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Air Mater is the tenth short film in the Cars Toons series. It was released with the DVD and Blu-ray release of Cars 2, and is Pixar Canada's first production. It was also included on the DVD and Blu-ray of Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2.

Plot[]

Outside Luigi's Casa Della Tires, Guido is spinning around with his forks spread out because Mater is teaching him how to fly. A skeptical Lightning McQueen asks Mater what he knows about flying, and Mater replies, "Everything." Mater then proceeds to tell the story.

Mater tows a car to Propwash Junction, a town inhabited by friendly planes who greet him. As he drops off the car at a repair station, Mater watches a group of jets, the Falcon Hawks, in amazement. He is asked by one of the Falcon Hawks if he's going to the air show tomorrow, and he accepts. Then, he sees Skipper's Flight School and reads the sign, "We can teach anyone how to fly guaranteed!"

Mater, interested in learning how to fly, enters and meets Skipper, the flight instructor. Skipper points out that Mater just a tow truck. Mater then says to him that he can teach anyone guaranteed, just as the sign says. Skipper reluctantly gets his mechanic Sparky to install a pair of wings, a rudder, and a rear propeller on Mater. After quickly learning the essentials of flying in the air, Mater has a bit of trouble getting up at first, but he succeeds. Soon, his inability to control his flying gets his hook caught on some telephone wires, causing Mater to get flung back and fly backwards, giving Skipper the impression that he really can teach anyone.

Meanwhile, the Falcon Hawks get prepared for tomorrow's air show, but Black Hawk, one of the members, sprains one of his wings, and now they need a fourth flyer to take his place. They see the airborne Mater flying backwards and are impressed. Mater manages to land back on the strip, but he ends up going upside-down. Nevertheless, the Falcon Hawks invite him to perform with them in the air show, and Mater agrees to join them.

The next day, the Falcon Hawk leader, Red Hawk, Green Hawk, and Mater (as Mater Hawk) put on an amazing show together, with Mater providing the majority of the entertainment. For the grand finale, the Falcon Hawks hold out a long piece of rope and Mater uses his hook to grab the rope and fly backwards with greater speed, breaking the sound barrier. Suddenly, Mater's wings break off and Mater starts falling down.

Lightning, listening to the story, asks Mater, "What did you do?" Mater replies, "Oh, you remember, Lightning McQueen Hawk!"

Back in the story, Lightning McQueen Hawk flies in and grabs Mater by the hook, saving him. He helps Mater with the finale by throwing him up into the air with the Falcon Hawks. He catches Mater and safely takes him back to the ground, where Mater presses a button and sets off a spectacular fireworks display.

Lightning insists that the whole thing never happened, and Mater says, "It did, too." At that moment, Mater gets a call from the Falcon Hawk leader and is told that he is needed to take place for one of the Falcon Hawks. He throws his hook up and is caught by the rope being held by the Falcon Hawks.

After the short ends, Mater meets up with Sparky in front of the Propwash Junction sign and says "Hey, they ought to make a whole movie about planes." Sparky says it's a good idea and the two look at the audience in anticipation.

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  • The Falcon Hawks appear to use Marco and Stu Bop's animation models. Also, they seem to be a reference to the Red Arrows.
  • Four references to Planes have been identified in the episode:
    • At the end, Mater says that they should make a whole movie about planes, hinting the film Planes. However, this scene was only shown on the Cars 2 DVD and Blu-ray.
    • Propwash Junction is the hometown of Dusty Crophopper, the protagonist of Planes.
    • Skipper and Sparky are characters in the movie.
  • The architecture of Propwash Junction's buildings and the surrounding landscape include many mechanic pieces and silhouettes of planes, similarly to the "car-ification" process seen in Cars and Cars 2.
  • In international versions of the short, the words "thrust", "lift", "drag" and "gravity" are removed from one of the charts that Skipper shows Mater, and any missing numbers are added in.
  • This was the third time in the Cars series when Mater was flying. The first time was in Unidentified Flying Mater, and the second time was in Cars 2. Although he was seen flying in the end of Heavy Metal Mater.
  • Although this episode was released after Cars 2, Lightning McQueen is still in his Rust-eze Radiator Springs paint job instead of his World Grand Prix paint job and its possible that this episode takes place after the events of the 2006 film Cars and before the events of the 2011 film Cars 2, or Lightning got his Rust-eze Radiator Springs paint job back after Cars 2.
  • In the Polish dub of this episode, Skipper's name is "LatosÅ‚aw," but in the Polish dub of Planes, his name is "Kapitan."
  • This short has a unique intro with Mater saying "If I'm lyin', I'm flying", but it is very hard to find.
  • This is the last Cars Toons episode to use the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo.

