History Funny / Cars

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* In the opening race, footage is shown of previous races in the season. The frame is frozen every time the finish line is crossed, showing Chick in third place, pulling an angry scowl [[CurseCutShort (and most likely]] [[NarrativeProfanityFilter about to curse)]] in every single one.
* Chick is sponsored by [[CardCarryingVillain "Hostile Takeover Bank"]].
* "Don't take me out coach! [[BlatantLies I can still race!]]"—Said by Chuck Armstrong, who was so severely battered from the crash, with his mouth drooping, his body bent, him leaking oil, and everything.
** What makes it funnier is that we see him (or just a clone of him) later on after the pitstop scene. This is likely an error by the animators or that [[EpilepticTrees Chuck magically went through immediate reconstruction]], because he's ''that'' desperate.
* Lightning denying his pit stop at his first race.
-->'''"Not Chuck":''' We need tires now! Come on, let's go!\\
'''Lightning:''' No, no, no! No tires, just gas!\\
'''"Not Chuck":''' [[BigWhat WHAT?!]] YOU NEED TIRES, YOU IDIOT!!!!
* ''"AND MY NAME IS NOT CHUCK!!!"'' Even better is that his character is listed in the credits as "Not Chuck".
** Comes up again in the mini-biography collection you can unlock on the Blu-ray. Actually most of the biographies are pretty funny.
* A lot of Chick's [[BaitAndSwitchComment misleading insults]] can get a laugh.
** For example, after [=McQueen's=] crew abandon him.
-->'''Chick:''' Hey, [=McQueen=]. That was some pretty darn good racing out there. '''[[{{Jerkass}} BY ME!]]'''
** And when [=McQueen=] flies through the curtain too early and shows himself up.
-->'''Chick:''' Oh-ho! Hey, [=McQueen=], that must be pretty embarrassing. But I wouldn't worry about it. ''Because I didn't do it!''
* After the first race, the twin fangirls, Mia and Tia, [[VisualInnuendo flashing their headlights for Lightning]].
-->'''Lightning''': [[MaleGaze Oh, I looove being me]].
* Harv buttering up Lightning:
-->'''Harv:''' And it is such an honor to be your agent that it almost ''hurts'' me to [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial take ten percent of your winnings. And merchandising. And ancillary rights in perpetuity--]] ''anyway'', what a race, huh, champ?
** And later after Harv finds Lightning:
--->'''Harv:''' "You can't buy this kind of publicity! What do you need me for? That's just a figure of speech, by the way, you signed a contract."
*** What really sells this moment (at least for the US version) is his change of tone, mid-sentence. At first it's loud and hammy, then it's all serious and quiet, with no warning.
** What's more, in the UK version, Harv is voiced by none other than [[Creator/JeremyClarkson Jeremy Clarkson]], whose notoriety for sarcasm and dry wit really makes some of those lines.
* Many adults giggled during the media frenzy scene... just because they depicted a host named "Jay Limo" who looks and sounds just like Creator/JayLeno.
* This exchange between Fillmore and Sarge:
-->'''[[TheStoner Fillmore]]:''' "I'm telling you, man, every third blink is ''slower.''"
-->'''Sarge:''' "TheSixties weren't good to you, were they?"
** Made even funnier via WordOfGod stating that the animators did, in fact, make every third blink a little slower than the first two.
* The court scene has this gem.
** " Flo, what do you have at your store?" " I have gas... Lotsa gas!" Cue Mater and Ramone laughing.
* Mater, again, when he, Hudson, and Lightning are looking at the stretch of road that Lightning is going to repair.
-->'''Mater''': [''with a tone of voice that implies he '''just noticed''' the massive tear in the roadway''] Holy '''shoot!'''
* This exchange:
-->'''Mater''': I know this might be a bad time right now, but you owe me $32,000 in legal fees.
-->'''Lightning''': [[FlatWhat What?]]
-->'''Mater''': *Nods*
* When Doc introduces Lightning to Bessie and sentences him to community service:
-->'''Lightning''': Whoa, whoa, whoa, how long is this gonna take?\\
'''Doc''': Well, if a fella does it right, it should take him about five days.\\
'''Lightning''': ''Five days?!'' But I should be in UsefulNotes/{{California}} shmoozing Dinoco right now!\\
'''Doc''': Then if I were you, I'd quit yappin' and start workin'! Hook him up, Mater!\\
'''Mater''': Okey-dokey! [''struggles with getting the clamp off Lightning's left front tire, but successfully removes the clamp, allowing Lightning [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to speed off into the distance like a bullet]]'']\\
'''Lightning''': FREEDOM!\\
'''Mater''': (''[[{{Beat}} stands in]] {{stunned silence}}; as Doc glares at him'') [[DidntThinkThisThrough Maybe I should've, uh...hooked him up to Bessie... and THEN, uh...then took the boot off.]]
