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Top Top-rated. Clip Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales. Trailer Featurette Photos Top cast Edit. Larry the Cable Guy Mater as Mater. George Carlin Filmore as Filmore …. More like this. Storyline Edit. Rev up your engines for this unforgettable collection of Cars Toons starring Mater, the lovable and hilarious tow truck from the hit movie Cars. From the creative minds of Disney and Pixar, come nine highly entertaining Tall Tales involving bullfights, drag races, rock concerts, monster truck showdowns, and even U.

Join Mater, the heart and soul of Radiator Springs, and all of your favorite characters from the world of Cars, as they take you on a fun-filled ride that will have your family roaring with laughter. There's danger! At every turn! Not Rated. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit.

Sally is the one who manages to cure them, by kissing McQueen. Shortly after Lightning is cured, Sheriff starts to hiccup, and Mater chases after him, trying to kiss him.

In Spinning , Mater is among the crowd of cars who gather to watch Guido spinning his sign. A group of Baja racers arrive in town, wanting to race McQueen. Mater introduces himself to Sandy Dunes , but the off-roader is confused, confusing Mater's name with the word matter. Before the race begins, Mater gives the racers quick and confusing instructions on where to drive, so the racers later get lost. Meanwhile, Mater leads the other townspeople on a leisurely drive to observe the race.

Throughout the short excluding the start , Mater is dressed as Stanley after McQueen. Mater is also set to appear in To Protect and Serve. In this short, Mater is among the many who are harassed by substitute police officers Mike 07 and Didi At one point, Mater is arrested, and covered in yellow caution tape. He also competes in various events in story mode. In The World of Cars Online , Mater is one of the main townspeople that will give the player missions, such as collecting a certain amount of junk.

In Cars 2 , Mater returns, but as the protagonist. In the now popular tourist destination of Radiator Springs, the rusty old tow truck Mater has a number of roles, including proprietor of Tow Mater Towing and Salvage, grand storyteller and the heart and soul of the town. When Lightning invites Mater to come along as a member of his pit crew, Mater leaves Carburetor County for the first time ever. Not long after their arrival in Tokyo , Mater learns that the world outside of Radiator Springs is decidedly different and its newfangled ways may take some getting used to.

This happens due to an oil leak incident which is actually Miles Axlerod 's doing; which he blamed it on Mater. During his mission as a spy, Mater is first blamed by McQueen for accidentally messing up the racecar's moves and causing him to lose the first race, Mater is immediately found by Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell who Mater has a crush on at the Tokyo airport where they then make a dash toward the spy jet Siddeley while escaping some Lemons who were pursuing them.

Mater is then flown to Paris where Finn and Holley tell him about the mysterious Lemon big boss who was behind the Lemons' evil plot of the exploding racecars, and that he has to infiltrate the next Lemon meeting, which will be held in Porto Corsa , Italy , which is also where the second race will take place. While taking Stephenson to Italy, Finn and Holley install a holographic cloaking device onto Mater's roof light and has him. Unfortunately, during the meeting Mater accidentally breaks his hologram disguise and allowing the Lemons to identify him, but the tow truck escapes with his parachute and rockets and flies off to warn McQueen about the Lemons' evil plot only to be captured and sent to London the final race's setting where he, along with Finn and Holley are all tied to the gears of Big Bentley to be crushed to death.

Mater then tells Grem and Acer , two of the Lemons inside the clock tower to let him go after hearing that they have installed a bomb in Lightning McQueen's pit that will kill McQueen upon his arrival due to their EMP cannon being disabled as a result of Sarge switching the Allinol with Fillmore 's fuel so that he can warn McQueen about the bomb, but upon arriving at McQueen's pit he then realized that the Lemons tricked him, and that the bomb in question was instead inside Mater!

Mater then tows McQueen away from the racetrack to save his life, and after a fight between Finn, Holley, the Radiator Springs townsfolk, and the Lemons, Mater realizes that the bomb is down to only a few minutes and is actually voice activated and can only be deactivated by the Lemon Big Boss himself.

Mater then returns to the finish line where he notices Miles Axlerod in the grandstand in front of Buckingham Palace and tells everyone that Axlerod is the head Lemon and was behind the evil plot of the exploding cars in the first place, as well as leaking the oil puddle back in Tokyo.

