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Cars Toons is a series of home entertainment shorts based on Cars. The movie show airs on Disney Channel, Disney XD, ABC Family, and one home entertainment short was even shown in theaters and on DVD and Blu-Ray. Its first broadcast was on October 27, 2008 and still airs new home entertainment shorts. From 2008 to 2012, the series consisted only of home entertainmnet shorts of Mater's Tall Tales. A new series of Cars Toons, called Tales from Radiator Springs, was debuted on March 22, 2013.

Mater's Tall Tales

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).

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 claimed that Lightning was also involved, often saying, "Don't you remember? You was there, too!" (or some other variation). 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.

Episodes

Unused Episodes

The DVD/Blu-ray release of Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales included in its bonus features several abandoned concepts of Tall Tales:

Runway Mater
Stunt Mater
Backwards to the Forwards
Mater Goes to the Car-Nival
Import Mater

Tales from Radiator Springs

Disney Channel debuted three new "Shorty Shorts" of 90 seconds home entertainment shorts during an airing of Up on March 22, 2013. The three home entertainment shorts are named Hiccups, Bugged and Spinning. All three are directed by Jeremy Lasky and produced by Mary Alice Drumm.^[1] They are the first Cars Toons not to revolve around Mater.

Fighting Justice

Disney Channel will debut 22 new Cars Toons home entertainment shorts with 10 minutes after a new broadcasting of Finding Nemo on March 12, 2014. These shorts will be called Mia and Tia vs. Flik, Mater vs. Sulley and more. All these shorts will be directed by Pete Docter and produced by Andrew Stanton. They will be the first Cars Toons home entertainment shorts to have fighting.

Production

Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Wallis, Guido Quaroni, Lindsey Collins, and Elissa Knight reprise their voice roles from the films. Owen Wilson did not return to voice Lightning McQueen, who is replaced by voice actor Keith Ferguson in all home entertainment shorts. Though Nathan Stanton claims that Lloyd Sherr, who voiced Fillmore in Cars 2, replaced the late George Carlin in the series^[2], Carlin is credited at the end of several Cars Toons.

Future

According to an online catalogue from Disney Publishing Worldwide, "new racing-themed toons" will be released in 2013.^[3] Another Disney merchandise magazine states "many more" new Cars Toon shorts are in development. They will be released as bonuses on DVDs, on Disney Channel, Disney XD and other digital platforms; Some of these episodes will debut at cinemas as a preview to other animated films.^[4] According to Disney Brochure 2013, one of the new episodes will be released in June 2013, and two more will be released in September.^[5]

Merchandise

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 die-casts. Die-casts have been released for all episodes of season 1. They have produced die-casts for all of season 2's shorts except for Mater Private Eye.

Video game

A video game based on the Mater's Tall Tales series was released in October 2010 for the Wii and PC.

Release

On November 2, 2010 the first 7 Cars Toons episodes, plus the next 2 episodes exclusively, were released on DVD and Blu-ray, the same day on which Toy Story 3 was released on DVD and Blu-ray. With the exception of Mater the Greater, which is played first in the collection, the episodes have corresponding opening sequences of Mater appearing and saying "If I'm lyin', I'm cryin'" in different ways, when the viewer selects the "play all" option.

The Cars Toon, Air Mater, was released with the DVD and Blu-ray release of Cars 2.

Also, Air Mater and Time Travel Mater were included on Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2.

