# Mater and the Ghostlight

Mater and the Ghostlight is a 2006 Pixar computer-animated short created for the DVD of Cars, which was released on October 25, 2006 in Australia and in the United States on November 7, 2006. The short, set in the Cars world, tells a story of Mater being haunted by a mysterious blue light.

## Dialogue

    '[It starts with Brad Paisley singing the song Behind the Clouds in Radiator Springs with all the shop lights on, while Mater scaring Red, Luigi and Guido, Sally, Fillmore and Lizzie, proving 5/6 scares]
    Lightning McQueen: Gosh, it sure is a nice night. [a tin can falls]
    Sally Carrera: [chuckles] It sure is a nice night.
    McQueen: [chuckles] I sure hope Mater isn't waiting around anywhere to scare me, because I'll freak out. [Mater jumps down and scares McQueen] AHHHH! [knocks down the cans]
    Doc Hudson: [laughing] If only you moved that fast on the race track.
    Mater: [laughing] Oh, buddy! You look like you've just seen... the Ghostlight!
    Sheriff: Mater! Don't mock the Ghostlight!
    McQueen: What is the Ghostlight?
    [The sound of a record needle scratching is heard. Silence for 10 seconds]
    Sheriff: The Ghostlight is a glowing orb of blue translucent light that haunts these very parts.
    Mater: Nah, don't be too scared, buddy, it ain't real.
    Sheriff: It is real! It all started on a night like tonight, the song dogs were wailin' at the moon off Cadillac Range while the summer wind blew hot like the breath of Zozobra. A young couple was heading down this very stretch of the mother road when they spotted an unnatural blue glow, and all that was left were 2 out-of-state license plates. So remember, the one thing that angers the Ghostlight more than anything else is the sound of clanking metal. [Mater's metal body clanks and tries to keeps it from shaking] As you head home tonight, keep an eye out. The Ghostlight could be anywhere. Well, good night! [zooms away]
    Sally: Whew, I'm bushed. Good night!
    All cars: Goodnight! [All drive off to their homes and turn the lights off]
    Mater: Uh, good night.
    [Street and neon lights shut off. Cut to Mater driving in the dark humming Behind the clouds and notices a clank and backs into his shed when it's headlight brakes and the shed door collapses and Mater sees a lighting car bug]
    Mater: Oh, no! It's the Ghostlight! Ghostlight, I respect thee! Return from where you came! [The Bug Car notices and turns its blinker and heads back; Mater chuckles] Oh, it’s just a lightning bug. The Ghostlight ain't yeller anyhow. Sheriff said the Ghostlight is blue.
    [Mater notices a blue bright light, and a weird bone-chilling howling noise, looks at his mirror in fright and notices 15 Velociraptors was glare at Mater in anger .]
    Mater: [horrified] THE GHOSTLIGHT!!! AAAAH!!!!
    [As Mater drives off screaming, being chased by a Velociraptor with his packs, it's revealed that McQueen and Guido were the ones who placed it on. They both watch in amusement and do a tire handshake. Meanwhile, Mater continues to scream while racing away from the Raptor.]
    Mater: The Monster’s right behind me! Now it's in front of me! It’s right on my tail! [he then stops for a brief second, realizing it's now in front by a alpha raptor, breaking into Radiator Springs, and then drives backwards and spooking some tractors and waking Frank, now driving along Willy's Butte, it then shows him and being attack him by raptor, sliding with screaming in slow motion sideways] The Ghostlight’s gonna eat me!
    Ramone: Uh, let me know how it turns out. [It then shows Mater passed out after a long chase and drive from the light, not knowing it was the light and a prank after all, 17 damage Radiator Springs by wildifre]
    Mater: Ghostlight’s gonna... strip my parts and sell them on the computer auction... website.. [he then groans. Realizing the "Ghost Light" is a lamp] Hey! Wait a minute.
    NEST COPTER#1: Keep it steady!
    'NEST COPTER#2: I got eyes on the animal. [Copter shoot the several raptor, but they missed it used tires to toss at Helicopter, and crash-land] Damn I don't see it.
    NEST COPTER#1: Settle down kid. They can't run forever.
    [raptor retreat from wildfire Radiator Springs and whole of smoke in chaos. The Helicopter tracking raptors.]

## Cast

* Larry the Cable Guy - Mater
* Owen Wilson - Lightning McQueen
* Michael Wallis - Sheriff
* Bonnie Hunt - Sally
* Paul Newman - Doc Hudson
* Cheech Marin - Ramone
* Paul Dooley - Sarge
* Frank Welker - Raptors

## External Links

* Mater and the Ghostlight quotes at the Internet Movie Database
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