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+ | |aliases = Professor Z|name = Professor Otto Wolfgang<ref name="OttoWolfgang">[http://legopeidia.wikia.com/wiki/Professor_Z Lego Wiki]</ref><ref name="OttoWolfgang2">[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Professor_Z Villains Wiki]</ref><ref name="OttoWolfgang3">[http://antagonists.wikia.com/wiki/Professor_Z.]</ref> Zündapp}}{{Quote|"Guten Tag!"<ref>"Guten Tag" means "Good day" in German.</ref>|'''Professor Zündapp''', ''[[Cars 2]]''}}'''Professor Otto Wolfgang Zündapp''', more commonly known as simply '''Professor Z''', is the secondary antagonist in ''[[Cars 2]]''. He is an evil scientist and weapons designer who took part in the Lemons' plot to sway public opinion toward standard fuel rather than alternative fuel during [[Miles Axlerod]]'s [[World Grand Prix]]. Zündapp is wanted all over the world, and an established enemy of [[C.H.R.O.M.E.]] After being captured by [[Finn McMissile]], the Professor was arrested in [[London]] alongside Axlerod and their allies. |
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Professor Otto Wolfgang Zündapp, more commonly known as simply Professor Z, is the secondary antagonist in Cars 2. He is an evil scientist and weapons designer who took part in the Lemons' plot to sway public opinion toward standard fuel rather than alternative fuel during Miles Axlerod's World Grand Prix. Zündapp is wanted all over the world, and an established enemy of C.H.R.O.M.E. After being captured by Finn McMissile, the Professor was arrested in London alongside Axlerod and their allies.
Creation and development
Originally, Professor Z was not added into the story of Cars 2, nor was Axlerod, as the filmmakers were supposed to use a Russian character named Zil. Zil would have been the lemons' leader, and try to get the world to put alternative energy out of use. However, the filmmakers decided not to use the character, and use Professor Z and Axlerod instead.
History
Cars 2
Professor Z learns of McMissile's supposed death.
In Cars 2, Professor Z is introduced on one of the oil rigs that has been owned by a group of lemons. He and the lemons have been secretly making a weapon that is disguised as a television camera, planning to sabotage Miles Axlerod's racing competition called the World Grand Prix. Before the weapon is loaded, Professor Z takes one last check, so to make sure it is secured correctly for the lemons' voyage. Just then, his henchmen Grem and Acer show him the remains of secret agent Leland Turbo, who they had found hiding on the oil rig. Moments later, a shadow is cast on the ground, and Professor Z looks up to see C.H.R.O.M.E. agent Finn McMissile, who had secretly been watching them the whole time. Immediately, Professor Z orders the thugs to kill him. It has not been easy, but Grem, Acer and Professor Z soon believe that they have killed McMissile, not knowing that the spy had actually faked his death.
Zündapp introduces the camera to Redline.
Soon, Professor Z and the lemons make their trip to Tokyo, to watch Axlerod on stage with the press in the National Art Center. During the World Grand Prix opening ceremony, the lemons find out that an American C.H.R.O.M.E. secret agent named Rod "Torque" Redline had been using a disguise while he was with Professor Z back on the oil rigs, and take him to their lair. At this point, Professor Z reveals to Redline that the lemons' weapon is an electromagnetic pulse emitter, which is designed to make Axlerod's unique fuel, allinol, explode when coming into contact. The lemons' plan is to use it on the World Grand Prix racers while they are taking part in each of the races. While he is explaining this, Grem uses the weapon on Redline, and Acer demands to know if Redline had given anyone a device with a photo of someone known to be their mastermind. Professor Z is able to catch Redline's reaction when Acer demands to know if Mater has the device, and orders the lemons to find and kill Mater, while killing Redline himself with the weapon on full power.
The Lemons settle on their next target.
With Mater in possession of vital information, Zündapp orders his henchman to find the tow truck and kill him. During the first World Grand Prix race in Tokyo, the Lemons use the camera to damage the engines of the contestants, creating bad publicity for Allinol. The Lemons continue this practice through the second race in Porto Corsa. While Grem and Acer are doing so, a meeting takes place between several major Lemon crime bosses in the Porto Corsa Casino.
The Professor reacts to Mater's revelation.
