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Sometimes he would be so far ahead that if he carried on without trying to cheat or stop the other racers, he would have surely won that particular race.ĭastardly's rocket car was arguably the fastest car in the series, as evidenced by Dastardly's repeatedly zooming to a stunning lead from far behind. Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines & Yogi's Treasure Huntĭastardly'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 (voiced by Paul Winchell, in a manner that Winchell would use several years later to portray the Smurfs' nemesis Gargamel) is an archetypal mustache-twirling villain Muttley (voiced by Don Messick) is his trademark wheezily snickering, anthropomorphic dog henchman. The villains (and also the stars) of the series, in a purple, rocket-powered car with an abundance of concealed weapons and the ability to fly.

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In 1988, a made-for-television movie, Around the World with the Wacky Races, was planned as part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 series of telefilms, but it never got past the concept stage.Ĭharacters and vehicles Dick Dastardly and Muttley in the Mean Machine #00 (The Double Zero)

Like Orion's back catalog from the 1978–1982 joint venture period and some post-1982 films, it is one of the few Heatter-Quigley series not currently owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's subsidiary Orion Pictures Corporation since September 11, 2014. Although the game show concept was eventually scrapped, the series still retained a Hanna-Barbera/Heatter-Quigley dual production credit. One of the unused plans for the series was that the races would be part of a live-action quiz show made by Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley Productions in which contestants would bet on which Wacky Racer would cross the finish line first.

2.11 Rufus Ruffcut & Sawtooth in the Buzzwagon #10.

2.10 Peter Perfect in the Turbo Terrific #9.

2.9 Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas Chuggabug #8.

2.8 The Ant Hill Mob in the Bulletproof Bomb #7.

2.7 Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly in the Army Surplus Special #6.

2.6 Penelope Pitstop in the Compact Pussycat #5.

2.5 The Red Max in the Crimson Haybaler #4.

2.4 Professor Pat Pending in the Convert-a-Car #3.2.3 The Gruesome Twosome in the Creepy Coupe #2.2.2 The Slag Brothers in the Boulder Mobile #1.

2.1 Dick Dastardly and Muttley in the Mean Machine #00 (The Double Zero).

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