'''Finn McMissile''' is a British spy car, who mistakes [[Tow Mater]] for an [[Rod Redline|American spy]], and recruits him in the mission to solve the conspiracy to sabotage the [[World Grand Prix]].
He is a British secret agent and spy who has been affiliated with [[C.H.R.O.M.E.]], a British espionage organization. A skilled field agent with many years of experience, McMissile has been part of many different projects and missions, including the thwarting of [[Miles Axlerod]]'s plot to damage public perception of alternative fuel by destroying its users.
In universe, Finn's make is known as the 1965 Faultless GT. Ward says McMissile has design cues from a number of vintage European sports cars, but is really based on the Peerless GT, an obscure British model of the late 1950s. McMissile's fastback shape, prominent grille and wire wheels place him solidly in the period from 1955 to 1965. His design also draws heavy inspiration from the [[Aston Martin]] DB5, as well as other British and Italian sports cars.
==History==
==History==
===Cars 2===
===''Cars 2''===
[[File:Finnontony.png|thumb|left|Finn McMissile sneaks onto Professor Z's oil rig by riding on [[Tony Trihull]].]]
[[File:Finnontony.png|thumb|250px|left|Finn McMissile sneaks onto Professor Z's oil rig by riding on [[Tony Trihull]].]]
In ''[[Cars 2]]'', when a racing competition called the [[World Grand Prix]] is announced, some American secret agents discover that there is a secret oil reserve located in the [[Pacific Ocean]], being run by a group of criminal cars called lemons. To find out more information, Finn McMissile is sent to the oil reserve (unknowingly alongside an American spy called [[Rod Redline]], who is infiltrated as a Gremlin with an holographic disguise). Sneaking onto the oil rig by riding on an evil boat named [[Tony Trihull]], Finn attend a meeting of the lemons and finds out a German scientist and weapons dealer named [[Professor Zündapp]] is in command of the operations there. The villains reveal that they have made a machine that appears to be a standard television camera, but Zündapp said it to be "extremely dangerous". Sadly, Finn's presence is revealed by a burst of fire after having glimpsed the corpse of [[Leland Turbo]], one of his colleagues. Lemons chase him into the platform but Finn is able to kill some of them with his gadgets before reversing off the oil ring and fleeing in the ocean, using other gadgets. So, the lemons continue to pursue him in boats and Finn is forced to fake his death without getting enough information about Zündapp's schemes.
In ''[[Cars 2]]'', when a racing competition called the [[World Grand Prix]] is announced, some American secret agents discover that there is a hidden oil reserve located in the [[Pacific Ocean]], being run by a group of criminal cars called lemons.
[[File:Cars2-disneyscreencaps.com-2763.jpg|thumb|Finn talking to [[Holley Shiftwell]] on a piston elevator at the party in [[Japan]].]]
Later, Finn arrives at the World Grand Prix opening ceremony in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], where he meets with a local desk agent, [[Holley Shiftwell]]. Privately discussing Finn's findings in an elevator, Holley explains that the oil platform he found was sitting on the largest oil field in the world and that the Americans found it first and sent an agent (Rod Redline) in under deep cover and had managed to take a photograph of the car behind this. Unfortunately, Finn spots Professor Zündapp and his henchmen in the crowd and sent Holley to make the rendezvous with Redline. However, they mistake [[Tow Mater]] for their contact (Rod Redline previously slipped a device containing classified information onto his body without Mater noticing) and the group agrees to meet the next day at the first race of the World Grand Prix.
[[File:Finnaction.png|thumb|left|Finn about to throw [[Fred Pacer]], one of Zündapp's Lemons.]]
During the race, Finn and Holley watch Mater from inside a building, seeing that he is in the pits, to which Holley is confused about because of the rules of spies not coming into contact with the public. Finn believes that it is his cover, and they wait patiently for Mater to contact them, which he does not know about. Soon, Holley notices on her onboard computer that some of the thugs are closing in on Mater, and Finn leaves to battle them. Holley manages to hack into and speak through Mater's headset, telling him to get out of the pits. Mater eventually does, thinking that the rendezvous is a date. He later mishears Holley, turning towards a ruckus instead of away from it. He soon witnesses Finn fighting off the lemons, which he assumes to be a live karate demonstration. After defeats the henchcars, Finn vanishes, while Holley tells Mater that it is too dangerous to rendezvous, and promises to be in touch.
The next day, Finn finds Mater at [[Haneda Airport]] and meets with him, disguised as a security agent. The spy lures Mater to a lounge, where he inquires which American intelligence agency he is affiliated with. Mater claims to be "triple-A affiliated", and starts babbling that he knows some karate. Finn then detects [[Grem]] and [[Acer]], two other lemons closing in on them, and drags Mater outside. Mater assumes he is getting first class service and is completely oblivious to the danger that's happening around him. [[Siddeley]], Finn's spy jet, helps the secret agent to defeats Grem and Acer and Finn climbs into the plane with Mater.
Finn is sent on a reconnaissance mission to the oil reserve to discover more about the lemons' intentions (unknowingly alongside an American spy called [[Rod Redline]], who has infiltrated the outlaws using a Gremlin disguise) as well as to reunite with his colleague, [[Leland Turbo]], who is already there. Sneaking past security by riding on a [[Tony Trihull|cargo ship]], Finn observes a lemon meeting and discovers that the commander of operations on the platform is a German scientist and weapons dealer named [[Professor Zündapp]]. The villains reveal that they have constructed a machine that, while appearing to be a standard television camera, is actually "extremely dangerous". Finn takes photographs of the camera and its owners, but is horrified when some henchman reveal a brutally compacted red cube, the remnants of Agent Turbo. The burst of a flame behind McMissile casts his shadow over the rig floor and reveals him, forcing him to make an escape. The lemons corner him at a helipad, but Finn leaps into the ocean, using hydrofoils to propel himself away. [[Grem]] and [[Acer]] take to security boats to fire at him, and McMissile fakes his death by moving underwater and releasing extra tires to appear as if he has drowned.
Finding that the device is still on Mater's undercarriage, Holley takes it off and gets the photo downloaded. The picture then comes up, showing what is an old engine which Mater recognizes at first glance. They are unable to figure out who the engine belongs to, but find that the mastermind has some rare parts.
[[File:Cars2-disneyscreencaps.com-2763.jpg|thumb|250px|Finn talking to [[Holley Shiftwell]] on a piston elevator at the party in [[Japan]].]]
Later, Finn arrives at the World Grand Prix opening ceremony in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], where he meets with a local desk agent, [[Holley Shiftwell]]. Privately discussing Finn's findings in an elevator, Holley explains that the found oil platform is sitting atop the largest oil field ever discovered. The Americans already knew about this situation, having sent their own agent, Rod Redline, in under deep cover. Redline managed to photograph the lemon kingpin, and Finn is there to rendezvous with him and obtain the image. But, noticing Professor Zündapp and his henchmen in the crowd, Finn realizes the risk and sends Holley instead. Before she arrives, some Lemons attack Redline, leaving him no choice but to plant the classified information device on the innocent [[Mater]]. As Finn and Holley are tracking the device to identify the agent, they believe Mater to be the American spy, and make plans to meet with him next day during the first race of the World Grand Prix.
To find more information, the trio travel to [[Paris]] to find a black-market parts dealer who is named [[Tomber]]. As they see him talking to someone, Finn and Holley take cover, but Tomber sees Finn's reflection on several hubcaps after Mater appears, and quickly drives away. A chase takes place, ending when Holley appears in front of Tomber, causing him to overturn and go through the air before landing in a market stall. Holley then tases him, thinking him to be an enemy, but is stopped by Finn, because Tomber is actually his informant. Meeting up in a private warehouse for used car parts, they hear from Tomber that he had sold these kinds of parts to someone who is his best costumer, and he was also not able to figure out who this guy is either, and had been wondering why the person would need so many parts. Mater tells them that is because he's a lemon car. When Finn questions the term, Mater explains that lemons are cheaply made cars that were built to breakdown all the time before saying that the Pacers and Gremlins that have been trying to attack them back in Tokyo are also lemon cars. Sensing a trend, Finn asks Holley to pull out the pictures he took of the oil platform and identify all the cars out there. Holley identifies Hugos and Trunkovs which Mater also identifies as lemons, which makes Holley deduce that everyone involved in the plot are all lemon cars. They find out that the lemons are having a secret meeting in [[Porto Corsa]], [[Italy]], which is also where the second World Grand Prix race is being held. Knowing that the mastermind will be there as well, they board [[Stephenson]], a spy train, for Porto Corsa.
