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Chalet Girl

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{{Infobox film
| name = Chalet Girl
| image = Chalet Girl.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Phil Traill]]
| producer = Wolfgang Behr
| writer = [[Tom Williams]]
| starring = [[Felicity Jones]] [[Ed Westwick]] [[Bill Bailey]] [[Sophia Bush]] [[Brooke Shields]] [[Tamsin Egerton]]
| music = Christian Henson
| cinematography = Ed Wild
| editing = Robin Sales
| distributor = [[IFC Films]]
| released = {{Film date|2011|10|14}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = {{Film UK}} {{Film Germany}} {{Film Austria}}
| language = English German
| budget = £8,000,000
| gross = $4,811,510<ref name=Box Office Mojo>{{cite web|title=Box Office Mojo|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fCHALETGIRL01&country=UK&wk=2011W11&id=_fCHALETGIRL01&p=.htm|accessdate=8 May 2011}}</ref>
}}
'''''Chalet Girl''''' is a 2011 British [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Phil Traill]]. The film stars [[Felicity Jones]], [[Bill Bailey]], [[Sophia Bush]], [[Ed Westwick]], [[Brooke Shields]] and [[Bill Nighy]]. The film was produced by Pippa Cross, Harriet Rees, Dietmar Guentsche and Wolfgang Behr, and written by [[Tom Williams]]. It was filmed on location in [[Sankt Anton am Arlberg]], [[Austria]] and in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], [[Germany]]. Critical reaction to the film was mixed, but overall praised Felicity Jones in the leading role.

==Plot==
Kim Mathews ([[Felicity Jones]]) was a skateboarding champion before she was in a fatal car accident in which her mum is killed. Kim gives up skateboarding and begins working in fast food burger bar to pay household bills to help her Dad ([[Bill Bailey]]).

When she and her dad need more money to pay the bills, Kim goes looking for a job with better pay. At first she gets turned down as she isn't 'posh' enough, but later gets called back to be a "Chalet Girl" (home help at a private chalet) in the Alps.
Chalet Girl Georgie ([[Tamsin Egerton]]) is sent to help Kim out but doesn't seem to like her as she is anything but posh or glamorous and she can't ski or snowboard as she has never been to the Alps. Kim is instantly attracted to Johnny ([[Ed Westwick]]) the rich son of Richard([[Bill Nighy]]) and Caroline ([[Brooke Shields]]), although he is in a relationship with girlfriend Chloe ([[Sophia Bush]]).

As Kim is living next to the mountains she tries to teach herself to snowboard although she finds this difficult. Mikki ([[Ken Duken]]), seeing her struggle helps her out and teaches her to snowboard. He notices that she has a natural talent. He persuades her to try out to win a snowboarding competition to win $25,000.

Georgie begins to become friends with Kim and later finds out it is her birthday. She takes Kim to a club were they get drunk. She persuades Kim to take the party back to where they are staying, as the family are out. Georgie, Kim, Mikki and Georgie's friend, Amy ([[Abbie Dunn]]) are in the hot tub and they are naked. Georgie and Mikki continue to hook up.

When Kim gets out of the tub to shovel snow on herself, the family return home and see her naked. Georgie and Kim then proceed to clean the house and pay back for any damage that was down to the house. Kim continues to work on her snowboarding skills and tries to conquer her fear of the high jumps as it brings back the memory of the car crash.

Kim and Johnny become closer and during a business trip with his father and some potential investors he decides to stay behind, presumably to spend more time with Kim. Johnny pays her to teach him how to snowboard brings them closer and they eventually kiss. Bernhard ([[Gregor Bloéb]]) spots them and tells Johnny's mother.

Kim and Johnny are then seen kissing in the house end up in bed. In the morning Caroline (Johnnys mother) catches them and gives away the fact that Johnny is engaged to Chloe. Kim packs her stuff and leaves the house completely distraught.

As she is going to leave for home her Dad persuades her to stay and try and win the competition as it would have been what her mother wanted. At his and Chloe's engagement party, Johnny breaks up with Chloe after five years in a relationship, stating that he is in fact in love with Kim. After hearing the news of their break up Kim appears to not care about Johnny anymore.

Mikki and Kim enter the competition. Mikki fails to make the high jump and ends up breaking his arm, which takes him out of the chance of winning. Kim does well on all obstacles until she gets to the high jump, she stops as she remembers the car accident again. Although she doesn't make a place in the top 20 to be in the final, she is the first reserve having come 21st. When the finals come world champion Tara ([[Tara Dakides]], as herself) pulls out and gives up her chances of winning to Kim.

Kim makes all obstacles and jumps finally letting go of the accident. She wins. Johnny having come back after breaking up with Chloe, tries to make Kim forgive him. She does and they kiss. Kim also gets the prize money.

==Cast==
[[image:Ed Westwick 2010.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Ed Westwick took the role of Jonny as he liked the idea of portraying a "nice guy".]]
[[Felicity Jones]] was cast in the lead role of Kim. Producer Pippa Cross recalled the moment that they first met, "I remember her walking into the room when we were casting and the director Phil Traill looked at me and raised his eyebrows at me and I said: ‘That’s Kim’. It was as simple as that."<ref name=crossgold>{{cite news|last=Clarke|first=Andrew|title=Pippa Cross: Ipswich-born film producer scores box office gold with Chalet Girl|url=http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/features/pippa_cross_ipswich_born_film_producer_scores_box_office_gold_with_chalet_girl_1_854349?action=login|accessdate=24 May 2011|newspaper=Evening Star|date=4 April 2011}}</ref> She was known to the production staff previously following a ten year stint in ''[[The Archers]]'' and the [[Royal Court Theatre]] production of ''[[That Face]]''.<ref name=crossgold /> Jones described her character as a "witty, spirited beast", and cited the collaborative process with Traill as the reason why she took on the roll.<ref name=orangejones>{{cite news|last=Carnevale|first=Rob|title=Chalet Girl - Felicity Jones interview|url=http://web.orange.co.uk/article/film/chalet-girl-felicity-jones|accessdate=24 May 2011|newspaper=Orange.co.uk|date=14 March 2011}}</ref>

[[Ed Westwick]], best known for playing [[Chuck Bass]] in ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', was cast as Jonny.<ref name=latest7ed>{{cite news|title=Interview: Chalet Girl’s Ed Westwick|url=http://thelatest.co.uk/7/interview-chalet-girls-ed-westwick|accessdate=24 May 2011|newspaper=Latest 7|date=15 March 2011}}</ref> He took the roll for a change of [[Film genre|genre]], because he liked the idea of playing a "nice guy", and in order to practice his skiing.<ref name=orangewestwick /> He said of the film, "It’s a return to that sort of English comedy that I grew up with. It has elements of Richard Curtis and that classic English wit, which is great".<ref name=latest7ed/>

[[Brooke Shields]] became attached to the project as Caroline, Jonny's mother, about a month before her shooting began and described herself as "honored" to be working with [[Bill Nighy]] who was cast as her on–screen husband, Richard.<ref name=onsetinterviews/> Comedian [[Bill Bailey]] plays Bill, the father of Kim. He was approached by director Phil Traill who used to live nearby to Bailey and took him for a drink down the local [[pub]] and was "chuffed" to get the role.<ref name=latest7ed/>

Playing the character of Georgie was [[Tamsin Egerton]], who joined the project because of the quality of the script in particular the banter between Georgie and Kim and became attached quite early as she was eager to work with Felicity Jones.<ref name=viewtamsin/> She had auditioned a year before filming started and had assumed she hadn't got the part.<ref name=onsetinterviews/> Her only concern was that Georgie was quite similar to the character she portrayed in [[St Trinian's (film)|''St Trinian's'']] and [[St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold|''St Trinian's 2'']].<ref name=viewtamsin>{{cite news|title=Tamsin Egerton Interview|url=http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/cinemas/tamsin-egerton-interview-feature-interview-3939.html|accessdate=24 May 2011|newspaper=View London}}</ref>

[[Germans|German]] [[Ken Duken]] met the producers initially at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], and was cast as the [[Finns|Finn]] Mikki after being called in to audition. [[Tara Dakides]], a professional snowboarder, portrayed herself in the film. She first became involved in the summer of 2009 and felt "extremely flattered as well as terrified" about playing herself on screen. In addition, [[Nicholas Braun]] was cast as Nigel, and [[Sophia Bush]] as Chloe.<ref name=onsetinterviews/>

==Production==
===Development===
''Chalet Girl'' was one of a number of pitches by Tom Williams to producer Harriet Rees at the [[International Screenwriters' Festival]], [[Cheltenham]] in 2007. Williams had previously worked at [[Working Title Films]] as a script reader, and described himself as sharing their "commercial sensibility".<ref name=onsetinterviews/> Rees described the ''Chalet Girl'' as the pitch that stood out, and Williams began to work on a script.<ref name=onsetinterviews>{{cite web|title=Interviews {{!}} Cast & Crew|url=http://chaletgirlfilm.wordpress.com/interviews-cast-crew/|publisher=Chalet Girl on Set|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref> The first draft of the script was delivered on Christmas Eve 2007, with a further 123 versions created before shooting would finish.<ref name=onsetinterviews/> Rees went on to meet [[Phil Traill]] in [[Los Angeles]] regarding a different project which he decided against but following a phone call from Williams, who Traill knew from their time at [[Newcastle University]], the director was attracted to the ''Chalet Girl'' script. First time feature producer Rees teamed up with Pippa Cross, who she described as her "mentor".<ref name=onsetinterviews/>

A few changes were made to the script during development, including removing a younger brother of the character Kim. Due to budgetary restraints, a number of scenes were dropped or the locations moved.<ref name=onsetinterviews/> Costume designers had to fly around to meet the actors availability, including to [[New York]] to meet with Ed Westwick and [[Soho]], London with Bill Nighy. Both Nighy and Shields wore some of their own items on screen to save the film's budget, including Shields' engagement ring.<ref name=onsetinterviews/>

Reconnaissance trips were made to the resort of [[Méribel]] and to snowboarding championships in [[Laax]]. Traill joked that due to insurance reasons, he was only allowed to ski on such recce trips, and so made as many of them as possible.<ref name=onsetinterviews/> The no-ski ban was extended to himself, Ed Westwick and Joe Geary, the first [[assistant director]], during the early stages of production.<ref name=onsetinterviews/> It was partially funded by the [[UK Film Council]], who gave it a grant of £800,000,<ref name=denofgeek>{{cite news|last=Leader|first=Michael|title=Chalet Girl review|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/812101/chalet_girl_review.html|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=Den of Geek|date=16 March 2011}}</ref> and 10% of the budget was given by the [[Enterprise Investment Scheme]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lodderhose|first=Diana|title=U.K. makes film investment more inviting|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118034342?refcatid=13&printerfriendly=true|accessdate=24 May 2011|date=23 March 2011|work=Variety}}</ref>

===Filming===
[[image:St Anton Nassereinbahn.jpg|thumb|right|Skiing scenes were shot on location on the slopes of Sankt Anton am Arlberg.]]
It was filmed on location in [[Sankt Anton am Arlberg]], in [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]], western [[Austria]] over the course of two months.<ref name=onsetinterviews/><ref name=dailymailinside>{{cite news|last=English|first=Neil|title=Chalet Girl: Inside the world of the new hit film - and downhill on the slopes of St Anton|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1351966/Chalet-Girl-review-Inside-world-new-ski-movie-St-Anton-slopes.html|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=Daily Mail|date=1 February 2011|location=London}}</ref> Actor Ed Westwick went into filming as an already accomplished skier, having skied since the age of 12,<ref name=orangewestwick>{{cite news|last=Carnevale|first=Rob|title=Chalet Girl - Ed Westwick interview|url=http://web.orange.co.uk/article/film/chalet-girl-ed-westwick|accessdate=24 May 2011|newspaper=Orange.co.uk|date=15 March 2011}}</ref> but wasn't trained on the snowboard, only ever having had one lesson.<ref name=standardprem/> However Felicity Jones had only previously been on [[dry ski slope]]s as a child, and had never previously been on a [[snowboard]]. She trained for six hours a day for four weeks in order to become proficient enough to film, "I wanted to do as much of the groundwork on the board that Kim does as possible, hence the rigorous training. So, then towards the end I was able to do tiny little jumps."<ref name=orangejones /> Jones also experienced life as a real chalet girl with staff at [[Flexiski]].<ref name=onsetinterviews/> Tamsin Egerton signed on having had no experience on the slopes, and spent time with a trainer. Although she became "hooked" on skiing, in the final cut of the film she isn't actually seen skiing but can be seen on the [[blooper reel]] falling over on the slopes.<ref name=viewtamsin/> Filming had to be stopped at one point, as the mountain had to be evacuated due to a [[snow storm]]. The village scenes were filmed in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] in southern [[Germany]], including using the interior of a German [[log cabin]] to double for a house in west [[London]].<ref name=onsetinterviews/>