Unbeknownst to the Lemons, Mater had been attending the meeting as well, while disguised as Ivan, one of the Lemons' tow trucks. Appearing on multiple televisions, the professor and the lemons listen to the mystery mastermind, who reminds them about when they were always laughed at, and mentions to them about planning to pay the world back by making several of the World Grand Prix racers crash as a result of their fuel exploding from coming into contact with the lemons' electromagnetic pulse emitter. This is to make the whole world go against alternative fuel and purchase regular oil, in which they will be forced to buy the oil from the lemons thanks to their huge oil reserve, so that the lemons will have wealth and power. Meanwhile, Grem and Acer are using the EMP generator to make a huge pile-up on the race track, resulting in Axlerod announcing to the press that the last race in London will not be run on allinol. Cheering for this, Professor Z and the lemons celebrate for their future. However, this is soon stopped when they hear one of the racers, Lightning McQueen, confirming that he will use Allinol in the last race. With a phone call from the mastermind, Professor Z makes a plan to have McQueen killed in the last race. As McQueen is his best friend, Mater objects to his murder, accidentally revealing his identity. The Lemons attack Mater, but he manages to escape the casino by use of his computer. However, as Mater is making his way to McQueen to warn him, he is captured by Professor Z and the lemons and sprayed with gas, which causes him to pass out.
Professor Z and the lemons then travel to London to get ready for their plan, while also having Mater, McMissile and Holley Shiftwell tied to the gears of Big Bentley. As the race begins, Professor Z, J. Curby Gremlin, Tubbs Pacer, Victor Hugo and Vladimir Trunkov all watch from inside a glass-fronted building, feeling excited as Grem and Acer prepare to kill McQueen with the electromagnetic pulse emitter on full power. However, McQueen does not explode, which is because Sarge had switched the allinol in McQueen's fuel tank with Fillmore's organic fuel. Unsure of why there was no explosion, Professor Z informs Grem and Acer that they must go to their back-up plan. Grem and Acer mention to Mater that the back-up plan is to have a bomb inside McQueen's pit explode just when he will make a pit stop. Mater is able to get free and rush to the pits to warn his friends, but McMissile and Shiftwell then radio him that the lemons have actually put the bomb in his air filter. At that moment, McQueen comes into the pits, feeling happy to see Mater again, just as Professor Z prepares to detonate the bomb. However, Mater tries to save his best friend by driving away, leaving Professor Z unimpressed. Moments later, Professor Z sees his chance once again when McQueen goes after Mater and grabs onto him. Professor Z then presses the detonate button, but sees on the remote that the bomb is out of range, because Mater activated his rockets, making him go at a high speed. Enraged, Professor Z repeatedly presses the detonate button, but to no avail. Just then, he notices Holley outside the window threatening to shoot at him.
McMissile pursuits Zündapp
Trying to get away, Professor Z races through London and to the River Thames to get picked up by a battleship named Tony Trihull, just as Finn arrives and attaches his grappling hooks to the professor. However, as McMissile tries to hold back, Professor Z gets the upper hand when Tony uses his magnet to pull the scientist toward him, also getting Professor Z's monocle stuck to the magnet. Eventually, McMissile defeats Tony by releasing small explosives that stick to the magnet and kill Tony, making McMissile able to prevent the professor from escaping and ties him up with wires.
Professor Z in captivity.
Professor Z is taken to a spot where McMissile, Shiftwell, Mater and McQueen demand to know how to turn off the bomb stuck on Mater. The scientist mentions that the bomb is voice-activated, but also that it can only be turned off by the one who had turned it on. He also reveals that he did not activate it, and after asking everyone else if they want to try and deactivate, he gets tased by Holley, knocking him out. Mater, realizing who actually activated the bomb, starts speeding toward where the Queen and Miles Axlerod are watching the race. Mater exposes Axlerod as the mastermind behind the Lemons' plan, and he is forced to deactivate the bomb mere seconds before it detonates. Professor Z, Axlerod, and the rest of the Lemons are arrested, and peace is restored to London.
Cars 2: The Video Game
Professor Z in the garage.
In Cars 2: The Video Game, Professor Z is the primary antagonist of the Hunter missions. While waves of henchman are sent to attack the player, Zündapp watches from his helicopter. On rare occasions, Professor Z's helicopter will swoop down while the Professor attempts to attack the player. A large bonus is awarded if the player manages to hit him.
Additionally, Professor Z is an unlockable playable character, available once the "Capitol View" crest is obtained. He is a light character, and focuses on speed rather than power. An alternate version of Zündapp called "Young Professor Z" can be also be unlocked by earning the "Master Agent" crest. Both versions of Professor Z have identical stats.
Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure
In Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure, Professor Z appears on pictures that the player has to hit to get extra points when a new goal is unlocked in the first Cars level.
