+72 If the sentient cars in the movie 'Cars' depict other vehicles like tractors as 'animals' (cows), then they must have spontaneously and rapidly evolved as a species within the last 100 years, with Lizzie being one of the original propegators as horses/carriages must not have existed at all. amirite?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

In a similar vein, why are all the animals BUT fish sentient in the Madagascar films?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Do we know for a fact that fish aren't sentient? They might just speak a different language from the other animals.

by General_Let 1 day ago

:L :I :L :I know what I mean? lol

by Anonymous 1 day ago

why did I think this was loss

by Anonymous 1 day ago

There's also a dolphin (Dr. Blowhole) in the penguins show

by Anonymous 1 day ago

pescatarian agenda

by Historical-Mode-5594 1 day ago

cause fish r dum lol

by Anonymous 1 day ago

TV tropes page. No cartoon fish

by Kuhnhillary 1 day ago

I mean he also spends some of the later part of the first movie almost eating the zebra so idk

by Anonymous 1 day ago

This is also a plot point in the sequels as other younger cars have evolved past McQueen's abilities during his brief career as a racer, and they are actively using advanced technologies to improve themselves (such as VR training) In the Cars universe, they have incredible and nearly limitless potential that also suggests their species may be completely replaced by their own automatons within the next 100 years as the last 'living' members of their species break down and pass away.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Explain that last part a bit more, I worry my knowledge of the Cars universe lore may be lacking. Are the EVs not also 'living' like the combustion engine ones, or are you referring to something else when you say automaton?

by Delicious-Repeat-489 1 day ago

Yeah, the tractors always bugged me.. what's the difference between them and Mater? What about golf carts? Are they sheep? They could totally be grazing on a golf course to keep the grass cut low. And you know Pixar would use that as a joke despite nobody in the universe having the ability to play golf unless they shot the balls out their exhaust pipes, which means someone else's lips would have to put the ball in there.. oh no, I've gone too deep..

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I always wondered about construction equipment. Surely steam shovels are sentient people. Would make sense because auto shop forklifts are. Also the existence of gps implies the existence of satellites. Are the satellites alive? I need answers.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

They created satellites like they created computer simulators, those are considered technologies and not part of their species.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

What about the rockets that brought them up?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

We know for a fact that Space Shuttles are sentient beings

by Anonymous 1 day ago

sky cones that are fuelled by energy drinks.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Ah but Cars takes place after Mike Mulligan and no steam shovels were wanted even then lol

by Anonymous 1 day ago

So in Wall-E, all the characters from CARS are dead? damn. lol

by Anonymous 1 day ago

they all evolved into spaceships and left earth

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The existence of WW2 means there was a Car Hitler, and a Car Holocaust.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

..and Peugeots deliberately being inefficient and breaking down on purpose to stall the regime when forced to work for them.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The existence of word war 2 implies so many things. WW2 implies a WW1 which means German cars used gas on British, Canadian and Australian cars, there was a bosnian car that killed a car Franz Ferdinand. It's actually wild how deep you can go with it just from knowing WW2 happened

by BigAlarmed9897 1 day ago

Franz Fordinand

by Anonymous 1 day ago

same with any other historical event, none of those things necessarily happened just because a certain part of a history is canon

by Windleralicia 1 day ago

Born to Kill. Also, in their very brief existence, who's to say they didn't just 'recreate' an Adam & Eve scenario to explain their vague and unknowable past? They could be a biased civilization that views monster trucks as savage brutes and use them in propaganda to claim that they are less 'civilized'.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

This is my nearly 4 year olds favorite movie, so I watch it all the time. Each time I have more and more questions. I drive my husband crazy with them. Like…how are baby cars made? How are buildings being built? If McQueen was "born" as a race car, why is he just a rookie now? He is actually just a child? What's INSIDE the cars? They have doors…but why? Is it still seats and a driving wheel in there? In the 3rd one, Ramon paints Lightening and proudly announces "it's like the Sistine chapel…on wheels!" So, there's a Sistine chapel in this universe? HOW was it painted?! Seriously…send help.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

"What's INSIDE the cars? They have doors…but why? Is it still seats and a driving wheel in there?" Celine Dephare in cars 2 has an interior with a steering wheel. Since she is selling "headlights", you can assume that all cars are able to move their eyes to the headlights position having a clear windshield to see the interior.

by Lane18 1 day ago

Some planes, helicopters, and trains are passengers vehicles that have other cars traveling inside them.

by Bhowell 1 day ago

Are the trailers considered part of the truck or just empty boxes with feet on them? I wouldn't want to ride inside someone's ass. ..and whose feet were those before?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

That just recontextualized Luigi's shop as a foot store and not a shoe store and now I'm mad, thanks OP, thank you for ruining my day

by Bhowell 1 day ago

Maybe the rubber is the shoes, but they can clearly remove the entire 'foot'.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Well presumably at least the trailers don't have much feeling if they are part of the trucks since they can open and lose a lot of weight and not be noticed

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I'm pretty sure I saw the plane moaning while being boarded.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Man, don't even get me started about sentience in Toy Story. Creating life in that universe is as simple as slapping some googly eyes and pipe cleaner on a spork.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I wonder if Plank from Ed Edd & Eddy would be sentient or would he just stare blankly and not move? If Woody's eyes and mouth are painted on, then so are Plank's. The concepts in TS3 also suggest that a 'toy' can be assembled from parts from multiple 'bodies' and still be alive.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

"If you only exist because you are a toy, and you are not played with, then you have played with yourself."

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Toy story feels almost like it has to be either sausage party or fosters home for imaginary friends at its base

by Anonymous 1 day ago

It's best that you don't think about the Cars universe too much

by Rosendo05 1 day ago

There is a Papamobil in the cars movie. That means the vatican state and the christian religion exists in the cars universe. Directly implicating there was a car jesus dying on the cross for the other cars sins. Also there is a WW2 Jeep. Meaning there was a car Hitler and a car holo…….

by nikolausmeagan 1 day ago

So how do you explain the car-shaped mountains?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

IMRA God.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Maybe they aren't farm animals. Maybe they're just playing out a fetish, like Mickey Mouse's "dog", Pluto.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Goofy: "Hyuck! Go get the bone, Pluto!" Yeah, Mickey just has a naked dude wearing a collar living in his house..

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I'm just curious about what the sentience of a generator would be. Is a power plant alive?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Not sure, they can add and remove their own feet but it seems like an engine transplant may be impossible. Doc 'seized up' but old Lizzie is still puttering around with the shakes..

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Didn't film theory do a video on this and it turned out they were insects?

by Wilhelmosinski 1 day ago

This Jalopnik article theorizes that there are humans integrated into the cars. It might not be as fleshed out as some of the other theories, but the diagrams are kinda disturbing.

by Audra79 1 day ago