@jay other than Crazy Earl, every other character you named had a full story arc. TK's started before the events of BL1 and you get a bit of it from that game, but you learn the full story in BL2, completing his story arc in a more unorthodox, retroactive manner than is in traditional writing methods for character arcs.
thats not a big archivement ava is all around a crap character any other character can beat her by simply barely talking or talking in less annoying ways,
I guess T. K didn't want to come to Sanctuarty not just for the canon break, but also to avoid being shot in the head. After all, he just want some brains.
The fact the man survived getting ripped apart by Scar and dragged his wife's corpse back home with one leg while blinded is a testament to how amazing he was.
T.K was my favorite NPC, so friendly and with a great sense of humor, the type of guy i would see myself drinking beer with while listening to all his crazy story
He was just a farmer fleeing corporate greed but ended up losing everything going to the nacho flavored, hemroid wrapped in bacon smelling desert hellhole of a vault planet pandora Edit: yes he’s a weapon designer first but he became a farmer after settling
"...., but I didn't wanna mess with canon." Now that's how you write an NPC XDDDD I just love the Borderlands Series with their Jokes ^^ Especially when they or the Characters make fun of themselves.
I know you barely see this guy in bl 1 but this is still the kind of story telling I miss in the third one this feels so much more mature also making the jokes feel better imo
"Hey thanks. I know it's rough out there, and... some folks don't have the time to help others, much less themselves. It means a lot." - TK, when you do all his quests
If TK in general wasn't already badass enough, the Lady Fist you get from doing his quest in Borderlands 2 is one of my favorite pistols in the game. An 800% multiplier to critical hits makes the gun melt even if your enemies are 10-20 levels above the weapon's level of damage.
His Shotgun in BL3 dropped for me at level 5 and carried me until level 30 die to it's massive amount of damage. The Lady Finger in BL1 was insanely strong too. Especially with a Pistol Mordecai build.
so the canon end of uncle teddy mission on BL2 is we give weapon blueprint to hyperion, so the Tidal wave shotgun (mission reward on BL2) is exist on BL3 meanwhile ladyfist pistol isn't
The fun part is: By all accounts, it does seem that the Zombie Island is canon. Undead-Ned-Trap does exist in the Robot Robolution DLC, which is regarded as canon.
The conclusion to that has been that since Marcus also lied about himself getting shot during the revolution. It's agreed that he just tells the story somewhat unreliably at times. atleast in theory
I was super sad when he died but can’t say I wasn’t expecting it. I was like “aw he’s so sweet and his relationship is wholesome and- he’s going to die isn’t he?”
I never finished BL1 I had no clue about T.K.'s passing in such a gruesome way. I'm shocked. speechless even. I always wondered what happened to him. Now I know. This tragedy makes me very sad.
The echologs of TK in Bl2 absolutely cracked me up. "me and the wife had to move to pandroa, but I'm sure it'll be fine" ..."wellp, my wife's dead. But I'm gonna kill the skag that killed her!" ... "skag blinded me n ate ma leg" N his life echolog before he died is just "well here are some bandits, but I'm sure it'll be fine" 😂 His life was nothing but misfortune, but in the funniest way
He has another voice line in the bloody harvest headhunter saying that he once had Lilith, brick, Roland and Mordecai go out and get brains for him. Not really important just thought I’d add that
It’s sad they killed off Tk Baha in the first game, would’ve been nice to seem him more in Borderlands 2, Borderlands: the Presequel, Tales of the Borderlands, and Borderlands 3
TK baha felt like such a nice and warm hearted guy...his death was kinda unnecessary because borderlands1 was more of an edgy "nice ppl die" kinda story rather then being elaborate
I'd like to see a history of Nurse Nina, given that in PS, Marcus still supplies ammo and weapons via vending machines, but Dr. Zed's machines are replaced by Nina's.
my favorite part is "but i didn't wanna mess with canon." that is just so borderlands lol. it honestly reminds me of shakespeare, the way richard iii constantly talks to the audience and makes references to the audience POV as if he's aware he's in a fictional story
Tks wave sounds like special move.. like genos whirl, and honestly, tk would do 9999 dmg lmao. Gearbox, i know youre going to shit as of recent.. you better bring BACK tk's wave in borderlands 4. Let his legacy live on
My god i had no idea that zombie in bl2 had such story...i thought it was just a funny character filled in to humour us in the dlc. Damn borderlands you never seize to amaze me..
