Cars Is A RIPOFF?! | Pixar Film Theory

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Today J investigates the claim that Cars actually stole its plot from the oft-forgotten 1991 Michael J. Fox film, Doc Hollywood. Could this be possible? How similar are they REALLY?!
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[@kingjb554]

This is actually incredible. You can take the same story down to the stupidest detail and still turn them into 2 very different things

[@lahlybird895]

Really makes you think about how unfair all the stringent copyright rules are

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

I've heard it said there are only six sci-fi stories, or something along those lines.

[@lahlybird895]

@@TaliesinMyrddin I think it's only 6 stories at all

[@DEIFAN]

This made me realize that Fast and Furious Tokyo drift is written this way

[@gkrees9509]

@@lahlybird895 how??😂

[@willbyers7233]

My gosh.. when my nephew was just 3-4 yrs old. We’ve basically watched Cars nonstop almost 24/7. Got to a point that he’ll ask us to play it again as soon as Cars is over. We almost memorized every line because of it.. 😂 we did love watching it though haha.

[@osmosisjones4912]

Wonder if Sally's human was a lost soul and it was her car form who found radiator springs

[@Lovesmusic0218]

I have a little brother so I feel you

[@coolnerdlll6053]

As a little kid born in 2007, Cars was the first movie I ever had an obsession with. Seeing 3 on the big screen ten years later was a huge nostalgia trip.

[@sadhbhcorr942]

Oh' it's just for little boys. Little girls can love talking cars just as much. I know from personal experience because we watched Cars so much when I was young. I was always fascinated by speedy vehicles as a kid.

[@ItsBoltify]

@@sadhbhcorr942 no one said it was just for boys...?

[@NotAnotherDouc-]

1) super interesting comparison. 2) I know you didn’t discover this, but I’m willing to bet you’re the first to cover it in that level of detail and with video clips to back it up in this format. 3) I really respect that you explained the elements that do NOT match at the end. Shows a healthy objectivity, and KZbin incentivizes polarization and strong black&white statements so much that seeing someone point out the gray is pretty refreshing.

[@solareagle1802]

If you want another movie to compare Cars to, look at the MCU's first Thor movie. The comparisons are definitely there.

[@supervegito2277]

There might actually be a trope for that type of story ...and if there isnt, there should be, this, imo, kinda deserves to be its own genre.

[@So7nded]

and the guy who did the music for Cars 2 is well known for making MCU movie music, meaning the Cars trilogy is canon to the MCU

[@Nottinghamshireball]

@@So7nded that’s not canon bro

[@coolnerdlll6053]

The general consensus matches as well. People think 1 is okay, they hate 2 and love 3.

[@MrIrdatlan]

@@coolnerdlll6053 i have 3 love 2 and 1 is alright. No lie

[@Maelwys]

I've been saying this since Cars came out, and nobody believes me. I was starting to think that I'd dreamed up Doc Hollywood, because nobody else seemed to remember it. Thank you for doing this!

[@ashmaster802]

You are not alone. When we walked out of the theatre I turned to my parents and said that they converted Doc Hollywood into a children’s movie.

[@carlrood4457]

Doc Hollywood didn't invent the concept. The snobby city dweller in the small town has been around forever.

[@kwelchans]

Yeah, me too.

[@Beasley2k10]

I also said this the first time I saw Cars.

[@pdennis93]

I knew it when I first saw cars as well. I'm 44 so I remember seeing DH in the 90s.

[@marquissmith4721]

Literally just saw these guys at DW Magic Kingdom today. They were super nice. Alway love their adult-ish take on these movies.

[@PerovNigma]

_Cars_ was the first film I ever watched in a cinema. I also remember being a little kid, and getting in trouble with my mum for watching the opening race with the TV volume turned all the way up, because I loved the music and sound design.

[@bobmartin7717]

You actually brought up something that I have noticed about Hollywood, instead of different ideas they have a good movie then keep repeating over and over. So isn't upset about the closeness of them and just appreciate the fun

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

I don’t care if Cars is a rip off it will forever remain as my favourite Pixar movie

[@lucy-plays1913]

same

[@kittvskarrkr6074]

AMEN

[@wyattgoralski818]

Same here.

[@minecrafter3448]

I hate how some people say that cars is the odd one out in Pixar’s golden age. There is no way anyone can POSSIBLY convince me that a bug’s life is better than cars.

[@DEIFAN]

​@@minecrafter3448 I Mean all those Movies honestly had some real life meaning. Like how in the Bug's life movie, it basically talks about the Matrix. Or how in Cars, it focuses more on friendships. I think Cars tried to have a story relatable to kids whereas bugs life is more relatable to the Adult world.

