History WesternAnimation / HotWheelsWorldRace

* HufflepuffHouse: Five teams of racers (each with specialized cars) appear. All five team leaders (Vert Wheeler, Banjee Castillo, Brian Kadeem, Kurty Wylde, and Taro Kitano) are prominent, fleshed-out characters, but the same can't be said for all of their teams as a whole. Three of Vert's Wave Ripper teammates are prominent characters throughout the movie. The Roadbeasts, Street Ratz, and Street Breed teams all have two of their lower-ranking members be mentioned by name, speak at least one line of dialogue, and receive some prominence during at least one leg of the race. Taro's fellow Scorcher drivers are all unnamed, voiceless background characters who don't do anything besides clear a few obstacles.

* [[{{OlderThanTheyLook}} Older Than They Act]]: Markie, only in comparison to Vert. Markie constantly gives the impression that he's younger than Vert, which wouldn't be a problem if Vert wasn't more than a couple days older than sixteen. It doesn't help that the adjective that Markie evokes is "younger" due to being Kurt's younger brother. So either Markie is only a couple of days to a week younger than Vert (if the World Race started soon after Vert got the Deora II), or Markie is older than Vert.

* AllThereInTheManual: The Racers not brought up by name and their backgrounds, their cars and their specs are revealed in non canon promo comics and dvd extras. It wasn't obvious Taro Kitano was supposed to be Asian until his redesign in ''Acceleracers''.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Vert's final Jump [[spoiler: to return the Wheel.]] The rest of the stunts may be justified, given the fact that the materials for the cars is never given and they're racing in an alternate dimension where gravity might be slightly weaker.

-->'''Banjee:''' ''"Give me some road, Kurt! You're not winning this race."''
-->'''Kurt:''' ''"With my eyes closed, Banjee!"''
-->''*SMASH!*''
-->'''Banjee:''' ''"With your mouth closed, the better!"''
-->'''Kurt:''' ''"Actions speak louder than words!"''

* FriendlyRivalry: Though some of them bicker with each other on occasion, each of the drivers get along surprisingly well with each other even while racing.

* [[{{OlderThanTheyLook}} Older Than They Act]]: Markie, only in comparison to Vert. Markie constantly gives the impression that he's younger than Vert, which wouldn't be a problem if Vert wasn't more than a couple days older than sixteen. It doesn't help that the adjective that Markie evokes is "younger" due to being Kurt's younger brother. So either Markie is only a couple of days to a week younger than Vert (if the World Race started soon after Vert got the Deora II), or Markie is older than Vert.

** Wayne's Charger R/T's [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic cannons (designed to shatter rocks and boulders)]].

* HufflepuffHouse: Five teams of racers (each with specialized cars) appear. All five team leaders (Vert Wheeler, Banjee Castillo, Brian Kadeem, Kurty Wylde, and Taro Kitano) are prominent, fleshed-out characters, but the same can't be said for all of their teams as a whole. Three of Vert's Wave Ripper teammates are prominent characters throughout the movie. The Roadbeasts, Street Ratz, and Street Breed teams all have two of their lower-ranking members be mentioned by name, speak at least one line of dialogue, and receive some prominence during at least one leg of the race. Taro's fellow Scorcher drivers are all unnamed, voiceless background characters.

''Hot Wheels World Race'' is a 2003 television film made by Mattel, Inc. and Mainframe Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television, based on Mattel's Toys/HotWheels line of toy cars. It was premiered on Creator/CartoonNetwork on July 12th, 2003.

* FiveManBand along with FiveTokenBand: Determined by the plot: among the Team Leaders with a rotation of three SixthRanger s.
** TheHero: Vert Wheeler
** TheLancer: Kurt Wylde
** TheHeart: Brian Kadeem
** TheBigGuy: Taro Kitano
** The RecklessPacifist: Banjee Castillo
** SixthRanger: Markie is unusual in that he is a TagAlongKid as well, and not the last among the group to join the Good Guys: that honor belongs to [[spoiler: his older brother, Kurt.]]
*** Alec Wood and Dan Dresden spend some time as Sixth Rangers themselves on the track, if not in the plot, both finishing 3rd at their best in a leg. Skeets, Esmeralda, and another Roadbeast driver tag along with Vert, Banjee, Lani, and Markie for the race's second leg.

