1. 개요
Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers is an animated series of four films by Mattel. It is computer-animated, produced by Mainframe Entertainment out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which also produced ReBoot and distributed by Warner Bros. Available on DVD and VHS, it has also been shown on Cartoon Network.
The series takes Mattel's Hot Wheels toy cars and puts them in a ReBoot-like situation, with racing somewhat reminiscent of Tron. This is a sequel to the 2003 television series Hot Wheels Highway 35 World Race. The films take place in California. A soundtrack was distributed by Sony BMG, and toys were sold in stores and given away in McDonald's Happy Meal.
2. 등장 인물
Hot Wheels(애니메이션)/등장인물 참조
3. 줄거리
3.1. Ignition
wo years after the events of the World Race, Dr. Peter Tezla continues to study the information he gathered on the Wheel of Power while it was in his possession. However, he finds that Gelorum and her Racing Drones have been repaired and updated, and are attempting to steal the Wheel of Power again, transformed Hot Wheels City into their headquarters. Tezla enters Highway 35 himself and attempts to stop Gelorum but fails and is greatly injured as the Drones capture the Wheel. He manages to escape back to Earth using his EDR (Emergency Driver Return, an escape mechanism to allow the driver to escape a realm should the situation become too dangerous) and the Drones turn Hot Wheels City into their new headquarters.
Meanwhile in California, former World Race drivers Vert Wheeler, Kurt Wylde, Taro Kitano and Mark "Markie" Wylde have now become members of two street racing teams: The Teku and the Metal Maniacs. During a grudge race Between the leaders Tork Maddocks of the Metal Maniacs and Nolo Pasaro of the Teku over the death of Nolo's brother Tone on the coastline (which neither won because Markie interrupted the race causing all of them to crash), Dr. Tezla's robotic assistant Gig appears, telling the World Race drivers that Dr. Tezla needs their help. Reluctantly arriving at Dr. Tezla’s old base from the World Race with some of their new teammates, they find it partially destroyed. Former Dune Ratz driver Brian Kadeem appears and takes them to the AcceleDrome, Dr. Tezla's new base. After the drivers arrive, Dr. Tezla appears on a large hologram in the middle of the cavern and tells them what he has found: new Acceleron knowledge from his research on the Wheel of Power. Now that the Wheel has been taken from its spire in Highway 35, the Drones have control over the dimension’s portals.
Each of the symbols on the Wheel represents one of the Racing Realms, inter-dimensional worlds that have tracks that go through a single element in the hardest way possible for driving conditions, providing even more challenge in comparison to the preceding World Race. With Kadeem guiding both the Teku and the Metal Maniacs to the new AcceleDrome, they are greeted by former World Race driver Lani Tam who explains how Dr.Tezla Managed to create a hologram of the actual Wheel Of Power which acts like the real one. Shortly after the arrival of the first drivers, the Storm Realm opens, and the drivers quickly load their cars with the Nitrox gasoline, a booster developed by Tezla himself that allows the cars to go 300 mph which is necessary to enter the portal.
Chaos ensues in the realm, as the cars used by the previous World Race drivers are either abandoned in the realm or are damaged beyond repair, and both Kurt and Taro are injured during the race. Additionally, Kadeem is sent plummeting off-track, and Vert, who attempts to go back to find and save him, is forced to leave the realm after being suddenly informed by Lani of the realms only being open for an hour, and barely makes it out, with his car being torn in half during exit; a Racing Drone also grabs hold of Vert's car and makes escapes to the AcceleDrome with him. Shortly after, both teams contact other members to not only have additional drivers to race in the realms, but also to compensate for the cars that were either left behind or damaged. This leads to both Shirako Takomoto of the Teku, Tork, Nolo and Porkchop (Deezel Riggs) who brings Monkey (Mitchell McKlerk) and Taro as well as himself a new car on his truck "Old Smokey" of the Metal Maniacs arriving. Dr. Tezla finally reveals himself wounded and in an exoskeleton to show what the Drones did to him. After managing to salvage their losses, the Swamp Realm opens, where almost all the cars get grabbed by a swamp monster guarding the exit. The swamp monster proves too much as the Nitrox boost by a single car as well as drafting with two cars proves ineffectual. Miraculously, however, Nolo manages to stay on the parts of the tracks with the most traction, and manages to evade the monster's grasp, winning the race and achieving the Swamp Realm AcceleCharger. Additionally, we see Benjee Kastilss' "Road Beast" car half submerged in water/swamp Porkchop deciding not to go over water misses it. Additionally, Gig states that, "Last time they led to nowhere" after Tezla tells Lani to tell them to split up, but Tork does not hear.
