| “ | Cad: Hey! We're not getting enough water on the lodge! Reroute the main waterline to the roof sprinklers! André: Oh! No — no, no, no! Ze firefighters need zat water to make retardant! Cad: How do you know that? André: I'm ze concierge. It's my job to know everything. Cad: I DON'T CARE! Do you work for them? No, you work for me, what's-your-name. Now, are you going to do it, or do I have to do it MYSELF?! |
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| ~ Cad Spinner deciding to reroute the waterline to the lodge, even though it means the firefighters being unable to fight the wildfire. |
Caddie "Cad" Spinner is the main antagonist of the 2014 Disney animated film Planes: Fire & Rescue, the sequel to the 2013 film Planes and a spinoff to the Cars franchise. He is a malicious and self-absorbed hotel owner.
He was voiced by John Michael Higgins, who also played Drex in Super Buddies and Varrick in The Legend of Korra.
Personality[]
| “ | Dusty Crophopper: "What's going on?" Maru: "Eh, park superintendent." Windlifter: "He waxes himself...daily." |
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| ~ Dusty, Maru, and Windlifter, when Cad enters the Piston Peak Air Attack team's base. |
Nothing is known about Cad's personality. But he is very selfish, rude, and greedy, to the point that only thing he cares is the Grand Fusel Lodge, and can get angry with people urging him to do the right thing, to which he may ignore their attempts. However, he acts friendly to guests and famous people.
Biography[]
Cad first appears checking on the people going into the Grand Fusel Lodge while Dusty Crophopper flies over it.
Later, he comes to the firefighters' base to tell Blade Ranger that one of his staff members had soaked fire retardant on two campers and their campfire, which Dusty, who was responsible for it as he didn't know, apologizes, but Blade tells Cad that the team needs to train. However, Cad gets excited as soon as he sees Dusty, mistaking him for Ripslinger at first, and tells him that he is invited to the grand reopening party at his lodge the next day, along with that the Secretary of the Interior would come. He explains to Blade that a big party at his lodge would make for happy campers rather than spilling mud on people, but Blade tells him that he packs too many happy campers in the park and lodge. Cad tells him that he has Pulaski, a structural fire engine, to protect the lodge, to which Blade responds that it is not just all about protecting the lodge. As Blade continues talking, Lil' Dipper whispers to Dusty that Cad got the park service to save 80% of their budget for his lodge restoration project. As he leaves, he insults Blade by telling him that "Dusty Cropslinger's even more famous than you, Blazin' Blade!"
At the party, he greets the Secretary, who later asks how the park's wildlife population is. Cad replies that there will be plenty of party animals if people come to the party, and later states Ol' Jammer as a "bumper kisser." Later, he tells Dusty that he might get a promotion, but in the middle of the talk, he goes to talk to another famous guy named Boat Reynolds (a spoof of Burt Reynolds).
The next day, while the firefighters are fighting a large forest fire which was caused when Cad's visiting VIPs flew too low and made air eddies that blew embers about, Blade tells Maru, the firefighters' mechanic, to report to Cad that the fire is about four hours away from the lodge and that the tourists will need to evacuate. However, Cad refuses to get everyone out of the lodge, saying that he won't evacuate at that moment since being the superintendent for five years.
Outside, when Cad gives a speech to the tourists and the Secretary about the grand reopening of the lodge, the lodge's concierge, André, is talking to Pulaski about the fire coming towards the lodge. Cad overhears them, pauses his speech, and argues with Pulaski on giving the speech, and even says that they're both saying the same thing when Pulaski keeps correcting him upon mispronouncing his name. Pulaski explains to Cad that the fire is getting closer to the lodge. André suggests to Cad that they should turn on the roof sprinklers, and Pulaski and Jammer tell Cad that they need to evacuate. After the Secretary tells Cad to let them see the plaque, Pulaski and Jammer argue that the fire will get worse before Cad angrily insults them by saying that André is a glorified bellboy, Pulaski is an overpriced sprinkler, and Jammer is old and has a dumb hat. Cad then says that he is the park superintendent and that he getting the moment of reopening his lodge, before coming back to the crowd and revealing the lodge's sign before one of the tourists screams. Cad, at first, thinks that they are being rude until they mention the fire, which Cad then notices, and the tourists all drive away. As the guests sleeping inside the lodge exit, Cad tells them to calm down, saying that it is only a small fire and that they should come back the following year.
