The Bizarre WTF Story of Turbo Teen

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3 жыл бұрын

Yes, before you ask, Turbo Tenn is indeed the cartoon about the kid that turns into a car.
Extremely short-lived, lasting 13 episodes on Saturday mornings on ABC in 1984, it has a curious connection to the Marvel Universe (sorta).
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@allenu 3 жыл бұрын

The image of Turbo Teen’s face morphing into the grill of a car was forever imprinted into my brain the first time I saw it as a kid.

@meat-hook 3 жыл бұрын

I've been telling my therapist about this for ten years, but he's convinced I'm just schizophrenic.

@icedragon1883 3 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine, think this scarred us all for life.

@victorguerra8884 3 жыл бұрын

At one point during the face morph, Turbo Teen briefly resembles Quagmire from Family Guy.

@icedragon1883 3 жыл бұрын

@@victorguerra8884 that's probably where they got the Quagmire's look, turbo teen was their inspiration, don't know for sure.

@l.m.j.7947 2 жыл бұрын

TRAUMA!!!

@jameshypes826 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the ladies in the beauty parlor just give no craps while there's a dude literally turning into a car beside them while they're getting their hair done.

@LlanoRiverBlue 3 жыл бұрын

Right? No budget for reactions!

@davidromeroblaya7920 3 жыл бұрын

-That boy is turning into a car. -Yep...

@ShadowcasterZero 3 жыл бұрын

Martha that boy has wheels for hands... oh really? do tell "flips page of magazine"

@seatspud 3 жыл бұрын

For all we know, "One Life to Live" might have been on the parlor TV at that time.

@DeanStrickson 3 жыл бұрын

Those old biddies have seen some shit.

@francom.2698 3 жыл бұрын

Best joke is calling this a "car toon" 😂😂

@EdSigma 3 жыл бұрын

If Turbo Teen was done in live action, that transformation would be like An American Werewolf in London, it would be utterly horrific!

@MegatronYES 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s all I can think about this entire episode, is imagining this kid screaming in desperate agony and how truly horrifying it is that a legitimately constructed depiction of that event would simply be fucking hilarious

@slurpii4669 3 жыл бұрын

I want it

@the_criminal_mastermind 2 жыл бұрын

If it was done in love action maybe his whole body would become a metallic red and the at an extremely fast rate morphs into a car to make it less weird like hes running through a hall and then jumps and morphs into a car

@Fix3rJ0e 2 жыл бұрын

@@MegatronYES I had a nightmare about that when I first saw this show. I can still recall it. God help me.

@personaissleepy Жыл бұрын

I imagine Tetsuo the Iron Man meets Transformers and a little bit of Call me Tonight.

@Ironbeargrizz187 3 жыл бұрын

Man it crazy I’m 43 and I remember watching turbo teen every Saturday morning..... holy throwback batman

@Getwright- 3 жыл бұрын

At 8:07 OH MY GOD! Hes half human, half car And hes dragging his car half along! Did David Cronenberg make this show???

@kingedwin 3 жыл бұрын

Now we know who needs to make the gritty reboot when Hollywood runs out of properties to license, although it'll probably go to Michael Bay.

@Getwright- 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingedwin cronenberg or that Japanese director who made Tetsuo the Iron Man, Tsukamoto

@WMxSmith 3 жыл бұрын

That was my favorite episode, and something you could only see n TV in the eighties.

@twistedyogert 2 жыл бұрын

@@kingedwin They should make the transformation agonizingly painful and disturbing like not only does he rip out of his clothes when he changes but he then rips out of his skin as his skeleton morphs into the car. It could be more of a body-horror movie then a superhero one.

@jeanemlicar Жыл бұрын

probably would’ve lasted another season had they came up with your theory.@@twistedyogert

@adamcarter2310 3 жыл бұрын

“What if he had been on a horse?” That’s how centaurs are made.

@JoeSyxpack 3 жыл бұрын

No, no, that's how Bronies are made.

@NINacide 3 жыл бұрын

"would putting a banana in the tail pipe qualify for S**ual assault?"

@meat-hook 3 жыл бұрын

What would have happened if he'd been rollerblading? Would he grow wheels, or just turn into rollerblades and sit there for a while.

