''Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers'' is a 2005 series of four animated films produced by Canadian company

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, which also produced the television series ''

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''. Available on

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and

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, it has also been shown on

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. The film series takes place in the same continuity as the 1969 animated series. A sequel to the 2003 film '' Hot Wheels: World Race'', the series takes place two years after the World Race in

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and puts Mattel's

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toy cars in a ''ReBoot''-like situation. The films were distributed by

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and the soundtrack was distributed by

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. A collectible

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, which was shown in the DVD bonus, and other merchandise were also made. The series aired on Cartoon Network in 2005-2006 ''Ignition'' (January 8), ''The Speed of Silence'' (March 19), ''Breaking Point'' (June 25) and ''The Ultimate Race'' (October 1).

Plot

Two years after the end 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 has returned fully repaired, now with her army of Racing Drones and is attempting to steal the Wheel of Power again. 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, and the Drones turn Hot Wheels City into their new headquarters. Meanwhile, in present-day California, former World Race drivers Vert Wheeler, Kurt Wylde, Taro Kitano, and Mark Wylde have now become members of two street racing teams: the Teku and the Metal Maniacs. During a grudge race on the coastline, Dr. Tezla's robotic assistant Gig appears, telling the World Race drivers that Dr. Tezla needs their help. 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

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in the middle of the cavern and tells them what he has found: new Acceleron knowledge from the Wheel of Power's research. 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 (there are only fifteen Realms in the series, twelve that were actually shown and three that the Drones had already completed before the beginning of the series, but only the AcceleChargers from those three are shown). The Drones have been entering the Realms, and each time a Realm is finished, the first driver to reach the end of the track obtains an AcceleCharger, which gives a car the ability to drive through any condition that relates to the realm that it was won in. Discovering that the Wheel hologram is always in sync with the actual Wheel, it functions as an inter-dimensional portal to the Racing Realms (it should also be noted that the Drones have their own Wheel hologram portal as well, due to them capturing the actual Wheel). The drivers enter the realms to try to stop the Drones but find it harder than the World Race because the Wheel itself decides when to open the Realms and that each Realm only stays open for one hour with no way out but the finish line. As the race to stop the Drones rages on, drivers are trapped in the Realms, grudges between the teams grow, and a new enemy force known as the Silencerz appears, attempting to defeat both the Drones and the humans with the same Wheel hologram technology that the other drivers currently share. As the race to stop the Drones reaches its end, the secret of the Acceleron's test comes to unveil itself: the Racing Realms were designed to create "the perfect driver" and the AcceleChargers were created as keys to having the Wheel of Power open a portal to the Acceleron home world.

Characters

Andrew Francis Andrew Michael Scott Francis is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in many television shows and films including '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' as Shining Armor, '' MegaMan NT Warrior'' as MegaMan.EXE, '' Monster Rancher'' as Genki, '' ...

as Vert Wheeler *

Brian Drummond Brian Drummond (born August 10, 1969) is a Canadian voice actor. He formerly served on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. Usually working in Vancouver, h ...

as Kurt Wylde * Kevan Ohtsji as Taro Kitano * Will Sanderson as Mark Wylde *

Adrian Holmes Adrian Holmes (born March 31, 1974) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his role as Nick Barron on the crime drama television series '' 19-2'' (2014-17), for which won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Ro ...

as Tork Maddox * Dexter Bell as Nolo Pasaro *

Lisa Ann Beley Lisa Ann Beley is a Canadian voice actress who often voices over roles which have either regal, motherly, or older sisterly love and authority within them. Early life Beley grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, before moving to Vancouver, where she stu ...

as Karma Eiss *

Kirby Morrow Kirby Morrow (August 28, 1973 – November 18, 2020) was a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. In animation, he was known as the voice of Miroku from '' InuYasha'', its four movies, and '' Inuyasha: The Final Act'', Van Fanel from the Ocean ...

as Shirako Takamoto * Andrew Duncan as Mitchell "Monkey" McClurg * David Kaye as Deezel "Pork Chop" Riggs *

Venus Terzo Venus Terzopoulos is a Canadian actress who played Detective Angela Kosmo in ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and its spinoff '' Da Vinci's City Hall''. She was nominated in 2002 for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leadi ...

as Lani Tam * Cusse Mankuma as Brian Kadeem * Kasper Michaels as GIG *

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as Dr. Peter Tezla *

Kathleen Barr Kathleen Barr is a Canadian voice actress. She is best known for voicing Marie Kanker and Kevin in ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' and Trixie Lulamoon and Queen Chrysalis in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. She also voiced Henri Richard Maurice ...

as Gelorum * John Payne as Major Jack Wheeler *

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as Tone Pasaro * Mark Oliver as RDL1, RDL2, RDL3 & RDL4

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