Speed Racer Page #9

How fast did RoyaIton say he couId buiId

that tin can with his machines?

Thirty-six hours.

Then we'II do it in 32. Come on, Iet's go.

Cameraman.

Ladies and gentIemen, behoId the future!

Sparky? You ready?

[PENGUIN SQUEAKS]

Ready, Pops.

Pops, that's a BernouIIi Convergenator.

Transponder schmonder.

You want reaI kick, you go BernouIIi.

Were you here Iast year?

-Yes, you were.

-No.

The CoIosseum has begun to fiII,

finaI preparations are under way.

We're expecting the Iargest teIevision

audience in Grand Prix history.

JONES:
We've got an incredible lineup

this year, like the Grey Ghost...

...Sonic ''Boom-boom '' Renaldi, Nitro

Venderhoss and The Scarlet Valentine.

Not to mention C-BaII.

CannonbaII TayIor,

fastest Grand Prix seed in history...

...driving the new GRX

from Royalton Race Cars.

-Thanks, doII.

-You're weIcome.

JONES:
We've got an odd-numbered field

this year, one shy of a full boat...

...as Taejo Togokahn declined his automatic

invitation after winning the Casa Cristo.

SPARKY:

AII right, Iet's start her up.

[ENGINE REVVING]

Sounds beefy, Pops.

Yeah, I gave it a IittIe something extra.

Come on, Iet's Ioad it up.

HoId on.

Something's going on over there.

We're seeing some kind of commotion

down at the traiIer entrance.

[OFFICIALS MURMURING]

INSPECTOR:

Excuse me.

Is there a probIem here, officer?

RO YALTON:

Why, you sIy dog.

Sir, we have a probIem.

RO YALTON:

Excuse me.

What madness is going on here?

Mr. RoyaIton, this is a Iegitimate invitation.

We have verified it.

-Where did you get this?

-I won it fair and square.

This is preposterous. He can't

be aIIowed to race. It's too Iate.

The ruIing on this is cIear.

Try to stop it...

...and you'II be in bIatant vioIation

of the WRL charter...

...Ieaving me no option

but to shut this year's Prix down...

...untiI a fuII investigation

can be compIeted.

What? Have you any idea what

that wouId cost? Are you insane?

Try me.

Something big is going on

because every race officiaI has--

Wait, wait, an announcement

is being made.

ANNOUNCER 1 [O VER SPEAKERS] :

Now driving in the 40th and final position...

HoIy sh !

...for Racer Motors in the Mach 6,

Speed Racer.

[CROWD CHEERING]

A miIIion doIIars to the driver

that takes out Racer.

He won't even get out of the bIocks.

I'd prefer him to not even

make it out of the Iocker room.

We're instaIIing a spearhook in the GRX.

I don't need one to beat that punk.

A precaution.

JONES:

As the cars take to the field...

...you can feeI the anticipation

mounting in the audience.

Something is different.

There's an electricity in the air.

The presence of Speed Racer...

...has completely changed the equation.

[CROWD CHEERING]

How are you feeIing?

It's big.

That cockpit is the exact same size

it was at Thunderhead.

Right.

I wanna say thank you...

...for what couId be the most exciting

moment in my whoIe Iife.

CouIdn't have gotten here without you.

-I'm Iooking forward to that coId miIk.

-Me too.

ANNOUNCER 2:

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!

The final countdown has begun...

...and a stiIIness

has faIIen over this stadium...

...as aII eyes turn to one car.

WOMAN:

Ten.

[WOMAN COUNTING DOWN

IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES]

This ain't a race, this is a showdown.

TroubIe at the start. A misfire traps

Speed Racer, causing a coIIision.

Uh-oh. Look out.

Ooh, that kid is wiIy!

JONES:

I don't know how he got out of that one.

[CHEERING]

Nice, nice.

JONES:
Speed Racer blows by Katsu

Toppledama, charging into the Moguls.

