Most characters from the ''WesternAnimation/HotWheelsAcceleracers'' series can be separated into factions for your convenience! Spoilers abound.

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[[folder:Teku]]
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!! In General

* BadassDriver: All of them have moves of a professional.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: They're all blue, orange, and white.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: When [[spoiler: Markie gets lost in the realms]] almost all of the Teku volunteer to help out. Except Vert, who declines [[spoiler:(although it's not that he doesn't care about Markie, it's just him feeling that he'll be nothing but dead weight to them)]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Their cars' speakers can be used for defensive maneuvers. It's most notable with Shirako, but Kurt and Nolo had done their share of this too.
* SteelEarDrums: The Teku usually are listening to incredibly loud music in their free time, especially Shirako. It's unknown how they're not deaf yet.
* TrueCompanions: All of these drivers seem to be fairly attached to one another. When the going gets rough, they get going and especially for each other.

!! Tone Pasaro
->''You wanna be the leader now little bro?''

The previous leader of the Teku and the older brother of Nolo Pasaro. Tone's death has greatly changed his little brother.
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* AttentionWhore: According to Karma, he liked to show off when driving. [[spoiler: This resulted in his death, after losing control of his car while drifting.]]
* CoolBigBro: To Nolo. Tone doesn't seem to hate Nolo at all.
* TheLeader: The original leader of the Teku.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks a lot like a Hispanic version of Tupac.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's already dead by the time of ''Ignition''.
* TokenMinority: He's one of the only Hispanic people in ''Acceleracers''.

!!Nolo Pasaro
->''Nothing's more important than the Teku!''

Current leader of the Teku after the tragic death of his older brother, Nolo is nearly consumed by his lust for revenge against Tork Maddox, whom he holds responsible. But don't think he's an easy mark--his hot temper doesn't get in the way of his driving!
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* BigBrotherWorship: Downplayed. He seems to have cared and looked up to his brother, but doesn't seem to worship Tone.
* CharacterDevelopment: Undergoes the most; he becomes more rational and clear-headed following his near-death experience in the Metro Realm, and gradually lets go of his grudge towards Tork, accepting that Tone's death wasn't his fault.
* {{Foil}}: Tork Maddox is an experienced, calm leader while Nolo is a feisty, hotheaded young man.
** Also one to Wylde. Both are the hotheaded members of their teams, but as Tezla puts it, Nolo can't forget his brother, while Wylde can't forgive his.
* HotBlooded: Can get angry fairly easily. He grows out of it later on.
* TheLeader: Of the Teku. He's not the greatest, though he gets better later on.
* PetTheDog: Despite his hatred towards Tork and general hostility towards the Metal Maniacs, Nolo shows concern for Pork Chop following the latter's near-death in the Water Realm, claiming to only hate one of them, and shows respect for Taro when he narrowly beats the Water Realm. He later saved Tork himself from an overpass and RD-L1 in Metro Realm after Tork saved him.
* TragicKeepsake: He has a collar with a broken ‘T’ that used to belong to his brother. He leaves it behind at the end of Ultimate Race, showing that he managed to move on from the loss.
* TokenMinority: Is the only Hispanic driver in both teams.
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!!Karma Eiss
->''Perfect...''

The only female racer on either team, she is cold and precise, an absolute perfectionist. Bears an uncannily strong resemblance to Gelorum, leader of the Racing Drones.
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* AbortedArc: Is implied to have some mysterious connection to the Racing Drones, most notably due to her resembling Gelorum and she can somehow sense that [[spoiler: a drone is attacking the Sweeper she's in.]] Due to the film series being LeftHanging, we never got an answer for either of these scenes.
* {{Foil}}: Both her and Monkey are TheSmartGuy of their respective team, but she's the calm and collected to Monkey's jumpy and easily-scared. She also specializes in racing strategy while Monkey is a GadgeteerGenius.
* HiddenDepths: Can somehow sense that [[spoiler: a drone is attacking the Sweeper she's in.]]
* IcyBlueEyes: Fits her unflappable nature.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name is "Eiss" (ice) and she's cool as it too.
* ThePerfectionist: She never considers herself good enough until she's got something down 100%.
* ShipTease: After Taro doesn't try to get payback against her for what happened in the ice realm, despite not knowing yet that she’s innocent, Karma gets curious about [[spoiler: why he isn't dating Lani anymore.]]
* TheSmartGuy: Was the first one to find out that you're not supposed to focus on winning Accelechargers. You're supposed to learn from the realms and identify what they're trying to teach you.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only girl on the Teku side.
* TheStoic: She never gives a whiff of emotion.
** NotSoStoic: She's visibly scared when a Stone Colossus in Ruins Realm attempted to attack her.
* WrenchWench: She knows her way around a car pretty damn well.

!!Kurt Wylde
->''Nobody beats Kurt Wylde.'' [[TemptingFate (shortly before he gets beat)]]

Older brother of Mark Wylde, this [[spoiler: reformed cheater]] seems to have calmed down quite a bit since his Highway 35 days, functioning as the effective group leader when Tezla is not around.
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* TheAce: In the ''World Race'' he was this because he was in the Grand Prix. Toned down in ''Acceleracers'', he's still one of the best drivers, being selected the most alongside Taro for Realms, and does win an Accelecharger, but he isn't infallible and makes his fair share of mistakes or failures.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He usually looks out for his brother Markie. ''Usually''.
* BigNo: Has one in the Storm Realm right before he [[spoiler: crashes into a drone car]].
* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Was this to Gelorum in ''World Race''. He eventually snaps out of it.]]
* {{Foil}}: Kurt is this to Markie. Kurt is the experienced older brother while Markie is the HotBlooded young brother.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Decides to turn against Gelorum in the World Race.]]
* IcyBlueEyes: Has these under his glasses.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the ''World Race''. [[spoiler: He wants to sabotage the other drivers but doesn't want to kill them.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After antagonizing his little brother one-time-too-many in the Junk Realm, Mark tries to get even only to end up crashing and being rendered unconscious, Kurt (the closest of the Drivers to his position) just leaves him in the realm expecting Mark to just use his E.D.R. to escape. [[spoiler:Only for the portal to close as Kurt looks on in abject sorrow at the realization that he had left his little brother behind ''again'']].
* OrderedToCheat: By [[spoiler: Gelorum in the ''World Race''.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: In Acceleracers, he claims to Karma that one of the reasons [[spoiler: worked for Gelorum in Wheel of Fire ]] was that he knew he didn't trust Tezla. As it turns out, Kurt was ''very'' right to distrust Tezla, what with [[spoiler: Tezla's constantly risking the lives of the drivers, manipulating them, and outright lying.]]
* TemptingFate:
** Near the end of ''World Race'' he says, "Nobody beats Kurt Wylde." This is just before [[spoiler: Vert wins the World Race.]]
** Also near the end of ''World Race'' Kurt says that he can do anything Vert can. [[spoiler: Right after that, Kurt fails to pull off a move that Vert just pulled off.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: In response to his brother [[TheDogBitesBack finally turning against him for their abusive sibling relationship.]] Kurt [[BreakTheHaughty loses a lot of his edgier aspects and becomes a lot more subdued and likable.]]

!!Josef "Vert" Wheeler
->''I'm a team of one''.