@dndrequiem 2 жыл бұрын

@Adam Carter Cen-cars hehe

@matthewcaughey8898 Жыл бұрын

Now that’s a horror movie that would rival the fly

@LiquidVoltFlare 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that Turbo Teen inspired transformation fetish art exists on Deviantart gives me hope that this show will live on in the hearts and minds of future generations

@yelloweyeball Жыл бұрын

Rule 34 strikes again.

@tfordham13 9 ай бұрын

I found this show through porn

@WhiskeyBrewer 3 жыл бұрын

"....When he gets Hot" Damn I pityed his Girlfriend. Not the kind of Backseat action she was looking for

@corvus1970 3 жыл бұрын

Check out the Robot Chicken skit.

@coreylevine8095 3 жыл бұрын

She got the black guy that o k

@truck6859 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@danielblack5622 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao 😂😂😂

@Jamespennington71 3 жыл бұрын

Naw, his crew are problem solvers. The built a walk in fridge with ceiling fan and a king sized bed in it.

@pathevermore3683 3 жыл бұрын

the horror of this guy's existence did not escape me back in the 80's.

@dfailsthemost 3 жыл бұрын

Body horror

@Johninadelaide2022 3 жыл бұрын

Needed a Cronenberg remake

@theinconspicuousbxc 2 жыл бұрын

It didn't seem it was painful like An American Werewolf in London

@matthewcaughey8898 Жыл бұрын

@@theinconspicuousbxc like that other guy said this was Cronenberg levels of body horror

@Jayk129 3 жыл бұрын

I believe in this case Dan a “Banana in the tailpipe” is sexual assault.

@kildaver 3 жыл бұрын

Unless it's consensual, and he's into it.

@someguyfromindiana1777 3 жыл бұрын

The “Ford Kafka” You made this English teacher chortle loudly. A+!

@nikholman1287 3 жыл бұрын

My kids didn't believe this show was real until I found clips on KZfaq. The fact this show made it on air is a testament to how awesome the 80's were.

@truck6859 3 жыл бұрын

The 80s were the best decade. They were awesome all over the place ‼❤

@tacoenvy 3 жыл бұрын

It was an awesome time my friend, sooo many good shows and amazing toy's the early 90's was great to and then everything turned to shit.

@MechalemmiwinksV2 3 жыл бұрын

@@truck6859 And AIDs was an uncurable disease back then! FABULOUS!

@ImLooKingAtYou76 3 жыл бұрын

@@MechalemmiwinksV2 There's still no cure for aids genius.

@MechalemmiwinksV2 3 жыл бұрын

@@ImLooKingAtYou76 With medicine, someone with the virus can now live approximately their full lifespan. In the 80s, treatments like this weren't available. I may not be a genius, but I guess I know more than you.

@everything80spodcast68 3 жыл бұрын

I think the ultimate goal of Turbo Teen was to make "Knight Rider for kids," but the car was made red so it wasn't a direct connection. Knight Rider really appealed to us as kids in the 80s but wasn't totally accessible--Turbo Teen would be though. It also seemed like it had a connection Transformers, but Turbo Teen debuted 2 days before they did. Also, shout out Pamela Hayden aka Milhouse

@texturem0nkey 3 жыл бұрын

How not totally accessible? My

@tdtellem 3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what it was. I watched some episodes of Turbo Teen not too long ago and it feels like a kiddy version of Knight Rider.

@joiekelly3141 3 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised they didn’t get in any trouble for calling the bad guy dark rider.

@DigitalOzymandias 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else remember Knight Rider 2000 or Team Knight Rider in the 90s?

@rhuttrho88 3 жыл бұрын

There were Knight Rider toys! A pull string talking Kitt car! The show was definitely for kids!

@legionaireb 3 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a couple episodes of this when I was younger. I remembered it just because it was a weird idea. Then one day during college I ran into a girl I knew from junior high and somehow in our casual conversation I ended up bringing this show up. Turns out SHE remembered it, too, but she had mentioned it to so many people who had never heard of it that she had actually convinced herself that she had just imagined it.

@Tech_Traveler 10 ай бұрын

Tell me you two are married now.

@BlackburnBigdragon 3 жыл бұрын

Turbo Teen is SO damn ripe to be made into a comedy, tongue in cheek, live action, superhero movie. It could work with the right writers, and producers.

@andrewsabina8201 3 жыл бұрын

I had no idea Kirby was involved with this show. And yeah, they were trying hard for a "Saturday Morning Knight Rider" with this one.

@Wis_Dom 3 жыл бұрын

MONEY!

