Cars (franchise)/Characters

Lightning McQueen
"Generic make and model

Voiced by:

Owen Wilson (Films)

Keith Ferguson (TV)"


 * The Ace
 * Awesome McCoolname
 * Character Development
 * Fish Out of Water: After he first enters Radiator Springs.
 * Germans Love David Hasselhoff: In-universe, Lightning seems to be very popular in Japan.
 * The Hero: Of the first film.
 * Honor Before Reason: At the end.
 * Jerkass: Goes from this to...
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Law of Chromatic Superiority: His bright red coloring probably helped him on his rise to fame.
 * Meaningful Name
 * Supporting Protagonist: In the sequel.

Tow Mater
"1955-57 Chevrolet truck

Voiced by:

Larry the Cable Guy"


 * Actor Allusion: Mater is basically a G-rated Larry the Cable Guy, with his voice pitched up a tiny bit. His lines "Get er done", and "I don't care who you are, that's funny right there", are taken straight from his stand-up routines.
 * Break the Cutie:
 * Breakout Character: He has spun off into his own series of shorts, and even managed to become the main character of the sequel.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: The sequel definitely elevates him to this.
 * Eagle Land: Mater is viewed as a mix of Types 1 and 2 by foreign cars.
 * Genius Ditz: Despite seeming rather simple minded, he has very broad knowledge of car parts and engines and can identify any engine at a glance.
 * Good Is Not Dumb: Being a Genius Ditz,
 * The Hero: Of the sequel.
 * Last-Name Basis
 * Mistaken for Spies: By Holley and Finn, partially as a result of his fanciful storytelling.
 * The Pollyana
 * Southern-Fried Genius: See Genius Ditz above.
 * Spotlight-Stealing Squad: In the sequel, where he's crucial to the plot and even gets top billing.
 * Unreliable Narrator: Of his own "Tall Tales" series.
 * Spotlight-Stealing Squad: In the sequel, where he's crucial to the plot and even gets top billing.
 * Unreliable Narrator: Of his own "Tall Tales" series.

Doc Hudson/
"1951 Hudson Hornet

Voiced by:

Paul Newman (Film)

Corey Burton (Video Games)"


 * Blue Eyes: Designed after his actor’s very own eyes.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Hanging Judge: Judging from his introductory speech.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Not So Different: From Lightning.
 * Not So Different: From Lightning.

Sally Carrera
"Porsche 911 Carrera (996)

Voiced by:

Bonnie Hunt"


 * Affectionate Nickname: "Stickers" for Lightning, originally to tease him about having stickers instead of headlights. In the second film, she still calls him this, even after he gets actual headlights installed.
 * The Chick
 * Embarrassing Tattoo
 * Hello, Attorney!: Lightning is immediately smitten when he sees her.
 * Official Couple: With Lightning.

Fillmore
"VW Microbus (T1)

Voiced by:

George Carlin (Cars)

Lloyd Sherr (Cars 2)"


 * Actual Pacifist: Goes with his hippie nature. More specifically,
 * New Age Retro Hippie
 * The Other Darrin: In the sequel.
 * The Stoner
 * Talking to Himself: He shares the same actor as Tony Trihull in the sequel.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Sarge.

Sarge
"Willys Jeep MB

Voiced by:

Paul Dooley"


 * Drill Sergeant Nasty
 * Properly Paranoid:
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Fillmore.

Luigi and Guido
"Isetta-based forklift and Fiat 500

Voiced by:

Tony Shalhoub (Luigi)

Guido Quaroni (Guido)"


 * Chaste Toons: Luigi's aunt and uncle (see below)
 * The Danza: Guido.
 * Keet: Guido especially, but both of them count.
 * Gratuitous Italian: Both of them, but Guido exclusively speaks in Italian.
 * Those Two Guys

Flo
"Generic design

Voiced by:

Jennifer Lewis"


 * Happily Married: To Ramone.
 * Sassy Black Woman

Ramone
"1959 Chevrolet Impala

Voiced by:

Cheech Marin"


 * Happily Married: To Flo.
 * Hot Paint Job: He’s fond of giving these, as well as usually sporting one himself.
 * Pimped-Out Car: Aside from his numerous paint jobs, he possesses impressive hydraulics as well.
 * Unlimited Paint Jobs: Ramone’s got a different paint job in almost every other scene.

