Professor Pat Pending

Professor Pat Pending
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Father	Not mentioned
Mother	Not mentioned
Marital status	Single
First appearance	WR: "See-Saw to Arkansas" (1968)
Played by	Don Messick (1968–69) Scott Innes (2000)
Wacky Races Forever
Wacky Raceland

Professor Pat Pending is the driver of the Convert-a-Car (designated #3), and a main character in the Wacky Races animated franchise. His voice was originated by Don Messick.

Character description

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Appearances

TV series

• Wacky Races
  • 1.1A "See-Saw to Arkansas"
  • 1.1B "Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist"
  • 1.2A "Why Oh Why Wyoming"
  • 1.2B "Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock"
  • 1.3A "Mish Mash Missouri Dash"
  • 1.3B "Idaho a Go Go"
  • 1.4A "The Baja-Ha-Ha Race"
  • 1.4B "Real Gone Ape"
  • 1.5A "Scout Scatter"
  • 1.5B "Free Wheeling to Wheeling"
  • 1.6A "By Rollercoaster to Upsan Downs"
  • 1.6B "The Speedy Arkansas Traveller"
  • 1.7A "The Zippy Mississippi Race"
  • 1.7B "Traffic Jambalaya"
  • 1.8A "Hot Race at Chillicothe"
  • 1.8B "The Wrong Lumber Race"
  • 1.9A "Rhode Island Road Race"
  • 1.9B "The Great Cold Rush Race"
  • 1.10A "Wacky Race to Ripsaw"
  • 1.10B "Oils Well That Ends Well"
  • 1.11A "Whizzin' to Washington"
  • 1.11B "The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby"
  • 1.12A "Eeny, Miny Missouri Go!"
  • 1.12B "The Super Silly Swamp Sprint"
  • 1.13A "The Dopey Dakota Derby"
  • 1.13B "Dash to Delaware"
  • 1.14A "Speeding for Smogland"
  • 1.14B "Race Rally to Raleigh"
  • 1.15A "Ballpoint, Penn. or Bust!"
  • 1.15B "Fast Track to Hackensack"
  • 1.16A "The Ski Resort Road Race"
  • 1.16B "Overseas Hi-Way Race"
  • 1.17A "Race to Racine"
  • 1.17B "The Carlsbad or Bust Bash"

Shorts

• Wacky Races Forever

Comics

• Wacky Races
  • Issue #1A: "Wrong Track Mind"
  • Issue #1B: "Super Silly Swamp Sprint"
  • Issue #1C: "Whizzing to Washington"
  • Issue #2A: "Wide Open Races"
  • Issue #2B: "Real Gone Ape"
  • Issue #2C: "Mish Mash Missouri Dash"
  • Issue #3A: "It's Go-Go for Kokomo"
  • Issue #3B: "Free Wheeling to Wheeling"
  • Issue #3C: "Race Rally to Raleigh"
  • Issue #4A: "Beat the Clock Through Yellowrock"
  • Issue #4B: "Follow Through to Yoo Hoo"
  • Issue #5A: "Wacky Race to Ballpoint, Penn."
  • Issue #5B: "Wrong Lumber Race"
  • Issue #5C: "The Zippy Mississippi Race"
  • Issue #6A: "The Baja-Ha-Ha Race"
  • Issue #6B: "The Speedy Arkansas Travelers"
  • Issue #7A: "The Scavenger Scramble"
  • Issue #7B: "The San Diego Go-Go"
• Hanna-Barbera Presents
  • Issue #2A: "Madcap Manhattan Motoring"
  • Issue #2B: "Trekking to Tanzania"
  • Issue #7A: "Desert Victory"
  • Issue #7B: "The Jaded Japanese Jaunt!"
• Cartoon Network Presents
  • Issue #7A: "Drag Racing"
  • Issue #11A: "Fair Play"
  • Issue #15A: "Drive and Driveability"
  • Issue #15B: "Media Madness"
• Wacky Raceland

Books

• The Wacky Races Handbook

Video games

• Wacky Races: The Video Game
• Wacky Races: Crash & Dash (Wii)
• Wacky Races: Crash & Dash (DS)

Biography

And They're Off!

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Wacky Races: The Next Generation

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Pending in the Funny Books

Gold Key Driving

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Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Presents

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Mad Pat

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Gallery

Main article: Professor Pat Pending/Gallery

In popular culture

Main article: List of pop culture references to Wacky Races

• In "Episode Four" (series 2) of the BBC Radio 4 comedy sketch show Dead Ringers, there is a sketch called Police Crash Bang Wallop (also a parody of Police Camera Action!), presented by Alistair Stewart, in which Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear, Professor Pat Pending, and Dick and Muttley are described as a bunch of boy racers who are flagrantly disregarding the rules of the road. They are said to be repentant, although Dick says, "Drat and double drat," followed by Muttley's snicker and laugh.

Behind the scenes

• In Wacky Raceland, his full name is Patrick.
• In the Japanese dub for Wacky Races, Pat Pending is named Doctor H (ドクターH).