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** One of the many new sponsors that is introduced for the Piston Cup in this film is called ''Triple Dent'', [[WesternAnimation/{{InsideOut}} does that name ring a few bells?]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** One of the biggest themes in the movie is MasterApprenticeChain. Doc and Lightning were both injured during a racing tournament and both end up becoming [[spoiler:coaches to a newer model car. Unlike Doc however, Lightning doesn't retire.]]
** There were subtle hints that [[spoiler:Cruz]] would become a [[spoiler:racer]]:
*** Cruz is painted vibrant gold, nearly matching the gold lightning bolt motif that Lightning has.
*** When testing the simulator when she first appears, she gets a simulator speed which is as good as Lightning's own quoted top speed prior to his return to form.
*** During a demolition derby competition, one of the workers spray paints the number "20" on her for the game.
*** When Smokey brings up how Lightning wasn't injured in the above demolition derby the viewer may also notice that neither was [[spoiler:Cruz]], despite [[spoiler:her]] being a rookie. [[spoiler: Also what isn't noticed by Smokey is that Lightning WAS injured, losing a tire, but Cruz came out completely undamaged.]]
*** Lightning and Cruz's training session on the beach [[spoiler:heavily foreshadows him becoming her mentor, as despite his frustration with having to teach her how to drive on sand, he keeps at it. And by the end, Cruz is able to keep up with him.]]
*** The same thing happens at the demolition derby [[spoiler:as Lightning spends over half the race yelling instructions to Cruz on how to survive the onslaught. This is even when he gives her the same advice Doc gave him all those years ago of "turning right to go left".]]
*** Just when Lightning announces he'll go to Thunder Hollow to compete with real racers, as Luigi is speaking Cruz can be seen slumping dejectedly. [[spoiler: This foreshadows she wanted to be a racer like Lightning, but lost her only chance.]]
** Lightning's paint job is slightly different at the beginning, specifically he is a bit desaturated red and the Rust-eze logos on his hood, fenders, spoiler, and bumper are in a more modernized font than the usual. This foreshadows that the new generation of high-tech racers are about to show up, and therefore blindside him to the point of his unintentional fateful crash at the Los Angeles 500.
*** The contemporary design of the Rust-eze logo on Lightning's first paint job also foreshadows the introduction of the Rust-eze Racing Center, and the electronic suit he receives there which also features a contemporary version of said logo.
** When Lightning's electronic suit rips off in the forest and he lands back on the ground after his astounding jump, the #95 shred lands against a rock. Minutes later at the last practice race, Cruz suddenly overtakes Lightning before the finish. At the Florida 500, [[spoiler: he leaves the race halfway through and lets Cruz take over.]]
*** [[spoiler: Cruz suddenly overtaking Lightning in the final practice race foreshadows her overtaking Jackson at the Florida 500.]]
** When Lightning meets Jackson for the first time, he says to him, "You have no idea what a pleasure it is for me to finally beat you." Not only is this a playful StealthInsult, it foreshadows the arrival of the next-gens, who eventually cause Lightning to suffer a horrible crash when trying to catch up, and Jackson eventually wins the Piston Cup. And to add insult to injury, Jackson becomes the first rookie to win the Piston Cup, which was a goal that Lightning had during ''Cars 1''.
** When we cut to Lighting's crew as he passes the next-gens one by one in the Los Angeles 500, all are smiling confidently (Mater even cheers him on), but Guido looks worried, as if something might go wrong. Guess what happens to Lightning just a few minutes later!
** During the Florida 500, while Lightning passes racer by racer causing his position on the scoring pylon to go up one by one, his number flashes twice as it advances, while the position that moved down doesn't. Though this is intentional, [[spoiler: it foreshadows his shared victory with Cruz, caused by her finishing the race under his number. The double flash also hints at two racers under the same number, which what happens halfway through the race.]]
** Mater wears a hat to every race he attends except the Los Angeles 500, which hints at Lightning's struggle (leading to the iconic crash scene) later on.
*** Similarly, the hat Mater wears to the Florida 500 is a Piston Cup with Lightning's #95 on the front. [[spoiler: It unintentionally foreshadows Lightning will indeed win the race, but with the help of Cruz.]]
** Lightning's problem throughout the film was hinted at even in the very first scene. Besides the different paint job as mentioned above, he suffers a flashback of he and Doc having a driving lesson together, and he happens to deliver this particular line:
-->'''Doc:''' Ha, that ain't racing. That wasn't even a Sunday drive. That was one lap racing is 500 of those; everybody fightin' to move up, lap after lap, inside, outside, inches apart, never touchin'...now ''that's'' racing.
** Cruz's interaction with the three students prior to meeting Lightning for the first time [[spoiler: foreshadows her tactics to winning the Florida 500 following taking over for Lightning mid-race.]] First, she calms down Ronald by helping him say "I am a fluffy cloud"; [[spoiler: Lightning pesters Smokey to tell Cruz the same thing to build her confidence.]] Second, she sprays bugs in Kurt's face as an exercise to see the track even when facing an obstacle; [[spoiler: Cruz uses the "sneak through the window" trick to get around the racers and eventually drafts up to Storm's behind.]] Finally, she helps Gabriel think of his hometown Santa Cecelia, and tells him, "win for them!"; [[spoiler: This line hints at her managing to beat Storm by admitting she is a racer after all and flips over him, causing her to win and share the victory with Lightning which causes him to win the bet against Sterling.]]
** [[spoiler: Right before Lightning switches with Cruz and the gang is getting her ready, Smokey points out the rules only say the number has to be on the track and it doesn't matter who has to wear it, foreshadowing the shared victory between the two cars that Cruz ignites after the race.]]
** A very subtle hint of foreshadowing regarding Lightning's crash is seen whenever the pit lane at either racetrack is shown: All of the racers have crew chiefs, but Lightning does not, like in the first film. With no one to give him directions and hints, he'll eventually suffer something bad.
** The King's presence at the beginning of the movie is rather prominent, a subtle hint that showed when he talked with Lightning in the first film when he was arrogant. Jackson Storm, a rookie that shows up later that acted the same way Lightning did, causes something that'll change everything.
** One of the biggest themes in the movie is MasterApprenticeChain. Doc and Lightning were both injured during a racing tournament and both end up becoming [[spoiler:coaches to a newer model car. Unlike Doc however, Lightning doesn't retire.]]
** There were subtle hints that [[spoiler:Cruz]] would become a [[spoiler:racer]]:
*** Cruz is painted vibrant gold, nearly matching the gold lightning bolt motif that Lightning has.
*** When testing the simulator when she first appears, she gets a simulator speed which is as good as Lightning's own quoted top speed prior to his return to form.
