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** As indicated in an earlier draft of the script, E.P. Arnold Royalton's last name was originally named Remmington.
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* SequelInAnotherMedium: The video game adaptation is set one year after the film's events.

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Role Reprise can apply in cases of less than 5 years if it's an adaptation into another medium.


* RecycledSoundtrack: Stock Creator/HannaBarbera musical cues (first used in WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest) are reused in the anime scene.

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* RecycledSoundtrack: Stock Creator/HannaBarbera musical cues (first used in WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest) ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'') are reused in the anime scene.scene.
* RoleReprise: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci and Matthew Fox reprised their roles for the tie-in game.



* TheOtherDarrin: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci and Matthew Fox were the only ones who came back for the game.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Speed Racer Enterprises' rights to ''Speed Racer'' expired in 2011. Creator/TatsunokoProduction sued SRE for exploiting their rights without their consent in October 2012. When the lawsuits were dismissed in December 2013, the ''Speed Racer'' intellectual property rights were reverted to Tatsunoko, and any licensing agreement must be made through the company. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-04/speed-racer-rights-revert-to-tatsunoko-with-lawsuit-settled You can read more about it here]].

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Speed Racer Enterprises' rights to ''Speed Racer'' expired in 2011. Creator/TatsunokoProduction sued SRE for exploiting their rights without their consent in October 2012. When the lawsuits were dismissed in December 2013, the ''Speed Racer'' intellectual property rights were reverted to Tatsunoko, and any licensing agreement must be made through the company. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-04/speed-racer-rights-revert-to-tatsunoko-with-lawsuit-settled You can read more about it here]].
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* TheOtherDarrin: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci and Matthew Fox were the only ones who came back for the game.
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* TheWikiRule: [[https://speedracer.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page The Speed Racer Wiki]].
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* BillingDisplacement: Roger Allam plays Royalton, the principle antagonist. So where is he on the poster cast list? Nowhere.

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* BillingDisplacement: Roger Allam plays Royalton, the principle antagonist.[[BigBad principal antagonist]]. So where is he on the poster cast list? Nowhere.
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** Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Sparky) is the son of Creator/ArturoMercado (Tetsuo Togokhan) as well as the nephew of Erica Edwards (Horuko Togokhan).

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** Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Sparky) is the son of Creator/ArturoMercado (Tetsuo Togokhan) as well as the nephew cousin of Erica Edwards (Horuko Togokhan).
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Moving to separate trivia page.


* RelationshipVoiceActor: Two of the voice actors for ''The New Adventures'', Creator/JeannieElias (Trixie, Spritle) and Creator/TonyPope (Pops), would later work together on the ''VideoGame/JumpStart'' franchise for quite a while.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: Two of the voice actors for ''The New Adventures'', Creator/JeannieElias (Trixie, Spritle) and Creator/TonyPope (Pops), would later work together on the ''VideoGame/JumpStart'' franchise for quite a while.
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** Racecar driver Danica Patton was offered a cameo, but had to turn it down due to other commitments.

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** Racecar driver Danica Patton Patrick was offered a cameo, but had to turn it down due to other commitments.
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* StarDerailingRole: This film hurt Creator/EmileHirsch's future in Hollywood (especially after receiving much acclaim for his previous role in ''Film/IntoTheWild''), along with Creator/ChristinaRicci's career. The two have more or less disappeared into smaller projects (in Ricci's case) or gone into smaller roles (in Hirsch's case, though he did bounce back a bit when he replaced his late friend Creator/AntonYelchin as the voice of Jim in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'').
* StillbornFranchise: Joel Silver said that Creator/TheWachowskis wanted to do the sequel in 3D. Alas, the film didn't make enough money to justify a sequel.

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This film hurt Creator/EmileHirsch's future in Hollywood (especially after receiving much acclaim for his previous role in ''Film/IntoTheWild''), along with Creator/ChristinaRicci's career. The two have more or less disappeared into smaller projects (in Ricci's case) or gone ''Film/IntoTheWild''). He went into smaller roles (in Hirsch's case, for most of the 2010s, though he did bounce back a bit when he replaced his late friend Creator/AntonYelchin as the voice of Jim in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'').
''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'' and managed to be part of the ensemble cast of ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood''. The assault charges he pled guilty to in 2015 didn't help matters either.
** Christina Ricci disappeared from mainstream roles for a while afterwards, though she was still doing quite well in independent films. After attempting CareerResurrection with ''Series/ZTheBeginningOfEverything'' (which she produced), she finally achieved it with ''{{Series/Yellowjackets}}''.
* StillbornFranchise: Joel Silver said that Creator/TheWachowskis wanted to do the sequel in 3D. Alas, the film didn't make enough money to justify a sequel. Emile Hirsch tried to gain support for the sequel online in 2018, in the hopes that the film's cult fan base might justify it.


