History Film / TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby

* IncrediblyLamePun: After Ricky flips his car trying to beat Girard, one of the announcers lets loose with a groaner of a pun as Ricky's car lays upside down in pieces.
-->'''Mike Joy:''' ''That Wonderbread car is '''toast'''.''

* ComicallyIneptHealing: After Ricky Bobby stabs himself in the thigh to prove to Cal and Lucius that he's paralyzed after a crash, Lucius suggests they use another knife to cut the first knife out of Ricky's leg [[note]] this joke was adlibbed by Michael Clark Duncan, drawing on his time working at gas company, where he encountered drills getting stuck while driving through concrete and the solution was to drill around the stuck drill bits to get them out [[/note]].

'''"Kenny Rogers":''' ''[not Kenny Rogers]'' It's great. They're going really fast.\\

* ComicallyIneptHealing: After Ricky Bobby stabs himself in the thigh to prove to Cal and Lucius that he's paralyzed after a crash, Lucius suggests they use another knife to cut the first knife out of Ricky's leg [[note]] this joke was adlibbed by Michael Clark Duncan, drawing on his time in the gas industry, where they frequently had to drill around stuck gas drills to get them out [[/note]].

* AcceptableTargets: Every single NASCAR stereotype you can imagine.

* MindScrew: Ricky completely dumbfounds Cal by apologizing to him, even though ''it was Cal who stole Ricky’ wife''. Cal's crew member suggests that [[FreudianExcuse maybe Cal subconsciously resented Ricky for never letting him win and took retribution by stealing his wife]].

* CuckoolanderCommentator: NBC reporter John Hannafin continuously mistakes people in the grandstands for famous celebrities. First, he's caught mistaking a man for Music/KennyRogers, despite Bill Weber telling him, "John, that's ''not'' Kenny Rogers," and Hannafin is later seen trying to interview a black man that he thinks is Larry Bird, who is ''white''.

* FailedASpotCheck: Bill Weber's reaction to John Hannafin's interviews of "celebrities" in the grandstands:
-->'''Bill Weber:''' Now let's go to John Hannafin, who's in the stands with a country music legend. \\
''[cuts to Hannafin in the stands]''\\
'''John Hannafin:''' Thank you, Sean. I'm here with one of the greatest country music stars of all-time, Music/KennyRogers. Kenny, what do you think of the race so far? \\
'''"Kenny Rogers":''' ''[not Kenny Rogers]'' It's great. They're going really fast.\\
'''Bill Weber:''' John, that's ''not'' Kenny Rogers.\\
'''John Hannafin:''' ''[not hearing Weber]'' In the song "The Gambler", you sang "You gotta know when to walk away and know when to run." Should Ricky Bobby have stayed away from racing? \\
'''"Kenny Rogers":''' Mr. Bobby's very competitive. If he wants to race, he should race. \\
'''John Hannafin:''' Well, this is John Hannafin with Kenny Rogers. And now back to you, Bill. \\
'''Bill Weber:''' Well, that, of course, was ''not'' Kenny Rogers. \\
'''Benny Parsons:''' Not even close!
** And later, Hannafin is shown interviewing a black man he mistakes for NBA legend Larry Bird - who was ''white'':
--->'''Bill Weber:''' Come on, John! Pay attention!\\
'''Benny Parsons:''' I'm honestly concerned he might have had a stroke.

* InterfaithSmoothie: Parodied and deconstructed.
** Parodied by having Ricky Bobby simultaneously call on UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Allah]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} the Jewish God]],[[note]]which some argue ''are'' [[{{God}} the same thing]][[/note]] and [[{{UsefulNotes/Buddhism}} the Buddha]]. He then moves on to asking Creator/TomCruise to use [[ChurchOfHappyology his witchcraft]] and finally calling out to [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]].
** Deconstructed by suggesting that Interfaith Smoothies are driven by an opportunistic desire to cover all your bases spiritually.