As the fire gets close to the lodge, Cad tries to get some water to the lodge's roof sprinklers to keep it from burning, but finds that he is not getting enough water. He orders André to switch the main water supply to them, but André explains that the firefighters need it to make their fire retardant. However, Cad refuses to listen, stating that he doesn't care, and switches the water supply himself while André leaves with his luggage. Eventually, Cad gets fired by the Secretary for caring just about the lodge, putting Jammer in charge.
In the end credits, it is shown that he now works as a park ranger in Death Valley, giving out a welcome to the audience before complaining about how hot it is. Just then, a background car's engine stalls and Cad gives off a nervous look before the screen cuts to black.
Cad Spinner[]
He appears in his very own short, titled "Cad Spinner" of the same name serving as the main protagonist. He does a narration about the sights of Piston Peak National Park. Only moments after he starts it, he lists everything in an unexciting way and focuses the viewers' attention on the Grand Fusel Lodge, where he sings a rap describing all of the lodge's features. Unimpressed with taking part in the song, Pulaski admits that he was only forced to take part so he would not get fired, while André tries to liven it up with beatboxing, but Cad disapproves of them both, adding that the beatboxing will frighten the kids. As Cad finishes the song with a message about coming to the park to visit the lodge, the guests all leave him on the roof as he demands for help to get him down.
Quotes[]
| “ | Cad Spinner: "Honk, honk! Beep-beep! Park superintendent coming. I sign your paychecks. Anybody gonna greet me? Yes, you are!" Maru: (driving off) "I got some oil pans to change." Cad Spinner: "Blade, Blade, Blade!" Blade Ranger: "What do you want, Cad?" Cad Spinner: "That's a big hill. Listen. Do you think I like driving all around over here and up there, over there just to complain? Answer: No, I don't. But, I heard from some campers that one of your staff just soaked them with that red fire phosphorphescent stuff that you use. The deodorant." Dusty Crophopper: "Yeah, I'm-I'm-I'm sorry. That was my fault." Blade Ranger: (just as Dusty says "fault") "The team needs to train. There's gonna be some mud spilled along the way." Cad Spinner: (noticing Dusty) "Are you kidding me?" (drives to Dusty) Blade Ranger: "No, that's the way it works." Cad Spinner: "No, you are not! Blade, you're hiding a world famous racer right here at Piston Peak! Ripslinger!" Dusty Crophopper: "Uh, it's 'Crophopper.'" Cad Spinner: "Crophopper!" Dusty Crophopper: "Dusty." Cad Spinner: "Yeah, right. Me, Cad Spinner. You, one fast plane." |
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| ~ Cad arriving at the Piston Peak Air Attack base. |
| “ | Cad Spinner: "Tomorrow night. The lodge. Grand reopening party. You're invited! And I'm thinking, high-speed flyover. What are you thinking?" Dusty Crophopper: "I'm thinking it'll be... it'll be dark." Cad Spinner: "HEY! There's gonna be a lot of VIPs. 'Very Important Planes.' How would you like to rub tires with the Secretary of the Interior of the United States... of America? I smell photo op! Flash! Cha-ching. You've gotta do it! Come on!" Blade Ranger: (to Windlifter and Dipper) "I smell something else." Cad Spinner: "Blade, Blade, Blade. Can I explain something? Yes, I can. Look, spilling mud on people makes for sad campers. Big party at my lodge makes for happy campers! You understand?" Blade Ranger: "You've packed too many happy campers into the park and way too many into that lodge." Cad Spinner: "Oh, we've got a structural fire engine down there protecting it." Blade Ranger: "This isn't just about protecting the lodge. There's low humidity, a lot of dead wood..." Lil' Dipper: (whispers to Dusty) "He got the Park Service to shift 80% of our budget to his lodge restoration project." Blade Ranger: "This base is held together with bailing wire and duct tape! Maru had to rebuild that old tower himself!" Maru: "It's better than new!" |
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| ~ Dusty, Cad, Blade and Dipper, as Cad informs about his lodge's grand reopening party, and gets into an argument with letting happy campers into his lodge. |
| “ | Cad Spinner: "Hear me, fellow forest friends, dirty though you may be. This is an historic weekend." (A car phone rings, and Cad answers by popping out his front antenna.) "Cad, you got 30 seconds. Go." (as an indistinct voice is heard) "Ah, buh, buh, buh, buh, I don't care how much it costs. Yes, get the crystal glasses. Yes, fluted! Were you built in a barn? Come on! The lodge is only gonna be grand-reopened once. I'm not gonna..." (notices Blade, Windlifter and Dipper looking at him angrily) "Could you hold on a second?" (drives to some dumpsters) "THEN FIRE THE OLD LADY, AND GET SOMEBODY WHO CAN GET THEM!" (drives back to his original spot) "You're not the only ones who can put out a fire, right?" (chuckles) "Will I see you at the party? Yes, I will." (clicks his tongue) "Superstar!" (drives away) "Can you believe it? Dusty Cropslinger! He's even more famous than you, Blazin' Blade!" (chuckles) Blade Ranger: (sighs and drives off) |
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| ~ Cad, before leaves the firefighters' base. |
| “ | Pulaski: "With all due respect, Superintendent Spinner, the smoke over the ridge is growing closer." André: "Yeah, perhaps we should turn on the roof sprinklers?" Cad Spinner: "Pfft!" Pulaski: "We must evacuate!" Ol' Jammer: "Better listen to them, Cad. They're right." Secretary of the Interior: "Come on, Spinner! Let's see that plaque." Cad Spinner: "Uh, right away, sir!" Pulaski: "We need to cancel the unveiling!" Ol' Jammer: "The longer we wait, the worse it'll get!" Cad Spinner: (mutters) "Buh, buh, buh, buh! Who are you?" (to André) "You're a glorified bell boy." (to Pulaski) "You're an overpriced sprinkler," (to Jammer) "and you're... You're old, and you have a dumb hat on. Who am I? I'm the Superintendent, and today is about me and my lodge! And now is the moment I've been waiting for!" (drives back to his original spot to continue the unveiling, and pulls the tarp off the plaque) Woman: (screams) "Aaaahh!!" Cad Spinner: "Now, that's just rude!" Male: "Fire!" Cad Spinner: (noticing the wildfire in the distance) "Oh!" (The tourists and the Secretary drive away clamoring.) Tourist: "Let's get out of here!" Boat: (screams on being left behind and not able to move on his boat transporter, until a pickup truck quickly comes and pulls him away) |
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| ~ Pulaski, André and Jammer trying to get Cad to get all of the tourists to evacuate while he was doing an unveiling of his plaque. |
| “ | Cad Spinner: (noticing that his lodge's roof sprinklers aren't spraying enough water) "What's going on up there? We're not getting enough water." (to André) "Hey! We're not getting enough water on the lodge! Reroute the main water line to the roof sprinklers!" André: "Oh! No, no, no! The firefighters need that water to make retardant." Cad Spinner: "How do you know that?" André: "I'm the concierge. It's my job to know everything." Cad Spinner: "I don't care! Do you work for them? No, you work for me, what's-your-name. Now, are you gonna do it, or do I have to do it myself?" André: (folds his forks and huffs) (Cad then tries to push the handle to switch the main water line.) Cad Spinner: "Come on, come on!" (grunts, then manages to move it) "Ha-ha! I got it!" (The water then shoots out from the roof sprinklers, as André drives away with his luggage.) |
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| ~ André and Cad, as they argue on where to send the main water line to. |
| “ | "Welcome to Death Valley National Park! Is it hot?" (coughs) "Yes, it is." | „ |
| ~ Cad in Death Valley and his defeat, also his last words in the film. |
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Trivia[]
- Cad's design is a combination of a 2002-2006 Cadillac Escalade's body, a 2007-2014 Escalade's greenhouse design, and a Pontiac's front grille design.
- Cad's last name is Spinner. This means that Cam Spinner from Cars 3 could possibly be a relative of Cad, possibly being a son or a sibling.
- Although the movie's main antagonist, Cad only does what he does to make people happy. However, this was only out of selfish motives, and when there was a huge forest fire, he refused to let the firefighters make retardant to fight the fire. This makes him more similar to other antagonists who try to become selfish for their own people but have no antagonism towards protagonists.
- Cad, Miles Axlerod and Sterling are the only Cars Franchise Villains who are businessesmen.
- In the Planes' short Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular a black car is similar to Cad.
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