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Every 10,000 years, teams from all over the universe are gathered by the mysterious Avatar to compete in the Great Race of Oban, a race with much more at stake than just honor or prize money. According to legend, the winner is awarded the Ultimate Prize, which is rumored to grant ''any'' wish, from large-scale destruction to, perhaps, the resurrection of a loved one. Some want it for glory, others as a way of universal domination. However, the true nature of the Prize is shrouded in mystery, and things are not what they appear to be...

* [[Hide Your Lesbians]]: Ning and Skun are strongly implied to be a couple. Since they come from a [[One-Gender Race]] it makes sense. Of course, since this show was playing on [[Toon Disney]] and ABC Family, the most romantic thing we see them doing is holding hands.

* [[Hometown Hero]]: In the preliminaries on Alwas, the home team of Flint and Marcel are given the edge with traps activated to foil their opponent but not them.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Ondai, the robot from the Oban arc of the show, flies a spaceship that can [[Transforming Mecha|transform]] into a bipedal robot with a [[Laser Blade]]!

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: Don Wei was a very nice man before his wife was killed. He started acting mean to protect himself from the pain, and other people, too.

* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Played straight most of the time, with one notable edit in the US broadcast; in episode 14, all lines about Toros comitting suicide were cut out.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Molly's race with Aikka. {{spoiler|Given that Aikka is a [[Glass Cannon]] who rides a giant bug instead of an easily repaired vehicle, he was resigned to blowing Molly away in accordance with his government's orders. When Molly approached him with an offer of a straight-up race, he was moved by her competitive yet friendly attitude and was willing to take a loss as long as his wounded mount wasn't killed. She locked down Jordan's turret as the race began, and was winning soundly - until Don Wei ''unlocked'' Jordan's turret and ordered him to open fire. Cue humiliating defeat.}}

* [[Nitro Boost]]: Aikka uses a spell on G'dar to the same effect; the Whizzing Arrow's hyperdrive.

* [[The Noseless]]: The whole cast. No, they're not mutants, it's just the art style.