· 5 years ago · Mar 31, 2020, 09:18 PM
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6 BEN QUEEN
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10 A sleek British sports car talks directly to us in a
11 pixilated, garbled video. He's OUT OF BREATH. Crates are
12 visible behind him. We're in the shadowy bowels of a steel
13 room.
14
15 LELAND TURBO
16 This is Agent Leland Turbo. I have
17 a flash transmission for Agent Finn
18 McMissile.
19
20 SUPERIMPOSE OVER BLACK: WALT DISNEY PICTURES PRESENTS
21
22 LELAND TURBO
23 Finn. My cover's been compromised.
24 Everything's gone pear-shaped.
25
26 SUPERIMPOSE OVER BLACK: A PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS FILM
27
28 LELAND TURBO
29 You won't believe what I've found
30 out here.
31
32 He angles our camera view, reveals a PORTHOLE through which
33 we can see flames rising in the distance.
34
35 LELAND TURBO
36 This is bigger than anything we've
37 ever seen. And no one even knows it
38 exists. Finn, I need backup. But
39 don't call the cavalry - it could
40 blow the operation. And be careful.
41 It's not safe out here!
42
43 ANGRY VOICES O.S. Time for Turbo to go.
44
45 LELAND TURBO
46 Transmitting my grids now. Good
47 luck!
48
49 Coordinates appear: 40 6.80' N - 172 23.84' W
50
51 TITLE CARD: CARS 2
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53
54 EXT. SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTH PACIFIC - NIGHT
55
56 A TINY CRAB BOAT (CRABBY) crests over massive swells.
57
58 CRABBY
59 Alright buddy, we're here. Right
60 where you paid me to bring you.
61 Question is, why?
62
63 A metallic blue sports car, circa the `60s, emerges from the
64 2.
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66
67 shadows. Cagey, smooth, he'd turn heads driving through any
68 intersection in the world. Meet FINN MCMISSILE.
69
70 FINN
71 I'm looking for a car.
72
73 CRABBY
74 A car? Hey pal, you can't get any
75 further away from land than out
76 here.
77
78 FINN
79 Exactly where I want to be.
80
81 CRABBY
82 Well I got news for you, buddy.
83 There's nobody out here but us.
84
85 Suddenly, a HORN -- a COMBAT SHIP, the size of most cruise
86 ships. FINN quickly backs into the shadows, out of sight.
87
88 COMBAT SHIP
89 What are you doing out here?
90
91 CRABBY
92 What does it look like, genius? I'm
93 crabbing!
94
95 COMBAT SHIP
96 Well turn around and go back where
97 you came from.
98
99 CRABBY
100 Yeah? And who's gonna make me?
101
102 A laser sight hits Crabby between the eyes.
103
104 CRABBY
105 Alright, alright! Don't get your
106 prop in a twist.
107 (as he turns to leave)
108 What a jerk. Sorry, buddy. Looks
109 like it's the end of the line.
110 Buddy?
111
112 ON CRABBY'S DECK: Finn is gone.
113 CUT TO:
114
115 FINN - He HANGS off the side of COMBAT SHIP, clandestine.
116
117 We're with Finn as the ship continues on, cuts through the
118 darkness with purpose. Suddenly small flames appear, perhaps
119 a knot or so away. Then WHOOSH!!! A flame rises above Finn,
120 the ship. It illuminates an OIL DERRICK.
121 3.
122
123
124 THWAP! Finn fires a GRAPPLING HOOK to the derrick and SWINGS
125 toward it. He's going to SLAM into the side with brute force
126 WHEN ---
127
128 --- HIS TIRES sprout a magnetic exoskeleton. He STICKS to the
129 derrick and now DRIVES VERTICALLY UP UP UP...
130
131 From this vantage point, hundreds of derricks appear.
132
133 EXT. PLATFORM - OIL DERRICK - MOMENTS LATER
134
135 Finn approaches a loading bay from above, hides. He watches
136 as GREMLINS, PACERS and assorted other cars scurry about.
137
138 FINN (INTO RADIO)
139 Leland Turbo, this is Finn
140 McMissile. I'm at the rally point.
141 Over.
142
143 No response.
144
145 FINN (INTO RADIO)
146 Leland, it's Finn. Please respond.
147 Over.
148
149 AN ACCESS DOOR OPENS LOUDLY below. A boxy, monacle-wearing
150 German car enters. This is PROFESSOR OTTO ZUNDAPP.
151
152 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
153 (in German and English)
154 Too many cars here. Out of my way!
155
156 FINN
157 Professor Zundapp?
158
159 PACER (O.S.)
160 Here it is, Professor.
161
162 Zundapp approaches a NOSY PACER who idles next to a CRATE.
163
164 NOSY PACER
165 You wanted to see this before we
166 load it?
167
168 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
169 Ah, yes. Very carefully...
170
171 A forklift opens the crate -- inside is a TV CAMERA, packed
172 carefully in foam. Finn SNAPS PHOTOS FURIOUSLY.
173
174 NOSY PACER
175 Oh. A TV camera. What does it
176 actually do?
177 4.
178
179
180 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
181 This camera is extremely dangerous.
182
183 FINN
184 (TO HIMSELF)
185 What are you up to now, Professor?
186
187 Finn, angling for a better view, FIRES SUSPENSION WIRES ---
188
189 --- which sail clear to the other side of the derrick ---
190
191 --- THOK! They hook tightly onto a steel girder.
192
193 Finn slides out ONTO THE WIRE like an acrobat, then expels
194 another cross-wire for support.
195
196 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
197 This is valuable equipment. Make
198 sure it is properly secured for the
199 voyage.
200
201 NOSY PACER
202 You got it.
203
204 Finn LOWERS HIMSELF. He snaps more pictures.
205
206 GREM (O.S.)
207 Hey, Professor Z!
208
209 Zundapp turns as a CRANE LOWERS A CAR-SIZED CRATE. GREM and
210 ACER, an orange Gremlin and a green Pacer, flank it.
211
212 GREM
213 This is one of those British spies
214 we told you about.
215
216 ACER
217 Yeah. This one we caught sticking
218 his bumper where it didn't belong.
219
220 Finn PRODUCES SEMI-AUTOMATIC GUNS from his side, readies
221 himself for a tag-team spy fight with his buddy Leland.
222
223 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
224 Agent Leland Turbo.
225
226 The crate is lifted, revealing a CRUSHED, CUBED Leland Turbo.
227
228 Finn's eyes go wide. Suddenly --- WHOOOSHHH! Another derrick
229 flame rises behind him, casts a Finn-shaped SHADOW over the
230 Professor. He looks up.
231 5.
232
233
234 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
235 It's Finn McMissile! He's seen the
236 camera! Kill him!!
237
238 Finn UNLOADS with bullets as he starts to retreat --- He
239 STOPS:
240
241 BAD GUY CARS are waiting for him on the catwalk where he just
242 came from - BLOWTORCHES ready.
243
244 Finn, stuck in midair, notices an angry CRANE. Finn GRINS,
245 having just found his escape.
246
247 THWAPTHWAPTHWAP!!! Finn releases three of his four cables,
248 swinging, Indiana Jones-style on the last one TOWARD THE
249 CRANE ---
250
251 --- where he lands on its BOOM, drives UP and LAUNCHES OFF IT
252 where he LANDS - MOVING - onto another deck!
253
254 Finn now DRIVES, spraying oil and screeching around corners.
255 A GREMLIN in pursuit hits the oil patch, loses control ---
256
257 --- and PLUMMETS OFF the side of the rig!
258
259 The Gremlin FALLS... it's like an eternity...
260
261 He smashes into the water and breaks into a million pieces.
262
263 ON FINN - Now set upon by 20 or 30 MORE pursuing cars. He has
264 nowhere to go but UP UP UP a ramp toward the helipad. He
265 spies some GASOLINE BARRELS, fires a SINGLE BULLET which cuts
266 through its leather straps, sending barrels DOWN the ramp,
267 PAST FINN ---
268
269 --- PAST the pursuing CARS ---
270
271 --- to the bottom where they EXPLODE in a CHAIN REACTION back
272 UP THE RAMP, taking out at least 15 CARS!
273
274 ON THE HELIPAD - Finn blasts into view, pulls to a stop. No
275 more road. Nowhere else to go.
276
277 The 20 BAD GUY CARS that are still in pursuit surround him,
278 fire up their blowtorches. About to pounce.
279
280 Finn GRINS. The second time we've seen this grin. It means
281 he's got something cooking.
282
283 Finn's REVERSE LIGHTS appear. He DRIVES BACKWARD off the edge
284 of the helipad to the SHOCK of the other cars.
285
286 Finn falls. He turns himself so he's grill first, cleanly
287 cutting into the water.
288 6.
289
290
291 He EMERGES, now sprouting HYDROFOIL and speeds away.
292
293 GREM
294 (NONPLUSSED)
295 Get to the boats.
296
297 THE BOATS - an army of combat ships quickly DROP into the sea
298 and CHURN WATER with unprecedented fury as they quickly make
299 up the distance between them and Finn, FIRING BULLETS as they
300 do so.
301
302 ACER
303 He's getting away!
304
305 COMBAT SHIP
306 Not for long.
307
308 The LEAD COMBAT SHIP quietly drops a TORPEDO into the water.
309 It skips along, connecting with Finn in his rear and
310 EXPLODING with such force that water skyrockets into the
311 night clouds.
312
313 UNDERWATER - McMissile SINKS. Then, he blinks. He GRINS.
314 We're starting to like this grin and what follows it. He now
315 CONVERTS into a submarine. From his trunk he releases four
316 DECOY tires which float to the surface like body parts.
317
318 ON THE DERRICK - Professor Zundapp watches it all from far
319 away.
320
321 GREM (OVER RADIO)
322 He's dead, Professor.
323
324 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
325 Wunderbar. With Finn McMissile
326 gone, who can stop us now?
327
328 EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - DAY
329
330 TOW MATER, a rusty tow truck, putters into view.
331
332 MATER
333 Mater. Tow Mater, that's who... is
334 here to help you!
335
336 He approaches a broken-down sedan on the side of the road. He
337 drives around to the front, catching OTIS' face for the first
338 time.
339
340 MATER
341 Hey, Otis!
342 7.
343
344
345 OTIS
346 Hey, Mater. Gosh, I'm so sorry. I
347 thought I could make it this time,
348 but...
349 (he tries to start his
350 engine, stalls)
351 Smooth like pudding, huh? Ah, who
352 am I kidding? I'll always be a
353 lemon.
354
355 Mater hooks his friend and starts towing him.
356
357 MATER
358 Well dadgum, you're leaking oil
359 again. Must be your gaskets. Hey,
360 look on the bright side: This is
361 your tenth tow this month, so that
362 means it's on the house.
363
364 OTIS
365 You're the only one that's nice to
366 lemons like me, Mater.
367
368 MATER
369 Don't sweat it. These things happen
370 to everybody, Otis.
371
372 OTIS
373 But you never leak oil.
374
375 MATER
376 Yeah, but I ain't perfect. Don't
377 tell nobody, but I think my rust is
378 starting to show through.
379
380 Mater and Otis drive past THE RADIATOR SPRINGS WELCOME SIGN.
381 It has been amended to say: "Home of Lightning McQueen."
382
383 OTIS
384 Hey, is Lightning McQueen back yet?
385
386 MATER
387 Not yet.
388
389 OTIS
390 He must be crazy-excited about
391 winning his fourth Piston Cup.
392 Four! Wow!
393 8.
394
395
396 MATER
397 Yeah, we're so dadgum proud of him.
398 But I sure wish he'd hurry up and
399 get back `cause we got a whole
400 summer's worth of best friend fun
401 to make up for. Just me and --
402
403 Ahead of them, a half-mile off, a RED RACE CAR is visible.
404
405 MATER
406 --- McQueen!
407
408 Mater FLOORS IT, dragging poor Otis behind him.
409
410 OTIS
411 Uh, Mater? I'm in no hurry. You
412 don't need to go so fast!
413
414 Boom! They hit a bump. Otis catches air.
415
416 EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - DAY
417
418 Lightning McQueen is surrounded by his hometown friends.
419
420 LUIGI
421 Oh, Lightning. Welcome home.
422
423 FLO
424 Good to have you back, honey.
425
426 FILLMORE
427 Congratulations, man.
428
429 SARGE
430 Welcome home, soldier.
431
432 SHERIFF
433 The place wasn't the same without
434 you, son.
435
436 LIZZIE
437 What? Did he go somewhere?
438
439 MCQUEEN
440 It's good to be home, everybody.
441
442 MATER (O.S.)
443 McQueen!
444
445 They all turn around, see Mater speeding into town, with Otis
446 swerving behind him.
447
448 MCQUEEN
449 Mater!
450 9.
451
452
453 MATER
454 McQueen!
455
456 Mater skids into main street and in one swift motion,
457 slingshots Otis forward ---
458
459 OTIS
460 Woaahhhhh!
461
462 --- right through Ramone's front door ---
463
464 INT. RAMONE'S - CONTINUOUS
465
466 --- where he lands perfectly on the hydraulic lift. Ramone
467 lifts him up, routine.
468
469 RAMONE
470 Hey. How far'd you make it this
471 time, Otis?
472
473 OTIS
474 Halfway to the county line.
475
476 RAMONE
477 Not bad, man.
478
479 OTIS
480 I know, I can't believe it either!
481
482 EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - CONTINUOUS
483
484 MATER
485 McQueen, welcome back!
486
487 MCQUEEN
488 Mater, it's so good to see you.
489
490 MATER
491 You too, buddy.
492
493 Mater and McQueen do an ELABORATE TIRE BUMP (fist bump
494 style).
495
496 MATER
497 Oh, man. You ain't gonna believe
498 the things I got planned for us.
499
500 Everyone watches as the tire bump continues.
501
502 MACK
503 (to Lizzie, an aside)
504 These best friend greetings get
505 longer every year.
506 10.
507
508
509 MATER
510 (TO MCQUEEN)
511 You ready to have some serious fun?
512
513 MCQUEEN
514 Well, actually I've got something
515 to show you first.
516
517 INT. RADIATOR SPRINGS MUSEUM - DAY
518
519 CLOSE ON THE PISTON CUP. It has now changed, been adorned
520 with a small likeness of Doc. It says "Hudson Hornet Piston
521 Cup."
522
523 MATER
524 Wow. I can't believe they renamed
525 the Piston Cup after our very own
526 Doc Hudson.
527
528 McQueen and Mater are alone, the museum closed to the public.
529 McQueen approaches a "Hudson Hornet" wall with Doc's three
530 Piston cups, framed articles, other racing ephemera.
531
532 MCQUEEN
533 I know Doc said these things were
534 just old cups, but to have someone
535 else win it just didn't feel right,
536 you know?
537
538 MATER
539 Well, Doc would've been real proud
540 of you. That's for sure.
541
542 McQueen takes this in.
543
544 EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - LATER
545
546 McQueen and Mater exit the Doc Hudson Museum.
547
548 MCQUEEN
549 Alright, pal. I've been waiting all
550 summer for this. What've you got
551 planned?
552
553 MATER
554 You sure you can handle it?
555
556 MCQUEEN
557 Come on, you know who you're
558 talking to? This is Lightning
559 McQueen. I can handle anything.
560 11.
561
562
563 EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - DAY
564
565 Mater and McQueen roll on an old train track, their tires
566 off. They're on their rims.
567
568 MCQUEEN
569 Uh.... Mater?!
570
571 MATER
572 Just remember, your brakes ain't
573 gonna work on these!
574
575 As they head INTO A DARK TUNNEL ---
576
577 MCQUEEN (O.S.)
578 Mater!
579
580 MATER (O.S.)
581 Relax, these train tracks ain't
582 been used in years!
583
584 From inside the tunnel a loud TRAIN HORN. The two friends
585 emerge, going as fast as they can on train tracks, uphill,
586 with no tires.
587
588 MCQUEEN
589 Come on, come on! Faster, faster!
590
591 Moments later a harmless GALLOPING GOOSE appears, oversized
592 horn visible, cackling and laughing at his prank.
593
594 EXT. FIELD - OUTSIDE RADIATOR SPRINGS - LATER
595
596 An ENORMOUS EARTH MOVER sleeps. McQueen and Mater sneak up.
597
598 MATER
599 This is gonna be good!
600
601 They blow their horns and he TIPS OVER, tractor-tipping
602 style. They LAUGH at the gag, but soon realize the earth
603 mover's GIANT EXHAUST PIPE is directly above them.
604
605 MATER
606 Uh-oh. This ain't gonna be good.
607
608 The exhaust pipe BELCHES. McQueen and Mater are BLASTED out
609 of view.
610
611 INT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - DUSK
612
613 The sun sets. McQueen and Mater roll into town. McQueen looks
614 exhausted. Mater is still full of energy.
615 12.
616
617
618 MATER
619 Boy, this was the best day ever!
620 And my favorite souvenir?
621
622 Mater proudly shows off a dent.
623
624 MATER
625 This new dent!
626
627 MCQUEEN
628 Boy, Mater. Today was, uh...
629
630 MATER
631 Shoot, that was nothing. Wait til
632 you see what I got planned for
633 tonight.
634
635 MCQUEEN
636 Mater, Mater. Whoa. I was kind of
637 thinking of just a quiet dinner.
638
639 MATER
640 That's exactly what I was thinking.
641
642 MCQUEEN
643 No, I... I meant with Sally, Mater.
644
645 MATER
646 Even better! You, me and Miss Sally
647 going out for supper.
648
649 McQueen pulls around in front of Mater, stops.
650
651 MCQUEEN
652 Mater, I meant it would be just me
653 and Sally.
654
655 MATER
656 Oh.
657
658 MCQUEEN
659 It's just for tonight. We'll do
660 whatever you want tomorrow.
661
662 MATER
663 (DISAPPOINTED)
664 Okay.
665
666 MCQUEEN
667 Thanks for understanding.
668
669 MATER
670 Yeah, sure. Y'all go on and have
671 fun now.
672 13.
673
674
675 MCQUEEN
676 Alright, then. See ya soon, amigo!
677
678 McQueen drives off. Mater watches him go.
679
680 EXT. THE WHEEL WELL - NIGHT
681
682 It's been converted into a white-tablecloth restaurant, with
683 cars dining al fresco and a hopping gastropub inside.
684
685 MCQUEEN AND SALLY have a prime table with a view of Radiator
686 Springs and the starry night sky.
687
688 SALLY
689 This is so nice.
690
691 MCQUEEN
692 I can't tell you how good it is to
693 be here alone. Just the two of us.
694 Finally, you and me ---
695
696 MATER (O.S.)
697 Good evening.
698
699 Mater is at their table, dressed as a waiter.
700
701 MATER
702 My name is Mater and I'll be your
703 waiter.
704 (TO HIMSELF)
705 Mater the waiter. That's funny
706 right there.
707
708 MCQUEEN
709 Mater, you work here?
710
711 MATER
712 Well yeah I work here. What'd you
713 think, I just snuck in here when
714 nobody was looking and pretended to
715 be your waiter, just so I could
716 hang out with you?
717
718 McQueen and Sally exchange a look.
719
720 MCQUEEN
721 Oh, yeah. How ridiculous would that
722 be?
723
724 MATER
725 Now, can I start you two lovebirds
726 off with a couple drinks?
727 14.
728
729
730 MCQUEEN
731 Yes. I'll have my usual.
732
733 SALLY
734 You know what? I'm going to have
735 that too.
736
737 Mater blinks.
738
739 MATER
740 Uh, right. Your usual.
741 CUT TO:
742
743 INSIDE AT THE BAR - Fillmore and Sarge watch as Guido mixes
744 drinks, ala "Cocktail." Mater arrives.
745
746 MATER
747 Guido! What's McQueen's usual?
748
749 GUIDO
750 (in Italian, subtitled)
751 How should I know?
752
753 MATER
754 Perfect! Give me two of `em.
755
756 SARGE
757 Quiet! My program's on.
758
759 MEL DORADO (O.S.)
760 Tonight on "The Mel Dorado Show"!
761
762 ON THE BAR TV - "THE MEL DORADO SHOW," a cable talk show,
763 begins with file footage of MILES AXLEROD, a sleek SUV.
764
765 MEL DORADO (ON TV)
766 His story gripped the world! Oil
767 billionaire Miles Axlerod, in an
768 attempt to become the first car to
769 circumnavigate the globe without
770 GPS, ironically ran out of gas and
771 found himself trapped in the wild!
772
773 We see images of newspaper headlines, search crews.
774
775 MEL DORADO (ON TV)
776 Feared dead, he emerged 36 days
777 later, running on a fuel he'd
778 distilled himself from the natural
779 elements! Since then he's sold his
780 oil fortune, converted himself from
781 a gas-guzzler into an electric car,
782 and has devoted his life to finding
783 a renewable, clean-burning fuel!
784 15.
785
786
787 Images of oil derricks torn down; Miles Axlerod getting
788 converted to electric; lab scientists testing chemicals.
789
790 MEL DORADO (ON TV)
791 Now he claims to have done it with
792 his Allinol.
793
794 Images of fields, rivers, vegetables, and mountains all
795 combining to form the Allinol logo.
796
797 MEL DORADO (ON TV)
798 And to show the world what his new
799 superfuel can do, he's created a
800 racing competition like no other,
801 inviting the greatest champions
802 from around the globe to battle in
803 the first ever World Grand Prix.
804 Welcome Sir Miles Axlerod.
805
806 SIR MILES AXLEROD arrives, parks across from Mel's desk.
807
808 MILES AXLEROD (ON TV)
809 Thank you, Mel. It is very good to
810 be here. Now listen to me: Big Oil.
811 It costs a fortune. Pollution is
812 getting worse. I mean, come on.
813 It's a fossil fuel. Fossil. As in
814 dead dinosaurs. And we all know
815 what happened to them. Alternative
816 energy is the future. Trust me,
817 Mel, after seeing Allinol in action
818 at the World Grand Prix, nobody
819 will ever go back to gasoline
820 again.
821
822 MATER
823 (TO FILLMORE)
824 What happened to the dinosaurs,
825 now?
826
827 MEL DORADO (ON TV)
828 And on satellite, a World Grand
829 Prix competitor and one of the
830 fastest cars in the world,
831 Francesco Bernoulli.
832
833 Across the screen: LIVE FROM ROME, ITALY. We meet Formula
834 race car FRANCESCO BERNOULLI.
835
836 FRANCESCO (ON TV)
837 It is an honor, Signore Dorado. For
838 you.
839 16.
840
841
842 MEL DORADO (ON TV)
843 Miles, why not invite Lightning
844 McQueen?
845
846 Mater, collecting his drinks, looks up, half-intrigued.
847
848 MILES AXLEROD (ON TV)
849 Of course we invited him. But
850 apparently after a very long racing
851 season he is taking some time off
852 to rest.
853
854 FRANCESCO (ON TV)
855 Lightning McQueen would not have a
856 chance against Francesco!
857
858 Mater doesn't like this.
859
860 FRANCESCO (ON TV)
861 I can go over 300 kilometers an
862 hour! In miles that is like, uh...
863 way faster than McQueen.
864
865 MEL DORADO (ON TV)
866 Let's go to the phones. Baltimore,
867 Maryland, you're on the air.
868
869 CALLER (ON TV)
870 Am I on? Hello?
871
872 MEL DORADO (ON TV)
873 You're on. Go ahead.
874
875 CALLER (ON TV)
876 Hello?
877
878 MEL DORADO (ON TV)
879 Go ahead, caller.
880
881 Dial tone.
882
883 MEL DORADO (ON TV)
884 Let's go to Radiator Springs.
885 You're on, caller.
886
887 MATER'S VOICE (ON TV)
888 Yeah, that Italian feller you got
889 on there can't talk that way about
890 Lightning McQueen. He's the bestest
891 race car in the whole wide world.
892
893 Fillmore and Sarge look around. Mater is visible in the back
894 of the bar on an office phone.
895 17.
896
897
898 SARGE
899 Uh-oh...
900
901 FRANCESCO (ON TV)
902 If he is, how you say "the bestest
903 race car," then why must he rest,
904 eh?
905
906 MATER'S VOICE (ON TV)
907 Cause he knows what's important.
908 Every now and then he prefers just
909 to slow down, enjoy life.
910
911 FRANCESCO (ON TV)
912 Ah, you heard it! Lightning McQueen
913 prefers to be slow! Of course, this
914 is not news to Francesco. When I
915 want to go to sleep I watch one of
916 his races. After two laps I am out
917 cold.
918
919 Audible RXNS from the bar. A crowd has been forming ever
920 since Mater started talking.
921
922 MATER'S VOICE (ON TV)
923 That ain't what I meant.
924 CUT TO:
925
926 MCQUEEN AND SALLY - They hear the commotion inside.
927
928 MCQUEEN
929 Hey, what's going on over there?
930 CUT BACK TO:
931
932 THE BAR - Sally and McQueen push through the crowd, see that
933 they're watching Francesco on the television.
934
935 MCQUEEN
936 (TO SALLY)
937 Oh, it's that Italian Formula car.
938 His name is ---
939
940 SALLY
941 Francesco Bernoulli. No wonder
942 there's a crowd.
943
944 When Sally says his name, she enunciates each part, as if
945 Italian were her mother's tongue.
946
947 MCQUEEN
948 Wait, why do you know his name? And
949 don't say it like that. It's three
950 syllables, not ten.
951 18.
952
953
954 SALLY
955 What? He's nice to look at. You
956 know, open-wheeled and all.
957
958 MCQUEEN
959 What's wrong with fenders? I
960 thought you like my fenders.
961
962 MATER'S VOICE (ON TV)
963 Well let me tell you something else
964 there, Mr. San Francisco ---
965
966 MCQUEEN
967 Mater?
968
969 MATER'S VOICE (ON TV)
970 McQueen could drive circles around
971 you.
