Acer

*"This time, I’m gonna make sure you stay dead!"*
―Acer to Finn McMissile
**Acer** was a Lemon who worked alongside Miles Axlerod and Otto Zündapp in their plot to influence the world's approval towards conventional fuel, increasing their monetary income. During the World Grand Prix sabotages, he and his partner-in-crime Grem were in charge of operating the EMP Camera Emitter that was used to damage the engines of Allinol users.

## Biography

### Chase of the Pacific Ocean

Acer is one of the many Lemons involved in Miles Axlerod's master plan. When agent Finn McMissile is sent by C.H.R.O.M.E. to investigate suspicious activity at an oil rig out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, he witnesses Otto Zündapp showing his henchman a World Grand Prix racing camera, which McMissile attempts to analyze. However, he is discovered, and forced to escape. Acer attempts to destroy him by manning Tony Trihull's guns, but McMissile manages to escape, although he fakes his death by releasing spare tires from his trunk, which rise to the top of the sea, implying his demise.

### WGP Welcome Party

At the World Grand Prix welcome party in Tokyo, Japan, American agent Rod Redline arrives in a bathroom, which is serving as a meeting spot for an information drop-off between him and McMissile. However, as McMissile's agent, Holley Shiftwell, is making her way there, Grem and Acer enter the bathroom and attack the agent. Their brawl is interrupted when Mater emerges from one of the stalls, giving Redline an opportunity to attach his tracking beacon to Mater's undercarriage. This action causes McMissile and Shiftwell to believe that Mater is the esteemed American agent they were expecting to meet.

### Assassination of Rod Redline

Redline is captured and brought to one of the Lemons' hideout, where Professor Z introduces him to the camera. The Professor reveals that the camera is actually a device that fuels an electromagnetic pulse, which, when combined with the alternative fuel Allinol, creates an explosive reaction. The Lemons demonstrate its power on Redline, while Acer interrogates him, attempting to figure out who he had transferred the information to. When Mater's picture is shown, Redline reacts nervously, revealing his actions. The device is put to full charge, and the pulse causes Redline's engine to explode, killing him.

### Tokyo Grand Prix

During the first race of the World Grand Prix in Tokyo, Acer and Grem operate the camera, and use it to damage the engines of some of the competitors, who are using the Allinol fuel. When Mater is identified at the race, Acer and many other Lemons attempt to corner him, but Shiftwell and McMissile assist him in escaping and fighting them off. Acer attempts to kill McMissile with a blow torch, but the British agent successfully gets away.

### Chase of Haneda Airport

After being scolded by Lightning McQueen, Mater travels to an airport in Tokyo to catch a flight back to Radiator Springs. There, Grem and Acer begin following him, but McMissile intercepts and he and Mater speed down the runway to catch up to Siddeley, McMissile's plane. Grem and Acer take pursuit and attempt to attack them, but they fail to do so, and the spies escape.

### Porto Corsa Grand Prix

At the second race in Porto Corsa, Italy, Acer and Grem once again operate the camera, but they predict McMissile's interference, and he is captured by a helicopter carrying a magnet. Meanwhile, Mater infiltrates the Lemons' meeting at a nearby casino, where he learns of their next target, McQueen. This startles Mater, and he accidentally reveals his identity. Mater almost escapes, but is eventually captured and sprayed with gas, rendering him unconscious.

### London Grand Prix and Battle of London

When Mater awakens, he finds himself, McMissile, and Shiftwell tied up inside of Big Bentley in London, England, the location of the third and final World Grand Prix event. Acer and Grem inform them a bomb has been placed in McQueen's pit, and leave the three waiting for their demise. Mater manages to escape, however, and heads straight for Lightning's pit to warn him and his friends. However, the Lemons predicted Mater's actions, and the bomb is actually strapped in place of Mater's air intake.

Meanwhile, Professor Z and the other Lemons attempt to use the camera on McQueen, but fail to do so. As Lightning is racing, Mater enters the track and attempts to warn Lightning, but the race car does not understand his warning, and Mater and McQueen leave the track together by use of Mater's spy parachute. The unplanned actions require Grem and Acer to enter the fray, and they begin chasing Mater. However, Holley intervenes, and uses her spy wing to force the pair of Lemons off course, and they crash through the doors of a pub called Ye Left Turn Inn, where they were killed by the pub's customers to a pulp.

## Personality

Acer is an evil-minded car that is driven by anger and low self-confidence, a result of his make and model. He is willing to go to extreme measures to accomplish his desires, including attempting to harm and even kill others. Acer's goal, like the other Lemons, is to steer the world away from the direction of alternative fuel and favor conventional fuel, of which the Lemons are barons.

Between him and Grem, Acer is the more light-hearted of the two. At times, Acer can be considered a little dumb, though he is trusted with responsibilites such as operating dangerous devices.

## Powers and abilities

Acer is a skilled combatant and gunman, often put in charge of handling guns and missiles by his boss, Professor Z. He was also put in charge of wielding a blow torch during the lemons' fight against Finn McMissile in the back streets of Tokyo.

Additionally, Acer has shown fairly decent racing abilities in media such as *Cars 2: The Video Game*, as well as being agile and fast. He is apparently more speedy than powerful, and, according to his *Cars 2: The Video Game* stats, he has a light weight.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Lemons
	+ Grem - Best Friend
	+ Miles Axlerod - Boss
	+ Otto Zündapp
	+ J. Curby Gremlin
	+ Don Crumlin †
	+ Stefan Gremsky
	+ Tubbs Pacer
	+ Petey Pacer
	+ Jerome Ramped
	+ Fred Pacer †
	+ Victor Hugo
	+ Alexander Hugo
	+ Vladimir Trunkov
	+ Petrov Trunkov
	+ Tolga Trunkov
	+ Ivan
	+ Tony Trihull †
	+ Karl Haulzemoff
	+ Muggsy Liftsome

### Enemies

* Lightning McQueen
* Mater
* C.H.R.O.M.E. - Arch-Enemy
	+ Finn McMissile
	+ Holley Shiftwell
	+ Rod Redline †
	+ Leland Turbo †

## Trivia

* According to his spy data analysis, Acer's VIN number is A58667A372159, and he is wanted in the United States, China, England, Japan, Spain, and the Czech Republic for grand theft, larceny, blocking traffic and smog certification.
* In the *Cars 2* magazine with the 56 page *Cars 2* Movie Comic, when Holley stops him and Grem from reaching McQueen and Mater, Grem and Acer land in a garbage truck instead of ending up in Ye Left Turn Inn.
* Acer's LEGO model portrays him with green eyes, rather than the correct brown eyes.
* Along with Grem, Professor Z, Miles Axlerod and Victor Hugo, Acer is playable in *Cars 2: The Video Game* (along with Gunner Acer), even though they are villains. However, it could be that they are part of the simulation.
* There was a costume of him on the *World of Cars Online*, which could have been obtained from Ramone's House of Body Art.

## References

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