3.2. The Speed of Silence
The drivers enter the Water Realm where former surfer Vert, racing in his own element, is determined to prove that he's still a champion. But after a devastating attack by the Racing Drones, he ends up being the first driver to fail. In the Metro Realm, the drivers have to find their way through an eerie deserted city choked with traffic. The racers are also introduced to a new weapon developed by the Racing Drones: a huge car-eating "Sweeper". We also get a glimpse of the mysterious fourth team, the Silencerz.
Over a series of different races between Ignition and The Speed of Silence, Monkey manages to acquire a wheel from the Drones' car, which is reverse-engineered to reinforce the wheels of the drivers, and to allow drivers to switch tires during races without having to stop. Porkchop is also able to win the Cavern Realm's race and earn the AcceleCharger. Additionally, Dr. Tezla gives the EDR to the drivers.
Shortly after, the Water Realm opens and a new selection process is revealed, which keeps some drivers in reserve in case others do not make it out. During the race in the Water Realm, Porkchop nearly drowns when he is stricken by his fear of water, but is able to hit the EDR. Unfortunately, the escape throws Porkchop to the gas tanks, injuring him in the process. Nolo later asks Lani about Porkchop's status, and later clarifies that he didn't hate the Metal Maniacs as a whole, simply hates one of them. Meanwhile, Karma, who has been racing the Drone that joined Vert's exit from the Storm Realm, realizes that each of the realms were designed to test specific traits of a driver, and informs Vert, who is in the lead, to watch his oversteer as he travels over water. Vert ignores the advice, and he is sent flying off-track when he oversteers above water, just a short distance from the realm's exit. Soon after, Taro, who is sandwiched by two Drones, exits the realm second, but unexpectedly finds himself in the Drones' headquarters. Taro boosts in reverse back into the Water Realm, but finds himself at the beginning of the track. With his EDR damaged by the water, he successfully makes it out of the Realm a second time with the help of Karma's constant stream of information. While many drivers rejoice at Taro's narrow escape, Vert becomes even more disheartened by his failure in the realms and opts to quietly leave.
Later, the Metro Realm opens up, and Dr. Tezla intentionally puts both Tork and Nolo in the same race despite knowing the open hostility between the two. Monkey, whose car was smashed by Nolo with a Wrench he threw at Tork, is ordered by Tork to use Markie's car instead, much to Markie's frustration. During the race, a sweeper appears for the first time and manages to capture Monkey and Nolo. Tork successfully rescues them while the other drivers continue the race. Unbeknownst to other drivers, one of the cars belonging to the realm uses a HyperPacceleod to go above the traffic. Eventually, Kurt manages to complete the realm before any of the other drivers and the Drones but is surprisingly not awarded the AcceleCharger. Despite Markie's desire to dismantle Kurt's car, Tork chooses the less violent option, and simply allows Gig to search Kurt's car for trace of energy left by AcceleChargers, further increasing Markie's frustrations. The final scene of the film shows Kurt's car and a Drone's car entering a mysterious base, before revealing the Silencerz and their base for the first time.
3.3. Breaking Point
The drivers enter the Neon Pipeline Realm where they have to master not only drafting, but also driving on the inside and outside of an elaborate network of pipes. The drivers discover the presence of the mysterious Silencerz team. In the Junk Realm, Kurt's brother, Wylde, gets captured by the Racing Drones.
