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{{Short description|1997 film by Brian Robbins}}

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| director = [[Brian Robbins]]

| producerwriter = [[Mike Tollin]]= {{Plainlist|

* [[Dan Schneider]]

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* [[Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert|Kevin Kopelow<br />Heath Seifert]]

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| starring = [[Kel Mitchell]]<br />[[Kenan Thompson]]<br />[[Sinbad (actor)|Sinbad]]<br />[[Abe Vigoda]]<br />[[Shar Jackson]]<br />[[Dan Schneider]]<br />[[Ron Lester]]<br />[[Jan Schweiterman]]<br />[[Josh Server]]

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| starring = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->

* [[Kenan Thompson]]

* [[Kel Mitchell]]

* [[Abe Vigoda]]

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| cinematography = [[Mac Ahlberg]]

| editing = [[Anita Brandt-Burgoyne]]

| music = [[Stewart Copeland]]

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* [[Nickelodeon Movies]]

* [[Tollin/Robbins Productions]]

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| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]

| released = {{Film date|1997|07|19|[[Paramount Pictures Studios]]|1997|07|25|United States<ref name="AFI release" />}}

| released = [[July 25]], [[1997]]

| runtime = 10395 min.minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $8.5 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/01/business/business-stepping-up-in-tv-without-stepping-on-toes.html?pagewanted=all|title=Business; Stepping Up in TV, Without Stepping on Toes|last=Koch|first=Neal|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 1, 2002|access-date=June 6, 2016|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231051920/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/01/business/business-stepping-up-in-tv-without-stepping-on-toes.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| gross = $23.7 million<ref name=BOM />

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'''''Good Burger''''' is a [[1997 inAmerican [[teen film|1997teen]] [[comedy]] film]] directed by [[Brian Robbins]], andwritten starringby [[KelDan MitchellSchneider]], with [[KenanKevin ThompsonKopelow and Heath Seifert]], and starring [[SinbadKenan (actor)|SinbadThompson]], [[SharKel JacksonMitchell]], and [[Abe Vigoda]],. [[GeorgeThe Clintonfilm (funkis musician)|Georgea Clinton]],spin-off andof Janthe Schweiterman."Good Burger" comedy sketch from the [[Carmen ElectraNickelodeon]] and [[Nationalvariety Basketball Association|NBAseries]] player ''[[ShaquilleAll O'NealThat]]'', alsowith makeMitchell briefreprising [[cameohis appearances]]role in theas movieEd. The Itstory wasfollows Dexter Reed, a high school student who takes a job at a fast-food restaurant called Good Burger to pay off the seconddamages filmhe made to behis marketedteacher's undercar theas Nickelodeonhe and Ed, his dimwitted co-worker, stumble upon an evil plot by a rival fast-food namerestaurant.

The film was produced by [[Nickelodeon Movies]] and [[Tollin/Robbins Productions]], and was filmed from March to April 1997. It premiered on July 19, 1997 and was released worldwide on July 25 of the same year by [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref name="AFI release">{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/60749|title=Good Burger|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|access-date=November 20, 2017|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231050920/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/60749|url-status=live}}</ref> The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $23.7 million. In the years after its release, the film received a [[cult following]].

A sequel titled ''[[Good Burger 2]]'' was released on November 22, 2023, on [[Paramount+]].<ref name="Sequel">{{cite web |title='Good Burger 2' Set at Paramount+, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell Returning |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/good-burger-2-paramount-plus-kenan-thompson-kel-mitchell-1235557782/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=18 March 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318040024/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/good-burger-2-paramount-plus-kenan-thompson-kel-mitchell-1235557782/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Plot==

On the first day of summer, [[slacker]] high school student Dexter Reed takes his mother's car on a joyride while she is away on a business trip but is indirectly involved in a car crash with his school teacher, Mr. Wheat. With no driver's license or car insurance, Dexter is in danger of going to jail, but Mr. Wheat agrees to let him pay for the damage in exchange for not calling the police on him. With the damage estimated at $1,900 (which later becomes $2,500), Dexter decides to take a summer job to pay for the expenses.

