Planes

Planes
Directed by	Klay Hall
Produced by	Traci Balthazor-Flynn
Written by	Jeffrey M. Howard (screenplay and story) John Lasseter (story) Klay Hall (story)
Music by	Mark Mancina
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Pictures Disneytoon Studios Prana Studios
Distributor	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Released	August 2, 2013 (EAA AirVenture Oshkosh) August 9, 2013 (United States) August 16, 2013 (United Kingdom)
Running time	91 minutes (1 hour and 31 minutes)
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Gross revenue	$219,788,712
Followed by	Planes: Fire & Rescue
External links
Official website
IMDb page

Planes is a 2013 theatrical spin-off of the 2006 Disney/Pixar animated film Cars and its sequels, and the first film in the Planes duology. Pixar Animation Studios, the production team of the Cars movies, however, did not produce the film. Instead, it was produced by Disneytoon Studios. It was set to be released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray in fall 2013, but it instead had a theatrical release by Walt Disney Pictures on August 9, 2013. It is the first Disneytoon Studios film released theatrically in North America since Pooh's Heffalump Movie, which was released 8½ years earlier in 2005.

Plot

The movie starts with two fighter jets soaring through the sky. From below comes a young crop-dusting plane named Dusty Crophopper (Dane Cook) and challenges the two to a race, while giving them a head start. He then zooms right past them as they approach the water tower, though he wakes up from this fantasy, and it is shown he is just crop dusting a field with his boss Leadbottom (Cedric the Entertainer). Dusty talks about his dream to compete in the Wings Across the Globe Rally, an international air racing competition in which planes fly all around the world to determine who is the fastest plane, but Leadbottom thinks he's better off where he's at.

Dusty meets up with his best friend, a fuel truck named Chug (Brad Garrett). Together, they train for the upcoming time trials in order to qualify for the rally, but Dusty accidentally burns himself out. Their forklift friend Dottie (Teri Hatcher) knows what he's been doing, and she thinks Dusty is going to get himself killed if he tries to race, as he was not built for that. Chug, suggests asking an old war plane named Skipper Riley (Stacy Keach), to help Dusty train for the rally, as he is far more experienced with flying than Chug and he is friends with one of Chug's best friends, Sparky (Danny Mann). They go see the Skipper, but he almost instantly rejects Dusty's request.

The next day, Dusty, Chug, and Dottie go to where the time trials are going to take place, in Lincoln, Nebraska. There, they spot three-time defending champion of the rally, Ripslinger (Roger Craig Smith), being introduced to the crowd by his racing partners, Ned and Zed (Gabriel Iglesias). When it is finally time for Dusty to start his qualifying run, he is mocked for being a crop dusting plane. He impresses the crowd as he flies through the course with well-practiced maneuvers, but ends up placing sixth, which is not enough for him to qualify for the rally. He and his friends leave with disappointment.

The time trials' announcer Roper (Sinbad) visits Dusty the next day to tell him that one of the racers, Fonzarelli, was disqualified for using an illegal fuel mixture, moving up Dusty's position from sixth to fifth, meaning he was now in the rally. The Skipper finds Dusty and tries to talk him out of the race, due to the fact that he wasn't built for that, but Dusty insists that he wants to prove to everyone that he is more than just a crop dusting plane. This convinces the Skipper to train him. They spend some time together practicing, which starts out awful. Although Dusty starts improving, it goes sour when the Skipper tries to get him to fly above the clouds. Dusty gets dizzy when he looks down, and confesses that he is afraid of heights. Skipper is baffled, but they continue training anyway. The Skipper tries to teach him the many ways he can fly faster while he's close to the ground, such as racing against the shadows of high-flying planes, which works for Dusty and he is soon ready to travel to New York City for the first race of the rally.

The day before the first race, Dusty heads to New York City and meets up with El Chupacabra (Carlos Alazraqui), a Mexican celebrity who quickly becomes Dusty's best friend, Ishani (Priyanka Chopra), a glamorous, Indian air racer whom Dusty has a small crush on, and Bulldog (John Cleese), a snob, British air racer.