*** During a demolition derby competition, one of the workers spray paints the number "20" on her for the game.
*** When Smokey brings up how Lightning wasn't injured in the above demolition derby the viewer may also notice that neither was [[spoiler:Cruz]], despite [[spoiler:her]] being a rookie. [[spoiler: Also what isn't noticed by Smokey is that Lightning WAS injured, losing a tire, but Cruz came out completely undamaged.]]
*** Lightning and Cruz's training session on the beach [[spoiler:heavily foreshadows him becoming her mentor, as despite his frustration with having to teach her how to drive on sand, he keeps at it. And by the end, Cruz is able to keep up with him.]]
*** The same thing happens at the demolition derby [[spoiler:as Lightning spends over half the race yelling instructions to Cruz on how to survive the onslaught. This is even when he gives her the same advice Doc gave him all those years ago of "turning right to go left".]]
*** Just when Lightning announces he'll go to Thunder Hollow to compete with real racers, as Luigi is speaking Cruz can be seen slumping dejectedly. [[spoiler: This foreshadows she wanted to be a racer like Lightning, but lost her only chance.]]
** Lightning's paint job is slightly different at the beginning, specifically he is a bit desaturated red and the Rust-eze logos on his hood, fenders, spoiler, and bumper are in a more modernized font than the usual. This foreshadows that the new generation of high-tech racers are about to show up, and therefore blindside him to the point of his unintentional fateful crash at the Los Angeles 500.
*** The contemporary design of the Rust-eze logo on Lightning's first paint job also foreshadows the introduction of the Rust-eze Racing Center, and the electronic suit he receives there which also features a contemporary version of said logo.
** When Lightning's electronic suit rips off in the forest and he lands back on the ground after his astounding jump, the #95 shred lands against a rock. Minutes later at the last practice race, Cruz suddenly overtakes Lightning before the finish. At the Florida 500, [[spoiler: he leaves the race halfway through and lets Cruz take over.]]
*** [[spoiler: Cruz suddenly overtaking Lightning in the final practice race foreshadows her overtaking Jackson at the Florida 500.]]
** When Lightning meets Jackson for the first time, he says to him, "You have no idea what a pleasure it is for me to finally beat you." Not only is this a playful StealthInsult, it foreshadows the arrival of the next-gens, who eventually cause Lightning to suffer a horrible crash when trying to catch up, and Jackson eventually wins the Piston Cup. And to add insult to injury, Jackson becomes the first rookie to win the Piston Cup, which was a goal that Lightning had during ''Cars 1''.
** When we cut to Lighting's crew as he passes the next-gens one by one in the Los Angeles 500, all are smiling confidently (Mater even cheers him on), but Guido looks worried, as if something might go wrong. Guess what happens to Lightning just a few minutes later!
** During the Florida 500, while Lightning passes racer by racer causing his position on the scoring pylon to go up one by one, his number flashes twice as it advances, while the position that moved down doesn't. Though this is intentional, [[spoiler: it foreshadows his shared victory with Cruz, caused by her finishing the race under his number. The double flash also hints at two racers under the same number, which what happens halfway through the race.]]
** Mater wears a hat to every race he attends except the Los Angeles 500, which hints at Lightning's struggle (leading to the iconic crash scene) later on.
*** Similarly, the hat Mater wears to the Florida 500 is a Piston Cup with Lightning's #95 on the front. [[spoiler: It unintentionally foreshadows Lightning will indeed win the race, but with the help of Cruz.]]
** Lightning's problem throughout the film was hinted at even in the very first scene. Besides the different paint job as mentioned above, he suffers a flashback of he and Doc having a driving lesson together, and he happens to deliver this particular line:
-->'''Doc:''' Ha, that ain't racing. That wasn't even a Sunday drive. That was one lap racing is 500 of those; everybody fightin' to move up, lap after lap, inside, outside, inches apart, never touchin'...now ''that's'' racing.
** Cruz's interaction with the three students prior to meeting Lightning for the first time [[spoiler: foreshadows her tactics to winning the Florida 500 following taking over for Lightning mid-race.]] First, she calms down Ronald by helping him say "I am a fluffy cloud"; [[spoiler: Lightning pesters Smokey to tell Cruz the same thing to build her confidence.]] Second, she sprays bugs in Kurt's face as an exercise to see the track even when facing an obstacle; [[spoiler: Cruz uses the "sneak through the window" trick to get around the racers and eventually drafts up to Storm's behind.]] Finally, she helps Gabriel think of his hometown Santa Cecelia, and tells him, "win for them!"; [[spoiler: This line hints at her managing to beat Storm by admitting she is a racer after all and flips over him, causing her to win and share the victory with Lightning which causes him to win the bet against Sterling.]]
** [[spoiler: Right before Lightning switches with Cruz and the gang is getting her ready, Smokey points out the rules only say the number has to be on the track and it doesn't matter who has to wear it, foreshadowing the shared victory between the two cars that Cruz ignites after the race.]]
** A very subtle hint of foreshadowing regarding Lightning's crash is seen whenever the pit lane at either racetrack is shown: All of the racers have crew chiefs, but Lightning does not, like in the first film. With no one to give him directions and hints, he'll eventually suffer something bad.
** The King's presence at the beginning of the movie is rather prominent, a subtle hint that showed when he talked with Lightning in the first film when he was arrogant. Jackson Storm, a rookie that shows up later that acted the same way Lightning did, causes something that'll change everything.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** One of the biggest themes in the movie is MasterApprenticeChain. Doc and Lightning were both injured during a racing tournament and both end up becoming [[spoiler:coaches to a newer model car. Unlike Doc however, Lightning doesn't retire.]]
** There were subtle hints that [[spoiler:Cruz]] would become a [[spoiler:racer]]:
*** Cruz is painted vibrant gold, nearly matching the gold lightning bolt motif that Lightning has.
*** When testing the simulator when she first appears, she gets a simulator speed which is as good as Lightning's{{Foreshadowing}}: [[Foreshadowing/Cars3 Has its own quoted top speed prior to his return to form.
*** During a demolition derby competition, one of the workers spray paints the number "20" on her for the game.
*** When Smokey brings up how Lightning wasn't injured in the above demolition derby the viewer may also notice that neither was [[spoiler:Cruz]], despite [[spoiler:her]] being a rookie. [[spoiler: Also what isn't noticed by Smokey is that Lightning WAS injured, losing a tire, but Cruz came out completely undamaged.]]