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** Racecar driver Danica Patton was offered a cameo, but had to turn it down due to other commitments.

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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Benno Fürmann (Inspector Detector) played his on-camera role in English and dubbed his own lines for the German-language release.

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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Benno Fürmann (Inspector Detector) played reprised his on-camera role in English and dubbed his own lines as Inspector Detector for the German-language release.



* StarDerailingRole: This film basically hurt Creator/EmileHirsch's future in Hollywood (especially after receiving much acclaim for his previous role in ''Film/IntoTheWild''), along with Creator/ChristinaRicci's career. The two have more or less disappeared into smaller projects (in Ricci's case) or gone into smaller roles (in Hirsch's case, though he did bounce back a bit when he replaced his late friend Creator/AntonYelchin as the voice of Jim in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'').

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* StarDerailingRole: This film basically hurt Creator/EmileHirsch's future in Hollywood (especially after receiving much acclaim for his previous role in ''Film/IntoTheWild''), along with Creator/ChristinaRicci's career. The two have more or less disappeared into smaller projects (in Ricci's case) or gone into smaller roles (in Hirsch's case, though he did bounce back a bit when he replaced his late friend Creator/AntonYelchin as the voice of Jim in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'').
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* PromotedFanboy: Music/MichaelGiacchino was a fan of the original anime series as a child and he incorporated Nobuyoshi Koshibe's main theme when he scored the film. Emile Hirsch was also a big fan.

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* PromotedFanboy: Music/MichaelGiacchino Creator/MichaelGiacchino was a fan of the original anime series as a child and he incorporated Nobuyoshi Koshibe's main theme when he scored the film. Emile Hirsch was also a big fan.

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* PromotedFanboy: Composer Michael Giacchino was a fan of the original anime series as a child and he incorporated Nobuyoshi Koshibe's main theme when he scored the film. Emile Hirsch was also a big fan.

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* PromotedFanboy: Composer Michael Giacchino Music/MichaelGiacchino was a fan of the original anime series as a child and he incorporated Nobuyoshi Koshibe's main theme when he scored the film. Emile Hirsch was also a big fan.



* StarDerailingRole: This film basically hurt Emile Hirsch's future in Hollywood (especially after receiving much acclaim for his previous role in ''Film/IntoTheWild''), along with Creator/ChristinaRicci's career. The two have more or less disappeared into smaller projects (in Ricci's case) or gone into smaller roles (in Hirsch's case, though he did bounce back a bit when he replaced his late friend Creator/AntonYelchin as the voice of Jim in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'').
* {{Stillborn Franchise}}/FranchiseKiller: Plans for a sequel were cancelled when this movie failed to perform. It also severely damaged the ''Speed Racer'' franchise as well.

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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell:
** In September 1992, it was announced that Creator/WarnerBros held the option to make a live-action ''Speed Racer'' film to be developed at Silver Pictures. In October 1994, Music/HenryRollins was offered the lead role. In June 1995, Creator/JohnnyDepp was cast with Creator/JulienTemple directing, with production slated to begin the coming October, with filming to take place in California and Arizona. The following August, Depp requested time off for personal business, delaying production. However, due to an overly high budget, Temple left the project the same month and Depp followed suit. The studio considered Creator/GusVanSant as a replacement, though it would not grant him writing privileges. In December 1997, the studio briefly hired Creator/AlfonsoCuaron as director. In the various incarnations of the project, screenwriters Marc Levin, Jennifer Flackett, Creator/JJAbrams, and Patrick Read Johnson had been hired to write scripts.
** In September 2000, the studio and producer Lauren Shuler Donner hired music video director Hype Williams to direct. In October 2001, screenwriters Christian Gudegast and Paul Scheuring were hired for $1.2 million split between them to write the script. Eventually, without production getting under way, the director and the writers left the project.
** In June 2004, Creator/VinceVaughn spearheaded a revival by presenting a take for the film that would develop the characters more strongly, with himself playing Racer X as well as serving as executive producer. With production never becoming active, Vaughn was eventually detached from the project.
** Creator/TheWachowskis came aboard in October 2006, production began in Summer 2007 and the film was finally released in 2008.
* StarDerailingRole: This film basically hurt Emile Hirsch's Creator/EmileHirsch's future in Hollywood (especially after receiving much acclaim for his previous role in ''Film/IntoTheWild''), along with Creator/ChristinaRicci's career. The two have more or less disappeared into smaller projects (in Ricci's case) or gone into smaller roles (in Hirsch's case, though he did bounce back a bit when he replaced his late friend Creator/AntonYelchin as the voice of Jim in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'').
* {{Stillborn Franchise}}/FranchiseKiller: Plans for a StillbornFranchise: Joel Silver said that Creator/TheWachowskis wanted to do the sequel were cancelled when this movie failed to perform. It also severely damaged in 3D. Alas, the ''Speed Racer'' franchise as well.film didn't make enough money to justify a sequel.