** For a [[FreezeFrameBonus split second]] (while Mater is taking off the boot), Lightning gives us an AsideGlance with a look that just screams, "Can you believe this guy?"
*** Furthermore, after Mater said the last line, one can imagine Doc saying, "Oh, you think?"
** Lightning's freedom is short-lived, however, as he runs out of gas right in front of the Sheriff and Sally, who laugh at him.
-->'''Sheriff''': [[OutGambitted Boy, we ain't as dumb as you think we are.]]\\
'''Lightning''': B-B-But-But...H-H-H-How-How did...?\\
'''Sally''': [[GasSiphoning We siphoned your gas while you were passed out.]] ''Kachow.'' (''shines her headlight in Lightning's face; Lightning grumbles.'')
* Mater's story about a talent he used to have as Lightning tries to fix the road:
-->'''Mater:''' Y'know, I used to be a purty good whistler! I can't do it now of course, on account of sometimes I get fluid built up in ma' engine block, but Doc said he gon' fix it, though. He can fix about ''anything!'' That's why we made him the judge. Boy, you shoulda heard me on ''[[Music/TheOakRidgeBoys Giddy-Up, Oom Papa Mow Mow]]''! Now, I'm not one to brag, but people come purty far to see me get low on the "Mow-Mow"!
** And Lightning's mood as he listens to this annoyingly long story is completely nuts as well. He scowls and rolls his eyes as he struggles to ignore it and get the road finished while struggling to pull Bessie, who is rather heavy.
** And then Bessie spits some tar on one of Lightning's lucky lightning bolts, which he has throughout the majority of his visit. Mater offers to get it off by SpitShine, but a disgusted Lightning turns it down.
* Pretty much EVERY time Bessie spits tar on the car that is pulling her. When she is about to do so, she makes a pulsating noise that sounds like laughter, giving her at least some sentience despite having no face.
* This scene:
-->'''Lightning''': I'm a very famous race car!
-->'''Luigi''': You are famous race car? A real race car?
-->'''Lightning''': Yes, I'm a real race car, what do you think? Look at me.
-->'''Luigi''': I have followed racing my entire life, my whole life!
-->'''Lightning''': Then you know who I am. I am Lightning [=McQueen=].
-->'''Luigi''': (''ecstatically'') Lightning [=McQueen=]!?
-->'''Lightning''': [[BigYes Yes! Yes!]]
-->'''Luigi''': I must scream it to the world, my excitement from the top of someplace very high. Do you know many Ferraris?
-->'''Lightning''': No, no, no, they race on the European circuit. I'm in the Piston Cup!
-->''[[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7c23b238_d4e7_4248_9b1e_3bf28c87deb4.jpeg Luigi and Guido both frown with stone-cold faces]]]''
-->'''Lightning''': [[DefensiveWhat What?]]
-->'''Luigi''': Luigi follow only the Ferraris. ''[he and Guido drive away]''
* Lightning's FreakOut when Van and Minny [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere quickly flee Radiator Springs]], while he's stuck to Bessie, flailing around:
--> '''Lightning:''' Nonononono! No! It's the truth. I'm telling you! You gotta help me! *''starts raising his voice''* Don't leave me here! [[PrecisionFStrike I'm in Hillbilly Hell!]] My IQ is dropping by the second! I'M BECOMING ONE OF ''THEEEEEEMMMMM''!!!
** Bonus points when you realize that he ''does'' become one of them by the end of the movie, while still managing to maintain his IQ.
** Apparently, Sally must've heard his outburst, because later, when telling him to clean up, she tells him, "Even here in 'Hillbilly Hell', we have standards."
* The first "new road" that Lightning ends up making due to rushing his job, which is a bumpy mess. Mater testing it out simply doubles the hilarity.
-->'''Sally:''' It looks awful!\\
'''Lightning:''' (''smugly'') Well, it matches the rest of the town.
** Even when Lightning fully fixes the road, the others think he's left afterward, leaving Red to drive off crying. Lightning pulls up to Mater and asks what's wrong with Red, leaving Mater to explains why as Lightning knowingly smiles. After Mater's done, he just looks at Lightning for several beats, and only ''then'' gasps as he realizes that it's him. [[InUniverse Even the other townsfolk laugh]] at this severe DelayedReaction.
* Doc completely {{Troll}}ing Lightning when he gets stuck in a cactus patch.
--> '''Doc''': Hey! Was that floating like a Cadillac, or was that stinging like a Beemer? I'm confused! You drive like ya fix roads - ''lousy!'' Have fun fishin', Mater.\\
(''Mater lassoes his tow cable onto [=McQueen=]'s trunk and pulls him out of the cactus patch'')\\
'''Mater''': [[CaptainObvious I'm startin' to think he knowed you was gonna crash!]]\\
'''Lightning''': [[SarcasmMode Thank you, Mater. Thank you.]]
