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''Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch'' is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 7, 1974 to August 30, 1975. It aired from 8:30-9:00 am, opposite the popular ''The Bugs Bunny Show''. A total of 39 six-minute installments of the show were made (3 aired per show). In the 80s, repeats were shown on USA Cartoon Express and later resurfaced on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Since the show aired on NBC, Wheelie sometimes "imitated" the network's trademark "chimes". This was the first and only Hanna-Barbera series that has no humans and animals in it. ==Plot== The series focuses on Wheelie, a red superhero Volkswagen Beetle, and his girlfriend Rota Ree (a pun on the "rotary engine"). Wheelie made his living as a professional - and quite successful - racing and stunt car. Wheelie only speaks in body sound effects, unlike the other characters in the show, but also emoted by his honking language and displaying symbols across his windshield monitor showing his inner thoughts such as a heart for love or a lightbulb for an idea. Wheelie could also produce any form of prop needed from his hood latch the use of special mechanized hands, much like ''Inspector Gadget'' would later. Wheelie's regular nemeses were a 4-member motorcycle agency called the Chopper Bunch which included the leader Chopper (who was jealous of Wheelie and had a spiked motorcycle helmet for a head), Revs (a sputtering three-wheeled motorcycle who often mixed up his words), Hi-Riser (who was tall in body but shorter in brains), and Scrambles (a small minibike who acted more like the good kid caught up in the wrong crowd). Scrambles would constantly try to warn Chopper that his plans were about to backfire only to be rebuffed ("Muffle it, Scrambles!") and end up taunting his sullen leader once they inevitably did: :''(SCRAMBLES: "Itoldja! Itoldja!"'' :''CHOPPER: "I know! I KNOW!!")'' Two other characters were used on occasion to keep the Chopper Bunch in line. They were Captain Tough a hulking Police car, and Fishtail, who was literally a motorcycle cop. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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