The Blazing Speed is a special power that Blaze uses throughout the entire series. It gives Blaze the ability to temporarily
go faster than his usual speed, allowing him to reach his destination just in time.
The Blazing Speed engine has the appearance of a car engine, but it's at the back of the frame of his body. It is red and gold like Blaze himself. At the end of it are three jets which light up with blue flames when Blazing Speed is being deployed. When Blazing speed activates, Blaze's flame glows (sadly abandoned by the new animation style).
Usage[]
Blaze asking the viewer to activate Blazing Speed.
In a moment of crisis, Blaze will note to the viewer that he has to go super fast in order to finish his task. He then says he'll need to use Blazing Speed. The back of his bumper folds up like a spoiler to let the Blazing Speed engine pop out, and the jets fire up. Blaze then shouts, "Leeeeet's Blaze!" and takes off. As he uses Blazing Speed, his flame sticker glows, and he leaves a red and gold contrail behind him. After some time, the speed wears off, and Blaze returns to his normal speed as he reaches his location.
If someone stands close enough to Blaze when his Blazing Speed is activated, he'll send a field of blue energy to infuse them with its energy, so they can also use Blazing Speed when it's activated. Anyone else other than Blaze who uses Blazing Speed will have a contrail behind them that match their paint job.
If the Blazing Speed engine is extracted from its compartment, Blaze cannot move, because the engine also gives him the propulsion to move forward (seen in Need for Blazing Speed).
Blazing Speed is also used to do certain tasks very quickly, such as:
Cleaning up the messes made by the baker bots (Cake-tastrophe!)
Never say the activation words carelessly while holding the engine, cause if you do, it'll fly away uncontrollably and if you're holding it, it'll take you on a wild ride. (Need for Blazing Speed)
Sadly, when the animation was redone late into Season 3, Blaze's flame sticker doesn't glow as bright as it did in the original animation, or doesn't glow at all.
The engine seems to change its appearance and direction based on Blaze's transformations. As a fire truck, he doesn't get a spoiler, instead it comes out of the trunk. As a tow truck, it appears out of his lower bumper. As a race car, it appears as jets on his lower back and an extra engine on his upper back. Also, his spoiler is raised up a little.
The contrail that forms behind Blaze when the speed is in use is similar to the light cycles in TRON.
Season 1 is the only season where Blaze uses Blazing Speed exclusively alone. Starting in Season 2, he might share Blazing Speed with another truck so they go fast with him.
Blazing Speed is usually used once each episode, but there are times where it can be used more than once, sometimes Blaze uses it two times, but there are moments where it is used three times. Blaze of Glory marks the most times it was used, with a total of six times.
In Axle City Grand Prix, it's revealed Blaze's tires' rotational speed increases to 100 when using Blazing Speed.
Almost every time Blaze requests Blazing Speed or activates it (especially after the animation redesign), the exact same recording is used.
The lit fire that ignites from the Blazing Speed engine gets more and more detailed throughout the series. In the first season, it only appeared as a dim light or a single rim of fire. By Season 2, it is shown as a bigger cone of fire. When the animation changed, it became a larger, more realistic flame that's brighter, and often pulses in and out.
The contrail behind Blaze has also improved, gaining sparks that fly off and becoming brighter and paler by Season 5.
