Leland Turbo was an openinig character in the 2011Disney/Pixar animated film Cars 2. He is one of many agents and the former partner in training of Finn McMissile.
"Leland Turbo, British Intelligence. He and Finn McMissile go way, way back together in the world of espionage, and they even trained together in the academy as new recruits. They were partners early in their careers and owe each other their lives, getting one another out of though spots many, many times. Clearly, Leland is not one to run from danger. In fact, he thrives on it... but this time it may end up costing him more than he thinks."[1]
Physical Appearence[]
According to his official biography, Leland's model is the fictitious 1965 Runwell-Type SR. His design suggests the early-1960s hardtop Jaguar E-Type and the Austin Healey roadsters from the same era. As such, he largely resembles David Hobbscap and other E-Types appearing in the film.
When Leland's remains are shown, his license plate is revealed as 63 TRBO, a likely reference to the year Jason Isaacs was born. It also includes most of his surname, excepting the "u".
Personality and traits[]
He only never have fear of the dangers in the world, but he possibly was painful for his death.
He is seen in a room on one of the Lemons' oil rigs, sending Finn a video message that he has uncovered crucial information about their destructive camera device. Leland stops recording his video when he sees the shadows of Grem and Acer about to enter the room. When Finn arrived at the rally point, he tried to contact Leland saying that he had arrived but Leland doesn't say anything and all Finn gets is static from the other end. All of the sudden, Grem shows Professor Z a compacted red metal cube, revealing (as Finn watches) that they have crushed the spy after discovering him.
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Trivia[]
Leland is the third Cars character to have a known death, with the first being Stanley, and the second is Doc Hudson.
He is the first character to be seen in Cars 2.
He is the first character whose wreck has been seen after his death, with the second being Fred Pacer.
Although Chick Hicks is technically the first destroyed vehicle, this is only seen in McQueen's dreams.
He is the first character whose "corpse" has been seen after his death, with the second being Fred Pacer.
He is also the only secret agent whose weaponry and gadgets are not seen.
It is possible that his death is a reference to the James Bond film Goldfinger in which a man is shot inside a car, which is in turn compacted into a cube.
According to his official biography, Leland's model is the fictitious 1965 Runwell-Type SR.[1] His design suggests the early-1960s hardtop Jaguar E-Type and the Austin Healey roadsters from the same era[2]. As such, he largely resembles David Hobbscap and other E-Types appearing in the film.
When Leland's remains are shown, his license plate is revealed as 63 TRBO, a likely reference to the year Jason Isaacs was born. It also includes most of his surname, excepting the "u".
While both Leland and Professor Z pronounce his name as "Lee-land," Finn pronounces it as "Lay-land."
His destruction recalls WALL-E's compacting and the trash compactor at Monsters, Inc.
LEGO included a cubed version of Leland in its 2012 playset "Oil Rig Escape." In Cars 2, he dies when Acer and Grem compact him. However, the LEGO version shows his eyes, suggesting that he survived his compacting in the LEGO universe.
His name is most likely based on Leyland Motors, a now defunct British vehicle manufacturer.
There was a deleted scene where Leland's death was shown. In it, he was named "Agent Healy" and has a different design.[3]
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