Film Theory: The Cars in The Cars Movie AREN'T CARS! 

Pixar animators "we just wanted to make a movie about talking cars"

If u ever feel unwanted, remember there were taxis in CARS

Holy cow this came out before cars 3 did… AND CARS 3 SOMEHOW CAME OUT ALMOST 6 YEARS AGO? HOW 6 YEARS AGO?

I saw that “one monster truck movie that no one bothered to watch” it’s actually pretty genuinely good

The real question... why do they have door handles

Pixar animators: let's make a movie where cars are like humans. It will be fun. Filim theorists: they are INSECTS

It's hard thinking this movie came out 5 years ago, time flies.

Unrelated: How does he always nail these intros? Weather it's game, film, or food theory, weather it's old or new, it absolutely slaps

What I wish he would've mentioned is the fact that they have sushi.. where is this fish meat coming from?? Do they have tiny fish cars and eat those? That opens up a whole other debate about car cannabilism

Lightning McQueen: *breathes* Mat: WRITE THAT DOWN

FACTS: The cars can have kids The cars can die(do the construction ones bury them or something??) THESE CARS CAN GROW UP

One problem I have with this is the fact that in the Planes movie, which takes place in the same universe of cars, they actually are made of mechanical parts (I know I’m late, but better late than never)

Next theory should be why the Lamp always targets the “I”

I think the real question here is, does Lighting McQueen have life insurance or car insurance?

Can't say for sure how this would fit in but a Pixar/Disney series that came out after Cars3 called "Cars on the Road" (can see it on Disney+), in one episode Lightning & Mater visit a museum with car dinosaurs & they mention quite a few prehistoric creatures. Would love to hear how that would fit into this theory lol

The Volkswagen beetle beetles are the funniest yet most reoccurring pun and they used it the best yet

If you ever feel useless, remember there are SIDEWALKS in CARS

Pixar: just making a harmless kids movie Mat pat: they are not cars, they are insects, they have organs

I'm watching this again years later and still upset that MatPat never followed up on his promise to do his own version of the Pixar timeline. Cause I would have loved to see where he went with this

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="408">6:48</a> that monster truck movie used to be my favorite movie when I was a kid… I personally think it’s a great movie

if there were no animals in the Cars universe, where the heck did they get them sushis at?????

Pixar: Lets make a movie about talking cars. Us: Theyre insects

I am amazed that matpat managed to predict what cars 3 is about. by comparing it to rocky somehow. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="104">1:44</a> "And if this series follows the trojectory of the rocky series, the third installment would be about our heroes fight back up to the top." And then in the actual Cars 3, there are upgraded cars who are faster than lightning mcqueen. So he has to train and FIGHT BACK UP TO THE TOP. Kinda

There's a scene in the first movie when McQueen first hits the road, during the legendary 'Life is a Highway'. You can see the BIRDS on the power line.

Guys, The bugs in the Bug movie aren't actually bugs... They're cars!!!!

My life is a lie first I thought watermelon was a melon but it's actually a berry and now cars are not cars

Matpat: they are evolved insects/beings Me: What about the Magnet boat in cars 2?

Thank you for everything matpat. I'm gonna miss these videos you were in. Especially the pixar theories

Just a small question, in cars 2, the cars go inside planes and trains, with a normal interior, but they're still alive, how does that work?

of course they aren't cars, PFFFT. they're Transformers.

Their heart is the engine

Mat pat i gonna miss you in 48 hours and you had a great journey and thanks you for carrying my childhood with my brothers and the theorys

So, would they need car insurance, or life insurance? Stop replying.

Cars in cars aren’t cars Some of them are trains, planes and even boats

So, on the topic of your timeline discrepancy, allow me to propose a solution: BnL, as suggested by the Pixar Theory, was an AI capable of surreptitiously taking over the world, re-designing machines to counter _extremely powerful_ organic individuals, _and_ can both manipulate humanity into leaving Earth _and_ give them the means by which they do so, designing extremely advanced and _self-sufficient_ starships. It is also suggested that animals, and possibly inanimate objects like the Toys, eventually rose up against humanity. What if... BnL was _behind_ that uprising? The very reason BnL needed to give humans a way off the planet - to leave it free _for the machines_ - was a war orchestrated by BnL itself. And the choice of supersoldier? The bridge between two otherwise unconnected factions with a shared enemy? _The Cars species._ A type of genetically-engineered super-insect created with the idea of internal machinery in mind. They need food for their organics, they need lubricants for their cybernetics, but in exchange? Beetles with heavy metal armor plates, able to storm human fortifications and sustain heavy small-arms fire without danger. Tiny bio-machines capable of independent, _quiet_ flight for use as espionage or assassination operatives. The greatest warriors for this war, and the perfect liaison between two factions whose relations... would otherwise be _critically_ strained because the very pollution animal-kind fights against is being done _by these machines._ And once humanity is driven off? The Cars no longer need the animals to win the war. They drive _them_ out, possibly under the subconscious/instinctive direction of the BnL AI, with their pollution and their superior battle capabilities. But eventually, the resources to sustain their population run out. They wither, and they die before all animal-kind can be annihilated, with small pockets of non-insect (for fear of the Cars) animal life hidden across the world. Maybe a small few of these Cars survive, devolving as they must back into more simple beetle forms _like the Cockroach we see in Wall-E._ But those beetles, they _still_ have the engineered genetics that gave rise to the Cars. So, when organic life is restored to primacy on Earth by Wall-E planting the tree, those insects still have the enhanced genetics necessary for their increased longevity and heightened intelligence to be able to create and use machinery. Those latent and only _rarely_ active genes start to reawaken over the generations as their machinery becomes more and more advanced, until - as proposed by the Pixar Theory - they evolve into the Monsters and discover the power of time travel through wood.

