In the crowds, all the WB characters who were not participating as racers or pit crews, were excited, waiting for the race to start. Many characters from WB cartoons appeared, there even included surprisingly...cameos of a few animals from Cats Don't Dance.
In one part of the crowds, some cartoon characters spoke to each other.
A white mink named Minerva spoke gleefully, "Oh, this is really exciting, isn't it?"
Her boyfriend, a dachshund named Newt agreed, "That it is, darling! I am so, how you say, stoked on racing today!"
A short man named Thaddeus Plotz said to a bald man named Dr. Otto Scratchensniff, "So, Scratchy, old boy, who do you bet will win the race?"
Scratchensniff declared, "I personally bet Pinky and ze Brain may win, I mean their vehicle may be small but it seems so well-equipped, considering it's from Acme Labs."
Plotz said in disbelief, "Are you off your rocker, man? I'm putting my money on those blasted Warners! I don't know why, but it seems they win at everything, so they might as well be winning this race as well!"
Three pigeons called the Goodfeathers sat on a mailbox nearby, as they started discussing about who they think will win, as well.
A green-faced pigeon named Bobby asked a purple-faced pigeon, "So, Pesto, you bettin' maybe those two lab mice or them Warner kids will win? Or maybe even that blue cat, Furrball, for a change?"
The purple-faced pigeon, known as Pesto, answered his friend, confused, "What? Have you got cotton in there for brains? Of course he ain't gonna win! That pink little bird is, she always does! It ain't no contest, Sweetie Bird will become the fourth-time racing champion! Her I am definitely putting my money on!"
A gray-faced pigeon named Squit, added in agreement, "Ha! I'll see that bet and raise ya, Pesto!"
Soon, all the racers, with some now wearing racer's uniforms, had lined up at the starting line, getting ready to start this race. The pit crews had left to get ready for when their teams need their aid. Then, a man who resembled Jerry Lewis came onto the track, much to the dismay of the racers as Yakko complained, "Aw, come on! Not this guy!"
The Jerry Lewis look-a-like, known as Mister Director, spoke in a serious Paul Rugg voice, "Alright, racers, the 8th Annual Warner Bros. Road Rally is about to commence. Racers, take your positions and start your engines." Each racing team starts their vehicle's engine, some with a big sound coming from it, and others starting out with a cluttering sound with a big impressive engine rev sound to follow. Furrball and Sweetie glared at each other, while Sneezer only looked worried.
"On your marks! Get set!"
The racers all frowned sternly, each determined to win the first place prizes and respect from WB characters. However, Furrball tried calming down and focused hard, until Sweetie turned to him, remarking, "Remember, Furrball, try not taking the loss too hard. Losers like you make sure the true stars stay loved by the public."
Furrball glared sternly at her, remarking quietly, "That biatch is so getting beat today!" He then focused his eyes on the race.
"And go!" Mister Director shouted, as he pointed up his gun in the air, and shot to start off the race. When the racers heard the shot, they began their cars and they zoomed down the track. Unfortunately, for Mister Director, he was in the way and he screamed in a whiny voice, "Hoil! Fangoldenmavenchoild!" He tried to run, but the cars already ran over him.
Babs's voice announced over the PA, "And, they're off!"
The fans, meanwhile, were cheering: either for the fact the race has begun or that Mister Director has been run over. Maybe both. However, Mister Director wasn't dead, he was lying flat on the road, with tire tracks marked all over his back. He got up, groaning in pain, "Oooougggh! Those cars really hurt my body, they did!"
Suddenly, a pigeon fell down from the sky, and landed flat on the ground, near Mister Director, and the bird seemed terribly wounded, probably from the shot the man fired in the sky. Squit was heard yelling in the crowd, in alarm, "My cousin!" The man's eyes widened as he threw the gun away, acting like he never held a gun. However, he looked up and saw something else coming down as he gasped in fear, and said meekly, "Oh, froinlaven!" The object, which was a helicopter, came crashing down on him (because he also accidentally shot it down), as he groaned in pain. His voice was heard under the damaged helicopter, muffled, "Why am I constatntly being given de pain?"
In the booth, Babs snickered at the Director's pain, while Buster said, "And while the obnoxious Director and Squit's cousin both take a quick trip to intensive care, let's go to the tracks to see the race, now in action!"
On the tracks, the race has begun, as all the racers are zooming off all over Acme Acres, starting through the city, with Sweetie's vehicle taking the lead. Some of the racers were neck and neck, while others were speeding against each other. During this time, the song "Getcha Back" by the Beach Boys played in the background. Babs was heard announcing, "And there they go, racing down throughout Acme Acres, each trying to make their way through to first place, and ready for any obstacles they may come across."
Buster then said, "Speaking of which, most of the racers' cars had been modified by experts at Acme Labs, to include buttons and switches that include special features to help the racers avoid any obstacles, get out of any scrapes and get ahead of their fellow racers, without bumping them off or trying to sabotage them." As Buster spoke, footage of buttons and switches, with special labels on them, inside the racers' cars were shown. This footage was taken before the race was started. "This was approved by the race's officials, so it technically doesn't count as cheating."
Sweetie smirked evilly, as she said to her mouse partner, "Ahh, but we are going to use OUR features to CREATE the obstacles, and cheat Furrball out of the race, so he won't win! After all, that's how I won the last four years."