972
973 FRANCESCO (ON TV)
974 Driving in circles is all he can
975 do, no?
976
977 MATER'S VOICE (ON TV)
978 No! I mean yes. I mean he could
979 beat you anywhere, anytime, any
980 track.
981
982 On McQueen - he looks at Guido who gives a nod over to ---
983
984 --- Mater, turned away from the crowd, still on the phone.
985
986 FRANCESCO (ON TV)
987 Mel, can we move on? Francesco
988 needs a caller who can provide a
989 little more intellectual
990 stimulation. Like a dump truck.
991
992 ON MCQUEEN. He doesn't like this at all.
993
994 MATER
995 Ha ha! That shows what you know.
996 Dump trucks is dumb.
997
998 Suddenly, Mater is YANKED from the booth and replaced by
999 McQueen.
1000
1001 MCQUEEN (INTO PHONE)
1002 Yeah, hi, this is Lightning
1003 McQueen. Look, I don't appreciate
1004 my best friend being insulted like
1005 that.
1006 19.
1007
1008
1009 FRANCESCO (ON TV)
1010 McQueen! That was your best friend?
1011 This is the difference between you
1012 and Francesco. Francesco knows how
1013 good he is. He does not need to
1014 surround himself with tow trucks to
1015 prove it.
1016
1017 MCQUEEN
1018 Those are strong words from a car
1019 that is so fragile.
1020
1021 FRANCESCO (ON TV)
1022 Fragilé!? He calls Francesco
1023 fragilé? Not so fast, McQueen!
1024
1025 MCQUEEN
1026 "Not so fast." What is that, your
1027 new motto?
1028
1029 Francesco goes ballistic in Italian. They cut his mic.
1030
1031 MILES AXLEROD (ON TV)
1032 Well, this sounds like something
1033 that needs to be settled on the
1034 race course. What do you say,
1035 Lightning McQueen? We've still got
1036 room for one more racer.
1037
1038 MCQUEEN
1039 Well, I would love to. The only
1040 thing is my crew's off for the
1041 season so ---
1042
1043 A sound O.S. McQueen turns to see Fillmore, Sarge and Luigi
1044 flank a tablecloth which is hanging off the bar. Ramone backs
1045 away, having spray painted "TEAM LIGHTNING MCQUEEN" on it.
1046 Guido quickly uncorks three wine bottles.
1047
1048 GUIDO
1049 Pit stop.
1050
1051 McQueen turns back to the phone.
1052
1053 MCQUEEN
1054 You know what? They just got back.
1055 Deal me in, baby. Ka-chow!
1056
1057 The place ERUPTS IN CHEERS.
1058
1059 MOMENTS LATER - General excitement as McQueen exits the phone
1060 booth where Sally waits. Off her look:
1061 20.
1062
1063
1064 MCQUEEN
1065 I know, I know. I just got back.
1066 But we won't be long and ---
1067
1068 SALLY
1069 Oh, no, don't worry about me. I've
1070 got enough to do here. Mater's
1071 going to have a blast though.
1072 (off McQueen's silence)
1073 You're bringing Mater, right? You
1074 never bring him to any of your
1075 races.
1076
1077 McQueen turns to the bar where Mater privately tries their
1078 drinks, hates it, spits it back in the glass.
1079
1080 SALLY
1081 Just let him sit in the pits, give
1082 him a headset. C'mon, it'll be a
1083 thrill of a lifetime for him.
1084
1085 Mater arrives.
1086
1087 MATER
1088 Your drinks, sir.
1089
1090 MCQUEEN
1091 Mater.
1092
1093 MATER
1094 I didn't taste it!
1095
1096 MCQUEEN
1097 How'd you like to come and see the
1098 world with me?
1099
1100 MATER
1101 You mean it?
1102
1103 MCQUEEN
1104 You got me into this thing. You're
1105 coming along.
1106
1107 BEGIN MONTAGE:
1108
1109 - McQueen is given a new paint job and headlights by Ramone.
1110 Mater, now sporting a "Team McQueen" emblem, seems psyched as
1111 well.
1112
1113 - An airport DEPARTURES SIGN advertises the next flight:
1114 Tokyo, Japan.
1115
1116 - Mater waves goodbye with his hook alongside McQueen, Guido,
1117 Luigi, Fillmore and Sarge as ---
1118 21.
1119
1120
1121 --- the rest of Radiator Springs watches them board a plane.
1122 Red bawls.
1123
1124 - IN THE JET, LATER. McQueen and Mater are the only ones
1125 awake, watch an insane Japanese game show.
1126
1127 - JAPAN AT NIGHT. A stylish Tokyo cityscape of neon, glamour,
1128 scrolling billboards, vending machines and high-tech
1129 skyscrapers.
1130
1131 - INSIDE A SOUVENIR SHOP loaded with McQueen toys: Mater and
1132 McQueen enter. A tourist sees McQueen and faints.
1133
1134 - A KABUKI THEATER. Team McQueen watches a methodical dance.
1135 Mater, dressed in Kabuki makeup, arrives. He looks insane.
1136
1137 - A SUMO MATCH - Two SUZUKI SAMURAI CARS wrestle over a
1138 parking space. Mater, now in his element, cheers.
1139
1140 The MONTAGE ENDS on this high note as we CUT TO ---
1141
1142 EXT. MUSEUM - TOKYO - NIGHT
1143
1144 ---- TEAM MCQUEEN, as they roll up the red carpet. Press is
1145 held at bay behind ropes. WORLD GRAND PRIX and ALLINOL logos
1146 are strategically placed for maximum press exposure. RACERS
1147 are interviewed by press behind the red-carpet ropes.
1148
1149 INT. TOKYO MUSEUM - NIGHT
1150
1151 Team McQueen enters via a second floor landing which
1152 overlooks a massive indoor party in a converted museum. As
1153 they roll down a ramp to the party, they are awed.
1154
1155 LUIGI
1156 Guido, look! Ferraris and tires!
1157 Let's go!
1158
1159 MCQUEEN
1160 (IMPRESSED)
1161 Hey, look at this. Okay now Mater,
1162 remember: best behavior.
1163
1164 MATER
1165 You got it, buddy. Hey, what's
1166 that?
1167
1168 He sees something, peels away.
1169
1170 MCQUEEN
1171 Mater!
1172
1173 LEWIS HAMILTON
1174 Hey, McQueen, over here!
1175 22.
1176
1177
1178 It's fellow racers JEFF GORVETTE and LEWIS HAMILTON. McQueen
1179 now has no choice but to let Mater go.
1180
1181 MCQUEEN
1182 Hey, Jeff. Lewis!
1183 CUT TO:
1184
1185 MATER as he approaches a GLASS-ENCLOSED ROCK GARDEN where a
1186 pitty RAKES rocks with precision. He knocks on the glass with
1187 his hook.
1188
1189 MATER
1190 Hey! You done good! You got all the
1191 leaves!
1192
1193 People turn at the noise he's making.
1194 CUT BACK TO:
1195
1196 MCQUEEN, JEFF and LEWIS.
1197
1198 JEFF GORVETTE
1199 Check out that tow truck.
1200
1201 LEWIS HAMILTON
1202 I wonder who that guy's with?
1203
1204 MCQUEEN
1205 Will you guys excuse me just for
1206 one little second?
1207
1208 He zips over to Mater's side, quickly pulls him out of sight.
1209
1210 MCQUEEN
1211 Mater, listen. This isn't Radiator
1212 Springs.
1213
1214 MATER
1215 You're just realizing that? Boy,
1216 that jet-lag really done a number
1217 on you.
1218
1219 MCQUEEN
1220 Mater, look -- things are different
1221 over here. Which means maybe you
1222 should, you know, act a little
1223 different too.
1224
1225 MATER
1226 Different than what?
1227
1228 MCQUEEN
1229 Well, just... help me out here,
1230 buddy. I ---
1231 23.
1232
1233
1234 MATER
1235 You need help? Shoot, why didn't
1236 you just say so? That's what a tow
1237 truck does. Hey, looky there, it's
1238 Mr. San Francisco!
1239
1240 FRANCESCO is visible across the room, holding court.
1241
1242 MATER
1243 I'll introduce you.
1244
1245 MCQUEEN
1246 Mater, no.
1247
1248 MATER
1249 (already on his way)
1250 Look at me -- I'm helping you
1251 already!
1252
1253 On FRANCESCO - MOMENTS LATER. Mater approaches, giddy.
1254
1255 MATER
1256 Hey Mr. San Francisco, I'd like you
1257 to meet ---
1258
1259 FRANCESCO
1260 Lightning McQueen! Buona sera.
1261
1262 MCQUEEN
1263 Nice to meet you, Francesco.
1264
1265 FRANCESCO
1266 Yeah, nice to meet you too. You are
1267 very good-looking. Not as good as I
1268 thought, but you're good.
1269
1270 MATER
1271 (TO FRANCESCO)
1272 Excuse me. Can I get a picture with
1273 you?
1274
1275 FRANCESCO
1276 Anything for McQueen's friend.
1277
1278 As Mater poses for a photo with Francesco:
1279
1280 MATER
1281 Miss Sally is gonna flip when she
1282 sees this. She's Lightning
1283 McQueen's girlfriend.
1284
1285 FRANCESCO
1286 Oooh.
1287 24.
1288
1289
1290 MATER
1291 She's a big fan of yours.
1292
1293 FRANCESCO
1294 Hey, she has good taste.
1295
1296 MCQUEEN
1297 Mater's prone to exaggeration. I
1298 wouldn't say she's a "big" fan.
1299
1300 MATER
1301 You're right. She's a huge fan. She
1302 goes on and on about your open
1303 wheels here.
1304
1305 MCQUEEN
1306 Mentioning it once doesn't qualify
1307 as going "on and on."
1308
1309 FRANCESCO
1310 Francesco is familiar with this
1311 reaction to Francesco. Women
1312 respect a car that has nothing to
1313 hide.
1314
1315 MCQUEEN
1316 Yeah, uh...
1317
1318 FRANCESCO
1319 Let us have a toast.
1320
1321 McQueen doesn't like where this is going, covers.
1322
1323 MCQUEEN
1324 Let's.
1325
1326 FRANCESCO
1327 (raising a drink)
1328 I dedicate my win tomorrow... to
1329 Miss Sally.
1330
1331 MCQUEEN
1332 Oh, sorry. I already dedicated MY
1333 win tomorrow to her. So if we both
1334 do it, it's really not so special.
1335 Besides, I don't have a drink.
1336
1337 MATER
1338 I'll go get you one. You mind if I
1339 borrow a few bucks for one of them
1340 drinks?
1341 25.
1342
1343
1344 MCQUEEN
1345 (could kill him)
1346 They're free, Mater.
1347
1348 MATER
1349 Free? Well, shoot, what am I doing
1350 here?
1351
1352 Mater ZIPS OFF.
1353
1354 MCQUEEN
1355 I should probably go keep an eye on
1356 him. See you at the race.
1357
1358 McQueen starts to leave.
1359
1360 FRANCESCO
1361 Yes, you will see Francesco. But
1362 not like this.
1363
1364 Francesco does a 180, so his rear end now faces McQueen.
1365
1366 FRANCESCO
1367 You will see him like this, as he
1368 drives away from you.
1369
1370 Francesco wears a bumper sticker that says "Ciao, McQueen!"
1371
1372 MCQUEEN
1373 That's cute. So you had one of
1374 those made up for all the racers?
1375
1376 FRANCESCO
1377 No.
1378
1379 MCQUEEN
1380 Okay.
1381
1382 He rolls off.
1383
1384 MCQUEEN
1385 He is so getting beat tomorrow.
1386
1387 INT. PARTY - MOMENTS LATER
1388
1389 Lights caress the main stage where a crowd has formed.
1390
1391 VOICE
1392 Ladies and gentlecars... Sir Miles
1393 Axlerod!
1394
1395 MILES AXLEROD drives through an infinity fountain, appears.
1396 26.
1397
1398
1399 MILES AXLEROD
1400 It is my absolute honor to
1401 introduce to you the competitors in
1402 the first-ever World Grand Prix.
1403 From Brazil. Number eight...
1404
1405 ON FINN MCMISSILE. He appears from the shadows, keeps a
1406 careful distance from the stage. He ZEROES HIS GAZE ON ---
1407
1408 --- THE WORLD GRAND PRIX TV CAMERAS which roll, catching
1409 Miles Axlerod's speech for publicity and posterity.
1410
1411 Finn's ONBOARD COMPUTER ANALYZES each one, compares to the
1412 photos we saw him snap on the oil platform. Each one is "NOT
1413 A MATCH." His view is suddenly disrupted by A BEAUTIFUL
1414 SPORTS CAR. She approaches Finn. Meet HOLLEY SHIFTWELL.
1415
1416 HOLLEY
1417 A Volkswagen Karmann Ghia has no
1418 radiator.
1419
1420 FINN
1421 That's because it's air-cooled.
1422
1423 HOLLEY
1424 I'm Agent Shiftwell, Holley
1425 Shiftwell from the Tokyo Station. I
1426 have a message from London.
1427
1428 FINN
1429 Not here.
1430 (LOUDLY)
1431 You must try the canapes on the
1432 mezzanine!
1433
1434 He moves her onto an elevator. The doors close on them.
1435
1436 IN THE ELEVATOR, GOING UP.
1437
1438 FINN
1439 So the lab boys analyzed the photo
1440 I sent? What did they learn about
1441 the camera?
1442
1443 HOLLEY
1444 It appears to be a standard
1445 television camera. They said if you
1446 could get closer photos next time,
1447 that would be great.
1448
1449 FINN
1450 This was London's message?
1451 27.
1452
1453
1454 HOLLEY
1455 Oh -- no, no. No sir. Um, the oil
1456 platforms you were on? Turns out
1457 they're sitting on the biggest oil
1458 reserve in the world.
1459
1460 FINN
1461 How did we miss that?
1462
1463 HOLLEY
1464 They'd been scrambling everyone's
1465 satellites. The Americans actually
1466 discovered it just before you did.
1467 They placed an agent on that
1468 platform, under deep cover. He was
1469 able to get a photo of the car
1470 who's running the entire operation.
1471
1472 The doors OPEN and they exit onto the Mezzanine.
1473
1474 FINN
1475 Who is it? Has anyone seen the
1476 photo yet?
1477
1478 HOLLEY
1479 No, not yet. The American is here
1480 tonight to pass it to you. He'll
1481 signal you when he's ready.
1482
1483 FINN
1484 GOOD ---
1485
1486 Finn suddenly STOPS COLD.
1487
1488 FINN
1489 Oh no.
1490
1491 Professor Zundapp is visible below them. He talks with a few
1492 Pacers and Gremlins. Finn quickly retreats into the shadows.
1493 Holley follows suit.
1494
1495 HOLLEY
1496 What is it?
1497
1498 FINN
1499 Change of plan. You're meeting the
1500 American.
1501
1502 HOLLEY
1503 What, me?
1504 28.
1505
1506
1507 FINN
1508 Those thugs down there were on the
1509 oil platform. If they see me, the
1510 whole mission is compromised.
1511
1512 HOLLEY
1513 No, no. I'm technical, you see. I'm
1514 in Diagnostics. I'm not a field
1515 agent.
1516
1517 FINN
1518 You are now.
1519 CUT TO:
1520
1521 MATER as he grabs a drink, keeps moving.
1522
1523 MATER
1524 I'll take one of them.
1525
1526 He snatches it, drops it in the back where we now see a large
1527 assortment of drinks balanced.
1528
1529 MATER
1530 Never know which one McQueen'll
1531 have a hankering for.
1532
1533 He approaches a sushi bar.
1534
1535 MATER
1536 Hey, what you got here that's free?
1537 How about that pistachio ice cream?
1538
1539 He refers to wasabi, of course.
1540
1541 SUSHI CHEF
1542 No, no. Wasabi.
1543
1544 MATER
1545 Oh, same ol', same ol'. What's up
1546 with you? That looks delicious.
1547
1548 The chef starts to carve a small scoop aside for Mater.
1549
1550 MATER
1551 Uh, a little more, please.
1552 It is free, right?
1553 (the chef adds more)
1554 Keep it coming. A little more. Come
1555 on, let's go, it's free! You're
1556 getting there... Scoop scoop!
1557
1558 The chef gives in. Scoops a baseball-sized ball out.
1559 29.
1560
1561
1562 MATER
1563 There you go. Now THAT's a scoop of
1564 ice cream.
1565
1566 SUSHI CHEF
1567 (in Japanese, subtitles)
1568 My condolences.
1569 CUT BACK TO:
1570
1571 MILES AXLEROD - He's now nearly done with his intros.
1572
1573 MILES AXLEROD
1574 ... and now, our last competitor ---
1575 Number 95, Lightning McQueen!
1576
1577 MCQUEEN approaches the microphone, flashes his headlights.
1578
1579 MCQUEEN
1580 Thank you so much for having us,
1581 Sir Axlerod. I really look forward
1582 to racing. This is a great
1583 opportunity.
1584
1585 MILES AXLEROD
1586 Oh, the pleasure is all ours,
1587 Lightning. You and your team bring
1588 excellence and professionalism to
1589 this competition.
1590
1591 As if on cue, Mater arrives with a piercing scream of pain.
1592 Everyone turns as he charges head first toward the stage,
1593 making a bee-line for that FOUNTAIN.
1594
1595 MATER
1596 Somebody get me water!
1597
1598 He laps up water from the fountain like a diabetic cat.
1599
1600 MATER
1601 (LAPPING WATER)
1602 Sweet relief...
1603
1604 Miles Axlerod is shocked. The crowd can't believe it.
1605 Francesco cackles. Mater, now sated, approaches the mic.
1606
1607 MATER
1608 (to the crowd)
1609 Whatever you do, do not eat the
1610 free pistachio ice cream. It has
1611 turned!
1612
1613 MCQUEEN
1614 Sir Axlerod, I can explain. This is
1615 Mater.
1616 30.
1617
1618
1619 MILES AXLEROD
1620 I know him. This is the bloke that
1621 called into the television show.
1622 (TO MATER)
1623 You're the one I have to thank.
1624
1625 MATER
1626 No, thank you. This trip's been
1627 amazing.
1628
1629 MILES AXLEROD
1630 (TO MCQUEEN)
1631 He's a little excited, isn't he?
1632
1633 TILT DOWN to reveal a pool of oil beneath Mater.
1634
1635 MCQUEEN
1636 Mater!
1637
1638 MATER
1639 But wait, I... oh, shoot.
1640
1641 McQueen quickly pulls Mater aside, out of earshot of Miles
1642 Axlerod and the others. McQueen is beside himself.
1643
1644 MCQUEEN
1645 Mater, you have to get a hold of
1646 yourself. You're making a scene.
1647
1648 MATER
1649 But I never leak oil. Never.
1650
1651 MCQUEEN
1652 Go take care of yourself right now.
1653
1654 Mater drives off.
1655
1656 ON MATER - MOMENTS LATER
1657
1658 He drives through the party, frantic.
1659
1660 MATER
1661 Coming through! Excuse me, leakin'
1662 oil. Where's the bathroom? Thank
1663 you. I gotta go!
1664
1665 Someone points Mater down a hallway. He whips around the
1666 CORNER ---
1667
1668 --- and STOPS. Finds himself in front of TWO BATHROOM DOORS,
1669 neither of which clearly indicate MALE or FEMALE.
1670 31.
1671
1672
1673 MATER
1674 (CONFUSED)
1675 What the...
1676
1677 Mater chooses one, drives inside. A SHRIEK is heard and Mater
1678 zips out.
1679
1680 MATER
1681 Sorry ladies!
1682
1683 He heads into the other door ---
1684 CUT TO:
1685
1686 INT. MEN'S ROOM - NIGHT
1687
1688 Mater rolls in, still `holding it in' like a kid.
1689
1690 MATER
1691 I never leak I never leak I never
1692 leak...
1693
1694 He sees someone leaving a stall. He heads in.
1695
1696 IN THE STALL - Mater enters, looks up.
1697
1698 MATER
1699 Wowee...
1700
1701 The stall is a complicated apparatus with buttons and lights.
1702 High-tech Japanese. It suddenly GRABS MATER, hoists him up as
1703 if he's going to get an oil change.
1704
1705 MATER
1706 What in the---
1707
1708 A Japanese style cartoon CARICATURE appears on a TV MONITOR,
1709 followed by images of waterfalls and rivers.
1710
1711 MATER
1712 (GIGGLING)
1713 Hey, that tickles.
1714
1715 The caricature starts talking in Japanese. Suddenly WATER
1716 FIRES UP underneath Mater's undercarriage, goosing him. He
1717 freaks out.
1718
1719 OUTSIDE THE STALL - With Mater's yells audible we see a
1720 GREMLIN enter, furtive. Suddenly, inexplicably, his frame
1721 BREAKS APART like an egg, revealing an AMERICAN MUSCLE CAR
1722 underneath. The pieces of the Gremlin disappear under him,
1723 clearly his disguise. This is ROD REDLINE - American Agent.
1724 32.
1725
1726
1727 ROD REDLINE
1728 Okay, McMissile. I'm here. It's
1729 time for the drop.
1730
1731 INT. PARTY - SAME
1732
1733 HOLLEY, rolls along by herself. Nervous. DING! Her rearview
1734 monitor springs to life.
1735
1736 HOLLEY (INTO RADIO)
1737 The American has activated his
1738 tracking beacon.
1739
1740 FINN (OVER RADIO)
1741 Roger that. Move in.
1742
1743 INT. BATHROOM - SAME
1744
1745 Rod Redline, waiting at a sink, feels a presence behind him.
1746
1747 GREM and ACER have entered, hesitate briefly when they see
1748 Rod Redline.
1749
1750 Rod Redline, careful, slides a gun out of his tire. He is
1751 suddenly CHARGED by the AMCs --- Rod SPINS AROUND and gets a
1752 shot off but is SLAMMED HEAD FIRST. A TIGHT, CLOSE-QUARTERS
1753 FIGHT begins ---
1754
1755 IN THE STALL - Mater, still TRAPPED, is now being SCRUBBED as
1756 if in a car wash. He is helpless.
1757
1758 OUTSIDE THE STALL - Rod is being pulverized. Just when he
1759 scrambles away from one car, the other one takes over.
1760
1761 IN THE STALL - Mater is mercifully released, but when he
1762 backs out ---
1763
1764 --- Rod Redline is THROWN INTO MATER'S STALL DOOR, crunching
1765 it and sending Mater ---
1766
1767 --- BACK INTO THE CLUTCHES of the insane toilet.
1768
1769 INT. PARTY - SAME
1770
1771 Holley isolates the tracking beacon's location in the party.
1772
1773 HOLLEY
1774 Oh, you've got to be joking.
1775
1776 FINN
1777 What's the problem, Shiftwell?
1778
1779 HOLLEY
1780 He's in the loo.
1781 33.
1782
1783
1784 FINN
1785 So go in!
1786
1787 HOLLEY
1788 I can't just go into the men's loo.
1789
1790 FINN
1791 Time is of the essence, Shiftwell.
1792
1793 INT. BATHROOM - OUTSIDE THE STALL
1794
1795 Rod Redline is in bad shape. He backs away, betrays a look of
1796 concern. He's in trouble here.
1797
1798 ACER burns rubber, ready to finish him off. Just as he shifts
1799 into DRIVE ---
1800
1801 --- MATER'S STALL DOOR KICKS OPEN, knocking ACER out. Mater
1802 jumps out, face-to-face GREM.
1803
1804 MATER
1805 (out of breath)
1806 Whatever you do, I would not go in
1807 there.
1808
1809 The door SWINGS shut, revealing the pulverized Acer.
1810
1811 MATER
1812 A Gremlin and a Pacer!
1813
1814 Rod Redline, now behind Mater and sensing an opportunity
1815 here, quickly produces A SMALL DEVICE.
1816
1817 MATER
1818 (to Grem and Acer)
1819 No offense to your makes and
1820 models, but you guys break down
1821 harder than my cousin Betsy after
1822 she got left at the ---
1823
1824 Rod Redline, surreptitiously attaches the device to Mater's
1825 undercarriage.
1826
1827 MATER
1828 (as he's goosed)
1829 --- altar!
1830
1831 He spins around, sees Rod Redline for the first time.
1832
1833 MATER
1834 Are you okay?
1835
1836 ROD REDLINE
1837 I'm fine.
1838 34.
1839
1840
1841 GREM
1842 Hey. Tow truck.
1843
1844 Mater turns back to Grem and Acer.
1845
1846 GREM
1847 We'd like to get to our private
1848 business here, if you don't mind.
1849
1850 MATER
1851 Oh, yeah. Don't let me get in the
1852 way of your "private business."
1853 Oh! A little advice: When you hear
1854 her giggle and see that waterfall,
1855 you best press that green button.
1856
1857 GREM
1858 Thank you.
1859
1860 MATER
1861 It's to adjust the temperature.
1862
1863 ACER
1864 Got it.
1865
1866 MATER
1867 Remember it's in Celsius, not
1868 Fahrenheit.
1869
1870 GREM AND ACER
1871 Get outta here!
1872
1873 MATER
1874 Alright then.
1875
1876 Mater exits, leaving Rod Redline to a now even angrier Grem
1877 and Acer.
1878
1879 EXT. BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER
1880
1881 Holley arrives at the door. She takes a breath, is about to
1882 enter when Mater EXITS.
1883
1884 MATER
1885 Excuse me, ma'am.
1886
1887 He passes her, expelling some exhaust in the process.
1888 Holley's rearview tracking confirms that the device is on
1889 him.
1890
1891 MATER
1892 (TO HIMSELF)
1893 Dadgum pistachio ice cream.
1894 35.
1895
1896
1897 HOLLEY (INTO RADIO)
1898 This cannot be him.
1899
1900 FINN (OVER RADIO)
1901 Is he American?
1902
1903 MATER
1904 (driving off, to himself)
1905 Look out, ladies. Mater's fittin'
1906 to get funky!
