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Cars Toons
GenreMiniseries
Created byJohn Lasseter
Developed byDisney·Pixar
Directed byJohn Lasseter
Rob Gibbs
Victor Navone
StarringLarry the Cable Guy
Keith Ferguson
Theme music composerMark Mothersbaugh
Opening themeCars Toon Theme Song
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasonsMater's Tall Tales: 3 Tales from Radiator Springs: 1
No. of episodesMater's Tall Tales: 11 Tales from Radiator Springs: 3
Production
Executive producerLee Unkrich
ProducerKori Rae
EditorsRoy E. Disney (Season 1 and first episode of Season 2 only)
Running time2-3 mins (except "Tokyo Mater": 7 mins, "Air Mater": 5 mins, and "Time Travel Mater": 6 minutes, 23 seconds)(1 min for Cars Toon: Tales From Radiator Springs)
Production companyPixar
Original release
ReleaseOctober 27, 2008 –
March 22, 2013

Cars Toons is an American series of short animated films or Cars Toons by Pixar. It features Mater and Lightning McQueen from Cars. Larry the Cable Guy reprised his role as Mater, while Keith Ferguson replaced Owen Wilson as the voice of Lightning McQueen.

The series' first broadcast was on October 27, 2008, on Toon Disney, Disney Channel, and ABC Family. Not exclusive to television, some of those episodes have also premiered on DVDs/Blu-rays, or as a theatrical short.

Synopsis

Mater's Tall Tales

All of the Cars Toons in Mater's Tall Tales follow the same tall tale formula: Mater tells a story of something he has done in the past. The action shifts to his story. At some point in certain stories, Mater finds himself in an inescapable predicament. When Lightning questions Mater over whether the events in the story actually occurred (or, in some episodes, asks him what he did next), Mater always claimed that Lightning was also involved, often saying, "Don't you remember? You was there, too!" (or some other variation), and continues the story including McQueen's sudden (and usually unwilling) participation. The cartoons end with Mater leaving the scene, often followed by characters or references to the story that was being told, suggesting the story might be real. Each story includes Mater, Lightning McQueen, Mia and Tia (the two red cars that adore Mater) and various pit crew forklifts. Each episode's opening sequence has Mater popping out of his garage and declaring to the audience, If I'm lyin', I'm cryin'! (or some variation thereof on the DVD release; the DVD release has unique intros for each short except "Mater the Greater" should the "play all" option be selected)

Cast

Main article: List of Cars characters

Production

After the success of Cars, production of Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales began in 2006. The first nine shorts were produced by Pixar, while the tenth and eleventh short were produced by its subsidiary, Pixar Canada.[1]

"Tokyo Mater" premiered in theaters in the US with Bolt on December 12, 2008. The short is the first Disney·Pixar production presented in Disney Digital 3-D.[2] Sulley and Mike from Monsters, Inc. made cameo appearances in "Tokyo Mater" as their car forms from the ending of the first film.

Merchandising

It was announced[citation needed] that Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales was to be released as part of the Disney·Pixar Cars Die-Cast Line in mid-2009. In October 2009, they released several diecasts. They released all of the "Rescue Squad Mater" and "Mater the Greater" diecasts, and they are currently working on "El Materdor" diecasts and reverse.

Video game

A video game, titled Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales, and based on the show was released on October 19, 2010 for the Wii.[3][4] A PC version was also released outside the United States.[5]

Episodes

Mater's Tall Tales

# Title Original Premiere date Original Channel/Medium
1"Rescue Squad Mater"[6]October 27, 2008 (2008-10-27)Toon Disney

Mater is working as a fire truck and has to rescue Lightning McQueen from a burning building. After he saves McQueen, he rushes the racecar to the hospital where the tow truck reveals that he is also a doctor (with an MD, PhD, STP and GTO).

Role: Firetruck (and Doctor, briefly)
2"Mater the Greater"[6]October 28, 2008 (2008-10-28)Toon Disney

Mater is a daredevil and dresses in a style resembling that of Evel Knievel. In a stadium, Mater attempts to jump a long line of cars, but instead merely tiptoes over them. He performs other stunts, and later claims Lightning McQueen failed to jump over Carburetor Canyon while strapped to a rocket.