* LargeHam: Ricky.

* PrecisionFStrike: From the well-mannered Girard. "By the way, Ricky, I saw the ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' movie! It was ''shit''!" Or Girard's earlier line, "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Hakuna Matata]], ''[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitches]]''!"
** Lucius wins the most colorful profanity award: "We have GOT to get that car back onto the race track or our sponsors are gonna shit a chicken!"
* ProductPlacement: Parodied, as with many other aspects of NASCAR.

[[caption-width-right:300:''Best movie ever made'' - Ricky Bobby [[note]] He's talking about ''Film/{{Highlander}}''[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:''Best movie ever made'' - Ricky Bobby [[note]] He's talking about ''Highlander''[[/note]]]]

** When the Big One hits during the final race, as the result of Cal's teammate hooking Naughton into the wall for helping Ricky overtake Jean Girard, every single car in the pack piles in and only two cars (Ricky and Girard) are left running and on the lead lap. Big crashes that reduced the number of cars in contention significantly have happened in RealLife at the Cup and Xfinity races at Talladega, although typically, with the exception of the huge crash in the 2002 Aaron's 312 Xfinity race[[note]]That crash is the largest in modern NASCAR history, with 31 cars involved in that single crash (only 12 drivers escaped the wreck undamaged; with Stacy Compton, eventual race winner Jason Keller, and Kenny Wallace being ahead of the crash; C.W. Smith, Hank Parker, Jr., Casey Mears, Tim Fedewa, Andy Kirby, Larry Gunselman, and Chad Chaffin being able to brake in time or had lost slipstream and fallen too far behind the crashed pack; and Christian Elder and Brad Teague already retired before the crash happened). Eventually, only 3 cars finished on the lead lap, with 3rd place Tim Fedewa (who was supposed to start-and-park) being half a lap down from them[[/note]], there are more than two cars still running on the lead lap.

** In the climactic race, team owner Larry Dennitt gives Cal team orders, through Cal's crew chief, to take out Ricky so as to keep Ricky from getting past Jean. When Cal refuses to comply, Dennitt orders his third car, Ricky's old #26 , to crash Cal out to prevent him from helping Ricky. That would be really stupid for Dennitt to do, as NASCAR monitors radio communications, and the officials would see this as an attempt to manipulate the finish of the race, especially since the #26 shoving Cal into the wall took out most of the field. While Cal's team would probably survived unscathed[[note]]Although most likely, he'd be signed on by another race team immediately after this[[/note]], all of the other Dennitt teams would be subjected to severe monetary fines, point deductions, as well as the suspensions of several personnel, as evidenced by the penalties handed to Michael Waltrip Racing when they were caught trying to manipulate the finish of the 2013 Federated Auto Parts 400 to get Martin Truex, Jr. into the Chase[[note]]NASCAR caught MWR engaging in "team orders", which included having Clint Bowyer intentionally spin to bring out a caution, then having Brian Vickers make an unscheduled green flag pit stop, all to ensure Truex got into the Chase instead of Jeff Gordon or Joey Logano. They issued 50 point deductions to all three Waltrip cars, the largest fine NASCAR had issued to anyone to date ($300,000), as well as probations and suspensions among many Waltrip crew members. The resulting fallout also cost Truex his ride due to NAPA withdrawing their sponsorship from Waltrip and instead partnering with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to sponsor Chase Elliott's ascent from the Nationwide to the Cup Series. This incident also indirectly led to the downfall and folding of MWR by the end of the 2015 season. Ironically, Truex would get the last laugh of everyone by going on to greater success with Furniture Row Racing, including a Cup Series championship in 2017, lasting with them until Barney Visser shut down the team at the end of 2018, at which point Truex and his entire pit crew were shifted to a new ride with Joe Gibbs Racing[[/note]].

* QuoteSwearUnquote: "Hakuna matata, bitches!" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''.