"...aside from this he doesn't do much." 4:57 Are you serious? lol what about his dialogue?! Stewed brain, poached brain, boiled brain, Bar-B-Que'd brain, brain a-la-mode, brain a-la-carte, pan fried brain, deep fried brain, brain cream, brain on a stick, baked brains, brain sauce, brain soup...RAW BRAINS. etc etc etc lmaooo
Honestly it seems to be canonical in some fashion. The claptrap revolution does happen according to canon, and Undead Dr. Ned appears in there, being controlled by claptrap. Which indicates the DLC is canonical. TK appearing in it then would have at least some canonicity. But i can also see why to treat it as non-canon from a storytelling standpoint. I mean... If we're going canonically speaking... most any character we see die can just be resurrected as a zombie- then again claptrap somehow got the body of a dead crimson raider leader, a woman who was impaled and swallowed by the destroyer, and an undead rotting corpse, slapped a brain in a jar on their heads, and made them into extra bosses... So honestly back when they didn't know if a sequel was planned, they went all out with the loopy, so canonically speaking somewhere out there it IS possible to just... resurrect people, regardless of zombification or not... It would just make the whole story less impactful though. I mean... TK seems to have retained his sentience, so if it works like that, you could just have undead roland back as well, or undead maya, and it just would ruin the impact of their deaths.
Last night I couldn't sleep cuss I accidentally gave the weapon blueprint to Hyperion cuss I assumed the further waypoint was a Hyperion outpost and so I turn it in the mailbox.
How has this man done a history video on Timothy Laurence the dopalganger of hansom jack and the colipso twins before doing bone on Hyperion and handsom Jack wtf?
Timothy's life story: Guy with student debt becomes a body double for the universe's biggest douche, opens the vault on Elpis, stars in a few porno films before becoming trapped in a space casino after said douche's death. But he gets a chance to date Moxxi again so WORTH IT! Brick's life story: People keep killing his dog. He punches stuff. That's it. Thinking about it, Brink's kinda the John Wick of punching.
TK is just the man who never caught a break
Have a Kit Kat bar
...and he stayed upbeat through all of it...
In this game, the craziest characters have the best story arcs, T.K, Crazy Earl, Krieg, Tiny Tina are just some examples
Crazy earl story in borderland 1 ? Do not respond if not want to.
I didn't play it yet
@@hmm4468 crazy earl is in borderlands 1
@jay other than Crazy Earl, every other character you named had a full story arc.
TK's started before the events of BL1 and you get a bit of it from that game, but you learn the full story in BL2, completing his story arc in a more unorthodox, retroactive manner than is in traditional writing methods for character arcs.
Don't forget the saddest
@@Misanthropic_hellhoundAngel.
I always liked TK. It bummed me out when you found his corpse. He only has a few lines but is waaaaayyy better than Ava from BL 3
@Freezie Pop
I wanna frame this comment and share it FOREVERmore
Literally anyone is better than Ava. I had more sympathy for Jack or even Flesh Stick. Heck, i have more sympathy towards the common bandit than Ava.
@@Cynirai magic
Shooty McFace is a better character than Ava
thats not a big archivement
ava is all around a crap character
any other character can beat her by simply barely talking
or talking in less annoying ways,
I guess T. K didn't want to come to Sanctuarty not just for the canon break, but also to avoid being shot in the head. After all, he just want some brains.
As if Sanctuary is the place to find them
@@easy_sneezy I'd imagine Zed sliding a few brains here and there out of his vic... I mean, patients.
@@JayHog1992 I wouldn't rule that out as a possibility
@@JayHog1992 Sounds pretty Zed
brother is still a better character than Ava even after he died
It must be sad to like Ava
@@SolidLoch good thing that no one does
The fact the man survived getting ripped apart by Scar and dragged his wife's corpse back home with one leg while blinded is a testament to how amazing he was.
