Mike's New Car

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Mike's New Car
Mike's New Car
Directed by	Pete Docter Roger Gould
Produced by	John Lasseter Gale Gortney
Written by	Pete Docter Jeff Pidgeon Roger Gould Rob Gibbs
Starring	Billy Crystal John Goodman
Music by	Randy Newman
Editing by	Robert Grahamjones
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s)	May 24, 2002
Running time	4 minutes
Language	English
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Mike's New Car is a 2002 Pixar animated short, starring the two main characters from Monsters Inc., Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan. Directed by Pete Docter and Roger Gould, it is the first Pixar short to utilize vocal performances and the first to take characters and situations from a previously established work.

It received an Academy Award nomination (Best Animated Short Film in 2002) and was included in the 2002 DVD release of Monsters Inc.

[edit] Synopsis

Mike is obsessed with his new six-wheel drive car, and insists on showing it off to his pal Sulley. Sulley's first words when he sees the car were, "What was wrong with your old car?" Mike simply replies, "Three little words, Sulley: Six Wheel Drive!" Unfortunately for Mike, everything that can go wrong does go wrong, for instance, getting caught in the engine cover and contacting Sulley by phone to tell him to "PUSH THE BUTTON!" (when he eventually does and walks to the door, he leaves a trail of smoke behind him.), pressing so many buttons that the car malfunctions and goes wild. Afterwards, Sulley notices the rear-view mirror is out of alignment. After breaking it off accidentally, Mike says for Sulley to get out of the car, furious with Sulley's and his own antics. Mike drives off and ends up wrecking the car completely. Sulley says that the airbag didn't go off. It then does: Mike is blown back by the explosion, Sulley catches him and Mike says, "I miss my old car . . ." (possibly due to paranoia) and in the end the two monsters are left with only their own two feet for transportation.

[edit] External links

• Information at Pixar's site
• Building Mike's New Car Co-director/creative director of shorts department Roger Gould and story artists Rob Gibbs and Jeff Pidgeon discuss how they followed up the CGI adventures of Mike and Sully by Building MIke's New Car.

Preceded by Monsters, Inc.

Pixar Animation Studios animated films 2002

Succeeded by Finding Nemo

v • d • e Pixar Animation Studios Feature films Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010)  • newt (2011)  • The Bear and the Bow (2011)  • Cars 2 (2012) Short films Luxo Jr. (1986) • Red's Dream (1987) • Tin Toy (1988) • Knick Knack (1989) • Geri's Game (1997) • For the Birds (2000) • Mike's New Car (2002) • Boundin' (2003) • Jack-Jack Attack (2005) • One Man Band (2005) • Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) • Lifted (2006) • Your Friend the Rat (2007) • Presto (2008) Compilations Tiny Toy Stories (1995) • Pixar Short Films Collection - Volume 1 (2007) Documentaries The Pixar Story (2007) • To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios (2007) Products Pixar Image Computer  • Pixar's RenderMan • Marionette Related works The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984) • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000) People John Lasseter • Ed Catmull • Steve Jobs • Pete Docter • Andrew Stanton • Brad Bird • Lee Unkrich • Gary Rydstrom • Brenda Chapman • Brad Lewis • Bob Peterson • Joe Ranft See also Walt Disney Animation Studios • List of Disney theatrical animated features

This DVD comes From a Bonus Feature On the movie Monsters Inc.