@jonathancook7616 3 жыл бұрын

Kirby unfortunately did a lot of "shows" and comics to literally "eat" given the obvious hosejob he got later in life. 😔 One that people overlook was he worked on the "Rambo" animated series (His name is literally front and center in the closing credits along with Haim Saban [almost a full decade before Power Rangers] ) It was what it was.

@andrewrainey4192 3 жыл бұрын

I saw your comment and thought you meant Kirby the video game character.

@steelman774 3 жыл бұрын

Ok... we need a kids show that’s like Knight Rider so the main Michael Knight character will be a teenager... yeah that’s good... but we don’t want the hero leaving the car behind, like EVER, so ... maybe the kid ISSSSS the car... yeah yeah yeah! (Genius!!)

@scottcrabface5662 3 жыл бұрын

I saw a couple of episodes of this as a kid and it has stuck with me ever since. I think I remember a scene where he eats a hot dog that is too hot and transforms or something like that. As a kid I was hooked and also baffled.

@jC-kc4si 3 жыл бұрын

Now Saturday Mornings are a brain numbing wasteland of infomercials and barely educational 'shows' edited from repurposed vacation videos.

@Raatcharch 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I also remember watching this show when I was very young. Its pure insanity always stuck with me.

@weeabootrash329 3 жыл бұрын

@@jC-kc4si Yeah. If I ever have kids of my own I'll be showing them shows from either my childhood or beforehand that my parents showed me! That's not to say that all cartoons made today are inherently bad, however most of them are pretty "not so good"!

@treyjohnson4035 2 жыл бұрын

Ruby Spears had a lot of absurd cartoons,Little Rascals,Rubik,Punky Brewster

@RichV20 2 жыл бұрын

There was a lot of gay subtext in this show.

@freedoomed 3 жыл бұрын

On his trip to Jusenkyo China, Brett fell into the cursed spring of drowned car.

@billybo889 3 жыл бұрын

Omg. Best reference

@ladynikkie 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@angelriverasantana7755 2 жыл бұрын

Ey! I made Ranma jokes when voice chatting with a pal on Discord when talking about Turbo Teen, too

@clumsysmurf8109 3 жыл бұрын

As a person who liked this cartoon. He really missed it. People who liked it, like it because they dreamed of being able to turn into a car. They were imaginative and loved cars. I used to get up at 4 am just to watch this.

@Pewpewpew182 3 жыл бұрын

The idea was so awesome, yet the transformation.... was always jarring to me as a kid. Lol. Do King Arthur and the Knights of Justice please!

@Getwright- 3 жыл бұрын

I love Arthur and the knights of justice!! One of the last great opening credit sequences (American ones at least)

@CJ-ef4tg 3 жыл бұрын

Oddly, I only found out about that until very recently. I'd gone WAAAY down the rabbit hole of MotU-like figures and it was some offchance unrelated reference. I'd like to see an episode on that too.

@Desslar 3 жыл бұрын

One of the last epic theme songs for sure.

@myluckyzippo7169 3 жыл бұрын

I was out to sea on a sub while in the Navy and a friend brought this show up (you tend to get bored under water for three months). We all remembered it but could not think of the name. It drove us crazy until we got back to port and could actually figure out the name.

@pattythomas9405 23 күн бұрын

Drove

@winstonheard9769 3 жыл бұрын

“Instead of Michael Knight AND KITT, Michael Knight... IS KITT” *BWOONNNG*

@SpacecatXY 3 жыл бұрын

Now I have this wild image in my head of a dying Michael Knight's brain waves being used to create an AI for a brand new KITT.

@theshadow2171 3 жыл бұрын

Spot on summary! I remember watching it as a kid. No questions asked. I never knew it was only 13 episodes.

@psygnale 3 жыл бұрын

I spent half my adult life trying to forget that show, and you've just re-traumatized me with the title alone. Thanks for that.

@raym1477 3 жыл бұрын

The only way to explain this is that cocaine was popular in the 80s.

@AzMetsFan 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. I remember this show from a very young age and also remember trying to explain it a few years later when I was like 8 with no one knowing what I was talking about leaving me to think it was a dream or something. Thank you for validating it for me 32 years later.

