Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales is an American animated short television series by Pixar. It features Mater and Lightning McQueen from Cars. The series' first broadcast was on October 27, 2008 on Toon Disney, Disney Channel, and ABC Family. It was then moved to Disney Junior in February 13, 2011. Not exclusive to television, some of those episodes have also premiered as theatrical shorts, such as with Bolt. On November 2, 2010, the show was released on DVD and Blu-ray featuring two brand new episodes. So far have been released 10 episodes; 3 in season 1; 6 in season 2; and "Air Mater", as the... first in season 3, was released on Blu-ray and DVD packaged with Cars 2. Reruns currently air on Disney XD and Disney Junior. All of the Cars Toons follow the same tall tale formula: Mater tells a story of something he has done in the past. The action shifts to his story. At some point in certain stories, Mater finds himself in an inescapable predicament.
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| On the air: | October 27, 2008-December 12, 2008 |
| Number of seasons: | 3 |
| Network: | ABC Family, Toon Disney, Disney Channel |