The protagonist of ''Acceleracers''.
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* AnimeHair: He may have gotten it this way through hair gel.
* AntiHero: In the World Race he is very self-centered. He gets better by the end.
* BadassDecay: In-universe. Despite being the winner of the World Race, Vert's less-than-stellar performance throughout the series (he never won a race once, and the one time he almost does in the Water Realm, he flunked it by being overconfident. He got two of his own cars destroyed, and the last race he partcipated in ends with a broken leg) combined with seeing other drivers being more successful than him made Vert lost a lot of self-esteem and began to doubt his abilities, to the point that he temporalily leaves the group at one point.
* ClassicalAntiHero: Becomes a bit like this in ''Acceleracers''. The combination of [[spoiler: slicing his beloved Deora II in half, failure to save Kadeem, and recklessness in the Water Realm that cost an Accelecharger]] leads him frustrated and doubting his skills after his win in the World Race.
* {{Foil}}: Taro is this to Vert. Both have an expertise in action sports (Skateboarding and surfing for Vert, skiing for Taro), but Taro has had a ton of experience and is a great driver because of it. Vert doesn't do so hot in ''Acceleracers'' and is a bit of a newbie at it, having only driven for about two years.
* TheGift: He's ''the'' best driver in ''World Race'' and yet he has little to no experience driving.
* GreenEyedMonster: Is envious of the other drivers for being better than him. A good example would be when Taro [[spoiler:goes through the Water Realm. Twice.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He cares deeply for pretty much everyone.
* HesBack: He ''finally'' regains his edge in ''The Ultimate Race'' [[spoiler:when it's down to only him racing against Gelorum herself through the Gauntlet, where he proved to have learned from all his previous mistakes, allowing him to pull off a flawless race and keep up with Gelorum even her abusing the Accelechargers in every realm while he has to drive only with his own skills]]. Even before that there's a hint of this in Junk Realm, where he was leading and he knew the skills required to win the realm, only that he got cheated out of a potential victory by a Silencerz.
%%* TheHero
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the ''World Race''. He is very self-centered but when it comes down to it he still cares for others.
* MissingMom: In the third movie, by means of a sentimental family photo, we learn Vert's mother is implied to have either passed or separated from his father, and this estranged Vert's relationship with his father.
* NiceGuy: Best shown at the end of ''World Race'' and ''Acceleracers''. [[spoiler: After he wins the World Race he gives his five million dollars to Kadeem. At the end of ''Acceleracers'' he goes back for his friends who were in trouble, despite being offered to become an Acceleron.]]
* SimpleYetAwesome: His skating boarding/surfing skills and the turbo jets on his Deora II.
* TenMinuteRetirement: [[spoiler: In the middle of ''Speed of Silence'' Vert leaves after failing a few races.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Is acknowledged as such [[spoiler:by the Acceleron themselves after he went through the Ultimate Race using only his own driving skills, as opposed to Gelorum who only managed to kept the lead by abusing the Accelechargers. The Acceleron marked Vert as a true [[TitleDrop Acceleracer]] and invited him to race in their own world.]]

!!Shirako Takamoto
-> (talking to a bug in the Swamp Realm) ''Man, if you're gonna buzz, buzz in tune.''

The Teku's nearly silent mechanic who appears to care more about looking cool than winning races, yet the first driver to ever beat the previously undefeated Pork Chop. Loves his techno music, and loves it LOUD.
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* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Is seen using martial arts at the end of ''Acceleracers'' to take down some drones.
* FlatCharacter: We don't know him that well outside of the fact that he likes loud music.
* {{Foil}}: To Pork Chop. Shirako (without his music) is very quiet while Pork Chop is loud.
* GenderBlenderName: "Shirako" means "princess"[[note]]妃[[/note]] in Japanese.
* TheGadfly: He mainly blasts his music and pisses off a lot of the other drivers for being obnoxious and oblivious about the volume.
* NoSocialSkills: Implied to be this as seen in Vert's confused reaction to his behavior after taking him on a ride out of the realm.
* PetTheDog: Brings back Monkey a pair of drone legs from the Junk Realm that ended up on Bassline's windshield so that Monkey can use them to fix up Sparky.
* TheQuietOne: Without his music, Shirako is very quiet and rarely ever speaks.
* SkewedPriorities: Would rather listen to music than win a race. Also, in the Water Realm he decides to videotape the scenery rather than drive.
* SteelEarDrums: This must be the reason as to how he can listen to music loudly all day long, and not even suffer a slight hint of hearing loss.
* TheStoic: Have you seen him show deep emotion?
** NotSoStoic: He's angered when he loses his subwoofers due to an RD-W1 unit in ''The Ultimate Race'', and is visibly scared when his car got overturned, albeit in the latter he shortly goes back into his laid-back way.
* TokenMinority: Is the only Asian driver on Teku.
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[[folder:Metal Maniacs]]
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!! In General

* BadassDriver: All of them have moves of a professional. [[ButtMonkey Except Monkey]].
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: They're all red, black and gray.
* HeroicBuild: They're heroes and everyone one of them, save Monkey, is built like a big slab of beef.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: All of the drivers in the Metal Maniacs deeply care for one another. Except for Markie of course, though this might've changed after [[spoiler: the Metal Maniacs and the Teku go to save him from the drones.]]
* TrueCompanions: All of the drivers would go through hell and back to save one another. Their motto is "we're welded".

!!Tork Maddox
-> (about the drones) ''Nobody does this to my guys! We're welded!''

The level headed leader of the team who keeps the other boys in line, which makes him markedly more responsible than one would expect a gang leader to be. Tork is plagued by guilt over the accidental death of the Teku's previous leader, Tone Pasaro. Also notable as [[TokenMinority one of only two characters of African descent]].
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* AmbiguouslyBrown
* TheAtoner: Is haunted with thinking that he may have been responsible for Tone's death; despite Nolo's hatred towards him, Tork shows immediate concern when Nolo crashes in the Metro Realm, and goes to great lengths to save both him and Monkey from the Drones. Fortunately for him, Nolo returned the favor later to save him from an overpass (while atop a Sweeper) and RD-L1.
* AFatherToHisMen: Cares greatly for his teammates. Upon learning what the Drones did to Taro, Monkey, and Wylde, Tork sets out to avenge them.
-->'''Tork:''' After what you said the Drones did to you and Taro; no way. ''Nobody'' does this to my guys: we are Welded!
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He can be more coarse in ''Ignition'' when compared to the next movies, trash-talking Tone (pre-race) in a flashback with Taro and refering to Nolo as "Teku-trash", while he stays cool-headed against his hostility in the next movies.
* FireForgedFriends: He and Nolo started out as bitter rivals, but after both saving each other in the Metro Realm, they begin to move past that. They finally make peace for good during[[spoiler: the mission to save Mark.]]
* {{Foil}}: Tork Maddox is an experienced, calm leader while Nolo is a feisty, hotheaded young man.
* TheLeader: Of the Metal Maniacs. [[spoiler: He loses the title after he loses a race with Markie but regains it after Markie fails as a leader.]]
* TokenMinority: After Kadeem is lost, he becomes pretty much the only black driver.

!!Taro Kitano
->''I'm gonna pass you''.

