148-472: Planes spin-off series: Planes short film series: Cars is an American animated film series and media franchise set in a world populated by anthropomorphic vehicles created by John Lasseter , Joe Ranft and Jorgen Klubien . The franchise began with the 2006 film, Cars , produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The film was followed by the sequels Cars 2 (2011) and Cars 3 (2017). The now-defunct Disneytoon Studios produced
296-530: A boss and playable character . Jackson Storm (voiced by Armie Hammer in the film, AJ Hamilton in Cars 3: Driven to Win ) is an arrogant "next-gen" Piston Cup race car, and Lightning's main rival in Cars 3 . In the film, Storm appears out of nowhere and starts winning race after race, forcing many last-generation race cars to retire. During the last race of the season, Lightning pushes himself too hard while trying to compete with Storm and loses control, resulting in
444-423: A dog cone after he gets stitches in his arm. The PBS Kids animated series Let's Go Luna! centers on an anthropomorphic female Moon who speaks, sings, and dances. She comes down out of the sky to serve as a tutor of international culture to the three main characters: a boy frog and wombat and a girl butterfly, who are supposed to be preschool children traveling a world populated by anthropomorphic animals with
592-402: A one hit wonder on a popular 1990s sitcom Horsin' Around , living off the show's residuals in present time. Multiple main characters of the series are other animals who possess human body form and other human-like traits and identity as well; Mr. Peanutbutter , a humanoid dog lives a mostly human life—he speaks American English , walks upright , owns a house , drives a car , is in
740-405: A romantic relationship with a human woman (in this series, as animals and humans are seen as equal , relationships like this are not seen as bestiality but seen as regular human sexuality ), Diane , and has a successful career in television—however also exhibits dog traits —he sleeps in a human-size dog bed , gets arrested for having a drag race with the mailman and is once forced to wear
888-749: A "Bollywood" approach of borrowing from Hollywood. Anthropomorphic Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions, and natural forces, such as seasons and weather. Both have ancient roots as storytelling and artistic devices, and most cultures have traditional fables with anthropomorphized animals as characters. People have also routinely attributed human emotions and behavioral traits to wild as well as domesticated animals. Anthropomorphism and anthropomorphization derive from
1036-566: A 1958 British sports car called the Peerless —one of the few British cars with fins. Finn's suspicions about the World Grand Prix turn out to be correct, as the event was revealed to be a cover-up by Miles Axelrod to turn the world against alternative fuel . Finn returns as a playable character in Cars 2: The Video Game . He is a parody of James Bond . Holley Shiftwell (voiced by Emily Mortimer )
1184-418: A chance to become a racer. Using what she learned from Lightning and Smokey, Cruz catches up to Jackson Storm. Storm is furious at the thought of a standard production car beating him in a race and rams Cruz into the wall on the final lap, but Cruz manages to evade him and wins. Cruz later accepts Tex Dinoco's offer to race for his team and chooses 51 as her racing number as a tribute to Doc Hudson. She returns as
1332-704: A circus run by their parents. The French-Belgian animated series Mush-Mush & the Mushables takes place in a world inhabited by Mushables, which are anthropomorphic fungi, along with other critters such as beetles , snails , and frogs . Sonic the Hedgehog , a video game franchise debuting in 1991, features a speedy blue hedgehog as the main protagonist. This series' characters are almost all anthropomorphic animals such as foxes, cats, and other hedgehogs who are able to speak and walk on their hind legs like normal humans. As with most anthropomorphisms of animals, clothing
1480-492: A demolition derby. Cruz reveals that she had always wanted to be a racer but never found the confidence to do so. In Thomasville, they encounter Hudson's old crew chief Smokey ( Chris Cooper ), who trains McQueen and explains to him that Hudson found happiness in mentoring him. Smokey's training methods inspire Ramirez as well. At the Florida 500, Lightning begins racing, but remembers Cruz's racing dreams and has her take his place in
1628-558: A device under Mater so that it can be retrieved by Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell. Professor Z later killed Redline with a combination of Allinol and an electromagnetic pulse after learning that Mater has the device. Redline returns despite his death in the film as a DLC character in Cars 2: The Video Game. Francesco Bernoulli (voiced by John Turturro in the film and Cars 2: The Video Game and Roger Craig Smith in Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure and Disney Infinity )
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#17328385720471776-503: A fire, Dusty decides to become a firefighter and trains at Piston Peak Air Attack. A Planes short film titled Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular was released on the DVD and Blu-ray of Planes: Fire & Rescue . It was directed by Dan Abraham and executive produced by John Lasseter. In the short film, Dusty Crophopper and Chug need to replace two daredevils in an airshow Leadbottom is hosting. At first unsuccessful, Dusty and Chug accidentally start
1924-427: A forest green 2005 Saturn Relay and has a luggage carrier mounted on his roof. Minny is painted violet and resembles a 1996 Chrysler Town and Country . When Van and Minny enter Radiator Springs, Van turns down Minny's suggestion to ask for directions to the interstate, believing that his newly installed GPS will lead them in the right direction. The couple later return in the post-credits scene , now lost deep within
2072-483: A front license plate that acts as a soul patch . His license plate number is '51237,' a reference to Carlin's date of birth. Lizzie (voiced by Katherine Helmond ) is a 1923 Ford Model T Coupe, the widow of Radiator Springs' founder Stanley , and the owner of Lizzie's Curios. Being an elderly car, she occasionally shows signs of dementia including forgetting things that she said moments ago and misremembering other characters names. Sarge (voiced by Paul Dooley )
2220-426: A greater size than the original, Oldenburg created his sculptures out of soft materials. The anthropomorphic qualities of the sculptures were mainly in their sagging and malleable exterior which mirrored the not-so-idealistic forms of the human body. In "Soft Light Switches" Oldenburg creates a household light switch out of vinyl. The two identical switches, in a dulled orange, insinuate nipples. The soft vinyl references
2368-616: A group of Lemons that are based on the AMC Pacer . The Gremlin family are a group of Lemons that are based on the AMC Gremlin . The Hugo family are a group of Lemons that are based on the Yugo 45 . The Trunkov family are a group of Lemons that are based on the ZAZ-968 . Jeff Gorvette is a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R . He is voiced in a guest role by Jeff Gordon . Gorvette is bright yellow with
2516-402: A life that will keep going. I am working on some real fun projects right now that you will see in a couple of years. It takes us a while to make them." Mater's Tall Tales is a series of short animated films featuring Mater, Lightning McQueen, and their friends. The first three shorts premiered on October 27, 2008 on Toon Disney , Disney Channel , and ABC Family . Not exclusive to television,
2664-401: A normal dog in other ways; for example, he cannot resist chasing a ball and barks at the mailman, believing him to be a threat. In a similar case, BoJack Horseman , an American Netflix adult animated black comedy series, takes place in an alternate world where humans and anthropomorphic animals live side by side, and centers around the life of BoJack Horseman ; a humanoid horse who was
2812-416: A planned duology where the main characters are planes, the film was released in theaters by Walt Disney Pictures on August 9, 2013. The film was directed by Klay Hall and executive produced by John Lasseter . In the film, Dusty Crophopper, a small-town cropdusting plane, follows his dreams by competing in a world air race despite his fear of heights. A sequel to Planes , titled Planes: Fire & Rescue ,
