Kurt Wylde

Kurt Wylde is a character in Hot Wheels: Highway 35 World Race and its sequel series Hot Wheels Acceleracers. 
In the former, he initially served as a spy for the Clyp Agency led by the main antagonist Gelorum, but he disliked being told by her to use aggressive tactics and later left her and redeemed himself upon learning that she was an evil robot and helped save Vert Wheeler from a Clyp robot and helped him return the Wheel of Power to its rightful place. In Acceleracers, he serves as one of the protagonists. 
He was voiced by who also voiced Jetfire in Transformers: Cybertron and Vegeta in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z. 
==Biography== 
===Before Hot Wheels: Highway 35 World Race=== 
Kurt Wylde used to be a professional racer in the Grand Prix, but got disqualified from the tournaments. 
===Hot Wheels: Highway 35 World Race=== 
Kurt Wylde is first seen learning that he has been chosen by Dr. Peter Tezla to participate in the World Race which involves racing through otherworldly tracks on Highway 35 created by the mysterious Accelerons. During the first leg of the World Race, Kurt secretly switches to his Zed-36 persona and tries to sabotage the race with a Nitrox 2 booster rigged to explode, but the other drivers manage to escape safely. At the end of the race, Kurt changes back to his normal Street Breed persona and wins. 
Later, he appoints six other drivers as his teammates on behalf of Tezla. When he discovers that his brother was driving his car, he gets annoyed by it and calls him a punk and refuses to let him into his team since it is full despite his brother's willingness. He later listens when Tezla informs him and the other drivers about the Wheel of Power. He then leaves and switches to his Zed-36 persona again and speaks to Gelorum via hologram, informing her about what Tezla said and that the drivers start racing again tomorrow. Gelorum asks him if the Wheel of Power will be found at the end of the next track and Kurt says he doesn't know and neither does Tezla, but Gelorum suspects that Tezla may not be telling Kurt all he knows. After some more talk, Gelorum says to Kurt that he is being paid to follow orders and they will find someone who can get the Wheel of Power for them if Kurt can't before ending the conversation. 
The next day, Kurt then switches to his normal Street Breed persona and participates in the second leg of the World Race. He clashes with Banjee Castillo and later drives away whilst the latter drives with his team, Vert, Lani, and Mark on a separate track, thinking it to be a shortcut. Kurt then switches to his Zed-36 persona and attempts to sabotage the drivers taking the alleged shortcut by destroying a bridge with an energy ball fired from his car. However, he becomes horrified upon learning that the bridge didn't fall right away, but fortunately, all the drivers who took the alternate track manage to get across before it collapses. Alec Wood passes by Kurt, and they surprise each other with the former wondering who the latter is. Later, Kurt watches as his brother, the Road Beasts, Vert, and Lani make their way to clear the Greatest Challenge which involves clearing a jump whilst safely getting past a large, floating, and constantly rotating three-spoked wheel-like object. Kurt prepares to fire an energy ball at the object, but through his binoculars, he spots his brother about to make the jump and then decides not to fire and drives away. 
After the race, Kurt then finds Gelorum having arrived via helicopter in person and tells her he shouldn't have done that since it's dangerous, but Gelorum says, "For you, perhaps..." Kurt then asks her why she wanted to see him and she asks him what went wrong today. Kurt then explains to her that sabotaging other drivers isn't working out for him and Gelorum explains to her that Clyp went through a great deal of trouble to get him his car and disguise. Kurt explains that he is a good driver and does not have to cheat to win the race, but Gelorum explains to him that keeping the Wheel of Power from Tezla is too important to leave to chance and demands Kurt to win even if he has to eliminate the other drivers to do it. Kurt then switches to his normal Street Breed persona and listens as Dr. Tezla informs him and the other drivers that they may find the Wheel of Power during the next leg of the World Race which may be the last. 
Kurt then eavesdrops on Vert with his binoculars, wondering why he is 'prowling around', and then spots Brian Kadeem sitting near a cliff. 
During the next leg of the World Race, Kurt gets stuck in deep sand, but he is able to get out by latching his grappling hook onto Rekkas' truck when the latter uses his tire spikes to traverse the sand. He later becomes Zed-36 again and, when driving through the large dinosaur statue, pushes Griffin of the Road Beasts team out of the way. When Brian Kadeem thinks he found the Wheel of Power and attaches it to his car's spoiler, Kurt pursues him and fires an energy ball at him which sends Kadeem flying off and then sliding down a nearby pyramid before getting back on the track. Kurt then makes a huge jump to get on the track Kadeem is on and pursues him. When Kurt hits Kadeem's car, it causes the 'Wheel' to slide off his spoiler and he and Kurt rush to get it as it rolls backwards. Kurt and Kadeem then stop their vehicles near the 'Wheel' and Kadeem rushes to get it, but Kurt tackles him and sends him dangling over the edge of the track. Kurt then tells Kadeem he lost, but Kadeem flips backwards to get back on the track and kicks Kurt in the back of the head, which knocks off his helmet and reveals his identity to Kadeem. Kurt tells Kadeem he has to give him the 'Wheel', but Kadeem refuses and Kurt tries to attack him, but Kadeem sends him flying off the track and sliding down a pyramid. Kurt then looks dejected upon landing. The 'Wheel' then turns out to have not been the Wheel of Power. 
