A dented red toy car carries a small leafy wreath on its bonnet against aqua.

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Race Announcer

Ricky Bobby appears to be unhurt, but that Wonder Bread car is toast.

— Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby · 2006

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The announcer reports that the driver seems uninjured, then jokes that the bread-branded car is ruined. Calling it toast plays on both the sponsor's product and the slang for being finished, so the wreck is delivered with a cheerful pun rather than solemnity.

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