Lizzie (Cars)

**Lizzie** is a supporting character from the Cars Franchise.

## Background

### Personality

Lizzie is one of the oldest living citizens of Radiator Springs. She is very old and fragile where she has a tendency to forget things very quickly. However, despite her forgetfulness, Lizzie is very witty where she makes sassy comments such as noting how unclean Luigi's shop is and how crazy McQueen is for talking to himself. Despite her sass, Lizzie is very kind-hearted and grandmotherly as she does care for her friends.

When Lizzie was married to Stanley, she was shown to be very much in love as she was a devoted wife. After Stanley passed away, Lizzie continued to miss and mourn for him, wishing he could see how the town he built was brought to life, thanks to McQueen.

### Physical Appearance

Lizzie is a 1923 Ford Model T 2-Door Sedan painted entirely black, with headlights that have a grey tint. She has a spare tire attached to her trunk but with a chrome interior instead of her four black rims.

## Film Appearances

### Cars

Lizzie owns the Radiator Springs Curios shop and has been living in Radiator Springs ever since the town got off the map. She is first seen sleeping at her shop when race car Lightning McQueen drives into Radiator Springs and accidentally destroys the town's road. When he's brought up to court the next day, Lizzie angry glares at him and supports Sally Carrera's decision to have McQueen fix the road. As McQueen fixes the road by pulling Bessie, Lizzie asks Red to move aside so she can watch McQueen work by calling him a "hot rod," implying she's developed some sort of a crush on him. When two cars arrive at Radiator Springs, Lizzie puts a bumper sticker on the back of the male car as a "way to remember 'them' by" and looks disappointed when they left.

When McQueen makes the road worse by trying to speed up his progress, Lizzie watches Doc Hudson challenge McQueen to a race and witnesses McQueen lose the race by falling into a cactus pit after failing to make a turn onto the dirt track. The next day, Lizzie joins the town's residents in driving on part of the new road that McQueen finished. She comments to Luigi that the new road makes his shop look like a dump, offending Luigi until he realizes that she is right. When McQueen contains to work on the road, Lizzie comments him that people will think he's crazy if he keeps talking to himself which McQueen sarcastically thanks her giving him the tip, causing Lizzie to say that she wasn't talking to him.

At Flo's V8 Café, when McQueen tries to explain to everyone that Doc is really a famous race car, Lizzie bursts into laughter and does not believe him while commenting how red McQueen is getting. Lizzie then watches McQueen leave with Sally to go out for a drive instead of running off.

When McQueen finally finishes fixing the road, Lizzie seems saddened as she believes McQueen left, but becomes overjoyed when she sees that he hasn't left. When McQueen does a shopping around town, Lizzie shows him around her shop and gives him three bumper stickers. After McQueen gets a makeover, he tries to signal Lizzie to turn on the radio and the town's fixed neon lights though she forgets so Red does it for her. Everyone begins to party around and have fun where Lizzie mistakenly cruises with McQueen, thinking he asked her when he asked Sally. Lizzie talks to McQueen about her life, but he manages to get away from and reunite with Sally, thanks to Mater. Lizzie, noticing how well the town came back to life, is seen talking to the statue of her husband, saying, "Oh, Stanley, I wish you could see this.", implying that she still misses him.

When McQueen is suddenly taken away by the press due to being informed by Doc, Lizzie becomes depressed and sadly walks into her shop, turning off her lights. Doc, regretting his decision, tells every one of his time being a race car and grabs a handful of Radiator Springs' residents to support McQueen at the race in California while Lizzie, Red, and Sally stay behind. As Lizzie, Red, and Sally watch the race on TV, she forgets that Doc is at the race she yells for Doc to "come have a look at this fellow on the radio" who looks just like him (it was). Lizzie then watches McQueen forgo his chance to win the Piston Cup by helping the injured King cross the finish line, fondly remarking "That's my hot rod."

Lizzie is seen in the end credits where Radiator Springs is back on the map due McQueen setting up his racing headquarters there and enjoys spending time with her friends.

### Cars 2

Lizzie is a minor character in the second film. She appears with the other townsfolk greeting Lightning McQueen back to Radiator Springs, unaware that he had been gone.

In the end, Lizzie is seen with Mack, listening to Mater to tell his adventures in defeating a criminal organization of cars known as "Lemons" and witnessed the arrival of British agents Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell. After hearing Holley keeping a dent and deeming it "valuable," Lizzie remarked she was crazy as Mater while Mack commented that Mater and Holley make a great couple.

### Cars 3

Lizzie returns in the third film, first appearing taking a nap on her porch. She says goodbye to Lightning when he leaves to go to the Rust-Eze Racing Center, though she thinks he is going to college. She also watches the Florida 500 on television with Red and Sheriff and, during the credits, trains with Lightning, Mater, and Cruz at the Racing Center.

## Disney Parks

Lizzie's Curio Shop appears in Cars Land as a store where guests can purchase various Cars-themed merchandise. Lizzie herself appears in Radiator Springs Racers, once again taking a nap in front of her store when the guests arrive in Radiator Springs.

**Films:** Cars | Cars 2 | Cars 3
**Short Films:** Mater and the Ghostlight | Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool | Unparalleled Parking | Dancing with the Cars
**Television:** Cars Toons | Cars on the Road
**Books:** Disney's Wonderful World of Reading
**Locations:** Radiator Springs