One day later, during the first leg of the rally, the racers cross the North Atlantic as they takeoff from New York City and land in Reykjavík, Iceland. Dusty finished the race in last place as he flew low and got caught up in a snowstorm.

The second leg has the racers fly from Reykjavík, Iceland to Munich, Germany. Bulldog nearly suffers an accident when oil from one of his propellers squirts on his eye, temporarily blinding him. Dusty guided him to the finish line safely, having earned Bulldog's respect, but also finishing in last place again.

While on Germany, Dusty meets an aerocar named Franz (Oliver Kalkofe), which suggests Dusty should remove his crop sprayer in order to make him lighter and more agile. This works as Dusty finishes the third race, which has the racers fly from Munich, Germany to Agra, India, in eighth place, making him get the attention of various news reporters, much to Ripslinger's envy.

A few hours after the race's end, Ishani invites Dusty to have a romantic fly around the Taj Mahal. Knowing Dusty likes to fly low, Ishani offers some advice to him on following rails that lead through the Himalayas mountains, instead of flying above them. During the next race, Dusty follows Ishani's advice, but he unexpectedly encounters a tunnel at the base of the mountain and almost has a head-on collision with a train. He blacks out for a few seconds, lands on a small runway, and initially thinks that he died and is now in heaven. Turns out he has managed to arrive in the Upper Mustang, Nepal long before the other racers. They all arrive minutes later and Dusty notices that Ishani has a new propeller, exclusive from Ripslinger's racing team, leading him to realize she was setting him up and was secretly working for Ripslinger. Ripslinger himself is furious when he learns that he is now in second place, behind Dusty.

One day later, at night, hours after the racers have finally arrived in Shanghai, China, during the rally's fifth leg, El Chupacabra tells Dusty that he will try to win over the heart of Rochelle (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a Canadian air racer. She is not impressed with his pompous attempts at winning her over. He tries to serenade her with an aggressive rendition of "Love Machine", but Dusty tells him to take it down a notch. Some mariachis pull in and play a softer version of the song with El Chupacabra singing along. This gets Rochelle's attention.

As the rally's sixth leg is about to start, El Chupacabra comes to Dusty with multiple lipstick stains on his face, meaning he did indeed win Rochelle's heart over, but the plan worked a little too well. The racers fly from Shanghai, China to Mexico City, Mexico, while crossing the Pacific Ocean. While Dusty is flying above the ocean, Ripslinger has his two sidekicks, Ned and Zed, sabotage Dusty by breaking off his navigation antenna, leaving him lost in the middle of the ocean. He begins to run low on fuel as he is suddenly approached by two fighter jets named Bravo (Val Kilmer) and Echo (Anthony Edwards), members of the Jolly Wrenches. They take him to their aircraft carrier, the Dwight D. Flysenhower, where he lands safely and is able to get refueled and repaired. While he's aboard the carrier ship, he notices a wall of fame that has a picture of every member of the Jolly Wrenches and all of their badges displayed. As he is looking at the wall of fame, he notices that Skipper only has one badge, contradicting all of his war stories and his status as a war hero. Dusty contacts Skipper and asks him if he really only flew one mission, to which he is forced to confess that he did. Before Skipper has time to explain, Dusty is forced to takeoff from the aircraft carrier due to a storm. Meanwhile, in Mexico, Ripslinger is asked by the press about Dusty's disappearance, to which Ripslinger pretends to be worried for his safety, only for him to drive away and make fun of Dusty along with Ned and Zed. El Chupacabra and Ishani defend Dusty by saying that he is ten times the racer Ripslinger is (with ten times Ripslinger's engine and integrity) and that the latter used to be a great champion.

As Dusty is flying low in the storm, he is still wondering how come Skipper only flew one mission if he told him all those war stories. Suddenly, lightning struck near him, scaring him and making him lose control. He ends up crashing into the ocean as his engine fails after taking in too much water, but he is later rescued by a navy helicopter named Hector Vector and brought to his friends in Mexico.