During the time between The Speed of Silence and Breaking Point, the drivers race through the Ice Realm. In the race, Taro nearly makes it to the exit, but Karma quickly swerves, and he is knocked out of the track. Despite Karma asserting that she never met Taro during the race, Taro continues to examine her car's camera due to how her camera was suspiciously damaged during the realm. Monkey is also revealed to have reprogrammed the Drone taken by Vert into the AcceleDrome into a more friendly creature dubbed "Sparky". At the same time, Wylde, having had enough of Tork, decides to challenge Tork for leadership of the team, and decides that the first one who can make a round trip to the original AcceleDrome wins. Elsewhere, Gelorum speaks to Kadeem, who is revealed to have been captured by the Drones after his fall from the Storm Realm. When Kadeem adamantly refuses to tell her the location of the new AcceleDrome, she proceeds to transform Kadeem into a Drone. The Pipeline Realm opens, and Tezla begins to confirm the suspect in the accounts of Taro's story. In the race, Shirako is downed by a Drone, but he is seemingly rescued by Monkey. Dr. Tezla, who had entered the realm without the knowledge of most of the drivers, reveals that Shirako's saviour was an unknown driver that had disguised himself as Monkey, and the unknown driver proceeds to escape the realm after his cover is blown. The race between Tork and Wylde also concludes in Wylde's victory after he goads Tork that the only way he would win is to strike his opponent's car, which causes Tork to relent due to the trauma of his race with Tone. Meanwhile, Taro spots Karma's car near the end of the realm, but Lani and Gig find that Karma is in a separate location and attempt to encourage Taro to attack the car. Unable to hear Lani's words through a broken radio, Taro decides to stand down, and "Karma" takes to opportunity to create an energy wave which costs Taro another victory.
When all the drivers complete the realm, Karma asks Taro why he didn't take the chance to strike back at "her", to which he responds "I don't know". Dr. Tezla and Gelorum soon inform their drivers of the presence of a new group of racers that have won previous realms, the Silencerz. When Tezla is questioned why his car was so similar to that of the Silencerz, he hesitantly replies that the Silencerz have been stealing his technology.
Soon, the Junk Realm opens, and Vert returns to the AcceleDrome, shortly after the opening. Despite being unhappy with Vert leaving without informing anyone, Tezla decides to allow Vert to race, and he is lent the Swamp Realm AcceleCharger that Nolo won. Meanwhile, Wylde attempts to get Porkchop to use Tork's car despite Porkchop not being called up for the next race, an order that Porkchop vehemently refuses.
During the race, Vert's car is disabled by a Silencerz driver, disguising himself as Kurt, but he manages to inform Lani and Karma that the skill for the realm is to be able to efficiently hit the apex of a turn. Elsewhere, Kurt and Wylde battle each other out, with Wylde's over-aggression leading to his defeat as he is struck off-track and knocked unconscious by one of the revolving flails of the realm. Eventually, Kurt takes the lead with a Silencerz disguising himself as Kurt once again. During this time, a drone spots the unconscious Wylde, and captures him. Taro, who sees Kurt fighting against the Silencerz, pushes himself in between the two, and proceeds knock the Silencerz driver off the track, leading to Kurt winning the race. Eventually, all the other drivers make it out, save for Wylde. Much to sadness and astonishment of the other drivers, the realm closes, with Wylde seemingly still inside. Unknown to them, Wylde would be brought before Gelorum, and he refuses to tell her the location of the AcceleDrome, only to be confronted by Kadeem, who was now a drone. Additionally, we Find Out what happened to the rest of the Highway 35 drivers. Lani Tells Kurt that they never made it out of the portal after Kurt demands what secrets have they been keeping and to open the portal. Although The Never say that the portals have opened once before.
3.4. The Ultimate Race
The Teku and the Metal Maniacs are working together to save Kurt's brother from the Racing Drones. Meanwhile, Vert has to race with Gelorum for the ultimate race.
In the time between Breaking Point and The Ultimate Race, Dr. Tezla is able to find more about the Acceleron's culture thanks to glyphs found in the Ruins Realm.
At some point in time, Kurt managed to gather together members from both Teku and Metal Maniacs, and managed to plan a rescue for Wylde, who was revealed by Tezla to be in the Drones' headquarters. All members agree to follow the plan, except Vert, who believes himself to be more of a liability than an asset. The racers stage their plan at the Cosmic Realm, taking over a sweeper, and using it to enter the Drones' headquarters. During the race, the Swamp Realm's AcceleCharger malfunctions, and Lani secretly exits the communications room to find that the real AcceleChargers the drivers won were tucked away among the gas tanks by Gig, who was revealed to be a double-agent for the Silencerz. Gig proceeded to reveal that, contrary to Tezla's claim, Tezla had been the one stealing technology from the Silencerz, including Gig himself.