[[File:Beenthinkingyoumightstopby.png|thumb|left|Finn is captured by the lemons.]]
At Porto Corsa, Finn and Holley have Mater infiltrate the meeting holographically disguised as [[Ivan]], [[Victor Hugo]]'s personal chauffeur, which McMissile and Holley listen in over the radio. However, the lemon boss calls the meeting by video call, and had his voice disguised, which Holley is unable to unscramble. They soon learn that the lemons were actively sabotaging the race using the very camera Finn saw to ignite the [[Allinol]] in the racecars. Finn races to stop them but is caught by a magnet attached to a helicopter, as the Lemons anticipated he would interfere. Holley and Mater are subsequently captured.
The lemons later take Finn, Holley and Mater to [[London]], tying them to the giant gears of [[Big Bentley]], which are supposed to crush them in a couple of minutes as the clock moves. Holley and Finn get shocked when Mater shouts to them that he is not a spy, having tried to tell them the whole time over and over, which they did not understand him earlier. Just then, Grem and Acer arrive in an elevator, planning to use the EMP generator to kill racecar [[Lightning McQueen]], Mater's best friend, during the final World Grand Prix race, which is taking place in the city. Surprisingly, as the emitter gets to 100%, McQueen does not explode, which leaves the lemons wondering why. Finn, Mater and Holley then get informed by Grem and Acer that they are going to the back-up plan, which is that they have put a bomb in McQueen's pit which should explode when he comes in. As they insult him, Mater notices that his gatling guns have slightly cut through the ropes he is tied in. After Grem and Acer leave, Mater repeatedly does voice command to make the guns cut through the ropes completely, setting him free. He is desperately wanting to help Finn and Holley, but they tell him to go and warn McQueen's pit crew, claiming to him that they will be okay so that he leaves.
[[File:Finnaction.png|thumb|left|250px|Finn about to throw [[Fred Pacer]], one of Zündapp's Lemons.]]
During the race, Finn and Holley watch Mater from inside a building, and are surprised when they see him in [[Lightning McQueen]]'s pit. Though unusual by spy standards, Finn believes this to be Mater's cover, and waits patiently for Mater to make contact. When Holley's onboard computer reveals several thugs closing in on Mater, Finn immediately springs into action, fighting them off in the back streets of Tokyo. Holley hacks into Mater's headset and informs him to leave, though Mater innocently does the opposite, moving into Finn's fray with the assassins, which he believes to be a "live karate demonstration". With the henchman defeated, Finn delicately vanishes, and they postpone the meeting with Mater.
Hearing Finn say that being killed by a clock gives a complete new meaning to the phrase "Your time has come", Holley gets thinking and uses her electroshock device to reverse the battery so that the gears move the other way, also making the clock's hands go counter-clockwise. However, on the other side, there is another gear that is about to crush them. To prevent from getting killed, they drive forward to make a gap big enough for the gear to go between them and cut the ropes off. However, as they prepare to get to the course, they then spot Mater's air filter, revealing to them that the lemons have actually put the bomb on Mater. They warn him on the radio just as he arrives at the pits to warn his friends about the bomb, which is also the moment when McQueen comes in and is glad to see Mater. Knowing that the lemons are about to make the bomb go off, Mater drives away from McQueen, who chases after him, not knowing about the bomb. Holley soon appears in front of Professor Zündapp and points her guns at him, causing him to flee in fear. As Finn goes to get the scientist, Holley goes to help Mater while using her retractable wings and afterburners for flight.
The next day, Finn finds Mater at [[Haneda Airport]] and, disguised as a security guard, the spy leads Mater into a lounge, where he inquires which American intelligence agency he is affiliated with. Mater claims to be "triple-A affiliated", and while he is babbling about karate, Finn recognizes Grem and Acer moving towards them. Thinking quickly, Finn cuts a hole in a nearby window and pulls Mater through. They speed down the airport runway toward [[Siddeley]], Finn's personal spy jet, while Finn shoots at the pursuing attackers. Oblivious to the danger around him, Finn takes lead and the two jump aboard Siddeley as he takes off. The device is fortunately still on Mater's undercarriage, so they and Holley analyze the photo, which depicts the unidentified kingpin's engine, a hodge-podge of rare and unusual parts. Though Mater is still unaware of the situation's gravitas, he does prove valuable by using his extensive mechanical knowledge to identify specificities that Finn and Holley would have otherwise ignored.
[[File:Professorzz.png|thumb|Finn with a captured [[Professor Zündapp]].]]
So, Finn chases Zündapp through London and attaches his grappling hooks to the professor as he attempts to flee on Tony Trihull. However, as Finn tries to hold back, Zündapp gets the upper hand when Tony uses his magnet to pull the villain toward him, also getting Zündapp's monocle stuck to the magnet. Eventually, Finn defeats Tony by releasing small explosives that stick to the magnet and kill the battleship, making Finn able to prevent the professor from escaping. Getting tied up, Zündapp is taken to a spot where Holley, Mater and McQueen are located. Finn told his enemy to turn off the bomb stuck on Mater. However, the scientist mentions that the bomb is voice-activated, but when Mater tries to shut it off he fails. Zündapp then mentions that it can only be turned off by the one who had turned it on. Holley threatens him to turn it off, Zündapp obliges but it fails as well and he reveals that he did not activate it, and after jokingly asking everyone else if they want to try and deactivate, he gets tased by Holley, knocking him out.
A few moments later, they get surrounded by the rest of the lemons, who try to make sure that they do not escape and the bomb activates. But as [[J. Curby Gremlin]] gets out his gun, McQueen and Mater's friends come to the scene to help them fight the lemons. After the protagonists defeat many cars, the rest attempt to retreat but they are cornered by the British military and [[Sarge]].
Tracking down the vendor of a particular type of bolt, the trio travel to [[Paris]] where they meet with a long-time informant of McMissile's, a black-market parts dealer named [[Tomber]]. To disguise their meeting, Tomber bolts upon seeing McMissile, and they subdue and drag him to a secure warehouse, past civilians who might otherwise take suspicion. Tomber reveals that sure enough, he has a customer whose purchases line up with the ones in the kingpin's photograph. The buyer chose to remain anonymous however, and while Tomber does not know anything more, Mater realizes that only a broken-down, poorly made car would need to buy such a combination of parts. Narrowing this down to a lemon car, Mater's thoughts prompt Holley and Finn to notice a trend between all the evidence they have collected: everyone involved with a scheme is a "lemon", a derogatory term for cheaply made cars who were prone to constant breakdowns and failures. Tomber mentions there is an unusual meeting between the Gremlin, Pacer, Hugo, and Trunkov crime families taking place in [[Porto Corsa]], [[Italy]], exactly where the second World Grand Prix race is being held. Knowing that the mastermind will almost certainly be there as well, they board [[Stephenson]], a spy train, and head for Porto Corsa.
With the lemons presumably arrested, everyone tries to figure out how to disarm the bomb. Mater then figures out who had turned it on, and takes McQueen to [[Buckingham Palace]] while using his rocket jets and parachute, with the rest of the gang following on land. Mater tells [[the Queen]], the bodyguards and police that the mastermind is none other than [[Miles Axlerod]], the creator of the World Grand Prix and Allinol fuel. Miles tries to convince that Mater is the crazy one, but the tow truck explains that he had figured it out because the bomb was attached with the same bolts that hold together the mastermind's engine, and that he remembers a saying of old British engines having oil in them when it is under them, pointing out that Axlerod had put the blame on him for leaking oil back in Japan. Axlerod still claims that Mater is crazy, and Finn and Holley wonder why Axlerod would want to hurt anyone if he created the World Grand Prix and Allinol, to which Mater explains that it would be to make everyone think that alternative fuel is not safe and go back to fossil fuels, and that they would have to buy oil from the oil rigs so that the lemons can become rich.
[[File:Beenthinkingyoumightstopby.png|thumb|left|250px|Finn is captured by the lemons.]]At Porto Corsa, Finn and Holley have Mater infiltrate the meeting holographically disguised as [[Ivan]], [[Victor Hugo]]'s personal chauffeur, whom McMissile and Holley listen in on over the radio. The lemon boss makes an appearance, but is only by phone call, with his voice scrambled and his face hidden. Though they acquire no new leads for the perpetrator, they do learn that the lemons are actively sabotaging the races' competitors using the very camera Finn saw. By targeting them with a powerful electromagnetic pulse, the [[Allinol]] fuel in their tanks reactively ignites. Hearing this through Mater's communicator, Finn briskly tears through the city to reach Grem and Acer's camera station, but just as he leaps toward them, a magnetic field freezes him. The henchman smile, as they prepared a helicopter's hanging magnet ahead of time in case McMissile happened to interfere. Their plan exposed, Finn, Holley, and Mater are all individually captured, knocked out and brought to [[Big Bentley]] in [[London]], where they are tied up inside the building's clock mechanisms.
