Do you really expect me to believe that?<br>>> Well, you should. You was there, too.<br>>> So, Cars is a weird franchise. The world<br>in the Cars movies is like ours, except<br>for the small detail that everything is<br>cars instead of humans.<br>It's two,<br>>> which is a very weird premise for a<br>movie franchise, and it only gets<br>weirder the more you think about it. Uh,<br>here are just a few things that everyone<br>always loves to bring up. In Cars 2, we<br>see a car pope riding in a sentient Pope<br>mobile. So, cartholicism exists in this<br>universe, which implies there was a<br>Jesus Chrysler who died for our car<br>sins. There is a car's TSA, which<br>implies cars 9/11 probably happened.<br>There is a World War II army veteran<br>car. So, this universe also probably had<br>Carr Hitler and every other historical<br>figure and tragedy. Now, there has<br>already been endless discussion about<br>these movies. And the question that<br>everyone loves to ask the most is what<br>exactly are cars? Because how can cars<br>exist without humans? Everything about<br>the way they look has clearly been<br>specifically designed by and for humans.<br>I mean, what purpose do these tiny<br>little door handles have in sentient car<br>world? So, because of this, a lot of<br>people like to believe that cars takes<br>place in some kind of postapocalypse<br>after all the humans died out. Maybe<br>there was an AI smart car uprising or<br>maybe somehow the humans became their<br>cars or whatever. And for years, people<br>have debated this, and no one can agree<br>on what the cars actually are. Not even<br>the creators, who all have conflicting<br>things to say about this franchise. But<br>I think the answer is actually pretty<br>obvious. If you look at just the Cars<br>movies themselves and not the different<br>creator interviews or the Pixar theory<br>or Easter eggs from other movies, then<br>it becomes pretty clear that this world<br>has never had humans in it. I mean,<br>first off, we can clearly see that<br>throughout all the history of this<br>world, everything has always been cars,<br>even all the way back to dinosaur cars.<br>>> I don't know much about these dino<br>things.<br>>> Uh, I know the logo for Dinoco kind of<br>looks like a real dinosaur for some<br>reason, but other than that one<br>contradiction, it's just straight up car<br>dinosaurs. It's always been cars. What<br>happened to the dinosaurs now? And I<br>know people like to say, "Oh, maybe the<br>cars are just recreating human history."<br>But even if that's somehow true, the<br>human theories still don't make sense.<br>Because in the Cars world, everything is<br>cars. And when I say everything, I mean<br>everything. The animals in this universe<br>are cars. The plants are cars.<br>Literally, the mountains and clouds are<br>car or vehicleshaped. This is not a<br>world where just humans were replaced by<br>cars. This is a world where everything,<br>even the physical world itself, is<br>car-shaped. We can even see a periodic<br>table for just a few seconds in the<br>background of Cars 2 that's been renamed<br>to the Automotive Table of Elements. And<br>it's unfortunately too small and blurry<br>to read. But there is a full-size<br>version of this poster in Disney<br>California's Cars themed area that seems<br>to show us that even the elements<br>themselves have been renamed to car<br>puns. And I like to think that this<br>implies that even on an atomic level,<br>the elements themselves that make up<br>this universe are also car-shaped. So<br>no, I do not believe that humans ever<br>existed in this world. This is just an<br>alternate reality where things are<br>car-shaped. And I think there are two<br>possible explanations as to why. You can<br>either take a carvolutionist perspective<br>and assume this is a universe where the<br>car shape just happens to be the most<br>efficient shape for survival and<br>entropy. Kind of like how we can see the<br>golden ratio spiral everywhere in our<br>world. Or like how different animals can<br>independently evolve into crabs because<br>the crab shape is just so badass. Or we<br>can take a carationism perspective and<br>assume there is an all powerful car god<br>out there that has shaped and renamed<br>the world into his image. Uh we do know<br>there is religion in this world and<br>there has been mentions of a<br>manufacturer in place of the word god.