** Lightning later tries to follow Doc's advice to "[[LiteralMinded turn right to go left]]"--only to drive off a ledge, and into ANOTHER cactus patch.
-->'''Lightning''': Oww! Ohhh...that-- (''A saguaro falls on top of him, prompting Lightning to scream in pain!'')
* After scraping off his poorly done work from before, Lightning then works into the night so as to rectify it. He breaks into a very hilarious offscreen rant while doing so:
-->(''While pulling Bessie, a small asphalt bubble pops and once again sprays Lightning'')
-->'''Lightning''': Aw, great! I HATE IT! HATE HATE HATE HATE IT!
-->'''Doc''': (''chuckles'') Music...sweet music...
-->'''Sally''': Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
-->'''Lightning''': [[SarcasmMode Radiator Springs! A happy place!]]
-->(''gets splashed once more by the asphalt'')
-->'''Lightning''': Oh! Okay, Bessie, you think that's funny?! GREAT! I'M TALKIN' TO BESSIE NOW!!! '''''I'M TALKIN' TO BESSIE!!!!!'''''
* Lightning muttering to himself about his [[EpicFail failed use]] of Doc's advice.
-->'''Lightning:''' "Turn right to go left"...Guess what? I tried it, and you know what? This crazy thing happened: I went ''right!''\\
'''Lizzie:''' You keep talkin' to yourself, people will think you're crazy.\\
'''Lightning:''' [[SarcasmMode Thanks for the tip.]]\\
'''Lizzie:''' [[HypocriticalHumor What? I wasn't talking to you.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm77JG6d99M The whole tractor-tipping scene]] with Lightning and Mater, up to and including the encounter with Frank.
** Mater demonstrates by sneaking up to one tractor. He then honks his horn, startling the tractor, which rolls forward and rears up on its back wheels. After doing a second one, he tells Lightning to try, to which Lightning protests he can't because he doesn't have a horn. Eventually, Lightning gives in, so he sneaks up to one tractor, and revs his engine at full blast...knocking over every single tractor in the field that isn't already down. They both get a good laugh out of it -- until they hear the sound of a bull bellowing.
-->'''Mater:''' [[OhCrap ...That's Frank.]] (''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere drives off rapidly]]'')
** During the chase, Lightning is terrified and racing for his life, Mater on the other hand is having the time of his life, infectiously laughing and hollering with glee.
** Becomes even funnier when you realize it's the equivalent of two morons going out cow tipping, but end up waking an angry bull.
** Gets its BrickJoke when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvKVaF52wtc the tractors stampede the town]]:
-->'''Mater:''' Hey, listen, listen! If anybody asks you, we was out smashing mailboxes, okay? ''(speeds away)''
-->'''Lightning:''' What? ''(sees tractors coming up the road)''
** Red uses his siren to tip over a large group that make it to the town square. Two of them end up swerving into Luigi's Casa Della Tires to avoid colliding with their friends.
-->'''Luigi:''' No-no-no! Get out of the store! ''[Guido chases after that tractor while Luigi confronts a tractor eating a stack of tires out front]'' Hey, don't eat the radial! Here, take-a the snow tires!
** One of the tractors chases Fillmore around.
-->'''Sheriff:''' MATER!
-->'''Mater:''' [[BlatantLies I wasn't tractor tipping!]]
-->'''Sheriff:''' Then where did all these gol-durn tractors come from?!
** Lightning has a nightmare about [[NightmareRetardant Frank winning the big race.]] We have a normal start, until Frank shows up and ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath kills]]'' Chick Hicks while the King [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere drives off the track]] and Lightning is accidentally drifted off, Frank gets kissed by two Dinoco cars while Lightning gets a [[LecherousLicking licking treatment]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking from a bunch of tractors]], ending with Lightning screaming [[BigNo ''NO!'']] when he wakes up.
* Mater teasing Lightning about his relationship with Sally:
-->'''Mater:''' [=McQueen=] and Sally parked beneath the tree, K-I-S-somethin'-somethin'-somethin'-T!
** This happens again in the final scene as Lightning and Sally have a romantic moment and inch towards each other as if about to kiss... until Mater ruins the moment.
-->'''Mater:''' [=McQueen=] and Sally parked beneath the tree, K-I-S-S-uh...I-N-T!
-->'''Lightning:''' Great timing, Mater!
* [[RunningGag Every morning]], Sarge raises the flag while playing "Reveille". Almost immediately, Fillmore counters by playing the Music/JimiHendrix's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" loudly next door:
-->'''Sarge:''' WILL YOU TURN THAT DISRESPECTFUL JUNK OFF?!
-->'''Fillmore:''' Respect the classics, man! It's Hendrix!
* When Lightning tries to tell the others that Doc had three Piston Cups, we get this amusing line from Mater:
