Finn McMissile: Difference between revisions

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Later, Finn arrives at the World Grand Prix opening ceremony in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], where he meets with a local desk agent, [[Holley Shiftwell]]. Privately discussing Finn's findings in an elevator, Holley explains that the found oil platform is sitting atop the largest oil field ever discovered. The Americans already knew about this situation, having sent their own agent, Rod Redline, in under deep cover. Redline managed to photograph the lemon kingpin, and Finn is there to rendevous with him and obtain the image. But, noticing Professor Zündapp and his henchmen in the crowd, Finn realizes the risk and sends Holley instead. Before she arrives, some Lemons attack Redline, leaving him no choice but to plant the classified information device on the innocent [[Mater]]. As Finn and Holley are tracking the device to identify the agent, they believe Mater to be the American spy, and make plans to meet with him next day during the first race of the World Grand Prix.

The next day, Finn finds Mater at [[Haneda Airport]] and, disguised as a security guard, the spy leads Mater into a lounge, where he inquires which American intelligence agency he is affiliated with. Mater claims to be "triple-A affiliated", and while he is babbling about karate, Finn recognizes Grem and Acer moving towards them. Thinking quickly, Finn cuts a hole in a nearby window and pulls Mater through. They speed down the airport runway toward [[Siddeley]], Finn's personal spy jet, while Finn shoots at the pursuing attackers. Oblivious to the danger around him, Finn takes lead and the two jump aboard Siddeley as he takes off. The device is fortunately still on Mater's undercarriage, so they and Holley analyze the photo, which depicts the unidentified kingpin's engine, a hodge-podge of rare and unusual parts. Though Mater is still unaware of the situtation's gravitas, he does prove valuable by using his extensive mechanical knowledge to identify specificities that Finn and Holley would have otherwise ignored.

Originally, Finn was supposed to appear in the first ''[[Cars]]'' movie. In a sequence that never went beyond the storyboarding stage, [[Lightning McQueen]] and [[Sally Carrera|Sally]] went to the [[Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre|Radiator Springs drive-in theater]] where a James Bond-type film about a superspy car named Finn McMissile, dispatching "Taxis of Death" was playing.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-sneaks-june-cars-20110116,0,427784.story 2011 Movie Preview: 'Cars 2']</ref> The character was then more of a parody. In ''Cars 2'', the team wanted him to be more serious, realist and understated.<ref name="artofcars2">Queen, Ben (2011). The art of Cars 2. San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0811878913.</ref>