:Cars Toons

All Cars Toons in Mater's Tall Tales follow a shared formula: Each episode opens with Mater saying, "If I'm lying, I'm crying!" and then the title card. Next, McQueen and Mater see something that results in the latter proceeding to tell the former a “tall tale” about something he supposedly did in the past, before the action shifts to the flashback of Mater's story. At a midway point, the action briefly shifts back to Mater and McQueen in which McQueen questions Mater over whether the events in the story actually occurred (or in some episodes asks him what he did next), resulting in Mater proclaiming that McQueen was also involved. The flashback then resumes with McQueen's sudden and usually unwilling participation in the story's events. After Mater finishes his tall tale, McQueen denies the fact that Mater's tale is real before one or more characters/elements involved in the story coincidentally appear to McQueen's shock (with the exceptions of "Tokyo Mater", "Unidentified Flying Mater" and "Time Travel Mater"), paradoxically suggesting that Mater's story really happened.

All episodes also feature Mia and Tia and various pit crew forklifts in supporting roles (with the exception of "Time Travel Mater").

All Cars Toons in Tales from Radiator Springs follow the daily lives of McQueen, Mater and their friends in their hometown Radiator Springs, following the events of Cars 2.

{{main|List of Cars characters}}

• Larry the Cable Guy as Mater
• Keith Ferguson (2008–2013) / Owen Wilson (2014) as Lightning McQueen
• George Carlin (2009, archive recordings) / Lloyd Sherr (2013–2014) as Fillmore
• Tony Shalhoub as Luigi
• Guido Quaroni as Guido
• Michael Wallis as Sheriff
• Katherine Helmond as Lizzie
• Lindsey Collins as Mia
• Elissa Knight as Tia
• Jerome Ranft as Red (only in Tales from Radiator Springs)

Production of the series began in 2006 following the success of Cars. The first nine shorts were produced by Pixar, while all the following shorts were produced by Pixar's subsidiary, Pixar Canada.{{cite web|title=All Films |url=http://pixarcanada.com/all-films/ |publisher=Pixar Canada |access-date=August 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826023333/http://pixarcanada.com/all-films |archive-date=August 26, 2013 }}

"Tokyo Mater" premiered in theaters with Bolt on December 12, 2008. The short is the first Disney/Pixar production presented in Disney Digital 3-D.{{cite press release|url=http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/press_box/news/20081208.htm |title=Disney-Pixar to Premiere Its First Disney Digital 3-D(TM) Short Film Oscar(R)-Winner John Lasseter Directs Animated Short Based on "Cars" Character |access-date=2011-02-17 |date=2008-12-09 |publisher=Pixar |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230122911/http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/press_box/news/20081208.htm |archive-date=2010-12-30 }} However, it is not featured on the film's home media releases. Sulley and Mike from Monsters, Inc. make cameo appearances in "Tokyo Mater" as their car forms from the credits of the first film.

The Disney·Pixar Cars Die-Cast Line included die-casts of various characters from the shorts, including "Rescue Squad Mater", "Mater the Greater", and "El Materdor", in the toy line.

A video game based on the series titled Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales was developed by Papaya Studio and released on October 19, 2010 for the Wii.{{cite web | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/997656-cars-toon-maters-tall-tales/data | title=Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales | access-date=2011-02-17 | website=GameFAQs | archive-date=2011-05-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513070717/http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/997656-cars-toon-maters-tall-tales/data | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=http://wii.ign.com/objects/077/077614.html | title=Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales | access-date=2011-02-17 | website=IGN | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912192225/http://wii.ign.com/objects/077/077614.html | archive-date=2010-09-12 | url-status=dead }} A PC version was also released outside the United States and on Steam worldwide in 2014.{{cite web|title=Cars Toon : Mater's Tall Tales (Game, PC)|url=http://www.flipkart.com/cars-toon-game/p/itmczarrmdhawpud|publisher=Flipkart.com|access-date=October 2, 2012|archive-date=November 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126181541/http://www.flipkart.com/cars-toon-game/p/itmczarrmdhawpud|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Disney•Pixar Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/316320/DisneyPixar_Cars_Toon_Maters_Tall_Tales/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016234114/https://store.steampowered.com/app/316320/DisneyPixar_Cars_Toon_Maters_Tall_Tales/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=SteamDB |url=https://steamdb.info/app/316320/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |archive-date=2022-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016234113/https://steamdb.info/app/316320/ |url-status=live }}