<br>>> Thank the manufacturer. You're alive.<br>>> So you know maybe car god did it. So<br>that is my Alex Bale take on all of<br>these cars theories. Uh, I am sorry if<br>that's not as fun or dark and edgy as a<br>post-apocalyptic human theory, but I<br>think it's undeniably what the actual<br>movies themselves support. Now, that<br>basically covers all the stuff that<br>everyone loves talking about with the<br>Cars movies. But the real reason I'm<br>making this video is because there's<br>still something that most Cars theories<br>never talk about. something that most<br>theorists just pretend doesn't exist<br>because it makes the weird and<br>convoluted Cars franchise look tame in<br>comparison. Yes, that is correct. This<br>is no longer a Cars theory video. This<br>is a theory about Mater's tall tales.<br>If I'm lying, I'm crying.<br>So, Cars is a weird franchise, but the<br>weirdness is kind of contained to the<br>fact that they are sentient cars. Other<br>than that, they're just kind of normal<br>people doing normal things, except for<br>when it comes to Mater.<br>>> My name's Mater.<br>>> Mater.<br>>> Yeah, like Tater, but without the T.<br>>> Mater is Lightning McQueen's best<br>friend, and he's kind of a dumb, lovable<br>tow truck who was born in Radiator<br>Springs. Uh, or I guess maybe in a<br>mansion. And they they kind of retconed<br>it in the new Disney Plus show. And he's<br>just a pretty normal, simple guy.<br>>> He won three piston cups.<br>>> He did what in his cup?<br>>> Except for the fact that he keeps<br>accidentally ending up in weird<br>impossible situations. Like how in Cars<br>2, he accidentally became an<br>international spy for the entire movie.<br>>> Agent? You mean like insurance aid? Like<br>like a good neighbor Mater is there<br>>> and then got kned by the queen. ST<br>Mater.<br>>> And if you thought Cars 2 was a weird<br>departure for the Cars franchise, well<br>then prepare yourself for the insanity<br>that is Mater's Tall Tales.<br>>> I used to be a fire truck.<br>>> What? Right.<br>>> Someone rescues Scott Mater.<br>These were a series of shorts that<br>featured Mater telling Lightning McQueen<br>different convoluted stories from his<br>life, like the time he became a<br>firetruck or a wrestler or an astronaut<br>or when he met aliens or literally<br>timeraveled.<br>>> Mater<br>and obviously you'd assume that these<br>are all just madeup stories because<br>they're called tall tales, but at the<br>end of every episode, they're always<br>proven to be true.<br>>> That did not happen. Houston has another<br>problem. Raget,<br>>> that did not happen.<br>>> Mater, there's no such thing as time<br>travel.<br>>> Oh, by the way, I never did get a chance<br>to thank you for introducing me and<br>Stanley.<br>>> And that's how you make history.<br>>> Okay, but maybe these are just weird<br>non-cannon shorts. They aren't<br>necessarily connected to the main Cars<br>movies that we care about, right? Well,<br>in Cars 3, we can see a poster that<br>proves that monster truck Mater did<br>actually happen. The creators had a<br>chance to distance themselves from<br>Mater's tall tales and instead decided<br>to double down and make them officially<br>canon. But the most confusing thing that<br>happens in all of these shorts is<br>halfway through every episode when<br>Lightning McQueen questions the stories.<br>>> Jumping Carburetor Canyon. No way. This<br>way. You remember you was there, too.<br>>> What? Ready, buddy? You really expect me<br>to believe that?<br>>> Well, you should. He was there, too.<br>>> Mater reveals that Lightning was also in<br>all of these stories, despite him having<br>no memory of being there.<br>>> Well, don't you remember you was there,<br>too?<br>>> What?<br>>> But remember, we know these stories are<br>true. So, why doesn't McQueen remember?<br>Well, there is a funny theory that<br>Lightning McQueen might have dementia<br>from all of his many, many accidents.