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* AsYouKnow: Outside of the introduction alluding to Pole Position's true purpose, there's ''zero'' explanation made for anything in the series, not helped by the series length.
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* GenderMisdirection: The heroes once had to meet a T. D. Russel and were never told if Russel was a man or a woman. After getting rid of two men claiming to be Russel, they learn the real one is a woman.

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* GenderMisdirection: GenderConcealingWriting: The heroes once had to meet a T. D. Russel and were never told if Russel was a man or a woman. After getting rid of two men claiming to be Russel, they learn the real one is a woman.
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* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: Booby-trapped statues like this show up in "The Trouble With Kuma."
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The show featured [[TheyFightCrime three young sibling crime fighters]], Dan, Tess, and young Daisy Darrett, the elder two of whom were stunt drivers and were part of a secret government operation under the guise of the "Pole Position Stunt Show" that was run by their Uncle Zachary. Pole Position itself seemed to be a way to disguise and protect top-secret scientific research. The youths inherited the role after their parents died in an unfortunate car accident. The team is equipped with two high-tech talking vehicles named "Roadie" and "Wheels".

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The show featured [[TheyFightCrime three young sibling crime fighters]], fighters, Dan, Tess, and young Daisy Darrett, the elder two of whom were stunt drivers and were part of a secret government operation under the guise of the "Pole Position Stunt Show" that was run by their Uncle Zachary. Pole Position itself seemed to be a way to disguise and protect top-secret scientific research. The youths inherited the role after their parents died in an unfortunate car accident. The team is equipped with two high-tech talking vehicles named "Roadie" and "Wheels".
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* ActionGirl: Tess.

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* %%* ActionGirl: Tess.



* DeadpanSnarker: Roadie and Wheels.

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker: Roadie and Wheels.



* GirlishPigtails: Daisy.
* HubcapHovercraft: Roadie and Wheels

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* %%* GirlishPigtails: Daisy.
* %%* HubcapHovercraft: Roadie and Wheels



* IdiotHero: Dan.

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* %%* IdiotHero: Dan.



* TheMentor: Dr. Zachary.

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* %%* TheMentor: Dr. Zachary.



* TagalongKid: Daisy.
* TeamPet[=/=]NonHumanSidekick: Kuma.

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* %%* TagalongKid: Daisy.
* %%* TeamPet[=/=]NonHumanSidekick: Kuma.
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[[caption-width-right:300:POLE PA-SHI-SHA-UNNNNNNNN!!!!![[note]]Alteratively: {{OH CRAP}}, [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture DOC BROWN]]'S DRUNK AGAIN! RUN!!![[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:POLE PA-SHI-SHA-UNNNNNNNN!!!!![[note]]Alteratively: {{OH CRAP}}, [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture DOC BROWN]]'S DRUNK AGAIN! RUN!!![[/note]]]]
PA-SHI-SHA-UNNNNNNNN!!!!!]]

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* InvisibleParents: Implied to be the case, but is never explored in detail in the show. That is, it's acknowledged that the kids' parents were also members of Pole Position, but exactly where they are now is never brought up.



* ParentalAbandonment: Implied to be the case, but is never explored in detail in the show. That is, it's acknowledged that the kids' parents were also members of Pole Position, but exactly where they are now is never brought up.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Implied to be the case, but is never explored in detail in the show.

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* ParentalAbandonment: Implied to be the case, but is never explored in detail in the show. That is, it's acknowledged that the kids' parents were also members of Pole Position, but exactly where they are now is never brought up.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Roadie and Wheels didn't have a consistent arsenal of gadgets; they'd manifest whatever was most useful at the time.
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The show featured three young sibling crime fighters, Dan, Tess, and young Daisy Darrett, the elder two of whom were stunt drivers and were part of a secret government operation under the guise of the "Pole Position Stunt Show" that was run by their Uncle Zachary. Pole Position itself seemed to be a way to disguise and protect top-secret scientific research. The youths inherited the role after their parents died in an unfortunate car accident. The team is equipped with two high-tech talking vehicles named "Roadie" and "Wheels".

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The show featured [[TheyFightCrime three young sibling crime fighters, fighters]], Dan, Tess, and young Daisy Darrett, the elder two of whom were stunt drivers and were part of a secret government operation under the guise of the "Pole Position Stunt Show" that was run by their Uncle Zachary. Pole Position itself seemed to be a way to disguise and protect top-secret scientific research. The youths inherited the role after their parents died in an unfortunate car accident. The team is equipped with two high-tech talking vehicles named "Roadie" and "Wheels".
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If it's not twelve episodes, it doesn't count.


* [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12-Episode Cartoon]]: Actually, 13 episodes.
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* VoodooShark: 'Dial M For Magic', when a magician gives the heroes a staff that turns into a snake... it's explained as a snake hypnotized into being super stiff that resembles a wooden staff.
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* HubcapHovercraft: Roadie and Wheels
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* ScoobyDooHoax: Happens in the episode "Dial 'M' for Magic", but without unmasking anyone.

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* ScoobyDooHoax: Happens in the episode "Dial 'M' for Magic", but without unmasking anyone. Instead, the main bad guy--an evil magician--uses an illusion of a demon in order to trick the residents of the town of the week into digging for gold from a nearby mine, and giving it to him in order to "appease" the demon.
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* ScoobyDooHoax: Happens in the episode "Dial 'M' for Magic", but without unmasking anyone.

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* [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12-Episode Cartoon]]

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* [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 12-Episode Cartoon]]Cartoon]]: Actually, 13 episodes.


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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Tess is obviously the responsible sibling while the hot-headed Dan is the foolish sibling.


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* NotNowKiddo: Happens often whenever Kuma figures out something and tries to tell the kids. He usually gets it from Dan, who always ends up regretting it later.

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* {{Animesque}}: A staple of mid-80s [=DiC=], courtesy of Creator/{{AIC}} and some other studios.



* ParentalAbandonment: Never explored in detail in the show.

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* ParentalAbandonment: Never Implied to be the case, but is never explored in detail in the show.
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[[caption-width-right:314:POLE PA-SHI-SHA-UNNNNNNNN!!!!![[note]]Alteratively: OH CRAP, [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture DOC BROWN]]'S DRUNK AGAIN! RUN!!![[/note]]]]

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-> ''"From now on, like your parents were, you are the secret force of Pole Position! "''
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* MissingParents

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* MissingParentsParentalAbandonment: Never explored in detail in the show.

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