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Unreliable Narrator: Mater is one, as evident in his "Tall Tales" shorts. This becomes a plot point for Cars 2.

Pun-Based Creature: The Fantastic Fauna Counterpart of insects are tiny VW Beetles with insect wings. In Cars 3, as the crew chief, he sounds a lot older with his voice. This is completely justified as Richard Petty himself is older and the events in Cars 3 took place 11 years after Cars. But Now I Must Go: Lightning has to leave Radiator Springs for the tiebreaker race, but not before saying goodbye to Sally. Was successfully helped out by McQueen so he can let him end his career on a race finish, not wanting to let him suffer the same fate as Doc Hudson and also because he learned that friendship is important If you know your car history, the "Stanley Steamer" was the first steam-powered car in the world. Cars made by the Stanley Motor Carriage Company tended to be known as "Stanley Steamers."Directionless Driver: Minny and Van, the lost tourists who wander through Radiator Springs. Van, the husband, sternly refuses to ask for directions; after the credits, they're still lost in the desert, exhausted and delirious. The sequel shows that they found their way out. Fooled by the Sound: When Sheriff's engine sputters, Lightning believes that Sheriff is shooting at him. In Lightning's dream about a "Lightning Storm" film, a car gets zapped by a tripod sparkplug bot and emits the Wilhelm scream. The Wilhelm scream is a sound effect used in many movies, including the original Star Wars film. Cars had a highly successful run during the 2006 awards season. Many film critic associations such as the Broadcast Film Critics Association and 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 was also selected as the Favorite Family Movie at the 33rd People's Choice Awards. Perhaps 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.

Lightning McQueen is being identified as the first rookie to ever win the Piston Cup, however, when Doc Hudson's trophies were discovered they are engraved "1951, 1952, 1953". Doc's license plate identifies him as a 1951. That would have made him a rookie when he won his 1951 Piston Cup. However, since most car models are released about six months before their model year (examples are the Chevrolet Lumina and the current Ford Fusion and Toyota Camry models), it is plausible that Doc was a rookie in 1950 with enough starts to not be classified as one in 1951. note In NASCAR, rookies must attempt seven or fewer events in the season of their first attempt for them to retain rookie classification the next season. Since 2011, you also have to declare eligibility for points in the series you raced in to be able to run for Rookie of the Year. If you're ineligible for points as a rookie, you're still eligible for rookie classification when you finally decide to declare eligibility for points as long as you don't run too many races beforehand (the limit is around 50–60 races, as Trevor Bayne experienced in 2015 when he was declared ineligible for rookie classification in the Sprint Cup Series having run a total of 52 races in the previous five seasons with Wood Brothers Racing, including his win at the 2011 Daytona 500. The Brave Little Toaster (1987) • Valiant (2005) • The Wild (2006) • A Christmas Carol (2009) • Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) • Mars Needs Moms (2011) • Strange Magic (2015) • The Lion King (2019) Willy's Butte resembles the landmark of Mexican Hat, Utah, but also resembles a classic Pontiac hood ornament. There is an "Ornament Valley" (a reference to Monument Valley). In a post-credits scene, a minivan couple named Van and Minny, who earlier asked the people in Radiator Springs for directions to the interstate despite Van constantly declining, are shown still wandering in the desert all tired, dirty, and weary with Minny desperately complaining Van to ask for directions, and in his insanity, he still declines and thinks an off-road ramp is close by to them. I Never Told You My Name: Fred. Everyone knows who he is because his license plate holder and license plate say "Hello, my name is" and "FRED", respectively. As a result, when McQueen says his name, he shouts, "He knows my name! He knows my name!" and gets so excited that his front bumper (which happens to be his lower jaw) falls off.Red Is Heroic: Lightning is red and is the main character, but due to being a Jerkass at the start of the film, it's played straighter after he becomes a better person. The opening race at Motor Speedway contains 60,000 cars seated in the audience while an additional 700 are in the infields and aisles. In comparison, the final race at Los Angeles International Speedway has 100,000 cars seated and 1,500 in the infields, plus an additional 13,000 entering the stadium to find seats. [9] Playboy Parody: When the press is covering Lightning McQueen's arrival at the Los Angeles International Speedway, one of the questions asked is "Is it true he's going to pose for Cargirl?"

At the tie-breaking race at the Los Angeles International Speedway, while three fighter jets pass over the stadium, Pixar Animation Studios can be seen among the nearby buildings, although the real studio is located at Emeryville, near San Francisco, and not at Los Angeles.The King's crash seems to be a re-creation of Petty's real-life Daytona 500 accident in 1988 with the exception that it was not caused by a collision with another driver as in the movie. The bit which Lightning assists him to the finish line seems to be based on the 1976 incident, albeit by the pit crew. At one point, Aiken Axler appears at the Shiny Wax pit stop when he should be at the Nitroade pit stop. Mater: Where are you? Shoot! You're in Radiator Springs. The cutest little town in Carburetor County.