Description[]
Heroes on Hot Wheels was a French-Japanese anime television series dub and adaptation created by Jetlag Productions in partnership with Mattel Entertainment in early 1991 based off of the Michel Vaillant (1990) anime television series and characters by Jean Graton. Animation cels were redrawn to feature various Hot Wheels models with an altered script and character names. Heroes on Hot Wheels made its debut in the United States on The Family Channel and in multiple VHS Pack releases of the same year.
Plot[]
Join Michael Valiant and his team of professional drivers as they travel the world in search of excitement and racing victory. Ride along with them in fast-paced adventures and see them speed toward the finish line while they avoid being sabotaged by their arch-enemy, the evil Team Leader!
Characters[]
Team Valiant[]
 Michael Valiant
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 Frank Valiant
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 Henry "Pops" Valiant
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 Steve Warson
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 Julie Wood
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 Hanna
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 Quincy
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| Turbo Streak / Street Roader / GT Racer / Shadow Jet / Back Burner |
Turbo Streak / Shadow Jet |
Street Roader | Turbo Streak / '80s Firebird / GT Racer / Shadow Jet / Flashfire |
'80s Firebird / Sol-Aire CX4 |
N/A | Street Roader |
| Michael Donovan | Ian James Corlett | Dale Wilson | Scott McNeil | Venus Terzo | Venus Terzo | Michael Donovan |
Team Leader[]
 The Leader
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 Ruth Wong
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 Bob Cramer
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 Fox
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| N/A | N/A | Turbo Streak | Turbo Streak |
| Dale Wilson | Venus Terzo | Scott McNeil | Ian James Corlett |
Other[]
- Professor Nakito, inventor for Team Tosa and the Japanese government
- Desmond Dumont, Team Leader spy, driver of the Buick Stocker
Episodes[]
| Episode # | Photo | Video | Title | Aired |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
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Valiant Vs. Valiant | 1991 |
| Michael's younger brother, Frank, is told he is too hot-headed to participate in an important race. Hurt and angry, he joins his competitor, Team Tiger, unaware that it's really Team Leader in disguise. As the Leader watches gleefully, Michael finds himself pitted against his own brother in an action-packed finale! | ||||
| 2 |  |
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Highway Pirate | 1991 |
| At a stock car meet, Michael encounters a "Highway Pirate", a driver who gets his kicks causing auto wrecks. For the first time in history, Team Valiant and Team Leader join forces to halt the pirate's path of destruction! | ||||
| 3 |  |
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Stunts | 1991 |
| Team Valiant comes to a remote island prison to do some stunts for an action movie. Little do they realize that the Leader is using the film production as a cover to break a notorious criminal out of his cell to join his gang! | ||||
| 4 |  |
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Terror In Tahoe | 1991 |
| The snow covered roads around Lake Tahoe are the setting for a hair-raising race. A rock slide sends Team Valiant member Julie Woods careening down an icy cliff. While Michael and the crew strike out to search for her, the Leader plots to eliminate Team Valiant once and for all! | ||||
| 5 |  |
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Driver Of Steel | 1991 |
| In Japan, both Team Valiant and Team Leader are bested in a race by Team Tosa. Later, Team Tosa reveals that its victorious driver is a sophisticated robot. Infuriated, Team Leader sabotages the robot in a fire and reprograms it so it will obey the Leader's every command! | ||||
| 6 |  |
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Red Handed | 1991 |
| Arriving in Paris, Michael notices that his brother, Frank, is behaving strangely. Michael trails Frank and discovers that he's been brainwashed by a gang of thugs into helping them pull off a daring bank heist! | ||||
| 7 |  |
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Lakeside Rally | 1991 |
| An in-city road rally takes Team Valiant along the beautiful lakefront and then into a series of tunnels that circles the downtown district. The Leader has booby-trapped the tunnels and Michael and Steve have to use their wits and skills to avoid total destruction while the rest of the team searches for them. | ||||
| 8 |  |
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The Spy | 1991 |
| Pop hires Dumont, a hot young mechanic, to work at Valiant Motors, not realizing he's a spy for the Leader. Dumont succeeds in penetrating security at the factory and stealing Quincy's plans for a revolutionary new motor. Michael and Steve give chase when Dumont steals one of the Valiant cars to make his getaway. | ||||
| 9 |  |
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The Venice Carnival | |
| Team Valiant journeys to Venice, Italy to take part in a water race through the canals to raise money to help with the restoration of Venice. During the races, a group of Jet Ski drivers in carnival costumes show up to challenge and beat Team Valiant. In the end they are unmasked as members of Team Valiant, led by Quincy. | ||||
| 10 |  |
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Panic On The Pan-American | 1991 |
| Team Valiant is using their vehicles and know-how to help with construction on the largest known bridge in Pan-America. But an earthquake and two convicts intent on blowing up the bridge complicate matters. Team Valiant has to pull together, using heavy duty construction vehicles, to thwart the terrorists. | ||||
| 11 |  |
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Race To The Future | 1991 |
| A road rally using only energy-efficient vehicles is the perfect opportunity for a much needed publicity boost for Team Leader. During the race, Fox and Cramer switch their vehicles over to polluting gasoline so they can take the lead. But Michael and Steve get the better of them. | ||||
| 12 |  |
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The Rally | 1991 |
| Quincy is putting the finishing touches on testing his new prototype, which is to race at the Ore del Rio race course. Pops and Michael leave for Ore del Rio where they hire Brett, a new driver for Team Valaint. Unbeknownst to Team Valiant, Brett is working for Team Leader. But, at the last minute, Brett has a change of heart and confesses his crimes to Pops. | ||||
| 13 |  |
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The Speed Record | N/A |
| N/A | ||||
See also[]
Gallery[]
Greg Winters production art
Heroes On Hotwheels Intro
Michel Vaillant anime fro 80s Intro main theme