*** Lightning and Cruz's training session on the beach [[spoiler:heavily foreshadows him becoming her mentor, as despite his frustration with having to teach her how to drive on sand, he keeps at it. And by the end, Cruz is able to keep up with him.]]
*** The same thing happens at the demolition derby [[spoiler:as Lightning spends over half the race yelling instructions to Cruz on how to survive the onslaught. This is even when he gives her the same advice Doc gave him all those years ago of "turning right to go left".]]
*** Just when Lightning announces he'll go to Thunder Hollow to compete with real racers, as Luigi is speaking Cruz can be seen slumping dejectedly. [[spoiler: This foreshadows she wanted to be a racer like Lightning, but lost her only chance.]]
** Lightning's paint job is slightly different at the beginning, specifically he is a bit desaturated red and the Rust-eze logos on his hood, fenders, spoiler, and bumper are in a more modernized font than the usual. This foreshadows that the new generation of high-tech racers are about to show up, and therefore blindside him to the point of his unintentional fateful crash at the Los Angeles 500.
*** The contemporary design of the Rust-eze logo on Lightning's first paint job also foreshadows the introduction of the Rust-eze Racing Center, and the electronic suit he receives there which also features a contemporary version of said logo.
** When Lightning's electronic suit rips off in the forest and he lands back on the ground after his astounding jump, the #95 shred lands against a rock. Minutes later at the last practice race, Cruz suddenly overtakes Lightning before the finish. At the Florida 500, [[spoiler: he leaves the race halfway through and lets Cruz take over.]]
*** [[spoiler: Cruz suddenly overtaking Lightning in the final practice race foreshadows her overtaking Jackson at the Florida 500.]]
** When Lightning meets Jackson for the first time, he says to him, "You have no idea what a pleasure it is for me to finally beat you." Not only is this a playful StealthInsult, it foreshadows the arrival of the next-gens, who eventually cause Lightning to suffer a horrible crash when trying to catch up, and Jackson eventually wins the Piston Cup. And to add insult to injury, Jackson becomes the first rookie to win the Piston Cup, which was a goal that Lightning had during ''Cars 1''.
** When we cut to Lighting's crew as he passes the next-gens one by one in the Los Angeles 500, all are smiling confidently (Mater even cheers him on), but Guido looks worried, as if something might go wrong. Guess what happens to Lightning just a few minutes later!
** During the Florida 500, while Lightning passes racer by racer causing his position on the scoring pylon to go up one by one, his number flashes twice as it advances, while the position that moved down doesn't. Though this is intentional, [[spoiler: it foreshadows his shared victory with Cruz, caused by her finishing the race under his number. The double flash also hints at two racers under the same number, which what happens halfway through the race.]]
** Mater wears a hat to every race he attends except the Los Angeles 500, which hints at Lightning's struggle (leading to the iconic crash scene) later on.
*** Similarly, the hat Mater wears to the Florida 500 is a Piston Cup with Lightning's #95 on the front. [[spoiler: It unintentionally foreshadows Lightning will indeed win the race, but with the help of Cruz.]]
** Lightning's problem throughout the film was hinted at even in the very first scene. Besides the different paint job as mentioned above, he suffers a flashback of he and Doc having a driving lesson together, and he happens to deliver this particular line:
-->'''Doc:''' Ha, that ain't racing. That wasn't even a Sunday drive. That was one lap racing is 500 of those; everybody fightin' to move up, lap after lap, inside, outside, inches apart, never touchin'...now ''that's'' racing.
** Cruz's interaction with the three students prior to meeting Lightning for the first time [[spoiler: foreshadows her tactics to winning the Florida 500 following taking over for Lightning mid-race.]] First, she calms down Ronald by helping him say "I am a fluffy cloud"; [[spoiler: Lightning pesters Smokey to tell Cruz the same thing to build her confidence.]] Second, she sprays bugs in Kurt's face as an exercise to see the track even when facing an obstacle; [[spoiler: Cruz uses the "sneak through the window" trick to get around the racers and eventually drafts up to Storm's behind.]] Finally, she helps Gabriel think of his hometown Santa Cecelia, and tells him, "win for them!"; [[spoiler: This line hints at her managing to beat Storm by admitting she is a racer after all and flips over him, causing her to win and share the victory with Lightning which causes him to win the bet against Sterling.]]
** [[spoiler: Right before Lightning switches with Cruz and the gang is getting her ready, Smokey points out the rules only say the number has to be on the track and it doesn't matter who has to wear it, foreshadowing the shared victory between the two cars that Cruz ignites after the race.]]
** A very subtle hint of foreshadowing regarding Lightning's crash is seen whenever the pit lane at either racetrack is shown: All of the racers have crew chiefs, but Lightning does not, like in the first film. With no one to give him directions and hints, he'll eventually suffer something bad.
** The King's presence at the beginning of the movie is rather prominent, a subtle hint that showed when he talked with Lightning in the first film when he was arrogant. Jackson Storm, a rookie that shows up later that acted the same way Lightning did, causes something that'll change everything.page.]]
** One of the biggest themes in the movie is MasterApprenticeChain. Doc and Lightning were both injured during a racing tournament and both end up becoming [[spoiler:coaches to a newer model car. Unlike Doc however, Lightning doesn't retire.]]
** There were subtle hints that [[spoiler:Cruz]] would become a [[spoiler:racer]]:
*** Cruz is painted vibrant gold, nearly matching the gold lightning bolt motif that Lightning has.
*** When testing the simulator when she first appears, she gets a simulator speed which is as good as Lightning's
*** During a demolition derby competition, one of the workers spray paints the number "20" on her for the game.
*** When Smokey brings up how Lightning wasn't injured in the above demolition derby the viewer may also notice that neither was [[spoiler:Cruz]], despite [[spoiler:her]] being a rookie. [[spoiler: Also what isn't noticed by Smokey is that Lightning WAS injured, losing a tire, but Cruz came out completely undamaged.]]
*** Lightning and Cruz's training session on the beach [[spoiler:heavily foreshadows him becoming her mentor, as despite his frustration with having to teach her how to drive on sand, he keeps at it. And by the end, Cruz is able to keep up with him.]]
*** The same thing happens at the demolition derby [[spoiler:as Lightning spends over half the race yelling instructions to Cruz on how to survive the onslaught. This is even when he gives her the same advice Doc gave him all those years ago of "turning right to go left".]]
*** Just when Lightning announces he'll go to Thunder Hollow to compete with real racers, as Luigi is speaking Cruz can be seen slumping dejectedly. [[spoiler: This foreshadows she wanted to be a racer like Lightning, but lost her only chance.]]