Dottie checks the damage on Dusty's fuselage and tells him that it's over. When Dusty demands an answer from the Skipper about why he had lied to him about his past in the Jolly Wrenches, Skipper reveals that his entire squadron was killed in action against an enemy battleship on his first mission, and he was the only one who survived, which has traumatized him for years. Dusty then considers dropping out of the rally, but Chug and Dottie encourage him to continue. Suddenly, Dusty is greeted by the other rally racers, who all offer spare parts for him to continue in the rally. Dusty thanks them for the help and he is fixed up just in time for the last leg of the rally.

During the last leg of the rally, from Mexico City to New York City, Dusty receives a time penalty for not having finished the sixth leg of the rally, with him being the last one to takeoff. He manages to overtake all eight racers before being just behind Ned, Zed and Ripslinger. Realizing that Dusty might overtake him anytime soon, he, Ned and Zed corner Dusty and he is left with no free airspace. Suddenly, Skipper flies in to protect Dusty as he leads Ripslinger away from the former crop dusting plane. After a skillful maneuver, Dusty manages to indirectly wreck Ned and Zed as they get stuck between a narrow rock. Ripslinger flies directly at Skipper, breaking the old war plane's vertical stabilizer, while Dusty checks on him to see if he's OK, Skipper simply tells him that he's fine and orders him to chase Ripslinger before it's too late.

Dusty catches up to Ripslinger, but starts to lose speed, so he is forced to tackle his fear of heights and fly above the clouds in order to gain a small boost from tailwinds and overtake Ripslinger. As the two planes approach the finish line, Ripslinger slows down to pose for the camera reporters and Dusty manages to overtake him and cross the finish line in first place. Ripslinger ends up crashing into portable toilets and lands in a pile of sludge. While Ripslinger is taken away to be cleaned and repaired, the other racers and race fans celebrate Dusty's victory.

Days later, Dusty and Skipper are invited to be in the Dwight D. Flysenhower again. Dusty is made an honorary member of the Jolly Wrenches and Skipper rejoins them. The two planes takeoff from the aircraft carrier and race back to Propwash Junction, their hometown.

Voice Cast

• Dane Cook as Dusty Crophopper, a crop dusting plane Jon Cryer was originally cast, but dropped out. He was inspired by the Air Tractor AT-502, Cessna, and the PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader.
• Stacy Keach as Skipper Riley, a Vought F4U Corsair and Dusty's mentor
• Brad Garrett as Chug, a fuel truck
• Teri Hatcher as Dottie, a forklift
• Danny Mann as Sparky, a forklift. Danny also plays Roscoe, a red helicopter filming the race over Germany. In the United Kingdom version, he is voiced by Barney Harwood.
• Carlos Alazraqui as El Chupacabra, a Gee Bee Model R. Carlos also provides additional voices.
• Priyanka Chopra as Ishani, an air racer from India and Dusty's love interest. She is based on the AeroCad AeroCanard.
• Roger Craig Smith as Ripslinger, a P-51D Mustang with a contra-rotating propeller and Dusty's main racing rival. Roger also provides additional voices.
• Gabriel Iglesias as Ned and Zed
• John Cleese as Bulldog, a de Havilland DH.88 Comet
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Rochelle, El Chupacabra's love interest. Originally from Quebec, her flag and paint job are localized in 11 countries.
• Cedric the Entertainer as Leadbottom, a crop dusting biplane, who was Dusty's boss
• Sinbad as Roper, the time trials' announcer
• Anthony Edwards as Echo, a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet
• Val Kilmer as Bravo, a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet
• Colin Cowherd as Colin Cowling, a blimp
• Brent Musburger as Brent Mustangburger, a 1964½ Ford Mustang
• Oliver Kalkofe as Franz aka Von Fliegenhozen, a German aerocar. Oliver Kalkofe also voices Franz in the German version.
• John Ratzenberger as Harland, a jet tug
• Emerson Tenney as a reporter pitty
• David Croft as Lofty Crofty (UK version)
• Filip Watermann as Grimm
• Mark Allan Stewart as Tripp
• Richard Pearce as Little King
• Jonathan Adams as Judge Davis, a P-51A Mustang and the announcer for the first leg of the rally.
• Jessica Marais as Australian Rochelle (Australian and New Zealand versions)
• Roopashree Jeevaji as an Indian reporter
• Grey DeLisle as an additional voice
• Rob Paulsen as an additional voice
• Dave Wittenberg as an additional voice
• Jeff Bennett as an additional voice
• Klay Hall as an additional voice
• Fred Tatasciore as an additional voice
• Kari Wahlgren as an additional voice
• Jaswant Dev Shresta as Nepali / Indian reporter
• Niyanta Acharya as Reporter
• Roma Chugani as Reporter
• Ahmed Lucan as Additional Indian characters

