#despicable driver

Timeline of Events:

Events of Cars: Race-O-Rama occurs; Chick Hicks loses a race against Lightning McQueen (again). Chick is subsequently banned from the Piston Cup Racing Series for his foul play.

Chick wants to get back into the Piston Cup. He needs money to do this. Unfortunately, his racecar is totaled by a freak meteorite one night and he has no means to race, and therefore no means to turn a profit.

Fortunately, following that night, said racecar comes to life and self-repairs (e.g. Stephen King's Christine). Chick promptly dubs the racecar Murphy. It’s a little easier on the tongue than “eighty-six”.

Chick briefly meets Dru, who gives him the idea that he would make a great getaway driver for prospective villains. Chick takes this idea, runs with it, and promptly forgets all about Dru.

Chick is desperate at the time being, so with what little money he does have he produces an ad (à la Free Real Estate) promoting his getaway driving abilities and wants the Villain Network Channel to air it for him. The VNC looks at his records, sees one of his former sponsors is Hostile Takeover Bank (unbeknownst to Chick at the time, a villain org.) and his ad gets put on the air.

Bratt watches the ad and knows a sucker when he sees one, so he calls Chick to pull him into a heist he'd been planning.

Bratt successfully scams Chick during said heist and makes his way out scot-free with Clive, leaving Chick to take all of the heat and lead the cops/AVL (Anti-Villain League) away. But not long after that does Murphy track down Bratt’s scent through its magnificent grille.

Chick is fuming, whilst Bratt is very curious about this sentient, potentially very useful car. Bratt doesn’t care about Chick blowing up at him at all.

Because of how Bratt ditched Chick, Chick now has a personal vendetta against Bratt and wants to get back at him and get the money he’s owed. Meanwhile, Bratt wants Murphy for himself. Through these respective objectives, they keep crossing paths.

Said crossing of paths leads to the two surprisingly enjoying one another’s company and gradually growing closer, despite first impressions. They become genuine friends and experience long years of friendship together, heists and all.

The events of DM3 and Cars 3 occur. Chick is busy hosting his show, Chick’s Picks with Chick Hicks, commentating over the current Piston Cup racing season. Bratt doesn’t want Chick to get involved in his plot to take over Hollywood with the Bratt Bot.

Directly after DM3, Dru grabs one of the boxes of junk that the AVL is salvaging from the post-Bratt Bot Hollywood scene. This box contains a very broken Clive that Dru plans on repairing.

Bratt is hauled away to the AVL prison. Both Chick and Bratt think that Bratt isn’t gonna get out of there, they both think that Clive is destroyed, and they’re both depressed and lonely.

Events of DM4 occur. It's been about a year of Bratt being in prison, and a depressed Chick has gone back to drinking. They’re both doing very badly.

Dru breaks into Bratt’s lair to steal parts for repairing Clive and begins his work.

@/dykehudson's DM5 plot occurs. Bratt hates Dru specifically for destroying his Bratt Bot and ruining his plans of taking over Hollywood alongside, he doesn’t want to work with him. After a while of Dru trying to get in good with all the villains, he presents Bratt with the repaired Clive, to which Bratt is initially mad at (Dru not only ruined his plans, but he broke into his lair, messed with Clive, and then CHANGED him…or so he thinks). After seeing that Clive genuinely gets along well with Dru, and hearing that Dru was inspired by him and a big fan of his show, they begin to get along.

Chick and Bratt promptly reunite!

Chick and Dru are soon introduced (for real this time). Chick doesn’t like Dru. Dru really likes Chick. Chick thinks Dru has something to gain out of both Bratt and Chick and that Dru is trying to play them. Because of this, Chick dislikes Dru even more. He will not be convinced otherwise (yet).

Over time, Chick and Dru do end up bonding and becoming genuine friends as well, though it takes Chick a looong while to come around to Dru. Ironically much longer than it ever took with Bratt.