Red
"Generic design

Voiced by:

Joe Ranft (Cars)"


 * Gentle Giant
 * The Voiceless: He almost never speaks onscreen to begin with, but after the death of his actor he becomes this in the sequel.

Sheriff
"1949 Mercury

Voiced by:

Michael Wallis"


 * By-The-Book Cop
 * The Sheriff: Obviously.

Lizzie
"Ford Model T

Voiced by:

Katherine Helmond"


 * Dirty Old Woman

Mack
"Mack Superliner

Voiced by:

John Ratzenberger"


 * Actor Allusion: During the credits, Mack is watching car-ified versions of previous Pixar films and points out how Hamm, P.T. Flea and Yeti all share the same voice actor (John Ratzenberger, who also voices Mack himself).
 * Gentle Giant
 * Nice Hat: The large sail on his roof resembles a trucker cap.

Strip “The King” Weathers
"1969 Plymouth Superbird

Voiced by:

Richard Petty"


 * Doomed Moral Victor:
 * Ink Suit Actor: The King is based on a racecar his actor, Richard Petty's owned; the Plymouth Superbird.
 * Reality Subtext:

Chick Hicks
"1986 Buick Regal

Voiced by:

Michael Keaton"


 * Arrogant Racer Guy
 * Big Bad: Of the first film.
 * Classic Villain
 * Evil Counterpart: To Lightning McQueen. Chick starts off as a more extreme version of McQueen, but eventually becomes this after Lightning undergoes Character Development.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: Chick is deeply envious The King’s status as Dinoco’s golden boy. Plus he’s green to boot.
 * Jerkass: Through and through.
 * Porn Stache: His grill resembles one.
 * Pyrrhic Villainy:
 * Unnecessary Roughness: He causes a massive thirty-car pileup in the opening to try and shake McQueen, and later

Boost, Wingo, DJ, and Snot Rod
"Generic designs

Voiced by:

Jonas Rivera (Boost)

E.J. Holowicki (DJ)

Adrian Ochoa (Wingo)

Lou Romano (Snot Rod)"


 * Embarrassing Full Name: DJ's full name is Devon Montegomery Johnston the Third.
 * Five-Bad Band:
 * Big Bad: Boost
 * The Dragon/The Evil Genius: Wingo
 * The Brute: Snot Rod
 * The Dark Chick: DJ
 * Rice Burners

Tractors, Frank, and Vroomaroundus Bugus

 * All Farm Equipment Are Cattle
 * Canis Latinicus
 * Everything's Better with Cows
 * Furry Confusion
 * Stealth Pun

Mia and Tia
"Mazda Miata

Voiced by:

Lindsey Collins (Mia)

Elissa Knight (Tia)"


 * I'm Your Biggest Fan: To McQueen. They briefly followed Chick when McQueen disappeared, but switch back by the end.
 * Single-Minded Twins
 * Theme Twin Naming: They're named after their model, the Mazda Miata.
 * Valley Girl: Both of them.

Minny and Van
"Generic designs

Voiced by:

Edie McClurg (Minny)

Richard Kind (Van)"


 * Directionless Driver: Van refuses to ask for directions while the two of them are looking for an on-ramp, claiming that he can use the GPS. Unsurprisingly, they end up getting lost in the desert.
 * Happily Married

RustEze Pit Crew Members, Sponsors, and Associates

 * Actor Allusion: The two hosts of the RustEze sponsor presentation are voiced by the hosts of the radio show Car Talk. They're barely acting!
 * And are modeled after cars they each owned.
 * I'm Your Biggest Fan: Fred
 * My Name Is Not Chuck!

