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See production notesBritish spy Finn McMissile infiltrates an oil rig in the Pacific Ocean owned by criminal lemon cars to rescue fellow spy Leland Turbo. He witnesses the lemons, seemingly led by Professor Zündapp, loading an emitter disguised as a television camera onto a shipping crate. Upon discovering Turbo's death, Finn is exposed and he escapes by faking his death. After winning his fourth Piston Cup honoring his late mentor Doc Hudson, Lightning McQueen returns to Radiator Springs to spend the off-season with his friends. Italian formula race car Francesco Bernoulli challenges Lightning to participate in the World Grand Prix, an international three-race event created by former oil tycoon Sir Miles Axlerod, who intends to promote his new environmentally friendly fuel, Allinol. Lightning and his best friend Mater, along with Luigi, Guido, Fillmore, and Sarge, depart for Tokyo, where the first race takes place. At a World Grand Prix promotional event, Mater makes a scene after eating wasabi and seemingly leaking oil on stage, embarrassing Lightning. Forced to head for a bathroom, Mater accidentally interrupts a fight between American spy Rod "Torque" Redline, who is tasked with handing Finn intel, and lemons Grem and Acer. Redline plants a device on Mater, causing Finn and his associate Holley Shiftwell to believe Mater is their contact. Meanwhile, Redline is captured and killed by Zündapp, who reveals that Allinol ignites when hit with an electromagnetic pulse. He informs his superior, an unknown mastermind, that Redline passed on his information. Holley recruits Mater to stop Zündapp's plot, believing him to be an undercover agent. During the race, three racers are ignited by the camera. Lightning places second due to miscommunication with Mater, who was evading Zündapp's henchmen with Holley's instructions. Lightning confronts him at the pits, snapping at him and declaring he doesn't want his help. A guilt-ridden Mater prepares to return to Radiator Springs but is taken by Finn, and they escape from the lemons in his jet, Siddeley. After traveling to Paris to gather intel from Finn's old friend Tomber, they go to Porto Corsa in Italy, where the second race takes place. Mater infiltrates the lemons' meeting as the camera ignites several more racers, causing a multi-car pile-up, while Lightning wins. Due to controversy over Allinol's safety, Axlerod lifts its requirement for use in the final race in London. When Lightning decides to continue using it, the lemons plan to kill him. This spooks Mater into blowing his cover, causing him, Finn, and Holley to be captured and tied up inside Big Bentley, where he admits to them that he is not the spy they think he is. As the race starts, Lightning takes the lead before passing Big Bentley, but the camera inexplicably does not ignite him. The lemons tell Mater that they planted a time bomb in Lightning's pits as a backup plan, spurring him to escape. Finn and Holley soon follow, but they realize the lemons fitted the bomb on Mater's air filter instead. As Mater is informed of this, he flees down the track and Lightning pursues him to apologize for his outburst, while Finn apprehends Zündapp. The other lemons arrive and outnumber Finn, Holley, Mater, and Lightning, but they are rescued by the other Radiator Springs residents and Sarge's colleagues in the British Army. Mater and Lightning go to Buckingham Palace, where Mater exposes Axlerod as the mastermind, proven when he is forced to disable the bomb. It is revealed that the World Grand Prix was Axlerod's cover-up to turn the world against alternative fuels and profit from his ownership of the world's untouched oil reserves. Axlerod and the lemons are arrested, Mater receives an honorary knighthood from the Queen, and he and Lightning reconcile. Back in Radiator Springs, as Mater tells everyone about his experience, Fillmore reveals that Sarge swapped Lightning's Allinol with Fillmore's biofuel prior to the London race, explaining the camera's ineffectiveness on Lightning. A "Radiator Springs Grand Prix" is held, featuring the World Grand Prix contenders. Finn and Holley invite Mater to go on another mission, but he declines. While his weapons are confiscated, Mater keeps the rockets and speeds off with Lightning and the other racers, as Siddeley flies into the distance.
