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❤️ I think Cars 2 was real start of the 2010s Disney Twist Villain craze…

Previous Twist Villains existed before the 2010s, but I think the reason why it became more frustrating for Pixar and Disney movies in that time was because of one person: John Lasseter. Lasseter had been executive producer on all the Pixar and Disney films with the twist villain: Cars 2, Wreck It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Coco, and Incredibles 2.

While Lasseter was the executive producer on previous Disney and Pixar films with a twist villain (Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc. Incredibles, Meet the Robinsons, and Toy Story 3) he also had a lot more oversight as well. He wasn’t the most powerful man in animation at the time.

I think Lasseter really liked the twist villain and production-timeline wise, he probably suggested twist villains while making Cars 2.

With that being said… I think Miles Axlerod is the smartest in the sense that he never brags about his crimes to his victims. He only reveals himself as the villain when there’s a bomb inches from him and seconds away from blowing him up. Axlerod was smart enough to be cautious, not going to his meetings in-person, using a disguise voice and I think changed his color(?)…

As for the amount of money he probably spent setting up the World Grand Prix as a sham… Well if the 2020s have taught us anything is that being a billionaire doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a genius.

I’m not saying Miles Axlerod my favorite, but I kind like him in the historical sense of animation production and writing, what he’s meant to represent in the movie itself, and for shallow reason of silly/scary fanfics about him. Like in the same way people use Prince Hans (no super powers or soft/sad boy-ism, but manipulation, charm, wealth, and privilege).

💚 I liked crashing into Mia and Tia on the Cars video game because it kind of gave me a glimpse of their personalities. Surprisingly they are different. Mia is more aggressive with her yelling and whining and has more lines than Tia (in the video game). Mia also has a slightly deeper voice than Tia. Tia is more likely to compliment herself (self confidence queen) and whine.

I don’t get why people assume they’re teenagers. Not only is that gross for Lightning… but Mater too since they’re in his tall tales as girls to impress.

Sarge is the underrated hero. Despite calling Fillmore a tree hugger, he clearly distrusts Axlerod’s history of being an oil tycoon enough to switch Allinol with Fillmore’s fuel at the last minute. He may call not trust Fillmore’s organic fuel, but he cares about McQueen’s safety than his bias. There’s also this line Mater said in Cars 3 that while Luigi and Guido were Lightning, they put Sarge and Fillmore in charge of the tire shop. Fillmore gave all the tires away and Sarge was hunting them back down because… you don’t just do that with someone else’s merchandise.

But at the same time, casually brings a cannon to a party when Fillmore asked:

Another video I made. This time about Finn doing something stupid that even Mater’s pissed off.

It’s kind interesting to note how Mater rarely gets angry so I chose the one where he’d be at the most angry. Lightning has a lot of angry expression and Holley, I love her reactions. Especially after Finn gives his reason for why he’s got them killed!

I like it.

What is with that random kid? I’m calling it, he’s played by one of Owen Wilson’s sons, probably Robert Ford since he can most likely talk.

If I’m right about the kid’s voice being Owen’s son than... Aww.... adorable! Best daddy! Then again, his little sons will also be watching their dad get hurt very, very brutally and being very sad throughout their movie.

Jackson has such a smug, but chill look on his face that I kind of like. He is just flipping chill.

Oh and the masochistic demolition derby cars and Miss Fritter are there too. Gale is staring at her bumper.

Let’s see Smokey, Louise Nash, Mack, Luigi Guido, Mater, Red and my girl Sally. Yeah that’s everyone.

Oooo... this can help with my Cars couple anthology series. To the thinking of pairings, titles, and then sending it to a113Cowgirl!

The Fic I won’t write game

Send me a ship and a fic title, and I’ll post a summary of the fic with that title I won’t write.

(Original game started by the puckurt comm mods here)

Can you post the page where it says Lightning's real name?

Cars Origins: Struck by Lightning

By Dave Keane

Is the source you heckin guys. I’ll post screengrabs now that I’m not sleeping.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO FLY THIS THING!

