Turbo Teen

I always tried to convince people that this cartoon actually existed but no one believed me. My whole life until today, I had convinced myself that the entire show was a bizarre dream or hypnotic flashback of my childhood in which a boy could turn into this gnarly red hot rod whenever he ate spicy foods and then would turn back into a teenager whenever "the car ate" cold foods (I know, people thought I was insane, but its true - Turbo Teen is so wack!).

I remember one key episode in which the dude ate a spicy sausage or something, turned into a car to race his friends somewhere, and then his friends dumped an ice cream cone on the hood of himself (?) to turn him back. ABSOLUTE INSANITY.

Thank you IMDB, for allowing closure on a severely traumatizing memory that until today, I was convinced was a hallucination.

Thanks to the Transformers movie, '80s nostalgia seems to be the rage. The other day, my friends and I were reminiscing about the favorite cartoons we had watched as kids: most remembered, of course, Transformers, G.I. Joe, etc. and to a lesser extent Pole Position and whatnot. However, I distinctly remembered a cartoon about a boy that turned into a red convertible when he got hot and back into a teen when he got cold. When I was a kid, I though it was the coolest idea ever! When I would step into the shower, I would think about what it would be like if I could turn into a car. Well, anyhow, when I told my friends about the cartoon, they thought I was crazy, especially since I couldn't remember the name of the show. I decided to put the internet to work and behold! IMDb has proved me sane! Thanks all!

Very bizarre. It was kind of disgusting to watch his face stretch into the grill of a car. If they ever made a live-action movie of it, which they won't, they would have to get David Cronenberg to direct it. I always wondered what would happen if he changed back to a teen while his friends were still inside of him. Would they be lodged inside his colon, would it kill turbo teen? And what if someone threw a glass of lukewarm water on him? What about the fact that his body temperature would be 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit? That's pretty hot, so wouldn't he always be a freakin' camaro? I forget, though, did he drink gasoline? I mean if he ingested gas as a car and later turned back into a teen, the gas would still be in his bloodstream so, wouldn't that kill him? I'm glad this show never caught on because you'd have little kids drinking unleaded to be like their hero, Turbo Teen. Shameful

This cartoon was a little inspired from Knight Rider. The story of a teenager who can into a car when he is hot, and turn back into human when he is cold. It's a shame it only lasted one season. I hope the cartoon network will pick up the show.

I still think the idea of the show was really cool, but the show itself was kinda goofy.

I mean, if you think about it...why would he have to get hot or cold to transform? If he had become fused or one with the car, then he should have been able to transform at-will.

The poor guy would never have kids, never be able to take a hot shower, so many things. ha ha

I know people probably think I'm crazy, but I still think this would be awesome in real life. Not that it's possible anyway.

You'd never have to worry about $3 gas again!