Sir Tow Mater, most commonly referred to as Tow Mater or simply Mater, is the deuteragonist of the Disney•Pixar Cars franchise. He is a rusty old tow truck and Lightning McQueen's best friend. John Lasseter describes Mater to be one of those special characters, as being fun and lovable,[1] an "idiot savant about obscure little knowledge",[2] as well as being a lot like Joe Ranft, saying: "You know I thought of Joe all through this. Because you know Joe is Mater. He's all over Cars 2."[3...
