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{{Infobox Character
{{Character infobox |merch=true
|image = Gil.png
|image=Gil.png
|occupation = Industrial Waste Recycling / Recycle Truck
|make=1990 [[Peterbilt]] 372
|gender = Male
|gender=Male
|color = Green, white
|eye color=Brown
|eye color = Brown
|color=Green, white
|friends = Other recycling trucks
|occupation=Industrial waste recycling truck
|interests = Recycling
|first_appearance=''[[Cars]]''
|talents = Recycling
|latest_appearance=''[[Thank You, I'll Pass]]''|caption=Artwork of Gil from ''[[Cars]]''.}}
|first appearance = ''[[Cars]]''}}'''Gil''' is a 1995 [[Peterbilt]] Flatnose truck.<ref name="cf">''[[Car Finder]]''</ref> He appears in ''[[Cars]]'', watching the tie-breaker [[Piston Cup Racing Series|Piston Cup]] race on television alongside other trucks.
'''Gil''' is a semi-trailer truck who lives in the [[United States]]. He works as a freight hauler, transporting toxic industrial waste to recycling plants. He is known among other truckers for his jokes, despite using the same ones repeatedly.


==Official Bio==
He is a 1990 [[Peterbilt]] 372 with brown eyes and a dark green paintjob. His license plate number, ML115, is shared with [[M.A. Brake Drumm]], [[Houser Boon]], [[Chet Boxkaar]], [[Ben Crankleshaft]], [[Oliver Lightload]] and [[Paul Valdez]].
"''Industrial waste recycling might be a messy gig for some, but no load is too big or too toxic for Gil. It's the jokes Gil tells at the truck stop that he recycles most of all. The other truckers politely nod and chuckle as Gil tells the same old one liners time and time again.''"<ref name="cf" />
 
==History==
===''Cars''===
[[File:PaulValdezGilCars.jpg|left|thumb|180px|Gil watching the race.]]
In ''[[Cars]]'', Gil tunes in to watch the [[Piston Cup Racing Series|Piston Cup]] tie-breaker race at the [[Los Angeles International Speedway]] on television alongside [[Paul Valdez]] and some others at a petrol station.
 
===''Thank You, I'll Pass''===
Gil has a speaking role in the comic ''[[Thank You, I'll Pass]]''. [[Mack]] and [[Lightning McQueen]] offer to transport [[Chick Hicks]] when [[Chick Hicks' Hauler]] breaks down on the side of the road, but Chick rudely declines. Gil then offers to transport Hicks, and Chick spitefully agrees, not realizing that he will be riding alongside loads of toxic waste.
 
==Official profiles==
===''Car Finder Game''===
{{Car Finder bio
|artwork=Gil.png
|name=Gil
|make=1990 Peterbilt 372
|pronoun=His
|story=Industrial waste recycling might be a messy gig for some, but no load is too big or too toxic for Gil. It's the jokes Gil tells at the truck stop that he recycles most of all. The other truckers politely nod and chuckle as Gil tells the same old one liners time and time again.
}}
 
A near-identical bio is featured in ''[[Meet the Cars]]'', which additionally extends Gil's vehicle type name to a "1995 Peterbilt Flatnose Semi-Hauler."
 
===''Pixarpedia''===
{|class="wikitable" width="70%" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="width: 10%;" |Name
!style="width: 48%;" |Bio
!style="width: 12%;" |Image
|-
|Gil
|"''Gil is a Peterbilt semi-hauler who loves to deliver. He's got a way with words and loves to chat. In fact, you could say he's an articulate truck!''"
|[[File:Gil.png|120px]]
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" bordersize="none">
<gallery>
File:PaulValdezGilCars.jpg|''Cars''
Gil diecast.jpg|Diecast (hauler)
Gil.jpg|''[[Car Finder]]'' profile
Gil race o rama hauler.jpg|2009 release (hauler)
Gil final lap hauler.jpg|2010 release
Gil semi.jpg|Diecast (semi)
Gil semi radiator springs classic!--blue-- deluxe.jpg|2016 release (semi)
</gallery>
</gallery>
==References==
 
{{reflist}}
==Names in other languages==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Language || Name || Transcription
|-
|Hungarian
|Zúzoli
|
|-
|Russian
|Гил
|Gil
|}
 
{{Cars}}
{{Cars}}


[[pt-br:Gil]]
[[Category:Cars characters]]
[[ru:Гил]]
[[Category:Trucks]]
[[Category:Americans]]
[[Category:Haulers]]
[[Category:Haulers]]
[[Category:Cars Characters]]
[[Category:Race Fans]]

Latest revision as of 06:24, 6 August 2024

Gil
Vehicle type 1990 Peterbilt 372
Color Green, white
Occupation Industrial waste recycling truck
First appearance Cars
Latest appearance Thank You, I'll Pass
Character information
Gender Male

Gil is a semi-trailer truck who lives in the United States. He works as a freight hauler, transporting toxic industrial waste to recycling plants. He is known among other truckers for his jokes, despite using the same ones repeatedly.

He is a 1990 Peterbilt 372 with brown eyes and a dark green paintjob. His license plate number, ML115, is shared with M.A. Brake Drumm, Houser Boon, Chet Boxkaar, Ben Crankleshaft, Oliver Lightload and Paul Valdez.

History

Cars

Gil watching the race.

In Cars, Gil tunes in to watch the Piston Cup tie-breaker race at the Los Angeles International Speedway on television alongside Paul Valdez and some others at a petrol station.

Thank You, I'll Pass

Gil has a speaking role in the comic Thank You, I'll Pass. Mack and Lightning McQueen offer to transport Chick Hicks when Chick Hicks' Hauler breaks down on the side of the road, but Chick rudely declines. Gil then offers to transport Hicks, and Chick spitefully agrees, not realizing that he will be riding alongside loads of toxic waste.

Official profiles

Car Finder Game

Gil
1990 Peterbilt 372
His story:
"Industrial waste recycling might be a messy gig for some, but no load is too big or too toxic for Gil. It's the jokes Gil tells at the truck stop that he recycles most of all. The other truckers politely nod and chuckle as Gil tells the same old one liners time and time again."

A near-identical bio is featured in Meet the Cars, which additionally extends Gil's vehicle type name to a "1995 Peterbilt Flatnose Semi-Hauler."

Pixarpedia

Name Bio Image
Gil "Gil is a Peterbilt semi-hauler who loves to deliver. He's got a way with words and loves to chat. In fact, you could say he's an articulate truck!"

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Transcription
Hungarian Zúzoli
Russian Гил Gil