!!For the animated film
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Snoop Dogg's "Let The Bass Go" during the credits.
* ClicheStorm: The protagonist who dreams of something more out of life and so society puts him down because he dared to be different.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: White Shadoooooww......
-->- '''Turbo:''' [[StraightMan I can still see you.]]
* FridgeHorror: Turbo is lucky that [[spoiler:Guy Gagné]] crossed the DespairEventHorizon after losing the race, because he could have easily stomped him to death before Kim subdued him.
* GeniusBonus: ''Turbo'' also happens to be a genus of snail.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** The plot of the movie is similar to that of a ''WebComic/CyanideAndHappiness'' short where a man develops SuperSpeed before [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLI2-kYMUEE trying to race in the Indy 500]].
** Ben Schwartz, who voiced Skidmark, [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 would eventually voice a well-known character with superspeed. For extra bonus, he happens to be blue.]]
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Gagne crosses it when he actually tries to kill Turbo during the race.]]
* MemeticMutation:
** "I wish I was fast."
** a latinx making a taco ♥ heartwarming [[labelnote:Explanation]]In 2023, a scene of Tito preparing a taco in his truck went viral on Twitter over criticism regarding the taco's preparation, with many suggesting the scene was attempting FoodPorn over a taco that ultimately looked less appetizing that what might be found in a real taco truck. The clip went viral again some months later with the "heartwarming" caption, which garnered even more mockery as well as igniting criticism over the "latinx" term.[[/labelnote]]
* NightmareFuel: The "Shell Crusher" realistically is just a cruel kid on a tricycle. But what makes him dangerous is his determination to squish Theo even after he quickly finds out that Theo has SuperSpeed.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Future ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' creator Creator/MattBraly had one of his first animation jobs as a storyboard artist here.
* RainbowLens: The film can be viewed as a metaphor for a trans person transitioning. Turbo prefers that people call him Turbo instead of his birth name Theo, and he decorates his shell to resemble a race car instead of a snail shell. Another thing worth mentioning is Chet’s comment that Mother Nature didn’t make him for racing, similar to how a religious family member might use God as a reason for their disapproval. And Turbo eventually gets a new racecar themed shell that covers his old one completely, akin to someone physically transitioning via surgery.
* SoOkayItsAverage: This is what the general response from critics seems to be. They see it as a fairly paint-by-numbers animated kids' movie, but also think that it's charming enough to be enjoyable with a welcome and overdue focus on the Latin American community with the human characters.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Just as ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' viewers thought Ken wasn't ''that'' crazy for his hostile behavior towards Barry, some feel Gagne's attempts to kill Theo were at worst what any other professional athlete would have done if they were about to lose one of the biggest races in history to a snail. He still tends to get far less sympathy though - most likely because, unlike Ken, [[MemeticMutation he was never]] [[ARareSentence cuckolded by said snail.]]
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