Chick Hicks

* Cars
* Cars 3

### Quote

Oh yeah? You wanna know the forecast? I'll give you the forecast. A hundred percent chance of... THUNDER! KA-CHICKA! KA-CHICKA! Say it with me. Ka-chicka! Ka-chicka! Ka-chicka!

**Chick "Thunder" Hicks**, alias **Chick Hicks**, is the main antagonist of Disney/Pixar's 2006 film, *Cars* and a minor character in *Cars 3*. He is a Piston Cup racer and the rival of Lightning McQueen.

He was voiced by Michael Keaton in the first film and Bob Peterson in the third.

## Trivia

* Chick was the inspiration of Jackson Storm, the main antagonist of the third film. The problem is, despite Chick, a heartless cheater being Storm's inspiration, Storm was an antagonist, but he was not considered truly evil, except for when he slammed Cruz against the wall (which was basically his first and only crime he's ever committed).
* Chick largely serves as a dark parallel to McQueen. They are both racers who dream of getting at Dinoco, which represents the peak of success. However, with the influence he got from Doc, Sally, and Mater, McQueen learned humility, compassion, and that there was more to life than fame and fortune after helping The King finish his race. On the other hand, Chick failed to learn the error of his ways and let his anger be his downfall after getting booed off the stage following his unfair Piston Cup victory at LA Speedway. Thus, Chick serves as an example of what McQueen would have become if he had allowed his arrogance to consume him and had not realized the importance of humility.
	+ However, these traits are more exaggerated in Chick Hicks, and often make him more argumentative, ridiculous and obnoxious than his red counterpart is. Chick always brags about winning, and he is also shown to be a very sarcastic, unpleasant, treacherous, intimidating and formidable enemy. Having lived all of his career in the shadow of The King has made him bitter and devoid of any sense of fair play. One of his actions involved knocking the King (who was about to retire anyway) into the off-road.
* Chick is the most recurring villain in the *Cars* franchise as he appears in *Cars*, *Cars 3*, and almost every video game (excluding *Cars: Mater-National Championship*).
* Chick makes his team wear "mustache" grilles to represent him.
* According to the 2009 Die-cast Collectors Guide, Chick Hicks has 334 decals on him.
* Chick is a 1979 Shyster Gremlin, a car that does not exist. It is designed after a 1987 Buick Grand National.
* Chick's number "86" could come from 1986, the year that Pixar was established and when *Luxo, Jr.* was released. "86" is also slang for "destroying" or "to get rid of".
* Even though Chick did not appear in *Cars 2*, he can be obtainable via downloadable content in *Cars 2: The Video Game*.
* On his right door, there is a picture of the Marshy-Marshmallows logo. This is mostly the same company which was seen in *A Bug's Life* under the name of "Joel's Marshy Marshmallows".
* In the Polish version, his name is **Marek Marucha**. *Ma rucha* means "He has speeds of the film".
* Chick's primary sponsor is the Hostile Takeover Bank (htB), which is fitting considering his bad nature and that "hostile takeover" is basically to describe when one company directly approaches the owner of another companies and buys it, even if the previous owner didn't want it to be bought.
* Chick should have been disqualified even before the events of the movie because of PIT'ing and aggressive driving but for the convenience of the plot, he was kept as a racer. Because of this, it is implied that the race officials allow him to play dirty just because he's in contention of winning the Piston Cup.
* It is unknown what Chick looked like when the production of *Cars* originally started, maybe his sponsor was Nitroade as the Nitroade racer in the teaser trailer hits the red racer who was the old McQueen.
* Though he is the main villain, Chick has little screen time as the movie focused on McQueen lost in Radiator Springs along with his attitude from Doc Hudson to learn that there are more important things in life than winning. Because of this, Doc Hudson was close to being the main antagonist due to his gruff attitude on meeting McQueen and lecturing him to become a better person (though this was due to McQueen's arrogance in wanting to be the best and wanting to escape from Radiator Springs), while Chick was close to being the secondary antagonist.
* In the normal version of the first film, Chick was voiced by Michael Keaton and in the Danish version, he was voiced by Mads Mikkelsen. Both Keaton and Mikkelson portrayed villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Keaton portrayed Vulture in *Spider-Man: Homecoming* and Mikkelsen portrayed by Kaecilius in *Doctor Strange*.
	+ His Danish voice actor, Mads Mikkelsen also did the voice of Randall Boggs (who is another Pixar villain) in the Danish version of *Monsters Inc.*
* Chick Hicks is one of the four main Pixar villains to actually succeed in his plans, with the other three being Chef Skinner from *Ratatouille*, Ernesto de la Cruz from *Coco* (despite his plan being foiled), and Gabby Gabby from *Toy Story 4* (despite turning good at the end).
* Whether Chick is truly evil or simply has a horrific attitude to the point of hitting other cars regardless of how much he damages them is debatable. Regardless, he moved on from his actions in the first movie to be just a snarky news reporter in the third. That said, he still hasn't reformed as shown still insulting McQueen on TV over the possibility of retiring.
	+ However, it should be noted that Chicks Hicks' actions are less-than heinous than the likes of Sir Miles Axlerod and Professor Zündapp, Who damaged several racers during the races and were more than willing to kill other cars if it meant getting their way. This proves that while Chicks Hicks' was indeed a cheater who wanted to do whatever it takes to win, he wasn't willing to go as far as to kill Lightning McQueen (despite ramming the King which causes him harm).
* In the Rioplatenese version of *Cars*, he is voiced by Marcos di Palma, an Argentinian race car driver known for his brash attitude.
* Chick Hicks bullying McQueen on television can be compared to J. Jonah Jameson trying to incriminate Spiderman as a bad guy in newspapers due to considering him a threat to society.
* In the *Cars 3: Driven to Win* video game, Chick mostly appears in the background on his TV show set during menu navigation. However, he has a tendency to leave the set in anger, with forklift TV crew putting a cardboard version of himself.