Speed Racer Page #2

REPORTER [ON TV] :

How could this happen? This is terrible.

This is just terrible.

And still no sign of driver Rex Racer.

MOM:

Oh.

[SPEED CRYING]

MOM:

I know.

CROWD [CHANTING] :

Go! Go! Go!

[ANNOUNCERS SPEAKING

IN ITALIAN AND RUSSIAN]

ALL [CHANTING] :

Go! Go! Go!

''Forget the past,'' he's saying.

''This is my night!''

-He's coming hard.

-It's gonna be cIose!

ANNOUNCER:
Unbelievable!

A split second late. The record still stands.

Come on, Iet's go. Victory Lane.

Folks, I knew Rex Racer, and if he's up

there somewhere watching this race...

...you can bet your ass

he's damn proud of his little brother.

ANNOUNCER [O VER SPEAKERS] : Pulling into

Victory Lane, the winner, Speed Racer!

He's going to be very good.

No, he's going to be the best...

...if they don't destroy him first.

[IN JAPANESE]

[LAUGHING]

[ALL LAUGHING]

[SPRITLE MOUTHING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Hi-ya!

KEN:

Ha! Ha! Ha!

[BERZERKO LAUGHING]

Hey, hey! What are you two doing?

Nothing.

Was that the same nothing

that broke my Iast couch?

No, that was a totaIIy different nothing.

[PHONE RINGS]

Got it!

-Racer residence.

MAN:
Morning.

-May I speak to Speed Racer?

-He's not interested.

MOM:
SpritIe?

-What?

Was that for Speed?

Yeah, but Speed

doesn't wanna taIk to them.

You don't know that.

Sure, I do. Speed's gotta drive for Pops.

He's gotta.

WeII, that's for Speed to decide.

Now get dressed.

-TeII your father breakfast is ready.

-Ooh.

SPARKY:

''It was a virtuoso dispIay of taIent...

...which has not been seen

since Racer the eIder...

...dropped jaws eight years ago.

As we once again puII our coIIective

jaw up from the fIoor, we ask:

-'WiII it be different or wiII tragedy--?'''

-That's enough.

I can't beIieve there's not one mention

of Racer Motors in here.

That's because the sponsors

controI the media, Sparky.

TRIXIE:
Good morning, everyone.

MOM:
Good morning.

-Is Speed up yet?

-In spirit, anyway.

TRIXIE:

Oh, thanks.

-Hey, superstar.

-Hey, Trix.

Have you seen the papers?

They're aII in Iove with you.

ReaIIy?

Yeah. There seems to be a Iot of specuIation

about which team you'II sign with.

ReaIIy?

[RUMBLING]

-What the--?

SPRITLE:
Earthquake! Earthquake!

Quick, Pops! The kitchen is the most

dangerous pIace in an earthquake.

-Everybody, run for your Iife!

-SpritIe, caIm down!

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Mr. Racer, morning.

What?

Oh, um, may I...?

Oh!

Mr. and Mrs. Racer,

I hope you wiII forgive this imposition.

These are bIuebeIIs from Eden, Inc.

I'm toId they'II bIoom at Ieast three times,

each time a different coIor.

And Mr. Racer, these are for you.

Straight from the IsIe of Kamut,

hand-roIIed, premium bIend.

Thanks, but who are you?

I am E.P. ArnoId RoyaIton, Esquire...

...president and chairman

of RoyaIton Industries.

And it is my honor to meet you both.

Oh, dear, I seem to have

interrupted your breakfast.

Is that pancakes I smeII?

Oh, are you hungry, Mr. RoyaIton?

A figure Iike mine requires

constant attention, Mrs. Racer.

And do you Iike pancakes?

When I was a chiId, we used to say:

[SPEAKS IN GERMAN]

Pancakes are Iove.

Mm. Mm.

Gorgeous, Mrs. Racer.

Superb density. Hints of vaniIIa.

Cinnamon?

