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SandJosieph Since: Dec, 2009
#1: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:02:36 PM

What could be some awesome ideas for a Wacky Race style of story involving extra-terrestrials?

MattII Since: Sep, 2009
#2: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:46:50 PM

Are you looking for some vaguely akin ideas, of some recycled-in-space ideas? Also, is the race itself in space, or are we on the ground here (moon buggy Wacky Races sounds kinda cool)?

SandJosieph Since: Dec, 2009
#3: Mar 3rd 2011 at 12:10:38 AM

Actually flying through space, although some sections may require submerging in liquid. And old ideas adapted to a space setting are perfectly welcome!

MattII Since: Sep, 2009
#4: Mar 3rd 2011 at 2:32:03 AM

Well here's what I've come up with so far:
* The Boulder-Mobile = Apollo capsule
* The Mean Machine = an Eldar Vyper Jetbike with a big rocket replacing the turret
* The Army Surplus Special = a patchy old orion drive ship
* The Compact Pussycat = a miniaturised USS voyager
* The Crimson Haybailer = a Messerschmitt me-262
* The Ring-a-Ding = Night Killer II sort of
* The Turbo Terrific = a high performance space plane
* The Bullet-Proof Bomb = a space shuttle.
Not sure about the others.

edited 3rd Mar '11 8:10:53 PM by MattII

lordGacek Since: Jan, 2001
#5: Mar 3rd 2011 at 4:08:22 AM

There should be a scene where a ship's engine stalls, so part of the crew has to go outside and push. [lol]

SandJosieph Since: Dec, 2009
#6: Mar 3rd 2011 at 9:54:38 AM

"Dangit, Yygo'kroth! I told you to put in more than 5 grems worth of hyperspace fuel!" :D

There has to be at least one tribute to the Millenium Falcon. I'll probably have this version be painted black on top, gray underneath and call her Black Beauty.

Yej (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
#7: Mar 3rd 2011 at 10:49:15 AM

No flying saucer? surprised

edited 3rd Mar '11 10:49:24 AM by Yej

SandJosieph Since: Dec, 2009
#8: Mar 3rd 2011 at 11:50:26 AM

Oh, there can definitely be a flying saucer type of craft.

Now, one thing this race will need is a Dick Dastardly type of character. What kind of things can this character do?

TheVisitor from your computer Since: Mar, 2011
#9: Mar 3rd 2011 at 3:45:50 PM

edited 3rd Mar '11 3:46:26 PM by TheVisitor

Borkless from 112365365321 Since: Jan, 2011
#10: Mar 3rd 2011 at 8:08:16 PM

What about a bunch of robots? They would do everything by the book. Literally! They pull out a huge manual whenever a decision has to be made.

I don't always comment, but when I do, expect me to edit the crap outta it.
MattII Since: Sep, 2009
#11: Mar 3rd 2011 at 8:20:30 PM

There has to be at least one tribute to the Millenium Falcon.
Could replace the Arkansas Chugabug.

MarkerMage World Ends Oct 21, 2011 from My own little world Since: Aug, 2009
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#12: Mar 4th 2011 at 2:54:23 AM

Now, one thing this race will need is a Dick Dastardly type of character. What kind of things can this character do?
Things that would be effective if it weren't for the fact that the racers are In Space?

Thinking of ideas to use with a literary work that is meant to be WikiWalked through.
doorhandle Since: Oct, 2010
#13: Mar 5th 2011 at 2:37:08 AM

How about an inversion? Have the dick darstadly cheat very reasonably and turn his craft into a revalistic weapon. bonus points if this basically amounts to a giant space rock with a huge engine attached. Two times multiplier if said racer is a SPESS ORK

edited 5th Mar '11 2:40:04 AM by doorhandle

MattII Since: Sep, 2009
#14: Mar 5th 2011 at 11:03:47 AM

Have the dick darstadly cheat very reasonably and turn his craft into a revalistic weapon.
Relativistic weapons only work if you're prepared to throw the weapon away, which isn't something I'd be likely to do to the craft I was actually sitting in.

doorhandle Since: Oct, 2010
#15: Mar 6th 2011 at 2:45:17 AM

Well, maybe it’s like a cosmic snowplow, but instead of pushing snow, it pushes aside everything in it's way, and doesn’t maneuver around obstacles so much as smash into them.

