Lightning McQueen

### Personality

Initally self-absorbed, coarse, rotten, egotistical, arrogant, cocky, ambitious later good, friendly, kind-hearted, over-confident, sweet, serious, nice, selfless

### Appearance

Red race car with yellow and orange stickers all over, and blue eyes (in the first film)
New logo called "Hudson Hornet Piston Cup" on his hood, new spoiler, new wheels (travel, party, and racing) and new headlights and tail lights

### Occupation

Rookie racer, Piston Cup Racer (in Cars and in Cars 3), Mater's best friend, World Grand Prix racer (in Cars 2), Emma's older brother figure

### Allies

Emma Goodman, Mater, Sally Carrera, Doc Hudson, Fillmore, Sarge, Luigi, Guido, Sheriff, Ramone, Flo, Lizzie, Red, Mack, Harv, Not Chuck, The King, Finn McMissile, Holley Shiftwell, Francesco Bernoulli, Lewis Hamilton, Jeff Gorvette, Tex Dinoco, Cruz Ramirez

### Enemies

Chick Hicks, Francesco Bernoulli (formerly), Professor Z, Miles Axlerod, Ivan, Grem, Acer, Tubbs Pacer, J. Curby Gremlin, Vladimir Trunkov, Victor Hugo, Sandy Dunes, Blue Grit, Shifty Sidewinder, Idle Threat, Frank, Boost, DJ, Wingo, Snot Rod

### Likes

Being himself, his fanclub, Mater, Sally, Doc Hudson's performances, Radiator Springs, winning in first place, Rust-eze, rusty cars

### Dislikes

Rust-eze (formerly), rusty cars (formerly), Radiator Springs and its residents (formerly), losing, Chick Hicks, other racecars stealing his "Ka-chow!" bit, assassinations, danger, being embarrassed

### Powers and abilities

Speed
Engines
Racing skills
Hubcap swords (Dragon Mode Only)s minions, then races with Mater in the Radiator Springs Grand Prix (in the 2011 sequel)

### Quote

"Ka-chow!"

“*Speed. I am speed.*”
―Lightning ready to race
**Lightning McQueen** is a fictional character and one of the two protagonist of the first *Human and Cars* film and the third film. He is the best friend of Mater and famous human Emma Goodman, and boyfriend of Sally Carrera.

## Personality

Lightning at first appears as the typical fancy car racer: arrogant, self-centered and cocky. He hardly has any friends by the time of the first film, and can't seem to remember anyone's name right, most notably a man not named Chuck. Another example is he When he first meets Emma Goodman, he doesn't remember her name, calling her "Emily" or "Elizabeth". He was also cold to those who were lower than him. He also states he is a longer, a "one man's show" causing his entire pit crew to quit.

He is seemingly careless, as he hurrriedly fixes the road within a day and more or less calls the town a dump, not caring about any of their feelings, causing Emma to reprimand him. His character developes as the franchise went on. Along the way, Lightning realizes that he's been nothing but a jerk towards everyone. He learns the value of friendship from his best friends, Emma and Mater, the value of what home really is by Sally and that the Piston cup is nothing more than "an empty cup". Lightning has changed by the end of the film, as he no longer wanted to be a one-man show any more and was happy his friends from Radiator Springs acted as his pit crew. He also selflessly gives up the race and title "Dinaco" by letting Hicks win the race and help the King finishes his final race before he hits retirement. He also helps Route 66 back on the map and helps everyone in Radiator Springs.

## Relationships

### Emma Goodman

Emma is Lightning's second best friend.

Lightning first meets the other protagonist half when she accuses him for being mean for hurting Red's feelings. He forgot her name, always calling her Emily or Elizabeth, before learning her real name when she corrects him a thirteenth time. However, she would later learn to warm up to him. However, after protectively grabbing onto Emma and driving fast to avoid her being crushed by Frank, thus seeing another good form in Lightning. He declares her a best friend by the end of the first film, but it is revealed he never brought her nor Mater to any of his games. For Emma, he did not want her to get hurt as being his human companion, and avoid being in races.

**A Human and Cars 3:** Cruz Ramirez | Jackson Storm
**Mater and the Ghostlight:** Screamin' Banshee