Previously the leader of the Scorchers back in ''Highway 35: World Race'', Taro has since settled for second in command after his [[spoiler: relationship with Lani Tam came to a close]].
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* TheAce: Like Kurt, he was this in the World Race, having done fantastic in every leg. General fan consensus is that he is the best driver among the Metal Maniacs, and Tezla seems to agree, given he selects him consistently, as compared to Wylde, who is selected roughly half as often.
* [[AloofDarkHairedGirl Aloof Dark Haired Man]]: He barely talks and when he does, he doesn't seem all that friendly.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: In the World Race he immediately went to save Lani instead of winning the race.
* ButtMonkey: For some reason the Silencerz ''really'' don't like him, screwing him over or disabling his car repeatedly. [[spoiler: It's hypothesized that some of the former World Race drivers in the Silencerz are holding grudges against him.]]
* CatchPhrase: "I'm gonna pass you."
* {{Foil}}: Taro is this to Vert. Both have an expertise in action sports (Skateboarding and surfing for Vert, skiing for Taro), but Taro has had a ton of experience and is a great driver because of it. Vert doesn't do so hot in ''Acceleracers'' and is a bit of a newbie at it, having only driven for about two years.
* HiddenDepths: Despite his stoic, professional demeanor, when Monkey is about to be taken by a sweeper in the Pipeline Realm, Taro immediately goes back for him.
* HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: Taro invokes this at the Junk Realm against a Silencer posing as Kurt.
* TheQuietOne: Best said in a few words in ''World Race''.
--> '''Taro:''' ''(to Kadeem)'' Are you going to talk through this entire race?
* ShipTease: In the Pipeline Realm Taro doesn't try to get {{Revenge}} at Karma, despite him thinking that she did something bad to him in the Ice Realm (at this point, no one is aware of the Silencerz' existence).
* TheStoic: He never gives out any secrets through his face.
* TokenMinority: Is the only Asian on the Metal Maniacs.

!!Mark Wylde
->''I'm gonna show you what Wylde is all about''!

Apparently could not come up with a better nickname than his last name. Kurt Wylde's annoyingly spunky little brother graduated from his role as a hotheaded, feisty kid in the previous franchise entry to a pseudo-psychopath with a growth spurt and a grudge against Kurt after [[spoiler: Kurt seemingly betrays him in a bad business deal]].
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: He lost his left arm some time after the drones captured him. It was replaced by a robotic arm as he's in the process of being converted into a drone before Kurt saves him. Mark doesn't seem to mind it that much, though.]]
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Kurt Wylde. Kurt will still be there for Markie, however.
* AssholeVictim: Averted. When he [[spoiler: got lost in the Junk Realm, all but one driver (Vert, due to an injured leg) go save him despite his behavior towards them.]]
* BeneathTheMask: ''Breaking Point'' makes clear that his more temperamental attitude is his means of looking tough after having been [[spoiler:[[HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook stuck in prison]].]] This is especially prevalent when he was shown to have met Tork and joined the Metal Maniacs, as despite his more fit physique, he's still soft spoken, and is shown to be more lashing out at Kurt thinking he has no place to go anymore. [[spoiler:Lo and behold, when the drivers come to rescue him and the Wylde brothers beat the converted-Kadeem, Mark drops the rough behavior as he and Kurt reconcile, even if he keeps a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold bit of an attitude]].]]
* BigBrotherWorship: Seems to worship his brother quite a bit because he wanted to be a driver since Kurt was one. This gets [[BrokenPedestal undone]] in ''Acceleracers'' due to the fact that [[spoiler:Kurt ditches Markie right when he needed his older brother the most.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: In the ''World Race'' Markie saves his brother Kurt from [[spoiler: one of the drones after Kurt betrayed the robots.]]
* ControlFreak: How he "leads" the team in ''Breaking Point''. He's more concerned of getting others to obey what he tells them to do, even when it's something detrimental like keeping the slick tyre in the Junk Realm.
* CynicismCatalyst: He's mean and angry because [[spoiler: his brother Kurt ditched them when Markie needed him most.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Briefly becomes this in ''Breaking Point''. The Teku members don't have a high opinion of him to begin with, but after Mark contested with Tork for the leader of the Metal Maniacs and won, even his fellow team members don't give him any respect anymore. [[spoiler:It's probably this reason, along with him messing up trying to take out Kurt in the Junk Realm, why he doesn't use the EDR and allows himself to be captured by the drones.]] That being said, [[spoiler:he still mattered enough for both teams to put aside their differences and try to save him from the drones in ''The Ultimate Race''.]]
* {{Foil}}: Kurt is this to Markie. Kurt is the experienced older brother while Markie is the HotBlooded young brother.
** Also one to Nolo. Both are the hotheaded members of their teams, but as Tezla puts it, Nolo can't forget his brother, while Wylde can't forgive his.
* HairTriggerTemper: He spends a good portion of his screentime getting angry at a lot of things.
* HotBlooded: Can get angry very easily.
* InSeriesNickname: He insists others to call him "Wylde" after he rejects his brotherhood with Kurt. Others do so except Kurt and Vert. Fans of the movies still prefer to call him "Markie".
-->'''Markie:''' The name is Wylde!
* {{Jerkass}}: Is this to anyone in ''Acceleracers''. His excuse is that his brother made him this way. [[spoiler:He transitions into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold after the racers come to save him from being converted into a Racing Drone.]]
* TheLeader: [[spoiler: Briefly becomes leader of the Metal Maniacs. He fails at it and the Metal Maniacs return to Tork as their leader.]]
* RightForTheWrongReasons: In ''Breaking Point'', after hearing about the Silencerz using supposedly copied technology from Dr. Tezla, states that there's probably a spy in their midst, and immediately assumes it's his older brother's doing given the latter's shady past. [[spoiler:Kurt isn't the culprit by a long shot. It's Gig, who admits to leaking all of Tezla's work to the Silencerz the whole time.]]
* SkewedPriorities: Tork sums it up the best regarding this in ''Acceleracers''. Deconstructed as his vendetta against Kurt leads to him being careless and got directly hit by the giant wrecking ball in Junk Realm, ending up lost there.
--> '''Tork''': You can race, as soon as you put winning ahead of settling score with your brother.
* TagAlongKid: Is one of the youngest drivers in the movies.
* TitleDrop: At the end of ''World Race'' he says, "It's hot! Hot Wheel City!"

!!Deezil "Pork Chop" Riggs
->''PORK! CHOP!''