I love T.K baha, he is one of the greatest characters of all time
I was he last longer
Same
A great character who invented the worst gun in every game it appears in
Yes
I mis him so much I like the DLC of borderlands 2
T.K was my favorite NPC, so friendly and with a great sense of humor, the type of guy i would see myself drinking beer with while listening to all his crazy story
5:04 i never realised just how stupid that is
he's a blind lookout lmao
Omfg I never realized
He was just a farmer fleeing corporate greed but ended up losing everything going to the nacho flavored, hemroid wrapped in bacon smelling desert hellhole of a vault planet pandora
Edit: yes he’s a weapon designer first but he became a farmer after settling
As least he's not a moisture farmer or spice miner on a total desert planet.
"...., but I didn't wanna mess with canon."
Now that's how you write an NPC XDDDD I just love the Borderlands Series with their Jokes ^^ Especially when they or the Characters make fun of themselves.
When he died I was so sad. And they didn’t give me a proper time to morn the lost of this great man
I wish TK was in borderlands 3 and didn’t die in 1 cause he couldn’t have been a good character
He sort of is. As in his legacy, T.K's wave is in...
@@the_astrokhan Yeah, it's a rare drop to find in Heart's Desire. It's dropped by one of the story bosses there. Won't say who though.
I know you barely see this guy in bl 1 but this is still the kind of story telling I miss in the third one this feels so much more mature also making the jokes feel better imo
What? you dont like le edgy randumb zoomber humor?! I GOT YOU FAM
“You! One more step and it’ll be your last. You should’ve seen the look on your face”
This line is burned into my memory
"Hey thanks. I know it's rough out there, and... some folks don't have the time to help others, much less themselves. It means a lot."
- TK, when you do all his quests
If TK in general wasn't already badass enough, the Lady Fist you get from doing his quest in Borderlands 2 is one of my favorite pistols in the game. An 800% multiplier to critical hits makes the gun melt even if your enemies are 10-20 levels above the weapon's level of damage.
His Shotgun in BL3 dropped for me at level 5 and carried me until level 30 die to it's massive amount of damage.
The Lady Finger in BL1 was insanely strong too. Especially with a Pistol Mordecai build.
"A little too poetic for borderlands"
Tina being poetic in her intro: •_•
Tk: lucky for you I only shoot skags.
Me: well I shot my neighbor because I thought he was a skag but I wasn't lucky
Time to move to fyrestone
Man, he's got such a sad story. I'll always smile every time he points a shotgun at me.
so the canon end of uncle teddy mission on BL2 is we give weapon blueprint to hyperion, so the Tidal wave shotgun (mission reward on BL2) is exist on BL3 meanwhile ladyfist pistol isn't
No, that doesn't make that the canon. the wave doesn't just phase out of existence because you gave the blueprints to una.
The fun part is: By all accounts, it does seem that the Zombie Island is canon. Undead-Ned-Trap does exist in the Robot Robolution DLC, which is regarded as canon.
The conclusion to that has been that since Marcus also lied about himself getting shot during the revolution. It's agreed that he just tells the story somewhat unreliably at times. atleast in theory
I never realized that he was blind and just a bit crazy
Wait he’s Blind?
Just about every character in Borderlands is crazy
History of handsome jack and zane flynt please
I was so upset when I found his body ☹️
I was super sad when he died but can’t say I wasn’t expecting it.
I was like “aw he’s so sweet and his relationship is wholesome and- he’s going to die isn’t he?”
I never finished BL1 I had no clue about T.K.'s passing in such a gruesome way. I'm shocked. speechless even. I always wondered what happened to him. Now I know. This tragedy makes me very sad.
Loved this guy shotgun design. My first legendary!
In claptastic voyage TK was claptrap's fear of others loneliness, not his.
Story about Crazy Earl?
Let's hear the history of Mr. Torgue!😀👍
The echologs of TK in Bl2 absolutely cracked me up.
"me and the wife had to move to pandroa, but I'm sure it'll be fine"
..."wellp, my wife's dead. But I'm gonna kill the skag that killed her!"
