My son and I stumbled upon “Tokyo Mater”, a 2008 Cars short that basically just ripped off the plot of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, with Tow Mater as the Bama Boy racing to become the King of All Drift Racing / Drift King.
This was one year before the Fast & Furious franchise came back with a vengeance in 2009. Which just makes me wonder…who at Pixar loved Tokyo Drift so much that they were able to greenlight an entire short?
http://video.disney.com/embed/4bb39d8bf71dea8833003b15
Tokyo Mater
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