The majority of the cast were British, with Brooke Shields, Sophia Bush and Nicholas Braun being the exceptions.<ref name=latest7ed/> Bill Nighy filmed his scenes over a period of two weeks,<ref name=crossgold /> and developed a [[Association football|football]] rivalry with Ed Westwick with the two actors supporting [[Manchester United]] and [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] respectively.<ref name=latest7ed/> Shields and Braun struck up a friendship during the filming with Shields describing it in interviews as wanting to "adopt him as my brother".<ref name=onsetinterviews/>

==Promotion and release==
In order to promote the movie, an online campaign was devised that integrated [[social media]] into an interactive trailer. By clicking on a [[Facebook|"Like"]] button, it took viewers to additional features. Martin Talks, chief executive of digital agency Blue Barracuda said of the campaign, "Participation and sharing, such as this, and the convergence of media, like films and the internet, is the future of film making".<ref name=socialmediapush>{{cite news|title=Rom-com Chalet Girl movie gets social push|url=http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/1055707/Rom-com-Chalet-Girl-movie-gets-social-push/|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=Marketing|date=18 February 2011}}</ref> The British premiere was held at [[Westfield London]] on 8 February 2011.<ref name=standardprem>{{cite news|title=Ed Westwick drives Westfield wild at Chalet Girl premiere|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23921668-ed-westwick-drives-westfield-wild-at-chalet-girl-premiere.do|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=Evening Standard|date=9 February 2011}}</ref> Further showings were held across the country to raise money for [[Comic Relief]] 2011.<ref name=rednoseday>{{cite web|title=Chalet Girl|url=http://www.rednoseday.com/about/partners/chalet-girl|publisher=RedNoseDay.com|accessdate=22 May 2011}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical reception===
Alex Towers of [[Trinity News]] gave the film a negative review saying "limping along from poor set-ups to glaringly obvious conclusions, the films ninety-seven minutes feels three times as long."<ref>{{cite news|last=Towers|first=Alex|title=Chalet Girl Review|url=http://trinitynews.ie/wordpress/archives/2566|newspaper=Trinity News|accessdate=24 May 2011|date=15 March 2011}}</ref> Michael Leader for Den of Geek gave the film two stars, describing some of the jokes as "god-awful", and found that the film "overstretched" itself but described Felicity Jones as an "absolutely delightful screen presence".<ref name=denofgeek /> Peter Bradshaw also gave the film two stars in a review, for ''[[The Guardian]]'', describing it as "amiable, silly, feelgood stuff".<ref name=guadianreview>{{cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|title=Chalet Girl – review|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/17/chalet-girl-review|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 March 2011|location=London}}</ref>

However, other critics gave the film positive reviews, such as Tim Robey of ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', who gave the film three stars, describing Ed Westwick as "goofy", but praised the performance of Bill Bailey as "lovably hopeless".<ref name=telegraphreview>{{cite news|last=Robey|first=Tim|title=Chalet Girl, review|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8390171/Chalet-Girl-review.html|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=18 March 2011|location=London}}</ref> ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' reviewer Dave Calhoun also gave it three stars, describing it as "loud, silly and surprisingly fun", and "corny and proud of it".<ref name=timeout>{{cite news|last=Calhoun|first=Dave|title=Chalet Girl Review|url=http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/89535/chalet-girl.html|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=Time Out London|date=17 March 2011}}</ref> The same star rating was given by ''[[Total Film]]'', where Matthew Leyland described the production values as "tatty", but Felicity Jones as a "natural, likeable everygirl".<ref name=totafilm>{{cite news|last=Leyland|first=Matthew|title=Chalet Girl|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/chalet-girl|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=Total Film|date=4 March 2011}}</ref> The Mirror gave the film four stars, Mark Adams saying that the film was a "fun-packed affair"<ref name=mirror>{{cite news|last=Adams|first=Mark|title=Film review: Chalet Girl|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/film/film-reviews/2011/03/13/film-review-chalet-girl-115875-22984501/|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=The Mirror|date=13 March 2011}}</ref> and when writing for [[Screen International|Screen Daily]] saying "it is enjoyable entertainment with no real cinematic pretentions", and laid particular praise on Felicity Jones saying that it confirms her qualities as a leading lady.<ref name=screendaily>{{cite news|last=Adams|first=Mark|title=Chalet Girl|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/latest-reviews/chalet-girl/5023428.article|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=Screen Daily|date=9 February 2011}}</ref> Sophie Ivan for [[Film4]] compared ''Chalet Girl'' to those from [[Working Title Films]], saying that it was the first British comedy since then that "won't make you want to stick pins in your eyes", and gave three and a half stars.<ref name=film4>{{cite news|last=Ivan|first=Sophie|title=Chalet Girl|url=http://www.film4.com/reviews/2011/chalet-girl|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=Film4}}</ref> It has a 84% "fresh" rating at [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 25 reviews, who gave it an average score of 6.2 out of 10.<ref name=toms>{{cite web|title=Chalet Girl (2010)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chalet_girl/|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=24 May 2011}}</ref>

===Box office===
In the UK on the first week of release, it was the top placed new film with £678,000 taken over the first five days having opened in 381 cinemas. However that figure was the lowest for the top placed new film since April 2010 with [[Whip It (film)|''Whip It'']].<ref name=firstweekratingsuk>{{cite news|title=Chalet Girl comes out top of the new releases but fails to scale the heights|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/mar/22/chalet-girl-lincoln-lawyer-uk|accessdate=22 May 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|first=Charles|last=Gant|date=23 March 2011}}</ref> This placed it in fourth place during the first week, behind [[Rango (2011 film)|''Rango'']] (£1,045,326), ''[[Battle: Los Angeles]]'' (£874,265) and [[Unknown (2011 film)|''Unknown'']] (£775,576).<ref name=firstweekratingsuk/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://chaletgirl-movie.com/}}
* {{IMDb title|1487118}}
* {{metacritic film|chaletgirl|Chalet Girl}}
* {{mojo title|chaletgirl|Chalet Girl}}

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List of apocalyptic films

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{{unreferenced|date=January 2011}}
This is a list of [[Apocalypticism|apocalyptic]] feature-length films. All films within this list feature either [[apocalypse|the end of the world]], a prelude to such an end, and/or a post-apocalyptic wasteland setting, or a world taken over by a viral infection.

==Before 1950==
* ''[[Deluge (1933 film)|Deluge]]''
* ''[[The End of the World (1916 film)|The End of the World]]''
* ''[[End of the World (1931 film)|End of the World]]''
* ''[[Metropolis (film)|Metropolis]]''

==1950-1959==
* ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''
* ''[[Day the World Ended]]''
* ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''
* ''[[On the Beach (1959 film)|On the Beach]]''
* ''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]''
* ''[[When Worlds Collide (film)|When Worlds Collide]]''
* ''[[The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959 film)|The World, the Flesh and the Devil]]''

==1960-1969==
* ''[[Crack in the World]]''
* ''[[The Day the Earth Caught Fire]]''
* ''[[Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''
* ''[[Fail-Safe (1964 film)|Fail-Safe]]''
* ''[[In the Year 2889]]''
* ''[[The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)|The Last Man on Earth]]''
* ''[[The Last War (1961 film)|The Last War]]''
* ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''
* ''[[Panic in Year Zero!]]''
* ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''
* ''[[The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine]]''

==1970-1979==
* ''[[A Boy and His Dog]]''
* ''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]''
* ''[[Battle for the Planet of the Apes]]''
* ''[[Beneath the Planet of the Apes]]''
* ''[[Beware! The Blob]]''
* ''[[Black Moon (film)|Black Moon]]''
* ''[[Colossus: The Forbin Project]]''
* ''[[Conquest of the Planet of the Apes]]''
* ''[[Damnation Alley (film)|Damnation Alley]]''
* ''[[Dawn of the Dead]]''
* ''[[Escape from the Planet of the Apes]]''
* ''[[Holocaust 2000]]''
* ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''
* ''[[The Final Programme (film)|The Last Days of Man on Earth (The Final Programme)]]''
* ''[[Logan's Run (film)|Logan's Run]]''
* ''[[Mad Max]]''
* ''[[The Noah]]''
* ''[[Omega Man]]''
* ''[[Quintet (film)|Quintet]]''
* ''[[Silent Running]]''
* ''[[Soylent Green]]''
* ''[[Zardoz]]''

==1980-1989==
* ''[[2010 (film)|2010: The Year We Make Contact]]''
* ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]''
* ''[[The Apple (1980 film)|The Apple]]''
* ''[[Das Arche Noah Prinzip]]''
* ''[[Bunker Palace Hôtel]]''
* ''[[Cherry 2000]]''
* ''[[The Day After]]''
* ''[[The Dead Zone (film)|The Dead Zone]]''
* ''[[Le Dernier Combat]]''
* ''[[Def-Con 4]]''
* ''[[Cyborg (film)|Cyborg]]''
* ''[[Escape from New York]]''
* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''
* ''[[Land of Doom (1986 film)|Land of Doom]]''
* ''[[Leviathan (film)|Leviathan]]''
* ''[[Mad Max 2|Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)]]''
* ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]''
* ''[[Malevil (film)|Malevil]]''
* ''[[Millennium (film)|Millennium]]''
* ''[[Miracle Mile (film)|Miracle Mile]]''
* ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)|Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]''
* ''[[Night of the Comet]]''
* ''[[Omen III: The Final Conflict]]''
* ''[[Proini peripolos]]''
* ''[[The Quiet Earth (film)|The Quiet Earth]]''
* ''[[The Seventh Sign]]''
* ''[[The Terminator (film)|The Terminator]]''
* ''[[Testament (film)|Testament]]''
* ''[[Threads]]''
* ''[[Virus (1980 film)|Virus]]''
* ''[[When the Wind Blows (film)|When the Wind Blows]]''

==1990-1999==
* ''[[12 Monkeys]]''
* ''[[Alien 3]]''
* ''[[Alien Resurrection]]''
* ''[[Blue Gender]]''
* ''[[By Dawn's Early Light]]''
* ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]''
* ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]''
* ''[[End of Days (1999 film)|End of Days]]''
* ''[[The End of Evangelion]]''
* ''[[Escape from L.A.]]''
* ''[[The Handmaid's Tale (film)|The Handmaid's Tale]]''
* ''[[In the Mouth of Madness]]''
* ''[[Independence Day (film)|Independence Day]]''
* ''[[Invasion (1997 film)|Invasion]]''
* ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]''
* ''[[The Matrix (film)|The Matrix]]''
* ''[[The Omega Code]]''
* ''[[The Postman (film)|The Postman]]''
* ''[[The Rapture (film)|The Rapture]]''
* ''[[Six String Samurai]]''
* ''[[Solar Crisis (film)|Solar Crisis]]''
* ''[[The Stand (TV miniseries)|The Stand]]''
* ''[[Tank Girl (film)|Tank Girl]]''
* ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day|Terminator 2]]''
* ''[[Waterworld]]''
* ''[[Without Warning (1994 film)|Without Warning]]''

