Ramone

Ramone is Flo's husband, and the owner of Ramone's House of Body Art, and is one of the main characters in the Cars franchise. Ramone first appeared in Cars, and has often held the role of paint job consultant in the video games and some of the shorts. He has a calm and collected persona that is usually brought out when he is talking to customers, or some of his friends. His model is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala / Show Car.
==History==
===Cars===
Ramone has been a resident of Radiator Springs for over 50 years. In the late 1950s, a showgirl named Flo showed up in Radiator Springs, which Ramone soon took a liking to and the pair later married.
In Cars, Mcqueen Accidentally scratch his paint by a barbed wired fence. Later Ramone often repaints himself, and gave McQueen a fresh paint job the day before the race right before his abrupt removal. He, along with the rest of the town, later joined McQueen's pit crew and helped him win the tiebreaker race in California. After that, at some point, he retired from McQueen's crew and usually stays behind during the season.
===Cars: The Videogame===
In Cars: The Videogame, Ramone appears as a playable character in arcade mode. He can only be played as when doing a road race. When you enter Ramone's paint shop to change Lightning's paint job, Ramone can be heard making remarks about the paint job you have chosen. He also occasionally appears driving along the road in Radiator Springs.
Ramone is an opponent in the races Radiator Springs Grand Prix, Boostin' with Fillmore, Sarge's Off-Road Challenge and Doc's Check-Up.
===Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures===
In Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures, Ramone appears in tree different games. In Hip-Hop It Up, the player must tap the arrow keys as Ramone dances. He also appears in Fill 'Er Up, where he is one of the customers that the player must provide fuel to. and Ramone also appears in Drive in and out, where the player must move Ramone so that Lightning McQueen get out of the Drive in Theater
===Mater and the Ghostlight===
In Mater and the Ghostlight, Ramone appears in a blue paint job at Flo's V8 Café, listening to Sheriff telling the story of the Ghostlight.
===Cars: Mater-National Championship===
In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Ramone is a playable character in arcade mode, and is still seen driving through the streets of Radiator Springs. He also has his own minigame Ramone's Rhythmic Rumble, where the player plays as Ramone and presses the correct buttons to keep him dancing. If the player misses a certain number of notes, they will lose the game.
He is an opponent in the races Rustbucket Grand Prix and Wheel Well Circuit, and is the third member of the player's team in the second race of Luigi and Guido's Team Relay.
===Cars Toons===
====Mater the Greater====
In Mater the Greater, Ramone can be seen behind Lightning, Luigi and Guido, right before Mater jumps off the ramp. He also appears at the end of the short, behind Lightning.
====Tokyo Mater====
In Tokyo Mater, Ramone makes another cameo at Flo's V8 Café, after Mater rolls away in his "modifications".
====Heavy Metal Mater====
In Heavy Metal Mater, Ramone appears once again at Flo's V8 Cafe, this time watching Guido sing karaoke.
====Mater Private Eye====
In Mater Private Eye, Ramone makes yet another cameo appearance at Flo's V8 Cafe. but Ramone appears with his green paint job instead of his purple paint job
====Spinning====
In Spinning, Ramone is part of the crowd watching Guido perform tricks with the shop sign. He then tells DJ to add some music as Guido continues to show off his great abilities.
====The Radiator Springs 500½====
In The Radiator Springs 500½, Ramone is among the cars that are celebrating the foundation of Radiator Springs, and commemorating Stanley. In the short, Ramone's paint job is orange, with artwork of the Radiator Springs mountains on his doors.
===Cars: Race-O-Rama===
Ramone appears in Story Mode in Motoropolis, when Lighting McQueen talks with Chick Hicks and Stinger. He also appears during many races, and is a playable character in arcade mode.
===Cars 2===
In Cars 2, Ramone greets Lightning when he comes back to Radiator Springs. He also helps Otis get fixed up. He then later sees Lightning and his team off at the airport. He returns in London with a paint job resembling the United Kingdom flag after Lightning McQueen calls him and the rest of the Radiator Springs gang about Mater. He also participates in the battle against the lemons by spray painting Tubbs Pacer in the eyes.
