Rescue Squad Mater
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Director John Lasseter Country United States | 6.6/10 Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 27, 2008 (2008-10-27) Writer Scott Morse (story), Bobby Podesta (story) |
Rescue Squad Mater is a 2008 Pixar computer animated short film directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Rob Gibbs and Victor Navone. It is the first short in the Cars Toons: Maters Tall Tales series. The short features characters from the Cars films and takes place after the events of Cars. It was first released on Toon Disney on October 27, 2008, and was included in the home release of the Cars Toons: Maters Tall Tales disc compilation.
Contents

Lightning McQueen and Mater are driving in Radiator Springs and drive past Red, who is hosing some plants near Stanley. Mater tells Lightning that he used to be a firetruck, but Lightning doesn't believe Mater.
Plot

Mater tells a story to Lightning McQueen about once being a fire rescue truck. Mater had to rescue McQueen from a burning building, and then had to operate on him as a doctor when he was sent to the hospital via ambulance.
Voice cast
Home media
On November 6, 2010, Rescue Squad Mater was released on DVD and Blu-Ray as part of the Cars Toons: Maters Tall Tales compilation disc set.
References
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