Bob Cutlass

Bob Cutlass is a minor character in the Cars franchise. He is a racing announcer for the Piston Cup, along with Darrell Cartrip.
==History==
===Cars===
In Cars, Bob is announcing in the Piston Cup with Darrell Cartrip. After Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks and The King result in a three-way tie, Bob and Darrell cannot believe their eyes and are excitedly trying to decide on a winner. Both also appear at the Los Angeles International Speedway, commentating on the tie-breaker race. When Lightning pushes The King to the finish line after he forfeits the win to a victorious, Chick Hicks, Bob questions whether or not the performance was against the rules, but Darrell dismisses it, saying that Lightning is giving him a bump draft.
===Cars: Fast as Lightning===
In the beta version of Cars: Fast as Lightning, Bob and Darrell appear in the skyboxes above the bleachers on Lightning's Track, announcing the races. However, they do not appear in the final version.
===Cars 3===
Bob returns in Cars 3, and once again announces Piston Cup races with Darrell Cartrip. During the Dinoco Light 350, at the Motor Speedway of the South, he and Darrell talk about how Lightning McQueen, Bobby Swift, and Cal Weathers seem to have a lot of fun on the track. During the Florida 500, he and Darrell are surprised when Cruz Ramirez enters the track from pit row instead of Lightning.
==General information==
===Physical description===
Bob Cutlass is a 1998 Saxon GTSC (Grand Touring Sport Coupe). He has a 3-Liter Inline SIX engine, with 255 HP SAE @ 6,600 RPM. He is also based on a 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora, although the Aurora was never offered as a 2-door model. He is painted entirely in a dark shade of grey, having chrome rims and mirrors. In Cars 3, his design was updated with him having RSN logos on his doors.
===Personality and traits ===
Unlike Darrell Cartrip, Bob takes his announcing rather seriously, with him usually providing the factual commentary while Darrell provides humorous information and speculation. These qualities have landed him additional announcing occupations on television and radio, such as America's Funniest Sports Utility Vehicles, tractor pulling, monster truck rallies, and even the Olympics.
==Appearances==
*Cars
*Cars: Fast as Lightning
*Cars 3
==Official profiles==
*Bob Cutlass is a world renowned sports announcer. He's covered every sporting event from tractor pulls to monster truck rallies, including the last three Olympic games, but he's most famous for teaming up with former Piston Cup racer, Darrell Cartrip, to announce Piston Cup racing on the Racing Sports Network. Bob Cutlass is the voice of reason to Darrell's enthusiastic color commentary. Bob is also the host of Sunday night's TV staple, "America's Funniest Sports Utility Vehicles".Car Finder Game
==Gallery==
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File:Bcdc08.jpg|2008 release with Darrell Cartrip
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Ttwt12.jpg|2012 release with Strip Weathers aka "The King", Chick Hicks, Finish Line Lightning McQueen, Darrell Cartrip, Race Tow Truck Tom, Marlon McKay, Race Official Tom, Mia and Tia
File:Bob darrell.jpg|2013 release with Darrell Cartrip
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File:Cars 3 bob cutlass cars 2018-2019 single - florida 500.jpg|2019 release
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==Names in other languages==
*Croatian: Nenad Šajbica
*Czech: Luboš Plecháček
*Danish: Claes Bremse
*French: Bob Culasse
*German: Heiko Water
*Greek: Μπομπ Κατλας (transcription: Bob Katlas)
*Norwegian:
**Jon Herwig Kløtsjen (Cars)
**Jan Aksel Kløtsjen (Cars 2 and subsequent)
*Spanish: Bob Culatas 
*Swedish:
**Björn Rallygard (Diecast)
**Rolf Rallygård (The Official Magazine)
*Russian:
**Боб Катласс (transcription: Bob Katlass)
**Боб Катлас (transcription: Bob Katlas)
*Ukrainian: Боб Катласс (transcription: Bob Katlass)
==Trivia==
*Originally, Bob Cutlass was meant to appear in Cars 2, but got canceled.Cars 2 - Deleted Scene
*Bob Cutlass is based on and voiced by the real-life announcer Bob Costas. In real-life, Bob Costas was the announcer for NBA and NFL games on NBC, and the Olympic Games. However, since it was stated in the Car Finder that Bob Cutlass hosted the Olympics, it could be implied that the Olympics in the Cars universe are mostly a car-ified version of the competition.
*He was voiced by a famous Turkish commentator, named Murat Kosova in the Turkish dub of the first film.
**Despite this, the character wasn't renamed in the dub.
*In the Nintendo DS version of the Cars: Race-O-Rama video game, Bob Cutlass' promo art from Cars is used to represent Troy Brakeman during cutscenes.
*Bruce Boxmann's Meet the Cars artwork is actually a recolor of Bob Cutlass' artwork.
*According to his die-cast, his license plate reads "RSN".
*His German name, "Heiko Water" is a reference to his performer in the German version, Heiko Waßer ("waßer" in German means "water").
*His Danish name, "Claes Bremse", is a reference to his performer in the Danish version, Claus Borre.
*"Cutlass" is a reference to the Oldsmobile Cutlass.
*In the European Spanish dub, his name is "Bob Culatas" and is voiced by the Spanish presenter and commentator, Antonio Lobato.
==References==
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