Sneezer felt very uncomfortable about this. He only wanted to race with Sweetie for the fun of it, not to cheat, and he didn't like having to help Sweetie cheat five years in a row. Also, even though he was another one of Furrball's rivals on the show, he wasn't as intentionally violent to the kitten as Sweetie was, and he felt a teensy bit sorry for him. "Wouldn't it be better if we just tried winning fair and square, for once?"
The pink canary rolled her eyes, and mimicked her partner, "Wouldn't it be better if we just tried winning..." She then snapped in her normal voice, "Where's the fun in that? But this year, I'm trying to cheat only Furrball out, I don't care whether I or one of the other racers are in first place, just as long as it ain't him!"
Meanwhile, the Duckmobile was pushing its way through the Jungle Jalopy and the Country Canine Coupe.
Plucky shouted, from inside the Batmobile-like vehicle, "Come on, slow-mo! Out of the way! The duckmobile is coming through!"
Pete Puma shouted in annoyance, "Deuugh, hey!"
"Watch it, duck!" Barnyard Dawg shouted.
"Like, Pl-ucky!" Shirley groaned.
"What, Shirl? It's a race! You always have to make it your way in first in a race!" Plucky said.
"Yeah, but still, you gotta at least try to be a good sport about it! I mean, first place isn't everything or some junk."
"She has a point, Plucky" Hampton nodded in agreement. "I mean, winning first place, free stuff and respect is fun and all, but remember, it's not how you win, it's how you play the..." however, he then made a gesture of worry, shouting "Whoooooaaaa!"
The duck and loon were confused at why Hampton just shouted randomly, as the green duck asked, "What was that for, Hampton?"
Hampton explained, "Just practicing for a comedy crash, in case we..." but he couldn't finish when he and the other two looked ahead and made exclamations of alarm, as their car came up to a wall, and hit it very hard, leaving a big dent in the side, and causing one of the tires to pop off. The three quickly got out of the car and got some tools, as they fixed the dent, making it look like there was never one, and putting the tire back in place. Talk about fast team work!
"Alright, team, we better get back out there, and let's hopefully not get distracted by idle chit-chat again!" Plucky said urgently. If he and his team want to win the race, they'll have to get back out there fast, and not get distracted by conversation again.
"We were just giving some good advice, Plucky." Hampton said, as Plucky started the car back up, and zoomed off to catch up with the other racers.
Soon, the Cool Kat Kart, the Warner Wagon and the Space-Age Special had come across each other, and as they raced each other, suddenly, a group of bikers came driving by, smirking greedily at the cat. Apparently, the bikers want to interrupt the race to challenge the cat and other racers to a race of their own.
Buster's voice, groaned, "Oh, just what we need, an unnecessary interruption! Apparently these guys want to stop this race for a race of their own!"
Then, Slappy's voice was heard on an earpiece Furrball was wearing, "Those bikers look like the same ones I met up with in my racing short! Don't worry, kid, just zoom a couple circles around them, like I did, they'll be out cold!"
"Okay, you're the expert, Slappy." Furrball said, agreeing to take Slappy's advice.
"Tell me somethin' I don't know!"
Furrball then pulled down a joy-stick, which made the car rapidly circle around the bikers thrice, tiring them out and allowing Furrball to make his getaway, with the Warners and Nerdlucks following.
Soon, the racers had reached city limts and raced out of it and into the country part of Acme Acres, as they raced on, and the song in the background ended. Furrball had soon managed to catch up with Sweetie, as they were soon neck-and-neck. Sweetie glared, "Not enough room for both of us on this track, Furrball!" She then bumped Furrball's vehicle with hers. "Get out of my way!"
"Over my cold, lifeless body!" He snapped as he bumped Sweetie's vehicle back with his. "You may have gotten the last laugh over me in the TTA episodes, but only because I let you under the contract, and I didn't know any better; but now, I do, and there's no way I'm letting you get ahead of me!"
The pink bird scoffed, "Save your breath, junior! I got this thing in the bag!" She laughed cruelly as she sped away from Furrball, though he tried to catch up, as did the other racers. With Sweetie and Sneezer, the pink bird looked around and said, "Okay, we're far from the others and out of camera range. Time to put Plan A into affect." They pulled over to a spot near a rock pile to perform their first attempt to cheat Furrball out of the race, while the cameras weren't in range.
A bit later, they drove to the area, now with small but powerful detonation charges attached to the pile, by Sweetie. She planned to blow it up, causing an avalanche, blocking the path, hopefully stopping Furrball and some of the others from winning. She saw the others coming as she got out a remote to the detonation charges, as she evilly chuckled, "I just gotta say, this plan is really "the bomb!'" She pressed it, causing an explosion in the rock pile, and an avalanche to start as rocks started falling down. The racers came to the area as Walter in the Villain Vehicle, Calamity and Beeper in the Brainy-Beeper Bomb, Pinky & the Brain in the Mighty Mouse Machine and Plucky's group in the Duckmobile made it through, without a single rock dropping on them. However, Furrball in the Cool Kat Kart and the others were stopped when the rocks crashed down in the road, blocking their path.
Then Pound exclaimed, "Now, just a minute, everyone. It just so happens that the Space-Age Special contains a laser cannon that can shoot through that pile of rubble in a flash, clearing the path for us."
The green Nerdluck, Bang, pressed a button, activating a big cannon, which appeared out of the space vehicle and powered up to fire a big laser beam at the rock pile, sending them flying, and clearing the path, much to the racers' happiness. The cannon went back into the vehicle, before it zoomed off with Bang calling out, "See you inferior earthlings at the finish line! Ha ha ha ha!"
