Cars movie poster used as film imagery for the Mater guideFILM POSTER · Cars

3 current MoviHero film mappings

Mater

Film watch order, starting point, and performer.

Mater: Cars (2006); Cars 2 (2011); Cars 3 (2017).

Release-order sequence · 3 films · 2006–2017 · 1 performerSee watch order

WATCH ORDER

Mater movies in release order

Follow the 3 films in release order.

Release-order sequence · 3 films · 2006–2017Main sequence runtime: 5h 25m
About the scores

Scores shown are MoviHero movie-guide scores. Missing scores stay blank, and tied top scores remain tied.

  1. 01Cars poster
    Start hereCars

    2006 · 1h 57m

    Portrayed by Larry the Cable Guy · voiceMovie guide
    MoviHero score84/100WORTH IT
  2. 02Cars 2 poster
    Cars 2

    2011 · 1h 46m

    Portrayed by Larry the Cable Guy · voiceMovie guide
    MoviHero score78/100WORTH IT
  3. 03Cars 3 poster
    Cars 3

    2017 · 1h 42m

    Portrayed by Larry the Cable Guy · voiceMovie guide
    MoviHero score83/100WORTH IT

THE PERFORMANCE

Who plays Mater?

Meet the performer and open their full MoviHero profile. Coverage below refers to linked movie guides in this sequence.

Larry the Cable Guy portraitLarry the Cable Guyvoice

Larry the Cable Guy is credited as Mater in 3 films: Cars, Cars 2, and Cars 3.

3 linked movie guides in this sequence

FILM AND PERFORMER CREDITS

Mater screen credits

Screen credits: Cars (2006) — Larry the Cable Guy as Mater; Cars 2 (2011) — Larry the Cable Guy as Mater; Cars 3 (2017) — Larry the Cable Guy as Mater.

WORDS THAT STAY WITH YOU

Signature lines

Reveal a line containing a spoiler

“Hey, don't sweat it. Shoot, these things happen to everybody, Otis.”

Cars 2 (2011)

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WHO TO EXPLORE NEXT

Characters connected on screen

Keep moving through the same films and screen world with a character who shares meaningful movie history.

Recurring co-star

Luigi

Mater and Luigi share 2 films, including Cars.

See Cars

KEEP EXPLORING

Start with Cars.

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