Dinoco Pit Crew Members, Sponsors, and Associates

 * All There in the Script

Hostile Takeover Bank Pit Crew Members

 * All There in the Script
 * Five-Bad Band

Piston Cup Racecars

 * All There in the Script
 * Meaningful Name
 * Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Inverted
 * The Smurfette Principle
 * Viewer Gender Confusion

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

 * Ink Suit Actor

Piston Cup R Vs, Pit Crews, Facility, and Audience

 * All There in the Script
 * I'm Your Biggest Fan
 * Punny Name

Car Media Reporters, Anchors, and Celebrities

 * All There in the Script
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed

Cars on the Highway

 * All There in the Script

Stanley



 * Happily Married: To Lizzie. Before he died, at least.
 * Our Founder
 * Posthumous Character

Bessie

 * Furry Confusion

Alarm Clock

 * Companion Cube

Cars in Flashback

 * All There in the Script

Trev Diesel and Aircraft

 * Cool Plane
 * Cool Train
 * Punny Name
 * Railroad Tracks of Doom

Cars in Epilogue

 * All There in the Script
 * The Taxi

Pixar Cameos

 * Anthropomorphic Shift
 * The Cameo
 * Skintone Sclerae

Finn McMissile
"Voiced by:

Michael Caine"


 * Amphibious Automobile: Finn can transform into both a hydrofoil and a submarine.
 * Awesome McCoolname
 * Badass Mustache
 * Faking the Dead: He deploys a set of decoy tires after escaping the Oil Rig to make his enemies think he’s been torpedoed.
 * I Am Very British
 * Master of Disguise: He has a voice activated holographic disguise.
 * Weaponized Car: Finn hides missiles, rockets, Gatling guns and even cables in his body.

Holley Shiftwell
"Voiced by:

Emily Mortimer"


 * Affirmative Action Girl
 * Flying Car: They’re standard issue for agents nowadays.
 * Shock and Awe: One of her weapons is an electric taser.
 * Spy Couple:
 * Weaponized Car

Siddeley
"Voiced by:

Jason Isaacs"


 * Cool Plane
 * Shout-Out: Sid sports the recurring Pixar In Joke "A113" on his tail fin.

Leland Turbo
"Voiced by:

Jason Isaacs"


 * Awesome McCoolname
 * Talking to Himself: He shares his voice actor with Siddeley.
 * Small Role, Big Impact: His distress call at the start of the film kicks off much of the plot.
 * Talking to Himself: He shares his voice actor with Siddeley.
 * Small Role, Big Impact: His distress call at the start of the film kicks off much of the plot.

Rod "Torque" Redline
"Voiced by:

Bruce Campbell"


 * Master of Disguise: Unlike Finn's holographic disguise, his disguise is a retractable metal shell.
 * Weaponised Car
 * Master of Disguise: Unlike Finn's holographic disguise, his disguise is a retractable metal shell.
 * Weaponised Car
 * Weaponised Car
 * Weaponised Car

Francesco Bernoulli
"Voiced by:

John Turturro"


 * Achilles Heel: Dirt tracks.
 * Arrogant Racer Guy: Even moreso than Chick Hicks. However, unlike Chick, Francesco plays fairly and doesn't resort to dirty tricks to win.
 * Berserk Button: Francesco hates being called "fragile".
 * Mr. Fanservice: In-Universe. All the girls are crazy over his open-wheeled tyres.
 * Everyone Looks Sexier If Italian
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Francesco honestly admits that when he’s away from home, he misses his mama.
 * Fragile Speedster: Just don't say it to his face.
 * Gratuitous Italian
 * Named After Somebody Famous

Professor Zündapp
"1959 Zündapp Janus

Voiced by:

Thomas Kretschmann"


 * Evil Genius
 * Herr Doktor
 * High-Class Glass: Bizarrely enough for a car.
 * One-Letter Name: Other characters usually refer to him as Professor Z.
 * Torture Technician
 * Torture Technician

Sir Miles Axlerod
"Voiced by:

Eddie Izzard"


 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: His globe-trekking exploits bring Richard Branson to mind.
 * What Could Have Been: He was originally going to be portrayed as an old Russian racecar that performed very poorly.
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: His globe-trekking exploits bring Richard Branson to mind.
 * What Could Have Been: He was originally going to be portrayed as an old Russian racecar that performed very poorly.
 * What Could Have Been: He was originally going to be portrayed as an old Russian racecar that performed very poorly.
 * What Could Have Been: He was originally going to be portrayed as an old Russian racecar that performed very poorly.

