Tall Tale
Tall Tale is a Cars 2 deleted scene. This one of many openings for Cars 2 that was cut, presenting the film's opening scene as a tall tale being told by Mater.
Plot
The scene starts off with a group of fans heading towards a racing stadium and soon transitions to reflect the opening race of the first Cars movie. Lightning McQueen is seen swiftly passing other racers, however two end up blocking him on the tracks. In order to pass them, McQueen jumps on top of the two cars, with one yelling at him to get off of him. Bob Cutlass states that McQueen pulled off an amazing move to take first place as the racers head into the final lap of the Dinoco 400. Darrell Cartrip jokes that McQueen really wants his third Piston Cup. A racer in clown makeup soon arrives on the track catching up to a confused McQueen. It is then revealed that the clown car is actually a group of clown pitties and they start to mess with McQueen while he races, coverring him in clown Makeup.
Darrell states that the last thing a racer wants to see is clown pitties and questions why they're allowed on the track, saying that he doesn't find them funny. Mater suddenly appears, saving McQueen from crashing into a giant pie set up by the pitties. Mater and Lightning fly through the air in a parody of Lightning's jump from the first movie (complete with Mater sticking his tongue up to lick up pie on his face) Both make it back onto the track, with McQueen exclaiming thaat Mater saved his life. Mater, however, reveals that the danger isn't over, as a group of ninjas suddenly appear, throwing blades up the pair. McQueen screams and begs for Mater to speed; Mater plans to do so in order to get through the upcoming "Loop of Death" which Lightning also questions. Mater tells Lightning to win the Piston Cup while he deals with the ninjas, and launches Lightning, who leaves a trail of fire behind him. While Mater uses his tow hook to fights off the ninjas, McQueen (with a trail of fire still following him) passes through the loop, setting it ablaze. Lightning blasts past the finish line, winning the race as the crowd cheers.
As the story concludes, it is revealed to be yet another one of Mater's tall tales, which he is twllling to a group of cars in the Racing Museum. A listener asks Mater if the stories was true. He states it was, claiming that his role on Team McQueen was the be the "troubleshooter". McQueen, revealls himself on the other side of the room, telling everyone not to believe everything Mater tells them, and says that he didn't even win that race. In order to save himself, Mater claims that this isn't the real Lightning McQueen-it's an animatronic, which he claims to be an ugly representation of Lightning.
Trivia
- While this scene was cut, the concept of Mater telling a sstory to visitors in Radiator Springs still made it into the final film, at the end instead of the beginning.
- Darrell's name is misspelt as "Daryl" in the scene's storyboards.
- This is the only deleted scene to not have a follow up on why it was cut.
- The scene was most likely cut due to the team having a hard time continuing the story after the sequence ended.
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