Jackson: WHERE ARE THEY?

Holley: Since I can only assume one of our shared associates I’ll just tell you Sally, Francesco, and Sterling are upstairs.

Jackson: Has it look like I give a F*** about where Sterling is!

Holley: In that case,

they are downstairs.

Jackson: Thank you very much!

Holley: Oh and Storm.

Jackson: Hmm?

Holley: Aim for his hood.

(Meanwhile)

Sterling: I just don’t understand women!

Francesco: Neither do I!

Sally: Look it’s simple, just go to her and tell her how you feel.

Sterling: You know what? You’re absolutely right! You guys are so wonderful, thank you so much.

Francesco: He’s gonna get rejected isn’t he?

Sally: Yep.

(Somewhere else)

Jackson: Finally. Finn!

Finn: What the?

Jackson: Where is McQueen?

Finn: I think he’s outside.

Jackson: Where outside?

Finn: I don’t know

Jackson: Finn.

Finn: Yeah?

Jackson: Why is there a helicopter outside?

(Outside in a Helicopter)

Lightning: What do you mean you don’t know how to fly this thing?

Cruz: I mean I don’t really know how to fly this thing. I can’t make it any simpler.

Lightning: Than how did we get up here!

Cruz: I don’t know! I just started pushing buttons!

Lightning: You know at this point, there really isn’t any reason for why I haven’t MURDERED YOU YET!

(Red beeping warning buttons start)

Lightning: WHAT DID YOU DO!?!

Cruz: RELAX! I GOT THIS UNDER CONTROL!

(They crash the helicopter into Thunder Hollow Speedway. But at the speedway...)

Sterling: But I still don’t understand. Why don’t you like me?

Miss. Fritter: You mean other than I’m not into guys fancy-pants? YOUR FRIENDS CRASHED THE HELICOPTER ONTO MY TRACK!

Sterling: It was just the one helicopter...

(Finn is now in a helicopter with Mater hanging on for dear life)

Mater: AAAAHHHHHH!

Finn: QUIT SCREAMING!

(Finn also crashes the helicopter on the track... All of them survived that day)

And so the partying commenced...

Holley: Hey, you know what would be great right now?

Mater: Eating liquorice?

Finn: Punching a swingset!

Cruz: Eating liquorice!

Lightning: Riding a hoverboard!

Cruz: Eating liquorice while on a hoverboard!

Mater: No! Punch the hoverboard! Eat the swingset!

*Some time later*

Lightning: Okay, so we’re all clear on this. The hoverboard of made of liquorice. We can punch it if we want to, but only if it’s near a swingset. Is that good, are we good?

Finn: I like it.

Cruz: Sounds good.

Mater: Can the swingset hover?

Lightning: GRAAAAH!

And then Holley saves their asses while Finn is in la la land waiting to die.

Holley: Oh Ford, you kidnap a tow truck without doing background check, you yell at me for shocking your informant when you had TWELVES HOURS to say something, and you got caught because you didn’t think to look up. And you call Mater the idiot? He at least no idea what he doing most of the time and I was mostly following your orders! 

Finn: Shut up woman! We have to stop this violence with the only way I know how: with MORE violence!

Holley: Should’ve seen that one coming. Just promise me your death count will be less than three today.

Finn: Yes.

Omg I just realized Finn is 100% willing to die for McQueen no question.

MMMMMMEEEEEEEEEE!

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I love it and consider it canon and over-hated.

I know John Lasseter had genuine intentions with it because he loves these characters. I’ve seen the commentary, interviews, behind the scenes thing,etc. He made this because he wanted to. Not because of toys, if it were than I think he’d also own them as well:

The point is that I love Cars 2, I waited five years to have seen my favorite characters again and meet new ones in whatever screen time they had.

There’s flaws, not going to lie, but I still appreciate the movie. When I know there’s flaws and acknowledge them it kind of makes me appreciate the movie more.

