Wacky Races (video Game) - Cultural References

Cultural References

• Life-size working replicas of the vehicles have been built in the UK and appear annually at the Goodwood Festival Of Speed, with new additions each year. 2008 sees the last of the cars (the Ant Hill Mob in the Bulletproof Bomb 07) added to the collection thereby becoming the complete set.

• Goodwood Festival of Speed Wacky Races Replicas

• Mean Machine #00

• Boulder Mobile #1

• Creepy Coupe #2

• Convert-a-Car #3

• Crimson Haybailer #4

• Compact Pussycat #5

• Army Surplus Special #6

• Turbo Terrific #9

• The English adult comic Viz had a one-off parody strip called "Wacky Racists" with David Irving as Dick Dastardly, Unity Mitford as Penelope Pitstop and comedian Bernard Manning as Muttley.
• A story arc in the online game City of Heroes has villains named after Wacky Races characters (Rufus of Perez, Slag of Skywyay, etc.).
• In 2013, car manufacturer Peugeot launched a tv commercial for the Brazilian market, featuring the cartoon characters in a real-life universe. The video became an instant hit in Youtube, with more than 2 million views.
• The Ant Hill Mob is used as the name of a team takes part in Banger Race meetings in the UK.