As the timer on the bomb gets closer to zero, the bodyguards make the Queen, her grandson and the spectators evacuate while leaving Axlerod blocked by Mater on the edge of the platform, and Finn and everyone else brace for the explosion. Just one second before it could explode, Axlerod is forced to make the bomb successfully deactivate. Mater then opens Axlerod's hood to show Finn, Holley and the police that he has the same engine shown on the photo, convincing that Axlerod is the mastermind. Holley and Finn then join McQueen, his friends and the spectators to watch Mater being knighted by the Queen for his bravery, before he later leaves for home with his friends.
When Mater comes to, Finn and Holley are tied to a giant gear, and are minutes away from being crushed by a perpendicular gear. Mater finally asserts that he is not a spy, and Finn and Holley realize he is telling the truth, not acting an extremely committed cover. Grem and Acer arrive and point their camera at [[Lightning McQueen]], Mater's best friend, who they intend to kill because of his faithful choice to continue supporting Allinol, against the allegations of it being dangerous. They cruelly charge the generator to max and fire it at McQueen, but to everyone's confusion, nothing happens. Zündapp angrily informs them to move to the backup plan; they have placed a bomb in McQueen's pit stall that they will explode the next time he drives in. The lemons gleefully depart, but Mater cleverly uses his gattling gun deployments to break through his ropes. Mater desperately tries to find a way to save Finn and Holley, but they tell him to focus on saving McQueen. Finn knows they cannot really save themselves, but Holley realizes she can reverse the polarity of the clock to shift their direction and give them more time, which they use to cut their ropes on another cog and break free. Making their escape, they find Mater's air filter, which reveals a horrifying truth—the Lemons really planted the bomb on Mater, who is en route to McQueen's pit.
Finn and Holley soon arrive in [[Radiator Springs]] to greet Mater, also convincing [[Van]] on Mater telling him, [[Minny]] and the townsfolk about his big adventure. McQueen soon gets to the question of why he did not explode when he was hit by the pulse, to which Finn and Holley explain that they could not figure that out either, along with that they have found out Allinol was actually gasoline modified to explode when coming into contact with the beam itself. The answer to the question is then revealed when [[Fillmore]] says that his organic fuel was put into McQueen by Sarge during the race.
[[File:Professorzz.png|250px|right|thumb|The professor subdued.]]They warn Mater just in time, but McQueen chases after Mater as he flees, unaware of what is happening. Holley intercepts the Professor, who runs away with Finn on his tail. McMissile chases Zündapp through London, while the scientist heads for his transport boat. Finn latches his grappling hook to Zündapp while Trihull tries to magnetically pull him aboard. Finn tries pulling different weapons, which fly away into the magnet, so he releases an array of detonators, which go off and fatally blow up the battleship. Finn drags the captured professor into London, meeting with Holley, McQueen and Mater so he can deactive the bomb. The bomb is voice activated but Zündapp's is not the remedy. With time ticking down, Mater confidently announces he knows the true suspect, and they all head for the [[The Queen|Queen]]'s royal spectator pad.
Everyone soon watches McQueen and the rest of the World Grand Prix racers take part in the unofficial [[Radiator Springs Grand Prix (2011)|Radiator Springs Grand Prix]], with the townsfolk cheering McQueen on. Siddeley then arrives, ready for Finn and Holley to leave, as they have another mission. Already knowing that Mater is not a spy, they mention that it was still great to meet him. He politely declines to join them, as he is at home, and Holley promises to be back for their first date. However, Finn and she let Mater keep his rockets, which he uses in the Grand Prix.
Mater accuses Miles Axlerod of being the true culprit. Having discovered the oil rig, he could pretend to pioneer a remarkable alternative fuel and then use the globally publicized World Grand Prix as the perfect opportunity to paint alternative fuel in a terrible light. With other methods off the table, cars would seek traditional fuel, making Axlerod and his company of "loser cars" wealthy beyond imagination. Mater cites the bolts on his engine being the same used to secure the bomb, and the unusuality of Mater's "oil leak" in Axlerod's vicinity, as further evidence. With seconds to go before detonation, Finn and everyone else brace themselves for the explosion, but Miles finally yells "deactivate", which, sure enough, succeeds.
===Cars 2: The Video Game===
With Axlerod and the lemons defeated, Mater, McQueen and their friends return to their home in [[Radiator Springs]]. As Mater shares the absurd story with the townsfolk, many are skeptical, until Finn and Holley arrive and verify Mater's claims. As a make-up "Radiator Springs Grand Prix" event is held, Finn and Holley thank Mater for his help and invite him to continue working with them on another secret mission, per specific request from the Queen. Mater declines, citing that home is where he belongs, but the British agents promise Mater that their offer will always be open. Mater's only request is to keep his rocket boosters, and as he and McQueen race away, Finn and Holley depart on [[Siddeley]] for their next project.
===''Cars 2: The Video Game''===
In ''[[Cars 2: The Video Game]]'', Finn has been captured by Professor Zündapp and his agents - Mater is sent to rescue him. However, it is revealed that this is part of a mission simulation at [[C.H.R.O.M.E.]] (the Command Headquarters for Recon Operations and Motorized Espionage), an international spy-training center. Where they are the co-commands with the Player.
In ''[[Cars 2: The Video Game]]'', Finn has been captured by Professor Zündapp and his agents - Mater is sent to rescue him. However, it is revealed that this is part of a mission simulation at [[C.H.R.O.M.E.]] (the Command Headquarters for Recon Operations and Motorized Espionage), an international spy-training center. Where they are the co-commands with the Player.
In this game, Finn appears as a playable character, unlocked from the start of the game. An alternate costume of him, titled [[Finn - Union Jack]], can be unlocked by earning the "Agent - First Class" crest. In the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game, another alternate costume, Finn - Security Guard, can be purchased as downloadable content. All three versions of him are medium weights.
In this game, Finn appears as a playable character, unlocked from the start of the game. An alternate costume of him, titled Finn - Union Jack, can be unlocked by earning the "Agent - First Class" crest. In the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game, another alternate costume, Finn - Security Guard, can be purchased as downloadable content. All three versions of him are medium weights.
===Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure===
===''Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure''===
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Finn has an appearance in the ''[[Cars (franchise)|Cars]]''-inspired levels of ''[[Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure]]''.
===Disney Infinity===
===Disney Infinity===
In ''[[Disney Infinity]]'', Finn appears as a cast member in the [[Cars Play Set]], assigning the player various missions. He can be unlocked as a toy box townsperson by opening a character chest.
In ''[[Disney Infinity]]'', Finn appears as a cast member in the [[Cars Play Set]], assigning the player various missions. He can be unlocked as a toy box townsperson by opening a character chest.
===Cars: Fast as Lightning===
===''Cars: Fast as Lightning''===
In ''[[Cars: Fast as Lightning]]'', Finn is the third-to-last unlockable playable character. When he is unlocked, McMissile's Pad will be unlocked as will his [[Finn's Track|track]].
In ''[[Cars: Fast as Lightning]]'', Finn is the third-to-last unlockable playable character. When he is unlocked, McMissile's Pad will be unlocked as will his [[Finn's Track|track]].
==General information==
==General information==
===Physical description===
===Physical description===
Finn's model is an [[Aston Martin]] DB5. He is also based on other 1960's English sports cars. However, he is said to be a 1965 Faultless GT, which is a fictional model name, and an allusion to the 1958 Peerless GT, one of his design main inspirations. He is also mentioned in the film to be a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, which he most closely resembles on his front half.
