Fred
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| Vehicle type | Stodgey Suaver LT | |||||||||||||||
| Color | Rusty red[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Blogger Podcast host Racingfan and hanger-on | |||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Cars (2006) | |||||||||||||||
| Latest appearance | Cars: Race-O-Rama (2009) | |||||||||||||||
| Main performer(s) | Andrew Stanton
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- "He knows my name. He knows my name!"
- —Fred, Cars
Fred is a rusty race fan, and a recurring character in the Cars franchise. He often gets excited whenever a celebrity knows his name, which is actually on his license plate all the time.
History
Cars
In Cars, Fred is seen in the Rust-eze tent at the Motor Speedway of the South, happy due to the fact that Lightning McQueen "knows his name" even though it is printed on his license plate. He gets excited and his front bumper falls off. The same situation happens with Mario Andretti at the Los Angeles International Speedway, where Mario says his name, he gets even more excited and happily tells a security guard, "Mario Andretti knows my name!" after the police will not let him in because he does not have a garage pass. Fred says that it is okay because Lightning knows him. At the end of the film, Fred is seen hopping up and down in the main road of Radiator Springs, with tons of decals stickered onto him from Lizzie's Radiator Springs Curios shop and his bumper falls off again.
Cars: Mater-National Championship
In Cars: Mater-National Championship, Fred overhears Lightning telling Philip about driving lessons, and he excitedly hurries over and asks if he can join too. After Doc complains that the three cars are blocking the street, Barry comes and asks if a race is starting and the five happily agree to one. His front bumper falls off after Lightning revs his engine. After this event, Fred is only seen during all four Rustbucket Races and also as a computer opponent in all nine Fillmore's Fuel Frenzy levels.
Cars: Race-O-Rama
In Cars: Race-O-Rama, Fred can be found competing in the Rustbucket Derby levels and sometimes in the Smash Up levels as well (except on the PlayStation 2 version in which he does not appear in at all). Like in his previous game appearance, Fred is not a playable character.
Physical description
Fred is a Stodgey Suaver ST and has a license plate that reads his own name "FRED". His top speed is only 30 mph (49 km/h), probably because of his major rust, and possibly has like 100 hp (74 kW). Fred's original livery paint is apparently blue, despite being completely covered in rust, and he sometimes struggles to keep parts on. His front bumper and the rest has a bit of visible green and white paint.
Personality and traits
Fred gets excited very easily, and, as a result, he often has his bumper coming off, or when he excitedly shakes so hard, a large amount of rust falls off him. Whenever anyone reads his license plate and says his name, Fred freaks out and shouts "He knows my name!"
List of appearances
Official profiles
Car Finder Game
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Fred Stodgey Suaver LT |
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| "Fred is truly racing's number-one fan. Some cars have better wax jobs, or attached bumpers, but do they have the heart and dedication Fred has? Not a chance. Between Fred's racing blogs, podcast, websites and daily call-ins to numerous radio shows, it's amazing Fred has time to get to any actual races." |
Portrayals
| Actors | Language version | Roles |
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| Andrew Stanton | English | Cars, Cars: Mater-National Championship, Cars: Race-O-Rama |
| Unknown | Albanian | Cars |
| Hani Salama | Arabic (Egypt) | Cars |
| George Abou Salbi | Arabic (Standard) | Cars (Jeem TV dub) |
| Unknown | Cars (Tanweer Studios dub) | |
| Rosen Ploskov | Bulgarian | Cars |
| Tinson Lung | Cantonese | Cars |
| Aleix Estadella | Catalan | Cars |
| Berko Muratović | Croatian | Cars |
| Jiří Hromada | Czech | Cars |
| Vilém Udatný | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Søren Ulrichs | Danish | Cars |
| Warre Borgmans | Dutch (Belgium) | Cars |
| Huub Dikstaal | Dutch (Netherlands) | Cars |
| Aarne Mägi | Estonian | Cars |
| Jouko Klementtilä | Finnish | Cars |
| Alain Zouvi | French (Canada) | Cars |
| Frantz Confiac | French (Europe) | Cars |
| Unknown | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Cars: Race-O-Rama | ||
| Claus Brockmeyer | German | Cars |
| Jens Wendland | Cars: Mater-National Championship, Cars: Race-O-Rama | |
| Dimítris Spáthis | Greek | Cars |
| Ohad Shachar | Hebrew | Cars |
| Mahendra Srivas | Hindi | Cars |
| Balázs Láng | Hungarian | Cars |
| Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | Icelandic | Cars |
| Sumardi | Indonesian | Cars |
| Marco De Risi | Italian | Cars |
| Unknown | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Setsuji Satō | Japanese | Cars |
| Unknown | Kazakh | Cars |
| Jeon Kwang-ju | Korean | Cars |
| Jānis Kirmuška | Latvian | Cars |
| Sigitas Račkys | Lithuanian | Cars |
| Unknown | Malay | Cars |
| Zhang Lei | Mandarin (China) | Cars |
| Hu Li-Cheng | Mandarin (Taiwan) | Cars |
| Gaute Grøtta Grav | Norweigan | Cars |
| Sławomir Pacek | Polish | Cars |
| Robert Tondera | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Felipe Grinnan | Portuguese (Brazil) | Cars |
| Rui Paulo | Portuguese (Europe) | Cars |
| Mihai Bisericanu | Romanian | Cars |
| Alexander Mashanov | Russian | Cars |
| Oleg Forostenko | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Branislav Platiša | Serbian | Cars |
| Ľubor "Karol" Krištof | Slovak | Cars |
| Kajetan Bajt | Slovene | Cars |
| Nicolás Frías | Spanish (Argentina) | Cars |
| Ricardo Tejedo | Spanish (Latin America) | Cars |
| Fernando Cabrera | Spanish (Europe) | Cars |
| Jorge Teixeira | Cars: Mater-National Championship | |
| Unknown | Cars: Race-O-Rama | |
| Andreas Rothlin Svensson | Swedish | Cars |
| Kritsana Saringkhannon | Thai | Cars |
| Sefa Zengin | Turkish | Cars |
| Yuriy Rebryk | Ukrainian | Cars |
Gallery
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Artwork with fallen bumper
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World of Cars artwork
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Fred with a San Bernardino sticker.
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Car Finder Game profile
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Fred and Zeke in Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Cars: Mater-National Championship
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Character icon from Cars: Mater-National Championship
Names in other languages
- Chinese: 弗瑞 (pinyin: Fú ruì)
- Russian: Фред (transcription: Fred)
Trivia
- Fred and Fillmore are the only two characters in the franchise to date to have frontal license plates.
- A Halloween promotional image gives McQueen a frontal license plate, being "LMQ 95"
- Fred's original diecast was too big, so he was rescaled into a smaller size. However, the smaller one was considered by many as "out of scale" to other models.
- In several ways, he is similar to Otis. They are both rusty, have a closely resembling design, and considered "lemons".
- Fred's rear bumper is much brighter in the PS3 version of Cars: Mater-National Championship.
Quotes
- "You're my hero, Mr. McQueen!" - Cars
- "Oh, it's okay. Lightning McQueen knows me!" - Cars
- "Mario Andretti knows my name! You gotta let me in now!" - Cars
- "Woah! I'm going so fast, I'm shedding rust!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
- "Oh, I guess I better start getting in shape!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
- "Lightning McQueen is giving private racing lessons? Oh, count me in, Mr. McQueen!" - Cars: Mater-National Championship
Official Promo Wallpapers
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