Between Rump and a Hard Race is the 6th episode of the 2006 season of Biker Mice from Mars.
Summary[]
Ronaldo Rump launches his Regenerator into orbit over the Arctic Nature Preserve, planning to turn acres of natural wilderness into Rump Amusement Park! It is up to the Biker Mice to foil Rump's evil plot and preserve this important animal habitat, while taking on the world's top motocross racer on a track designed to keep the best bikers in the world struggling to stay aboard!
Plot[]
Gallery[]
- Main article: Between Rump and a Hard Race/Gallery
Transcript[]
- Main article: Transcript:Between Rump and a Hard Race
Trivia[]
- This episode is also known under the title, Between Rump and a Hard Place, both titles being a play on the phrase "Between a rock and a hard place."
- Rump mentions "Kugun Point" as he is negotiating with Charlie, an Alaskan cape nearby Klawock.
- Throttle quotes the American National Anthem with the phrase, "rocket's red glare".
- Motocross action figure variants of Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie were modeled after their motocross gear seen in this episode.
Goofs[]
- Vinnie's mask is briefly seen on the wrong side of his face during his race with Chaz.
- When surrounded by Claw Troopers at Rump's base, a shot is shown where his mask completely encompasses to include his right ear.
- Additionally, a close-up shot of Vinnie racing against Chaz shows only the outline of his mask; his face is completely white.
- Cataclysm's eye color often switches to white.
- Cataclysm's red tufts of fur on the sides of his face are briefly shown as the same mahogany brown as he watches Vinnie take the lead of the race.
- Lack of coloring is shown again, but only on Cataclysm's right tuft, as the Biker Mice find he and Rump holding Charlie, and again on both several shots later.
- Another lack of coloring is seen in a side profile of Cataclysm as Rump decides to rush the rocket's launch countdown.
- Several shots throughout the episode show Vinnie with grey ears instead of white.
- After Rump flies off with Charlie, a shot with Vinnie without his earrings can be seen.
- A shot with a lack of earrings can be seen again after stopping at Rump's race track's dead end, as Vinnie questions Davini's whereabouts.
- Despite Charlie mentioning Rump having locked her in a chair, she is only shown to be handcuffed.
- Modo is first seen towing Vinnie's bike, but then is switched to Throttle at the end of the episode.
Pop Culture[]
- Rump refers to deer as "Bambi", the titular character from the film of the same name.
- Puss and Boots' names are a reference and play on the fictional feline character, Puss in Boots, most popularly portrayed in the Shrek film series as well as his own.
- Throttle's "turtle soup" jab at Rump is a likely nod to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a series often joked by the mice for their similarities.