Sarge

"Drop and give me twenty miles!"

—Sarge, ”Cars”

Sarge is the owner of Sarge's Surplus Hut. He is an army Jeep who fought in World War II, known as one of the best soldiers in the war. Although he is the owner of a shop, he also works on Lightning McQueen's pit crew team as an analytic.

Sarge is a Sergeant Major who barks orders at others, particularly Lightning McQueen. This characteristic is often used throughout the series, and he usually helps train other cars or assist them.

History

Cars

One night, in Radiator Springs, Sarge and Fillmore watch the traffic light's yellow light blink from Flo's V8 Café. Fillmore comments on how every third blink gets slower where Sarge responds if the 60s' were not good for him. Suddenly, Sarge, Fillmore, and Ramone see racecar Lightning McQueen arrive in Radiator Springs where he is being pursued by Sheriff. When McQueen starts speeding uncontrollably, Sarge immediately takes cover and witnesses McQueen accidentally destroy the town's road by dragging the statue of the town's founder, Stanley with him and then watches Stanley's statue fly in the air before it lands back at its proper place.

When Lightning McQueen is put on trial the next day, Sarge goes to court and angrily called the race car a "commie" for causing so much trouble. Sarge then sees the town's judge, Doc Hudson enter the courtroom who orders McQueen to immediately leave town and when the town's attorney, Sally Carrera arrives, Sarge greets her. As Sally makes a speech on the history of Radiator Springs where travelers come and go, Sarge demanded to know what travelers, but Fillmore said to everyone to ignore him. Sarge then supports Sally's decision to have McQueen fix the road where he is then sentenced to community service.

Sarge with Fillmore and Sheriff watch McQueen fix the road by pulling Bessie from Flo's V8 Café. When Van and Minny arrive in Radiator Springs, Sarge tries to offer some of his surplus, only to be declined and sadly watches the two cars leave town. When Lightning McQueen tries to speed up his progress where he makes the road bumpy, Sarge watches Doc challenge Lightning to a race where he witnesses fall into a cactus pit after failing to make a turn on the dirt track. After that, Sarge watches McQueen scrap off the bumpy road and reacts in disgust when Fillmore offers the race car some of his organic fuel, calling it "freak juice."

When McQueen finishes half of the road, Sarge joins his friends in having fun and driving on the new road. On the next morning, Sarge raises the American flag and salutes to it while playing the Jimi Hendrix rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner," only to disrupted by Fillmore playing music of his own. Annoyed, Sarge yells at Fillmore to turn his music off, calling it "disrespectful junk" where Fillmore counters back by saying "Respect the classics, man. It's Hendrix!" At Flo's, Sarge tells Fillmore to take a car wash when he suggests he do some yoga. When McQueen suddenly comes in and asks if anyone knew Doc was a famous race car, Sarge does not believe him, thinking Doc could never have been a former racecar. Sarge then watches Sally fill up Lightning McQueen's gas tank where Lightning decides to not run off and instead goes with Sally on a drive. Later, Sarge witnesses Mater arrive with a herd of tractors behind, possibly because he went out tractor tipping.

On the next day, Sarge's reveille is interrupted by Fillmore playing the Hendrix rendition of the national anthem again where they get into a brief argument until they noticed that McQueen had finished fixing the road. Sarge and his friends become sad, thinking Lightning had already left town as Sarge knows they would not want Lightning to miss his Piston Cup race in California. However, Sarge becomes happy when he sees Lightning McQueen hasn't left and laughs when Mater finally realizes the race car is still here. Sarge watches McQueen get new tires at Luigi's Casa Della Tires before giving Lightning some of his surplus. Then, Sarge and the others present Lightning McQueen's new look to Sally before the town's fixed neon lights turn on where Fillmore and the others party and have fun. However, the celebration is cut short when the press arrives (due to Doc calling them) and takes McQueen away where Sarge becomes sad to see him before woefully heading into his shop and turning off his lights.

Doc, regretting his decision, tells everyone of his past of being a race car and grabs a handful of Radiator Springs residents, Sarge included, to the Piston Cup race in California to support Lighting McQueen and be his pit crew. Sarge and the others arrive, just in time, to cheer for McQueen and give him encouragement where Sarge helps Lightning during a brief pit stop before he continues his race. Sarge watches McQueen catch up to Strip Weathers Aka The King and Chick Hicks, only to get a flat tire after Chick pushes into him. Sarge witnesses Guido change Lightning so quickly, allowing McQueen to keep his position in the race and Sarge cheers for Guido for making an excellent pit stop. Sarge continues to watch the race and sees McQueen forfeit his chance to win the Piston Cup by helping an injured King cross the finish line. Sarge, despite being moved by Lightning's heroism, tells Fillmore not to embarrass him. Sarge congratulates Lightning McQueen and laughs at Dusty and Rusty Rust-eze's jokes.

In the end, Lightning McQueen sets his racing headquarters in Radiator Springs, putting the town back on the map thanks to McQueen setting up his racing headquarters there where Sarge starts his own boot camp and continues spending time with his friends.

Cars: The Videogame

In Cars: The Videogame, Sarge appears as a non-playable racing opponent, found in the race Sarge's Off-Road Challenge, and also in most road races in arcade mode. In story mode, he provides off-road training to Lightning in the Sarge's Boot Camp minigame, and later challenges him to a race immediately after the levels are complete. He is playable only in the PlayStation Portable version of the game.

Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures

In Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures, Sarge will often appear as a character that the player must provide gas to in Fill `Er Up activity.

Mater and the Ghostlight

In Mater and the Ghostlight, Sarge is sociallizing with the other Radiator Springs residents at Flo's V8 Café, until Mater tries to scare Lightning, which leads Sheriff into his story of the Ghostlight. After Lightning and Guido place a lamp on Mater's tow hook to scare him, Sarge and many other townsfolk eagerly watch Mater rush around the town.

Cars: Mater-National Championship

In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Sarge makes his first playable appearance, as a starting character that does not need to be unlocked. His statistics include 2 for boost, 5 for acceleration, 5 for handling, and 2 for stability. He has no additional paint jobs other than his default attire.

Sarge also appears as an opponent in story mode races, including Fillmore's Nature Preserve, Ornament Valley Airport, and Team Relay #2. Although he appears in the cutscene for Rustbucket Grand Prix, he does not appear in that race.

Cars Toons

Mater the Greater

In Mater the Greater, Sarge makes a cameo appearance at Flo's V8 Café.

Tokyo Mater

Sarge appears in the beginning of Tokyo Mater, sipping a drink at Flo's V8 Café before Mater begins his story.

Unidentified Flying Mater

In Unidentified Flying Mater, Sarge can be seen at Flo's before Mater begins his story.

Monster Truck Mater

In Monster Truck Mater, Sarge can be seen at Flo's in the background.

Heavy Metal Mater

In Heavy Metal Mater, Sarge is one of the cars in the crowd watching Guido sing karaoke.

Hiccups

In Hiccups, Sarge tries to cure Lightning McQueen's hiccups by ordering him to stop hiccuping.

Spinning

In Spinning, Sarge, among other cars, watches Guido perform tricks with the sign Luigi asked him to wave around outside of the shop.

The Radiator Springs 500½

In The Radiator Springs 500½, Sarge and the other residents are seen celebrating Radiator Springs' foundation, and honoring Stanley. In the short, Sarge is painted in a more yellow color, and has a tan tarp over his roof.

Cars: Race-O-Rama

In Cars: Race-O-Rama, Sarge re-appears as a playable character, continuing to have no alternate paint jobs besides his default attire. He also appears in several story mode races.

Cars 2

In Cars 2, Sarge is seen with Fillmore for most of the time. In Italy Sarge is amazed at a drink he has which Fillmore says is organic. He also summons the army and Scotland Yard to fight and catch the lemons. In the end, Fillmore reveals that he replaced Lightning McQueen's Allinol fuel with his organic fuel because he never trusted Axelrod. He also finally says "man", with Fillmore adding "Tree Hugger."

Cars 2: The Video Game

In Cars 2: The Video Game, Sarge makes another playable appearance, this time appearing in his Team 95 attire. While he is unlocked from the start, an additional alternate character called Camo Sarge can be unlocked by earning the "Dangerous Cargo" badge.

Planes: Fire & Rescue

In Planes: Fire & Rescue, Sarge makes a cameo, as he appears in a photo in Mayday's garage, posing with Mayday himself.

Cars: Fast as Lightning

In Cars: Fast as Lightning, Sarge is one of the few non-playable characters, as he hosts the daily events that can be completed to earn prizes such as coins, gems and fuel.

