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Date Posted: Monday, November 29, 08:37:29pm
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Herbie
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Herbie the Love Bug

A line-up of vehicles modeled after Herbie at a VW rally at Stanford Hall, UK.
Born 1963
Wolfsburg, Germany
Nationality American
Occupation Racing beetle

Herbie is an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, a character that is featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Throughout most of the franchise, Herbie is distinguished by red, white and blue racing stripes from front to back bumper, a racing-style number "53" on the front trunk lid, doors, and engine lid, and a yellow-on-black '63 California license plate that says, "OFP 857". One exception to this is his introduction in The Love Bug, where he initially appears as a nondescript white vehicle with a gray colored fabric sunroof (a.k.a. "ragtop"), the style of sunroof offered on VW Beetles made through 1963.

Contents [hide]
1 Story of Herbie
2 Films
3 Television series
4 Versions
4.1 The Love Bug (1969)
4.2 Herbie Rides Again (1974)
4.3 Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
4.4 Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
4.5 The Love Bug (1997)
4.6 Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
5 References

[edit] Story of Herbie
Herbie's origins are firmly established in The Love Bug. Before being passed to down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas (Dean Jones), Herbie was bought from Peter Thorndyke's showroom by San Francisco socialite Mrs. Van Luit for her upstairs maid. However, Herbie was returned the following day due to "difficulties". Douglas has an earnest appreciation for what he deems "a decent piece of machinery" and eventually purchases the unassuming "little car." Tennessee, Jim's mechanic friend, names the car "Herbie" after his uncle Herb.

In Herbie Rides Again, after several successful races with Herbie, Douglas decides to enter foreign racing circuit, while his mechanic friend Tennessee is residing in Tibet to help his ailing guru. Before Tennessee departs, he leaves Herbie in the care of his great aunt, the widowed Mrs. Steinmetz (Helen Hayes).

By Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Douglas enters Herbie in the Trans-France Race, stretching from Paris to Monte Carlo. This time around, Douglas recruits mechanic friend Wheeley Applegate (Don Knotts) to assist, particularly when lovesick Herbie falls "hood over wheels" in love with a Lancia Scorpion named Giselle. Unfortunately, Giselle is driven by competitive female driver Diane (Julie Sommars). Herbie also finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when the stolen Etoile de Joie diamond is stashed in his gas tank.

In Herbie Goes Bananas, Douglas has decided to retire from racing after the Monte Carlo race and pass Herbie onto his nephew, Pete Stancheck (Stephen W. Burns). Stancheck has plans to enter Herbie in the Brazil Grand Primeo, based in Mexico. In the interim, Herbie befriends an orphan named Paco, and together, wreak havoc onboard cruise ship the Sun Princess, resulting in overzealous ship Captain Blythe (Harvey Korman) to force Herbie to "walk the plank." Herbie is dropped into the sea, becomes a rustbucket as a result of immersion in the salt water, and is eventually rescued by Paco and disguised as a taxi. The two stop a gang of con artists from stealing ancient Inca gold. Paco gives Herbie the nickname "Ocho", the Spanish word for the number 8 (purportedly because the digits 5 and 3 in Herbie's racing number, 53, were added together [5+3=8]. It also rhymes with "Vocho", the Beetle's name in Mexico). At the end of the film Paco says, "Five and three are eight, anyone knows that."

After the Mexico debacle, Douglas takes Herbie back and opens a driving school in Herbie the Matchmaker.

Hank Cooper (Bruce Campbell) becomes the owner of Herbie in the 1997 made-for-television movie The Love Bug, named after the original movie. The movie reveals Herbie's true origins as it attempts to explain how Herbie's automaker actually designed him to be a "living machine." Herbie's maker is forced to build an "Evil Herbie" that is responsible for killing Herbie at one point in the film. Cooper, in respect for his beloved vehicle, buries Herbie, but the return of Jim Douglas sets Cooper on the path to rebuild the fallen Love Bug and sets him to race his evil doppelganger. At the end of the movie, the Evil Herbie uses a laser to cut Herbie in two, but much like his trick in the first film, Herbie splits and races to a successful finish.

Herbie is then passed from owner to owner until he was bought by Maggie Peyton in Herbie: Fully Loaded. Maggie takes Herbie to two places he has never been before: a demolition derby; and NASCAR racing.

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Noted the 53 (NT) -- May 7th.==35==1000 down., Monday, November 29, 08:43:28pm