-->'''Mater:''' ''(SpitTake)'' He did ''[[MondegreenGag what]]'' [[MondegreenGag in his cup?!]]
* When Lightning first tries Filmore's organic fuel, he questions why he hasn't heard of it before. Filmore goes on a rant about there being some kind of grand conspiracy by the big oil companies to discredit alternative fuels. [[HilariousInHindsight Even better]], [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 the sequel]] reveals ''[[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight he's completely right]]''.
* Towards the end of the movie, [=McQueen=] tells his agent, Harv, where he is, in a little town called, "Radiator Springs". Later on, Harv calls [=McQueen=] out and tells him to get to California pronto and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint tells him to get out of "Radiation Stinks".]]
* This bit during the final race, when Lightning sees Doc and everyone else at the pits.
-->'''Lightning''': I thought you said you'd never come back?
-->'''Doc''': Well, I really didn't have a choice. Mater [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye didn't get to say goodbye.]]
-->'''Mater''': ''[yelling at Doc's mic]'' GOODBYYEEEEEEEEE!! Okay, I'm good.
* Guido's pit stop is without a doubt the SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for this film. Chick Hicks' pit crew, who moments earlier had just been taunting Guido, are so stunned that they [[JawDrop drop their mustache grilles]].
-->'''Guido:''' "Peet stop."
* Chick Hicks' entire Piston Cup ceremony. Everyone is so upset that he won through his poor sportsmanship (and impressed by Lightning's good sportsmanship sacrifice for the King's sake) that the ceremony ends up being the opposite of what is often seen in trophy presentations.
** Instead of the spectators celebrating the win and the media broadcasting and snapping pictures of Chick as he gets his trophy, they all just stand silently, glaring in disgust at him for what he did to the King.
** Instead of properly presenting Chick his Piston Cup, the (off-screen) presenter just slides it over to him across the stage, obviously not wanting to deal with him.
** Instead of Chick's female fans joining him on-stage, they stand in solidarity with everyone else in disgust over his cheating-based-victory.
** Instead of those in charge of the confetti blasting it into the air in celebration of Chick's win, they actually blast ''him'' with the confetti. AT CLOSE RANGE. Which is not only hilarious, but also further solidifies everyone's anger towards him.
** And finally, when he has the gall to ask for everyone to celebrate, take pictures, and give him the glory he deludedly believes he deserves before he signs with Dinoco, everyone boos and throws tires, oil cans, garbage, and his own merchandise at him, forcing him off the stage in humiliation and to complain that "[[BlatantLies this is the start of the Chick Era]]!"
* Various dialogues during credits scene which shows ''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 Toy Car Story]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Monster Trucks, Inc.]]'', and ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' are [[RecycledInSpace recycled AS CARS!]].
--> '''Woody The Wagon''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "YOU! ARE A TOY! CAR!"]]
--> '''Buzz Lightcar''': [[HypocriticalHumor "You are a sad strange little]] '''[[HypocriticalHumor wagon]]''', [[HypocriticalHumor and you have my pity. Farewell!"]]
** Even better? Creator/TomHanks, Creator/TimAllen, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/JohnGoodman, and Creator/DaveFoley all reprised their famous Pixar roles, ''as cars!'' (Creator/JohnRatzenberger, of course, voiced vehicular incarnations of three of his other Pixar characters; Hamm, the Abominable Snowman, and P.T. Flea)
* The utter contempt for the fourth wall displayed in the credits where Mack comments on [[Creator/PixarRegulars John Ratzenberger's]] voice in ''Cars'' versions of several other Pixar films.
-->'''Mack:''' Wait a minute here, [[LampshadeHanging they're just using the same actor over and over!]] [[SelfDeprecation What kind of cut-rate production is this?]]
* The {{stinger}}, where Van and Minny are lost in the desert.
-->''(Van and Minnie are in the middle of the desert, dusty, still looking for California)''
-->'''Minny''': ''[exhausted]'' Oh, for the love of [[OhMyGods Chrysler]], can we please ask someone for directions?!
-->'''Van:''' ''[delirious and hysterical]'' NO! There's another ramp close! I KNOW IT! I CAN FEEL IT! [[LaughingMad HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!!!]]
** Don't worry guys, [[UnexplainedRecovery they get better]] by [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 the next film]].

