Professor Pat Pending

Professor Pat Pending.

Professor Pat Pending is a scientist in his Convert-A-Car, a wagon/plane/boat-shaped car equipped with a multitude of gadgets and which can change into just about anything that moves.

Among the things his car has transformed into include a motorcycle, a jetpack, a flying carpet on wheels, a forklift, an arrow, a bicycle built for two, a bowling ball, a basketball, a blimp, a rocket and even an exact duplicate of the Slag Brothers driving the Bouldermobile (when the real Slag Brothers saw this, they cheered their doubles on!). He's sometimes seen as a rival of Dick Dastardly and Muttley, since his car is equipped with a lot of gadgets, just like the Mean Machine, although they are more defensive, or merely speed-boosting, in nature. He often uses his car's gadgets to help out the other drivers if they all get caught in the same trap, such as when he used his car's de-glue gizmo to unstick everyone from a glue trap left by Dastardly. His alliterative name is a pun on the phrase "patent pending".

Portrayals

Professor Pat Pending was originally voiced by Don Messick, and currently by Scott Innes.

Character reflections

Professor Pat Pending's character reflects that of Toby from Thomas and Friends, OJ from TUGS and Uncle Chuck from Sonic the Hedgehog.