I never found Mater annoying. If anything he actually became an interesting character with his knowledge of car parts, how he’s very literal minded like someone with Autism or in the spectrum, and how he’s never really thought about how people see him and it actually does make sense. He’s never left Radiator Springs, let alone the flipping country so of course he doesn’t know exactly how these things. Especially since Lightning doesn’t explain to him exactly what to do and not to do. Not to mention, Sarge, Fillmore, Luigi, and Guido seem to be terrible babysitters if they can’t keep track of Mater for leaving!

Also Miles Axlerod totally started the Disney Villain Surprise thing that Disney’s been recently in the animated canon (King Candy, Prince Hans, Yokai/Professor Callaghan, Assistant Mayor Bellweather, and Te Ka). Except I think he does it best and is probably the most intelligent of all of them since he was pretty prepared if Plan A didn’t work he’d have a back up plan. He also doesn’t show up to his meetings, physically. He live-streams at the meeting and with both a disguised voice and body.

That’s Axlerod’s engine, but not his body color. This is Axlerod just after the crash in Italy:

That’s a darker, grassy green, than the more pale-ish, almost bluish green. The disguise itself must have been design for him to easily and quickly place it on while getting his clutch assembly fixed and then taking it off to go back into the public eye. That’s pretty damn prepared.

Axlerod’s also a pretty amazing liar since he fooled a lot of the characters, including a lawyer (Sally), the spies, and the in-universe media. However, it’s not an out-of-nowhere type thing like Hans as it was foreshadow in a much better way while still keeping it a surprise (in my opinion).

There’s also the fact that unlike the other surprise Disney Villains, he didn’t reveal himself to the heroes due to him thinking that he won, but because he was under the threat of death by Mater. Yeah if you think Mater was basically holding Axlerod hostage with the bomb on him and if he didn’t turn it off, they were both going to die! Keep in mind, Axlerod wanted Lightning dead because he chose the alleged alternative fuel Allinol and thus gave alternative fuel another chance to redeem itself. Since when Mater came with a clearly alive Lightning and accused Axlerod of being the mastermind, Axlerod’s plan at this point was busted. The most he can get out of at this point would be his life and what he made off of the World Grand Prix. But even getting out this with his life is a problem for him since Mater figured it out and isn’t going to let him get away unless the bomb is deactivated. Unlike the other surprise Disney villains Axlerod was at a crossroads of being screwed either way. If he didn’t deactivate the bomb, he would die, (and possibly the spies, Lightning, and Radiator Springs would be arrested):

If Axlerod did than he’d go to jail. Axlerod chose the one where he wouldn’t die.

Mater noticed the bolts that are attached to the bomb on him were also the ones ordered by the mystery engine. An engine that was specifically made for a British car model and one that uses oil. There’s also how Mater specifically says that he DOESN’T leak oil. Axle rod put the blame on Mater because he was literally right next to him when it happened and easiest car to blame, because honestly if Mater didn’t come at that moment Axlerod couldn’t have blame Lightning, as the oil leaker and thus would have somebody calling him out as either a liar or a hypocrite. If it were only Lightning and Axlerod up there and no Mater, who would you assume as someone who leaked oil? The racer or the former oil baron? That’s why it’s easier pin the blame on the silly, hick of a tow truck.

What I’m getting at is while some may see it as stupid cash-grab I do see it as something rather interesting and different, with thought and care put into it. John Lasseter WANTED Cars 2 to be different. He LOVED Mater and saw a lot of himself in the character. He WANTED to do this movie.

Can’t exactly defend him on Toy Story 4 though...

Reblog if you actually like Cars 2

I can’t be the only one out there!

Yeah I was a fan of the Hunger Games at the time and I thought the same thing you said. The world goes to shit because the Lemons won.