Meanwhile, the drivers complete the Cosmic Realm and enter the drones' headquarters, Gelorum leads a separate group of drones to overrun the AcceleDrome during the absence of the other drivers. The drones later take the Teku and Metal Maniacs' AcceleChargers and the AcceleChargers won by the Silencerz, which was left behind when a Silencerz driver cloaked himself from the drones. With all the AcceleChargers together, Gelorum proceeds to use the hologram of the wheel in the AcceleDrome to open the path to the Accelerons, but Vert intervenes with Sparky's help, and races Gelorum in the path. Vert is later contacted by Lani and Dr. Tezla, and he reveals that he and Gelorum have begun traveling through the realms once more. The speed that the two drivers pass through the realms become astonishing as even Lani has difficulty communicating the specific skills that the current realm should test. Tezla states the wheel has likely created a mix through all the realms to create the ultimate race between the two.
At the Drones' headquarters, Kadeem feigns being captured, and requests the other drivers to rescue him atop a tower. Though the other drivers are able to stall the other drones, Wylde is found by Kurt, missing his original arm which is replaced with a Drone's arm. Kadeem soon appears and attacks Kurt, having lost his previous affiliation with Tezla's drivers, but Wylde intervenes, and the two battle at the top of the tower. The fight ends with Kurt punching Kadeem, causing him to fall off a ledge. When Kurt attempts to help Kadeem up, but he simply retorts, "Kadeem is gone!" before dropping himself from the tower with a maniacal laugh.
At the same time, Vert and Gelorum begin the race at the Cosmic Realm, the final realm was completed. When using the Nitrox afterburner, Vert manages to catch up to and overtake Gelorum. Kurt, having rescued his brother, informs the remaining Teku and Metal Maniacs that the plan was successful, and the drivers begin using the EDR to return to the AcceleDrome, where they are captured by the Drones. Unknown to the Drones or to the other drivers, a Silencerz driver manages to infiltrate the Drones' headquarters, and seizes the real Wheel of Power. Meanwhile, in the final stretch of the race, Vert attempts to stop Gelorum from reaching the sphere, the gateway on to the world of the Accelerons by crashing into her, but his car lands upside-down while Gelorum's lands perfectly.
Soon, the Acceleron comes out to meet Vert and Gelorum. Gelorum demands to become an AcceleRacer as she had obtained and used all the AcceleChargers to complete the realms. The Acceleron states that, though she had won, she had relied on the AcceleChargers' powers instead of her own skill. On the other hand, Vert is noted to have used his own skills to finish, and the Acceleron explains that was the test before he proceeds to change Vert's clothing, and states that he is the true AcceleRacer. Gelorum, enraged by the decision, reveals a more robotic form and attempts to kill Vert, but the Acceleron stops her effortlessly, using his telekinetic powers to fling Gelorum out into the abyss. As Vert moves to enter the sphere, Lani informs him that the other drivers have been captured.
Ultimately, Vert decides to head back to rescue the other drivers, sacrificing his chance to race the Acceleron, but is given a Wheel of Power by the Acceleron and sent back to the AcceleDrome. Upon seeing Vert's victory, the other drivers begin to fight back, and Dr. Tezla begins to planning his attempt to destroy the AcceleDrome by igniting all of the Nitrox tanks, but Gig controls Tezla's exoskeleton, and forces both Lani and Tezla to escape the dome without using his Nitrium. With Vert stalling and distracting the drones in the AcceleDrome, the other drivers manage to seize a sweeper and use it to escape. Vert is able to travel into the hologram of the wheel just before Gig destroys the AcceleDrome and all the Drones within it. Surprisingly, Vert and Sparky land in the base of the Silencerz, who proceeds to seize the Wheel that was given to Vert, the AcceleChargers, and Vert himself. However, Sparky hits the EDR and lands in the ruins of Highway 35 where he is later rescued by the other drivers. After Sparky states that he doesn't know where the Vert is, the Teku and the Metal Maniacs set out to find Vert together. Wylde fixes the Highway 35 sign, and Nolo hangs Tone's necklace on the Highway 35 sign, having let go of his grudge on Tork.
Vert is confronted by the Silencerz, one of whom reveals himself to be Vert's father who states, "Son, we need to talk".
4. 여담
(해석작업 진행 중)