Mater: "You're funny. I like you already. My name's Mater!"Lightning McQueen: "Mater?"Mater: "Yeah, like "tuh-mater", but without the tuh! What's your name?"Lightning McQueen: "Y-you don't know my name?"Mater: "Uh... No, I know your name. Is your name Mater too?"Lightning McQueen: "What?"Mater introducing himself to his now best friend Lightning Sir Tow Mater MBE, simply known as Mater, is one of the main characters of the Cars franchise. He also appears in the short series Cars Toons: Mater's T