Conor

Conor is the deuteragonist of Speed Racer: The Next Generation, and is the best friend of Speed and Lucy. He is arguably the smartest technician in all of Racer Academy.

Biography
Conor is a Speed Racer Sr. fanatic, owning all of his merchandise and dressing in his attire throughout the series. He is Speed’s roommate and quickly suspected that Speed was the descendant of Speed Racer Sr. Despite his genius, Conor is looked down upon by the other students at the academy due to his “nerdiness” and “creepy” nature. He is socially inept when trying to engage in regular conversations with others or even trying to get a date to the school dance (as seen in “The Dance”).

Conor is accompanied by his robotic monkey creation, Chim Chim. Chim Chim can hack into all things technological as he was built to be compatible with the technology of the series’ time. A further testament to Conor’s genius is his rebuilding of the Mach 5 and creation of the Mach 6 (with Speed Sr.’s schematics). He is constantly making upgrades for the Mach 6 throughout the series and is one of the very few characters who knows how the car operates.

He also has a massive crush on Annalise and does anything to get her attention, whether it’s through flattery or upgrading her car/building her a new one after her Spoiled Brat gets stolen by the Shadow Committee in season two.

Description
Conor is an average height individual with light skin and red hair. He wears Speed Racer Sr.’s classic attire all throughout the series. He even wears Speed Racer Sr.’s helmet when helping Lucy guide Speed in his races or whenever he’s in a car.

In the alternate universe dominated by the Shadow Committee, Conor wears a grey button down shirt with black slacks. He retains his yellow Speed Racer gloves and shoes.

Shadow World
The Conor in the alternate universe dominated by the Shadow Committee during “The Shadow World” arc, is nothing like his original counterpart. He is ruthless and uncaring to people and views others as mere “test subjects.” He is dangerous and utilizes various devices for torture. He has no regard nor compassion if his “subjects” get hurt or are affected in a negative way (case and point, he didn’t care that he accidentally wiped alternate Annalise's memories after she refused to cooperate with his interrogation).

In this dimension, alternate Conor never made Chim Chim and was offended when Speed told him he had a pet monkey. He instead creates a chair scanning device to “download” memories, which has Chim Chim’s head up on top of the chair as a bust.

Relationships
Speed Racer Jr.:

Speed and Conor are best friends and roommates. The two make an excellent team as Conor is a phenomenal technician that is responsible for both the Mach 5 and 6’s enhanced performances.

Speed Racer Sr.:

Conor is a Speed Racer fanatic and admires him throughout the series. When he meets Speed Sr. in “The Return: Part 1” he is overwhelmed that he is meeting his idol. However, Conor then thinks it’s a dream and believes that Speed Sr. is a robot, a claim (more of an ongoing gag) he makes throughout season two. The two have mutual respect for one another as Speed Sr. acknowledges Conor’s amazing technological skills.

X Racer:

Conor and X get along just fine, though, Conor is usually the victim of X’s verbal insults. Nevertheless, the two have a mutual respect for one another and X is impressed with Conor’s knowledge and upgrades he made to the Shooting Star.

Lucy:

Lucy and Conor have known each other long before Speed’s arrival. Both are good friends and work well together as a team, combined with their skills.

Chim Chim:

Conor’s robotic monkey who is named after the original. Conor and Chim Chim are always seen together throughout the series and helping their friends when needed. Conor made Chim Chim at a young age, as revealed in “Top Car.”

Annalise:

Conor’s crush, Conor and Annalise’s relationship is a bit mixed. Annalise acknowledges his flattery only to get what she wants (new car upgrades and a new car). Despite this, she does appear to appreciate his efforts and “weirdness,” as she dances with him in “The Dance.”

Ronald Multon:

A childhood friend of Conor. Ronald and Conor met in a car summer design camp and both shared the same interests. The both were good friends until Conor kept beating him designing competitions, in which Ronald became envious and competitive. He copied all of Conor’s designs such as creating Mitch Mitch as an answer to Chim Chim. Ronald also sabotaged Conor’s car in a national student design competition and stole his design to win the event. Effectively stealing Conor’s rightful victory and becoming the “youngest winner ever,” a title Conor was aiming for. When Ronald sabotaged the Mach 6’s breaks to win the race and bet that was made, Conor tricked Ronald into getting an audio recording to admit his misdeed and was promptly arrested.

Trivia

 * He was the first person to befriend Speed.
 * He believes that the car's performance outweighs the driver's instincts and skills ("Video Essay").
 * Shadow Conor's garage stains on the wall looks like blood. This was probably a design choice to emphasize Shadow Conor's sinister nature.