@joseruvalcaba1927 Жыл бұрын

Yes agreed. Many never saw ths! Mayb they were born later so they missed out

@michaelmaxwell2794 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Toy Galaxy. You have legit answered a long lost unanswered question of mine for more then we'll over 25 years. I'm 37 now and over the course of my life I have asked many people about this cartoon show, and no one has EVER heard about it. I always described it as a show about "a guy who turned into her car." Everyone would look at me like I was crazy. So seriously as silly as this sounds from one Collector to another. Thank you so much for answering this unanswered question of mine for soo freaking long.

@visionop8 3 жыл бұрын

so there DOES exist a place where childlike imagination and coke-fueled idea storming with no net intersect.

@pathevermore3683 3 жыл бұрын

we call it "the 80's"

@WyldstaarStudios 3 жыл бұрын

I was shocked when there wasn't a single mention of cocaine. It's a hell of a drug, and no doubt contributed to this madness being made.

@ChainsawGenie 3 жыл бұрын

@@WyldstaarStudios Some of us don't need it, though. ^_^ **remembers some online galleries where strangeness (ie foothands, planetheads; limbs coming to life) is the norm** We've come a long way since Wackyland/Tin Pan Alley Cats, Duck Amuck and The Cat That Hated People, folks. ^_^

@PandorasFolly 3 жыл бұрын

Man just watch Schwarzenegger's Commando movie. The mall scene is 137% cocaine.

@CJ-ef4tg 3 жыл бұрын

Wait. You mean...... other places exist????

@brutalboy1000 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of those things that you half remember from your childhood that you're not sure actually happened. And any attempt to confirm its existence with other people is met with confused looks.

@crabbieappleton 2 жыл бұрын

I had a similar experience when I tried to convince people that there used to be a cartoon with the Happy Days gang in a time machine.

@Panzer_the_Merganser Жыл бұрын

Ever suddenly remembered a few bars of some theme song of a cartoon from when you where a little kid, and be like, dammit now I have to find this… thing. Mine was that show of robots with one big suction cup foot and springy arms. Drove me nuts until I found it.

@Ayeohx 5 күн бұрын

I'm impressed that you got 10 minutes out of almost no footage or toys. And I still really enjoyed it.

@dbeane43 3 жыл бұрын

I was this show's intended demographic - a kid that didn't ask too many questions. Watched it every Saturday. And don't ask me why but mentally I kind of bundle it together with the Karate Kid cartoon.

@IdeaBox-dk5vj 3 жыл бұрын

The Karate Kid/Turbo Teen Hour: Saturdays at 9:30 on NBC!

@bigbagoforanges 3 жыл бұрын

Please do Rubik the Amazing Cube (and the whole history of the Rubik's Cube craze)!

@SecretGalaxyTV 3 жыл бұрын

It's on the list. We'll definitely get to it at some point.

@jonathancook7616 3 жыл бұрын

@@SecretGalaxyTV Now that was a weird cartoon. Was part of the Pac-Man/Rubik's Cube Hour on ABC during Pac-Man's second season (First season was a 90 minute series that started with a "Little Rascals" animated series, than Richie Rich, and then finally Pac-Man). The ONE episode that appeared they were going to go into Rubick's origin and they BARELY scratched the surface.

@maxbrandt6 3 жыл бұрын

Someone remembered the Rubik;s Cube cartoon! Wow! How many episode did that have, 3?

@ALT3REDB3AST 3 жыл бұрын

The Littles!

@maxbrandt6 3 жыл бұрын

@@ALT3REDB3AST There is a lost classic!

@blackphoenix77 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this show! It was like Ranma ½ if Ranma turned into a car instead of a cute girl. Man, I miss Saturday morning cartoons.

@bitwize 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, after growing up and discovering anime I was like "Does anybody remember the cartoon about the guy who fell into the Jusenkyō Spring of Drowned Car?"

@Optimalillusion 3 жыл бұрын

@@bitwize A very tragic story.

@godaistudios 2 жыл бұрын

Missed opportunity for a joke at that. At least when the temperature changes, Ranma remains human.

@FiZ 3 жыл бұрын

I am so happy this video exists. When I was growing up, I only had 1 friend that had ever seen an episode of this show, nobody else had even heard of it. Every time I tried to describe it to people, I felt like Randy Quaid in Independence Day.

@thomasstanley3008 Жыл бұрын

I honestly remember loving this show as a kid. It had the same feel as Clue Club, Jabberjaw, and Teen Wolf to me at the time. I might have a couple of episodes on vhs hidden away somewhere at my parents house that I might need to dig out next time I visit.

