Sarge (Cars)

Sarge is a supporting character in the Cars franchise.
He was voiced by Paul Dooley.
== Physical appearance ==
Sarge is a 1941 Willys military Jeep. He proudly served in World War 2 and received the Grille Badge of True Mettle for towing a tank to safety in the Battle of the Bulge. He now lives in Radiator Springs and runs Sarge's Surplus Hut, where he sells military surplus and his own Mother Road Survival Kit, guaranteed to get you through the next world war should you break down. He believes firmly in order and has his lawn perfectly manicured and mowed twice a day. Every morning he plays a rousing rendition of Reveille and raises the American flag, only to be interrupted by his neighbor Fillmore who simultaneously plays Hendrix's rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. Despite their constant bickering, Sarge and Fillmore appear to be close friends.
== Personality ==
Sarge is tough, strict and militaristic, but is nonetheless kind to his friends, although he has a tendency to lose his temper, especially towards Fillmore who his polar opposite. While the two are often yelling at each other, they are the best of friends, and are able to spend time together and find things they actually agree on. Sarge is a former fighter in the war, and specializes in army knowledge and loves the chance to train anyone who is in need of off-road training, whether it's the students at his boot camp or Lightning McQueen. Sarge seems to be very protective over Radiator Springs and his friends, and always loves to help no matter how.
==Biography==
=== Past ===
Sarge fought in World War II, notably taking part in the Battle of the Bugle, and apparently made friends with a British soldier at one point.
===Cars===
"Ask Sarge about his military service and he'll regale you with stories of daring fearlessness! Like the time his tank friend lost his track in The Battle of the Bulge and Sarge had to tow him to safety. For his bravery, Sarge received the Grille Badge of True Mettle! It's displayed front and center at Sarge's Surplus Hut, side by side with Sarge's own brand of The Mother Road survival kit. He guarantees that if you break down, this kit will help you get through the night and maybe the next world war, and it all stows nicely in your trunk."
One night, in Radiator Springs, Sarge and Fillmore watch the stoplight's yellow light blink from Flo's V8 Café. Fillmore comments on how every third blink gets slower where Sarge responds if the 60s' were not good for him. Suddenly, Sarge, Fillmore, and Ramone see racecar Lightning McQueen arrive in Radiator Springs where he is being pursued by Sheriff. When McQueen starts driving out of control, Sarge immediately takes cover and witnesses McQueen accidentally destroy the town's road by dragging the statue of the town's founder, Stanley with him and then watches Stanley's statue fly in the air before it lands back at its proper place.
When McQueen is put on trial the next day, Sarge goes to court and angrily glares at McQueen for causing so much trouble. Sarge then sees the town's judge, Doc Hudson enter the courtroom who orders McQueen to immediately leave town and when the town's attorney, Sally Carrera arrives, Sarge greets her. As Sally makes a speech on the history of Radiator Springs where travelers come and go, Sarge demanded to know what travelers, but Fillmore said to everyone to ignore him. Sarge then supports Sally's decision to have McQueen fix the road where he is then sentenced to community service.
Sarge with Fillmore and Sheriff watch McQueen fix the road by pulling Bessie from Flo's V8 Café. When Van and Minny arrive in Radiator Springs, Sarge tries to offer some of his surplus, only to be declined and sadly watches the two cars leave town. When McQueen tries to speed up his progress where he makes the road bumpy, Sarge watches Doc challenge McQueen to a race where he witnesses fall into a cactus pit after failing to make a turn on the dirt track. After that, Sarge watches McQueen scrap off the bumpy road and reacts in disgust when Fillmore offers the racecar some of his organic fuel, calling it "freak juice."