** Lightning's paint job is slightly different at the beginning, specifically he is a bit desaturated red and the Rust-eze logos on his hood, fenders, spoiler, and bumper are in a more modernized font than the usual. This foreshadows that the new generation of high-tech racers are about to show up, and therefore blindside him to the point of his unintentional fateful crash at the Los Angeles 500.
*** The contemporary design of the Rust-eze logo on Lightning's first paint job also foreshadows the introduction of the Rust-eze Racing Center, and the electronic suit he receives there which also features a contemporary version of said logo.
** When Lightning's electronic suit rips off in the forest and he lands back on the ground after his astounding jump, the #95 shred lands against a rock. Minutes later at the last practice race, Cruz suddenly overtakes Lightning before the finish. At the Florida 500, [[spoiler: he leaves the race halfway through and lets Cruz take over.]]
*** [[spoiler: Cruz suddenly overtaking Lightning in the final practice race foreshadows her overtaking Jackson at the Florida 500.]]
** When Lightning meets Jackson for the first time, he says to him, "You have no idea what a pleasure it is for me to finally beat you." Not only is this a playful StealthInsult, it foreshadows the arrival of the next-gens, who eventually cause Lightning to suffer a horrible crash when trying to catch up, and Jackson eventually wins the Piston Cup. And to add insult to injury, Jackson becomes the first rookie to win the Piston Cup, which was a goal that Lightning had during ''Cars 1''.
** When we cut to Lighting's crew as he passes the next-gens one by one in the Los Angeles 500, all are smiling confidently (Mater even cheers him on), but Guido looks worried, as if something might go wrong. Guess what happens to Lightning just a few minutes later!
** During the Florida 500, while Lightning passes racer by racer causing his position on the scoring pylon to go up one by one, his number flashes twice as it advances, while the position that moved down doesn't. Though this is intentional, [[spoiler: it foreshadows his shared victory with Cruz, caused by her finishing the race under his number. The double flash also hints at two racers under the same number, which what happens halfway through the race.]]
** Mater wears a hat to every race he attends except the Los Angeles 500, which hints at Lightning's struggle (leading to the iconic crash scene) later on.
*** Similarly, the hat Mater wears to the Florida 500 is a Piston Cup with Lightning's #95 on the front. [[spoiler: It unintentionally foreshadows Lightning will indeed win the race, but with the help of Cruz.]]
** Lightning's problem throughout the film was hinted at even in the very first scene. Besides the different paint job as mentioned above, he suffers a flashback of he and Doc having a driving lesson together, and he happens to deliver this particular line:
-->'''Doc:''' Ha, that ain't racing. That wasn't even a Sunday drive. That was one lap racing is 500 of those; everybody fightin' to move up, lap after lap, inside, outside, inches apart, never touchin'...now ''that's'' racing.
** Cruz's interaction with the three students prior to meeting Lightning for the first time [[spoiler: foreshadows her tactics to winning the Florida 500 following taking over for Lightning mid-race.]] First, she calms down Ronald by helping him say "I am a fluffy cloud"; [[spoiler: Lightning pesters Smokey to tell Cruz the same thing to build her confidence.]] Second, she sprays bugs in Kurt's face as an exercise to see the track even when facing an obstacle; [[spoiler: Cruz uses the "sneak through the window" trick to get around the racers and eventually drafts up to Storm's behind.]] Finally, she helps Gabriel think of his hometown Santa Cecelia, and tells him, "win for them!"; [[spoiler: This line hints at her managing to beat Storm by admitting she is a racer after all and flips over him, causing her to win and share the victory with Lightning which causes him to win the bet against Sterling.]]
** [[spoiler: Right before Lightning switches with Cruz and the gang is getting her ready, Smokey points out the rules only say the number has to be on the track and it doesn't matter who has to wear it, foreshadowing the shared victory between the two cars that Cruz ignites after the race.]]
** A very subtle hint of foreshadowing regarding Lightning's crash is seen whenever the pit lane at either racetrack is shown: All of the racers have crew chiefs, but Lightning does not, like in the first film. With no one to give him directions and hints, he'll eventually suffer something bad.
** The King's presence at the beginning of the movie is rather prominent, a subtle hint that showed when he talked with Lightning in the first film when he was arrogant. Jackson Storm, a rookie that shows up later that acted the same way Lightning did, causes something that'll change everything.
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** The film opens the same way as the original film - a black screen intercut with footage of racing cars, while [=McQueen=] goes through his pre-racing ritual.
** During the Demolition Derby, Lightning tells Cruz to "turn right to go left", a teaching Doc gave him in the first film. [[MasterApprenticeChain Much like Lightning at that time]], Cruz doesn't see any sense in his words.
*** During the Crazy 8 race, one of the racers flips and lands upside down on top of another car, much like in the opening race of the first film.
** When Cruz reveals her idolization of [=McQueen=], she says she used to watch him "flying through the air", referencing when Lightning leaped through the smoke during the pile-up in the first movie.
*** A picture of the scene itself can be seen at the museum in the Rust-eze Racing Center and on Smokey's bulletin board.
** Mater is in the pits watching all of [=McQueen's=] races, showing that [=McQueen=] [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 kept his promise]].
** Luigi starts Lightning and Cruz's beach race [[spoiler: and later their first driving lesson together]] the same way he started the race with Lightning and Doc in the first film.
** Just before Lightning's crash, one of his back tires explodes and he swerves dangerously, like what happened at the Dinoco 400 in the first film (though he lost his left tire then, here he lost his right).
** The last thing Lightning says before his crash is "[[BigNo NO!]]"; in the second film, Rod "Torque" Redline said the same thing just before the Lemons make him burn to death.
** The Florida 500 has many parallels to the Los Angeles tiebreaker race:
*** The race begins with Lightning in the far back.
*** Lightning struggles to maintain the lead.
*** Lightning is distracted with flashbacks of his experience with someone else.
*** A crew chief makes a surprise appearance (Smokey for Lightning, [[spoiler: Lightning himself for Cruz]]).
*** [[spoiler: Lightning willingly resigns from the race halfway through to let Cruz take over under his number, like when he gave up first place to Chick in order to help The King after his crash.]]
*** [[spoiler: After Cruz takes over, she has to beat the pace car so she isn't a lap down, like how Lightning did after getting his rapid fire pit stop from Guido.]]
*** When Lightning skids onto the infield on the last lap, he uses Doc's "turn right to go left" technique to take the lead. [[spoiler: When Cruz is rammed into the wall by Jackson on the last lap, she uses Doc's "flip over the racer" technique from Smokey's flashback to overtake Jackson and win.]]