[@MagicXRoads534]

Now I kinda want a Doc Hollywood sequel about spies

[@julyakacarrie6260]

And third movie about retirement.

[@loganshaw4527]

Why do I feel there was a spy movie but it was a comedy.

[@TotoDG]

5:21. From what I can remember, they _were_ going to make Sally a Mustang, but decided against it because a Porsche looked more feminine.

[@phoebegilliland8897]

Also, in "The Merchant of Venice", a character named Portia pretends to be a lawyer.

[@WhosManIsThis]

And also Porsche actually made a Sally edition Porsche and it was sold in auction for charity for 4.6 mil or something I can't remember

[@highoctanegames]

​@@phoebegilliland8897 true

[@DEIFAN]

I mean the New Edges were kinda Feminine. Then again the s197 was out and they probably didn't want their previous gen car to be the star.

[@profcraneporter]

"It is certainly the most popular and has had the most impact" Errr, I think a talking blue tank engine may disagree 😅

[@pdennis93]

Also a smart mouthed talking black 82 Trans Am.

[@zachariasis]

I’ve been saying this for years!! I saw cars first growing up, but when I saw doc Hollywood I thought this too. Also, the first secret life of pets is basically the same story as the first Toy Story

[@bingbong_luver]

These two brothers are so genius that fate made them make pixar theories instead of figuring out time travel because theyd be too powerful.

[@samanthaworthen1845]

Day 60 of begging for the SuperCarlinBrothers to please bring back Google Auto Fill videos!!

[@hyalinamusic18]

Yes please!

[@NerdyBernie66]

Even if they were Member Only videos, it would be something.

[@MarkusMaal]

I second that

[@LFPS0311]

They wont listen. They never do. They never will. The towel section is a desolate forsaken wasteland long forgotten by the brothers. They havent read a single comment since like 2014.

[@Lovesmusic0218]

Yes please l

[@LJLvids]

When I was little I always just thought this was like a kiddie-fied version of a preexisting sports/racefilm. Never had a real reason to believe this because i never watched any grown up/sportsmovies. But it just gave that vibr, even then. This kinda validates little-me.

[@DEIFAN]

This is basically a Kid version of the Fast and the furious Tokyo Drift movie

[@cmm07r]

Fun fact about Doc Hollywood, a lot of the buildings from the movie still stand and can see remnants of it, like the markings of the auto shop. It's in Micanopy, Fl

[@legendarylink5875]

OMG IM SO GLAD YOU GUYS ARE COVERING THIS! I am in love with doc hollywood and was really upset when I realized this a couple years ago.

[@jacobcharleszimmerman7934]

I mean, it's not like this was anything new for Pixar. Bugs Life was basically just Magnificat 7 but with bugs, which was just 7 Samurai but with cowboys.

[@Intellyellthismyoldchannel]

You could make the same argument for Cars having the same plot as Thor.

[@Crusherblaze]

And Talladega Nights

[@mattwolf7698]

@@Crusherblaze You could probably edit Car's 1 and 3 together to be sorta similar to Talladega Nights.

[@DEIFAN]

Or Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift

[@Crusherblaze]

EVERYTHING IS A RIPOFF!!! 😂

[@michaelthomas4693]

Yeah, this should be common knowledge for older folks (40s plus). Doc Hollywood was pretty popular and is an excellent movie. Cars has the same story. It really bothered me at first, but I've gotten used to it and can now enjoy both movies.

[@JosephDavies]

Indeed. This film was by no means obscure at the time.

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

I was 4 years old when Doc Hollywood came out. I heard of the movie, but never saw it or knew much about it. This is the first I've heard of it being so similar to Cars.

[@JosephDavies]

@@darrenmacqueen9884 Pretty understandable for someone who was four at the time. :)

[@derekhiemforth]

Hahaha! The first time I saw Cars, I thought, "So, this is basically Doc Hollywood..." 🤣

[@BigWolf130]

yeah I noticed this when watching this as a kid lol

[@TBKmeteor]

I Got to say that u are REACHING SOOOOO FAR with this one. Very few things are similar, and there are only some coincidental similarities and only if u try hard to see them. And it is funny how so many comments say either "i knew it" or "wow u are right" even when it is clear that you try hard to make comparisons, to make ur theory stick together. I am sure there are many movies u can compare to cars and say "yeaah i guess they are similar"

[@dorklord2927]

Going off the title haven't watched the video yet but yes Disney is known for "borrowing" ideas for their animation my evidence a Japanese anime kimba the White Lion there are others but that's my favorite

[@musicallydisneyamvs6731]

Okay but what about The Little Mermaid 3 being Footloose? Is there a story beats that can go under the system radar? Are there loopholes we aren’t aware of?

