March 8th - Season 2

Where the Pretenders Fall Off 

When Touch invited the two F-X racers in the feature race in 2 weeks, he surely had no idea that an iconic expression would be coined on his very show.

It was the King himself, Solo Magubane, that gave life to the expression that has been immortalized across the fandom: “Do you know why they call if the Festival of the Fall? Because on the highway to The Formula-X Grand Prix, this is where the pretenders fall off.”

While fans have been running wild with memes quoting the line on The Formulary, other F-X racers have been seen referring to it in regards to their own races on Fame-Frame.

However it’s the phrase’s use on Formula-Feed that has taken the cake as it seems that the Club President has taken a very keen interest in it. But it’s no surprise that he has.

It has not gone unnoticed, the uncanny resemblance that many of the themes used in the Formula-X Series have with A Song of Ice and Fire (right down to “Amandla’s Rebellion”). And it is quite possible that Moodswing sees this phrase as the Formula-X’s equivalent to “when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.” That line as used in Game of Thrones set up the theme for the entire series. As such, so does King Solo’s line for the FESTIVAL OF THE FALL.

Moodswing’s fascination with the upcoming pay-per-views’ new catchphrase has even driven him to using the line on the posters to advertise the upcoming event.

Despite Moodswing taking advantage of the line, the man who said it and the man to whom he said it too are not at all taking the words likely as both racers look to not be the pretender that will fall off the highway to the Grand Prix.