The racers, annoyed by the alien's comment, each zoomed off to catch up, and they soon did. However, Furrball's eyes widened and he yelled in alarm, when he came across a big ditch. He was coming towards it, as he quickly stepped on the gas petal, stopping, but the Cool Kat Kart ended up in the ditch, and was stuck. The other racers drove past him, and didn't bother to help him out, but when the Warner Motor came, it stopped and Yakko pressed a button, which activated a small crane to pop out of their car. It went towards the Cool Kat Kart, as the crane pulled the vehicle and Furrball safely out and back on the track. Furrball and the car were still okay, although the latter had a couple small dents in it.
The crane went back into the Warner Motor, as Dot said, "Alright, Furrball, go on ahead of us, we'll catch up!" Furrball was surprised and flattered at the same time, some of the other racers are actually helping him, let alone the Warners.
"You do know that you're giving up the lead to me, right?" Furrball asked the Warner siblings.
Yakko said, "Yeah, but we still can take it back; not fair that you get delayed because of an accident or a dirty trick, even we know that. Now, go!" With that, Furrball was off again, to catch up with the others and continue the race, with the Warners following. With the Squeak-and-Tweet Roadster, Sneezer saw Furrball still coming, through a pair of binoculars, as he warned Sweetie, "Uh-oh, Sweetie, your pot-hole plan didn't work! Mr. Furrball is still going for it!" Yep, that ditch was another plan by Sweetie to get Furrball out of the race, and it was dug by their car's digging gadget.
Sweetie growled in anger at this. That blue cat just won't give up! Furrball soon came up to where she was, as Sweetie smirked, getting an idea to hopefully anger him to another trap, "My, looking pretty winded, eh, Furrball?"
"Well, you're looking like a scraggly old cornished game hen!" Furrball snapped back. He oughta have some fun with his rival!
"Ooooh, good comeback!" Sweetie said sarcastically. "Why don't you just drop out, Furrball? Everyone knows how good you are at dropping from stuff?" She laughed heartlessly like the little skank she was, as she sped away. That did it! That got Furrball riled up, no one mocks him with one of his unlucky traits: dropping off of high places!
"Whatever Sweetie's saying to you, Furrball, just ignore her and keep your head in the game!" Mary's voice was heard on the earpiece.
"Alright, Mary." Furrball responded in agreement. Meanwhile, Walter Wolf stopped somewhere to pull a dirty trick to cheat some of the other racers out of the race. After all, he is a villain, and he's tried many attempts to defeat Slappy, but this time, he's pulling it on someone else and he's hoping it may work on this time. His attempt is painting a realistic chasm in the road using realistic fast-drying paint.
"Oh, this is just ingenius, I am telling ya! A little realistic paint job..." Walter said as he brushed some paint all over that part of the road, making it look like a deep chasm.
As soon as he was finished, he smirked "and viola! A realistic chasm! I may not be able to finish off Slappy, but this should finish off her racer, which is just as good!" He chuckled evilly before coughing a bit, and then running to place a "Danger: Road Out" sign in front of the painted chasm, before getting back into his car, and into hiding.
"Here those mooks come!" The racers came to where the "chasm" was, but to Walter's surprise, every one of them drove over the chasm instead of stopping. They must have known it was a fake chasm. "What?! They went right on through, without stopping!" His plan was foiled. Despite this, he shrugged, saying, "Well, so can I."
He started driving over the "chasm", but to his surprise and horror, it surprisingly became as steep as a real chasm, and he fell deeply in, until a thud was heard, along with him shouting in pain, "Oy! There goes my duodenum!" Looks like he won't be finishing off Furrball or the other racers now!
So while Walter waits for his pit crew to fish him out of the chasm, Sweetie watched Walter's misfortune through the pair of binoculars Sneezer was wearing. Of course, what she didn't know was Sneezer still had them around his neck, and he was almost choking from Sweetie using them. She smirked, "Well, while that dumb wolf failed at a Dick Dastardly attempt to put Furrball out, I can still manage with one. I mean, hey, I have to suceed! I suceed at everything, even pulling a dirty stunt!"
Sneezer yelped, "Sweetie, you're suffocating me!"
Sweetie noticed and let go, apologizing, "Oh, sorry!" The little mouse gasped and breathed for air.
Soon, Furrball caught up with Sweetie again, and glared at her, shouting, "You're going down, Sweetie!"
"Actually, Furrball, it is YOU who's going down!" Sweetie replied, smugly, as she pressed a button, which activated a mechanical leg with a boot, that appeared behind from the Squeak and Tweet Roadster, and it kicked the Cool Kat Kart, sending him down another downhill path. "Way down!"
He yelled as he rode down the road, out of control, but when he got to the bottom and saw a pile of rocks in his way, he quickly hit one of the pedals, stopping the car in time. Then, out of the blue, another car pulled up, this car had Furrball's pit crew, who arrived to help him get back in the race. They started working on getting his car in shape: fixing the dents, filling up some gas, and putting new tires in. Believe me, they did a good job at it.
"Alright, kid, you're doing great. Just keep your head in the game!" Slappy said to Furrball.
"Yeah, just keep focused, and you can beat that not-so Sweetie Bird!" Skippy added, encouraging Furrball.
"And please be careful." said Mary.
"There's no such word as "careful" in auto-racing, Mary." said Furrball, trying to act like a real pro.