I actually had that idea for a fanfiction. Lightning was sent accidentally to an alternate timeline/dimension where he died because Sarge didn’t switch the fuel. When Our Lightning goes to back to Radiator Springs to get help (he thinks he’s still in his world at this point) he finds the town seemingly abandoned. He’s ambushed by the townies and captured, taken in by them to be interrogated. As they question Lightning and interrogate him he tries to tell the townie that he is Lightning McQueen, for reals. They don’t believe him because their Lightning is dead and that they think he’s one of Axlerod’s agents in disguise to mess with them or go undercover. Mater (who in this timeline never had a bomb on him and is leader of the Rebellion) and Sally come in to cross-examine Lightning with the two looking coldly at him. Mater, starts asking questions that only he and Lightning would know while Sally’s just circling around the two. Lightning passes the questions but they don’t trust him, they won’t kill him because there might be a reason as to how or why Lightning knew the things he did so they keep him around under heavy supervision. Any attempts at escape and the boy is shot dead in his tracks.

Meanwhile in addition to the members of Radiator Springs (including Mia and Tia, Otis, and The King) the World Grand Prix racers and Finn, Holley, and Siddley (they’re one of the few British spies who aren’t working for Axlerod) are are also working for the Rebellion in their respective countries. Often traveling to the main HQ of Radiator Springs to provide updates on the latest activity and plans of action. For a few years, the Lightning in that timeline had been dead, most tourists stopped coming to Radiator Springs because of that. Lightning’s death changed Mater as he went from being happy-go-lucky goofball to serious  to the point of unfeeling and wanting nothing more than to set things right with the world. Holley had felt saddened by how the Mater she’d fallen in love with wasn’t the same. She loved Mater the idiotic, but good-hearted spy, not Mater the miserable and emotionless agent. Staying mostly in the UK division of the Rebellion with Finn, she feels afraid to look at Mater in the eye, but still makes in-person visits to Radiator Springs to pass down the latest intel along with updates on plans and rendezvous. Francesco, in the Italian division has in a way felt like this was his fault, even though it wasn’t and joined in order to make amend. Over the past couple years, he has developed feelings of love for Sally but understands that she might not feel the same way as she had lost someone she loved for years. Francesco knows that if they ever get through this underground war with the Lemons, than he’ll tell Sally.

Why are my idea so weird?

Finn is the REAL IDIOT!

Future thing for my sporkings or when talking about Finn/ defending Mater.

Oh hai Candice.

I remember hating you ya little tool.

You are voiced by Tara Strong so that makes you 20% cooler.

Man Lightning is a magnet for them all and my harem anime me was correct! Sally, Mater, Doc, Francesco, Holley, Cruz, Jackson, Mia and Tia, Chick, Candice! You hit the jackpot yo!

She is not my Pink Diamond though.

i shared on tiktok that i wrote a mater x luigi as in luigi from the cars movie fanfic but they all thought I was talking about luigi mangione and like that is so much better picture this: luigi mangione is an infamous assissine known for his bold and impactful political assissinations–and his jaw droppingly good looks. Mater is the best agent in C.H.R.O.M.E., Command Headquarters for Recon Operations and Motorized Espionage, a role he earned for himself when he saved the World Grand Prix race from the evil organization, the Lemons. Mangione is as evasive as he is effective, killing with such grace and prowess that billionaires and CEOs globally have been dropping like flies ever since his first kill, the United Health Care CEO. The top 1% is scared, pouring all their money into efforts to catch and kill Mangione before their head is on the chopping block. The issue has been so bad and so terrifying that many billionaires have been forced to stop their cherished annual charitable donation of $1. Times are truly troubling. For the first time in what has been months, the world’s governments have finally gotten a lead– they found Luigi Mangione’s apartment. 

“Agent Mater, I don’t know how else to say this: we need you. After getting the recent lead with Luigi’s apartment, we have discovered that he plans to kill Elon Musk. We need to stop him, but we have no clue where he is.” Jack Crawford looked tired. He missed Will, but Will was gone. He ran off with Hannibal Lector a few months back. Jack needs Mater on this case, he needs a trusted agent who won’t run off with a killer. 