A long haul trucker with an ambiguously Southern accent who did not appear until halfway through ''Ignition''. Raucous, loud, and mean, the only thing that seems to let this ornery fellow keep his cool is his little buddy, Monkey.
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* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Has a Southern one.
* BigDamnHeroes: Pork Chop and Monkey use Old Smokey to save the Metal Maniacs from a few Sweepers.
* TheBigGuy: Is the most big and most buff member of the Metal Maniacs.
* FaceYourFears: Pork Chop ends up having to in the [[spoiler: Water Realm. He just escapes it rather than conquers his fears though.]]
* FieryRedHead: Is quick to anger and sports both short red hair and [[ManlyFacialHair Horseshoe Mustache]].
* {{Foil}}: The loud to Shirako's quiet. It shows in that Shirako's loud music annoys Pork Chop to no end.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Him not wanting to go the watery route in the Swamp Realm foreshadows that [[spoiler: he is afraid of water]]. He is afraid because [[spoiler: his father drowned.]]
* HornyVikings: Porkchops' racer helmet bears the classic Viking horn aesthetic.
* {{Irony}}: Porkchop has an anchor and a [[HornyVikings horned Viking helmet]] but [[spoiler: he is afraid of water]]. He is afraid because [[spoiler: his father drowned.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: whenever Porkchop is doing something awesome or epic, you can always count on ''Jack Hammer'' is playing in the background.
* PetTheDog: Despite his dislike towards the Teku (particularly for their loud music), he saves Karma from a sentient stone giant in the Ruins Realm. Likely because Karma isn't as into loud music as the rest of the Teku.
* RealMenWearPink: Has a stuffed animal named "Ms. Piggy".
* TakingYouWithMe: When three Sweepers appeared in the Junk Realm, Porkchop and Monkey decided to even the odds for the Drivers by using ''[[MolotovTruck Old Smokey]]'' (which is loaded with [[MadeOfExplodium Nitrox 3.5]]) to destroy one of the Sweepers (while the one behind it was knocked off the track trying to drive over the wreckage). Averted in that neither he or Monkey died as they used the E.D.R. to escape at the last minute, but played straight for Old Smokey which got caught in the explosion.
-->'''Porkchop:''' ''[[PreMortemOneLiner Sweep This!]]''
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Revealed to suffer from aquaphobia.

!!Mitchell "Monkey" [=McClurg=]
Meek, mild-mannered and easily frightened, Monkey is the odd one out of the Metal Maniacs as the only guy willing to back down from a fight or run away. He is the quintessential ButtMonkey of the series, as his name would suggest.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Lani. She doesn't seem to like him back.
* BigDamnHeroes: Pork Chop and Monkey use Old Smokey to save the Metal Maniacs from a few Sweepers.
* BigNo: After learning from Gig that he's not getting paid to race.
* ButtMonkey: He's usually getting scared by a lot of things.
* CowardlyLion: Despite his (justified) fear of the Drones, he joins the Metal Maniacs and the Teku when they set out to rescue Wylde after the latter's been captured. Later on, he saves Karma from a Drone by tackling it from behind.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Seems to be this at the end of ''Acceleracers''. He boldly takes on a drone, albeit from behind.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: [[spoiler:after their mission to rescue Mark Wylde from the Racing Drones HQ was successful, the Metal Maniacs and Teku begin to leave by returning to the Acceledrome using their cars E.D.R.s]] Monkey tries to activate the E.D.R. for him to escape, forgetting that he is driving a Racing Drone Sweeper (who don't have E.D.R.s on any of their vehicles).
* DoNotCallMePaul: He hates his real name.
* {{Foil}}: To Karma. Both are TheSmartGuy of their respective team, but Monkey is very scared and jumpy while Karma is cool and calm. Monkey also acts as the GadgeteerGenius while Karma is a racing strategist.
* LoudGulp: Does this before he goes into the Acceledrome for the first time.
* LovableCoward: At least if you're not Lani.
* MeaningfulName: His name is Monkey. You know, ButtMonkey?
* SayMyName: Says Pork Chop's name for a few seconds before they go into the Swamp Realm.
* TheSmartGuy: He creates a new Nitrox, something never been done before, and reprograms a drone and names it Sparky.
* TemptingFate: In the Storm Realm Monkey says, "This track's not so tough!" and right after that lightning almost hits him.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Despite being part of the Metal Maniacs, Monkey is the only racer of the group that isn't shown to be antagonistic towards the Teku or any of its members.
* UnskilledButStrong: In The ''Ultimate Race'', he is this. He's not a particularly ''unskilled'' driver by any means, but he isn't on the level of the other maniacs and with the possible exception of Lani, he is the worst driver in Tesla's group. As for the strong part, in The Ultimate Race [[AllThereInTheManual according to official materials]] his final car, Rat-ified, is the fastest among the maniacs and besides Reverb (Vert's final car, 310 mph) and RD-09 (Gelorum's car, 306 mph), his car is the fastest with a top speed of 300 mph. Later after it's dismantled, he uses a Sweeper, which is stronger in a more traditional sense.
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[[folder:Racing Drones]]
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!!Gelorum
Back from outer space or the Racing Realms or wherever she went after the events of Highway 35, this super-intelligent robot shed most semblances of her humanoid disguise and got real ugly.
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* AncientEvil: Like the other drones, she's thousands of years old, and very much evil, being the reason why the Drones turned against the Accelerons.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: She's the leader of the Drones, and is also their best driver with the most advanced vehicle ever made by them.
* BadBoss: Disposes of her Drone minions when they slack off on the job even a little. Given that they're mass-produced and expendable, it matters little to her anyway.
* BadassDriver: Like all the Racing Drones, she is an extremely skilled driver once in the driver's seat of a car.
* BigBad: Of both ''World Race'' and ''Acceleracers''.
* CheatersNeverProsper: [[spoiler:Technically, she is the winner of the Ultimate Race. However, she only kept the lead by abusing the hell out of Accelechargers in every realm, while her opponent Vert raced using only his own skills and still managed to keep up with Gelorum for most of the race despite the latter having an overwhelming advantage and even a head start over him, a fact that the Acceleron pointed out before marking Vert as the true winner. Gelorum, being a SoreLoser, suffers a VillainousBreakdown tries to eliminate Vert out of spite, causing the Acceleron to throw her into the void as a punishment.]]
* CompetitionFreak: Is this to racing. She firmly believes winning is everything because it's what she was literally built for. This put her in conflict with her creators the Accelerons who put the spirit of friendly competition first.
* CoolCar: RD-09, her personal vehicle and the most advanced of all the Racing Drones cars made.
* DarkActionGirl: In the few times she's shown fighting someone, she is more than capable of pushing them around like they're made of feathers.
* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler:Her true form's voice is a menacing and deep tone, just as she attempts to murder Vert Wheeler out of spite.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of the Borg Queen from ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Her white hair foreshadows that she's not normal. This series establishes that she's a robot.
** At the end of ''World Race'' she says to Vert, "Let's see how well you drive in half a car. [[spoiler: ''Ignition'' shows Vert's Deora II getting sliced in half because of the portal closing on it.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Gelorum was originally an ordinary Racing Drone (back when the Drones were designed to be test drivers made by the Accelerons for the Racing Realms that the Humans were intended to race on), only for Gelorum to [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming grow beyond her programming]] and strive to become the true inheritors of the Accelerons' legacy, with the intent of wiping out their creators and later Humanity afterwards.
-->'''Accelerons:''' ''The Drones have forgotten the purpose of competition: the important thing is not winning, but'' striving ''to win.''\\
'''Gelorum:''' ''[[SecondPlaceIsForLosers We were]]'' [[SecondPlaceIsForLosers created]] ''[[SecondPlaceIsForLosers to win! Winning is all there is!]]''
* HateSink: She was made to be hated.
* KickTheDog: When Dr. Tezla is captured and asks her to bring him with her during ''The Ultimate Race'', she nonchalantly denies his requests while promising to kill him once she returns and is victorious, all the while stating that she's only sparing him so that he's ForcedToWatch her win.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: ''Acceleracers'' doesn't bother to hide that she's a Drone, and their leader at that, given that she has robotic components over half her body.
* MysticalWhiteHair: The only character in the entire series with a weird hair color. Justified because she's an alien robot.
* NonActionBigBad: She mostly spectates activity in the realms and leads the drones from behind the scenes for most of the series. Subverted in the fourth movie, where she finally goes behind the wheel.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Her true form is a towering, hulking robot, which she unleashes to kill Vert after he wins the Ultimate Race.]]
* Really700YearsOld: She looks like a woman in her mid-20s, or, following her RoboticReveal, a highly advanced and futurstic cyborg, but is actually thousands of years old.
* RobotsEnslavingRobots: She's a drone herself, and all of the other drones take orders from her and try to win Accelechargers for her.
* RoboticReveal: Near the end of ''World Race'' reveals that she's a robot. In ''Acceleracers'', she sheds her human {{Cyborg}} guise and transforms into a full-blown machine several feet taller than her female persona as her real body uncompresses. It was foreshadowed in the Ice Realm flashbacks to the Racing Drones, where her real form was seen in full, but not yet identifiable as Gelorum herself.]]
* SatanicArchetype: If the Accelerons are the equivalent of {{God}} and Vert is TheChampion, then this makes Gelorum the Devil. Gelorum has a very Luciferian element to her character. She was created by the Accelerons but rebelled against them when told by them that the Racing Realms were created for living creatures and not for machines. Her main motivation is to destroy the Accelerons, paralleling Satan's goal to usurp God.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: In her own words, Gelorum states that The Racing Drones were "Made To Win" and that winning "is all there is."
* SoreLoser: [[spoiler:She does not take her loss in the Ultimate Race well and tries to murder the winner (Vert) for it. The Acceleron then showed her that you do not piss off your creator right in front of them.]]
* SpikesOfVillainy: Her real form features spiky protrusions sticking off from her back and she has a spiky helmet.
* TheStoic: Usually never shows any emotion. [[spoiler:Until the end of ''Ultimate Race''.]]
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Gelorum's ejection from the conflict at the end of "The Ultimate Race" is very open-ended. When she transformed into her true form and attacked Vert before the gateway to the world of the Accelerons, the lone Acceleron present used {{Telekinesis}} to send her flying into the white void and she disappeared into the abyss, fate unknown. It's possible she died.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: She has white hair, is the BigBad of the series, and is pretty much a heartless and selfish robot to the core.
* XenomorphXerox: Gelorum's real form shown in "The Ultimate Race" has shades of this. Her head, unlike other Racing Drones, features an elongated, crown-like appearance quite similar to the Xenomorph Queen.

