Grem

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Grem
Alias	None
Origin	Cars 2
Occupation	Right-Hand Man for Professor Zündapp Acer's partner
Powers / Skills	Machine guns Detonators
Hobby	Assisting Professor Zündapp. Hurting other cars.
Goals	Destroy the World Grand Prix. Aid Axlerod in his villainous plan to take over the world. Kill Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell Kill Lightning McQueen and Mater (all failed).
Crimes	Murder Kidnapping Assault and battery Assisting a crimes Terrorism (including ecological terrorism) Arms dealing Vandalism Mutilation Torture Stalking Hate crimes
Type of Villain	Wrathful Terrorist

“	There he is!	„
	~ Grem spotting Mater and Finn McMissile.

Grem is a major antagonist in Pixar's twelfth full-length animated feature film Cars 2. He is a Lemon who works as a top henchman and right hand along with his partner Acer for Professor Zündapp, who secretly works for Sir Miles Axlerod.

He was voiced by Joe Mantegna, who also played Eddie in Baby's Day Out, Joey Zasa in The Godfather Part III, and Fat Tony in The Simpsons.

Personality

Grem is ruthless, egotistical, violent, and evil cold-hearted terrorist who takes orders.

He is also sadistic, and egotistical henchmen who worked along side his buddy, Acer. He and Acer both are wrathful as they like hurting other cars, as well as how he wanted Lightning McQueen killed.

Biography

Cars 2

Grem first appeared on the oil platform as one of the Lemons, who thought they killed Finn McMissile. He was next seen in Japan when he and Acer attacked Rod "Torque" Redline in the bathroom.

Rod then managed to pass along a device containing information to Mater (who happened to be there) regarding the conspiracy plot. Afterward, Grem tested the electromagnetic pulse camera that would be used to blow out the race cars during the World Grand Prix on Rod, killing him in the process.

Grem, accompanied by Acer, was assigned to use the camera on the race cars during the World Grand Prix. He aimed the camera beam at a racer and with the result of the Allinol heating up, blowing out their engine. Grem and Acer also caused a big crash in Italy. After Mater, Finn, and Holley tried to stop the Lemons, they were all captured. Grem and Acer were then assigned to kill McQueen using the camera, but since Sarge switched out the Allinol with Fillmore's organic biofuel mixture, the camera beam did not work properly.

When Mater discovered the bomb strapped to his radiator and McQueen chased Mater down to see what the situation was, Grem and Acer pursue them throughout London until Holley Shiftwell intervened and threw Grem and Acer off the road and into the Ye Left Turn Inn restaurant, where they got beaten up by angry cars bigger and stronger than them. It is completely unknown what happened to Grem and Acer afterward, but it is likely they were taken into custody along with the other Lemons or they were both possibly smashed to death in the restaurant by the angry vans and trucks.

Video games

Cars 2: The Video Game

In Cars 2: The Video Game, Grem is an unlockable playable character, available once access to Clearance Level 3 is granted. He is a light weight, and consists of more speed than power.

Disney INFINITY

Grem can be seen in concept art for Disney Infinity, despite not appearing in the actual game.

Powers and abilities

Grem has his powers and abilities in the film and video game including this:

Specifications

• Top Speed: 91 mph
• 0– 60 mph: 17 seconds
• Engine Type: 232 c.i straight 6 with one-barrel carburetor
• Horsepower: 90

Weapons and Gadgets

• Missile Launcher: In the airport escape, Grem reveals a missile launcher on his right side. He launches it at Finn McMissile, but Finn launches a missile at that one, and they take out each other. He uses it that one time in the film.
• Deployable Machine Gun: Located on the opposite side of the missile launcher. In an attempt to get Lightning McQueen and Mater in London, he and Acer got out their weapons revealing Grem has a machine gun on his left side.

Trivia

• Grem is shown to have several gaps in his teeth.
• The bathroom fight in Tokyo between Rod "Torque" Redline, Acer and Grem is a reference to the pre-credits sequence of the James Bond film Casino Royale.
• Grem's name is derived from Gremlin.
  • His license plate reads WREKD, short for "wrecked". It is the same as Tyler Gremlin and Don Crumlin.
  • On his Disney Store die-cast model, Grem is simply named "Gremlin", implying that it's possible he had a simpler name in concept.
  • Grem's tires say "Rolling Stop".
  • There is a costume of him on The World of Cars Online, which you can get from Ramone's House of Body Art.
  • In the Cars 2 magazine with the 56-page Cars 2 Movie Comic, when Holley stops him and Acer from getting Lightning and Mater, instead of ending up in "Ye Left Turn Inn", they landed in a garbage truck.
  • Grem, along with Acer, Professor Z, Miles Axlerod and Victor Hugo, are playable in Cars 2: The Video Game, even though they are villains. However, it could be that they are part of the simulation.
  • Grem's LEGO depicts him in red livery. For some reason, it shows him with brown eyes instead of green eyes like in his other appearances, but it's similar to Tyler Gremlin.
    • His second LEGO was revised in orange livery in the Oil Rig Escape set.
• Grem's name originates from the first four letters of the word "Gremlin".
• His Polish name is Al Scarpetta. In Polish "skarpeta" means "sock".

External links

• Grem on the Disney Wiki
• Grem on the Pixar Wiki
• Grem on the Pixar Cars Wiki