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Cars

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Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Cars (TV Episode 2006)

      Clips shown for an early review.
    • Pixar's 20th Anniversary Special (TV Movie 2006)

      featured in clips
    • "Siskel & Ebert" A Prairie Home Companion/Cars/The Lake House/Clean/Sketches of Frank Gehry (TV Episode 2006)

      Clips shown for the review.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Best of the Year... So Far (TV Episode 2006)

      Clips shown.
    • "Troldspejlet" Episode #35.1 (TV Episode 2006)

      reviewed + footage used

Features

    • A Bug's Life (1998)

      Heimlich was included as part of Joe Ranft tribute at end
    • Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (Video Game 2002)

      The big Tv from the Grand Prix had a scene from this game
    • Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc (Video Game 2003)

      The big Tv from the Grand Prix had a scene from this game
    • Team America: World Police (2004)

      The big Tv from the Grand Prix had a scene from this movie.
    • One Man Band (Short 2005)

      The short is shown during the theatrical release.

Followed by

    • Cars 2 (2011)

    • Cars 3 (2017)

Referenced in

    • Finding Nemo (2003)

      Luigi the car from this film can be seen briefly in the background in a scene towards the end.
    • "The Reichen Show" Episode dated 12 April 2006 (TV Episode 2006)

      Actress Bonnie Hunt discusses the new film.
    • "Film Junk Podcast" Episode 70: The Omen and Cars (Podcast Episode 2006)

      The film is reviewed
    • "Top Gear" Being Van Roadies for The Who (TV Episode 2006)

      Mentioned by Richard Hammond
    • Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (Video 2006)

      Title card relating to actor Paul Dooley.

References

    • One Cab's Family (Short 1952)

      Both films feature anthropomorphic cars as protagonists.
    • Susie the Little Blue Coupe (Short 1952)

      The animators of Cars cited Susie as a major influence on character design. Sally Carrera bears a resemblance to Susie
    • The Story of Anyburg U.S.A. (Short 1957)

      The vehicles (and the types of vehicles) are very similar. The red sportscar on trial bears a resemblance to Lightning McQueen.
    • Sleeping Beauty (1959)

      Mater calls Lightning Sleeping Beauty
    • Cool Hand Luke (1967)

      Lightning McQueen's punishment is to tar the road, just as the prisoner's punishment is in this film. Also, Paul Newman stars in both films.

Spin-off

    • Cars: The Video Game (Video Game 2006)

    • Mater and the Ghostlight (Video 2006)

    • Mater's Tall Tales (TV Series 2008–2012)

    • Planes (2013)

      It is in the same world as Cars and Cars 2
    • Cars on the Road (TV Mini Series 2022)

      The same world of the Cars.

Spoofed in

    • "The Simpsons" Mommie Beerest (TV Episode 2005)

      The trailer for "Cards" shown in the cinema is a spoof of "Cars".
    • "My Gym Partner's a Monkey" Mongoosed/Mellow Fellows (TV Episode 2007)

      Windsor quotes "Have fun fishing Jake", & then Jake fished for Adam out of the window.
    • "The Simpsons" Moe Letter Blues (TV Episode 2010)

      Otto hallucinates, seeing "Cars"-like automobiles driving around and crashing into things.
    • Mike Celestino's Potentially-Amusing Vignettes (Short 2010)

      A poster for "Disney/Pixar's 'Chips'" serves as a parody of "Cars".
    • "Arthur" The Agent of Change/D.W. Unties the Knot (TV Episode 2010)

      Parodied as Trucks

Spoofs

    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

      The powerfully-sneezing "Snot Rod" and hs three "rebel car" buddies with their tight-knit "brotherhood" and various "extreme" personal attributes.
    • The War of the Worlds (1953)

      they have Lightning fighting off Tripods
    • The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series 1979–1985)

      Tex Dinoco looks very similar to Boss Hogg's limo, including the longhorns on the hood. The minivan's musical horn's playing a Confederate-states tune ("Yellow Rose OF Texas"), just as General Lee plays "Dixie" on its horn.
    • Knight Rider (TV Series 1982–1986)

      McQueen rolling down the ramp out of the moving semi-truck.
    • Back to the Future (1985)

      McQueen calls, "Doc --- wait!" as Doc Hudson heads back to Radiator Springs after racing around the desert, similar to how Marty yells to Doc at the Twin Pines Mall when they are being attacked by the Libyans.

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