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| Tow Mater | |
| Character Information | |
| Playable? |
Yes |
| Gender |
Male |
| Make Model |
1956 Chevrolet 4100 Tow Truck |
| Alignment |
Good |
| Body Color |
Blue (now rusted) |
| Eye Color |
Green |
| Occupation |
Tow Mater Towing & Salvage |
| Performer |
Larry the Cable Guy (Every game before Cars 3: Driven to Win), Adam Burton (Cars 3: Driven to Win) |
Tow Mater is the secondary protagonist of the Cars Video Game series.
Cars: The Video Game
Story Mode
In Story Mode, Mater is the announcer for the Radiator Springs Grand Prix in Lightning's dream. He later tips tractors with Lightning, and wins him a boost tank by defeating his cousins in the Rustbucket Race-O-Rama. He also teaches Lightning how to drive backwards. He also appears driving around Radiator Springs and Ornament Valley when you are exploring.
Arcade/VS Mode
In Arcade Mode, Mater is one of the four playable characters unlocked by default, and he has several alternate paint jobs.
Cars: Mater-National Championship
Mater has a very similar role, being controlled in Ghosting Mater, Tractor Tipping, and Rustbucket Races, once again racing against his cousins, with Fred and Emma now included. A Monster Truck version of him is also created within the story and is controlled in Monster Truck races in Story Mode.
Cars: Race-O-Rama
Mater again has a similar role, along with being an opponent in some Road Races. There are also three "Cars Toons" events based on the TV series where Mater has three different appearances called "El Materdor", "Mater the Greater", and "Tokyo Mater".
Cars 2: The Video Game
Mater is one of the main playable characters, and has a few alts, such as "Materhosen" and "Mater Ivan", along with Mater the Greater and Tokyo Mater, which return from Cars: Race-O-Rama.
Cars: Fast as Lightning
Mater is a playable character who is unlocked once Fillmore's track is completed. Completing Mater's track will unlock Flo. Instead of his alternates being Paint Jobs, he instead has Mater the Greater, Tokyo Mater, and several other costumes which can be unlocked.
Cars 3: Driven to Win
Mater is again a playable character, and Mater the Greater also returns. It was formerly speculated that more alts of him would be added later as DLC, but this never happened.
Cars:IGNITE Remake
Mater was confirmed to be a playable character. His 3D model for the game was showcased.
Livery
Mater is a small tow truck who was originally painted light blue with a silver tow cable, caution stripes on his rear, and "TOW MATER Towing & Salvage" on his door, but has since rusted and can be seen as being brown with very little blue areas. His license plate reads "A113", a common gag seen in Pixar media.
Personality
Mater has a very large sense of humor, and can often act silly. He likes to do things such as "chase his hook" and share his fantasy. However, he is still smart enough to know how to use high-class Spy Weapons. He also has had multiple different love interests, including Emma and Holley Shiftwell.
Abilities
Being a Tow Truck, Mater is noted for his Tow Cable, which is used to tow other cars around. Other than this, Mater's main ability is to drive backwards, which he was able to teach Lightning how to, and has referred to himself as "The World's Best Backwards Driver". He also overall has simply higher skill than other cars that he doesn't look like he can beat, such as how he bested Emma in Mater-National.
Stats
Cars: The Video Game
- Speed: 3
- Acceleration: 4
- Handling: 3
- Stability: 4
Cars 2: The Video Game
(Mater and his alts are the heaviest characters in the game)
- Speed: 5
- Power: 95
Gallery
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Trivia
- Mater has a gold tooth on some of his paint jobs on the PC version of Cars: The Video Game and PS2 version of Cars: Mater-National Championship, yet these are never depicted elsewhere.
- In the cut scene of Radiator Springs GP, he and Darrell Cartrip met, but four years later in the second movie, they admit to having never met.
- Mater is one of four characters who uses a different icon in the Wii and PS3 Versions of Mater-National and Race-O-Rama, the others being Ramone, Luigi, and Philip.
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