American Car (Aka the Original Version of Cars) Plot Speculation — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hey everyone, it's 322 Tank Engineer.
2. 0:01Today I'm going to be talking about the
3. 0:02original version of Cars, aka American
4. 0:05car. I know there are videos talking
5. 0:06about it, but recently some news story
6. 0:08was revealed that give away the ending,
7. 0:10and I think I have a solid idea on what
8. 0:11the original plot was going to be.
9. 0:13Joining me is Red Engine Bobby, who will
10. 0:14be giving his thoughts and predictions
11. 0:16for this plot. [music]
12. 0:17>> Hey everyone, I'm Bobby, aka Red Engine
13. 0:20Bobby. I'm not exactly as big of a Cars
14. 0:22fan as H is, but uh hey, I'm up for
15. 0:25doing this, so let's get started.
16. 0:27>> Now, these are just our predictions,
17. 0:28nothing is fact, of course, this is just
18. 0:30[music] us trying to figure out how this
19. 0:31plot would have gone based on what we
20. 0:32know. So, without further ado, here's
21. 0:34the plot of American car.
22. 0:37The story starts out with the big race,
23. 0:39and just like in the final film, McQueen
24. 0:40ties with some other racers. He and Mack
25. 0:42head to the final race, and while on the
26. 0:44way, Mack takes a stop at a truck stop
27. 0:45to get washed up. McQueen leaves his
28. 0:47trailer and hangs out with his fans.
29. 0:49Now, I do believe the tie still happened
30. 0:51as evidenced by here.
31. 0:52>> You saw [music] me win?
32. 0:53>> Yeah, you were robbed. They totally took
33. 0:56it away from you.
34. 0:57>> Tie is a no tie as you had him by a
35. 0:59tread. [music]
36. 0:59>> Anyway, Mack leaves without McQueen
37. 1:01knowing, and when McQueen finds out,
38. 1:02it's too late. He races onto the highway
39. 1:04to find him.
40. 1:06I don't know why this was removed. Like,
41. 1:08this is actually another good way for
42. 1:09McQueen to get lost,
43. 1:10>> [music]
44. 1:10>> and it does explore some car culture.
45. 1:12What do you think, Bobby? Why was this
46. 1:14scene cut?
47. 1:15>> Well, I'm assuming they just preferred
48. 1:17the idea that McQueen gets stuck in
49. 1:18Radiator [music] Springs because of his
50. 1:20karma because he's the one that pushed
51. 1:22Mack to keep on going even though he
52. 1:24really needed to sleep.
53. 1:26>> Yeah, I guess that makes sense. I mean,
54. 1:28both cases it is his fault. But, I'm
55. 1:30also going to assume the top-down truck
56. 1:31stop was cut for pacing. Anyway, McQueen
57. 1:34looks for Mack, and I'm going to assume
58. 1:35whatever happened between this deleted
59. 1:37scene and the next deleted scene was
60. 1:38similar to what happened in the final
61. 1:39film. You know, McQueen heads off the
62. 1:41interstate following the wrong truck,
63. 1:42maybe narrowly escapes getting hit by a
64. 1:44train. Does that make sense, Bobby?
65. 1:46>> Yeah, and fun fact about that scene,
66. 1:48apparently there was some controversy
67. 1:50[music] behind it back in 2006 that they
68. 1:52didn't really like the idea of McQueen
69. 1:54dodging a train like that, and that's
70. 1:56probably the whole reason we never got a
71. 1:57diecast trip the train. [music]
72. 1:59I'm still pissed off about that.
73. 2:01>> Huh, interesting. [music] Though, I
74. 2:04really don't see why McQueen dodging a
75. 2:05train was such a big deal. Anyway,
76. 2:07McQueen finds out he followed the wrong
77. 2:08truck, and the next deleted scene he
78. 2:10heads back to the interstate. But then
79. 2:11he gets lost and ends up in a graveyard
80. 2:13of dead cars. Terrified, he gets tangled
81. 2:15in some wires and carries parts of a
82. 2:17dead car, eventually breaking free.
83. 2:18[music]
84. 2:19I still don't know why this scene was
85. 2:21made. Like, this is creepy on so many
86. 2:23levels, and it adds nothing to the plot.
87. 2:25What do you think, Bobby? Why did they
88. 2:27add this scene?
89. 2:28>> If I had to guess, they probably added
90. 2:29the graveyard scene because they wanted
91. 2:32to make McQueen more on edge by the time
92. 2:33he was in Radiator Springs because he
93. 2:36just went through a graveyard of dead
94. 2:37cars. Who's to say he won't become one
95. 2:39of them?
96. 2:40>> Well, that kind of makes things worse.
97. 2:41>> [music]
98. 2:42>> Even still, I'm glad they cut that
99. 2:43nightmarish scene. Fun fact, it was
100. 2:45reused in a Cars Toons called The
101. 2:47Radiator Springs 500 and a Half.
102. 2:48>> [music]
103. 2:49>> Guess I don't need to find some way to
104. 2:50reuse that scene in my series. Anyway,
105. 2:53McQueen continues driving, passes
106. 2:54Sheriff, winds up in Radiator Springs,
107. 2:56and causes chaos. He is sent to the
108. 2:58municipal pound, and this is where I
109. 3:00want to talk about some other lost
110. 3:01media. So, in these storyboards, it
111. 3:02appears McQueen is getting terrified
112. 3:04while some other car and Sheriff have a
113. 3:05chat. What could they be talking about,
114. 3:07Bobby?
115. 3:08>> Well, it's possible that Sheriff and the
116. 3:09other car are talking about having
117. 3:11McQueen be in the race, which they
118. 3:12offered to [music] him in the next scene
119. 3:13we're about to discuss.
120. 3:15>> Well, whatever happened, I think that
121. 3:16would lead to McQueen declining the
122. 3:18race, which I find strange because why
123. 3:20would he give up the chance to race?
124. 3:23He chooses community service, but later
125. 3:25that night has a bizarre nightmare about
126. 3:26his engine being put in a steamroller's
127. 3:28body to fix the road, and Mater taking
128. 3:30over his body and life. Now, I do get
129. 3:32this is freaky, but this is from
130. 3:34McQueen's point of view. I think this
131. 3:35was supposed to show what he thought of
132. 3:37the town, but I can still see why it was
133. 3:38[music] cut with the body swap. Like,
134. 3:42how does that even work in the Cars
135. 3:43universe? Though, this would be
136. 3:44attempted again years later.
137. 3:46I think I know why McQueen had that
138. 3:48nightmare. I think the last thing he saw
139. 3:50before falling asleep was his lifeless
140. 3:51steamroller body. Does that make sense,
141. 3:53Bobby?
142. 3:54>> Yep, nothing more terrifying than the
143. 3:56last thing you see before falling asleep
144. 3:58is what you eventually become when you
145. 3:59wake up.
146. 4:00>> Anyway, McQueen changes his mind and
147. 4:02decides to do the race, but he's forced
148. 4:03to do traffic school, which leads to
149. 4:05this scene. Nothing much to talk about,
150. 4:07just a scene of McQueen in traffic
151. 4:08school. And then, I think after that,
152. 4:10McQueen would have another nightmare,
153. 4:11which was about losing his engine while
154. 4:13racing.
155. 4:14>> [music]
156. 4:14>> Yeesh, this is so creepy. Why was
157. 4:16American cars so dark?
158. 4:18>> If I had to guess, I'm guessing someone
159. 4:21on the American car team [music] was
160. 4:22like, "You know, body horror and cars go
161. 4:26very well together.
162. 4:28[ __ ] it, let's mash it up."
163. 4:30>> You know, I wouldn't be surprised if
164. 4:31someone else wanted this version of Cars
165. 4:32to be very dark, kind of like how
166. 4:34Jeffrey Katzenberg wanted Toy Story
167. 4:37[music] to be edgier and darker, hence
168. 4:39the Black Friday reel. Anyway, then I'm
169. 4:41going to assume some more character
170. 4:42development, then [music] the Grand
171. 4:43Prix's happens, and during the race,
172. 4:45McQueen crashes due to a mistake Luigi
173. 4:47made, which caused Luigi to leave out of
174. 4:49guilt. Wonder if this is where they
175. 4:50reuse the McQueen crash idea in Cars 3.
176. 4:53Anyway, I think we would have gone to
177. 4:54the Motorama girls deleted scene, and
178. 4:56then some more character development. At
179. 4:57some point, McQueen and Sally [music]
180. 4:58would see a movie of some character who
181. 5:00would later become Finn McMissile in
182. 5:01Cars 2. Also, what do you think is
183. 5:03happening in this storyboard, Bobby?
184. 5:05>> Well, if I had to guess, maybe these
185. 5:07were meant to be early [music] versions
186. 5:09of Mater, but then they eventually just
187. 5:11made it one tow truck instead of two.
188. 5:13I mean, Mater was rather ominous in that
189. 5:15body swap deleted scene where he was
190. 5:17like, "I always wanted to be a racer."
191. 5:19Like, he seemed so smug about stealing
192. 5:21McQueen's life. Like, I don't know,
193. 5:23something about it. But, they then
194. 5:25turned him [music] into the uh crying of
195. 5:27lying uh tow truck we all know and love.
196. 5:31>> I guess Mater would have been more
197. 5:32devious in this version. Though again,
198. 5:35the nightmare is from McQueen's point of
199. 5:36view, so I don't know if that's how
200. 5:38Mater truly was in this original
201. 5:39version. Anyway, I think near the end,
202. 5:41McQueen would end up getting into
203. 5:42contact to get back to the race, as
204. 5:44evidenced by this storyboard. Now, with
205. 5:45the storyboards of the ending dropped, I
206. 5:47do want to discuss them further as I
207. 5:49think they might explain some more
208. 5:50details about the plot. So, in this
209. 5:51storyboard, McQueen is in green and
210. 5:53purple and his hood has the letters
211. 5:55Radiator Springs on it. In another
212. 5:56storyboard, we see McQueen racing with
213. 5:58multiple cars. So, I assume the final
214. 6:00race was not a tiebreaker and was just a
215. 6:02normal race and the first race was the
216. 6:04race before the final race.
217. 6:05>> [music]
218. 6:05>> In this scene, we see a red car knocking
219. 6:07McQueen out and this is where more
220. 6:08details are revealed. So, according to
221. 6:10the artist, this red racer was the
222. 6:11backup driver for McQueen. I think that
223. 6:13explains why in this community service
224. 6:15scene, there's another car in Mack's
225. 6:16trailer. This must have been the backup
226. 6:18driver. In fact, I have a theory
227. 6:20surrounding the production of Cars. My
228. 6:22theory is that there were two drafts of
229. 6:23American car, one where the backup
230. 6:25driver travels with McQueen and another
231. 6:27where McQueen travels by himself. To
232. 6:28start off, these must be the two races
233. 6:30in the trailer and the top one has the
234. 6:32number 58 [music] like the car here. And
235. 6:34like I said, in the community service
236. 6:35nightmare scene, there was another car
237. 6:37in the trailer. So, this must mean
238. 6:39McQueen was traveling with him in this
239. 6:40draft of the story. Then we have the top
240. 6:42down truck stop scene, [music] which was
241. 6:44made way after service scene. In this
242. 6:46scene, McQueen is seemingly by himself
243. 6:48no other car in the trailer. Also,
244. 6:50Mack's design is different in both
245. 6:51scenes and he has different voices in
246. 6:53both. A tough voice in the community
247. 6:54service scene,
248. 6:55>> Lightning! I couldn't stay mad at you.
249. 6:58>> and the final voice in top down truck
250. 7:00stop.
251. 7:01>> Well, we we kind of hit a moth blizzard
252. 7:03back there, you know, got a grill full,
253. 7:05can't even see. Got to I got to wash up.
254. 7:08>> I think I must have assumed because it
255. 7:09was a nightmare, Mack looked and sounded
256. 7:11different. But given community service
257. 7:13was made before top down truck stop, I
258. 7:15think I know why. There must have been
259. 7:16two drafts of American car with Mack
260. 7:18being the big piece of evidence. In
261. 7:20fact, I think the first draft was more
262. 7:22darker with lost community service and
263. 7:24travel school given they were created in
264. 7:262002. The second draft was probably the
265. 7:28same story but maybe with the dark
266. 7:29elements removed and had the other two
267. 7:31deleted scenes
268. 7:32>> [music]
269. 7:32>> given they were made in 2003. And I
270. 7:34think the second draft was more closer
271. 7:35to the final version of Cars given Mack
272. 7:37and Ramon have their current voice
273. 7:38actors. This This just a theory of
274. 7:40course, but I think it makes sense. What
275. 7:42do you think of my theory, Bobby?
276. 7:44>> That is quite the in-depth theory.
277. 7:47And I'd say you did a good job making it
278. 7:49make sense.
