Buford

Buford
Color	Blue
Occupation	Rustbucket race car
Main portrayer(s)	Greg Baldwin
First appearance	Cars: The Videogame
Latest appearance	Cars: Race-O-Rama
Character information Gender Male Family Cletus (brother) Judd (brother) Mater (cousin) Tommy Joe (cousin) Lewis (cousin) Zeke (cousin) Betsy (cousin) Doyle (cousin) Mato (cousin)

"Oh, get on outta here!"

—Buford, Cars: Mater-National Championship

Buford is one of Mater's cousins. Since his debut appearance in Cars: The Videogame, he has become a recurring character in the Cars series, making several appearances in the video games, as well as in the World of Cars book which details his background. Despite his appearance, Buford is actually a talented demolition derby racer. His license plate is completely blank, although there appears to be a stain on it, which means it could have previously read "Buford".

Buford is a rusty blue demolition derby race car that has his number on his front-end boards and a rusty bumper. He seems to be based on a 1983 Dodge Aries Coupé or 1983 Plymouth Reliant Coupé. In his video game appearances, Buford has the number 20 painted on his doors and number boards, but in World of Cars, he has the number "7". He also has six pinstripes in the games, but only four in the book and on his die-cast model.

History

Background

The World of Cars book reveals that Buford, along with Mater, Cletus and Judd, were bullied by Bubba and one of his friends when they were younger. However, Mater challenged Bubba to a backwards race, and since he could not successfully make a turn around Stanley's statue, he lost and Bubba subsequently stopped bullying the four cousins.

Cars: The Videogame

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Cars: The Videogame.

In Cars: The Videogame, Buford's only appearance is as a competitor in the event Rustbucket Race-O-Rama, in which he competes against Mater and five of his other cousins. Like the other Rustbucket racers, Buford is not playable.

Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures

In Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures, Buford and his cousins appear in the minigame Tow the Line, in which they must be towed to the other side of Mater's junkyard.

In this game, Buford's paint scheme seems to be white with blue pinstripes, as opposed to blue with purple pinstripes, as in his other appearances.

Cars: Mater-National Championship

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Cars: Mater-National Championship.

In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Buford makes his first appearance in the cutscene for Rustbucket Race #1, staring at Emma as she practices, along with the rest of his cousins except for Mater. When Mater says to "act natural", Buford reacts by slamming head-on into Tommy Joe, but he ends up with his front tires on Tommy Joe's windshield. Buford's body covers up most of Mater from Emma. He later appears as an opponent in Rustbucket Races #1, #2, and #3, where he tends to place higher with each event, though he is rivaled by Tommy Joe.

Gallery

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  Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures

• Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures

  Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures

• Cars: Mater-National Championship

  Cars: Mater-National Championship

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  Buford in Rustbucket Race #1

• Buford in Rustbucket Race #2

  Buford in Rustbucket Race #2

• Buford in Rustbucket Race #3

  Buford in Rustbucket Race #3

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  Character icon from Cars: The Videogame

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  Character icon from Cars: Mater-National Championship

• Diecast

  Diecast

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  2009 release

Names in other languages

• Bulgarian: Бюфор (transcription: Bjufor)

Trivia

• In the files of Cars: The Videogame, Buford, Judd and Lewis share the same directory as Tommy Joe, which is why all four cars share the same voice clips. Despite the four characters each having their own directory in Cars: Mater-National Championship, the textures for Buford, Judd, and Lewis can still be found in Tommy Joe's folder.
• His wheels appear grey and rivetless in Cars: The Videogame, but he has the same brown wheels as Tommy Joe in Cars: Mater-National Championship and on his die-cast, although the grey wheel texture could still be found in the files in Tommy Joe's directory.
• In Cars: Mater-National Championship, he and Cletus have larger icons than the other cousins, while the icons of Judd and Zeke are smaller.
• Buford's die-cast production sale was at 8,000. However, Judd and Cletus' were both at only 4,000, making Buford's die-cast much less valuable compared to Judd and Cletus.
• In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Buford, Judd and Lewis have the playable data inside their animation directories, which means they were either intended to be playable or were used during development of the game.

Quotes

• "Yee-haw!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
• "Hey!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
• "Oh, get on outta here!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
• "Well butter my bumper and call me biscuit!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
• "Bye, bye, buddy!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship