The Canyons

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The Canyons
The image used for The Canyons world icon. The Canyons is the fourth area in LittleBigPlanet based on the Aztec Empire and the Mexico in the 19th century. Level Descriptions Here you help Uncle Jalapeno (the Creator Curator of The Canyons) and defeat the evil Sheriff Zapata.
Story & Theme
The background is a Mexican canyon with animal skulls and cacti littered around.The Canyons is the fourth theme in LittleBigPlanet, based on the desert part of Mexico. The Creator Curator of this theme is Uncle Jalapeño. This theme reappears in LittleBigPlanet Karting and Run Sackboy! Run!. Upon arriving at The Canyons, Devante asks you for help to free Uncle Jalapeno from the evil Sheriff Zapata. Upon freeing Uncle Jalapeno, Sheriff Zapata retreats to the mines, so Sackboy and Uncle Jalapeno chase him until you find him at the Serpent's Shrine, a showdown occurs causing Zapata's death. Uncle Jalapeno, exhausted about the whole ordeal, decides to have a vacation in The Metropolis.
Creator Curator: Uncle Jalapeno
Level Links
LittleBigPlanet Levels Boom Town The Mines Serpent Shrine LittleBigPlanet Minigames Wrestler's Drag Roller Run - Easy Roller Run - Medium Roller Run - Hard Cowabunga Puzzle Wheel LittleBigPlanet Karting Levels Serpent's Shrine Mine The Gap
Collectables - Number of Items:
Stickers Decorations Objects Materials Costumes Audio Backgrounds Stickers Angry Skull Apple Heart Aztec Face Aztec Sackboy Big Mouth Teeth Big Spider Blue Paint Border Bit Bottle Logo Cactus Cactus Arm Cactus Body Cactus Quench Colonial Arch Motif Colonial Balcony Colonial Door Face Motifs (Based on the Aztec glyphs and the Mayan Script) Green Face (Based on the Aztec mosaic-masks) Green Gecko Half a Tache Huge Eye Long Colonial Window Mexican Dollar Mexican Door Mexican Scary Mask Mexican Shutter Mexican Spice Mexican Symbol Mustard Colonial Motif Orange Mexican Pattern Orange Motif Pink Wrestler Face Pixel Cactus Red Explosives Red Motif Red Paint Red Wrestler Face Round Orange Face Sardine Label Shouting Moustache Man Smiley Sun Square Colonial Motif Square Colonial Window Standing Man (Based on the statue of Chalchiuhtlicue from the gallery) Standing Man Outline Strong Man Logo Thin Sardine Label Warrior Hand Warrior Swoop White Paint White Window Window Semi Circle Yellow Corner Yellow Paint Decorations Canyon Rocks (LBPK Only) Colourful Cactus (LBPK Only) Face Stone Gold Motif Lion Stone (LBPK Only) Man Stone Mine Cart (LBPK Only) Quetzal Feather Snake Stone Snake Stone Sombrero (LBPK Only) Objects Aztec Fence 1 (LBPK Only) Aztec Fence 2 (LBPK Only) Aztec Spiky Bandit Toy Soldier 1 Bandit Toy Soldier 2 Bank (LBPK Only) Big Platform Booster Birds in Tree Black Rubber Scorpion Blue Ocarina (LBPK Only) Bull (LBPK Only) Bumpy Cow Cactus 1 (LBPK Only) Cactus 2 (LBPK Only) Cactus 3 (LBPK Only) Canyon's Wooden Fence (LBPK Only) Calavera the Wrestler Cardboard Mine Cart Cat Piñata Devante/Moustache Man (LBPK Only) Double Sponge Rotator Empty Mine Cart/Mine Cart (LBPK Only) Fat Cactus Green Ocarina Hillside Village House 1 (LBPK Only) House 2 (LBPK Only) House 3 (LBPK Only) House 4 (LBPK Only) House Top (LBPK Only)/Wide Rooftop Impact Explosive Emitter Iron Mine Cart Jade Snake Jade Track Circle Jade Track Cross Jade Track Emitter Jade Track Gate Jade Track Straight Jade Track Turn Jumbo Chili Jumping Wrestler Large Cactus Luchador the Wrestler Mexican Basket Mexican Rock Scene Mexican Vase Mine Cart (LBPK Only)/Empty Mine Cart Mine Cart Track (LBPK Only) Mine Cart with Handles Moustache Man (LBPK Only)/Devante Narrow Rooftop Old Metal Fence (LBPK Only) Old Wood Fence (LBPK Only) Open Sardine Can (LBPK Only) Powered Chain Platform Powered Mine Cart Raising Steps Red Ocarina Rocket Cart Rocks 1 (LBPK Only) Rocks 2 (LBPK Only) Rocks 3 (LBPK Only) Rocks 4 (LBPK Only) Rocks 5 (LBPK Only) Rocks 6 (LBPK Only) Round Cactus Sardine Can Sheriff Zapata Sheriff Zapata's Explosives Machine Single Sponge Rotator Snake Bubble Guardian Sombrero Hat Spikehammer Block Thin Cactus Timed Explosive Uncle Jalapeno Wide Rooftop/House Top (LBPK Only) Wooden Mask Materials Aztec Gold (Metal; it is decorated with gyphs that are similar with the Aztec script) Aztec Jade (Stone; it is turquoise (NOT jade), and it is based on the Aztec mosaic-masks, like the Mask of Tezcatliopca or The Double-Headed Serpent, both exhibited in the British Museum from London) Aztec Stone (Stone) Basket (Wood)/Mayan Basket (Wood) (LBPK Only) Bevel Aztec Jade (Stone) Brown Stripy Fabric (Sponge) Canyon Stone (Stone) (LBPK Only) Check Fabric (Sponge) Dark Wood (Wood) Framed Carved Wood (Wood) Green Stripes Fabric (Sponge) Leather Struts (Wood) Mayan Basket (Wood) (LBPK Only)/Basket (Wood) Orange Wood (Wood) Red Pattern Fabric (Sponge) Red Stripy Fabric (Sponge) Red Wood (Wood) Red-Painted Wood (Wood) Sandpaper (Cardboard) Weathered Green Wood (Wood) Weathered Wood (Wood) White Panels (Wood) Wooden Basket (Wood) Costumes Sack Poncho Skin: Pinata Head: Sombrero Hat Mustache: Long Mustache Torso: Red Poncho Sack Señorita Skin Mexican Wrestler Hair: Señorita Wig Torso: Lace Trim Dress Audio "Cornman" by Kinky "Saregama Sun" by Kenneth Young "The Canyons IntMusic" by Mat Clark "The Canyons Rework IntMusic" by Mat Clark and Richard Jacques "Immovil" by Kinky Backgrounds The Canyons The Canyons (LBPK)