279. 7:51>> Still, I do think the basic plot was
280. 7:54same in these two drafts. Like in this
281. 7:57concept art, Mack has the same design he
282. 7:59had in the community service scene, but
283. 8:00this is the top-down truck stop scene.
284. 8:03So, that's why I still think the story
285. 8:04was the same in these two drafts.
286. 8:06[music]
287. 8:06Anyway, I think this backup driver was
288. 8:08the main villain of American car. I
289. 8:09don't think Chick even existed. Maybe he
290. 8:11did, but not as a main villain. I think
291. 8:13he might have been this car because this
292. 8:14green car may have been an early version
293. 8:16of Chick, and he has the same number as
294. 8:17this car. So, maybe he was in this
295. 8:20version of Cars, just not as the main
296. 8:22villain. Anyway, I think the backup
297. 8:24driver took McQueen's place after
298. 8:25McQueen was missing, and I think that's
299. 8:27why McQueen is in a different paint job
300. 8:28in the final race because the backup
301. 8:30driver took his place.
302. 8:31>> [music]
303. 8:31>> And I think the backup driver is trying
304. 8:32to force McQueen out of the race so he
305. 8:34can win. Anyway, the backup driver would
306. 8:36cause the King to crash, and McQueen
307. 8:37would help the King just like in the
308. 8:38final movie. And I see in here McQueen
309. 8:40is given the King's number. So, I think
310. 8:42McQueen would have raced for the King's
311. 8:43sponsor from then [music] on. So, this
312. 8:45is unrelated, but I want to give this
313. 8:47little theory. I think the change from
314. 8:4857 to 95 was a last-minute change before
315. 8:51animation because these storyboards are
316. 8:53for the final version of the film, but
317. 8:54McQueen has the number 57. So, that's
318. 8:56why I think the number change was a
319. 8:57last-minute change. So, that was the
320. 8:59speculated plot of American car. What do
321. 9:01you think of the original version,
322. 9:02Bobby? I must say, this sure is
323. 9:05interesting, but I think we can all
324. 9:08agree that nothing can ever out-beat the
325. 9:102006 film that we all know and love.
326. 9:13>> [music]
327. 9:14>> Well, all I'll say is I'm glad we got
328. 9:15the final film. It's much more simple
329. 9:17and lighthearted, but this original cut
330. 9:19is interesting. The Cars franchise has a
331. 9:21lot of interesting lost media. Cars 3
332. 9:23got some lost media leaked, including a
333. 9:25scene from a different plot of the film.
334. 9:26If N' R' A Studios made a video about
335. 9:29the development of Cars 3. I highly
336. 9:30recommend it. It's really well made, and
337. 9:32a lot of research was done on the topic.
338. 9:34Still, the behind the scenes of this
339. 9:36franchise is so interesting, and I think
340. 9:38some fans want more.
341. 9:39>> We are going to get more scenes from
342. 9:41this original body swap plot of Cars 3
343. 9:43if it's THE LAST THING WE DO.
344. 9:47>> WELL, I MIGHT REUSE SOME of these
345. 9:48scrapped ideas for my series, including
346. 9:50the body swap plot.
347. 9:51>> Oh, hell no. Getting body swapped is my
348. 9:54worst nightmare. If you make me go
349. 9:56through that, I will kill you.
350. 9:58>> Oh, don't worry. It won't happen to you.
351. 10:00I do plan to adapt the original version
352. 10:02of Cars 3, but with different
353. 10:03characters. This story would be part of
354. 10:05another series that is not in Cars Toons
355. 10:06CU. If you want to know more about the
356. 10:08series, join my Discord server in the
357. 10:10description below. I'll launch the
358. 10:11series in 2007. With that being said,
359. 10:13hope you enjoyed this production for the
360. 10:15original plot of American Cars.
361. 10:17>> Well, hope you all enjoyed. Go check out
362. 10:19my channel. There I'll be making my own
363. 10:21crossover much like H has on his
364. 10:23channel. It's called Ladies Rail Squad.
365. 10:24It's about Lady, and I have a lot
366. 10:27planned for it.
367. 10:29And you should totally check it out
368. 10:31whenever it comes into fruition because,
369. 10:33you know me, the good old
370. 10:34procrastinator.
371. 10:35>> Thank you, Bobby. With all that said,
372. 10:37have a good day. Bye-bye.