Talk:Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

message: Does anyone know what make of car Ricky Bobby drives- Ford, Chevy, or Dodge? I'm just curious. I can't make out the make of his car(I have a hunch it is the Ford Fusion but I could be wrong).
It's a Monte Carlo, accordng to the diecasts. 152.163.100.6 16:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Ricky's car?

message: I have removed the trivia stating that Ricky Bobby's name is a combination of Ricky Craven and Bobby Labonte. It could very easily be a reference to Ricky Rudd, Bobby Unser or, more likely, Bobby Allison. WhoIsWillo 02:15, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The name Ricky Bobby and trivia 

message: I may have misinterpreted the film, but early, as Ricky is signing her head, Susan introduces herself as his(Ricky's) sister. Later on, he makes out in a bar with her, and kisses her after a race. In one of the final scenes, she says that they have had sex. Was the sister angle early in production and later dropped? Or is the incest intended, as NASCAR fans are stereotyped as rednecks, who also are stereotyped to be normally involved in incestuous relationships? 24.32.212.143 14:54, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The anonymous editor misheard the dialogue. Or is a troll. BabuBhatt 17:54, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was misheard dialog, I watched it again tonight(it's a great film, worth the $16), and it sounded much more like assistant. 24.32.212.143 01:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misheard dialogue 

message: Despite the fact that I have provided a reliable and credible link to support my piece of trivia that Wonder Bread, Perrier and Old Spice did not have to pay for thier part in the film, one individual continues to supply misinformation by changing my entry repeatedly. I have tried contacting this user through his or her talk page, but they have so far not responded. The IP address for this user is 24.11.162.67
I honestly don't know what to do next, as most of my wiki experence has been on wikias, and not wikipedia, but it is clear he does not want to listen to me, or just doesn't know how. Regardless, he is adding misinformation to the page for reasons beyond me. Any advice would be helpful.  WhoIsWillo 09:23, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what the phrase "backend promotion" means. WhoIsWillo 15:17, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Product Placement Trivia 

message: Are Wiki plot descriptions usually that detailed? That's like a third grade book report summarizing of the movie. Seems like overkill to me.67.180.142.90 17:16, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot Synopsis 

message: Wikipedia guidelines clearly state that trivia is to avoided. I've reorganized the "Trivia" section while retaining most of the info. Uncited stuff, speculation and plain irrelevant statements were removed in accordance with verifiability guidelines. Basically, if you can't back anything up with a third party source, it counts as original research and is ineligible to be used here.Michael DoroshTalk 16:17, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: Would be it be right in saying that Jean Girard is loosley based on Alain Prost? My reasoning for this is that both are Formula One champions and both are regarded, by some for Prost :-P, as being the best in the World and both are French. Now, I say "lossley" because Alain isn't gay!
But, like I said, would it be appropriate in your opinion? --Phill talk Edits 10:47, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jean Girard based on Alain Prost? 

message: The Trivia Section appears to have some copy and paste jobs from  and is considered to be a copyright violation. Sawblade05 15:32, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia Copyright Problems 

message: There is says there is a prequel for this film. For some reason it says that "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" is a prequel and the same thing happens with "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy" it says that "Talledega Nights : The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" is a sequel.
:First, sign your posts. And anyway, Anchorman and Talladega Nights are part of the Mediocre American Man Trilogy, and therefor CAN be referred to as a prequel/sequel combination, though I personally would not, as it's obviously confusing. Morte42 (talk) 20:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Why is there a prequel

message: Wouldn't this movie be considered a parody of the Dale Earnhardt movie 3?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.212.34 (talk) 18:58, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story?  Talladega Nights was primarily parody of Days of Thunder, it shares multiple plot points. -- 109.79.176.231 (talk) 16:00, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: 3

message: As of his writing, the synopsis reads:The race ends with all cars being wrecked and Girard and Bobby running on foot to the finish line. Girard then offers to shake hands with Ricky after Ricky beats him, but instead Ricky passionately kisses him. Both drivers are disqualified for violating race procedures and Cal wins the race, having been in third prior to the wrecks.That could be read as kind of implying that what they're being disqualified for is the "passionate kiss", but in the next scene the reason is actually explicitely given as being for getting out of their cars. Perhaps it should be reworded. (I'd do it myself if I knew how to put it better; it's not the courage I'm lacking, but the ideas.)--CRConrad (talk) 08:21, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wording at end of plot synopsis 

message: Why is this information nowhere in the article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.171.148.209 (talk) 17:21, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: See WP:FILMRATING. MPAA ratings are not normally mentioned in film articles. -- 109.79.176.231 (talk) 15:37, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is this movie rated? 

message: The statement that this film is based on a true story should be explained or removed. PurpleChez (talk) 17:49, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  opening sentence 

message: Why is Ricky's son "TR" referred to twice as "Tommy Robert"? I don't recall seeing that name anywhere. Cable2001 (talk) 18:22, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tommy Robert  

message: Adam McKay wrote a piece for Sports Illustrated called Where Are They Now which details what happened to Ricky Bobby after his big win. 
I'm not sure where to add this to the article, maybe the "Real World Homage" section? -- 109.79.176.231 (talk) 15:35, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It gets weirder, the DVD included a "25 years later" commentary track. -- 109.79.176.231 (talk) 16:00, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where are they now?