===Cars 2: The Video Game===
In Cars 2: The Video Game, Ramone makes no appearance in the base game itself, but is a downloadable character in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game. He is in his purple with flames paint job, though he does not appear like that in the second movie.
===Disney Infinity===
In Disney Infinity, Ramone appears in the Cars Play Set, as someone who the player can take missions from. When the Cars vault is opened by having all four characters interact with it, a toy of Ramone can be unlocked for use in the player's toy box worlds.
===Cars 3===
In Cars 3, he rejoins Lightning's pit crew team and paints Cruz Ramirez at the Florida 500. He later appears at the end of the film at Willy's Butte.
===Cars 3: Driven to Win===
Ramone, in his blue paint job from Cars 3, is one of the six playable characters, the other five being Lightning McQueen, Cruz Ramirez, Mater, Sally, and Guido, who are all available from the start in Cars 3: Driven to Win.
===Pixar Popcorn===
In Unparalleled Parking, Ramone can be seen playing the parking game with the other Radiator Springs residents.
In Dancing with the Cars, Ramone can be seen dancing with the residents of the town.
===Cars on the Road===
===="Dino Park"====
In Cars on the Road episode, "Dino Park", Ramone appears a the Flo's V8 Café when the Radiator Springs residents were talking about Mater's sister and he calls McQueen to have a new paint that Lightning has in the show.
===Other Appearances===
As for Ramone's other appearances, he rarely has huge roles in books or comics, though makes many cameos. However, the book Blue Ramone does focus around him, as he tries as hard as he can to stay blue (Flo's favorite color) for a week.
==General information==
===Physical description===
Ramone is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala Lowrider / Show Car.
His license plate reads "LOWNSLO".
Ramone is often repainting himself, so his livery is frequently changing, though Ramone is most often depicted in his purple paint job, due to him spending the majority of Cars with that color as well as it being the very first paint job he is seen in, and most merchandising lines release him with that color scheme.
===Personality and traits ===
Ramone is kind and loyal, and is always willing to paint anyone in need and likes to do so. He sometimes is cocky and brags, mainly about his hydraulics.
===Powers and abilities===
Ramone is an expert in both painting and performing body work to dented or damaged cars. Additionally, Ramone has been shown to be a relatively good racer, specializing in stability and speed, though his acceleration is weaker.
In Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures and Cars: Mater-National Championship, Ramone is shown to be a very skilled and talented dancer, even having an entire minigame based off of him in the latter game titled Ramone's Rhythmic Rumble.
===Relationships===
Ramone has been married to Flo since she arrived in Radiator Springs as part of the Motorama Girls. They have continued to have a good relationship since then and throughout the course of the series.
Ramones' friends include all of the Radiator Springs residents, as well as other cars around Carburetor County such as Otis.
According to his Cars 2 official bio, he is apparently a huge fan of Lightning McQueen.
==List of appearances==
:For this subject's list of appearances, see Ramone/Appearances.
==Profiles and statistics==
===Cars===
*Bios
**"A true artist isn't afraid to take chances, explore new ways to express themselves, or push the limits of culture. Ramone believes that the automotive body can be a vehicle of expression, which is why every day for Ramone is a new chance to explore new paint jobs and push the limitless boundaries of his art."
**"This cool paint job is inspired by Ramone's famous friend, Lightning McQueen. Ramone can show support for his friend and look pretty sweet doing it!"
**"Ramone is green with envy today - he's envious of all the other cars who get to see his brand new sweet green paint job. But be careful, you can look but don't touch. This paint job is that fresh."
**"Ramone calls this look "Mellow Sunset." This morning he was feeling particularly relaxed about the day's schedule. Starting off with breakfast at Flo's, then back to his studio for a few hours of painting, only to quit early for the day and then pick up Flo for a nice drive up to the Wheel Well to enjoy a mellow sunset."
**"When the town is busting and business was good, Ramone didn't have time to paint himself each day. He barely had the time to paint himself each year, so he had had to really make it count! Like the classic look from the 1960's."
**"This paint job came out particularly nice. Ramone liked it so much he thought he'd keep it a little longer that a day, but then, he came to his senses."
