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*Technically, "Big Ben" is the name of the clock's hour bell (said to have been named after Victorian heavyweight boxing champion Ben Caunt), whilst the clock itself is the Great Westminster Clock and the tower was renamed in 2012 as the Elizabeth Tower, in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. However, in practice, "Big Ben" has always been used interchangeably for all three. | *Technically, "Big Ben" is the name of the clock's hour bell (said to have been named after Victorian heavyweight boxing champion Ben Caunt), whilst the clock itself is the Great Westminster Clock and the tower was renamed in 2012 as the Elizabeth Tower, in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. However, in practice, "Big Ben" has always been used interchangeably for all three. | ||
*In ''[[Stig vs Lightning McQueen]]'', [[Cruz Ramirez]] refers to it by its real-life name "Big Ben". | *In ''[[Stig vs Lightning McQueen]]'', [[Cruz Ramirez]] refers to it by its real-life name "Big Ben". | ||
*It is based after the real lif "Big Ben" | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 10:25, 27 January 2021
Template:LocationBig Bentley is the Cars version of the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster (aka the Houses of Parliament) in London, where Big Ben is. The Pixar realisation of it was inspired by Bentley cars.
History
Cars 2
Big Bentley appears in Cars 2. It is where Finn McMissile, Holley Shiftwell and Mater escaped after being bound to the clock's mechanism by the lemons.
Cars 2: The Video Game
Big Bentley appears in Cars 2: The Video Game.
Cars 3: Driven to Win
Big Bentley appears in Cars 3: Driven to Win, due to the tracks from Cars 2: The Video Game being reused.
Trivia
- Technically, "Big Ben" is the name of the clock's hour bell (said to have been named after Victorian heavyweight boxing champion Ben Caunt), whilst the clock itself is the Great Westminster Clock and the tower was renamed in 2012 as the Elizabeth Tower, in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. However, in practice, "Big Ben" has always been used interchangeably for all three.
- In Stig vs Lightning McQueen, Cruz Ramirez refers to it by its real-life name "Big Ben".
- It is based after the real lif "Big Ben"