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The plot concerns the exploits of Ed ([[Kel Mitchell]]), Good Burger employee and Dexter ([[Kenan Thompson]]), a high-schooler who just started working at Good Burger to pay off the debt of a car accident. When a new burger resturant opens up across the street, '''Mondo Burger''', the Good Burger employees must try to save the restaruant 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 resturant 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 the 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 (film)|Wayne's World]]'' and ''[[Wayne's World 2]]'' as the '''Mirthmobile'''.

After being fired from the new and soon-to-open Mondo Burger restaurant for clashing with the owner and manager Kurt Bozwell, he ends up working for Good Burger instead. There, he meets and reluctantly befriends the dimwitted but well-meaning cashier Ed alongside its other employees. While both are working together, Dexter realizes that Ed caused his car crash, but eventually forgives him.

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..."''

Mondo Burger becomes an immediate success with its large burgers, hurting Good Burger's business. Dexter discovers that Ed made a tasty sauce for his lunch and suggests adding it to the burgers, which saves Good Burger and vastly increases its sales. Dexter exploits Ed's gullibility to extort money from him so that he can pay off his debt sooner, having him sign a contract that gives Dexter 80% of the bonus he receives for his sauce while warning Ed to never reveal the ingredient to anyone. After failing to entice Ed with a higher hourly wage at Mondo Burger, Kurt, who wants the secret sauce for his restaurant and Good Burger shut down, sends an employee named Roxanne to seduce him into revealing the recipe. However, while on a double date with Dexter and co-worker Monique, Ed accidentally and clumsily injures her repeatedly, and she quits her job.

The film was released by [[Paramount Pictures]] and was rated [[PG]] in both the [[MPAA|US]] and [[BBFC|UK]].

This movie was set in the quiet fictional [[Florida]] city of Brierdale.

The next day, Monique finds Dexter's contract and scolds him for taking advantage of Ed, causing Dexter to feel remorseful. Dexter tries to apologize to Ed, but before he can do so, he and Ed discover a stray dog rejecting a discarded Mondo Burger for a Good Burger. Suspicious, the two infiltrate Mondo Burger's kitchen in disguise and discover that their burgers are artificially enhanced with an illegal food chemical known as Triampathol. Kurt discovers them and has them committed to the Demented Hills Asylum to prevent them from sharing their discovery. Afterward, Kurt and his henchmen break into Good Burger and taint Ed's secret sauce with a synthetic toxin called shark poison. Otis, an elderly employee who was sleeping on the premises, catches them and attempts to call the police, but Kurt sends him to Demented Hills as well. After Otis informs Ed and Dexter about Kurt's scheme, they escape from Demented Hills and commandeer an ice cream truck to head back to Good Burger. Two Demented Hills employees chase after them in a truck, but Ed pelts their windshield with ice cream, eventually obstructing their view and causing them to crash. Ed arrives at Good Burger just in time to prevent an elderly woman from eating the poisoned sauce.

==Themes==

Despite its kid oriented appearance, Good Burger has a variety of adult-oriented themes.

*The movie vehemently advocates economic monopolies, and decries competition several times.

*Sex appeal as a woman's way to advance up the corporate ladder.

*The negative effects of the fast food industry.

*The draw of the California "dudebro" archetype on society.

*Ed seems to portray the stereotypical [[stoner]] (although obviously not explicitly referred to).

Ed and Dexter return to Mondo Burger to expose their crimes to the police. While Dexter creates a distraction, Ed takes multiple cans of Triampathol and pours them into the meat grinder. As Kurt corners Dexter on the roof, Ed suddenly arrives with an empty can just before Mondo Burger collapses, as the burgers start exploding due to the excessive Triampathol. Afterwards, Mondo Burger is shut down and Kurt is arrested for poisoning Good Burger's sauce and using illegal Triampathol on his meat. After giving Mr. Wheat a down payment, Dexter apologizes to Ed for taking advantage of him and tears up the contract, telling him that he gets to keep all the profits. Ed and Dexter return to Good Burger, where their co-workers hail them as heroes.

==Retro references==

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 (funk musician)|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.