A DVD and Blu-ray compilation of the first nine shorts, titled Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales, was released on November 2, 2010. The compilation includes "Mater the Greater", "Rescue Squad Mater", "Monster Truck Mater", "Unidentified Flying Mater", "El Materdor", "Moon Mater", "Heavy Metal Mater", "Mater Private Eye" and "Tokyo Mater".{{cite web|title=Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales Blu-ray|url=http://www.pixartalk.com/blu-ray/cars-toon-blu-ray/|publisher=Pixar Talk|access-date=August 2, 2012|archive-date=January 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106035711/http://www.pixartalk.com/blu-ray/cars-toon-blu-ray/|url-status=live}} "Moon Mater" and "Mater Private Eye" debuted in this set.{{cite news|last=Bastoli |first=Mike |title=Report: Cars Toons BD/DVD on Nov. 2; no 'Nemo' Blu-ray (2 UPDATES) |url=http://www.bigscreenanimation.com/2010/08/report-cars-toons-bddvd-on-nov-2-no.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118081228/http://www.bigscreenanimation.com/2010/08/report-cars-toons-bddvd-on-nov-2-no.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |access-date=August 2, 2012 |newspaper=Big Screen Animation |date=August 13, 2010 }}

"Air Mater" and "Time Travel Mater" were released on Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2, while the former was also released as a bonus short on home media releases of Cars 2. "Hiccups", "Bugged", and "Spinning" were released on Disney.com and YouTube. "The Radiator Springs 500 ½" was released on Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 3.

Disney Junior FR officially uploaded all episodes of Mater's Tall Tales (Martin se la raconte) on its channel starting between December 2012 and December 2014. The episodes have amassed 200 million views with Tokyo Mater (Tokyo Martin) garnering 63 million views alone. Mater's Tall Tales were added to the Disney Jr. YouTube channel from January through August 2024, where they accumulated about 22 million views with the most-watched episodes being Tokyo Mater (17M) and Monster Truck Mater (5M).

In addition to "The Radiator Springs 500 ½," which was released in 2014, director Rob Gibbs revealed at the 2013 Disney D23 Expo a fifth Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs episode titled "To Protect and Serve." The short was expected to debut in 2014 on the Disney Channel. {{cite news|title=D23 Expo Round-Up: 'Toy Story of Terror', New Cars Toons on the Way|url=http://pixarplanet.com/blog/d23-expo-round-up-toy-story-of-terror-new-cars-toons-on-the-way|access-date=August 11, 2013|newspaper=Upcoming Pixar|date=August 11, 2013|author=Bryko|archive-date=March 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319202610/http://pixarplanet.com/blog/d23-expo-round-up-toy-story-of-terror-new-cars-toons-on-the-way/|url-status=live}} but it ended up being unreleased for unknown reasons. Despite never being released, it did receive merchandise, including die-cast models and a book. The book contains several images from the short, which confirms that it was completed but, as of now, remains lost media. In the short, Sheriff goes on a mandatory vacation, leaving 2 squad cars in charge. However, the squad cars soon wreak havoc on the town by ticketing everyone for minor offenses.

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|Title= Rescue Squad Mater

|RTitle = {{cite news|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|title=Mater Stars in Own Mini-Show on Disney|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/mater-stars-in-own-mini-show-on-disney/|access-date=March 24, 2013|newspaper=Animation Magazine|date=September 26, 2008|archive-date=January 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112022054/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/mater-stars-in-own-mini-show-on-disney/|url-status=live}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|10|27}}

|Aux4=Toon Disney

|DirectedBy = John Lasseter

|ShortSummary = Mater is working as a fire truck and has to rescue Lightning McQueen from a burning building. After he saves McQueen, the ambulance rushes McQueen to the hospital where Mater reveals that he's also a doctor (with an MD, PhD, STP and GTO).

• Role: Fire Truck (and briefly Doctor)
• Guest stars: Bret Parker as Ambulance, Laraine Newman as Nurse GTO

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|Title = Mater the Greater

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|DirectedBy = John Lasseter

|ShortSummary = Mater is a daredevil, dressing in a style like that of Evel Knievel. In a stadium, Mater attempts to jump a long line of cars, but instead merely tiptoes over them. He performs other stunts, and later claims Lightning McQueen failed to jump over Carburetor Canyon while strapped to a rocket.

• Role: Daredevil

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|Title = El Materdor

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|10|29}}

|Aux4=Toon Disney

|DirectedBy = John Lasseter

|ShortSummary = Mater is a matador fighting a herd of bulldozers in Spain. When Lightning McQueen enters the story, the bulldozers chase after him due to his red paint job.