References

[1] Three ‘Cars’ Shorty Shorts Debut Tonight On Disney Channel

[2] Story Supervisor Nathan Stanton CARS 2 Exclusive Interview

[DisneyPublishing-3] Online catalogue from Disney Publishing Worldwide

[4] Disney Toy World Supplement 2012

[5] Disney Brochure 2013

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-'''''Cars Toons''''' is a series of shorts based on ''[[Cars]]''. The show airs on Disney Channel, Disney XD, ABC Family, and one episode was even shown in theaters. Its first broadcast was on October 27, 2008 and still airs new episodes. From 2008 to 2012, the series consisted only of episodes of '''''Mater's Tall Tales'''''. A new series of ''Cars Toons'', called '''''Tales from Radiator Springs''''', was debuted on March 22, 2013.
+'''''Cars Toons''''' is a series of home entertainment shorts based on ''[[Cars]]''. The movie show airs on Disney Channel, Disney XD, ABC Family, and one home entertainment short was even shown in theaters and on DVD and Blu-Ray. Its first broadcast was on October 27, 2008 and still airs new home entertainment shorts. From 2008 to 2012, the series consisted only of home entertainmnet shorts of '''''Mater's Tall Tales'''''. A new series of ''Cars Toons'', called '''''Tales from Radiator Springs''''', was debuted on March 22, 2013.
 ==''Mater's Tall Tales''==
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 ==''Tales from Radiator Springs''==
-[[File:Tales from Radiator Springs.jpg|thumb|300px]]Disney Channel debuted three new "Shorty Shorts" of 90 seconds shorts during an airing of ''[[Up]]'' on March 22, 2013. The three shorts are named ''[[Hiccups]]'', ''[[Bugged]]'' and ''[[Spinning]]''. All three are directed by [[Jeremy Lasky]] and produced by [[Mary Alice Drumm]].<ref>[http://pixartimes.com/2013/03/22/three-cars-shorty-shorts-debut-tonight-on-disney-channel/ Three ‘Cars’ Shorty Shorts Debut Tonight On Disney Channel]</ref> They are the first ''Cars Toons'' not to revolve around Mater.
+[[File:Tales from Radiator Springs.jpg|thumb|300px]]Disney Channel debuted three new "Shorty Shorts" of 90 seconds home entertainment shorts during an airing of ''[[Up]]'' on March 22, 2013. The three home entertainment shorts are named ''[[Hiccups]]'', ''[[Bugged]]'' and ''[[Spinning]]''. All three are directed by [[Jeremy Lasky]] and produced by [[Mary Alice Drumm]].<ref>[http://pixartimes.com/2013/03/22/three-cars-shorty-shorts-debut-tonight-on-disney-channel/ Three ‘Cars’ Shorty Shorts Debut Tonight On Disney Channel]</ref> They are the first ''Cars Toons'' not to revolve around Mater.
+==''Fighting Justice''==
+Disney Channel will debut 22 new ''Cars Toons'' home entertainment shorts with 10 minutes after a new broadcasting of ''[[Finding Nemo |Finding Nemo]]'' on March 12, 2014. These shorts will be called ''Mia and Tia vs. Flik'', ''Mater vs. Sulley'' and more. All these shorts will be directed by [[Pete Docter]] and produced by [[Andrew Stanton]]. They will be the first ''Cars Toons'' home entertainment shorts to have fighting.[[File:Cars_Toons_Fighting_Justice_Wallpaper.png|thumb|The Poster for ''Fighting Justice'']]
 ==Production==
-[[Larry the Cable Guy]], [[Michael Wallis]], [[Guido Quaroni]], [[Lindsey Collins]], and [[Elissa Knight]] reprise their voice roles from the films. [[Owen Wilson]] did not return to voice [[Lightning McQueen]], who is replaced by voice actor [[Keith Ferguson]] in all episodes. Though Nathan Stanton claims that [[Lloyd Sherr]], who voiced [[Fillmore]] in ''[[Cars 2]]'', replaced the late [[George Carlin]] in the series<ref>[http://collider.com/nathan-stanton-cars-2-exclusive-interview/89255/ Story Supervisor Nathan Stanton CARS 2 Exclusive Interview]</ref>, Carlin is credited at the end of several ''Cars Toons''.
+[[Larry the Cable Guy]], [[Michael Wallis]], [[Guido Quaroni]], [[Lindsey Collins]], and [[Elissa Knight]] reprise their voice roles from the films. [[Owen Wilson]] did not return to voice [[Lightning McQueen]], who is replaced by voice actor [[Keith Ferguson]] in all home entertainment shorts. Though Nathan Stanton claims that [[Lloyd Sherr]], who voiced [[Fillmore]] in ''[[Cars 2]]'', replaced the late [[George Carlin]] in the series<ref>[http://collider.com/nathan-stanton-cars-2-exclusive-interview/89255/ Story Supervisor Nathan Stanton CARS 2 Exclusive Interview]</ref>, Carlin is credited at the end of several ''Cars Toons''.
 ===Future===