Shout Out / Cars 2

• Some believe Mater racing around an airport landing strip is one.
• A restaurant in Paris called GasTow's.
• Raoul Çaroule, the French contestant, is SO Sebastien Loeb!
• Holly reverses the polarity to turn back time, though it's only Big Ben(tley)'s gears.
• Finn McMissile pulls off two familiar-looking tricks in the opening - clinging to the side of a ship to avoid being noticed, and dumping some spare parts to feign his own death.
• While he and Lightning banter over who deserves a major award, Francesco emphasizes that he is not fra-gee-lay.
• An automotive version of Takeshi's Castle appears on a television set when the cast arrives in Japan.
• Visually, the Death Trap inside of Big Bently, and the way that Finn, Holly, and Mater escape from it, is very similar to the climax of The Great Mouse Detective - itself inspired by the clock tower chase in The Castle of Cagliostro, a movie often cited for its great spy action and excellent car chase sequence.
• Two flight attendants at Tokyo Airport are named Mei and Satsuki.
• Near the beginning, the marquee in front of the drive-in theater is advertising The Incredimobiles.
• Finn McMissile's cover identity is "in the import-export business", which was also a cover frequently used by James Bond. Not to mention him being an Aston Martin, famously used in the films as Bond's car.
• Uncle Topolino's name. Besides being the name of the car he is based on (Fiat Topolino), "Topolino" is also the official name of Mickey Mouse in Italy.
• Mater sings the State Farm advertising jingle except for replacing the company name with his own name.

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