*** [[spoiler: After she wins the Florida 500 for Lightning, Cruz turns down the offer to race for Sterling and resigns as a trainer, and chooses to race for Dinoco instead. In the first film, Lightning willingly turns down the Dinoco sponsorship in favor of Rust-eze, having learned the film's moral.]]
*** After the tiebreaker race, Doc says to Lightning, "You've got a lot of stuff, kid." Following the Florida 500 [[spoiler: after Lightning wins his bet with Sterling and Cruz being surrounded by the paparazzi]], he quotes to himself, "Kid's got a lot of stuff...eh, Doc?".
*** Lightning is offered the Dinoco sponsorship even though he lost, but turns it down and keeps Rust-eze. [[spoiler: Following the fact he won his bet with Sterling after being considered a winner along with Cruz, Lightning decides to continue racing. In addition, both decisions are followed by a request being fulfilled, though not word-per-word (Mater riding in the Dinoco helicopter, Lightning signing as Cruz's crew chief for the rest of the season]]).
*** Lightning shows up in a different paint job in the final scene following each race (his half racing, half Radiator Springs getup in the first, [[spoiler: his "Fabulous Lightning [=McQueen=]" getup in the third]]), both of which he wears throughout the CreditsMontage.
** Lightning FINALLY is part of racing under Dinoco's banner, a goal he'd looked forward to in the first film... [[spoiler: since Rust-Eze is now a wholly-owned subsidiary OF Dinoco!]]
** The press conference following the Gears and Glory 450 is virtually similar to the press conference following the Tokyo race of the World Grand Prix in ''Cars 2''. The rival Lightning competed against (Jackson here, Francesco then) won first place and is being interviewed, and he proceeds to insult him with a random statement. Lightning even rolls his eyes and responds with a scoff followed by "YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe", just before sneaking away to attain to something else, similar to his reaction in the past film.
** Lightning's shocked reaction right when he is about to crash is similar to said reaction during the Willy's Butte race in the first film when he is about to hit the cactus.
** [[spoiler: At the end of the film, during Lightning and Cruz's first driving lesson together at Willy's Butte, Cruz teases Lightning and says, "Bring it on, old man!" This is a call-back to the epilogue from the first film when Lightning teases Doc and says, "Not today, old man!" during ''their'' first driving lesson together.]]
** Cruz's [[spoiler: acrobatic roll during the Florida 500]] heavily parodies Lightning's astonishing jump at the Dinoco 400 in ''Cars''. Both were also shown in dramatic slow motion.
** Just before Lightning [[spoiler: heads into the pits to switch places with Cruz]], he encounters a massive crash between the other cars, similar to the crash he encountered in ''Cars 1''. In both instances, he came out completely undamaged.
** The newspaper depicting Doc's crash is seen on the wall in both Doc's and Smokey's garages.
** The raised, Le Mans-esque spoilers worn by Jackson and the next-gens look very much like the one Lightning had during the World Grand Prix.
** The film opens the same way as the original film - a black screen intercut with footage of racing cars, while [=McQueen=] goes through his pre-racing ritual.
** During the Demolition Derby, Lightning tells Cruz to "turn right to go left", a teaching Doc gave him in the first film. [[MasterApprenticeChain Much like Lightning at that time]], Cruz doesn't see any sense in his words.
*** During the Crazy 8 race, one of the racers flips and lands upside down on top of another car, much like in the opening race of the first film.
** When Cruz reveals her idolization of [=McQueen=], she says she used to watch him "flying through the air", referencing when Lightning leaped through the smoke during the pile-up in the first movie.
*** A picture of the scene itself can be seen at the museum in the Rust-eze Racing Center and on Smokey's bulletin board.
** Mater is in the pits watching all of [=McQueen's=] races, showing that [=McQueen=] [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 kept his promise]].
** Luigi starts Lightning and Cruz's beach race [[spoiler: and later their first driving lesson together]] the same way he started the race with Lightning and Doc in the first film.
** Just before Lightning's crash, one of his back tires explodes and he swerves dangerously, like what happened at the Dinoco 400 in the first film (though he lost his left tire then, here he lost his right).
** The last thing Lightning says before his crash is "[[BigNo NO!]]"; in the second film, Rod "Torque" Redline said the same thing just before the Lemons make him burn to death.
** The Florida 500 has many parallels to the Los Angeles tiebreaker race:
*** The race begins with Lightning in the far back.
*** Lightning struggles to maintain the lead.
*** Lightning is distracted with flashbacks of his experience with someone else.
*** A crew chief makes a surprise appearance (Smokey for Lightning, [[spoiler: Lightning himself for Cruz]]).
*** [[spoiler: Lightning willingly resigns from the race halfway through to let Cruz take over under his number, like when he gave up first place to Chick in order to help The King after his crash.]]
*** [[spoiler: After Cruz takes over, she has to beat the pace car so she isn't a lap down, like how Lightning did after getting his rapid fire pit stop from Guido.]]
*** When Lightning skids onto the infield on the last lap, he uses Doc's "turn right to go left" technique to take the lead. [[spoiler: When Cruz is rammed into the wall by Jackson on the last lap, she uses Doc's "flip over the racer" technique from Smokey's flashback to overtake Jackson and win.]]
*** [[spoiler: After she wins the Florida 500 for Lightning, Cruz turns down the offer to race for Sterling and resigns as a trainer, and chooses to race for Dinoco instead. In the first film, Lightning willingly turns down the Dinoco sponsorship in favor of Rust-eze, having learned the film's moral.]]
*** After the tiebreaker race, Doc says to Lightning, "You've got a lot of stuff, kid." Following the Florida 500 [[spoiler: after Lightning wins his bet with Sterling and Cruz being surrounded by the paparazzi]], he quotes to himself, "Kid's got a lot of stuff...eh, Doc?".
*** Lightning is offered the Dinoco sponsorship even though he lost, but turns it down and keeps Rust-eze. [[spoiler: Following the fact he won his bet with Sterling after being considered a winner along with Cruz, Lightning decides to continue racing. In addition, both decisions are followed by a request being fulfilled, though not word-per-word (Mater riding in the Dinoco helicopter, Lightning signing as Cruz's crew chief for the rest of the season]]).
*** Lightning shows up in a different paint job in the final scene following each race (his half racing, half Radiator Springs getup in the first, [[spoiler: his "Fabulous Lightning [=McQueen=]" getup in the third]]), both of which he wears throughout the CreditsMontage.
** Lightning FINALLY is part of racing under Dinoco's banner, a goal he'd looked forward to in the first film... [[spoiler: since Rust-Eze is now a wholly-owned subsidiary OF Dinoco!]]
