saying ''"Are you serious? You can't decide between me and a kid in a bodycast?"'' But for a female player character with the "girly" voice...
--> '''Player Character''': "Are you serious? You can't decide between ''[[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey these]]'' and a kid in a bodycast?"

* DenserAndWackier: The series themselves aren't too serious with their objectives and FunnyBackgroundEvent but ''Underground 2'' is basically combining the ''Tony Hawk'' games with ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' and a cartoon with the amount of destruction that seems infeasible in real life without hurting anyone and how many characters survive injuries. The graphics also became cartoonier with more exaggerated facial expressions.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: Fortunately, the second game fixes this by including him on the losing side of the tour (even when he's temporarily swapped with the player to Team Hawk) 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 is now a complete joke.]]

->Hey, man, that run was ''bull'''shit'''''. But in a good way.

* AllGermansAreNazis: Averted with Berlin in the second game.

* ProductPlacement: Both from skating brands and non-skating brands, up to and including small [=McDonald's=] restaurants in the Manhattan and New Orleans levels.
** The most blatant example would be the use of Motorola phones to recieve messages from other characters in ''Underground 2''.

Tony Hawk's Underground (commonly abbreviated as ''[[FunWithAcronyms THUG]]'') is a short series of two games that came between the classic ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater 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 [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, and [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance 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 second game, ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2'', takes place a year after Underground 1 and focuses on the World Destruction Tour, which is [[RecycledPremise totally not similar to]] ''Series/{{Jackass}}''.[[note]]No, seriously; it's actually closer to ''Series/VivaLaBam'' if anything.[[/note]] The celeb skaters (which are largely made up of people involved with ''Jackass'') are divided into two teams and do dangerous and stupid stunts for points. The player character in this game [[DemotedToExtra takes a back seat]] to celebrity slapstick shenanigans as the tour takes him or her all across the world, to 4 continents in total.

* CanonName: Well, two Canon Names. Odd case since the character is the same in both games. The player character in ''Underground 1'' is referred to as "Steve" in the Pre-Made Skaters and referred to as "Chris" in the ''Underground 2''.

** It's also possible for certain grinds to end this way if you lose your balance.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Eric seems like a normal friend after being introduced to him, but the first sign he's bad news is that he torched the drug dealer's car.[[note]]to play Devil's Advocate, the dealers took some skating gear and the player had to get them back[[/note]] Though "accidentally" forgetting to register you for Tampa AM showed how much of a backstabber he'll become.

* GroinAttack: At the end of the Boston level, Hawk's team have to lose a guy by having the team play RussianRoulette with a tennis ball launcher at crotch level. [[spoiler:Bob Burnquist was the unlucky victim.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: Eric has an epic one in the first game's ending. If the Player Character beats him in the neighborhood skate off he goes on a rant, while the player just walks away with the tape. [[spoiler: [[CuttingTheKnot Play the game a second time, though...]]]]

* VillainousBreakdown: Eric has an epic one in the first game's ending. If the Player Character beats him in the neighborhood skate off he goes on a rant, while the player just walks away with the tape. [[spoiler: [[CuttingTheKnot Play the game a second time though.......]]]]
-->'''Eric:''' I'm still better than you!!! You got lucky you little punk!!! Slam City Jam and Tampa were nothing but luck, you little bitch!!! Get back here!!! You ain't nothing!!! I know I could kick your ass!!

* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: By the end of the first game; after all the shit that Eric pulled you through, you pretty much had it with him and left with the tape after beating his line (or elbowed him in the mouth in the alternate ending.)]]

The second game, ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2'', takes place a year after Underground 1 and focuses on the World Destruction Tour, which is [[RecycledPremise totally not similar to]] ''Series/{{Jackass}}''[[note]]No, seriously; it's actually closer to ''Series/VivaLaBam'' if anything.[[/note]]. The celeb skaters (which are largely made up of people involved with ''Jackass'') are divided into two teams and do dangerous and stupid stunts for points. The player character in this game [[DemotedToExtra takes a back seat]] to celebrity slapstick shenanigans as the tour takes him or her all across the world, to 4 continents in total.

* AllThereInTheManual: The ''official [=BradyGames=] guide'', has an intro that states ''Underground 2'' takes place one year after the first game, and confirms the protagonist being the same in both game. It also explains that them and the other pros are feeling burn-out from the pro scene, which is why Tony and Bam create the World Destruction Tour.