* [[RunningGag Every morning]], Sarge raises the flag while playing "Reveille". Almost immediately, Fillmore counters by playing the Music/JimiHendrix's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" loudly next door:
-->'''Sarge:''' WILL YOU TURN THAT DISRESPECTFUL JUNK OFF?!
-->'''Fillmore:''' Respect the classics, man! It's Hendrix!
* A lot of Chick's [[BaitAndSwitchComment misleading insults]] can get a laugh.
** For example, after [=McQueen's=] crew abandon him.
-->'''Chick:''' Hey, [=McQueen=]. That was some pretty darn good racing out there. '''[[{{Jerkass}} BY ME!]]'''
** And when [=McQueen=] flies through the curtain too early and shows himself up.
-->'''Chick:''' Oh-ho! Hey, [=McQueen=], that must be pretty embarrassing. But I wouldn't worry about it. ''Because I didn't do it!''
* In the opening race, footage is shown of previous races in the season. The frame is frozen every time the finish line is crossed, showing Chick in third place, pulling an angry scowl [[CurseCutShort (and most likely]] [[NarrativeProfanityFilter about to curse)]] in every single one.
* Mater's story about a talent he used to have as Lightning tries to fix the road:
-->'''Mater:''' Y'know, I used to be a purty good whistler! I can't do it now of course, on account of sometimes I get fluid built up in ma' engine block, but Doc said he gon' fix it, though. He can fix about ''anything!'' That's why we made him the judge. Boy, you shoulda heard me on ''[[Music/TheOakRidgeBoys Giddy-Up, Oom Papa Mow Mow]]''! Now, I'm not one to brag, but people come purty far to see me get low on the "Mow-Mow"!
** And Lightning's mood as he listens to this annoyingly long story is completely nuts as well. He scowls and rolls his eyes as he struggles to ignore it and get the road finished while struggling to pull Bessie, who is rather heavy.
** And then Bessie spits some tar on one of Lightning's lucky lightning bolts, which he has throughout the majority of his visit. Mater offers to get it off by SpitShine, but a disgusted Lightning turns it down.
* Pretty much EVERY time Bessie spits tar on the car that is pulling her. When she is about to do so, she makes a pulsating noise that sounds like laughter, giving her at least some sentience despite having no face.
* Mater teasing Lightning about his relationship with Sally:
-->'''Mater:''' [=McQueen=] and Sally parked beneath the tree, K-I-S-somethin'-somethin'-somethin'-T!
** This happens again in the final scene as Lightning and Sally have a romantic moment and inch towards each other as if about to kiss... until Mater ruins the moment.
-->'''Mater:''' [=McQueen=] and Sally parked beneath the tree, K-I-S-S-uh...I-N-T!
-->'''Lightning:''' Great timing, Mater!
* This bit during the final race, when Lightning sees Doc and everyone else at the pits.
-->'''Lightning''': I thought you said you'd never come back?
-->'''Doc''': Well, I really didn't have a choice. Mater [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye didn't get to say goodbye.]]
-->'''Mater''': ''[yelling at Doc's mic]'' GOODBYYEEEEEEEEE!! Okay, I'm good.
* Chick is sponsored by [[CardCarryingVillain "Hostile Takeover Bank"]].
* When Lightning first tries Filmore's organic fuel, he questions why he hasn't heard of it before. Filmore goes on a rant about there being some kind of grand conspiracy by the big oil companies to discredit alternative fuels. [[HilariousInHindsight Even better]], [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 the sequel]] reveals ''[[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight he's completely right]]''.