!!Drones
->''Wheel of power... w-wheel of power!''

Gelorum's helpful minions, robots created by the Accelerons for one explicit purpose: to win no matter what. Originally intended as test drivers for the Accelerons, they were banished to Earth due to their violent and ruthless nature. As a result, they've harbored a grudge against both the Accelerons and humanity. They seek to win the Accelechargers for Gelorum, so that they can TakeOverTheWorld and get rid of their enemies.
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* AncientEvil: Are thousands of years in the making, and very much evil.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: RD-L1, in contrast to most other drones, is far more intelligent (including being capable of actual speech), and gives the drivers of the other teams an actual run for their money. Even the cars it drives, the RD-08 and later the RD-05, are far more capable than the run-of-the-mill RD-06, being much more durable and faster to boot. At one point, a latter unit is shown managing to hold off and compete against a couple of Silencerz cars for almost the entire Cosmic Realm.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Sweepers. Built like a tank and capable of [[MookMaker deploying drones to aid it]], as well as being capable of sweeping up cars to break them apart, and capturing the drivers of said cars, they're nevertheless lumbering slabs of metal unable to stop or turn very quickly, making them sitting ducks for realm hazards or wily drivers. It's telling that since first deployed in the Metro Realm, not a single realm goes by without something bad happening to them.
* BodyBackupDrive: Gelorums' highest-ranking Drone Drivers that have proven themselves worthy have their memories backed up should they be destroyed while in a Racing Realm. [[YouHaveFailedMe However, this privilege can be revoked should the Drone prove itself too incompetent.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The drones themselves as well as their vehicles are black and green.
* CyberCyclops: The RD-W1 have this.
* DarkIsEvil: They are colored black, and are very ruthless in achieving their goals.
* DeathOfPersonality: ''Maybe.'' RD-L1 is threatened with this for failing in the Swamp Realm, and fails in the next realm. We see multiple RD-L1's later in the series, so it's not clear.
* {{Determinator}}: They are absolutely determined in winning a race by any means. Cheating or pushing their own teammates to death is of no concern to them.
* TheDragon: RD-L1, the highest ranking of the drones, and Gelorum's top lieutenant (the 'L' in its name stands for Lieutenant).
* DragonTheirFeet: After Gelorum loses the race and vanishes, RD-L1 takes command of the drone army and siccs them onto the Teku, Metal Maniacs, and Dr. Tezla.
* EliteMooks:
** RD-02 cars are this, being more advanced vehicles and generally performing better against the other teams than the more common RD-06.
** RD-05 and RD-08 cars are generally capable of being on equal footing with even ''Silencerz'' vehicles, with one of the former even able to last most of the Cosmic Realm against the latter.
** RD-L1 units are more intelligent drivers and stronger combatants than other Drone units, thanks in part to being Gelorum's lieutenant(s).
* ExtraEyes: Most of the Drones have these.
* GiantMook: Sweepers, which are the largest vehicles to be deployed by any team into the realms.
* GlassCannon: The drones can all punch through solid steel, turn cars into scrap with their own hands, and fling people around with no effort. However, they, at least the RD-S1, can't take much damage in return, and can be brought down with a single punch or kick to their heads or torsos.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The Accelerons wanted robots that could win every single race and test the tracks they built. They got exactly that with these things, but they also realized that they took the fun out of racing. Worse, they also found out that when the Drones wanted to win, they would do it in ''any'' way they could...
* KillerRobot: Aside from being very skilled drivers, they are also built to kill the drivers of the other teams, having built-in weapons such as blades.
* MadnessMantra: One of the drones near the end of ''World Race'' keeps repeating to itself,
-->'''Drone:''' Wheel of power... w-wheel of power!
* MechaMooks: They're mechanical, expendable, and serve as Gelorum's henchmen.
* MightyGlacier: Sweepers. This is why they're AwesomeButImpractical as their inability to stop or turn very quickly is a major weakness.
* MookLieutenant: RD-L1 units serve as Gelorum's top enforcers. In the realms, they're usually shown leading formations of RD-06 and RD-02 cars, and receive orders directly from Gelorum.
* MookMaker: Sweepers are this, which can deploy sabotage RD-W1 drones as well as RD-07 motorbike drones.
* MookMobile: Literally with their mass-produced cars, especially the RD-06 and RD-02 model.
* Really700YearsOld: Text in the Ruins Realm reveals that they're thousands of years old, created by the Accelerons to test-drive through the realms.
* NoisyRobots: They make loud clanging noises whenever they walk.
* TransformingMecha: RD-L1 and the RD-S1 units can transform into part of their vehicles.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Following Gelorum's orders, they rebelled against the Accelerons only to be banished alongside their leader.
* UndyingLoyalty: They are built and programmed to serve Gelorum, so this is no surprise.
* WeaponizedCar: All of their vehicles have built-in weaponry, usually plasma or beam weaponry.
* WeHaveReserves: Any drone or vehicle that is lost in a realm is of no concern, as Gelorum can simply have more drones and cars built to replace them.
* YouAreNumberSix: All drones and their car models are named as "RD" followed by designation numbers, helping to establish their nature as expendable machines.
* ZergRush: Their primary strategy is to rush for the finish line with their superior numbers, destroying any opposing teams' cars in the process, in the hopes that one of them can win and take a realm's Accelecharger for themselves.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Silencerz]]
[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silencerzlogo2.jpg]]
A shadowy, ostensibly government run team. Only two drivers are ever identified ([[spoiler:Banjee Castillo, whose Ballistik was seen wrecked in the Swamp Realm, who now drives Technetium, and Major Jack Wheeler, the team leader and driver of Iridium]])., though there was speculation in the Accelepedia forums as to who the others were planned to be. Sadly, the final two movies were never made and we're left wondering who they are, [[spoiler: although they're most commonly believed to be Dan Dresden and Alec Wood]].
