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Eva is caught in the middle of it all while trying to find her father, who had abandoned her after the death of her mother. Under the name of "Molly", she joins her dad's racing team to the outer reaches of space, where they take part in the Great Race. Having learned of the Prize, she hopes to win it to bring back her mother and put her family's life back together.

 

 

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** Eva, for her part, {{spoiler|failed to bring her mother back from the dead, but she did finally come to accept her loss and reconcile with her father.}}

* [[BFS]]: Crog vehicles are basically flying versions of these. Powered up, their blades are able to slice through metal.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Rush.

* [[Boring Invincible Hero]]: Averted quite nicely; The Earth team is not only a dark horse at best, they've also spent time at the very bottom of the rankings and lose against better racers often.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: {{spoiler|Spirit}}

* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]: Prince Aikka, whose reserved personality largely averts the standard traits. Stan, though, plays the trope pretty straight.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Most of the main cast except maybe Aikka (unless he's talking to Jordan).

* [[Death Course]]: The race track in episode 4 is this. The first trap is a series of huge spinning turbines, the second is a [[Indy Escape|giant, rolling boulder]] that can only be bypassed via flying through a whole in its center. This is followed by tunnels with swinging blades, a guillotine door, collapsing buildings and then a whole freakin' ''labyrinth'' of guillotine doors.

* [[Detached Sleeves]]: Nourasians seem to be fond of wearing these.

* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: More flying than driving, actually. Be glad Jordan only flew the ship once.

* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Satis.

* [[Necromantic]]: Molly and Muir both want to bring back a loved one with the ultimate prize. {{spoiler|When it's revealed that this isn't possible, Muir drops out of the race completely.}}

* [[Neck Lift]]: Grooor does this to Molly in one episode, and Kross does this to Aikka in another.

* [[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.}}

** As well as a [[Humans Are Bastards]] comment from Aikka.

** And [[Big Bad|Canaletto]], of course.

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Satis as Super Racer. {{spoiler|His Avatar disguise is much better.}}

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Don Wei stuck his daughter in boarding school and did his best to forget about her after the death of his wife. {{spoiler|To his credit, he ''does'' get better in the end.}}

* [[Petting Zoo People]]: Paradice, sort of. She's very catlike in appearance and mannerisms, but her head looks like a computer screen.

* [[Posthumous Character]]: Maya

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: The Crogs, and the Inna.

* [[The Quiet One]]: Spirit, and later O (yes, that's his name).

* [[Redeeming Replacement]]: {{spoiler|Jordan isn't a direct replacement, but his grandfather William Wilde is regarded by history as a traitor on the order of Benedict Arnold. At least in part, this motivated him to join the military in the first place}}

* [[Wrench Wench]]: Not only did Molly build her own rocket-seat by herself, but she later grafts it onto the Whizzing Arrow's steering column!

* [[Xanatos Roulette]]: Canaletto's plan involves {{spoiler|emotionally scarring a girl with the right background, then ensuring she is the one to represent her planet during the races, and counting on her to win so her scars will cause her to reject the role of Avatar so he can steal it for himself.}}

* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Despite making it through to Oban, Toros is implied to have killed ''himself'' for his "unacceptable" loss to Molly, the first loss of his racing career.

* [[You Killed My Father]]: Molly's attitude towards Spirit, the racer who she thinks is responsible for her mother's death. She wrecks the Whizzing Arrow when she faces him, only to learn the truth when he shows her the events of that day through his eyes. Later, however, it turns out that {{spoiler|Canaletto was responsible for Maya's death.}}