Back on Earth, Kurt switches to his normal persona and drives on a road, thinking no one is following him, but Gelorum, flying her helicopter, picks up Kurt with a magnet and then appears on his screen and explains to him that they have to talk. Kurt says the drivers know what he's been doing and he is through working for her, but she says it is up to her when he is through and it is time for him to plan his next move. 
It then turns out that there is another leg to the World Race and the next day, Kurt is in his Zed-36 outfit and he spies on the other drivers getting ready to race and then Gelorum speaks to him via a hologram projected from his car's headlights and he explains that he knows where the next portal is and suspects that he can reach it before the other drivers, but Gelorum reveals that Kurt will be assisted by two Clyp drivers. Kurt says he does not need their help, but Gelorum overrules him and Kurt begrudgingly agrees. Kurt and the Clyp drivers then start driving for the portal before the other racers, surprising them. Kurt then races on the track with the Clyp drivers who deploy spikes to try to sabotage the other racers. The Clyp drivers then reveal that their cars are capable of flying and drop a bomb to cause chunks of ice to block the track for the other drivers. The Clyp drivers then drop mines on the track and Kurt tells them to detonate the mines before the drivers reach them so the track is simply blocked, but the Clyp drivers refuse, saying what he wants does not matter. Kurt becomes worried since his brother is in the lead and informs the Clyp drivers about him, but the Clyp drivers tell Kurt his brother does not matter, either. Kurt switches to his normal Street Breed persona and tries to warn his brother that he needs to stop, but Mark refuses, accusing his brother of trying to keep him from winning. Kurt then drives back to try to help his brother. 
Kurt stops his car near where his brother latched onto ice with his grappling hook to avoid falling into a crevasse after the mines were triggered, but the Clyp drivers follow him and demand that he gets back in his car to help get the Wheel of Power. Kurt then decides to rebel against the Clyp drivers by backing his car into one of theirs, causing it to crash. Kurt then gets out to help his brother, but the driver of the car he made crash comes out and turns out to be a robot with two spider-like legs and menacingly approaches Kurt, claiming that the Accelerons made the tracks for human beings and that is why Kurt must get the Wheel. The robot then throws Kurt backwards and prepares to kill him due to his refusal to obey, but luckily, Mark recovers from losing his consciousness earlier and saves his brother by sending the robot falling off the nearby cliff. Mark then asks Kurt why the robot was after him, saying he thought they were working together, and Kurt claims that they had a disagreement about helping Mark. Mark claims he does not need help from his brother and takes off and Kurt gets back in his car and follows Mark. Kurt explains to Mark that he must stop Tezla from getting the Wheel and they can work together and he can help him win, but Mark claims that while he always looked up to his brother and wanted to be like him, he’s not like him and won’t cheat to win and they continue racing. Mark then spins out and crashes after skidding on ice and Kurt drives away, bragging that he has more experience. 
Other drivers catch up to Kurt and after Vert tricks the other Clyp driver into crashing, he challenges Kurt and as they race with Vert calling out Kurt for cheating, Vert pulls off an impressive stunt and Kurt tries to do the same, but crashes into an ice stalagmite. 
After Vert acquires the Wheel of Power from Hot Wheels City, he and the other drivers, including Kurt, are sent back to Earth. Later that night, Kurt is in his Zed-36 outfit again and he drives on a road, but encounters Gelorum whom he informs that Tezla has the Wheel of Power. Gelorum then says that only a human driver could bring the Wheel to this world, but now it belongs to anyone with the power to take it and she then tells Kurt he is no longer needed. Kurt is surprised that Gelorum reneged on her deal with him and she tells him goodbye and it was a pleasure using him and more Clyp robots fly to attack Tezla’s headquarters, much to Kurt’s horror. 
After Vert and the other drivers fight the Clyp robots and cause Gelorum to crash her helicopter and then head into a portal to go back to Hot Wheels City to return the Wheel of Power, Kurt, back in his Street Breed persona, angrily shouts at Gelorum to order her robots not to hurt the drivers as they are human beings in those cars, but Gelorum tells him he does not understand and then reveals that she herself is a robot due to her right eye glowing after she sustained some damage from her crash. Kurt is shocked and infuriated, saying he does understand now, and gets back in his car to go into the portal to help the other drivers return the Wheel. 
After Kurt enters Hot Wheels City, he saves Vert from a Clyp robot by latching onto its car with his grappling hook and sending it flying into a wall, destroying it. Kurt then explains to Vert that he ‘just took the wrong road for a while’ and helps him start up his car so he can return the Wheel. As Vert drives up a vertical track to get to where the Wheel’s spire is, Gelorum attacks him with a laser, but Kurt jumps his car and slams into hers, enabling Vert to return the Wheel. Kurt lands with his car on its left side and Mark expresses concern for him, but Kurt is fine, and they watch as Gelorum and her minions flee. 
