The cast of characters from the DreamWorks Animation movie Turbo and its flash-animated spinoff series, Turbo F.A.S.T..
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The Fast Crew
As a whole
- Berserk Button: As "Crazy Fast" shows, mess with one of them and you mess with all of them.
Theo / Turbo
Voiced by: Ryan Reynolds (film), Reid Scott (TV series)
Turbo, hero of the garden snails, can out-speed anyone on the straightaway, but obstacles throw him a curve. Now the reigning Starlight City hero, Turbo is forced to take on a motley crew of challengers eager to take him down. Convinced that he and his team will always come out winners, he’s up for any challenge. Although this often gets him in trouble, Turbo’s heart is always in the right place.
- The Ace: He's the fastest snail alive.
- Combo Platter Powers: His super speed gets the most focus but Turbo has a whole suite of car-based powers. He can shine his eyes like headlights, light blinkers on the rear end of his shell and project the sounds of a horn, alarm or radio from his mouth.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Foolish to Chet's responsible.
- Nice Guy: Turbo is a pretty friendly guy who quickly offers to help Tito.
- Primary-Color Champion: The main character and his shell is red and blue.
- Speed Demon: Turbo's obsession with speed makes him something of an outcast among other snails who prefer to live life at a slower pace.
- Speedy Snail: He’s a stereotypical slow animal who gains the power of super speed. It goes without saying he’s the poster boy for this trope.
Chet
Voiced by: Paul Giamatti (film), Eric Bauza (TV series)
Turbo’s brother, Chet is his complete opposite, at least as far as taking risks is concerned. Chet is now part of the racing team but he never loses his worrying and cautious spirit. He is the team’s business manager and voice of reason but odds are he will be ignored 99% of the time.
- Big Brother Instinct: He does his best to protect Theo.
- Character Development: By the end of the movie he finally learns to support Turbo's dreams.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Responsible to Theo's foolish.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Doesn't support Theo's dreams at first, but genuinely loves his little brother.
Humans
Tito Lopez
A young Latino man who takes care of Theo and trains him for snail races, only to find out he is fast enough for car races. Voiced by Michael Peña in the movie and Amir Talai in the series.
- Big Beautiful Man: He is very overweight, but also quite cute.
- Nice Guy: A sweet, excitable guy who loves snail races. He cares for Theo and tries his best to help his brother.
Paz
One of the mechanics at Starlight Plaza voiced by Michelle Rodriguez.
"Shellcrusher"
A kid on a tricycle who likes to run over bugs and is feared by all neighborhood insects, especially the snails.
- Bad People Abuse Animals: He likes to kill bugs with his tricycle for his own amusement.
- Bait-and-Switch: When Theo first uses his Super-Speed to dodge him he acts shocked and amazed at first but then goes back to trying to squish him.
- Dirty Coward: After Turbo makes him crash by luring him into hitting the wall using his new speed skills, he runs back inside crying to his mom.
- Jerkass: He likes to run over creatures on his tricycle while showing no remorse. In his first scene he runs over a bug with a sadistic chuckle. In another scene he attempts to run over Theo.
- Jerk Jock: He is boyish and has no mercy for insects or anything in the way of his riding.
- Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: He is just a little kid who rides a tricycle. To the snails however, his glee in crushing small things with his trike makes him very dangerous to them. Downplayed in the sense he is actually crushing sentient beings so he is way more on the dark side.
- Sinister Shades: He wears sunglasses and is feared by all snail kind.
Guy Gagné (Spoilers Unmarked)
Theo's idol who is revealed to be an antagonist. Voiced by Bill Hader.
- Big Bad: Is actually the main antagonist of the movie. He wants to race Turbo only so that he looks good.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Acts all nice around Theo, only to reveal that he only cares about himself and doesn't believe that Theo can win.
- Broken Pedestal: Theo is hurt when he Guy reveals to him that he doesn't mean a word about the things he says about anybody can win a race and that he only cares about looking good in the public eye.
- Evil All Along: An envious and arrogant cheater who only cares about winning, fame and glory, and looking good in front of the public.
- Faux Affably Evil: He turns out to be a manipulative attention-whore out of earshot from the public.
- Jerk Jock: He is an Indy Car racer who has all the manly way of life. However, he is not the nicest guy, at least not in public view.
- Laser-Guided Karma: After trying to kill Theo during the Indianapolis race, Kim-Ly promptly gives him a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.
- Red Ones Go Faster: He wears a red racing suit and drives a red Indy Car race car.
- Walking Spoiler: Trying to say anything other than the fact that he's Theo's idol spoils the end of the movie.