Grem and Acer
"AMC Gremlin and AMC Pacer

Voiced by:

Joe Mantegna (Grem)

Peter Jacobson (Acer)"


 * Bar Brawl: How the two actually both meet their end.
 * Co-Dragons: To Zündapp.
 * Meaningful Name: Gremlin and (P)Acer.
 * Those Two Bad Guys

The Lemon Family Heads
"Voiced by:

Stanley Townshend (Victor Hugo/Vladimir Trunkov)

Brad Lewis (Tubbs Pacer)

John Mainieri (J. Curby Gremlin)"


 * The Alleged Car: All are modeled after some of the most notorious Alleged Cars of all time; besides Gremlin, Pacer and Yugo the Trunkovs are based on ZAZ Zaporozhets, the smallest and cheapest Soviet car.
 * Creator Cameo: Tubbs is voiced by Brad Lewis, one of the film's co-directors.
 * The Don: The four heads of the lemon families: J. Curby Gremlin, Vladimir Trunkov, Victor Hugo and Tubbs Pacer
 * Husky Russkie: Vladimir.
 * The Mafia: The Hugo family especially, but all four count.
 * Motor City: J. Curby and his family come from here.
 * Name's the Same: Victor Hugo shares his name with a famous French writer.
 * Talking to Himself: Vladimir, Victor and Ivan all share the same voice actor.

Alexander Hugo
"Yugo Koral/GV/45

Voiced by:

Velibor Topic"


 * Bland-Name Product: Besides the similar name, the Hugos have quad headlights but are based on a model that only ever had single headlights.
 * Elite Mook
 * I Have Many Names: He’s been known to go by the aliases of "Chop Shop Alex", "Alexander the "Not So" Great" and "Alexander Hu "Don’t" Go".
 * The Mafia

Ivan
"1955-57 Chevrolet truck

Voiced by:

Stanley Townshend"


 * Costume Copycat: Mater disguises himself as Ivan to infiltrate the Lemons' meeting in Porto Corsa.
 * Evil Counterpart: Can be seen as this to Mater.
 * Husky Russkie
 * Lzherusskie : Ivan is meant to be Russian, but plot necessity forced him to have the same Chevrolet-based cab design as Mater.

Tony Trihull
"Voiced by:

Lloyd Sherr"


 * Animal Motifs: He's apparently part shark as well.
 * The Brute
 * Cool Boat
 * Oh Crap: Tony utters a small "uh-oh" just before
 * Talking to Himself: He shares the same actor as Fillmore.
 * Talking to Himself: He shares the same actor as Fillmore.

Lemon Mooks

 * All There in the Script
 * The Alleged Car
 * Disney Villain Death
 * Elevator Failure
 * Mooks

Other Lemon Vehicles

 * Black Helicopter
 * Van in Black

Jeff Gorvette
"Chevrolet Corvette

Voiced by:

Jeff Gordon"


 * Ink Suit Actor
 * Those Two Guys: With Lewis.

Lewis Hamilton
"Voiced by:

Lewis Hamilton"


 * Ink Suit Actor
 * Those Two Guys: With Jeff.

Raoul Ça Roule
"Voiced by:

Unknown"


 * I Am Not Left-Handed: Shares Lighting McQueen's Game Breaker offroad racing skill.

