Cars Toons

Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales is a short series based on Cars, featuring Mater (who's now the titular protagonist) and Lightning McQueen (who's now the deuteragonist). The show airs on Disney Channel, Disney XD, ABC Family, and one was even shown in theaters. Its first broadcast was on October 27, 2008 and still airs new episodes.

Plot
All of the episodes follow the same tall tale sequence: Mater tells a story of something that he has done in the past.

In the story, Mater finds himself in an inescapable predicament.

When Lightning questions Mater over whether the events in the story actually occurred, Mater always says, "Don't you remember? You was there, too!". (or some variation of it)

Then, Mater continues to tell the story, including Lightning's sudden participation.

The episodes end with Mater leaving the scene, often followed by characters or references to the story that was being told, suggesting that the story might be real.

Production
Larry the Cable Guy, Lindsey Collins, Elissa Knight, and others all reprised their voice roles from the movies. The only one who did not return was Owen Wilson, who's now replaced by voice actor Keith Ferguson as Lightning McQueen in seasons 1 and 2. However, Wilson will return to voice Lightning again in season 3. Archive recordings of George Carlin were used as Fillmore.

Toys
It was announced that Cars Toons were to be released as part of the Disney·Pixar Cars Die-Cast Line, in mid-2009. In October 2009, they released several diecasts. They released all of the Rescue Squad Mater and Mater the Greater diecasts, and are currently working on El Materdor diecasts. They have also produced diecasts for all of Season 2's shorts except for Moon Mater and Mater Private Eye, which are in production.

Video game
A video game based on the TV short was released in October 2010 for the Wii and PC.

Release
On November 2, 2010, all 7 Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales episodes (plus 2 new ones) were released on DVD and Blu-ray (the same day as Toy Story 3).