[[File:AstonMartinDB5.jpg|right|thumb|250px|James Bond's Aston Martin DB5.]]Finn is a 1965 [[Faultless]] GT, a British make and model which most closely resembles the real-world [[Aston Martin]] DB5, which was dubbed "the most famous car in the world" at the 1964 New York Toy Fair for its popularity as the signature vehicle of fictional spy [[wikipedia:James Bond|James Bond]], of whom McMissile's personality and storyline draw inspiration from.<ref>Pfeiffer, Lee; Worrall, Dave (1998). The Essential Bond. London: Boxtree Ltd. ISBN 978-0-75222-477-0.</ref> According to ''Cars 2'' Character Art Director [[Jay Shuster]], the team worked from initial drawings by [[Joe Ranft]] to create "an English coupe with Italian touches,"<ref name="The World Is Not Enough">[http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2011/Volume-34-Issue-6-June-July-2011-/The-World-Is-Not-Enough.aspx#articletop The World Is Not Enough]</ref> drawing influences from various 1960s British and Italian sports cars. The 1965 Faultless GT is specifically an allusion to the 1958 Peerless GT, a particularly strong influence.
His top speed is 147 mph, with a 0-60 of 7 seconds. His engine is a 4.2 Liter Straight 6 with Triple 2V Carbs, with a horsepower of 290.
His top speed is 147 mph, he's able to reach 0-60 within seven seconds. Running on a 4.2 Liter Straight 6 engine with Triple 2V Carbs with 290 horsepower, Finn is able to use quick speed and acceleration if needed in the midst of a mission.
His license plate is 314 FMCM, which includes a reference to his initials. The number 314 is his voice actor [[Michael Caine]]'s birthday (March 14, 1933). However, in the video game, it is 0S0 872L.
Finn's license plate in ''Cars 2'' is 314 FMCM. In addition to translating part of his name, the number 314 is also a reference to the birthday of his voice actor, [[Michael Caine]]: March 14, 1933. In ''Cars 2: The Video Game'', it is "0S0 872L". In the ''Cars 2'' trailer, it is "Coming Soon". In the ''Cars 2'' video game trailer, it is "SPIESWNTD".
===Personality and traits===
===Personality and traits===
Finn is elegant, nice and kind. He is also daring and extremely brave, smart and eloquent, which is almost mandatory for a spy. He knows every trick in the book, and is always prepared for any kind of situation.
[[File:Cars2-disneyscreencaps com-2800.jpg|250px|thumb|Finn is kind and reassuring even in times of stress.|left]]Finn's occupation as a secret agent requires a host of desirable qualities. He is intelligent and quick-witted, able to provide deep insight into investigations and come up with thorough and carefully-thought-out plans to ensure success. He displays a notable degree of adaptability, quickly being able to change plans on the fly the moment it becomes necessary and coming up with clever solutions to tight or unexpected situations. Finn is typically able to keep his composure amidst tense circumstances, keeping a level head while speaking clearly and concisely. His dialect is eloquent and calm, speaking with a smooth, British-accented voice.
Compared to the hardness or sarcastic wit of other secret agents, such as [[Rod Redline]], Finn openly prefers to extend kindness and share a witty sense of humor. He is unassuming perhaps to a fault, immediately crediting Mater for his highly-committed "cover" as a dim-witted tow truck, not seeming to consider the possibility that Mater really is who he says he is.
[[File:Cars 2 tomber with finn mcmissile.jpg|thumb|250px|Tomber is happy to reunite with McMissile.|right]]Finn has several colleagues and friends who seem to regard him highly. In addition to fellow C.H.R.O.M.E. affiliates like Holley Shiftwell, Siddeley, and Stephenson, Finn's allies extend beyond his agency. He has connections with a transport cargo ship named [[Crabby]] and a black-market parks dealer named [[Tomber]], the latter of whom is a frequent informant for McMissile. He had also befriended fellow agent [[Leland Turbo]], and was horrified upon unexpectedly glimpsing his corpse.
His classification of field agent is a testament to his bravery and comfortability with putting his life on the line for a greater cause. As a result of high training and physical prowess, he is able to perform feats such as jumping off a massive oil rig platform, briskly and precisely navigating narrow backstreets and alleyways, and making use of machine guns and other dangerous weapons to disable enemies.
===Weaponry and Gadgets===
===Weaponry and Gadgets===
Finn McMissile is equipped with more gadgets than the other spies, including:
Finn McMissile is equipped with an extensive array of gadgets for assistance in various kinds of situations.
*'''Four grappling hooks''': Disguised as bumperettes, the hooks attach to the end of strings. They can be shot to reach an object at some distance, and are strong enough to lift and suspend Finn, giving him extra flexibility.[[File:Camera_combined.png|thumb|Finn's spy camera]]
*'''Four grappling hooks''': Disguised as bumperettes, the hooks attach to the end of strings. They can be shot to reach an object at some distance, and are strong enough to lift and suspend Finn, giving him extra flexibility.[[File:Camera combined.png|thumb|Finn's spy camera]]
*'''Spy camera''': Located in the right headlight, it can zoom in to see details and take pictures.
*'''Spy camera''': Located in the right headlight, it can zoom in to see details and take pictures.
*'''Missile launcher''': Located in the left headlight. It can fire small but powerful missiles.
*'''Missile launcher''': Located in the left headlight. It can fire small but powerful missiles.
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*'''Oil Launcher''': Located in the rear turn signals. It can spread slippery oil, that allows Finn to lose a pursuing car. In the beginning of the film, Finn defeats a green Gremlin with this weapon.
*'''Oil Launcher''': Located in the rear turn signals. It can spread slippery oil, that allows Finn to lose a pursuing car. In the beginning of the film, Finn defeats a green Gremlin with this weapon.
*'''Mounted quad harpoon gun''': Located on his undercarriage, it is used for a similar purpose as the grappling hooks to suspend Finn, but are much more powerful.
*'''Mounted quad harpoon gun''': Located on his undercarriage, it is used for a similar purpose as the grappling hooks to suspend Finn, but are much more powerful.
*[[File:Security guard finn Cars 2.jpg|Finn disguised as an airport security guard[[File:Policechange.png|thumb|left|Finn removing his disguise]]|thumb]]
[[File:Security guard finn Cars 2.jpg|Finn disguised as an airport security guard[[File:Policechange.png|thumb|left|Finn removing his disguise]]|thumb]]
'''Deployable holographic disguise emitter''': Located on the roof. The device instantaneously makes a holographic disguise all around Finn. A known disguise is a Japanese airport security guard.[[File:Thingthatknocksthatcarover.png|thumb|Finn's wheeled motorized jack]]
*'''Deployable holographic disguise emitter''': Located on the roof. The device instantaneously makes a holographic disguise all around Finn. A known disguise is a Japanese airport security guard.[[File:Thingthatknocksthatcarover.png|thumb|Finn's wheeled motorized jack]]
*'''Wheeled motorized jack''': Launched from the undercarriage. A skateboard-shaped gadget that travels to a chasing car, and then deploys its jack, tipping the car over.
*'''Wheeled motorized jack''': Launched from the undercarriage. A skateboard-shaped gadget that travels to a chasing car, and then deploys its jack, tipping the car over.
*'''Steel Magnet Wheels''': Permits Finn to climb up the side of a steel wall. Finn also uses them to grab cars in fights.
*'''Steel Magnet Wheels''': Permits Finn to climb up the side of a steel wall. Finn also uses them to grab cars in fights.
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==Character Design and Development==
==Character Design and Development==
[[File:Finnpagesyestitles.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Several concept arts for Finn's design]][[File:Finn-02.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Finn as he appeared on ''Cars'' storyboards]]
[[File:Finnpagesyestitles.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Several concept arts for Finn's design]][[File:Finn-02.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Finn as he appeared on ''Cars'' storyboards]]
Originally, Finn was supposed to appear in the first ''[[Cars]]'' movie. In a sequence that never went beyond the storyboarding stage, [[Lightning McQueen]] and [[Sally Carrera|Sally]] went to the [[Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre|Radiator Springs drive-in theater]] where a James Bond-type film about a superspy car named Finn McMissile, dispatching "Taxis of Death" was playing.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-sneaks-june-cars-20110116,0,427784.story 2011 Movie Preview: 'Cars 2']</ref> The character was then more of a parody. In ''Cars 2'', the team wanted him to be more serious, realist and understated.<ref name="artofcars2">Queen, Ben (2011). The art of Cars 2. San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0811878913.</ref>
Originally, Finn was supposed to appear in the first ''[[Cars]]'' movie. In a sequence that never went beyond the storyboarding stage, [[Lightning McQueen]] and [[Sally]] went to the [[Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre|Radiator Springs drive-in theater]] where a James Bond-type film about a superspy car named Finn McMissile, dispatching "Taxis of Death" was playing.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-sneaks-june-cars-20110116,0,427784.story 2011 Movie Preview: 'Cars 2']</ref> The character was then more of a parody. In ''Cars 2'', the team wanted him to be more serious, realist and understated.<ref name="artofcars2">Queen, Ben (2011). The art of Cars 2. San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0811878913.</ref>
Character Art Director [[Jay Shuster]] summarizes Finn's design evolution as: "We started with drawings by [[Joe Ranft]] and created an English coupe with Italian touches."<ref>[http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2011/Volume-34-Issue-6-June-July-2011-/The-World-Is-Not-Enough.aspx#articletop The World Is Not Enough]</ref> Finn is a Pixar in-house design. His design draws inspiration from several sports cars from the 1960s, mainly British, but also Italian.