2960-564: A playable character in Cars 3: Driven to Win . Strip "The King" Weathers (voiced by Richard Petty ) is a veteran race car and racing legend. Weathers is an anthropomorphic version of Petty's 1970 Plymouth Superbird , sporting the same shade of blue and Petty's racing number, 43, as well as being a fictionalized version of him. He is one of the racers in the Dinoco 400 three-way tie, along with Chick Hicks and Lightning McQueen. Known as Dinoco's "Golden Boy" having won several Piston Cups, Weathers
3108-472: A playable character. Siddeley (voiced by Jason Isaacs ) is a Gulfstream V spy jet plane that works for Finn McMissile. His name is a reference to British aircraft company Siddeley. Leland Turbo (voiced by Jason Isaacs) is a British spy at C.H.R.O.M.E. who infiltrated the Lemons. His vehicle model resembles a Jaguar E-Type . Before he was discovered by Grem and Acer and thrown into a car crusher, he sent out
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#17328385720473256-487: A plot to sabotage the World Grand Prix, which is seemingly led by Professor Zündapp ( Thomas Kretschmann ) and a group of lemon cars . When the event reaches its conclusion in London, Mater deduces that Axlerod is the mastermind behind the plot, as he started the event in the first place and had intended for cars everywhere to run on oil as revenge for the lemons' reputation as "history's biggest loser cars", implying that Axlerod
3404-479: A possible Cars 4 , Cars 3 producers Kevin Reher and Andrea Warren told CinemaBlend that "If there's a good story to tell I mean our heads kinda break after having gotten this one done, like oh my God, what could you do the further adventures of? But like any sequel, from Toy Story 4 to Incredibles 2 , as long as there's a good story to tell, it's worth investing; we do love these characters, we love them as much as
3552-404: A rollover crash. At the Florida 500, Storm is intimidated by Lightning's former trainer Cruz Ramirez, who replaces Lightning in the race. He attempts to make her lose focus by telling her that she is not the type of car who belongs on a racetrack. Cruz regains her confidence and drives up next to Storm, who rams her into a wall. Cruz manages to flip over Storm at the last moment, passing him and wins
3700-573: A series of events that captures the audience's attention, eventually completing the stunt. A fifth Tales from Radiator Springs short film, titled To Protect and Serve, was announced to be in development for a 2015 release. However, it was never released. The short would have been focused on Sheriff as he takes a mandatory vacation and leaves two rookies (voiced by Wendi McLendon-Covey and Aziz Ansari ) to take over his duties as police officer. This, however, causes problems in Radiator Springs as
3848-481: A stage", Fer interprets the artists in Eccentric Abstraction to a new form of anthropomorphism. She puts forth the thoughts of Surrealist writer Roger Caillois , who speaks of the "spacial lure of the subject, the way in which the subject could inhabit their surroundings." Caillous uses the example of an insect who "through camouflage does so in order to become invisible... and loses its distinctness." For Fer,
3996-402: A sub-culture known as furry fandom , which promotes and creates stories and artwork involving anthropomorphic animals, and the examination and interpretation of humanity through anthropomorphism. This can often be shortened in searches as "anthro", used by some as an alternative term to "furry". Anthropomorphic characters have also been a staple of the comic book genre. The most prominent one
4144-580: A total of four films issued from 2006 to 2015. The series included A Car's Life: Sparky's Big Adventure (2006), Car's Life 2 (2011), Car's Life: Junkyard Blues (2015), which was made for television, and Car's Life 3: The Royal Heist (2013). The Little Cars is a big series animated by the Toyland Video ( Vídeo Brinquedo ) and distributed by Branscome International. There were a total of eight films produced in 2006-2007 and released from 2006 to 2011. Toyland Video considers its "mockbuster" to be following
4292-407: A very worn appearance. While they badly subdued Red "Torque" Redline, the duo later guarded the captured Mater, Holley Shiftwell, and Finn McMissile in London. During the time when Mater was trying to get away from Lightning due to the bomb on his engine, Grem and Acer went after them only for Holley to come and making them slam into her and flying into a pub called Ye Left Turn Inn. Their crash spilled
4440-478: A warning to Finn McMissile to let them know what Professor Zündapp and the Lemons have been up to. Rod "Torque" Redline (voiced by Bruce Campbell ) is an American spy who was supposed to meet up with Finn McMissile after infiltrating the Lemons. He is a blue muscle car whose design is based on the modern Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang . Before he is captured and escorted away by Grem and Acer in Tokyo, he slipped
4588-496: A yellow sea sponge , living in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom with his anthropomorphic marine life friends. Cartoon Network 's animated series The Amazing World of Gumball (2011–2019) are about anthropomorphic animals and inanimate objects. All of the characters in Hasbro Studios ' TV series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010–2019) are anthropomorphic fantasy creatures, with most of them being ponies living in
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4736-401: Is a 1949 Mercury Eight police car . Sheriff is painted in classic black and white with a single red light dome, two sirens , and curb feelers . Sheriff was the first resident of Radiator Springs to appear in Cars and the first to meet Lightning. Sheriff reappears in Cars 2 , seeing Lightning and his race-crew off to the World Grand Prix. During the climax of the film, Sheriff arrives with
4884-478: Is a media franchise including the 2006 film Cars , the 2011 film Cars 2 , the 2017 film Cars 3 , the 2022 series Cars on the Road , the 2013 film Planes , and the 2014 film Planes: Fire & Rescue . This page is a list of characters that have appeared in the franchise. Lightning McQueen , formerly known as Montgomery "Monty" McQueen before the events of the Cars films, (voiced by Owen Wilson in
5032-589: Is a 1941 Willys MB Army Jeep who fought in World War II and is the owner of Sarge's Surplus Hut. He is a member of McQueen's pit crew and serves as an analyst. Red (voiced by Joe Ranft who died before the first film's release and Jerome Ranft in the third film) is Radiator Springs' resident fire truck. He resembles a 1960 Seagrave 1000/500 D/M Pumper engine. Van (voiced by Richard Kind ) and Minny (voiced by Edie McClurg ) are two minivans who like to travel and are minor characters in Cars . Van resembles
5180-426: Is a 1957 Zündapp Janus and an internationally wanted weapon designer. Though he initially appears to be the main antagonist, he is eventually revealed to be the secondary antagonist, and subordinate to Miles Axlerod. Grem (voiced by Joe Mantegna ) and Acer (voiced by Peter Jacobson ) are two underlings of Professor Zündapp. Grem is an orange 1975 AMC Gremlin and Acer is a lime green 1975 AMC Pacer . Both have
5328-536: Is a 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera. In addition to being the town attorney, Sally also operates the Cozy Cone Motel, which is based on the Wigwam Motel . She is a major character in Cars and a supporting character in Cars 2 and Cars 3 . In 2022, Porsche made a one-off Porsche 911 in collaboration with Pixar as a tribute to the character, referred to as the "Sally Special". Doc Hudson (voiced by Paul Newman in
5476-472: Is a British endurance race car resembling a McLaren 12C . He is voiced in a guest role by seven-time (then one-time) Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton . He is described as a "Three-time Grand Touring Sport Champion" in Cars: Under The Hood. During the party in Tokyo, Hamilton can be seen with Jeff Gorvette and calls McQueen over to them. He later manages to stop before a massive crash during
5624-587: Is a British spy-in-training at C.H.R.O.M.E. and Mater's love interest. According to Pixar's Meet the Cars book, Holley's model is a Pixar in-house design known as a 2008 MT-R Mark II. Her model name appears to be in reference with a TVR sports car called the Tuscan Mark II , one of Holley's design inspirations. She bears resemblance to the 2008 RMC Scorpion , along with having a similar 3.5-liter V6 engine to this vehicle. Holley later returned in Cars 2: The Video Game as
