History Characters / WackyRaces

* {{Catchphrase}}: Usually "Oh, fiddlesticks!" whenever something goes wrong.

** ThrowTheDogABone: If you consider the ''Wacky Races Forever'' pilot as canon, he does eventually get to marry and have kids with Penelope.

->Voiced by: Creator/DawsButler (Sergeant Blast, 1968 cartoon), Creator/PaulWinchell (Private Meekley, 1968 cartoon), Creator/GregBurson (Sergeant Blast, 2000 video game), Creator/JimCummings (Private Meekley, 2000 video game)

->Voiced by: Creator/PaulWinchell (Clyde, 1968 cartoon), Creator/DonMessick (Ring-A-Ding, 1968 cartoon), Creator/JimCummings (Clyde, 2000 video game)

->Voiced by: Creator/DawsButler (Rock Slag, 1968 cartoon), Creator/DonMessick (Gravel Slag, 1968 cartoon), Creator/JimCummings (2000 video game)

->Voiced by: Creator/DawsButler (Big Gruesome, 1968 cartoon), Creator/DonMessick (Little Gruesome, 1968 cartoon), Creator/JimCummings (Big Gruesome, 2000 video game), Creator/BillyWest (Little Gruesome, 2000 video game)

->'''Dastardly voiced by:''' Creator/PaulWinchell (1968 cartoon), Creator/JimCummings (2000 video game, ''Wacky Races Forever'' pilot, and ''Wacky Races: Crash and Dash'' for Wii and DS), Peter Woodward (2017), Creator/JasonIsaacs (''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'')

* {{Catchphrase}}:

[[folder:Sergeant Blast & Private Meekley (Drivers the Army Surplus Special)]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Big Gruesome emulates Creator/BorisKarloff, while Little Gruesome is a LorreLookalike.

* 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 straight in a few other post series appearances where they do win, but get a worthless prize when they do.
* NearVillainVictory: ''Constantly'', due to their own actions, like a trap backfiring or stopping for a victory pose inches from the finish line. Muttley often tries to warn Dick that cheating won't work, but he didn't listen.

* SecretCharacter: In the Dreamcast/[=PS2=] game, Dastardly & Muttley are the last of the three boss racers, along with Pat Pending and the Red Max. You race them in Up Sand Downs, and you'll unlock them if you beat them twice... [[NintendoHard and complete]] ''[[NintendoHard a whole lot]]'' [[NintendoHard of challenges along the way]]. It's absolutely worth it just to hear the disgusted/bewildered reactions of the commentator when they win.

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Both the brothers are barefoot at all times.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Luke is barefoot at all times.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Big Gruesome emulates [[Creator/BorisKarloff Boris Karloff]], while Little Gruesome's got [[Creator/PeterLorre Peter Lorre]].

** His villainous habits, personality and costume are based on Professor Fate from ''Film/TheGreatRace''.

* TheChick: The only girl racer, and stereotypically feminine.

* PunnyName: "pat. pending" is an abbreviation for "patent pending".

A Manfred von Richthofen-styled aviator who speaks with a German accent, in a car/plane hybrid called the Crimson Haybailer. His vehicle is able to fly, although for short distances.

* AcePilot: His appearance and vehicle are themed on World War I fighter pilots and post-WWI barnstormers.

* WhatAPieceOfJunk: The Haybailer straddles the line between this and TheAllegedCar. It is an old fashioned plane that can fly...but not terribly well.

* DirtyCoward: Blubber, as his name implies, is a nervous wreck, panicking whenever the slightest thing goes wrong. Luke puts up with it as best he can, but he does yell at Blubber a few times.

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

[[folder:The Slag Brothers (Drivers of the Boldermobile)]]

!!!'''Car:''' Boldermobile (#1)
->''"Next we have the Boldermobile with the Slag Brothers: Rock and Gravel."''

[[caption-width-right:350:The Boldermobile]]

** 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").

* {{Expy}}: His villainous habits, personality and costume are based on Professor Fate from ''Film/TheGreatRace''.

->''[[OpeningNarration And now here they are!]] The most daredevil group of daffy drivers to ever whirl their wheels in the Wacky Races! Competing for the title of the World’s Wackiest Racer. The cars are approaching the starting line:''

-->''And away they go! On the way-out Wacky Races!''

