Red
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| Color | Red | ||||
| Occupation | Radiator Springs Fire Truck | ||||
| Main portrayer(s) | Joe Ranft (Cars) None (Cars 2) Jerome Ranft (Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs)
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Red is Radiator Springs' local fire truck.
Bio
Red may not be a fire truck of many words, but what he doesn't say, he shows through his generous actions. Whether its putting out a tire fire or caring for the beautiful flowers, Red is there to support and protect his beloved town. Red takes negative comments on the town very personally. So if you have something bad to say about Radiator Springs, you'd better watch out, because if there's one thing Red's not afraid of, it's his emotions.
In Cars, Red is very shy and initially didn't like Lightning McQueen, but he eventually took a liking to him. In Rescue Squad Mater, he appears watering his flowers when Lightning McQueen and Mater were passing him. Then that made Mater decide to make up a story about when he was a fire truck. Red makes a few cameos in Cars Mater-National. One of them is on one of the hills in the North Willy's Butte race, where he is seen shooting water into one of the ponds. His other cameo is in level 2 of the Tractor Tipping minigame. Red might not be part of Team Lightning McQueen, but someone has to tend the flowers he has around Radiator Springs. He makes sure he goes to the airport to wave goodbye to the team! Red is used to putting out fires, but this time he’s been called on to rescue Lightning McQueen and Mater who have been captured on their spy mission in London. But first, he has to take care of Professor Z's henchman, Acer, who is setting fire to everything.
Red reappears in Cars 2. His actor, Joe Ranft died in a car accident during the making of Cars. However, Red didn't have any lines. In the film, he first appears welcoming Lightning McQueen back home. He also appears at the Wheel Well Motel. He then watches Lightning and his pit crew leave Radiator Springs to go to Tokyo, Japan. He later comes to London, England. When they were fighting the lemons, he sprayed J. Curby Gremlin and some other black Gremlins with his hose. He then appears back at Radiator Springs. In Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure, Red makes a cameo at the end of the track in the first level of Cars in the game, as well as in the background of the ending cut-scene.
In Hiccups, he tries to cure McQueen's hiccups by shooting water at him.
In Bugged, he plays as the protagonist for the first time, and is voiced by Jerome Ranft.
Cars Land
Red's only appearance in Cars Land is in Radiator Springs Racers. When you drive into Radiator Springs after tractor tipping with Mater, he is seen between Lizzie's Curio Shop and Luigi's Casa Della Tires watering some flowers.
Model
Red is a 1960s style fire truck, most closely resembling a mid-1960s Pirsch pumper but also resembles American LaFrance models.
His license plate is 002.
Merchandising
- Cars Diecast Line
- Cars 2 Diecast Line
- LEGO
- Disney Store Diecast Line (normal and metallic)
- Shake 'N' Go
Appearances
Feature Films
Short Films
Video Games
Attractions
Trivia
- Red is the first Cars character whose original actor died. In fact, he's the only Cars character whose actor died before the first film came out.
- A possible toy version of Red was seen in the Butterfly Room in Toy Story 3.
- A fire engine bearing a resemblance to Red is seen in The Incredibles.
- This is the last time that Joe Ranft does a voice for someone in a Pixar film.
Gallery
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Red in The World of Cars Online
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Merchandise Gallery
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Diecast Model
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Cars 2 Diecast Model
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"Red's Fire Rescue" LEGO Set
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Disney Store
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Shake 'N' Go
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Tomica Red