1907
1908 HOLLEY (INTO RADIO)
1909 Extremely.
1910
1911 FINN (OVER RADIO)
1912 Then it's him.
1913
1914 It's settled. Holley takes one more nervous breath, quickly
1915 closes the distance between her and Mater, cuts him off. He
1916 is forced to STOP.
1917
1918 HOLLEY
1919 Hello.
1920
1921 MATER
1922 Well, hello.
1923
1924 HOLLEY
1925 A Volkswagen Karmann Ghia has no
1926 radiator.
1927
1928 MATER
1929 Well of course it doesn't. That's
1930 `cause it's air-cooled!
1931
1932 HOLLEY
1933 (RELIEVED)
1934 Perfect. I'm from the Tokyo Station
1935 OF THE---
1936
1937 MATER
1938 Course, Karmann Ghia's weren't the
1939 only ones. Besides the Beetles you
1940 had your Type-3 Squarebacks, with
1941 the pancake motors...
1942
1943 HOLLEY
1944 Yeah. Okay, I get it---
1945
1946 MATER
1947 ... And before both of them,
1948 there's the Type-2 buses - my buddy
1949 Fillmore's one of them.
1950 36.
1951
1952
1953 HOLLEY
1954 Listen! We should find somewhere
1955 more private.
1956
1957 MATER
1958 Uh, gee. Don't you think that's a
1959 little, uh ---
1960
1961 HOLLEY
1962 (NERVOUS ENERGY)
1963 You're right. Impossible to know
1964 which areas here are compromised.
1965 So, when can I see you again?
1966
1967 MATER
1968 Well, let's see. Tomorrow I'll be
1969 out there at the races.
1970
1971 HOLLEY
1972 Got it. We'll rendezvous then.
1973
1974 INT. PARTY - MOMENTS LATER
1975
1976 Mater returns to his team, lost in thought.
1977
1978 MCQUEEN
1979 There you are. Where have you been?
1980
1981 MATER
1982 What's a rendezvous?
1983
1984 LUIGI
1985 It's like a date.
1986
1987 MATER
1988 A date?!
1989
1990 MCQUEEN
1991 Mater, what's going on?
1992
1993 MATER
1994 Well, what's going on is I've got
1995 me a date tomorrow.
1996
1997 Guido makes a crack in Italian.
1998
1999 LUIGI
2000 Guido don't believe you.
2001
2002 MATER
2003 Well, believe it. My new girlfriend
2004 just said so. Hey, there she is.
2005
2006 Mater points out Holley, who's within earshot.
2007 37.
2008
2009
2010 MATER
2011 (YELLING)
2012 Hey! Hey lady!
2013
2014 Holley, caught in plain view, DRIVES OFF.
2015
2016 MATER
2017 See ya tomorrow!
2018
2019 Guido makes another crack in Italian.
2020
2021 LUIGI
2022 Guido still don't believe you.
2023
2024 EXT. SHIPYARD - THE DOCKS - TOKYO NIGHT
2025
2026 An industrial dock, outside of the city proper.
2027
2028 INT. SHIPYARD - NIGHT
2029
2030 Rod Redline dangles from a car magnet. He's been beaten up,
2031 clings to consciousness.
2032
2033 GREM (O.S.)
2034 I gotta admit ---
2035
2036 Grem, Acer, and a bunch of nasty looking troublemakers look
2037 up at Rod amidst crates and shipping containers.
2038
2039 GREM
2040 --- you tricked us real good.
2041
2042 ACER
2043 And we don't like being tricked.
2044
2045 Rod Redline laughs to himself.
2046
2047 ACER
2048 Hey, what's so funny?
2049
2050 ROD REDLINE
2051 Well, you know, I was just wearing
2052 a disguise. You guys are stuck
2053 looking like that.
2054
2055 This doesn't help him. They DROP HIM onto a TREADMILL, lock
2056 him down. A container is wheeled forward and Rod is plied
2057 with Allinol brand gasoline.
2058
2059 ROD REDLINE
2060 Allinol? Thanks, fellas. I hear
2061 this stuff is good for you.
2062 38.
2063
2064
2065 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP (O.S.)
2066 So you think.
2067
2068 The Professor emerges from the darkness, behind Rod.
2069
2070 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
2071 Allinol by itself is good for you.
2072
2073 Zundapp hits a button and the TREADMILL starts Rod's wheels
2074 spinning at a high rate of speed.
2075
2076 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
2077 But after microscopic examination,
2078 I have found that it has one small
2079 weakness. When hit with an
2080 electromagnetic pulse, it becomes
2081 extremely dangerous.
2082
2083 GREM
2084 SMILE ---
2085
2086 Grem pushes a World Grand Prix CAMERA - the same one that
2087 was in the box back at the oil derrick. He points it at Rod
2088 Redline.
2089
2090 GREM
2091 --- for the camera.
2092
2093 ROD REDLINE
2094 Is that all you want? I got a whole
2095 act.
2096
2097 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
2098 You were very interested in this
2099 camera on the oil platform. Now you
2100 will witness what it really does.
2101
2102 ROD REDLINE
2103 Whatever you say, Professor.
2104
2105 Acer pushes a TV MONITOR toward Rod. On it, surveillance
2106 footage from the party. Clearly, they were watching and
2107 recording him there.
2108
2109 ACER
2110 You talked up a lot of cars last
2111 night. Which one's your associate?
2112
2113 ROD REDLINE
2114 Your mother. Oh no, I'm sorry. It
2115 was your sister. You know, I can't
2116 tell them apart these days.
2117 39.
2118
2119
2120 GREM
2121 (HAD ENOUGH)
2122 Could I start it now, Professor?
2123
2124 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
2125 Fifty percent power.
2126 (to Rod Redline)
2127 This camera is actually an
2128 electromagnetic pulse emitter.
2129
2130 ACER
2131 (re: a girl on the TV)
2132 What about her? Did you give it to
2133 her?
2134
2135 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
2136 The Allinol is now heating to a
2137 boil, dramatically expanding,
2138 causing the engine block to crack
2139 under the stress, forcing oil into
2140 the combustion chamber.
2141
2142 Rod Redline's engine starts to CRACK and BREAK.
2143
2144 ACER
2145 (re: a guy on the TV)
2146 How about him? You talk to him?
2147
2148 ROD REDLINE
2149 (to Professor Zundapp)
2150 What do I care? I can replace an
2151 engine block.
2152
2153 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
2154 You may be able to, but after full
2155 impact of the pulse, unfortunately,
2156 there will be nothing to replace.
2157
2158 ACER
2159 How about him? Does he have it?
2160
2161 The monitor reveals MATER, rolling out of the bathroom and
2162 down the hall.
2163
2164 Rod Redline, seeing this, does the world's most subtle double
2165 take. We caught it, but there's no way anyone else in the
2166 room could have ---
2167
2168 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
2169 That's him. He's the one.
2170
2171 GREM
2172 Roger that, Professor Z.
2173 40.
2174
2175
2176 ROD REDLINE
2177 No!
2178
2179 As Grem turns up the machine even MORE, the Professor makes a
2180 call.
2181
2182 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP (INTO PHONE)
2183 Yes sir. We believe the infiltrator
2184 has passed along sensitive
2185 information.
2186 (beat, listening)
2187 I will take care of it before any
2188 damage can be done.
2189
2190 The Professor hangs up, turns to the room.
2191
2192 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
2193 The project is still on schedule.
2194 You will find this second agent ---
2195
2196 Zundapp kicks the camera's power into the RED.
2197
2198 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
2199 --- and kill him.
2200
2201 On the MONITOR - With Mater's frozen image on the screen we
2202 see Rod EXPLODE in the reflection.
2203
2204 EXT. JAPAN - DAY
2205
2206 Over television pre-roll of Japan:
2207
2208 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
2209 Japan. Land of the rising sun.
2210 Where ancient tradition meets
2211 modern technology. Welcome to the
2212 inaugural running of the World
2213 Grand Prix.
2214
2215 ON OUR ANNOUNCERS as they introduce themselves:
2216
2217 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER
2218 I'm Brent Mustangburger, here with
2219 racing legends Darrell Cartrip and
2220 David Hobbscap. There's never been
2221 a competition like this before.
2222
2223 SHOTS OF THE PITS as the racers fuel up.
2224
2225 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
2226 First, Allinol, making its debut
2227 tonight as the required fuel for
2228 all these great champions.
2229 (MORE)
2230 41.
2231
2232 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.) (CONT'D)
2233 Second, the course itself, and it's
2234 like nothing we've ever seen.
2235 David, how exactly does this
2236 competition work?
2237
2238 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
2239 Well, Brent, all three of these
2240 street courses are classic round-
2241 the-house racetracks.
2242
2243 OUTLINES OF THREE RACE COURSES are shown. They're labeled
2244 Japan, Italy and England, and are different in shape and
2245 size.
2246
2247 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
2248 This means that the LMP and Formula
2249 cars should break out of the gate
2250 in spectacular fashion.
2251
2252 SHOTS OF THE RACERS as they weave up the track, practicing.
2253
2254 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
2255 Look for Francesco Bernoulli in
2256 particular to lead early.
2257
2258 SHOTS OF Francesco, featured in an inset.
2259
2260 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
2261 And with a series of technical
2262 turns throughout ---
2263
2264 MORE SHOTS of the course, now highlighting the tech turns.
2265
2266 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
2267 GT and Touring cars like Spain's
2268 Miguel Camino should make up some
2269 ground but I doubt it'll be enough
2270 to stop Francesco from absolutely
2271 running away with it.
2272
2273 DARRELL CARTRIP (V.O.)
2274 Woah, now just hold your
2275 horsepower. You're forgetting the
2276 most important factor here. That
2277 early dirt track section of the
2278 course! The dirt is supposed to be
2279 the great equalizer in this race.
2280
2281 GRAPHICS OF THE COURSES now isolate a stretch after the first
2282 couple turns, label it "DIRT SECTIONS."
2283 42.
2284
2285
2286 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
2287 French Rally car Raoul ÇaRoule is
2288 counting on a big boost headed
2289 through there.
2290
2291 DARRELL CARTRIP (V.O.)
2292 And don't forget Lightning McQueen!
2293 His mentor, the Hudson Hornet, was
2294 one of the greatest dirt track
2295 racers of all time. In my opinion,
2296 McQueen is the best all-around
2297 racer in this competition.
2298
2299 BACK IN THE STUDIO
2300
2301 DAVID HOBBSCAP
2302 Really, Darrell, I think you need
2303 to clean your windshield. You're
2304 clearly not seeing this for what it
2305 is: Francesco's race to lose.
2306
2307 EXT. STARTING LINE - DAY
2308
2309 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
2310 It's time to find out. The racers
2311 are locking into the grid ---
2312
2313 Engines rev as everyone gets ready to go. Everyone's bright
2314 eyed and alert except for McQueen who we find in the back of
2315 the grid. He CLOSES his eyes.
2316
2317 MCQUEEN
2318 (TO HIMSELF)
2319 Speed. I am speed.
2320
2321 A LAUGH O.S. McQueen opens his eyes. Francesco is next to him
2322 on the grid.
2323
2324 FRANCESCO
2325 Really? You are "speed"? Then
2326 Francesco is triple speed.
2327 (closes his eyes)
2328 Francesco. Is. Triple speed.
2329 Francesco likes this, McQueen. It's
2330 really getting him into the zone!
2331
2332 MCQUEEN
2333 He is so getting beat today.
2334
2335 The starting lights click down from RED to YELLOW to GREEN.
2336 The race begins. Francesco quickly grabs the lead. He's
2337 pulling away within seconds.
2338 43.
2339
2340
2341 ON PIT ROW - We TRACK PAST as the various Crew Chiefs on
2342 their crash carts bark orders to their racers. We end on Team
2343 McQueen. No Crew Chief, just a solid looking team.
2344
2345 SARGE
2346 His suspension stats look good.
2347
2348 LUIGI
2349 Tire pressure is excellent.
2350
2351 FILLMORE
2352 He's got plenty of fuel.
2353
2354 MATER
2355 And he's awesome!
2356 CUT TO:
2357
2358 The same view of Mater but now THROUGH A TELESCOPIC DISPLAY.
2359 Reveal Finn and Holley watching from high above in a downtown
2360 office building, behind reflective glass.
2361
2362 HOLLEY
2363 Why is he in the pits? He's so
2364 exposed.
2365
2366 FINN
2367 It's his cover. One of the best
2368 I've seen, too. Look at the detail
2369 on that rust. It must have cost him
2370 a fortune.
2371
2372 HOLLEY
2373 But why hasn't he contacted us yet?
2374
2375 FINN
2376 There's probably heat on him. Be
2377 patient.
2378
2379 HOLLEY
2380 Right, of course. He'll signal us
2381 when he can.
2382
2383 FINN
2384 And then we find out who's behind
2385 all this.
2386
2387 ON THE TRACK - VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE RACE through Tokyo as
2388 Francesco extends his lead and McQueen attempts to make up
2389 ground.
2390 44.
2391
2392
2393 IN MCQUEEN'S PIT - Mater watches the monitors, sees them
2394 approaching the dirt section.
2395
2396 MATER
2397 McQueen! It's time to make your
2398 move. Get on the outside and show
2399 'em what Doc done taught you.
2400
2401 MCQUEEN (OVER RADIO)
2402 Ten four, Mater.
2403
2404 ON THE TRACK - Francesco hits the dirt section and loses all
2405 control. He SLAMS to a halt, his tires getting no traction.
2406
2407 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
2408 Francesco is brought to a
2409 screeching halt!
2410
2411 MCQUEEN skids into view, turning right to go left, passing
2412 Francesco, followed by other cars ---
2413
2414 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
2415 Lightning McQueen is the first to
2416 take advantage. And just like that,
2417 folks, Francesco's lead is left in
2418 the dust.
2419
2420 MCQUEEN
2421 Nice call, Mater. Keep it up!
2422
2423 McQueen now leads the pack, zooming out of the dirt now
2424 starting to relax.
2425
2426 DARRELL CARTRIP (V.O.)
2427 Who-hoo! Man, McQueen looks happier
2428 than a rollbar at a demolition
2429 derby!
2430
2431 ON PAVED ROAD AGAIN - MOMENTS LATER
2432
2433 The field of cars thunders into a tunnel.
2434
2435 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
2436 Everyone's jostling for position as
2437 we hit the asphalt again.
2438
2439 Francesco crests the hill, in last place. He bites down,
2440 determined, then CHASES.
2441
2442 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
2443 Francesco lost a lot of momentum in
2444 the dirt. He's got some serious
2445 work ahead of him if he wants to
2446 get back in this race.
2447 45.
2448
2449
2450 VARIOUS SHOTS OF TOKYO as the racers move through the Rainbow
2451 Bridge. Bit by bit, Francesco ekes his way toward the front,
2452 toward Lightning McQueen as we CUT TO ---
2453
2454 --- A ROOFTOP, and a VIEW THROUGH THE WGP CAMERA LENS. Grem
2455 and Acer are manning this one. They focus it on the racers as
2456 they approach.
2457
2458 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP (OVER RADIO)
2459 It is time.
2460
2461 GREM
2462 Roger that.
2463
2464 ON THE TRACK - A racer (Miguel Camino) suddenly PLUMES WITH
2465 SMOKE and skids out.
2466
2467 DARRELL CARTRIP (V.O.)
2468 Oh! Miguel Camino has blown an
2469 engine!
2470
2471 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
2472 Very unusual, Darrell. He's been so
2473 consistent all year.
2474
2475 Camino quickly pits, passing McQueen's pit where Mater is
2476 visible.
2477
2478 ON GREM AND ACER, watching from above.
2479
2480 GREM
2481 You gotta be kidding me.
2482
2483 ACER
2484 What is it?
2485
2486 GREM
2487 It's that tow truck from the
2488 bathroom.
2489
2490 ACER
2491 The one from the bathroom?
2492
2493 GREM
2494 Yeah, the one the American Agent
2495 passed the device to.
2496
2497 ACER
2498 What about him?
2499
2500 GREM
2501 What about him? He's in the pits!
2502 46.
2503
2504
2505 ACER
2506 Not for long.
2507
2508 Acer exits, with purpose.
2509
2510 ON FINN AND HOLLEY, still in their office hideaway. Holley's
2511 onboard computer flashes an ALERT.
2512
2513 HOLLEY
2514 Hold on. I think I've got
2515 something.
2516
2517 FINN
2518 What is it?
2519
2520 HOLLEY
2521 The Pacer from the party last
2522 night.
2523
2524 She's spotted Acer, moving swiftly forward.
2525
2526 HOLLEY
2527 Cross-referencing with the photos
2528 from the oil derricks... Yep. His
2529 VIN numbers match.
2530
2531 FINN
2532 Anyone with him? He won't be alone.
2533
2534 HOLLEY
2535 Conducting analysis on the target.
2536
2537 The computer finds more and more bad guy Pacers and Gremlins
2538 are in the crowd.
2539
2540 HOLLEY
2541 He's not the only one here.
2542 Three... five... they're
2543 everywhere. And they're all closing
2544 in on... oh no.
2545
2546 We PAN OVER to see it's MATER.
2547
2548 HOLLEY
2549 Finn? Finn, where are you?
2550
2551 She turns. He's GONE, leaving only an open window.
2552
2553 FINN (OVER RADIO)
2554 Get him out of the pits now!
2555
2556 IN MCQUEEN'S PIT. A car WHIPS BY O.S.
2557 47.
2558
2559
2560 MATER
2561 Wow! Some of them fellers is really
2562 loud.
2563
2564 HOLLEY (OVER MATER'S RADIO)
2565 Can you hear me? Over.
2566
2567 MATER
2568 Uh, what?
2569
2570 HOLLEY (OVER MATER'S RADIO)
2571 Get out of the pit now. Do you hear
2572 me?
2573
2574 Mater realizes this girl has somehow broken into his radio.
2575
2576 MATER (INTO RADIO)
2577 Hey, I know you. You're that girl
2578 from the party last night. You
2579 wanna do our date right now?
2580
2581 ON THE TRACK - McQueen boxes out Francesco, holds his slim
2582 lead, but barely.
2583
2584 MCQUEEN
2585 Guys, a little too much chatter.
2586 Let's keep this line clear.
2587
2588 BOOM! A racer behind McQueen suddenly expels black smoke,
2589 skids out of control.
2590
2591 ON GREM - laughing. That was clearly his handiwork.
2592
2593 IN MCQUEEN'S PIT - SAME
2594
2595 HOLLEY (ON MATER'S RADIO)
2596 There's no time for messing about.
2597 You've got to get out of the pits.
2598
2599 MATER
2600 Is there gonna be cable where you
2601 is so I can watch the rest of the
2602 race?
2603
2604 ON HOLLEY - Watching from the downtown building.
2605
2606 HOLLEY (INTO RADIO)
2607 You're running out of time!
2608
2609 FINN (OVER RADIO)
2610 They're coming, Shiftwell.
2611
2612 HOLLEY (INTO RADIO)
2613 Yes, I know.
2614 48.
2615
2616
2617 FINN (OVER RADIO)
2618 Get him out of there.
2619
2620 HOLLEY
2621 (TO FINN)
2622 I'm trying.
2623 (TO MATER)
2624 Get out now!
2625
2626 We CUT BACK TO ---
2627
2628 --- MATER. He gives in, exits the pit.
2629
2630 MATER
2631 Well, all right but I usually like
2632 to have a proper detailing done
2633 before I meet a lady friend.
2634
2635 He moves toward the back PIT DOOR, is about to open it.
2636
2637 OUTSIDE THE PITS - ACER and another Pacer approach McQueen's
2638 pit door on the other side. Ready to pounce. The doors OPEN,
2639 REVEALING ---
2640
2641 --- Finn, holding a fire extinguisher.
2642
2643 ACER
2644 Finn McMissile? But you're dead!
2645
2646 FINN
2647 Then this shouldn't hurt at all.
2648
2649 He empties the extinguisher in their eyes, speeds past. They
2650 try and follow, but have been blinded. One of them crashes
2651 right into a COP.
2652
2653 ON FINN - Already on the move, along a side street.
2654
2655 FINN
2656 Miss Shiftwell?
2657
2658 ON HOLLEY - Tracking everything on a grid map. Mater looks
2659 like Pac Man, weaving through the streets as bad guys close
2660 in all around him.
2661
2662 HOLLEY
2663 I've got him in the back alleys
2664 east of the garages. Multiple
2665 assailants are closing in quickly.
2666
2667 FINN (OVER RADIO)
2668 Keep him moving. I'm on my way.
2669
2670 ON MATER - He turns a corner, sees a flower shop.
2671 49.
2672
2673
2674 MATER
2675 Hey, new lady friend? You like
2676 flowers?
2677
2678 ON THE TRACK - McQueen, hearing this, is taken aback.
2679
2680 MCQUEEN
2681 What?
2682
2683 ON MATER - Slowing at the flower shop.
2684
2685 HOLLEY (OVER RADIO)
2686 No! Don't go 'in' anywhere. Just
2687 keep moving.
2688
2689 MATER
2690 Stay outside. Gotcha.
2691
2692 ON THE TRACK
2693
2694 MCQUEEN
2695 Outside?
2696
2697 McQueen drifts outside allowing Francesco to slip past!
2698
2699 FRANCESCO
2700 Grazie and arrivaderci!
2701
2702 DARRELL CARTRIP (V.O.)
2703 I cannot believe what I just saw,
2704 Brent. That was a bonehead move.
2705 You don't open up the inside like
2706 that!
2707
2708 IN THE BACK ALLEYS - As Mater moves on he's followed by
2709 Pacers and Gremlins. Suddenly ---
2710
2711 --- CABLES whip in front of them, pulling over flower vending
2712 machines and sending the shop's owners into a frenzy. They
2713 direct their attention to the AMCs, who try and explain.
2714
2715 ON FINN, admiring his handiwork as he appears. Just as he
2716 turns to leave he's BROADSIDED and pushed INTO A DARK ALLEY.
2717
2718 IN THE ALLEY - Finn finds himself boxed by two Pacers and
2719 pushed toward ---
2720
2721 --- ACER, who now holds a FLAME THROWER.
2722
2723 ACER
2724 This time I'm gonna make sure you
2725 stay dead.
2726
2727 He hits the flame. WHOOOSSSH!!
2728 50.
2729
2730
2731 ON ANOTHER STREET - Mater clicks along, still looking for
2732 Holley. Just as he passes the alley entrance where Finn
2733 stares down death:
2734
2735 HOLLEY (OVER RADIO)
2736 You're doing brilliantly. Now just
2737 stay focused.
2738
2739 MATER
2740 What's that? You want me to head
2741 toward that ruckus?
2742
2743 Mater turns INTO the alley.
2744
2745 HOLLEY (OVER RADIO)
2746 No! Don't go down that street!
2747
2748 IN THE ALLEY - Finn, now nearly pushed completely into the
2749 flame thrower, leaps into the air. He FIGHTS BACK, using his
2750 wheels, axle, indeed his entire car frame as if he were
2751 human, kicking and tossing and shooting his enemies.
2752
2753 Mater witnesses the whole thing.
2754
2755 MATER
2756 Wow! A live karate demonstration!
2757
2758 ON THE TRACK - McQueen, now playing catch-up again, scowls.
2759
2760 MCQUEEN
2761 Stop it, Mater. Just sign off.
2762
2763 IN THE BACK ALLEY - Finn polishes off the AMCs by firing a
2764 bullet into a gas main line, causing an EXPLOSION that tosses
2765 Acer through the air where he lands in a NOODLE SHOP'S SIGN.
2766
2767 ON THE TRACK - The end of the race is nigh ---
2768
2769 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
2770 They're bumper to bumper as they
2771 approach the finish line!
2772
2773 The Formula car gets there first.
2774
2775 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
2776 Francesco's the winner, McQueen's
2777 number two!
2778
2779 IN THE ALLEY - Finn heaves breaths, surveys his damage.
2780
2781 MATER
2782 That was cool! Hey, can I get your
2783 autograph?
2784 51.
2785
2786
2787 Mater approaches when a MASS OF RACE FANS burst out a door,
2788 momentarily blocking Mater's view of Finn. Once the fans have
2789 past, Finn has disappeared.
2790
2791 MATER
2792 Hey, where'd he go?
2793
2794 HOLLEY (OVER RADIO)
2795 Our rendezvous has been
2796 jeopardized. Keep the device safe.
2797 We'll be in touch.
2798
2799 MATER
2800 Dadgum, did I miss our date?
2801
2802 EXT. PRESS STAGE - LATER
2803
2804 Post race press conference. Francesco is center stage.
2805
2806 DARRELL CARTRIP
2807 Francesco, over here! Hey, what was
2808 your strategy today?
2809
2810 FRANCESCO
2811 Strategia? Francesco needs no
2812 strategy, it's very simple. You
2813 start the race, wait for Lightning
2814 McQueen to choke, pass him, then
2815 win. Francesco always wins. It's
2816 boring.
2817
2818 McQueen, waiting in the wings, rolls his eyes. He suddenly
2819 notices something O.S.
2820
2821 McQueen's P.O.V. - It's MATER, appearing from a side street,
2822 moving toward the pits, oblivious of the press conference.
2823
2824 DARRELL CARTRIP
2825 (TO FRANCESCO)
2826 I gotta tell you, dude. You were in
2827 trouble for awhile. That dirt track
2828 section had you crawling!
2829
2830 As McQueen SNEAKS AWAY ---
2831
2832 FRANCESCO
2833 To truly crush one's dream, you
2834 must first raise their hopes very
2835 high.
2836
2837 IN MCQUEEN'S PIT GARAGE - Mater looks around for everyone as
2838 McQueen approaches.
2839 52.
2840
2841
2842 MCQUEEN
2843 Mater.
2844
2845 MATER
2846 Hey McQueen! What happened? Is the
2847 race over? You won, right?