Production

Planes is based on a concept created by John Lasseter. Although Pixar did not produce the film, Lasseter, being chief creative officer of both Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and director of Cars and Cars 2, was also the executive producer of the film. The writers made a conscious effort to not remake Cars in a new setting, rejecting ideas that were too close to ideas in Cars. The team also conducted research by interviewing several pilots of plane types that were included in the movie.

Lasseter had this to say about the film:

“We had such a great time exploring the world of Cars over the course of two films, so it seemed only natural for us to see where our imaginations would take us in a film where planes were the main characters. By expanding the Cars world, Planes gave us a whole new set of fun-filled situations and a great opportunity to introduce some fantastic new characters. The team at DisneyToon Studios has done such an amazing job creating a heartfelt story filled with great comedy, adventure, and emotion. I know audiences are going to love taking off into the wild blue yonder with these daredevil characters, as they experience a whole new kind of animated adventure.”

―John Lasseter

On August 20, 2011 at the D23 Expo, it was announced that Jon Cryer would be the voice of the protagonist Dusty. However, Cryer dropped out of production and was replaced by Dane Cook. On February 27, 2013, the teaser trailer was re-released with dialogue from Cook instead of Cryer. Jon Cryer did however receive credit for "additional story material" for the film, along with Bobs Gannaway.

A new promo video was released on May 16, 2013.

James Seymour Brett was originally set to write the film's score, but was replaced by Mark Mancina.

Release

Air Tractor AT-400A painted as Dusty performing at the 2013 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, where the film had a special screening.

The film was first announced to be released in direct-to-video on DVD and Blu-ray in the Spring of 2013. Disney subsequently pushed it back to Fall 2013, while it was confirmed it would have a theatrical release in Europe. However, completed sequences impressed Disney enough to instead plan the movie for a theatrical release on August 9, 2013, and it then was also screened at the D23 Expo, a biennial convention for Disney fans. It was released in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2013. The film had its premiere on August 2, 2013, at a special screening at the The Fly-In Theater at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, an annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Along with the special screening of the movie, Disney brought a real life Dusty to be part of the activities. The real life version of Dusty was an Air Tractor AT-400A piloted and owned by agriculture pilot Rusty Lindeman.

Planes was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on November 19, 2013 in the United States.

Reception

Critical response

Planes received mostly unfavorable to negative reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 25% approval rating with an average rating of 4.6/10 based on 116 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Planes has enough bright colors, goofy voices, and slick animation to distract some young viewers for 92 minutes -- and probably sell plenty of toys in the bargain -- but on nearly every other level, it's a Disney disappointment." Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 39 based on 32 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". However, the film earned an A− from audiences polled by CinemaScore.

Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film two and half stars out of four, saying, "Many will enter theaters thinking this is a Pixar film, with the raised expectations that accompany that mistake. But even cynical animation fans will see there's quality here. After a little turbulence, Planes comes in for a nice landing." Alonso Duralde of The Wrap gave the film a positive review, saying, "As shameless an attempt by Disney to sell more bedspreads to the under-10s as Planes is, it nonetheless manages to be a minor lark that will at least mildly amuse anyone who ever thrust their arms outward and pretended to soar over the landscape." Justin Chang of Variety gave the film a negative review, saying, "Planes is so overrun with broad cultural stereotypes that it should come with free ethnic-sensitivity training for especially impressionable kids." James Rocchi of MSN Movies gave the film one out of five stars, saying, "Planes borrows a world from Cars, but even compared to that soulless exercise in well-merchandised animated automotive adventure, Planes is dead in its big, googly eyes and hollow inside." Michael Rechtshaffen gave the film a negative review, saying, "Despite the more aerodynamic setting, this Cars 3D offshoot emerges as an uninspired retread." Jordan Hoffman gave the film one out of five stars, saying, "The jokes in Planes are runway flat, and parents will likely reach for the air-sickness bag."

Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic gave the film two out of five stars, saying, "Planes was originally scheduled to be released straight to video. Although the smallest children might like bits and pieces of it, there's nothing in the movie that suggests why Disney strayed from its original plan." David Hiltbrand of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film one out of four stars, saying, "The animated film has all the hallmarks of a straight-to-DVD project - inferior plot, dull writing, cheap drawing - perhaps because it was intended for the bargain bin at Target, Walmart, and Costco." Jen Chaney of The Washington Post gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying, "This film is 100 percent devoid of surprises. It's the story of an underestimated underdog that's like every other kid-friendly, life-coachy story about an underestimated underdog." Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying, "If Planes were a reasonably priced download, you'd gladly use it to sedate your kids during a long car ride. As a theatrical, 3-D release, however, Planes will sedate you, too." Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times gave the film two out of five stars, saying, Planes is for the most part content to imitate rather than innovate, presumably hoping to reap a respectable fraction of the box office numbers of Cars and Cars 2, which together made hundreds of millions of dollars."

Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "Often less really is more, and that's why I can recommend Planes, a charmingly modest low-budget spin-off from Pixar's Cars that provides more thrills and laughs for young children and their parents than many of its more elaborate brethren." Bruce Demara of the Toronto Star gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "While the plotting is rather pedestrian, the humour mostly lame, what makes Planes a stand-out experience - not surprisingly, based on Disney's vast and impressive history of animated classics - is the visuals." Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film two out of four stars, saying, "It's engaging enough, driving home the familiar message of following one's dreams and the less hackneyed theme of facing one's fears. But it feels far too familiar." Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "As with Cars, the world of Planes feels safe. A little too safe, perhaps." Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a C, saying "Planes moves along quickly at a running time of 92 minutes, occasionally taking flight with some pretty nifty flight sequences. The animation is first-rate, and the Corningware colors are soothing eye candy."

Tom Keogh of The Seattle Times gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "Though not officially a Pixar production, the new Planes — released by the beloved animation studio’s parent company, Disney — has the look and feel of Pixar's 2006 hit, Cars, if not the latter's charm or strong story." Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger gave the film two out of four stars, saying, "It's strictly by the numbers, from the believe-in-yourself moral to the purely predictable ending." Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B, saying, "What Planes lacks in novelty, it makes up for with eye-popping aerial sequences and a high-flying comic spirit." A. A. Dowd of The A.V. Club gave the film a D+, saying, "Planes cuts corners at every turn, a strategy that leaves it feeling like the skeletal framework of an incomplete Pixar project." R. Kurt Osenlund of Slant Magazine gave the film one out of four stars, saying, "The film feels second-rate in every sense, from the quality of its animation to its C-list voice cast." Dave Calhoun of Time Out gave the film three out of five stars, saying "Planes isn't a Pixar film, even if it's related to one (Disney bought Pixar in 2006), and there’s nothing groundbreaking about the animation or script. That said, the characters and story still offer low-key charms."

Most people said that the film made Cars 2 look like a masterpiece in comparison.

Box office

Planes, despite negative reception, grossed $90,288,712 in the United States and Canada, and $148,970,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $239,258,712, and was a box office success. The film opened to #3 in its first weekend, with $22,232,291, behind Elysium and We're the Millers. In its second weekend, the film dropped to #4, grossing an additional $13,388,534. In its third weekend, the film dropped to number five, grossing $8,575,214. In its fourth weekend, the film stayed at number five, grossing $7,751,705.

Rating

Planes is rated PG by the MPAA "for some mild action and rude humor", making it the first film in the Cars franchise to get this rating. It is also DisneyToon's second (and first theatrical) movie to get a PG rating, after Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch.