<br>No, no, no, NO.<br>>> And that does feel like the easiest<br>explanation, but there's one small<br>detail that contradicts it. In Moon<br>Mater, Mater becomes an astronaut and<br>goes to the moon.<br>>> I have a problem.<br>>> He needs a toe.<br>>> Where on earth are we going to get a<br>toe?<br>>> Well, that guy's got a toe.<br>And later we of course reveal that<br>Lightning McQueen was there too. No way.<br>>> Yes way. But that was nothing compared<br>to you.<br>>> But there's a very strange detail at the<br>start of this episode that doesn't quite<br>make sense. Before Mater gets his<br>astronaut suit, why is he blue? Now,<br>this isn't the first time we've seen<br>blue Mater. In Cars One, there was a<br>brief flashback that showed Radiator<br>Springs in its prime. And we can see<br>that back then, Mater was a clean blue<br>tow truck long ago.<br>So, this Moon Mater story must have<br>taken place around that time. But this<br>doesn't make sense because Lightning<br>McQueen only met Mater after he was<br>covered in years worth of dirt and old<br>dents.<br>>> MORNING, SLEEPING BEAUTY.<br>BOY, I WAS wondering when you was going<br>to wake up.<br>>> He never knew Mater when he was blue.<br>So, how could he have possibly been in<br>this story? So, even if Lightning<br>forgot, the timeline still doesn't make<br>sense. And it's not like they even<br>needed to make Mater blue in this short.<br>The creators put in extra effort here<br>just to make their story make less<br>sense. But why? And it's not even just<br>Lightning that doesn't remember this. In<br>Cars 1, Mater says this about a road<br>Lightning made.<br>>> It's like it was paved by angels.<br>>> Oh, I tell you what. I bet even the<br>roads on the moon ain't this smooth?<br>>> I bet even the roads on the moon ain't<br>this smooth? But wait, at this point,<br>hasn't Mater already been to the moon?<br>Isn't I bet kind of a weird thing to say<br>if Mater should know for a fact whether<br>or not the moon is this smooth? It seems<br>like even Mater himself had no memory of<br>this story. A story that is proven to be<br>true at the end of the episode.<br>>> That did not happen.<br>>> Fader, Houston has another problem.<br>>> So, how does any of this make sense?<br>It's almost like these stories only<br>become true after Mater tells them,<br>which kind of implies that<br>Look at the way Lightning reacts when we<br>reveal he's also in the stories.<br>>> Well, don't you remember? You was there,<br>too?<br>>> What?<br>>> YOU WAS THERE, TOO?<br>>> WHAT?<br>>> That was nothing compared to you.<br>>> It's not like he'd been there the whole<br>time. It's more like he was literally<br>plucked from time and space and<br>teleported into this story at this exact<br>moment just because Mater said the<br>words, "You was there too."<br>>> User<br>what?<br>>> And then there's also the fact that even<br>though these stories presumably take<br>place many years ago in many different<br>places, every single time as soon as<br>Mater finishes telling them, something<br>from the story coincidentally appears<br>right next to them. Hey, Joe.<br>>> Did not.<br>>> Hello, doctor.<br>>> That did not happen.<br>>> That is the most ridiculous thing I've<br>ever heard.<br>>> Come on, Mater. Everybody<br>>> again. It's like the mere act of Mater<br>telling the story is what causes it to<br>happen. Which implies that somehow tow<br>Mater, the simple Radiator Springs tow<br>truck, has the god level ability to<br>change reality just by speaking.<br>Yeah, you deserve.<br>>> Listen, I know this idea sounds really<br>stupid and crazy, but if we look back<br>through the entire Cars franchise with<br>this in mind, suddenly a lot of the<br>weird inconsistencies in this dumb<br>franchise start to make a lot more<br>sense. Let's start with something small<br>like Mater's birthplace changing.<br>Originally, we were shown that he was<br>born in Radiator Springs.<br>>> You've never been outside Radiator<br>Springs, have you?<br>>> Nope. But in the new Disney Plus show,<br>Cars on the Road, we are told that he<br>was instead born in a rich family and<br>grew up in a mansion on the east side of<br>America.