Road Pirates

"Ahoy, weary travelers! Allow me to introduce myself. I go by the name of...(Scurvey: He's Greasebeard! Captain of the Road Pirates, Scourge of the seven highways, and he ain't even got a driver's license!) Bless it, Scurvey! I was already introducing myself."

- Greasebeard, introducing himself before Scurvey butting in. "Well, that's what pirates do: we take treasure, and we give no quarters!"

- Greasebeard, explaining his motivation to a passenger on a bus.

The Road Pirates are the main antagonists of the animated series Team Hot Wheels: Bulid the Epic Race. All is well in Hot Wheels City, until the scourge of the road arrives. The Road Pirates. The nastiest and most dangerous threat Hot Wheels City has ever seen. They’ll stop at nothing to get all of the treasure that Hot Wheels City has to offer, even the city itself!! They have been defeated by Team Hot Wheels for trying to take over Hot Wheels City.

History
At a highway, a bus is making its way to Hot Wheels City until it is spotted by Road Pirates. The captain of the Road Pirates, Greasebeard, orders his crew to go after it. As they raid it, Greasebeard is about to introduce himself to the passengers until Scurvey butts in. This annoys Greasebeard, which makes him smack Scurvey upside the head with his wrench hand. As they pillage the bus, they see Team Hot Wheels, driving in Rev while building their race track. They drive after them, where they are led to Larry's garage. Once they entered Larry's secret lab, they find a giant vault in front of them, where it contains the vehicle, Rev. They try several ways to open it, but had no luck. As the vault finally opens from the inside, they see Larry with the key. In order to get the key from Larry, Greasebeard devises a way to break up Team Hot Wheels.

As they arrive at the opening before the Epic Race, they see Wyatt doing massive destruction to it. Team Hot Wheels, mad at him, says to Wyatt that a monkey could take his place, This encouraged Swab to drive in his truck, amusing the crowd and making Wyatt quit the team. Wyatt then decides to become a new hero called, "Golden W." With their plan going into play, Tankard, Longshank, and Grog causes mass destruction throughout the city, leading Team Hot Wheels away. Meanwhile, Scurvey and Greasebeard stuffs Larry in a bag, and then steals the key from him that leads to Rev. The Road Pirates lead Team Hot Wheels to their ship. where they have an epic battle there. Team Hot Wheels defeats the Road Pirates, but then Greasebeard appears before them in his ship, now powered by Rev. He then reveals Wyatt to them and is about to kill him, until Team Hot Wheels challenges him and the Road Pirates to a race. If Team Hot Wheels win, the pirates return Wyatt and Rev to them. However, if the Road Pirates, they take over the city.

Before the race begins, Greasebeard keeps Wyatt as his hostage on a sidecar, keeping anyone from touching his vehicle. As the race starts, the Road Pirates decides to play dirty to their advantage. After failing from many tries to knock Team Hot Wheels out of the race, the pirates knock out other racers, making Team Hot Wheels save them. Greasebeard shows Wyatt that scene, telling him that's what happens for being a hero. He promises to free Wyatt if he joins him. Wyatt agrees, but as soon as Greasebeard releases him, Wyatt separated his cart from Greasebeard's vehicle, vowing to never join him. The Road Pirates take the lead, but are soon followed by Team Hot Wheels, now reunited with Wyatt. With no other choice, Greasebeard orders Swab to shoot detonators on top of Team Hot Wheels vehicles, causing them to explode, thus revealing Swab's true identity.

As the Road Pirates make their way towards the finish line, they see Larry in Wyatt's grandmother's car, who takes the finish line and drives away with it. At first, Larry and Wyatt's grandmother thought they lost the pirates, but soon the Road Pirates reappear in their pirate ship, terrorizing the old drivers with it. Suddenly, Team Hot Wheels arrives, driving in new cars that they recently created, and defends Larry and Candy Gram. Swab, who took a liking to Team Hot Wheels, betrays the Road Pirates and helps them. Swab then drives off with Gage, angering Greasebeard. He is about to tell his men to fire at them until he turns around and freaks out as he sees their ship's mast burning. Scurvey, after mistakenly hearing the word fire, orders the crew to fire their cannons, accidentally destroying their own ship in the process. The Road Pirates are sent flying over to prison, where they land in separate jail cells. Greasebeard, outraged by their defeat, strangles Scurvey with his wrench hand, wishing that he was never born.

Members

 * Greasebeard-Leader of the Road Pirates and the main antagonist of Team Hot Wheels: Build the Epic Race. He has a golden monkey wrench for a hand.
 * Longshank-He likes to throw bombs around a lot, even though he doesn't really think it through. He is the only member who drives a motorcycle.
 * Tankard-Strongest member of the Road Pirates.
 * Grog-Least intelligent of the crew. He has bad breath and a monstrous appetite.
 * Scurvey-Least strongest of the crew. He is treated badly by Greasebeard a lot and is the reason for their defeat. He shares similarities with LeFou: Both are short, dimwitted and are treated badly a lot.
 * Swab-A monkey who was part of the Road Pirates. Greasebeard sent him to take Wyatt's place. However, he then helped Team Hot Wheels defeat them.