Or perhaps a better terminology, The Juggernaut as applied to a spaceship which can't steer, can't shoot, can only go forwards and has only the saving graces of speed and Nigh-Invulnerability

Besides, that fact I offered bonus points for it being a SPESS ORK kinda implies the guy driving this is batshit insane and wouldn’t care if his craft was one-use only.

MattII Since: Sep, 2009
#16: Mar 6th 2011 at 3:07:11 AM

The WH 40 K Orcs are more Slag Brother types than Dick Dastardly types (the Mean Machine was probably the fastest out, but because of Dastardly's obsession with setting traps he almost always came last).

doorhandle Since: Oct, 2010
#17: Mar 6th 2011 at 9:07:52 PM

Good point.

Still leaving the idea out there. Any other plans for a dick darstardly?

MarkerMage World Ends Oct 21, 2011 from My own little world Since: Aug, 2009
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#18: Mar 6th 2011 at 11:42:57 PM

I just started thinking of Sam Starfall in the Savage Chicken participating in these Wacky Spacey Raceys.

But for the Dick Dastardly role, I see something like one of the elites from Halo paired up with a grunt (the Mutley of the duo) from the same game. The reason for this is because the reliance upon superior precursor technology would easily explain how he keeps getting in the lead, and it could also explain why he has no idea about how to set up traps for spacecraft.

Somehow, I would expect the Dick Dastardly character to try things like using a sonic canon in space.

Thinking of ideas to use with a literary work that is meant to be WikiWalked through.
MattII Since: Sep, 2009
#19: Mar 7th 2011 at 12:47:23 AM

Still leaving the idea out there. Any other plans for a dick darstardly?
Trying to set a minefield of ball-bearings? Space debris is a very real danger these days, and even flecks of paint can do a fair amount of damage.

I just started thinking of Sam Starfall in the Savage Chicken participating in these Wacky Spacey Raceys.
Okay, maybe shift the Millenium Falcon to Buzzwagon and make the Savage Chicken the new Arkansas Chugabug. All we need now is a replacement for the Creepy Coupe.

lordGacek Since: Jan, 2001
#20: Mar 12th 2011 at 9:31:03 AM

Add a galley-themed starship which is inexplicably powered by lash-driven slaves at the oars. With the captain looking like an antennae-headed Roman centurion.

And a harpoon-wielding Captain Ahab expy enjoying a temporary break from hunting a particular white-skinned Space Whale.

And at least one ship has to run like a Chinese rocket from that joke: "all systems fine, boiler-men on duty!"

edited 12th Mar '11 9:34:08 AM by lordGacek

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#21: Mar 13th 2011 at 6:54:21 AM

There must be Mi-Go, and they must scare the bejeezus out of the other contestants.

That is all.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.
SandJosieph Since: Dec, 2009
#22: Mar 13th 2011 at 11:47:48 AM

I think a contestant like that would be more on the creepy end, weirding the other contestants out.

MattII Since: Sep, 2009
#23: Mar 13th 2011 at 2:13:11 PM

Add a galley-themed starship which is inexplicably powered by lash-driven slaves at the oars. With the captain looking like an antennae-headed Roman centurion.
No, every vehicle has to have a rocket, the same way that every vehicle in the original had wheels.

There must be Mi-Go, and they must scare the bejeezus out of the other contestants.
It can be the dragon form the Creepy Coupe.

Yej (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
#24: Mar 13th 2011 at 2:44:45 PM

[up] Have the galley slaves power the rocket?

edited 13th Mar '11 2:45:08 PM by Yej

SandJosieph Since: Dec, 2009
#25: Mar 13th 2011 at 3:00:46 PM

More likely that the slaves fan the burning coals that power the rockets.


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