A character in Cars 2 (2011)

Grem quotes from Cars 2 (2011)

Joe Mantegna
Played by Joe Mantegna Cars 2 (2011) · 44 quotes

9th most-quoted character in Cars 2 (2011): in 8 of its 44 quotes
Most scenes with: Tow Mater (6), Finn McMissile (6), Holley Shiftwell (5)

Scenes with Grem

8 scenes

What are you up to now, Professor? [four grappling hooks lower him above the oil platform]

Professor Zündapp
[speaking to a platform worker lemon]

This is valuable equipment. Make sure it is properly secured for the voyage.

Platform Worker

Got it.

Grem

Hey, Professor Z! This is one of those British spies that we told you about!

Yeah, this one we caught sticking his bumper where it didn't belong!

Professor Z

Agent Leland Turbo. [Leland's remains are revealed: He's been crushed into a cube. Finn gasps in shock. A burst of flame behind Finn reveals his shadow on the platform below. Zündapp looks up and sees him] It's Finn McMissile! [Finn starts shooting] He's seen the camera! KILL HIM!!!

Grem
[laughs, thinking he killed Finn]

He's dead, Professor.

Zündapp

Wunderbar! With Finn McMissile gone, who can stop us now?!

[Scene switches to Mater.]

Mater. Tow Mater, that's who, is here to help ya. Hey, Otis!

Otis

Heh-hey, Mater. I, uh... Oh, gosh. I'm so sorry. I thought I could make it this time, but-- [Otis tries to start to start his engine, but can't.] Smooth like puddin', huh? [sighs] Who am I kiddin'? I'll always be a lemon.

Mater

Well, dad-gum, you're leakin' oil again. Must be yer gaskets. Hey, but look on the bright side. This is yer 10th tow this month, so that means it's on the house.

Otis

You're the only one that's nice to lemons like me, Mater.

Mater

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

Otis

But you never leak oil.

Mater

Yeah, but I ain't perfect. Don't tell nobody, but I think my rust is trying to show through.

Come with me, please, sir.

Mater

But I’m gonna miss my plane.

Right this way.

Mater

Ah, doggone it. This is about my hook, ain’t it? I know I should have checked it, but i can’t, really. [as they go into the waiting room] Look. It’s attached to me. Hey, I know you. You’re that feller from the karate demonstration.

I never properly introduced myself. Finn McMissile, British intelligence.

Mater

Tow Mater, Average Intelligence.

Who are you with? FBI, CIA?

Mater

Let's just say I'm a triple AAA affiliated. Yeah, I know some karate. I don't want to brag or nuttin', but I got me a black fan belt. You wanna see some moves I made up?

[hears a beeping sound and looks on his wing mirror to see through his spy camera that Grem and Acer are heading towards the room]

You're being followed. [shoots a glass cutter at the window]

Mater

This first one, I can reach into a car's hood pull out his battery, and show it to him before he stalls. I call it, “What I accidentally did to my friend Luigi once.” [does karate moves, crushing an oil can] Hey! Hi-yah-pah! Hi-yah!

Grem

There he is!

Mater

Hi-hi-tah! Huh! [after Finn's glass cutter finishes cutting through the window] Look, I probably ought to go. I’m about to miss my flight. [starts to leave]

[grabbing Mater with his grappling hooks]

Don’t worry. I’ve taken care of that. [pulls him towards the hole in the window]

Mater

Whoa!

[jumping through the hole]

Hang on!!

[grunts]
Mater

Whoa-hah-hah-hah! This is first-class service. You don't even have to go through the terminal!

Airport crew member
[speaks Japanese, after seeing Grem and Acer going over the roof of boarding stairs and giving chase along the runway]
Mater

Your karate partners is back there. They kinda look like they tryin' to catch up!

Drive forward. Whatever you do, don’t stop!

Mater

Whoa!

Passenger plane driver

Whoa!

Grem
[Mater zigzags around the plane's wheels. Grem dodges the plane, and prepares to shoot a missile. Finn then releases a wheeled motorized jack, which comes to Grem and lifts him up at an angle]

Whoa... [releases his missile, before being tipped over] Aaahh!

Mater
[Seeing that the missile is heading towards him, Finn releases another one at it, causing the two missiles to explode behind him]

Is everythin' okay back there?

Siddeley

Finn, it's Sid. I'm on approach.

[through the radio]

Roger that.