==2000-2009==
* ''[[2012 (film)|2012]]''
* ''[[28 Days Later]]''
* ''[[28 Weeks Later]]''
* ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]''
* ''[[Babylon A.D.]]''
* ''[[Blindness (film)|Blindness]]''
* ''[[Carriers (film)|Carriers]]''
* ''[[Children of Men]]''
* ''[[The Core]]''
* ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''
* ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]''
* ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''
* ''[[Doomsday (film)|Doomsday]]
* ''[[Dreamcatcher (film)|Dreamcatcher]]''
* ''[[Earth 2100]]''
* ''[[Fail Safe (2000 TV)|Fail Safe]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]]''
* ''[[The Happening (2008 film)|The Happening]]''
* ''[[Happy End (2009 film)|Happy End]]''
* ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]''
* ''[[Idiocracy (film)|Idiocracy]]''
* ''[[Impact (TV mini-series)|Impact]]''
* ''[[The Invasion (film)|The Invasion]]''
* ''[[Knowing (film)|Knowing]]''
* ''[[Land of the Dead]]''
* ''[[Left Behind (film)|Left Behind]]''
* ''[[Lost Souls (film)|Lost Souls]]''
* ''[[Meteor_(TV_miniseries)|Meteor]]''
* ''[[Megiddo: The Omega Code 2]]''
* ''[[On the Beach (2000 film)|On the Beach]]''
* ''[[Pandorum]]''
* ''[[Pulse]]''
* ''[[Reign of Fire (film)|Reign of Fire]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil: Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil: Extinction]]''
* ''[[Returner]]''
* ''[[Right at Your Door]]''
* ''[[The Road (2009 film)|The Road]]''
* ''[[Save the Green Planet!]]''
* ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''
* ''[[Solar Attack]]''
* ''[[Southland Tales]]''
* ''[[Supervolcano (docudrama)|Supervolcano]]''
* ''[[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]]''
* ''[[Terminator: Salvation]]''
* ''[[The Time Machine (2002 film)|The Time Machine]]''
* ''[[Titan A.E.]]''
* ''[[WALL-E]]''
* ''[[War of the Worlds (2005 film)|War of the Worlds]]''
* ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]''
* ''[[Time of the Wolf]]''
* ''[[Zombieland]]''

==2010-==
* ''[[Arctic Blast (film)|Arctic Blast]]''
* ''[[The Book of Eli]]''
* ''[[Daybreakers]]''
* ''[[Legion (2010 film)|Legion]]
* ''[[Maximum Shame]]''
* ''[[Melancholia (2011 film)|Melancholia]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]''
* ''[[Stake Land]]''
* ''[[The Turin Horse]]''
* ''[[Vanishing on 7th Street]]''
* ''[[Battle: Los Angeles]]''
* ''[[Hell (2011 film)]]''

==See also==
* [[List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction]]
* [[List of dystopian films]]

[[Category:Apocalyptic films|*]]
[[Category:Lists of films by genre|Apocalyptic films]]

[[ru:Список апокалиптических фильмов]]

Hey There Delilah

2011-08-11T15:11:50Z

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{{Infobox single
| Name = Hey There Delilah
| Cover = Plain white t's here there delilah.jpg
| Artist = [[Plain White T's]]
| Album = [[All That We Needed]] and [[Every Second Counts (album)|Every Second Counts]]
| B-side = "Easy Way Out"
| Released = May 9, 2006 (U.S.) September 3, 2007 (UK)
| Format = [[CD single]], [[Digital distribution|digital download]]
| Recorded = May 2004
| Genre = [[Acoustic music|Acoustic]], [[indie pop]]
| Length = 3:52
| Label = [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]], [[Fearless Records|Fearless]]
| Writer = Tom Higgenson
| Producer = [[Ariel Rechtshaid]]
| Certification = 3x Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]) 3x Platinum ([[Canadian Recording Industry Association|CRIA]])
| Last single = "Take Me Away" (2005)
| This single = "'''Hey There Delilah'''" (2006)
| Next single = "[[Hate (I Really Don't Like You)]]" (2006)
}}

"'''Hey There Delilah'''", written by [[Tom Higgenson]], is the third [[single (music)|single]] released from the band [[Plain White T's]] 2005 [[album]] ''[[All That We Needed]]''. In June 2007, over two years after the song's release, it became the band's first hit in the [[United States]], eventually reaching #1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] in July. From July 3, 2007 through July 28, the song was the number one most played song on the radio, and the number one downloaded song on the [[United States|U.S.]] [[iTunes Store|iTunes Music Store]]. Since its release, "Hey There Delilah" has been covered by many artists worldwide in one form or another. Since release, it has sold over 4,000,000 digital copies in the US alone.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74340/week-ending-march-6-2011-songs-rated-pg/;_ylt=ArPmJDbov5AwL_nVG3VkENUPwiUv|title=Week Ending March 6, 2011: Songs: Rated PG|publisher= Yahoo! Chart Watch|date=2011-03-09|accessdate=2011-03-10}}</ref>

It was the first number one single for the [[Plain White T's]]. It also reached number two in the [[UK]].<ref name="wenn">{{cite web|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/10/sean_kingston_keeps_top_spot_in_uk_chart|title=Sean Kingston Keeps Top Spot In UK Charts|first=WENN|publisher=World Entertainment News Network|accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref> The song ended 2007 as the year's 14th biggest-selling single in the UK.<ref name="bbcmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles2007.shtml|title=BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Singles|publisher=[[BBC Music]]|accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref>

Although "Hey There Delilah" is from the Plain White Ts' third album, ''[[All That We Needed]]'', since the single's popularity new versions of the intervening fourth album, ''[[Every Second Counts (album)|Every Second Counts]]'', have "Hey There Delilah" added as a bonus track with a string section augmenting the original recording.<ref name="ultimateguitar">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/video_news/plain_white_ts_hey_there_delilah_is_number_one.html|title=Plain White T's 'Hey There Delilah' Is Number One|publisher=Ultimate Guitar|accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref> The music video for the song was directed by Jay Martin.

The song was written after Higgenson met [[Delilah DiCrescenzo]], a nationally ranked American [[Steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]] and [[cross country running|cross country]] runner.<ref name="ET">{{cite web|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22799483/from/ET/|title=Muse shares story behind ‘Hey There Delilah’|last=Celizic|first=Mike|date=January 23, 2008|accessdate=2009-02-07}}</ref>

==Critical reaction==
''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named "Hey There Delilah" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #7.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686244_1690647,00.html | work=Time | title=Top 10 Everything Of 2007 | date=December 9, 2007 | accessdate=May 4, 2010}}</ref> Music critic [[Josh Tyrangiel]] called it "an intimate love song that's damn near universal." Tyrangiel praised the Plain White T’s for managing to make another "aching guy reaching out to distant girl song feel fresh," singling out singer Tom Higgenson’s otherwise imperfect voice and "nasal delivery [for making] the nearly-comic sincerity of the lyrics seem completely genuine."<ref>Tyrangiel, Josh (December 24, 2007)[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686244_1690647,00.html "The Best Top 10 Lists of the Year: The 10 Best Songs"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. '''170''' (26):68 Retrieved on 2008-01-29</ref>

The song was a double [[50th Grammy Awards|2008 Grammy Award]] nominee, for [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|2007 Song of the Year]] (won by [[Amy Winehouse]]) and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|2007 Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]] (won by [[Maroon 5]]). Though the two never dated, the real Delilah attended the Grammy Award show that year as the guest of Tom Higgenson, the song's writer.<ref>[http://www.celebpeeps.net/news/Delilah_DiCrescenzo_Finally_Gives_Tom_Higgenson_Date.html Delilah DiCrescenzo Finally Gives Tom Higgenson a Date]</ref>

On [[VH1]]'s Top 40 Videos of 2007, "Hey There Delilah" was #8, ahead of "[[If Everyone Cared]]" by Nickelback and behind "[[Say It Right]]" by [[Nelly Furtado]].

==Cover versions==
* The [[British people|British]] [[girl group]] [[Sugababes]] covered the song during a [[BBC Radio 1]] ''[[Live Lounge]]'' show. The song was recorded and listed as a [[B-side]] on their single "[[Denial (Sugababes song)|Denial]]".
* In 2009 a cover sung by children was released as part of the "Kidz Bop" promotion for [[McDonald's]] [[fast food]] restaurants. The track was featured on the CD ''Kidz Bop 3'' given away with [[Happy Meals]].<ref>Http://happymeal.com</ref>
* The [[Germans|German]] group [[The Baseballs]] covered the song in [[rockabilly]] style for their debut album ''Strike!'' in 2009.
* The Los Angeles based [[Vitamin String Quartet]] covered the song.
* The [[Synthpop]] band [[Go Persicope]] has covered the song.

==Live cover performances==
* Concert pianist Marrina Waks also covered this song in a broad array of styles on [[piano]].
* ''[[American Idol (season 8)|American Idol]]'' contestant Ju'not Joyner covered this song on the March 3rd, 2009 episode of the show. Jamar Rogers covered the song during Hollywood week. Jimmy Kennedy covered the song during the ''[[American Idol (season 10)|New York/New Jersey Auditions]]'' 2 years later. In all three cases, this song was the contestant's last performance before being eliminated.
* Louis Tomlinson - who would later become a member of boyband [[One Direction]] - covered the song during the audition stage of ''[[X Factor (UK series 7)|The X Factor]]''.
* Sesame Sreet, Covered as "The Letter T" song, using the same music but different lyrics with some derived from the original

==Remixes & sampling==
* Rapper [[Tyga]] did a remix of the song.
* Chuck Inglish from [[hip hop]] group [[The Cool Kids]] created a remix which includes lots of percussion and instruments, but does not actually have him using lyrics of his own on the song.
* Danse Daimons made the official remix and re-made parts of the video in 2007. The remix is a hip hop remix and he raps from the perspective of the "other man" in Tom and Delilah's relationship and implies he is the reason Delilah left Tom.

==Parodies==
The song's cliché lyrics and simple structure have made it the target of numerous parodies.

*The first parody to appear was [[Kevin Tor]]'s version of Hey There Delilah, the Stalker version.{{citation needed|date=May 2011}}
*One of the more popular examples is Robert Lund and M. Spaff Sumsion's "Re: Your Song About My Client Delilah", which takes the form of a cease-and-desist letter to Tom Higgenson from Delilah's attorney.<ref name="spaff">{{cite web|url=http://www.spaff.com/poesy/delilah.html|title=Re: Your Song About My Client Delilah|last=Sumsion|first=M. Spaff|publisher=Spaff.com|accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref> [[Cinema Blend]] called it one of the best song parodies since [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s "[[White and Nerdy]]".<ref name="cinemablend">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/music/Parody-Offers-Delilah-s-Legal-Response-5888.html|title=Parody Offers Delilah's Legal Response|last=Telsch|first=Rafe|date=2007-08-19|publisher=Cinema Blend|accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref> [[Dr. Demento]] named it one of his top ten songs of 2007.<ref name="demento">{{cite web|url=http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd07.1230.html|title=The Dr. Demento Show #07-52 - December 30, 2007|publisher=Dr. Demonto.com|accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref>
*Another popular parody surfaced in October 2008; former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] candidate [[Sarah Palin]] appeared on [[YouTube]]. "Hey Sarah Palin", by MC Howie and Julie K, uses the melody of this song.<ref name="carnival">{{cite web|url=http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2008/10/hey-sarah-palin.html|title=The Political Carnival: Hey Sarah Palin|publisher=The Political Carnival|accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref>
*In an animated segment for ''[[Sesame Street]]'', the song is parodied by three animated white letter T's - a reference to the band's name - singing about themselves. [[Tom Higgenson]] provides the voice for the song.<ref name="season39">{{cite news|url=http://archive.sesameworkshop.org/aboutus/pressroom/presskits/season39/parody_descriptions.php|title=Sesame Street - Season 39 Press Kit|accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref>
*[[Seth and Willie Fred]] performed "Hey There Alana" on their SWF:WTF tour and to this day is one of their more popular songs even though it has never appeared on one of the comedy group's albums.<ref name="alana">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgW_Y7Cbro|title= Hey There Alana|publisher=guitarplayinteen's Youtube channel}}</ref>
* Another parody with over 2 million YouTube views is a song called "Hey There Vagina" written and performed by [[Psycho Mike]]. It was the most requested song on [[KROQ]] for a week in June 2007, until it was pulled from the air by station lawyers.<ref>http://www.tmz.com/2007/06/21/vagina-travesty-radio-lawyers-censor-song/</ref>
*[[Christian]] parodies, based on the story of [[Samson]] and [[Delilah]], include a version by Christian comedian Tim Hawkins,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ2KYbRVie8&feature=related Hey There Delilah] by [[Tim Hawkins]] at YouTube</ref> and another re-named "Hair Care Delilah".<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6y4Fijvjkw Hair Care Delilah]</ref>
*"Hey There Cthulhu", by the Eben Brooks Band, focuses on the [[Lovecraft]] god-monster lored for its insanity-inducing presence and the destruction it will bring upon its awakening. The singer apparently goes mad by the end of the song.

