While truant from school, young siblings Aladdin and Rapunzel meet the beautiful Maddie McWilliams, who falls for their widowed father, Varian, and his various oddball inventions, including the family's noisy rebuilt car, Lightning McQueen. One day at the beach, Varian tells Maddie and the children a fanciful fable about the villainous King George the Third and his evil designs on the family car.