@orenkiyama6860 7 ай бұрын

I loved Clue Club, of all the shows that had mystery solving teenagers that were out at that time, I found this show to be a bit more serious, and down to Earth. I loved the brother and sister duo of Larry and Dottie.

@conchobar 3 жыл бұрын

It's the origin story to the Knight Rider villain KARR.

@jonathanward8967 3 жыл бұрын

Bender and the werecar was a solid episode of Futurama. But I always thought it was more from Christine. Another gem of an episode Dan, i forgot this show existed.

@Dark.Shingo 3 жыл бұрын

-A dude turning into a dancing car at prom? *Opens another beer* -See son? He at least graduated. *Slaps him in the head.*

@vanhopecomedy 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this show as a kid. I still make obscure references to it. It lives on in my memories.

@doro626 3 жыл бұрын

I love that Big Foot was the enemy in this show, then the hero in his own show after. The new intro music is cool, but can we get the old music on at least the outro?

@mrheroprimes 3 жыл бұрын

humans getting turned into inanimate objects has always creep me out. So this cartoon is one that I try to pretend it doesn't exist, because I need to be able to sleep at night.

@scottandrewhutchins 3 жыл бұрын

I bet the Nome King from the Oz books freaks you out.

@stephanc6138 3 жыл бұрын

you may wanna try manga. theres turning into a sword, a vending machine and a set of armour.

@nsolomons8361 3 жыл бұрын

Stephan C heard of the sword. What's the armour one?

@Quintesson05 3 жыл бұрын

I could creep you out with the (American) Transformers Headmasters: biomechanically-engineered humans (and humanoid aliens) transforming into the heads (and later guns and engine blocks) of Autobot and Decepticon robots. (But I've got something better...)

@Quintesson05 3 жыл бұрын

I created a super hero who not only generated clones of himself, but could MECHANICALLY combine with those clones to become a giant. Here's the creep factor: he and his clones are flesh and blood humans throughout. Unimaginable body horror occurs as each of his... "selves" stretch, dislocate, and worse to become arms, legs, etc. Then (whether you were smart enough to look away or not) you'll witness this combination humanoid battle whatever threat made him transform in the first place.

@gaurd4 3 жыл бұрын

I had completely forgotten about this one, but I do remember watching it. Being a kid in the 80' s was a great time.

@oxybe 3 жыл бұрын

The raw positive affirmation towards the glory of Turbo Teen warms my heart. And now I'm a Subaru Forester.

@WMxSmith 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, the Turbo Teen episode I always wanted! There should be a Turbo Teen movie.

@_ian2800 3 жыл бұрын

Another Beverley Hills Cop reference? What's going on here, Dan? Where are you taking us?

@j.anderson4254 12 күн бұрын

This needs a proper release. One of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons. Ah the good ole days of Saturday morning cartoons. Every station had a mega lineup.

@corvus1970 3 жыл бұрын

That dark AF Robot Chicken skit is one of my favorites. Thanks for highlighting this genuinely bizarre 80's rarity.

@michaelshelton6025 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this show lol and that’s me accepting and acknowledging everything is wrong with it

@CJ-ef4tg 3 жыл бұрын

That is one of the best comments ever 👍👍👍👍

@posindustries 3 жыл бұрын

I dunno, man, these clips you dug up make me feel like this show actually possessed some degree of self-awareness that we're not giving it credit for? Turbo Teen goes to prom and gets worked up while dancing, unaware that he has transformed into a dancing car as everyone else looks on in silent horror? Cooling off only his torso so that he's having to drag along his nightmarish car-ass behind him? This is gold, pure and simple.

@DigitalOzymandias 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you did this! This was a show I almost thought I imagined because I couldn't find anything about it online.

@burntmarshwigglestudio597 3 жыл бұрын

Thundar the Barbarian, the commerical of C-3PO and R2-D2 smoking, and Turbo Teen are my earliest TV cartoon memories. Thank you for this. I WAS one of those kids who accepted it at face value. I love you for doing this.

@chevon5707 3 жыл бұрын

Are there mysteries you could solve by being a car that couldn’t also be solved by owning a car?

@chadfalardeau3259 3 жыл бұрын

How to get the best milage? Driving shortcuts?

@Getwright- 3 жыл бұрын

...who stole your car? And dude where is your car? Those are about the only two.

