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Ramone
Color	Purple with orange and yellow flames (usually, as changing paint jobs)
Occupation	Owner of Ramone's House of Body Art
Main portrayer(s)	Cheech Marin ;
Character information
Gender	Male

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Revision as of 13:27, 30 March 2022

"Low and slow."

—Ramone, Cars

Ramone is Flo's husband, and the owner of Ramone's House of Body Art, and as such he is a recurring character in the Cars series. Ramone first appeared in Cars, and has often held the role of paint job consultant in the video games and some of the shorts. He has a calm and collected persona that is usually brought out when he is talking to customers, or some of his friends. His model is based on a 1959 Chevrolet Impala.

History

Cars

Ramone has been a resident of Radiator Springs for over 50 years. In the late 1950s, a showgirl named Flo showed up in Radiator Springs, which Ramone soon took a liking to and the pair later married.

In Cars, Ramone constantly repaints himself, and gave McQueen a fresh paint job the day before the race right before his abrupt removal. He, along with the rest of the town, later joined McQueen's pit crew and helped him win the tiebreaker race in California. After that, at some point, he retired from McQueen's crew and usually stays behind during the season.

Cars: The Video Game

In Cars: The Video Game, Ramone appears as a playable character in arcade mode. He can only be played as when doing a road race. When you enter Ramone's paint shop to change Lightning's paint job, Ramone can be heard making remarks about the paint job you have chosen. He also occasionally appears driving along the road in Radiator Springs.

Ramone driving at Willy's Butte with a strange look on his face

Ramone is an opponent in the races Radiator Springs Grand Prix, Boostin' with Fillmore, Sarge's Off-Road Challenge and Doc's Check-Up.

Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures

In Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures, Ramone appears in two different games. In Hip-Hop It Up, the player must tap the arrow keys as Ramone dances. He also appears in Fill 'Er Up, where he is one of the customers that the player must provide fuel to.

Mater and the Ghostlight

In Mater and the Ghostlight, Ramone appears in a blue paint job at Flo's V8 Café, listening to Sheriff telling the story of the Ghostlight.

Cars: Mater-National Championship

In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Ramone is a playable character in arcade mode, and is still seen driving through the streets of Radiator Springs. He also has his own minigame Ramone's Rhythmic Rumble, where the player plays as Ramone and presses the correct buttons to keep him dancing. If the player misses a certain number of notes, they will lose the game.

He is an opponent in the races Rustbucket Grand Prix and Wheel Well Circuit, and is the third member of the player's team in the second race of Luigi and Guido's Team Relay.

Cars Toons

Mater the Greater

In Mater the Greater, Ramone can be seen behind Lightning, Luigi and Guido, right before Mater jumps off the ramp. He also appears at the end of the short, behind Lightning.

Tokyo Mater

In Tokyo Mater, Ramone makes another cameo at Flo's V8 Café, after Mater rolls away in his "modifications".

Heavy Metal Mater

In Heavy Metal Mater, Ramone appears once again at Flo's V8 Cafe, this time watching Guido sing karaoke.

Mater Private Eye

In Mater Private Eye, Ramone makes yet another cameo appearance at Flo's V8 Cafe.

Spinning

In Spinning, Ramone is part of the crowd watching Guido perform tricks with the shop sign. He then tells DJ to add some music as Guido continues to show off his great abilities.

The Radiator Springs 500½

In The Radiator Springs 500½, Ramone is among the cars that are celebrating the foundation of Radiator Springs, and commemorating Stanley. In the short, Ramone's paint job is orange, with artwork of the Radiator Springs mountains on his doors.

Cars: Race-O-Rama

Ramone appears in Story Mode in Motoropolis, when Lighting McQueen talks with Chick Hicks and Stinger. He also appears during many races, and is a playable character in arcade mode.

Cars 2

In Cars 2, Ramone greets Lightning when he comes back to Radiator Springs. He also helps Otis get fixed up. He then later sees Lightning and his team off at the airport. He returns in London with a paint job resembling the United Kingdom flag after McQueen calls him and the rest of the Radiator Springs gang about Mater. He also participates in the battle against the lemons by spray painting Tubbs Pacer in the eyes.

Cars 2: The Video Game

In Cars 2: The Video Game, Ramone makes no appearance in the game itself, but is a downloadable character in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game. He is in his purple with flames paint job, though he does not appear like that in the second movie.

Disney Infinity

In Disney Infinity, Ramone appears in the Cars Play Set, as someone who the player can take missions from. When the Cars vault is opened by having all four characters interact with it, a toy of Ramone can be unlocked for use in the player's toy box worlds.

Cars 3

In Cars 3, he rejoins Lightning's pit crew team and paints Cruz Ramirez at the Florida 500. He later appears at the end of the film at Willy's Butte.

Cars 3: Driven to Win

Ramone, in his blue paint job from Cars 3, is one of the six playable characters, the other five being Lightning McQueen, Cruz Ramirez, Mater, Sally, and Guido, who are all available from the start in Cars 3: Driven to Win.

Pixar Popcorn

In Unparalleled Parking, Ramone can be seen playing the parking game with the other Radiator Springs residents.

In Dancing with the Cars, Ramone can be seen dancing with the residents of the town.

Other Appearances

As for Ramone's other appearances, he rarely has huge roles in books or comics, though makes many cameos. However, the book Blue Ramone does focus around him, as he tries as hard as he can to stay blue (Flo's favorite color) for a week.

General information

Physical description

Ramone is based off a 1959 Chevy Impala Lowrider.

His license plate reads "LOWNSLOW" in the movies. It is a reference to his catchphrase Low N' Slow". However, on the die-casts, his license plate reads "LOWNSLO".

Ramone is constantly painting himself, so his livery is frequently changing, though Ramone is most often depicted in his purple paint job, due to him spending the majority of Cars with that color as well as it being the very first paint job he is seen in, and most merchandising lines release him with that color scheme.

Personality and traits

Ramone is kind and loyal, and is always willing to paint anyone in need. He sometimes is cocky and brags, mainly about his hydraulics.

Powers and abilities

Ramone is an expert in both painting and performing body work to dented or damaged cars. Additionally, Ramone has been shown to be a relatively good racer, specializing in stability and speed, though his acceleration is weaker.

In Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures and Cars: Mater-National Championship, Ramone is shown to be a very skilled and talented dancer, even having an entire minigame based off of him in the ladder game titled Ramone's Rhythmic Rumble.

Relationships

Ramone has been married to Flo since she arrived in Radiator Springs as part of the Motorama Girls. They have continued to have a good relationship since then and throughout the course of the series.

Ramones' friends include all of the Radiator Springs residents, as well as other cars around Carbureator County such as Otis.

According to his Cars 2 official bio, he is apparently a huge fan of Lightning McQueen.

Appearances

For this subject's list of appearances, see Ramone/Appearances.

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