As the drivers celebrate their victory, Kurt agrees to race again sometime just for fun. 
===Post World Race=== 
At some point between the events of World Race and Acceleracers, Kurt got involved in a business deal with his brother, but then learned their partners were crooked so he backed out, but Mark refused to quit and Kurt wanted to avoid the possibility of ruining himself by not saying anything when they were caught by the authorities even though saying all he knew might’ve kept Mark out of prison. Mark ended up being sentenced to prison for two years. At an unknown point, Kurt and Vert joined a gang of street racers known as the Teku initially led by Tone Pasaro until his death and his brother Nolo became their new leader. Mark joined a rival gang of racers known as the Metal Maniacs despite Kurt saying it’ll ruin his life. Mark said his life already was ruined because of Kurt and drove off. 
===Hot Wheels: Acceleracers: Ignition=== 
Kurt is seen at a car meet with the rest of the Teku on a cliffside road and Nolo is waiting for a race with Tork Maddox, the leader of the Metal Maniacs. After the race is sabotaged by Mark, Dr. Tezla’s robot assistant Gig appears and explains to Kurt and the other drivers that Dr. Tezla needs help since Gelorum and her Racing Drones have taken the Wheel of Power. Kurt, Vert, Karma, Taro, and Monkey then agree to go help Dr. Tezla. As Kurt and the other drivers drive across the desert, Mark shows up after saving himself from falling off a cliff and aggressively bumps into Kurt from behind while driving due to his grudge against his brother for getting him in prison. The drivers make their way to Tezla’s old headquarters which is now wrecked and abandoned. There, they encounter Kadeem who leads them to Tezla’s new base of operations which he calls the Acceledrome. There, they see a hologram of Dr. Tezla explaining that he discovered the Wheel of Power is not just a source of power, but also the gateway to many new tracks in unique new worlds known as the Racing Realms. 
Gig then explains to the drivers that Dr. Tezla recorded the unique pattern of the Wheel of Power’s wavelengths and vibrations while studying it. Because of this, he was able to create a holographic projection of the Wheel of Power that resonates with its emanations, thus enabling it to create portals to the realms chosen by the Wheel. Kadeem, Gig, and Lani explain to the drivers that Dr. Tezla believes that the Wheel has been opening the Racing Realms and that the Racing Drones have been entering them and that the human drivers must reach the end of the next realm before the Drones, but Kurt is skeptical as to why they should as they had to get the Wheel for Tezla last time and asks what the doctor wants now. Gig then explains that the Drones have already entered several Racing Realms and that Dr. Tezla suspects that they become more powerful with each realm they complete. The hologram of the Wheel suddenly starts moving, showing that a new realm is about to open, so Kurt and the other drivers prepare their cars with Nitrox 2 and drive on the Acceledrome’s track to reach the portal created by the hologram. 
The realm Kurt and the other drivers enter then turns out to be the Storm Realm which has a large, floating racetrack high up in the sky of the environment with many dark clouds and lightning strikes and thunder. Kurt races with the other drivers on the track, but his car is later temporarily stalled upon getting hit by lightning. The drivers soon encounter the Racing Drones and Kurt attempts to work with Vert to prevent RD-L1 from getting past, but the drone uses the Monument Realm Accelecharger he acquired to make his car two-dimensional so he can get past them. Kurt and Vert then drive through a series of intersecting corkscrews set in a large lightning ball to attempt to beat the Drones, but Vert gets frightened by lightning and slams on his brakes and a Drone crashes its car into him and another Drone crashes into that Drone’s car and flips upside down. Kurt crashes his car into the car that got flipped upside down and this sends his car flying up into the air, tumbling, losing a wheel, and landing upside down. RD-L1 reaches the end of the track and acquires the Storm Realm Accelecharger, but fortunately, this renders the realm passive for the drivers still in it. Kurt himself has one of his legs injured in the crash and he is forced to abandon his car and ride as a passenger in Karma’s car. 
Kurt and the rest of the human drivers, except Kadeem who got knocked off the track, then return to Earth and Kurt begins working on a replacement car for his Sling Shot, known as Battle Spec which is a single-seater with powerful subwoofers. Vert asks Kurt if he needs help, but Kurt turns it down. Lani tells Kurt that he and the other drivers are in no condition to keep working, but Dr. Tezla appears in person, revealing that due to severe wounds he sustained, has to wear a mechanical exoskeleton to move around and explains that they have work to do and that the next realm could open at any time. Kurt insists that they skip the next realm, but Dr. Tezla explains that the Drones gain new powers with each realm they complete and will become impossible to stop soon. Lani claims that it’s already impossible since the cars are unprepared and everyone is exhausted, but fortunately, Teku drivers Shirako Takamoto and Nolo Pasaro come to the Acceledrome as Kurt contacted them since they need help. Dr. Tezla berates Kurt for revealing the location of the Acceledrome, saying it must be kept secret and Kurt asks him who he’s afraid of and Dr. Tezla says he fears the Drones. Metal Maniacs drivers Tork Maddox and Deezel “Porkchop” Riggs also arrive, and the latter brings new cars for his team. The drivers then work to get their cars ready for the next realm and get even with the Drones. Shirako also uploads songs to Kurt’s car so he can play them at any time. 
