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** ''[[Mega Man NT Warrior]]'' was not one to miss out. It also makes a good example of how the vehicles will reflect the role and personality of their riders: [[The Hero|MegaMan]] drove a F1 car, [[The Rival|ProtoMan]] rode a [[Cool Bike]], [[The Chick|Roll]] drove a silly-looking coupe, and [[Terrible Trio|Force Three]] all rode together in a train.
* [[Digimon Frontier]] had an episode like this. All of the kids, Neemon, and a villian each got onto a train. The episode proceeded as a [[Battle Royale With Cheese]], with only Takuya completing the race.
* ''Scramble Wars'' was a [[Super
* ''[[Gundam|SD Gundam]]'' did a ''[[Wacky Races]]'' homage episode, complete with ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Anime)|Gundam ZZ]]'' villains Yazan Gable and Gemon Bajack as transparent parodies of Dick Dastardly and Muttley. Sadly, due to licensing issues, this short couldn't be included in a recent DVD collection.
* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Steel Ball Run]]'' is basically the horse racing version. It's a race across the whole United States in a alternate history Wild West, featuring competitors with flamboyant clothing and special powers. One even eschews the horse and runs on his own two feet.
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* ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' had the same basic concept, only with airplanes.
* ''Monte Carlo or Bust'' (a.k.a. ''Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies''), sequel to the above.
* The [[Real Life]] [
** ''Cannonball'' (1976), a classic David Carradine B-Movie Action Flick.
** ''[[The Gumball Rally]]'' (1976), a slapstick comedy.
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*** I read on [[The Other Wiki]] that they'd planned on making a ''Wacky Races'' movie as part of the ''Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10'' mini-series, but ended up ''not'' doing so. Anyone else think it ended up becoming ''Reluctant Werewolf''? (''Could have been. The feature was to have been titled '''Around The World with the Wacky Racers,''' but perhaps the H-B staff felt that a two-hour animated race wasn't sustainable.'')
*** It probably wasn't ''Werewolf,'' as when Hanna-Barbera took out its two-full-page ad in Variety in 1987 announcing the Superstars 10 project, that feature was among the ten listed, as well as the Wacky Races feature. If memory serves, ''Yogi & The Space Bears'' was not among the original ten, so that may have been the substitute.
** The [[Grand Finale]] for ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' has a scene where all the villains drive racecars (with Mojo Jojo's tank resembling the Mean Machine) to race to the Mayor's office where the Key to the World is being hidden. Upon insistence from the Professor, the Girls drive a dune buggy (which looked like a pink [[Shout
* Disney's ''[[The Replacements]]'' had an homage [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''Speed Racer''.
** So did ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' "Channel Chasers".
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== Real Life ==
* [[Truth in Television]]: Most rally raids, including the Paris-Dakar Rally and the Baja 1000. More often than not, these rallies are not much about who finishes first, but more about ''who finishes!''
** Of particular note is the 1963 East African Safari Rally. Eighty-four cars started the rally. Five days later ''[
* [http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/ 24 hours of Lemons]. Just, go out there and look how people race these little pieces of crap. You won't regret it.
** [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Lemons/Le Mans]], hmm?
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