* RealityEnsues: Both played straight and possibly averted. When Vert's dad appears (Vert only left a note while his dad was away on duty), he promptly has Vert grounded for a month. Though you would think that if a parent discovered that their 16-year old had just prevented the most powerful known energy source from falling into evil hands, and donated his 5 million dollars from winning the race to help a group of Africans in desperate need, would probably not ground the kid.

*** Alec Wood and Dan Dresden spend some time as Sixth Rangers themselves on the track, if not in the plot, both finishing 3rd at their best in a leg.

* EnemyMine: Of sorts. While Kadeem and Taro are still fighting for first, Alec suggests "giving the new guy(himself) a shot at first place". 2 quick nods and both drivers proceed to spin Alec out.

* PlotThreads: Despite being the main character, Vert's personal growth, aside from a single conversation with Kadeem and helping Taro save Lani, is almost entirely relegated to the GrandFinale, rendering Vert into a temporary DecoyProtagonist or [[{{Deuteragonist}} Tritagonist]], depending on your preference, while Taro and Banjee are placed center-stage on the track, and Kurt Wylde alternates sharing the non-racing spotlight with Kadeem and Markie.

->''"Wisdom is a circle. What you receive... you must give back."''\\

--'''Dr. Tezla'''

* InferredHolocaust: When the Wheel of Power overloads while "providing energy all over the country", Vert asks what happened, and Dr. Tesla responds with this:
-->'''Dr. Tesla:''' ''"I'm not positive, but I think I just blew every fuse in North America."''

-->''"Wisdom is a circle. What you receive... you must give back."''\\
-->--'''Dr. Tezla'''

->''"Wisdom is a circle. What you receive... you must give back."''\\
->--'''Dr. Tezla'''

--'''Dr. Tezla'''

Hot Wheels World Race is a 2003 Television film made by Mattel, Inc. and Mainframe Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television. It was premiered on Cartoon Network on July 12th 2003.
The Plot involves 16 year old Vert Wheeler and 34 other drivers racing for Dr. Tezla who wants the Wheel Of Power located in another dimension.

* CassandraTruth: Kurt quickly tries to warn Markie about the huge minefield he's driving towards. But after being outed as a spy, Markie decided to ignore him. [[OhCrap And then]] [[StuffBlowingUp he saw the mines...]]

* BrokenPedestal: After Kurt was found out to be a spy, Markie no longer looked up to him if not despised him. Luckily, after all that was said and done, [[RebuiltPedestal the pedestal was rebuilt.]]
-->'''Mark:''' ''"I always looked up to you, Kurt. That's why I wanted to be a driver and be like you. But I'm not you... I don't cheat to win!"''

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Vert's final Jump [[spoiler: to return the Wheel.]] The rest of the stunts may be justified, given the fact that the materials for the cars is never give, and they're racing in an alternate dimension where gravity might be slightly weaker.

* AllThereInTheManual: The Racers not brought up by name and their backgrounds, their cars and their specs. It wasn't obvious Taro Kitano was supposed to be Asian until his redesign in ''Acceleracers''.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Vert's final Jump [[spoiler: to return the Wheel.]] The rest of the stunts may be justified, given the fact that the materials for the cars is never given, no car ever reaches 300 mph, and they're racing in an alternate dimension where gravity might be slightly weaker.

The Plot involves 16 year old Vert Wheeler driving for Dr. Tezla who wants the Wheel Of Power.

* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Enforced, Zedd-36 thinks he can win without cheating but Gelorum forces him to anyway, [[spoiler:though this is just as much because Kurt doesn't want to actually hurt or kill the other drivers]].

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Esmeralda. Normally, she sounds vaguely European. But during the "Greatest Challenge", her voice lapsed into something that sounds... southern?

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Kurt Wylde is Zedd-36. Though it's not particularly hard to figure out due to the fact that Slingshot and Zedd-36 are the same shape and never appear together. The "Why is that surf rat prowling around?" scene almost cements it beforehand.]] Also, Gelorum [[spoiler: isn't human.]]