5772-522: Is a blue Reliant Regal three-wheeler, with a few added features including the headlights of a Citroën Ami . Celine Dephare is an old sports car resembling an Alfa Romeo Spider who works as a headlight vendor at the Marché Aux Pièces market in Paris, France. Unlike all the other characters, she has eyes in her headlights and has transparent windows. Sir Miles Axlerod (voiced by Eddie Izzard )
5920-579: Is a blue stock car who raced for Dinoco, and was one of Lightning McQueen's friends in the Piston Cup. He is Strip "The King" Weathers' nephew. Cal's average racing performance often prompted Tex Dinoco to joke about replacing him with Lightning on team Dinoco. Dusty Crophopper (voiced by Dane Cook ) was inspired by the Air Tractor AT-502 , Cessna and the PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader . He
6068-464: Is a human activity and to attribute it to nature misconstrues it as humanlike. Modern criticisms followed Bacon's ideas such as critiques of Baruch Spinoza and David Hume . The latter, for instance, embedded his arguments in his wider criticism of human religions and specifically demonstrated in what he cited as their "inconsistence" where, on one hand, the Deity is painted in the most sublime colors but, on
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6216-413: Is about rookie race car Lightning McQueen ( Owen Wilson ), who gets lost on the way to California for a tiebreaker race in the Piston Cup, a famous race worldwide, and ends up in a little town called Radiator Springs on Route 66 , that had been bypassed and forgotten when Interstate 40 was built. He accidentally wrecks the road and is sentenced to fix it. During his time there, he meets Mater ( Larry
6364-585: Is also a lemon. With the plot foiled and the villains defeated, Mater is knighted by the Queen of the United Kingdom ( Vanessa Redgrave ), and a new race is held in Radiator Springs. Mater is invited by Finn and Holley to go on another mission, but chooses to stay in Radiator Springs. While his weapons get confiscated, he gets to keep the rocket engines he acquired, as the two agents take off in Siddeley ( Jason Isaacs ),
6512-530: Is an Italian open-wheeled race car who serves as Lightning's primary racing rival in the World Grand Prix. He is based on modern Formula One cars and is painted in the colors of the Italian flag. His surname comes from the Bernouilli-principle, an important principle in fluid dynamics. Tomber (voiced by Michel Michelis) is a French auto-parts dealer, and Finn McMissile's underground informant . He
6660-400: Is hoping for his eighth win in the tiebreaker race before entering retirement so he can spend more time with his wife. He returns in Cars 3 as the crew chief of his nephew, Cal Weathers. Tex Dinoco (voiced by Humpy Wheeler ) is a gold 1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville who owns Dinoco Oil and is the boss of the Dinoco racing team. His most well known racer is Strip "The King" Weathers, who won
6808-457: Is known for training some of the best rookie race cars through her unconventional training methods. After Sterling introduces Cruz to Lightning, he assigns her to train Lightning for the Florida 500. At the Florida 500, Sterling orders Cruz back to the racing center to train one of the rookies. Lightning overhears the exchange on his radio and exits the race to allow Cruz to take his place, giving her
6956-762: Is of little or no importance, where some characters may be fully clothed while some wear only shoes and gloves. Another popular example in video games is the Super Mario series, debuting in 1985 with Super Mario Bros. , of which main antagonist includes a fictional species of anthropomorphic turtle -like creatures known as Koopas . Other games in the series, as well as of other of its greater Mario franchise, spawned similar characters such as Yoshi , Donkey Kong and many others . Claes Oldenburg 's soft sculptures are commonly described as anthropomorphic. Depicting common household objects, Oldenburg's sculptures were considered Pop Art . Reproducing these objects, often at
7104-426: Is offered to be the new face and sponsor of Dinoco, but he declines and decides to stay with Rust-eze, his current sponsor. He does, however, arrange for Mater to ride in the Dinoco helicopter just as he promised. The film ends with Lightning setting up his racing headquarters in Radiator Springs, thereby putting it back on the map. Cars 2 is the twelfth Pixar film. The story starts with Lightning McQueen competing in
7252-575: Is painted in the colors of the French flag. Miss Fritter (voiced by Lea DeLaria ) is a school bus modified for demolition derby racing, and a minor antagonist in Cars 3 . Miss Fritter appears in the Crazy Eight demolition derby at the Thunder Hollow Speedway and nearly saws Cruz with her stop sign blades until Lightning stops her, only to get his tire shredded. Cruz Ramirez ends up winning
7400-567: Is painted white and orange with some black stripes. After his training, he has the black Jolly Wrenches insignia Skipper earned him up front as well as "D7" on his rudder. Since the Germany leg in the WATG rally, he gained blue racing stripes and the number 7 in a white circle on his body and wings. After becoming severely damaged en route to Mexico in the storm, most Wings Around The Globe racers gave him new parts as well as gaining T-33 Shooting Star wings and
7548-476: Is the main antagonist of Cars 2 . His design is based on the Range Rover Classic and Land Rover Defender 90 , two cars famous for poor build quality. Axlerod created the World Grand Prix to promote his new biofuel called Allinol that turns out to be ordinary gasoline engineered to ignite when hit with an electromagnetic pulse . While he appears to the public as friendly, in truth he is the main leader of
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#17328385720477696-401: Is the owner of Radiator Springs only gas diner, "Flo's V-8 Café", and is married to Ramone. She appears to be inspired by two early- to mid-1950s show cars: the 1951 Buick XP-300 , 1951 General Motors Le Sabre and the 1957 Chrysler Dart concept car or 1960 Chrysler 300F 2 doors hardtop custom. Fillmore (based on Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire and voiced by George Carlin in Cars ,
7844-488: The American flag painted on his sides. He is described to be an accomplished racer and a close friend of McQueen's. When McQueen meets Jeff at the Tokyo party in Cars 2 , he greets him warmly. Gorvette later appears briefly before the start of the Florida 500 in Cars 3 . While being interviewed, Gorvette spots McQueen drive by and tells him to "win one for us old guys", implying that Gorvette may have retired. Lewis Hamilton
7992-649: The Cars video game was announced to be a "Platinum Hit" on the Xbox , "Greatest Hit" on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable , and Player's Choice on the GameCube . Two sequels were released, Cars Mater-National Championship and Cars Race-O-Rama . A video game based on Cars 2 was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Disney Interactive Studios for the PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , Wii , PC , and Nintendo DS on June 21, 2011. The PlayStation 3 version of
8140-489: The Cars world, follows the "blindsided testimonials from the Crazy 8's, touting the transformative impact Miss Fritter's Racing School has had in reshaping the direction of their lives". In December 2020, two Cars short films were announced as part of Disney+'s Pixar Popcorn series, which was released on January 22, 2021. As with most of the shorts present in this series, none of the characters have voice roles. In this short,
8288-637: The DVD of the 2006 film Cars , which was released on October 25, 2006, in Australia and the United States on November 7, 2006. The short, set in the Cars world, tells a story of Mater being haunted by a mysterious blue light . Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool is a 2017 Pixar animated short created for the Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD and DVD of Cars 3 , which was released in the United States on November 7, 2017. The short, set in
