You have crashed.
The Film
- Mater screaming and honking at the other racers telling them to be quiet so Lightning can focus at the beginning of the movie.
- The Running Gag of Mater showing up to watch the races with a HUGE novelty item on his head (or roof?), looking absolutely ridiculous! In the credits we see a picture of him wearing a huge one that acts as a Monument of Humiliation and Defeat to Storm. There's even a pouting mini-Storm angry at mini-Cruz's victory.
- The pranks Lightning, Bobby Swift and Cal Weathers play on each other. Lighting gets sprayed with foam when he wins, and vows to get Cal back. When Cal wins, Guido over inflates his tires and ties Lightning character balloons to his back end.Bobby Swift: [laughing] Congratulations cupcake! (while driving away with his pit crew)
Lightning: [spits out foam] Oh, they are gonna pay. - How Jackson Storm is introduced:Lightning: Okay, let's see what you've got!(Immediately after he says this, Jackson ironically appears out of nowhere, overtakes the other racers and wins.)
- While it makes Storm look like no less of a Jerkass, this first exchange between him and Lightning would give Chick Hicks a run for his money.Jackson: You have no idea what a pleasure it is for me to finally beat you.
Lightning: (chuckles) Thanks. Wait...hang on, did you say "meet" or "beat"?
Jackson: (in a passive aggressive tone) I think you heard me. - Chick Hicks keep bragging about his one Piston Cup victory over Lightning even though he won that because after he purposefully wrecked "The King", Lightning choose to stop, let him win, and then go back to push "The King" Weathers to the finish line to make a point. Even his own cameraman is unimpressed.
- Just the fact that Chick Hicks is still able to stay on the spotlight despite what he's done is amusing in of itself. It kinda makes one wonder how he even got on TV in the first place...
- In the Brazilian dub, McQueen watching the reel of Doc's crash is narrated by ESPN Brasil's resident Large Ham, with all his Catch Phrases ("he's gonna doctrinate, like an alpha male!" "Not here, my dear!" "The CHAOOOOSSS!"). Subsequently, it's much funnier than in the original.
- Whenever Sally accidentally refers to Lightning as "Stinky" rather than "Stickers", before she quickly corrects herself.
- Guido's opinion about the press:"Paparazzi, pfft!"
- Cruz's whole conversation with McQueen about how he can use anything negative to motivate him to push towards the positive. She does this by egging McQueen on about his age and implying he was an imposter when first seeing him. And to top it all off; Cruz calls him her senior project with McQueen's response being a flabbergasted "did I just get insulted?" expression on his face.
- Cruz's warm-up training at the Rust-eze Racing Center with Lightning who basically becomes a Butt-Monkey. Her methods are particularly unorthodox for a sport that involves going fast. It is clear McQueen's training routine is NOT like the training the younger racers have. In fact the training is more like something for older cars.
- On the first day, Cruz does a Zumba like aerobics routine complete with her own made up lyrics. Being the Only Sane Man, Lightning starts to ask if the dancing is necessary but is mostly ignored and told it's meant to slowly work him up to using the simulator.
- The next day, Cruz puts Lightning on a rotary lift and is tilted downwards to help with oil flow (which might be a car's equivalent to inversion therapy). He doesn't take to it well and appears uncomfortable. And to add insult to injury, she slides a drip pan underneath him just in case he...well... leaks.
Lightning: Is that a... drip pan?
Cruz: Just in case.
Lightning: How old do you think I am?!
Cruz: Visualize yourself driving fast on a steep hill. I'll be back in a few.
Lightning: Visuali... (to Cruz as she drives off) Wait, WAIT CRUZ, A FEW WHAT!? (to himself) I just wanna go on the simulator.
Orange Next Gen: How's it hangin', Drip Pan?- Lightning later finds himself on a treadmill that's only going 5 miles per hour while the next gens next to him are going there full speed. The reason for this is because Cruz wants him to take a nap afterwards. This no doubt made the next gens start laughing while leaving McQueen annoyed and embarrassed.
Lightning: I'm NOT taking a NAP! [Cue the Gilligan Cut]- After Lightning wakes up from his nap, Cruz has his tires removed so he could get to know them and name them. McQueen doesn't feel like doing it and get's impatient with her. This exchange follows.
Lightning: May I have my tires back so I can go on the simulator please?
Cruz: Name them!
Lightning: Uhh. Lefty, Righty, Backy, Backy Jr, Okay?
Cruz: Does this make you mad?