Character Art Director Jay Shuster summarizes Finn's design evolution as: "We started with drawings by [[Joe Ranft]] and created an English coupe with Italian touches."<ref name="The World Is Not Enough"/> Finn is a Pixar in-house design. His design draws inspiration from several sports cars from the 1960s, mainly British, but also Italian.
Shuster said: “We didn’t want to design Finn as a spy. We wanted him to be a really elegantly designed English sportscar from the sixties. We did this really deep search into that kind of car from that era. We took everything from all the cars we love and baked it into Finn.”<ref name="cars2productionnotes">[http://a.dolimg.com/franchise/cars/content/promos/movies/cars2_production_notes.pdf Cars 2 Production Notes]</ref>
Shuster said: “We didn’t want to design Finn as a spy. We wanted him to be a really elegantly designed English sportscar from the sixties. We did this really deep search into that kind of car from that era. We took everything from all the cars we love and baked it into Finn.”<ref name="cars2productionnotes">[http://a.dolimg.com/franchise/cars/content/promos/movies/cars2_production_notes.pdf Cars 2 Production Notes]</ref>
Shuster said about using Italian cars for Finn's design: “We wanted to infuse a little more Italian into that. That’s why I created a rear hip, which gave that fin a place to live.”<ref name="popmec">[http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/visual-effects/the-classic-sports-car-design-behind-cars-2-superspy-finn-mcmissile The Classic Sports Car Design Behind Cars 2’s Superspy, Finn McMissile]</ref>
Shuster said about using Italian cars for Finn's design: “We wanted to infuse a little more Italian into that. That’s why I created a rear hip, which gave that fin a place to live.”<ref name="popmec">[http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/visual-effects/the-classic-sports-car-design-behind-cars-2-superspy-finn-mcmissile The Classic Sports Car Design Behind Cars 2’s Superspy, Finn McMissile]</ref>
In the ''[[Cars]]'' storyboards, Finn had imposing tailfins. While their size was ultimately greatly reduced, it remained an essential element of his design, that influenced the choice of cars used for inspiration.<ref name="shustergoogle">[http://www.boxofficemagazine.com/articles/2011-06-how-to-build-a-talking-car-says-cars-2-art-director-jay-shuster-it-starts-with-google How to build a talking car ? Says 'Cars 2' Art Director Jay Shuster, it starts with Google.]</ref> "The car’s name is Finn, so he had to have fins," ''Cars'' Franchise Guardian [[Jim and Jay Ward|Jay Ward]] said.<ref name="wsj">[http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2011/06/22/cars-2-what-kind-of-car-is-finn-mcmissile-slideshow/ Cars 2: What Kind of Car is Finn McMissile?]</ref>
In the ''[[Cars]]'' storyboards, Finn had imposing tailfins. While their size was ultimately greatly reduced, it remained an essential element of his design, that influenced the choice of cars used for inspiration.<ref name="shustergoogle">[http://www.boxofficemagazine.com/articles/2011-06-how-to-build-a-talking-car-says-cars-2-art-director-jay-shuster-it-starts-with-google How to build a talking car ? Says 'Cars 2' Art Director Jay Shuster, it starts with Google.]</ref> "The car’s name is Finn, so he had to have fins," ''Cars'' Franchise Guardian [[Jay Ward]] said.<ref name="wsj">[http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2011/06/22/cars-2-what-kind-of-car-is-finn-mcmissile-slideshow/ Cars 2: What Kind of Car is Finn McMissile?]</ref>
The only car model that Pixar has named as an inspiration for Finn is the 1958 Peerless GT, a British sports car, which was the only British sports car they found that featured tailfins.<ref name="espionnage">[http://pixartimes.com/2011/05/22/international-espionage-in-cars-2/ International Espionage in Cars 2]</ref><ref>[http://disney.go.com/cars/#/movies/cars2/funfacts Fun Facts on the Cars official website]</ref> According to Ward, even though Finn draws inspiration from other cars as well, the Peerless served as the basis from which the character was built.<ref name="wsj" />
The only car model that Pixar has named as an inspiration for Finn is the 1958 Peerless GT, a British sports car, which was the only British sports car they found that featured tailfins.<ref name="espionnage">[http://pixartimes.com/2011/05/22/international-espionage-in-cars-2/ International Espionage in Cars 2]</ref><ref>[http://disney.go.com/cars/#/movies/cars2/funfacts Fun Facts on the Cars official website]</ref> According to Ward, even though Finn draws inspiration from other cars as well, the Peerless served as the basis from which the character was built.<ref name="wsj" />
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According to Story Supervisor [[Nathan Stanton]], the idea of having Michael Caine voicing Finn McMissile came out early in the production.<ref name="nathanstanton">[http://collider.com/nathan-stanton-cars-2-exclusive-interview/89255/ Story Supervisor Nathan Stanton CARS 2 Exclusive Interview]</ref> [[John Lasseter]] said: “As we were developing Finn McMissile, Michael Caine always came to mind because of all those fantastic spy movies he’s done.”<ref name="cars2productionnotes" />
According to Story Supervisor [[Nathan Stanton]], the idea of having Michael Caine voicing Finn McMissile came out early in the production.<ref name="nathanstanton">[http://collider.com/nathan-stanton-cars-2-exclusive-interview/89255/ Story Supervisor Nathan Stanton CARS 2 Exclusive Interview]</ref> [[John Lasseter]] said: “As we were developing Finn McMissile, Michael Caine always came to mind because of all those fantastic spy movies he’s done.”<ref name="cars2productionnotes" />
However, Shuster says: “For the majority of these characters I didn’t know until the very end [who was voicing them]. Honestly, they announced Michael Caine when [the character] was done and all that the animators could do to go back in and start dialing in the mouth shapes and the eye shapes.”<ref name="cinemablend" /> Supervising animator [[Shawn Krause]] collected photos of Caine from his earlier spy films and based Finn's expressions on them.<ref name="cars2productionnotes" />
However, Shuster says: “For the majority of these characters I didn’t know until the very end [who was voicing them]. Honestly, they announced Michael Caine when [the character] was done and all that the animators could do to go back in and start dialing in the mouth shapes and the eye shapes.”<ref name="cinemablend" /> Supervising animator Shawn Krause collected photos of Caine from his earlier spy films and based Finn's expressions on them.<ref name="cars2productionnotes" />
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
:''For this subject's list of appearances, see [[Finn McMissile/Appearances]].''
:''For this subject's list of appearances, see [[Finn McMissile/Appearances]].''
==Profiles and statistics==
==Bio==
"Finn McMissile is a master British spy. Though charming and eloquent, it's his stealth maneuvering, intelligence and years in the field that enable him to thwart unexpected attacks from bad guys, making quick daredevil escapes. Finn's design is sleek and timeless, but he's also prepared for any tricky situation with an arsenal of ultra-cool gadgets and weaponry, including front and rear grappling hooks, a missile launcher, deployable magnetic explosives and a holographic disguise emitter. As a seasoned professional in the game of international espionage, Finn believes there is a conspiracy brewing during the World Grand Prix. His clandestine work surrounding the global exhibition race puts him on a collision course with Mater, whom he mistakes for an undercover American agent with a genius disguise."<ref>[http://www.disney.co.uk/cars/characters/finn-mcmissile Disney UK - Cars 2 - Finn McMissile]</ref>
*''Finn McMissile is a master British spy. Though charming and eloquent, it's his stealth maneuvering, intelligence and years in the field that enable him to thwart unexpected attacks from bad guys, making quick daredevil escapes. Finn's design is sleek and timeless, but he's also prepared for any tricky situation with an arsenal of ultra-cool gadgets and weaponry, including front and rear grappling hooks, a missile launcher, deployable magnetic explosives and a holographic disguise emitter. As a seasoned professional in the game of international espionage, Finn believes there is a conspiracy brewing during the World Grand Prix. His clandestine work surrounding the global exhibition race puts him on a collision course with Mater, whom he mistakes for an undercover American agent with a genius disguise.''<ref>[http://www.disney.co.uk/cars/characters/finn-mcmissile Disney UK - Cars 2 - Finn McMissile]</ref>
==Gallery==
:''For this subject's image gallery, see [[Finn McMissile/Gallery]].''
