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Mike's New Car

2002 animated short film
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Summary

Mike's New Car is an animated short film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of animated short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,165 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Pete Docter[3], Roger Gould[4]
  • Screenwriter: Pete Docter[5], Jeff Pidgeon[6], Roger Gould[7]
  • Composer: Randy Newman[8]
  • Genre: comedy film[9], children's film[10], short film[11]
  • Based on: Monsters, Inc.[12]
  • Producer: John Lasseter[13]
  • Part of the series: Monsters, Inc.[14]
  • Production company: Pixar[15]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[16]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[17], direct-to-video[18]
  • Color: color[19]
  • Country of origin: United States[20]
  • Publication date: May 24, 2002[21]
  • Voice actor: John Goodman[22], Billy Crystal[23]
  • Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment[24], Disney+[25]
  • Official website: https://www.pixar.com/home-entertainment#mikes-new-car[26], http://www.pixar.com/short_films/Home-Entertainment-Shorts/Mike%27s-New-Car[27]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[28]
  • Executive producer: John Lasseter[29]
  • Title: Mike's New Car[30]
  • Duration: 4 minutes[31]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 6[32]
  • P14821: 323250[33]

Why It Matters

Mike's New Car has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Billy Crystal John Goodman John Lasseter Pete Docter Pixar Randy Newman United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . cinemotions.com. Retrieved . cinemotions.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . cinemotions.com. Retrieved . cinemotions.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . trailers.apple.com. trailers.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . cinemotions.com. Retrieved . cinemotions.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . cinemotions.com. Retrieved . cinemotions.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'hy', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', '
    Ampas collections film id → W074476
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 323250
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Production company → Pixar
    Producer → John Lasseter
    Filmová databáze film id → 55206
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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