2848
2849 MCQUEEN
2850 Mater, why were you yelling things
2851 at me while I was racing?
2852
2853 MATER
2854 Yelling? Oh, you thought... that's
2855 funny right there. Nah, see that's
2856 `cause I seen these two fellers
2857 doing some sort of karate street
2858 performance. It was nutso. One of
2859 them even had a flamethrower ---
2860
2861 MCQUEEN
2862 A flamethrower? What are you
2863 talking about? I don't understand.
2864 Where were you?
2865
2866 MATER
2867 Going to meet my date.
2868
2869 MCQUEEN
2870 Your date?
2871
2872 MATER
2873 She started talking to me as a
2874 voice in my head, telling me where
2875 to go ---
2876
2877 MCQUEEN
2878 What?
2879
2880 MATER
2881 Wait a minute -- I didn't screw you
2882 up, did I?
2883
2884 MCQUEEN
2885 I lost the race because of you!
2886
2887 MATER
2888 Well, I'm sorry. I didn't mean ---
2889
2890 MCQUEEN
2891 An imaginary girlfriend,
2892 flamethrowers. This is exactly why
2893 I don't bring you along to these
2894 things.
2895 53.
2896
2897
2898 MATER
2899 Maybe if I, I don't know, talked to
2900 somebody and explained what
2901 happened I could help.
2902
2903 MCQUEEN
2904 I don't need your help. I don't
2905 want your help.
2906
2907 PRESS (O.S.)
2908 Hey, there he is!!
2909
2910 The press finds McQueen, swarms him. Mater is pushed
2911 backwards as the questions fly again.
2912
2913 PRESS
2914 - McQueen, you had it in the bag!
2915 - Yeah, what happened?
2916
2917 MCQUEEN
2918 I made a mistake. But I can assure
2919 you, it won't happen again.
2920
2921 On Mater. He takes this badly.
2922
2923 MCQUEEN
2924 Look, guys. We know what the
2925 problem is and we've taken care of
2926 it.
2927 SMASH TO:
2928
2929 OVER FOOTAGE OF FRANCESCO and various other highlights:
2930
2931 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER
2932 Lightning McQueen loses in the last
2933 lap to Francesco Bernoulli in the
2934 first race of the World Grand Prix
2935 and three, count em, three cars
2936 flamed out leading some to suggest
2937 that their fuel, Allinol, might be
2938 to blame.
2939
2940 FOOTAGE OF MILES AXLEROD, speaking to an aggressive press. He
2941 must SHOUT over the press.
2942
2943 MILES AXLEROD
2944 Allinol is safe! Alternative fuel
2945 is safe! There is no way my fuel
2946 caused these cars to flame out!
2947 54.
2948
2949
2950 IN THE TV STUDIO - Darrell, Brent and David talk to camera.
2951
2952 DARRELL CARTRIP
2953 Well the jury may still be out on
2954 whether Allinol caused these
2955 accidents, but one thing's for
2956 sure: Lightning McQueen blew this
2957 race.
2958
2959 Off a FROZEN IMAGE of McQueen crossing the finish line, a
2960 look of severe consternation across his face ---
2961
2962 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER
2963 Team McQueen can't be happy right
2964 now.
2965
2966 --- MATCH CUT TO ---
2967
2968 INT. AIRPORT - JAPAN - DAY
2969
2970 --- McQueen's SMILING FACE, on a Team McQueen poster.
2971
2972 REVERSE to reveal Mater looking at it, sadly. He drives on,
2973 passing (but not noticing) ---
2974
2975 --- GREM and ACER.
2976
2977 AT THE SECURITY CHECK - MOMENTS LATER. Cars take off their
2978 tires, move through the metal detector. Mater waits in line.
2979 A SECURITY CAR approaches Mater.
2980
2981 SECURITY CAR
2982 (in Japanese and English)
2983 Come with me please, sir.
2984
2985 MATER
2986 But I'm gonna miss my plane.
2987
2988 IN THE ADMIRAL'S LOUNGE - MOMENTS LATER. The Security Car
2989 leads Mater inside.
2990
2991 SECURITY CAR
2992 Right this way.
2993
2994 As they move past us the Security Car covertly drops a BALL
2995 BEARING which rolls into a corner. The ball bearing then
2996 sprouts MECHANICAL LEGS, tripods itself and IRISES out,
2997 revealing itself to be a tiny CAMERA.
2998
2999 IN THE MAIN ROOM - ADMIRAL'S LOUNGE - CONTINUOUS
3000
3001 Mater follows the Security Car in, nervous.
3002 55.
3003
3004
3005 MATER
3006 Doggone it. This is about my hook,
3007 isn't it? I know I should've
3008 checked it, but I can't really,
3009 look -- it's attached to me.
3010
3011 ZWAPPPPPP!! The Security Car suddenly DECLOAKS himself,
3012 reveals himself to be Finn McMissile!
3013
3014 MATER
3015 Hey, I know you. You're that feller
3016 from the karate demonstration.
3017
3018 FINN
3019 I never properly introduced myself.
3020 Finn McMissile. British
3021 Intelligence.
3022
3023 MATER
3024 Tow Mater. Average intelligence.
3025
3026 FINN
3027 Who are you with? FBI, CIA?
3028
3029 MATER
3030 Let's just say I'm triple-A
3031 affiliated. You know, I know some
3032 karate. I don't wanna brag or
3033 nothing, but I've got me a black
3034 fan belt.
3035
3036 BEEP! Finn's rearview alarms. His camera has picked up Grem
3037 and Acer. They've just entered the lounge, are right around
3038 the corner.
3039
3040 MATER
3041 Hey, you wanna see some moves I
3042 made up?
3043
3044 FINN
3045 You're being followed.
3046
3047 Finn quickly turns, fires a tiny GLASS CUTTING BEETLE at the
3048 window. As Mater talks, oblivious, the beetle cuts out a
3049 round hole.
3050
3051 MATER
3052 This first one I can reach into a
3053 car's hood, pull out his battery,
3054 and show it to him before he
3055 stalls. I call it, "What I
3056 accidentally did to my friend Luigi
3057 once."
3058 56.
3059
3060
3061 Mater does his best (worst) karate moves as Acer and Grem
3062 turn the corner.
3063
3064 GREM
3065 There he is!
3066
3067 The glass drops away, leaving a car-sized hole.
3068
3069 MATER
3070 (eyes the clock)
3071 Look, I probably ought to go. I'm
3072 about to miss my flight.
3073
3074 FINN
3075 Don't worry.
3076
3077 Finn HOOKS Mater from behind. He YANKS HIM forward ---
3078
3079 FINN
3080 I've taken care of that. Hang on.
3081
3082 --- and LEAPS OUT THE WINDOW!
3083
3084 EXT. TARMAC - AIRPORT - JAPAN
3085
3086 Finn pulls Mater down HARD onto the tarmac, towing him away
3087 from the terminal.
3088
3089 MATER
3090 This is First Class service. You
3091 don't even have to go through the
3092 terminal.
3093
3094 ACER and GREM appear, chasing them. Mater, who is facing
3095 backward as he is being pulled along, faces them. They're
3096 about a hundred yards back.
3097
3098 MATER
3099 (TO FINN)
3100 Your karate partners are back here.
3101 They kinda look like they're trying
3102 to catch up!
3103
3104 FINN
3105 Drive forward. Whatever you do,
3106 don't stop.
3107
3108 Finn SKIDS around, whipping Mater in a 180 so that Mater is
3109 now towing Finn.
3110
3111 Grem produces a ROCKET, lines up Finn as his target.
3112 57.
3113
3114
3115 Finn, without hesitation, fires a MINI ROLLING-JACK. The jack
3116 DRIVES ITSELF toward Grem, anchors itself under his frame and
3117 flips him like a turtle but not before Grem gets the rocket
3118 OFF ---
3119
3120 THE ROCKET - it flies toward Mater and Finn.
3121
3122 FINN aims and launches a MISSILE back.
3123
3124 THE ROCKET AND MISSILE COLLIDE IN MID-AIR, EXPLODE.
3125
3126 MATER
3127 (only hearing this)
3128 Is everything okay back there?
3129
3130 SIDDELEY (O.S.)
3131 Finn, it's Sid. I'm on approach.
3132
3133 A GULFSTREAM JET wings into view overhead. This is SIDDELEY.
3134
3135 FINN
3136 Roger that.
3137
3138 Mater looks up: ACER screeches into view up ahead, dragging a
3139 long row of luggage carts in Mater's path, attempting to
3140 create an accident.
3141
3142 MATER
3143 (TO FINN)
3144 You remember that whole thing about
3145 me not stopping no matter what?
3146
3147 Just as it looks dire --- RATATATATATATAT!!! SIDDELEY
3148 descends, hawklike, fires bullets and blows the luggage carts
3149 sky-high. Mater and Finn burst through them, luggage now
3150 raining down from above.
3151
3152 MATER
3153 I knew I should've done carry-on!
3154
3155 FINN
3156 (TO SIDDELEY)
3157 Thanks, old boy!
3158
3159 Siddeley LANDS HARD on the tarmac ahead of them. No time to
3160 stop, he DROPS his back open, revealing HOLLEY.
3161
3162 MATER
3163 Hey, doggone it. It's my imaginary
3164 girlfriend!
3165
3166 HOLLEY
3167 Come on! Get in here!
3168 58.
3169
3170
3171 Mater SPEEDS UP toward Siddeley's ramp, Holley.
3172
3173 MATER
3174 (TO HOLLEY)
3175 Boy I tell you what, you really do
3176 want this first date, don't ya?
3177 That's a no-quit attitude right
3178 there.
3179
3180 Just as Mater's wheels touch the ramp, BULLETS PING around
3181 him in a spray. Siddeley is HIT, a tire BLOWN. He yells in
3182 pain.
3183
3184 FINN
3185 Hold on, Sid!
3186
3187 Siddeley peels off the runway onto the grass.
3188
3189 A gunfight ensues between Finn and Acer. Finn SHOOTS ACER'S
3190 TIRE, blowing it and throwing him off-course.
3191
3192 Acer CAREENS out of control, drives up and THROUGH A JET ---
3193
3194 --- OUT THE OTHER SIDE where he lands in an oil tanker.
3195
3196 ON SIDDELEY - He's headed toward the edge of the tarmac,
3197 where the grass and runway meet WATER. He HITS THE GAS, his
3198 only hope.
3199
3200 SIDDELEY
3201 Finn, it's now or never!
3202
3203 Finn BRAKES, 180s and grabs the ramp just as Siddeley gets
3204 air.
3205
3206 SIDDELEY
3207 Hold on!
3208
3209 Mater, the only thing not in the jet, dangles and recedes
3210 from our view as Siddeley climbs toward the clouds. As he's
3211 PULLED in through the back hatch:
3212
3213 MATER (V.O.)
3214 By the time you read this, I will
3215 be safely on an airplane, flying
3216 home.
3217
3218 INT. LOBBY - HOTEL - TOKYO - DAY
3219
3220 CLOSE ON a handwritten (er, tire-written?) NOTE in childish
3221 scrawl. We don't see all of it, only a bit. Mater's voice
3222 O.S. begins the note with the first sentence, but we DISSOLVE
3223 into McQueen's voice.
3224 59.
3225
3226
3227 MCQUEEN
3228 "I'm so sorry for what I did. I
3229 don't want to be the cause of you
3230 losing any more races. I want you
3231 to go prove to the world what I
3232 already know - that you are the
3233 greatest race car in the whole wide
3234 world. Your best friend, Mater."
3235
3236 McQueen takes this in.
3237
3238 MCQUEEN
3239 I didn't really want him to leave.
3240
3241 LUIGI
3242 Wait, there's more here.
3243 (READS)
3244 "P.S. Please tell the hotel I
3245 didn't mean to order that movie. I
3246 thought it was just a preview and I
3247 didn't realize I was paying for it.
3248 P.P.S... That's funny right there --
3249 PP."
3250 (to the others)
3251 There's a few more pages of P.S.'s
3252 here.
3253
3254 MCQUEEN
3255 (TURNING BACK)
3256 Well, at least I know if he's at
3257 home he'll be safe.
3258
3259 EXT. SKY - DAY
3260
3261 SIDDELEY breaks through some cloud cover, flies with purpose.
3262
3263 INT. JET - DAY
3264
3265 A well-appointed spy jet. Various computers line the walls.
3266
3267 FINN
3268 Now that's how I like to start the
3269 day! You never feel more alive than
3270 when you're almost dead.
3271
3272 HOLLEY
3273 (SCANNING MATER)
3274 I hope that device didn't fall off.
3275
3276 MATER
3277 That's the closest I ever been to
3278 missing my flight! That was ---
3279 60.
3280
3281
3282 With a ROBOTIC ARM, Holley grabs the THE DEVICE that Rod
3283 Redline hid under Mater. She yanks it out with a GOOSE.
3284
3285 MATER
3286 (JUMPS)
3287 Yow!
3288
3289 HOLLEY
3290 Still in one piece, great.
3291
3292 Holley drops the device into a mainframe computer. It starts
3293 "ANALYZING."
3294
3295 MATER
3296 I gotta go to a doctor. I keep
3297 getting these sharp pains in my
3298 undercarriage.
3299
3300 HOLLEY
3301 Downloading the photo now.
3302
3303 MATER
3304 Hey, lemme introduce you two.
3305 (TO HOLLEY)
3306 This here is Finn McSomething-or-
3307 other. He's a First Class VIP
3308 airport whatchamacallit. And Finn,
3309 this here's my date.
3310 (TO HOLLEY)
3311 I never did get your name.
3312
3313 HOLLEY
3314 Oh yes, sorry. It's Shiftwell.
3315 Holley Shiftwell.
3316
3317 MATER
3318 (TO FINN)
3319 It's Shiftwell. Holley ---
3320
3321 DING! The computer is done analyzing. The cabin lights dim.
3322
3323 FINN
3324 Finally. Time to see who's behind
3325 all this.
3326
3327 AN IMAGE is blasted between the three of them. It's of a
3328 photograph, a complicated melange of metallic parts stuck
3329 together.
3330
3331 HOLLEY
3332 (to Mater, expectantly)
3333 What is this?
3334 61.
3335
3336
3337 MATER
3338 Well, that's one of the worst
3339 engines ever made. It's an old
3340 aluminum V8 with a Lucas electrical
3341 system and Whitworth bolts. Shoot,
3342 them Whitworth bolts is a pain,
3343 tell you what. Them ain't metric,
3344 they ain't inches...
3345
3346 HOLLEY
3347 Yes, OK, right. But who's engine is
3348 this, Mater?
3349
3350 MATER
3351 Well, it's kinda hard to tell from
3352 this picture, ain't it?
3353
3354 HOLLEY
3355 But you're the one who took it.
3356
3357 FINN
3358 Holley.
3359
3360 HOLLEY
3361 Oh, right. Yes, of course. "A good
3362 agent gets what he can, then gets
3363 out before he's killed." Sorry.
3364
3365 MATER
3366 Agent? You mean like insurance
3367 agent, like,
3368 (SINGS)
3369 `Like a good neighbor, Mater is
3370 there'? Wait, you mean secret
3371 agents. You guys is spies!
3372
3373 FINN
3374 Holley, in how many makes and
3375 models did this type of engine
3376 appear?
3377
3378 Holley has these stats in seconds. Kid's play.
3379
3380 HOLLEY
3381 It was standard in seven models
3382 over a 12-year period. At least
3383 35,000 cars were made with this
3384 engine.
3385
3386 Mater MOVES HIS SEAT FORWARD, through one part of the
3387 hologram so he's face-to-face with Holley.
3388
3389 MATER
3390 You're pretty.
3391 62.
3392
3393
3394 HOLLEY
3395 (ANNOYED)
3396 Yes, alright. Thank you.
3397
3398 MATER
3399 And so nice.
3400
3401 HOLLEY
3402 Just pay attention.
3403
3404 She moves the engine photo so it's now blocking Mater again.
3405
3406 FINN
3407 This seems like a dead end. If
3408 there were something in the photo
3409 that could narrow this down a bit
3410 I'd be a lot happier.
3411
3412 MATER
3413 You might not be happy, but I bet
3414 this feller is. See how he's had
3415 most of his parts replaced? And see
3416 all them boxes over there? Them's
3417 all original parts. They ain't easy
3418 to come by.
3419
3420 HOLLEY
3421 Rare parts.
3422
3423 FINN
3424 That's something we can track.
3425
3426 HOLLEY
3427 Exactly!
3428
3429 Holley drops her screen down.
3430
3431 FINN
3432 Well done, Mater! I would never
3433 have seen that.
3434 (TO HOLLEY)
3435 I know of a black-market parts
3436 dealer in Paris, a treacherous
3437 lowlife. But, he's the only car in
3438 the world who can tell us whose
3439 engine this is. Mater, what would
3440 you say to setting up an informal
3441 task force on this one?
3442
3443 MATER
3444 Wait, what?
3445 63.
3446
3447
3448 FINN
3449 You obviously have plenty of
3450 experience in the field.
3451
3452 MATER
3453 Well yeah I live right next to one.
3454 (thinks about it)
3455 I don't know, Finn. I ain't exactly
3456 been much help to anybody recently.
3457
3458 FINN
3459 You're helping me. Please, Mater.
3460
3461 MATER
3462 Well, okay. But you know I'm just a
3463 tow truck, right?
3464
3465 FINN
3466 Right. And I'm just in the
3467 import/export business. Siddeley?
3468
3469 SIDDELEY
3470 Yes, Finn?
3471
3472 FINN
3473 Paris. Tout de suite.
3474
3475 MATER
3476 Yeah, two of them sweets for me
3477 too, Sid!
3478 (TO HOLLEY)
3479 You know, I always wanted to be a
3480 spy.
3481
3482 HOLLEY
3483 (SMILING SWEETLY)
3484 Really? Me too.
3485
3486 SIDDELEY
3487 Afterburners, sir?
3488
3489 FINN
3490 Is there any other way?
3491
3492 EXT. JET - MOVING
3493
3494 Siddeley HITS THE JUICE, they kick forward like a mule as we
3495 CUT TO ---
3496
3497 A MONTAGE OF PARIS: Mater attempts to merge into roundabout
3498 traffic; mimes annoy tourists at the Eiffel Tower; a painter
3499 works his magic on an unattractive couple; a couple kisses on
3500 the most romantic spot in the world; we might even catch
3501 GASTOW'S RESTAURANT.
3502 64.
3503
3504
3505 The charming, low-key introduction ends with a SWEEPING VISTA
3506 of Paris's center from far away as we CRANE DOWN INTO ---
3507
3508 EXT. STREET - DAY
3509
3510 --- a dirty street in the 1st Arrondissement. Finn and Holley
3511 drive along together as Mater, playing "spy," darts back and
3512 forth behind them from doorway to dumpster, "hiding out."
3513 He's having a ball.
3514
3515 FINN
3516 (TO HOLLEY)
3517 Once we're inside, stay close.
3518 Don't bother checking VIN numbers
3519 for criminal records, they're all
3520 dodgy here.
3521
3522 HOLLEY
3523 No VIN scans. Got it.
3524
3525 FINN
3526 Don't talk to anyone. Don't look at
3527 anyone. And absolutely, positively
3528 no idling. Are we clear?
3529
3530 HOLLEY
3531 Yes, right. No idling. Yes, sir.
3532
3533 FINN
3534 Mater?
3535
3536 MATER
3537 Yeah, Finn?
3538
3539 FINN
3540 We're not here to go shopping.
3541
3542 As Finn and Holley and Mater turn the corner...
3543
3544 MATER
3545 Shopping? What do you mean? Why
3546 would I ---
3547
3548 Mater turns the corner and enters a massive Les Halles-
3549 inspired Parisian market filled with car parts. A tow truck's
3550 dream.
3551
3552 MATER
3553 Dadgum.
3554
3555 MERCHANTS
3556 - Parts for sale, Monsieur!
3557 - Monsieur! Parts for sale!
3558 65.
3559
3560
3561 IN THE MARKET - MOMENTS LATER
3562
3563 Mater rolls along, impressed by the goods for sale.
3564
3565 MATER
3566 You gotta be kidding me - they've
3567 got everything here. Look at them
3568 hoods! I could use a hood.
3569
3570 Mater continues on though, heeding Finn's advice.
3571
3572 MATER
3573 Sorry fellers, I gotta go.
3574
3575 INT. ENCLOSED MARKETPLACE - DAY
3576
3577 Mater, now out of sight of Finn and Holley, passes a darkened
3578 stall. He STOPS, peers in. There's someone in there.
3579
3580 MATER
3581 Excuse me. What are you selling?
3582
3583 It suddenly OPENS its headlights revealing... EYES!! In
3584 French, the mutant car pitches his wares to Mater. Mater
3585 FREAKS OUT, speeds off, TERRIFIED.
3586
3587 AROUND THE CORNER - FINN AND HOLLEY
3588
3589 A few car lengths ahead of Mater. They roll along, looking
3590 for... Aha! Finn and Holley recede into the shadows.
3591
3592 In FINN'S SIDE MIRROR: TOMBER, a three-wheeled parts dealer,
3593 argues with a French customer.
3594
3595 FINN
3596 There you are.
3597
3598 Mater suddenly turns the corner, sees Finn and Holley.
3599
3600 MATER
3601 Man, there are some great ---
3602
3603 FINN
3604 Mater, get back!
3605
3606 Too late. Tomber sees Mater, then notices FINN, reflected in
3607 a hubcap. He BOLTS. Finn and Holley give chase.
3608
3609 MATER
3610 Hey, wait for me!
3611
3612 Tomber, skidding away, kicks a tent in Finn's way. Holley
3613 quickly pivots RIGHT and disappears. Where did she go?
3614 66.
3615
3616
3617 Finn, hot in pursuit, leaps another obstacle and loses ground
3618 TO ---
3619
3620 --- Tomber who turns a corner and finds himself grill to
3621 grill with HOLLEY. He whips to the left but TURNS OVER,
3622 rolling sideways and CRASHING to a stop.
3623
3624 Holley ZAPS him with ELECTROSHOCKERS. Finn suddenly arrives,
3625 stops her.
3626
3627 FINN
3628 (TO HOLLEY)
3629 Have you lost your mind?!
3630
3631 HOLLEY
3632 But I thought ---
3633
3634 FINN
3635 Mater! This chap needs a tow. Hook
3636 him up.
3637
3638 MATER
3639 Sure thing.
3640 CUT TO:
3641
3642 MOMENTS LATER - Mater tows Tomber, following Finn and Holley.
3643
3644 TOMBER
3645 You rusty piece of junk, get your
3646 dirty hook off me!
3647
3648 INT. A SMALL GARAGE - MOMENTS LATER
3649
3650 Finn throws open a door. Cars scatter like cockroaches.
3651
3652 FINN
3653 (to the cars)
3654 Allez! Maintenant - vite!
3655
3656 Mater unhooks an angry Tomber who spits in French. Finn pulls
3657 the door down. As it LATCHES TIGHT ---
3658
3659 TOMBER
3660 (TO FINN)
3661 Electroshock! Are you kidding me??
3662
3663 FINN
3664 Easy, Tomber. This is her first
3665 field assignment - she didn't know
3666 you were my informant.
3667
3668 HOLLEY
3669 Informant?
3670 67.
3671
3672
3673 TOMBER
3674 A rookie, eh? I never liked new car-
3675 smell.
3676
3677 Holley FUMES with anger.
3678
3679 FINN
3680 Tomber was doing 20 to life in a
3681 Moroccan impound the first time I
3682 saved him, if I recall correctly.
3683
3684 TOMBER
3685 Speaking of recalls, you're getting
3686 up there in mileage aren't you,
3687 Finn?
3688
3689 HOLLEY
3690 Alright, we get it. You both know
3691 each other, you're both old. So.
3692
3693 Holley shoots a HOLOGRAPHIC PHOTO of the engine in front of
3694 Tomber.
3695
3696 HOLLEY
3697 There you go, informant. Inform us.
3698
3699 Tomber eyes the photo. He recoils, unimpressed.
3700
3701 TOMBER
3702 That is the worst motor ever made.
3703
3704 Suddenly, Tomber narrows his gaze.
3705
3706 TOMBER
3707 Wait. That oil filter... those
3708 wheel bearings.
3709
3710 FINN
3711 Do those parts look familiar,
3712 Tomber?
3713
3714 TOMBER
3715 They should. I sold them.
3716
3717 HOLLEY
3718 To whom?
3719
3720 TOMBER
3721 No idea. He's my best customer, but
3722 he always does his business over
3723 the phone. I was always wondering
3724 why he needs so many parts. Now I
3725 know.
3726 68.
3727
3728
3729 MATER
3730 Well, a lemon needs parts. Ain't
3731 nothing truer than that.
3732
3733 FINN
3734 "Lemon?"
3735
3736 MATER
3737 Yeah, you know. Cars that don't
3738 ever work right. Lemons is a tow
3739 truck's bread and butter. Like them
3740 Gremlins and Pacers we run into at
3741 the party and the race and the
3742 airport.
3743
3744 FINN
3745 Holley, pull up the pictures from
3746 the oil platform. I want to know
3747 what other type of cars were out
3748 there.
3749
3750 Holley complies and suddenly PHOTOS OF CARS FROM THE OIL
3751 PLATFORM hang suspended in the air in front of them.
3752
3753 HOLLEY
3754 Right. Let's see. There were Hugos.
3755 And Trunkovs.
3756
3757 FINN
3758 Mater, are these cars considered
3759 lemons?
3760
3761 MATER
3762 Is the Popemobile Catholic?
3763
3764 HOLLEY
3765 Finn. Everyone involved in this
3766 plot is one of history's biggest
3767 loser cars.
3768
3769 Holley refers to the ENGINE PHOTO, which now rises forward as
3770 the prominent picture, perhaps the only one in view.