• Role: Matador
• Guest stars: Peter Sohn as Padre

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = Tokyo Mater

|RTitle = {{cite news|last=Lesnick|first=Silas|title=Exclusive: First Look at Pixar's Tokyo Mater!|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=50793|access-date=March 24, 2013|newspaper=ComingSoon.net|date=December 9, 2008|archive-date=July 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731123420/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=50793|url-status=dead}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|12|12}}

|Aux4=Theatrically with Bolt

|DirectedBy = John Lasseter

|ShortSummary = Mater offers to tow home a stranded Japanese car inspired by the Toyota Century (named Ito-San), but ends up in Tokyo, Japan after hauling him all the way across the Pacific Ocean. He is subsequently challenged to a race by the Drift King Kabuto (a car resembling Boost, the leader of The Delinquent Road Hazards), with the winner being crowned "King of All Drifters" and the loser being stripped of all custom modifications to become a "stock" car. "Lightning Dragon McQueen" shows up to help Mater fend off an attack from Kabuto's ninjas and then helps Mater catch up with Kabuto and win the race.

• Role: Drift King
• Guest stars: Robert Ito as Ito San, Mach Tony Kobayashi as Kabuto
• Note: Automobile versions of James P. Sullivan and Mike Wazowski from Monsters, Inc. (who also appeared in the credits of the original Cars) appear in the background.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = Unidentified Flying Mater

|RTitle = {{cite news|last=Sciretta|first=Peter|title=New Pixar Cars Short: Unidentified Flying Mater|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/new-pixar-cars-short-unidentified-flying-mater/|access-date=March 24, 2013|newspaper=/Film|date=November 23, 2009|archive-date=May 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524211840/http://www.slashfilm.com/new-pixar-cars-short-unidentified-flying-mater/|url-status=live}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|20}}

|Aux4=Disney Channel

|DirectedBy = John Lasseter

|ShortSummary = Mater befriends a small flying saucer called Mator and they have a night out. When Mator is captured by the military forces, Mater sneaks up and saves him with the help of Lightning McQueen and Mator's mothership.

• Role: UFO

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = Monster Truck Mater

|RTitle = {{cite news|last=Sciretta|first=Peter|title=New Pixar Cars Toon "Monster Truck Mater" Premieres July 30th|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/new-pixar-cars-toon-monster-truck-mater-premieres-july-30th/|access-date=March 24, 2013|newspaper=/Film|date=July 14, 2010|archive-date=March 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329120806/http://www.slashfilm.com/new-pixar-cars-toon-monster-truck-mater-premieres-july-30th/|url-status=live}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|07|30}}

|Aux4=Disney Channel

|DirectedBy = John Lasseter

|ShortSummary = Mater, alias "The Tormentor", is a monster truck wrestler who works his way up the ranks from amateur to World Champion Monster Truck Wrestler, fighting against all kinds of characters along the way. These trucks include the I-Screamer, Captain Collision, The Rasta Carian, Dr. Feel Bad, and Paddy O'Concrete. When faced with his biggest opponent yet, the Monster of Dr. Frankenwagon, Mater tags in his "tag team partner", Lightning McQueen, alias "Frightening McMean".

• Role: Monster Truck Wrestler
• Guest stars: Jan Rabson as I-Screamer/Dr. Feel Bad/Paddy O'Concrete, Jess Harnell as Captain Collision

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Heavy Metal Mater

|RTitle = {{cite news|last=Gallagher|first=Brian|title=Cars Toons Short Heavy Metal Mater Debuts on the Disney Channel|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/cars-toons-short-heavy-metal-mater-debuts-on-the-disney-channel|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411094821/http://www.movieweb.com/news/cars-toons-short-heavy-metal-mater-debuts-on-the-disney-channel|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|access-date=March 24, 2013|newspaper=MovieWeb.com|date=October 6, 2010}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|10|08}}

|Aux4=Disney Channel

|DirectedBy = John Lasseter

|ShortSummary = Mater is a rock star in a heavy metal band. He starts out in a garage band called "Mater & The Gas Caps" and rises to the top with his hit song, "Dadgum" (which bears a heavy-metal style by accident when the drummer goes crazy trying to kill a fly on the drum while recording an album), a song based on the line Mater is famous for. Lightning McQueen goes on debut to join him on stage in the middle of a huge concert and they rock into history.

