Speed Racer: TNG S2 E4

## Plot

Speed has been obsessed with the logo since they found it. He wants to try and get it to his dad to see if he knows something. The kids will be focusing on team racing for the next few weeks in Professor Aniskov's class. Unfortunately, their teams are determined by yesterday's qualifying race. Since X, Speed, and Annalise missed it, they're put on a team together. Annalise hates them both though, and it's mutual, especially with X. Spritle tells them that's why it's a challenge, and the perfect opportunity for them to overcome their differences, which is the whole point of teamwork. When they're on the track, they're racers. They have to leave their personal issues behind. They think it won't be so bad at first, but then Aniskov tells them that from this point on, they'll basically be doing everything together as a team. The winner of the team race will represent the school in the upcoming races against the Alpha Academy. They have to choose a team captain and start practicing. Annalise is their captain because Speed and X owe her for getting them in to see her dad. She makes them jog, wash her car, and help her figure out what to wear. Oh my gosh, this TV-Y7 show let a bra show up onscreen for a split second! How dare they! During the first race, the guys don't listen to Annalise. Jesse and Jared make her stop and spin out, and the guys crash into her, eliminating them all. Not that it would've mattered anyway, since they all had to cross the finish line to win. Lucy doesn't trust Annalise and wouldn't be surprised if she threw the race on purpose, but Conor thinks it has to do with poor communication between the cars. More like with the drivers in the cars. Lucy also thinks it's the guys' fault that Annalise is their team leader in the first place. X once again tells her that they had to see Zile. Speed has finally had enough, and tells them that they have to get through team racing. They're the best racers at school. They can't afford to look like morons out there. Annalise may be a lot of things, but she's not her father, and right now she's their captain, so they have to listen to her for the sake of the team. Lucy apologizes to her, and she says it's fine. She thanks Speed, and he says he did it for the team. They go through a montage and actually start to have fun. Just before the final race, Annalise gets a call from the shadow woman. She tells her that she has people on the inside. She's sent a car to sabotage the Mach 6. Annalise just has to make sure that Speed goes through the tunnel first. The shadow woman tells her that if their positions were reversed, she wouldn't take the risk by not doing it. They eliminate the twins. Annalise tries to get in front of Speed for his sake, but he thinks she's just looking out for herself. Lucy tells Speed to just let her go first because only one of them can make it through the tunnel at a time. At this rate, they're going to crash out. She looks ahead on the track and sees an unknown object behind the tunnel. Annalise gets ahead of Speed, and her car is shot with a laser after she goes through the tunnel. She gets out of her car… which disappears, along with the unidentified car. Speed picks her up, but still thinks she was trying to trick them. Conor confirms that she's telling the truth though. They're in last place. The only way to make up for lost time is if Speed jumps. They're able to eliminate all of the other racers and finish in first place. They wonder how an unregistered car got into the virtual track, and notice that Annalise's car never came back out. Now she has nothing to drive in the race against Alpha Academy. She tells the others that "they" were after the Mach 6. Speed tells her that she didn't have to take the hit for him. They must've taken her car instead. Speed promises to find her car, and she thanks him, which makes Lucy mad. The shadow woman tells the henchman and a cowboy that Annalise is useless, so they'll have to use the twins.