"'No such as word as careful'? Who do you think you are, Tom Slick?" Slappy asked, confused.
"Sorry, I just got caught up in the moment." Furrball said.
"Well, I believe you can do zhis, Furrball. I have ze utmost confidence in you." Fifi said to Furrball in a French Tara Strong voice.
"You really mean that?" Furrball asked her, hoping she wasn't joking like WB characters usually do.
"Cross mon heart." Fifi said, crossing her heart.
Furrball felt really touched, saying "Thank you very much, Feef. If only all the toonsters were nice to characters like me like you, Tyrone and Mary are." Soon, the car was finished up and Furrball got back on his way to finish the race. Fifi sighed dreamily at the blue cat; to tell the truth, she's always had a secret crush on him, but was too nervous to tell him. Also she, Mary Melody and Tyrone the Turtle were probably the only three toonsters who ever felt sorry for him, even though they weren't supposed to show it on the show.
Now, back in the race, Furrball was trying to catch up, and while Sweetie wasn't in the lead anymore, she was still ahead of Furrball and a few of the other racers. She noticed Furrball got back in, from the help of his pit crew. This was when she decided to try another tactic to get Furrball out of the race.
"Here's a cheating tactic I've been "yarning" to use for a while." Sweetie smirked evilly, before pressing a button with a yarn-ball on it. "Thank goodness no one heard me say that bad pun." Then, some yarn balls were shot out of some of the Squeak-and-Tweet Roadster's pipes. They all came flying towards Furrball's direction. Furrball saw the yarn balls bouncing towards him and looked happy to see them, since cats just love playing with yarn balls.
Mary's voice was heard on the earpiece, alarmed, "Furrball, look out! Those yarn balls aren't as innocent as they look! They're really bombs! Quick, press the button with a picture of a baseball bat on it." He was alert as he quickly pressed the button Mary instructed him to. Then, out popped two mechanical arms, holding a baseball bat, and the bat swung the balls away from him. Unfortunately, they bounced towards the Mighty Mouse Machine.
The Brain commented, "Yarn ball bombs! Very spy flick, but effective! Pinky, take the wheel, whilst I activate the force field!"
Pinky said, "Okey-dokey, Brain!" As the small mouse looked for the button to press to activate the force field, a snap sound was heard as Pinky was now holding the wheel. "Okay, Brain, I took the wheel just like you wanted me to. Now where do you want me to put it?"
Brain yelped in alarm, "Gah! Pinky, you moron, I didn't mean literally! Quick, put it back!" The two mice frantically tried putting the wheel back in. They managed to, but it wasn't in all the way, and to make matters worse for them, they were heading right for the bombs and Brain didn't activate the force field in time. Then, one of the bombs went off, causing Pinky and the Brain to steer out of control, as they yelled in panic and more of the bombs went off, one by one. When they came to one bomb, it blew off one of their tires, causing the the car to screech, burn and spin around uncontrollably. They screamed as they spun until they came to a fence, and crashed with an explosion.
When the smoke cleared, the Mighty Mouse Machine was destroyed, and the two mice were blackened. Brain turned to Pinky, and commanded "Pinky, contact our pit crew immediately!" The white lab mice team's pit crew should be able to fix the car, but Pinky looked uneasy.
"Uh, yeah, about that, Brain...uh..." Pinky said uneasily.
"You forgot to hire a pit crew, didn't you?" Brain asked dryly.
"As a matter of fact, yes. He he he." Pinky laughed sheepishly.
"Why am I not surprised? Well, we can't fix it, because there's nothing left of it, it took us 17 hours to complete, and it'll take even more to recreate it, and we don't have time. Let's face it, we have to forfeit the race. Another excellent opportunity to rule the world, foiled by YOUR imcompetence!" Brain is really ticked off at Pinky for not hiring a pit crew for their vehicle.
"Hey, there's always next year, Brain. Narf!" Pinky smiled, trying to look on the bright side. They can always try to take over the world another time; of course, they've been doing that ever since the beginning of Animaniacs.
Sweetie growled in anger, another one of her attempts foiled! Furrball pulled up by her and smirked, saying "Well, Sweetie, looks like your plan to bomb me out of the race really bombed, huh?" He laughed tauntingly, getting back at her for taunting him.
"Yeah, well you...uh...you" the pink bird replied back, trying to think a good comeback, but was stuck this time. "What's the matter, Sweetie? Cat got your tongue?" Furrball responded back, before he raced ahead of Sweetie.
Sweetie shouted out, "I'm not done with you, cat!" She then drove in a separate path to hopefully stop Furrball and maybe the other racers this time, but Furrball mostly.
Soon, the Squeak-and-Tweet Roadster was out in front of the racers, and Sweetie stopped it in the middle of somewhere. Sweetie said to Sneezer, "This is the part where I use one of Dick Dastardly's schemes I mentioned earlier, and this time, it'll work, because a student/spin-off of Tweety is behind it, and since we canaries always win, I will at this one. Come on."
The two drove off, and a bit later, they came back to that spot with a life-sized steele landscape painting looking like the rest of the road they were on. They pushed it onto the center of the road, with the help of the Squeak-and-Tweet Roadster's plow. Once they got it at the spot, Sweetie smirked, "Ah, yes, this solid steele phony landscape will be sure to stop Furrball from winning the race, for sure! Right, Sneezer?"
