Wacky Races

The villain of the series drives The Mean Machine (00), a purple, rocket-powered car with an abundance of concealed weapons and the ability to fly. Dick Dastardly is an archetypal mustache-twirling villain; Muttley is his wheezily snickering dog henchman. Dastardly's usual race strategy revolves around using the Mean Machine's great speed to get ahead of the other racers, and then setting a trap to stop them and maintain the lead; but most of his plans backfire, causing him to fall back into last place. Dastardly never sees victory.

The other racers include

The Slag Brothers, Rock and Gravel, in a cavemen-themed racer called The Boulder Mobile (1);
The Gruesome Twosome, Big Gruesome and Little Gruesome, who are monsters, in The Creepy Coupe (2);
Professor Pat Pending, a scientist, in The Convert-a-Car (3);
Red Max in a car/plane hybrid called The Crimson Haybailer (4);
Penelope Pitstop, the lone female, in a 1930s racing costume in The Compact Pussycat (5);
Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly in an tank/jeep hybrid with a small steamroller wheel attached to the front called The Army Surplus Special (6);
The Ant Hill Mob, seven dwarf gangsters, in The Bulletproof Bomb (7);
Lazy Luke, a hillbilly, and Blubber Bear, in The Arkansas Chugabug (8);
Peter Perfect, a gentlemanly racer, in The Turbo Terrific (9);
Rufus Ruffcut, a lumberjack, and his companion Sawtooth, a beaver, in The Buzz Wagon (10).