With his bomb only down to the last ten seconds, Axlerod, realizing that his villainy has been exposed, is immediately forced to deactivate the bomb and is then arrested on the spot.

Just right as the police is about to take Axlerod away, Mater opens the Lemon's hood revealing the exact same engine as seen in Holley's photos. Just before the end of the film, The Queen knights Mater for his bravery and for outsmarting the villain and catching him. Upon returning to the US , Mater returns all of his gadgets to Finn and Holley, but decides to keep his rockets.

In Cars 2: The Video Game , Mater is one of the playable characters in the game, being unlocked by default. He tells the player that Lightning McQueen is looking for a new car in his racing team, which is the player. Mater says that he designed the course specially so that only the best drivers in the whole world can finish it. McQueen says that he has got great confidence, and that if Mater says someone is good enough, that is good enough for him, before Mater says that it is what the Tow Mater Fancy Drivin' Challenge says, not himself.

Holley Shiftwell then appears saying that was a impressive display. Mater then introduces the player to Holley, explaining that she is his girlfriend. Holley then says that their friend, the player, would make an excellent racer, but an even better spy, and that they have a mission that is perfect for the player's speed and talents, before saying that is if McQueen does not mind waiting, before Mater says that McQueen can wait, before he asks McQueen if he will.

Mater is heard in the other levels when the player unlocks a new goal that has the player spinning near a semicircle of coins to collect all of them, which he reminds the player to get ready to spin. He shares the same abilities as the other cars, including drifting, boosting, and towing. Mater's unique toy box adventure is Mater's Tow 'n' Go. He also appears as a toy box townsperson that can be unlocked by opening one of his three chests in the Cars Play Set.

In Disney Infinity: 2. In Cars: Fast as Lightning , Mater is one of the first few unlockable characters, previously appearing only in races that other characters need to complete. Mater returns as a playable character in Disney Infinity: 3. Mater returns as a supporting character in Cars 3.

In the first scene he is next to McQueen and tells everyone around to keep quiet so McQueen is ready for the race. He appears to be supporting Yildirim during the races and "Go McQueen!

He is later seen talking to McQueen about his accident. He couldn't find his sneeze once, but he found it right then. In Florida races, he tries to prevent Sterling. His Mater the Greater paint job also appears, and can be unlocked by completing the Master-level event Mater the Greater Stunt Showcase.

Unparalleled Parking , Mater plays a parking game with his friends. Dancing with the Cars , Mater friends always change radio channels by mistake while dancing. Mater plays a big role in Cars Land. He owns his own ride called Mater's Junkyard Jamboree. In that ride, Mater will be singing songs to keep the baby tractors dancing. When they are dancing, they will pull their carts, which have riders aboard them.

Mater also appears in Radiator Springs Racers. First, Sheriff will call Mater to take you to the race. Mater does that, and takes you tractor tipping first. After the guests go tractor tipping, they will wake up Frank, who will chase the guests and Mater away.

Then that is when they arrive in Radiator Springs. After the race, Mater will say that they did a good job. He might say that, "you beat McQueen! However, Mater says that people cannot win a race if they do not race in it. Some other phrases are used. Mater also is seen driving around Radiator Springs along with McQueen and Ramirez, where guests can meet him and talk to him. He has a 5. He can go zero to sixty in ten seconds, with a top speed of 90 miles per hour, and horsepower.

When he is disguised as Ivan, his license plate is PN Mater was manufactured with a coat of pale cyan all over his body. Currently, he is covered in rust and the only visible paint is on his sides and on his rear.

It can be concluded that he never bothered to get a respray. Mater is extremely friendly, loving, selfless, loyal, and sometimes a bit dim witted He has unconditional love for everyone and for other creatures too and thinks differently than most people do which proved helpful for convicting Axlerod.

He also has a vast knowledge of all car parts considering his job of towing and salvaging, which proves to be useful in exposing Miles Axlerod true personality and as the one behind the conspiracy to sabotage the World Grand Prix.

Although he may seem silly and dim-witted, he has a huge, vast savant-like knowledge of all things towing and repair along with engines, car parts and car types and is a fiercely loyal and loving great friend to all.