In the second level, he is heard talking as he tries to stop the player and Holley Shiftwell from deactivating the bomb on Francesco Bernoulli. He makes a physical appearance in the third level. He is in the helicopter with a convoy of trucks full of bombs. Throughout the level, he tries to stop Finn McMissile and the player from finding out where the bombs are being taken. In the ending cutscene, he shoots a missile at the player while in midair, but the player dodges the missile and pushes Professor Z out of the helicopter before the missile hits the helicopter. Finn asks Professor Z if everyone is all right in there, only that he replies saying no thanks due to Finn, who then says, "No thanks required, mate. All in a day's work." When the level is completed with the player seeing their score and what they unlocked, Professor Z is seen with a parking boot, as to prevent him getting away.
General information
Personality and traits
Professor Z is an evil, greedy, ruthless, devious, intelligent and mad German scientist. He is a genius, as he knows about what lemons' electromagnetic pulse generator can do. He occasionally speeks German (because he comes from Baden-Baden, Germany) and is deemed evil for trying to make the world turn against clean energy, as well as aiming to assassinate anyone who knows about the lemons' plot or unknowingly does something that is against the plot.
Appearance
Professor Z is painted two different shades of green, light and dark. He also has a large monocle that he wears over his windshield. The Professor is a 1957 Zündapp Janus (as his name suggests), a micro-car in which back passengers sit facing backwards. He has a top speed of 50 mph (55 mph downhill), which could be reached in 12 seconds. His engine is a 2-stroke single cylinder 250 cc, with a horsepower of 14.
His license plate is BAD GA 58, which appears to be a pun on "bad guy". The 58 is one of the years the Zündapp Janus was made (1957-1958).
Appearances
Profiles and statistics
Cars 2
- Official bio
- "Professor Z, aka “The Professor,” is an internationally-wanted weapons designer in a small, sophisticated German package. He is a brilliant but mad monocle-wearing scientist who is plotting to sabotage the World Grand Prix. Though his true motive is unclear, Professor Z is willing to do whatever it takes to eliminate all obstacles and keep the “project” on schedule."
Cars 2: The Video Game
- Professor Z
- Bio
- "The intelligent, manipulative mad scientist uses his talents for evil. His weapons are as sophisticated as they are destructive. His mission is to sabotage the World Grand Prix races and destroy the racers."
- Stats
- Weight: Leight
- Speed to Power ratio: 70:30
- Bio
- Young Professor Z
- Bio
- "When you remove the years of villainy and rust, Professor Z is a young, bespectacled car with his sights set on world domination."
- Stats
- Weight: Light
- Speed to Power ratio: 70:30
- Bio
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Professor Z/Gallery.
Quotes
- "Give it up, McMissile!!" - Cars 2
- "It's Finn McMissile! He's seen the camera! Kill him!" - Cars 2
- "With Finn McMissile gone, who can stop us now?" - Cars 2
- "The project is still on schedule. You will find the second agent and kill him." - Cars 2
- " He's already here." - Cars 2
- "What? That is cheating, how dare you!" - Cars 2: The Video Game
- "Come back here, you fool!" - Cars 2: The Video Game
- "So arrogant with your perfect driving skills!" - Cars 2: The Video Game
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| French | Professor Z | Professor Z |
Trivia
- When he opened the door to the lemons' meeting, he said "Guten Tag." Guten Tag is German for "Good day."
- Also, another German word he said is "Wunderbar" when he is informed by Grem that Finn McMissile is "dead". Wunderbar is a German word for "marvelous", "terrific" or "wonderful".
- Professor Z appears to have a severely damaged rock rack, which gives him the appearance of a comb over.
- Along with Grem, Acer, Miles Axlerod and Victor Hugo, Professor Z is playable in Cars 2: The Video Game, even though they are villains, as well as all five should be residing in the London Prison, as the game takes place shortly after the second film. However, it could be that, along with the tracks, they are part of the simulation.
- Professor Z is always referred to by his real name by Finn McMissile. However, McMissile refers to him as "Professor Z" in the cutscene of the start of Cars 2: The Video Game. And although McMissile and his voice actor Michael Caine are British, McMissile pronounces the "Z" in Zündapp's name in the American way ("Z" in American is pronounced "zee" while in Britain is pronounced "zaid"). However, it could be that the "Z" in his name is always pronounced "zee" even in Britain (when referring to Professor Z) in that cutscene. However, it could be that all people pronounce the "Z" in his name the American way. Also, although Professor Z pronounces "missile" in the British way (miss-i-all), he pronounces "can't" in the American way.