If you thought a talking Great Dane was ridiculous, meet Speed Buggy. He is a stammering, self-controlling, rally racing dune buggy. Oh, and he fights crime. Obviously.
Speedy was invented by Tinker, a genius who sounds like a slightly more dim Gomer Pyle and can’t go five minutes without shouting “GOL-LY!” Despite the fact that Speedy is a generally well behaved (if not silly) robotic car, Tinker had the good sense to make something that practically no robotics inventor in the whole of science fiction ever thought to– a robot control that can’t override Speedy’s free will. He never uses it, but Tinker sure as hell won’t be finding himself in The Matrix should that buggy ever rebel.
Joining Tinker and Speedy on their rally races are Debbie and Mark. If this trio of human characters looks vaguely familiar to you, there’s a very good reason for that.
Nobody ever looks like Velma
Just like the Scooby-Doo gang or the Pussycats, Speedy Buggy and crew spent their days thwarting the plans of criminal masterminds. This wasn’t something they did during their downtime, either. They’d be in the middle of a race, see some sort of wacky laser weapon firing nearby, and drive off to investigate. Because who the hell needs prize money, trophies, and sponsorship? There’s foul science afoot!
Only 16 episodes of Speed Buggy were ever created. Despite the short run, this cartoon has never stopped airing on television. Ever. If you ever needed proof that kids don’t get tired of watching the same shit over and over, this is it. Currently, it airs every night on Cartoon Network’s Boomerang. So tune in for a couple of weeks to catch every episode. Then watch them again for the hell of it.