Unlike in America, Planes had received a lighter rating in other countries. In the United Kingdom, the film has received a U rating by the BBFC. In Ireland and Canada, the film is rated G. The rating is rather shocking when compared to Cars 2, which was more action-packed, had a ruder sense of humor, and having a large body count of destroyed vehicles.

Marketing

To create a transition between Cars and Planes, Disney launched a product collection called "Cars Take Flight", which focuses on releasing merchandise for Cars Toons episodes Moon Mater and Air Mater. The line features die-cast, race tracks, games, and books. A "Cars Take Flight" event was held on September 14, 2012 at the Chicagoland Speedway. A "Cars Take Flight" official website launched a contest whose prize was a vacation to Cars Land.

Mattel has also started a Planes die-cast line which was displayed at the San Diego Comic-Con 2013.

To celebrate the release of the film in the United Kingdom, the 2013 Camp Bestival featured a world record attempt for the most paper aeroplanes flying at once. Also, David Croft (the voice of Lofty Crofty in the UK version) and Gabz (from Britain's Got Talent) promote the film by flying in planes with the movie logo, with Croft also showing some of his recording for the film. Pre Skool and Nu Sxool were also invited to the premier of Planes in Leicester Square. They were asked to make a dance routine to one of the songs from the film called "The Planes Dance". The video is a great success.

Sequel

In 2012, a sequel called Planes: Fire & Rescue was revealed to be in development. It was also confirmed by Carlos Alazraqui that the Planes series was intended to be a trilogy. A Disney staff member also stated that Planes 3 was in story development. Instead of publishing an Art of book for the first film, Chronicle Books published The Art of Planes 1 & 2 to coincide with the release of Planes: Fire & Rescue. The sequel was originally titled with the "2", but it was removed from the title on June 13, 2013. It was theatrically released on July 18, 2014. The third Planes film was cancelled after the closure of Disneytoon Studios on June 28, 2018.

Besides the Planes series, Disneytoon was considering making more spin-offs that would feature other vehicles like boats and trains prior to the studio's closure in 2018. John Lasseter said: "I kept thinking about—I'm a big train fanatic. I love trains. And I started thinking about trains, and boats and airplanes. And I kept wanting to have more and more of those type of characters. [...] It's one of the ideas, that there will be an ongoing series. It almost starts getting into this thing where we fall in love with these plane characters, we want to see more and more stories with them. And then you start doing other vehicles and stuff like that. Yeah. So it kind of is a bigger idea that can keep expanding."

