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* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: All the cars explode into small flames when wasted.
* [[Every Car Is Rear Wheel Drive]]: For Lead Oxide, that is. It even ''pivots'' around the rear wheels when doing stunts.
* [[Expy]]: Wow Caninaro is the [http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Canyonero Canyonero]. The yellow paint job of the former is a [[Shout-Out]] to [[The Simpsons]], which is where the Canyonero originated from. MAX Revenge is the [[wikipedia:Pursuit Special|Pursuit Special]] from the first [[Mad Max]] film, repainted brown; by extension, it also doubles up as a [[Fictional Counterpart]] to the [
* [[Fictional Counterpart]]: Many of the cars in the games are based on specific real-life vehicles. For example, M A S H E E N is this to a [https://web.archive.org/web/20160411192034/http://www.ritchiewiki.com/wiki/files/Cat_966D_-_facing_left.jpg Caterpillar 966D wheel loader]. See also the [[Bland-Name Product]] and [[Expy]] entries above.
* [[Fission Mailed]] / [[Kaizo Trap]]: Due to the game's simple win/lose conditions, it is possible to win a stage after getting wasted if all the other cars are wasted before you "Press [Enter] to continue" or lose a stage by getting wasted after winning by racing.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Formula 7 is the embodiment of this trope. Half the time, it will ''waste itself'' regardless of your efforts. Its high speed does not help, as it can completely waste itself by driving into a wall at full speed. Other examples include La Vita Crab, Drifter X and Mighty Eight.
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* [[Someday This Will Come in Handy]]: Few players know that doing forward rolls decrease the amount of time in the air while at the same time propelling the car forwards, while doing backward rolls causes the car to fly even higher at the expense of velocity. Knowledge of this can be vital in some stages where every little extra speed boost you can get from stunts can make a difference between a close finish with you behind or a close finish with you in front, or if the extra height can mean EL KING wasting you the moment you land or you flying over it.
* [[Some Dexterity Required]]: Some stunt categories, such as tabletops, require a bit of additional thinking to execute correctly.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: The entire series, to an earlier game developed by Waly, called ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20101020060446/http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/maniacs/ Maniac Racers]''. ''Maniac Racers'' featured the same race-or-waste mechanics, except that the game was played from an overhead 2D perspective.
* [[Sturgeon's Law]]: This came into full effect the moment registered players were allowed to use cars they made in ''NFMSP'''s Car Maker in ''NFMM''.
* [[Suicidal Overconfidence]]: The AI has a tendency to overestimate the durability of the car it uses. Cue Nimi driving headlong into M A S H E E N.
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