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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Mike's New Car is a 2002 animated short film (4 minutes) directed by Pete Docter and Roger L. Gould. It is one of the Pixar Shorts, a follow-up to the feature Monsters, Inc., and was originally released as an extra on the Monsters, Inc. DVD.In this short, Mike shows Sulley a new six wheeled car he bought. Unfortunately for Mike, he is not very familiar with the various features of his new car. A series of comic hijinks ensue, as Mike winds up locking himself out, Sulley accidentally closes the hood on Mike's fingers, Mike gets trapped in the engine compartment, the windshield wipers malfunction, and the whole situation goes from bad to worse.Especially notable for the DVD Commentary on the short, which is done by the young children of the creators.
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Cool, but Inefficient
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Cool, but Inefficient: The car. It looks cool and has 6-wheel drive, but it has so many buttons and knobs on its control panel that getting it to move is a pain. Not to mention that once Mike finally gets the car to start, it crashes almost immediately.
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Butt-Monkey
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Butt-Monkey: Mike suffers from a ridiculous amount of abuse throughout the short.
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Bookends: Sulley asks Mike at the beginning what was wrong with his old car. At the end, Mike laments that he misses his old car.
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Cool Car
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Cool Car: The new car, at least on the surface, has a sleek design with multiple spoilers and 6-wheel drive, and a control panel with a huge variety of features. Unfortunately, Mike can't figure out how to operate it for most of the short, and when he finally starts it up it immediately crashes.
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The Alleged Car
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The Alleged Car: Sulley asks Mike at the beginning what was wrong with it. According to Mike at the end, clanging and banging noises from the engine.
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Billions of Buttons
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Billions of Buttons: On the dashboard of Mike's car. All unlabeled, of course. Chaos ensues.
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