History WesternAnimation / WackyRaces

A pair of video game adaptations were made. The first, a 1992 [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], was, strangely, a platformer where the player controls Muttley trying to save Dick Dastardly from trouble, with the other racers appearing as boss enemies. The ''[[VideoGame/WackyRaces2000 Wacky Races]]'' video game adaptation for the [[Platform/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] is notable for being one of the first games to use CelShading.

The ''[[VideoGame/WackyRaces2000 Wacky Races]]'' video game adaptation for the [[Platform/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] is notable for being one of the first games to use CelShading.

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* BrokenAesop: The infamous ending to the episode "Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist" is this, since it attempts to uphold the show's aesop of "Dick Dastardly never wins, because he cheats" by... having the judges literally cheat Dick Dastardly out of a legitimate win. The short explanation is that Dick wins the race by driving crossing the finish line first, but then the judges demand a replay. In the replay footage, Dick is instead shown in the 4th place and extending his nosecone out with a collapsible spring to cross over the finish line first, which the judges rule is worthy of disqualification. The problem is, it's not a Dastardly-exclusive trick; Peter Perfect uses the length of his Turbo Terrific to score on several occasions, and Rufus Ruffcut actually won the race in one episode by ''extending his neck so as to cross the line with his head first''. As the judges didn't have any problem with Peter or Rufus on those occasions, it just comes off as blatant bias against Dick.
** Dick did have an OhCrap look on his face indicating he knew he was busted once the judges saw the replay. Then after Penelope Pitstop was ruled the winner, Dick cursed being disqualified and it shows the nose of his car extended. So chalk up the "live" finish as a case of LazyArtist.

* SaveTheVillain: In "The Super Silly Swamp Sprint", Dastardly and Muttley try to row past the others in an inflatable raft and are surrounded by alligators after one of them bites into and ounctures the raft. Dastardly asks Peter Perfect for a hand, and he gladly gives him one, literally.

** If you count just the number of wins overall, just behind the Slag Brothers is Rufus Roughcut's Buzzwagon, which is literally a cart made of rough-hewn wood that rolls along on four buzzsaws. Like the Boulder Mobile, the Buzzwagon consistently places 2nd to 3rd place, with at least a few 1st place wins under its own belt.

* SaveTheVillain: In "The Super Silly Swamp Sprint", Dastardly and Muttley skid off the race track into the swamp and are surrounded by alligators. Dastardly asks Peter Perfect for a hand, and he gladly gives him one, literally.

** In the comic books, Dick won twice ("The Scavenger Scramble," Gold Key #7; "Trek to Tanzania," Archie Comics #1), but in each case there was a catch to the victory.

The ''[[VideoGame/WackyRaces2000 Wacky Races]]'' video game adaptation for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] is notable for being one of the first games to use CelShading.

** At the end of "Escape to Smogland", a series of mishaps causes all the drivers to catapult and end up in the wrong cars. Dastardly and Muttley are in first place in the Arkansas Chugabug, but the Narrator informs them they'll be disqualified for being in the wrong car, so the Army Surplus Special crashes into all the cars causing everyone to switch back to their regular vehicles.

** If you just count the winner as "the racer who came in first the most consistently", then Luke & Blubber Bear also count, since their steam-powered Arkansas Chugga-bug came in 1st place 4 times, matching up with the far more advanced Bullet Proof Bomb (Ant Hill Mob), Compact Pussycat (Penelope Perfect) and Turbo Terrific (Peter Perfect). Ironically, by the official [=NASCAR=] race scoring formula, the Arkansas Chugga-bug comes in ''dead last'', since, outside of those four first place finishes, it tends to consistently be one of the last cars across the finish line. Not counting Dick Dastardly, of course.