... "skag blinded me n ate ma leg"
N his life echolog before he died is just "well here are some bandits, but I'm sure it'll be fine"
😂 His life was nothing but misfortune, but in the funniest way
He is faced with misfortune, but T.K. Baha always looks on the bright side of life. Er i guess now, unlife.
Favorite Zombie TK Line:
"Dagnabbit, I may be blind, widowed, crippled, and undead, but I haven't lost my sunny disposition!"
His death was the only thing (besides scooter) in that game that made me cry
0:20 he was married to his wife...
Haven't watched you in a while. Didn't know you did so many more of these vids. Awesome!
He has another voice line in the bloody harvest headhunter saying that he once had Lilith, brick, Roland and Mordecai go out and get brains for him. Not really important just thought I’d add that
It’s sad they killed off Tk Baha in the first game, would’ve been nice to seem him more in Borderlands 2, Borderlands: the Presequel, Tales of the Borderlands, and Borderlands 3
TK not going to Sanctuary because he “didn’t want to mess with canon” is one of the funniest gags in all of Borderlands 😂
the only thing i regret in life is not being able to equip T.K's badass double barreled shotgun
there is a mod for that for the first game
TK baha felt like such a nice and warm hearted guy...his death was kinda unnecessary because borderlands1 was more of an edgy "nice ppl die" kinda story rather then being elaborate
Finally, I've been requesting this for a while. Always been my favorite character.
Remember when Borderlands was a good, story full game and not just a bullshit shitshow?
GREATEST CHARACTER EVER! thanks for doing this video much needed
I'd like to see a history of Nurse Nina, given that in PS, Marcus still supplies ammo and weapons via vending machines, but Dr. Zed's machines are replaced by Nina's.
Does TK Baha remind anyone else of Hunter S. Thompson?
The craziest thing about this whole story is that Hyperion thought that crappy gun was worth assassinating him over.
I keep him alive by not taking the scooter mission. :)
Would be cool if Una comes back at some point.
I wish Dr Zed Stayed At Fyrestone To Stay there with TK. It’s a bummer that he had to go
TK was and still is my most favorite borderlands character
my favorite part is "but i didn't wanna mess with canon." that is just so borderlands lol. it honestly reminds me of shakespeare, the way richard iii constantly talks to the audience and makes references to the audience POV as if he's aware he's in a fictional story
"too poetic for borderlands" ... MY BROTHER IN CHRIST YOU DID THE WHOLE LORE FOR KRIEG..
Tks wave sounds like special move.. like genos whirl, and honestly, tk would do 9999 dmg lmao. Gearbox, i know youre going to shit as of recent.. you better bring BACK tk's wave in borderlands 4. Let his legacy live on
What a cheerful and goofy fellow, I hope nothing bad happens to him.
...Oh...oh no...
he was too cool to die. never understood how and why he died so quick. he wouldve been awesome to play as or play alongside.
Interesting enough.The TK Wave, it's a Jacob shotgun in borderlands 3
Although short lived, tk is one of the best embodiments of what borderlands truley is.
Anything with T.K gets a like, no matter what
T.K. Baha reminds me a lot of TF2's engineer. From the mannerisms down to the face and goggles.
Dammit now i want a community mod that adds T.K. Baha’s outfit items as misc items for engineer.
My god i had no idea that zombie in bl2 had such story...i thought it was just a funny character filled in to humour us in the dlc. Damn borderlands you never seize to amaze me..
"...aside from this he doesn't do much." 4:57 Are you serious? lol what about his dialogue?! Stewed brain, poached brain, boiled brain, Bar-B-Que'd brain, brain a-la-mode, brain a-la-carte, pan fried brain, deep fried brain, brain cream, brain on a stick, baked brains, brain sauce, brain soup...RAW BRAINS. etc etc etc lmaooo
If you don't do the side missions in Fyrestone until after checking on T.K., he's still alive from what I've seen.
My favourite characters in borderlands T.K baha, Claptrap, Salvador, Mr. Torque, Scooter and ma boi Krieg.
Di... Did you just call Krieg... A "ma boi"? Like, as in, "Mama's boy"? You're a real jerk.
@M Knox
That was a joke.
NOW F'N LAUGH!