Mater
[Acer is shown pulling flatbed trolleys of baggage across the runway, blocking the path]

'Member that whole thing about me not us not stoppin' no matter what?

Mater
[Just then, Siddeley appears and shits bullets at the flatbed trolleys to make some of them go up into the air and clear the path]

Whoa! I knew I shoulda done carry-on!

[to Siddeley]

Thanks, old boy!

Siddeley
[lands on the runway while still moving]

You got it, mate! [opens his back ramp]

Mater
[seeing Holley inside]

Hey, doggonit! Look, it’s my imaginary girlfriend!

Come on! Get in here!

Mater

I tell you what, you really do want this first date, don't ya? [as Holley watches with a shocked face] That's a no-quit attitude right there! [Suddenly, gunshots are seen beside him] What the...?

Siddeley
[Behind him, Acer is chasing him, trying to hit him. One of the bullets deflates one of Siddeley's tires] [being turned to the left and across the grass]

Aargh!

Hold on, Sid.

[Siddeley stops turning and goes straight along another runway, while Acer still keeps trying to shoot bullets. Finn pulls out his gun and fires back, deflating Acer's front right tire.]

Aargh!

Siddeley
[Acer is turned towards boarding stairs through an airplane, where two waitresses notice him going through the air, before he comes out the other side and falls into a lavatory service truck's tank of automobile waste, making a muffled cry. Siddeley then lifts his bodywork up, as he hits some signs showing the airport's barriers up ahead.]

Come on, Finn! It’s now or never!

Mater
[Finn then spins around so that he is going forwards.]

Whoa!

Siddeley
[Quickly, Finn heads into Siddeley behind him.]

Hold on! [takes off just before he can hit the barriers]

Mater
[voice-over reading the letter]

By the time you read this, I'll be safely on an airplane flying home. I'm so sorry for what I did.

[reading Mater's letter in the Hotel Lobby]

"I don't want to be the cause of you losing any more races. I want you to go prove to the world what I already know: [the camera pans to show Guido and Luigi with big dewy eyes, trying to hold it together] That you are the greatest race car in the whole wide world. Your best friend, Mater." [looks up] I didn't really want him to leave.

Wait, there's more here. [moves to next page] "P.S. Please tell the hotel I didn't mean to order that movie. I thought it was just a preview and I didn't realize I was paying for it." [shifts the page] "P.P.S. That's funny right there. P.P."? [shifts the pages around] There's a few more pages of P.S's here.

Well, at least I know if he's at home he'll be safe. ( foreshadowing: he definitely won't be...)

Mater

Holley! Finn! Where are we?

We're in London, Mater. Inside Big Bentley.

Mater
[Mater, tied up in ropes, suddenly drops, the clock's gears lowering him several meters; a gear Finn and Holley tied in brings them closer to an intersecting gear]

Oh, this...this is all my fault.

Don't be a fool, Mater.

Mater

But I am, remember? You said so.

When did I-? Oh. Mater, I was complimenting you on what a good spy you are.

Mater
[angrily]

I'M NOT A SPY! [this echoes throughout the clock; slumps in defeat] I've been tryin' ta tell you that the whole time. I really am just a tow truck.

[taking this in]

Finn, he's not joking.

I know.

Mater

You were right, Finn. I'm a fool. And what's happened to McQueen is 'cause I'm such a big one. This is all my fault.

Grem
[Grem and Acer arrive on a lift, roll into view on a catwalk]

Good, you're up!

And just in time.

Grem

Professor Z wanted you to have a front row seat for the death of Lightning McQueen.

Mater

He's still alive?

[whips a sheet away for the WGP Camera in the clock's face]

Not for much longer.
[Mater suddenly drops more towards the gears; the gear Finn and Holley tied in brings them closer to the intersecting gear that would crush them]

Grem

Hey, tow truck! We'd like to get to our private business here, if you don't mind.

Grem

I got to admit, you tricked us real good.

And we don't like being tricked. [Rod chuckles] Hey! What's so funny?

Rod Torque Redline

Well, you know, I was just wearing a disguise. You guys are stuck looking like that. [Grem pushes a lever, turning the magnet off, and causing Rod to land on a small platform, where one of the Lemon Cars pushes a fuel tank of Allinol towards him.] Allinol? Thanks, fellas! I hear this stuff is good for you.

So you think Allinol by itself is good for you. [presses a button, which causes some cylinders attached to the platform to turn Rod's rear tires and make whirring sounds as his status bar shows his speedometer going up] But after microscopic examination, I have found that it has one small weakness. When hit with an electromagnetic pulse, it becomes extremely dangerous.