** The press conference following the Gears and Glory 450 is virtually similar to the press conference following the Tokyo race of the World Grand Prix in ''Cars 2''. The rival Lightning competed against (Jackson here, Francesco then) won first place and is being interviewed, and he proceeds to insult him with a random statement. Lightning even rolls his eyes and responds with a scoff followed by "YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe", just before sneaking away to attain to something else, similar to his reaction in the past film.
** Lightning's shocked reaction right when he is about to crash is similar to said reaction during the Willy's Butte race in the first film when he is about to hit the cactus.
** [[spoiler: At the end of the film, during Lightning and Cruz's first driving lesson together at Willy's Butte, Cruz teases Lightning and says, "Bring it on, old man!" This is a call-back to the epilogue from the first film when Lightning teases Doc and says, "Not today, old man!" during ''their'' first driving lesson together.]]
** Cruz's [[spoiler: acrobatic roll during the Florida 500]] heavily parodies Lightning's astonishing jump at the Dinoco 400 in ''Cars''. Both were also shown in dramatic slow motion.
** Just before Lightning [[spoiler: heads into the pits to switch places with Cruz]], he encounters a massive crash between the other cars, similar to the crash he encountered in ''Cars 1''. In both instances, he came out completely undamaged.
** The newspaper depicting Doc's crash is seen on the wall in both Doc's and Smokey's garages.
** The raised, Le Mans-esque spoilers worn by Jackson and the next-gens look very much like the one Lightning had during the World Grand Prix.
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* CallBack:
** The film opens the same way as the original film - a black screen intercut with footage of racing cars, while [=McQueen=] goes through his pre-racing ritual.
** During the Demolition Derby, Lightning tells Cruz to "turn right to go left", a teaching Doc gave him in the first film. [[MasterApprenticeChain Much like Lightning at that time]], Cruz doesn't see any sense in his words.
*** During the Crazy 8 race, one of the racers flips and lands upside down on top of another car, much like in the opening race of the first film.
** When Cruz reveals her idolization of [=McQueen=], she says she used to watch him "flying through the air", referencing when Lightning leaped through the smoke during the pile-up in the first movie.
*** A picture of the scene itself can be seen at the museum in the Rust-eze Racing Center and on Smokey's bulletin board.
** Mater is in the pits watching all of [=McQueen's=] races, showing that [=McQueen=] [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 kept his promise]].
** Luigi starts Lightning and Cruz's beach race [[spoiler: and later their first driving lesson together]] the same way he started the race with Lightning and Doc in the first film.
** Just before Lightning's crash, one of his back tires explodes and he swerves dangerously, like what happened at the Dinoco 400 in the first film (though he lost his left tire then, here he lost his right).
** The last thing Lightning says before his crash is "[[BigNo NO!]]"; in the second film, Rod "Torque" Redline said the same thing just before the Lemons make him burn to death.
** The Florida 500 has many parallels to the Los Angeles tiebreaker race:
*** The race begins with Lightning in the far back.
*** Lightning struggles to maintain the lead.
*** Lightning is distracted with flashbacks of his experience with someone else.
*** A crew chief makes a surprise appearance (Smokey for Lightning, [[spoiler: Lightning himself for Cruz]]).
*** [[spoiler: Lightning willingly resigns from the race halfway through to let Cruz take over under his number, like when he gave up first place to Chick in order to help The King after his crash.]]
*** [[spoiler: After Cruz takes over, she has to beat the pace car so she isn't a lap down, like how Lightning did after getting his rapid fire pit stop from Guido.]]
*** When Lightning skids onto the infield on the last lap, he uses Doc's "turn right to go left" technique to take the lead. [[spoiler: When Cruz is rammed into the wall by Jackson on the last lap, she uses Doc's "flip over the racer" technique from Smokey's flashback to overtake Jackson and win.]]
*** [[spoiler: After she wins the Florida 500 for Lightning, Cruz turns down the offer to race for Sterling and resigns as a trainer, and chooses to race for Dinoco instead. In the first film, Lightning willingly turns down the Dinoco sponsorship in favor of Rust-eze, having learned the film's moral.]]
*** After the tiebreaker race, Doc says to Lightning, "You've got a lot of stuff, kid." Following the Florida 500 [[spoiler: after Lightning wins his bet with Sterling and Cruz being surrounded by the paparazzi]], he quotes to himself, "Kid's got a lot of stuff...eh, Doc?".
*** Lightning is offered the Dinoco sponsorship even though he lost, but turns it down and keeps Rust-eze. [[spoiler: Following the fact he won his bet with Sterling after being considered a winner along with Cruz, Lightning decides to continue racing. In addition, both decisions are followed by a request being fulfilled, though not word-per-word (Mater riding in the Dinoco helicopter, Lightning signing as Cruz's crew chief for the rest of the season]]).
*** Lightning shows up in a different paint job in the final scene following each race (his half racing, half Radiator Springs getup in the first, [[spoiler: his "Fabulous Lightning [=McQueen=]" getup in the third]]), both of which he wears throughout the CreditsMontage.
** Lightning FINALLY is part of racing under Dinoco's banner, a goal he'd looked forward to in the first film... [[spoiler: since Rust-Eze is now a wholly-owned subsidiary OF Dinoco!]]
** The press conference following the Gears and Glory 450 is virtually similar to the press conference following the Tokyo race of the World Grand Prix in ''Cars 2''. The rival Lightning competed against (Jackson here, Francesco then) won first place and is being interviewed, and he proceeds to insult him with a random statement. Lightning even rolls his eyes and responds with a scoff followed by "YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe", just before sneaking away to attain to something else, similar to his reaction in the past film.
** Lightning's shocked reaction right when he is about to crash is similar to said reaction during the Willy's Butte race in the first film when he is about to hit the cactus.
** [[spoiler: At the end of the film, during Lightning and Cruz's first driving lesson together at Willy's Butte, Cruz teases Lightning and says, "Bring it on, old man!" This is a call-back to the epilogue from the first film when Lightning teases Doc and says, "Not today, old man!" during ''their'' first driving lesson together.]]
** Cruz's [[spoiler: acrobatic roll during the Florida 500]] heavily parodies Lightning's astonishing jump at the Dinoco 400 in ''Cars''. Both were also shown in dramatic slow motion.
** Just before Lightning [[spoiler: heads into the pits to switch places with Cruz]], he encounters a massive crash between the other cars, similar to the crash he encountered in ''Cars 1''. In both instances, he came out completely undamaged.
