Professor Fate

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Fate's Catchphrase throughout the whole movie

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Professor Fate is the main antagonist throughout the 50's slapstick comedy film "The Great Race" and is portrayed as a clever, scheming, but incompetent and cliche villain.(hence his stereotypical appearence).

He is played by Jack Lennon

Initial Schemes
"Up you Idiot! Up!" ''"To much weight!" ''Professor Fate and Max durring an airplane stunt

Professor Fate works as a daredevil but lives in the shadow of the much more famous and successful Leslie(Tony Kurtis). Fate's stunts always backfire on him and he often sabotages Leslies stunts. Sadly they always backfire on him as well. When Fate finds out Leslie will be competing in a long distance car race from New York to Paris, he enters quickly to prove his superiority. He and his assistent Max build a high powered car that has a smokescreen, cannon and can even lift the passengers high above the wheels.

Sabotouging the racers
''"Genius Max Genius what's next?" "Car Number 5, the engine falls out!" "Ha ha ha... uh Max, WE'RE number 5."'' Fate and Max on the car sabotaouging

To gain less compitition in the race, Fate ordered Max to sabatouge the other cars that would be competing in the race with the exeption of Leslie's car and Maggie Dobois's(Natalie Wood) car. Cars 2, 3, 4 and 6 all suffered accidents when the race began. Max accidently sabotouged his own car but he and Fate quickly repaired it.

Cheating on Boracho
''"But I don't wanna be a guest of honor!" ''Fate being greeted in Boracho

Fate and Max arrived in Boracho Texas first, but rejected being the town's guest of honor and the fact they wouldn't get any gas until the next day. Instead, when Leslie arrived with Maggie(her car had broken down, disquilifying her from the race), he and Max infultrated the party disguised as citizens. Fate learned of a gun-slinger named Texas Jack and decided to use him to kill Leslie. Jack arrived before Fate could get to him and soon the whole saloon was in a fistfight. Fate used this distraction to steal the gas he needed and burn Leslies gas.(Leslie later caught up) As they escaped he and Max almost colided with a train.

Alaska
''"Rise and shine, rise and shiaaaaah!" ''Fate complaining about being woken up as he falls into freezing water

As Fate and Max arrived in Alaska, they were caught in a blizzard and were driven out of their car by a polar bear. They were forced to stay inside Leslie's car. Durring the night, they drifted afloat on a ice raft. Fate repeatedly fell of it durring their travels. Eventually they arrived in Assia.

Royal misandventure
''"Remember, one mistake and your dead." ''Stuppe threatening Fate

After making it through Asia and arriving in Russia, Baron Rolf Stuppe kidnaps Fate and uses him to pose as a prince(Also played by Lennon) so that he can rule Russia. Leslie help Fate escape and the largest pie fight in movie histroy insues.

Paris
''"I challenge you to another race!" ''Fate at the end of the race.

Fate and Max made it to Paris, but got lost when they drove down steps. Eventually they made it to the finish line at the Eiffel Tower just as Leslie stops his car right in front of it to prove his love to Maggie. Fate won the race by default, but was outraged when the croud did not cheer for him and by the fact he had not humiliated Leslie. Fate Challenged Leslie to another race back to New York. Leslie and Maggie married and accepted Fate's challenge. As Leslie took an early lead, Max tried to shoot Leslie with the cars cannon, instead he blew up the Eiffel Tower.