Sneezer felt uneasy about this as he said, "If you say so, Sweetie, but I still think it's not nice to cheat, maybe we should let Furrball win!"
Sweetie frowned at the remark, "And maybe I should abandon you, while I finish the race on my own!"
"No, don't! I'm sorry, Miss Sweetie, ma'am, I'll promise not to back-talk anymore."
"That's a good mouse!" She then saw the other racers, save the now-dropped out Pinky and the Brain, coming their way. "Ooh, it's the other racers, except for Pinky and the Brain. Quick, hide!" The two then ran behind the landscape and hid. The racers came up towards the landscape and surprisingly, they don't crash into it, but instead drive right into it, without touching the landscape. They drove through it as if it were a real road. It worked for the Road Runner, so why not them? Especially considering the fact that one of them is the student of the Road Runner.
The mouse and pink canary noticed this as they peeked from behind, and saw the racers no longer there. They were puzzled at this, and Sweetie was not only puzzled, but she was also mad as she walked in front of the painting. Another scheme of hers didn't work! "But how?! They were supposed to crash into the painting and each-other! How could this plan not have worked?! How could they have gone through?!"
Suddenly, without warning, a taxi cab was coming out of the painting, towards her. Sneezer quickly ducked, but Sweetie yelled in alarm as she got ran down by the cab when it zoomed out of the painting. Sweetie was stuck to the grill, but slid down it and fell to the ground hard. That really hurt! The cab drove off, while Sneezer, now wearing Muttley's helmet, couldn't help but find his partner's pain funny, as he did Muttley's trademark wheezy laugh.
Calamity and Little Beeper watched what happened through their own pairs of binoculars, before Calamity smugly looked at the camera, while holding up a sign labeled, "Next time, she should think twice about using a Wile E. tactic." He flipped the other side, which said "Trust me, I know!" Then both the gray coyote and young road runner snickered.
Soon, the racers were coming back from the countryside to another part of the city. Buster's voice announced, "And the racers are coming back to the city roads, to finish the remainder of the race." However, he and Babs notice that the Mighty Mouse Machine is not there. The Squeak-and-Tweet Roadster and Villain Vehicle, which needs fixing up, have caught up with the rest of the racers, but the Mighty Mouse Machine didn't, because of Sweetie's yarn ball bombs destroying it. "Oh, but apparently something happened to the Mighty Mouse Machine, because it's not here."
Babs informed Buster, "Uh, yeah, Buster, I've just been informed that their car got blown up by a bomb in the road, and because of Pinky forgetting to hire a pit crew, he and the Brain forfieted the race."
"Will Pinky and the Brain ever get a break?" Buster asked no one in particular, dryly.
In the crowd, Scratchensniff groaned in defeat, because now he lost all the money he bet on Pinky and the Brain to win, while Plotz smugly asked, "You were saying, Scratchensniff?"
"Right now, the cars are all stopping for a quick pit crew break." Buster's voice announced, as the cars stopped at the spot between the city and countryside, for a quick pit crew break. Plucky's team worked on the Duckmobile, Calamity and Little Beeper worked on the Brainy-Beeper Bomb, the Warner siblings worked on their Warner Motor, the Nerdlucks worked on their Space-Age Special, and Sneezer and Sweetie, recovered from the collision with the taxi cab, worked on the Squeak-and-Tweet Roadster. During this time, the car with Furrball's pit crew drove up near the Cool Kat Kart, as the crew came to fill up a bit more gas into the gas tank. Also, three cars pulled up near the Country Canine Coupe, Jungle Jalopy and Villain Vehicle.
Out of the three cars popped Barnyard Dawg's pit crew, Pete's pit crew, and Walter's pit crew, respectively. The pit crews went to work on the vehicles. During this time, no one saw a familiar tiny pink and feathery hand grab the Nerdlucks' motor oil gallon and replace it with a gallon of water, made to look exactly like the gallon of motor oil. The label was peeling off a bit, to reveal the "Water" label, but Sweetie's hand quickly stuck it back on good, before leaving.
Sweetie said greedily to the camera, "I just can't help myself! Tee hee hee hee!"
"Blanko, hand me the motor oil!" Pound demanded, holding his hand out. The blue Nerdluck, known as Blanko, grabbed the gallon, not noticing the loose label, probably because he was too clueless to notice, and handed it to his team leader. The fat orange alien took the gallon, and poured the water into the lid he took off, and poured it into the motor. He put the lid back on and closed the hood, unaware that they put water in instead of their motor oil.
Then, as soon as the racers and pit crews were done, the cars that contained the pit crews drove off and went back to their pits, to give their racers room and watch them finish the race. Babs's voice announced, "And it's down to the couple final laps of the race!"
Then, the racers started their cars again and took off, however, without warning, the Space-Age Special started vibrating, much to the surprise of the Nerdlucks and the crowd. Babs's voice was heard saying, "Uh-oh, a little shaky start with the Nerdlucks!"
Pound exclaimed in worry, "Heeeeeeyyyy, what's gooooiinng oooooonnnnnn?!" The five little aliens screamed in worry, as their car shook some more until it sputtered a bit, before collapsing to the ground, falling apart. That water had a REALLY big affect on the motor and the vehicle!
Buster and Babs cringed in the announcer's booth, as the former said, "Oooh, tough luck for the Nerdlucks! Looks like they're out of the race also!"
Bang noticed the peel fall off of the gallon, revealing the real "water" label as he angrily told his teammates, "Hey, fellas! Look at this! Some jerk replaced our motor oil with water!"
