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3 | ''Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats'' is a 1995 animated series. It takes place in the world of Autopia, which is populated by two races: dog-cars and cat-cars. The main characters are Hot Rod and his friends Carbs, Doggone and Benz, who are on the run from Autopia's tyrannical ruler, The Crusher, and his henchman, Scarhood. |
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7 | * AbnormalAmmo: Hot Rod's SuperMode allows him to fire gears at his enemies. |
8 | * TheAllegedCar: Benz. He is constantly falling apart while driving, and is in regular need of spare parts. |
9 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Both dogs and cats come in all kinds of colors. |
10 | * AnimalVehicleHybrid: The inhabitants of Autopia consist of canines and felines who have wheels instead of paws, engines, and other vehicular traits (such as [[GlowingEyes headlights in their eyes]]). |
11 | * TheAtoner: Gus, the mechanic who built the Crusher, helps the team out to make up for his mistake. |
12 | * BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Hot Rod and Carbs become this whenever Baby Bumpers shows up in their hideout, constantly having to keep him from hurting himself - and getting hurt themselves in the process. |
13 | * BigBad: The Crusher is the tyrannical ruler of the setting, the main antagonist, and the one in charge of the villains. |
14 | * BlindedByTheLight: Carbs' SuperMode includes high-intensity headlights that temporarily blind her opponents. |
15 | * BountyHunter: Scarhood, who was called in by the Crusher to capture Hot Rod and his friends. His minions, the Choppers, also qualify. |
16 | * TheChosenOne: Suggested. Both Gus and the Crusher hinted that Hot Rod is "special", but this was never elaborated on. |
17 | * CoolBigSis: Carbs' sister, Spare Parts. |
18 | * CoolOldGuy: Doggone. |
19 | * TheDragon: Scarhood is this to the Crusher. |
20 | * EnmityWithAnObject: After an attempt at crushing the heroes is foiled by getting a "crank popper" stuck in his inner workings, the Crusher announces that he has a new mission... to destroy all crank poppers. |
21 | * EvilMinions: The Choppers, Scarhood's henchmen. They attack other cars, looking to strip them down for parts. |
22 | * EvilOverlord: The Crusher is the evil ruler of the setting. |
23 | * FantasticRacism: Sometimes seen between the cats and the dogs. |
24 | * FlyingCar: One of the abilities of Hot Rod's customised form. |
25 | * GadgeteerGenius: Both Gus and Spare Parts qualify. |
26 | * GeniusBruiser: Gus. A brilliant mechanic, and he can hold his own in a battle with Scarhood. |
27 | * GeniusLoci: The Crusher is a sentient trash compacting complex. |
28 | * GlowingEyes: All characters have these, by virtue of being part-car. At night, or at times of low visibility, they can activate their eye lights to see where they're going. |
29 | * GoneHorriblyWrong: The Crusher, who went from being a glorified garbage disposal to the unquestioned, tyrannical ruler of Autopia. |
30 | * HypnoticEyes: The OneShotCharacter Jag possessed these. |
31 | * InterspeciesRomance: Hot Rod, a dog-car, and Carbs the cat-car, have a mutual crush on each other. |
32 | * KickTheDog: After Hot Rod falls off a cliff, seemingly dead, Scarhood tells the others that [[BlatantLies he ran away and abandoned them]]. |
33 | * TheMentor: Doggone has shades of this regarding Hot Rod. |
34 | * TheMole: In one episode, [[spoiler:a young dog-car named Towhead]] is sent to infiltrate Hot Rod's group and lead them into a trap. |
35 | * NearVillainVictory. In one episode, the Crusher succeeds in trapping the heroes within his inner workings. He is on the verge of crushing them when a "crank popper" Doggone had gotten for Benz falls into his workings, disrupting them enough for the heroes to escape. |
36 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Carbs. Her full name is [[PunnyName "Carburetta"]], but no-one ever calls her that. |
37 | * PoliceAreUseless: The Gridlockers, Autopia's police force, are utterly incapable of catching Hot Rod and his friends. |
38 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Carbs. |
39 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gridlocker #6, having read the files on Hot Rod, has doubts over how much of a criminal he really is. After he saves her from falling, she reinflates his punctured tire and allows him to escape in return. |
40 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Scarhood has these, reinforcing his villainous nature. |
41 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Baby Bumpers. |
42 | * SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Scarhood is introduced in the second episode of the series, called in by the Crusher to capture Hot Rod and his friends after the Gridlockers failed to accomplish this task. |
43 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Carbs is the only female of the main characters. |
44 | * SuperMode: Hot Rod and Carbs both get one, courtesy of Gus. |
45 | * WallCrawl: Carbs' SuperMode comes with spikes in the tires that allow her to drive up walls. |
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