Cars 3

Sarge reappears in Cars 3. He first appears in the first race of the movie still as a part of Lightning's pit crew watching Lightning race. He appears again during the Los Angeles 500 doing the same thing. When Mater gathers everyone at Flo's when Lightning calls Rusty and Dusty, Sarge questions what kind of changes Lightning wants to make, and then he appears when the townsfolk say goodbye to Lightning as he heads to the Rust-eze Racing Center. He doesn't appear again until the Florida 500 race still being part of Lightning's pit crew. And lastly, he appears at Willy's Butte at the end of the movie spectating Lightning and Cruz's race.

Pixar Popcorn

In Unparalleled Parking, Sarge may appear to be looking at them while some cars in the town are playing the park game.

In Dancing with the Cars, Sarge's town can be seen dancing with other cars.

Cars on the Road

In the Cars on the Road episode, Dino Park, Sarge makes a non-speaking cameo during the meeting about Mater's sister Mato with the other cars at Flo's.

Cars Land

Sarge appears in the Radiator Springs Racers ride in Cars Land, next to Fillmore at Flo's V8 Cafe when the riders come into town. He will see them and yell, "Incoming!" then Fillmore says that he's feeling a lot of love. Sarge then tells him that it's "Probably just a bad spark plug, hippie."

General information

Physical description

Sarge is painted army green, with brown tire treads and green rims. On his back he has a spare tire, although it is rarely ever needed. He has the number 984673 painted in white on either side of his hood and a Sergeant Major insignia on his doors.

He is modeled after a 1942 Willys MB Jeep, and his license plate reads 41WW2, a reference to World War II and the year the US got in the war, 1941. However, he has no license plate in a large number of video games.

Personality and traits

Sarge is tough but is nonetheless kind to his friends, although he does tend to lose his temper towards Fillmore due to their personalities being the exact opposite from each other. While the two are often yelling at each other, they are the best of friends, and fighting is one thing that ironically keeps the friendship going. Sarge is a former fighter in the war, and specializes in army knowledge and loves the chance to train anyone who is in need of off-road training, whether it's the students at his boot camp or Lightning McQueen.

Powers and abilities

He is a veteran from World War II, and as a result he is an expert in weapons, training and is also a very tough coach who shows no mercy against his students and friends.

Sarge has also been shown to have decent racing abilities, most notably in his excellent acceleration.

Relationships

Friends

One of Sarge's close relations is Lightning McQueen. In Cars: The Videogame, Sarge helps Lightning prepare for the Piston Cup season by giving him three different obstacle courses to conquer, and one final race that will determine his abilities.

Another close friend includes Fillmore, although they argue with each other a lot, like when Sarge complains about Fillmore's music being too loud every morning. Their relationship shares similarities to Mario and Donkey Kong's relationship from the Super Mario Bros. franchise - they usually bicker with each other, but sometimes help each other out and treat each other nicely.

According to the Radiator Springs comic, when Sarge was called to discipline the hippy gatherings, Sheriff states that Sarge is an old friend from when he was in the military police.

Sarge is old friends of Corporal Josh Coolant's "pop" when the Corporal agreed to help him against The Lemons.

Enemies

Sarge's enemies include many of the lemons that he fought in London, such as J. Curby Gremlin, Tubbs Pacer, Vladimir Trunkov, Victor Hugo, dozens of generic black lemon cars and Chick Hicks.

List of appearances

For this subject's list of appearances, see Sarge/Appearances.

Profiles and statistics

Cars

• Bios
  • "Ask Sarge about his military service and he'll regale you with stories of daring fearlessness! Like the time his tank friend lost his track in The Battle of the Bulge and Sarge had to tow him to safety. For his bravery, Sarge received the Grille Badge of True Mettle! It's displayed front and center at Sarge's Surplus Hut, side by side with Sarge's own brand of The Mother Road survival kit. He guarantees that if you break down, this kit will help you get through the night and maybe the next world war, and it all stows nicely in your trunk."
  • "Sarge is a 1941 Willys Military Jeep. He proudly served in World War 2 and received the Grille Badge of True Mettle for towing a tank to safety in the Battle of the Bulge. He now lives in Radiator Springs and runs Sarge's Surplus hut, where he sells military surplus and his own Mother Road Survival Kit, guaranteed to get you through the next world war should you break down. He believes firmly in order and has his lawn perfectly manicured and mowed twice a day."

