Sir Tow Mater KG is an anthropomorphic tow truck of the Pixar Cars franchise. His appearances include the feature films Cars, Cars 2, and Cars 3, as well as in the TV series Cars Toons and Cars on the Road. Mater is also a playable character in each of the Cars video game installments. He is voiced by Larry the Cable Guy.
1956 Chevrolet pick-up
Clay concept model of Mater with Sally and Doc Hudson
Mater replica on tour for Cars 2
A restored Kan-O-Tex Service Station in the former mining town Galena on U.S. Route 66 in Kansas. "Tater", a 1951 International Harvester boom truck used to hoist equipment from mine shafts, is the basis for Cars character "Tow Mater".
Pixar Animation Studios is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its critically and commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Since 2006, Pixar has been a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, a segment of the Walt Disney Company.
Headquarters in Emeryville, California
A Pixar computer at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View with the 1986–95 logo on it
A Luxo Jr. figure display in Hong Kong
John Lasseter appears with characters from Up at the 2009 Venice Film Festival.