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (2007)
!Peak position
|-
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Plain+White+T%27s&titel=Hey+There+Delilah&cat=s |title=Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah |publisher=australian-charts.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-03}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref name="World Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart<ref name="World Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref name="World Peaks">[http://acharts.us/song/12459 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah - Music Charts]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|[[Dutch Top 40|Dutch Singles Chart]]<ref name="World Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]]<ref name="World Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Italian Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=1 Italian Singles Chart]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|14
|-
|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="World Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref name="World Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref name="World Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
|[[Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref name="World Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|[[Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref name="World Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="World Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="Billboard Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]<ref name="Billboard Peaks">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=484894&model.vnuAlbumId=900535 Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Plain White T's]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks]]<ref name="Billboard Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref name="Billboard Peaks"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (2007)
! Rank
|-
|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]] <ref>http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2007</ref>
|align="center"|23
|-
! Chart (2008)
! Rank
|-
|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]] <ref>http://www.mtv.de/charts/Jahrescharts2008</ref>
|align="center"|96
|-
|}

===Decade-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2000–2009)
!Rank
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs |title=The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks - Decade Year End Charts |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |accessdate=April 18, 2011}}</ref>
|align="center"|97
|}

==Certifications==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!Certification
!Date
!Sales certified
|-
|Germany <ref>{{cite gold platin}}</ref>
|align="center"|Gold
|align="center"|2007
|align="center"|150,000 +
|-
|USA <ref>http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database#</ref>
|align="center"|3x Platinum
|align="center"|2011
|align="center"|3,000,000 +
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 (Canada)]]
*[[List of number-one hits of 2007 (Germany)]]
*[[List of European number-one hits of 2007]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{youtube|h_m-BjrxmgI|"Hey There Delilah" music video}}

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Victor Rasuk

2011-05-02T07:17:36Z

NiemehrzweiteLiga: /* Filmography */ according to imdb he wasn´t in that film

{{Infobox person
| name = Victor Rasuk
| image =VictorRasuk_Granitz_10331169
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| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1984|1|15}}
| birthplace = [[Harlem, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1998-present
}}
'''Victor Rasuk''' (born January 15, 1984) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]].

Rasuk was born in [[Harlem, New York]] to [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] parents.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/23/DD218881.DTL | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | title=Victor victorious / A 19-year-old newcomer is winning over movie critics with his role in 'Vargas' | first=Edward | last=Guthmann | date=April 23, 2003}}</ref> He has one brother, [[Silvestre Rasuk|Silvestre]],<ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10399 JewishJournal.com]</ref> with whom he starred in ''[[Raising Victor Vargas]]''.

Rasuk attended performing arts school as a teenager, and began acting at 14. He garnered his first movie role at 16 in ''Five Feet High and Rising.'' The film—less than 30 minutes long—was a hit at the Independent Spirit Film Festival. Two years later, the same director, Peter Sollett, suggested expanding the short film into a feature-length movie: ''[[Raising Victor Vargas]],'' which went on to win Rasuk an [[Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] for his work. In his next film, ''Rock Steady'', Rasuk played a character named Roc. Two years later, he took a leading role in ''[[Haven (film)|Haven]]'' with [[Orlando Bloom]].

In 2005, ''[[Lords of Dogtown]]'' was released, with Victor playing [[Tony Alva]], one of the leading roles. The part included [[surfing]] and performing [[skateboarding]] tricks. Although the more complicated maneuvers were performed by stunt men (including the scenes of surfing at [[Pacific Ocean Park]] pier and skating in empty swimming pools), Rasuk is a [[method acting|method actor]] and worked on remaining in character both on and off screen. Believing he had mastered skating a huge ramp in only his second week of training, Rasuk fractured one of his [[Orbit (anatomy)|orbital bones]].<ref>http://www.hollywood.com/features/t1/nav/5/id/2441116</ref> Rasuk says the accident likely earned him more respect from serious skaters within the cast and crew.

Victor can now be seen on the [[HBO]] television series ''[[How To Make It In America]]'' (2010), co-starring alongside [[Bryan Greenberg]] and rapper [[Kid Cudi]].<ref name = "Rasuk in How to Make It">{{cite web |author = [[HBO]] |title = Victor Rasuk in ''How to Make It in America'' |url = http://www.hbo.com/how-to-make-it-in-america/cast-and-crew/cameron-cam-calderon/bio/victor-rasuk.html|accessdate = March 27, 2010}}</ref> [[Marjorie Ballentine]] is his acting coach.

==Filmography==
*''[[Flawless (1999 film)|Flawless]]'' (1999): Kid from the Neighborhood (uncredited)
*''[[Five Feet High and Rising (film)|Five Feet High and Rising]]'' (2000): Victor
*''[[The Soft Parade (film)|The Soft Parade]]'' (short, 2001) Shakespeare NYU
*''[[Raising Victor Vargas]]'' aka ''Long Way Home'' (2002): Victor Vargas
*''[[Rock Steady (film)|Rock Steady]]'' (2002): Roc
*''[[Undefeated]]'' (2003): Street Kid
*''[[Haven (film)|Haven]]'' (2004): Fritz
*''[[Lords of Dogtown]]'' (2005): Tony Alva
*''[[I'm Reed Fish]]'' (2006): Frank Cortez
*''[[Bonneville (film)|Bonneville]]'' (2006): Bo Douglas
*''[[Emil (film)|Emil]]'' (2006)
*''[[Spinning Into Butter (film)|Spinning Into Butter]]'' (2007): Patrick Chibas
*''[[Adrift in Manhattan]]'' (2007): Simon Colon
*''[[Feel the Noise]]'' (2007): Javi
*''[[Stop-Loss (film)|Stop-Loss]]'' (2008): Pvt. Rico Rodriguez
*''[[Che (film)|Che]]'' (2008): Rogelio Acevedo
*''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' (TV series) (2008–2009): Dr. Ryan Sanchez
*''[[Life Is Hot in Cracktown]]'' (2009): Manny
*''[[The War Boys]]'' (2009): Greg
*''[[Apples (film)|Apples]]'' (2010): Valet
*''[[How to Make It in America]]'' (TV series) (2010–present): Cameron 'Cam' Calderon<ref name = "Rasuk in How to Make It"/>
*''[[Celestina (film)|Celestina]]'' (2011): Nelson
*''[[Keep Coming Back (film)|Keep Coming Back]]'' (2011): Bobby

==See also==
{{Portal|Dominican Republic}}
*[[Lists of people from the Dominican Republic]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{imdb name|id=0711559|name=Victor Rasuk}}
* [http://www.nochelatina.com/Articles/6596/Interview-with-How-To-Make-It-In-Americas-Victor-Rasuk Interview on nocheLatina.com]

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Hall Pass

2011-02-24T09:38:29Z

NiemehrzweiteLiga: interwiki de

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| name = Hall Pass
| image = Hall Pass Poster.jpg
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| director = [[Bobby Farrelly|Bobby]] & [[Peter Farrelly]]
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| writer = Bobby & Peter Farrelly [[Pete Jones]] Kevin Barnett
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'''''Hall Pass''''' is a 2011 comedy film produced and directed by the [[Farrelly brothers]] and co-written by them along with with Pete Jones,<ref name="variety"/> the writer/director of ''[[Stolen Summer]]''. It stars [[Owen Wilson]], [[Jason Sudeikis]], [[Stephen Merchant]], [[Jenna Fischer]] and [[Christina Applegate]].

==Plot==
Rick ([[Owen Wilson]]) and Fred ([[Jason Sudeikis]]) are best friends who have a lot in common, including the fact that they have each been married for many years. But when the two men begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives ([[Jenna Fischer]], [[Christina Applegate]]) take a bold approach to revitalizing their individual marriages: granting them a "[[hall pass]]," one week of freedom to do whatever they want...no questions asked. At first, it sounds like a dream come true for Rick and Fred. But it isn't long before they discover that their expectations are out of sync with reality.

==Cast==
* [[Owen Wilson]] as Rick
* [[Jason Sudeikis]] as Fred
* [[Jenna Fischer]] as Maggie
* [[Christina Applegate]] as Grace
* [[Joy Behar]] as Dr. Lucy
* [[Alyssa Milano]] as Grace
* [[Stephen Merchant]] as Gary
* [[J.B. Smoove]] as Flats
* [[Richard Jenkins]] as Coakley
* [[Alexandra Daddario]] as Paige
* [[Vanessa Angel]] as Missy
* [[Larry Joe Campbell]] as Hog Head
* [[Megan Joy]] as Burger Girl

==Production==
The project began as a [[spec script]] written by Pete Jones, which the Farrelly brothers purchased in September 2005, paying a "high six-figure[s]."<ref name="variety2005">{{cite web | title= Fox falls for Jones' 'Hall' | url= http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117929277 | date= September 18, 2005| publisher= [[Variety (magazine) |Variety]] | author= Mike Fleming | accessdate= 2011-02-06}}</ref> Conundrum Entertainment, the Farrelly brothers production partnership with [[Bradley Thomas]], produced the film, along with [[Charles B Wessler|Charlie Wessler]].<ref name="variety" /> Owen Wilson was the first of the two leads to commit to the project; Sudeikis was the Farrelly brothers choice for the other lead role, but as of January 2010 it was still uncertain whether his commitment to his work on ''[[Saturday Night Live (season 35)|Saturday Night Live]]'' permitted his participation.<ref name="variety">{{cite web | title= Farrellys Stall Stooges for ''Hall Pass'' | url= http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2010/01/farrellys-stall-stooges-for-hall-pass.html | date= January 5, 2010 | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | author= Mike Fleming | accessdate= 2011-02-06}}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] began in February 2010 in [[Atlanta]], with Christina Applegate, Alyssa Milano, Larry Campbell and Vanessa Angel as late additions to the cast.<ref>{{cite web | title= Applegate, Milano getting ''Hall Pass''| url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/applegate-milano-getting-hall-pass-21114 | date= February 25, 2010 | publisher=[[Hollywood Reporter]] | work= Associated Press| author= Jay A. Fernandez | accessdate= 2011-02-06}}</ref> Although filmed in Georgia, the film's setting, like most [[Farrelly brothers]] films, is [[New England]];<ref name="variety"/> Georgia was chosen due to incentives introduced by the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act of 2008; according to the Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Division of the [[Georgia Department of Economic Development]], ''Hall Pass'' was part of Hollywood's nearly one billion outlay in the state during 2010; Marc Fischer, an executive producer of ''Hall Pass'', called Atlanta both more economical and easier to shoot in than [[Boston]].<ref name="incentive">{{cite web | title= Georgia shoots take off: Aggressive incentives draw high-profile pics| url= http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019132 | date= May 16, 2010| publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | author= Jack Egan | accessdate= 2011-02-06}}</ref> Fischer, also an executive producer for the Farrelly brothers' [[The Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] film, had by May 2010 already begun pre-production work in Georgia for that film.<ref name="incentive" />