[@minecrafter3448]

3:07 Paraphrased: now granted, lightning is an entirely different car, BUT-

[@osmosisjones4912]

Do cats have souls or do they think they have souls saying may doc have Marcy on your soul and does Sally have a memories of being a lost soul. The one who was an attorney in AL living life in fast lane but never felt happy

[@Sammykyt]

Honestly, every Pixar movie steals some previous ideas but does there own unique thing with it very well which is what makes the movies great. With that being said, I wouldn’t go as far as calling other Pixar movies ripoffs (other than maybe A Bug’s Life), but this one does seem to be a ripoff of Doc Hollywood. Ripoff or not though, this was my favorite childhood film and I still love it to this day.

[@curtisrobinson9696]

It's also Rocky III, Thor, Happy Gilmore, American History X, Seven Days in Utopia all based on ancient exile redemption stories like the 12 labours of Heracles

[@ThatGuyMentos]

This is the third back to back video that I've watched that are less than a day old

[@Marngel]

I’ve heard about this claim before from other creators, but I never realized just how close these two movies are in terms of plot structure. So with this in mind, yeah I can understand why many people don’t like the original Cars movie. But that still doesn’t change the fact that I love the movie for personal reasons. Besides, Doc Hollywood’s story in it of itself isn’t unique. There are lots of other stories before and after it that have the same general premise and plot.

[@Bjorick]

I was a kid when i watched doc hollywood, it had just came out in movie stores, but then, as a kid, I watched friday the 13th, nightmare on elm street, etc - different world back then, you have to remember that robocop, an R rated movie, was considered a 'kid movie' in the 80's, and us kids LOVED IT until robocop 3 - which wasn't R rated :(

[@Mockingjay54321]

Ive noticed another knock off: School for good and evil is a rip off of upside down magic

[@tjt072]

speed buggy is the first cartoon talking car from the 70's. He didn't talk that well but he was still "alive"

[@captlazer5509]

Tex Avery's 1952 cartoon short One Cab's Family about a car that wants to be a race car is more of a heist from Pixar than even Doc Hollywood. The designs of the cars are very similar.

[@dracoblack6011]

Ip Man 2 and Rocky 4 are also the same movie and they're both amazing in their own ways honestly so it's really cool to see this too

[@user_AM615]

It’s funny, a while back my dad and I watched Doc Hollywood and my dad said the plot was the same as Cars😂😂

[@brandonbaggaley2317]

In my opinion, the Railway Series is more influential than the Cars movies. Without those books, Thomas the Tank Engine won’t exist.

[@carlrood4457]

Before watching the video, I'll say Cars doesn't have much original in it. The basic plot is pretty much what you see in movies like Doc Hollywood, Sweet Home Alabama, etc. Even the 80's movie, Take This Job And Shove It did this. As for the anthropomorphizing of vehicles, that's not new either. I remember an old short where a taxi cab has a son that wants to be a hot rod. However, reusing concepts is older than Hollywood and doesn't constitute a ripoff.

[@spencertaylor-mrliltay]

1:20 My childhood is screaming at me. Cars was definitely not the first to do it or be popular doing. Sure Care may have been more popular but just to name a couple as a kid my favorites were franchises like Thomas the Tank Engine, or Bob the Builder.

[@DoctorX17]

God, I’d forgotten about Doc Hollywood, and you’re absolutely right They also ripped off Kimba the White Lion to make The Lion King

[@yourstoneruncle]

I have a suggestion for your what-ifs series "what is Voldemort went to live with Tom riddle SR instead of wool's orphanage"

[@TommyBaggins]

Wasn't there also a cartoon about a bunch of talking cars that were actually robots (in disguise)?

[@mattwolf7698]

Yeah but even then talking cars wasn't exactly a new idea, there was previously Knight Rider, and eh Herbie would sorta count and Suzie the Little Blue Couple and One Cabbies Son among other old cartoon shorts.

[@crazyfrytka]

Well, it is the same case as with Bug's Life or Chicken Run. They are also remakes of "adult movies" into child's versions.

[@jonnyreb3032]

Technically it's not the sherriff in Doc Hollywood, it's the judge.