*[[File:Finn_McMissile.jpg|thumb|Finn's cameo in ''Toy Story 3'']]Finn made a cameo in ''[http://pixar.wikia.com/wiki/Toy_Story_3 Toy Story 3]'' on a poster in [http://pixar.wikia.com/Andy's_House#Andy.27s_Room Andy's room].
*[[File:Finn McMissile.jpg|thumb|Finn's cameo in ''Toy Story 3'']]Finn made a cameo in ''[[w:c:pixar:Toy Story 3|Toy Story 3]]'' on a poster in [[w:c:pixar:Andy's House#Andy's Room|Andy's room]].
*Finn's tires read "Firewall".
*Finn's tires read "Firewall". It could be a possible parody of the real-life manufacturer Firestone.
*Finn's grille resembles a Van Dyke mustache.
*Finn's grille resembles a Van Dyke mustache.
*According to Cars 2: The Video Game, "Finn McMissile" may not be his real name. One of his phrases is, "Is Finn McMissile my real name? I'm sure you'll never know."
*According to Cars 2: The Video Game, "Finn McMissile" may not be his real name. One of his phrases is, "Is Finn McMissile my real name? I'm sure you'll never know."
*A slightly modified version of Finn's model was used for realistic renders to promote Pixar's Renderman Studio 18.
*A slightly modified version of Finn's model was used for realistic renders to promote Pixar's Renderman Studio 18.
*Finn McMissile is a 1965 Faultless GT, a fictional car that draws inspiration from various cars of the 1960's, like the Aston Martin DB5, but is primarily based on the 1958 Peerless GT.
==Gallery==
:''For this subject's image gallery, see [[Finn McMissile/Gallery]].''
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
* " Leland Turbo, this is Finn McMissile, I'm at the rally point. Over.
*"''Leland Turbo, this is Finn McMissile, I'm at the rally point. Over.''" - ''Cars 2''
*"''Then this shouldn't hurt at all!''" - ''Cars 2''
*"Then this shouldn't hurt at all!"
*"''You are now.''" - ''Cars 2''
*"You are now."
*"''We couldn't figure that one out, either.''" - ''Cars 2''
*"We couldn't figure that one out, either."
*"''Do you really think I'm going to let you float away, Professor?!''" - ''Cars 2''
*"Do you really think I'm going to let you float away, Professor?!"
*"''You never feel more alive than when you're almost dead.''" - ''Cars 2''
*"You never feel more alive than when you're almost dead."
*"''I'm looking for a car.''" - ''Cars 2''
{{Quote|"I'm looking for [[Leland Turbo|a car]]."|Finn McMissile's first line in Cars 2.}} {{Quote|'''Holley Shiftwell:''' "Oh, hello."<br>'''Finn McMissile:''' "Hello."<br>'''Holley Shiftwell:''' "A Volkswagen Karmann Ghia has no radiator."<br>'''Finn McMissile:''' "That's because it's air-cooled."<br>'''Holley Shiftwell:''' "Great. I'm Agent Shiftwell. Holley Shiftwell from the Tokyo station. I have a message from London."|Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell first meet.}}
*"''That's because it's air-cooled.''" - ''Cars 2''
{{Quote|"He's so good!"|Finn likes how Mater pretends to be [[Ivan]].}} {{Quote|'''Finn McMissile:''' "Holley!"<br>'''Holley Shiftwell:''' "I'm detecting an extremely strong electromagnetic pulse." (sees the lemon's camera on top of the building) "Finn, it's the camera!"<br>'''Finn McMissile:''' "Where?"<br>'''Holley Shiftwell:''' "On the tower!"<br>(Finn rushes to stop the lemons.)|Finn and Holley find the lemons' camera.}} {{Quote|"Being killed by a clock." (chuckles) "Gives a whole new meaning to 'Your time has come.'"|Finn commenting on his and Holley's unfortunate doom}} {{Quote|'''Finn McMissile:''' "Holley, I'll get Zündapp. You help Mater."<br>'''Holley Shiftwell:''' "Got it!"|Finn telling Holley to go help Mater.}}
*"''He's so good!''" - ''Cars 2''
*"''Being killed by a clock. (chuckles) Gives a whole new meaning to 'Your time has come'.''" - ''Cars 2''
*"''Holley, I'll get Zündapp. You help Mater.''" - ''Cars 2''
*"''Tell me something, you're incredibly savvy with spy hardware, for civilian statics.''" - Cars 2: The Video Ga''me
*"''Remember: the existence of this facility is on a need-to-know basis, and nobody needs to know.''" - ''Cars 2: The Video Game''
*''"No one will get me!" - Cars 2: The Video Game''
*''"Nothing like a nice surge of turbo." - Cars 2: The Video Game''
*''"Looks like I have the advantage!" - Cars 2: The Video Game''
Finn McMissile is the tritagonist of Pixar's 12th full-length animated feature film Cars 2.
He is a British secret agent and spy who has been affiliated with C.H.R.O.M.E., a British espionage organization. A skilled field agent with many years of experience, McMissile has been part of many different projects and missions, including the thwarting of Miles Axlerod's plot to damage public perception of alternative fuel by destroying its users.
In universe, Finn's make is known as the 1965 Faultless GT. Ward says McMissile has design cues from a number of vintage European sports cars, but is really based on the Peerless GT, an obscure British model of the late 1950s. McMissile's fastback shape, prominent grille and wire wheels place him solidly in the period from 1955 to 1965. His design also draws heavy inspiration from the Aston Martin DB5, as well as other British and Italian sports cars.
Finn McMissile sneaks onto Professor Z's oil rig by riding on Tony Trihull.
In Cars 2, when a racing competition called the World Grand Prix is announced, some American secret agents discover that there is a hidden oil reserve located in the Pacific Ocean, being run by a group of criminal cars called lemons.
Finn is sent on a reconnaissance mission to the oil reserve to discover more about the lemons' intentions (unknowingly alongside an American spy called Rod Redline, who has infiltrated the outlaws using a Gremlin disguise) as well as to reunite with his colleague, Leland Turbo, who is already there. Sneaking past security by riding on a cargo ship, Finn observes a lemon meeting and discovers that the commander of operations on the platform is a German scientist and weapons dealer named Professor Zündapp. The villains reveal that they have constructed a machine that, while appearing to be a standard television camera, is actually "extremely dangerous". Finn takes photographs of the camera and its owners, but is horrified when some henchman reveal a brutally compacted red cube, the remnants of Agent Turbo. The burst of a flame behind McMissile casts his shadow over the rig floor and reveals him, forcing him to make an escape. The lemons corner him at a helipad, but Finn leaps into the ocean, using hydrofoils to propel himself away. Grem and Acer take to security boats to fire at him, and McMissile fakes his death by moving underwater and releasing extra tires to appear as if he has drowned.
Later, Finn arrives at the World Grand Prix opening ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, where he meets with a local desk agent, Holley Shiftwell. Privately discussing Finn's findings in an elevator, Holley explains that the found oil platform is sitting atop the largest oil field ever discovered. The Americans already knew about this situation, having sent their own agent, Rod Redline, in under deep cover. Redline managed to photograph the lemon kingpin, and Finn is there to rendezvous with him and obtain the image. But, noticing Professor Zündapp and his henchmen in the crowd, Finn realizes the risk and sends Holley instead. Before she arrives, some Lemons attack Redline, leaving him no choice but to plant the classified information device on the innocent Mater. As Finn and Holley are tracking the device to identify the agent, they believe Mater to be the American spy, and make plans to meet with him next day during the first race of the World Grand Prix.
Finn about to throw Fred Pacer, one of Zündapp's Lemons.
During the race, Finn and Holley watch Mater from inside a building, and are surprised when they see him in Lightning McQueen's pit. Though unusual by spy standards, Finn believes this to be Mater's cover, and waits patiently for Mater to make contact. When Holley's onboard computer reveals several thugs closing in on Mater, Finn immediately springs into action, fighting them off in the back streets of Tokyo. Holley hacks into Mater's headset and informs him to leave, though Mater innocently does the opposite, moving into Finn's fray with the assassins, which he believes to be a "live karate demonstration". With the henchman defeated, Finn delicately vanishes, and they postpone the meeting with Mater.