The next realm begins to open, and it turns out to be the Swamp Realm. Kurt initially struggles to drive his car due to his injuries and Lani tries to talk him out of driving, saying he’s in no shape to drive and can barely walk, but Kurt refuses to give up, saying, “Who’s walking?” and takes off. He and the other drivers, except Karma since she got pushed aside by Porkchop, then go into the Swamp Realm. Kurt races with the other drivers in the realm and they find that the track has many splitting paths and wonder which one they should take. Dr. Tezla says they may all lead to the end and the drivers will have to split up and they comply. The drivers soon encounter the Drones again as well as many hazards like carnivorous plants, giant, fuel-sucking mosquitoes, and monsters. Kurt manages to send two Drones flying off the track to their doom but finds that the track he is on is blocked by a web of large vines. However, he discovers a large, eight-wheeled vehicle nearby and asks the Acceledrome crew if the Accelerons left a machine in the realm to help a driver and Dr. Tezla says it is a hyperpod, an Acceleron vehicle transformer, and Lani tells Kurt they think he can use it and Kurt loads up his car into the machine, using it to get over the vines. Kurt later manages to get back on the track again thanks to the hyperpod and he detaches his car from it and continues racing, but he and many of the other drivers get caught by vines and lifted into the air due to not following the proper line. Fortunately, Nolo is able to stay in the proper line and this enables him to be the first driver to make it to the end. Like what happened in the Storm Realm, this renders the rest of the realm passive to the drivers and the mosquitoes and other monsters either give up and leave the drivers alone or die and the vines that ensnared the drivers let go of them and drop them back on the track, allowing them to reach the end. 
After the drivers return to the Acceledrome, Gig takes the Swamp Realm Accelecharger, which Nolo acquired since he won, so Dr. Tezla can study it. The Teku and the Metal Maniacs, however, reaffirm their rivalry. Dr. Tezla then plays a recording of Kadeem laughing and Dr. Tezla explains to the drivers that Kadeem did not drive for revenge, but because he knew Gelorum had to be stopped. Kurt, still feeling distrustful of Tezla, promptly walks away and gets back in his car and drives away with the other drivers except Vert. 
===Cavern Realm=== 
Later, Kurt goes with several other drivers into the Cavern Realm where they race through a large, dark cave with many crystals, stalagmites, and falling stalactites. They encounter Drones again but manage to evade them. However, they soon get attacked by many large bats who damage or pick up their cars. Fortunately, Kurt realizes that bats use soundwaves to navigate and instructs Shirako to turn up his music and this throws off the bats and enables the drivers to make it to the end first with Porkchop winning the Cavern Realm Accelecharger.
===Lava Realm=== 
Kurt goes with at least a few other drivers into the Lava Realm, but they fail to make it to the end before the Drones as RD-L1 makes it first and acquires the Lava Realm Accelecharger. However, Monkey brings back a Racing Drone’s wheel so they can study it.
===Hot Wheels: Acceleracers: The Speed of Silence===
Sometime later, Dr. Tezla arranges a meeting with the drivers and explains to them he does not know how many realms the Drones have completed or how many Accelechargers they’ve won, but he does know that they have acquired two and he tells the drivers they will take those two Accelechargers into the realms with them to increase their chances of winning. He also reveals to the drivers that they reverse-engineered the Drone technology from the Drone’s wheel they brought back and that it enabled them to create new wheels capable of morphing into eight different kinds so they can handle any kind of terrain. Dr. Tezla also explains that he is now prepared to equip all of the driver’s cars with an Emergency Driver Return (EDR) device which teleports a driver in the event of an emergency back to Earth from a realm without their car. Nolo objects to this, saying they don’t escape but drive, but Mark makes fun of them, saying they drive like Vert who becomes irritated. Mark then asks Vert if he’s looking for a fight and Kurt tells his brother he is. Although the drivers lament the fact that Kadeem did not have an EDR in his car and wish they could bring him back, Dr. Tezla explains that the important thing now is to stop the Drones from getting more Accelechargers and he does not care if a driver is Teku or a Metal Maniac and he needs the best and the drivers agree to stop the Drones. Kurt and the other drivers then get their cars ready with the new tires.
Later, when Karma goes to examine an RD-S1 unit held hostage that latched onto Vert’s car when he left the Storm Realm, it asks her what her orders are, mistaking her for Gelorum and Kurt explains this to Karma. Karma asks Kurt what he’s doing there, and Kurt says he is just curious since he heard that Gig reactivated the drone. He then tells Karma that she does look like Gelorum, from one side anyway. Karma says, “Speaking of sides, I heard you used to be on the wrong one, that you were a spy for Gelorum.” Kurt explains that he didn’t know what she was then, but he did know he didn’t trust Tezla and still doesn’t entirely. Karma suspects that Kurt may have a problem trusting people and may think they’re all like him. Kurt simply says Karma’s facial resemblance to Gelorum is remarkable and leaves, much to her irritation.