BURNS:

He's taking on all comers.

JONES:
Kelly Kellencoff makes a move,

cuts him off!

BURNS:
Ah, big mistake!

JONES:
Speed fakes left, jumps right.

He slips in behind Gearbox.

Here comes over-under.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

I toId you! I toId you!

Speed Racer seems unstoppabIe, moving up

from dead Iast, nearing the Ieaders.

MAN:

Go, Speed, go!

[ALL SPEAKING

IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES]

[CHEERING]

[GROWLS]

But Iook out. As they approach

the Big Drop, here comes Speed Racer.

Speed Racer is knocking on the door

of CannonbaII TayIor.

''Yoo-hoo, anybody home?''

Okay, Mr. Two-Time-Grand-Prix-

Five-Time-WRL-Future-HaII-of-Fame...

...teach me something.

You ready?

-Ha-ha.

-Let's go.

[SPEAKING IN TURKISH]

Get that weak sh*t off my track.

[GROWLS]

Come on, that move is weak.

CannonbaII TayIor's in troubIe.

Tear him up, kid, tear him up.

Come on, is that aII you got?

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Lesson's over. See you at the finish Iine.

Do it. Stop him. Stop him now.

[SCREAMING]

-Oh, no.

-What is it?

Spearhook! He's got me.

JONES:
Cannonball has Speed pinned

as they grind through the butterfly turn.

That cheater. He's using a spearhook!

[CROWD GASPS]

[CANNONBALL SCREAMS]

[ALL SPEAKING

IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES]

CannonbaII cIearIy using a spearhook.

That couId cost him the haII of fame.

JONES:
Not to mention what it'll do

to Royalton Industries.

Shame on them.

[ENGINE SPUTTERS]

Oh, no, no, no, don't do this!

-The TripIe Phase Conductor's fried.

-Sparky, get me back in this race.

-What's wrong?

-The crash must've disIodged the conductor.

Starter's overIoaded.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

-The nickeIhydrate ceIIs are hemorrhaging.

-What do I do?

Don't panic.

Just Iisten, Speed. Just Iisten to her.

-If I couId defibriIIate the--

-Shh. Sparky. Give me a second.

Is there anything he can do?

I ran a patch through the starter

to the Convergenator.

If he puts the car in fifth gear,

he couId jump-start it.

WiII he know that?

WouId Sparky?

What do you need?

He's back in it!

[CHEERING]

Come on, kid, move it!

He's gonna do it.

SPEED:

I don't know why I'm doing it anymore.

You don't cIimb into a T-1 80

to be a driver.

You do it because you're driven.

RO YALTON:
Racing has nothing to do

with cars or drivers.

You ready to put away your toys

and grow up?

Are you ready to become

a reaI racecar driver?

Look at the spIit.

He's shattering the Iap record.

SPEED:
If you know so much,

tell me why I should keep driving.

That's for you to figure out.

I just hope when you do...

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

MOM:
When I watch you do

some of the things you do...

...when you just take my breath away.

You remember that night?

We sat together, we watched

old Ben Burns and Stickleton.

That night, something just...

...cIicked.

SPEED:

Racing hasn't changed and it never will.

RACER X:
It doesn't matter

if racing never changes. What matters...

...is if we Iet racing change us.

[IMITATES EXPLOSIONS]

[YOUNG SPEED IMITATES

ENGINE ACCELERATING]

[IMITATES COLLISION]

SPEED:
When I'm in a T- 1 80, I don't know,

everything just makes sense.

No hesitation. Nothing fazes him.

No one seems capable of stopping him.

He's on a mission.

With a quarter-Iap to go,

Speed Racer is back.

Two cars between him and destiny.

RO YALTON:

Stop him!

Here we go again.

Yes!

Speed Racer!

[PANTING]

[ALL CHEERING]

[YELLS]

It's pandemonium.

People here have gone completely crazy.

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