Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Fast & Furious Spy Racers is an American animated television series that premiered on Netflix on December 26, 2019, based on the Fast & Furious film series by Gary Scott Thompson. The series is executive produced by Tim Hedrick, Bret Haaland, Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel and Chris Morgan. Hedrick and Haaland also serve as the show's showrunners.
The sixth and final season, subtitled Homecoming, was released on December 17, 2021.
Plot
Season 1
In the opening scene, Shashi Dhar and Layla Gray hijack a high-tech yacht, stealing a car. Meanwhile, Tony Toretto races Mitch, after losing, Dominic Toretto pretends to be kidnapped, leading to Tony and his friends: Cisco Renaldo, Frostee Benson and Margaret "Echo" Pearl, to chase after him, they succeeded, leading the team to join a secret Spy Agency. Ms. "Janet" Nowhere, a strict and serious commander helps them investigate about SH1FT3R, the cars and the keys.After secretly joining a dangerous underground race, they meet Shashi and Layla, only to find out that they were trying to steal another car. Tony saves Layla, gaining Shashi's trust and joining his gang. After some time, they learn that the cars are the keys to Skeleton Key, a tool that controls all of Earth's technology and anything connected to the network. After Shashi uncovers Tony and his friend's true identity, he steals a car from space and kidnaps Frostee.
Some time later, Shashi gets Skeleton Key, and uses it to track down Cleve Kalso, a man who killed his parents, after taking all of Cleve's money and giving it to the public, Cleve gets extremely angry and reveals himself. Shashi, Threatening to kill Cleve, gets interrupted by Tony, starting fight between Tony and Shashi, also unintentionally freeing Cleve. In the middle of the fight between Tony and Shashi, Tony ends up getting Skeleton Key, but Cleve threatens to blow up the whole building, so Tony saves Shashi before the building explodes, and Dominic saves Shashi and Tony from crashing but Layla escapes.
Tony and his friends trick Ms. Nowhere into thinking Skeleton Key got lost, in order for them to control the spy plane and go to vacation.
Season 2
In Season 2, Layla became good and was secretly sent by Ms. Nowhere to Brazil. The gang went to Brazil for the mission and to save Layla, only to figure out that Layla has been mind controlled by Rafaela Moreno. So the team gets imprisoned by Rafaela but tries to escape one by one. Frostee made an antidote to block the mind control so Layla and Tony pretended to be mind controlled so that they can know her plans. She planned to mind control the whole city because they thought she was dead.Season 3
In Season 3, Tony and his crew make a dangerous journey to the Sahara Desert when Ms. Nowhere mysteriously disappears on a mission there, all agents uncovering a plot by a maniacal villain using remote-control weather satellites.In Season 4, Ms. Nowhere and Tony's crew are framed for a crime they had no involvement in prior, and flee to Mexico to both find the real culprit, clear their names, and flee the unstoppable super-agent hunting them down, Palindrome.
In Season 5, the group travels to the South Pacific Ocean to rescue one of their own, leading to a faceoff with an old enemy.
In Season 6, the team returns to fighting against an old nemesis in a showdown that takes them all the way back to Los Angeles.
Voice cast
Main
- Tyler Posey as Tony Toretto: The younger cousin of Dominic Toretto. He aspires to be a legend like his cousin.
- Charlet Chung as Margaret "Echo" Pearl: Tony's friend, described as a wildly talented artist and natural spy. She has green hair and ensures that their rides look great, She doesn't like being called by her real name. Echo was inducted into a spy training course by Ms. Nowhere in Season 3, but ultimately finds she'd rather go with following her heart instead of orders.
- Jorge Diaz as Cisco Renaldo: Tony's friend who is also a mechanic, described as the muscle and the sweetheart of the crew. He enjoys food and drink; in one episode, he made sure to install cup holders everywhere in his vehicle.
- Camille Ramsey as Layla Gray: A notable underground racer who worked for SH1FT3R and is Shashi's right-hand woman until she reformed. She prefers to be a lone wolf, and her voice has a Southern twang. Layla was recruited by Ms. Nowhere in Season 2 and has become one of the crew's most reliable allies. She is currently a member of Tony's crew as of Season 3.
- Luke Youngblood as Frostee Benson: Tony's friend, a 13-year old tech genius. He enjoys devising gadgets, flying drones, and hacking into systems. His favorite drink is Yoka and, due to his age, he is the only member of the group without his own car until season 6, when he passes his driving exam and gets his license. Frostee is Youngblood's first voice role.
- Renée Elise Goldsberry as Ms. "Janet" Nowhere: The team's secret agent liaison. She tries to keep Tony and his crew in check and on mission.
- Manish Dayal as Shashi Dhar : The leader of the SH1FT3R group. The Spy Racers are assigned to stop him after he is suspected to have stolen "keys" from the world's billionaires. Shashi was arrested after season 1. In season 5, he is freed by Ms. Nowhere to help Tony and the others stop Sudarikov's plan.
- Avrielle Corti as Rafaela Moreno : The daughter of a well known crime lord who despises her current dwelling in Rio and has a mind for world domination with a mind control formula. She was taken into custody after her plans were foiled in the Season 2 finale. After Cleve Kelso broke her out of imprisonment in the beginning of Season 3, Rafaela is currently at large as of the third-season finale until she was arrested at the start of season 4.
- India de Beaufort as DANN : A super intelligent cyborg created by The Agency to help save the world from global threats. Her AI programming later becomes corrupted and now she wants to destroy the world, rather than save it due to global warming.
Recurring and guest stars
Other actors from the voice acting community have been noted to have supporting parts. They include: Carlos Alazraqui, Eric Bauza, Grey Griffin, and Kevin Michael Richardson.Production
On April 23, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order. Executive producers are set to include Tim Hedrick, Bret Haaland, Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel and Chris Morgan. Hedrick and Haaland are also expected to act as showrunners. Productions companies involved with the series include DreamWorks Animation. The series comes after the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation by NBCUniversal which includes a first look at DreamWorks Animation animated series based on Universal Pictures film properties. Cast members were announced on November 18, 2019.Release
Fast & Furious Spy Racers was released on Netflix on December 26, 2019. A world premiere red carpet event was held at the Universal Cinema in Los Angeles on December 7. The second season was released on October 9, 2020.The third season was released on December 26, 2020. The fourth season was released on April 16, 2021. The fifth season was released on August 13, 2021. The sixth and final season titled as Homecoming was released on December 17, 2021.