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* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler:Apparently they try to rescue drivers "lost" in the racing realms and are working toward a enlightened motive regarding a truth about the Accelerons. They managed to save and recruit Banjee Castillo, and many fans believe they did the same for Dan Dresdan and Alec Wood, but the Drones managed to get to Kadeem and Wylde before they could.]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Their morality is never actually established and only speculated on InUniverse. They're after the Accelechargers just like everyone else, and seem to have no issue deceiving others to do so, some seeming to specifically target Taro for some reason, and while Dr. Tezla claims they are just thieves who stole technology from him, [[spoiler:Gig]] reveals he was an UnreliableNarrator and that Tezla stole from ''them''. Add on how the driver of Iridium went out of his way to save Shirako from a Racing Drone, lent aid to Vert when the Racing Drones take over the Acceledrome, and that [[spoiler:Major Jack Wheeler and Banjee Castillo]] are among their numbers, it leaves their morality and goals rather suspect. The series was CutShort before it could be revealed who or what they are, leaving it a RiddleForTheAges.
* BadassDriver: They all have the coordination and skills of a professional. And unlike the other teams, they are capable of pulling off extremely coordinated moves with almost military precision.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** In ''The Ultimate Race'', three of their drivers save and later help Vert against the Drones [[spoiler:when the latter take over the Acceledrome]].
** Even before that, in ''Breaking Point'', [[spoiler:Major Wheeler]] saves Shirako from a drone chasing him after his bike gets totaled, all the while concealing his identity.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: While it's initially believed that they are a group introduced for ''Acceleracers'', two of them are confirmed to be returning characters from ''Highway 35''. [[spoiler:Iridium's driver is Vert's father, Major Jack Wheeler, and Technetium's driver is Banjee Castillo. Because Lani mentioned Banjee as one of the drivers Dr. Tesla had recruited but was lost to the Racing Realms like Kadeem was, many fans believe that two of the other drivers Lani mentioned, Alec Wood and Dan Dresdan, are also part of the Silencerz now.]]
* ChromeChampion: Both their cars and their driver uniforms use plenty of silver. And consequently, their cars and equipment are some of the most advanced and powerful in the series, even surpassing the drones in some aspects.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Their vehicles, equipment, and uniforms are silver and purple.
* CoolCar: Notable in that, in a series full of these, theirs are probably the ones that stand out the most, advanced tech and all. They're the only ones with an InvisibilityCloak, equipment that allows for [[MasterOfDisguise posing as other teams' cars]], and use material that none of the other teams possess. Only Dr. Tezla comes close to rivaling them in terms of equipment, and only because [[spoiler:he used to work for the Silencerz in the first place.]]
* {{EMP}}: Their cars come with built-in EMP devices which can disable other vehicles near theirs.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: They're totally silent (save for [[RadioVoice radio garbles]]) [[spoiler: until the last part of the fourth ''Acceleracers'' movie where Vert's dad actually talks.]]
* TheFaceless: All of their drivers and support staff wear helmets and masks that conceal their identities. The sole exception is [[spoiler:Jack Wheeler, Vert's father, who takes off his helmet at the end of the last movie.]]
* GlamourFailure: ''Breaking Point'' establishes that, while they may be amazing {{shapeshifter}}s, the disguises aren't ''perfect'', as when one Silencerz turns into Kurt and Taro is forced to SpotTheImposter, the Silencerz notably has a different visor on their helmet compared to Kurts, being purple in coloration with a single red eye line compared to Kurt's transparent visor. The same applies to their cars in general, as while other drivers have transparent windows and windshields, shapeshifted Silencerz have theirs completely opaque.
* GovernmentConspiracy: Given that [[spoiler:Jack Wheeler, a member of the US Military]] is apparently the leader of the group, as well as their secretive nature, massive amounts of advanced technology, personnel, and resources, this is all but stated to be the case.
* InvisibilityCloak: Their cars, and even their drivers' suits, are capable of camouflaging themselves during and outside of races in order to avoid being detected.
* LaserGuidedKarma: In the Junk Realm, the Silencerz who is driving Accelium (disguised as Kurt) attacks Vert with an EMP blast... and promptly gets knocked off the track by a giant wrecking ball shortly after, forcing the driver to use EDR, where it's shown the Silencerz' tech is able return both the car and driver to their base.
* MasterOfDisguise: Their cars are able to disguise as those of other teams, or even the Realm Cars of the Metro Realm, almost seamlessly, thanks to advanced holographic technology built into them.
* MysteriousPurple: The Silencerz are a mysterious group of racers who venture into the realms independent of both Dr. Tezla's group and the Racing Drones, to win Accelechargers for their own unspecified goals. Their most notable trait is their heavy use of silver and purple in their uniforms and vehicles, which doubles as PurpleIsPowerful due to the very advanced weapons and technology that they use, ranging from an InvisibilityCloak, to the [[MasterOfDisguise ability to disguise as other teams' cars and drivers]], and even {{EMP}} weapons to disable other vehicles and machinery.
* {{Nanomachines}}: Implied to be what composes their cars, given the malleable nature of the material and the numerous abilities they can pull off.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: For lack of a better term to describe them or an official one, and because Tezla seems to know enough to competently refer to them by the oddly specific designation of the Silencerz.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Their cars and uniforms have purple in them, and they are the most technologically advanced of the teams.
* TheReveal: Quite a few important plot points are related to this team in the final movie.
** [[spoiler:Gig confirms that Dr. Tezla used to be part of the Silencerz, explaining why his car, Nitrium, looks and behaves exactly like those used by the Silencerz. The former also reveals that he was stolen and reprogrammed by the latter, only to secretly still be following the Silencerz. Demonstrated when he suddenly turns purple ala the Silencerz support drones and helps a Silencerz agent, later revealed to be Major Wheeler, attempt to get the Accelechargers.]]
** [[spoiler:Vert's father, Major Jack Wheeler, is one of them, and heavily implied to be their leader.]]
** [[spoiler: Banjee Castillo, according to series producer, is one of their drivers]].
* StealthExpert: Thanks to their built-in cloaking devices, they can evade detection efficiently. Best demonstrated when they effortlessly infiltrate the Acceledrome as well as the Racing Drones HQ in the fourth movie.
* TheVoiceless: The Silencerz never speak aloud while seen on screen, and it's implied that they're utilizing completely private communication lines. It's subverted at the end of Ultimate Race when [[spoiler: Jack Wheeler reveals himself to be as one of the Silencerz to Vert and tell his son they need to talk.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Quite a number of important plot points center around them.
