Line #25 WesternAnimation/SpeedBuggy


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Speed-Buggy.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"Who put the antifreeze in my carburetor?"'']]
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3	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.
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5	Speed Buggy was a talking dune buggy, possibly the grandson of Chugga-Boom 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 ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'' and competed in the ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics''
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7	The voice talent comprised Creator/MelBlanc as Speed Buggy, Creator/MichaelBell as Mark, Creator/ArleneGolonka as Debbie and Phil Luther Jr. as Tinker (shown left to right in the page image).
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9	!!This series provides examples of:
10	* AccidentalMisnaming: Tinker has a lot of problems remembering Gold Fever's name.
11	* 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 never colored as such.
12	** 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.
13	* AntiSneezeFinger: Even Speedy needed this trope once.
14	* BoardGame: Yep, [[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27742/speed-buggy-game it had one]]. The box art shows Mark with blond hair.
15	* CatchPhrase:
16	** Tinker's "Gol-LY!" (itself an {{Expy}} of Gomer Pyle's catch phrase)
17	** Also, Speed Buggy's "Va-room-a-zoom-zoom!" and "Roger dodger!"
18	* ComicBookAdaptation: Two issues in Gold Key's ''Hanna-Barbera Fun-In'' and seven standalone issues from Charlton. In the Gold Key stories, Speedy's eyes are blackened.
19	* {{Crossover}}:
20	** In the 1973 ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' episode "The Weird Winds of Winona", Mystery Incorporated solved a mystery with Speed Buggy and co.
21	** ''Scooby's All-Star WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'' -- Tinker and Speedy played for the Scooby Doobies.
22	** Speed Buggy appeared as the CrossoverPunchline on the ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "Bravo-Dooby-Doo".
23	*** 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.
24	** Speed Buggy and co. appear in "Mystery Solvers Club State Finals" of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', though as only the mascots were prominently featured, Speed Buggy got more attention than his teammates did.
25	* DisguisedInDrag: In "The Hidden Valley of Amazonia", Mark and Tinker are forced to disguise themselves as women to infiltrate [[LadyLand Amazonia]]. They get really embarrassed, but suck it up.
26	* HandyRemoteControl: Speed Buggy can be forcibly controlled by a special remote control of Tinker's design.
27	* AnIcePerson: The titular villains of the episode "Professor Snow and Madame Ice".
28	* ItWasntEasy: In the episode "The Ringmaster", the eponymous car says of bringing the villain to justice, "It wasn't easy, pulling all those circus wagons!"
29	* LadyLand: In "The Hidden Valley of Amazonia", the group stumbles upon Amazonia, a secret valley in the Himalayas where the women, who are all incredibly tall, enslave men with a mind control ray called the Mind Ruler. They force Debbie to join them and enslave Mark and Tinker, then their Queen Sheba reveals she is working on a giant version of the Mind Ruler to take over the entire world. After Debbie and Speed Buggy free Mark and Tinker, they manage to turn the Mind Ruler on Sheba, then free all the slaves.
30	* 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 that 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.
31	* LikeASurgeon: The opening animation shows Tinker, Debbie and Mark assembling their vehicle under a sterile cover. The former calls for a wrench and socket the way a surgeon calls for forceps and scalpel. The end result is Speed Buggy.
32	* LorreLookalike: Varzak, one of the two mad scientists the gang confront in the episode "Secret Safari", is based off Creator/PeterLorre in both appearance and voice.
33	* LostWorld: The Speed Buggy crew's plane has issues over one in "Kingzilla". This version contains multiple giant Film/KingKong–like apes.
34	* LovableCoward: Both Tinker and Speedy to extents.
35	* MadScientist: Speed Buggy's typical antagonists are villainous scientists who often use nefarious inventions in their schemes.
36	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Particularly given his signature catch phrase, Tinker's voice sounded exactly like Gomer Pyle, the Jim Nabors character from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' and [[Series/GomerPyleUSMC its eponymous spinoff]].
37	* ThePowerOfFriendship: Present but downplayed especially in one episode where the villain offers the kids a lot of money to buy Speed Buggy. They value his friendship and being a member of the team more than money.
38	* PunnyName: A cattle rustler named Beef Finger.
39	* 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. They even [[RecycledAnimation reuse]] their walk and run cycles when they crossed over with Scooby Doo himself.[[note]]Tinker reused Shaggy's walk and run animations, Debbie reuses Daphne's, and Mark reuses Fred's walk and run animations.[[/note]]
40	* SentientVehicle: Speedy himself
41	** 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.
42	* SpoofyDoo: The show has some parallels with ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', and was subject to numerous crossovers with it.
43	* VerbalTic: The various automotive "sputtering" Speed Buggy makes. Many of them were Mel Blanc recycling sound effects from [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny's Maxwell]].
44	* WackyRacing: When Speedy is shown racing, this is to be expected.
45	* WeirdnessMagnet: When you are a Hanna-Barbera meddling kid, this is to be expected.
46	* YourSizeMayVary: Speed Buggy is usually 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.

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