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| “ | Those thugs down there were on the oil platform. If they see me, the whole mission is compromised. | „ |
| ~ Finn McMissile to Holley Shiftwell about the Lemons |
The Lemons are the main antagonists of Pixar's 12th full-length animated feature film Cars 2 and its videogame.
They are a terrorist organization of lemon cars known for their several manufacturing defects that left them rejected by society, and they intend to get their revenge by discrediting alternative fuel in order to make profit out of selling oil. This terroristic group consists of 44 notable members and five notable associates.
Official Description[]
| “ | At a top secret meeting, the Lemon Heads scheme to become the most powerful cars in the world! | „ |
| ~ Lemons' Diecast Collection description |
History[]
Background[]
According to their boss Sir Miles Axlerod, the Lemons have felt rejected by the world because of their defects during the past, an event that left them feel unloved. The film, however, reveals little details regarding how their fellow cars treated them.
Cars 2[]
At the Pacific Ocean, Finn McMissle went with Crabby to waiting a car, but Tony Trihull menace Crabby, later McMissile infiltrates in the Oil Rig to find his friend Leland Turbo, but Grem and Acer killed him. From this moment he killed some Lemons, after that Finn fakes his death.
As such, Miles Axlerod formulates a plan that involves forcing the entire world to abandon alternative fuel and resorting to using oil (as he still owns the largest oil reserves in the world despite his claims that he has been converted into a hybrid). To that end, Axlerod created the World Grand Prix for racers around the world and a new alternative fuel called Allinol (which is actually gasoline engineered to ignite by an EMP beam). He also plans on murdering anyone who gets in their way.
Being in cahoots with Axlerod's plot and sharing the ownership of the oil reserves, several Lemon families conspired to aid Axlerod in his plan to sabotage the Grand Prix races. To that end, Axlerod gets his right-hand Professor Zündapp to create EMP weapons designed as Prix cameras to ignite any Allinol supply during the races. Because of this, the first two races in Tokyo and Porto Cosa were disasters as many racers engaged into crashes after getting their Allinol ignited by the EMP beams. To cover his tracks, Axlerod suspends on using Allinol for the third and final race in London, though Lightning McQueen stand firm on his decision to use Allinol. Because of this, Axlerod contacts Zündapp to murder McQueen during the final race. This was witnessed by McQueen's best friend Mater, along with two British agents Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell, who end up being captured and take hostage in Big Bentley.
During the final race, Zündapp gets Grem and Acer to fire up their EMP beam on McQueen, but then later escapes unharmed (due to Sarge switching McQueen's Allinol supply with Fillmore's organic fuel), just as Mater escapes to warn McQueen of the plot. Anticipating this, Axlerod arranges for Zündapp to place a bomb inside Mater's air filter so that he and McQueen would be killed by the explosion. As Mater runs off out of range, Zündapp ends up being chased by a freed McMissile, forcing the other Lemons to take action and catch McQueen. Though McMissile and Holley manage to defeat Zündapp, the other Lemons surround them in an intersection, preparing to wait for the imminent explosion to kill McQueen, Mater and the agents. Mater tries to talk the Lemons out of the plan by pointing out that it won't make them feel any better, but even though the Lemons agree with him, they still want him and his friends dead for their greed. Fortunately, McQueen brought in his friends from Radiator Springs to stop them, forcing the Lemons to surrender.
Mater eventually proceeded to expose Axlerod as the mastermind behind the plot by forcing him to deactivate the bomb within close range. With the plot exposed, the Lemons are arrested for conspiracy to commit crime, murder, attempted murder, and embezzlement and aftermath maybe even got executed.
Cars 2: The Video Game[]
In Cars 2: The Video Game, the Lemons appear again as the main antagonists (alongside Professor Zündapp) and five from them are playable characters.
Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure[]
In Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure, the Lemons appear again in the first level and third level of the game.
Disney INFINITY[]
In Disney Infinity, one of the Lemons who appears in the concept art was Grem. He was supposed to be a playable character, but he was cancelled.
Cars 3[]
The Lemons doesn't make their physical appearance in Cars 3, but Miles Axlerod appears as a picture in Sterling 's Office shields and Acer makes a cameo in a newspaper about the Haneda Airport chase.
Personalities[]
They are described as cold-hearted terrorists who wanted their revenge for being insulted by the other cars in the world, but they are sadistic because they ruined some WGP racers motors during the World Grand Prix event and tried to kill Lightning McQueen. Near the end they showed their cowardice after their defeat.