Grem
[moves a camera-disguised EMP generator forward]

Smile for the camera.

Rod Torque Redline

Is that all you want? I got a whole act.

You were very interested in this camera on the oil platform. Now you will witness what it really does.

Rod Torque Redline

Whatever you say, Professor.

[as a Pacer comes up with a TV screen showing a picture of Rod with a Japanese pink car while in disguise]

You talked up a lot of cars last night. Which one's your associate?

Rod Torque Redline

Your mother. Oh, no, I'm sorry, it was your sister. You know, I can't tell them apart these days.

Grem

Could I start it now, Professor Z?

Go 50% power. [Grem then pushes a lever beneath the EMP generator that causes the lens to light up and make whirring sounds, going to 50% power] The camera is actually an electromagnetic pulse emitter.

[showing Rod a picture of him with Shigeko]

What about her? Did you give it to her?

The Allinol is now heating to a boil, dramatically expanding, causing the engine block to crack under the stress, forcing oil into the combustion chamber. [While Zündapp is talking, Rod's engine is heard cracking, then the oil is heard flowing.]

[showing Rod a picture of him with a Japanese red Ferrari at a sushi stand]

How about him? Did you talk to him?!

Rod Torque Redline
[as smoke gets emitted from his tailpipes]

What do I care?! I can replace an engine block

You may be able to, but after full impact of the pulse, [as Grem pushes the generator's lever to 75% power] unfortunately, there will be nothing to replace.

[showing Rod a picture of him With Mater in the bathroom]

How about him? Does he have it?

[Rod trembles upon seeing the image, which Zündapp then notices and looks at the picture.]

That's him. He's the one.

Grem

Roger that Professor Z.

Rod Torque Redline
[last words]

NO!

[through cell phone to the Lemon Kingpin]

Yes, sir, we believe the infiltrator has passed along sensitive information.

Lemon Kingpin
[through phone]

Right away!

I will take care of it before any damage can be done. [hangs up] The project is still on schedule. You will find the second agent and kill him. [Zündapp then pushes the generator's lever to 100% power, which the screen then shows the picture of Rod and Mater, zooming in as a reflection of Rod is shown, shaking as the generator's electromagnetic pulse gets more powerful, before he finally explodes, cut into the screen shows a distant view of Mount Fuji and a Japanese tower while the WGP theme begins]

Japan, land of the rising sun, where ancient tradition meets modern technology. Welcome to the inaugural running of the World Grand Prix. I'm Brent Mustangburger, here with racing legends Darrell Cartrip and David Hobbscap. There's never been a competition like this before. First, Allinol, making its debut tonight as the required fuel for all these great champions. Second, the course itself, and it's like nothing we've ever seen before. David, how exactly does this competition work?

Well, Brent, all three of these street courses are classic round-the-house racetracks. [the camera shows the labelled in Japan, Italy and England] This means that the LMP and Formula cars should break out of the gate in spectacular fashion. Look for Francesco Bernoulli in particular to lead early. And with a series of technical turns throughout GT and Touring cars, like Spain's Miguel Camino should make up some ground, but I doubt it'll be enough to stop Francesco from absolutely running away with it.

Whoa, now just hold your horsepower. You're forgetting the most important factor here: that early dirt track section of the course! The dirt is supposed to be the great equalizer in this race.

French Rally Car Raoul ÇaRoule Is Counting On A Big Boost Headed Through There.

And Don't Forget Lightning McQueen, His Mentor The Hudson Hornet Was One Of The Greatest Dirt Track Races Of All Time In My Opinion, McQueen Is The Best All Round Racer In This Competition.

Really, Darrell, I think you need to clean your windshield. You're clearly not seeing this for what it is: Francesco's race to lose. [The WGP racers roll into the starting line to prepare to race.]

It's time to find out. The racers are lockin' into the grid.

[closes his eyes as a pre-race ritual]

Speed. I am speed.

