Metal Maniacs

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The Metal Maniacs are a racing team in the movie series Hot Wheels AcceleRacers .

The Metal Maniacs are a group of muscly, wrestler-like drivers whose vehicles are a mixture of scrap metal and racing car components. They have a raucous and reckless driving style, and the cars to match.

Their rivals are the Teku racers.

[edit] Members

  • Tork Maddox (voiced by Adrian Holmes)
The current leader of the Metal Maniacs. Tork has a rivalry with Nolo Pasaro, the current leader of the TEKU who blames Tork for the death of his older brother, Tone. In truth, Tork did not cause Tone's death, but allows Nolo to blame him because Tork believes himself to be responsible nevertheless. When Nolo comes to terms with the fact, they eventually become friends. Tork also loves sports, fighting, and racing. His first and only car in the Acceleracers series is "Hollowback"
  • Taro Kitano (voiced by Kevan Ohtsji)
A former racing champion, he is a millionaire that has climbed Mount Everest twice. A calm and collected racer who respects the TEKU's Vert Wheeler and Karma Eiss. He used to date Lani Tam, but they broke up as she later commented, "They didn't talk much". He appears to be attracted to the equally calm and collected Karma, whom he admits is an extremely good driver. His first car in the series is a Plymoth Roadrunner. His second car is "Rivited"
Undefeated in racing until he raced against Team Teku. He has a rivalry with Teku member Shirako Takamoto, this is mainly due to the fact that he doesn't like the music Shirako listens to. Porkchop has a strong relationship with Maniac mechanic Mitchell "Monkey" Mclurg. He initially drives the car "Jack Hammer" and motocycle "Jaw Jammer", but changes to the car "Piledriver" towards the end of the series. He has a childhood fear of water.
  • Mark Wylde ("Markie", "Wylde") (voiced by Will Sanderson)
A former member of Vert's old team, the Wave Rippers. Far from the innocent racer who reconciled with his older brother, Kurt Wylde, at the end of Highway 35, Mark is aggressive, short-tempered and easily riled by his older brother and Tork. Apparently before the Acceleracers saga began, Kurt talked Markie into joining a "business deal", but ended up arrested when things went wrong and he refused to give up. After two years in prison, Mark joined the Metal Maniacs and refused to acknowledge his brother for abandoning him. He is determined to prove himself, even if he means breaking the rules. After the Metro Realm, he gets extremely angry towards Monkey and Tork, at Monkey for losing his car to the Sweeper, and at Tork for letting Monkey take the car in the first place. After this, Tork doesn't let Mark drive in the Realms because of his determination to get back at Kurt, other than winning. This doesn't really matter, because Mark doesn't finish Flathead Fury until Breaking Point. His first car is "Spinebuster", his second is "Flathead Fury".
  • Mitch "Monkey" Mclurg (voiced by Andrew Duncan)
The jumpy (both figuratively and literally) mechanic of the Metal Maniacs, who has a bit of a crush on Lani Tam. He'd rather be in the garage than on the race track, but is a capable racer nonetheless. He formulates the more powerful "Nitrox-3 1/2" fuel and constructs Sparky the Robot from recovered Racing Drone parts. He dislikes his real name and prefers to be called Monkey. Monkey's first car is "Rollin' Thunder"; his second car is the "Rat-ified". Together, he and Porkchop drove the truck "Old Smokey".

[edit] Cars

Car Colour Driven by.. looks like.. special mods picture
Spinebuster Black Wylde 2005 Corvette Z06 Massive engine which takes up 2 thirds of the car, Nitrox 2 Booster, fold out plow, grappling hook, Ashphalt Anchor, Spinebuster
70 "Plymouth Road Runner" Black Taro Fold out plow, Tire Sheilds, Grappling hook, 'Chain' Steering wheel, classic speedo, Blower, Nitrox 2 booster, 70 Plymouth Road Runner
Rollin' Thunder Maroon Monkey Cadillac Escalade Nitrox 2 Booster Rollin' Thunder
Hollowback Maroon Tork 1970 Pontiac Firebird Fold out Ramming Blade, Ability to blow flames from side exhaust pipes, Hollowback
Old Smokey Maroon Porkchop Mack Semi Nitrox 2 booster Old Smokey
Jack Hammer Gold Porkchop Meucury Commuter Nitrox 2 Booster, Ashphalt Anchor, Anchor Jack Hammer
Rivited Gold Taro 1967 Shelby GT500 Nitrox 2 Booster, fold out plow, fold out ramming blade, tire sheilds, body sheilds, grappling hook, T-bar Sunroofs, Rivited
Jaw Jammer Maroon Porkchop Chopper Nitrox 2 Booster, Jaw Jammer
Flathead Fury Maroon Wylde Nitrox 2 Booster, Ability to blow flames from rear exhaust pipes, self repairing tires, grappling hook, Flathead Fury
Piledriver Maroon Porkchop Nitrox 2 booster, 5000 candle power lights, fold out ramming blade, Piledriver
Rat-ified Red Monkey Nitrox 2 booster Rat-ified
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