Mater speaks with a somewhat high-pitched thick rural Southern accent, has a whistle dry lisp to his voice, and frequently misspells words. He is very optimistic and often at times forgetful. He has got the biggest heart and is sweet to a fault. He also has true unconditional love for others and just needs true friendship from other people.

He can be extremely scared or skittish at times because of his sensitive nature, and from being constantly and harshly abused by Bubba in his past. Although he may seem silly and dim-witted, he has a vast encyclopedic knowledge of automobiles, engines, and towing, and is a fiercely loyal friend to anyone who is willing to give him a chance at true friendship. He unknowingly bestows wisdom upon others at times.

He is also beyond funny without realizing it. Although he is not the smartest car in Radiator Springs, he makes up for it for his extreme heart and loyalty.

He has got the biggest heart more than anyone in town. In the Cars video games, Mater has been portrayed as a stable character, with average speed and acceleration. Mater has an amazing skill for backwards driving, self-titling himself the world's best backwards driver. He uses his rear view mirrors for assistance, as they allow him to see where he's going.

One of his phrases are, "Don't need to know where I'm going, just need to know where I've been. Mater has a friendly relationship with the first six of his cousins, in particular Buford, Cletus and Judd, who he spent time with in younger days, when they were bullied by Bubba and one of his friends.

Betsy and Mater's relationship has not been detailed, as Mater only briefly mentions her to Grem and Acer in Cars 2. Doyle was mentioned later on in Cars 3. Mater said that he learned to sing and whistle at the same time and said that his cousin Doyle taught him. He then loses his only headlight as he enters his garage. He is then frightened by a "lightning bug" a tiny flying Volkswagen Beetle with bright headlights.

As he relaxes, a bright blue glow suddenly appears behind Mater and he goes into a blind panic, driving around in a frenzy, first going along the main road, then going through the tractor field past Frank , then around Willy's Butte , and doing a lock-strafe move after that, until he is exhausted.

However, the Ghostlight was revealed to be a glowing blue lantern to Mater's towing cable hung up by Lightning and Guido. The short ends with Mater finally collapsing on the road with the rest of the folks surrounding him, revealing the joke to him as retribution for the pranks he did to them.

The credits roll and after them, there is a closing shot where the frightened Mater finds he has a huge construction vehicle behind him, snarling and carrying the license plate "Banshee. Each tale begins with Mater telling a story of something he has done in the past such as him once being a firefighter, a drift racer, a rockstar, an astronaut, etc. In the story, Mater finds himself in an inescapable predicament. When Lightning questions Mater over whether the events in the story actually occurred, Mater responds, "Don't you remember?

You was there, too! The shorts end with Mater leaving the scene, often followed by characters or references to the story that was being told, putting up a possibility that the story might be real.

In the now popular tourist destination of Radiator Springs, the rusty old tow truck Mater has a number of roles, including proprietor of Tow Mater Towing and Salvage, grand storyteller and the heart and soul of the town. When Mater calls the Mel Dorado show to defend his friend's honor, the more Mater talked, the more Francesco mocked, which ultimately lands the off-duty Lightning in an international racing exhibition: the World Grand Prix.

When Lightning invites Mater to come along as a member of his pit crew, Mater leaves Carburetor County for the first time ever unless you count the time where he was in McQueen's pit crew in California.

Not long after their arrival in Tokyo , Mater learns that the world outside of Radiator Springs is decidedly different and its newfangled ways may take some getting used to. While collecting drinks for McQueen, Mater mistakes wasabi for pistachio ice cream and takes an entire box-full, only to get a flavor blast from it.

His mouth on fire, Mater desperately drove up the waterfall on stage where Miles Axlerod was introducing McQueen to wash out the taste.

He then noticed an oil leak between him and Axlerod and everyone assumes Mater did it. Despite his protests that he never leaks, McQueen sends him away to the bathroom to clean up. Entering the bathroom stall, Mater get comically tortured by a Japanese washing contraption, unaware of a fight between an American secret agent and two Lemon cars, Acer and Grem , outside. By the time he gets out, the American agent secretly slips a device underneath his bumper. After answering her countersign correcting, Mater starts babbling on before mistakenly assuming that Holley wanted to ask him out on a date and agreed to meet the next day.