Characters

• Uncle Jalapeño (Creator Curator)
• Sheriff Zapata (Final Boss in the last level of the Canyons)
• Frida
• Don Lu
• Devante
• Little Xim and Big Xam
• Luchador
• Calavera
• The Queen
• The Collector (cameo)

Gallery

The background of The Canyons in LittleBigPlanet Karting

The background of The Canyons in LittleBigPlanet

The Mask of Tezcatlipoca (English pronunciation: /ˌtɛzˌkætliˈpoʊkə/; was a central deity in Aztec religion, and his main festival was the Toxcatl ceremony celebrated in the month of May. One of the four sons of Ometeotl, he is associated with a wide range of concepts, including the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war and strife. His name in the Nahuatl language is often translated as "Smoking Mirror"))

The Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli (also exhibited in the British Musem; English pronunciation: [ʃiʍˈtekʷt͡ɬi]; In Aztec mythology, Xiuhtecuhtli ("Turquoise Lord" or "Lord of Fire"), was the god of fire, day and heat)

The Double-headed serpent (this is an Aztec sculpture kept at the British Museum. Composed of mostly turquoise pieces applied to a wood base, it is one of nine mosaics of similar material in the British Museum; there are thought to be about 25 such pieces from that period in the whole of Europe. It came from Aztec Mexico and might have been worn or displayed in religious ceremonies. It is possible that this sculpture may be one of the gifts given by the Aztec emperor, Moctezuma II, to Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés when he invaded in 1519. The mosaic is made of pieces of turquoise, spiny oyster shell and conch shell)

This Aztec statue is in the Musée du quai Branly from Paris

Sculpture of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue [t͡ʃaːɬt͡ʃiwˈt͡ɬikʷeː] (from chālchihuitl [t͡ʃaːɬˈt͡ʃiwit͡ɬ] "jade" and cuēitl [kʷeːit͡ɬ] "skirt") (also Chalciuhtlicue, Chalchiuhcueye, or Chalcihuitlicue) ("She of the Jade Skirt"). She was an Aztec goddess of water, rivers, seas, streams, storms, and baptism, related to another water god, Chalchiuhtlatonal

This vase represents Tlaloc (Classical Nahuatl: Tlāloc [ˈtɬaːlok]). He was a member of the pantheon of gods in Aztec religion. As supreme god of the rain, Tlaloc was also a god of earthly fertility and of water

The 5 page of the Codex Borbonicus

The 8 page of the Codex Borbonicus

The 13 page of the Codex Borbonicus

The 15 page of the Codex Borbonicus

Little Big Planet showoff at CES

Footage of The Canyons in Create Mode

Trivia

• The Canyons is the first theme that has a boss.
• This theme reappears in Run Sackboy! Run! and LittleBigPlanet Karting.
• The entire town seems to enjoy bombs.