Line #10 WesternAnimation/WheelieAndTheChopperBunch


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3	''Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch'' was an animated series created by Creator/HannaBarbera in 1974.
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5	The series followed the adventures of Wheelie, an anthropomorphic red car who made his living as a professional racing and stunt car, being the characters of the series were cars or any other kind of vehicle. He was also frequently antagonized by a four-member motorcycle gang known as the Chopper Bunch, which consisted of Chopper, who acted as the leader of the gang; Revs, a red motorcycle who often mixed up words in his sentences; Hi-Riser, the tallest member of the gang who was rather dimwitted, and Scrambles, the smallest member, who seemed to be the kid of the group. Wheelie did not talk, like the other characters could, instead honking in order to communicate, as well as displaying different symbols across his windshield (such as a heart for love, or a light bulb for an idea). Wheelie was also accompanied by his girlfriend, Rota Ree.
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7	The series ran for one season on Creator/{{NBC}} before being cancelled in 1975.
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9	!The show provides examples of the following:
10	* CatchPhrase: Every time one of Chopper's plans fails, this exchange follows:
11	-->'''Scrambles:''' I toldja! I toldja!\
12	'''Chopper:''' I know!
13	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Chopper's plans always fail, despite Scrambles' warnings.
14	* FeatherFingers:
15	** The Chopper Bunch have no problems using their handlebars as arms and hands.
16	** What the cars use as hands is never consistent. Sometimes it's the wheels, sometimes it's the fenders, and sometimes mechanical arms come out of their hoods. Often they'd do more than one of these within a single episode; In fact, during the opening sequence Wheelie does ''all three within a single scene'', and this is after he was shown holding a brush with one of his ''doors'' earlier in the opening.
17	* FlintstoneTheming: In this case, the theme is motor vehicles.
18	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Chopper Bunch appear to be a villainous example of this trope; Chopper (choleric), Revs (melancholic), Hi-Riser (phlegmatic), and Scrambles (sanguine).
19	* {{Jerkass}}: Chopper is this in spades.
20	* LogoJoke: Wheelie would sometimes "honk" the NBC chimes.
21	* {{Malaproper}}: Revs has the habit of mixing up his words whenever he speaks, much as [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Zummi Gummi]] (another character voiced by Creator/PaulWinchell) would later do.
22	%%* NameAndName
23	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Chopper.
24	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One episode features a CountryMusic singer named [[Music/JohnnyCash Johnny Crash]].
25	* NotNowKiddo: Scrambles falls victim to this, every time he tries to warn Chopper that his plans are about to fail.
26	* PunnyName: Rota Ree's name appears to be based both on the word ''rotary''[[note]]As in the rotary engine, a type of car engine that was mostly phased out long (Mazda revived it a bit later in the RX7) before the show's premiere.[[/note]] and on [[Series/HighRollers Ruta Lee]] (''High Rollers'' was also an NBC show at the time).
27	* RoadRunnerVsCoyote: Wheelie being the Road Runner to the Chopper Bunch's Coyote.
28	* SentientVehicle: The entire cast.
29	* SimpletonVoice: Hi-Riser.
30	* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''WesternAnimation/SpeedBuggy'', no less.
31	%%* ThreeShorts
32	* TheUnintelligible: Wheelie, much like [[Film/TheLoveBug Herbie]].

Context WesternAnimation / WheelieAndTheChopperBunch