History YMMV / Cars2

* AwesomeMusic: Creator/MichaelGiacchino. And of course ''Cars 2'' had a brief scene with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PrYKtahrWU Polyrhythm]] by Perfume.

* MoneyDearBoy: Many questioned why Pixar would make a sequel to it's worst rated (though still good) movie. Put simply: the original had merchandising success on the level of '''[[StarWars STAR WARS]]'''. Making a sequel not only helps Pixar's bottom line, it likely helped other movies get produced.

** 'Be Yourself' is a perfectly reasonable aesop, but should it really still be applied when that means you're humiliating yourself and your friends at parties, and ignoring other people's cultures? It seems that being yourself is so important, you must never change even if it makes you and your friends look like idiots.

* ClicheStorm: One of the major complaints about the sequel is the fact that the ClicheStorm element is taken to nigh painful extremes. The clichés were even ''more'' evident in ''Cars 2'' because they were using action-movie clichés too, more notable than simple Pixar clichés.

* ParvumOpus: Interestingly enough, the original ''Cars'' was considered Pixar's weakest movie... until they made ''Cars 2'', which holds a 39% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes. This did not go unnoticed by online snarkers.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Bigtime; Many viewers and critics everywhere questioned the necessity of a sequel to what was seen as an unusually average movie for Pixar, and their views seem to have been vindicated after having seen the final product. And now that ''Cars 3'' has been announced.....

** In addition, as far as the friendship between Lightning and Mater goes, ''Cars 2'' can come off as, "Be yourself, even if your true self is a socially inept idiot who constantly embarrasses everyone around you and creates big setbacks for your friends."

* ParvumOpus: Interestingly enough, the original ''Cars'' was considered Pixar's weakest movie... until they made ''Cars 2'', which holds a 39% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes.

** Quite a few Pixar fan's reaction to the dual announcement of ''The Incredibles 2'' and ''Cars 3'' was "YES! Incredibles 2! But WHY THE HELL are they making another Cars movie?!"

* AwesomeMusic: And of course Cars 2 had a brief scene with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PrYKtahrWU Polyrhythm]] by Perfume.

* NightmareFuel: Some of the FamilyUnfriendlyDeath in the second movie. Special mention must go to the death of Rod "Torque" Redline, who gets tortured for information by the villains, and then blown up. While his actual death is partially obscured as a reflection on a screen that's showing a picture of Mater, we get to see the explosion and the flames rising from his body. Not helped by the fact that it underscores an aversion of NeverSayDie.
* ParvumOpus: Interestingly enough, the original Cars was considered Pixar's weakest movie... until they made Cars 2, which holds a 39% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes.

* ParvumOpus: This is considered Pixar's weakest movie.

* SpiritualLicensee: Is sometimes called "a DreamWorksAnimation film made by Pixar." And [[TakeThat not as a compliment]].

** The movie itself is considered this to Pixar's canon.

* SpiritualLicensee: Is sometimes called "a DreamWorksAnimation film made by Pixar." And not as a compliment.

* SpiritualLicense: Is sometimes referred to as "Pixar making a DreamWorksAnimation film." And [[StealthInsult not as a compliment]].

*** Think about that for a second: the rest of the characters have windshield eyes, giving a possibility that the cars are not hollow, appropriate for a world where nobody needs to ride in them. ''[[FridgeHorror What the hell was that care doing there??]]''

* CriticalDissonance: The sequel has been not very well received by critics, yet loved by its target audience.

** In addition, as far as the friendship between Lightning and Mater goes, ''Cars 2'' can come off as, "Be yourself, even if your true self is a jerk who constantly embarrasses everyone around you and creates big setbacks for your friends."

* FoYay: Lightning and Francesco.

* Sequelitis: Bigtime; Many viewers and critics everywhere questioned the necessity of a sequel to what was seen as an unusually average movie for Pixar, and their views seem to have been vindicated after having seen the final product. And now that ''Cars 3'' has been announced.....

* UnfortunateImplications:
** Stephen Krosecz of ''WebVideo/AnimatedAnalysis'' [[http://blip.tv/sketchdcomedy/animated-analysis-202-cars-2-5934433 argues]] that the heroes of the second film are [[FantasticRacism prejudiced against the lemon cars]], that the film doesn't seem to treat this as a bad thing, and that one could interpret this as an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ableist ableist]] message.