Rod Redline

*"Okay, McMissile, I'm here. It's time for the drop."*
―Rod Redline[src]
**Rod "Torque" Redline** was an American C.H.R.O.M.E. agent that Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell were supposed to meet until circumstances forced him to pass crucial information to Mater, whom the two British spies mistook for Redline wearing a "clever" disguise. He is one of the finest in the force. As a muscle car, he has extra strength. However, he is also able to flex other powers, including intelligence, quick wits, and the ability to completely change his appearance. He was blown up by Otto Zündapp and Grem in their Tokyo Secret Lemon Hideout.

## Biography

### Being an Andercover Lemon

Redline was infiltrated on the Lemons' Oil Rig disguised as a Gremlin, after his government discovered the suspicious installations some time before Finn McMissile himself. Rod is the Gremlin that McMissile witnesses expressing curiosity about a camera intended for the World Grand Prix, and questioning Otto Zündapp about it. During his stay, Rod was also able to snap a picture of the mastermind behind the conspiracy.

Rod accompanied Zündapp and his henchmen to Tokyo for the WGP Welcome Party, with the intention to exchange info with Finn McMissile.

### Fight in the Tokyo Art Center Bathroom

However, unbeknownst to him the Lemons had infiltrated his plan, and he was ambushed by a very angry Acer and Grem, who angrily damaged him heavily. When Mater comes across them, Rod surreptitiously passes the device containing the info onto the latter's undercarriage. Mater notices the condition Rod is in, and when he asks if he is okay, Rod simply replies that he is fine.

### Death

After this, Acer and Grem angrily brought Rod to Zündapp in their Tokyo Secret Lemon Hideout, where he was restrained with Denver boots on his front wheels. He was then pumped with the supposedly clean fuel "Allinol". Zündapp demonstrated, on the agent himself, what happens when cars fueled with Allinol are exposed to an electromagnetic pulse generator disguised as a camera, using it as a form of torture. As Allinol began to react, the lemons angrily demanded to know who Rod passed the intel to, putting up a slideshow of all the cars he made contact with at the Tokyo party. Rod resists, but he has an involuntary reaction at an image of Mater, which Lukas catches. Rod could only show horror at allowing an oblivious civilian tow truck to become a target, before he was killed from the spontaneous explosion of Allinol. After his engine was blown and his entire body exploded into pieces, his corpse is visible slightly among flames in the reflection of the screen.

## Personality

Rod has a cool manner. He does not worry even though he knows there is no chance for him to live even after the encounter with the lemons. Instead of worrying, he tries to keep up a smile and even insults the lemons.

Under his disguise, he is seen smiling at everyone he talks to except when meeting with the lemons.﻿

## Trivia

* His license plate is M1911A1. This is a reference to the Colt M1911A1, a semi-automatic handgun popular for military, civilian, and law enforcement use.
* According to his license plate, he is from Michigan, which is the birthplace of actor Bruce Campbell, who voices Rod.
* A Toys "R" Us Lego exclusive of Rod was released for free on October 15, 2011 in the US.
* Rod is seen talking to Shigeko while in his Gremlin disguise.
* When Rod has his Gremlin disguise on, his eyes are brown instead of blue.
* Rod is downloadable in *Cars 2: The Video Game*, even though he was killed in the film. However, since all the tracks are just simulations, it is possible that Rod is part of the simulations.
* In the Cars Toon short, To Protect and Serve, the sheriffs Mike 07 and Didi 05 will reuse Rod's model. This is a nod to some real life police cars, which are Dodge Challengers, and Rod's design is chiefly based on a Dodge Challenger.
* In Cars 3, Pat Traxson reuses Rod's model.
* Rod's voice actor Bruce Campbell had previously appeared in another Disney film featuring the premise involving sentient cars (Campbell had played the lead role in the 1997 telefilm remake of *The Love Bug*).