Shadow Committee

The Shadow Committee is a mysterious organization in Speed Racer: The Next Generation. The group was formed by Trixie Racer prior to the events of the series to enact revenge on Speed Racer Sr., for whom she blames for the death of her father.

They are the overarching antagonists in the series.

History
The Shadow Committee was formed after the events of Toughie Treadwell's death from the prototype Mach 6 malfunctioning during a race (due to Zile’s sabotaging). The car spun out of control and crashed into Trixie’s strategic station. Trixie survives her injuries, but loses her right eye and gains a scar. Upon her father’s death, Trixie inherited her father’s company and used the resources to form the Committee.

Role in the Series
The Shadow Committee’s primary goal is to obtain the Mach 6 and its schematics, and to use the vehicle’s power for malicious purposes. The hourglass device is the most essential piece that the organization desires, as it has the ability to travel through time and across other universes.

The Committee is first seen in season one, with Trixie appearing as the “Shadowy Woman” and ordering Zile to steal the Mach 6. After growing furious with Zile’s constant failures, Trixie relieves Zile of his duties and orders a hit on him, forcing him to relocate to various hideouts that he owns.

With Zile now gone, Trixie moves onto her next member, Handles Mustache, and his Alpha Academy institution. Alpha Academy is used to conceal a secret lab that the Committee is using to create their own hourglass that functions with the Mach 6. Mustache used his star racer, Alpha Leader, as a subject to hurt Speed and destroy the Mach 6 with the hourglass device. Alpha refuses and disables the device, prompting anger from Mustache and forcing Trixie to oust Mustache from the Committee. In the process, Alpha Academy is then destroyed by the Committee to cover up their work. Trixie relieves Mustache of his duties and thanks him for his loyalty, giving him a head start to find somewhere to lay low.

In between the events of the Alpha Academy and Racer Academy’s friendly racing, Headmaster Spritle hires new security to beef up the campus after numerous sabotaging occurrences (Zile, Ronald, Elsa, etc…). Unbeknownst to Spritle, the head of security, Mr. Pinkyring, is a member of the Committee and is using his security to scan for the Mach 6’s schematics to bring back to Trixie.

Once Alpha Academy was destroyed, Baron von Monocle uses a mind controlling device on all Alpha students, Speed Racer Sr., and Speed’s friends to get Speed, X, and the Mach 6. However, this plan fails as X destroys Baron’s device, freeing people from his control. Baron escapes and warns the gang that the fight is far from over.

During the events in “Racing with the Enemy,” Trixie sends Lord Bowler to the Racer Academy to be their main sponsor. There, he manipulates X into accepting his sponsorship and distorting facts about Speed Sr. and the Committee’s intentions to benefit the world. Lord Bowler is successful in his mission and X becomes a member.

Members

 * Trixie Racer (leader)
 * Mr. Pinkyring
 * Lord Bowler
 * Baron von Monocle
 * "Goons" (security)
 * Handles Mustache (relieved)
 * Zile Zazic (formerly)
 * X Racer (formerly)

Shadow World
In the alternate universe during “The Shadow World” arc, the Shadow Committee rules all of Racer Academy (now a military academy) and presumably, the entire world. Certain events unfolded in this universe that made the Committee’s path to power easier (Speed and X are never born, Speed Sr. was never a racer, etc…). Despite ruling this universe, when “Shadow” Trixie learns of the hourglass device from X, she makes her intentions known that she’d like to rule other universes.

Headquarters
The headquarters of the Committee is located in Lord Bowler’s Rocket Air facility. Rocket Air is used as a front to conceal the true nature of the Committee and its whereabouts.

Dissolution
With Speed and his friends preventing Toughie’s death and Trixie injuries during “Family Reunion,” Trixie never becomes evil. Therefore, with the Racer family intact and the tragedy being erased from time, the Shadow Committee is never created.

Trivia

 * Zile is technically responsible for the Committee being formed, because he's the one responsible for Trixie's emotional, psychological, and physical trauma.
 * Ironically enough, Zile doesn't even realize that his own actions created a monster out of Trixie, and becoming his boss.