When McQueen finishes half of the road, Sarge joins his friends in having fun and driving on the new road. On the next morning, Sarge raises the American flag and salutes to it while playing "Star Spangled Banner," only to disrupted by Fillmore playing music of his own. Annoyed, Sarge yells at Fillmore to turn his music off, calling it "disrespectful junk" where Fillmore counters back by saying "Respect the classics, man! It's Hendrix!" At Flo's, Sarge tells Fillmore to take a car wash when he suggests he do some yoga. When McQueen suddenly comes in and asks if anyone knew Doc was a famous racecar, Sarge does not believe him, thinking Doc could never have been a former racecar. Sarge then watches Sally fill up McQueen's gas tank where McQueen decides to not run off and instead goes with Sally on a drive. Later, Sarge witnesses Mater arrive with a herd of tractors behind, possibly because he went out tractor tipping.
On the next day, Sarge's "Star Spangled Banner" song is interrupted by Fillmore playing the Hendrix rendition again where they get into a brief argument until they noticed that McQueen had finished fixing the road. Sarge and his friends become sad, thinking Lightning had already left town as Sarge knows they would not want Lightning to miss his Piston Cup race in California. However, Sarge becomes happy when he sees McQueen hasn't left and laughs when Mater finally realizes McQueen is still here. Sarge watches McQueen get new tires at Luigi's Casa Della Tires before giving Lightning some of his surplus. Then, Sarge and the others present McQueen's new look to Sally before the town's fixed neon lights turn on where Fillmore and the others party and have fun. However, the celebration is cut short when the press arrives (due to Doc calling them) and takes McQueen away where Sarge becomes sad to see him before woefully heading into his shop and turning off his lights.
Doc, regretting his decision, tells everyone of his past of being a racecar and grabs a handful of Radiator Springs residents, Sarge included, to the Piston Cup race in California to support McQueen and be his pit crew. Sarge and the others arrive, just in time, to cheer for McQueen and give him encouragement where Sarge helps Lightning during a brief pit stop before he continues his race. Sarge watches McQueen catch up to The King and Chick Hicks, only to get a flat tire after Chick pushes into him. Sarge witnesses Guido change McQueen so quickly, allowing McQueen to keep his position in the race and Sarge cheers for Guido for making an excellent pit stop. Sarge continues to watch the race and sees McQueen forfeit his chance to win the Piston Cup by helping an injured King cross the finish line. Sarge, despite being moved by Lightning's heroism, tells Fillmore not to embarrass him. Sarge congratulates McQueen and laughs at Dusty and Rusty Rust-eze's jokes.
During the credits, he opened up a Boot Camp to teach four vehicles to kiss the pavement goodbye and learn to get used to off road driving and ordered them to drop and give the Sarge 20 miles.
=== Mater and the Ghostlight ===
In Mater and the Ghostlight, Sarge is sociallizing with the other Radiator Springs residents at Flo's V8 Café, until Mater tries to scare Lightning, which leads Sheriff into his story of the Ghostlight. After Lightning and Guido place a lamp on Mater's tow hook to scare him, Sarge and many other townsfolk eagerly watch Mater rush around the town.
===Cars 2===
Sarge is a patriotic veteran who runs the Radiator Springs Army surplus store, Sarge’s Surplus Hut. Sarge’s no-nonsense attitude often leads to bickering with his hippie friend, neighbor and polar opposite, Fillmore. Despite their differences, the two are almost inseparable – even throughout their world travels. A security specialist with military connections around the globe, Sarge joins Lightning McQueen and Mater at the World Grand Prix as a member of Team Lightning McQueen.
In the film he is seen with Fillmore for most of the time. In Italy he is amazed at a drink he has which Fillmore says is organic. He also summons the army and Scotland Yard to fight and catch the Lemons. At the end Fillmore says that Sarge replaced Lightning's fuel. He also finally says "man."
=== Planes: Fire & Rescue ===
He appears in a photo alongside Mayday.
=== Cars 3 ===
Sarge appears as a minor character in the third film. He is happy to learn that despite his accident, Lightning continues to race. When the latter leaves for the new Rust-eze center, Sarge greets him and is annoyed to see Red cry.