3771
3772 FINN
3773 And they're all taking their orders
3774 from the car behind this engine.
3775
3776 TOMBER
3777 This explains it!
3778
3779 FINN
3780 What, Tomber?
3781 69.
3782
3783
3784 TOMBER
3785 Gremlin, Pacer, Hugo and Trunkovs
3786 never get together. But they're
3787 having a secret meeting in two
3788 days.
3789
3790 FINN
3791 Where's this meeting taking place?
3792
3793 TOMBER
3794 Porto Corsa, Italy.
3795
3796 MATER
3797 That's where the next race is!
3798
3799 FINN
3800 Then there's a good chance our
3801 mystery engine will be there too.
3802
3803 TOMBER
3804 Your chances are more than good. I
3805 just sent him a new clutch assembly
3806 yesterday... to Porto Corsa.
3807
3808 FINN
3809 Holley, contact Stephenson and have
3810 him meet us at Gare de Lyon. Good
3811 work.
3812
3813 EXT. FRENCH ALPS - NIGHT
3814
3815 STEPHENSON, a THREE-CAR LUXURY BULLET TRAIN speeds along a
3816 snow-covered mountain in the dead of night, its halogen
3817 headlight cutting through the darkness. It DIPS into a
3818 TUNNEL ---
3819
3820 MATER (O.S.)
3821 Boy, I'll tell you what. That three-
3822 wheeled feller had to be right
3823 about a big meeting.
3824
3825 INT. SPY CAR - MOVING - NIGHT
3826
3827 Mater, Finn and Holley scroll through surveillance-style
3828 photos of TRAFFIC on an Italian street. They're in the front
3829 train car, which doubles as a luxury seating area and
3830 intelligence command center.
3831
3832 MATER
3833 You never see this many lemons in
3834 one town. Unless there's a swap
3835 meet, or something.
3836 (TO HOLLEY)
3837 (MORE)
3838 70.
3839
3840 MATER (CONT'D)
3841 Hey, how'd you get all them
3842 pictures?
3843
3844 HOLLEY
3845 Well, I remotely reprogrammed Porto
3846 Corsa's red light cameras to do
3847 recognition scans.
3848
3849 MATER
3850 Wow, not only is you the prettiest
3851 car I ever met, but you the
3852 smartest too.
3853
3854 HOLLEY
3855 Thank you. I think.
3856
3857 MATER
3858 That's a familiar sight.
3859
3860 Mater refers to a photo of VICTOR HUGO, the HUGO Lemonhead,
3861 being towed by an EASTERN EUROPEAN TOW TRUCK.
3862
3863 MATER
3864 A Hugo being towed. But he looks
3865 absolutely perfect.
3866
3867 FINN
3868 Of course. They must be the heads
3869 of the lemon families.
3870
3871 MATER
3872 Makes sense. If I was rich and
3873 broke down every day, I'd hire me
3874 to tow me around all the time too.
3875
3876 FINN
3877 We've got to infiltrate that
3878 meeting. It's the only way to find
3879 out who's behind all this.
3880
3881 HOLLEY
3882 (EYEING MATER)
3883 Hang on a minute.
3884
3885 MATER
3886 What?
3887
3888 HOLLEY
3889 Hold still.
3890
3891 Holley SNAPS Mater's picture, temporarily blinding him.
3892
3893 MATER
3894 Ahh!
3895 71.
3896
3897
3898 Holley turns back to her monitor. Mater's face appears on
3899 screen. She quickly GRAFTS it over the Hugo's tow truck's.
3900
3901 FINN
3902 Good job, Miss Shiftwell.
3903
3904 Holley isn't sure what surprises her more: the compliment or
3905 how pleased it makes her.
3906
3907 HOLLEY
3908 Thank you, Finn.
3909
3910 MATER
3911 Boy, I sure wish my friends could
3912 see me now.
3913
3914 EXT. SMALL TOWN - ITALY - OUTSIDE PORTO CORSA - DAY
3915
3916 A quaint Italian piazza. A pristine MASERATI FOUNTAIN,
3917 complete with ancient trident, looms in our view.
3918
3919 Luigi and Guido roll into view.
3920
3921 LUIGI
3922 Guido, your eyes do not deceive
3923 you. We are in Italy. We are home!
3924
3925 Sarge, Fillmore and McQueen exit a WGP transport truck.
3926
3927 FILLMORE
3928 Hey, Luigi. Which way to the hotel,
3929 man?
3930
3931 LUIGI
3932 What? No friends of mine will stay
3933 in a hotel in my village. You will
3934 stay with my --- Uncle Topolino!
3935
3936 UNCLE TOPOLINO, a distinguished 1937 Fiat Topolino, rolls
3937 forward. He greets them warmly with affectionate Italian
3938 salutations as word of Guido and Luigi's arrival spreads. The
3939 square FILLS with family and friends.
3940
3941 EXT. PIAZZA - DUSK
3942
3943 A festive homecoming party. Lights strung across the square.
3944 Music and dancing. Fillmore and Sarge are at a dining table.
3945
3946 SARGE
3947 How do they do it? These are the
3948 same ingredients as back home, but
3949 it tastes so good.
3950 72.
3951
3952
3953 FILLMORE
3954 It's organic, man.
3955
3956 SARGE
3957 Tree hugger.
3958
3959 LIGHTNING MCQUEEN rolls along the periphery of the square,
3960 seems lost in thought.
3961
3962 UNCLE TOPOLINO (O.S.)
3963 Race car.
3964
3965 Uncle Topolino beckons McQueen over.
3966
3967 UNCLE TOPOLINO
3968 You look so down, so low. Is like
3969 you have flat tires.
3970
3971 MAMA TOPOLINO, a hefty Italian grandmother pipes up, a mile a
3972 minute then drives off, now a car on a mission.
3973
3974 UNCLE TOPOLINO
3975 She said you look like you're
3976 starving. That she's going to make
3977 you a big meal, and fatten you up.
3978
3979 MCQUEEN
3980 No, Mama Topolino, please. You
3981 don't need to make a fuss!
3982
3983 Too late. She's disappeared inside her kitchen.
3984
3985 UNCLE TOPOLINO
3986 Capisco. I understand. Is a
3987 problem, yes? Between you and a
3988 friend?
3989
3990 MCQUEEN
3991 How'd you know that?
3992
3993 UNCLE TOPOLINO
3994 A wise car hears one word and
3995 understands two.
3996
3997 McQueen takes this in, impressed.
3998
3999 UNCLE TOPOLINO
4000 That, and Luigi told me. While Mama
4001 cooks, come and take a stroll with
4002 me.
4003
4004 They amble forward, Uncle Topolino setting the pace.
4005 73.
4006
4007
4008 MCQUEEN
4009 I brought my friend Mater along on
4010 the trip. And I told him he needed
4011 to act different, that we weren't
4012 in Radiator Springs.
4013
4014 UNCLE TOPOLINO
4015 This Mater. He's a close friend?
4016
4017 MCQUEEN
4018 He's my best friend.
4019
4020 UNCLE TOPOLINO
4021 Then why would you ask him to be
4022 someone else?
4023
4024 McQueen considers this - a realization.
4025
4026 MCQUEEN
4027 What did I do? I said some things
4028 during our fight...
4029
4030 UNCLE TOPOLINO
4031 You know, back when Guido and Luigi
4032 used to work for me, they would
4033 fight over everything.
4034
4035 IN THE SQUARE - Guido dances with a girl. Luigi suddenly CUTS
4036 IN. They begin to ARGUE.
4037
4038 UNCLE TOPOLINO
4039 They fight over what Ferrari was
4040 the best Ferrari; which one of
4041 them look more like a Ferrari...
4042 There were even some non-Ferrari
4043 fights.
4044
4045 Guido now LIFTS Luigi, cuts BACK in.
4046
4047 UNCLE TOPOLINO
4048 So I tell them, va bene. It's okay
4049 to fight. Everybody fights now and
4050 then, especially best friends.
4051
4052 McQueen takes this in. Seems to take some small comfort.
4053
4054 UNCLE TOPOLINO
4055 But you gotta make up fast.
4056
4057 McQueen's comfort quickly evaporates.
4058
4059 UNCLE TOPOLINO
4060 No fight more important than
4061 friendship.
4062 74.
4063
4064
4065 Guido and Luigi now dance together with the girl and her
4066 friend who has just arrived. All having a great time. They
4067 dance past us, crossing in front of MCQUEEN AND UNCLE
4068 TOPOLINO. We STAY WITH them.
4069
4070 UNCLE TOPOLINO
4071 Chi trova un'amico, trova un
4072 tesoro.
4073
4074 MCQUEEN
4075 What does that mean?
4076
4077 MAMA TOPOLINO
4078 (ARRIVING)
4079 Whoever find a friend, find a
4080 treasure.
4081
4082 Mama Topolino drops a tray of food in front of McQueen.
4083
4084 MAMA TOPOLINO
4085 Now, mangia! Eat!
4086
4087 ON MCQUEEN, distant, taking all of this in, lost in thought
4088 as, in the background, Uncle Topolino and Mama Topolino talk,
4089 then argue, then make up (all in Italian) all while we stay
4090 on McQueen's pensive face ---
4091
4092 INT. TRAIN TUNNEL - LATER
4093
4094 Stephenson glides along, all business.
4095
4096 STEPHENSON
4097 Finn, one hour to Porto Corsa.
4098
4099 INT. TRAIN - MOVING - LATER
4100
4101 FINN
4102 Thank you, Stephenson.
4103
4104 Finn watches as HOLLEY attaches a new EMERGENCY LIGHT on
4105 Mater's roof. It looks exactly like his old one.
4106
4107 HOLLEY
4108 That should just about do it.
4109
4110 FINN
4111 Perfect.
4112
4113 HOLLEY
4114 So Mater, it's voice-activated. But
4115 you know, everything's voice-
4116 activated these days.
4117 75.
4118
4119
4120 MATER
4121 What? I thought you was supposed to
4122 be making me a disguise.
4123
4124 MATER'S COMPUTER
4125 Voice recognized. Disguise Program
4126 Initiated.
4127
4128 ZWWWWAT! A HOLOGRAPHIC disguise suddenly umbrellas out,
4129 emitted from Mater's roof. It drops a clean cloaking image of
4130 the EASTERN EUROPEAN TOW TRUCK over Mater.
4131
4132 MATER
4133 Cool! Hey, computer. Make me a
4134 German truck!
4135
4136 MATER'S COMPUTER
4137 Request acknowledged.
4138
4139 ZWATTTT! Mater suddenly wears lederhosen and a German hat.
4140
4141 MATER
4142 Check it out. I'm wearing
4143 Materhosen. Make me a monster
4144 truck!
4145
4146 MATER'S COMPUTER
4147 Request acknowledged.
4148
4149 He's transformed into Dracula, complete with fangs.
4150
4151 MATER
4152 (ALA DRACULA)
4153 I vant to siphon your gas. Now make
4154 me a taco truck!
4155
4156 MATER'S COMPUTER
4157 Request acknowledged.
4158
4159 MATER
4160 A funny car!
4161
4162 MATER'S COMPUTER
4163 Request acknowledged.
4164
4165 Finn suddenly pushes a button, stops the madness.
4166
4167 FINN
4168 The idea is to keep a low profile,
4169 Mater.
4170
4171 Mater, chastened, moves on.
4172 76.
4173
4174
4175 MATER
4176 So I just go in, pretend to be this
4177 truck.
4178
4179 FINN
4180 And leave the rest to us.
4181
4182 HOLLEY
4183 Now hold still.
4184
4185 Holley turns back to her work. The disguise's cloaking is
4186 larger than Mater. As a result, Holley must dial it back to
4187 fit his body. As she carefully calibrates the hologram:
4188
4189 HOLLEY
4190 I have to do the final fitting on
4191 your disguise.
4192
4193 Holley STOPS. The 3D disguise is now flush with his frame,
4194 but dents SHOW THROUGH.
4195
4196 HOLLEY
4197 Oh dear. That's no good.
4198
4199 She deploys A BONDO SPRAYER on a robotic arm, moves it toward
4200 one of Mater's DENTS. Mater pulls away.
4201
4202 MATER
4203 Hey, what are you doing?
4204
4205 HOLLEY
4206 The disguise won't calibrate
4207 effectively without a smooth
4208 surface to graft onto.
4209
4210 MATER
4211 Oh. For a second there I thought
4212 you was trying to fix my dents.
4213
4214 HOLLEY
4215 I was.
4216
4217 MATER
4218 Well then no thank you. I don't get
4219 them dents buffed, pulled, filled
4220 or painted by nobody. They're way
4221 too valuable.
4222
4223 HOLLEY
4224 Your dents are valuable?
4225
4226 MATER
4227 I come by each one of them with my
4228 best friend Lightning McQueen.
4229 (MORE)
4230 77.
4231
4232 MATER (CONT'D)
4233 I don't fix these. I want to
4234 remember these dents forever.
4235
4236 HOLLEY
4237 So you were being serious in Paris?
4238 McQueen isn't just part of your
4239 cover?
4240
4241 FINN
4242 Friendships can be dangerous in our
4243 line of work, Mater.
4244
4245 MATER
4246 But my line of work is towing and
4247 salvage.
4248
4249 FINN
4250 Right. And Miss Shiftwell's is
4251 designing iPhone apps.
4252
4253 MATER
4254 No, I meant for real. I ---
4255
4256 HOLLEY
4257 It's okay. Say no more. I'll work
4258 around the dent.
4259
4260 FINN
4261 In the meantime...
4262
4263 Finn hits a button. The walls transform into a MASSIVE
4264 WEAPONS CACHE.
4265
4266 FINN
4267 You look a little light on weapons.
4268
4269 Off Mater's RXN ---
4270
4271 EXT. ALPS - DAWN
4272
4273 --- STEPHENSON EMERGES LOUDLY from a tunnel. He powers
4274 forward, starts his descent into Italy ---
4275
4276 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
4277 You are looking live at beautiful
4278 Porto Corsa, Italy, on the Italian
4279 Riviera. What a magnificent setting
4280 for the second race of the World
4281 Grand Prix.
4282
4283 EXT. PORTO CORSA, ITALY - DAY
4284
4285 Over sweeping helicopter BEAUTY SHOTS:
4286 78.
4287
4288
4289 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
4290 Well Brent, they call this place
4291 "The Gem of the Riviera," and it's
4292 easy to see why.
4293
4294 A local fishing boat chugs through an idyllic waterway,
4295 beneath bridges that connect hillside villas.
4296
4297 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
4298 With its secluded beaches and
4299 opulent casinos, Porto Corsa truly
4300 is a playground for the wealthy.
4301
4302 A long line of RICH-LOOKING YACHTS in the harbor.
4303
4304 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
4305 And everyone who's anyone is here
4306 today.
4307
4308 Rich SPORTS CARS drive past pricey shops.
4309
4310 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
4311 From the ultra-rich and super-
4312 famous, to world leaders and
4313 important dignitaries.
4314
4315 THE POPEMOBILE, visible in a crowd, drives through town.
4316
4317 DARRELL CARTRIP (V.O.)
4318 You aren't kidding, David. You
4319 can't do a three-point turn around
4320 here without bumping into some
4321 celebrity!
4322
4323 HELICOPTER SHOT of the Casino.
4324
4325 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
4326 Welcome everyone to the second race
4327 of the World Grand Prix!
4328 CUT TO:
4329
4330 MUSTANGBURGER, HOBBSCAP and CARTRIP in the control booth.
4331
4332 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER
4333 The big news continues to be
4334 Allinol. Sir Miles Axlerod spoke to
4335 the press earlier today to answer
4336 questions about its safety.
4337
4338 FOOTAGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE - Miles Axlerod, at a podium,
4339 addresses the press throng. He looks a bit exasperated.
4340 79.
4341
4342
4343 MILES AXLEROD
4344 An independent panel of scientists
4345 has determined that Allinol is
4346 completely safe. Okay? Safe! There
4347 it is.
4348
4349 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER
4350 So the race will go on, folks.
4351
4352 RACE GRAPHICS show Francesco with 10 points at the top of the
4353 race standings.
4354
4355 DARRELL CARTRIP
4356 But the question everyone is
4357 asking: Will the real Lightning
4358 McQueen show up today?
4359
4360 ON THE TRACK - As the racers begin to get into position on
4361 the grid.
4362
4363 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
4364 Well, he better. Talk about a home-
4365 track advantage. Francesco
4366 Bernoulli grew up racing on this
4367 course.
4368
4369 ITALIAN TRACK ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
4370 Signore e signori, in the pole
4371 position, numero uno...
4372
4373 The crowd is cheering already, knows who this is.
4374
4375 ITALIAN TRACK ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
4376 ... Francescoooooo!
4377
4378 The Italian crowd roars and chants for their hometown hero.
4379
4380 FRANCESCO
4381 (to the crowd)
4382 Bellissima! Thank you for your
4383 support.
4384 (TO MCQUEEN)
4385 And your big mistake, McQueen!
4386
4387 McQueen missed this comment. He approaches his grid position,
4388 lost in thought.
4389
4390 ITALIAN TRACK ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
4391 In the secondo position. Numero
4392 novantacinque. Lightning McQueen!
4393
4394 Cheers (not so thunderous, obviously) from the crowd. McQueen
4395 doesn't seem to notice.
4396 80.
4397
4398
4399 IN MCQUEEN'S PIT - His team exchanges looks, worried.
4400
4401 LUIGI
4402 McQueen? Is everything okay?
4403
4404 FILLMORE
4405 If you're worried about your fuel,
4406 man, don't. It's perfectly safe.
4407
4408 BACK ON THE STARTING GRID
4409
4410 MCQUEEN
4411 No, guys, I just really wish Mater
4412 were here.
4413
4414 FRANCESCO (O.S.)
4415 Francesco understands, McQueen.
4416
4417 Francesco parks next to him, grinning.
4418
4419 MCQUEEN
4420 Oh, great. Here it comes. What've
4421 you got, Francesco?
4422
4423 FRANCESCO
4424 For famous race cars like Francesco
4425 and well... you, to be far away
4426 from home is not easy.
4427
4428 MCQUEEN
4429 I think you forgot the insulting
4430 part of that insult.
4431
4432 FRANCESCO
4433 Is no insult. When Francesco is
4434 away from home, he misses his mama
4435 just like you miss your tow truck
4436 amico.
4437
4438 MCQUEEN
4439 Gee, I maybe misjudged you, because
4440 that's exactly how I ---
4441
4442 FRANCESCO
4443 Of course, I am at home. And my
4444 mama is right here.
4445
4446 Francesco refers to his MAMA who sits in a special box in the
4447 crowd, cheering him on, blowing him kisses.
4448
4449 FRANCESCO
4450 (YELLS)
4451 Mama! Don't worry, Mama!
4452 (MORE)
4453 81.
4454
4455 FRANCESCO (CONT'D)
4456 McQueen is very sad! I will beat
4457 his cry-baby bottom today!
4458
4459 MCQUEEN
4460 And there's the insult we were
4461 missing. Grazie!
4462
4463 THE LIGHTS - CLICK FROM RED TO GREEN ---
4464
4465 THE RACERS TAKE OFF!
4466
4467 EXT. PORTO CORSA - DAY
4468
4469 SHOTS of the racers making the first few turns through the
4470 city streets. We PAN to the CASINO DI PORTO CORSA. The Beaux
4471 Arts-style architecture towers atop a hill, overlooks the
4472 course.
4473
4474 EXT. THE CASINO - MOMENTS LATER
4475
4476 A group of thuggish HUGOS - ugly Eastern European cars - wait
4477 impatiently at the front. A LIMOUSINE-STYLE car carrier rolls
4478 up to the roundabout.
4479
4480 An esteemed, elderly GREMLIN rolls past with a group of
4481 GREMLIN THUGS who usher him into the casino.
4482
4483 ALEXANDER HUGO
4484 Gremlins. Man, those are some ugly
4485 cars. Look like someone stole their
4486 trunks.
4487
4488 The THUGS all SNICKER.
4489
4490 HOLLEY
4491 Scusatemi, tutti! Signori!
4492
4493 Holley arrives, sporting a decent Italian accent.
4494
4495 HOLLEY
4496 Mio nonno, my grandfather, has
4497 broken down. If one of you would
4498 help I would be so thankful.
4499
4500 IVAN, AN EASTERN EUROPEAN TOW TRUCK (the one Holley and Finn
4501 prepped Mater to impersonate), drives forward.
4502
4503 IVAN THE TOW TRUCK
4504 Sounds like you need some "roadside
4505 assistance".
4506
4507 ANOTHER HUGO
4508 She was talking to me, Ivan.
4509 82.
4510
4511
4512 IVAN THE TOW TRUCK
4513 Oh really? Prove it.
4514
4515 HOLLEY
4516 No, no, don't fight over me.
4517
4518 Holley directs her interest toward Ivan.
4519
4520 HOLLEY
4521 Signore Tow Truck, per favore?
4522 CUT TO:
4523
4524 MATER - He watches this from a safe hiding spot around a
4525 corner.
4526
4527 FINN (V.O.)
4528 Get ready, Mater.
4529 CUT TO:
4530
4531 FINN, at an outdoor cafe on the casino grounds.
4532
4533 FINN
4534 You're on any moment now.
4535 CUT BACK TO:
4536
4537 MATER, now looking a bit nervous. He backs out of sight.
4538
4539 MATER
4540 I don't know about this, Finn.
4541 What if I screw things up?
4542
4543 FINN (OVER RADIO)
4544 Impossible. Just apply the same
4545 level of dedication you've been
4546 using to play the "idiot tow truck"
4547 and you'll be fine.
4548
4549 MATER
4550 It's just that them guys look
4551 pretty tough and --- Wait, did you
4552 say "idiot"? Is that how you see
4553 me?
4554
4555 FINN (OVER RADIO)
4556 That's how everyone sees you. Isn't
4557 that the idea? I tell you, that's
4558 the genius of it. No one realizes
4559 they're being fooled because
4560 they're too busy laughing at the
4561 fool. Brilliant.
4562
4563 While Finn talks, Mater takes this in. He catches his own
4564 reflection in a nearby window. Seems to be seeing himself
4565 with new eyes.
4566 83.
4567
4568
4569 ZZZZATTT! Mater jumps at the sound, turns in time to see Ivan
4570 SHOCKED UNCONSCIOUS by Holley's ZAPPERS.
4571
4572 HOLLEY
4573 Why aren't you in disguise?
4574
4575 MATER
4576 I, uh---
4577
4578 HOLLEY
4579 Come on, there's no time. Go!
4580
4581 MATER
4582 Okay, okay. Computer: disguise.
4583
4584 MATER'S COMPUTER
4585 Request acknowledged.
4586
4587 EXT. AROUND THE NEXT CORNER - CONTINUOUS
4588
4589 Mater, now disguised as Ivan the Tow Truck, approaches the
4590 Hugos. Another LIMO CAR CARRIER arrives.
4591
4592 ALEXANDER HUGO
4593 It's the boss! He is coming!
4594
4595 The carrier parks and the back opens. VICTOR HUGO waits.
4596
4597 VICTOR HUGO
4598 Ivan!
4599
4600 Mater realizes Victor is talking to him. He hops to it.
4601
4602 VICTOR HUGO
4603 Ivan, why do you insult me so by
4604 making me wait?
4605
4606 Mater, now with Victor hooked, tows him in the front doors of
4607 the casino.
4608
4609 ON FINN - now joined in the cafe by Holley who monitors
4610 everything and SEES EVERYTHING MATER SEES on her display.
4611
4612 HOLLEY
4613 He's in.
4614
4615 EXT. RACE COURSE - PORTO CORSA - DAY
4616
4617 McQueen and Francesco battle for first place ---
4618
4619 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
4620 The racers are now making their way
4621 around the hairpin, and headed
4622 downhill toward the casino bridge.
4623 84.
4624
4625
4626 INT. CASINO - DAY
4627
4628 Cars play craps with FUZZY DICE; slot machines with odometers
4629 for jackpot numbers; cigarette girls sell car items.
4630
4631 CIGARETTE GIRL CAR
4632 Air Freshener, antenna balls,
4633 sparkplugs...
4634
4635 ON MATER - He tows VICTOR. They are flanked on all four
4636 corners by Hugo thugs, ala a presidential motorcade. The
4637 largess of the interior design seems to finally snap Mater
4638 out of his funk.
4639
4640 MATER
4641 (WIDE-EYED)
4642 Wow, this place looks like it's
4643 made out of gold.
4644
4645 The Hugos on either side of Mater exchange a look.
4646
4647 HOLLEY (OVER RADIO)
4648 That's because it is, Mater. Now,
4649 be careful what you say.
4650
4651 MATER
4652 Why is that? What do you mean don't
4653 talk to you?
4654 (more talking from Holley
4655 which we cannot hear)
4656 So you want me to stop talking to
4657 you. Right now?
4658
4659 ALEXANDER HUGO
4660 You are acting strange today, Ivan.
4661
4662 MATER
4663 I have no idea what you're talking
4664 about...
4665
4666 MATER'S P.O.V. - A digital readout isolates the Hugo and
4667 starts to scroll reams of information alongside.
4668
4669 MATER
4670 ...Alexander Hugo, aka "Chop Shop
4671 Alex."
4672
4673 IN A WIDER SHOT we realize this display is invisible to all
4674 but Mater. Some of Alex's other alias' include "Alexander Hu-
4675 Don't Go" and "Alexander the Not-So Great."
4676 85.
4677
4678
4679 MATER
4680 Hey, you got a lot of aka's, Alex.
4681 But I guess that makes sense
4682 seeings how you's wanted in France,
4683 Germany, the Czech Republic...
4684
4685 HOLLEY
4686 (cutting in to his
4687 DISPLAY)
4688 Mater! Stop it!
4689
4690 Alexander Hugo, unaware of Holley's interruption, whispers to
4691 Mater as they turn a corner.
4692
4693 ALEXANDER HUGO
4694 Okay, okay. Keep your voice down.
4695 You're gonna make me arrested.
4696 (to the other Hugos)
4697 Don't mess with Ivan today. He's in
4698 a bad mood.