8436-467: The Genesis creation myth : "So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them". Hindus do not reject the concept of a deity in the abstract unmanifested, but note practical problems. The Bhagavad Gita , Chapter 12, Verse 5, states that it is much more difficult for people to focus on a deity that is unmanifested than one with form , remarking on
8584-636: The National Board of Review named it the best Animated Feature Film of 2006. Cars also received the title of Best Reviewed Animated Feature of 2006 from Rotten Tomatoes . Randy Newman and James Taylor received a Grammy Award for the song "Our Town", which later went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song (an award it lost to "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth ). The film also earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature , but it lost to Happy Feet . Cars
8732-685: The World's Fair and the Olympics . These personifications may be simple human or animal figures, such as Ronald McDonald or the donkey that represents the United States's Democratic Party . Other times, they are anthropomorphic items, such as " Clippy " or the " Michelin Man ". Most often, they are anthropomorphic animals such as the Energizer Bunny or the San Diego Chicken . Sir Miles Axlerod Cars
8880-706: The prophets , who explicitly rejected any likeness of God to humans. Their rejection grew further after the Islamic Golden Age in the tenth century, which Maimonides codified in the twelfth century, in his thirteen principles of Jewish faith. In the Ismaili interpretation of Islam , assigning attributes to God as well as negating any attributes from God ( via negativa ) both qualify as anthropomorphism and are rejected, as God cannot be understood by either assigning attributes to Him or taking them away. The 10th-century Ismaili philosopher Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani suggested
9028-526: The video game , and Cars Toons (via archival recordings ), Scott Wood in Cars Mater-National Championship , and Lloyd Sherr in all other media after the first film due to Carlin's death) is a green 1960 Volkswagen Type 2 who owns a store that sells his own recipe of organic biofuel , which he also gives McQueen during his races. He is a stereotypical hippie , as he has numerous peace signs and flowers painted on his body as well as
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#17328385720479176-686: The 1920s to the present day. In the Disney/Pixar franchises Cars and Planes , all the characters are anthropomorphic vehicles, while in Toy Story , they are anthropomorphic toys. Other Pixar franchises like Monsters, Inc features anthropomorphic monsters and Finding Nemo features anthropomorphic sea animals (like fish, sharks, and whales). Discussing anthropomorphic animals from DreamWorks franchise Madagascar , Timothy Laurie suggests that " social differences based on conflict and contradiction are naturalized and made less 'contestable' through
9324-511: The 1960s, anthropomorphism has also been represented in various animated television shows such as Biker Mice From Mars (1993–1996) and SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993–1995). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , first aired in 1987, features four pizza-loving anthropomorphic turtles with a great knowledge of ninjutsu, led by their anthropomorphic rat sensei, Master Splinter. Nickelodeon 's longest running animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present), revolves around SpongeBob ,
9472-463: The 2006 film Cars , its 2011 and 2017 sequels Cars 2 and Cars 3 , its 2013 and 2014 spin-off films Planes and Planes: Fire & Rescue , its 2006 and 2017 short films Mater and the Ghostlight and Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool , its 2014 spin-off short film Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular , and its 2008 and 2022 television series Cars Toons and Cars on the Road . In May 2007,
9620-455: The British spy jet. Cars 3 is the eighteenth Pixar film. The story focuses on Lightning McQueen, who deals with a new generation of race cars taking over the world of racing. Jackson Storm ( Armie Hammer ) is an arrogant high tech racer who leads the next generation. As everyone begins to ask him if he might retire, Lightning struggles with keeping up with these racers and during the final race of
9768-580: The Cable Guy ), who became his best friend, and Sally ( Bonnie Hunt ). He also comes across Doc Hudson ( Paul Newman ), who used to be a famous racecar called the Hudson Hornet until a career ending crash in 1954. After Lightning fixes the road, Doc Hudson no longer wants him in town, so he secretly alerts the media about Lightning's presence, but it doesn't take long for Hudson to realize how much Lightning has helped Radiator Springs, so he goes back to being
9916-460: The Dinoco 400, Lightning convinces Mack to drive all night to the tie-breaker race in Los Angeles despite federal DOT regulations which legally grant Mack ten hours of rest. Mack struggles to stay awake as a result, with an ensuing mishap causing Lightning to fall out of Mack's trailer. Mack later arrives in Radiator Springs after Doc Hudson reveals Lightning's location and takes residence there in
10064-428: The Florida 500. Smokey visits Radiator Springs in the epilogue and later attends the re-opening of Thomasville Speedway. Natalie Certain (voiced by Kerry Washington ) is a statistical analyst who works for RSN and also appears with Chick Hicks on Chick's Picks. She is a maroon 4-door sedan that resembles a Tesla Model S . Certain first appears on Chick's Picks and gives a detailed explanation why Jackson Storm and
10212-710: The Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testaments , as well as in the texts of some other religions. Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification, is a well-established literary device from ancient times. The story of " The Hawk and the Nightingale " in Hesiod 's Works and Days preceded Aesop 's fables by centuries. Collections of linked fables from India, the Jataka Tales and Panchatantra , also employ anthropomorphized animals to illustrate principles of life. Many of
10360-451: The Hudson Hornet and becomes McQueen's crew chief, while most of the Radiator Springs folks become his pit crew. Lightning is about to win the race, but helps The King ( Richard Petty ) cross the finish line after Chick Hicks ( Michael Keaton ) causes him to crash. Chick wins the Piston Cup after being in third on the last lap, but is later booed by everyone, while Lightning receives praise for his sportsmanship. Despite his loss, Lightning
10508-441: The Lemons conspiracy, and is shown to be very greedy and ruthless. He ultimately tries to kill both McQueen and Mater by placing a bomb on Mater that can only be deactivated by his own voice, but this ends up backfiring when Mater deduces he is the culprit and corners him, leading to him deactivating the bomb to avoid being killed by the explosion. This exposes him to the world and leads to his arrest. Axlerod planned to use Zündapp and
10656-524: The Lemons to kill Lightning in the final race, but the EMP weapon failed because Sarge had switched Lightning's Allinol for Fillmore's organic fuel before the start of the race, saving Lightning's life. His engine, quoted as "the worst motor ever made" in the film, is based on the Lucas fuel injected 3.5L Rover V8 . Professor Wolfgang Otto Zündapp (often referred simply as Professor Z ) (voiced by Thomas Kretschmann )
10804-416: The Piston Cup a total of seven times before his retirement. In Cars , Tex refused to give Chick Hicks a Dinoco sponsorship after he intentionally caused The King to crash and offered it to McQueen instead, although McQueen respectfully declined due to his newfound respect for Rust-eze. In Cars 3 , Tex purchases Rust-eze Bumper Ointment from Sterling, thus allowing Lightning McQueen to race alongside Cruz under
10952-543: The Rabbit as research. Adams returned to anthropomorphic storytelling in his later novels The Plague Dogs (1977) and Traveller (1988). By the 21st century, the children's picture book market had expanded massively. Perhaps a majority of picture books have some kind of anthropomorphism, with popular examples being The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969) by Eric Carle and The Gruffalo (1999) by Julia Donaldson . Anthropomorphism in literature and other media led to