===Cars: The Videogame===
*Stats 
**Speed: 3
**Acceleration: 4
**Handling: 3
**Stability: 3
===Cars: Mater-National Championship===
*Stats 
**Boost: 5
**Acceleration: 2
**Handling: 3
**Stability: 4
===Cars: Race-O-Rama===
*Paint jobs: 10
*Unlocking criteria: Unknown
===Cars 2===
*Bios 
**"Ramone owns and operates Ramone's House of Body Art, Radiator Springs' custom body and paint shop. Ramone is an artist - a true magician with paint and metal. There was a time when his only canvas was himself, so he repainted himself daily. But since Lightning McQueen helped put Radiator Springs back on the map, Ramone has had his share of customers - including the star race car himself. Before heading off to the World Grand Prix, Lightning stops by Ramone's for a new paint job, and Ramone gives him a whole new look, even adding a spoiler to him."
===Cars 2: The Video Game===
*Bios
**"Ramone has gone all out to deck himself out for C.H.R.O.M.E.'s training. No doubt he'll be the best looking car out there, man."
*Stats 
**Weight class: Heavy
**Speed: 20
** Power: 80
===Disney Infinity===
Name 	Image	How to unlock 	Description
Ramone	 	Found randomly in a character chest or the vault in the Cars Play Set.	Ready for a new look? Ramone's your car!
==Portrayals==
*Cheech Marin - All appearances, excluding Cars 3: Driven to Win
==Gallery==
:For this subject's image gallery, see Ramone/Gallery.
==Names in other languages==
*Croatian: Ramo
*Hungarian: Ramón
*Italian: Ramon
*Japanese: ラモーン
*Polish: Roman
*Portuguese: Ramon
*Russian:
**Рамон (transcription: Ramon)
**Рэймон (transcription: Reymon)
*Spanish: Ramón
*Turkish: Ramon
*Ukrainian: Рамон (transcription: Ramon)
==Trivia==
*He usually spray paints his body in different colors under different circumstances.
**It is also for this reason that he's die-cast releases total up to 13, making him the second most-frequently released, after Lightning McQueen.
*On his tires is written in Gothic writing "Low N Slow". This is another reference to his catchphrase, "Low N' Slow".
*According to The World of Cars Online, the name of Ramone's dark green paint job is "Grass Green", the name of his blue paint job is "Blue Sky", and the name of his "Mellow Sunset" paint job is renamed to "Yellow Mellow".
*According to Jay Ward, Ramone was going to be a 1961 Impala.
*Ramone is one of only three characters, alongside Lightning McQueen and Mater, to be playable in all five mainline console Cars games. He has been a base roster character in every game except Cars 2: The Video Game, where he is a DLC character instead.
==Quotes==
*"Hey! you scratched my paint!" - Cars
*"Lizzie, Big Al left like 15 years ago." - Cars
*"I haven't seen a road like this in years!" - Cars
*"Did you hear that one? He's saying Doc's a-this guy cracks me up!" - Cars
*"Oh yeah, baby!" - Cars
*"Oh, dude... are you crying?" - Cars
*"Hey, you scratched my paint! I oughta take a blowtorch to you, man!" - Cars 
*"Hey, you need a new paint job, hm?" - Cars: The Videogame
*"Hey, we should go cruisin'!" - Cars: The Videogame
*"Hey, Ramone's is where it's at, my friend! Heh heh." - Cars: The Videogame
*"This was for you, Flo!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
*"There's a time for low and slow and there's a time for... go and flow." - Cars: Mater-National Championship
*"Low and slow baby! Low and slow!" - Cars: Race-O-Rama
*"Let me know how it turns out." - Mater and the Ghostlight
*"Hey, how far you make it this time, Otis?" - Cars 2
* "Ooh, not bad, man" - Cars 2
* "Yeah , sure man. No problemo. Just let me go get my tools..." - Cars 2
* "Ramone is on the job, man." - Cars 2: The Video Game
*"Hey, McQueen! You can't race in primer man. Come on, let's go!" - Cars 3
* "It's like... the Sistine Chapel. On wheels!" - Cars 3
* "You know I do!" - Cars 3
* "Woah! Alright!" - "Dino Park"
==References==
==External links==
*Ramone's page at the Disney official website
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