* Guido's pit stop is without a doubt the SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for this film. Chick Hicks' pit crew, who moments earlier had just been taunting Guido, are so stunned that they [[JawDrop drop their mustache grilles]].
-->'''Guido:''' "Peet stop."
* Many adults giggled during the media frenzy scene... just because they depicted a host named "Jay Limo" who looks and sounds just like Creator/JayLeno.
* The court scene has this gem.
** " Flo, what do you have at your store?" " I have gas... Lotsa gas!" Cue Mater and Ramone laughing.
* After the first race, the twin fangirls, Mia and Tia, [[VisualInnuendo flashing their headlights for Lightning]].
-->'''Lightning''': [[MaleGaze Oh, I looove being me]].
* Harv buttering up Lightning:
-->'''Harv:''' And it is such an honor to be your agent that it almost ''hurts'' me to [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial take ten percent of your winnings. And merchandising. And ancillary rights in perpetuity--]] ''anyway'', what a race, huh, champ?
** And later after Harv finds Lightning:
--->'''Harv:''' "You can't buy this kind of publicity! What do you need me for? That's just a figure of speech, by the way, you signed a contract."
*** What really sells this moment (at least for the US version) is his change of tone, mid-sentence. At first it's loud and hammy, then it's all serious and quiet, with no warning.
** What's more, in the UK version, Harv is voiced by none other than [[Creator/JeremyClarkson Jeremy Clarkson]], whose notoriety for sarcasm and dry wit really makes some of those lines.