Later, Kurt, Shirako, and Vert play loud music which annoys Porkchop and Mark and the former gets ready to ‘turn that noise down’ and Mark says the Metal Maniacs are especially not scared of ‘scrap’ like the Teku. Kurt taunts his brother, asking him if he thinks he can take him, and Mark says he learned how in prison and wrestles with Kurt, but then the next realm starts to open, and Kurt is among the chosen drivers.
The drivers then go into the next realm which turns out to be the Water Realm and they switch to hydroplane tires and Kurt closes his car’s cockpit to protect himself from the water. As they enter the realm, they find themselves underwater and eventually land on a platform and a large bubble is formed for them to breathe and so the platform can open beneath them to drop them onto the track below set in large, underwater tubes and Kurt opens his car’s cockpit. The drivers race on the track and reach sections where the tubes briefly open so they drive on bodies of water where large, glowing, piranha-like fish can attack. Porkchop is forced to escape from the realm with his EDR due to his fear of water which prompts him to slow down and get caught by a fish. Kurt and the remaining drivers reach a split and Kurt and Taro take the left path while Vert takes the right one as he may get lucky and Kurt wishes him good luck and that he’ll need it. The track splits a few more times and Kurt takes the left paths and Taro gets in front of Kurt and tells the latter’s brother which path Kurt took, and Mark follows them, wanting revenge on his brother. Mark then catches up to Kurt and repeatedly slams into him from behind. Kurt tells him to back off, calling him ‘little brother’, but Mark tells him his brother ‘died’ in prison. Kurt and the other drivers make it to the end of the tubes which are jumps which lead onto tracks on the surface of the water and Vert is forced to use his EDR when he flies off the track due to oversteer. Taro passes Kurt who gets hit from behind by his brother a few more times. RD-L1 catches up to the human drivers and uses his Slam Ram Hyperpod to send three of them flying into the air, including Kurt, but they manage to get safely back on the track. However, RD-L1 is able to pass them and make it to the end first, winning the Water Realm Accelecharger. Kurt and the other drivers, except for Taro since he ended up in the Drone’s headquarters due to his car touching two drones, make it back to the Acceledrome. Kurt watches with the other drivers as Taro goes through the Water Realm again after escaping the Drone’s headquarters via their portal and narrowly manages to get back to the Acceledrome.
Later, Kurt goes with several other drivers into the next realm which turns out to be the Metro Realm and it starts in a tunnel with many cars driving by themselves which they have to avoid. Kurt gets hit by a driverless car and this disables his onboard camera. The drivers reach the end of the tunnel and see that the road leads to a large, floating city reminiscent of cities on Earth. The drivers get attacked by large, menacing semitrucks and the Drones. Kurt gets chased by a Drone, but it gets pushed aside by a semitruck which pursues Kurt. Lani informs Kurt that he has to concentrate on braking smoothly to keep his car balanced and he does so, briefly losing the semitruck after turning right at an intersection. However, Kurt sees that the road ends up ahead and stops before nearly falling off. From there, though, he’s able to see the end of the realm which is in another floating portion of the city and explains that they must get back on the freeway to get there. A semitruck, which may or may not be the one Kurt lost, attempts to slam into him and push him off the track, but Kurt backs up at the last moment to trick the semitruck into driving off the ledge and falling to its doom. Kurt says, “See ya.” and drives away. Kurt then makes his way to the end of the realm, followed by Taro. He narrowly manages to dodge Drones going the other way to help their new Sweeper.
Kurt manages to make it to the end of the realm, but notices with bafflement that he didn’t win the Accelecharger. When Mark angrily berates Tork for letting Monkey take his car which got destroyed and accuses him of letting Kurt win and that he never would have if he’d been in the race, Kurt explains that he didn’t, but Taro claims that he’s lying and that he was the first one through the portal. Kurt tells Dr. Tezla to check the footage from his camera, but Tezla confesses that his camera wasn’t functioning. Mark and Porkchop angrily accuse Kurt of keeping the Accelecharger for himself unless he’s saving it for the Drones and they suggest taking apart his car and even him, but Dr. Tezla diplomatically recommends allowing Gig to scan Kurt and his car for traces of Accelecharger energy. Tork is satisfied with the suggestion, but Mark insists that it won’t prove anything, but Tork overrules him. The Metal Maniacs leave, and Karma tells Kurt that while Taro is on a rival team, he’s no liar, but Kurt irritably asks if she’s saying he is and then storms off. The film then reveals that it was actually the mysterious Silencerz who won the Metro Realm Accelecharger and disguised themselves as Kurt and a drone.
