Cruz Ramirez

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This Protagonist was Headlined on July 2021.

Do-gooder

Racer
Trainer

Full Name

Cruz Ramirez

Alias

Cruz

Lemonade
Frances Beltline

Origin

Cars 3

Occupation

Trainer (formerly)

Piston Cup racer (currently)

Powers / Skills

Speed

Skilled at training race cars

Hobby

Training and racing.

Goals

Train Lightning McQueen to beat Jackson Storm (formerly).

Defeat Jackson Storm in Florida 500 and win the race (succeeded).

Family

Mateo (cousin)

Mato (cousin-in-law)

Enemies

Jackson Storm (arch-rival)

Sterling

Type of Hero

Selfless Successor

“	Bring it on, old man.	„
	~ Cruz Ramirez to Lightning McQueen.

Cruz Ramirez is the deuteragonist of the 2017 Disney/Pixar film Cars 3 and a minor secondary character in Cars on the Road. She is a racing trainer, later racer, who helps Lightning McQueen get his racing mojo back so he can defeat Jackson Storm.

She is voiced by Cristela Alonzo.

Cars 3[]

Initially, she is recruited by Lightning McQueen to help him train for the upcoming Florida 500 and defeat a rookie named Jackson Storm. After a series of unsuccessful attempts to train McQueen at the Rust-eze Racing Center, the two participate in a series of events including unwittingly entering and winning in demolition derby and training at Thomasville with Doc Hudson's former mentor, Smokey. She races in the Florida 500 herself as McQueen's replacement sporting his number, which she eventually wins jointly with McQueen. After the race, she politely turns down Sterling's offer to join the race team, possibly in retaliation for underestimating her skills and joins Dinoco's racing team sporting Doc Hudson's old number (51), with McQueen serving as her crew chief.

Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool[]

In the short, Cruz and McQueen celebrate her win at the Florida 500 and put her trophy next to the other trophy she earned at the Crazy Eight, only for both of them to see a commercial on the television featuring Miss Fritter, talking about her racing school. The sound waves caused by Miss Fritter's yelling at the end of the commercial knock over Cruz's Crazy Eight trophy and smash it to bits, much to Cruz's dismay just as McQueen tells her ''Maybe that wasn't such a safe place after all.''

Cars on the Road[]

In the ninth and final episode of the short-series, Cruz Ramirez is attending the wedding of her cousin Mateo who happens to be the groom of Mater's big sister Mato, during the events of the episode between Mater and Mato, Cruz acts as the certified referee, certified family psychiatrist and a certified wedding officiant, Cruz's last appearance in the episode is when she wishes Mater and McQueen well as they depart on their drive back to Radiator Springs.

Other appearances[]

In the Stig vs Lightning McQueen short, Cruz, McQueen and Mater, all in LEGO forms, travel to the Top Gear test track to race with the Stig. However, at the end of the race, a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa collapses on top of the Stig, and Cruz and McQueen can only watch as Mater unsuccessfully tries to get him back to his original shape.

Cars 3: Driven to Win[]

Cruz appears as one of the game's playable characters.

Disney Parks[]

Since 2017, Cruz appears in Cars Land at Disney California Adventure park as a "drive-around" character. She regularly stops at the Cozy Cone Motel to speak and have pictures taken with guests. She appears in her Dinoco paint job. From 2017 until it’s closure in 2018 after the opening of Toy Story Land, Cruz appeared at Disney’s Hollywood Studios outside of the exit to Toy Story Midway Mania.

Cruz appears in the show Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy At Disney's Hollywood Studios. In the show, Cruz acts as Lightning's crew chief for the simulator, alongside Mater. Cruz also appears in the waiting area next to DJ to pose for photos.

Quotes[]

“

YES I DO!!!!

„

“

I want to become a racer forever! Because of you!

„

“

Mack, pull over! (Mack: What? Now?) NOW. (opens the trailer door)

„

“

The beach ate me.

„

Trivia[]

It is unknown if there will be a Cars 4, as Pixar could possibly try to get a good story with Cruz as the main protagonist, like Cars 2 which was about her mentor's best friend Mater, and Lightning was the protagonist of the first and third film.
- Her face seems to look a little like Sally, but her body is shaped like a Jaguar F-Type.
- Cruz's license plate is licensed in Texas and reads "C01 06A"--which includes Cristela Alonzo's initials, "CA", and birthday, January 6.
- Cruz has 656 rigging controls, including 360 for her body and 296 for her face.
- When Cruz tells the story about how she wanted to become a racer, and how she used to watch McQueen on TV fly through the air, this references the original Cars film where McQueen avoids a huge crash caused by Chick Hicks by jumping on Claude Scruggs' tires to get through the wreck.

Cruz' license plate is licensed in Texgas and reads "C01 06A". It includes her voice actress Cristela Alonza's initials, "CA", and birthday, January 6.
- Speaking of that, Cristela Alonza (Cruz's voice actress) stared her career in 2006, the same year the first Cars film was released.

External Links[]

Cruz Ramirez on the Heroic Benchmark Wiki
Cruz Ramirez on the Deutaragonists Wiki
Cruz Ramirez on the Heroes Wiki
Cruz Ramirez on the Disney Wiki
Cruz Ramirez on the Pixar Wiki
Cruz Ramirez on the Pixar Cars Wiki

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