• Role: Heavy Metal Rock Star
• Guest stars: Paul Eiding as Dex Dinoco

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = Moon Mater

|RTitle = {{cite news|title=Interview: Pixar's Rob Gibbs talks about Cars 2 Air Mater short|url=http://www.liveforfilms.com/2011/11/14/interview-pixars-rob-gibb/|access-date=August 23, 2013|newspaper=Live For Films|date=November 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626103620/http://www.liveforfilms.com/2011/11/14/interview-pixars-rob-gibb/|archive-date=2015-06-26|url-status=dead}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|2}}

|Aux4=Mater's Tall Tales DVD/Blu-ray

|DirectedBy = Rob Gibbs

|ShortSummary = Mater is the first tow truck to land on the Moon, with the mission to rescue the Impala XIII by giving him a tow and bringing him back to Earth. Lightning McQueen joins Mater and they are met with a hero's welcome.

• Role: Astronaut
• Guest stars: Teddy Newton as Impala XIII, Josh Cooley as Roger

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|EpisodeNumber = 9

|Title = Mater Private Eye

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|2}}

|Aux4=Mater's Tall Tales DVD/Blu-ray

|DirectedBy = Rob Gibbs

|ShortSummary = Mater is a private investigator working on an open-and-shut case of counterfeit tires, when Tia rolls back into his life. She hires Mater to find her sister, Mia, who's been car-napped. Mater searches for clues and closes in on a major crime scene. Lieutenant Lightning McQueen arrives just in time to help bring the criminals to justice.

• Role: Private Investigator
• Guest stars: Carol Bach-y-Rita as Carmen, Torbin Xan Bullock as Big D, Danny Mann as Clyde, Jess Harnell as Claude, John Cygan as Stinky

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 10

|Title = Air Mater

|RTitle = {{cite news|last=Weiner |first=David |title=ET Exclusive: 'Air Mater' Takes Flight |url=http://www.etonline.com/movies/113416_ET_Exclusive_Air_Mater_Takes_Flight_in_Cars_Toons_bonus_disc/index.html |access-date=October 29, 2011 |newspaper=ET Online |date=August 17, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=January 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news|last=Desowitz|first=Bill|title=Pixar Canada Launches with Air Mater|url=http://www.awn.com/articles/article/pixar-canada-launches-air-mater|access-date=August 23, 2013|newspaper=Animation World Network|date=November 4, 2011|archive-date=May 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513181522/http://www.awn.com/articles/article/pixar-canada-launches-air-mater|url-status=live}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|1}}

|Aux4=Cars 2 DVD/Blu-ray

|DirectedBy = Rob Gibbs

|ShortSummary = A tow service leads Mater to Propwash Junction, a town populated by planes. Amazed by all these flying machines, Mater gets interested in learning how to fly when he sees Skipper's Flight School, which has a sign that says they could teach anyone. After learning how to fly, he learns himself to fly backwards and amazes a group of stunt planes known as the Falcon Hawks. Since one of them has sprained a wing during practice for a stunt show, they ask Mater to take the place of the injured plane. He accepts and becomes the stunt planes' new member. Lightning McQueen, also a stunt plane, helps Mater at one point when he is in trouble.

• Role: Stunt Airplane
• Guest stars: Stacy Keach as Skipper, Danny Mann as Sparky, Jonathan Adams as Judge Davis, Lori Alan as Blue Hawk, John Cygan as Green Hawk, Paul Eiding as Red Hawk, Bob Bergen as Black Hawk

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|EpisodeNumber = 11

|Title = Time Travel Mater

|RTitle = {{cite news|title=Mater's Tall Tales : Time Travel Mater|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/maters-tall-tales-time-travel-mater/EP010939580009|access-date=June 2, 2012|newspaper=Zap2It|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627042044/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/maters-tall-tales-time-travel-mater/EP010939580009|archive-date=June 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title='Time Travel Mater' to Air on Disney Channel This Week Ahead of Disneyland 'Premiere'|url=http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-time-travel-mater-21045/|access-date=March 24, 2013|newspaper=Stitch Kingdom|date=June 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615092517/http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-time-travel-mater-21045/|archive-date=June 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|6|05}}

|Aux4=Disney Channel

|DirectedBy = Rob Gibbs

|ShortSummary = Accidentally gaining the ability to travel in time, Mater travels back to 1909 in the middle of a desert where he meets Stanley, the founder of Radiator Springs, who works as a traveling radiator caps salesman. With the realization that if Stanley goes away there would be no Radiator Springs, Mater brings McQueen from the future to which Stanley sells him a radiator cap. Mater then suggests Stanley to settle there and build a town where he could serve broken traveling cars, and Stanley accepts. Jumping to 18 years in the future, in 1927, Stanley shows Mater and McQueen the expanding town when Mater takes a note of a broken Ford Model T, which turns out to be Lizzie. Lizzie's seemingly falling in love with McQueen makes Mater panic again about Radiator Springs' future, but it turns out that Lizzie had her eye on Stanley. After Stanley and Lizzie were introduced to each other by McQueen, he and Mater make another time jump, where they attend Stanley and Lizzie's wedding before returning to the present. There, Lizzie thanks McQueen for introducing her and Stanley.

