Cruncher Block

Cruncher Block is a character from the original series, and acts as an antagonist in the 2008 movie, where he is one of the members of the cartel who were known to fix races for sponsors' profit.

Cartoon
Cruncher Block was a racketeer who built a car, The Mammoth Car, out of stolen gold, in order to smuggle the gold past inspection checkpoints.

Live-Action Film
Cruncher Block appears in the live-action Speed Racer film as an antagonist where he is is portrayed by John Benfield. When Taejo Togokhan didn't agree to go with Arnold Royalton's race-fixings, Arnold had Cruncher Block deal with him. On his truck, Cruncher Block tortured Taejo, stating that he was warned not to go against Royalton's offer. Before he could have Taejo's hand fed to his pet piranhas, his truck was attacked by Racer X, causing Cruncher to have his men throw Taejo out of his truck.

When it came to Speed Racer and Racer X racing on Taejo's team in The Crucible race, Block paid the best racing teams to make sure that Taejo's team didn't win. After the first round, Cruncher sent some ninjas to attack the three racers. One of them succeeded in temporarily poisoning Taejo, but the other two were defeated. This caused Trixie to fill in during the second race. During that time, Taejo disguised himself as his sister in order to fool Cruncher's men. When it came to the middle of the race, the Racer family, Racer X, and Taejo were attacked by Cruncher and his men. Before he could remove Racer X's mask, a fight scene occurred between both sides which resulted in Cruncher Block being defeated and arrested.

A newspaper article at the end of the movie stated that Taejo has agreed to testify against Royalton and Cruncher Block.

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Behind the scenes

 * In the Japanese version, he did not had a name nor he was named.