Sarge is mentioned by Mater during a call from McQueen. He explains that after Fillmore distributes tires for free, Sarge takes it upon himself to collect them all.
Sarge appears again at the end after the Florida 500 race that Cruz Ramirez won.
He reappears one last time alongside his friends when McQueen trains with Cruz in Radiator Springs, on Willy's Butte.
== Video games ==
=== Cars: The Videogame ===
In Cars: The Videogame, Sarge appears as a non-playable racing opponent, found in the race Sarge's Off-Road Challenge, and also in most road races in arcade mode. In story mode, he provides off-road training to Lightning in the Sarge's Boot Camp minigame, and later challenges him to a race immediately after the levels are complete. He is playable only in the PlayStation Portable version of the game.
=== Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures ===
In Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures, Sarge will often appear as a character that the player must provide gas to in Fill `Er Up activity.
=== Cars: Mater-National Championship ===
In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Sarge makes his first playable appearance, as a starting character that does not need to be unlocked. His statistics include 2 for boost, 5 for acceleration, 5 for handling, and 2 for stability. He has no additional paint jobs other than his default attire.
Sarge also appears as an opponent in story mode races, including Fillmore's Nature Preserve, Ornament Valley Airport, and Team Relay #2. Although he appears in the cutscene for Rustbucket Grand Prix, he does not appear in that race.
=== Cars: Race-O-Rama ===
In Cars: Race-O-Rama, Sarge re-appears as a playable character, continuing to have no alternate paint jobs besides his default attire. He also appears in several story mode races.
=== Cars 2: The Video Game ===
In Cars 2: The Video Game, Sarge makes another playable appearance, this time appearing in his Team 95 attire. While he is unlocked from the start, an additional alternate character called Camo Sarge can be unlocked by earning the "Dangerous Cargo" badge.
=== Cars: Fast as Lightning ===
In Cars: Fast as Lightning, Sarge is one of the few non-playable characters, as he hosts the daily events that can be completed to earn prizes such as coins, gems and fuel.
==Trivia==
*Sarge's license plate reads "41WW2", a reference to World War II and the year the US got in the war, 1941.
*Three versions of Sarge have been released in the Cars Die-Cast Line, a regular version, a pit crew version, and a version where he is saluting the flag.
*Sarge is modeled on the famous Willys MB 'Jeep'.
*In one scene in Cars, Sarge says to his next-door neighbor, Fillmore "Take a car wash, hippie!" a switchblade of Sarge's line is used again by Carl Fredricksen in Up.
** Though he is mentioned several times in Disney Infinity, Sarge makes no physical appearance, as Finn McMissile is covering his shop duties while he is away.
** Although mentioned towing Tanks in his bio, real-life military Jeeps are often too light to do so, as some WWII main battle tanks can be as heavy as up to 100 tons.
*** Additionally, tanks do not appear at all in the series. The British military only consisted attack helicopters and a variety of other military utility vehicles, such as transport trucks, missile launchers, and HUMVEEs.
** Sarge is smaller than every British Military vehicle.
** Sarge's favorite television program is the Mel Dorado Show.
** In Cars: Race-O-Rama, although he competes in all four Smash Up events and is playable in many event types, he is not playable in Smash Ups (except on the PlayStation 2 version, in which he does not appear in Smash Ups at all).
** In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Sarge is one of the fastest opponents to catch in Doc and the Law's Race 'n' Chase in Arcade mode. He shares this trait with Doc Hudson and Emma, though Doc, unlike Sarge is also one of the fastest playable characters.
** In August 2007, several Sarge die-cast models were recalled due to containing excessive amounts of lead paint, which is highly toxic when consumed. This was one of many recalls issued by Mattel.
** During early production of the movie Cars around 2002 he was supposed to be named Willie, a pun of his model.
*Sarge also shares his name with a character in the Toy Story films.
*Sarge appeared on a picture with Mayday in the fire station of Propwash Junction in DisneyToon Studios' Planes: Fire & Rescue.
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