[laughs mockingly]

Really? You are speed? Then Francesco is triple speed. [closes his eyes] Francesco is triple speed. Oh-ho! Francesco likes this, McQueen. It's-a really getting him into the zone! [revs his engine]

[complains about Francesco]

He is so getting beat today. [revs his engine; the lights turn from red to green, and the first race is underway; one Set Of Red Lights Turns On One-By-One Before Another Set Of Lights Beneath It Turns Green, The Races Start The First Lap With Raoul ÇaRoule & Miguel Camino Leading Through The Narrow Streets Of Tokyo Before Raoul Gets Overtaken By Max Schnell, Carla Veloso, & Miguel Gets Overtaken By Jeff Gorvette, Shu Todoroki, Lightning McQueen, Francesco Bernoulli, Nigel Gearsley, Lewis Hamilton, & Rip Clutchgoneski Behind Him As McQueen & Francesco Make Their Moves Around Jeff, Carla, Raoul, & Max Which Francesco Takes The Lead With McQueen And Go Around The First Corner].

John Lassetire

Jeff, Your Tires Are.

Bruno Motoreau
[Mumbling To Raoul]

.

Mach Matsuo
[Mumbling To Shu]

.

Giuseppe Motorosi
[Mumbling To Francesco]

.

Your Suspension Sets Look Good.

Tire Pressure Is Excellent!

He's Got Plenty Of Fuel.

Mater

And He's Awesome.

Crowd
[Chanting And Clapping]

McQueen, McQueen, McQueen! [The Screen Shows Finn & Holley Inside A Building Overlooking The Pit Road And Have Their Eyes On Mater, Who Is Wearing A Headset].

Why is he in the Pits? He's so Exposed.

It's His Cover, One Of The Best I've Seen Too. Look at the detail on the rust; it must have cost him a fortune.

[Using Her On-Board Computer Dual Trackball Platforms]

But Why Hasn't He Contacted Us Yet?

There's Probably Heat On Him: Be Patient.

Right, Of Course, He'll Signal Us When He Can.

And Then We Find Out Who's Behind All This.

[Announcing]

As They Head Into The Palace Hairpin, Francesco Builds An Early Lead.

Ah Hang On Boys, Here Comes The Dirt, Slipping And Sliding Baby.

Mater

McQueen, It's Time To Make Your Move. Get On The Outside And Show Them What Doc Taught You.

10-4 Mater.

[As Francesco Struggles To Brake On The Dirt]

Oh Boy, Francesco's Brought To A Screeching Halt!

[As McQueen Uses Doc's "Turn Right To Go Left" Trick To Overtake Francesco]

Lightning McQueen Is The First To Take Advantage And Just Like That, Folks, Francesco's Lead Is Left In The Dust.

Nice call, Mater. Keep It Up.

It's Finn McMissile! But you're dead!

Then this shouldn't hurt at all. [sprays both Acer and Petey with a fire extinguisher, blinding them]

[On TV]

Crashes Are A Part Of Racing, I Know, But Something Like That Should Never Happen.

[On TV]

They're Letting You Choose Your Fuel For The Final Race. Do You Have Any Idea What It's Gonna Be?

[On TV]

Allinol.

Lemons
[Gasps]

What?!

Did He Just Say Allinol?!

[On TV]

After Today?

[On TV]

My Friend Fillmore says the fuel's safe; that's good enough for me. I Didn't Stand By A Friend Of Mine Recently; I'm Not Gonna Make The Same Mistake Twice.

[On TV]

So, a surprising revelation from Lightning McQueen: he will use Allinol in the final race despite what occurred today.

Lemon Kingpin
[Through The Telephone]

Till Lightning McQueen Is Dead!

Of Course. [The Phone Call Ends] Allinol Must Be Finished For Good. McQueen Cannot Win The Last Race. Lightning McQueen Must Be Killed!

Mater

No!
[Mater Bumps Into A TV Which Breaks His Special Siren Light, He Turns Into All The Silly Disguises And Turns Normal] .

It's The American Spy!!!
[The Lemons Aim Guns At Him] .

Mater

Dad-Gum!

[Gets The Gatling Guns Out Of Mater's Bodywork]

Gatling Gun: Request Acknowledged.

Mater

Let Me Go!

You Actually Care About That Race Car: A Pity You Didn't Warn Him In Time.
[The Transport Vehicle's Door Shuts, Trapping Mater Inside And Blacks Him Out With Sleeping Gas] .

Mater
[From Off-Screen]

Idiot, Is That How You See Me?

[From Off-Screen]

That's How Everyone Sees You, I Tell You That's The Genius Of It, No One Realizes They're Being Fooled Because They're Too Busy Laughing At The Fool... [Echoes].
[Mater Opens The Door Like Gates Of Heaven, The First Flashback In Crowd In Tokyo, Japan] .