• Role: Time Traveler
• Guest star: John Michael Higgins as Stanley

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title= Hiccups

|RTitle={{cite news|last=Rizvi|first=Samad|title=Three 'Cars' Shorty Shorts Debut Tonight On Disney Channel|url=http://pixartimes.com/2013/03/22/three-cars-shorty-shorts-debut-tonight-on-disney-channel/|access-date=March 24, 2013|newspaper=The Pixar Times|date=March 22, 2013|archive-date=March 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327015242/http://pixartimes.com/2013/03/22/three-cars-shorty-shorts-debut-tonight-on-disney-channel/|url-status=live}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|03|22}}

|Aux4=Disney Channel

|DirectedBy = Jeremy Lasky

|ShortSummary = Lightning McQueen gets hiccups while drinking oil. Many of the Radiator Springs residents give him advice on how to cure the hiccups, but none of the ideas work until Sally kisses him on the cheek, curing McQueen of his hiccups. Sheriff then starts getting hiccups, which leads to Mater, thinking that kissing will help all hiccups, attempting to kiss Sheriff to cure them, leading to a chase between Sheriff and Mater.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Bugged

|RTitle=

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|03|22}}

|Aux4=Disney Channel

|DirectedBy = Jeremy Lasky

|ShortSummary = Red's morning routine is interrupted by a pesky bug, which he attempts to get rid of.

• Note: This is the only Cars Toon episode not to feature Lightning McQueen or Mater.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Spinning

|RTitle=

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|03|22}}

|Aux4=Disney Channel

|DirectedBy= Jeremy Lasky

|ShortSummary = Luigi assigns Guido to shake his store's sign to draw in customers. When Guido discovers his hidden talent as a street corner sign spinner, he draws in a huge crowd.

• Note: This is the last Cars Toon episode to feature Keith Ferguson as the voice of Lightning McQueen.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = The Radiator Springs 500 ½

|RTitle={{cite magazine|last=Labrecque|first=Jeff|title=Lightning McQueen revs his engine off-road in Pixar's new Radiator Springs short – EXCLUSIVE|url=http://family-room.ew.com/2014/03/13/cars-short-radiator-springs-500/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 13, 2014|date=March 13, 2014}}{{cite web|last=McDaniel|first=Matt|title=Disney/Pixar's 'Cars' Roar Back in a New Short|url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/pixars-cars-roar-back-in-a-new-short-2014-is-86219766992.html|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=May 20, 2014|date=May 19, 2014|archive-date=May 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520220744/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/pixars-cars-roar-back-in-a-new-short-2014-is-86219766992.html|url-status=live}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|5|20}}
August 1, 2014{{cite web|title=Get Your Motor Running: A New Pixar Cars Toon Is Coming to Disney Channel|url=http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2014/08/01/get-your-motor-running-a-new-pixar-cars-toon-is-coming-to-disney-channel/|publisher=Disney Insider|access-date=August 1, 2014|date=August 1, 2014|archive-date=August 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801190821/http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2014/08/01/get-your-motor-running-a-new-pixar-cars-toon-is-coming-to-disney-channel/|url-status=live}}

|Aux4=Disney Movies Anywhere
Disney Channel

|DirectedBy= Rob Gibbs

|ShortSummary = Radiator Springs celebrates a Founders Day honoring the late Stanley when a gang of racers descend on the town and challenge Lightning McQueen to an off-road race.

• Guest stars: John Cygan as Idle Threat, Jess Harnell as Blue Grit, Danny Mann as Shifty Sidewinder, and Steve Purcell as Sandy Dunes.

• Note: This is the only Cars Toon episode to feature Owen Wilson as the voice of Lightning McQueen.

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• Note: A gray cell indicates the character was not in the episode.

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• [http://cars.disney.com/maters-tall-tales Mater's Tall Tales] on Disney.com
• {{IMDb title|1384816}}
• {{imcdb movie|1384816|Mater's Tall Tales}}

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