==Songs in movie:Cast==

* [[Kenan Thompson]] as Dexter Reed, a 16-year-old high school student who gets a summer job at Good Burger following an accidental car crash with his school teacher Mr. Wheat's car

*"Do Fries Go With That Shake?" by [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]

* [[Kel Mitchell]] as Ed, the dimwitted 15-year-old cashier of Good Burger

*"Man" by [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]]

* [[Abe Vigoda]] as Otis, an elderly Good Burger employee who works the deep-fryers

*"[[All I Want]]" by [[702 (band)|702]]

* [[Dan Schneider]] as Mr. Baily, the owner and manager of Good Burger and Dexter and Ed's boss

*"[[(Not Just) Knee Deep]]" by [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]

* [[Shar Jackson]] as Monique, a Good Burger employee and Dexter's love interest

*"We're All Dudes" by [[Less Than Jake]] featuring Kel Mitchell

* Jan Schweiterman as Kurt Bozwell, the owner of rival fast food place Mondo Burger

*"[[Roxanne (song)|Roxanne]]" by [[The Police]]

* [[Linda Cardellini]] as Heather, a Demented Hills patient who has a crush on Ed

*"That's The Way (It's Goin' Down)" by [[Mint Condition]]

* [[Sinbad (comedian)|Sinbad]] as Mr. Wheat, Dexter's accident-prone teacher

*"I'll Be There For You" by [[Tracie Spencer]]

* [[Ron Lester]] as Spatch, the head fry cook of Good Burger

*"(Not The) Greatest Rapper" by [[1000 Clowns]]

* [[Josh Server]] as Fizz, the drive-thru employee of Good Burger

*"Friends" by Warren G, Snoop Dogg, and Nate Dogg

* Ginny Schreiber as Deedee, a female employee at Good Burger and a [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]].

* [[Shaquille O'Neal]] as himself

* [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] as Dancing Crazy, a Demented Hills patient

* [[Robert Wuhl]] as an angry customer

* [[Marques Houston]] as Jake, Dexter's schoolmate

* [[J. August Richards]] as Griffin, one of Kurt's henchmen

* Hamilton Von Watts as Troy, one of Kurt's henchmen

* [[Carmen Electra]] as Roxanne, a spy for Mondo Burger who attempted to get the recipe for Ed's Sauce<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tsintziras |first=Aya |date=2023-01-12 |title=Why Carmen Electra's Brief Good Burger Role Is So Important |url=https://screenrant.com/carmen-electra-good-burger-character-important/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

* [[Floyd Levine]] as the Ice Cream Man

* [[Lori Beth Denberg]] as Connie Muldoon, a customer

* [[Carmit Bachar]] as a Demented Hills dancer

* [[Kelly Devine]] as a Demented Hills dancer

* [[Matt Gallant]] as a reporter

*[[Brian Peck]] as an upset customer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1JSRAAAAIAAJ&q=brian+peck+good+burger | title=Sight and Sound | date=March 26, 1998 }}</ref>

== Cast Production==

Filming for ''Good Burger'' took place in six weeks from March 9 to April 21, 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecinemaholic.com/where-was-good-burger-filmed/|title=Where Was Good Burger Filmed?|publisher=Cinemaholic|first=Nishitha|last=Dutta|date=January 9, 2021|access-date=April 28, 2021|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428224258/https://thecinemaholic.com/where-was-good-burger-filmed/|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of its scenes were recorded along Glendora Avenue in [[West Covina, California]], including at a restaurant currently known as Peter's El Loco.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sgvtribune.com/2014/07/28/showtimes-crazy-ex-girlfriend-pilot-might-boost-west-covinas-coffers/|title=Showtime's 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' pilot might boost West Covina's coffers|last=Henry|first=Jason|work=[[San Gabriel Valley Tribune]]|date=July 28, 2014|access-date=November 8, 2017|archive-date=November 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109080836/http://www.sgvtribune.com/2014/07/28/showtimes-crazy-ex-girlfriend-pilot-might-boost-west-covinas-coffers/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"

|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"

! Actor

! Role

|-

|-

| [[Kel Mitchell]]

| Ed

|-

|[[Kenan Thompson]]

| Dexter Reed

|-

|[[Sinbad (actor)|Sinbad]]

| Mr. Wheat

|-

|[[Abe Vigoda]]

| Otis

|-

|[[Shar Jackson]]

| Monique

|-

|[[Dan Schneider (TV producer)|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

|}

==Release Triviaand reception==

===Box office===

*The ___location of Good Burger and Mondo Burger were filmed at West Covina, California.