Cars: Mater-National Championship

• Stats
  • Boost: 2
  • Acceleration: 5
  • Handling: 5
  • Stability: 2

Cars: Race-O-Rama

• Paint jobs: 1
• Unlocking criteria: Unknown

Cars 2

• Bios
  • "Sarge is a patriotic veteran who runs the Radiator Springs Army surplus store, Sarge’s Surplus Hut. Sarge’s no-nonsense attitude often leads to bickering with his hippie friend, neighbor and polar opposite, Fillmore. Despite their differences, the two are almost inseparable – even throughout their world travels. A security specialist with military connections around the globe, Sarge joins Lightning McQueen and Mater at the World Grand Prix as a member of Team Lightning McQueen.

Cars 2: The Video Game

Official profiles

• "Sarge is no-nonsense and all army. If there's a tactical way to do it, Sarge will lead the charge. An important part of Team Lightning, Sarge is usually seen in the company of Fillmore."
• Stats
  • Weight Class: Medium
  • Speed: 40
  • Power: 60

Camo-Sarge

Official profiles

• • "Seeing is believing, and you won't see Sarge when he brings out his old army fatigue paint job."
• Stats
  • Weight Class: Medium
  • Speed: 40
  • Power: 60

Portrayals

• Paul Dooley - All appearances

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Sarge/Gallery.

Names in other languages

• Catalan: Sergent
• Croatian: Satnik
• Czech:
  • Serža
  • Seržant
• Dutch: Sergeant
• Estonian: Seeru
• French: Sergent
• Finnish: Kessu
• Greek: Λοχίας (transcription: Lochías)
• Hungarian: Őrmester
• Italian: Sergente
• Japanese: サージ
• Korean: 상사
• Norwegian: Sjanten
• Polish: Kamasz
• Portuguese: Sargento
• Romanian: Sergent
• Russian:
  • Сардж (transcription: Sardzh)
  • Сержант (transcription: Serzhant)
• Spanish (European): Sargen
• Spanish (Latin American): Sargento
• Swedish: Schassen
• Turkish: Çavuş
• Ukrainian: Кусок (transcription: Kusok)

Trivia

• In one scene at Flo's V8 Café in Cars, Sarge says to Fillmore: "Oh, take a car wash, hippie." A switchblade of Sarge's line is later used by Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's Up.
• Though he is mentioned several times in Disney Infinity, Sarge makes no physical appearance, as Finn McMissile is covering his shop duties while he is away.
• Although mentioned towing Tanks in his bio, real-life military Jeeps are often too light to do so, as some WWII main battle tanks can be as heavy as up to 100 tons.
  • Additionally, tanks do not appear at all in the series. The British military only consisted attack helicopters and a variety of other military utility vehicles, such as transport trucks, missile launchers, and HUMVEEs.
• Sarge is smaller than every British Military vehicle.
• It is revealed in Cars 2 that Sarge's favorite television program is the Mel Dorado Show.
• In Cars: Race-O-Rama, although he competes in all four Smash Up events and is playable in many event types, he is not playable in Smash Ups (except on the PlayStation 2 version, in which he does not appear in Smash Ups at all).
• In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Sarge is one of the fastest opponents to catch in Doc and the Law's Race 'n' Chase in Arcade mode. He shares this trait with Doc Hudson and Emma, though Doc, unlike Sarge is also one of the fastest playable characters.
• In August 2007, several Sarge die-cast models were recalled due to containing excessive amounts of lead paint, which is highly toxic when consumed. This was one of many recalls issued by Mattel.
• During early production of the movie Cars around 2002 he was supposed to be named Willie, a pun of his model.

Quotes

• "The '60s weren't good to you, were they?" - Cars
• "Put him away! Lock him up! Throw him in the brig!" - Cars
• "Oh, take a car wash, hippie." - Cars
• "Don't embarrass me, Fillmore." - Cars
• "You look overheated, Private McQueen." - Cars: The Videogame
• "You want to be a champion, you have to train like a champion." - Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures
• "Good night!" - Mater and the Ghostlight
• “Welcome home, Soldier.” - Cars 2
• "Tree hugger." - Cars 2
• "Once big oil, always big oil ... man." - Cars 2
• "Reporting for Duty!" - Cars 2: The Video Game
• "Attention!" - Cars 2: The Video Game, Cars: Fast as Lightning
• "Changes? What kind of changes?" - Cars 3
• "Morning, McQueen! Hey, look at you! That's quite a spit-shine!" - Cars 3

Audio Samples

Quote	Installment	Voice Clip	Portrayer and Year
"Focus, soldier!"	Cars: Mater-National Championship		Paul Dooley, 2007

External links

• Sarge's page on the Disney website

References