The next day, Finn finds Mater at Haneda Airport and, disguised as a security guard, the spy leads Mater into a lounge, where he inquires which American intelligence agency he is affiliated with. Mater claims to be "triple-A affiliated", and while he is babbling about karate, Finn recognizes Grem and Acer moving towards them. Thinking quickly, Finn cuts a hole in a nearby window and pulls Mater through. They speed down the airport runway toward Siddeley, Finn's personal spy jet, while Finn shoots at the pursuing attackers. Oblivious to the danger around him, Finn takes lead and the two jump aboard Siddeley as he takes off. The device is fortunately still on Mater's undercarriage, so they and Holley analyze the photo, which depicts the unidentified kingpin's engine, a hodge-podge of rare and unusual parts. Though Mater is still unaware of the situation's gravitas, he does prove valuable by using his extensive mechanical knowledge to identify specificities that Finn and Holley would have otherwise ignored.
Tracking down the vendor of a particular type of bolt, the trio travel to Paris where they meet with a long-time informant of McMissile's, a black-market parts dealer named Tomber. To disguise their meeting, Tomber bolts upon seeing McMissile, and they subdue and drag him to a secure warehouse, past civilians who might otherwise take suspicion. Tomber reveals that sure enough, he has a customer whose purchases line up with the ones in the kingpin's photograph. The buyer chose to remain anonymous however, and while Tomber does not know anything more, Mater realizes that only a broken-down, poorly made car would need to buy such a combination of parts. Narrowing this down to a lemon car, Mater's thoughts prompt Holley and Finn to notice a trend between all the evidence they have collected: everyone involved with a scheme is a "lemon", a derogatory term for cheaply made cars who were prone to constant breakdowns and failures. Tomber mentions there is an unusual meeting between the Gremlin, Pacer, Hugo, and Trunkov crime families taking place in Porto Corsa, Italy, exactly where the second World Grand Prix race is being held. Knowing that the mastermind will almost certainly be there as well, they board Stephenson, a spy train, and head for Porto Corsa.
Finn is captured by the lemons.
At Porto Corsa, Finn and Holley have Mater infiltrate the meeting holographically disguised as Ivan, Victor Hugo's personal chauffeur, whom McMissile and Holley listen in on over the radio. The lemon boss makes an appearance, but is only by phone call, with his voice scrambled and his face hidden. Though they acquire no new leads for the perpetrator, they do learn that the lemons are actively sabotaging the races' competitors using the very camera Finn saw. By targeting them with a powerful electromagnetic pulse, the Allinol fuel in their tanks reactively ignites. Hearing this through Mater's communicator, Finn briskly tears through the city to reach Grem and Acer's camera station, but just as he leaps toward them, a magnetic field freezes him. The henchman smile, as they prepared a helicopter's hanging magnet ahead of time in case McMissile happened to interfere. Their plan exposed, Finn, Holley, and Mater are all individually captured, knocked out and brought to Big Bentley in London, where they are tied up inside the building's clock mechanisms.
When Mater comes to, Finn and Holley are tied to a giant gear, and are minutes away from being crushed by a perpendicular gear. Mater finally asserts that he is not a spy, and Finn and Holley realize he is telling the truth, not acting an extremely committed cover. Grem and Acer arrive and point their camera at Lightning McQueen, Mater's best friend, who they intend to kill because of his faithful choice to continue supporting Allinol, against the allegations of it being dangerous. They cruelly charge the generator to max and fire it at McQueen, but to everyone's confusion, nothing happens. Zündapp angrily informs them to move to the backup plan; they have placed a bomb in McQueen's pit stall that they will explode the next time he drives in. The lemons gleefully depart, but Mater cleverly uses his gattling gun deployments to break through his ropes. Mater desperately tries to find a way to save Finn and Holley, but they tell him to focus on saving McQueen. Finn knows they cannot really save themselves, but Holley realizes she can reverse the polarity of the clock to shift their direction and give them more time, which they use to cut their ropes on another cog and break free. Making their escape, they find Mater's air filter, which reveals a horrifying truth—the Lemons really planted the bomb on Mater, who is en route to McQueen's pit.
The professor subdued.
They warn Mater just in time, but McQueen chases after Mater as he flees, unaware of what is happening. Holley intercepts the Professor, who runs away with Finn on his tail. McMissile chases Zündapp through London, while the scientist heads for his transport boat. Finn latches his grappling hook to Zündapp while Trihull tries to magnetically pull him aboard. Finn tries pulling different weapons, which fly away into the magnet, so he releases an array of detonators, which go off and fatally blow up the battleship. Finn drags the captured professor into London, meeting with Holley, McQueen and Mater so he can deactive the bomb. The bomb is voice activated but Zündapp's is not the remedy. With time ticking down, Mater confidently announces he knows the true suspect, and they all head for the Queen's royal spectator pad.
Mater accuses Miles Axlerod of being the true culprit. Having discovered the oil rig, he could pretend to pioneer a remarkable alternative fuel and then use the globally publicized World Grand Prix as the perfect opportunity to paint alternative fuel in a terrible light. With other methods off the table, cars would seek traditional fuel, making Axlerod and his company of "loser cars" wealthy beyond imagination. Mater cites the bolts on his engine being the same used to secure the bomb, and the unusuality of Mater's "oil leak" in Axlerod's vicinity, as further evidence. With seconds to go before detonation, Finn and everyone else brace themselves for the explosion, but Miles finally yells "deactivate", which, sure enough, succeeds.
With Axlerod and the lemons defeated, Mater, McQueen and their friends return to their home in Radiator Springs. As Mater shares the absurd story with the townsfolk, many are skeptical, until Finn and Holley arrive and verify Mater's claims. As a make-up "Radiator Springs Grand Prix" event is held, Finn and Holley thank Mater for his help and invite him to continue working with them on another secret mission, per specific request from the Queen. Mater declines, citing that home is where he belongs, but the British agents promise Mater that their offer will always be open. Mater's only request is to keep his rocket boosters, and as he and McQueen race away, Finn and Holley depart on Siddeley for their next project.
Cars 2: The Video Game
In Cars 2: The Video Game, Finn has been captured by Professor Zündapp and his agents - Mater is sent to rescue him. However, it is revealed that this is part of a mission simulation at C.H.R.O.M.E. (the Command Headquarters for Recon Operations and Motorized Espionage), an international spy-training center. Where they are the co-commands with the Player.
In this game, Finn appears as a playable character, unlocked from the start of the game. An alternate costume of him, titled Finn - Union Jack, can be unlocked by earning the "Agent - First Class" crest. In the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game, another alternate costume, Finn - Security Guard, can be purchased as downloadable content. All three versions of him are medium weights.
In Disney Infinity, Finn appears as a cast member in the Cars Play Set, assigning the player various missions. He can be unlocked as a toy box townsperson by opening a character chest.
Cars: Fast as Lightning
In Cars: Fast as Lightning, Finn is the third-to-last unlockable playable character. When he is unlocked, McMissile's Pad will be unlocked as will his track.
General information
Physical description
James Bond's Aston Martin DB5.
Finn is a 1965 Faultless GT, a British make and model which most closely resembles the real-world Aston Martin DB5, which was dubbed "the most famous car in the world" at the 1964 New York Toy Fair for its popularity as the signature vehicle of fictional spy James Bond, of whom McMissile's personality and storyline draw inspiration from.[1] According to Cars 2 Character Art Director Jay Shuster, the team worked from initial drawings by Joe Ranft to create "an English coupe with Italian touches,"[2] drawing influences from various 1960s British and Italian sports cars. The 1965 Faultless GT is specifically an allusion to the 1958 Peerless GT, a particularly strong influence.
His top speed is 147 mph, he's able to reach 0-60 within seven seconds. Running on a 4.2 Liter Straight 6 engine with Triple 2V Carbs with 290 horsepower, Finn is able to use quick speed and acceleration if needed in the midst of a mission.
Finn's license plate in Cars 2 is 314 FMCM. In addition to translating part of his name, the number 314 is also a reference to the birthday of his voice actor, Michael Caine: March 14, 1933. In Cars 2: The Video Game, it is "0S0 872L". In the Cars 2 trailer, it is "Coming Soon". In the Cars 2 video game trailer, it is "SPIESWNTD".
Personality and traits
Finn is kind and reassuring even in times of stress.