== Reception ==

[[Metacritic]] gives the film a score of 39% considered "generally unfavorable" based reviews from 5 critics.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Hall Pass
| url = http://www.metacritic.com/movie/hall-pass
| work = [[Metacritic]]
| publisher = [[CBS]]
}}
</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.hall-pass-movie.com/}}
* {{Allmovie title|508190|Hall Pass}}
* {{mojo title|hallpass|Hall Pass}}
* {{IMDb title|0480687|Hall Pass}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|hall_pass|Hall Pass}}

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El Clásico

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{{About|the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid|other rivalries|El Clásico (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox sports rivalry
| name = El Clásico
| other names =
| image = [[File:Casillas and Puyol.JPG|300px]]
| caption = The respective captains of Madrid and Barcelona, [[Iker Casillas|Casillas]] and [[Carles Puyol|Puyol]].
| city or region = [[Barcelona]] and [[Madrid]] ([[Spain]])
| first contested = 17 February 1902
| teams involved = [[FC Barcelona]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| total = 209
| series = Real Madrid (85–82–42)
| largestvictory = 11-1 Real Madrid - Barcelona (1943)
| mostrecent = 5–0 (Barcelona – Real Madrid)
| nextmeeting = 17 April 2011 (Real Madrid – Barcelona)
}}

'''El Clásico''' ({{lang-en|The Classic}}), also known as ''El [[Local derby|derbi]] Español'' or ''El Clàssic''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elpunt.cat/noticia/article/8-esports/48-barca/329919-el-classic-es-jugara-dilluns.html|publisher=[[El Punt]]|accessdate=18 November 2010|date=18 November 2010|title=El clàssic es jugarà dilluns}}</ref> is the name generically given to any [[association football|football]] match between [[Real Madrid]] and [[FC Barcelona]]. It is contested at least (and usually) bi-annually as part of the Spanish [[La Liga]] competition, with a maximum of nine matches a year, with two extra in the [[Copa del Rey]], the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]], and the [[Supercopa de España]], with another possible in the [[UEFA Super Cup]]. Other than the [[UEFA Champions League Final]], it is the most followed club football match in the world, watched by hundreds of millions of people.<ref name="BBC History">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7773758.stm|title= Barca & Real renew El Clasico rivalry|last=Stevenson|first= Johanthan|date=12 December 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=15 August 2010}}</ref>

The rivalry comes about as [[Madrid]] and [[Barcelona]] are the two largest [[City|cities]] in [[Spain]], and the two clubs are the most successful and influential football clubs in the country. Real Madrid has amassed 73 trophies and Barcelona 68, while [[Athletic Bilbao]] comes third with 32 trophies. They are sometimes [[Identification|identified]] with opposing political positions, with Real Madrid and Barcelona representing [[Spanish nationalism]] and [[Catalanism|Catalan nationalism]] respectively.

==Rivalry==
[[File:Alfredo di stefano1947 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Alfredo di Stéfano]] was involved in a controversial transfer to Real Madrid and would later become the all-time topscorer in El Clásico.]]

===The Primo de Rivera and Franco years===

As early as the 1930s, Barcelona "had developed a reputation as a symbol of Catalan pride and identity, opposed to the centralising tendencies of Madrid".<ref name="josepsunyol" /><ref>Ham, Anthony p. 221</ref> During the [[Spanish State|Franco dictatorship]], most citizens of Barcelona were in strong opposition to the fascist régime, with several players of Barcelona enrolling with the opposition forces in 1934.{{Clarify|date=September 2010}} On a representative level, the president of Barcelona [[Josep Sunyol]] was killed by Franco's security police as part of his political activities while visited Republican troops north of Madrid.<ref name="josepsunyol">Burns, Jimmy, 'Don Patricio O’Connell: An Irishman and the Politics of Spanish Football' in "[http://www.irishargentine.org/0803.pdf Irish Migration Studies in Latin America]" 6:1 (March 2008), p. 44. Available online [http://www.irlandeses.org/0803burns3.htm pg. 3], [http://www.irlandeses.org/0803burns4.htm pg. 4], accessed 29 August 2010.</ref> Phil Ball, the author of ''Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football'', calls the El Clásico "a re-enactment of the Spanish Civil War".<ref>Ball, Phil p. 86</ref><ref name="Mucho morbo">{{Cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2002/apr/21/championsleague.sport | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Mucho morbo | date=21 April 2002 | accessdate=1 May 2010 | first=Phil | last=Ball}}</ref>

Though the first socialist party in Spain was founded in Madrid, almost all the ideas that have shaped the country's modern history – [[republicanism]], [[federalism]], [[anarchism]], [[syndicalism]] and [[communism]] – have been introduced via the region of [[Catalonia]], where Barcelona is.<ref name="Mucho morbo"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psoe.es/ambito/historiapsoe/docs/index.do?action=View&id=992 |title=El Partido Socialista se fundó en 1879 – PSOE |publisher=PSOE|language=Spanish |date= |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref> During the dictatorships of [[Miguel Primo de Rivera]] and of [[Francisco Franco]], all regional languages and identities were frowned upon and restrained. In this period FC Barcelona gained their motto ''[[més que un club]]'' (''English: More than a club'') because of its alleged connection to [[Progressivism|progressive]] beliefs and its representative role for Catalonia.<ref>Ball, Phil p. 88</ref> However, during Franco's regime, the blaugrana team seemed to be granted profit due to its good relationship with the dictator at management level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.as.com/actualidad/articulo/franco-recibio-medallas-barca/daspor/20031109dasdai_6/Tes |title=Franco recibió dos medallas del Barça |publisher=Diario AS |language=Spanish |date= |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref> In any case, for most of the Catalans, and many other Spaniards as well, Real Madrid was regarded as the [[the establishment|establishment]] club, in spite of the fact that during the Spanish Civil War, presidents of both clubs like [[Josep Sunyol]] and [[Rafael Sánchez Guerra]], suffered in the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name="josepsunyol"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elcultural.es/version_papel/LETRAS/21841/El_deporte_en_la_guerra_civil |title=El deporte en la guerra civil |publisher=''EL CULTURAL'' |language=Spanish |date= |accessdate=29 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elpueblodeceuta.es/200906/20090630/200906305111.html |title=Rafael Sánchez Guerra |publisher=''elpueblodeceuta.es'' |language=Spanish |date=30 June 2009 |accessdate=29 August 2010}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

===Di Stéfano transfer===
The rivalry was intensified during the 1950s when the clubs disputed the signing of [[Alfredo di Stéfano]]. Di Stéfano had impressed both Barcelona and Real Madrid whilst playing for [[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios]] in Bogota, during a players' strike in his native [[Argentina]].<ref name="di Stefano">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773766.stm |title=BBC SPORT | Football | Di Stefano deal intensifies rivalry |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref> Both Madrid and Barcelona attempted to sign him and, due to confusion that emerged from di Stéfano moving to Millonarios from [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] following the strike, both clubs claimed to own his registration. After intervention from FIFA representative Muñoz Calero it was decided that both Barcelona and Real Madrid had to share the player in alternate seasons. Barcelona's Franco-imposed President backed down after a few appearances as Barcelona's side claimed but Real say Barcelona's decision was voluntary, and di Stefano moved definitively to Madrid.<ref name="di Stefano" />

Di Stéfano became integral in the subsequent success achieved by Madrid, scoring twice in his first game against Barcelona. With him, Madrid won the initial five [[European Champions Cup]] competitions. The 1960s saw the rivalry reach the [[UEFA|European]] stage when they met twice at the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], Real Madrid winning in 1960 and FC Barcelona winning in 1961.

=== Current issues ===
[[File:Luis Figo 2009 2.jpg|220px|right|thumb|When [[Luis Figo]] returned to Barcelona as a Real Madrid player, the Barcelona support group [[Boixos Nois]] threw a pig's head after him.<ref>{{cite news|last=Edworthy |first=Sarah |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/3038466/Running-gauntlet-of-hate-in-Spains-gran-clasico.html |title=Running gauntlet of hate in Spain's gran clasico |publisher=Telegraph |date=25 November 2002 |accessdate=27 August 2010 | location=London}}</ref>]]
The two teams met again in the [[UEFA Champions League 2001-02|UEFA Champions League]] semi-final in 2002, with Real Madrid winning 2-0. The match, dubbed by Spanish media as the ''Match of the Century'', was watched by more than 500 million people.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773773.stm |title=Real win Champions League showdown |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=7 August 2010}}</ref> In the Clásico held on November 2005, Barcelona played away in Madrid, winning 3-0. The star of the Barcelona team was Ronaldinho, who became the second Barcelona player after Diego Maradona to receive a standing ovation from Real Madrid fans.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773778.stm |title=Rampant Ronaldinho receives standing ovation |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>

The rivalry has been strengthened throughout time by the internal transfer of players between the clubs. Barcelona players who have later played for Real Madrid include [[Bernd Schuster]], who switched in 1988, [[Michael Laudrup]] went to Real Madrid on a free transfer in 1994, but the most notorious was former vice-captain [[Luís Figo]]'s switch in 2000. Players transferring from Real Madrid to Barcelona are less frequent, the most recent being [[Luis Enrique]], who went to Barcelona in 1996 where he went on to captain the Blaugrana, and since 2008 coach the reserve team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773768.stm | title=Schuster leads the defectors |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>

A 2007 survey by the ''Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas'' determined that Real Madrid was the team with the largest following in Spain. Thirty-two percent of the Spanish population supported Real Madrid, while twenty-five percent supported Barcelona. In third place came [[Valencia CF]], who were supported by five percent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2700_2719/2705/Es2705mar_A.pdf|title=CIS Mayo 2007|language=Spanish|format=PDF|publisher=Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas|date=May 2007|accessdate=2 September 2010}}</ref> Barcelona in turn is more popular in Europe than Madrid. According to a survey made by the German research agency Sport+Markt in 2010, Barcelona has approximately 57,8 million fans around Europe, while Real Madrid has 31,3 million fans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportundmarkt.com/de/news/list/football-top-20-2010.html|title="Football Top 20" 2010|format=text|publisher=Sport+Markt|date=September 2009|accessdate=10 September 2010|subscription=yes}}</ref><ref>http://www.sport.es/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=44&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=725804&idseccio_PK=803&h=</ref>

