Mike's New Car

Mike's New Car is a 2002 Pixar computer animated short comedy film, starring the two main characters from Monsters, Inc., Sulley and Mike. Directed by Pete Docter and Roger L. Gould, it is the first Pixar short to use dialogue and the first to take characters and situations from a previously established work.

Mike's New Car
Poster for Mike's New Car
Directed byPete Docter
Roger L. Gould
Produced byGale Gortney
Written byPete Docter
Jeff Pidgeon
Roger L. Gould
Rob Gibbs
StarringBilly Crystal
John Goodman
Music byRandy Newman
Edited byRobert Grahamjones
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Home Entertainment
Release date
Running time
4 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The short premiered on September 17, 2002, included in the DVD and VHS release of Monsters, Inc.[1] It was nominated for a 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[2]

Plot

Mike is obsessed with his new six-wheel drive car, and happily insists on showing it off to Sulley. Unfortunately for Mike, anything that can go wrong does. Sulley plays with the adjustable power seat until an annoyed Mike snaps at him to stop. Mike starts the engine and hears the seatbelt reminder tone sound off.

Although Sulley manages to get his seatbelt on easily, Mike finds his seatbelt stuck and accidentally locks himself out of the car while falling out trying to unstick it. Mike instructs Sulley to push a button so he can get back in. Sulley, confused by the massive amount of buttons on the dashboard, pushes the one that opens the hood. When Mike goes over to close it, he is unable to reach it. Sulley helps him close the hood but accidentally closes it on Mike's fingers, which causes him to scream in pain. Sulley helps Mike get free only to trap him in the engine compartment completely.

Mike calls Sulley on his cell phone and instructs him to open the hood again. When he does this, Mike manages to escape. Upon re-entering the car, he is exasperated by the continuous seatbelt reminder tone. Mike manages to put his seat-belt on, but the windshield wipers get turned on, much to his frustration. As Sulley tries to help, Mike tells him not to touch anything and decides to do it himself. Mike pushes a button that launches the entire car into chaotic malfunction, including Latin conga music playing loudly on the car's stereo system.

Mike finally ends the chaos by pulling the key out of the ignition, but then Sulley adds insult to injury by accidentally breaking the rearview mirror in an attempt to realign it. Now at his wit's end, Mike forces Sulley out of the car and speeds away, destroying the car completely. Sulley mutters, "Hmm, that's weird. The airbag didn't go off." Right as he finishes saying this, the airbag inflates, and its force sends Mike flying back up the street. Sulley catches him, Mike mourns his old car before agreeing to walk with Sulley to work while the credits roll.

Voice cast

Home media

Mike's New Car was released on September 17, 2002, attached as bonus feature on the Monsters, Inc. DVD and VHS release.[1] The DVD release features commentary by "Docter and Gould", which turn out to be the directors' young children. The short was also released on November 10, 2009, on the Monsters, Inc. Blu-ray.[3]

References
  1. "The Most Anticipated Monster Movie Hit Comes to DVD and VHS". PIXAR. March 1, 2002. Archived from the original on October 15, 2006. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  2. "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  3. Brown, Kenneth (October 31, 2009). "Monsters, Inc. Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
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