Mater
[Been Leaked On The Stage]

But I Never Leak Oil Never!

Mater, you have to get a hold of yourself; you're making a scene!

Mater
[At The Sixth Flashback...] [Noticed His Friend's Angry Glare]

Wait A Minute, I Didn't Screw Ya Up Did I?

[Angrily]

I LOST THE RACE BECAUSE OF YOU!!

Mater

Maybe If I Talked To Somebody–

[Angrily]

I Don't Need Your Help! I Don't Want Your Help! [Echoes].
[Mater Sadly Lowers His Head And Hears The Words Echoed Around Him] .

Mater
[Banging The Gong As Random Cars Laugh]

Bang The Gong: Get It On!

[Voice]

Listen, This Isn't Radiator Springs. This Is Exactly Why I Don't Bring You Along To These Things!
[Watching in terror, he wakes up to find himself tied up above a set of cogs. As a bell chimes, he looks around the room filled with gears and sees Finn and Holley also tied up, dangling in the teeth of the gears next to him.] .

Mater

Holley! Finn! Where Are We?

We're In London Mater, Inside Big Bentley.
[The Camera Zooms Out To Show The Outside Of The Great Elizabeth Tower Where Big Bentley Is With The Clock Saying 3 O'Clock In The Afternoon, The Changes Shot To Show The Tower Next To The Houses Of Parliament As The Ropes Holding Mater & The Cages Unwind] .

Mater

Oh, this, this is all my fault.

Don't Be A Fool, Mater.

Mater

But I Am Remember, You Said So.

Where Did I? Oh, Mater, I Was Complimenting You On What A Good Spy You Are.

Mater
[Frustrated]

I'M NOT A SPY!!!! The voices echoed as Finn and Holley felt completely shocked.] I've Been Trying To Tell You That The Whole Time; I Really Am Just A Tow Truck.

Finn, He's Not Joking.

I Know.

Mater

You Were Right Finn, I'm A Fool And What's Happened To McQueen Is 'Cause I'm Such A Big One: This Is All My Fault.
[They Notice Grem & Acer Arrive In An Elevator] .

Grem
[To Mater, Holley and Finn]

Good, You're Up.

And Just In Time.

Grem
[Uncovers The EMP Generator]

Professor Z Wanted You To Have A Front-Row Seat For The Death Of Lightning McQueen.

Mater

He's Still Alive?

Not For Much Longer.

Sally Carrera

We Came As Soon As You Called.

I Called To Talk To Mater; It Never Occurred To Me That He Wouldn't Be There.

Sheriff Is Talking To Scotland Yard Right Now.

Flo

And Sarge Is In Touch With His Friends In The British Military.

Sally Carrera

You Just Need To Focus On The Race.

I know, but, Sally, with everything going on, I'm not sure... Sir Axlerod.

Grem
[At the third and final race in London, Grem has the E.M.P. ray aimed at Lightning]

Here he comes.

[Mater watches horrified as Grem starts the Emitter at 100% power. The Emitter's red light glows brightly. The Emitter continues to aim at Lightning, but nothing happens to him and he continues racing]

What happened?

Grem

I don't know, Professor.

What did you do.

Grem

I didn't do nothing.

And Lightning McQueen Just Blasted Away, Hooked To The Now Rocket-Propelled Tow Truck.

Holley, I'll get Zündapp; you help Mater!

Got it!
[Holley flies right on top of Francesco, disorienting him] .

WHAT IS HAPPENING?! [Lets And Passes Through The Traffic And Raced Towards The Tower Bridge Where Tony Trihull Is Waiting For Him At The River Thames].

Tony Trihull
[last words]

Hurry Professor!

[to Professor Zündapp]

Ha! Do you really think I'm goin' to let you float away, Professor?!

Mater

McQueen, let go!

Never!

Blue Gremlin
[via headset]

Hey they're coming your way.

Grem
[last words]

Let's go.

Give it up, McMissile!! [But, like any other hero, Finn refuses to give up and launches bombs at Tony, who looks at them in horror. The bombs then explode massively, killing and destroying Tony once and for all, and Professor Zündapp is captured by Finn. Holley is then seen catching up to Lightning and Mater.]

Mater, stop!

Mater

No way! You could get hurt.

[gasps; sees Grem and Acer heading towards Lightning and Mater with guns drawn]

Oh, no. [She bumps into Grem and Acer]

Acer & Grem

AAH!

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