Mater

"Dad-gum!"

- One of Mater's catchphrases.

Mater is the main deutergonist of the Disney/Pixar Cars franchise.

He is a rusty, loyal, fun loving tow truck who lives in Radiator Springs.

In the films, Mater is a deuteragonist in Cars, the protagonist of Cars 2, and a supporting character in Cars 3. In the shows, he is the main protagonist of Cars Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales and one of the main characters of Cars Toons: Tales of Radiotor Springs.

He is voiced by famous comedian, Larry the Cable Guy.

Appearance
He is a rusty old tow truck (Boom Truck). When he wasn't rusty, he was cyan-colored as an 8-year-old youngster.

Personality
Mater is a hilarious, fantastically friendly, good-natured, loyal tow truck who happens to be best friends with Lightning McQueen.

Quotes
"No, uh… no, I know your name. Is your name Mater too?"

- Mater when he meets Lightning McQueen

"When I say go, we go. But don't let Frank catch yeh. Go!"

- Mater as he takes Lightning McQueen tractor tipping

"Tractors is so dumb."

- Mater

"Baby!"

- Mater

"That's Frank!"

- Mater when Frank the angry combine harvester appears

"We'll talk later, Mater… hehe - later, Mater - that's funny!"

- Mater

"Look at this! It's my hood! It's my hood! I haven't seen this thing in over 20 years! Well, it fits perfectly! How do I look? (sneezes; the hood falls back down the cliff) Aww, dang!"

- Mater when he fishes his old hood out of a ravine with his tow hook, only for it to fall right back down

Trivia

 * A113, a joke found in other Pixar films, is Mater's license plate.
 * It is highly speculated by fans and heavily implied by the film franchise that Tow Mater has high functioning autism or is somewhere on the spectrum (because of his vast encyclopedic savant-like knowledge, he likes to self stimulate when he feels overwhelmed and he has sensory processing disorder problems. He is also quite obsessive with things that interest him and he's a very visual thinker) He also takes idioms and sarcasm too literally and he's a poor socializer (he's socially inept).