History Characters / WackyRaces

* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Really, when you get down to it, Dick should've won every single race out there. His car is faster, stronger, and more versatile than almost everyone else's, and there's a good argument to be made that he's also the best racer among them. If only his mind wasn't plagued with such self-destructive obsession to cheat...

* DubNameChange: He's Pedro Bello in Spanish, Pedro Perfeito in Portugal, Pierre de Beau-Fixe in France, and Kizatoto -kun ( キザトト君) in Japan

* BlindingBangs: To the point their arms, legs, and noses just stick out from under it!

* BlindingBangs: Big Gruesome has a Beatles hairdo that completely hides his eyes.

* AlliterativeName: '''L'''azy '''L'''uke.

** Sawtooth is Listus in Spanish, Serra-Dentuças in Portugal, Dentes-de-Serra in Brazil, Saucisson in France, and Jinbei (甚平) in Japan.

* TopHeavyGuy

* DirtyCoward: Blubber, as his name implies, is a nervous wreck, panicking whenever the slightest thing goes wrong.

* NearVillainVictory: ''Constantly'', due to their own actions, like a trap backfiring or stopping for a victory pose inches from the finish line.

* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Most notably the race where Dastardly and Muttley crossed the finish line first, fair and square... while driving the wrong car, thus disqualifying themselves and the others who were swapped in the home stretch. Played in a few other post series appearances where they do win, but get a worthless prize when they do.

* {{Leitmotif}}: A fast paced piano track usually played when he was trying to cheat while driving.

* LaughingMad: ''Wacky Races Forever'' depicts him as a cackling lunatic.

* OnlySaneMan: ZigZagged in bizzare fashion- compulsive cheating aside, Dastardly and Muttley are the most likely to [[HowIsThatEvenPossible note the ludicrousness of other racer's antics]], see through lame tricks like the Ant Hill Mob's [[PaperThinDisguise Paper-Thin Disguises]], and point out that everyone ''else'' is technically cheating too.
* MeaninglessVillainVictory: most notably the race where Dastardly and Muttley crossed the finish line first, fair and square... while driving the wrong car, thus disqualifying themselves and the others who were swapped in the home stretch.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Never in the main series, but on a few occasions in spinoffs they manage to win races (in spite of their best efforts) generally through things like the other competitors being eliminated by their own misfortunes on the race course

* BadassMoustache: Dick's handlebar moustache.

* DubNameChange: The Spanish dub renamed Dastardly as Pierre Nodoyuna (PunnyName from "no doy una" meaning "I can't get anything right", a reference to his cheating constantly backfiring on him) and gave him a French accent, while Muttley was named Patán ("Lout").

* CatchPhrase: Usually "Oh, fiddlesticks!" whenever something goes wrong.

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* {{Expy}}: His villainous habits, personality and costume are based on Professor Fate from ''The Great Race''.

* BambooTechnology: Their car appears to be just a rock on wheels.

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: He frequently stops and uses his car's inventions to help the other racers.

* ThrowTheDogABone: never in the main series, but on a few occasions in spinoffs they manage to win races (in spite of their best efforts) generally through things like the other competitors being eliminated by their own misfortunes on the race course

Lazy Luke, a hillbilly, and Blubber Bear, a fearfull, timid bear, drive in the Arkansas Chugabug. Luke maneuvers the steering wheel with his feet and his car is steam-powered from an old and rickety boiler.