The Code

The Code

September 15, 1984 TV Episode Pole Position

Studio
DiC Entertainment
Distributor
LBS Communications, DHX Media

Synopsis

While performing a stunt show, the kids get a message from their uncle about a level 3 emergency. On the way into the truck, Tess meets up with an old friend, Greg Dumont. Dan and Tess then contact their uncle and he tells them that the command codes for the cars have been stolen and to change the command code to red-nine. Outside, Greg is listening in. Later, Tess goes out on a date with Greg. Meanwhile, Daisy is playing "house" with the modules, when Dan makes her go to bed, she sneaks out to the trailer and goes to sleep in Wheels. When Tess returns home, Dan sees Greg talking to the guy he thinks is spying on them. The guy, Vance, plots with Greg to steal Roadie and Wheels. Greg sneaks into the trailer and gains access to Wheels with the stolen command code and Daisy is held hostage. Dan and Tess chase after Wheels in Roadie. Greg eventually lets Daisy go in a rest area on the highway, but she is picked up by Vance in a helicopter. After Dan has several failed attempts to stop Greg and rescue Daisy, the two cars end up in a subway tunnel. They crash through a zoo poster into a secret computer room. With Daisy as his hostage, Vance gets the other module and tells Dan and Tess that Greg is a Pole Position agent turned traitor. Then Zach comes on the monitor telling that the entire situation was a set up and Greg is not a traitor. The modules have been programmed to destroy Vance's computer system. The kids escape with the modules and Daisy and Vance is arrested outside.

Characters

Dan Darret, Tess Darret, Daisy Darret, Dr. Zachary Darret, Wheels, Roadie, Kuma

Credits

Producing

Producer
Jean Chalopin, Andy Heyward (Executive Poroducers)

Crew

Created By
Jean Chalopin

Production notes

This is the story of the Pole Position Stunt Show, a stunt racing and daredevil family team which has been putting on thrilling shows of automotive acrobatics almost as long as there have been cars. The Pole Position Stunt show is run by Dan Darret and his two sisters, Tess and Daisy, after their parents disappear in an unexplained explosion during a stunt race. Their uncle, Dr. Zacchary, reveals that their parents were using the stunt show as a cover for a crime-fighting organization, privately funded and working in cooperation with the government, using the cutting edge of technology to combat crime. The kids vow to carry on their parents' work. Along with pet Kuma and two computerized cars, Roadie and Wheels, they become the New Pole Position Force.