<br>>> You grew up here?<br>>> Yep.<br>>> But let's go back and take a look at the<br>first time everyone in Radiator Springs<br>learned about this.<br>>> I'd say Mater's been holding that.<br>>> Mater is a complicated guy.<br>>> Mater has a sister. boggles the mind,<br>man.<br>>> Mater clearly just told them the story<br>about his family and where he grew up. A<br>story that nobody knew about before.<br>Wait a minute. You have a sister? But<br>now is suddenly proven true. You grew up<br>here?<br>>> Yeah.<br>>> Just like Mater's tall tales. I think<br>this continuity error was caused by<br>Mater's reality warping powers.<br>>> He was there, too. In the first Cars<br>movie, we can see a photo of Conehenge,<br>which is the Cars World's version of<br>Stonehenge. But later in Cars on the<br>Road, we see it's now been changed to<br>Carhenge.<br>>> The sign said, "DON'T TOUCH."<br>>> SO, why is this structure so<br>inconsistent? Well, why did McQueen and<br>Mater go to Carhenge in the first place?<br>Look, you picked the last three stops.<br>Carhen.<br>Anyway, because it was Mater's idea. You<br>picked the last three stops.<br>>> He probably previously told Lightning<br>about Carhenge, which caused it to<br>change. Okay, but these are just little<br>inconsistencies. What about something<br>big? How about the fact that the Cars<br>franchise, a pretty simple series about<br>cars racing each other, suddenly decided<br>to make an entire movie about the funny<br>side character becoming an international<br>spy?<br>>> Mater, we've got to get that bomb off<br>you.<br>>> Bomb you. Why didn't my this kill you?<br>Death ray. Doesn't that sound more like<br>the plot of a Mater's tall tale? Well,<br>actually, take a look at what happens at<br>the end of the movie when we cut back to<br>Radiator Springs. So, there we go<br>drawing. We was dawned. But then, out of<br>nowhere, this beautiful spy car swoops<br>in from the sky to sail.<br>>> That's a very entertaining story, young<br>man.<br>>> Oh, Minnie, please. Come on. None of<br>this happened. Though you're quite<br>right, it does sound a bit far-fetched.<br>>> This is Holly Shiftwell.<br>>> I'm Mater's girlfriend.<br>>> Cars 2 was a Mater's tall tale. It<br>follows the exact same formula.<br>>> That did not happen. See you later.<br>>> Come on. None of this happened.<br>>> I'm Mater's girlfriend.<br>>> And it all happened just because Mater<br>spoke it into existence. This theory<br>literally makes the insanity of Cars 2<br>make more sense.<br>>> You mean like insurance? Like like a<br>good neighbor. Mater is there.<br>>> This dumb State Farm joke also makes so<br>much more sense now because Mater has<br>the exact same powers from those State<br>Farm commercials.<br>>> Like a good neighbor, State Farm is<br>there.<br>>> Hey Dave<br>>> with the sandwich.<br>>> Oh yeah.<br>>> And the girl from 4E. And can I get a<br>hot tub?<br>>> Well, don't you remember you was there,<br>too?<br>>> What?<br>>> Mater is unironically the most powerful<br>character in all of fiction. He could<br>literally beat anyone in a fight just by<br>uttering the words, "You was there,<br>too." And I believe that he has been<br>secretly manipulating the events of this<br>entire franchise for his own benefit.<br>Now, I don't really have any strong<br>evidence to prove this, but to me, the<br>start of the first Cars movie also kind<br>of feels like another tall tale.<br>>> Where am I?<br>>> Morning, Sleeping Beauty.<br>>> I was wondering when you was going to<br>wake up.<br>>> TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT. JUST DON'T hurt<br>me. A famous race car just happens to<br>accidentally get stuck in the same town<br>as Mater and they become best friends<br>for life and he decides to never leave<br>because Mater is just so cool.<br>>> I'm a best friend. What are you going to<br>do?<br>>> That just kind of sounds like something<br>Mater would make up to manifest a cool<br>famous best friend.<br>>> I know I made a good choice.<br>>> And what?