Goodless Burger (2014 film)

Goodless Burger is a 2014 American comedy film directed by Josh Cooley, written by Cooley, Martin Hynes, Erinco Casarosa, Valerie LaPointe and co-written by Martin Hynes and Valerie LaPointe. Starring Ryan Potter, Ginnifer Goodwin and Steve Carell. it is based on the comedy sketch of the same name on the Nickelodeon series All That. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios, Goodless Burger was released worldwide on June 20, 2014 by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animaton Studios. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $23.7 million against a budget of $8.5 million. Over the years it has.

Plot
On the first day of summer, slacker high school student Thomas (Ryan Porter) takes his mother's car on a joyride while she is away on a business trip but accidentally crashes into and damages both his mother's car and the car of his teacher, Mr. Angus (Alan Tudyk). Thomas is in danger of going to jail, as he neither has a driver's license nor car insurance. Fortunately, Wheat agrees to let Thomas pay for the damages in exchange for not calling the police on Thomas. With the damages estimated at $1,900, Thomas is forced to take a summer job. After being fired from the new and soon-to-open MondoDarko Burger restaurant for clashing with the owner and manager, Austin (James Cromwell), he ends up working for Good Burger. There, he meets and reluctantly befriends the dimwitted yet charming cashier Chris (Tom Holland) alongside other colorful employees. Initially, neither of them are aware that Chris inadvertently caused Thomas's car accident. Chris had skated in front of Thomas on his way to make a delivery, causing him to swerve and crash into Mr. Angus's car.

The survival of the smaller Goodless Burger is threatened by the grand opening of MondoDarko Burger, with its fancy decoration and oversized burgers. Luckily, Goodless Burger is saved by a new secret sauce created by Matthew. Upon realizing that Chris caused his car accident and learning from Mr. Angus that the damages from the accident exceed the original $1,900 estimate, Thomas takes advantage of Chris's gullibility to extort money from him so that he can pay off his debt sooner. Chris promptly signs a contract that gives Thomas 80% of his profits.

Matthew's sauce vastly increases Goodless Burger's sales but draws the attention of Austin, who wants it for DarkoMondo Burger. After failing to lure Chris to DarkoMondo Burger at a higher wage, Austin sends Tanya (Carmen Electra), a beautiful employee, to seduce Chris into revealing the sauce recipe. As a result, Tanya is repeatedly injured by Chris's clumsiness and ultimately quits her job. The next morning, Spencer (Jason Lee) discovers the contract and scolds Thomas for stealing Chris's money, after everything Chris has done for him.

Later, when a dog refuses to eat a discarded MondoDarko Burger in favor of a discarded Goodless Burger,Thomas and Chris become suspicious and decide to investigate. They infiltrate MondoDarko Burger's kitchen and discover that their burgers are artificially enhanced with Triampathol, an illegal food chemical. Kurt discovers them and calls an acquaintance named Wade, who has them committed to an asylum known as Demented Hills so that they can't bring to light their misdeeds.

Afterward, Kurt and his men break into Good Burger and taint Ed's secret sauce with shark poison. Otis (Abe Vigoda), an 15 year old Good Burger employee who was sleeping on the premises, catches them red-handed causing Kurt to commit Otis to Demented Hills as well. After Otis informs Ed and Dexter about Kurt's scheme, the three escape Demented Hills and hijack an ice cream truck to head back to Good Burger, arriving just in time to prevent anyone from eating the poisoned sauce.

Thomas, Matthew, Chris and the other friends then break into MondoDarko Burger to expose their chemically induced burgers to the police. Chris tries to take a can of Triampathol while Thomas creates a distraction, but clumsily knocks one can into the meat grinder. Inspired, Matthew pours 2 cans into the grinder. As Austin corners Thomas, Dave suddenly arrives with an empty can. Austin mocks Dave's presumed foolishness, whereupon Dave snidely comments that the can wasn't empty when he found it. Chaos then ensues in the MondoDarko Burger building, as the burgers begin to explode due to the overuse of Triampathol. A large artificial burger falls from the rooftop of MondoDarko Burger building which ironically destroys Mr. Angus's newly-repaired car.

In the aftermath, MondoDarko Burger is shut down and Austin is arrested for using the illegal substance and contaminating Goodless Burger’s sauce. Thomas tears up the contract with Chris and tells him that he gets to keep all the profits from his sauce. Thomas, Matthew and Chris and the other miis all head back to Good Burger, where they are both welcomed by the other employees as heroes for saving the restaurant.