- "That's Frank..."
- —Mater after hearing Frank's bellows
Frank is a supporting character in Cars. He is a red XXL Metro Actual combine.
He is the leader of the tractors. By day, he supervises the tractors and works through his own threshing and harvesting program. Frank's been known to give chase to anybody who upsets him or the tractors.
Personality[]
Frank's behavior parodies a bull. He is very sensitive and gets agitated quickly. He spends his days patrolling the tractor pastures and keeping everything in order, including to keep Mater out of the fields. Despite his temperamental behavior, he is also a kind and protective master to the tractors and shows no hostility towards them at all. He does not like trespassers, especially when they bother the tractors.
Cars[]
"Frank is a hard worker, he spends his days in the fields harvesting, threshing and cleaning grain; then it's off to oversee the tractors' work for the rest of the afternoon. By the end of his long day, Frank is ready to power down for the night and prepare for the early morning ahead. So if you're planning to wake Frank up out of his precious sleep you'd better have a good reason, or a really good escape route."[1]
After Lightning McQueen and Mater wake up the angry combine by scaring the tractors, he chases them out of the field. He almost manages to get Lightning, but the vehicles escape the pasture as he is constrained by the fence.
After the night, Lightning soon has a nightmare where he, The King and Chick Hicks are being chased by Frank during a race, who shreds Chick and forces the others out of his way. Frank appears to be hanging out with the Dinoco racing team and roars happily after having just won the Piston Cup.
Frank is then seen behind a fence with the tractors watching a drive-in movie in the end credits while Mack realizes and complains about the movies in the drive-in using the same actor.
Cars: The Video Game[]
In Cars: The Video Game, he only appears in Tractor Tipping. He is one of the obstacles you must stay away from. If you get caught in his headlights or bump him, you automatically get caught. If you get caught, a scene will show where Frank will chase Lightning and Mater out of his field. You also get caught if you stay in a spotlight for too long or if you move close to Frank for too long.
Mater and the Ghostlight[]
Frank makes a cameo in Mater and the Ghostlight sleeping in the field with the tractors, until Mater wakes him up by speeding in front of him with a blue lantern on his hook which he thinks was "the Ghostlight" (although he does not give chase as Mater was long gone by that time).
Cars Mater-National Championship[]
He also appears in Cars Mater-National Championship. Basically, Frank has the same role that he did in Cars: The Video Game. You tip tractors, and try to stay away from Frank. In this game, you'll also get caught if you go too fast on gravel for a long time. In the endscene for the last level, Frank finds Mater and Lightning. He chases them, they were soon trapped between him and a fence. Lightning, however, uses a horn (which is weird because he didn't even have one in the film and games; he just revved his engine), and Frank actually tips over. Lightning and Mater then laugh at this. This was the only time when Frank tipped like a tractor.
Cars 2: The Video Game[]
Frank is not seen in the actual film of Cars 2. Frank does, however, reappear in Cars 2: The Video Game. Mater mentions Frank to Jeff Gorvette, Carla Veloso and your character at the opening of the Canyon Race. Frank appears in almost all of the Radiator Springs levels. In races, Frank (who's behind a fence) roars at cars who race pass him. Frank also appears in most Hunter and Arena Modes. If you get too close to Frank, he will fling you up in the air with his blades and cause damage to an agent.
Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure[]
Although not making a physical appearance in Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure, he does appear as a wooden 2D model in the first Cars level Fancy Drivin'. It appears in a field part of the course when the player, Mater and Sheriff go into the field. The edges of the shredders make ramps for jumping.
Cars 3: Driven to Win[]
Frank appears in his shed in Radiator Springs. Startling him by driving too close or too fast causes him to rush at you, knocking you out and forcing respawn. His attack can be dodged.
Radiator Springs Racers[]
Frank makes in appearance in the ride as an animatronic. After Mater takes the riders Tractor Tipping, they accidentally wake up Frank, who chases them out of his farm.
Trivia[]
- Frank's signature roar is a stock "angry bull sound effect". [2]
- Frank also appears in Cars: The Video Game and Cars Mater-National Championship in all of the Tractor Tipping levels.
- Frank is not seen in the actual film of Cars 2. Frank does, however, reappear in Cars 2: The Video Game. Mater mentions Frank to Jeff Gorvette, Carla Veloso and your character at the opening of the Canyon Race. Frank appears in almost all of the Radiator Springs levels. In races, Frank (who's behind a fence) roars at cars who race pass him. Frank also appears in most Hunter and Arena Modes. If you get too close to Frank, he will fling you up in the air with his blades and cause damage to an agent.
- Frank resembles a bull in both appearance and personality (such as an insignia resembling a nose ring and a pair of smokestacks resembling horns). However, he is not the only character to have this archetype, as the bulls in El Materdor are bulldozers.
- According to Car Finder, Frank is an XXL Metro Actual Combine. He also resembles a Case IH Axial-Flow 7010 Combine.
- During the chase scene, Frank mainly focuses on Lightning McQueen rather than Mater, as bulls are stereotypically associated with their fixated agitation on the color red.
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References[]
- ↑ "Car Finder" (supplementary material on Blu-ray Disc release of Cars). 2007. Blu-ray Disc. Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2007.
- ↑ https://youtube.com/shorts/gdyvoUGxGl4?feature=share