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Proscenium Reveal: The opening scene shows Lightning and Cruz in Thomasville while the former races the old legends, including Doc...then it's revealed to have come from the simulator he's trying out.

In the junior novelization, instead of Motor Speedway of the South, the opening race took place at Florida International Speedway. In other words, the Florida 500 occurs at the beginning and end. Hopeless with Tech: Lightning is shown to be not so used to the simulator and goes out of control the moment he starts using it, to the point of destroying it. The contemporary design of the Rust-eze logo on Lightning's first paint job also foreshadows the introduction of the Rust-eze Racing Center, and the electronic suit he receives there which also features a contemporary version of said logo. In Cars 3, Dr. Damage is one of many demolition derby racers of whom Lightning McQueen and Cruz Ramirez compete against after mistakenly entering the event.Fake Shemp: A necessity to finish Doc Hudson's story without the late Paul Newman. Dialogue that didn't make it into the first film as well as stories Newman told on-set were repurposed for his appearances in this film. Gleiberman, Owen (June 12, 2017). "Film Review: 'Cars 3' ". Variety. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017 . Retrieved June 25, 2017. The MPH display on the racing simulator starts reading "ERROR Mph" as Lightning's attempt at using it goes increasingly awry. The computers voice repeating every wrong move he does such as "you have hit a wall", "you have destroyed a drinking fountain", and "you have crashed (on repeat)" counts as well. After the tiebreaker race, Doc says to Lightning, "You've got a lot of stuff, kid." Following the Florida 500 after Lightning wins his bet with Sterling and Cruz being surrounded by the paparazzi, he quotes to himself, "Kid's got a lot of stuff...eh, Doc?". Tong, Brian (April 26, 2017). "Behind the tech that built Pixar's 'Cars 3' ". CNET. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021 . Retrieved November 8, 2021.

When the scene of Lightning's crash was shown at the Detroit Auto Show to promote the movie, Lightning has his regular racing getup, and some sounds were different (there's a lighter clang sound coupled with a pained grunt as Lighting hits the outer wall). In the actual film, Lightning is in his pre-crash livery during that scene. Various pictures from the first film can be seen on the diorama at the racing center entrance, and on the newspapers in Smokey's garage. Daydream Surprise: While Lightning is waiting outside Sterling's office as Cruz talks to him following the mayhem at the simulator, he stares at a worker washing the floor and one second later, she appears in front of him saying he's "all washed up". Lightning is nervous, only to see her far away again, informing him that the floor is all washed up. Awesomeness by Analysis: The new generation of racers are the product of a lot of number crunching to create every little edge. Lightning struggles to compete with racers designed and trained by big data.Spangler, Todd (January 25, 2017). " 'Cars 3' Console Video Game in Works From Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment". Variety. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017 . Retrieved February 10, 2017. Played with in-universe when many of the next-gens look very much like their veteran counterparts. Shown when Lightning comes upon whom he thinks is Bobby, when it's actually Danny Swervez who comes out. Toilet Humour: Invoked when Cruz slides a drip pan underneath Lightning just in case he leaks oil while being suspended in the air on a rotery lift. And to make matters worse she leaves him hanging there for an unknown period of time. One of the Next-Gen trainees even lampshades this while calling him ''Drip Pan'' while Lightning just sighs in defeat. When we first see Lightning practicing at Willy's Butte, it's a beautiful bright and sunny day, showing he's enjoying himself. When we see him practicing again following Storm's introduction, it's cloudy and quite dark, which represents he's starting to fall behind and unable to keep up with the next-gens. Then, at the end of the film, after his career is saved and he becomes Cruz's teacher, it's a beautiful sunrise showing his return to form.