4699
4700 EXT. CASINO - DAY
4701
4702 Holley, hearing this, can't believe it.
4703
4704 FINN
4705 He's so good.
4706
4707 INT. CASINO - DAY
4708
4709 Mater tows Victor inside a private room, where inside are the
4710 WORLD'S WORST CARS including VLADMIR TRUNKOV, TUBBS PACER and
4711 J. CURBY GREMLIN.
4712
4713 VLADIMIR TRUNKOV
4714 Victor!
4715
4716 TUBBS PACER
4717 Hey, Victor!
4718
4719 J. CURBY GREMLIN
4720 There you are.
4721
4722 VLADIMIR TRUNKOV
4723 Come in, come in.
4724
4725 J. CURBY GREMLIN
4726 Victor Hugo. I'm J. Curby Gremlin,
4727 from Detroit. It's good to see you.
4728 Now we can start.
4729
4730 VICTOR HUGO
4731 Is the big boss here yet?
4732 86.
4733
4734
4735 VLADIMIR TRUNKOV
4736 No, not yet.
4737
4738 TUBBS PACER
4739 He's supposed to be here any
4740 minute.
4741
4742 WHAM! A DOOR is thrown open O.S. Everyone turns, now silent.
4743
4744 ON THE DOOR - It sits open. No one enters.
4745
4746 The room of Lemons watch, nervous.
4747
4748 ON MATER - Nervously watching too.
4749
4750 EXT. CASINO - CONTINUOUS
4751
4752 FINN
4753 Here we go.
4754
4755 INT. PRIVATE ROOM - CASINO - CONTINUOUS
4756
4757 A car finally appears. It's Zundapp.
4758
4759 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
4760 Guten Tag!
4761
4762 Everyone looks disappointed.
4763
4764 TUBBS PACER
4765 It's just the Professor.
4766
4767 VICTOR HUGO
4768 Zundapp, when is he coming?
4769
4770 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
4771 He's already here.
4772
4773 MONITORS descend from the ceiling. On them, an image of AN
4774 ENGINE - the same bloody engine from the photo. But this is a
4775 LIVE image. The car is being worked on.
4776
4777 VOICE
4778 Welcome, everyone.
4779
4780 The VOICE is garbled, scrambled. No way to determine who.
4781
4782 ENGINE VOICE
4783 I wish I could be with you on this
4784 very special day but... my clutch
4785 assembly broke. You know how it is.
4786
4787 The Lemons all nod in understanding.
4788 87.
4789
4790
4791 TUBBS PACER
4792 Been there.
4793
4794 J. CURBY GREMLIN
4795 Forget about it.
4796
4797 VLADIMIR TRUNKOV
4798 We know how you feel.
4799
4800 EXT. CASINO
4801
4802 FINN
4803 Descramble that voice!
4804
4805 HOLLEY
4806 (already on it)
4807 I'm trying... It's too
4808 sophisticated!
4809
4810 INT. PRIVATE ROOM - CASINO - CONTINUOUS
4811
4812 ENGINE VOICE
4813 We are here to celebrate. Today all
4814 your hard work pays off. The world
4815 turned their backs on cars like us.
4816 They stopped manufacturing us,
4817 stopped making our parts. The only
4818 thing they haven't stopped doing is
4819 laughing at us. They've called us
4820 terrible names...
4821
4822 On VICTOR HUGO.
4823
4824 ENGINE VOICE
4825 Jalopy. Rustbucket.
4826
4827 On TUBBS PACER.
4828
4829 ENGINE VOICE
4830 Heap. Clunker.
4831
4832 On J. CURBY GREMLIN:
4833
4834 ENGINE VOICE
4835 Junker, beater, wreck.
4836
4837 On ZUNDAPP.
4838
4839 ENGINE VOICE
4840 Rattletrap.
4841
4842 And finally back on the monitor. The ENGINE.
4843 88.
4844
4845
4846 ENGINE VOICE
4847 Lemon. But their insults just give
4848 us strength. Because today, my
4849 friends...
4850
4851 The monitors switch to LIVE RACE FOOTAGE.
4852
4853 ENGINE VOICE
4854 ...that all ends.
4855
4856 On the VIDEO SCREENS - CARLA VELOSO'S ENGINE BLOWS ---
4857
4858 EXT. RACE COURSE - CONTINUOUS
4859
4860 Veloso swerves, attempts to mitigate a crash ---
4861
4862 DARRELL CARTRIP (V.O.)
4863 There's smoke! On the casino
4864 bridge!
4865
4866 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
4867 Oh no.
4868
4869 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
4870 It's Carla Veloso, the Brazilian
4871 race car.
4872
4873 She skids into a wall, hard.
4874
4875 EXT. CASINO - CONTINUOUS
4876
4877 FINN
4878 What just happened?
4879
4880 HOLLEY
4881 (analyzing the data)
4882 I'm working on it.
4883
4884 INT. PRIVATE ROOM - CASINO - CONTINUOUS
4885
4886 The lemons are CHEERING. Mater is freaked out.
4887
4888 ENGINE VOICE
4889 They laughed at us. But now it's
4890 our turn to laugh back.
4891
4892 BOOM! Another racer blows an engine. Mater JUMPS again.
4893
4894 EXT. RACE COURSE - SAME
4895
4896 As the racer smashes into the railing ---
4897 89.
4898
4899
4900 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
4901 Another crash! It's number nine,
4902 Nigel Gearsley.
4903
4904 ENGINE VOICE (V.O.)
4905 Embrace your inner lemon! Let it
4906 drive you!
4907
4908 EXT. CASINO
4909
4910 FINN
4911 Holley?
4912
4913 HOLLEY
4914 I'm detecting an extremely strong
4915 electromagnetic pulse.
4916
4917 Holley replays that last crash. The OUTLINE OF THE BEAM is
4918 seen hitting the racer. Holley TRACES THIS to its source ---
4919
4920 --- a WGP CAMERA, which Grem and Acer have pointed at the
4921 racers from a tower position.
4922
4923 HOLLEY
4924 Finn, it's the camera!
4925
4926 FINN
4927 Where?
4928
4929 HOLLEY
4930 On the tower.
4931
4932 Finn TAKES OFF, speeding toward Grem and Acer ---
4933
4934 ENGINE VOICE (V.O.)
4935 This was meant to be alternative
4936 fuel's greatest moment.
4937
4938 EXT. GRANDSTANDS - RACE COURSE - CONTINUOUS
4939
4940 Angry fans knock over cans of Allinol. One drives over an
4941 Allinol sign. They're fed up with it.
4942
4943 ENGINE VOICE (V.O.)
4944 After today everyone will race back
4945 to gasoline.
4946
4947 We RACK FOCUS to reveal another fan as he RIPS an Allinol
4948 banner down angrily.
4949
4950 INT. PRIVATE ROOM - CASINO - CONTINUOUS
4951
4952 The video screens are now filled with ONE IMAGE - of the OIL
4953 PLATFORMS in the Pacific from the beginning of the movie.
4954 90.
4955
4956
4957 ENGINE VOICE
4958 And we, the owners of the world's
4959 largest untapped oil reserve, will
4960 become the most powerful cars in
4961 the world!
4962
4963 EXT. STREETS OF PORTO CORSA - CONTINUOUS
4964
4965 Finn ducks, weaves, speeds, and pushes his way through
4966 BYSTANDERS ---
4967
4968 FINN
4969 Get out of the way! Andate!
4970
4971 He speeds furiously through town.
4972
4973 EXT. RACE COURSE - PORTO CORSA - CONTINUOUS
4974
4975 McQueen and Francesco FLY PAST US.
4976
4977 INT. PRIVATE ROOM - CASINO
4978
4979 ENGINE VOICE
4980 They will come to us and they will
4981 have no choice, `cause they will
4982 need us.
4983
4984 ON FINN - He SPEEDS up a road, Grem and Acer visible ahead of
4985 him. He LEAPS over the crevasse toward the AMC cousins ---
4986
4987 Suddenly, FINN FREEZES. He's immobilized in mid-air!
4988
4989 He looks up. A CHOPPER with a LARGE MAGNET hovers over him.
4990
4991 ACER
4992 (TO FINN)
4993 We figured you might stop by.
4994
4995 ENGINE VOICE (V.O.)
4996 And they will finally respect us.
4997 So hold your hoods high. After
4998 today you will never again be
4999 ashamed of who you are!
5000
5001 Grem and Acer turn back to the camera. They line up Shu
5002 Todoroki, who's a bit further along now.
5003
5004 FINN
5005 No!
5006
5007 INT. PRIVATE ROOM - CASINO - CONTINUOUS
5008
5009 ENGINE VOICE
5010 Long live Lemons!
5011 91.
5012
5013
5014 EXT. RACE COURSE
5015
5016 Grem ZAPS THE RACER.
5017
5018 Flames burst from Todoroki. He loses control.
5019
5020 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
5021 Number seven is loose! Shu
5022 Todoroki!
5023
5024 Shu takes down three more cars with him and others follow
5025 suit. It's a nightmare pileup.
5026
5027 EXT. CASINO - SAME
5028
5029 Holley sees Finn being flown away by the chopper.
5030
5031 HOLLEY
5032 Finn.
5033
5034 EXT. FINISH LINE - PORTO CORSA - CONTINUOUS
5035
5036 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
5037 Bumper to bumper as they approach
5038 the finish line.
5039
5040 McQueen NOSES out Francesco for a win, both oblivious to
5041 what's just happened.
5042
5043 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
5044 McQueen's the winner, Francesco's
5045 second. And they have no idea what
5046 happened behind them.
5047
5048 MCQUEEN
5049 Yeah!
5050
5051 FRANCESCO
5052 Dah! This is impossible!
5053
5054 MCQUEEN
5055 That's what I'm talking about.
5056 Kachow! Hey, where are all the
5057 other cars?
5058
5059 FRANCESCO
5060 What is going on?
5061
5062 They see the pile-up from an overhead monitor. Sirens blare
5063 as a MEDIC CHOPPER flies to the scene of the pile-up.
5064 92.
5065
5066
5067 MCQUEEN
5068 (REALIZES)
5069 Oh no.
5070 CUT TO:
5071
5072 MILES AXLEROD - LATER. He's near the casino. He's completely
5073 surrounded, 360 degrees, by press. He's drowned out by a
5074 blizzard of questions.
5075
5076 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER
5077 Sir Axlerod! Is the final race in
5078 London still going to take place?
5079
5080 PULL BACK to reveal we are watching this on monitors in the
5081 PRIVATE CASINO ROOM with the Lemonheads, Zundapp and Mater.
5082
5083 MILES AXLEROD (ON TV)
5084 I suppose that... Look, "the show
5085 must go on" as they say. But now is
5086 not the time to talk about...
5087
5088 J. CURBY GREMLIN
5089 I can't believe this is really
5090 happening.
5091
5092 VLADIMIR TRUNKOV
5093 Shh, quiet!
5094
5095 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (ON TV)
5096 And Allinol? Will you require all
5097 the racers to still run on Allinol?
5098
5099 VLADIMIR TRUNKOV
5100 Here it comes.
5101
5102 On Miles Axlerod: He's devastated.
5103
5104 MILES AXLEROD (ON TV)
5105 I cannot in good conscience
5106 continue to risk the lives of any
5107 more race cars. The final race will
5108 not be run on Allinol.
5109
5110 WILD WHOOPING CHEERS fill the room. Lemonade corks are
5111 popped.
5112
5113 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (ON TV)
5114 There you have it. A clearly
5115 devastated Sir Miles Axlerod
5116 announcing that he will not require
5117 the cars to use Allinol for the
5118 final race.
5119 93.
5120
5121
5122 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
5123 A toast! To the death of Allinol
5124 and alternative fuel forever!
5125
5126 EXT. CASINO - CONTINUOUS
5127
5128 Holley is already on the run. Speeding away.
5129
5130 HOLLEY
5131 Mater. Abort the mission. They've
5132 got Finn. Get out of there. Get out
5133 of there right now!
5134
5135 She turns a corner and STOPS.
5136
5137 Her escape is now blocked by the same HUGO THUGS she tricked
5138 before. Another vehicle appears BEHIND HER, LOOMS.
5139
5140 IVAN THE TOW TRUCK
5141 How is your grandfather?
5142
5143 INT. PRIVATE ROOM - CASINO - CONTINUOUS
5144
5145 The Lemonheads celebrate, chant "Long live lemons!" Mater,
5146 scared, turns to leave. He's stopped by ALEXANDER HUGO.
5147
5148 ALEXANDER HUGO
5149 Isn't this a great party, Ivan?
5150
5151 MATER
5152 Oh yeah, it's unbelievable.
5153
5154 ALEXANDER HUGO
5155 You are not leaving, are you?
5156
5157 MATER
5158 Uh, of course I ain't leavin'.
5159
5160 MCQUEEN (O.S.)
5161 I'm just in shock like everybody...
5162
5163 MATER
5164 McQueen?
5165
5166 He turns, sees that McQueen is being interviewed on the
5167 monitors.
5168
5169 MCQUEEN (ON TV)
5170 Crashes are part of racing, I know.
5171 But something like that shouldn't
5172 ever happen.
5173 94.
5174
5175
5176 DARRELL CARTRIP (ON TV)
5177 They're letting you choose your
5178 fuel for the final race. Do you
5179 have any idea what it's going to
5180 be?
5181
5182 MCQUEEN (ON TV)
5183 Allinol.
5184
5185 The excitement suddenly DRAINS from the room.
5186
5187 LEMONHEADS
5188 - What?! - Did he just say
5189 Allinol? After today?
5190
5191 MCQUEEN (ON TV)
5192 My friend Fillmore says the fuel's
5193 safe. That's good enough for me. I
5194 didn't stand by a friend of mine
5195 recently. I'm not gonna make the
5196 same mistake twice.
5197
5198 On Mater. He takes this in.
5199
5200 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (ON TV)
5201 So a surprising revelation from
5202 Lightning McQueen...
5203
5204 Zundapp is already on the phone with their Big Boss who,
5205 based on his angry O.S. voice, sounds ticked off.
5206
5207 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
5208 Yes, sir. Of course.
5209
5210 Zundapp hangs up, turns to the room.
5211
5212 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
5213 Allinol must be finished for good.
5214 McQueen cannot win the last race.
5215 Lightning McQueen must be killed.
5216
5217 Mater's eyes open wide.
5218
5219 MATER
5220 No!
5221
5222 Mater backs up, KNOCKING his emergency light against one of
5223 the monitors. ZZZZZAT! His holographic disguise flickers away
5224 then quickly SCROLLS THROUGH all of his previous disguises,
5225 finally revealing rusty old Mater.
5226
5227 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
5228 It's the American spy!
5229 95.
5230
5231
5232 The thugs DRAW TERRIFYING WEAPONS.
5233
5234 MATER
5235 Dadgum.
5236
5237 MATER'S COMPUTER
5238 "Gatling gun" request acknowledged.
5239
5240 WHIRRRRR! GUNS roll out of Mater on each side.
5241
5242 MATER
5243 Shoot. I didn't mean ---
5244
5245 MATER'S COMPUTER
5246 Request acknowledged.
5247
5248 Mater SPRAYS BULLETS into the crowd.
5249
5250 VLADIMIR TRUNKOV
5251 Get down!
5252
5253 MATER
5254 Whoa!!
5255
5256 The Lemons and Lemonheads hit the deck and RETURN FIRE ---
5257
5258 Mater is THROWN BACKWARD by the force of the guns, back
5259 through some double doors and onto a BALCONY.
5260
5261 MATER
5262 Wait wait! I didn't mean that kind
5263 of shoot!
5264
5265 MATER'S COMPUTER
5266 Correction acknowledged. Deploying
5267 chute.
5268
5269 WHOOM! A PARACHUTE BURSTS out of the back of Mater, he
5270 catches air and is YANKED INTO THE SKY!
5271
5272 The Lemonheads watch him float away, amazed.
5273
5274 ON MATER, out of the frying pan but still toasty. He looks
5275 around, notices:
5276
5277 LIGHTNING MCQUEEN, far away, leaving the press podium.
5278
5279 MATER
5280 McQueen!
5281
5282 Mater looks down at the harbor, over which he flies. He spots
5283 a MOTORBOAT. Mater WHIPS his hook down, steals a ride behind
5284 the boat TOWARD MCQUEEN.
5285 96.
5286
5287
5288 ITALIAN MOTORBOAT
5289 Aspetti!
5290
5291 The motorboat isn't happy about this, tries to shake him.
5292 Mater is THROWN INTO A "HOTEL" sign, then SMASHES down
5293 through a Francesco souvenir stand. As he CRASHES onto the
5294 ground hard, we SMASH CUT TO ---
5295
5296 EXT. SECURITY CHECKPOINT - WINNERS CIRCLE
5297
5298 --- a barricade. Separating the press from the public,
5299 ITALIAN SECURITY TRUCKS stand guard.
5300
5301 MATER
5302 Lemme through! Lemme through!
5303
5304 MATER barrels around a corner. He's now covered in Francesco
5305 memorabilia and palm leaves. The word `HOT' now dangles off
5306 him like the world's biggest bling. He looks INSANE.
5307
5308 MATER
5309 (TO SECURITY)
5310 You gotta let me in! I gotta get
5311 through to warn McQueen!
5312
5313 Security eyes one another. This is serious.
5314
5315 ITALIAN SECURITY #1
5316 You cannot come through here. Back
5317 up, signore.
5318
5319 ITALIAN SECURITY #2
5320 (into a walkie-talkie)
5321 We have a lunatic at Gate Nove.
5322
5323 MATER
5324 No, listen! I was disguised as a
5325 tow truck to infiltrate this
5326 Lemonhead meeting and my weapons
5327 system misinterperated what I was
5328 SAYING ---
5329
5330 ITALIAN SECURITY #2
5331 I repeat. Lunatic at Gate Nove.
5332
5333 Mater spots McQueen far off in the distance.
5334
5335 MATER
5336 McQueen! McQueen!
5337
5338 JUST OFF THE PRESS STAGE - McQueen is led toward the exit.
5339
5340 PRESS LIAISON
5341 Right this way, signore.
5342 97.
5343
5344
5345 MATER (O.S.)
5346 (DISTANT)
5347 McQueen!
5348
5349 MCQUEEN
5350 Mater?
5351
5352 McQueen looks up but can only see A SEA OF VEHICLES,
5353 flashbulbs, cameras, TV trucks with those tall satellite
5354 antennae things that spindle toward the sky...
5355
5356 BACK AT THE SECURITY BARRICADE - Mater, like a nimble running
5357 back, dances around to avoid capture by security.
5358
5359 MATER
5360 McQueen!
5361
5362 ITALIAN SECURITY #1
5363 Back up, sir. Stop moving! Stop!
5364
5365 Mater head fakes them and pushes through, into the crowd ---
5366
5367 ITALIAN SECURITY #1
5368 Oy! Stop! Ferma li!
5369
5370 IN THE CROWD - Mater shoves his way through. He's still far
5371 in the back.
5372
5373 MATER
5374 McQueen!
5375
5376 ON MCQUEEN
5377
5378 MCQUEEN
5379 That really sounded like Mater.
5380 Mater?
5381
5382 PRESS LIAISON
5383 (TO MCQUEEN)
5384 Signore...
5385
5386 ON MATER, getting CLOSER...
5387
5388 MATER
5389 McQueen, they're gonna kill you!!
5390
5391 ON MCQUEEN - Okay, he's positive that was his friend, but
5392 where is he?
5393
5394 MCQUEEN
5395 Mater?!
5396
5397 McQueen spots a TOW HOOK, moving through the crowd toward
5398 him, "Jaws"-like.
5399 98.
5400
5401
5402 MCQUEEN
5403 Excuse me.
5404
5405 McQueen disappears into the press crowd.
5406
5407 PRESS LIAISON
5408 No, no, where are you going?
5409 Please, Mr. McQueen!
5410
5411 McQueen pushes through the press.
5412
5413 MCQUEEN
5414 Scusi. Mater! Scusi...
5415
5416 McQueen tracks the tow hook, gets closer. He pushes through
5417 the last few vehicles ---
5418
5419 MCQUEEN
5420 Mater, I'm so glad to see you. I'm
5421 so sorr ---
5422
5423 It's NOT MATER. It's IVAN, the Hugo Thug's tow truck.
5424
5425 IVAN THE TOW TRUCK
5426 Lightning McQueen! I am a huge fan.
5427
5428 MCQUEEN
5429 (CONFUSED)
5430 Oh, I'm sorry. I thought I heard---
5431
5432 IVAN THE TOW TRUCK
5433 Yes, but that was me. I said, "You
5434 killed out there today." You're
5435 the best.
5436
5437 MCQUEEN
5438 What? Oh. I mean, thanks.
5439
5440 PRESS LIAISON
5441 Right this way, signore ---
5442
5443 Now the Press Liaison and his assistants are pushing McQueen
5444 back in the other direction ---
5445
5446 MCQUEEN
5447 (as he's pulled away)
5448 I really thought I heard my friend.
5449
5450 As he's pulled away, press and onlookers start to come
5451 between him and Ivan, who hasn't moved.
5452 99.
5453
5454
5455 IVAN THE TOW TRUCK
5456 (TO MCQUEEN)
5457 In England you'll be finished. At
5458 the finish line.
5459
5460 Ivan is now obscured again.
5461
5462 MCQUEEN
5463 Wait, what?
5464
5465 The ITALIAN PRESS being to swarm.
5466
5467 PRESS LIAISON
5468 Please, the world press is waiting.
5469 You come with me, please.
5470
5471 McQueen is pulled back ---
5472
5473 EXT. STREET - PORTO CORSA - MOMENTS LATER
5474
5475 --- just as Mater, now BOUND and with HIS MOUTH TAPED, is
5476 pulled away and thrown into the back of a transport vehicle.
5477 He lands hard on his side, spits out his TAPE.
5478
5479 MATER
5480 Let me go!
5481
5482 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
5483 You actually care about that race
5484 car. A pity you didn't warn him in
5485 time.
5486
5487 As the doors close on Mater --- PHHHHHSSSSSSTTTTTTT! A
5488 thick, noxious gas starts to fill the truck.
5489
5490 On MATER as the knockout gas works its magic. HIS EYES CLOSE.
5491 CUT TO:
5492
5493 BLACK SCREEN.
5494
5495 MATER (V.O.)
5496 Idiot? Is that how you see me?
5497
5498 FINN (V.O.)
5499 That's how everyone sees you. I
5500 tell you, that's the genius of it.
5501
5502 FADE IN on Mater, back at the Casino, eyeing his reflection
5503 in the glass window. It's the same moment from before except
5504 now we are watching it from a DETACHED, FLOATING PERSPECTIVE.
5505 100.
5506
5507
5508 FINN (OVER RADIO)
5509 No one realizes they're being
5510 fooled because they're too busy
5511 laughing at the fool.
5512
5513 - IN THE KABUKI THEATER IN JAPAN - Again, from before. Mater
5514 makes a spectacle of himself, WHOOPING AND HOLLERING in the
5515 stands with the face paint on.
5516
5517 MATER
5518 Domo arigato!
5519
5520 McQueen, Fillmore, Guido, Luigi, Sarge and patrons eye Mater,
5521 embarrassed and angry.
5522
5523 - IN THE JAPANESE MUSEUM - The moment of Mater banging on the
5524 Zen rock garden's glass. Except that now we see all sorts of
5525 disappointed and eyebrow raising reactions.
5526
5527 MATER
5528 You done good! You got all the
5529 leaves!
5530
5531 JEFF GORVETTE
5532 Check out that tow truck.
5533
5534 LEWIS HAMILTON
5535 I wonder who that guy's with?
5536
5537 MCQUEEN
5538 (HUMILIATED)
5539 Will you guys excuse me just for
5540 one little second?
5541
5542 We now REVEAL that this FLOATING, THIRD PERSON PERSPECTIVE is
5543 MATER. He's INSIDE his past, watching it from others' points
5544 of view. He doesn't like what he sees.
5545
5546 - ON MATER, now at the sushi bar.
5547
5548 MATER
5549 Now that's a scoop of ice cream!
5550
5551 Mater swallows the wasabi with one big bite. He SCREAMS! The
5552 sushi bar patrons blanch with revulsion at his wail.
5553
5554 - ON THE FOUNTAIN, as Mater peels into full view of everyone
5555 else at the party. As Mater laps up water from a fountain:
5556
5557 MCQUEEN
5558 (EMBARRASSED)
5559 Mater?!
5560 101.
5561
5562
5563 ALL THE RACERS, with FRANCESCO front and center, guffaw at
5564 Mater.
5565
5566 - On MCQUEEN, now scolding Mater moments later.
5567
5568 MATER
5569 I never leak oil. Never.
5570
5571 MCQUEEN
5572 Mater, you have to get a hold of
5573 yourself. You're making a scene!
5574
5575 - IN MCQUEEN'S PIT GARAGE, after the Japanese race.
5576
5577 MATER
5578 Wait a minute. I didn't screw you
5579 up, did I?
5580
5581 MCQUEEN
5582 I lost the race because of you!
5583
5584 MATER
5585 Maybe if I talked to somebody, or---
5586
5587 MCQUEEN
5588 I don't need your help. I don't
5589 want your help!
5590
5591 - Now BACK AT THE PARTY, a moment we didn't see before but
5592 which presumably happened. Mater is BANGING a ceremonial
5593 GONG, to the horror of Japanese guests.
5594
5595 MATER
5596 Bang a gong, get it on!
5597
5598 GONNNNNNG!!! ---
5599
5600 On the PARTYGOERS, RACE CARS, PARTY STAFF - they're all
5601 laughing at Mater as McQueen's final words blend in, making a
5602 DISSATISFIED CACOPHONY
5603
5604 MCQUEEN
5605 Listen, this isn't Radiator
5606 Springs. This is exactly why I
5607 don't bring you along to these
5608 things!
