I love how he always watches someone dying when he could help but just doesn’t. He watches with this sort of twinkle in his eyes. Then drives the fuck off.
I have every single speed racer episode on DVD. It’s the weirdest cartoon but I love it so much. I remember back when it came on Cartoon Network. Lol 😆. I even have an old school metal hot wheels toy car.
Can I rightly assume he used his winnings to help pay his competition's medical debt, like any good self respecting cartoon hero? Or is he really that sociopathic?
After seeing the sick sociopathic enjoyment Speed gets upon witnessing his enemies die, I'm convinced he'd show up to that ill sister's deathbed just to watch her brother's reaction as she dies in front of him too.
1:56 the look in his eyes makes me think he wanted to torture them or something else, like he's disappointed because a quick death is too good for them
I'm a fan of a new type of character, the protagonist hero who saves the day but is also a huge asshole and complete sociopath and no one seems to realize or confront that I mean I legitimately love that idea
Trixie: "If you win this race, you will save your family" Speed: "I'm sleeping..." Trixie: "If you win these race, a school will be built in honor to you" Speed: "I'm sleeping..." Trixie: "If you win this race, one of your rivals won't be able to afford the medication for his little sister and he will have to see her dying slowly" Speed: "🎶GAS! GAS! GAS! I'm gonna step on the gas!🎶"
I was born in the early 90's my Dad introduced me to it, and despite how long ago it was since it came out, I was obsessed and treated it like it was brand new. To me at least. Nothing beat this despite the god awful acting 🤣 But it got me into racing and cars for sure. Speed Racer was the best for that reason.
Wouldnt suprise me if the show is in Speed Racers head and he is really in a mental institution after murdering his entire family and a bunch of other racers just to win one race and declare himself the best racer ever.
“It’s no use, stop the car, let’s give up to him!!” “Don’t be chicken.” “Listen, I’m a chicken Vice President!” “I know that!” what in the actual ｆｕｃｋ is the dialogue in this show? that interaction doesn’t even feel human
Jokes aside , Speeds reacting like anyone that's tried to avoid being killed over and over again. It's more realistic than most cartoons that he doesn't try to save anyone that just tried to kill him
To be absolutely fair on The Desperate Racer, Speed didn't really do anything wrong. I mean, Speed winning races is kinda his schtick. Suggesting he's in the wrong for literally doing the thing we're supposed to be rooting for him to do is really jarring. Plus, Speed has made it pretty well known that he's not after fame & fortune; he's a racer, and he wants to win. That's what a racer is supposed to do. That being said, there wasn't anything stopping him from giving his prize money to the family so she could have the surgery she needed and get better. IMO, that was my least favorite episode of Speed Racer.
@@mistergeneration Trixie and Chim-Chim got Speed disqualified, so the desperate racer got the money. The Desperate Racer was my least favorite episode of Speed Racer, but I do get what they were trying to go for. That being said, Speed Racer trying to say that there's more important things than winning is like Mortal Kombat putting out a PSA on why violence is wrong. Or Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob telling us the importance of sharing. This wasn't the right tool to fight this battle.
@@nascarfanatic2425 lol, didn’t see it going there lol. I guess Speed embodies the pure spirit of racing... like Goku embodies the pure spirit of fighting.. which becomes simultaneously their strength and weakness
@@mistergeneration Ironically, they're both anime characters. Lol On a serious note, though, I consider The Desperate Racer to be the dud of the original Speed Racer anime. I mean, normally in any form of entertainment, greed is frowned upon, but wanting to serve your whole purpose of the show in any episode isn't an immoral action. And I think the writers understood that the desperate racer plot wasn't a strong enough plot to carry the episode, so that's where they shoehorn in the subplot with the jewel being in one of the pineapples. I mean, maybe if they went the route of The Snake Track, and had Speed give a few pointers, and then Speed had a clean loss to the guy, that would be better. This was just poor execution in a show where I expect intense racing action, and plots about characters developing.