"Well, looks like our plan to win's all wet, huh?" Blanko laughed stupidly. Pound glares at him, then slaps Blank across the face, leaving him in a daze. "Are we there yet?"
Meanwhile, the remaining racers were racing back through the tracks of the city, each trying to make it for the win. Buster's voice announced, "But the remaining racers are still going for it! I tell ya, boys and girls, this is one thrilling sports event! There's a lot of happy people watching this right now!" Buster was right indeed, a majority of the fans and viewers watching this are happy to watch this.
Suddenly, the scene changes to somewhere else, where a film critic who's a parody of a certain movie critic who frequently gets upset about certain films from the past that he doesn't enjoy. His name was Tug Rocker, hard-to-please media critic, and he was one viewer who wasn't happy about the race...or maybe, the story that's going on right now.
Tug angrily snapped to the viewers, "What the frick is this?! They're having Furrball speak and do more human stuff like Bugs does?! What are those idiot writers thinking?! This is the saddest excuse for a Looney Tunes-related reboot or continuation I've ever seen; this is worse than Space Jam even! Furrball shouldn't be talking, he should only make cat sounds like he originally did! Plus, felines don't deserve any rights in the WB district, they're made to be tortured, that's how it's always been!"
Then, he saw an annoyed Slappy drove by, out the window, having enough of the uptight critic's badmouthing of the race and story, and she got out a grenade. She snapped the pin off, and threw it in the critic's house, through the open window and at the critic, before she drove off. Then, an explosion was heard inside the house. Inside, the critic wasn't dead from the grenade (because that type of grenade wasn't the type that killed people); instead, he was blackened all over, and he groaned in pain. He said weakly, "Uh, never mind, the film's fine for what it is." Apparently that grenade got Tug Rocker to change his mind. That's the way it works usually.
Slappy, back in the pits, said to the camera, "Sorry for that little interruption, folks. Won't happen again." Yeah, that oughta teach that short-fused media critic not to badmouth the story.
Back in the booth, Buster smiled, "Now, back to the race where there's a lot of excitement as the remaining racers race the final laps! And as we said before, there are lots of happy faces watching this event!" In the race, Furrball in the Cool Kat Kart maneuvers for the lead, as he tries to pass the others. During this time, the song "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann plays in the background.
Babs's voice announces, "Furrball is maneuvering for the lead, as he's cheered on by his pit crew members, mostly Mary Melody and Fifi La Fume." At this time, in the pit of Furrball's pit crew, the crew were rooting for Furrball while Mary and Fifi were now dressed as cheerleaders, as they started shouting out their own type of cheer.
"Go, Furrball, go! Don't be a butt! Leave all those other mooks in the dust! Yay, Furrball!" The two girls shouted, before jumping up in the air.
In another part of the crowds, Furrball's mentor, Sylvester sat next to Fifi La Fume's original LT counterpart and mentor, Pepe Le Pew, Penelope Cat (who was Pepe's love interest and Furrball's second mentor), a gray and white cat named Rita, her dog friend named Runt, and a couple other famous WB felines. Sylvester looked concerned about his student winning the race or not. He watched the race through his pair of binoculars, before turning to the others, saying, "Oh, let's hope Furrball wins this race, or his life will be in the crapper for sure!" He is worried that Furrball will still be thought of nothing but a worthless nobody if he doesn't win the race.
Rita protested, "Hey, don't say that! Even if the kid doesn't win, we'd still respect him!" At least she's one of the few characters who'd respect Furrball, whether he wins or not. Especially considering the fact that she was once a homeless cat like him once.
In the race, Furrball was now to get past the Jungle Jalopy and the Country Canine Coupe, but couldn't go around either of them, and the path between them was narrow. How will Furrball get past Pete Puma and Barnyard Dawg?
"Okay, Furrball, hit the skinny switch!" Skippy's voice was heard on the earpiece.
"Roger" Furrball said, understanding Skippy, as he pressed a switch. Then, the car went up a bit higher, above the cars, making the part that held the wheels move in together. "Coming through!" Furrball said to the other two drivers, as he passed through, leaving the two drivers stunned. The car went back to normal, as it raced on, and most of the crowd cheered.
In the pits of Furrball's pit crew, they rooted for Furrball some more. Slappy shouted, "Come on, kid! You're doing great! Really stick it to them yahoos!"
Mary and Fifi did another cheer, exclaiming "Go, Furrball, go! Pick up the pace! Go all the way and win this race! Yay, Furrball!" They jumped in the air happily, once again.
Then, the Villain Vehicle came out in front of the Cool Kat Kart as Walter snarled at Furrball, "Hey, kid, do you have any idea what some of us may do if you'll win?"
Furrball paused for a bit, then shrugged, "I don't know, lose, maybe? But I know for sure that you'll have to respect me the way you guys respect Bugs, as is part of the prize."
He tilts over to the other side of the railing of the road, leaning over Walter and the Villain Vehicle and zooming over him, making his way ahead of the vehicle. He also managed to get pass the Duckmobile, much to Plucky and his teammates' shock.
Meanwhile, Babs's voice announced over the P.A., "Wow, folks, Furrball seems to be passing just about every racer! Yes, sir, he sure is a speed demon!" Buster's voice added, "Tell me about it, Babsy! It looks like he may win and get our level of respect after all!"