“So you want me tuh find luigi and kill’em?” Mater asks nonchalantly. He’s done this task a million times as the best agent the FBI- nay the world– has ever seen, holding a documented 3,037,000 kills alone. 

“Yes. I have these pictures of his apartment and of what we found in it. Take a look and tell me–”

“Im gonna stop you right there. I aint lookin at any pictures, i gotta see the place with my own windshield.” Mater looks strong, he knows he can order Jack around like this. Mater’s skill has allowed him privileges few others have had. Also, Jack is mentally broken by Will. Jack gives in.

—

The apartment is on the 20th floor of the downtown brooklyn highrise. Mater is lifted up there by a crane, too big for the narrow human hallways of the building.

“Well there goes any surprise if he’s there”, Mater thought glumly, “i cant believe that in the year of our lord 2025 there is still such rampant discrimination for living cars.” a tear runs from his eyes.

“THREE, TWO, ONE, GO!!!”--*CRASH!!* Mater was just swung in through the window, he does a super sick role to slow his fall and lands with his tire sticking out, ready to show off. The apartment is neaty, excluding the glass and rubble from the wall he was just thrown through. Mater drives around slowly taking in the room. It is well decorated he notes, loving Mangione’s taste in decor. The photograph of Mangione on the wall catches Mater’s attention. Luigi’s abs are on full display and he is hiking, Mater’s engine revs a bit.

“Odd…” he thought. He drives around a bit more, searching and scanning for some kind of sign of where Luigi is going to kill Musk. He was looking at some more pictures of Luigi when he saw it. The space ship and the orange. Elon Musk was planning create a new worl record: have the least productive space trip with the most CO2 emissions. Because of the threat Musk had been hiding the launch spot but somehow Luigi found it. The John F. Kennedy Space Center.

“Oh my diddly darn yall, he’s gonna JFK Elon Musk.”

–

The air is hot and damp leaving Luigi looking permanently oiled up and his hair up in perfect curls.

“God how can i see in stealthily when i look this hot?” Luigi worried to himself. He was already hot in drier new york, how could he make it to the space station on time with the number of people that will be flirting with him, unaware or because of who he is?

Walking off the plane, Luigi is relaxed. He knows his home had been broken into by the FBI and that they knew he planned on killing the fuckass piece of human shit from a butt evil little human elon musk. He was fine with them knowing– more eyes on justice– as he thought there was no way for them to catch up with him, unaware of a certain rusty pickup added to the team. 

When he finally gets to the center 84 hours later, a lot of people were filtering, the launch was mere hours from starting. He planned a head for it took take a while for him to get there, but it took him 4 hours longer than he would of liked. His plan was simple: snip the rat from his perch then send a burning arrow to cook him for the people to eat the rich. He was already and imposition for the attack when he heard an odd rumbling sound from behind him. Looking back, he saw a large brown rusty truck with massive green eyes. It was the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen. His jaw fell open.

“He-he-lloo” Luigi is shocked. Mater is too. This reaction is normal for the truck who pulls mad bitches, but he wsa stunned to see Luigi in person. Mater never kept up with the news, they never talked about his top secrete killings, so this was his first time really seeing the man. Mater’s jaw dropped too.

“Are yew gonna kill Elon Musk?” Mater asked, a genuine qeustion as Luigi’s beautiful face grew empathy he hadn’t felt since his youth with his first love Luigi(yellow car). 

“Yeah, he sucks. He’s literally a nazi.”

“REALLY? I hate nazis lets kill the bitch” they kill him and its beautiful the people dance on Musk’s burning carcas. 

“Hey Luigi, let’s run away together and get married i love you”

“I love you too Mater” they then have sex i dont know how

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!” Jack Crawford cries, “HOW DID I LOOSE ANOTHER AGENT TO A HOMOEROTIC REALATIONSHIP WITH A KILLER??? AM I A MATCH MAKER???omg i am.” with this realization jack leaves the fbi and starts a matching making business and its best to ever exist.