Roary the Racing Car

**Roary** is a bright red, cheeky and energetic single-seater racing car who lives at the Silver Hatch racetrack and the titular main protagonist of the series, In Postman Pat The Movie 2 Owen Wilson Did A Voice Of Roary & Also Owen Reprise His Role Of Lightning McQueen.

## Appearance

His signature colours are red and white. He wears a white baseball cap with a checkered pattern at the bottom and a red star emblazoned with the number 1 at the top which normally flaps in the wind when racing. Roary is occasionally Cici and FB's best friends and always wants to play with them. He is based on the Formula Ford 1500.

## Personality

Roary has the spirit and sense of a young boy whose boundless enthusiasm and curiosity often leads him into trouble. However, he has a heart of chrome under his bonnet and he's always willing to make amends

He is so full of energy and has the mindset of a schoolboy. He is the youngest of the cars. There is a sibling rivalry between Maxi and Roary. They compete over everything. Roary does not like it when Maxi bullies him, but he will occasionally bully him as well. However, most of the time, they are shown to be good friends with each other. Roary can occasionally be slightly rebellious, and can be a bit disobedient as in Roary and Nigel, or Putting on a show, but has a good heart and is the most sensible of the cars, and encourages everyone to never give up when they're down. He often assumes a role of leadership among the other cars. Overall, Roary is very altruistic, optimistic and playful with a heart of chrome and enjoys racing around the track, always finds a solution to everything and is a true number one star.

## Voice Actors

* Maria Darling (UK/US)
* Owen Wilson (Postman Pat The Movie 2)

### Friends:

* Big Chris - Best Friend
* Marsha - Friend
* Manny Garcia - Friend
* Felipe Grande - Friend
* Fleegle the Beagle - Friend
* Tex the THX Robot - Friend
* Spud the Scarecrow - Friend
* Lincoln Loud - Friend
* Walter Beckett - Friend
* Lance Sterling ✝ - Good Friend
* Sidney Prescott - Friend
* Bob the Builder (Stop Motion Version 1998 - 2009) - Friend
* Wendy - Friend
* Kelly Crenshaw - Heroine
* Elliot Crenshaw - Hero
* Katy Nelson-Morrissey - Friend/Heroine
* Deliah Beasley - Friend/Heroine
* Agent Mirabel Clifton - Heroine
* Bob From Ready Steady Build - Hero
* Sarah - Friend
* Postman Pat Clifton - Hero
* Sara Clifton - Heroine
* Julian Clifton - Friend
* Jess the Cat - Sidekick
* Spongebob Squarepants - Friend
* Patrick Star - Friend
* Lightning McQueen - Twin Brother
* Tow Mater - Friend

## Trivia

* In the Korean dub, he is called Kaka, In the Hebrew dub, he is called Barak, and in some other dubs, he is mostly called Roary.
* He holds the fastest record on Silver Hatch.
* He is the only Male character voiced by an actress.
* He has the most nicknames, with seventeen in total.
* He is shown to be ticklish, because he giggles when Big Chris is fixing him and even says, "That tickles!"
* He is also the main character, therefore he has the most episodes devoted to him.
* He and Maxi are the only cars to wear headwear on their driver seats.
* He is one of the only characters not to have a different name in the US dub.
* Though "Light 'em up!" is Roary's catchphrase, characters like Maxi, Cici and Flash have used it.
* He and Rusty were the only Roary the racing car vehicles that appeared in the "**The Official BBC Children in Need Medley**". Roary had the most appearances of the two, since Rusty is only seen sleeping at the start.
* In his Korean name his name is more like a bird or a animal called ‘New Zealand ***Kaka'.***
* Roary was green in the pilot.
* Roary has a teddy named Luigi.