==League matches==
These are only the league matches, club name in '''bold''' indicate win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=cale&idDivision=1&idTemporada=28|title=La Liga fixtures 1928–29|accessdate=15 August 2010. Other seasons available through the search button|publisher=LFP}}</ref> The score is given at half-time (T) and full-time (H), in the goals columns the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:0"
|-
! Game!! class="unsortable"|Date!! Round!! width=100|Home team!! width=100|Away team!! Score (H/T)!! Goals (home)!! Goals (away)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1 ||17 February [[1929 La Liga|1929]]||2||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (0–1)||[[Manuel Parera Penella|Parera]] (70) ||[[Rafael Morera López|Morera]] (10, 55)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2 ||9 May [[1929 La Liga|1929]]||11||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)|| ||[[José Sastre Perciba|Sastre]] (83)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3 ||26 January [[1929–30 La Liga|1930]]||9||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–4''' (0–3)||[[Bestit Martínez|Bestit]] (63) ||[[Gaspar Rubio Meliá|Rubio]] (10, 37), [[Francisco López|F. López]] (17), [[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4 ||30 March [[1929–30 La Liga|1930]]||18||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–1''' (3–0)||[[Gaspar Rubio Meliá|Rubio]] (5, 23), [[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (42, 68, 72)||[[Severiano Goiburu Lopetegui|Goiburu]] (84)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5 ||1 February [[1930–31 La Liga|1931]]||9||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6 ||5 April [[1930–31 La Liga|1931]]||18||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (2–1)||[[Juan Ramón i Pera|Ramón]] (12, 35, 73)||[[Eugenio Hilario Calvo|Eugenio]] (38)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 7 ||31 January [[1931–32 La Liga|1932]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (2–0)||[[Manuel Olivares Lapeña|Olivares]] (26, 40)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 8 ||3 April [[1931–32 La Liga|1932]]||18||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''2–2''' (1–1)||
[[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (20), [[Ángel Arocha|Arocha]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 87)
||[[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (43), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 9 ||1 January [[1932–33 La Liga|1933]]||6||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (0–0)||
[[Ángel Arocha|Arocha]] (68)
||[[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 78)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 10 ||5 March [[1932–33 La Liga|1933]]||15||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–0)||
[[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (35, 68)
||[[Severiano Goiburu Lopetegui|Goiburu]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 11 ||26 November [[1933–34 La Liga|1933]]||4||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (0–2)||
[[Alejandro Morera Soto|Morera]] (46)
||[[Manuel Olivares Lapeña|Olivares]] (9), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (26)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 12 ||28 January [[1933–34 La Liga|1934]]||13||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–0''' (3–0)||
[[Luis Valle Benítez|Valle]] (7), [[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (20), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (30), [[Eugenio Hilario Calvo|Eugenio]] (50)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 13 ||3 February [[1934–35 La Liga|1935]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''8–2''' (5–1)||
[[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (14, 42, 73), [[Ildefonso Sañudo García|Sañudo]] (21, 35, 47, 81), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (29)
||[[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (17), [[Ramón Guzmán Martorell|Guzmán]] (68)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 14 ||21 April [[1934–35 La Liga|1935]]||81||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (1–0)
||[[Martí Ventolrà|Ventolrà]] (43, 62, 68, 82), [[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (48)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 15 ||26 December [[1935–36 La Liga|1935]]||7||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–3''' (0–2)
||
||[[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (21), [[Francisco Diz Vázquez|Diz]] (40), [[Simón Lecue Andrade|Lecue]] (47)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 16 ||22 March [[1935–36 La Liga|1936]]||18||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (2–0)
||[[Simón Lecue Andrade|Lecue]] (10, 47), [[Emilio Alonso Larrazabal|Emilin]] (43)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 17 ||28 January [[1939–40 La Liga|1940]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–1)
||[[Jesús Alonso Fernández|Alonso]] (1'), [[Simón Lecue Andrade|Lecue]] (75')
||[[Pedro Pascual|Pascual]] (3')
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 18 ||14 April [[1939–40 La Liga|1940]]||20||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)
||
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 19 ||1 December [[1940–41 La Liga|1940]]||10||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (0–0)
||[[Jaime Sospedra Juliá|Sospedra]] (49, 69), [[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (53)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 20 ||23 February [[1940–41 La Liga|1941]]||21||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–2''' (0–0)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (49)
||[[José Bravo Domínguez|Bravo]] (60), [[Mariano Martín|Martín]] (63)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 21 ||19 October [[1941–42 La Liga|1941]]|| 4||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–3''' (2–1)
||[[Marcial Arbiza Urruti|Arbiza]] (17, 70), [[Benito García Cano|Benito]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 35), [[Nazario Belmar Martínez|Belmar]] (55)
||[[Francisco Calvet Puig|Calvet]] (25), [[José Raich Garriga|Raich]] (60), [[Antonio Gracía López|Gracia]] (87)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 22 ||25 January [[1941–42 La Liga|1942]]||17||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–2''' (0–0)
||
||[[Manuel Alday Marticorena|Alday]] (63, 78)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 23 ||27 September [[1942–43 La Liga|1942]]|| 1||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (1–0)
||[[Marcial Arbiza Urruti|Arbiza]] (7, 89), [[Antonio Alsúa Alonso|Alsúa]] (52)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 24 ||10 January [[1942–43 La Liga|1943]]||14||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''5–5''' (4–1)
||[[Mariano Martín|Martín]] (25, 40), [[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (31), [[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (32, 62)
||[[Jesús Alonso Fernández|Alonso]] (10), [[Manuel Alday Marticorena|Alday]] (27, 51), [[Pascual Botella Domingo|Botella]] (74), [[José Mardones Llorente|Mardones II]] (87)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 25 ||2 January [[1943–44 La Liga|1944]]||13||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)
||
||[[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (50)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 26 ||9 April [[1943–44 La Liga|1944]]||26||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–0)
||[[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (31)
||[[Antonio Alsúa Alonso|Alsúa]] (62), [[Manuel Rosalénch Bellón|Rosalénch]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 27 ||9 November [[1944–45 La Liga|1944]]|| 8||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[Moleiro]] (21)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 28 ||25 March [[1944–45 La Liga|1945]]||21||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (1–0)
||[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (41, 46), [[José Bravo Domínguez|Bravo]] (52), [[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (77), [[Marià Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo III]] (86)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 29 ||25 November [[1945–46 La Liga|1945]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (1–0)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (23), [[Pruden]] (61), [[Nazario Belmar|Belmar]] (68)
||[[Mariano Martín|Martín]] (51), [[Marià Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo III]] (75)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 30 ||3 March [[1945–46 La Liga|1946]]||22||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (17)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 31 ||1 December [[1946–47 La Liga|1946]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–1)
||[[José Llopis Corona|Corona]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 4), [[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (79)
||[[Josep Seguer|Seguer]] (23)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 32 ||30 March [[1946–47 La Liga|1947]]||24||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–2''' (2–0)
||[[José Bravo Domínguez|Bravo]] (18), [[Alfonso Navarro Perona|Navarro]] (39, 49)
||[[Pedro María Arsuaga Eguiazábal|Arsuaga]] (48, 60)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 33 ||12 October [[1947–48 La Liga|1947]]||4||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (0–1)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (65)
||[[Clemente Fernández López|Clemente]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 31)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 34 ||25 January [[1947–48 La Liga|1948]]||17||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''4–2''' (3–0)
||[[Josep Seguer|Seguer]] (2), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (28, 58), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (43)
||[[Juan Rodríguez Gallardo|Gallardo]] (68), [[Rafael Yunta Navarro|Rafa Yunta]] (76)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 35 ||19 September [[1948–49 La Liga|1948]]||2||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–2''' (0–1)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (60)
||[[Florencio Caffaratti|Caffaratti]] (41), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (48)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 36 ||15 January [[1948–49 La Liga|1949]]||16||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–1)
||[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (28, 61), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (56)
||[[Pahiño]] (9)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 37 ||18 September [[1949–50 La Liga|1949]]||3||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''6–1''' (3–0)
||[[Pablo Olmedo Garmendía|Olmedo]] (2), [[Miguel Cabrera Pérez|Cabrera]] (4), [[Pahiño]] (40, 68), [[Cándido Gardoy Martín|Macala]] (62, 69)
||[[José Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo II]] (85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 38 ||15 January [[1949–50 La Liga|1950]]||16||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''2–3''' (1–0)
||[[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (41), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (53)
||[[Pahiño]] (58), [[Rafael Verdu Fernández|Rafa Verdu]] (66), [[Miguel Cabrera Pérez|Cabrera]] (73)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 39 ||24 September [[1950–51 La Liga|1950]]||3||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''7–2''' (3–1)
||[[Mateu Nicolau|Nicolau]] (9, 56), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (14), [[Marcos Aureli]] (39, 88), [[Marià Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo III]] (62), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (82)
||[[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (15), [[Manuel García González|García González]] (66)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 40 ||14 January [[1950–51 La Liga|1951]]||18||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–1''' (4–1)
||[[Jesús Narro Sancho|Narro]] (8, 17, 29), [[Pahiño]] (13)
||[[José Canal Viñas|Canal]] (31)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 41 ||11 November [[1951–52 La Liga|1951]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–1''' (3–1)
||[[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (3), [[Miguel Cabrera Pérez|Cabrera]] (32), [[Pahiño]] (35, 87), [[Roque Olsen]] (57)
||[[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (44)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 42 ||2 March [[1951–52 La Liga|1952]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''4–2''' (2–2)
||[[Vila Soler]] (13), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (36, 56, 74)
||[[Roque Olsen]] (33), [[Pedro María Arsuaga|Arsuaga]] (39)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 43 ||23 November [[1952–53 La Liga|1952]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (0–0)
||[[Pedro María Arsuaga|Arsuaga]] (76, 80)
||[[Eduardo Manchón|Manchón]] (67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 44 ||5 April [[1952–53 La Liga|1953]]||26||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[Tomás Hernández|Moreno]] (15)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 45 ||25 October [[1953–54 La Liga|1953]]||7||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–0''' (4–0)
||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (10, 85), [[Roque Olsen]] (34, 35), [[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (39)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 46 ||21 February [[1953–54 La Liga|1954]]||22||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–1''' (1–1)
||[[Justo Tejada|Tejada]] (14, 86), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (50), [[Tomás Hernández|Moreno]] (74), [[Eduardo Manchón|Manchón]] (89)
||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (6)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 47 ||21 November [[1954–55 La Liga|1954]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (1–0)
||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 44), [[Héctor Rial]] (66), [[José Iglesias Fernández|Joseito]] (67)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 48 ||6 March [[1954–55 La Liga|1955]]||26||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''2–2''' (1–1)
||[[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (31), [[Dagoberto Moll]] (70)
||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (19, 64)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 49 ||13 November [[1955–56 La Liga|1955]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–0)
||[[Héctor Rial]] (35), [[Marcos Alonso Imaz|Marquitos]] (89)
||[[Esteban Areta Vélez|Areta]] (77)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 50 ||18 March [[1955–56 La Liga|1956]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (2–0)
||[[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (18, 29)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 51 ||11 November [[1956–57 La Liga|1956]]||10||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0)
||[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (46)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 52 ||3 March [[1956–57 La Liga|1957]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[José Iglesias Fernández|Joseito]] (21)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 53 ||13 October [[1957–58 La Liga|1957]]||5||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (2–0)
||[[Raymond Kopa|Kopa]] (10), [[Héctor Rial]] (43), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (73)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 54 ||2 February [[1957–58 La Liga|1958]]||20||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–2''' (0–2)
||
||[[Ramón Marsal|Marsal]] (34), [[Héctor Rial]] (37)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 55 ||26 October [[1958–59 La Liga|1958]]||7||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''4–0''' (1–0)
||[[Evaristo de Macedo|Evaristo]] (22, 68, 70), [[Justo Tejada|Tejada]] (84)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 56 ||15 February [[1958–59 La Liga|1959]]||22||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (0–0)
||[[Jesús Herrera Alonso|Herrera]] (79')
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 57 ||29 November [[1959–60 La Liga|1959]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)|| [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (5), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (82)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 58 ||20 March [[1959–60 La Liga|1960]]||26||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (0–0)||[[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] (50), [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (60), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (62)||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (58)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 59 ||4 December [[1960–61 La Liga|1960]]||12||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''3–5''' (2–3)||[[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (28), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (34), [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (89)||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (3, 81), [[Luis del Sol|del Sol]] (15), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (43, 79)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 60 ||26 March [[1960–61 La Liga|1961]]||27||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (0–0)||[[Luis del Sol|del Sol]] (55), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (60), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (78)||[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (80), [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 61 ||30 September [[1961–62 La Liga|1961]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (14), [[Luis del Sol|del Sol]] (72)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 62 ||21 January [[1961–62 La Liga|1962]]||20||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (2–0)||[[Evaristo de Macedo|Evaristo]] (4, 83), [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] (40)||[[Félix Ruiz]] (86)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 63 ||30 September [[1962–63 La Liga|1962]]||3||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (20, 70)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 64 ||27 January [[1962–63 La Liga|1963]]||18||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–5''' (1–2)||[[Cayetano Ré|Ré]] (34) ||[[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 24, 35, 71), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (47), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 65 ||15 December [[1963–64 La Liga|1963]]||12||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–0''' (1–0)||[[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (37, 68, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 84), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (77)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 66 ||30 March [[1963–64 La Liga|1964]]||27||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–2)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (27)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (18), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (43)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 67 ||8 November [[1964–65 La Liga|1964]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–1''' (2–0)||[[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] (16, 31, 74), [[Fernando Serena|Serena]] (76)||[[Cayetano Ré|Ré]] (68)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 68 ||28 February [[1964–65 La Liga|1965]]||24||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–0)||[[Cayetano Ré|Ré]] (40)||[[Pirri]] (63), [[Fernando Serena|Serena]] (70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 69 ||19 December [[1965–66 La Liga|1965]]||14||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–3''' (1–3)||[[Félix Ruiz]] (20)||[[Josep Fusté|Fusté]] (7, 8), [[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (34)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 70 ||27 March [[1965–66 La Liga|1966]]||29||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (0–1)||[[Joaquim Rifé|Rifé]] (59), [[Pedro Zaballa|Zaballa]] (63)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (39)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 71 ||20 November [[1966–67 La Liga|1966]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (0–0)||[[José Fidalgo Veloso|Fidalgo]] (89)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 72 ||19 March [[1966–67 La Liga|1967]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Josep Fusté|Fusté]] (7, 89)||[[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] (42)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 73 ||10 December [[1967–68 La Liga|1967]]||12||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (0–0)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 65)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (78)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 74 ||9 April [[1967–68 La Liga|1968]]||27||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (12)||[[Pirri]] (43)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 75 ||16 November [[1968–69 La Liga|1968]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Pirri]] (32), [[José Luis López Peinado|José Luis]] (75)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (19)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 76 ||9 March [[1968–69 La Liga|1969]]||24||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–0)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (26)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 87)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 77 ||14 September [[1969–70 La Liga|1969]]||1||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''3–3''' (2–2)||[[Sebastián Fleitas|Fleitas]] (18, 38), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (63)||[[Miguel Ángel Bustillo|Bustillo]] (3, 5), [[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 78 ||28 December [[1969–70 La Liga|1969]]||16||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)||[[Gallego (footballer)|Gallego]] (29)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 79 ||25 October [[1970–71 La Liga|1970]]||7||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–1)|| ||[[Pedro Zabalza|Zabalza]] (28)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 80 ||14 February [[1970–71 La Liga|1971]]||22||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)|| ||[[José Antonio Grande|Grande]] (67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 81 ||28 November [[1971–72 La Liga|1971]]||11||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–0)||[[Ramón Grosso|Grosso]] (6)||[[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (68)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 82 ||3 April [[1971–72 La Liga|1972]]||28||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)||[[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (11)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 83 ||1 October [[1972–73 La Liga|1972]]||5||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0)||[[José Antonio Barrios|Barrios]] (52)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 84 ||25 February [[1972–73 La Liga|1973]]||22||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 85 ||7 October [[1973–74 La Liga|1973]]||6||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 86 ||17 February [[1973–74 La Liga|1974]]||22||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–5''' (0–2)|| ||[[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (30, 54), [[Johan Cruijff|Cruijff]] (39), [[Juan Carlos Pérez López|Pérez]] (65), [[Hugo Sotil Yeren|Sotil]] (69)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 87 ||5 January [[1974–75 La Liga|1975]]||15||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (1–0)|| [[Roberto Martínez]] (43)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 88 ||11 May [[1974–75 La Liga|1975]]||32||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 89 ||28 December [[1975–76 La Liga|1975]]||15||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–0)||[[Johan Neeskens|Neeskens]] (3), [[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (89)||[[Pirri]] (64)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 90 ||30 April [[1975–76 La Liga|1976]]||32||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–2''' (0–1)|| ||[[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (15), [[Juan Carlos Heredia|Heredia]] (64)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 91 ||19 September [[1976–77 La Liga|1976]]||3||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–0)||[[Marcial Pina|Marcial]] (29), [[Johan Cruyff|Cruyff]] (53), [[Juan Carlos Heredia|Heredia]] (86)||[[Pirri]] (52)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 92 ||30 January [[1976–77 La Liga|1977]]||20||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Pirri]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 2)||[[Johan Cruyff|Cruyff]] (16)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 93 ||4 December [[1977–78 La Liga|1977]]||12||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''2–3''' (1–2)||[[Henning Jensen|Jensen]] (23), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (35), [[Uli Stielike|Stielike]] (54)||[[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 30, 67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 94 ||30 January [[1977–78 La Liga|1978]]||29||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–0''' (2–0)||[[Henning Jensen|Jensen]] (6, 10), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (69), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (80)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 95 ||23 September [[1978–79 La Liga|1978]]||4||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–1''' (2–1)||[[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (29, 46), [[Henning Jensen|Jensen]] (32)||[[Johan Neeskens|Neeskens]] (15)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 96 ||17 February [[1978–79 La Liga|1979]]||21||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (0–0)||[[Hans Krankl|Krankl]] (52), [[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (61)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 97 ||23 September [[1979–80 La Liga|1979]]||3||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (3–2)||[[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (6), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (8), [[Laurie Cunningham|Cunningham]] (32)||[[Jesús Landáburu|Landáburu]] (23), [[Hans Krankl|Krankl]] (36)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 98 ||10 February [[1979–80 La Liga|1980]]||20||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–2''' (0–0)|| ||[[Francisco García Hernández|García Hernández]] (61), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (63)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 99 ||30 November [[1980–81 La Liga|1980]]||13||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Bernd Schuster|Schuster]] (15), [[Quini]] (64)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (22)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 100 ||29 March [[1980–81 La Liga|1981]]||30||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (0–0)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 53), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (71), [[Uli Stielike|Stielike]] (76)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 101 ||20 December [[1981–82 La Liga|1981]]||16||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–0)||[[José Ramón Alexanko|Alexanko]] (7), [[Quini]] (53, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 60)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (49)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 102 ||29 March [[1981–82 La Liga|1982]]||30||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–1''' (2–1)||[[Rafael García Cortés|Rafael Cortés]] (6), [[Uli Stielike|Stielike]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 45), [[Isidro Díaz González|Isidro]] (82)||[[Quini]] (42)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 103 ||27 November [[1982–83 La Liga|1982]]||13||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–2''' (0–1)|| ||[[Esteban Vigo]] (14), [[Quini]] (86)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 104 ||26 March [[1982–83 La Liga|1983]]||30||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] (45), [[Perico Alonso]] (77)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (20)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 105 ||22 October [[1983–84 La Liga|1983]]||8||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–2)||[[Quini]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 17)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 12), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (20)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 106 ||25 February [[1983–84 La Liga|1984]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–0)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (16), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (80)||[[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] (56)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 107 ||2 September [[1984–85 La Liga|1984]]||1||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–3''' (0–0)|| ||[[Ángel de Los Santos Cano|Ángel]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]]46), [[Steve Archibald|Archibald]] (86), [[Ramón Calderé|Calderé]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 108 ||30 December [[1984–85 La Liga|1984]]||18||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–2''' (1–1)||[[Gerardo Miranda|Gerardo]] (25), [[Migueli]] (53), [[Esteban Vigo]] (79)||[[Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo|Sanchís]] (30), [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 109 ||9 November [[1985–86 La Liga|1985]]||11||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Marcos Alonso]] (2), [[Ramón Calderé|Calderé]] (72)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 110 ||8 March [[1985–86 La Liga|1986]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–1''' (0–0)||[[Antonio Maceda|Maceda]] (64), [[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (67), [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (83)||[[Raúl Vicente Amarilla|Amarilla]] (51)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 111 ||8 October [[1986–87 La Liga|1986]]||8||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 27)||[[Ángel Pedraza Lamilla|Pedraza]] (6)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 112 ||31 January [[1986–87 La Liga|1987]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–2''' (2–0)||[[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] (2, 5, 47)||[[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (61), [[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 80)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 113 ||12 April [[1986–87 La Liga|1987]]||35||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 114 ||23 May [[1986–87 La Liga|1987]]||40||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–0)
||[[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] (39), [[Roberto Fernández Bonillo|Roberto]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 60)||[[Hugo Sánchez]] (53)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 115 ||2 January [[1987–88 La Liga|1988]]||16||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (2–1)
||[[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 22, 41)||[[Bernd Schuster|Schuster]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 30)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 116 ||30 April [[1987–88 La Liga|1988]]||35||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (1–0)
||[[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] (1), [[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] (70)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 117 ||22 October [[1988–89 La Liga|1988]]||8||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (0–1)
||[[Hugo Sánchez]] (57), [[Adolfo Aldana|Aldana]] (59), [[Rafael Gordillo|Gordillo]] (81)||[[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (21), [[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] (70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 118 ||1 April [[1988–89 La Liga|1989]]||27||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)
||||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 119 ||7 October [[1989–90 La Liga|1989]]||6||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–1)
||[[Julio Salinas|Salinas]] (10), [[Ronald Koeman|R.Koeman]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 74, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 89)||[[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 5)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 120 ||15 February [[1989–90 La Liga|1990]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (3–0)
||[[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] (24), [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (45), [[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 46)||[[Julio Salinas|Salinas]] (21, 70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 121 ||19 January [[1990–91 La Liga|1991]]||19||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)
||[[Michael Laudrup|Laudrup]] (18), [[Predrag Spasić|Spasić]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 62)||[[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (28)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 122 ||8 June [[1990–91 La Liga|1991]]||38||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (0–0)
||[[Adolfo Aldana|Aldana]] (47)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 123 ||19 October [[1991–92 La Liga|1991]]||6||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–0)
||[[Robert Prosinečki|Prosinečki]] (19)||[[Ronald Koeman|R.Koeman]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 58)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 124 ||7 March [[1991–92 La Liga|1992]]||25||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–0)
||[[Ronald Koeman|R.Koeman]] (36)||[[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] (66)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 125 ||5 September [[1992–93 La Liga|1992]]||1||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–0)
||[[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (4), [[Hristo Stoichkov|Stoichkov]] (87)||[[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 126 ||30 January [[1992–93 La Liga|1993]]||20||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (2–1)
||[[Ivan Zamorano|Zamorano]] (9), [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 41)||[[Guillermo Amor|Amor]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 15)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 127 ||8 January [[1993–94 La Liga|1994]]||18||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (1–0)||[[Romário]] (24, 56, 81), [[Ronald Koeman|Koeman]] (47), [[Iván Iglesias]] (86) ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 128 ||7 May [[1993–94 La Liga|1994]]||37||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)|| ||[[Guillermo Amor|Amor]] (77)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 129 ||7 January [[1994–95 La Liga|1995]]||16||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–0''' (3–0)||[[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (5, 21, 39), [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (68), [[José Emilio Amavisca|Amavisca]] (70)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 130 ||27 May [[1994–95 La Liga|1995]]||35||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0)||[[Miguel Ángel Nadal|Nadal]] (62)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 131 ||1 October [[1995–96 La Liga|1995]]||5||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (12)||[[Roger García Junyent|Roger]] (31)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 132 ||11 February [[1995–96 La Liga|1996]]||26||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (1–0)||[[Meho Kodro|Kodro]] (37, 93), [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (71)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 133 ||8 December [[1996–97 La Liga|1996]]||16||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Davor Šuker|Suker]] (24), [[Predrag Mijatović|Mijatovic]] (48)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 134 ||11 May [[1996–97 La Liga|1997]]||37||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)||[[Ronaldo]] (45)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 135 ||2 November [[1997–98 La Liga|1997]]||9||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''2–3''' (0–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (48), [[Davor Šuker|Suker]] (61)||[[Rivaldo]] (5), [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (51), [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 136 ||8 March [[1997–98 La Liga|1998]]||28||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (0–0)||[[Sonny Anderson|Anderson]] (69), [[Figo]] (80), [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (85)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 137 ||20 September [[1998–99 La Liga|1998]]||3||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''2–2''' (2–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (7, 37)||[[Kluivert]] (12), [[Sonny Anderson|Anderson]] (83)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 138 ||15 February [[1998–99 La Liga|1999]]||22||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (2–0)||[[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (4, 36), [[Rivaldo]] (80)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 139 ||14 October [[1999–2000 La Liga|1999]]||7||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''2–2''' (1–1)||[[Rivaldo]] (28), [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (50)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (26, 85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 140 ||27 February [[1999–2000 La Liga|2000]]||26||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (2–0)||[[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] (5), [[Anelka]] (19), [[Morientes]] (52)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 141 ||22 October [[2000–01 La Liga|2000]]||6||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (26), [[Simão Sabrosa|Simão]] (79)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 142 ||4 March [[2000–01 La Liga|2001]]||25||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''2–2''' (2–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (6, 36)||[[Rivaldo]] (35, 69)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 143 ||5 November [[2001–02 La Liga|2001]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Morientes]] (23), [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (92)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 144 ||17 March [[2001–02 La Liga|2002]]||30||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (0–1)||[[Xavi]] (58)||[[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] (38)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 145 ||24 November [[2002–03 La Liga|2002]]||11||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)||||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 146 ||20 April [[2002–03 La Liga|2003]]||30||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Ronaldo]] (16)||[[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (32)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 147 ||7 December [[2003–04 La Liga|2003]]||15||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (0–1)||[[Patrick Kluivert|Kluivert]] (83)||[[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] (37), [[Ronaldo]] (75)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 148 ||25 April [[2003–04 La Liga|2004]]||34||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–2''' (0–0)||[[Santiago Solari|Solari]] (54)||[[Patrick Kluivert|Kluivert]] (58), [[Xavi]] (85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 149 ||20 November [[2004–05 La Liga|2004]]||12||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (2–0)||[[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (28), [[Giovanni van Bronckhorst|van Bronckhorst]] (42), [[Ronaldinho]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 76)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 150 ||10 April [[2004–05 La Liga|2005]]||31||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–2''' (2–1)||[[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] (7), [[Ronaldo]] (20), [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (46), [[Michael Owen|Owen]] (66)||[[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (29), [[Ronaldinho]] (73)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 151 ||19 November [[2005–06 La Liga|2005]]||12||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–3''' (0–1)|| ||[[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (14), [[Ronaldinho]] (59, 77)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 152 ||1 April [[2005–06 La Liga|2006]]||31||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Ronaldinho]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 20)||[[Ronaldo]] (36)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 153 ||22 October [[2006–07 La Liga|2006]]||7||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (3), [[Ruud van Nistelrooy|van Nistelrooy]] (50)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 154 ||10 March [[2006–07 La Liga|2007]]||26||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''3–3''' (2–2)||[[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (10, 27, 88)||[[Ruud van Nistelrooy|van Nistelrooy]] (4, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 12), [[Sergio Ramos|Ramos]] (72)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 155 ||23 December [[2007–08 La Liga|2007]]||17||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–1''' (0–1) || ||[[Julio Baptista|Baptista]] (36)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 156 ||7 May [[2007–08 La Liga|2008]]||34||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–1''' (2–0) || [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (12), [[Arjen Robben|Robben]] (20), [[Gonzalo Higuaín|Higuaín]] (62), [[Ruud van Nistelrooy|van Nistelrooy]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 77) || [[Thierry Henry|Henry]] (86)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 157 ||13 December [[2008–09 La Liga|2008]]||17||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (0–0) || [[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (83), [[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (90) ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 158 ||2 May [[2008–09 La Liga|2009]]||34||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''[[Real Madrid C.F. 2–6 FC Barcelona|2–6]]''' (1–3) || [[Gonzalo Higuaín|Higuaín]] (14), [[Sergio Ramos|Ramos]] (56),||[[Thierry Henry|Henry]] (18, 58), [[Carlos Puyol|Puyol]] (25), [[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (35, 75), [[Gerard Piqué|Piqué]] (83)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 159 ||29 November [[2009–10 La Liga|2009]]||12||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0) || [[Zlatan Ibrahimović|Ibrahimović]] (56)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 160 ||10 April [[2009–10 La Liga|2010]]||31||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–2''' (0–1) || || [[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (33), [[Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma|Pedro]] (56)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 161 ||29 November [[2010–11 La Liga|2010]]||13||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (2–0)||[[Xavi Hernandez|Xavi]] (10), [[Pedro Rodriguez Ledesma|Pedro]] (18), [[David Villa]] (55, 58), [[Jeffren Suarez|Jeffren]] (90+1)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 162 ||17 April [[2010–11 La Liga|2011]]||32||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona|| || ||
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" |68
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" |63
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 30
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 161
|}