''Good Burger'' was released on July 25, 1997, by [[Paramount Pictures]]. Theatrical screenings were preceded by an episode of Nickelodeon's series ''[[Action League Now!]]'' titled "Rock-a-Big Baby". In its opening weekend, the film grossed $7.1 million, finishing #5 at the US box office. It went on to gross $23.7 million worldwide.<ref name=BOM>{{Cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4099180033/weekend/ | title=Good Burger (1997) - Box Office Mojo | access-date=August 14, 2020 | archive-date=December 31, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231050916/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4099180033/weekend/ | url-status=live }}</ref> It was released in the United Kingdom on February 13, 1998, where it reached #14.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=19980213|title=Weekend box office 13th February 1998 - 15th February 1998|publisher=www.25thframe.co.uk|access-date=21 February 2017|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222110336/http://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=19980213|url-status=live}}</ref>

*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 loose 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"

*At the end of the movie the crazy girl (Heather) is shown at the end cheering for Ed so she lied about not escaping.

===Critical response===

== Box Office ==

[[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of 33% based on 45 reviews and an average rating of 4.3/10. The consensus reads, "''Good Burger'' might please hardcore fans of the 1990s Nickelodeon TV series that launched leads Kenan and Kel to stardom, but for all others, it will likely prove a comedy that is neither satisfyingly rare nor well done."<ref>{{cite web |title=Good Burger (1997) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_burger/ |publisher=[[Flixster]] |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2022-07-26 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727153931/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_burger |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a score of 41 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good Burger (1997) |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/good-burger |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2023-12-04 |archive-date=October 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002132756/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/good-burger |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.

Lisa Alspector of ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' wrote, "The perceived notion that kids want their movies fast and furious is barely in evidenced in this 1997 comedy, a laboriously slow suburban adventure in which a teenager's summer of leisure slips through his fingers when he has to get a job—an experience that proves almost life-threatening because of the cutthroat competition between two burger joints."<ref>{{cite web |last=Alspector |first=Lisa |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/good-burger/Film?oid=1059919 |title=Good Burger |date=26 October 1985 |publisher=Chicago Reader |access-date=2013-06-11 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162751/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/good-burger/Film?oid=1059919 |url-status=live }}</ref> Andy Seiler of ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the film two stars out of four, saying that, "''Good Burger'' is not very well done, but it does have energy."<ref>{{cite web |last=Seiler |first=Andy |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_burger/reviews/ |title=Good Burger |publisher=[[USA Today]] |access-date=2014-02-22 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116210520/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_burger/reviews |url-status=live }}</ref>

==External link==

*{{imdb title | id=0119215 | title=Good Burger}}

Leonard Klady of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "The meat of the piece is definitely FDA cinematically approved, and perfect if you like this brand of entertainment with the works."<ref>{{cite web|last=Horst |first=Carole |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117341247 |title=Good Burger |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=1997-07-21 |access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> [[Siskel and Ebert]] gave it two thumbs down on the July 26, 1997 episode of their program. [[Gene Siskel]] disliked the film more than [[Roger Ebert]] did, calling it a "stupid kids comedy".<ref name="atthemovies">{{cite book |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |author-link1=Roger Ebert |last2=Siskel |first2=Gene |title=Air Force One/Good Burger/Cafe Society/In the Company of Men/Box of Moonlight |date=26 July 1997 |publisher=Buena Vista Television}}</ref> In his other review for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, writing "It didn't do much for me, but I am prepared to predict that its target audience will have a good time."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=July 25, 1997|title=Good Burger|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/good-burger-1997|access-date=2021-02-15|website=RogerEbert.com|language=en|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226235414/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/good-burger-1997|url-status=live}}</ref>