===Cliffside Realm=== 
Later, Kurt and several other drivers go into the Cliffside Realm and as they race on the twisty track, Kurt spots another Drone Sweeper on a track below and uses the Swamp Realm Accelecharger to create a path of vines to deviate from the track and evade the Sweeper. The Sweeper attempts to go on the vine path to follow Kurt, but it fails and falls off. Kurt then gets back on the normal track with Shirako, but unknown to the latter, his car was sabotaged by a worker drone deployed from the Sweeper. Lani tries to warn him about it, but he can’t hear her due to his music playing loudly. Lani tells Kurt he has to stop Shirako and Kurt says there’s only one way to stop him and Lani informs him that his car will explode if he uses his Nitrox 2. They encounter a few drones and eventually, when they reach a curve, Kurt pushes Shirako off the track in order to save him by forcing him to flee the realm with his EDR. Kurt and the other drivers manage to make it to the end of the realm, but it’s implied that neither the Teku nor the Metal Maniacs won the Accelecharger and it may have been the Drones or Silencerz instead. 
===Ice Realm=== 
It is unknown if Kurt went into the Ice Realm or not as the only drivers affiliated with Dr. Tezla shown to be racing in the realm are Taro, Karma, and Monkey. 
===Hot Wheels: Acceleracers: Breaking Point=== 
Kurt is shown eating with his teammates in the Acceledrome’s cafeteria. He also later watches as his brother begins to race in his new car with Tork to become the new leader of the Metal Maniacs. When Dr. Tezla mysteriously disappears, Lani selects the drivers to go into the next realm which turns out to be the Pipeline Realm. Kurt gets to sit this realm out while the other drivers besides him, Mark, Tork, and Vert, who left due to his weakened morale, go into the realm. When Porkchop asks Lani, “Who won the race?” Kurt jokingly tells her to tell him he won to see if he’ll believe it, but Porkchop turns out to have been asking about Tork and Mark. Suddenly, Kurt, Lani, and Gig spot a mysterious silver and purple car going into the Pipeline Realm and Gig explains it’s Dr. Tezla. Lani and Kurt are puzzled as to why Dr. Tezla is going into the realm, and the latter asks Gig if he knew about it. Gig confesses that Dr. Tezla is reluctant to confide in anyone, even those he should trust. When Mark wins his race with Tork and proclaims that he’s the new leader of the Metal Maniacs, Kurt watches and is annoyed.
After the Silencerz make it to the end of the Pipeline Realm before the other drivers and thus win the Accelecharger, Dr. Tezla arranges a meeting and informs the drivers about the mysterious new team and that they can disguise their cars as those of other teams to turn them against each other and they’ll have to be on guard against them. Kurt asks who they are and Dr. Tezla says, “For want of a better name, we’ll call them the Silencerz.” He also explains that their holographic camouflage can be penetrated with intense polarized light. Kurt also asks how they are getting inside the realms and Gig explains that they must assume they are using a portal generated by a hologram of the Wheel of Power the same way Dr. Tezla’s crew is. Kurt becomes even more suspicious and asks Dr. Tezla how they got a copy of the Wheel and why the car he drove looks a lot like theirs. Dr. Tezla claims that the Silencerz have been stealing technology from him. Mark then suspects that one of them is a spy and the kind of scum who’d ‘stab his own brother in the back’ and this enrages Kurt and spurs tension between him and the Metal Maniacs again. Dr. Tezla intervenes, saying they have no time to waste and the Silencerz will strike with everything they have now and winning will be even more difficult. He tells the drivers that they should get their cars ready for the next realm and get rest as they’re going to need it. Kurt then sits back down, still feeling suspicious of Tezla.
Later, Vert Wheeler returns to the Acceledrome and he and Kurt and several other drivers are sent to go into the next realm as it begins to open. Kurt worries about what his brother will do as they drive on the Acceledrome’s track to enter the realm which turns out to be the Junk Realm. Later, Kurt and Shirako race and the latter spots a Sweeper coming after them and turns around and he tries to warn Kurt about it, but their communications are mysteriously jammed. Kurt is initially puzzled, but then spots the Sweeper and then backs up. Nolo then instructs Kurt to use his megabass and Kurt does to make the nearby junk collapse and block the Sweeper’s path. However, this proves ineffective as the Sweeper breaks through the junk and continues chasing, forcing Kurt to escape.
As Kurt and Shirako continue to be pursued by the Sweeper, it deploys two worker drones to sabotage their cars and Kurt spots them, referring to them as ‘Sweeper drones’. Fortunately, they’re able to get rid of them before one can cause damage to Shirako’s second Bassline. The Sweeper continues chasing the drivers, but it gets caught by a nearby crane with its magnet. The driver, however, is able to deploy motorcycle drones to continue the chase. After Monkey and Porkchop use their big rig Old Smokey to destroy another Sweeper and knock a third one off the track, Kurt gives a mocking congratulations to them to spite his brother, saying sarcastically that they did a great job handling those Sweepers since they did it without a leader. This infuriates Mark who catches up to Kurt and vows that they’re going to settle this once and for all. Kurt mockingly asks his brother if it’s who’s the best driver and says he thought they’d settled it a long time ago. After the drivers get past a large, fire-breathing robot, Mark catches up to Kurt and challenges him. They race near large, spinning wrecking balls and after Mark has a flashback, he becomes even more aggravated and hits Kurt from the side and they clash, and Mark eventually gets in front of Kurt and is initially pleased, but he realizes too late that a wrecking ball is about to hit him, and it sends him flying off the track and into nearby rubble.
