Turbo Teen

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.

It's too bad this show only lasted for one season. I came across an episode of it, and before then have completely forgotten the show existed. It ran early Saturday mornings on ABC in 1984. In the cartoon, Brett Matthews turned into his car when his temperature rose (nervousness, anger). He drove his friends Pattie and Alex around to solve crimes. The introduction really brings back alot of memories of the very early years of when I used to watch Saturday morning cartoons.

This show was a part of the 80's car revolution. It was about a teenager who would turn into a red sports car whenever he got hot. He could get hot from the temperature or even if he ate something hot. His feet and hands would become the tires, his eyes the headlights and so on. I actually think he was a convertible. He would turn back to a teen when he cooled back down, and that could happen due to the temperature or water.

LOL He was like a human transformer. I use to watch it like most 80's cartoons. This was kind of corny,but for some reason I remember it. Nothing else to say.

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.

As someone who idetinifys as a car this really speaks to me on a personal level. I almost feel as if this show was made for me and im ashamed that i wasnt born when this show had aired. I cant explain just how much the main character and i relate were basically the same person as i also idenoty as a red car and seeing this person able to be who he is by turning into a car moves me to tears frequently. 10/10.