History WesternAnimation / SpeedBuggy

* ReusedCharacterDesign: From the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' gang -- Tinker has a design similar to Shaggy, Mark is based on Fred and Debbie is the reused model of Daphne.

* MadScientist: Speed Buggy's typical antagonists are this trope.

* ShesGotLegs: While Debbie is usually drawn in pants, in the Amazon episode, she proves she can compete with the other HB girls.

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->''"Who put the antifreeze in my carburetor?"''

* LikeASurgeon: The opening animation shows Tinker, Mark and Debbie assembling their vehicle under a sterile cover. Mark calls for a wrench and socket the way a surgeon calls for forceps and scalpel. The end result is Speed Buggy.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Particularly given his signature catch phrase, Tinker's voice sounded exactly like the Jim Nabors character from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''.

Speed Buggy was a talking dune buggy, possibly the grandson of Chugaboom from ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop''. When his mechanic, Tinker, wasn't driving him in a race, Speed Buggy fought crime with Tinker and his friends, Mark and Debbie. Speed Buggy also crossed over to ''Scooby-Doo'' and competed in the ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics''

The voice talent comprised Creator/MelBlanc as Speed Buggy, Creator/MichaelBell as Mark, Arlene Golonka as Debbie and Phil Luther Jr. as Tinker (shown left to right in the page image).

** In ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' episode crossover, "The Weird Winds of Winona", Mark's skin darkens significantly to better convey this but without this information, the viewer might as well assume he got a very bad suntan before the crossover.

** In the 1973 ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'' episode "The Weird Winds of Winona", Mystery Incorporated solved a mystery with Speed Buggy and co.

*** And ''again'' in the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'' episode "A Mystery Solving Gang Divided," an episode guest starring the gang from ''WesternAnimation/TheFunkyPhantom''. At the end of the episode, Speed Buggy and teammates appear, too late to help solve the mystery, and causing Scooby and Shaggy to laugh at how ridiculous the idea of a talking car is. ''Someone'' seems to like using Speed Buggy for CrossoverPunchline endings.

* TheLeader: Debbie is actually the leader of this group despite being the only female. The boys usually go along with her instructions. This is even lampshaded in the Amazon episode where the Amazon leader insists now Debbie can tell the men what to do, which Mark and Tinker try to explain sometimes they are lucky to get a word in edgewise.
* LikeASurgeon: The opening animation shows Tink, Mark and Debbie assembling their vehicle under a sterile cover. Mark calls for a wrench and socket the way a surgeon calls for forceps and scalpel. The end result is Speed Buggy.
* LostWorld: The Speed Buggy crew have their plane have issues over on in "Kingzilla". This version contains multiple giant ''Film/KingKong'' like apes.

** Also in "Speed Buggy Falls in Love" the Mata Cari character is a fraud driven by the antagonist's henchman. But at the end she winks to Speedy without a pilot.

* VerbalTic: The various automotive "sputtering" Speed Buggy makes. Many of them were Creator/MelBlanc recycling sound effects from [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny's Maxwell]]

* YourSizeMayVary: Speed Buggy is most of the time depicted as a three seater with two seats up front and one in back. However at times he has been able to seat four and sometimes the angle of the drawing can make him look like a one seater if there is only one person riding in him.

* AllThereInTheManual: While you would never be able to directly tell from this series, Mark was intended to be a Native American character even though he was still colored as such.

The voice talent comprised Creator/MelBlanc as Speed Buggy, Creator/MichaelBell as Mark, Arlene Golonka as Debbie and Phil Luther Jr. as Tinker.

* VerbalTic: The various automotive "sputtering" Speed Buggy makes. Many of them wer Cretor/MElBlanc recycling sound effects from [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny's Maxwell]]

* VerbalTic: The various automotive "sputtering" Speed Buggy makes.

** In the 1973 ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'' episode "The Weird Winds of Winona", The Scooby gang solved a mystery with Speed Buggy and the gang.

Creator/HannaBarbera created this SaturdayMorningCartoon, one of several [FollowTheLeader following the lead]] on ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', for Creator/{{CBS}} in 1973. Throughout the rest of the decade, ''Speed Buggy'' rotated among the three networks' schedules.

Creator/HannaBarbera created this SaturdayMorningCartoon, one of several following the lead on ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', for Creator/{{CBS}} in 1973. Throughout the rest of the decade, ''Speed Buggy'' rotated among the three networks' schedules.

** Tinker's "Gol-LY!"

Creator/HannaBarbera created this SaturdayMorningCartoon, one of several based on the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' formula, for Creator/{{CBS}} in 1973. Throughout the rest of the decade, ''Speed Buggy'' rotated among the three networks' schedules.

* RaceLift: In ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' episode crossover, "The Weird Winds of Winona", Mark's skin darkens significantly. Apparently the character was intended to be of Native American descent but you wouldn't tell by how they colored him for the whole original series. So without this AllThereInTheManual information, the viewer might as well assume he got a very bad suntan before the crossover.

Speed Buggy was a talking dune buggy, apparently the grandson of Chugaboom from ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop''. When his mechanic, Tinker, wasn't driving him in a race, Speed Buggy fought crime with Tinker and his friends, Mark and Debbie. Speed Buggy also crossed over to ''Scooby-Doo'' and ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo''.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Most cars don't usually have carburetors (referenced in the intro) these days.[[note]]They were largely replaced by fuel injection systems beginning in the 1980s.[[/note]]