Speed Racer (1967 character)

Speed Racer (三船剛 Mifune Gō) — Main character in Speed Racer and reccurring character in Speed Racer: The Next Generation

Appearance
Speed has dark brown hair styled into a pompadour, blue eyes, and stands slightly shorter than most of the adults in the series. He has a much rounder and softer face than most of the other characters. Of course, his most defining feature are his long, thick eyelashes. He has been described as looking "so handsome that he consistently looks awkward" standing next to several of the more cartoon-y cast members.

His main outfit consists of a blue collard shirt with white trim. On it is emblazoned a large yellow "G" presumably after his Japanese name "Go". He also wears a red neckerchief. His pants are white, with small slits on the bottoms. He wears dark brown loafers, red socks, and yellow gloves. He will often also wear his racing helmet, which is white with a large red "M".

Personality
Speed is a stereotypical "good guy" often times putting his life at risk to save others.

Unique abilities
Jumping - Speed will fling himself out of fast moving vehicles, jumping impossible distances, yet always landing where he needs to be.

Deductive reasoning - Speed will often figure out exactly what the bad guys plans are with very little evidence. In The Great Plan Parts 1 and 2, because the bad guys shoot at him while he is racing, Speed deduces that the plans for the new Mach 5 must be written on his windshield in invisible ink. How he reaches these types of conclusions is unclear.

Hand to hand combat - Speed has shown himself capable in any fight, taking out bad guys with a single blow. It is possible he has learned these techniques from his father, Pops Racer, who was a wrestling champion.

Trivia

 * Speed is 18 years old.
 * Dispite supposedly being in a committed relationship with Trixie, Speed will occasionally get crushes on other girls.
 * Speeds favorite exclamation is "OH!".
 * He once referred to being drugged as "becoming sleepy".
 * Speed has never been seen opening the door to the Mach 5, as he always jumps over it.