[@TrekBeatTK]

Also the car design is definitely ripped from Disney’s two shorts “Sudie the Little Blue Coupe” and “the Story of Anyburg, USA”

[@mattwolf7698]

There's only so many ways to make an anthropomorphic car though. The eyes either go in the headlights or windshield.

[@goosesaladman8546]

I haven't seen either of these films. The only reason I searched for this was that I was reminded of an event around 2011-12. This guy I worked with ,who I rarely ever heard speak, we were sitting in the break room. And there's mostly calm and silence. All of a sudden, this guy just blurts out, "Cars is a ripoff of Doc Hollywood." He wasn't speaking to any of us in particular. He went on a 5 min rant and was truly upset about the plagiarism. Never heard him speak much after that. And now I can finally validate my former coworker.

[@zarinloosli5338]

Brandon Sanderson talks about how behind every plot is the "lowercase-p plot." His favorite example is that Enders Game, Ted Lasso, and The Way Of Kings are all the same story-the underdog sports story. I imagine something similar is happening here

[@patrickhodson8715]

A video comparing Cars 1 and Thor 1 would be interesting

[@Paolabear7]

This is every movie nowadays. It’s rare to see a completely unique idea now. Even Save The Cat says “give me the same but different”.

[@hannah_p]

13:05, basically the plot of any Hallmark movie.

[@jameshamilton6381]

Every Pixar movie does this. Do Three Amigos next:)

[@ilovemyfriends32]

I thought that’s why doc Hudson was named the way he was, an homage to both the Hudson hornet and also doc Hollywood

[@themogwaimusician5829]

Doc Hollywood is underrated, it is predictable but its just so charming.

[@msparks21]

Oh good sirs, give it another watch and tell me that Cars 3 isn't the plot of Rocky 3!

[@MOLDA_]

it's insane noone ever brings this up, like it's so obvious

[@mcgspare1310]

There are many movies with this same theme - most especially, every Hallmark movie.

[@multifandom5942]

Please make video about Megara ( from movie or show or both) & Galatea ( from the show)

[@BagheeraRaceGamer]

I think your key light, right side of the screen (...our screen), was a little to bright. Or was it the ghost light!?

[@kalcheus]

When Cars came out this was pointed out in a lot of reviews. I feel like yelling at you to get off my lawn.

[@DavidRay39]

I recognized the man who played Judge Evans immediately! He plays Old Man Marley, Kevin's elderly neighbor in Home Alone.

[@erikagholston6610]

Now I have to watch Doc Hollywood to see for myself.

[@kaylamaddox7653]

I love Doc Hollywood and I didn’t notice the similarities!! 🤦‍♀️

[@dragon22214]

I hate how in friction plastic surgeons are always looked down on do real good

[@rachelkibler5812]

My brother and I talked about this literally 3 days ago 😂😂😂

[@josephbolcome5462]

Even if it is, Cars is still my childhood, right there alongside Toy Story and the Lion King.

[@user-pf8cm4bb1s]

And its also similar to 2fast2furious: both movies involve racing and cool cars, Brian (red shirt/a show-off race champion) and Rom (blue vest/the guy who always jokes and chitchats with everyone) drive backwards in the main street of a town and get chased by a patrol, the bad guys dodge trucks in the freeway while in neon muscle cars, Brian's love interest offers him to help her with a favor in exchange of his freedom when he finishes the job and their superior officer is a grumpy old guy that outsmarts him..... Even in Mater's Tall Tales they have this Tokio Drift parody!

[@sensorcelled]

This is great. I haven't seen Doc Hollywood in forever but it absolutely deserves a rewatch!

[@toxichomicide3393]

I thought this was about the show or movie that came out before cars with talking cars and stuff. This comparison is more like hamlet and the lion king.

[@kimberlywells7694]

I saw Doc Hollywood years ago and first time I saw Cars said it was the same story. Fun watching you point out all the parallels.

[@melissagastorf3664]

Same

[@lisamarie06]

"Back to the interstate, Ben Stone." I grew up with Doc Hollywood and love that movie.

[@scully1031]

I mean, they also ripped off the whole talking vehicle and look thing from the likes of Theodore tug boat and Jay Jay jet plane, which were riffs off Thomas the tank engine.