Pepe, hearing Buster and Babs, grabbed the binoculars Sylvester was still wearing, causing him to gag a little, as the skunk looked and saw Furrball gaining the lead, as he grinned. "Oui! He is right, mes ami! Monsieur Furrball is gaining ze lead!"
Penelope looked through the binoculars, which Sylvester took off, to avoid getting choked again. She saw and smiled, "You're right, Pepe! He's out in front!" She called out to Furrball, cheering him on, "Come on, Furrball! You have this made, kiddo!"
Sylvester called out, "Yeah, Furrball, you can do it! Make your own mentor proud!"
Runt shouted, "Dugh, yeah, go, Furrball! Get movin', you crazy little..."
However, a loud air horn was blasted, blurring out the last word Runt was shouting, as he laughed stupidly. With Furrball's pit crew, they rooted for Furrball once more, with Buttons howling encouragingly, as if he was cheering Furrball on. Tyrone the Turtle shouted out, "Come on, Furrball! You can do it! I believe in you!"
Mary and Fifi did one more cheerleader-type cheer as they shouted, "Way to go, Furrball! Give it the gun! You're gonna finish; Number #1! Yay, Furrball!" They leaped in the air happily once more.
Babs's voice announced, "Alright, just a couple more cars between Furrball's car and victory, as well as the chance to finally be part of our group!"
"Imagine our joy." Buster's voice announced, although it sounded rather sarcastic than excited, much to Furrball's confusion. It's almost as if Buster doesn't want him to win the respect and 1st place or be part of their group. However, he tried to stay focused on the race, but then his eyes widened as he saw the car right in front of him. It was the Brainy-Beeper Bomb, only it was now high up, with a giant set of wheels, similar to a steemroller. This was thanks to a special feature Calamity and the car experts added to the vehicle.
Buster's voice announced, sounding somewhat alarmed, "But wait, what's this? Gasp! It's the Brainy-Beeper Bomb with a giant steemroller-type wheel at the back of it, as a special feature. Now this didn't seem expected!"
Babs's voice announced, "It looks like this may be hopeless for the little blue feline rookie. Oh well, win some, lose some."
There's no way Furrball could get around the duo's giant vehicle, he may get flattened in doing so! However, Fifi's voice was heard on Furrball's earpiece, "Okay, this looks like ze big one, Furrball! Go for ze drill bit!"
Furrball replied, "Alright, Feef." He pressed a button, with a drill picture on it, as a big drill appeared out of the nose of the cat face on the car, and started whirring and going underground, under the road, surprising most everyone. Soon, Furrball and his car came back out onto the surface through a hole created, and now, Furrball was way out in front of the racers, and he was only a few feet away from the finish line. Babs's voice announced, "Oh, but it looks like Furrball has made it through, by going under and back! Yep, Furrball is going to win! It's all come down to this!"
The crowd is excited for this, and so is Furrball's pit crew! The little blue cat's luck is finally about to take a turn for the better once he wins this race!
Slappy shouted out, "You've got this thing in the bag, kiddo! It's all you!"
Fifi shouted out, "You can do it, Furrball! Go, go, go! GOOOO!" She cheered wildly for the blue cat, making the other pit crew members notice her, as she calms down and laughs sheepishly.
Yep, it looks like it's smooth sailing for Furrball, as he grinned, "Oh yeah, 1st place, along with respect and Buster and Babs's league, here I come!" It looks like his loosing streak is done, but he spoke too soon as the Squeak-and-Tweet Roadster, driven by an angry Sweetie, came near him, and pressed a button, activating a big needle to come out the side.
Buster's voice announced, "Oh, but what's this? Sweetie's back and it looks like she's..."
The needle started scratching the side of Furrball's car, causing him to grunt and groan at the sound, and everyone gasped in alarm at this.
"Yes, she's trying to play dirty by sabotaging Furrball's car!" Sweetie no longer cares about being caught cheating on-screen, she just wants to stop Furrball.
Furrball glared at the bird, "Sweetie, what the H are you doing?!"
Sweetie smirked evilly at the cat, "What does it look like? I'm simply 'cutting' you out of the race!" Then, she pulled the needle away, leaving a big scratched hole on the side of the Cool Kat Kart, where the stripe was, and the needle started moving towards one of the tires. She stuck the needle inside it very hard, causing it to deflate and burn out, making the cat alarmed. Everyone else gasped in alarm at what Sweetie has done. She then sent the car Furrball's car spinning out of control, the other way.
"Oh, Furrball was so close!" Buster's voice announced. However, the cat saw a springy button and pressed it, causing the car to bounce. Meanwhile, Sneezer frowned angrily at Sweetie, not pleased with her dirty trick, scolding, "Okay, Mrs. Sweetie, ma'am, you have gone way too far!" The pink canary, however, just ignored her partner's gripes as she raced towards the finish line, but to her shock, Furrball's car was bouncing, while swirling, past towards the two.
"No, wait! Furrball is back in the lead, but he's still in a spin!" Buster's voice announced.
"No, it can't be!" Sweetie yelled. Even after her latest sabotage attempt, her rival is still going for it! Of course, Furrball still swirled around while bouncing. He was worried he wouldn't make it, so he closed his eyes shut tight.
Babs's voice announced, "Down the stretch he swirl-bounces, and..." His car soon hops towards the finish line, and makes it across. However, at the final hop, Furrball's seat-belt comes loose, and he is sent flying out of his car, as it crashes and smoke appears, blocking the view. At this time, the song comes to the last line before ending. Everyone looks to see if Furrball made it one piece or not, and as the smoke and dust cleared, Furrball still had his eyes covered, waiting for the madness to be over.
