"What if, six comedians from Victoria BC, got sent on a road trip to the Canadian North? Well strap in, it's gonna get weird."
Inspired by Top Gear, Road Quest is a series created by internet comedy group LoadingReadyRun where six of the gang are given a collective $10,000 to purchase three cars and tasked to drive from the city of Victoria, British Columbia, all the way to Dawson City, Yukon over the course of ten days.
Hilarity Ensues as the gang must battle terrible road conditions, adverse weather, mechanical failures, and one another.
The series can be found on YouTube Here
The series provides examples of:
- Accidental Aiming Skills: When passing the time stuck in traffic, James manages to launch an M&M from the Sunfire to the Saab, passing right through the Saab's sunroof and landing on Ian's head.
- Big "OMG!": The gang explodes into cheers the first time they escape a gravel road and return to asphalt.
- Big "YES!": Beej's response to learning the group will be visiting Princess Auto.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Lampshaded by Adam when he directly addresses camera operator Serge."I'm the Deadpool of this road trip. I'm allowed to break the fourth wall."
- I Call It "Vera": "Gandalf" for the Sunfire, and "Saabine" for the Saab. Beej tries to come up with one for the Crown Victoria but is never able to settle on a name.
- Ghost Town: The town of Cassiar, formerly a mining town is nothing but a barren plot by the time the crew arrive. With only a few rotten trailers and cement foundations remaining.
- Leitmotif: Each of the three cars gets one, with a remix for the drag race.
- "Say Hello To Gandalf" and "0-60 Eventually" for the Sunfire.
- "Meet Saabine" and "A Lineage of Jets" for the Saab.
- "Meet Saabine" even gets a Triumphant Reprise in the form of "Loading Ready Reunited" when Ian returns with the F150.
- "Fursuit Vehicle" and "Rear-Wheel Drive" for the Crown Victoria.
-
Method Acting: Jimmy absolutely refuses to break his character the whole time the gang were in Barkerville, and according to Graham, even when the two were speaking over the phone to organize the trip, he still stayed entirely in-character. - O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Beej spends most of the show either relaxed or enthusiastically talking about his latest obsession. So him suddenly breaking that to angrily rant about the miserable state of the Nisga'a Highway is pretty shocking.
- Road Trip Plot: The whole premise of the show.
- Running Gag: Several over the course of the series.
- The other co-pilots repeatedly ask Alex "Hey, do you remember [Thing]?" and then refuse to elaborate further.
- Buying bumper and window stickers, then attaching them when nobody is looking.
- Sanity Slippage: Being cooped up in a car for eight hours at a time, ten days in a row will affect anyone. Especially present during the "When was the last time we saw another car?" exchange, which steadily descends into frantic laughter and swearing.
- Scenery Porn: Turns out, Canada's a really pretty country. Who knew?
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: The mechanics at Lillooet swear at a "Graduate level".
- What a Piece of Junk: The gang is generally not confident in the Sunfire. Ultimately averted, as the Sunfire is the only one of the three to make it all the way with no mechanical issues.