Nigel Gearsley
"Aston Martin

Voiced by:

Greg Ellis"


 * I Am Very British

Max Schnell
"Mercedes C-Class DTM racer

Voiced by:

Unknown"


 * Dub Name Change: The German dub renames him "Sebastian Schnell", after his German actor, Sebastian Vettel.
 * Germanic Efficiency

Miguel Camino
"Voiced by:

Unknown"


 * Badass Spaniard

Carla Veloso
"Voiced by:

Jossara Jinaro"


 * The Smurfette Principle: Carla is the only female competitor in the World Grand Prix.
 * Spicy Latina

Shu Todoroki
"Voiced by:

Erik Passoja"


 * Fake Nationality: Shu's voice actor is American.
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons: His design sports the legendary Ka-Ryu dragon.

Rip Clutchgoneski
"Voiced by:

None"


 * Advertised Extra: Barely even that. Clutchgoneski doesn’t have any toys of him and didn’t even appear in the video game.
 * Ruritania: His homeland is the “Republic of New Rearendia”.
 * The Voiceless

World Grand Prix Pit Crew and Audience

 * All There in the Script

Cars in Radiator Springs

 * All There in the Script
 * Big Shadow, Little Creature
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Show Within a Show

Cars in Tokyo

 * Acrofatic: Kingpin Nobunaga, Pinion Tanaka, and Kimura Kaizo the sumo vans.
 * The Cameo: Many of the characters from Tokyo Mater return.
 * Geisha: Okuni and Shigeko from the Kabuki theatre. The two of them plus another, named Tamiko, appear at the party as well.
 * Idol Singer: News reporter Chuki moonlights as the lead vocalist of the popular band "Grid Lock".
 * Nice Hat: The Zen Master wears a coolie hat on his roof.
 * Old Master: The Zen Master.

Crabby
"Voiced by:

Sig Hansen"


 * Cool Boat
 * Ink Suit Actor

Cars in Paris

 * Furry Confusion
 * Non Standard Character Design
 * Pink Girl, Blue Boy

Tomber
"Reliant Regal

Voiced by:

Michel Michelis"


 * Friend in the Black Market
 * Meaningful Name: His name in French means "to tumble".

Stephenson

 * Cool Train

Cars in Porto Corsa

 * All There in the Script
 * Nice Hat
 * The Pope

Mama and Uncle Topolino
"Voiced by:

Vanessa Redgrave (Mama Topolino)

Franco Nero (Uncle Topolino)"


 * Chaste Toons: To Luigi.
 * Cool Old Guy: Uncle Topolino.
 * Happily Married
 * Real Life Relative: Their actors are married in real life.
 * Talking to Himself: Mama Topolino shares her actress with the Queen.

Cars in London

 * Bar Brawl
 * British Royal Guards
 * Brits With Battleships
 * Cool Helmet
 * The Taxi

The Queen and Prince Wheeliam

 * No Celebrities Were Harmed

Frosty
"Voiced by:

Mark Winterbottom"


 * Ink Suit Actor
 * Land Down Under

Fernando Alonso
"Voiced by:

Fernando Alonso"


 * Ink Suit Actor

Vitaly Petrov
"Voiced by:

Vitaly Petrov"


 * Ink Suit Actor

Flash
"Voiced by:

Janne Nilsson"


 * Ink Suit Actor

Memo Rojas Jr
"Voiced by:

Memo Rojas Jr"


 * Ink Suit Actor

Long Ge
"Voiced by:

Unknown"

Characters in Rescue Squad Mater

 * Five-Man Band: The Rescue Squad.
 * The Hero: Fire Truck Mater.
 * The Lancer / The Big Guy: Rescue Squad Trooper.
 * The Medic: Rescue Squad Ambulance. Dr. Mater as well.
 * The Smart Guy: Rescue Squad Chopper #1.
 * The Chick: Rescue Squad Chopper #2.
 * Hospital Hottie: Mia, Tia, and Kori Turbowitz, but Mater’s GTO stands out the most.