Members[]
The Lemons are a coalition of at least four criminal families made up by cars infamous for malfunctioning. Out of the forty-four known members listed here, at least 70% (31 out of 44) of all of the Lemons were arrested.
Commanding members[]
- Sir Miles Axlerod (leader, arrested)
- Professor Zündapp (second-in-command, arrested)
- Grem and Acer (lieutenants, fate unknown)
- J. Curby Gremlin (leader of the Gremlin Family; arrested)
- Tubbs Pacer (leader of the Pacer Family; arrested)
- Victor Hugo (leader of the Hugo Family; arrested)
- Vladimir Trunkov (leader of the Trunkov Family; arrested)
Gremlin Family[]
- Tyler Gremlin (fate unknown)
- Don Crumlin (fate unknown)
- Towga Gremlin (fate unknown)
- Stefan Gremsky (fate unknown)
Pacer Family[]
- Petey Pacer (arrested)
- Fred Pacer (fate unknown)
- Jerome Ramped (fate unknown)
Hugo Family[]
- Alexander Hugo (arrested)
- Hugos (Cars 2: The Video Game)
Trunkov Family[]
- Petrov Trunkov (fate unknown)
- Tolga Trunkov (arrested)
- Trunkovs (Cars 2: The Video Game)
Non-Lemon Associates[]
Out of the six associates here, at least one was arrested, and another one was killed.
- Ivan (arrested)
- Tony Trihull (deceased)
- 2nd Combat Ship (fate unknown)
- Muggsy Liftsome (fate unknown)
- Karl Haulzemoff (fate unknown)
- Jan Gruzilski (fate unknown)
- Explosive Trucks (Cars 2: The Video Game)
- Professor Z's helicopter (fate unknown)
Crimes[]
- Crushing Leland Turbo to death (succeeded on the Oil Rig).
- Torturing Rod "Torque" Redline (succeeded in Japan).
- Fully sabotaging the World Grand Prix (succeeded in Japan and Italy, but failed in England).
Quotes[]
| “ | Let's Go | „ |
| ~ Acer's first words in the film |
| “ | Tony: What are you doing out here?! Crabby: What does it look like, genius? I'm crabbing! Tony: Well, turn around and go back where you came from! Crabby: Yeah, and who's gonna make me?
[Tony deploys his gun.] |
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| ~ Tony Trihull's first appearence in the film. |
| “ | Tannoy: Incoming. All workers report to the loading dock. Finn: [through his radio] Leland Turbo, this is Finn McMissile. I'm at the rally point. Over. [hears static] |
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| ~ All the Lemons first debuts |
| “ | Jerome Ramped and Stefan Gremsky: [in unison] Wha-? | „ |
| ~ Stefan Gremsky and Jerome Ramped |
| “ | Grem: Get to the boats! | „ |
| ~ Grem ordering the Lemons to go to the boats |
| “ | Acer: He's getting away! Tony: Not for long! [shoots out a torpedo]
[Just as the torpedo is about to hit Finn, it explodes, causing the water to shoot up, before it shows flames on the surface, as the combat ships search around it to see if Finn is still alive. The camera moves into the water, showing that Finn is still alive, leaving trails of oil from his rear turn signals. He then transforms into a submarine, with an oxygen tank over his mouth, and escapes as he releases a set of tires from his trunk. The tires all come up to the surface inside the circle of flames.] |
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| ~ Grem, Acer, Tony and Zündapp during Finn's "death" |
Trivia[]
- Though they are considered the darkest villains of the Cars franchise due to their willingness to commit murder, Mater sympathizes with them due to their troubled pasts (and his experience of being laughed at himself because of his antics). That said, the narrative and Mater himself make it clear that it doesn't justify their crimes. Furthermore, even some of their more ruthless members agree that it wouldn't make them feel better, implying that they commit crimes not just out of greed, but also out of resentment, though they didn't repent for their crimes and attempted to kill Mater, McQueen, Finn and Holley anyway because, as J. Curby Gremlin pointed out, it was "worth a shot".
- They are also implied to have problems with acquiring the parts they need to survive.
- Tyler Gremlin and Don Crumlin appear in Cars 2: The Video Game along with several look-alikes. They are enemies that you have to destroy in Hunter or Attack modes. In those modes, multiple amounts of them appear, and you have to destroy them. In Hunter mode, they could try to shoot you.
External links[]
- Lemons on the Antagonists Wiki
- Lemons on the Disney Wiki
- Lemons on the Pixar Wiki
- Lemons on the Pixar Cars Wiki
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