Role: Daredevil
3"El Materdor"[6]October 29, 2008 (2008-10-29)Toon Disney

Mater is a matador fighting a herd of bulldozers in Spain. When Lightning McQueen enters the story, the bulldozers chase after him due to his red paint job.

Role: Matador
4"Tokyo Mater"[7]December 12, 2008 (2008-12-12)Theatrically with Bolt

Mater offers to tow home a stranded Japanese car (named Ito-San), but ends up in Tokyo, Japan after hauling him all the way across the Pacific Ocean. He is subsequently challenged to a race by the Drift King Kabuto (a car resembling Boost, the leader of The Delinquent Road Hazards) with the winner being crowned "King of All Drifters" and the loser being stripped of all custom modifications to become a "stock" car. "Lightning Dragon McQueen" shows up to help Mater fend off an attack by Kabuto's ninjas and then helps Mater catch up with Kabuto. Kabuto makes a cameo appearance in Cars 2, just before McMissle shows up at the party.

Role: Drift King
Guest stars: Robert Ito as Ito San, Mach Tony Kobayashi as Kabuto
5"(U.F.M.) Unidentified Flying Mater"[8]November 20, 2009 (2009-11-20)Disney Channel

Mater finds a small UFO called Mator and they have a night out. Later, when Mator is captured by the military forces, Mater sneaks up and saves him with the help of Lightning McQueen and the UFO's mother.

Role: UFO/(Unidentified Flying Object)
6"Monster Truck Mater"[9]July 30, 2010 (2010-07-30)Disney Channel

Mater is a professional (Monster Truck) Wrestler who works his way up the ranks from amateur to World Champion Monster Truck Wrestler, wrestling all kinds of characters along the way. These trucks include the I-Screamer, Captain Collision, The Rasta Carian, Dr. Feel Bad, and Paddy O'Concrete. When faced with his biggest opponent yet -the Monster of Dr. Frankenwagon-, Mater tags in his "tag team partner," Frightening McMean (Lightning McQueen).

Role: Monster Truck Wrestler
7"Heavy Metal Mater"[10]October 8, 2010 (2010-10-08)Disney Channel

Mater is a rock star in a heavy metal band. He starts out in a garage band called "Mater & The Gas Caps" and rises to the top with his hit song, "Dad Gum" (which bears a heavy-metal style by accident when the drummer goes crazy trying to kill a fly on the drum while recording an album), a song based on the line Mater is famous for. Lightning McQueen joins him on stage in the middle of a huge concert and they rock into history.

Role: Heavy Metal Rock Star
8"Moon Mater"November 2, 2010Mater's Tall Tales DVD/Blu-ray

Mater is the first Tow Truck on the moon. His mission: Rescue the Impala XIII by giving him a tow and bringing him back to Earth. Lightning McQueen joins Mater and they are met with a hero's welcome.

Role: Astronaut
9"Mater Private Eye"November 2, 2010Mater's Tall Tales DVD/Blu-ray

Mater is a private investigator working on a case of counterfeit tires when Tia rolls back into his life. She hires Mater to find her sister, Mia, who's been car-napped. Mater searches for clues and closes in on a major crime scene. Lieutenant Lightning McQueen arrives just in time to help bring the criminals to justice.

Role: Private Investigator
10"Air Mater"[11]November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01)Cars 2 DVD/Blu-ray

A tow service leads Mater to Propwash Junction, a town of planes. Amazed by all these flying machines, Mater gets interested in learning how to fly when he sees Skipper's Flight School, which has a sign that says they could teach anyone. After learning how to fly, he learns himself to fly backwards and amazes a group of stunt planes known as the Falcon Hawks. Since one of them has sprained their wing during practice for a stunt show, they ask Mater to take place of the injured plane. He accepts and becomes the stunt planes' new member. Lightning McQueen, also a stunt plane, helps Mater at one point when he is in trouble. In the end, Mater wonders to himself that "They oughta make a whole movie about planes!", an idea that Skipper's assistant, Sparky, thinks is a good idea.