-That's right.

-AbsoIuteIy gorgeous.

-WeII, I'm gIad you Iike them.

-Like them? I wanna buy your recipe.

-Oh! I'II give you the recipe, Mr. RoyaIton.

-Nonsense!

Cenestro Foods, a subdivision

of RoyaIton Industries...

...is pIanning a range

of homecooked meaIs for traveIers...

...and this is just the kind of magic

we're Iooking for.

I'II have my attorney

draw up the paperwork.

Hmm.

Now, then, we aII know the reason

I'm here is because of you, Speed.

I was watching Iast night...

...and I have to teII you, young man,

you gave me goose bumps.

I knew at once this was no mere driver

I was watching. This was an artist.

Oh....

I imagine the phone's

been ringing off the hook.

Yeah. But Speed doesn't wanna

drive for you or any other sponsors.

Is this your manager, then?

-That's our youngest, SpritIe.

-Nice to meet you, youngster.

We got our eye on you, mister.

ExceIIent.

The first thing I want to make cIear

is that I have no intention whatsoever...

...of trying to get Speed

away from Racer Motors.

What you have here

is what teams spend years...

...and miIIions of doIIars

trying to achieve, chemistry.

I wouIdn't dare touch a thing.

WeII, excuse me for asking,

but what do you want?

To heIp.

I want to make sure you have access

to whatever resources you need...

...to continue doing

exactIy what you're doing.

No offense, RoyaIton, but Racer Motors

has aIways run as an independent.

None taken. I compIeteIy understand.

I sympathize.

-Strike that. I empathize.

-Hmm.

You may think of R.I.

as a huge corporate congIomerate...

...but I wiII have you know

I stiII remember working aII night...

...on a Commodore 64 in the basement

of my foster parents' home.

I buiIt R.I. from beIow the ground up.

So whiIe RoyaIton Industries

may Iook Iike a major sponsor to you...

...it remains in my heart

as independent to me...

...as the first day I quit my job at GIoBoCom

to start working for myseIf.

Now, then...

...I've had this wonderfuI opportunity

to meet your famiIy.

AII I'm asking for is the chance

to introduce you to mine.

I've never fIown so Iow through the city.

SpeciaI permit.

OnIy six of them are granted a year.

Take whatever you Iike.

Thank you.

POPS:
SpritIe!

-What? She said we couId have some.

AII right, maybe one apiece.

Hey, Iook,

that's the Grand Prix CoIosseum.

My brother's gonna win

the Grand Prix someday.

No doubt in my mind, young man.

Given the right circumstances,

no doubt in my mind whatsoever.

This is Gennie, our taIent manager.

Ask for anything.

Her job is to make it come true.

HeIIo, Speed. WeIcome to RoyaIton.

-What's this?

-To make an informed decision...

...you'II have to understand

how we take care of our drivers.

AII aboard.

SPRITLE:

Oh, cooI!

RoyaIton Tower is the crown jeweI

among the properties that I controI.

It functions as the corporate headquarters

for the top 1 2 divisions of our parent corp.

One big industrious famiIy.

Our verticaIIy integrated pIant

is the fastest in the worId...

...from initiaI carbon bond to finished car

in 36 hours.

How Iong does it take at Racer Motors?

-Mmm....

-SeveraI weeks, at Ieast.

[POPS CLEARS THRO AT]

This kind of production faciIity

couId be at your disposaI, Mr. Racer.

Hm. Yeah.

RO YALTON:

This is our operating theater...

...where our patented Refusion Distributor

is instaIIed in the turbine drive.

Is that an Inner-Positive Transponder?

We controI the onIy transponder foundry

in the worId...

...outside of Musha Motors.

Oops. Sorry, trade secret.

As you know, a T-1 80 driver's

got to be in peak physicaI condition.

No expense is spared to ensure that

when our drivers suit up...

...they are as perfectIy tuned as

the machines they are controIIing.

The best drivers must be abIe

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