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'''Lightning McQueen''' is | '''Lightning McQueen''' is a famous Piston Cup race car, who has one four trophies since his racing debut in 2006. | ||
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Lightning McQueen is a famous Piston Cup race car, who has one four trophies since his racing debut in 2006.
Bio
Lightning is a red racecar sponsored by Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment ("With Just a Little Rust-eze, you can look like Lightning McQueen!"). He is #95 in the movie, and at the beginning of the movie, he is racing his first Piston Cup race in Nashville, Tennessee, and is winning.
At the end of the film, he lost the race out of good intentions, and got a new paint job, but still sponsored by Rust-eze, although at the beginning of the film, he wanted a Dinoco sponsorship.
Returning to the Piston Cup for the 2006 season, Lightning was able to win his first Piston Cup. Afterwards, he was able to gain two more trophies, before earning is fourth Piston Cup in the 2011 season.
Four years later, Number 95 Lightning McQueen is still a hotshot racecar, but his rookie days are past him. Now a permanent resident of Radiator Springs, Lightning has become a bona fide worldwide celebrity as winner of four Piston Cups. After his latest win, Lightning returns home to enjoy life in the slow lane for a while with sweetheart Sally, best friend Mater and the rest of his Radiator Springs family. His off-season is unexpectedly cut short when Mater inadvertently prompts Lightning to enter the World Grand Prix, a high profile, three-part exhibition race that will take him around the globe. With a fresh custom paint job and real, working headlights, Lightning sets off to Japan, Italy and England with Mater in tow for the adventure of a lifetime. But competing against the fastest cars in the world tests more than his racing skills when Lightning realizes his wide-eyed best friend may not be the pit chief nor ambassador he needs to navigate the unfamiliar international terrain.
Persona
When Lightning first entered the racing world, he was very self-centered and only cared about winning. After being lost in Radiator Springs, Lightning discovered that there's more to life than winning, and has now become a loyal friend to the other townfolk.
Basis
Lightning has no general basis, other than he is handmade uniquely for racing purposes.
Livery
Lightning has always been painted red, but his decals have changed a few times. He started with green Smell Swell decals, as he raced for that team originally. After Rusty and Dusty took him over to their sponsor, he was given a Rust-eze logo on his spoiler and hood, with yellow and orange lightning strikes on his side.
During the 2011 racing season, Lightning was given a minor new decal, a Hudson Hornet Piston Cup logo on his hood and sides.
Appearances
Feature Films
Short Films
- Mater and the Ghostlight
- Rescue Squad Mater
- Mater the Greater
- El Materdor
- Tokyo Mater
- Unidentified Flying Mater
- Heavy Metal Mater
- Monster Truck Mater
- Moon Mater
- Mater Private Eye
- Air Mater
- Time Travel Mater
Video Games
- Cars: The Video Game
- Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures
- Cars: Mater-National Championship
- Cars: Race-O-Rama
- Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales: The Video Game
- Cars 2 The Video Game
Advertisements
- Hertz
- Opel Promotion
- State Farm
- Energizer
- AT&T Broadband Promotion
- Mom on a Mission
- Obey Traffic Signals
- Answer Seguros
Trivia
- His racing number, "95" is a reference to the year 1995, when Pixar's first feature-length film, Toy Story was released. Originally, his number was going to be 57, which is the year John Lasseter was born.
- Lightning's last name "McQueen" is a reference to Glenn McQueen, a supervising animator at Pixar who passed away in 2002.
- In the first official teaser trailer of Cars 2, for unknown reasons, Lightning McQueen has on his Rust-eze customization.
- In Toy Story 3 in the Caterpillar Room at Sunnyside Daycare, you can see one of the kids with a white T-shirt with red sleeves and has in the middle of the shirt the 95 racing number with the lightning bolt of Lightning McQueen. A toy similar to Lightning can also be seen.
- Lightning's back bumper is yellow. This follows NASCAR's tradition of putting yellow rookie stripes on rookie drivers' cars.
- Lightning's design was inspired by stock cars, and a more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racers (Ford GT40)[2].
- After Lightning's redesign in Cars 2, he has working headlights instead of stickers.
- In Tokyo an advertisement for a vaccum cleaner named "Lightning McClean" is seen.
Merchandise
- Cars Diecast Line (regular, Radiator Springs, Dirt Track, Cruisin', Dinoco, Cactus, Bug Mouth, Bling Bling, Tongue, Chase with Bumper Stickers, Spin Out, Tar, Impound, Tumbleweed, Cone, Wet)
- Cars 2 Diecast Line (with Racing Wheels, with Party Wheels, with Travel Wheels, Hudson Hornet Piston Cup)
- Cars Toons Diecast Line (Burnt, Soaked, Daredevil, Dragon, Dragon with Oil Stains, Dragon with Metallic Finish, Heavy Metal, Frightening McMean, Autonaut, Burnt Autonaut, Hawk)
- Micro Drifters (regular, WGP, Bling Bling, Gold)
- Action Agents
- MEGA BLOKS (regular, Dinoco, Radiator Springs)
- LEGO (regular, Radiator Springs, Cars 2)
- LEGO Duplo
- Disney Store Diecast Line (regular, Dinoco, Epilogue, Radiator Springs, Pinstripe)
- Shake 'N' Go (regular, Dinoco, Radiator Springs, Tongue, Bling Bling)
- Tomica (regular, Dinoco, Radiator Springs, Tongue, Dirt Track, Cars 2)
- Geotrax (regular, Dinoco, Radiator Springs, Cars 2)
Gallery
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Lightning in the World of Cars Online
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Some magazine covers
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Racing with Francesco Bernoulli and Rip Clutchgoneski
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Merchandise Gallery
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Diecast Model
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Radiator Springs Diecast Model
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Dinoco Diecast Model
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Micro Drifters
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Micro Drifters
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Action Agents
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MEGA BLOKS
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Dinoco MEGA BLOKS
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LEGO
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LEGO Duplo
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Disney Store
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Epilogue Disney Store
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Shake 'N' Go
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Cars 2 Shake 'N' Go
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Tomica
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Geotrax
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Cars 2 Geotrax