History Characters / TheGreatRace

* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: In ''spades''. In fact, Dick Dastardly was partially ''based on'' him, so Fate is in fact the TropeCodifier.

* CatchPhrase: "Push the button, Max!"

* CatchPhrase: "Give me some fighting room!"

* CoolCar: The ''Hannibal Twin 8'', which he built for the New York-Paris race by assembling stolen industrial car parts. It has a [[WeaponizedCar built-in cannon]], an ice melter that doubles as a stove, a smoke screen, and many more.

* BaldOfAwesome: He's an expert mechanic and all-around competent assistant to Leslie. It's even how Leslie recognizes him when the group reaches Russia.

* GoodCounterpart: To Max.

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%%!!Hezekiah Sturdy
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%%->'''Played by:''' Creator/KeenanWynn

%%The loyal assistant and sidekick of the Great Leslie.
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[[folder:Prince Hapnick]]
!!Crown Prince Hapnik / King Hapnick
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JackLemmon

The alcoholic and foppish Crown Prince of the small kingdom of Carpania.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: He sounds silly and does stupid things, but that's because he's drunk most of the time.
* TheAlcoholic: He is thoroughly sloshed in pretty much all of his scenes.
* AnnoyingLaugh: Which Fate is coerced into imitating for the conspiracy to work.
* IdenticalStranger: He is the spitting image of Professor Fate (being played by the same actor), which is quickly exploited by General Kuhster and Baron Rolfe von Stuppe for their conspiracy to usurp the throne.
* {{Manchild}}: Despite being an adult, he behaves mostly like a spoiled child. He's at his ''happiest'' when the {{pie|in the Face}} [[FoodFight fight]] erupts.
* NiceGuy: He's genuinely nice to Leslie and doesn't seem to be a jerk despite being TheAlcoholic and exhibiting little interest in his royal duties.
* RebelPrince: He's more interested in partying, drinking and playing with his dogs than in caring about etiquette or his royal duties. It's not to RoyalBrat levels since he seems older than average for the trope, and he's far from being a {{jerkass}}.

[[folder:Baron von Stuppe]]
!!Baron Rolfe von Stuppe
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/RossMartin

A Carpanian nobleman and the co-leader of the conspiracy to usurp Prince Hapnick with General Kuhster.

* AristocratsAreEvil: He's a baron and kidnaps his own country's prince to usurp him.
* BigBad: He is this for the group during their layover in Carpania and the film's closest thing to a real villain. Fate only wants to outdo Leslie whereas Von Stuppe wants to stage a coup and is not above killing people.
* MasterSwordsman: He's a great fencer, but he progressively finds out he can't beat Leslie.

[[folder:Texas Jack]]
!!Texas Jack
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/LarryStorch

The most feared outlaw in Boracho. He becomes jealous of the attraction Leslie has for showgirl Lily Olay (his girlfriend it seems), and a saloon brawl ensues.

* {{Bandito}}: He looks like a stereotypical Mexican outlaw with his sombrero and big mustache, but absolutely doesn't sound like one.
* CatchPhrase: "Give me some fighting room!"
* CrazyJealousGuy: He can't stand that someone else than him is interested in Lily Olay (his girlfriend, apparently).
* TheDreaded: He seems to be feared by everyone in Boracho.
* InformedAbility: He is described as the toughest man in Boracho and everyone is scared of him when he first shows up at the bar, and even the sheriff backs down from his threats. But, once the fight starts, he's not any better at fighting than Leslie, Hezekiah, or his own goons for that matter (though he does [[BlownAcrossTheRoom send Leslie flying with a punch]]).
* LargeHam: He shouts quite a lot.
* RedBaron: "Texas" most likely isn't his first name.
* WildCardExcuse: Whenever he gets clobbered, it's because he didn't have enough "fighting room", according to him.

* CoolCar: Maggie enters the race with a Stanley Steamer. Unlike the cars used by Leslie and Fate, it is not modified and quickly proves to be ill-fitted for such a race, so Maggie ends up accompanying Leslie.

* NiceHat: He wears a black top hat most of the time, to cement the DastardlyWhiplash imagery.

* LargeHam: He's very melodramatic and very gleeful in his villainy. His [[EvilLaugh laugh]] takes this UpToEleven.

->'''Played by:''' Larry Storch

* InformedAbility: He is described as the toughest man in the area and everyone is scared of him when he first shows up at the bar, and even the sheriff backs down from his threats, but once the fight starts he's not any better at fighting than Leslie, Hezekiah, or his own goons for that matter (though he does [[BlownAcrossTheRoom send Leslie flying with a punch]]).

* HyperCompetentSidekick: When he's left on his own to devise a plan to free his boss as well as the other remaining racers, he's surprisingly good, like using a monk disguise when a lot of monks are walking around, sneakily knocking down prison guards and even using the ''Hannibal Twin 8'''s smoke screen to great effect to incapacitate the Baron's guards in the courtyard while Leslie deals with the Baron. Fate would be utterly ''incapable'' of doing any of this.

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!!Hezekiah Sturdy
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/KeenanWynn

The loyal assistant and sidekick of the Great Leslie.
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* BaldOfAwesome: His baldness is how he identifies himself to Leslie at some distance during the film's second-act.
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* BadassMustache: A prominent one. He pairs this with...

* BadassMustache: He has a long mustache that matches his ([[InformedAbility kind of overrated]]) reputation.

* MadeOfIron: She survives getting blown up by Fate's cannon with little more to show for it than burned and shredded clothing and a [[AshFace face covered in soot]]. Further, it doesn't seem to effect her or slow her down at all.

->'''Played by:''' Ross Martin

* MadeOfIron: She survives getting blown up by Fate's cannon with little more to show for it than burned and shredded clothing and a face covered in soot. Further, it doesn't seem to effect her or slow her down at all.

* YesMan: He never discusses Fate's orders.

* HyperCompetentSidekick: When he's left on his own to devise a plan to free his boss as well as the other remaining racers, he's surprisingly good, like using a monk disguise when a lot of monks are walking around, sneakily knocking down prison guards and even using the ''Hannibal Twin 8'''s smoke screen to great effect to incapacitate the Baron's guards in the courtyard while Leslie deals with the Baron.