** Some of the people who were to work on the movie at certain points in the long, ''[[DevelopmentHell long]]'' pre-production stage: Music/HenryRollins and Creator/VinceVaughn were both cast as Racer X. Creator/JohnnyDepp was hired to play Speed himself. Creator/GusVanSant and Creator/AlfonsoCuaron were both attached to direct. Creator/JJAbrams was hired at one point to write the script. Also, at one point in the 1990s, Creator/NicolasCage was considered for Racer X.



** Joel Silver said that the Wachowskis wanted to do the sequel in 3D. Alas, [[FranchiseKiller the film didn't make enough money to justify a sequel]].
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** Creator/ArturoMercadoJr, the voice of Sparky, is the son of Tetsuo Togokhan's VA, Creator/ArturoMercado. His aunt, Creator/EricaEdwards, plays Horuko Togokhan.

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** Creator/ArturoMercadoJr, the voice of Sparky, Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Sparky) is the son of Tetsuo Togokhan's VA, Creator/ArturoMercado. His aunt, Creator/EricaEdwards, plays Horuko Togokhan.Creator/ArturoMercado (Tetsuo Togokhan) as well as the nephew of Erica Edwards (Horuko Togokhan).
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** Arturo Mercado Jr., the voice of Sparky, is the son of Tetsuo Togokhan's VA, Arturo Mercado. His aunt, Erica Edwards, plays Horuko Togokhan.

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** Arturo Mercado Jr., Creator/ArturoMercadoJr, the voice of Sparky, is the son of Tetsuo Togokhan's VA, Arturo Mercado. Creator/ArturoMercado. His aunt, Erica Edwards, Creator/EricaEdwards, plays Horuko Togokhan.
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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Benno Fürmann dubbed his own lines for the German-language release.

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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Benno Fürmann (Inspector Detector) played his on-camera role in English and dubbed his own lines for the German-language release.
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* VoiceOnlyCameo: Corrine Orr, the original Trixie, has a voice-only role as the Grand Prix's English announcer.
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* BigNameFan: Internet celebrity [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Egoraptor/Arin Hanson]] has stated multiple times on ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' that this is his all-time favorite movie.
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* BigNameFan: Internet celebrity Egoraptor/Arin Hanson has stated multiple times on ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' that this is his all-time favorite movie.

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* BigNameFan: Internet celebrity [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Egoraptor/Arin Hanson Hanson]] has stated multiple times on ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' that this is his all-time favorite movie.
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* CastingGag[=/=]RemakeCameo:
** The Japanese dub of the film brings back three of the original voice actors, albeit in different roles. Creator/KenjiUtsumi, the voice of Inspector Detector in the original series, voices Pops Racer; Kiyoshi Kobayashi (the original voice of Mr. Black) is the voice of Tetsuo Togokhan; and Katsuji Mori (the original Speed Racer) voices Ben Burns.
** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Arturo Mercado (the original voice actor of Speed Racer) voices Tetsuo Togokhan.
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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Benno Fürmann dubs himself as Inspector Detector in the German dub.

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* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Benno Fürmann dubs himself as Inspector Detector in dubbed his own lines for the German dub.German-language release.

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** In the Mexican Spanish dub, Arturo Mercado (the original voice actor of Speed Racer) voices Tetsuo Togokhan.

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** In the Mexican Latin American Spanish dub, Arturo Mercado (the original voice actor of Speed Racer) voices Tetsuo Togokhan.


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* RealLifeRelative: In the Latin American Spanish dub:
** Arturo Mercado Jr., the voice of Sparky, is the son of Tetsuo Togokhan's VA, Arturo Mercado. His aunt, Erica Edwards, plays Horuko Togokhan.
** Andrea Coto, who plays Mom Racer, is the mother of Sergio Gutiérrez Coto, who voices Inspector Detector.

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