->''First is the Turbo Terrific driven by Peter Perfect.''
-->The Announcer

->''Next, Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth in the Buzzwagon.''
-->The Announcer

->''Manoeuvring for position is the Army Surplus Special.''
-->The Announcer

->''Right behind is the Ant Hill Mob in their Bulletproof Bomb.''
--> The Announcer

->''And there's ingenious inventor Pat Pending in his Convert-a-Car.''
-->The Announcer

->''Oh, and here's the lovely Penelope Pitstop, the glamour girl of the gas pedal.''
-->The Announcer

->''Next we have the Boldermobile with the Slag Brothers: Rock and Gravel.''
-->The Announcer

->''Lurching along is the Creepy Coupe with the Gruesome Twosome.''
-->The Announcer

->''And right on their tail is the Red Max.''
-->The Announcer

->''And there's the Arkansas Chuggabug with Luke and Blubber Bear.''
-->The Announcer

->''Sneaking along last is that Mean Machine with those double-dealing do-badders, Dick Dastardly and his sidekick Muttley. And even now they're up to some dirty trick. And they're off! To a standing start. And why not? They've been chained to a post by shifty Dick Dastardly… who shifts into the wrong gear.''
-->The Announcer

--> The Announcer
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--> The Announcer
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--> The Announcer
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[[caption-width-right:320:The Army Surplus Special]]

A pair of soldiers who drive in an armored half-track called the Army Surplus Special. The Sergeant uses "fire power", i.e. shooting cannon balls from his turret, to power up the car.

A group of seven pint-seized 1920's-style gangsters composing of Clyde, their leader, Ring-A-Ding, Rug Bug Benny, Mac, Danny, Kirby and Willy who race in the Bulletproof Bomb. They are constantly preoccupied with getting caught by the police and are able to use "getaway power", which involves all members, except for Clyde, extending their legs through the bottom of the car and running.

* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Clyde is based on Edward G Robinson.

->''And there’s ingenious inventor Pat Pending in his Convert-a-Car.''
--> The Announcer
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Convert-a-Car]]

->''Oh, and here’s the lovely Penelope Pitstop, the glamour girl of the gas pedal.''
--> The Announcer
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--> The Announcer
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--> The Announcer
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Creepy Coupe]]

--> The Announcer
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Crimson Haybaler]]

->''And there’s the Arkansas Chuggabug with Luke and Blubber Bear.''
--> The Announcer
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Arkansas Chuggabug]]

->''Sneaking along last is that Mean Machine with those double-dealing do-badders, Dick Dastardly and his sidekick Muttley. And even now they’re up to some dirty trick. And they’re off! To a standing start. And why not? They’ve been chained to a post by shifty Dick Dastardly… who shifts into the wrong gear.''
--> The Announcer
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--> ''And away they go! On the way-out Wacky Races!''

* DastardlyWhiplash: The joint TropeNamer, mixing the mustache, Edwardian style, and parodic {{Card Carrying Villain}}y.

* ObviouslyEvil: [[SmugSnake Smug]] grin, stereotypical [[DastardlyWhiplash villainous mustache]], and his car of choice is the ''Mean'' Machine -- Dastardly [[DownplayedTrope isn't "evil" per se]], but he's clearly not a good guy.

* LastNameBasis: Dick Dastardly is almost never referred to by his first name.

* BreakoutCharacter: Dick Dastardly and Muttley are easily two of ''Wacky Races''' most notable characters, enough that the two got [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines their own series]], a recurring villain role in ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'' and ''WesternAnimation/YoYogi'', and they are the main villains of ''{{WesternAnimation/Scoob}}''. The two also almost always show up in revival efforts or similar Hanna-Barbera racing series (with one of the outliers being ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'', which couldn't use Dastardly due to legal issues).

* ObviouslyEvil: [[SmugSnake Smug]] grin, stereotypical [[DastardlyWhiplash villainous mustache]], and his car of choice is the ''Mean'' Machine -- Dastardly isn't "evil" per se, but he's clearly not a good guy.
* 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.

* {{Irony}}: Dick would have probably won every single race he participated in if he didn't [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat stop to cheat]].