* WeaponizedCar: All their vehicles come with built in weaponry, either in the form of an {{EMP}} shockwave designed to stun or destroy opponents, or special magnetic bombs.
* ThemeNaming: All of their cars have an elemental, scientific, or metallic theme to them.
* WhamShot: The ending of ''The Ultimate Race''. [[spoiler:Their leader finally unmasks himself, revealing himself to be none other than Major Wheeler.]]
* WhamLine:
->'''[[spoiler:Major Wheeler]]''':"[[spoiler:Son...]]We need to talk."
* XtremeKoolLetterz: They're called the Silencer'''z'''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other Characters]]
!!Dr. Peter Tezla
A scientist of the Scrim Corporation and [[spoiler: former Silencer]] who opens the realms for the drivers. He makes cars and wanted to recruit people in ''World Race'' because he couldn't get through the realms with just better cars, he needed better drivers.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Subtle and unstated, but as the races keep going, the trust Tezla has amongst his drivers begins to crumble. Slowly but surely, Tezla loses the respect of virtually all of his drivers except [[NiceGuy Vert]]. Lani doesn't like him much to begin with, and Kurt doesn't trust him either. As it turns out, this is for very good reason, as [[spoiler: Tezla is ultimately responsible for the loss of Dan Dresden, Alec Wood, Banjee Castillo, and Brian Kadeem, as he did not put an EDR in their cars despite it being well within his capacity]], Pork Chop becomes incensed with him due to him not caring about Monkey's endangerment, he doesn't warn the drivers about the presence of the Silencerz despite knowing about them from the start, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking remains mildly egotistical throughout it all]]. All of this causes the drivers [[spoiler: to bail on him during ''The Ultimate Race'', and in the final fight, [[TheDogBitesBack none of the drivers even attempt to protect him or help him evacuate.]]]]
* AllJustADream: His dream at the beginning of ''Speed of Silence''. You can tell it's a dream because [[spoiler: he's not wearing his metal suit.]]
* BigGood: All the known human casts answer to him, though ''The Ultimate Race'' reduced that a bit, and he directs/manipulates/motivates them.
* ChekhovsGun: The suit Tezla uses to get around. [[spoiler:It is eventually snagged by the one drone that had the lower half its body PortalCut when the Storm Realm suddenly closed to make up for the loss of its legs and lower torso. When the Drone is once again taken offline, now even more damaged, Monkey has it reprogrammed into Sparky, and uses some of the parts from Tezla's first broken body braces to supplement some destroyed bits like its arm and jaw. Tezla, meanwhile, acquires a spare set of body braces.]]
* CoolCar: His Nitrium, which is technologically on par with the ones used by the Silencerz and can even [[GlamourFailure remove their disguises]]. [[spoiler:Given that Tezla himself used to work with them, this makes perfect sense, given that Nitrium and Gig were both stolen after he (Tezla) quit them.]]
* FascinatingEyebrow: Does this to Lani in ''Speed of Silence'' when she says that they shouldn't put Tork and Nolo on the same track. It makes her find out that he wants trouble between the drivers.
* {{Foil}}: Lani is a foil to Tezla. Lani is young, Tezla is old. Lani cares for the drivers, Tezla only cares for the Accelechargers and Accelerons.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** His dream foreshadows that [[spoiler: the drones will get all of the Accelechargers]].
** Him interrupting Lani when she was explaining why they couldn't [[spoiler: go back for Kadeem foreshadows that he doesn't want the Lani to say that they've been through the realms before.]]
* HandicappedBadass: At the very beginning of the series, in an IronicEcho of the autopilot car wrecking at the beginning of ''World Race'', Tezla is brutally injured in an accident after one of the lieutenants of the Racing Drones forcefully rams his Nitrium off the road. The vehicle tumbles several stories below and takes a thrashing, and so does Tezla, who is so badly injured he is forced to use a robotic exoskeleton to walk as his body slowly recovers. [[DarkerAndEdgier It is meant to convey the much more dangerous threat]] [[KnightOfCerebus the Racing Drones pose to the human drivers at large.]]
-->'''Tesla:''' ''Look what they did to ME.''
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Gig takes control of his exoskeleton however and makes him leave with Lani, detonating the Acceledrome himself instead.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Most of his actions in the series aren't motivated by his wanting to save the world, but to benefit himself and his research into the Wheel of Power.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he may be an egotistical ManipulativeBastard who is willing to sacrifice his drivers if it mean gaining Accelechargers, he ''does'' have a soft spot, namely for Vert. After Vert returning sets off the security alarm and alerts Tezla and Gig of his arrival, Tezla lets out a gentle smile. And while he ''does'' initially act cross with Vert for just running off, he makes clear to Gig it was just to give him motivation. [[spoiler:And when the Acceledrome is invaded by the Racing Drones and Vert wants them both to escape together, he tells Vert to go on without him and entrusts him with stopping Gelorum, whispering him good luck as the Drones come to capture him.]] ''That being said'', he can still very much be seen as...
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He does not put an EDR in the cars of Kadeem [[spoiler:, Banjee, Alec, or Dan]] despite clearly being able to do so, with horrific consequences, showing no guilt or remorse for it, [[spoiler: reveals Markie's capture in a very snide, unsympathetic manner]], cares more about the potentially lost accelecharger than the near-capture of Nolo and Monkey, [[spoiler: shows no concern for the potential imminent death of the defenseless drivers, and tries to convince Vert to abandon them when only he and Lani have the means to escape]].
* ManipulativeBastard: He wants to create more trouble between the drivers so that they will feel more incentive to be better than the others and win races. [[spoiler:And while we're at it, he ''is'' actually the one who stole technology from the Silencerz- he just twisted the story around]].
* MeaningfulName: He's very smart for a guy named "Tezla".
* MoralityPet: Vert becomes this for him once he comes to the Accleredrome. While he does show concern for Lani and Gig, Vert is the one who tends to bring out the best in him and gets him to temporarily turn down the egotism.
* SkewedPriorities: He cares more for the Accelechargers and the Accelerons than the drivers. Lani notes that this is the reason why he didn't add in the [=EDRs=] into the cars sooner.
* TheSmartGuy: He built a ton of cars, all with unique skills and tools. Also, without Tezla the drivers of the ''World Race'' wouldn't even know about Nitrox.