Retrospective reviews well after the initial release have described its continued popularity; [[Nathan Rabin]] said that the film "obviously connected with a lot of children at the time of the film's release and holds up surprisingly well 18 years later."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/does-good-burger-deserve-cult-status/ |title=Does ''Good Burger'' Deserve Cult Status? |last=Rabin |first=Nathan |date=29 September 2015 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=28 March 2017 |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329050639/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/does-good-burger-deserve-cult-status/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Courtney Eckerle said, "The 90s generation will never forget [this deliciously terrible movie]"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2011/09/best-worst-movies-good-burger/ |title=Best-Worst Movies: 'Good Burger' |last=Eckerle |first=Courtney |date=6 September 2011 |newspaper=The Observer |___location=Notre Dame, Indiana |access-date=28 March 2017 |archive-date=April 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422133656/https://ndsmcobserver.com/2011/09/best-worst-movies-good-burger/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Tara Aquino of ''Mental Floss'' called it "a silly [[Cult film|cult hit]] that's indelibly a part of [[Millennials|Generation Y]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78210/11-delicious-facts-about-good-burger |title=11 Delicious Facts About ''Good Burger'' |last=Aquino |first=Tara |date=6 April 2016 |website=Mental Floss |access-date=28 March 2017 |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813205852/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78210/11-delicious-facts-about-good-burger |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Other media==

===Home media===

[[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Video]] released the film on [[VHS]] on February 17, 1998,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-55809705/good-burger-video-bad-rrated-trailers|title='Good Burger' video bad, with R-rated trailers.|last1=Hettrick|first1=Scott|last2=Honeycutt|first2=Kirk|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 17, 1998|access-date=June 6, 2016|url-access=|archive-date=August 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806184219/https://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-55809705/good-burger-video-bad-rrated-trailers|url-status=dead}}</ref> with the cassettes specially made of orange plastic, and on DVD on May 27, 2003 with a lack of bonus features.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/6552/good-burger/|title=Good Burger|last=Tyner|first=Adam|work=[[DVD Talk]]|date=June 5, 2003|access-date=June 6, 2016|archive-date=July 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701220430/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/6552/good-burger/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The film was released on [[Blu-ray]] on February 16, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Good Burger Blu-ray |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=27826 |website=Blu-ray.com |date=7 December 2020 |access-date=10 December 2020 |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209015723/https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=27826 |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 19, 2022, a limited edition Blu-ray steelbook of the film was released to commemorate its 25th anniversary. Like the original DVD and first edition Blu-ray, the 25th anniversary lacks any special features except for the original "Good Burger" sketch from ''All That''.

===Publications===

* 1997: Joseph Locke: ''Good Burger: A Novelization'', Pocket Books, {{ISBN|978-0671016920}}

* 1998: Steve Holland: ''Good Burger 2 Go'', Aladdin, {{ISBN|978-0671023997}}

===Soundtrack===

{{Main|Good Burger (soundtrack)}}

A soundtrack containing [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[R&B Music|R&B]], [[funk]] and [[punk rock]] was released on July 15, 1997, by [[Capitol Records]]. It peaked at 101 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and 65 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]]. It features the single "[[All I Want (702 song)|All I Want]]" by [[702 (group)|702]], which reached number thirty-five on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart.

==Sequel==

{{Main|Good Burger 2{{!}}Good Burger 2}}

After twenty-six years since the original film's release, a direct sequel was released on November 22, 2023, through [[Paramount+]]. Both Thompson and Mitchell returned to reprise their roles as Dexter Reed and Ed respectively. Additional cast members of ''Good Burger'' who appeared in ''Good Burger 2'' included Shar Jackson, Josh Server, Carmen Electra, Lori Beth Denberg, George Clinton, and Sinbad.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/good-burger-2-returning-cast-lil-rel-howery-jillian-bell-1235657538/ |title=Good Burger 2 Returning Cast |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |last=Murphy |first=J. Kim |date=June 29, 2023 |access-date= October 27, 2024}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

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[[Category:All That]]

[[Category:American buddy comedy films]]

[[Category:TeenAmerican teen comedy films]]

[[Category:1970sAmerican retrochildren's movementcomedy films]]

[[Category:CultFilms filmsabout educators]]

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[[Category:Films directed by Brian Robbins]]

[[Category:Films scored by Stewart Copeland]]

[[Category:Films set in California]]

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[[Category:Films with screenplays by Dan Schneider]]

[[Category:Nickelodeon Movies films]]

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[[Category:Workplace comedy films]]

[[Category:1990s English-language films]]

[[Category:1990s American films]]

[[Category:English-language buddy comedy films]]