5609
5610 Off the GONG at the party ---
5611
5612 INT. BIG BENTLEY - DAY
5613
5614 --- to the GONG of a CLOCK.
5615
5616 CLOSE ON MATER as he OPENS HIS EYES.
5617 102.
5618
5619
5620 All around him, all he sees are GIANT PIECES OF MECHANIZED
5621 CLOCKWORK.
5622
5623 HOLLEY and FINN are here too, strapped bumper to bumper in
5624 the divots of large clock movements.
5625
5626 MATER
5627 Holley! Finn! Where are we?
5628
5629 FINN
5630 We're in London, Mater. Inside Big
5631 Bentley.
5632
5633 EXT. BIG BENTLEY - CONTINUOUS
5634
5635 The BIG HAND finishes ADVANCING one minute. It's 3 PM.
5636
5637 INT. BIG BENTLEY - CONTINUOUS
5638
5639 Suddenly Mater DROPS QUICKLY down toward ---
5640
5641 --- whirring, scary machinery.
5642
5643 MATER
5644 Woaaaah! ---
5645
5646 WHAP! The chain yanks to a STOP.
5647
5648 Mater, instead of being 30 feet from death, is now 20.
5649
5650 Finn and Holley are only a few clicks closer to being crushed
5651 themselves. The clock ticks to 3:01.
5652
5653 MATER
5654 This... this is all my fault.
5655
5656 FINN
5657 Don't be a fool, Mater.
5658
5659 MATER
5660 But I am, remember? You said so.
5661
5662 FINN
5663 When did I... Oh. Mater, I was
5664 complimenting you on what a good
5665 spy you are.
5666
5667 MATER
5668 I'm not a spy!
5669
5670 This echoes throughout the clock.
5671 103.
5672
5673
5674 MATER
5675 I've been trying to tell you that
5676 the whole time. I really am just a
5677 tow truck.
5678
5679 Finn and Holley take this in.
5680
5681 HOLLEY
5682 Finn, he's not joking.
5683
5684 FINN
5685 I know.
5686
5687 MATER
5688 You were right, Finn. I'm a fool.
5689 And what's happened to McQueen is
5690 `cause I'm such a big one. This is
5691 all my fault.
5692
5693 GREM and ACER arrive on a lift, roll into view on a catwalk.
5694
5695 GREM
5696 Good, you're up!
5697
5698 ACER
5699 And just in time!
5700
5701 GREM
5702 Professor Z wanted you to have a
5703 front row seat for the death of
5704 Lightning McQueen.
5705
5706 MATER
5707 (HOPEFUL)
5708 He's still alive?
5709
5710 Acer whips a sheet away, revealing the WGP CAMERA, turns it
5711 toward the clock face.
5712
5713 ACER
5714 Not for much longer.
5715
5716 He pushes the camera through an open small window, turns it
5717 toward the course. Mater DROPS down again ---
5718
5719 FINN and HOLLEY CLICK FORWARD.
5720
5721 EXT. LONDON - DAY
5722
5723 Big Bentley's big hand CLICKS ahead another minute. But we're
5724 a bit farther away from it than before.
5725
5726 SALLY (O.S.)
5727 We came as soon as you called.
5728 104.
5729
5730
5731 INT. MCQUEEN'S PIT - LONDON
5732
5733 Sally, flanked by Red, Flo and Ramone, are in front of ----
5734
5735 --- McQueen and the rest of the team.
5736
5737 MCQUEEN
5738 I called to talk to Mater. It never
5739 occurred to me that he wouldn't be
5740 there.
5741
5742 RAMONE
5743 Sheriff is talking to Scotland Yard
5744 right now.
5745
5746 FLO
5747 And Sarge is in touch with his
5748 friends in the British military.
5749
5750 SALLY
5751 You just need to focus on the race.
5752
5753 MCQUEEN
5754 I know, but Sal, with everything
5755 going on I'm not sure I should---
5756
5757 A HORN O.S. Someone's entering the pit. Everyone parts,
5758 revealing MILES AXLEROD.
5759
5760 MCQUEEN
5761 Sir Axlerod.
5762
5763 MILES AXLEROD
5764 I'm sorry to interrupt.
5765
5766 MCQUEEN
5767 No, no, it's all right.
5768
5769 MILES AXLEROD
5770 I just wanted to come down here and
5771 personally thank you. Because after
5772 Italy, I was finished. And then you
5773 gave me one last shot.
5774
5775 MCQUEEN
5776 Listen, I ---
5777
5778 MILES AXLEROD
5779 And I probably shouldn't be saying
5780 this at all but... I hope you win
5781 today. Show the world that they've
5782 been wrong about Allinol.
5783
5784 McQueen takes this in. He looks at Sally.
5785 105.
5786
5787
5788 SALLY
5789 Mater would want you to race.
5790
5791 MCQUEEN
5792 All right. For Mater.
5793
5794 EXT. THE STARTING GRID - MOMENTS LATER
5795
5796 TIRES SQUEAL ---
5797
5798 MCQUEEN, FRANCESCO and the other racers PEEL OUT ---
5799
5800 We PAN UP to reveal the LEMONHEADS watching from a VIP box.
5801
5802 EXT. RACE COURSE - LONDON - DAY
5803
5804 McQueen leads Francesco as they approach Big Bentley...
5805
5806 INT. BIG BENTLEY - LONDON - CONTINUOUS
5807
5808 GREM
5809 Here he comes!
5810
5811 Grem turns up the juice to the HIGHEST, DEATH-INDUCING LEVEL.
5812
5813 Holley and Finn watch, helpless. Mater closes his eyes.
5814
5815 Grem ZAPS MCQUEEN.
5816
5817 EXT. RACE COURSE - LONDON
5818
5819 McQueen SPEEDS PAST Big Bentley, unharmed. Oblivious to what
5820 was supposed to have just happened.
5821
5822 INT. BIG BENTLEY - LONDON
5823
5824 Zundapp suddenly SQUAWKS over the radio.
5825
5826 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP (OVER RADIO)
5827 What happened!?
5828
5829 GREM
5830 I don't know, Professor.
5831
5832 ACER
5833 What did you do?
5834
5835 GREM
5836 (TO ACER)
5837 I didn't do nothin'. Shh! I'm
5838 talking to the Professor---
5839
5840 They're all talking at once and for a moment we cannot
5841 understand what is being said.
5842 106.
5843
5844
5845 ACER
5846 You broke it.
5847
5848 GREM
5849 Quiet!
5850 (INTO RADIO)
5851 I understand, sir. Yes.
5852
5853 Grem hangs up.
5854
5855 ACER
5856 What'd he say?
5857
5858 GREM
5859 We go to the backup plan.
5860
5861 MATER
5862 Backup plan??
5863
5864 GREM
5865 We snuck a bomb in McQueen's pit!
5866
5867 ACER
5868 The next time he makes a stop,
5869 instead of saying "ka-chow," he's
5870 gonna go "ka-boom"!
5871
5872 They LAUGH. Mater shudders, upset.
5873
5874 GREM
5875 Don't feel bad, tow truck. You
5876 couldn't have saved him.
5877
5878 ACER
5879 Oh, wait. You could have!
5880
5881 Grem and Acer laugh. As they board the elevator:
5882
5883 MATER
5884 Dadgum lemons.
5885
5886 MATER'S COMPUTER
5887 Request acknowledged.
5888
5889 Suddenly, Mater's GATLING GUNS rotate out again - a surprise
5890 to Mater. But they SPIN IN PLACE, empty.
5891
5892 Grem and Acer just laugh more.
5893
5894 GREM
5895 What, you didn't think we'd take
5896 your bullets?
5897
5898 Mater NOTICES SOMETHING.
5899 107.
5900
5901
5902 CLOSE ON WHAT MATER SEES: A small piece of his ropes have
5903 been shaved away by the Gatling.
5904
5905 He carefully rotates his guns BACK IN, pretending like he's
5906 seen nothing.
5907
5908 ACER
5909 That's right! You got nothin'.
5910
5911 GREM
5912 (as the elevator descends)
5913 Who's the lemon now, huh?
5914
5915 They're GONE.
5916
5917 FINN
5918 Nice try, Mater.
5919
5920 MATER
5921 Dadgum!
5922
5923 MATER'S COMPUTER
5924 REQUEST ACK-
5925
5926 The guns ROTATE OUT AGAIN, SPIN. Mater watches as the
5927 spinning barrels SLICE INTO the ropes, do some damage.
5928
5929 MATER
5930 Dadgum! Dadgum! Dadgum!
5931
5932 The COMPUTER responds with each "dadgum." The barrels
5933 continue to SPIN, CUTTING THROUGH the ropes.
5934
5935 MATER
5936 DADGUMDADGUMDADGUMDADGUM ---
5937
5938 PING! The ropes BREAK AWAY and Mater FALLS --- right toward
5939 the whirring machinery!
5940
5941 HOLLEY
5942 Mater!
5943
5944 Mater QUICKLY WHIPS his tow cable around, hooks a pipe and
5945 tosses himself to the ramp with a heavy THUD. He doesn't
5946 HESITATE:
5947
5948 MATER
5949 I gotta get you all out of there!
5950
5951 FINN
5952 There's no time. McQueen needs your
5953 help, Mater.
5954 108.
5955
5956
5957 MATER
5958 But I can't, I'm just a tow truck.
5959
5960 FINN
5961 It's up to you. Go to the pits and
5962 get everyone out. You can do that.
5963
5964 MATER
5965 What about you guys?
5966
5967 FINN
5968 We'll be okay.
5969
5970 HOLLEY
5971 Go and get some more dents, Mater.
5972
5973 EXT. BIG BENTLEY - LONDON
5974
5975 Mater SPEEDS out the front door, a bat out of hell ---
5976
5977 INT. BIG BENTLEY - LONDON - SAME
5978
5979 On Finn and Holley, now closer to death.
5980
5981 HOLLEY
5982 So we'll be "okay"? Really?
5983
5984 FINN
5985 He wouldn't have left if I'd told
5986 him the truth.
5987 (re: his death trap)
5988 Being killed by a clock. Gives a
5989 whole new meaning to "your time has
5990 come."
5991
5992 At this mention Holley seems to perk up, gets an idea.
5993
5994 HOLLEY
5995 Time. That's it!
5996
5997 She spies a GEARBOX below them, at least 20 feet down. Holley
5998 FIRES HER ELECTROSHOCKERS ---
5999
6000 --- but they miss their target. She recoils them back.
6001
6002 FINN
6003 What are you doing?
6004
6005 HOLLEY
6006 Trying to turn back time. If I can
6007 just reverse the polarity...
6008
6009 She FIRES them again. Direct hit!
6010 109.
6011
6012
6013 Holley JUICES the gearbox with HIGH VOLTAGE. The CLOCK STOPS.
6014 It reverses itself.
6015
6016 Finn and Holley's wheel now rotates AWAY from danger.
6017
6018 FINN
6019 Good job! Quick thinking, Holley!
6020
6021 EXT. LONDON - CONTINUOUS
6022
6023 BIG BENTLEY, visible from street level, now moves BACKWARDS.
6024 Fast. CRANE DOWN TO ---
6025
6026 --- Mater, speeding toward the track, unaware.
6027
6028 MATER
6029 What's everybody on the wrong side
6030 of the road for?!
6031
6032 INT. BIG BENTLEY - CONTINUOUS
6033
6034 Finn and Holley are now moving in the opposite direction,
6035 toward ANOTHER GEAR! And it's going MUCH FASTER. They're
6036 seconds from a crushing death...
6037
6038 HOLLEY
6039 Oh no!
6040
6041 FINN
6042 Drive!
6043
6044 They both DRIVE, fast as they can with FULL FORCE ---
6045
6046 FINN
6047 Burn rubber!!
6048
6049 They drive HARDER, separating bumpers with just enough room
6050 for the descending gear to SNAP THEIR ROPES!
6051
6052 Their tires spinning, they both LAUNCH off in opposite
6053 directions, LAND HARD on opposing platforms. As Finn squeals
6054 around to Holley's side of the clock:
6055
6056 FINN
6057 We've got to get to the course.
6058 Calculate the fastest way to ---
6059
6060 Holley pops WINGS out of her side.
6061
6062 HOLLEY
6063 Done.
6064 110.
6065
6066
6067 FINN
6068 (IMPRESSED)
6069 Miss Shiftwell.
6070
6071 HOLLEY
6072 They're standard issue now.
6073
6074 FINN
6075 You kids get all the good hardware.
6076
6077 They turn to leave when they STOP, see SOMETHING. It's an AIR
6078 FILTER on the ground.
6079
6080 HOLLEY
6081 Oh no. That's Mater's.
6082
6083 FINN
6084 I knew his escape was too easy.
6085
6086 EXT. BIG BENTLEY - LONDON
6087
6088 Finn BURSTS out the front doors of Big Bentley, speeds off as
6089 HOLLEY SMASHES through the clock face, careens into view
6090 flying over the traffic ---
6091
6092 INT. PIT ROW - TRACK SIDE - DAY
6093
6094 Mater bursts through the security gate with aplomb, tears
6095 through the pits and stops at MCQUEEN'S.
6096
6097 LUIGI
6098 Mater!
6099
6100 MATER
6101 Everybody get out! Get out now!
6102 Y'all gotta get out the pits!
6103
6104 The ENTIRE RADIATOR SPRINGS GANG is here.
6105
6106 MATER
6107 Hey, what are you guys doing here?
6108
6109 SALLY
6110 We're here because of you, Mater.
6111
6112 FLO
6113 Is everything okay?
6114
6115 MATER
6116 No! Everything's not okay! There's
6117 a bomb in here! Y'all gotta get
6118 out! Now!
6119 111.
6120
6121
6122 EVERYONE
6123 - A bomb? - Huh? - Woah.
6124
6125 FINN (OVER RADIO)
6126 Mater!
6127
6128 MATER (INTO RADIO)
6129 Finn! You're okay!
6130
6131 EXT. LONDON STREETS - CONTINUOUS
6132
6133 FINN
6134 Mater, listen to me. The bomb is on
6135 you.
6136
6137 ON HIS REARVIEW DISPLAY: We can see that a BOMB has been
6138 detected, anchored to Mater's air filter.
6139
6140 FINN
6141 They knew you'd try to help
6142 McQueen. When we were knocked out
6143 they planted it in your air filter.
6144
6145 INT. MCQUEEN'S PIT - CONTINUOUS
6146
6147 Mater SNORTS, blowing his air filter cover off. Cross-eyed,
6148 Mater sees the explosive device attached to him. He looks up:
6149
6150 An ALLINOL CONTAINER hangs ominously over his head.
6151
6152 MATER
6153 Uh-oh.
6154
6155 MCQUEEN
6156 Mater! There you are!
6157
6158 Mater turns. McQueen enters Pit Row, 100 yards away and
6159 closing in FAST.
6160
6161 MATER
6162 Stop right there!
6163
6164 MCQUEEN
6165 Oh man, I've been so worried about
6166 you!
6167 CUT TO:
6168
6169 The view of this scene through the window of a luxury box.
6170 Reveal Zundapp in the window's reflection. He's watching from
6171 inside. He's poised to push a DETONATOR BUTTON.
6172
6173 As Zundapp's front tire approaches the detonator ---
6174 112.
6175
6176
6177 INT. MCQUEEN'S PIT - CONTINUOUS
6178
6179 MATER
6180 Don't come any closer!
6181
6182 MCQUEEN
6183 Are you okay?
6184
6185 MATER
6186 No, I'm not okay. Stay away from
6187 me!!
6188
6189 Mater PEELS OUT BACKWARDS, out onto the track.
6190
6191 MCQUEEN
6192 No, wait. Wait!
6193 CUT TO:
6194
6195 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP - He hesitates, can't believe it.
6196
6197 TV FOOTAGE OF MCQUEEN CHASING MATER
6198
6199 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
6200 Hold everything. A tow truck has
6201 just raced onto the track. And he's
6202 driving backwards!
6203
6204 IN MCQUEEN'S PIT
6205
6206 MCQUEEN
6207 Mater, wait!
6208
6209 He breezes right through his pit, goes after Mater.
6210
6211 DAVID HOBBSCAP (V.O.)
6212 Normally an emergency vehicle on
6213 the track means there's been an
6214 accident.
6215
6216 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
6217 Wait, wait. Lightning McQueen is
6218 chasing him!
6219
6220 EXT. TRACK - DAY
6221
6222 Mater drives up the track. McQueen gains, fast. Because
6223 Mater's going backwards, they're face-to-face (but still with
6224 some distance between them).
6225
6226 MCQUEEN
6227 Mater, wait!
6228 113.
6229
6230
6231 MATER
6232 Stay back! If you get close to me,
6233 you gonna get hurt real bad!
6234
6235 MCQUEEN
6236 I know I made you feel that way
6237 before, but none of that matters
6238 because we're best friends!
6239 CUT TO:
6240
6241 TV FOOTAGE OF MCQUEEN CHASING MATER
6242
6243 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
6244 And McQueen seems to be having a
6245 conversation with the tow truck!
6246
6247 DARRELL CARTRIP (V.O.)
6248 I don't know who that truck is,
6249 Brent. But I'll tell you what, he's
6250 gotta be the world's best backwards
6251 driver.
6252
6253 REVEAL ZUNDAPP is watching this footage from his luxury box.
6254 The closer McQueen gets to Mater the farther his tire ROLLS
6255 onto the detonator. But he holds back ever so slightly so as
6256 not to jump the gun.
6257
6258 ON THE TRACK - McQueen gains on Mater.
6259
6260 MATER
6261 McQueen, you don't get it. I'm the
6262 bomb!
6263
6264 MCQUEEN
6265 Yes, Mater! You are the bomb!
6266 That's what I'm trying to say here.
6267 You've always been the bomb! And
6268 you'll always be the bomb.
6269
6270 MATER
6271 Stay away!
6272
6273 MCQUEEN
6274 No! Never!
6275
6276 ON ZUNDAPP. He watches as McQueen SPEEDS UP.
6277
6278 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
6279 Almost there...
6280
6281 ON MCQUEEN. He's had enough screwing around. Here he comes.
6282
6283 MCQUEEN
6284 I'm not...letting you...
6285 114.
6286
6287
6288 He's going to catch him now.
6289
6290 MCQUEEN
6291 ...get away again!
6292
6293 McQueen JUMPS FORWARD, in an attempt to grab Mater's HOOK ---
6294
6295 MATER
6296 (TO HIMSELF)
6297 Gotta keep away from McQueen.
6298
6299 McQueen hooks Mater with his bumper JUST AS ---
6300
6301 MATER'S COMPUTER
6302 Request acknowledged.
6303
6304 TURBINE ROCKETS slide out of Mater.
6305
6306 MCQUEEN
6307 Oh my gosh!
6308
6309 BAWHOOOOOOM!!!!! Mater JOLTS forward with a rocket blast and
6310 disappears, taking McQueen with him.
6311
6312 ON ZUNDAPP. He now freely PUSHES the detonator, but it says
6313 "OUT OF RANGE."
6314
6315 Zundapp can't believe it. He FLIPS OUT.
6316
6317 FARTHER UP THE TRACK - Francesco speeds along. ZHWAAAAAP!!!
6318 Mater and McQueen ZING PAST HIM with a RED BLUR.
6319
6320 FRANCESCO
6321 What is happening? It's a bad
6322 dream.
6323
6324 NOW EVEN FARTHER UP THE TRACK - Mater takes a turn, SMASHES
6325 THROUGH A FENCE and skids around a corner out of sight. A
6326 white, smoky JET TRAIL is all that remains.
6327
6328 IN MCQUEEN'S PIT - All of Radiator Springs watches the
6329 television monitors, dumbfounded.
6330
6331 BRENT MUSTANGBURGER (V.O.)
6332 And Lightning McQueen just blasted
6333 away, hooked to the now rocket-
6334 propelled tow truck.
6335 CUT TO:
6336
6337 EXT. STREETS OF LONDON - DAY
6338
6339 Overhead P.O.V.: Mater and McQueen swerve through the
6340 streets.
6341 115.
6342
6343
6344 INT. LUXURY BOX - CONTINUOUS
6345
6346 Zundapp is still furiously hitting the button as Holley drops
6347 into view just beyond the glass.
6348
6349 Freaked, Zundapp does a 180 and SMASHES out a plate glass
6350 window, lands on a ridiculously large balloon tethered to the
6351 ground, and speeds off ---
6352
6353 INT. ADJACENT LUXURY BOX - CONTINUOUS
6354
6355 The LEMONHEADS watch, baffled, as Zundapp drives away.
6356
6357 J. CURBY GREMLIN
6358 The Professor's on the run.
6359
6360 TUBBS PACER
6361 Someone's gotta get McQueen.
6362
6363 VLADIMIR TRUNKOV
6364 Get McQueen!!
6365
6366 Grem and Acer are already out the door ---
6367
6368 EXT. SIDE STREET - SAME
6369
6370 Finn speeds into view, in time to see Zundapp turn a corner
6371 out of sight.
6372
6373 FINN
6374 Holley. I'll get Zundapp, you help
6375 Mater.
6376
6377 EXT. TRACK - SAME
6378
6379 Holley, still in the air, turns ---
6380
6381 HOLLEY
6382 Got it!
6383
6384 FARTHER UP THE TRACK - Holley THUNDERS past Francesco and out
6385 of sight.
6386
6387 FRANCESCO
6388 What is happening?!
6389
6390 EXT. STREETS OF LONDON - SAME
6391
6392 Finn screams around a corner, sees ---
6393
6394 --- Professor Zundapp, speeding toward docks along the Thames
6395 where a COMBAT SHIP waits.
6396 116.
6397
6398
6399 COMBAT SHIP
6400 Hurry, Professor!
6401
6402 ON ZUNDAPP - With Finn gaining fast, he accelerates. Suddenly
6403 --- WHAP!
6404
6405 He's been TETHERED by Finn with tensile cables now attached
6406 to his rear end. Zundapp SCREAMS like a little girl.
6407
6408 FINN
6409 Do you really think I'm going to
6410 let you float away, Professor?
6411
6412 Finn reels him in. Zundapp spins his wheels, caught.
6413
6414 Suddenly Zundapp miraculously, inconceivably, GAINS TRACTION!
6415 Now it's FINN'S WHEELS that are spinning.
6416
6417 ON THE COMBAT SHIP - the ELECTROMAGNET has been turned
6418 outward and switched on. He's PULLING ZUNDAPP AND FINN IN
6419 with the magnetic force. He pulls out a laser, TARGETS it at
6420 Finn's windshield.
6421 CUT TO:
6422
6423 EXT. LONDON STREETS - SAME
6424
6425 Mater, still towing McQueen, rockets around a corner, zips
6426 down another street ---
6427
6428 MATER
6429 McQueen, let go!
6430
6431 MCQUEEN
6432 Never!
6433
6434 They pass a Gremlin with a headset.
6435
6436 ON GREM AND ACER - Down another side street. They get this
6437 message, take off in the opposite direction.
6438
6439 CUT BACK TO:
6440
6441 EXT. DOCKS NEAR THE THAMES - CONTINUOUS
6442
6443 FINN, tires squealing, loses more and more ground to the
6444 boat. Zundapp, the "rope" in this tug-of-war, buckles under
6445 the tension.
6446
6447 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
6448 Give it up, McMissile!
6449
6450 Finn releases a mess of bullets, grenades, and other weaponry
6451 into the air ---
6452 117.
6453
6454
6455 THE MAGNET SUCKS it in quickly like a black hole ---
6456
6457 THUNK! It all sticks to the magnet, right next to Finn's
6458 bullets. They're BOMBS, GRENADES, ROCKETS and one little
6459 detonator with a flashing, beeping light.
6460
6461 Off the boat's RXN ---
6462 CUT TO:
6463
6464 ANOTHER PART OF LONDON, AT STREET LEVEL
6465
6466 KA-BOOOOOOM! A distant explosion (miles away) festoons into
6467 the air, visible over the rooftops. Holley suddenly WINGS
6468 into view. She sees ---
6469
6470 Mater and McQueen, speeding up the street.
6471
6472 HOLLEY
6473 Mater, stop!
6474
6475 MATER
6476 No way! You could get hurt!
6477
6478 Then she looks over, catches a glimpse of GREM AND ACER,
6479 bearing down on them from a side street. They're going to
6480 broadside Mater and McQueen.
6481
6482 HOLLEY
6483 Oh no.
6484
6485 ON MATER AND MCQUEEN - They're not aware of the impending
6486 impact.
6487
6488 Holley DROPS FROM THE SKY, hits the pavement, SKIDS into the
6489 path of the AMCs and DEFLECTS THEM. They FLIP OVER Holley,
6490 Finn and McQueen and sail ---
6491
6492 --- INTO A PUB ---
6493
6494 --- where they skid across the room and SLAM into the bar,
6495 knocking a ROW OF BEER MUGS to the ground.
6496
6497 IN THE PUB - MOMENTS LATER
6498
6499 Grem and Acer are pulverized by the bar patrons.
6500
6501 EXT. LONDON STREET - MOMENTS LATER
6502
6503 Holley, McQueen and Mater are now stopped.
6504
6505 HOLLEY
6506 Mater, we've got to get that bomb
6507 off you.
6508 118.
6509
6510
6511 She's already SCANNING the bomb, working away.
6512
6513 MCQUEEN
6514 Bomb?
6515
6516 MATER
6517 Yeah, they strapped it to me to
6518 kill you as a back-up plan.
6519
6520 MCQUEEN
6521 Back-up plan? Mater, who put a bomb
6522 on you?
6523
6524 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP (O.S.)