What about Bessie the road paver? She's an automobile (or whatever) like the rest, but apparently not sentient.

*Next Theory* Phineas's Head Is Actually Rectangular But Due To High CO2 And O2 Pressure We Saw It As Triangular

Nobody: The Film Theorists: Cars aren't cars

Here a whopping 7 years after, Mat is retired from hosting the channels, and still no mega Pixar timeline theory. Now I wished he would've done his big take on it during his last couple weeks as host. Dang. LEE, GET TO WORK! 😆

Fun fact=I grew up with Film Theory in my childhood.

So.... Does Lightning McQueen have car insurance or health insurance??

Where does the sushi from Cars come from if there are no fish?

What throws this off is the fact that they're manufactured, so the AI theory makes sense

I always thought they were like a cyborg, if their engine didn't work they'd be alive, but they'd also not be able to move, and if they died their engine might still be capable of running.

*Next Theory:* "Film Theory: The Lions in Lion King AREN'T LIONS!"

Matpat: are the cars in Cars, really cars? Me: *brain has left the chat*

In Cars On The Road, Mater actually opens his own door.

But what about Rod Redline, he died because his engine exploded because too much oil was forced into the combustion chamber, caused because the engine block stopped working

So cars in cars aren't cars

Pixar: *makes movie about living/talking cars* Matpat: No

The thing that bothers me about this theory is how he didn't mention the part in cars 2, when the Italy race is about to begin. As the camera is panning into the red light, you can see names on the right of scene on top of the pits. If you carefully read some of the names frame by frame, you can find the name Danny Hamlin. IDK if I was seeing things but I think I read this correctly? 🤷‍♂️

Maybe the insects evolved into looking like cars so they could trick humans while they were still evolving?

Cars 3 opening: McQueen is all alone in the woods and his phone is dead. Out of the corner of his eye he spots him. Shia Lebus

Pixar: makes a movie for kids Film theory: i am 4 parallel universes ahead of you

I don't think the creators thought of that, they were just making a great movie.

the only thing that bothers me about the whole "inside the doors is a brain" thing is that one car in Paris in Cars 2 that has an actual windshield.

Kid: How are babies born? Mother: You'll know when you're older Kid: So how are cars made? Mother: It's complicated...

Nobody: Absolute nobody: Jk Rowling: Cars are actually bisexual

Matpat: and if we are lucky we will get a fourth one Me: I guess that luck didn’t work out

I've watched this at least 25 times since it came out, the science the lore the narration mann I'm going to miss you pat :,((

If animals don't exist in their world, then how the hell do they make sushi? O.o

Matpat: Are the cars in cars, really cars? Me: Before was was was, was was is

MatPat: Cars are not cars because of my long explanation! Me: Cars are not cars because they have mouths.

pixar: "hey, i have an idea, lets make a series of car movies and the can talk, eat, take off their tires, and breathe oxygen!" matpat: "CARS AREN'T CARS! THEY'RE INSECTS!"

Well of course the cars in Cars aren't cars Some of them are trucks

Is everyone forgetting Mack telling Lightning in Cars 1 "Thank The Manufacturer you're alive"

Don't forget the fainting goats which are of course the terracottas that fall on their backs

I didn’t expect the spy thriller plot, but that doesn’t make it less perfect

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Take a -shot- sip of water every time he says "cars" because you need to stay hydrated my friend.

One of the most iconic film theory episodes

Me:So is Geico a life insurance company for cars? Film theorists:No there they aren't even cars! Me:OH BOY HERE WE GO AGAIN

This doesn't ruin my childhood, this explains it

I have a really weird question.... How do the cars reproduce?

I remember seeing some fan fics that humans are inside with tubes conected to them

he said he wouldn't ruin my childhood.

Pixar waching this :we Just wanted to make a movie about Talking cars

Pixar: *exists* Matpat: "hold my diet coke"

Lightning McQueen: *flips over in the teaser* Also Lightning: Before I continue this teaser, let me tell you about today's sponsor, Geico! Look: I just saved 15% on my car insurance- wait... would I call it car insurance or life insurance? Lightning: *starts questioning reality*

In cars2 they expose the villain by looking under his hood, so in conclusion the villain is recognized by his organs

Does Lighting McQueen get car insurance or life insurance?

So if I'm understanding you, these cars are bug and steel type Pokemon?

This is my first matpat theory I ever watched and it is crazy how I watched a film theory for my first theory and not a game theory.

Matpat missed 1 thing at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3059">50:59</a> there's a car that has no windows and you can see the steering wheel

Wait does Lightning McQueen have car insurance or life insurance 🤔

what's next? "The toys in Toy Story aren't actually toys"

thanks for absolutely obliterating my childhood YET AGAIN

Even if these theories aren’t intended these channels are a good source to build and form ideas from

Next up on Film theory: THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE IS NOT A TRAIN!!

Disney: makes animation about Cars who behave and talk like humans to be appealing to kids Matpat: *they’re Insect aliens*

Normal cars ‘breathe’ air as well so that does not work as an argument that they are organic creatures

Pixar makes a kid friendly movie MatPat: Ima end these kids lives

Me: So how did insects get more car-like? My brain: Do you remember Turbo? Me: 🤔...😯

Pixar: Lets make a movie about cars The Film Theorists: They are not Cars

5 years later and I’m still waiting for the mega theory matpat. Please make it happen :)

Gosh someone needs to make a horror film based off this mans theory

Here's something: Humans: *disappear* Cars: Fine, I'll do it myself.

Film Theory: The bugs in A Bug's Life AREN'T BUGS!

Interestingly, there is a movie where cuttlefish from space became like cars to hunt people 😏