Dexter Hoover
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| Vehicle type | Pabloloco Compact Pickup | |||||||||||||
| Color | Blue, yellow, red | |||||||||||||
| Occupation | Piston Cup flag waver (formerly) | |||||||||||||
| First appearance | Cars (2006) | |||||||||||||
| Latest appearance | Lead the Way (2017)
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Dexter Hoover is a pickup truck that serves as the flagman for the Piston Cup Racing series. He is a Pabloloco Compact Pick-Up that is painted blue and yellow, with the word "Official" painted on his hood and the back, along with the Piston Cup logo. He has blue rims and a yellow bumper. His license plate reads A113CA. His model seems to resemble a 2000 Toyota Tundra Regular Cab.
History
Cars
In Cars, Dexter is first seen at the Motor Speedway of the South, waving his flags for the racers. He later appears at the Los Angeles International Speedway, waving the flags in the tie-breaker race.
In Cars 3 , Kris Revstopski supersede his serves as a flag waver for the Piston Cup Racing Series.
Cars: Fast as Lightning
In Cars: Fast as Lightning, Dexter appears as a non-playable character that serves as the flagman on all 25 of the tracks, waving his flags to begin each race.
List of appearances
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| Cars | 2006 | |
| "Wash Day" | 2009 | The Official Magazine #29 |
| Rammin' Slammin' Relay | 2009 | |
| Crash Course | 2010 | |
| Racing Days | 2011 | His appearance in this book is identical to his appearance in Crash Course!, as this book follows a very similar storyline |
| Cars: Fast as Lightning | 2014 | |
| "Stanley's Souvenir" | 2014 | The Official Magazine #55 |
| Cars Daredevil Garage | 2015 | |
| Lead the Way | 2017 |
Official profiles
Car Finder Game
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Dexter Hoover Pabloloco Compact Pickup |
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| "As a youngster Dex dreamed of being a real race car. A 4-cylinder compact pickup isn't exactly designed for the racetrack, but Dex found a way to put himself in the middle of his favorite sport. He climbed the ranks from selling pennant flags in the stands to top flagman on the circuit. His unorthodox caution flag pattern is a thing of beauty, and if it weren't for Dex, the races would never start -- and they'd never end." |
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Meet the Cars
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- As a As a youngster, Dex dreamed of being a real racer. But a four-cylinder compact pickup isn't exactly designed for the racetrack. Dex found a way to put himself in the middle of his favorite sport, though. He climbed the ranks from selling pennant flags in the stands to become top flagman on the circuit. His caution flag pattern is a thing of beauty if it weren't for Dex, the races would never start — and they'd never end.
Die-cast Race-O-Rama "Meet My Friend" description
- As the Piston Cup's official flag truck, Dexter Hoover uses colored flags to command the race action from above the start/finish line.
Pixarpedia
- Dexter Hoover, a Pabloloco Compact pick-up, is one of the most important race officials. He waves the flags at the start and end of the race. You could say he has a checkered career!
Cars: Character Encyclopedia
- Dexter Hoover has the most important job at the racetrack. He starts and finishes each race by waving his colored flags. Dexter was the first diecast that required some assembly — fixing his flag into its post.
- The green flag means "go!" This lenticular version was released in the Night Skyline series.
- The winning checkered flag is the flag that every race car wants to see!
Gallery
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Artwork with a checkered flag
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Artwork with a yellow flag
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Artwork with a white flag
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Artwork with a green flag
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Car Finder Game profile
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Dexter appears in Cars (comic)
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Cars: Fast as Lightning
Names in other languages
Dexter Hoover
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Estonian | Lennart Lippur | – |
| Greek | Ντεξτερ Χουβερ Ntexter Chouver |
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| Polish | Rączy Hubert | – |
| Russian | Декстер Ховер Dekster Hover Декстер Гувер Dekster Guver |
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Dexter Hoover with green flag
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Danish | Dexter Hoover med grønt flag | – |
| Dutch | Dexter Hoover met groene vlag | – |
| Finnish | Dexter Hoover ja vihreä lippu | – |
| French | Dexter Hoover avec drapeau vert | – |
| German | Dexter Hoover mit grüner Fahne | – |
| Greek | Ντεξτερ Χουβερ με πρασινο σημαιακι Ntexter Chouver me prasino simaiaki |
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| Hungarian | Dexter Hoover zöld zászlóval | – |
| Italian | Dexter Hoover con bandeira verde | – |
| Polish | Rączy Hubert z zieloną flagą | – |
| Portuguese | Dexter Hoover com bandeira verde | – |
| Russian | Декстер Гувер сзелёным флагом Dekster Guver szelonym flagom |
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| Spanish | Dexter Hoover con bandera verde | – |
| Swedish | Dexter Hoover med grön flagga | – |
| Turkish | Yeşil bayrakli Dexter Hoover | – |
Trivia
- Dexter's license plate number, A113CA, is a reference to A113, the classroom in which several Pixar animators worked at, and the "CA" stands for CalArts, the studio where the classroom was located.
- "CA" could also represent California's state abbreviation.
- In Cars: Fast as Lightning, when the player passes the finish line, Dexter is waving a green flag, but in race cutscenes that immediately follow, he is waving a checkered flag.
- In the 1:55 Diecast and Mini Racers merchandise ranges, Dexter Hoover's model incorrectly reuses Tow's grill design.