[@Zacian2.0]

5:20 Remember folks, it is Canon that Sally is 3 years old (Year of the release of Cars compared to the year of release for her model)

[@iamgoose20]

Now I gotta watch Cars for the 500th time and watch Doc Hollywood for the 1st time. 😂😂 Also, at one point both Cars and Doc Hollywood have a correlation with another movie. When you were talking about the “old Docs” of both towns, you could throw Back to The Future in there too because of Doc Brown. Not only another correlation from Cars and Doc Hollywood, but a correlation connecting two Michael J. Fox films. Might be kind of a reach but, oh well. 🤷‍♂️

[@cripplious]

Doc Hollywood and Cars uses the same movie trope of a fish out of water. Usually an urban dweller being forced by circumstance to spend time in rural setting. Crocodile Dundee did the opposite. For Richer or For Poorer has the same premise.

[@julyakacarrie6260]

You know what also could be actually a ripoff? The Killer Bean movie. It's similar to Madness Combat, series made my Krinkels, and that came in 2002, Killer Bean in 2008...

[@gunsniper0018]

oh god please don't let this turn into a kimba/lion king deal (look up YMS's 2 hour long breakdown about why those two movies are different). Joking (somewhat) aside, not surprising that there is a movie x that Cars is similar to. I seem to recall thinking when i watched Cars that there were several movies with similar plots (the whole city boy gets forced into a small town but eventually falls in love with the rural simplicity). In fact i seem to recall there is one that matches Cars a bit more to the letter (like the MC is legit kept in prison in a small town but keeps trying to escape during community service).

[@samurexatlas7373]

Isn't there also a Rocky movie similarity? I recall seeing something about that a while back.

[@gadaboutgriffon4446]

Ah yes the cars fixation. I remember when my nephew went through that.

[@shadowviper7255]

If I’m not mistaken Sally was supposed to be a mustang but they changed it at some point and ngl glad they did

[@EAKugler]

I'm glad people are finally talking about this.

[@highoctanegames]

5:22 Sally was originally gonna be a Mustang, however the Pixar team wanted a more feminine style for Sally

[@writeonshell]

Now do Fern Gully and Avatar! So many similarities

[@mattwolf7698]

Dances with Wolves, Pocahontas and The Last Samurai are also very similar though Ferngully is the most similar.

[@TheVioletMaze]

As a mom to a boy who loves his talking vehicle shows, I feel so seen.

[@JadeyCatgirl99]

I don't know what it is, but talking vehicles really appeal to kids. I remember when I was young, I loved JJ the Jet Plane, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Bob the Builder for their talking vehicles

[@bodkin8914]

Disney ripps pretty much everything of🤷‍♂️

[@osmosisjones4912]

a bug's life was the first film about Intelligent anophamorohic insects. Inside out wasn't the first about characters with a character. Finding Nemo was first about intelligent anophamorohic fish Ratatouille wasn't the first about anophamorohic rodents. Monsters inc was first about monsters coming to life . The incredibles wasn't first about lives of super heroes. Was toys story the first about living toys

[@TreverE]

Um ... this was a thought all of us "of a certain age" had in real time watching Cars in the theater. Most of us assumed this was intentional.

[@dragon22214]

Right I thought this was common sense ..like welcome to the party

[@JosephDavies]

Yup, as indicated this was a common observation at the time. It was quite clearly the inspiration they borrowed from quite heavily, streamlining away a few extraneous characters and making it little-kid-friendly.

[@ericsolojedi]

Disney would never copy an idea from somewhere else.... Christmas toy/Toy story?

[@mattwolf7698]

Up straight up ripped off some French short film.

[@ZeusEKR]

Disappointed they're working with a company like Better Health, which sells sensitive data with their customers' knowledge.

[@rillegas08_vods]

"Working with a therapist can help you to be the strongest version of yourself" Me: *just watched EEAAO today* hehe

[@rosariocastro6386]

Finally someone realized this... I've being saying it for ever.

[@cynicaloptimist970]

4:49 "Check it out. Old man Marley."

[@cherrybraces]

It’s giving “can I copy your homework” vibes

[@La_br00tal_mija]

Doc Hollywood. Doc Hudson. I’d say it checks out

[@kittvskarrkr6074]

COME AT CARS LIKE THIS AGAIN YOU'LL BE SORRY🏹

[@root13pie]

Anybody else notice that Iron Man 3 and Descendants 3 borrowed the plot of Incredibles 1? Or that Iron Man 2 and the Steven Universe movie are also quite similar? Or that Mean Girls is basically a retelling of the Star Wars prequels (but with a happy ending)? Thankfully, the similarities in their stories don't prevent us from enjoying these movies!

[@cenasaturn5205]

Me: reads the title Me: “ RIPOFF OF WHAT?!!!”

[@anthonymallett4310]

you gotta do one for Harry Potter being the same as star wars

[@cars3getaway]

12:47 "Cars 3 is an original story" "Rocky 3 has left the chat"