Cars Toons

Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales is a short series created by Pixar based on the animated film Cars featuring the characters Mater (now the protagonist) and Lightning McQueen (now the deuteragonist). The show airs on Disney Channel, Disney XD, and ABC Family. Its first broadcast was on October 27, 2008 and still airs new episodes.

Plot
All of the Cars Toons episodes follow the same tall tale sequence: Mater tells a story of something he has done in the past. In the story, Mater finds himself in an inescapable predicament. When McQueen questions Mater over whether the events in the story actually occurred, Mater responds, "Don't you remember? You was there too!", and continues the story including McQueen's sudden participation. The cartoons end with Mater leaving the scene, often followed by characters or references to the story that was being told, suggesting the story might be real.

Production
Larry the Cable Guy, Lindsey Collins, Elissa Knight, Bonnie Hunt, and others all reprise their roles from the movie. However, Owen Wilson is replaced by voice actor Keith Ferguson as Lightning McQueen in seasons 1 and 2. In season 3, Owen Wilson returned to voice McQueen. Archive recordings of George Carlin and Joe Ranft were used as the voices of Fillmore and Red.

Season 1

 * Rescue Squad Mater
 * Mater the Greater
 * El Materdor

Season 2

 * Tokyo Mater
 * Unidentified Flying Mater
 * Monster Truck Mater
 * Heavy Metal Mater

Season 3

 * Moon Mater
 * Mater Private Eye

Release
On November 2, 2010 all seven Cars Toons, plus two new ones were released on DVD and Blu-ray, the same day as Toy Story 3.

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