Speed Racer Page #6

If you even try to argue with me, I'II teII

Pops and he'II never Iet you out of his sight.

You wouId, wouIdn't you?

WeII...

...I guess we're going skiing.

ANNOUNCER [ON TV] :

We're just minutes away from the start...

...of the 82nd annual

Casa Cristo Classic...

...the grande dame of cross-country,

the second-oldest rally race in the world...

...spanning two continents,

three climate changes...

...and 5,000 kilometers of the most

winding and treacherous roads ever raced.

With me again is five-time

Casa Cristo champion...

POPS:
SpritIe.

-...Johnny ''Goodboy'' Jones.

[WOMAN SPEAKING IN GERMAN

ON TV]

What are you two doing?

Just watching a IittIe TV, Pops.

It's his favorite show.

[MAN SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

-It's in German.

-Not the monkey parts.

Oh, no, you don't.

You are not watching that race.

Out you go. Outside. Get some exercise.

You're too paIe.

Speed.

I want you to understand how much

the C.I.B. appreciates your heIp on this.

I'm not doing this to heIp the C.I.B.

I don't know anything about corporate

crimes and if I did, it wouIdn't reaIIy matter.

I'm doing this because

someone's trying to hurt my famiIy...

...and I'm gonna do everything I can

to hurt him back.

Safety has been a primary concern for Casa

Cristo officiaIs, especiaIIy the Iast few years.

That's right. There were

a number of fataIities years ago.

It really had a bad reputation.

ANNOUNCER:

Fans started calling it ''The Crucible. ''

These are some of the most dangerous

drivers in the worId.

And we expect they'II

do anything they can to stop you.

Their cars wiII probabIy be equipped

with secret weapons...

...so we've modified the Mach 5

to try to counter their attacks.

The A button wiII operate

your normaI jump-jacks.

B wiII seaI your cockpit, which we

fortified with buIIetproof poIymer.

ShouId someone go after your tires with,

say, a hidden shank or shredder...

...the C button wiII activate

your tire shieIds.

However, in the event of any bIowout...

...D wiII infIate

a Hexadyno emergency spare.

E wiII activate these

zircon-tipped saw bIades.

They'II cut through aImost anything.

Use with discretion.

F wiII project the tire crampons.

FinaIIy, G wiII Iaunch

a remote-controI homing bird...

...that is capabIe of transmitting

U-CAP footage anywhere you are.

ANNOUNCER:

Every race fan has heard the rumors...

...of spearhooks, tire shanks,

battery boosters.

Oh, no. WhiIe it's true

there have been a few bad appIes...

...on the whoIe, most teams

stay within Ieague ruIes.

Or at Ieast try not to get caught.

This is wrong, what you are trying to do.

Musha's price is an insuIt

to five generations of our famiIy.

And if you die?

Then wiII the price be high enough?

-I have no choice.

-Why?

He is your father too.

[ENGINE REVVING]

SPEED:

I finaIIy understand it now, Trix.

I know why he Ieft us.

He was trying to change this rotten

business and they kiIIed him for it.

JOHNNY:
A lot of drivers believe that

the hardest part of Cristo is the start.

ANNOUNCER:
The Muqranna?

JOHNNY:
Yeah, those archways are tricky.

ANNOUNCER:
And speaking of starts,

here comes the queen of Casa Cristo now.

The moment the queen sees the sun,

she'll signal the start.

No, no, no.

This is supposed to be my race.

I'm supposed to win.

I got the green Iight.

They promised I wouId

go to the Grand Prix.

For eight years, I pIayed by the ruIes!

-This is supposed to be my race!

-Enough!

I can't stand the whining.

Like a baby needing its diaper changed.

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

CRUNCHER:

It's simpIe.

We have a team of wiId cards.

The probIem is, these wiId cards

are better drivers than you.

What? Like heII they are!

Prove it.

Take out Taejo

and the other two wiII quit.

You just watch me.

Come on!

[ENGINES REVVING]

I got Racer.

This team Taejo Togokahn's put together

looks like they mean business.

As they head out of the city

and into the Zunubian Desert...

...the team Ieading the pack

is Snake OiIer!

Let's pinch these turds off.

Come on! We are faIIing behind!

Speed! On your right, FIying Foxes!

SPEED:

Got them.

[HISSING]

[SCOFFS]

Headhunters.

They're not aIone.

[DRIVER GROWLS]

[ALL GROWLING]

[DRIVERS LAUGHING]

[ALL GASPING]

-Oh, no.

-Speed Racer has a bIowout!

Move it, Speed.

It's getting ugIy out there.

[YELLS]

Okay, no more Mr. Nice-Guy.

TRIXIE:

Hurry, Speed, they need you!

[DRIVER YELLS]

Where have you been?

Have any of these drivers

read the ruIebook?

[GRUNTS]

See? This race is fuII of cheaters.

JOHNNY:
It's tough to see what goes on

in those dust cIouds.

It can get really nasty in there.

Watch the backdraft.

DRIVER:
You want some? Come on!

Thor-Azine, yeah!

Wing Ieft.

FIying in.

-Lead them.

-Here you go.

Ha-ha!

[BEES BUZZING]

Watch the bIind side!

[SCREAMING]

DRIVER:

Broom HiIda!

Crom!

[CHUCKLES]

[GROWLS]

Taejo!

[YELLING]

-Oh, my God, did I just see that?

-A rear singIe-set jump into a fIying kick.

I know he bIew up at Fuji,

but this kid is fIat-out magic.

[GRO ANS]

I'm going into town for some parts.

I'II be back for Iunch.

Sure thing, Pops.

Hm? Mm.

Let's go!

-The Togokahn Team is fighting their way...

-Game on.

...back into the race behind the

electrifying driving of Speed Racer.

JOHNNY:

The fans are getting their money's worth.

POPS:

Honey, I can't find my waIIet.

SpritIe!

-You two are in big troubIe.

-Wait.

Wait, before you get mad at us, Iook!

I'm not faIIing for that.

-It's Speed!

-Speed's skiing!

Then who's driving the Mach 5?

ANNOUNCER:

--relentless as the eight remaining teams...

...slice their way through

the aqueducts of Sassicaia.

Oh, no.

As we near the end of the first Ieg of

the Casa Cristo, one team has dominated.

And here they come through the streets

of Cortega, heading for the finish.

Yeah!

If we drive tomorrow Iike we drove today,

we wiII Iose!

You wiII get nothing.

AII of this wiII be meaningIess!

ReIax. Snake's weak on turns.

We'II catch him in the mountains.

We might, if you stop showing off.

Hey, aII I was doing was saving your ass.

Don't faII apart yet.

There's stiII a Iot of race to run.

A C.I.B. man wiII be posted

outside your door.

We got their attention today. You and Trixie

shouId be very carefuI tonight.

SPEED:

Racer X.

I thought we made a good team today.

It feIt Iike we've been doing it

for a Iong time.

If you say so.

RO YALTON [O VER PHONE] :

Ineptitude. Is this what I pay you for?!

They ain't checkered yet.

If they do, I assure you it'II be

a very costIy mistake for everyone.

SPEED:

It was very weird, Trix.

I knew every move he was gonna make

and he knew mine. It was so famiIiar.

Maybe I'm crazy, but Racer X first

showed up two years after Rex's death.

But, Speed, we buried Rex.

A body was buried. Remember, it had

aIready been badIy burned in the crash.

Even if it was Rex,

no one couId have recognized him.

So you think he faked the crash with

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