11100-504: The Tank Engine and other anthropomorphic locomotives . The fantasy genre developed from mythological, fairy tale, and Romance motifs sometimes have anthropomorphic animals as characters. The best-selling examples of the genre are The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), both by J. R. R. Tolkien , books peopled with talking creatures such as ravens, spiders, and
11248-475: The United States and Canada, and $ 368,400,000 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 559,852,396. Worldwide on its opening weekend, it made $ 109.0 million, marking the largest opening weekend for a 2011 animated title. The first Cars film had a highly successful run during the 2006 awards season. Many film critic associations such as the Broadcast Film Critics Association and
11396-648: The Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908); Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928) by A. A. Milne ; and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950) and the subsequent books in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis . In many of these stories the animals can be seen as representing facets of human personality and character. As John Rowe Townsend remarks, discussing The Jungle Book in which
11544-445: The World Grand Prix, organized by Sir Miles Axlerod ( Eddie Izzard ), a three-race event taking place in three countries: Japan , Italy , and England , with his racing rival being Italian formula car Francesco Bernoulli ( John Turturro ). Along the way, Mater is mistaken for an American spy by British spy Finn McMissile ( Michael Caine ), and falls in love with junior agent Holley Shiftwell ( Emily Mortimer ). The three uncover
11692-492: The aging process as the sculpture wrinkles and sinks with time. In the essay "Art and Objecthood", Michael Fried makes the case that " literalist art " ( minimalism ) becomes theatrical by means of anthropomorphism. The viewer engages the minimalist work, not as an autonomous art object, but as a theatrical interaction. Fried references a conversation in which Tony Smith answers questions about his six-foot cube, "Die". Q: Why didn't you make it larger so that it would loom over
11840-476: The anthropomorphic qualities of imitation found in the erotic, organic sculptures of artists Eva Hesse and Louise Bourgeois , are not necessarily for strictly "mimetic" purposes. Instead, like the insect, the work must come into being in the "scopic field... which we cannot view from outside." For branding , merchandising , and representation , figures known as mascots are now often employed to personify sports teams , corporations , and major events such as
11988-457: The audience during the Dinoco 400 at Motor Speedway of the South, enthusiastically cheering for McQueen. During the time McQueen goes missing, the twins change their allegiance to Chick Hicks, but immediately return to McQueen after Hicks causes Strip "The King" Weathers to crash on the final lap of the tiebreaker race. The twins return briefly in Cars 2 . Finn McMissile (voiced by Michael Caine in
12136-637: The basis of their story. Examples include Squid Girl (anthropomorphized squid), Hetalia: Axis Powers (personified countries), Upotte!! (personified guns), Arpeggio of Blue Steel and Kancolle (personified ships). Some of the most notable examples are the Walt Disney characters Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck , Goofy , and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit ; the Looney Tunes characters Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , and Porky Pig ; and an array of others from
12284-402: The boy Mowgli must rely on his new friends the bear Baloo and the black panther Bagheera , "The world of the jungle is in fact both itself and our world as well". A notable work aimed at an adult audience is George Orwell 's Animal Farm , in which all the main characters are anthropomorphic animals. Non-animal examples include Rev. W. Awdry 's Railway Series stories featuring Thomas
12432-410: The cars have a friendly parallel parking competition. In this short, the residents of Radiator Springs show off their dancing skills at Flo's V8 Café. On September 4, 2024, a series of LEGO short films based on some Pixar films, was released on Disney+. The series included an episode related to Cars, called "Trust Yer Ol' Pal Mater". In celebration of Lightning McQueen Day on September 5, the episode
12580-529: The characters in Walt Disney Animation Studios ' Zootopia (2016) are anthropomorphic animals, that is an entirely nonhuman civilization. The live-action/animated franchise Alvin and the Chipmunks by 20th Century Fox centers around anthropomorphic talkative and singing chipmunks . The female singing chipmunks called The Chipettes are also centered in some of the franchise's films. Since
12728-508: The classificatory matrix of human and nonhuman relations ". Other DreamWorks franchises like Shrek features fairy tale characters, and Blue Sky Studios of 20th Century Fox franchises like Ice Age features anthropomorphic extinct animals. Other characters in SpongeBob SquarePants features anthropomorphic sea animals as well (like sea sponges, starfish, octopus, crabs, whales, puffer fish, lobsters, and zooplankton). All of
12876-423: The country while meeting friends, new and old, was in development. On November 12, 2021, it was announced that the show would be titled Cars on the Road , and that Owen Wilson and Larry the Cable Guy would reprise their respective roles as Lightning McQueen and Mater. It was released on Disney+ on September 8, 2022, as part of Disney+ Day . Mater and the Ghostlight is a 2006 Pixar animated short created for
13024-484: The desert. Van and Minny appear again briefly in Cars 2. Van doesn't believe Mater's retelling of his spy adventure until Holley Shiftwell and Finn McMissile arrive, leaving him in astonishment. Mia (voiced by Lindsey Collins) and Tia (voiced by Elissa Knight ) are twin 1992 Mazda Miata sisters and are among Lightning McQueen's biggest fans. They are painted in the same shade of red as McQueen and are covered in stickers of McQueen's likeness. The twins can be seen in
13172-584: The divine as deities with human forms and qualities. They resemble human beings not only in appearance and personality; they exhibited many human behaviors that were used to explain natural phenomena, creation, and historical events. The deities fell in love, married, had children, fought battles, wielded weapons, and rode horses and chariots. They feasted on special foods, and sometimes required sacrifices of food, beverage, and sacred objects to be made by human beings. Some anthropomorphic deities represented specific human concepts, such as love, war, fertility, beauty, or
13320-468: The dragon Smaug and a multitude of anthropomorphic goblins and elves . John D. Rateliff calls this the " Doctor Dolittle Theme" in his book The History of the Hobbit and Tolkien saw this anthropomorphism as closely linked to the emergence of human language and myth : "...The first men to talk of 'trees and stars' saw things very differently. To them, the world was alive with mythological beings... To them
13468-435: The drinks of the patrons in the bar, who promptly got angry and started to attack them, they are defeated by the patrons, Grem and Acer's fate after that is unknown. Tony Trihull (voiced by Lloyd Sherr ) is a littoral combat ship that works for Professor Zündapp. He was first seen telling a crab boat to leave the restricted territory that was secretly being operated by Zündapp and the Lemons. When Finn McMissile infiltrates
13616-576: The earliest ancient examples set in a mythological context to the great collections of the Brothers Grimm and Perrault . The Tale of Two Brothers (Egypt, 13th century BCE) features several talking cows and in Cupid and Psyche (Rome, 2nd century CE) Zephyrus , the west wind, carries Psyche away. Later an ant feels sorry for her and helps her in her quest. Building on the popularity of fables and fairy tales, children's literature began to emerge in
13764-536: The earliest known evidence of anthropomorphism. One of the oldest known is an ivory sculpture, the Löwenmensch figurine , Germany, a human-shaped figurine with the head of a lioness or lion, determined to be about 32,000 years old. It is not possible to say what these prehistoric artworks represent. A more recent example is The Sorcerer , an enigmatic cave painting from the Trois-Frères Cave , Ariège, France:
13912-477: The episodes have also been released on DVDs/Blu-rays or as in front of theatrical films. A total of 11 episodes have been released with Time Travel Mater (2012) being the most recent. All shorts in the series follow the same tall-tale formula: Mater tells a story of something he has done in the past. 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
14060-474: The figure's significance is unknown, but it is usually interpreted as some kind of great spirit or master of the animals. In either case there is an element of anthropomorphism. This anthropomorphic art has been linked by archaeologist Steven Mithen with the emergence of more systematic hunting practices in the Upper Palaeolithic. He proposes that these are the product of a change in the architecture of
14208-513: The film and Martin Jarvis in the video games) is a British secret agent working for C.H.R.O.M.E. who recruits Mater to help in his mission. He is stern yet kind. His model, a fictional 1965 Fautless GT according to Pixar's Meet the Cars book, is a Pixar in-house design. He is based on classic European sports cars such as the Aston Martin DB5 and BMW 507 , while his small tail fins were inspired by
14356-458: The film's epilogue. Sterling (voiced by Nathan Fillion ) is a wealthy business car who briefly becomes the new owner of Rust-eze Bumper Ointment in Cars 3 . He resembles a modernized 1968 BMW E9 . After meeting Lightning, Sterling assigns Cruz to train him and prepare him for the Florida 500. After watching Lightning's poor performance on the racing simulator, Sterling attempts to force him into retirement. Lightning agrees to retire if he loses
14504-583: The films and video games, and Milton James in Cars 3: Driven to Win ) is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala coupé lowrider who owns Ramone's House of Body Art, where he paints himself and other cars, including Lightning McQueen. After Doc Hudson's death, Ramone took up the profession of mechanic for the residents of Radiator Springs. His garage employs the distinctive architecture of the Tower Station ( U-Drop Inn ) in Shamrock, Texas . Flo (voiced by Jenifer Lewis )
14652-688: The films and video games, and Michael Shalhoub in Disney Infinity ) and Guido (voiced by Guido Quaroni ) are part of Lightning's pit crew. Luigi is a 1959 Fiat 500 who owns a tire shop called Luigi's Casa Della Tires, which is known for its "Leaning Tower of Tires", a tower of several tires shaped like the Leaning Tower of Pisa . Guido is a forklift that resembles a BMW Isetta . Together, Luigi and Guido specialize in changing and maintaining Lightning's tires during all his races. Both are Scuderia Ferrari fans. Ramone (voiced by Cheech Marin in
14800-526: The films, Cars on the Road , video game adaption , Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure , and Lego The Incredibles , Ben Rausch in Cars 3: Driven to Win , and Keith Ferguson in Cars Toons and most video games), is a custom-built race car who competes in the Piston Cup Racing Series. His design is a hybrid of Generation 4 NASCAR vehicles and Le Mans endurance racers . Lightning
14948-674: The first and third films and the video game adaptation of the first film, and Corey Burton in Cars Mater-National and Cars Race-O-Rama ) was Radiator Springs' medical doctor, judge, and Lightning's mentor/crew chief. He is a 1951 Hudson Hornet and was based on Hudson Hornet driver Marshall Teague and Herb Thomas . His voice actor Newman died in September 2008, and it is implied that he died at some point after Cars. Doc appeared in Cars 3 in flashbacks being voiced by archival recordings of Newman. Sheriff (voiced by Michael Wallis )
15096-559: The following weekend. It went on to gross $ 461,983,149 worldwide (ranking number six in 2006 films) and $ 244,082,982 in the United States (the third-highest-grossing film of 2006 in the country, behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Night at the Museum ). It was the highest grossing animated film of 2006 in the United States, but lost to Ice Age: The Meltdown in worldwide totals. Cars 2 has earned $ 191,452,396 in
15244-595: The franchise has amassed over $ 10 billion in merchandising sales within its first five years. The Cars franchise began with the original Cars . At the time, it was Pixar's least well received film by reviewers. The short Mater and the Ghostlight was released as an extra on the Cars DVD on November 7, 2006. A series of shorts called Cars Toons were produced and aired on the Disney Channel to keep interest up. The brand had sold nearly $ 10 billion in merchandise by
15392-516: The future of aviation in outer space . The film had a release date of April 12, 2019. It was removed from the release schedule in March 2018, and on June 28, shortly after the announcement of Lasseter's departure from Disney, Disneytoon Studios was shut down, ending development on the film. Prior to its closure, the studio was planning several more spin-offs of the franchise focusing on boats, trains and other vehicles. In November 2022, concept art for one of
15540-704: The game was reported to be compatible with stereoscopic 3D gameplay. In October 2014, Gameloft released Cars: Fast as Lightning , a customizable, city-building racing game for smartphone platforms. Lightning McQueen appears as a playable character in Lego The Incredibles which was released in June 2018, and Rocket League in November 2023. From the start, at least two inspired or knock off direct to video series appeared, A Cars Life and The Little Cars , that amounted to being mockbusters . It has also been noted that
15688-473: The gods' shapes and make their bodies of such a sort as the form they themselves have. ... Ethiopians say that their gods are snub–nosed [ σιμούς ] and black Thracians that they are pale and red-haired. Xenophanes said that "the greatest god" resembles man "neither in form nor in mind". Both Judaism and Islam reject an anthropomorphic deity, believing that God is beyond human comprehension. Judaism's rejection of an anthropomorphic deity began with
15836-432: The human mind , an increasing fluidity between the natural history and social intelligences , where anthropomorphism allowed hunters to identify empathetically with hunted animals and better predict their movements. In religion and mythology, anthropomorphism is the perception of a divine being or beings in human form, or the recognition of human qualities in these beings. Ancient mythologies frequently represented
15984-475: The idea of a separate inside; an idea mirrored in the human form. Fried considers the Literalist art's "hollowness" to be "biomorphic" as it references a living organism. Curator Lucy Lippard 's Eccentric Abstraction show, in 1966, sets up Briony Fer 's writing of a post-minimalist anthropomorphism. Reacting to Fried's interpretation of minimalist art's "looming presence of objects which appear as actors might on
16132-675: The merged Rust-eze/Dinoco brand. Chick Hicks (voiced by Michael Keaton in Cars , Cars: the Video Game , and Cars Race-O-Rama , and Bob Peterson in Cars 3 ) is the main antagonist and Lightning's arch-nemesis. Chick is an arrogant race car who often cheats to gain position in races. He is sponsored by Hostile Takeover Bank (abbreviated as HTB) and resembles a 1987 Buick Regal . He now hosts his own talk show, Chick's Picks on Racing Sports Network. Chick also returns in Cars: The Video Game and also Cars 3: Driven to Win as
16280-457: The method of double negation; for example: "God is not existent" followed by "God is not non-existent". This glorifies God from any understanding or human comprehension. In secular thought, one of the most notable criticisms began in 1600 with Francis Bacon , who argued against Aristotle 's teleology , which declared that everything behaves as it does in order to achieve some end, in order to fulfill itself. Bacon pointed out that achieving ends
16428-525: The nineteenth century with works such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll , The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Carlo Collodi and The Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling , all employing anthropomorphic elements. This continued in the twentieth century with many of the most popular titles having anthropomorphic characters, examples being The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901) and later books by Beatrix Potter ; The Wind in