Mark loses consciousness and Kurt stops and says to him he can blame him for this, too, and he always does and then drives away. Kurt later encounters a Silencer who challenges and gets past him and disguises his car as Kurt’s. The two then clash as they approach the end of the realm and Taro catches up to them, eventually getting between them. Taro then pushes one of the cars off the track and fortunately, it turns out to be the Silencer who gets sent flying into nearby rubble and returns to the Silencerz’ headquarters with his emergency driver and vehicle return. Taro and Kurt make it to the end of the Junk Realm and Kurt wins the Accelecharger. He then asks Taro how he knew which one of them was the Silencer, but Taro asks in a hostile manner, “What makes you think I knew?” and drives away, much to Kurt’s disappointment.
The rest of the drivers except for Mark then reach the end of the track and return to Earth and they wonder why Mark hasn’t come back yet. Kurt is distressed by this and asks if he could use the EDR. Mark does not come back, and the portal closes shortly afterwards. Kurt and the others are devastated by this.
===Ruins Realm=== 
It is unknown as to whether or not Kurt was among the drivers sent to go into the Ruins Realm as he is neither shown to be racing in the realm nor implied to have not been chosen.
===Hot Wheels: Acceleracers: The Ultimate Race=== 
At some point before the opening of the Cosmic Realm, Kurt claimed to Lani, Gig, and Tezla that he’s going back into the Junk Realm to save his brother, but Gig explained that the Wheel has never opened a realm a second time after its completion. Kurt insisted that there had to be a way to get back to them and told them to figure something out, but Lani confessed that they tried and, despite Tezla’s objections, revealed to Kurt that other drivers besides Kadeem and Mark, namely Dan Dresden, Alec Wood, and Banjee Castillo all went into the realms and never came out. Kurt was outraged and asked why they didn’t tell them and Gig explained they thought it might discourage them. Tezla then revealed to Kurt that even if he could go back, it would be useless since his brother has been captured by the drones. Kurt refused to believe this, but Tezla showed the last transmission from Mark’s onboard camera showing a drone walking up to his car before the screen goes static. Lani tried to apologize to Kurt, but he stormed off.
Kurt also arranged a meeting between the Teku and the Metal Maniacs on the roof of the Acceledrome. Tork asked Kurt why he and his team should trust him, and Kurt explained that he must help his brother. Tork said he never helped him before, and Kurt explained that it was why he had to now and he would go alone if he had to, but Porkchop agreed to save Mark due to him being a Metal Maniac and Taro said was also in and Tork agreed to participate as well, saying they’re welded, but Monkey initially objected, asking if he’d be crazy enough to go into the drone’s headquarters, but Porkchop irritably asked if he was and Monkey ultimately admitted he was and agreed to join. Kurt then explained to the Teku that it would take all of them to do it right and Nolo, Karma, and Shirako agreed to join since Mark is Kurt’s brother despite not being Teku. Kurt then asked Vert if he would join, but Vert said he wouldn’t be any help to them due to his injured leg. Kurt then said it was his call and began to explain his plan to the other drivers.
As the Cosmic Realm opens, Taro and Kurt go in with the other drivers despite not being chosen by Tezla and he tries asking them, but they refuse to answer. In the Cosmic Realm which is set in a space-like environment with low gravity, they encounter drones again and when a Sweeper and several motorcycles come at them, they manage to get rid of them with Shirako’s subwoofers and two hyperpods. Kurt and the other drivers then turn off their onboard cameras to prevent the Acceledrome crew from knowing what they’re up to. They then chase after the drones, wanting to steal one of their Sweepers to use it to infiltrate their headquarters, but they notice the drones aren’t turning around and they suspect that the Cosmic Realm may be the last and suspect it may be the reason why the Accelechargers they unsuccessfully tried to use aren’t working. Kurt tells them to forget the Accelechargers and they don’t need them if they stick to the plan and Taro reassures him that they’re behind him.
One of the Sweepers then turns around to confront the drivers and they use clever tactics to avoid motorcycle drones sent from the Sweeper after them. The Sweeper then comes at them head-on, but they all turn at the last moment to dodge it. The Sweeper then turns to chase after them, but floats upside down for a moment, but luckily lands rightside up and drives behind them. Monkey then sacrifices his new car to the Sweeper to infiltrate and hijack it. The driver of the Sweeper then sends worker drones after the drivers, but they manage to get rid of them. After Monkey takes control of the Sweeper with help from Porkchop who destroyed the driver, the other drones come at the humans, but Monkey is able to take out most of them with ease. He then deactivates the Sweeper’s car-eating mechanism so the other drivers can safely get inside. However, the stolen Sweeper gets hit by a meteor which sends it flying and this prompts the incoming drones to swerve out of the way and fall off the track. Fortunately, the stolen Sweeper lands safely and Kurt and the other drivers load their cars into it.