** The newspaper depicting Doc's crash is seen on the wall in both Doc's and Smokey's garages.
** The raised, Le Mans-esque spoilers worn by Jackson and the next-gens look very much like the one Lightning had during the World Grand Prix.CallBack: [[CallBack/Cars3 Has its own page.]]
** The film opens the same way as the original film - a black screen intercut with footage of racing cars, while [=McQueen=] goes through his pre-racing ritual.
** During the Demolition Derby, Lightning tells Cruz to "turn right to go left", a teaching Doc gave him in the first film. [[MasterApprenticeChain Much like Lightning at that time]], Cruz doesn't see any sense in his words.
*** During the Crazy 8 race, one of the racers flips and lands upside down on top of another car, much like in the opening race of the first film.
** When Cruz reveals her idolization of [=McQueen=], she says she used to watch him "flying through the air", referencing when Lightning leaped through the smoke during the pile-up in the first movie.
*** A picture of the scene itself can be seen at the museum in the Rust-eze Racing Center and on Smokey's bulletin board.
** Mater is in the pits watching all of [=McQueen's=] races, showing that [=McQueen=] [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 kept his promise]].
** Luigi starts Lightning and Cruz's beach race [[spoiler: and later their first driving lesson together]] the same way he started the race with Lightning and Doc in the first film.
** Just before Lightning's crash, one of his back tires explodes and he swerves dangerously, like what happened at the Dinoco 400 in the first film (though he lost his left tire then, here he lost his right).
** The last thing Lightning says before his crash is "[[BigNo NO!]]"; in the second film, Rod "Torque" Redline said the same thing just before the Lemons make him burn to death.
** The Florida 500 has many parallels to the Los Angeles tiebreaker race:
*** The race begins with Lightning in the far back.
*** Lightning struggles to maintain the lead.
*** Lightning is distracted with flashbacks of his experience with someone else.
*** A crew chief makes a surprise appearance (Smokey for Lightning, [[spoiler: Lightning himself for Cruz]]).
*** [[spoiler: Lightning willingly resigns from the race halfway through to let Cruz take over under his number, like when he gave up first place to Chick in order to help The King after his crash.]]
*** [[spoiler: After Cruz takes over, she has to beat the pace car so she isn't a lap down, like how Lightning did after getting his rapid fire pit stop from Guido.]]
*** When Lightning skids onto the infield on the last lap, he uses Doc's "turn right to go left" technique to take the lead. [[spoiler: When Cruz is rammed into the wall by Jackson on the last lap, she uses Doc's "flip over the racer" technique from Smokey's flashback to overtake Jackson and win.]]
*** [[spoiler: After she wins the Florida 500 for Lightning, Cruz turns down the offer to race for Sterling and resigns as a trainer, and chooses to race for Dinoco instead. In the first film, Lightning willingly turns down the Dinoco sponsorship in favor of Rust-eze, having learned the film's moral.]]
*** After the tiebreaker race, Doc says to Lightning, "You've got a lot of stuff, kid." Following the Florida 500 [[spoiler: after Lightning wins his bet with Sterling and Cruz being surrounded by the paparazzi]], he quotes to himself, "Kid's got a lot of stuff...eh, Doc?".
*** Lightning is offered the Dinoco sponsorship even though he lost, but turns it down and keeps Rust-eze. [[spoiler: Following the fact he won his bet with Sterling after being considered a winner along with Cruz, Lightning decides to continue racing. In addition, both decisions are followed by a request being fulfilled, though not word-per-word (Mater riding in the Dinoco helicopter, Lightning signing as Cruz's crew chief for the rest of the season]]).
*** Lightning shows up in a different paint job in the final scene following each race (his half racing, half Radiator Springs getup in the first, [[spoiler: his "Fabulous Lightning [=McQueen=]" getup in the third]]), both of which he wears throughout the CreditsMontage.
** Lightning FINALLY is part of racing under Dinoco's banner, a goal he'd looked forward to in the first film... [[spoiler: since Rust-Eze is now a wholly-owned subsidiary OF Dinoco!]]
** The press conference following the Gears and Glory 450 is virtually similar to the press conference following the Tokyo race of the World Grand Prix in ''Cars 2''. The rival Lightning competed against (Jackson here, Francesco then) won first place and is being interviewed, and he proceeds to insult him with a random statement. Lightning even rolls his eyes and responds with a scoff followed by "YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe", just before sneaking away to attain to something else, similar to his reaction in the past film.
** Lightning's shocked reaction right when he is about to crash is similar to said reaction during the Willy's Butte race in the first film when he is about to hit the cactus.
** [[spoiler: At the end of the film, during Lightning and Cruz's first driving lesson together at Willy's Butte, Cruz teases Lightning and says, "Bring it on, old man!" This is a call-back to the epilogue from the first film when Lightning teases Doc and says, "Not today, old man!" during ''their'' first driving lesson together.]]
** Cruz's [[spoiler: acrobatic roll during the Florida 500]] heavily parodies Lightning's astonishing jump at the Dinoco 400 in ''Cars''. Both were also shown in dramatic slow motion.
** Just before Lightning [[spoiler: heads into the pits to switch places with Cruz]], he encounters a massive crash between the other cars, similar to the crash he encountered in ''Cars 1''. In both instances, he came out completely undamaged.
** The newspaper depicting Doc's crash is seen on the wall in both Doc's and Smokey's garages.
** The raised, Le Mans-esque spoilers worn by Jackson and the next-gens look very much like the one Lightning had during the World Grand Prix.
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* AnAesop:
** The world is constantly changing and it's important to change with it, but you can always learn from the past.
** Behind every champion is a great teacher.
** Don’t let anyone tell you when you should retire. The only one who decides that is you.
** You’re never too old to do something you love. Never give up your dream.
** The world is constantly changing and it's important to change with it, but you can always learn from the past.
** Behind every champion is a great teacher.
** Don’t let anyone tell you when you should retire. The only one who decides that is you.
** You’re never too old to do something you love. Never give up your dream.
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* ForWantOfANail:
** Had not Jackson Storm showed up near the end of the Dinoco 400 and overtook Lightning for the win, the movie's plot wouldn't have happened in the first place.
** Basically Lightning wouldn't have tried to get himself back into shape had not Rusty and Dusty sold Rust-eze to Sterling so he could build the training center.
** Sterling also wouldn't have considered Lightning to retire if he didn't destroy the simulator and follow Cruz's routines as planned.