Personality
The Road Pirates are ruthless and dangerous, who would stop at nothing in collecting treasure and threatening people. The most ruthless pirate of them all is Greasebeard, the leader of the group, who plans on ruling Hot Wheels City, alongside his crew. He even planned on breaking up Team Hot Wheels by having one of his crew members take Wyatt's place. Longshanks is a mischievous pirate who likes to throw bombs a lot. However, it is shown that he doesn't really think it through when he threw a bomb in the aquarium section of the race, causing it to flood with water, which Rhett pointed that out. Tankard is shown to be aggressive. He is the biggest and strongest member of the Road Pirates who likes to bash things with his horned helmet. Grog is shown to be the grossest of the crew, who has a monstrous appetite. Scurvey is the least favorite of the Road Pirates. He is shown to be less evil, which embarrasses the Road Pirates, making Greasebeard abuse him. In the end, he mistakenly order the crew to fire, which leads to them being arrested. Swab is a monkey who was part of the Road Pirates. Greasebeard sent him to take Wyatt's place, in order to break up Team Hot Wheels. However, Swab enjoyed his time together with them, and decided to betray the pirates. During the epic race, it was revealed that the Road Pirates hate water.

Powers and Abilities
The Road Pirates are a band of criminals, who like to drive around in a big mobile pirate ship, enjoy terrorizing people, and cause mass destruction. Each member has their own personal vehicle to drive in with advance weaponry.

Quotes
"The cloud engine that could make something from nothing is real! Why, with that engine- (Scurvey: We could power the mother ship and be unstoppable!) I know that, you dolt! Lads, it's time to follow that car! Put her in drive to Hot Wheels City!"

- Greasebeard, after noticing Team Hot Wheels driving in Rev.

"Tankard, use your head. How many fingers am I holding up? (Tankard: W?) Close enough."

- Greasebeard, ordering Tankard to open the safe.

"I opened it! (Greasebeard: It weren't you. Someone's coming. Everyone hide!)"

- Greasebeard as the vault opens

"Pardon me, officer. Just a normal mother with her two normal children."

- Greasebeard in disguise "Oh? Then I guess we'll have to run away!"

- Tankard, leading Team Hot Wheels away from the city

"Never bring a sword to a harpoon fight!"

- Longshanks, facing Brandon "Mommy, I don't want to go on the marry go round!"

- Tankard, dizzy

"You've been busted, Team Hot Wheels. I now possess the greatest treasure in the world! It go by the name of Rev! With the Cloud Engine powering my mother ship, there be no man, woman, or child who won't bend to my will. And just to ensure my safety, I've captured the strongest member of your crew; it be your thick head, show buddy braggart of teammate!"

- Greasebeard, revealing Rev and Wyatt in his custody "Well, that's no fun. I think I'll feed him to the land sharks instead!"

- Greasebeard, threatening to kill Wyatt "But I already took everything I want. Including me new lucky charm."

- Greasebeard, believing that he stole everything

"I'll win this race yet, because no one's gonna touch this vehicle... with you in it."

- Greasebeard, referring to Wyatt as his hostage

"Move it or lose it, people!"

- Tankard, pushing drivers down a steep hill "That ain't cheating, this is cheating!"

- Greasebeard to Gage, throwing spikes onto the road

"Wheel spikes, lads. (Scurvey: Mine isn't working!)"

- Scurvey, driving out of control "(Rhett: You really didn't think that through, did ya?!) No! And I instantly regret making that decision!"

- Longshank, after releasing that he made a bad decision.

"We're winning! Yay! (Greasebeard: Scurvey, don't jinx it, you weird little... Oh, you jinxed it!)"

- Greasebeard, telling Scurvey not to jinx it "Now, we're losing! (Greasebeard: Calm yourself, Scurvey. I still got one card left to play. Swab! Do it! Now!)"

- Greasebeard, ordering Swab to betray Team Hot Wheels

"Great job, monkey! Those fools really thought you were their friend!"

- Greasebeard, congratulating monkey on his betrayal "You can run, you geezers, but we'll win this race yet. And in the meantime, I'll be turning my city into treasure!"

- Greasebeard, chasing Larry and Candy-gram "Buck up, Swan. You betrayed those heroes real good. I knew you were just the low down, scum sucking bottom feeder to send on that job. Besides, everyone knows a monkey can't have any real friends."

- Greasebeard, telling Swab to cheer up

"Captain! It's Team Hot Wheels! They're driving in new cars! And they're really cool. (Greasebeard: Really cool, you say?)"

- Scurvey, realizing Team Hot Wheel's new cars "Take this, good version of me!"

- Scurvey, aiming his cannon at Rhett "It's monkey mutiny! (Greasebeard: Skewer that bad monkey!) With pleasure, captain!"

- Greasebeard, ordering Scurvey to attack Swab "Tonight, we dine on monkey stew!"

- Greasebeard, holding Swab in a death grip "Ready...! Aim...! You smell that? Ah! Fire! (Scurvey: You heard the captain, fire!) No, wait! I meant..."

- Greasebeard, ordering his men to fire by accident "Scuvery, you lowly dog! I wish you've never been born!"

- Greasebeard, strangling Scuvey upon their defeat.