Role: Stunt Airplane

Guest stars: Stacy Keach as Skipper, Jonathan Adams as Judge Davis
11"Time Travel Mater"[12][13]June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)Disney Channel

Accidentally gaining the ability to travel in time, Mater travels back to 1909 in the middle of a desert, where he meets Stanley, the founder of Radiator Springs, who works as a travelling radiator caps salesman. With the realization, that if Stanley goes away there would be no Radiator Springs, Mater brings McQueen from the future, and Stanley sells him a radiator cap. Mater then suggests Stanley to settle there and build a town where he could serve broken cars, and Stanley accepts. Jumping a few years forward, Stanley shows Mater and McQueen the expanding town, when Mater takes a note of a broken Model T, which turns out to be Lizzie. Lizzie's seemingly falling in love with McQueen makes Mater panic again about the Radiator Spring's future, but it turns out that Lizzie had her eye on Stanley. Introduced to each other by McQueen, he and Mater make another time jump, where they attend the Stanley and Lizzie's wedding, before returning back in the present time. There, Lizzie thanks McQueen for introducing her and Stanley.

Role: Time Traveler

Guest star: John Michael Higgins as Stanley

Tales from Radiator Springs

# Title Director Original Premiere Date Original Channel/Medium
1"Hiccups"[14]Jeremy LaskyMarch 22, 2013 (2013-03-22)Disney Channel
Lightning McQueen gets hiccups from his from drinking his breakfast of champions: oil. Many of the Radiator Springs residents give him advice on how to cure the "annoyingness", but none of the ideas work-- until Sally Carrera, Lightning's girlfriend, kisses him on the cheek... and his hiccups disappear.
2"Bugged"[14]Jeremy LaskyMarch 22, 2013 (2013-03-22)Disney Channel
Red’s peaceful morning routine is interrupted by a pesky visitor.
3"Spinning"[14]Jeremy LaskyMarch 22, 2013 (2013-03-22)Disney Channel
Guido discovers he has a hidden talent as a street corner sign spinner.

Home media

A DVD and Blu-ray compilation of nine shorts, titled Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales, was released on November 2, 2010. The compilation included "Rescue Squad Mater", "Mater the Greater", "El Materdor", "Unidentified Flying Mater", "Tokyo Mater", "Monster Truck Mater", "Heavy Metal Mater", "Moon Mater" and "Mater Private Eye",[15] with the latter two premiering with this set.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Films". Pixar Canada. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  2. ^ "Disney-Pixar to Premiere Its First Disney Digital 3-D(TM) Short Film Oscar(R)-Winner John Lasseter Directs Animated Short Based on "Cars" Character" (Press release). Pixar. 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  3. ^ "Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-02-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales". IGN. Retrieved 2011-02-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Cars Toon : Mater's Tall Tales (Game, PC)". Flipkart.com. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Zahed, Ramin (September 26, 2008). "Mater Stars in Own Mini-Show on Disney". Animation Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  7. ^ Lesnick, Silas (December 9, 2008). "Exclusive: First Look at Pixar's Tokyo Mater!". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  8. ^ Sciretta, Peter (November 23, 2009). "New Pixar Cars Short: Unidentified Flying Mater". /Film. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  9. ^ Sciretta, Peter (July 14, 2010). "New Pixar Cars Toon "Monster Truck Mater" Premieres July 30th". /Film. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  10. ^ Gallagher, Brian (October 6, 2010). "Cars Toons Short Heavy Metal Mater Debuts on the Disney Channel". MovieWeb.com. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  11. ^ Weiner, David (August 17, 2011). "ET Exclusive: 'Air Mater' Takes Flight". ET Online. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  12. ^ "Mater's Tall Tales : Time Travel Mater". Zap2It. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  13. ^ "'Time Travel Mater' to Air on Disney Channel This Week Ahead of Disneyland 'Premiere'". Stitch Kingdom. June 6, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  14. ^ a b c Rizvi, Samad (March 22, 2013). "Three 'Cars' Shorty Shorts Debut Tonight On Disney Channel". The Pixar Times. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  15. ^ "Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales Blu-ray". Pixar Talk. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  16. ^ Bastoli, Mike (August 13, 2010). "Report: Cars Toons BD/DVD on Nov. 2; no 'Nemo' Blu-ray (2 UPDATES)". Big Screen Animation. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
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