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Media
Films: Cars (video/soundtrack) • Cars 2 (video/soundtrack) • Cars 3 (video/soundtrack)

Shorts: Mater and the Ghostlight • Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool
Shows: Cars Toons • Cars: Racing Sports Network • Pixar Popcorn (Unparalleled Parking/Dancing with the Cars) • Cars On The Road (soundtrack) • LEGO Pixar: Bricktoons
Video Games: Cars: The Video Game • Cars 2: The Video Game • Cars: Mater-National Championship • Cars: Race-O-Rama • The World of Cars Online • Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures • Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure • Disney Infinity • Cars: Fast as Lightning • Cars: Lightning League • Cars 3: Driven to Win • Disney Emoji Blitz • LEGO The Incredibles • Disney Wonderful Worlds
Books: The Art of Cars/2/3
Cancelled: Beyond the Sky • Metro

Disney Parks
Cars Land (soundtrack) • Cars Land • Disney's Art of Animation Resort • Cars Road Rally • Cars: Road Trip • Cars Quatre Roues Rallye • Disney Animation Building • Luigi's Flying Tires • Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters • Mater's Junkyard Jamboree • PLAY! • Pixar Pal-A-Round • Radiator Springs Racers

Entertainment: Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy • Moteurs... Action! Stunt Show Spectacular • Pixar Playtime Pals
Restaurants: Cozy Cone Motel • Fillmore's Taste-In • Flo's V8 Cafe
Shops: Radiator Springs Curios • Ramone's House of Body Art • Sarge's Surplus Hut
Parades: Mickey's New Year's Eve Parade • Paint The Night Parade • Pixar Play Parade
Fireworks: Disney Enchantment • Happily Ever After • Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration • Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular • Wonderful World of Animation • World of Color: Celebrate!
Summer: Club Mouse Beat • Lightning McQueen Live!

Characters
Cars: Lightning McQueen • Mater • Sally Carrera • Mack • Strip Weathers • Chick Hicks • Mia and Tia • Harv • Doc Hudson • Flo • Ramone • Sheriff • Luigi • Guido • Sarge • Fillmore • Red • Lizzie • Stanley • Tex Dinoco • Lynda Weathers • Jay Limo • Tuner Cars • Bessie • Frank • Tractors • Jerry Recycled Batteries

Cars 2: Finn McMissile • Holley Shiftwell • Tony Trihull • Rod "Torque" Redline • Tomber • Miles Axlerod • Professor Zündapp • Grem • Acer • Francesco Bernoulli • Uncle Topolino • Mama Topolino • Jeff Gorvette • Lewis Hamiliton • Raoul ÇaRoule • Miguel Camino • Nigel Gearsley • Shu Todoroki
Cars 3: Cruz Ramírez • Jackson Storm • Sterling • Miss Fritter • Chase Racelott • Danny Swervez • Bubba Wheelhouse • Bobby Swift • Smokey • Junior, River, and Louise • Tim Treadless
Mater and the Ghostlight: Screamin' Banshee
Cars Toons: Kabuto • Big D • Skipper Riley • Sparky • Sandy Dunes • Blue Grit • Idle Threat • Shifty Sidewinder
Cars on the Road: Ivy • Mato • Road Rumblers
Video Games: Candice • Stinger

Episodes
Cars Toons

Mater's Tall Tales: Rescue Squad Mater • Mater the Greater • El Materdor • Tokyo Mater • Unidentified Flying Mater • Monster Truck Mater • Heavy Metal Mater • Moon Mater • Mater Private Eye • Air Mater • Time Travel Mater
Tales From Radiator Springs: Hiccups • Bugged • Spinning • The Radiator Springs 500½
Cars on the Road: Dino Park • Lights Out • Salt Fever • The Legend • Show Time • Trucks • B-Movie • Road Rumblers • Gettin' Hitched
Canceled Episodes: To Protect and Serve

Songs
Cars: Real Gone • Life is a Highway • Our Town • McQueen and Sally • Sh-Boom • Route 66 • Find Yourself • Behind the Clouds • My Heart Would Know

Cars 2: You Might Think • Polyrhythm • Mon Cœur Fait Vroum (My Heart Goes Vroom) • Collision of Worlds • Nobody's Fool
Cars 3: Run That Race • King's Highway • Glory Days • Ride
Cars on the Road: Cars on the Road • TRUCKS
Others: Free Ride • Welcome to Radiator Springs • Radiator Rock • Mambo Italiano • Stop in the Name of Love • Riding in My Car (Car Car Song) • Low Rider (Espanol Fantasma Mix) • Junkyard Jamboree • Big Bulldozer • Tow Mater (The One You Want to Call) • Mater's Square Dance • Let's Go Driving

Organizations/Groups
Dinoco • Tuner Cars • World Grand Prix • Lemons · Next-Gen Racers
Locations
Radiator Springs • Luigi's Casa Della Tires • Ramone's House of Body Art • Cozy Cone Motel • Fillmore's Taste-In • Flo's V8 Café • Radiator Springs Curios • Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre • Wheel Well Motel • London, England • Paris, France • Porto Corsa • Tokyo • California • Los Angeles International Speedway • Motor Speedway of the South • Ornament Valley • Big Ben • Top Down Truckstop • Big Bentley • Hollywood • U.S. Route 66
Objects
Piston Cup • Allinol • Electromagnetic Pulse Emitter • Pixar Ball • A113 • Pizza Planet Truck
See Also
The Science Behind Pixar • Pixar in a Box
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