16576-450: The observer? A: I was not making a monument. Q: Then why didn't you make it smaller so that the observer could see over the top? A: I was not making an object. Fried implies an anthropomorphic connection by means of "a surrogate person – that is, a kind of statue." The minimalist decision of "hollowness" in much of their work was also considered by Fried to be "blatantly anthropomorphic". This "hollowness" contributes to
16724-421: The operation and flees, Tony goes on the offensive. During the race in London, Tony tries to rescue a fleeing Zündapp using his magnet and firing on Finn McMissile only for Finn to sends some explosives onto Tony's magnet causing an explosion. The Lemons are international crime families that appear in Cars 2 . They are all cars with a negative reputation and consist of four families: The Pacer family are
16872-483: The other Next-Gen racers have better performance than the previous generation of racers. When McQueen tunes into Chick's Picks after Thunder Hollow, Certain makes the prediction that McQueen only has a 1.2 percent chance of beating Storm in the Florida 500. Certain appears again in the commentator booth with Bob Cutlass and Darrell Cartrip after Cruz wins the Florida 500. She returns as a playable character in Cars 3: Driven to Win . Cal Weathers (voiced by Kyle Petty )
17020-456: The other Radiator Springs residents as new members of Lightning's pit crew in England, and is informed by Mater of the Lemons cars' plot to kill Lightning in order to turn all vehicles in the world against alternative fuel and rely on gasoline for profit. He does help in the arresting in some of the Lemons. Sheriff returns as a supporting character in Cars 3. Luigi (voiced by Tony Shalhoub in
17168-578: The other, is degraded to nearly human levels by giving him human infirmities, passions, and prejudices. In Faces in the Clouds , anthropologist Stewart Guthrie proposes that all religions are anthropomorphisms that originate in the brain's tendency to detect the presence or vestiges of other humans in natural phenomena. Some scholars argue that anthropomorphism overestimates the similarity of humans and nonhumans and therefore could not yield accurate accounts. There are various examples of personification in both
17316-425: The perspective of adherents to religions in which humans were created in the form of the divine, the phenomenon may be considered theomorphism , or the giving of divine qualities to humans. Anthropomorphism has cropped up as a Christian heresy , particularly prominently with Audianism in third-century Syria, but also fourth-century Egypt and tenth-century Italy. This often was based on a literal interpretation of
17464-575: The plot of Cars bears a striking resemblance to that of Doc Hollywood , the 1991 romantic comedy which stars Michael J. Fox as a hotshot young doctor, who, after causing a traffic accident in a small town, is sentenced to work at the town hospital, falls in love with a local law student and eventually acquires an appreciation for small town values. The Autobots was released in July 2015 by Chinese companies Bluemtv and G-Point. On January 1, 2017, Disney and Pixar were awarded damages in their lawsuit against
17612-529: The pony-inhabited land of Equestria . The Netflix original series Centaurworld focuses on a warhorse who gets transported to a Dr. Seuss -like world full of centaurs who possess the bottom half of any animal, as opposed to the traditional horse . In the American animated TV series Family Guy , one of the show's main characters, Brian , is a dog. Brian shows many human characteristics – he walks upright, talks, smokes, and drinks Martinis – but also acts like
17760-483: The proposed films, tentatively titled Metro , was leaked online. Earning over $ 1.7 billion, Cars , including its Planes spin-off films, is the eleventh- highest grossing animated franchise . In its opening weekend, the original Cars earned $ 60,119,509 in 3,985 theaters in the United States, ranking number one at the box office. In the United States, the film held onto the number one spot for two weeks before being surpassed by Click , and then by Superman Returns
17908-562: The public does." Regarding which character would be the main protagonist in the movie, Reher and Warren stated that "if Cruz is a breakout character, kind of like Mater was", "she [would] be involved in a 4 ". Owen Wilson stated at a Cars 3 press event that possible stories have been discussed for a Cars 4 , though he would personally like for a fourth Cars movie to delve into aspects of the thriller genre , akin to Cars 2 . In an interview with Screen Rant , Lea Delaria expressed interest in reprising her role as Miss Fritter while promoting
18056-413: The race, it is unknown what happened to Storm after that. Storm's racing number is 20, styled 20. Sir Tow Mater (better known as simply Mater ; voiced by Larry the Cable Guy ) is a rusty blue tow truck resembling a 1957 Chevrolet Task Force . Mater is the primary tow truck in Radiator Springs and operates his own salvage yard. He is Lightning's best friend and eagerly supports him both on and off
18204-428: The race. Miss Fritter later appeared in the Cars 3 short film " Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool " shooting a commercial for demolition derby racing along with her friends from Thunder Hollow. She returned in Cars 3: Driven to Win as a boss and playable character. Smokey (voiced by Chris Cooper ) is a 1947 Hudson Super Six pickup truck who owns Smokey's Garage in a fictionalized version of Thomasville, Georgia , and
18352-412: The race. Using what she's learned on the road, Cruz found the confidence to catch up to Storm. She wins the race along with McQueen and begins racing for Dinoco, whose owner, Tex, purchases Rust-eze. Under the merged Dinoco–Rust-eze brand, Cruz becomes a racer, sporting #51, and McQueen decides to continue racing, with a new paint job in memory of Doc Hudson, but trains Cruz first for the season. Regarding
18500-402: The racetrack. In Cars 2 , Mater was chosen by McQueen to be his crew chief in the World Grand Prix until being mistaken for a C.H.R.O.M.E. agent by spy in training Holley Shiftwell. Mater becomes Shiftwell's boyfriend later in the film. Mater returns in Cars 3 as a supporting character. Sally Carrera (voiced by Bonnie Hunt ) is Radiator Springs' town attorney and Lightning's girlfriend. She
18648-471: The release of the short movie Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool with the Cars 3 DVD and Blu-ray release. In December 2023, it was revealed that Pixar is working on new media related to the franchise. During a recent interview at the 2023 Porsche Rennsport Reunion Event, the creative director of the saga, Jay Ward, revealed that they are developing new projects related to the franchise: "There are more Cars things brewing, I can't say much more yet. Cars has got
18796-548: The rookies over-do every aspect of their job in an attempt to score commendations, turning the town into a hotbed of taped-off crime scenes. Sheriff soon senses an imbalance and returns home to right the "justice" that has been served. At the D23 Expo held in July 2017, John Lasseter announced a third film in the Planes series. Tentatively titled Beyond the Sky , the film would have explored
18944-473: The season, he suffers a violent crash. Four months later, a recovering Lightning mourns the late Doc Hudson and travels to the new Rust-eze Racing Center, now under the management of Sterling ( Nathan Fillion ). Sterling assigns Cruz Ramirez ( Cristela Alonzo ) to train him on the simulator, which Lightning accidentally destroys after losing control. Cruz's unconventional training methods and lack of racing experience frustrate Lightning, as they race on beaches and
19092-413: The seasons. Anthropomorphic deities exhibited human qualities such as beauty , wisdom , and power , and sometimes human weaknesses such as greed , hatred , jealousy , and uncontrollable anger . Greek deities such as Zeus and Apollo often were depicted in human form exhibiting both commendable and despicable human traits. Anthropomorphism in this case is, more specifically, anthropotheism . From
19240-513: The second stage of the World Grand Prix in Italy along with Gorvette. Hamilton later returns as Cruz Ramirez's voice assistant 'Hamilton' in Cars 3 . Shu Todoroki is a Japanese Le Mans phototype race car. He is painted with a white-and-red design on his body after the National Flag of Japan . Raoul Çaroule is a famous French rally car . He is described as a great rally racer in Tokyo. He