Characters in Mater the Greater

 * All There in the Script
 * Cool Plane
 * I'm Your Biggest Fan

Characters in El Materdor

 * A Load of Bull
 * Nice Hat
 * Visual Pun

Characters in Tokyo Mater

 * All There in the Script
 * Five-Bad Band
 * Donut Mess with a Cop
 * Ninja
 * Old Master

Kabuto
"Voiced by:

Mach Tony Kobayashi"


 * Arrogant Drift Racer Guy
 * The Cameo: He appears briefly at the pre-race party in Cars 2.
 * Defeat by Modesty
 * Series Continuity Error: His appearance in Cars 2.
 * Meaningful Name: A kabuto is a type of helmet, in which the spoilers on his body resemble.

Characters in UFM: Unidentified Flying Mater

 * Cool Plane: Captain Munier the attack helicopter.
 * Herr Doktor: The scientist pitties at Parking Area 51. Mater himself disguises himself as “Dr. Abschlepp Wagen”.
 * Flying Saucer: Mator.
 * Tank Goodness: Although he is not a tank, Corporal Kim, who runs Parking Area 51, is a large, menacing military van.

Characters in Heavy Metal Mater
"Mater: Let me hear you! Dad-Gum!
 * A Good Name for a Rock Band: Mater’s band was originally called “Mater and the Gas Caps”, but later chose the name “Heavy Metal Mater” when a pitty carrying a 1-ton weight came in after the recording session and asked “Where do you want this heavy metal, Mater?”
 * Audience Participation Song: “Dad-Gum”

Audience: Dad-Gum!

Mater: Dad-Gum!

Audience: Dad-Gum!

Mater: DAD-GUUUUUUU-!"


 * Hell-Bent for Leather: The entire band becomes this as “Heavy Metal Mater”.
 * I'm Your Biggest Fan: Rodney the rocker
 * No Name Given: The drummer pitty in the band never had a toy released of him, so his name is unknown.
 * Rockers Smash Guitars: Mater kicks the microphone with his back tyre after the recording session.
 * Shout-Out: Rocky’s heavy metal outfit resembles Slash.
 * Title-Only Chorus: Heavy Metal Mater’s first and most popular song is “Dad-Gum”, of which the lyrics consist of only the title phrase.

Characters in Monster Truck Mater

 * And I Must Scream: Paddy O'Concrete's fate.
 * Bad Humor Truck: I-Screamer.
 * Deadly Doctor: Dr. Feel Bad.
 * Destination Defenestration: The above's fate.
 * Dreadlock Rasta: The Rastacarian, who has black wiring with hooks as dreads.
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty: Captain Collision.
 * Frankenstein's Monster: Dr. Frankenwagon’s monster, which appears to me made out of construction vehicles.
 * I'm Your Biggest Fan: There is a blue SUV who is constantly rooting for Mater in every wrestling match. He is first seen rooting for Ice Screamer, but eventually decides to root for Mater instead because of how successful he is.
 * Mad Scientist: Dr. Frankenwagon.
 * Oireland: Paddy O’Concrete

Characters in Moon Mater

 * Cool Boat: The aircraft carrier near the end of the short.
 * Cool Starship: Roger the Space Shuttle.
 * Punny Name: Impala XIII the autonaut.
 * You All Look Familiar: The ground control pitties use the same models as the scientists from Unidentified Flying Mater.

Characters in Mater, Private Eye

 * Big Bad

Characters in Air Mater

 * Cool Plane

Dusty Crophopper
"Voiced by:

Jon Cryer"

Possibly a Cessna 188


 * Acrophobic Plane
 * Adorkable
 * The Hero: Of Planes.

Skipper
"Voiced by:

Stacy Keach"

Vought F 4 U Corsair


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * The Obi-Wan

Sparky
"Voiced by:

Unknown"


 * Grease Pittie

Judge Davis
"Voiced by:

Jonathan Adams"

He looks to be either an early North American P-51 Mustang, a Curtiss P-40, or a combination of the two.

Chug
"Voiced by:

Brad Garrett"

El Chupacabra
"Voiced by:

Carlos Alazraqui"

Ripslinger
"Voiced by:

Unknown"