Monkey then makes it to the portal at the end of the realm and when they go through it, they end up in the Racing Drone’s headquarters as planned. Kurt then tells the other drivers about the business ordeal he and his brother got in which ended with the latter getting two years in prison and Kurt vows that he won’t leave Mark again. Suddenly, the drivers are contacted by Kadeem pretending to be held hostage when in truth he was turned into a drone, and he reveals to Kurt that he knows where Mark is being held and that he can lead him to them and they’re in the tallest building. Kadeem then guides the drivers to said building, but Karma suspects that an energy ball is fired at them and urges Monkey to stop and he does and it turns out she was right as the energy ball hits the ground just in front of them. Monkey then deactivates the Sweeper’s car-eating mechanism again so the drivers can come out and they do. Kurt and the other drivers then fight the attacking drones and Nolo eventually instructs Kurt to find his brother, reassuring him that they’ll keep the drones busy.
Kurt then drives his car up to the top floor of the tallest building. He parks inside and looks for his brother who is initially nowhere to be seen, but then the floor suddenly opens up nearby and an unconscious Mark held on a rack with his left arm replaced by a drone’s arm comes out. Kurt is horrified and saddened to see his brother like that and says he’s sorry. Then a chair suspended from the ceiling comes down and rotates to reveal the now transformed and evil Kadeem who tells Kurt he is too late to rescue him if that’s what he’s here for. Kurt is shocked and horrified and asks Kadeem what they did to him, and he claims they made him stronger and faster, and Kurt tries to run back to his car, but Kadeem jumps and lands in front of him, telling him last time they fought, he won.
Kadeem tosses Kurt into a nearby wall and the latter tries to ask the former about his people and home, but Kadeem tells Kurt he’ll understand sooner when he becomes a drone like Mark, but before he can finish talking, Mark turns out to have regained consciousness and freed himself from the rack, much to Kurt’s relief, and Mark attacks Kadeem and they fight. Kadeem shoots Mark up into the air and leaps after him, much to Kurt’s concern. Mark and Kadeem then continue their fight on a narrow walkway outside, but Kadeem eventually gains the upper hand and holds Mark over the edge, but Kurt saves his brother by punching Kadeem and Mark lands safely on the walkway. Kadeem then dangles over the edge and Kurt offers to help him, claiming it’s not too late and urges him to come back with them, but Kadeem refuses, saying, “Kadeem is gone!” and lets go and falls into the clouds below, laughing maniacally. Kurt is dismayed by this.
Kurt and Mark then head back to the former’s car and Mark says he wanted to know things and can’t remember if he talked or not, but Kurt reassures him they’ll worry about it when they return. However, Kurt realizes his car was made to carry only one person and doesn’t have room for Mark. Fortunately, Mark uses his robotic arm to rip out Battle Spec’s speakers so he can sit in their spot, saying he never really liked Kurt’s Teku music anyway, much to his amusement. Kurt then tells Nolo he has his brother and Nolo says they have to use the EDR to return. As Kurt and Mark head out, the latter thanks the former for coming after him and says they’re even now, showing that they finally reconciled, and Kurt proudly tells him that brothers don’t keep score. Kurt then uses his car’s EDR to return to the Acceledrome with his brother. However, when they get there with the other drivers, they get ambushed by many drones who took over the place since Mark was forced by Gelorum to reveal the location of the Acceledrome.
RD-L1 then orders the drones to destroy all the humans since Gelorum has been defeated, but luckily, Vert arrives just in time from his encounter with an Acceleron and the drivers begin fighting the drones. Kurt and his brother work together to take out a drone and Karma says they should steal a nearby Sweeper. Vert urges Kurt to get all the drivers out and he’ll keep the drones busy. Kurt tells him he can’t handle the drones by himself, but Taro reassures him that he can, and Kurt wishes him luck. Kurt and the other drivers flee the Acceledrome in the Sweeper with Porkchop driving.
After the destruction of the Acceledrome, Kurt and the other drivers find and rendezvous with Monkey’s robot friend Sparky who was built by him from the RD-S1 that came from the Storm Realm and accompanied Vert during his race with Gelorum and escaped from the Silencerz’ headquarters with Vert’s car’s EDR when they ended up there after going into the portal in the Acceledrome whilst Vert was captured. The drivers ask Sparky what happened to Vert and where he and the Accelechargers he took with him are, but Sparky does not know and Tork says they’ve got a driver out there somewhere and they should go find him. Before Kurt and his brother head back into the Sweeper, they are last seen with Mark putting the dislodged Highway 35 sign back on its post and he smiles at his brother and says it looks good and Kurt smiles and nods in agreement.
It is unknown what happens to Kurt and the other drivers afterwards or if they ever found Vert.
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