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The race often has rules [[Unnecessary Roughness|more akin to a Demolition Derby than a normal race]], and often takes place on an improbable course. Courses built around entire cities, courses with rollercoaster-like architecture, Courses floating in midair, courses [[Phantom Zone|existing only in an alternate racing dimension]], and courses in locations where it's generally not safe to be standing, let alone ''racing'', are common. In addition, the vehicles themselves are often specialized. If they're cars, expect them to have weapons and other modifications.
 
If they're go-karts, expect a lot of [[Power -Up|Power Ups]] to be littering the course- if not, plain old [[Car Fu]] will be highly encouraged. And if they aren't normal vehicles, expect them to be some amazing sci-fi vehicle capable of pretty much defying the laws of physics. The Vehicles are often [[Thememobile|themed after their drivers]] ([[Gang of Hats|who are just as wacky as the race itself]]). The [[Rules of the Road]] may be altered arbitrarily. And of course, expect the prize to be some sort of [[MacGuffin]].
 
It's almost traditional for a set of characters in a non-racing series to have an episode or spinoff where they engage in this. [[The Hero]] [[Boring Invincible Hero|usually wins]], ([[Dark Horse Victory|or a random side character]]) the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] always gets the [[Cool Car|coolest car]], and the villain [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat|cheats and has it backfire hilariously]].
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Also see [[Chariot Race]], [[Fictional Sport]], [[Ridiculympics]].
 
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* ''Scramble Wars'' was a [[Super Deformed]] Wacky Race parody featuring several anime produced by AIC (such as ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'', ''[[Gall Force]]'', ''[[Megazone 23]]'', ''Mospeada'', and ''[[Gunsmith Cats|Riding Bean]]'').
* ''[[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 JosJo'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.
* The TV series of ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula (Anime)|Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' has this with more wacky racing courses like a track with ice hills and roads with time-floods, with booster-equipped cars as the racing machines. In the OVAs however, this aspect has been largely abandoned.
* The manga ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' has the dragonfly races in the world of Piffle with all the racers being cameo characters from other [[CLAMP]] series.
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* In ''[[Split Second]]'', you can blow up things around the track, as well as drop ships and ''airplanes'' on your opponents.
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' ended up with two that I know of. ''Looney Tunes Racing'' was a [[Play Station]] karting game, featuring weapons from cream pies to heat-seeking cream pies to, of course, anvils. ''Looney Tunes Space Race'' was a Dreamcast and [[Play Station 2]] game that took things [[In Space]], but with the same general principle..
* ''[[Re-Volt]]'', similar to [[Micro Machines]] but with radio control cars, has [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Dinosaurs]] in the second game.
* ''[[Choro Q]]'' series isn't as wacky as others in term of a racing rule. However, after the 2nd game, the series started to put the racing courses that are beyond reality such as a disco factory, a sewer, inside a castle, a haunthouse, outer space, on the sky, under the water, and other weird possible areas. And instead of powerup, they have upgradable parts which are crazy instead.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' introduces the Payload Race mode. The RED and BLU teams push a cart (Packed with an ammo/health dispenser and a [[Big Bulky Bomb|massive bomb]]) from their side of the area to the opposing team's base. Whoever gets theirs to the final station wins. Of course, they're free to screw with each other's progress.
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* In the episode "Death Race to Oblivion" of ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', the interstellar warlord Mongul forces five superheroes and five supervillains to participate in the titular death race. The Batmobile and its ilk are already pretty [[Wacky Races]] in expressing the owner's, uh, preferences, but this episode revels in it.
* 'Johnny Kart Racing' in ''[[Johnny Test]]'' centered around this. Notably, the episode starts off as a normal soapbox car race between Johnny and Dukey, snowballs into this trope as more and more racers enter, and the soapboxes are swapped for real cars. Also noteworthy is that a lampshade is hung [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]].
* [[The BBC]]'s ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/about/programmes/kerwhizz.shtml Kerwhizz]'' is a mostly-CGI, pre-school game show, in which three teams consisting of a kid and his/her android [[Non -Human Sidekick]] answer questions before racing their pods around a themed "race world". One suspects the writers may be paying homage to ''[[Wacky Races]]'' with titles like "Fun Food Freeway", "Moonlight Night Flight" and "The Deserted Desert Dash".
* ''Bailey's Comets'' was an obscure De Patie-Freleng show from 1973 (airing on CBS) about ten teams of roller skaters, including the titular Comets, who are on a cross-country marathon race to find a treasure.
* [[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]] had one.
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