@@MrDlguy666😂😂😂goddamnit 😂👍
@@mknox2809 Watch your F'N mouth.
Not many people can help themselves non the less others so you should know that i appreciate your help
- TK Baha
Love TK Baha. Him and Scooter are my two favorite NPCs
T.K. Baha, Scooter and Crazy Earl are my favorites from BL1! Great characters
Man watching these lore videos makes we really nostalgic for BL1. Didn't even know the game was old enough to do that lol.
I know somewhere in the borderlands for the dead scooter an tk are enjoying a cold one an relaxing
Honestly it seems to be canonical in some fashion. The claptrap revolution does happen according to canon, and Undead Dr. Ned appears in there, being controlled by claptrap. Which indicates the DLC is canonical. TK appearing in it then would have at least some canonicity.
But i can also see why to treat it as non-canon from a storytelling standpoint. I mean... If we're going canonically speaking... most any character we see die can just be resurrected as a zombie- then again claptrap somehow got the body of a dead crimson raider leader, a woman who was impaled and swallowed by the destroyer, and an undead rotting corpse, slapped a brain in a jar on their heads, and made them into extra bosses... So honestly back when they didn't know if a sequel was planned, they went all out with the loopy, so canonically speaking somewhere out there it IS possible to just... resurrect people, regardless of zombification or not...
It would just make the whole story less impactful though. I mean... TK seems to have retained his sentience, so if it works like that, you could just have undead roland back as well, or undead maya, and it just would ruin the impact of their deaths.
TK was my favorite NPC in BL. My other favorite is Tiny Tina.
Gearbox should make a prequel showing us the Corporate Wars.
Last night I couldn't sleep cuss I accidentally gave the weapon blueprint to Hyperion cuss I assumed the further waypoint was a Hyperion outpost and so I turn it in the mailbox.
Everyone’s favorite character! FUCKING T.K BAHA BLAST.
Never got to finish part 1 so I was quite surprised to get to the Fyrestone area near the end of part 2 and to find out TK died
How has this man done a history video on Timothy Laurence the dopalganger of hansom jack and the colipso twins before doing bone on Hyperion and handsom Jack wtf?
When you realize that people in borderlands are kind super human.
I never thought he had much of a backstory when I first saw him in Borderlands 1
One of the best crazies we met in the game.
I almost cried when I found his body
The story of TK and scar breaks my heart.
Atleast he died tied to a ceiling fan, I would kill to die just like that
I actually got to know him because of borderlands 2. It was both sad and funny his story
His laugh.
So doesn't that mean T.k wave was supposed to be a Hyperion gun? Not a jakobs
ah Borderlands histroy videos. Poor matt. wish 2k never nuked his channel
My favorite big about zombie tk is that he says “I wanna see the guys again but I don’t wanna mess with canon
I love how TK looks so goofy in the Games, but in the comics Looks Like a an absolute menace
Can we get timothy or brick?
Timothy's life story: Guy with student debt becomes a body double for the universe's biggest douche, opens the vault on Elpis, stars in a few porno films before becoming trapped in a space casino after said douche's death. But he gets a chance to date Moxxi again so WORTH IT!
Brick's life story: People keep killing his dog. He punches stuff. That's it.
Thinking about it, Brink's kinda the John Wick of punching.
I fell bad for him when I see him in bourderland2 Halloween 🎃 dlc ( the sad truth)
Man.. I never saw any of this backstory before T.T its so sad..
Seriously why Unna Baha didn't show up in BL3?
I actually hope BL4 brings zombie TK back as a main character. TK was honestly one of my favourite characters, I was so upset when they killed him
Maybe if we all spam the Borderlands twitter telling them to make zombie TK the CEO of hyperion they will do it
O he lives on until borderlands the pre sequel bc TK and clap are the same voice actors
Claptastic TK Baha isn’t real.
Zombie TK is?
There are comics?!?!
Tk looks like bubbles from trailer park boys
Fuck i havent finished bl yet and went to the comments and saw that he dies, im an actual idiot
Song at the end of the Credits?
It sounds familiar . . .
I played this game ithink psycho killed him and i am 10 years old
TK is my favorite borderlands 1 character
Una baha should be a playable character in BL3