Lightning: YES IT DOES!note
Cruz: [in a sing song voice] Use that! - There's also a bit in the exclusive cut showing Lightning racing on a simulator, supervised by Cruz. He doesn't seem to adjust to the virtual environment too well, and as if wrecking on the virtual track wasn't bad enough, he goes ''launching into the projector screen'', full with a shot of his bumper sticking out of the newly created hole in the wall. This crash causes a power outage through out the whole training facility.Lightning: TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF! GET THESE THINGS OFF OF ME! [back wheel locks disconnect] NOOOO! [crashes into the screen]
Simulator Voice: You have crashed! (repeats in the background)
Cruz: Are you alright?
Lightning: I've crashed...- Speed: ERROR mph
- This becomes even funnier when you realize real drivers sometimes have problems adjusting to simulation software, especially if they've never used a computer before.
- The fact that the creators of the simulator actually implemented a virtual backstage area - with vehicles - that Lightning subsequently tears through.
Simulator Voice: You have jumped a barrier. You have maimed two vehicles. You have destroyed a drinking fountain. You have disabled an ambulance. You are on fire. Danger. Danger. You are going the wrong way. - It also works as a subtle tearjerker, but while Lightning is waiting outside Sterling's office following the simulator scene, he looks at a worker washing the floor. After looking away briefly, he hallucinates her right in front of him, imagining that she's telling him to retire.Cleaner: You're all washed up, McQueen.
Lightning: I'm sorry, what?
Cleaner: Said, floor's all washed up and clean!
Lightning: Oh, right... [chuckles weakly] - Cruz commenting on Lightning's pre-race meditation prior to their beach race with a You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me! look on McQueen's face.
- QuickerthanquickfasterthanfastIamspeed!note
- Whenever Lightning loses Cruz during the Fireball Beach race, Hamilton reminds him:
- While racing Lightning on a beach, Cruz accidentally gets stuck in the sand.Cruz: [up to her eyes in sand] The beach ate me.
- While on Fireball Beach, Lightning says "Life's a beach and then you drive" after Cruz worries that he'll fall over. Luigi and Guido need a moment before laughing.
- Cruz just can't get the training on the beach right. First, she's unable to start because she lacked traction due to trying too hard on the start, then she gets stuck on a dune, she ends up in the water and hit by a wave, she spins out of control on the shore, she gets half-buried in the sand, and finally, she suddendly stops because she didn't want to hit a crab. Lightning gets more and more annoyed with each fail over the course of the day, and Luigi loses his usual excitement, becoming more and more tired, almost like he's gonna fall asleep at any moment by the last two attempts we see. The look on his face sounds like he can't take anymore of this.
- "And allll the little crabbies have gone night night."
- Miss Fritter sounds like the name of your bus driver, which makes her reign of terror in demolition derby as a school bus hilarious. Also she's apparently a big fan of Lightning's. Keep in mind that Miss Fritter almost ram raided him for keeping her from sawing off Cruz's license plate and caused her to lose the demolition derby. Too bad that McQueen's possibly scared to death of her because of this. Though, in Miss Fritter's defense, she wasn't aware the car she was trying to ram was Lightning, due to him being covered in mud.
- Older fans may think the name "Miss Fritter" sounds familiar and oddly appropriate for a school bus. They may be thinking of Miss Frizzle.
- Alot of the trash talk in the demolition derby also is hilarious, especially when combined with a boatload of Funny Background Events.
00: Nice day for a drive, eh!Faregame: Hey! Buddy! Get the *HONK!* out of my way!- This is even more hilarious due to the fact that it's "family night", which means no cursing.
- Even though the scene where Lightning lashes out at Cruz is undoubtedly a serious moment, there is something hilarious about the fact that he initially stood there in cold dead silence, stone-faced and all.
- Also, Guido and Luigi are behind him peeking at the argument, briefly look at each other, then close the curtains after.
- "And then, I waste tonight in the crosshairs of Miss Fritter!"
- When Lightning is calling Mater via Videochat, he sticks his buck teeth at the camera and then leans so close that his eye fills the screen. Lightning lampshades this:Lightning: Looking you straight in the eye there, pal.
- Lightning having a screen time conversation with Mater.