* Mater, again, when he, Hudson, and Lightning are looking at the stretch of road that Lightning is going to repair.
-->'''Mater''': [''with a tone of voice that implies he '''just noticed''' the massive tear in the roadway''] Holy '''shoot!'''

* When Lightning tries to tell the others that Doc had three Piston Cups, we get this amusing line from Mater:
-->'''Mater:''' ''(SpitTake)'' He did ''[[MondegreenGag what]]'' [[MondegreenGag in his cup?!]]
* This exchange between Fillmore and Sarge:
-->'''[[TheStoner Fillmore]]:''' "I'm telling you, man, every third blink is ''slower.''"
-->'''Sarge:''' "TheSixties weren't good to you, were they?"
** Made even funnier via WordOfGod stating that the animators did, in fact, make every third blink a little slower than the first two.

* Chick Hicks' entire Piston Cup ceremony. Everyone is so upset that he won through his poor sportsmanship (and impressed by Lightning's good sportsmanship sacrifice for the King's sake) that the ceremony ends up being the opposite of what is often seen in trophy presentations.
** Instead of the spectators celebrating the win and the media broadcasting and snapping pictures of Chick as he gets his trophy, they all just stand silently, glaring in disgust at him for what he did to the King.
** Instead of properly presenting Chick his Piston Cup, the (off-screen) presenter just slides it over to him across the stage, obviously not wanting to deal with him.
** Instead of Chick's female fans joining him on-stage, they stand in solidarity with everyone else in disgust over his cheating-based-victory.
** Instead of those in charge of the confetti blasting it into the air in celebration of Chick's win, they actually blast ''him'' with the confetti. AT CLOSE RANGE. Which is not only hilarious, but also further solidifies everyone's anger towards him.
** And finally, when he has the gall to ask for everyone to celebrate, take pictures, and give him the glory he deludedly believes he deserves before he signs with Dinoco, everyone boos and throws tires, oil cans, garbage, and his own merchandise at him, forcing him off the stage in humiliation and to complain that "[[BlatantLies this is the start of the Chick Era]]!"
* Towards the end of the movie, [=McQueen=] tells his agent, Harv, where he is, in a little town called, "Radiator Springs". Later on, Harv calls [=McQueen=] out and tells him to get to California pronto and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint tells him to get out of "Radiation Stinks".]]
* The utter contempt for the fourth wall displayed in the credits where Mack comments on [[Creator/PixarRegulars John Ratzenberger's]] voice in ''Cars'' versions of several other Pixar films.
-->'''Mack:''' Wait a minute here, [[LampshadeHanging they're just using the same actor over and over!]] [[SelfDeprecation What kind of cut-rate production is this?]]
* Various dialogues during credits scene which shows ''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 Toy Car Story]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Monster Trucks, Inc.]]'', and ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' are [[RecycledInSpace recycled AS CARS!]].
--> '''Woody The Wagon''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "YOU! ARE A TOY! CAR!"]]
--> '''Buzz Lightcar''': [[HypocriticalHumor "You are a sad strange little]] '''[[HypocriticalHumor wagon]]''', [[HypocriticalHumor and you have my pity. Farewell!"]]
** Even better? Creator/TomHanks, Creator/TimAllen, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/JohnGoodman, and Creator/DaveFoley all reprised their famous Pixar roles, ''as cars!'' (Creator/JohnRatzenberger, of course, voiced vehicular incarnations of three of his other Pixar characters; Hamm, the Abominable Snowman, and P.T. Flea)

* Lightning's FreakOut when Van and Minny [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere quickly flee Radiator Springs]], while he's stuck to Bessie, flailing around:
--> '''Lightning:''' Nonononono! No! It's the truth. I'm telling you! You gotta help me! *''starts raising his voice''* Don't leave me here! [[PrecisionFStrike I'm in Hillbilly Hell!]] My IQ is dropping by the second! I'M BECOMING ONE OF ''THEEEEEEMMMMM''!!!
** Bonus points when you realize that he ''does'' become one of them by the end of the movie, while still managing to maintain his IQ.
** Apparently, Sally must've heard his outburst, because later, when telling him to clean up, she tells him, "Even here in 'Hillbilly Hell', we have standards."

* This scene:
-->'''Lightning''': I'm a very famous race car!
-->'''Luigi''': You are famous race car? A real race car?
-->'''Lightning''': Yes, I'm a real race car, what do you think? Look at me.
-->'''Luigi''': I have followed racing my entire life, my whole life!
-->'''Lightning''': Then you know who I am. I am Lightning [=McQueen=].
-->'''Luigi''': (''ecstatically'') Lightning [=McQueen=]!?
-->'''Lightning''': [[BigYes Yes! Yes!]]
-->'''Luigi''': I must scream it to the world, my excitement from the top of someplace very high. Do you know many Ferraris?
-->'''Lightning''': No, no, no, they race on the European circuit. I'm in the Piston Cup!
-->''[[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7c23b238_d4e7_4248_9b1e_3bf28c87deb4.jpeg Luigi and Guido both frown with stone-cold faces]]]''
-->'''Lightning''': [[DefensiveWhat What?]]
-->'''Luigi''': Luigi follow only the Ferraris. ''[he and Guido drive away]''

* The first "new road" that Lightning ends up making due to rushing his job, which is a bumpy mess. Mater testing it out simply doubles the hilarity.
-->'''Sally:''' It looks awful!\\
'''Lightning:''' (''smugly'') Well, it matches the rest of the town.
** Even when Lightning fully fixes the road, the others think he's left afterward, leaving Red to drive off crying. Lightning pulls up to Mater and asks what's wrong with Red, leaving Mater to explains why as Lightning knowingly smiles. After Mater's done, he just looks at Lightning for several beats, and only ''then'' gasps as he realizes that it's him. [[InUniverse Even the other townsfolk laugh]] at this severe DelayedReaction.

* The {{stinger}}, where Van and Minny are lost in the desert.
-->''(Van and Minnie are in the middle of the desert, dusty, still looking for California)''
-->'''Minny''': ''[exhausted]'' Oh, for the love of [[OhMyGods Chrysler]], can we please ask someone for directions?!
-->'''Van:''' ''[delirious and hysterical]'' NO! There's another ramp close! I KNOW IT! I CAN FEEL IT! [[LaughingMad HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!!!]]
** Don't worry guys, [[UnexplainedRecovery they get better]] by [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 the next film]].

* Chick Hicks' entire Piston Cup ceremony. Everyone is so upset that he won through his poor sportsmanship (and impressed by Lighting's good sportsmanship sacrifice for the King's sake) that the ceremony ends up being the opposite of what is often seen in trophy presentations.

-->(''While pulling Bessie, a small asphalt bubble pops and once again sprays lightning'')

* Lightning tries to follow Doc's advice to "[[LiteralMinded turn right to go left]]"--only to drive off a ledge, and into ANOTHER cactus patch.
-->'''Lightning''': Oww! Ohhh...that-- (''A saguaro falls on top of him, prompting Lightning to scream in pain!'')

-->'''Mater:''' ''(SpitTake)'' He did ''[[MondegreenGag what]]'' [[MondegreenGag in his cups?!]]

-->'''Lightning''': Oh! Okay, Bessie, you think that's funny?! GREAT! I'M TALKIN' TO BESSIE NOW!!! '''''I'M TALKIN' TO BESSIE!!!!!'''''\\

-->'''Lightning''': Oww! Ohhh...that-- (''A saguaro falls on top of him'') '''''AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-OOWWW!!!!!'''''

* “Don’t take me out, Coach! I can still race!”

* The very final scene after the credits, where Van and Minny are lost in the desert.

-->'''Minny''': ''[exhausted]'' Oh, for the love of Chrysler, can we please ask someone for directions?