Trivia

• The Cars Toons episode Air Mater introduced elements of Planes, including Propwash Junction, Dusty's hometown; Skipper, his mentor; and Sparky, Skipper's assistant. Mater drops an allusion to Planes at the end of the short as he says that "They oughta make a whole movie about planes" and looks directly at the camera, presumably breaking the fourth wall.
• Planes takes on some of Pixar's traditions. Like all installments of the Cars franchise, it features reporters of the Racing Sports Network covering its sportive event. It also includes a cameo of John Ratzenberger, who has had a voicing role in almost all of Pixar's films.
• While the film is focusing on planes, there are cars involved in the movie, and some can be seen in the stands of one of the races as well as watching the races on television.
• This is the first Disneytoon film to be a successor to a Pixar film. Previous productions focused on mainly Disney properties.
• This is the only film in the Cars franchise not to involve Brad Paisley.
• This film marks the last theatrical DisneyToon Studios film to be produced in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio. This is also the only theatrical film in the Cars franchise to be produced in that aspect ratio, since all of the other films (including the sequel) are produced in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
• On July 14, 2013, Disney Channel held a "Night of Flight" event, featuring sneak peeks at new characters from the movie, during its "Night of Premieres" lineup, which included all-new episodes of its programs.
• When Dusty explains to Skipper about wanting to prove of being more than just a crop duster, one of the Cars 2 Porto Corsa vintage artworks can be seen on the wall.
• The missions flown by the Jolly Wrenches are: Alameda Ridge, The Aleutians, Assault on Kunming, Assault at Olive Ridge, Attack of Tujunga Harbor, Battle of Airway, Battle of Balthazor Straights, Battle of Buena Vista, Battle of Draper Straits, Battle over Wake Island, Bridges of River Bradford, Campaign at Coral Sea, Campaign at Grandview Pass, Glendal Canal, Kenneth Canal Campaign, Raid of Howard Harbor, Raid on Milton Mountain, and Skirmish at Sonora Canal. Most of these events are fictional with the exception of the Battle of Wake Island, one of the first few missions in the Pacific War during World War II.
• The order in which the race is finished is: Dusty Crophopper (1st place), Ripslinger (2nd place), El Chupacabra (3rd place), Rochelle (4th place), Bulldog (5th place), Ishani (6th place), with Antonio (7th place), Yellow Bird (8th place), and Van Der Bird (9th place).
• When Ripslinger converses with Ned and Zed about why Dusty shouldn’t race, they compare it to be an underdog story, comparing it to Rocky, the Bible story of David & Goliath, and Old Yeller, in which Ned and Zed state that it’s not an underdog sports movie but has a dog in it, much to the anger of Ripslinger that he spoils the films ending to his henchmen that Old Yeller was shot. This implies that these stories did exist in the Cars universe, but vehicle-ified.
• In the Brazilian and Latin Spanish version, El Chupacabra's love interest is different from the other versions. Instead, she is Carolina Santos, a Brazilian racer voiced by Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo.
• This is also the second Disneytoon film to be scored by Mark Mancina after Tarzan II. Ironically, Mancina previously composed the music scores for two Walt Disney Animation Studios films (Tarzan and Brother Bear) and the two Disney live-action films Man of the House and The Haunted Mansion.
• This is the third and final Disneytoon film where mild language is used after the both G-rated A Goofy Movie (in which Max Goof says "spaz" once) and Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (in which Forte mentions "hell" during his song Don't Fall in Love); Chug once says "freaking" nonprofanely when Dusty is accepted to the race. This is another reason for the film's PG rating.
• The second Disneytoon Studios film to be rated PG by the MPAA, after Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch.
• Cedric the Entertainer and John Cleese both starred in Charlotte’s Web.

Goofs

• In one of the stories in the World of Cars book, the Statue of Liberty is a Ford Model T. However, in this film, it is a forklift.
• The designs of the world landmarks (such as the Taj Mahal - ताज महल, and the Great Wall of China - 万里长城) do not resemble how they do in the credits at the end of Cars 2, as they were car-ified in that film. But here, they are plane-ified.
• Yellow Bird seems to have his number changed in different parts. The qualifier leaderboard and Yellow Bird's tent as well as his appearance in the Germany to India leg show his number as 17. In New York and on the leaderboard at the start of the China to Mexico leg, his number is 1.
• When Dusty and Ripslinger are talking to each other at the pit row in New York, Little King is seen behind Dusty. When Dusty explains to the racers about El Chupacabra, Little King is in his tent. However, it could be that Little King drove to his tent during the close-ups of El Chu.
• When Dusty explains to El Chupacabra about Rochelle before the New York to Iceland leg begins, the "D7" and Jolly Wrenches insignia on Dusty are missing.
• When Dusty is escorted by Bravo and Echo to Dwight D. Flysenhower, his GPS antenna that Zed broke off is back on. It then disappears after they reach the Flysenhower.
• When the camera moves around the Flysenhower at the end of the film, there is a barrier fully surrounding the aircraft elevator/lift with Dusty and Skipper. In the close-up (when the elevator reaches the flight deck), the barrier has disappeared. The barrier should only retract into the deck of the lift once it reaches the flight deck (and not before), as it is to stop people and aircraft going over the edge.
• When El Chupacabra gives Dusty new wings, both of them have a #7 painted on them. But when Dusty passes Ripslinger, the viewers can see that only one wing has the #7.
• When Dusty was commenting about Ishani's propeller while in the pit row at John F. Kennedy International Airport, LJH 86 Special can be seen in Sun Wing's tent. However, he does not appear in there again after that and is replaced by Sun Wing.
• When the planes are getting ready before the race starts, Bulldog, El Chupacabra, and Ishani can be seen with their propellers spinning in the long shots but a few scenes later, they start spinning them in close-up.

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External links

• Planes on Disney.com
• Disney Planes Wiki

References

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