Talk:Taco Bell chihuahua/Archives/2012

Rumors of death

If the rumors of Gidget's death are true, then when did she die?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Luckybolt (talk • contribs) 07:31, 19 March 2006

Bad Spanish

If "Yo quiero Taco Bell" is Spanglish, what would be the phrase in good Spanish? Rusco)

In Spanish it would be "Quiero <<Taco Bell>>". --Wizardman 03:19, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

The inclusion of "yo" is redundant, but it doesn't make the sentence bad Spanish. I always thought the pronunciation was actually a little off, missing the "i" in "quiero"—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.182.252 (talk • contribs) 14:58, 21 November 2006

The part about it being bad Spanish is not the "yo quiero" part. It is the structure, "Yo quiero Taco Bell" was originally translated (in the commercials) as "I want some Taco Bell" which continued Taco Bell's previous ads that simply said "Want some?" But the fact that the line doesn't even contain the word "some" isn't what's wrong either. In English, "I want Taco Bell" can be understood to mean "I want to eat food from Taco Bell", but this isn't the same in Spanish. In Spanish "Yo quiero Taco Bell." is more of a declaration that the person wants the entity of Taco Bell, like the entire company. There are many ways of saying it correctly, but "Yo quiero Taco Bell" isn't one of them. A better line might have been "Quiero comida de Taco Bell" or "Quiero una poca comida de Taco Bell" or "Quiero comer en el Taco Bell" but those probably wouldn't have become catchphrases. Promontoriumispromontorium (talk) 10:52, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Legally Blonde 2

I added the new role the dog did in Legally Blonde 2 but don't know how to reference it. Here's the link if somebody can do it for me: http://www.doggiefun.com/artman/publish/printer_337.shtml 74.229.215.99 03:06, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

You did not list anything about the Copyright law suit case from Joe Cartoon. (thegrimmling)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.202.195.43 (talk • contribs) 11:44, 20 December 2006

Photo

Can we get a photo included in this article to make it more complete? Maybe even a video? WebberTakito (talk) 17:07, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Reason for the end of the campaign

This article asserts that the complaints against the company for the dog being a stereotype were a part (or entirely) the reason that Taco Bell stopped the campaign. This article also sites Snopes.com's article as the proof that the dog isn't dead, and that even if the dog had died, the campaign wouldn't have needed to end for any reason. The problem is, the Snopes article also asserts that the complaints against the company for the "stereotype" were absolutely not the reason the campaign ended, but that it ended because it was a failure. The article goes into detail to justify this position. So either this article is wrong, or Snopes is wrong, in which case this article shouldn't be sourcing from Snopes. I've believed since the campaign ended that it was entirely a political move, so I was hoping this article could back that up, but there doesn't seem to be enough. The true fascination with this subject for me are the implications. Was the campaign a financial success? The hordes of merchandise, official and unofficial that showed up everywhere, along with the catchphrases would suggest so. But if it was a success, why did the company lie and claim it was a failure? Taco Bell has since produced nothing remotely similar in scope or popularity, they dumped the only thing they ever had that would make wearing a "Taco Bell" t-shirt fashionable. Was it entirely a PC move? Taco Bell, giving in to ending a successful campaign purely to appease a minority is a fascinating prospect of pluralism defeating majoritarianism. Did the ultimately successful lawsuit against Taco Bell for stealing the idea for the campaign have any affect on the campaign's demise? Perhaps Taco Bell was cutting its losses, not as a failure of the marketing, but as an overall failure of idea theft. I find the whole thing to be worthy of further analysis. If I find I can, I might do it on my own.Promontoriumispromontorium (talk) 11:02, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Snopes.com shouldn't be used as a final authority in any case. Snopes.com consists of just a California couple, David and Barbara Mikkelson, who have been shown to post biased or even incorrect information from time to time. They do, however, reference sources in many of their articles, and those sources might be useful as references in Wikipedia articles, as far as anything the giant echo chamber known as the World Wide Web can be considered a reliable fact. In a court case they would be disallowed as "not best evidence" or "hearsay", since Snopes.com is a secondary source.—Quicksilver^{T @} 17:29, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Very well, but this article still uses snopes for some information and ignores the contradictory information. Promontoriumispromontorium (talk) 03:52, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

WP:FOOD Tagging

This article talk page was automatically added with {{WikiProject Food and drink}} banner as it falls under Category:Restaurants or one of its subcategories. If you find this addition an error, Kindly undo the changes and update the inappropriate categories if needed. You can find the related request for tagging here -- TinucherianBot (talk) 11:17, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Scared me when I was a baby,even now

Please don't add pictures or videos because it will revive my nightmares —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.183.211.41 (talk) 13:56, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

If the dog scares you, you can just keep away from the page. Duh. --24.123.233.158 (talk) 16:44, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Merger

This page must be merged with Taco Bell —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.183.211.41 (talk) 21:59, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Judgment

" a $42 million judgement against "... what? Leno? KFC/Yum Brands (i.e. itself)? The dog? The pronoun is unclear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.228.54.78 (talk) 18:19, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

At least three dogs, Gidget, Dinky, and Taco...

I find conflicting information, but there were at least two stand-ins for Gidget, Dinky and Taco. As well, Dinky played a love interest on the commercials and as well was the original Taco Bell dog??
Here is a source: http://www.amusingfacts.com/ContentChannelPage.php?cfile=taco-bell-dog-name.html Azalea pomp (talk) 20:47, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Spelling & edit lock

Editing this article shouldn't be locked until someone edits the freaking typo in the death announcement. It's spelled "euthanized", not "euthinized". Spell-check your contributions. 24.131.37.102 (talk) 03:50, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Semi-protection. You are attempting to edit as an unregistered user. Register and edit at least ten articles over four days to be able to edit semi-protected articles on Wikipedia without restriction. —Quicksilver^{T @} 18:02, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Jaws Reference?

The article says that the line about needing a bigger box is a reference to the "bigger boat" line from Jaws, is there any proof of this? Hbomberman (talk) 14:15, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

I've added a reference. It's not from the most authoritative source in the world, but I think it passes the bar. This isn't exactly the subject of many scholarly works, and a reference like that is borderline-obvious to the point of barely needing a citation. Meelar (talk) 22:51, 19 July 2011 (UTC)