<br>>> My best friend. Also, the way that<br>lightning gets stuck in Radiator Springs<br>requires so many insane unlikely<br>coincidences that all have to happen<br>perfectly at the same time that it kind<br>of feels like it was caused by some kind<br>of divine intervention. Both Lightning<br>and his transport truck Mac needed to<br>fall asleep at this exact part of the<br>interstate. And also at the same time,<br>these random hooligans needed to show up<br>and decide to mess with Mac.<br>>> Yo, Wingo, name change, man. And also<br>this Lightning McQueen toy needed to<br>fall at the right time and land on this<br>specific button that opens the back of<br>the truck.<br>And also this guy needed to sneeze at<br>this exact moment to cause Lightning to<br>fall out of the truck.<br>>> And also there needed to be a similar<br>looking red truck nearby to confuse<br>Lightning into driving towards Radiator<br>Springs. Mac. Mac. Mac.<br>You're not a Mac. And also, this cop<br>needed to be here and his engine needed<br>to be backfiring, which caused Lightning<br>to think that he was being shot at.<br>>> He's shooting at me. Why is he shooting<br>at me?<br>>> Which caused him to drive uncontrollably<br>into Radiator Springs and wreck the<br>town,<br>which finally caused them to imprison<br>Lightning in the town with Mater.<br>>> You sir, TOO.<br>>> WHAT?<br>Every single one of those insane<br>coincidences needed to happen at that<br>exact moment for Lightning McQueen to<br>meet Mater and become his best friend.<br>Which honestly makes more sense if it<br>was all somehow actually divine<br>intervention from Mater.<br>>> I know I made a good choice.<br>>> And what?<br>>> My best friend.<br>>> You was there too.<br>>> Now, how did Mater obtain this god<br>power? I honestly do not know. And<br>believe me, I have looked everywhere in<br>every piece of Cars media for an<br>explanation. I even read the [ __ ]<br>comic books. But unfortunately, there is<br>nothing. Mater just has this ability to<br>change reality for some unexplained<br>reason. And he is using it to live his<br>best life and go on fun adventures with<br>his best friend, Lightning McQueen.<br>>> Mater, how'd you like to come and see<br>the world with me?<br>>> You made it.<br>>> And you know what? Good for him. We can<br>even see in the Cars 2 credits that<br>after the movie, they travel the weird<br>car-shaped world together and visit all<br>the great car wonders of the world. And<br>of course, they climb the iconic weird<br>car-shaped mountains of this weird<br>franchise. And that is my cars theory.<br>So, thank you very much for watching.<br>Hang on a second. Is this world's matter<br>horn shaped like Mater?<br>And and yeah, look, it's it's even been<br>renamed to be spelled like him. Wait a<br>second. There is an all powerful car god<br>out there that has shaped and renamed<br>the world into his image. Wait, is Mater<br>the reason why everything is cars? Is<br>Mater just straight up God?<br>So, in the Cars franchise, everything is<br>Cars. Except there is one contradiction<br>to that that shows up repeatedly in<br>almost every piece of cars media. The<br>logo for Dinoco kind of looks like a<br>real dinosaur for some reason. The<br>Dinoco logo. Dinoco is one of the racing<br>brands that shows up all the time in<br>this franchise, and their logo is a<br>silhouette of a big dinosaur. But it's<br>not the dino cars that we've seen in<br>museums. It's clearly just a regular<br>non-car shaped dinosaur. It's a weird<br>contradiction to the everything is car<br>rule that pops up all over this<br>franchise. Now, if there is some kind of<br>car god that shaped the world into cars,<br>why would he be so inconsistent with<br>dinosaurs? It's a strange thing to leave<br>out. It's almost like whoever created<br>this world didn't know much about<br>dinosaurs. Huh? Does that remind you of<br>anyone? I don't know much about these<br>dino things. What happened to the<br>dinosaurs now?<br>>> I don't know much about these dino<br>thing.<br>>> Well, that gum queen boy. I tell you<br>what, I sure do like me some cars.<br>Wouldn't it be fun if everything was<br>cars? Uh, I don't know about that,<br>Mater. That doesn't really make any<br>sense. Well, shoot. You should know.<br>McQueen, you was there, too. What?<br>Yeah.<br>And that's how you make history.