@noonebesides 3 жыл бұрын

It might make stake-outs more effective, since anyone looking only sees a car and not a car with someone sitting in it.

@chadfalardeau3259 3 жыл бұрын

@@noonebesides good point

@RedSiegfried 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the mystery of how much cocaine was consumed to come up with this idea? Yeah, I did an easy 1980s cocaine joke. Everyone thumbs up me now! I mentioned cocaine!

@topdawg2003 3 жыл бұрын

I have tried to describe this show to people and it made me feel weird trying.

@nelsona779 3 жыл бұрын

😅🤣😂😂😂😂 same

@thewiirocks 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone thought I was making this up for DECADES. Describing the concept just sounded crazy and made everyone think I was just mixing up memories from childhood. It wasn't until the internet finally caught up and "remembered" this a few years ago that I could prove this existed. Even then, my wife still barely believes me.

@Lonsoleil 3 жыл бұрын

@@thewiirocks I remember this crazy ass show as a kid too. More proof everyone in the 80's was on drugs.

@Kai0nTheMoon 3 жыл бұрын

Once again I am reminded of a show I had long forgotten existed yet suddenly remember watching rather vividly thanks to a Toy Galaxy video.

@LeatherRebel75 3 жыл бұрын

And again you totally refresh my memory of the overabundant plethora of cartoon viewing for those of us growing up from the late 70's through the 80's.

@shifty0212 3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this cartoon as a kid. I remember loving it, but it’s probably best left in my memory.

@TheBaron75 3 жыл бұрын

Not to be confused with Turbot Teen in which a guy turns into species of flatfish in the family Scopthalmidae.

@martl8615 3 жыл бұрын

Would watch . 10/10

@Optimalillusion 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for not going with some kind of Turgid Teen joke.

@CJ-ef4tg 3 жыл бұрын

"Please send recipe for plaice with thyme." Omg. That transformation would be.... unsettling. Watching his eyes migrate to one side of his head, face flattening, lips stretching out.... (shudder)

@kingfishercomputing9497 3 жыл бұрын

Laughed so loud at this one

@nathanforester5993 3 жыл бұрын

'Help, he's a Fish!'.

@jaypoirier4216 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is a blast . I love seeing these old shows I liked as a kid turbo teen, G Force or battle of the planets( or whatever they call it these days )

@jameschawkinsart 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know how much I needed this channel. Oh, the random and WEIRD shows I have forgotten about. Thanks!

@jime6688 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm in love with my car" by Queen is now weirder for me to hear because of this show.

@frankdantuono2594 3 жыл бұрын

LaFontaine doing the voice over for the He-Man commercial... those were the days.

@jonathancook7616 3 жыл бұрын

Scary part being 1) I actually remember that commercial [subconscious brain vault kicked in] 2) I actually had all four of those figures. My He-Man and Skeletor were both the battle armor ones because I thought they were cool even though they were never used in the series 3) I got Whiplash either for Christmas or Birthday and Buzz-Off at a K-Mart that closed 35 years ago and is now a training facility for my hometown county's sheriffs department. 😅

@marvinwhite4097 3 жыл бұрын

I’m new to this channel and absolutely love it! Great job on wonderful content! I would love to see the history of Tarzan and the Super 7

@guywatchingmovies 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't thought of this show in years. I don't really remember much except the concept and the sequence starting with his hands turning into the tires. I also had that coloring book so it helped keep the memory of this show from completely disappearing. Thanks Toy Galaxy for the drive down memory lane!

@rodolfosjeronimo9274 3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: here in Brazil Turbo Teen was called... Turbo Man. That's it, no translation or adaptation, just this weird change.

@The-kr9rb 3 жыл бұрын

I AM A MAN!

@TheSkyatollah 3 жыл бұрын

It's turbo time!

@DinobotTM2 3 жыл бұрын

And there are several episodes here on KZfaq of the Brazilian dub. Almost the whole series.

@syxepop 3 жыл бұрын

I suppose it was SBT that broadcasted it over there, right?

@DinobotTM2 3 жыл бұрын

@@syxepop Band, actually

@Ultrazilla 3 жыл бұрын

Look up the comic Teen Boat! You won't regret it! The Angst of being a Teen! The Thrill of being a Boat! lol, so awesome.

@MIKIEC71 3 жыл бұрын

I saw the Teen Titans Go! parody/homage episodes to this and I absolutely loved them - they get the 80's Saturday morning cartoon genre down to a tee! I couldn't figure out which show it was based on, so I'm so glad I stumbled across this video! Thanks for enlightening me.

