Tokyo Mater

Tokyo Mater
Original poster
Directed by	John Lasseter
Produced by	Kori Rae
Screenplay by	Scott Morse
Story by	Scott Morse
Starring	Larry the Cable Guy Keith Ferguson
Music by	Bruno Coon
Editing by	Torbin Xan Bullock
Studio	Pixar
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release dates	December 12, 2008 (2008-12-12)
Running time	5 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tokyo Mater is a 2008 Pixar computer animated short film directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Rob Gibbs and Victor Navone. It is the fourth short in the Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales series. The short features characters from the Cars films and takes place after the events of Cars. It was first released with Bolt,^[1][2] and then had its television premiere on Disney XD on March 12, 2010. It was included in the home release of the Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales compilation.

Plot

Mater tells a story to Lightning McQueen about how he used to be a drift king. He is hired as a tow truck driver as he states he'll tow any car anywhere. The tow ends up being to Tokyo, Japan, and Mater tows the car there all away across the Pacific Ocean. While there, he is challenged to a drift race to crown the drift king, with the loser losing all custom modifications and becoming a "stock" car. Mater accepts, and is fitted with custom modifications of his own. As Mater is losing the race, Lightning Dragon McQueen shows up to help Mater fend off an attack by ninjas, allowing Mater to win the race.

Voice cast

• Larry the Cable Guy as Mater
• Keith Ferguson as Lightning McQueen

Home media

On November 2, 2010, Tokyo Mater was released on DVD and Blu-Ray as part of the Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales compilation disc set.

References

External links

• Official website
• Tokyo Mater at the Internet Movie Database
• Tokyo Mater at the Big Cartoon DataBase