![]() ![]() Annoying Younger Sibling: Spritle (and Chim-Chim).Animesque: It's been called 'the first live-action anime'.Anachronic Order: Several scenes (especially in the beginning) keep switching around between multiple points of time.He could simply be much much Older Than He Looks, as he would be pushing one hundred were the movie set when it seems to be. Richard Roundtree, who plays Burns in the present, was born in 1942, which means even if the movie took place the year it came out, Burns would be too young to have been a driver. Ambiguous Time Period: The movie seems to take place a few decades into the future, with hovercrafts, futuristic cities, and advanced car safety technology, but Ben Burns is said to have driven in the 1943 Grand Prix.This movie is so vibrant that some critics reported visual fatigue. ![]() Almost Kiss: Twice, until the end - where the trope gets parodied as Spritle and Chim-Chim interrupt it for the sake of a quip, and then it resumes.All for Nothing: Taejo's plans to have Racer X and Speed help his team win the Casa Cristo 5000 so he can uncover evidence that will implicate Royalton initially turn out to be a farce when the Racer family learns from Inspector Detector that they were being played for chumps.Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Taejo, when Cruncher Block threatens to have his hands eaten by piranhas.Cruncher Block wears a white suit in the anime and an all-black suit in the live-action film.For the film, he wears a black racing uniform. In the anime, Racer X's racing uniform has white and red colors.Adaptation Distillation: The Wachowskis managed to distill the feel of the animated Speed Racer, keeping the bright colors, but bringing it into the live action arena.Adaptational Wimp: As evidenced by the episode "Junk Car Grand Prix," the film made Sparky less handy in a fight than the anime did.This is in contrast to his anime counterpart, who was shown to be very adept and intelligent, with him and Trixie solving an Egyptian mystery through historical research. ![]()
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