@plkrtn 3 жыл бұрын

Ford Kafka just absolutely killed me 😂😂

@jackofallclaws6672 3 жыл бұрын

Surprised this wasn’t an Oddities episode.

@syxepop 3 жыл бұрын

No, this was even TOO ODD even for Ben Minnotte (The Oddity Archive), but there was so few material available in the research to tal about that Dan Larson began to look like one of RCR (Regular Car Reviews) usual spiels about BORING cars in a POETIC and PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXT.

@thachocolategod 3 жыл бұрын

3:52 - 4:22 pure comedy gold ladies and gentlemen. But on a serious note, I only heard of this show from a Robot Chicken sketch.

@jeffjordan2949 3 жыл бұрын

Unexpected Beverly Hills Cop reference @ 4:29. My drink almost came out of my nose. Well played!

@Ouja 3 жыл бұрын

1. You delivered this episode with a straight face. I applaud you, sir. 2. If anyone has the other 8 episodes, please burn them. 3. Even as a kid, I despised this cartoon. There were cartoons I didn't like, cartoons that were ok, and cartoons that were boring. But I only had room enough in my heart to hate one, because Turbo-Teen used up all that free space.

@WritersOnTheWall 3 жыл бұрын

everytime I see toy galaxy i think what is this guy doing with his life he's like a normal guy he should be having a nice dinner with his wife, then I see pictures of him a comic convention and I'm like oh yeah he's a wierdo like the rest of us

@chrissawyer1484 3 жыл бұрын

I remember going into a local TG&Y when I was a kid and seeing a dozen of those Turbo Teen Monogram models. I think they were discounted to less than a dollar.

@crowningchristopher8273 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, I remember the exact same thing, and at TG&Y no less, that is both weird and cool. I passed them up thinking they were really lame.

@joeydoesthings4955 3 жыл бұрын

I’m thankful someone made a video about this show! I always think of this show when I watch that one Key and Peele skit about this the basketball player who one the big game.

@muddlewait8844 3 жыл бұрын

The script for this video is a masterpiece. Thank you.

@Shiirow 3 жыл бұрын

well if there were shows about robots turning into cars, why cant there be a show about a human turning into a car?

@waynski1457 3 жыл бұрын

7:15 Wait a second, why did he throw it? Is every frame of this show trying to be as nonsensical as possible?

@Getwright- 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahah thanks for pointing that out

@TJDimacali 3 жыл бұрын

Alex is part of the Turbo Teen team (heh). I think they rushed into the parlor because they were being chased by the bad guys and Brett/Turbo Teen needed to change into a car quickly. So under the dryer he went, and Alex threw the drier off in a hurry when the transformation started.

@justSTUMBLEDupon 2 жыл бұрын

@@TJDimacali yeah ok 😂

@martingelinas1721 3 жыл бұрын

I was thirteen back then, and I remember too much of this show. I remember how in the first episodes they put a BLINKING ICON IN THE CORNER TELLING YOU HE WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE. It was pretty useless. I don't think anyone was confused. I also remember that you saw the face of Dark Rider in the final episode as headlights blinded him through his windshield. For all the 80s cartoon gems, this was one of the WTF duds.

@Gappasaurus 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember the icon! It would blink either the “car” or “no car” (🚫) symbol! It made it more confusing because i couldn’t figure out why it was there 😄 And trust me, this show had me plenty confused already. And probably more than a little traumatized 😓

@travislogerwell2675 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this show every weekend morning when I was a kid growing up in California it was one of my favorites. They do have the entire show on dvd along with some other classic cartoon shows.

@lowellmartens6135 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this show. Could never remember the name. It was such a rad, crazy, horrible show. I imagine it is hard to watch, but my 9 year old self found it very interesting, and supplied me with many very strange 'becoming a car' imaginings over the years. Thanks for the very entertaining content guys.

@GKafkias85 Жыл бұрын

There was a show I watched as a kid and had the same problem. Could not for the life of me remember the show or if I ever knew what it was. Finally as an adult after watching videos of intros to old cartoons found out it was M.A.S.K.

@trinasmi 9 ай бұрын

What a great idea!

@PixelatedH2O 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like I vaguely remember the sequence of him turning into a car. I was only two when the show aired though so I'm not sure what I'm remembering.