He then returned to his friends to tell him of this development, but Guido doesn't believe him. He then tries calling out to Holley but she ignores him and drives away. The next day, Mater advises McQueen during the race, enabling him to get ahead of Francesco. Unknown to Mater, the Lemons assumed he was a spy too and were covertly closing in on him. Holley taps into his headset, giving him directions to avoid the Lemons. Mater followed blindly, assuming he was being guided to his date.

He later mishears Holley, turning towards a ruckus instead of away from it. He soon witnesses Finn McMissile fights off the Lemons, which he assumes to be a live karate demonstration. Finn then vanishes, while Holley tells Mater that it's too dangerous to rendezvous and promises to be in touch. Mater then returns to the pit, only to learn that while he was talking to Holley, McQueen was hearing him too, assuming he was shouting nonsense.

He blames Mater "accidentally" messing up the race car's moves and causing him to lose the first race. Mater was hurt by his best friend's rejection and writes a farewell note to his friends before deciding to go home. At Tokyo airport, Finn disguises himself as airport security and lures Mater to a lounge, where he inquires which American intelligence agency he was affiliated with. Mater claimed to be "triple-A affiliated" and started boasting that he knew some karate.

Finn then detects Acer and Grem closing in on them and drags Mater outside. Mater assumed he was getting first-class service and was completely oblivious to the danger. Once aboard the spy jet Siddeley , Mater figures out that Finn and Holley are spies as they extract data from the device embedded on him, which had information on the Lemon boss, showing a picture of an engine.

He identifies it as "the worst engine ever made" but had no clues as to the identity of the car it belonged to. However, he did point out that the mystery car made use of replacement parts that were factory original and wouldn't be found on open markets.

Grateful for Mater's insight, Finn offered to set up an informal taskforce. Though reluctant, Mater agreed to help out the spies when Finn assured him that he would be helping him. Mater then tried pointing out that he's "just a tow truck" but Finn doesn't take him seriously. Mater joined Finn and Holley as they meet with Finn's black market contact, Tomber. Tomber informed them that the car to whom the engine belonged to only did business over the phone, buying numerous parts to maintain his engine, making Mater suspect that the mystery car was a Lemon.

Finn takes it from there that the Lemon families were taking orders from the car behind this engine. Tomber reveals that the Lemons were hosting a secret meeting in Porto Corsa , Italy, which is also where the second race will take place, and the Lemon boss will most likely be there. While taking Stephenson to Italy, Finn and Holley install a holographic cloaking device onto Mater's roof light and has him disguise himself as a Lemon tow truck named Ivan.

Mater then objects to buffing his dents to ensure a foolproof disguise, declaring their worth of his moments with McQueen. The spies realize he was talking seriously about being friends with McQueen and Finn tells him that friendships are dangerous in spy work. Mater again tries to tell them the truth again but they assume he was joking. Upon arriving Porto Corsa, Mater begins to have second thoughts about the missions, but Finn tells him to keep up his "act" of playing "the idiot tow truck.

As he is towing Victor Hugo through the casino, he nearly blows his cover by directly talking to Holley over the radio and reading his HUD on Alexander Hugo 's wanted status and nicknames.

Upon arriving at the Lemon meeting, Mater takes to the sidelines as the Lemon boss calls the meetings via video. Mater soon discovers the Lemon plot, revealing that the Lemons were sabotaging the race by igniting the Allinol in the racecars' tanks.

However, McQueen announces that he will use Allinol for the race and admits how guilty he feels over his fight with Mater. Mater then accidentally breaks his hologram disguise and allowing the Lemons to identify him, but the tow truck escapes after tearing up the place with his Gatling gun his computer accidentally mishears "dad gum" and activates his parachute and flies off to warn McQueen about the Lemons' evil plot only to be captured and sent to London the final race's setting where he, along with Finn and Holley are all tied to the gears of Big Bentley to be crushed to death.

Mater then confesses to Finn and Holley that he's not a spy and this time they believe him. Mater then learns from Grem and Acer , two of the Lemons inside the clock tower that they have installed a bomb in Lightning McQueen's pit that will kill McQueen upon his arrival due to their EMP cannon being disabled as a result of Sarge switching the Allinol with Fillmore 's fuel.

As soon as the Lemons had left, Mater activated his gatling guns to cut through the ropes binding him and races to the track to warn McQueen about the bomb.