- Lightning McQueen's hilariously energetic apology to Cruz after their falling out. Basically, he adds his own lyrics to the workout song Cruz annoyed Lightning with, full with even more ridiculous dancing. All while Cruz is begging him to stop.Lightning: First I going to loosen up these ancient joints... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry that I yelled. It wasn't your fault that I almost got killed. But now, you're leaving, and you won't get on the ramp! You won't get on the ramp! (Continues until they get to Thomasville)
- Cruz's motivational trash talk once she gets the modifications to be Lightning's sparing partner. Lightning and the racing legends reaction is priceless.Cruz: Oh you're going down McQueen. Get that arthritis-riddled keister on to the track so I can put you into the old folks home against your will!... How's that?
Lightning: That'll work.
Louise: Worked for me.
River: I.. I'm good.
Junior: Yep, that'll do.
River: Did you hear what she said? (in a half whisper) - Smokey tests Lighting's reflexes by having Guido throw bales of hay at him. Later they upgrade to heavier objects, like a motor and an anchor.
- Smokey and the racing legends telling Lightning that he is old and slow despite being well over 50 years older than him. Smokey teases Lightning by telling Cruz that Lightning is probably losing his hearing. Apparently taking Smokey seriously, she shouts in Lightning's ear (we guess?) with his response being a flat "I heard him.".
- During The Big Race, after Lightning swaps out with Cruz and she's trying to get into the mindset of the race, Smokey tries to get her to pay attention but fails. Then Lightning tells him what to say to her to get through to her. The nature of the lines is so strange to Smokey that after just a few lines like this, he finally gives up and tells Lightning he's not saying it. It marks the moment Lightning becomes the crew chief, but it's still hilarious seeing the old truck looking so utterly puzzled.
- Cruz visualizing the other cars as tractors during the final race.
- Cruz using Hamilton to mess with Storm after Lightning helps her regain hope.
- After the announcement of Lightning and Cruz sharing the win and Sterling's true nature is revealed:Mater: THAT WAS THE DE-EAL! YOU ARE NOT A NICE GUY! Well seriously, I gotta say, you do make a quality mudflap at an affordable price...
- And before this when Tex wants to hire Cruz:Tex: Miss Cruz, I would be tickled pink to have you race for Team Dinoco. As you know, we have a long history of great racers...'cept for Cal.
Cal: [peeks out from nowhere] Uh...guys? I'm still right here! - Some scenes from the closing credits are sure to crack the audience up:
- Cruz receiving the "inflatable tires" prank from two of the next-gens, while Lightning laughs at this.
- Mater playing checkers with the dummy he made earlier.
- Mater trying on the electronic suit, which doesn't suit him well, as Lightning gives a half-sarcastic laugh in the background.
- Lizzie, arguably the oldest living character in the entire cast, gets two consecutive examples: First; she's shown on one of the training center's treadmills, barely managing to sustain 12 mph, while Lightning is maintaining a "casual" 190, and Mater is practically cruising at 25. Second; she's shown in a wind tunnel, leaning so far back that she looks like she could be blown over at a moment's notice, as the fog streams disperse into a single, giant cloud behind her, without even the slightest hint of any aerodynamic airflow.
- The Stinger. Mater is once again in his junkyard, singing to himself when he hears his laptop beep signalling a call from Lightning. When he gets startled, he accidentally destroys the reception antenna, losing the call, much to his dismay.
Meta:
- A lot of the promotional videos for the movie. To name a few:
- Lightning and Cruz are racing each other, then Cruz suddenly hits the camera and she and Lightning move away embarrassingly.
- Lightning is racing Jackson and is in the lead, then the action slows so he can wink at the viewers before Jackson overtakes him.
- Lightning struggles to pull a cart with the Legends and Luigi and Guido riding.
- Storm is in the lead, Lightning trying to pass him but keeps getting blocked by the next-gens.
- Lightning and some of the cast playing "Happy Birthday to You!" out of various engine noises.
- Cruz and Lightning trying out the mini simulators, the latter accidentally going out of control with his. For example getting launched backwards, uncontrollably jostled around, and launched forward off screen. The latter situation has a Facebook variation where Lightning is launched forward and ends up on the bottom post saying "I've crashed..." in the same initiation as the film.
- An Alamo commercial has a rather humorous conversation between Lightning and Cruz as they reminisce about their favorite moments from the movie:Lightning: Racing at Fireball Beach was incredible!
Cruz: Hashtag, BeachLife!
Lightning: Training at Thomasville was a dream come true!
Cruz: Hashtag, OldSchool!
Lightning: And playin' in the mud at Thunder Hollow was a blast!
Cruz: Hashtag, MuddyTires! I bet Doc would love seeing these new memories hanging next to his old ones.
Lightning: I agree, hashtag!
Cruz: Uh...that's not...how I...never mind.
