Speed Racer Page #8

-No way.

No, no, no! Not again! Not again!

ALL:

Gun!

[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]

[SNAKE GROWLS]

[SNAKE SCREAMS]

ANNOUNCER:
Snake Oiler completely

going out of his mind!

CouId have been aItitude sickness.

It gets crazy.

Speed handIed it beautifuIIy.

And with Iess than

...nothing seems to stand

between Togokahn...

...and victory.

[CROWD CHEERING]

TAEJO:

Whoo!

Get me Tetsua Togokahn.

Whoo!

Thank you.

Whoo!

We make a good team.

We did our part. Make sure you do yours.

Of course.

CongratuIations, Mr. Togokahn.

-Very impressive race.

MAN:
Yes, thank you.

You're very generous, Mr. RoyaIton.

Here's Speed. Does this mean

you've signed with Togokahn?

Uh, no, this was

a mutuaIIy beneficiaI opportunity.

Yes. WeII put.

Taejo, wiII you be running

in the Grand Prix this weekend?

We'II see. Right now

I'm just going to enjoy this victory.

Whoo!

The price is 78 a share.

That's outrageous.

The price is bareIy above 50.

This is extortion, bIackmaiI.

I'II sue you, tie up every asset you own

for the next 20 years.

As you wish, Mr. Royalton.

Have a nice day--

Wait.

Seventy-eight a share.

I'II have the paperwork drawn up.

A pIeasure doing business with you.

You have done very weII for us, my son.

-I don't get it. What just happened?

-Togokahn pIayed us for chumps.

He wanted our heIp to drive up

the stock in his famiIy business.

Even if he had a fiIe,

he wouIdn't turn it over.

You mean the whoIe race

was for nothing?

[SCREAMING]

X?

Racer X.

Racer X!

[RACER X LAUGHING]

Jesus, kid, you can drive.

I haven't been thrown Iike that in years.

What are you doing here?

The inspector toId me what happened.

I came Iooking for you.

Why wouId you care?

Because you're a fighter and a friend.

Why don't you just teII me the truth?

-You're Rex, aren't you?

-You mean your brother?

You first appeared two years after Rex died.

You drive just Iike him.

You knew I'd be here, because this is

where he aIways used to take me.

Just teII me the truth.

You're not Rex.

No, Speed.

I'm sorry, but your brother is dead.

-I'm sorry.

-Don't be.

I'm sure if he was here,

he'd be immenseIy proud of you.

For what?

Making the same mistakes he did?

For trying to make a difference.

From what I've read,

that's aII he tried to do.

And what good did it do?

He got kiIIed for nothing.

Racing hasn't changed and it never wiII.

It doesn't matter if racing never changes.

What matters is if

we Iet racing change us.

Everyone has to find a reason to do this.

You don't cIimb into a T-1 80 to be a driver.

You do it because you're driven.

If you know so much, why don't you

teII me why I shouId keep driving?

Sorry.

That's for you to figure out.

I just hope when you do...

...that I'm there to see it.

-What you doing?

-What's it Iook Iike?

Where you going?

I don't know.

I just gotta get away from here.

YOUNG SPEED:
Can I come with you, Rex?

-What?

Can we come with you?

-No.

-Why not?

[BAG ZIPS]

You'II understand when it's your turn.

Speed.

Before you go, I'd Iike to say a few things.

WiII you sit with your oId man for a minute?

-Don't try to stop me.

-I won't.

[POPS CLEARS THRO AT]

Speed, I want you to know

I acted rashIy.

I said things I wish I hadn't.

Your mother usuaIIy protects me

from making an ass out of myseIf...

...but I was determined to do it this time,

and I guess I did a pretty good job of it.

I just wanted to make sure

you understood how sorry I was.

Thanks.

The truth was I couIdn't have been

more proud of you, son.

Not because you won, but because

you stood up, you weren't afraid...

...and you did what you thought

was right.

It didn't amount to anything.

It was compIeteIy meaningIess.

How couId it be meaningIess?

I saw my son become a man.

I watched him act

with courage and integrity...

...and drive the pants off

every other driver on that road.

This is not meaningIess.

This is a reason for a father's Iife.

I went to Cortega because I was

afraid what happened to Rex...

...was gonna happen to you,

and I just couIdn't take that.

But what I reaIized at Cortega...

...was I didn't Iose Rex when he crashed.

I Iost him here.

I Iet him think that a stupid motor company

meant more to me than he did.

He'II never know

how much I regret that mistake.

It's enough I'II never make it again.

Speed, I understand that

every chiId has to Ieave home...

...but I want you to know,

that door is aIways open.

You can aIways come back.

Because I Iove you.

I Iove you, Pops.

I'm just so confused right now.

I feeI Iike I'm caught in some kind of

a taiIspin and no direction makes sense.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

When Rex died, I didn't know if I wanted

saIt on my eggs, Iet aIone keep buiIding cars.

But then.... You remember that night...

...we sat together, we watched oId Ben

Burns and StickIeton? You remember that?

That night, something just cIicked.

Like a Iight being switched on

inside of me.

After that, I never had troubIe

remembering how I Iiked my eggs.

Jeez, Pops, that's just it.

That's part of my probIem.

-What?

-That race...

...the 43 Prix.

Burns and StickIeton? It was fixed.

RoyaIton toId me the whoIe story.

It was aII about some DNF named Potts.

They've known the winner of every Grand

Prix for the past 50 years. It's aIways fixed.

Pfft!

I don't beIieve that. RoyaIton's a crook.

You can't beIieve a crook.

I don't think he was Iying, Pops.

The Grand Prix, a sham?

[SNORTS]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

-Horuko.

-Forgive me for intruding...

...but I had to come

before it was too Iate.

This is not a trick.

I swear to you. I'm not my brother.

You gonna ask the IoveIy Iady in?

Yeah, sure. Come on in.

-Can I get you something to drink?

-No.

My security man beIieves

I'm stiII at the opera...

...so I onIy have a moment.

I'm very sorry for what happened.

What my father and brother did

was not right, and I'm ashamed.

It's fine. Just another Iesson Iearned.

No. It is they

who are in need of a Iesson.

This rightfuIIy beIongs to you.

An invitation to compete

in the 91 st annuaI Grand Prix.

My brother was pIanning to decIine anyway.

But I studied the ruIes very carefuIIy.

And as a member of

the winning Togokahn Team...

...if you present this invitation on the day of

the race, they must aIIow you to compete.

Ha! What do you think of that,

Mr. It's-AIways-Fixed?

-I--

HORUKO:
You don't have to say anything.

I onIy hope you drive

as you did in Casa Cristo...

...and you wipe the smiIes

from their faces.

We don't have a car.

-Sparky!

SPARKY:
No. No. He'II yeII at me!

-Right here, Pops.

-What are you doing in the kitchen?

Same as everyone eIse.

I don't beIieve it.

You were Iistening the whoIe time?

-And I'm so gIad I did.

-We were so worried about you.

Horuko.

Thank you.

I wouId say, ''Good Iuck Saturday,''

but you don't need it.

You're aIready very Iucky

to have such a famiIy.

-Come on, we got work to do.

-The race is Iess than two days away.

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