What is the name of the tow-truck character’s short-film series in the Cars franchise?

Mater’s Tall Tales is the tow-truck character’s short-film series in the Cars franchise.

The shorts feature Mater telling elaborate stories about his past, often claiming that he participated in extraordinary events or met famous figures. The joke is that his friends react to these stories as if they might be true, while the events become increasingly exaggerated and impossible.

The series was originally released under the title Cars Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales. Its first three shorts premiered in 2008, and the installments were distributed through television and home-video releases before later appearances on Disney platforms.

Mater’s Tall Tales differs from the feature films because it is built around short comic scenarios rather than one continuous story. Mater is voiced by Larry the Cable Guy, the same performer who voices him in the Cars movies.