19388-417: The series, titled The Radiator Springs 500 ½ , was released in spring 2014 on the digital movie service Disney Movies Anywhere. It premiered on August 1, 2014, on Disney Channel. The short has a running time of 6 minutes rather than the usual two-minute running time. On December 10, 2020, during Disney's Investors Day event, Pixar announced that an animated series starring Lightning McQueen and Mater traveling
19536-421: The several animals and think of some of them as royal animals, of others as silly, of others as witty, and others as innocent. Apollonius noted that the fable was created to teach wisdom through fictions that are meant to be taken as fictions, contrasting them favorably with the poets' stories of the deities that are sometimes taken literally. Aesop, "by announcing a story which everyone knows not to be true, told
19684-536: The stereotypes of animals that are recognized today, such as the wily fox and the proud lion, can be found in these collections. Aesop 's anthropomorphisms were so familiar by the first century CE that they colored the thinking of at least one philosopher: And there is another charm about him, namely, that he puts animals in a pleasing light and makes them interesting to mankind. For after being brought up from childhood with these stories, and after being as it were nursed by them from babyhood, we acquire certain opinions of
19832-532: The time of the release of Cars 2 in 2011. In 2007, Cars Four Wheels Rally ride opened in Disneyland Paris . In the summer of 2012, the 12-acre Cars Land theme area opened at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim as the main component of $ 1-billion park renovation. A third film, Cars 3 , was announced on October 8, 2015, and was released on June 16, 2017. Cars is the seventh Pixar film. The story
19980-482: The truth by the very fact that he did not claim to be relating real events". The same consciousness of the fable as fiction is to be found in other examples across the world, one example being a traditional Ashanti way of beginning tales of the anthropomorphic trickster -spider Anansi : "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A story, a story; let it come, let it go." Anthropomorphic motifs have been common in fairy tales from
20128-560: The two companies. The Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court ruled that the Chinese film titled The Autobots was an illegal copy of Cars thus fined the film's producer and distributor the equivalent of US$ 194,000. In his defense, director Zhuo Jianrong claimed he had never seen Cars . A Cars Life was a series animated by the UAV Corporation , produced by Spark Plug Entertainment , and distributed by Allumination Filmworks . There were
20276-507: The two spin-off films Planes (2013) and Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014). The first two Cars films were directed by Lasseter, then- chief creative officer of Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios , and Disneytoon Studios, while Cars 3 was directed by Brian Fee , a storyboard artist on the previous installments. Lasseter served as executive producer of Cars 3 and the Planes films. Together, all three Cars films have accrued over $ 1.4 billion in box office revenue worldwide while
20424-484: The upcoming Florida 500, but otherwise keeps his right to decide. After Lightning and Cruz both win the Florida 500, Cruz declines Sterling's offer to race for him and accepts Tex Dinoco instead, who purchases Rust-eze from Sterling. Cruz Ramirez (voiced by Cristela Alonzo ) is Lightning's trainer and technician at the Rust-eze Racing Center. She resembles a Jaguar F-Type and Chevrolet Corvette (C7) . Cruz
20572-632: The usage of anthropomorphic icons ( murtis ) that adherents can perceive with their senses. Some religions, scholars, and philosophers objected to anthropomorphic deities. The earliest known criticism was that of the Greek philosopher Xenophanes (570–480 BCE) who observed that people model their gods after themselves. He argued against the conception of deities as fundamentally anthropomorphic: But if cattle and horses and lions had hands or could paint with their hands and create works such as men do, horses like horses and cattle like cattle also would depict
20720-613: The verb form anthropomorphize , itself derived from the Greek ánthrōpos ( ἄνθρωπος , lit. "human") and morphē ( μορφή , "form"). It is first attested in 1753, originally in reference to the heresy of applying a human form to the Christian God . From the beginnings of human behavioral modernity in the Upper Paleolithic , about 40,000 years ago, examples of zoomorphic (animal-shaped) works of art occur that may represent
20868-535: The whole of creation was 'myth-woven and elf-patterned'." Richard Adams developed a distinctive take on anthropomorphic writing in the 1970s: his debut novel, Watership Down (1972), featured rabbits that could talk—with their own distinctive language ( Lapine ) and mythology—and included a police-state warren, Efrafa . Despite this, Adams attempted to ensure his characters' behavior mirrored that of wild rabbits, engaging in fighting, copulating and defecating, drawing on Ronald Lockley 's study The Private Life of
21016-510: Was Neil Gaiman 's the Sandman which had a huge impact on how characters that are physical embodiments are written in the fantasy genre. Other examples also include the mature Hellblazer (personified political and moral ideas), Fables and its spin-off series Jack of Fables , which was unique for having anthropomorphic representation of literary techniques and genres . Various Japanese manga and anime have used anthropomorphism as
21164-443: Was Doc Hudson's mentor and crew chief. After heeding to Mater's advice, Lightning reunites with Cruz and heads to the abandoned Thomasville Speedway, where they suddenly meet Smokey on the track. With help from Doc Hudson's old friends, River Scott, Junior "Midnight" Moon, and Louise "Barnstormer" Nash, Smokey uses old-school racing tactics to help Lightning train and prepare to compete against Storm, and later serves as his crew chief in
21312-564: Was also involved and continues the story including Lightning's sudden participation. The shorts end with Mater leaving the scene, often followed by characters or references to the story that was being told, suggesting that story might be real. Tales from Radiator Springs is a series of short animated films featuring the various residents of the titular location. The first three two-minute episodes - Hiccups , Bugged , and Spinning - premiered on March 22, 2013, on Disney Channel, and have been available online since March 24, 2013. A fourth short in
21460-553: Was also selected as the Favorite Family Movie at the 33rd People's Choice Awards . The most prestigious award that Cars received was the inaugural Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film . Cars also won the highest award for animation in 2006, the Best Animated Feature Annie Award . The film was also nominated for AFI's 10 Top 10 in the "Animation" genre. This is a list of characters from
21608-506: Was initially arrogant and narcissistic until becoming stranded in Radiator Springs on U.S. Route 66 , where he learned about the importance of humility and teamwork from the locals. He has since taken permanent residence there and has chosen the town as the site of his racing headquarters. He is best friends with Mater and is Sally 's boyfriend. Mack (voiced by John Ratzenberger ) is a heavily modified 1985 Mack Super-Liner sleeper cab who serves as Lightning's loyal transporter . After
21756-527: Was released on the Disney Jr YouTube channel that day, too and received 1,6 million views in its first two weeks. In 2013 Disneytoon Studios , Pixar's now-defunct sister company, released a spin-off film set in the Cars world titled Planes featuring planes as the main characters. The film was followed by a sequel titled Planes: Fire & Rescue in 2014. Planes is an animated Cars spin-off film produced by Disneytoon Studios. The first film in
21904-589: Was theatrically released on July 18, 2014. This film is also produced by Disneytoon Studios. Bobs Gannaway, co-developer of Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse , and co-director of Mickey Mouse Works and Secret of the Wings , directed the film. Lasseter again served as executive producer. In the film, Dusty is now a world-famous air racer, but learns he will never be able to race again due to an engine problem. After accidentally starting
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