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See all quotesLeland Turbo: This is Agent Leland Turbo. I have a flash transmission for Agent Finn McMissile. [His sentence was briefly cut. The screen cuts which then says Walt Disney Pictures presents…] Finn, my cover's been compromised. Everything's gone pear-shaped. [The screen cuts once again which then says A Pixar Animation Studios Movie] You won't believe what I've found out here. This is bigger than anything we've ever seen. And no one even knows it exists. [He points to an unknown object making a very bright light] Finn, I need backup. But don't call the cavalry; it could blow the operation. And be careful! It's not safe out here! Grem: [from Off-Screen] Let's go! [went off] Leland Turbo: [last words] Transmitting my grids now. Good luck. [Leland drives away in a hurry, accidentally knocking the camera down and turning it sideways to show the silhouettes of Grem and Acer outside the room's entrance, as coordinates are shown. The video then splits into pixels, before showing the film's logo
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Crabby: All right, buddy, we're here. Right where you paid me to bring you. Question is, why? Finn McMissile: I'm looking for a car. Crabby: A car? Ha! Hey, pal, you can't get any further away from land than out here. Finn McMissile: Exactly where I want to be. Crabby: Well, I got news for you, buddy. There's nobody out here but us. Tony Trihull: [off-screen; to Crabby] What are you doing out here? Crabby: What does it look like, genius? I'm crabbing! Tony Trihull: Well, turn around and go back where you came from! Crabby: [unmoved] Yeah, and who's gonna make me? Crabby: All right! All right! Don't get your prop in a twist! [turns around, as Tony heads back somewhere] What a jerk. Sorry, buddy. Looks like it's the end of the line. [hears no answer] Buddy? Male Oil Platform Announcer: [on PA] Incoming. All workers report to the loading dock. Finn McMissile: [through radio] Leland Turbo, this is Finn McMissile. I'm at the rally point. Over. [hears static] Grem: [as the other cars gather
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Male Oil Platform Announcer: [on PA] All hands on deck! All hands on deck! Green Gremlin: [slipping on the oil] Whoa! [Finn then shoots one of his grappling hooks around a pole, and makes a turn as the Gremlin heads towards the edge] Aah! [falls off] Waargh! [He crashes into the ocean, his body breaking apart. The chase continues as more thugs pursue Finn up a spiral ramp. Spotting several oil barrels on a higher level, Finn fires at a railing, sending the barrels tumbling down. He then launches a magnetic bomb from one of his front wheel hubs onto a barrel, which explodes at the bottom, triggering a chain reaction that wipes out all the thugs on the ramp and destroys the rest of it just as Finn reaches the top. But more thugs follow him onto a helipad, surrounding him. As several of the lemons ignite their blowtorches, Finn revs his engine for a few seconds before unexpectedly reversing off the edge.] Jerome Ramped: Wha-? Grem: Get to the boats! Acer: He's getting away! Tony: Not for
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Mater: Mater. Tow Mater, that's who, is here to help ya! Hey, Otis! Otis: Heh-hey, Mater. I, uh-- Oh, gosh. I'm so sorry. I thought I could make it this time, but-- [tries to start his engine, but can't.] Smooth like puddin', huh? [sighs] Who am I kidding? I'll always be a lemon. Mater: Well, dad-gum, you're leakin' oil again, must be yer gaskets. Hey, but look on the bright side. This is yer 10th tow this month, so that means it's on the house. Otis: You're the only one that's nice to lemons like me, Mater. Mater: Hey, don't sweat it. Shoot, these things happen to everybody, Otis. Otis: But you never leak oil! Mater: Yeah, but I ain't perfect. Don't tell nobody, but I think my rust is tryna show through.
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Luigi: Oh Lightning, welcome home! Flo: Good to have you back honey! Fillmore: Congratulations man. Sarge: Welcome home soldier. Sheriff: The place wasn't the same without you, son. Lizzie: What? Did he go somewhere? Lightning McQueen: It's good to be home, everybody. [hears Mater honking his horn] Mater! Mater: McQueen! Otis: Aah! Lightning McQueen: Mater! Mater: McQueen! Otis: Oooh! [Mater stops at the crossroad in front of McQueen and lets go of Otis, who is moved along into Ramone's House of Body Art as Sally and Flo dodge him]. Otis: [Stops And comes onto the wheel ramps] Whoooa! Ramone: Hey, how far did you make it this time, Otis? Otis: Halfway to the county line. Ramone: Ooh, not bad, man! Otis: I know! I can't believe it either! Mater: McQueen, welcome back! Lightning McQueen: Mater, it's so good to see you!
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Mater: Wow, I can't believe they renamed the Piston Cup after our very own Doc Hudson. Lightning McQueen: I know Doc said these things were just old cups, but to have someone else win it just didn't feel right, you know? Mater: Well, Doc would've been real proud of you, that's for sure.
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