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Good Burger
Promotional Poster For Good Burger
Directed by	Brian Robbins
Produced by	Mike Tollin
Starring	Kel Mitchell Kenan Thompson Sinbad Abe Vigoda Shar Jackson Dan Schneider Ron Lester Jan Schweiterman Josh Server
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	July 25, 1997
Running time	103 min.
Language	English
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Good Burger is a 1997 comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and starring Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Sinbad, Shar Jackson, Abe Vigoda, and Jan Schweiterman. Carmen Electra, Shaquille O'Neal, and George Clinton, also make brief cameo appearances in the movie. It was the second film to be marketed under the Nickelodeon name. It was based on the All That skit of the same name, and is regarded by many as a cult classic^{[citation needed]}.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Retro references 3 Songs in movie 4 Cast 5 Trivia 6 Box Office 7 External link

The plot concerns the exploits of Dexter (Kenan Thompson), a high-schooler who just started working at Good Burger to pay off the debt of a car accident that involved one of his teachers, Mr. Wheat (Sinbad). When a new, larger, more popular burger restaurant, Mondo Burger, opens up across the street, the Good Burger employees must try to save their restaurant from being run out of business. The movie was based on the popular Good Burger skit, in which Kel plays the infamous Ed, a not-so bright cashier at a fast food restaurant. After trying to compete with the large restaurant across the street by creating a secret sauce, Kenan and Kel's characters find out that Mondo Burger's beef is somehow unnatural. They go undercover, and reveal an even more illegal scheme within Mondo Burger. The main characters in the movie use a vehicle known as the "Burgermobile" (the Burgermobile is based on an AMC Pacer; the vehicle has also been part of the art car community). The same AMC Pacer was used in Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2 as the Mirthmobile.

The Good Burger catch phrase is:

"Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order? (and in Ed's case)...haa..."

The film was released by Paramount Pictures and was rated PG in both the US and UK. This movie was set in the quiet fictional Florida city of Brierdale.

Several homages to 1970s media have been made in Good Burger. Notable occurrences include:

• An AMC Pacer is used as the Burgermobile.
• Shaft is spoofed with the Shaft Theme at the beginning of the movie.
• George Clinton makes a cameo appearance and his song "(Not Just) Knee Deep" plays in the movie.
• A 1970s Cadillac gets smashed up while the ice cream truck is evading the insane asylum truck.
• A sampled version of "Do Fries Go With That Shake" is played at the beginning of the movie.
• A cover version of "Roxanne" by The Police was played in the movie at the introduction of the character "Roxanne", who went on a date with Ed.
• Preeth Kumar Sangavaram makes a little-known guest appearance in the third Mondo Burger scene.

• "Do Fries Go With That Shake?" by George Clinton
• "Man" by The Presidents of the United States of America
• "All I Want" by 702
• "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by George Clinton
• "We're All Dudes" by Less Than Jake featuring Kel Mitchell
• "Roxanne" by The Police
• "That's The Way (It's Goin' Down)" by Mint Condition
• "I'll Be There For You" by Tracie Spencer
• "(Not The) Greatest Rapper" by 1000 Clowns
• "Friends" by Warren G, Snoop Dogg, and Nate Dogg

Actor	Role
Kel Mitchell	Ed
Kenan Thompson	Dexter Reed
Sinbad	Mr. Wheat
Abe Vigoda	Otis
Shar Jackson	Monique
Dan Schneider	Mr. Baily
Ron Lester	Spatch
Jan Schweiterman	Kurt Bozwell
Josh Server	Fizz
Linda Cardellini	Heather
Shaquille O'Neal	Himself
Robert Wuhl	Angry Customer
Carmen Electra	Roxanne (uncredited)
Marques Houston	Jake

• The location of Good Burger and Mondo Burger were filmed at West Covina, California.
• During a cavity search of the character Quagmire from Family Guy, a copy of the Good Burger movie is found.
• In the Family Guy episode He's Too Sexy for His Fat which is about Chris trying to lose weight Good Burger is referenced when Cleveland claims that his brother Broderick performed liposuction on actress Nell Carter and used the excess fat to “make the two kids from Good Burger"
• The AMC Pacer used was the same one from Waynes World, which was also shot in Covina,California
• At the end of the movie the crazy girl (Heather) is shown at the end cheering for Ed so she lied about not escaping. In the book based on the movie, a short scene occurs toward the end where Heather explains how she escaped the asylum (using a fish).
• After Dex hit Mr. Wheat's car, he shouted Why?!, this was Kenan's catchphrase in the sitcom Kenan and Kel which also starred Kel Mitchell
• The film was shown in theatres with the Action League Now! short Rock-A-Big Baby. The short is not on the VHS or DVD releases.
• This movie is only released on Region 1 NTSC DVD (USA/Canada).
• This is the first theatrical movie to be based on one of Nickelodeon's television shows (in this case, All That). It is also the only theatrical movie to date to be based on one of Nickelodeon's live-action shows.
• The dance sequence done during George Clinton's (Not Just) Knee Deep is a tribute to Michael Jackson's Thriller music video.

The film was released on July 25, 1997 and had a budget of $9,000,000. It opened in 5th place with $7,058,333 and in total, the film earned $23,712,993 in the US & Canada alone, making a tidy profit.

• Good Burger at the Internet Movie Database

All That
Production	Cast Members | Characters | Episodes | Musical Guests
Crew	Joe Davola | Savage Steve Holland | Brian Robbins | Dan Schneider | Mike Tollin
Related	Action League Now! | The Amanda Show | Good Burger Just Jordan | KaBlam! | Kenan & Kel | The Nick Cannon Show | Zoey 101

Nickelodeon Movies
Barnyard • Charlotte's Web • Clockstoppers • Good Burger • Harriet the Spy • Hey Arnold!: The Movie • Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events • Mad Hot Ballroom • Nacho Libre • Rugrats Go Wild! • Rugrats in Paris: The Movie • The Rugrats Movie • Snow Day • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • The Wild Thornberrys Movie • Yours, Mine and Ours