==Spanish Cup matches==
Below are all of the [[Copa del Rey]] matches which Barcelona and Real Madrid have played against each other. Starting in 1901, the Copa Del Rey was the first nation-wide tournament in Spain before the establishment of La Liga in 1929.<ref name="rsssf1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/barcamadrid.html |title=FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF since 1902 |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=31 January 2000 |accessdate=21 August 2010 |author=García, Javier}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=93 |title=Resultados – Real Federación Española de Fútbol |publisher=Rfef.es |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/span09.html |title=Spain 2008/09 |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=24 September 2009 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
!colspan="2"| Round
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1925
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''1–5''' (0–3)
| [[Juan Monjardín Callejón|Monjardín]] (47)
| [[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (19, 26 , 43), [[Vicente Piera|Piera]] (79)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–0''' (2–0)
| [[Vicente Piera|Piera]] (8), [[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (18, 51)
|
|-
|| 1935
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–1''' (2–1)
| [[Eugenio]] (6), [[Simón Lecue|Lécue]] (12)
| [[Josep Escolà|Escolà]] (29)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1942
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–0''' (2–0)
| [[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (33), [[Josep Escolà|Escolà]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 43), [[Jaume Sospedra|Sospedra]] (60)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''1-1''' (1-1)
| Pruden
| [[Mariano Martín|Martín]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1943
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–0''' (2–0)
|
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''11-1''' (1-1)
| Barinaga (4) Pruden (3) Alonso (2) Botella y Alsua
| [[Mariano Martín|Martín]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1953
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–0''' (1–0)
| [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (86)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–1''' (2–1)
| [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (9, 12), [[Gustavo Biosca|Biosca]] (87)
| [[Pérez Payá]] (24)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1956
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–2''' (2–1)
| [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 20, 35)
| [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (14), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (53)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''6–1''' (2–0)
| [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (4, 48, 50, 63), [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (35), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (79)
| [[Ferran Olivella|Olivella]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 75)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1958
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''2–4''' (2–0)
| [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskas]] (20), [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (35)
| [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsic]] (51, 69), [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (67, 71)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–1''' (2–1)
| [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 34, 44), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (63)
| [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (36)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1961
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''0–1''' (0–0)
|
| [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (62)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''1–3''' (0–0)
| [[Jesús María Pereda|Pereda]] (85)
| [[Luis del Sol|Del Sol]] (65), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskas]] (83), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (90)
|-
|| 1967–68
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''1–0''' (1–0)
| [[Fernando Zunzunegui|Zunzunegui]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 6)
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1969–70
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–0''' (2–0)
| [[Ramón Grosso|Grosso]] (5), [[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] (44)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''1–1''' (1–0)
| [[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (45)
| [[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 60)
|-
|| 1973–74
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''4–0''' (1–0)
| [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (6), [[Rubiñán]] (47), [[Francisco Javier Aguilar García|Aguilar]] (50), [[Pirri]] (83)
|
|-
|| 1982–83
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–0)
| [[Víctor Muñoz|Víctor]] (32), [[Marcos Alonso|Marcos]] (90)
| [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (50)
|-
|| 1989–90
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–0''' (0–0)
| [[Guillermo Amor|Amor]] (68), [[Julio Salinas]] (90)
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1992–93
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–2''' (1–1)
| [[Ivan Zamorano|Zamorano]] (40)
| [[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (30)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''1–2''' (0–1)
| [[Michael Laudrup|Laudrup]] (87)
| [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]]24), [[Ivan Zamorano|Zamorano]] (82)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1996–97
|rowspan="2"| Last 16
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–2''' (1–1)
| [[Ronaldo]] (13), [[Miguel Ángel Nadal|Miguel Nadal]] (70), [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (79)
| [[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] (16), [[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] (67)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–1''' (0–0)
| [[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 80)
| [[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 69)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 9
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 14
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 5
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 28
|}