@nicholasromig5506 3 жыл бұрын

this is some of your best writing, it's great.

@billpagan3070 3 жыл бұрын

Dan and Greg, Absolutely love this obscure weird segments of tv we all mostly have forgotten but thanks to you guys bring back ALIVE!!!😁 I vaguely remember this show and liked it.👍 Dan, The jokes in this one was A+😁😁😁

@SecretGalaxyTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@LoveProWrestling 3 жыл бұрын

So those tyres are his hands. And if he gets a flat? And changes the tyre. Did they just throw away his hands?

@thirdgengta 3 жыл бұрын

That's the trouble with shows like this. You can only suspend your disbelief for so long. It was the eighties, so no-one seemed to care.

@IdeaBox-dk5vj 3 жыл бұрын

Also his feet. Which, if your question leads to what I think it leads to, would make Brett the world's luckiest amputee.

@CogLife 3 жыл бұрын

There was the live action series -“Auto Man”. It was kind of a twist on the premise of “Tron”. A computer programmer creates a man using his computer. A man who comes out of the computer and who can, amongst other things, turn into a car.

@ragmanjack7524 3 жыл бұрын

Not quite. Auto Man had a sidekick/minion called cursor (who was credited with being his own character in the intro) who could create vehicles out of light, but Auto couldn't turn into anything himself aside from covering up his glowy suit with the illusion of clothes.

@CogLife 3 жыл бұрын

I stand corrected I’m a bit rusty with it. I didn’t actually get to watch it that often when it was on.

@Sashazur 3 жыл бұрын

I remember Automan! Well I only really remember two things: First, his glowing car could only take high speed turns at 90 degrees like in Tron, so anyone riding in the car would get smushed up against the glass when it turned. Second, the bad guys always locked people up next to a working computer, allowing the victim to summon Automan and get rescued.

@mrf19741 3 жыл бұрын

The Robot Chicken Parody of Turbo Teen is Absolutely Hilarious and has me cracking up every time I watch it!

@hikerdean2674 3 жыл бұрын

Was not expecting this to get so heady and philosophical. Well played.

@SkylerLinux 3 жыл бұрын

"who details his car form" I suspect his Girlfriend would.

@davidconway6874 3 жыл бұрын

Find ramps, jump them. Exactly. Or hit them just right and do that drive on two tires thing.

@TJ52359 3 жыл бұрын

the 80s... I think it was a rule, if your show was about A Car... that Car had to do both of those things as often as possible

@42speedybeattie 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for showing this. I remembered the show but couldn't think of the title.

@ThisIsInfamousJBlack 3 жыл бұрын

Dan, what are you doing to me? I had some hard childhood flash back hahaha! Appreciate this channel

@jamesmoss3424 3 жыл бұрын

I remember turbo teen when I was a kid and I still like it and I want to turn into a car. 😀👍

@guillermosuitfetich6984 3 жыл бұрын

can i ride on you ? :)

@blackrat1228 3 жыл бұрын

I also would like to turn into a car

@X_Leonhart 3 жыл бұрын

I really don’t want to see the “Rule 34” for this show...

@TJ52359 3 жыл бұрын

I hear it's exhausting... It'll leave you tired... but who knows, if it turns the key, it might just get your engine revving... and Drive you wild.

@frgwyn3760 3 жыл бұрын

“Hey step car”

@TJ52359 3 жыл бұрын

@Jay McDanieL I can neither confirm nor deny that i had Nasal relations with that powder, cocaine.

@Vincent-396 3 жыл бұрын

All those profound questions about what would have happened if the scenarios had been changed, just blew my mind. Also, nice comedy skit. Very creative. You had me at bundling life and car insurance. 😂👍🏻

@samurphy 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU. My friends thought I was insane because I absolutely remember watching this as a kid and it has seemingly vanished since.

@LewisChristisonVids 3 жыл бұрын

Saturday Morning Watchmen is my favorite reference: "John can give ya cancer, and he'll turn into a car."

@Getwright- 3 жыл бұрын

So.... he just turns into his car? Thats a wish someone wished to fulfill??? I guess that could be useful in certian situations (over just having a car).

@evandavis5223 3 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorite cartoons when I was little. As an adult I thought to myself at one point "This show was real right?" I've been hoping to see other channels talk about this show but it's no wonder there aren't many videos on it since so little of it still exists. Thanks for this video.