Current Events > Is Speed Racer seriously an asshole?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC0YAJR6xQQ

Can someone explain the context of this? Someone needs the prize money for their sister's medical bills and not only does Speed not let him win, he fucking floors it after learning of that fact lol. Does he give them the money after or something? I mean Yugi was trying to save his grandpa's soul and he gave Joey the money. What the fuck was Speed racing for?

Or wait...is this just a parody? There's no way it's real and how it sounds, right?

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Dude is in it to win it. He isnt gonna cheapen his image and throw a race.

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He's a demon on wheels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wFHmxe4TyQ

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He's a butthole.

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Yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwP9hUTPt88

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Racing means too much to him. Haven't you ever watched Speed Racer? Not just Speed but his whole family is all in.

Trixie has balls asking him to throw the race.

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He is an asshole but not because he refused to throw a race

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During its production, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) made allegations of animal cruelty against the film, reporting that one of the two chimpanzees used in the production was allegedly beaten after biting a child actor.[36] The incident was confirmed by the American Humane Association (AHA) Animal Safety Representative on the set, who reported that the stand-in for the Spritle character portrayed by Litt had been bitten without provocation. The AHA representative also reported that "toward the end of filming, during a training session in the presence of the American Humane Representative, the trainer, in an uncontrolled impulse, hit the chimpanzee." The AHA Film Unit referred to this abuse as "completely inexcusable and unacceptable behavior in the use of any animal." The AHA placed Speed Racer on their "Unacceptable" list chiefly because of this incident, with AHA noting "the aforementioned training incident tarnishes the excellent work of the rest of production" and that it "has no method of separating the actions of one individual in the employ of a production from the production as a whole."

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Also, TC, here is the aftermath of that race. Speed actually lost due to a technicality. (I read up on this before; never actually watched the episode.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZDjdtjtYMY

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Wii_Shaker posted...

Racing means too much to him. Haven't you ever watched Speed Racer? Not just Speed but his whole family is all in.

Trixie has balls asking him to throw the race.

Come to think of it, I don't think I have ever seen it. It's just one of those old shows that I recognize but know nothing about :<

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQgygnIfz4Q

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Solar_Crimson posted...

Also, TC, here is the aftermath of that race. Speed actually lost due to a technicality. (I read up on this before; never actually watched the episode.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZDjdtjtYMY

Okay, Hap was kinda a dick for laughing and saying that he was a better racer than Speed. But Speed was also a dick for what he did before that and also how upset he looked that the girl was going to live lol

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DaveTheUseless posted...

During its production, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) made allegations of animal cruelty against the film, reporting that one of the two chimpanzees used in the production was allegedly beaten after biting a child actor.[36] The incident was confirmed by the American Humane Association (AHA) Animal Safety Representative on the set, who reported that the stand-in for the Spritle character portrayed by Litt had been bitten without provocation. The AHA representative also reported that "toward the end of filming, during a training session in the presence of the American Humane Representative, the trainer, in an uncontrolled impulse, hit the chimpanzee." The AHA Film Unit referred to this abuse as "completely inexcusable and unacceptable behavior in the use of any animal." The AHA placed Speed Racer on their "Unacceptable" list chiefly because of this incident, with AHA noting "the aforementioned training incident tarnishes the excellent work of the rest of production" and that it "has no method of separating the actions of one individual in the employ of a production from the production as a whole."

Sure but can we talk about how fly Christina Ricci looked as Trixie?


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Based Speed not being a guilt trippen BITCH.

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Holy fuck his face at the end here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFuviA9KK_s

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He's a sociopath in the original series. He watched at least one guy die and just sped up lol.

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Unbeknownst to racer x, speeds an asshole

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yeah he's a complete asshole in the og series, it's almost too funny

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