6525 Ahhhhh!
6526
6527 Professor Zundapp suddenly ROLLS to a stop next to (a now
6528 totally freaked) McQueen, entangled in grappling hooks care
6529 OF ---
6530
6531 --- Finn, who has him leashed.
6532
6533 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
6534 (TO MCQUEEN)
6535 You. Why didn't my death ray kill
6536 you?
6537
6538 MCQUEEN
6539 Death ray?
6540
6541 FINN
6542 Turn off the bomb, Zundapp!
6543
6544 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
6545 Are you all so dense? It's voice-
6546 activated. Everything is voice-
6547 activated these days.
6548
6549 MATER
6550 Deactivate! Deactivate!
6551
6552 BOMB'S COMPUTER VOICE
6553 Voice denied.
6554
6555 The BOMB suddenly TRANSFORMS into a TIME BOMB, now complete
6556 with a countdown mechanism from 4:59... 4:58... Mater GASPS.
6557
6558 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
6559 Oops. Did I forget to mention that
6560 it can only be disarmed by the one
6561 who activated it?
6562
6563 Holley immediately shoves a GUN in Zundapp's grill.
6564 119.
6565
6566
6567 HOLLEY
6568 Say it!
6569
6570 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
6571 Deactivate.
6572
6573 BOMB'S COMPUTER VOICE
6574 Voice denied.
6575
6576 THE BOMB'S TIMER: It loses a full minute! Goes from 4:48 to
6577 3:48 to 3:47... Mater GASPS.
6578
6579 PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
6580 (GRINNING)
6581 I am not the one who activated it.
6582 Would anyone else like to try?
6583
6584 ZZZZZZATTT! Holley shocks him unconscious.
6585
6586 FINN
6587 (TO HOLLEY)
6588 You read my mind.
6589
6590 HOLLEY
6591 He was getting on my nerves.
6592
6593 MCQUEEN
6594 What do we do?
6595
6596 VICTOR HUGO (O.S.)
6597 It's very simple.
6598
6599 VICTOR HUGO blocks the entrance to a side street. He's
6600 surrounded by Hugo relatives.
6601
6602 VICTOR HUGO
6603 You blow up.
6604
6605 The four streets surrounding them are now blocked by each of
6606 the Lemonheads and their families.
6607
6608 MCQUEEN
6609 (TO MATER)
6610 I'm gonna go out on a limb here.
6611 These are the guys that want me
6612 dead, correct?
6613
6614 VLADIMIR TRUNKOV
6615 It's nothing personal.
6616
6617 MATER
6618 (to the Lemons)
6619 Fellers, listen.
6620 (MORE)
6621 120.
6622
6623 MATER (CONT'D)
6624 I know what you're going through.
6625 Everybody's been laughing at me my
6626 whole life too ---
6627
6628 McQueen turns to Mater - he wasn't expecting that.
6629
6630 The Lemons all eye each other, considering Mater's words.
6631
6632 MATER
6633 --- but becoming powerful and rich
6634 beyond your wildest dreams ain't
6635 gonna make you feel better.
6636
6637 J. CURBY GREMLIN
6638 Yeah, but it's worth a shot.
6639
6640 WHOOM!!! He's BROADSIDED by a blast of water from O.S.
6641
6642 It's Red! He's sitting outside an underground entrance,
6643 followed by Sally and the rest of the Radiator Springs gang.
6644
6645 ALL OUT WAR ensues between the LEMONS, RADIATOR SPRINGS along
6646 with FINN and HOLLEY.
6647
6648 FINN attaches his four-way cable hooks to the thugs and
6649 springs high in the air, crushing the four of them together.
6650
6651 HOLLEY SPROUTS her wings, and knocks out two cars on her
6652 side.
6653
6654 VARIOUS SHOTS OF RADIATOR SPRINGS KICKING BUTT:
6655
6656 Guido pulls some LEMON tires off with his air gun. In seconds
6657 he has a stack of lugnuts next to him.
6658
6659 GUIDO
6660 Pit stop.
6661
6662 The two Pacers' tires all FALL OFF.
6663
6664 Flo hits VLADIMIR TRUNKOV with her high-beams, BLINDING HIM.
6665 Sheriff BOOTS him.
6666
6667 SHERIFF
6668 Not today, boys!
6669
6670 Guido pushes away his tireless thug, YELLING AT HIM IN
6671 ITALIAN.
6672
6673 Mater KARATE CHOPS lemons, three and four at a time.
6674
6675 Ramone SPRAY PAINTS a lemon's windshield.
6676 121.
6677
6678
6679 TUBBS PACER
6680 Retreat!
6681
6682 A few Lemons turn back the way they came. BLOCKING THEIR PATH
6683 are a line of BRITISH MILITARY VEHICLES clad in digital camo,
6684 led by SARGE.
6685
6686 SARGE
6687 Thanks for the help, Corporal.
6688
6689 BRITISH CORPORAL
6690 Anything for one of pop's mates.
6691
6692 And in the middle of all of this craziness we CUT TO ---
6693
6694 --- MATER. WRENCH BITS are strewn all around him as Guido
6695 tries wrench after wrench to take the bolts off. No dice.
6696 Guido gestures wildly, spits Italian a mile a minute.
6697
6698 MCQUEEN
6699 What's he saying?! What's wrong!?
6700
6701 LUIGI
6702 None of his wrenches fit the bolts!
6703
6704 This is a light bulb moment for Mater. He eyes the bolts.
6705
6706 MATER
6707 I get it. I get it! I know what
6708 needs to be done.
6709
6710 MCQUEEN
6711 Then do it!
6712
6713 MATER
6714 What? No, I can't do it. Look,
6715 nobody takes me seriously. I know
6716 that now. This ain't Radiator
6717 Springs.
6718
6719 MCQUEEN
6720 Yes it is.
6721
6722 Mater looks at McQueen. It is?
6723
6724 MCQUEEN
6725 You're yourself in Radiator
6726 Springs. Be yourself here. And if
6727 people aren't taking you seriously,
6728 then they need to change. Not you.
6729 I know that, because I was wrong
6730 before. Now you can do this. You're
6731 the bomb.
6732 122.
6733
6734
6735 MATER
6736 Thanks, buddy.
6737
6738 MCQUEEN
6739 No no no, you're the actual bomb.
6740 Now let's go!
6741
6742 MATER
6743 Oh, right! Hang on!
6744
6745 Mater HOOKS McQueen and they're off.
6746
6747 They SHOOT PAST FINN, who's in the middle of battling lemons.
6748
6749 FINN
6750 Where's he going?
6751
6752 ON MATER AND MCQUEEN - Flying down a side street.
6753
6754 MATER
6755 Computer!
6756
6757 MATER'S COMPUTER
6758 Yes, Agent Mater.
6759
6760 MATER
6761 I need that thing you done before
6762 to get me away from McQueen!
6763
6764 MATER'S COMPUTER
6765 Request acknowledged.
6766
6767 The ROCKET THRUSTERS kick in. They head right for a WALL.
6768
6769 MCQUEEN
6770 Mater...
6771
6772 MATER
6773 Now I need you to do the chute, the
6774 second kind not the first!
6775
6776 MATER'S COMPUTER
6777 Deploying chute.
6778
6779 Mater's chute POPS OPEN, catching air and sending Mater and
6780 McQueen SAILING INTO THE AIR.
6781
6782 Mater starts to steer them the direction he wants. He and
6783 McQueen are FLYING OVER LONDON.
6784
6785 EXT. BALCONY - BUCKINGHAM PALACE - DAY
6786
6787 The QUEEN, her attendants, assorted dignitaries are here.
6788 123.
6789
6790
6791 QUEEN
6792 Who's winning the race?
6793
6794 Mater and McQueen drop from the sky. They land and skid to a
6795 halt just before the Queen's guards who DRAW THEIR WEAPONS.
6796
6797 QUEEN'S GUARD
6798 Back up! Back away!
6799
6800 QUEEN
6801 (STAR-STRUCK)
6802 It's Lightning McQueen!
6803
6804 QUEEN'S GUARDS
6805 Get back!
6806
6807 MCQUEEN
6808 No, no, it's okay! Tell them,
6809 Mater. Explain.
6810
6811 MATER
6812 Okay! Somebody's been sabotaging
6813 the racers and hurting the cars and
6814 I know who. Oh wait... Your
6815 Majesty.
6816
6817 Mater BOWS to the Queen. In doing so, the TICKING TIME BOMB
6818 angles into view. The clock's at T-minus 1:53.
6819
6820 QUEEN'S GUARDS
6821 - Bomb! - It's a bomb! - Everybody
6822 down! - Look out!
6823
6824 FINN (O.S.)
6825 Hold your fire! He can't disarm it!
6826
6827 Finn dives onto the platform and rolls between the Queen and
6828 Mater.
6829
6830 FINN
6831 Mater, I don't know what you're
6832 doing but stand down now!
6833
6834 MATER
6835 (aside, to McQueen)
6836 This ain't nothing at all like
6837 Radiator Springs.
6838
6839 MCQUEEN
6840 Mater, just cut to the chase!
6841
6842 MATER
6843 Okay.
6844 124.
6845
6846
6847 He turns to Miles Axlerod.
6848
6849 MATER
6850 It's him.
6851
6852 MILES AXLEROD
6853 What? Me? You've got to be crazy.
6854
6855 Everyone exchanges confused looks, including Finn and Holley.
6856
6857 MATER
6858 I figured it out when I realized
6859 you all attached this ticking time
6860 bomb with Whitworth bolts. The same
6861 bolts that hold together that old
6862 British engine from the photograph.
6863 Holley! Show that picture.
6864
6865 HOLLEY
6866 O-kay...
6867
6868 Holley projects the much discussed PHOTO OF THE ENGINE.
6869
6870 MATER
6871 And then I remembered what they say
6872 about old British engines - "If
6873 there ain't no oil under `em, there
6874 ain't no oil in `em."
6875
6876 MILES AXLEROD
6877 What is he talking about?
6878
6879 MATER
6880 It was you leaking oil at the party
6881 in Japan. You just blamed it on me.
6882
6883 MILES AXLEROD
6884 Electric cars don't use oil, you
6885 twit.
6886
6887 MATER
6888 Then you're faking it. You didn't
6889 convert to no electric. We pop that
6890 hood we gonna see that engine from
6891 that picture right there.
6892
6893 Mater moves toward Miles Axlerod to pop his hood.
6894
6895 MILES AXLEROD
6896 This lorry's crazy. He's going to
6897 kill us all!
6898
6899 Miles Axlerod BACKS UP to the edge of the stage.
6900 125.
6901
6902
6903 MILES AXLEROD
6904 Stay away!
6905
6906 HOLLEY
6907 But Sir Axlerod created the race,
6908 Mater. Why would he want to hurt
6909 anyone?
6910
6911 MATER
6912 To make Allinol look bad so
6913 everybody'd go back to using oil. I
6914 mean, he said it himself with that
6915 disguised voice.
6916
6917 MILES AXLEROD
6918 "Dee-sguised voice?" What are you
6919 talking about? You're nuts, you
6920 are!
6921
6922 The QUEEN'S GUARDS have had ENOUGH. As has the PRINCE.
6923
6924 PRINCE WHEELIAM
6925 This is going nowhere fast. We
6926 really should go, Grandmother.
6927
6928 QUEEN
6929 One moment. I'd like to see where
6930 this is going.
6931
6932 FINN
6933 Mater, he created Allinol.
6934
6935 MATER
6936 Yeah, but what if he found that
6937 huge oil field just as the world
6938 was trying to find something else?
6939
6940 Mater sticks his ticking bomb-nose into Miles Axlerod's
6941 grill.
6942
6943 MATER
6944 What if he came up with Allinol
6945 just to make alternative fuel look
6946 bad?
6947
6948 MILES AXLEROD
6949 "What if?" You're basing this on a
6950 "What if"?!
6951
6952 GUARD
6953 Okay, that's it.
6954
6955 And the QUEEN'S GUARDS spirit the Queen and Prince Wheeliam
6956 out of there FAST ---
6957 126.
6958
6959
6960 MILES AXLEROD
6961 Wait! Somebody save me! The lorry's
6962 crazy!
6963
6964 Now it's just Miles Axlerod, Mater, McQueen, Finn and Holley.
6965 Miles Axlerod's back tires slip on the edge of the podium as
6966 he is cornered by Mater.
6967
6968 MILES AXLEROD
6969 Keep away, you idiot!
6970
6971 00:00:08...
6972
6973 FINN
6974 Mater!
6975
6976 HOLLEY
6977 Mater!
6978
6979 00:03...00:02...
6980
6981 MILES AXLEROD
6982 Someone do something!
6983
6984 Everyone FLINCHES, DUCKS or DIVES FOR COVER except McQueen,
6985 Mater and Axlerod ---
6986
6987 MILES AXLEROD
6988 You're insane, you are!
6989 Deactivate!!
6990
6991 The bomb FREEZES at 00:01.
6992
6993 THE BOMB'S COMPUTER VOICE
6994 Bomb deactivated. Have a nice day,
6995 Sir Axlerod.
6996
6997 General shock all around. Miles Axlerod realizes what he's
6998 done, looks terrified. Police surround him.
6999
7000 Mater FLINGS Miles Axlerod's hood open with his hook,
7001 revealing AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, oil dripping from
7002 all sides. It MATCHES the photo.
7003
7004 FINN
7005 The engine from the photo.
7006
7007 HOLLEY
7008 It's a perfect match!
7009
7010 MILES AXLEROD
7011 How did the tow truck figure it
7012 out?
7013 127.
7014
7015
7016 MCQUEEN
7017 (TO MATER)
7018 It's official. You're coming to all
7019 my races from now on.
7020
7021 MATER
7022 Now you're talking!
7023
7024 Tire bump.
7025
7026 EXT. BUCKINGHAM PALACE - DAY
7027
7028 A massive crowd packs the adjacent streets and parks.
7029
7030 INT. BUCKINGHAM PALACE - DAY
7031
7032 Mater does the requisite "silly faces" in an attempt to break
7033 the composure of a Buckingham Palace Guard. It isn't working.
7034 McQueen approaches.
7035
7036 MCQUEEN
7037 Mater, let's go. You're on.
7038
7039 INT. QUEEN'S CHAMBER - BUCKINGHAM PALACE - DAY
7040
7041 The Queen sits in attention at the front of the Main
7042 Ballroom. As Mater and McQueen approach:
7043
7044 LORD STEWARD
7045 Your Majesty. May I present for the
7046 investiture of honorary Knighthood
7047 of the British Realm. Tow Mater of
7048 Radiator Springs.
7049
7050 MCQUEEN
7051 Go get `em, buddy.
7052
7053 McQueen joins his friends from Radiator Springs. Mater rolls
7054 forward. He bows, as if he's practiced it all day.
7055
7056 QUEEN
7057 I hereby dub thee "Sir Tow Mater."
7058
7059 Applause from all around.
7060
7061 MATER
7062 (LOOKS UP)
7063 "Sir?" Shoot, you can just call me
7064 Mater, Your Majesty. I don't wanna
7065 hear none of this "Sir" business.
7066 By the way, have y'all met each
7067 other? Queen? McQueen. McQueen,
7068 Queen. McQueen? McMissile.
7069 (MORE)
7070 128.
7071
7072 MATER (CONT'D)
7073 McMissile, McQueen. Queen?
7074 McMissile.
7075
7076 He continues introducing everyone as we CUT TO ---
7077
7078 EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - DAY
7079
7080 The town sign now reads "WELCOME TO RADIATOR SPRINGS - HOME
7081 OF LIGHTNING MCQUEEN AND SIR TOW MATER."
7082
7083 EXT. FLO'S - DAY
7084
7085 Cars surround Mater and McQueen. The rest of the Radiator
7086 Springs gang is here too, watches. VAN and MINNY are front
7087 and center.
7088
7089 MATER
7090 So there I was: rocket jets going
7091 full blast, McQueen hanging on for
7092 dear life when suddenly them two
7093 nasty lemons come out of nowhere,
7094 guns drawed. We was goners. But
7095 then out of nowhere, this beautiful
7096 spy car swoops in from the sky to
7097 save us!
7098
7099 MINNY
7100 That's a very entertaining story,
7101 young man.
7102
7103 VAN
7104 Oh, Minny, please. Come on, none of
7105 this happened. Rocket jets? Flying
7106 spy cars?
7107
7108 HOLLEY
7109 No, you're quite right. It does
7110 sound a bit far-fetched.
7111
7112 The crowd turns, sees HOLLEY, wings out, swooping in. FINN is
7113 right below her, driving up the street.
7114
7115 MATER
7116 Holley! Finn!
7117
7118 HOLLEY
7119 Hello, Mater. It's so nice to see
7120 you again.
7121
7122 MATER
7123 What're you doing here?
7124 129.
7125
7126
7127 FINN
7128 Our satellites picked up an urgent
7129 communique.
7130
7131 LUIGI
7132 So you got my e-mail.
7133
7134 MATER
7135 Oh, man. Y'all is gonna have a
7136 great time. Everybody! This here's
7137 Finn McMissile. He's a secret
7138 agent.
7139 (WHISPERS)
7140 Don't tell nobody. And this is
7141 Holley Shiftwell. She's ---
7142
7143 HOLLEY
7144 I'm Mater's girlfriend. It's so
7145 nice to meet you all.
7146
7147 Everyone is shocked. Including Mater. Guido's jaw drops.
7148
7149 LUIGI
7150 (TO MATER)
7151 Guido believe you now.
7152
7153 FLO
7154 (TO HOLLEY)
7155 Whoa, honey. You got a nasty dent
7156 there.
7157
7158 Indeed, Holley still wears the dent from when she saved Mater
7159 from Grem and Acer.
7160
7161 VAN
7162 (already crushing on her)
7163 Was that from when you swooped in
7164 and saved them in London?
7165
7166 MINNY
7167 Van!
7168
7169 VAN
7170 What? I'm just asking.
7171
7172 FLO
7173 (TO HOLLEY)
7174 Don't you worry, sweet pea. My baby
7175 Ramone can get that fixed up for
7176 you in no time.
7177
7178 RAMONE
7179 Yeah, sure thing. No problemo. Just
7180 let me go get my tools.
7181 130.
7182
7183
7184 HOLLEY
7185 Oh no no. I'm keeping that dent.
7186 It's way too valuable.
7187
7188 Mater takes this in.
7189
7190 LIZZIE
7191 A "valuable" dent? Oh, she's as
7192 crazy as Mater.
7193
7194 MACK
7195 Those two are perfect for each
7196 other.
7197
7198 MCQUEEN
7199 You know, there's one thing I still
7200 don't get. The bad guys hit me with
7201 the beam from the camera, right? So
7202 why didn't I, you know...
7203
7204 MATER
7205 Explode in a fiery inferno?
7206
7207 MCQUEEN
7208 Yeah.
7209
7210 FINN
7211 We couldn't figure that one out
7212 either.
7213
7214 HOLLEY
7215 Our investigation proved that
7216 Allinol was actually gasoline. And
7217 Miles Axlerod engineered it so that
7218 when it got hit by the beam it
7219 would explode.
7220
7221 MCQUEEN
7222 Wait a second. Fillmore, you said
7223 my fuel was safe.
7224
7225 McQueen turns to Fillmore. Everyone does.
7226
7227 FILLMORE
7228 If you're implying that I switched
7229 out that rotgut excuse for
7230 alternative fuel with my all-
7231 natural, sustainable, organic
7232 biofuel just because I never
7233 trusted Axlerod, you're dead wrong,
7234 man.
7235 (RE: SARGE)
7236 It was him.
7237 131.
7238
7239
7240 SARGE
7241 Once Big Oil, always Big Oil. Man.
7242
7243 FILLMORE
7244 Tree hugger.
7245
7246 EXT. MAIN STREET - LATER
7247
7248 A banner says "Radiator Springs Grand Prix."
7249
7250 SHERIFF rolls up the street.
7251
7252 SHERIFF
7253 The Radiator Springs Grand Prix is
7254 about to begin! All spectators
7255 clear the starting line!
7256
7257 MCQUEEN heads up Main Street, other racers following.
7258
7259 LEWIS HAMILTON
7260 Man, I can't wait to get rockin'.
7261 This is gonna be wicked.
7262
7263 JEFF GORVETTE
7264 Yeah, we should do this every year.
7265
7266 MCQUEEN
7267 I just figured, we never found out
7268 who the world's fastest car is.
7269 Plus: no press, no trophy. Just
7270 racing - the way I like it.
7271
7272 FRANCESCO
7273 Francesco likes it like this too.
7274
7275 McQueen SEES Sally. He and Francesco approach her.
7276
7277 MCQUEEN
7278 Francesco. I'd like you to meet ---
7279
7280 FRANCESCO
7281 Signorina Sally. It is official:
7282 Lightning McQueen is the luckiest
7283 car in the world.
7284
7285 SALLY
7286 (SWOONING)
7287 Why, thank you ---
7288
7289 FRANCESCO
7290 Which he will have to be to have a
7291 chance against Francesco today.
7292
7293 Francesco turns to leave. As he's moving away:
7294 132.
7295
7296
7297 FRANCESCO
7298 See you at the finish line, Mc---
7299
7300 Francesco STOPS.
7301
7302 FRANCESCO
7303 What is that?
7304
7305 McQueen has a new bumper sticker: "Ka-ciao, Francesco."
7306
7307 MCQUEEN
7308 It's just something I had made up
7309 for the occasion.
7310
7311 FRANCESCO
7312 Is good, McQueen. Very funny. It
7313 was funnier when I did it, but
7314 it's very funny. What are you going
7315 to do next? Are you going to take
7316 off your fenders? Try it. You'll
7317 like it.
7318
7319 Francesco leaves. We stay with McQueen and Sally.
7320
7321 SALLY
7322 So he's not so good-looking.
7323
7324 MCQUEEN
7325 Yeah. Nice try.
7326
7327 SALLY
7328 I'm serious.
7329
7330 MCQUEEN
7331 That's why I love you, Sally.
7332 (as he leaves)
7333 Wish me luck.
7334
7335 SALLY
7336 You don't need it!
7337
7338 He drives off. Flo approaches Sally.
7339
7340 FLO
7341 Mmm-mmm. That Francesco is fine-
7342 looking.
7343
7344 SALLY
7345 And those open wheels.
7346
7347 FLO
7348 I'm gonna have to go get myself
7349 some coolant.
7350 133.
7351
7352
7353 EXT. MAIN STREET - LATER
7354
7355 The racers at the starting grid. ON THE TRAFFIC LIGHT in the
7356 center of town. It goes from RED to GREEN!
7357
7358 The RACERS SPEED OFF, tearing up main street and out of town,
7359 blazing past tourists ---
7360
7361 EXT. WILLY'S BUTTE - DAY
7362
7363 As the racers, led by McQueen and Francesco, take the wide,
7364 sweeping turn around Willy's Butte we CRANE UP to see MATER,
7365 FINN, HOLLEY, and the Radiator Springs gang watching.
7366 Everyone CHEERS.
7367
7368 MATER
7369 Go McQueen!! Whoo-hoo!!!
7370
7371 Holley gets an alert.
7372
7373 HOLLEY
7374 Finn, time to go. Siddeley's
7375 gassed, geared and ready to fly.
7376
7377 Finn starts to back up.
7378
7379 MATER
7380 You're leaving already?
7381
7382 FINN
7383 We've got another mission, Mater.
7384 Just stopped by here to "pick
7385 something up."
7386
7387 They both eye Mater, expectantly.
7388
7389 MATER
7390 Something tells me you're not
7391 talking about souvenir bumper
7392 stickers.
7393
7394 FINN
7395 Her Majesty asked for you
7396 personally, Mater.
7397
7398 MATER
7399 But I told you all before. I'm not
7400 a spy.
7401
7402 HOLLEY
7403 We know.
7404 134.
7405
7406
7407 FINN
7408 Spy or not, you're still the
7409 smartest, most honest chap we've
7410 ever met.
7411
7412 HOLLEY
7413 Don't forget massively charming.
7414
7415 Mater looks over at Holley. He looks touched.
7416
7417 MATER
7418 Well, thanks. But as much fun as it
7419 was hanging with y'all, this...
7420
7421 He looks over to his friends who watch the race, CHEER
7422 MCQUEEN ON.
7423
7424 MATER
7425 This is home.
7426
7427 HOLLEY
7428 That's alright, we understand. But
7429 I'll be back. You still owe me that
7430 first date.
7431
7432 FINN
7433 If there's ever anything I can do
7434 for you, just let me know.
7435
7436 MATER
7437 Well, I sure appreciate that, thank
7438 you.
7439 (THINKS)
7440 Actually... there is one thing.
7441 CUT TO:
7442
7443 EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - MOMENTS LATER
7444
7445 MATER, blazing forward fast.
7446
7447 MATER
7448 Whoo-hoo!!!
7449
7450 He ROCKETS FORWARD, through the whole town. In doing so he
7451 GRABS A BROKEN DOWN OTIS, hooking him ---
7452
7453 OTIS
7454 Whoa!!!
7455
7456 --- and TOSSING him right into Ramone's.
7457
7458 OTIS (O.S.)
7459 Thanks, Mater!
7460 135.
7461
7462
7463 ON THE "RACE TRACK" - Mater flies past ALL the racers,
7464 including Francesco ---
7465
7466 FRANCESCO
7467 Impossible!
7468
7469 --- until he approaches MCQUEEN.
7470
7471 MCQUEEN
7472 Mater!?
7473
7474 MATER
7475 (KEEPING PACE)
7476 Check it out. They let me keep the
7477 rockets!
7478
7479 MCQUEEN
7480 I'll see you at the finish line,
7481 buddy!
7482
7483 MATER
7484 Not if I see you first!
7485
7486 McQueen and Mater peel away from the rest of the racers, lead
7487 them off the road and into the dirt for another lap. The two
7488 friends are side by side when we FADE OUT.
7489
7490
7491 THE END