** As Lightning and Cruz reach Thomasville, Cruz asks Lightning how he knows that Doc's trainer Smokey will be there, or if he's even still alive. Lightning admits he doesn't know either. Luckily for them, Smokey is indeed still alive and living in Thomasville, or else [[spoiler: Lightning wouldn't have regained his confidence and be convinced to let Cruz take over for him in the race.]]
** If Sterling's rant about Cruz not being a racer hadn't been witnessed and heard by Lightning during the Florida 500, [[spoiler: he would've managed to run the entire race himself, without asking her to help him so she can fulfill her dream]].
** Had not Jackson Storm showed up near the end of the Dinoco 400 and overtook Lightning for the win, the movie's plot wouldn't have happened in the first place.
** Basically Lightning wouldn't have tried to get himself back into shape had not Rusty and Dusty sold Rust-eze to Sterling so he could build the training center.
** Sterling also wouldn't have considered Lightning to retire if he didn't destroy the simulator and follow Cruz's routines as planned.
** As Lightning and Cruz reach Thomasville, Cruz asks Lightning how he knows that Doc's trainer Smokey will be there, or if he's even still alive. Lightning admits he doesn't know either. Luckily for them, Smokey is indeed still alive and living in Thomasville, or else [[spoiler: Lightning wouldn't have regained his confidence and be convinced to let Cruz take over for him in the race.]]
** If Sterling's rant about Cruz not being a racer hadn't been witnessed and heard by Lightning during the Florida 500, [[spoiler: he would've managed to run the entire race himself, without asking her to help him so she can fulfill her dream]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Subverted. [[spoiler:It's somewhat too sad to see Lightning never race again, but it's comforting to see he hasn't ''given up'' the sport after sharing the victory with Cruz. He transitioned as a racing coach for new racer, Cruz, who has accomplished her dream of becoming a racer when she (and a few others) thought she wouldn't.]]
** On a side-note which plays this trope straight, [[spoiler: Jackson Storm lost his winning streak, and Lightning has won his bet with Sterling and gets to keep his job, but the fates of the other veterans remain unknown and it's likely we'll never see them again.]]
** On a side-note which plays this trope straight, [[spoiler: Jackson Storm lost his winning streak, and Lightning has won his bet with Sterling and gets to keep his job, but the fates of the other veterans remain unknown and it's likely we'll never see them again.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Subverted. [[spoiler:It's somewhat too sad to see [[spoiler:Although Lightning never race again, but it's comforting fails to see he hasn't ''given up'' the sport after sharing the victory beat Jackson Storm by himself and has come to terms with Cruz. being old and falling behind, he wins his bet with Sterling and gets to keep his racing job. He has also temporarily transitioned as to a racing coach for the new racer, Cruz, who has accomplished her dream of becoming a racer when she (and a few others) thought she wouldn't.]]
** On a side-note which plays this trope straight, [[spoiler:wouldn't, and Jackson Storm lost his winning streak, and Lightning has won his bet with Sterling and gets streak to keep his job, but Cruz. On a sadder note, the fates of the other veterans remain unknown and it's likely we'll never see them again.]]
** On a side-note which plays this trope straight, [[spoiler:
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* TheFinalTemptation: [[spoiler: While Cruz is taking over for Lightning mid-race, she is taunted by Storm who says she won't be a racer at all, only for Lightning's words of encouragement to get her back in the game. He then rams her into a wall by yelling the same thing, only for her to regain hope once more and flips over him for the win.]]
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* TheFinalTemptation: [[spoiler: While [[spoiler:While Cruz is taking over for Lightning mid-race, she is taunted by Storm who says she won't be a racer at all, only for Lightning's words of encouragement to get her back in the game. He then rams her into a wall by yelling the same thing, only for her to regain hope once more and flips over him for the win.]]
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** When we first see Lightning practicing at Willy's Butte, it's a beautiful bright and sunny day, showing he's enjoying himself. When we see him practicing again following Storm's introduction, it's cloudy and quite dark, which represents he's starting to fall behind and unable to keep up with the next-gens. [[spoiler: Then, at the end of the film, after his career is saved and he becomes Cruz's teacher, it's a beautiful sunrise showing his return to form.]]
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** When we first see Lightning practicing at Willy's Butte, it's a beautiful bright and sunny day, showing he's enjoying himself. When we see him practicing again following Storm's introduction, it's cloudy and quite dark, which represents he's starting to fall behind and unable to keep up with the next-gens. [[spoiler: Then, [[spoiler:Then, at the end of the film, after his career is saved and he becomes Cruz's teacher, it's a beautiful sunrise showing his return to form.]]
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* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler: Lightning argues with Cruz about his failure to beat Jackson's speed and that nothing is working, and soon he is struggling to stay in the lead during the Florida 500. They apologize just in time, and switch places so they can win the race together. If their argument hadn't been resolved in time, or if Cruz hadn't taken Lightning's place to help him, Lightning would've lost his job and Sterling would've won. Either way, Sterling would've also won anyway if Natalie hadn't thought of their shared win under the same number.]]
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* MythologyGag: Most of Doc's lines in the movie are taken from unused recordings for the first movie or stories he told to the crew on-set. However, one line ("You might want to take notes on this one.") is instead directly taken from the first movie's [[VideoGame/{{Cars}} tie-in game]].
* NearVillainVictory:[[spoiler: Lightning [[spoiler:Lightning argues with Cruz about his failure to beat Jackson's speed and that nothing is working, and soon he is struggling to stay in the lead during the Florida 500. They apologize just in time, and switch places so they can win the race together. If their argument hadn't been resolved in time, or if Cruz hadn't taken Lightning's place to help him, Lightning would've lost his job and Sterling would've won. Either way, Sterling would've also won anyway if Natalie hadn't thought of their shared win under the same number.]]
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** The film's main premise [[WholePlotReference is similar to several films]] in the ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' franchise, particularly the [[Film/RockyIII third,]] [[Film/RockyIV fourth]] and [[Film/RockyBalboa sixth]] films. [[spoiler: The film's ending, where Lightning [[PassingTheTorch passes the torch]] to Cruz and takes Doc's place as a trainer (complete with a Hudson Hornet-inspired paint job) is similar to the ending of Film/{{Creed}}]].
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** The film's main premise [[WholePlotReference is similar to several films]] in the ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' franchise, particularly the [[Film/RockyIII third,]] [[Film/RockyIV fourth]] and [[Film/RockyBalboa sixth]] films. [[spoiler: The film's ending, where Lightning [[PassingTheTorch passes the torch]] to Cruz and takes Doc's place as a trainer (complete with a Hudson Hornet-inspired paint job) is similar to the ending of Film/{{Creed}}]].Film/{{Creed|2015}}]].