!!Gig
->''Computers don't have feelings.''

The non-human buddy of Tezla. Tezla deeply cares for Gig. [[spoiler: So, of course, Gig dies at the end]] of the fourth ''Acceleracers'' movie.
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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Seems to have short circuited at the end of ''World Race'' but gets better.]] However, in ''Acceleracers'' [[spoiler: his death seemingly sticks.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Blows himself and the Acceledrome up, saving Dr. Tezla and the other racers from the Racing Drones.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:He's been spying on Dr. Tezla for the Silencerz after the former stole him when he quit the team.]]
* NonHumanSidekick: To Tezla.
* TraitorShot: [[spoiler:Turns purple when Lani finds out his affiliation with the Silencerz.]]
* TheStoic: As a robot he doesn't show much emotion.

!!Lani Tam
->''If he can do it, I can!''

The GirlFriday for Tezla and once a Wave Whipper in the ''World Race''.
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* DitzyGenius: She's pretty intelligent and knows a lot about cars and basic computer skills. However, she thinks driving a Wave Ripper car through lava is a good idea.
* {{Foil}}: Lani is a foil to Tezla. Lani is young, Tezla is old. Lani cares for the drivers, Tezla only cares for the Accelechargers and Accelerons.
* GirlFriday: In the ''Acceleracers'' movies she doesn't work behind the wheel. Instead, she does stuff for the drivers through tips and calculations with Tezla.
* NiceGirl: Cares for all the drivers. Metal Maniac or Teku.
* TheSmartGuy: As shown in the ''World Race'' she easily calculates how fast you're supposed to go to get through the giant wheel. In ''Acceleracers'' she's smart enough to work beside Tezla, who is also TheSmartGuy.
* TeamMom: This is best shown when the drivers are in trouble, she is worrying over them.
* TooDumbToLive: In ''World Race'' she tries to go through lava, despite her car not having the same utilities as the Scorchers.
* WrenchWench: Is sometimes seen taking care of the cars.

!!Brian Kadeem
A fellow driver, who comes back after ''World Race''. He has been working with Tezla and meets up with both the drivers of Acceleracers in [[spoiler: Tezla's cube, now wrecked to pieces.]]
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* AmbiguouslyBrown
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: He's the first of the drivers to [[spoiler:go down in the Storm Realm. He doesn't actually die though, he gets captured by Gelorum and made into a drone himself. He reappears later and [[DisneyVillainDeath falls from a high building]] by the end of Ultimate Race]] and his fate is unknown.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:He's forced to side with Gelorum after she turns him into a {{Cyborg}} and messes with his mind.]]
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: [[spoiler: The fate of him. He becomes half-robot by the end of all ''Acceleracers'' movies.]]
* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler:While he initially responds to "Kadeem" after being ReforgedIntoAMinion, when Kurt tries to save him from a DisneyVillainDeath, he proclaims that "[[ThatManIsDead Kadeem is gone!]]" before letting himself fall, LaughingMad the entire time. Just prior, Kurt had tried reaching out to him by reminding him of his "people", but he had no idea what Kurt was talking about. It becomes clear that Brain Kadeem died before they could save him, and all that was left was a Racing Drone wearing his skin.]]
* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler:Unlike regular Drones, Drone! Kadeem can take far more punishment while still being just as fast and strong as them.]]
* NiceGuy: Kadeem is one of the most selfless characters in the series, to the point he does not break under [[spoiler: Gelorum's torture and doesn't give her the location to the Acceledrome. Then this got cruelly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when he earns an UnwillingRoboticization that leaves him BrainwashedAndCrazy, and by the end of it he's an aggressive, manipulative, evil Racing Drone [[FauxAffablyEvil with only a fragment of Human! Kadeem's kind, polite personality.]]]]
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:Gelorum turns him into a willing pawn by grafting Drone components onto him and messing with his mind.]]
* ThatManIsDead: Implied. [[spoiler: Just before his DisneyVillainDeath;]]
--> [[spoiler: '''RD-Kadeem:''' ''(to Kurt)'' Kadeem is gone!]]
* TokenMinority: Out of the leaders of the ''World Race'' he is the only one who is African.
* TooPowerfulToLive: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], but noticeable. He is unquestionably one of the best drivers of the World Race and has few peers among the Metal Maniacs or the Teku[[note]]In the World Race, he got 2nd place in the first leg despite being cheap-shotted early on, in the second leg he tied with Taro, and conceivably could have caught up with Kurt regardless of his antics as Zed-36, in the third leg he got last due to trying to keep a fake Wheel of Power, but would've only had to fight Kurt for 1st place before Kurt knocked it away, and in the fourth he's OutOfFocus and mostly trying to help combat Kurt and the CLYP drivers[[/note]], and in terms of skill his only peers were Banjee, Vert, Kurt, Taro, and including the new racers, perhaps Karma, Nolo and Tork. But the real asset he brought was his kindness and levelheadedness. When he shows up the tension notably dips between the Metal Maniacs and the Teku, and things are more relaxed. When he goes down in the Storm Realm, things immediately take a turn for the worst, and the tension between the two teams heats up worst than it was before.
* UnwillingRoboticization: [[spoiler:Gets turned into part-Drone by Gelorum after she has him captured.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never know what happens to him after [[spoiler:his fall after his fight with the Wylde brothers]].

!!Sparky
A Racing Drone reprogrammed by Monkey from the wreckage of an RD-S1 unit that came with Vert.
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* AceCustom: Sparky has the upper torso and chassis of the RD-S1 Racing Drone that was attacking Vert in the Storm Realm, but has a Right Arm built with a cybernetic brace similar to what the Acceleracers and Dr. Tezla use, and later on gets a functioning set of legs taken from an MD-01 recovered by Shirako in the Junk Realm.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Gets a short moment as this when all of the other regular drones see Sparky dancing. They just stop and stare in awe or pity.
* CharacterTic: How he got his namesake; the random sparks he emits due to his poor repair. It's a mild annoyance to few of the drivers, namely Pork Chop and at one point, Lani brings up the big risk of him [[DidntThinkThisThrough being in charge of filling up a tanker with highly flammable Nitrox fuel.]]
* NonHumanSidekick: To the Metal Maniacs, and later, to Vert. He's also the one who [[spoiler: tells the drivers a bit about where Vert went at the end of ''Acceleracers''.]]
** {{Irony}}: The RD-S1 unit that came with Vert after Storm Realm and attempted to attack him is the one that would become his sidekick much later.
* NoodleIncident: Between Speed of Silence and Breaking Point, Sparky was working on Pork Chop's motorcycle and as a result, in Pork Chop's words; "It's in hog heaven."
* LastOfTheirKind: Largely implied to be the case with the (supposed) death of Gelorum followed by the majority of the Racing Drone hierarchy being destroyed within the Acceledrome when it blew up, Sparky is arguably the last of the still-functioning Racing Drones.
* TokenHeroicOrc: Due to Sparky having its' original programming wiped; he is the only Racing Drone that is actually a part of the Metal Maniacs.

!!The Accelerons
The EminentlyEnigmaticRace who created Highway 35 and the Racing Realms.
* ExtraEyes: Averted, they only have two real eyes. The ExtraEyes on the Racing Drones are based on small indentations on their forehead.
* TheGreys: They originally looked like this in the Highway 35 comics, but AcceleRacers would retcon their appearance.
* HumanoidAliens: They are blue-skinned, silver-eyed and they have blade-like horns on their head.
* Precursors: They are thousands of years older than humanity
* SeriousBusiness: They created two different sets of alternate dimensions for racing in, as well as a group of robots designed for racing.
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