Air Mater

Air Mater
Aired	November 1, 2011 on Cars 2 DVD/Blu-ray August 10, 2012 on Disney Channel (along with Moon Mater) November 13, 2012 on Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2 DVD/Blu-ray
Written by	John Lasseter Rob Gibbs Jim Capobianco Daniel Chong Valerie LaPointe
Directed by	Rob Gibbs
Previous	Mater Private Eye
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Air Mater is the tenth episode of the Cars Toon series. It was released with the DVD/Blu-ray release of Cars 2 and is Pixar Canada's first production. It was also included on the DVD and Blu-ray of Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2, and released on TV on August 10, 2012, along with Moon Mater.

Plot

Outside Luigi's Casa Della Tires, Guido is spinning around, with his forks spread out, because Mater is teaching him how to fly. A skeptical McQueen asks Mater what he knows about flying, and Mater replies, "Everything." Mater then proceeds to tell the story.

Mater tows a car to Propwash Junction, a place inhabited by friendly planes who greet him. As he drops off the car at a repair station, Mater watches a group of jets, the Falcon Hawks, in amazement. He is asked by one of the Falcon Hawks if he's going to the air show tomorrow, and he accepts. Then, he sees Skipper's Flight School and reads the sign, "We can teach anyone how to fly guaranteed!"

Mater enters and meets Skipper, the flight instructor. Skipper points out that Mater is just a tow truck. Mater then says to him that he can teach anyone guaranteed, just as the sign says. Skipper reluctantly gets his mechanic Sparky to install a pair of wings and a rear propeller on Mater. After quickly learning the essentials of flying in the air, Mater has a bit of trouble getting up at first, but he succeeds. Soon, his inability to control his flying gets his hook caught on some telephone wires, causing Mater to get flung back and fly backwards. Meanwhile, the Falcon Hawks prepare for tomorrow's air show, but Black Hawk, one of the members, sprains one of his wings, and now they need a fourth flyer to take his place. They see the airborne Mater flying backwards and are impressed. Mater manages to land back on the strip, but he tumbles and ends up going upside-down. Nevertheless, the Falcon Hawks invite him to perform with them in the air show, and Mater agrees to join them.

The next day, the Falcon Hawk leader, Green Hawk, Red Hawk, and Mater (as Mater Hawk) put on an amazing show together, with Mater providing the majority of the entertainment. Soon, the Falcon Hawks hold out a long piece of rope and Mater uses his hook to grab the rope and fly backwards with greater speed, breaking the sound barrier. Suddenly, Mater's wings break off and Mater starts falling down.

McQueen, listening to the story, asks Mater, "What did you do?" Mater replies, "Oh, you remember, Lightning McQueen Hawk!"

Back in the story, Lightning McQueen Hawk flies in and grabs Mater by the hook, saving him. He helps Mater with the big finish by throwing him up into the air with the Falcon Hawks. He catches Mater and safely takes him back to the ground, where Mater presses a button and sets off a spectacular fireworks display.

McQueen insists that the whole thing never happened, and Mater says, "It did, too." At that moment, Mater gets a call from the Falcon Hawk leader and is told that he is needed to take place for one of the Falcon Hawks. He throws his hook up and is caught by the rope being held by the Falcon Hawks.

After the short ends, (Cars 2 DVD and Blu-ray only) Mater meets up with Sparky in front of the Propwash Junction sign and says "Hey, they ought to make a whole movie about planes."

Much like Nickelodeon shows and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse viewer greetings, Sparky says it's a good idea and the two look at the audience in anticipation, breaking the fourth wall.

Characters

• Mater
• Lightning McQueen
• Skipper
• Sparky
• Falcon Hawks
• Mia and Tia
• Judge Davis
• Guido
• Propwash Junction Biplane

Cast

• Larry the Cable Guy as Mater
• Keith Ferguson as Lightning McQueen
• Stacy Keach (Credited as Stacey Keach) as Skipper
• Jonathan Adams as Judge Davis
• Lindsey Collins as Mia
• Elissa Knight as Tia

Additional voices

• Jan Rabson - Kernel Co Pitties
• Lori Alan - Blue Hawk
• John Cygan - Red Hawk
• Paul Eiding - Green Hawk
• Bob Bergen - Black Hawk
• Danny Mann - Sparky

Home Media

DVD and Blu-ray

• Cars 2
• Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2

Gallery

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• A member from the Falcon Hawks.

  A member from the Falcon Hawks.

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• Mater's Tow Fair.

  Mater's Tow Fair.

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• Mater appears to fly off a cliff when he doesn't listen to Skipper properly.

  Mater appears to fly off a cliff when he doesn't listen to Skipper properly.

Titles in other languages

• Hungarian: Repülő Matuka
• Polish: Powietrzny Złomek

Goofs

• Skipper Riley's voice actor Stacy Keach is misspelled as "Stacey Keach" in the credits.
• In the Latin American Spanish version, when Mater sees Skipper's Flight School, he reads the sign "Enseñamos a volar a cualquiera", but he said "Enseñamos a cualquiera a volar", that mean "We teach anyone to fly".

Trivia

• The Falcon Hawks seem to be a reference to the Red Arrows and Thunderbirds.
• Four references to Planes have been identified in the episode.
  • At the end, Mater says that they should make a whole movie about planes, hinting the film Planes. However, this scene was only shown on the Cars 2 DVD and Blu-ray. This quote may imply that the studio really does exist in the actual universe itself.
  • Propwash Junction is the hometown of Dusty Crophopper, the protagonist of Planes.
  • The plane Skipper is a main character in the movie.
  • A forklift Sparky is a character in the movie. However, his paint job had changed in the film, from white-and-yellow to light grey.
• The architecture of Propwash Junction's buildings and the surrounding landscape include many mechanic pieces and silhouettes of planes, similarly to the "car-ification" process seen in Cars and Cars 2.
• This was the third time in the Cars series when Mater was flying. The first time was in Unidentified Flying Mater, and the second time was in Porto Corsa and London in Cars 2. Although he was seen flying in the end of Heavy Metal Mater.
• Despite being released after Cars 2, McQueen is still in his Radiator Springs paint job instead of his World Grand Prix paint job. However, it could be likely possible that this episode takes place before Cars 2, or he somehow magically got that customization back.