History Characters / CarsThirdFilm

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is based on NASCAR legend Tim Flock, who was best known for driving the #300 Chrysler in the mid 1950s.

* {{Real Men Wear Pink}}: Due to his sponsor's main color being pinks and whites, his paintjob is mostly pink.

* {{Shout-Out}}: This isn't the 1st time where a brand known as [[WesternAnimation/{{InsideOut}} ''Triple Dent'']] appears in a [[''Creator/Pixar'']] movie

* {Promoted to Playable}}: He is one of the 2 Next-Gens (apart from Jackson Storm and [[Spoiler: Cruz Ramirez]]) to be playable in the tie-in game, ''VideoGame/Cars3DrivenToWin''
* {Shout-Out}: This isn't the 1st time where a brand known as [[WesternAnimation/{{InsideOut}} ''Triple Dent'']] appears in a ''Creator/Pixar'' movie

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Like what occurs in the film, Wallace replaced Aric Almirola in the #43 for Richard Petty Motorsports when Almirola broke his back in a brutal crash, forcing him out of the car for several months.

->''"I used to watch you TV, flying through the air. You seemed so fearless. [[TheWoobie I wish I knew what that felt like.]]"''

* ColorCodedCharacters: Gold, with red racing center tattoos. [[spoiler: Trades this for metallic blue racing decals after she becomes a racer.]]
* ColorMotif: She is vibrant gold, showing her ecstatic personality. Notability the same shade of gold as Lightning’s lightning bolt motif, [[spoiler: foreshadowing her rise to becoming a racer.]]

** To Lightning. He never doubted his racing skills which made him an InsufferableGenius while Cruz was so intimidated by the other racers, that she gave it up before even trying. [[spoiler: And she starts off as Lightning's trainer while he's the racer, but they switch positions at the end.]]

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Shares this with Lightning, though it's much more noticeable [[spoiler: after she becomes a race car]]. She is smaller than the other next-gens, almost the same size as Lightning's. Her body type is close to resembling Lightning's as well, and their hood areas are almost the same.
** [[spoiler: When she becomes a race car at the end of the movie, her racing appearance is quite unique: she has her vibrant gold paint job combined with metallic blue Dinoco decals and number 51 like Lightning and the veterans, but the sponsor stickers near her front wheels are white and semitransparent like Jackson and the next-gens, sporting the same tires and hubcaps as them, making her a hybrid of the two different types.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Lightning overhearing Cruz's argument with Sterling over the mic is basically what inspires him to [[spoiler: let her take over mid-race to fulfill her racing goal.]] If he didn't hear them, or if they wouldn't have argued in the first place, [[spoiler: he would've ran the whole race himself, without her stepping in to help him.]]

* ForWantOfANail: His sudden appearance at the final lap of the Dinoco 400 and winning the race is what causes the veterans to be replaced by next-gens in the first place.

* {{Catchphrase}}: When encouraging someone to be motivated by their current feeling, she says, "Use that!"

* DarkIsEvil: He is black, which exaggerates his "dark" outlook.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: He is the first to genuinely congratulate Cruz after she wins the Florida 500, having accepted her as a fellow racer.

* BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Cars 3'', serving as Lightning's main opponent.

* TheRival: For Lightning in ''Cars 3'', as he's a {{jerkass}} who wants to wants to beat Lightning by any means necessary.

* TrashTalk: Not above doing this, especially to older racers such as Lightning. [[spoiler: He uses this on Cruz when she talks over for Lightning in the final race and it almost works but Lightning takes over as coach and gives her some encouragement to continue which ultimately allows her to beat him.]]

* ToylessToylineCharacter: Averted that he does have diecasts and merchandise releases, yet all of such feature him in his rookie look, with the yellow double-stripe on his back bumper. He has yet to receive a diecast of his "champion" appearance--without the stripe and with golden Piston Cup logos added.

-->Hey, Champ...where'd all your friends go?

* AmazonChaser: She was highly, [[LesYay and even romantically]], impressed with Cruz's win.