Long Ge
Long Ge | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle type | 2009 World Torque Champion League race car | ||||||
Color | Red, yellow | ||||||
Occupation | Transcontinental Race of Champions racer | ||||||
Main portrayer(s) | Unknown (Cars 2, Chinese version) Nicholas Guest (Cars: Fast as Lightning) | ||||||
First appearance | Cars 2 (Chinese version) | ||||||
Latest appearance | Cars: Fast as Lightning | ||||||
|
- "Nĭ hăo, I'm very happy to be racing with you in this event. I have worked my whole life to become an excellent racer, and I'm pleased to show you my skills. Are you ready to race?"
- —Long Ge, Cars: Fast as Lightning
Long Ge (simplified Chinese: 龙哥; traditional Chinese: 龍哥; pinyin: lóng gē) is a sports car and racer that represents People's Republic of China (or just China) in racing competitions such as the World Grand Prix.
He appeared for the first time in the Chinese version of Cars 2, replacing Jeff Gorvette at the Tokyo welcoming party at the Tokyo National Art Center where he talks with Lightning McQueen and Lewis Hamilton.
History
Cars 2
In the Chinese version of Cars 2, Long Ge is seen at the Tokyo welcoming party with Lewis Hamilton, greeting Lightning and his team when they arrive in Tokyo. He soon points out Mater talking to Zen Master, which causes McQueen to leave the conversation. He later reappears in Mater's flashback laughing alongside with Lewis at McQueen and Mater.
Cars: Fast as Lightning
In Cars: Fast as Lightning, Long Ge was introduced as a new playable character in v1.2.0 of the game. 275 gems are required to unlock him, and he has a building named after him called "Long Ge's Pit".
General information
Physical description
Long Ge is a DTM Racer, and also somewhat resembles the BMW M3 GTR. He also has the same body as Max Schnell. He is painted red, with yellow star designs painted on his doors and the back part of his windows. He has a black grille, grey rims and an antenna on his roof. He has clear headlights, and a large red spoiler. His paint job resembles the Chinese flag. Long Ge's actual model is a 2009 World Torque Champion League race car, the same model as Max and many other race cars.
Personality and traits
Long Ge has a humble attitude, and sees that there is more to racing than just winning. However, judging by some of his quotes, he is sometimes self-centered (i.e. No one can match my skills.).
Appearances
- Cars 2 (Chinese version only)
- Cars: Fast as Lightning
- Carbon Racers (World Of Cars Number 1, 2016)
Gallery
-
Cars: Fast as Lightning artwork.
-
ICE artwork.
-
Monkey King artwork.
-
Cars 2
-
Cars 2
-
Long Ge's ICE paint job in Cars: Fast as Lightning
-
Promotional image of Long Ge.
-
Long Ge having trouble on the German Course in “Carbon Racers”
-
-
-
Diecast
-
2012 release
Names in other languages
- Lithuanian: Long Gi
- Russian:
- Лунь Же (Transcription: Lun' Je)
- Джи Лонг (Transcription: Dzhi Long)
Trivia
- In Cars: Fast as Lightning his racing number is 9. His Ice Race Disney Store diecast shows that it is 12. Also this diecast shows that he has a sticker with the flag of the People's Republic of China and number LG 86.
- He is the Chinese counterpart of Jeff Gorvette. He replaces Jeff in two scenes in the Chinese version, which is part of the localization of the movie in several different countries. However, he never appears in the Taiwanese version.
- There are peony patterns on Long's body. This was inspired by the costume of the Beijing Olympics.
- Long Ge in Chinese is 龙哥, the character Long or 龙 means "dragon". Dragon is a symbol of fortune and happiness in Chinese culture. It's also a symbol of China and Chinese ethnic.
- There are two Chinese characters 中国 on the top of Long's body. This translates to "China".
- A card with the inscription "China" and the characteristic patterns present on Long Ge's hood and trunk can be seen in the end credits (in all versions).
- Long Ge shares a model with Max Schnell, Vitaly Petrov, Frosty Winterbumper, Memo Rojas Jr., Flash Nilsson, and Pyotr Racinov.
- Long Ge seems to be an original character that Pixar made for the Chinese release for Cars 2 and has full ownership of as there has been no confirmation of who he is based on or named after and the fact that he appears in Cars: Fast as Lightning.