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Sir Tow Mater , most commonly referred to as Tow Mater or simply Mater, is one of the main characters in Cars and its sequels, Cars 2 and Cars 3 as well as Cars Toons. He is voiced by Larry the Cable Guy and inspired by a 1956–57 International Harvester Tow truck. Portrayed as Holley Shiftwell's boyfriend and best friend and Lightning McQueen's best friend and sidekick, he had a breakout role in Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales and in other media related to Cars.

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Lightning McQueen

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Mater and the Ghostlight

Cars

Finding Nemo

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Frozen

Finding Dory

Monsters, Inc.

Cars

Cars 2

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Monsters University

FFilms

Animation | 2006 | Budget $120M | Box Office $461M Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt

Animation | 2003 | Budget $94M | Box Office $940M Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould

Animation | 1995 | Budget $30M | Box Office $394M Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles

Animation | 2001 | Budget $115M | Box Office $579M John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs

Beauty and the Beast

Romance | 1991 | Budget $25M | Box Office $424M Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White

Family | 1994 | Budget $45M | Box Office $763M Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones

Adventure | 2016 | Budget $200M | Box Office $1B Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill

Animation | 1992 | Budget $28M | Box Office $504M Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin

Family | 1999 | Budget $130M | Box Office $448M Tony Goldwyn, Glenn Close, Minnie Driver

Monsters University

Animation | 2013 | Budget $200M | Box Office $743M Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi

Family | 2012 | Budget $165M | Box Office $471M John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer

VTV

Phineas and Ferb

Disney XD | Animation | 2007 - 2015 | Ended | 5 Seasons | 223 Episodes Vincent Martella, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ashley Tisdale

PBS | Animation | 1996 - 2022 | Ended | 25 Seasons | 493 Episodes Roman Lutterotti, Bruce Dinsmore, Daniel Brochu

SpongeBob SquarePants

Nickelodeon | Animation | 1999 - 2024 | Returning Series | 15 Seasons | 582 Episodes Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass

Cartoon Network Asia | Animation | 2023 | Ended | 1 Season | 7 Episodes Tom Kenny, Rick Zieff, Gary Cole

Alvin and the Chipmunks

NBC | Animation | 1983 - 1990 | Ended | 8 Seasons | 172 Episodes Ross Bagdasarian, Janice Karman

ABC | Animation | 1962 - 1987 | Ended | 3 Seasons | 75 Episodes George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Janet Waldo

Inspector Gadget

Syndication | Animation | 1983 - 1985 | Ended | 2 Seasons | 86 Episodes Don Adams

The WB | Animation | 1993 - 1998 | Ended | 5 Seasons | 275 Episodes Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, Jess Harnell

HBO Max | Animation | 2020 - 2023 | Ended | 6 Seasons | 230 Episodes Mel Blanc, June Foray

cComics

Ultimate Spider-Man

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Thor: The Dark World

Deadpool

MMusic

Band/Musician

Michael Jackson

Person

vGames

Super Mario Kart

Racing

Audience Affinity

Animation Movies

287

Family & Children Movies

286

Children's TV

286

Movies

144

Animation

144

Paranormal Phenomena

-5

Comedy Movies

-6

Crime

-14

Science Fiction Movies

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Reality TV

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