Tyler Gremlin
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| Vehicle type | 1975 AMC Gremlin | ||||
| Color | Red, black | ||||
| Occupation | Professor Z's henchman | ||||
| First appearance | Cars 2 (2011) | ||||
| Latest appearance | Cars 2: The Video Game (2011)
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Tyler Gremlin, also known as Tyler Trunklis, is a member of the Gremlin family in Cars 2. He assists his boss, Professor Z. Tyler is an AMC Gremlin that is painted red, with black "hockey stripes" on his doors (though they are not seen in the film), similar to other Gremlins in the film. He has a black grille and grey rims, and a license plate that reads "RB-214".
History
Cars 2
In Cars 2, Tyler is first seen watching Rod "Torque" Redline being the first victim of the electromagnetic pulse emitter along with many other Lemons.
Afterwards, Tyler is one of the many Lemons that hunt down Mater in the streets of Tokyo after discovering he was in the pits.
After spotting Mater, Tyler quietly follows him, but Finn McMissile manages to stop him as he breaks a nearby flower vending machine and makes it as seem like Tyler was the one who broke it, causing Han and his two friends to yell at him. It is unknown what happened to Tyler afterwards, but judging by his scream off-screen, it is likely that Han and his friends beat him up.
Cars 2: The Video Game
Tyler is an NPC in Cars 2: The Video Game.
Personality
Due to growing up being ruthlessly picked on and mistreaded by his peers, Tyler developed a mean streak a mile wide. He is so spiteful and short tempered that most other cars and other vehicles give him a wide birth to avoid his rancorous wrath.
Weaponry and Gadgets
In Cars 2: The Video Game, Tyler Gremlin uses two weapons:
- Energy Leech: in the Survival Mode he uses the Energy Leech when the player los his boost.
- Missile Launcher: He uses the Missile Launcher to fire and hurt the player.
Bio
- While other boys in school had cool racing stripes, Tyler was stuck with hockey-stick stripes, and they were cheap decals to boot. Picked on in school for his goofy graphics and lack of horse power, it came as no shock that his personality got a bit menacing as time went on. The mischievous Tyler would drive without his headlights on after the dark, or chain a police officer's chassis to a lamppost. He became so salty that if any car so much as tooted their horn they would get T-boned. Most cars learned to yield to him. If a car tried to stand up to him, they'd have to hit-and-run because he always came back swinging ... just like a hockey stick.
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Cars 2: The Video Game
Trivia
- Diecast product listings refer to him as "Tyler Trunklis", implying that this was his name in the initial version of the film. It was likely changed so that every Lemon of the same family would share the same last name, the only exceptions being Don Crumlin, and Stefan Gremsky.
- On the packaging for his die-cast version, his eyes are brown, but on the actual toy, they're blue-green.
- Tyler's bio mentions how he was picked on in school for his hockey stripe design, however, Tyler does not have any hockey stripe design on his bodywork in the movie. It is possible that he removed them to avoid being picked on again.
- Tyler's diecast incorrectly has his license plate reading "WREKD" instead of "RB-214" like it read in the movie.
- His movie license plate is actually the same as J. Curby Gremlin and Sara Safestreet's, and his diecast license plate is the same as Grem and Don Crumlin's.
- The shade of red featured on Tyler's diecast is slightly off. It is a bit bright compared to the darker red color in the film.