* {{Crossover}}: ''2'' features Jesse James, Wee Man, Phil Margera, Steve-O from ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' as members of Bam's skate crew and recurring players of the World Destruction Tour.

* NoAntagonist: The second game's story doesn't really have any direct antagonist, mostly being a FriendlyRivalry between Tony and Bam's teams. A snooty movie producer by the name of Nigel Beaverhausen shows up in Boston and Australia to harass the teams into letting him use their footage for a movie and ExBigBad Eric Sparrow works on Bam's team but fails to accomplish anything in the long run and gets eliminated midway through the game; both ultimately serve as little more than {{Butt Monkey}}s.

* NoAntagonist: The second game's story doesn't really have any direct antagonist, being a FriendlyRivalry between Tony and Bam's teams. A snooty movie producer by the name of Nigel Beaverhausen shows up in Boston and Australia to harass the teams into letting him use their footage for a movie, but he ends up being little more than a ButtMonkey.

* NostalgiaLevel: Several courses from the first three games are unlockable (the first ''THUG'' had only three levels from the second game, while the Classic Mode of ''[=THUG2=]'' includes levels mainly from the first and third games, with only Philadelphia from ''[=THPS2=]''). In addition, the Training area where you start Story Mode is a hi-res version of the old Warehouse level, with an extra area added.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Each of ''2'''s secret story skaters rides a non-skateboard vehicle exclusive to the level - i.e Jessie James on a motor scooter in Boston, Steve-O on a mechanical bull in Barcelona and so on - and have unique movesets that allow them to accomplish tasks the others ordinarily can't, can move faster and jump much higher than the skater can without outside help and some flat-out cannot bail, but none of them can move on foot, have far less move variety than the skaters and can't be used outside of story mode.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Each of ''2'''s secret story skaters rides a non-skateboard vehicle exclusive to the level - i.e Jessie James on a motor scooter in Boston, Steve-O on a mechanical bull in Barcelona and so on - and have unique movesets that allow them to accomplish tasks the others ordinarily can't, but cannot move on foot and generally have far less moves compared to the skaters.

The second game, ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2'', takes place a year after Underground 1 and focuses on the World Destruction Tour, which is [[RecycledPremise totally not similar to]] ''Series/{{Jackass}}''[[note]]No, seriously; it's actually closer to ''Series/VivaLaBam'' if anything.[[/note]]. 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.

* DemotedToExtra: The player character in ''Underground 2''. While they were the main focus of the first game, they take a backseat to Tony and Bam's antics in the second. They rarely speak in cutscenes and have almost no interaction with anyone[[spoiler:, including Eric, despite their rivalry having a major role in the plot of ''Underground''.]]

** A "secret" character who has their own unique vehicle as opposed to a skateboard, like Steve-O on a mechanical bull. They each have their own unique movesets and can accomplish tasks the others ordinarily can't, but cannot move on foot.

* {{Jerkass}}: Eric in the original ''Underground''. Supposedly your character's closest friend and skating buddy who steals their chance at glory when the opportunity arises and remains a persistent thorn in your character's side for the rest of the game.

** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: Fortunately, the second game fixes this by including him on the losing side of the tour (even when he's temporarily swapped with the player to Team Hawk) 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 is now a complete joke.]]

* ReplayValue: Playing both games at different difficulties unlocks multiple characters. 'Underground 1' also changes the [[spoiler: [[ShutUpHannibal ending]] [[CuttingTheKnot cutscene]]]] when you replay it a second time, regardless of difficulty.

* VillainousBreakdown: Eric has an epic one in the first game's ending. If the Player Character beats him in the neighborhood skate off he goes on a rant, while the player just walks away with the tape.

* ReplayValue: Playing both games at different difficulties unlocks multiple characters. 'Underground 1' also changes the [[MultipleEndings ending]] [[CuttingTheKnot cutscene]] when you replay it a second time, regardless of difficulty.

* SkateHeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth: Naturally.

* GroinAttack: At the end of the Boston level, Hawk's team have to lose a guy by having the team play RussianRoulette with a tennis ball launcher at crotch level. [[spoiler: Bob Burnquist was the unlucky victim.]]

** The pro assigned to your team, which you can choose from Bob Burnquist,[[note]]Arguably plays this trope the straightest as he's eliminated following the first leg[[/note]] Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska and Mike Valley. Berlin and Skatopia are the exceptions as Bam and Tony fill in for each level respectively.