Then, he took his paws away from his eyes slowly, noticing he landed on a pile of soft pillows. But did he win? He heard cheering, and saw the crowd cheering happily, but for who? In the announcer's booth, Buster and Babs were stunned. Furrball actually won the race, even though his car got wrecked at the end.
"I...I don't believe it! Furrball actually won the race, and without cheating!" Buster said, baffled at Furrball's sudden victory.
"Looks like Furrball's luck has finally taken a turn for the better!" Babs said, seeming to be happy at Furrball finally succeeding in something. This caused the crowd to cheer in excitement and happiness, all glad that the homeless, unlucky blue kitten has finally got some good luck on his side. Even Furrball's pit crew cheered in happiness for him, mostly Fifi. Meanwhile, the other remaining racers made it to the finish line, and drove past Furrball's wrecked vehicle.
Furrball couldn't believe this, he actually succeeded in something great, like winning a car race, and fair and square. He smiled happily, finally feeling he was getting respect from all the WB characters. Even the ones who didn't bet on him were happy for his winning, although they were still slightly pissed off at losing their bets. The ones who weren't happy for him winning were Walter Wolf, Foulmouth, Plucky, Shirley, Hampton, Calamity, Little Beeper and Sweetie. She, in fact, was furious at her losing to him, even after pulling every cheating attempt she could on him.
"Yes, sir, we have a new champion in the WB industry, and his name is Furrball Cat! He's even triumphed over the former champion, Sweetie Bird, which rarely happens!" Buster's voice announced. Sweetie growled in anger, as she stormed over to the posts of the finish line to kick them in fury. She furiously kicked one of them, which, unknown to her, had been wrecked during the collision of Furrball's whirling car, and the kick sent it falling on top of her, squishing her.
"I'm okay!" Sweetie's voice was heard, muffled, from under the broken post, as her pink arm stuck out, giving a thumbs up. Then the other post fell down onto the post, squishing Sweeie some more. "Less okay!" Sweetie's voice groaned in pain.
However, no one cared as most of the crowd came to congratulate Furrball on his win. Soda was shot out of champagne bottles and confetti was fired into the air. Most of the fans threw flowers around Furrball, and he got a wreath given to wear around his neck, like most winning racers do. An official came up to Furrball telling him, "Congrats, young Furrball! You have won the Eighth Annual Warner Bros. Road Rally, and will now recieve not only the respect of just about any WB character, but also a great amount of spectacular prizes! Here are two of the prizes you have recieved, so far: the 1st Place trophy, and this genuine, well-working, non-defective Elmyra tazer!" He handed the winner the big gold 1st Place trophy and a tazer.
"Elmyra tazer? Cool! A device made to get back at my least favorite owner for torturing me and other animals!" Furrball smiled in delight.
Then, out of the blue, a brain-dead, orange-haired girl, who was Elmyra Duff, the same infamous animal-torturing Elmyra, came running from the stands down to where Furrball was, wanting to squeeze him to death. She squealed with joy, "Oooooh, my little blue kitty is a winner now! I'm gonna congratulate you by hugging you to itty bitty pieces!"
"Well, now's the time to put it to good use!" Furrball exclaimed in worry. As soon as Elmyra was coming his way, he aimed his tazer at the animal torturer and it shoots out at her and shocks her, making her yell in pain, before she passed out, all blackened and unconscious. "Ha, it works! Along with the other prizes and respect, this prize is my favorite to recieve! I'm glad such a device as this has been created!"
Most of the WB characters came over to Furrball, picked him up and held him into the air, like a champion, which he now was. Furrball never felt happier in his animated existence, finally feeling excepted by a big number of people, like the rabbits do. They started cheering "Hip, hip, hooray!" thrice. Furrball was so happy, his eyes started tearing up a bit.
A female reporter named Mary Hartless came up to where Furrball was, with a microphone, as she spoke to the camera, "This is Mary Hartless, coming to you live from Victory Lane, with overjoyed loser-turned-winner and mentor of Sylvester, Furrball Cat." She turned to Furrball as she asked him, "Tell me, Furrball, how does it feel to finally succeed at something grand and finally be considered a winner in the WB population's eyes?"
Furrball, who was crying tears of joy, said, "I'm just...so happy! This is perhaps the greatest day of my young animated existence!" He sniffed a bit, turning to the camera, saying "Excuse me for a bit, would you?" He grabbed a tissue and blew his nose, and was now calm. He said, "Okay, I'm much better. And now that I've won, I just know Buster's group will finally see me as somebody and will spend more time with me!"
"Well, glad to hear that, Furrball." the reporter chuckled a bit. "And sorry about your car, but let me assure you that the WB experts that created the car will have it repaired as soon as possible. In the meantime, now that you've won first place of the 8th annual Warner Bros. Road Rally and finally gained everyone else's respect, what will you do now?"
"I'm going to..." Furrball said, almost as if he was about to mention a certain theme park like in those old commercials. "bed. Seriously, I'm exhausted from all of today's excitement."
Mary Hartless shrugged, "Okay, but wouldn't you like to spend a couple more minutes of basking in the glory?"
Furrball said, "Well...alright, I mean I hardly get a chance." He continued smiling and basking in the glory of being loved by the WB characters, as they carry him off.