Finn's occupation as a secret agent requires a host of desirable qualities. He is intelligent and quick-witted, able to provide deep insight into investigations and come up with thorough and carefully-thought-out plans to ensure success. He displays a notable degree of adaptability, quickly being able to change plans on the fly the moment it becomes necessary and coming up with clever solutions to tight or unexpected situations. Finn is typically able to keep his composure amidst tense circumstances, keeping a level head while speaking clearly and concisely. His dialect is eloquent and calm, speaking with a smooth, British-accented voice.
Compared to the hardness or sarcastic wit of other secret agents, such as Rod Redline, Finn openly prefers to extend kindness and share a witty sense of humor. He is unassuming perhaps to a fault, immediately crediting Mater for his highly-committed "cover" as a dim-witted tow truck, not seeming to consider the possibility that Mater really is who he says he is.
Tomber is happy to reunite with McMissile.
Finn has several colleagues and friends who seem to regard him highly. In addition to fellow C.H.R.O.M.E. affiliates like Holley Shiftwell, Siddeley, and Stephenson, Finn's allies extend beyond his agency. He has connections with a transport cargo ship named Crabby and a black-market parks dealer named Tomber, the latter of whom is a frequent informant for McMissile. He had also befriended fellow agent Leland Turbo, and was horrified upon unexpectedly glimpsing his corpse.
His classification of field agent is a testament to his bravery and comfortability with putting his life on the line for a greater cause. As a result of high training and physical prowess, he is able to perform feats such as jumping off a massive oil rig platform, briskly and precisely navigating narrow backstreets and alleyways, and making use of machine guns and other dangerous weapons to disable enemies.
Weaponry and Gadgets
Finn McMissile is equipped with an extensive array of gadgets for assistance in various kinds of situations.
Four grappling hooks: Disguised as bumperettes, the hooks attach to the end of strings. They can be shot to reach an object at some distance, and are strong enough to lift and suspend Finn, giving him extra flexibility.Finn's spy camera
Spy camera: Located in the right headlight, it can zoom in to see details and take pictures.
Missile launcher: Located in the left headlight. It can fire small but powerful missiles.
Digital read-outs: Located on the side mirror, the screen can receive transmissions from other spies or from his surveillance probes.
Finn's glass cutter
Glass cutter: Consists of a small and very compact device, launched from the left side mirror. It attaches itself to the glass, and deploys a long stick with the cutting unit at the end that cuts with a circular counter-clockwise movement a piece of glass that is then ejected.
Magnetic explosives launcher: Located in the front wheel hubs, it launches small explosives that stick to a metallic surface and explode after a short amount of time.
Finn's oil blasters at work
Deployable machine guns: On both sides, hidden in the side vent.
Deployable surveillance probes: Located in the rear right wheel hub. Very small, light and compacted into a sphere. Finn can discretely drop one which then deploys feet and open its camera, which transmits an image to Finn's digital read-outs.
Oil Launcher: Located in the rear turn signals. It can spread slippery oil, that allows Finn to lose a pursuing car. In the beginning of the film, Finn defeats a green Gremlin with this weapon.
Mounted quad harpoon gun: Located on his undercarriage, it is used for a similar purpose as the grappling hooks to suspend Finn, but are much more powerful.
Finn disguised as an airport security guardFinn removing his disguise
Deployable holographic disguise emitter: Located on the roof. The device instantaneously makes a holographic disguise all around Finn. A known disguise is a Japanese airport security guard.Finn's wheeled motorized jack
Wheeled motorized jack: Launched from the undercarriage. A skateboard-shaped gadget that travels to a chasing car, and then deploys its jack, tipping the car over.
Steel Magnet Wheels: Permits Finn to climb up the side of a steel wall. Finn also uses them to grab cars in fights.
Hydrofoil Mode: Consists of two retractable foils on the undercarriage. Used for oversea travel.
Submarine Mode: Used for underwater escapes and travel. It includes a breathing apparatus, side directional fins, and the rear wheels transform into propellers.
Finn's submarine modeFinn's propellers
Finn is also a master of martial arts, which is of a great help in car to car combats.
Character Design and Development
Several concept arts for Finn's designFinn as he appeared on Cars storyboards
Originally, Finn was supposed to appear in the first Cars movie. In a sequence that never went beyond the storyboarding stage, Lightning McQueen and Sally went to the Radiator Springs drive-in theater where a James Bond-type film about a superspy car named Finn McMissile, dispatching "Taxis of Death" was playing.[3] The character was then more of a parody. In Cars 2, the team wanted him to be more serious, realist and understated.[4]
Character Art Director Jay Shuster summarizes Finn's design evolution as: "We started with drawings by Joe Ranft and created an English coupe with Italian touches."[2] Finn is a Pixar in-house design. His design draws inspiration from several sports cars from the 1960s, mainly British, but also Italian.
Shuster said: “We didn’t want to design Finn as a spy. We wanted him to be a really elegantly designed English sportscar from the sixties. We did this really deep search into that kind of car from that era. We took everything from all the cars we love and baked it into Finn.”[5]
Shuster said about using Italian cars for Finn's design: “We wanted to infuse a little more Italian into that. That’s why I created a rear hip, which gave that fin a place to live.”[6]
In the Cars storyboards, Finn had imposing tailfins. While their size was ultimately greatly reduced, it remained an essential element of his design, that influenced the choice of cars used for inspiration.[7] "The car’s name is Finn, so he had to have fins," Cars Franchise Guardian Jay Ward said.[8]
The only car model that Pixar has named as an inspiration for Finn is the 1958 Peerless GT, a British sports car, which was the only British sports car they found that featured tailfins.[9][10] According to Ward, even though Finn draws inspiration from other cars as well, the Peerless served as the basis from which the character was built.[8]
Finn has a large resemblance with James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger. In consequence, he has been widely recognized as a 1960s Aston Martin DB5, including by Michael Caine.[11] While Finn shares similarities with the DB5, like a near identical rear end, differences can also be seen, mainly in Finn's profile design, which is much more curvaceous than the DB5. Finn's submarine mode is also reminiscent of Bond's Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me.
The animators felt it necessary to establish limitations of what Finn could do and what gadgets he had, in order to make a more earthbound character.[4] Shuster says he found Finn to be (with Francesco Bernoulli) the hardest design to achieve, because they had to figure out where to place his spy gear. Finding how to resolve this problem had some influence on his design: Finn's side vents were modified so that machine guns could get out, and his bumperettes were made with the idea they could serve as grappling hooks.[7]
Shuster gave other details regarding how they tackled the problem:
"It was decided that no, we don’t want him transforming. We don’t want body panels unnaturally unfolding or doing all that stuff… So that was the trick, designing the outer shell as though he is just a normal pedestrian car, and then we went in and found places we could have stuff unfold from."[12]
According to Story Supervisor Nathan Stanton, the idea of having Michael Caine voicing Finn McMissile came out early in the production.[13]John Lasseter said: “As we were developing Finn McMissile, Michael Caine always came to mind because of all those fantastic spy movies he’s done.”[5]
However, Shuster says: “For the majority of these characters I didn’t know until the very end [who was voicing them]. Honestly, they announced Michael Caine when [the character] was done and all that the animators could do to go back in and start dialing in the mouth shapes and the eye shapes.”[12] Supervising animator Shawn Krause collected photos of Caine from his earlier spy films and based Finn's expressions on them.[5]
Finn McMissile is a master British spy. Though charming and eloquent, it's his stealth maneuvering, intelligence and years in the field that enable him to thwart unexpected attacks from bad guys, making quick daredevil escapes. Finn's design is sleek and timeless, but he's also prepared for any tricky situation with an arsenal of ultra-cool gadgets and weaponry, including front and rear grappling hooks, a missile launcher, deployable magnetic explosives and a holographic disguise emitter. As a seasoned professional in the game of international espionage, Finn believes there is a conspiracy brewing during the World Grand Prix. His clandestine work surrounding the global exhibition race puts him on a collision course with Mater, whom he mistakes for an undercover American agent with a genius disguise.[14]
Finn's tires read "Firewall". It could be a possible parody of the real-life manufacturer Firestone.
Finn's grille resembles a Van Dyke mustache.
According to Cars 2: The Video Game, "Finn McMissile" may not be his real name. One of his phrases is, "Is Finn McMissile my real name? I'm sure you'll never know."
A slightly modified version of Finn's model was used for realistic renders to promote Pixar's Renderman Studio 18.
Finn McMissile is a 1965 Faultless GT, a fictional car that draws inspiration from various cars of the 1960's, like the Aston Martin DB5, but is primarily based on the 1958 Peerless GT.
Quotes
"Leland Turbo, this is Finn McMissile, I'm at the rally point. Over." - Cars 2