==League Cup matches==
The [[Copa de la Liga]] was a tournament created in 1982, but low support from the participating clubs saw it disbanded four years later.<ref name="rsssf1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spanleagcuphist.html |title=Spain – List of League Cup Finals |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Round
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1982–83
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–2''' (0–0)
| [[Vicente del Bosque|del Bosque]] (63), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (69)
| [[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] (50), [[Diego Armando Maradona|Maradona]] (57)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (0–0)
| [[Diego Armando Maradona|Maradona]] (19), [[José Ramón Alexanko|Alexanko]] (20)
| [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (84)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1984–85
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''2–2''' (2–0)
| [[Paco Clos|Clos]] (40), [[Marcos Alonso|Marcos]] (44)
| [[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (67), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (75)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–1''' (0–0)
| [[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (83)
| [[Josep Moratalla|Moratalla]] (57)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1985–86
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Last 16
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''2–2''' (1–1)
| [[Paco Clos|Clos]] (24), [[Steve Archibald|Archibald]] (50)
| [[Miguel Pardeza|Pardeza]] (36), [[Cholo]] (52)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''0–4''' (0–2)
|
| [[Raúl Vicente Amarilla|Amarilla]] (2, 41), [[Urbano Ortega|Urbano]] (47), [[Esteban Vigo|Esteban]] (67)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 0
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 2
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 4
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 6
|}

==Spanish Super Cup matches==
The [[Supercopa de España]] is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of the La Liga and the Copa del Rey. Established in 1982, it is the Spanish equivalent to the English FA Community Shield, where the winners of the FA Premier League and FA Cup compete for the trophy.<ref name="rsssf1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spansupcuphist.html |title=Spain – List of Super Cup Finals |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
!
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1988 Supercopa de España|1988–89]]
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–0''' (0–0)
| [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] (71), [[Hugo Sánchez]] (78)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–1)
| [[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (37, 77)
| [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (14)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1990 Supercopa de España|1990–91]]
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''0–1''' (0–0)
|
| [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] (54)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''4–1''' (2–1)
| [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (21, 44), [[Hugo Sánchez]] (56), [[Santiago Aragón|Aragón]] (70)
| [[Ion Andoni Goikoetxea|Goikoetxea]] (20)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1993 Supercopa de España|1993–94]]
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''3–1''' (1–1)
| [[Alfonso Pérez|Alfonso]] (35, 89) [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (55)
| [[Hristo Stoichkov|Stoichkov]] (17)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''1–1''' (0–1)
| [[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (65)
| [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (21)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1997 Supercopa de España|1997–98]]
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–1)
| [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (1), [[Miguel Ángel Nadal|Miguel Nadal]] (85)
| [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (4)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''4–1''' (1–0)
| [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (42, 54), [[Predrag Mijatović|Mijatović]] (58), [[Clarence Seedorf|Seedorf]] (65)
| [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (80)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 5
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 2
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 1
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 8
|}

==European Cup matches==
The most prestigious tournament in Europe, Barcelona and Real Madrid has faced each other on several occasions in the [[European Cup]], from 1992 onwards known as the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]].<ref name="rsssf1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2010/ |title=UEFA Champions League – Matches 2010 |publisher=UEFA |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010. Other seasons available through the menu}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Round
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1959–60 European Cup|1959–60]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''3–1''' (0–1)
| [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (17, 84), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (28)
| [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (37)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''1–3''' (0–1)
| [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] (89)
| [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (25, 75), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (68)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1960–61 European Cup|1960–61]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| First round
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–2''' (2–1)
| [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (1), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (33)
| [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (27, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 88)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–0)
| [[Martí Vergés|Vergés]] (33), [[Evaristo de Macedo|Evaristo]] (81)
| [[Canário]] (87)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[2001–02 UEFA Champions League|2001–2002]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''0–2''' (0–0)
|
| [[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] (55), [[Steve McManaman|McManaman]] (92)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–1''' (1–0)
| [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (43)
| [[Iván Helguera|Helguera]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 49)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 3
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 1
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 2
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 6
|}

===All Time Competitive Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 85
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 82
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 42
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 209
|}

==All-time top scorers==

From the previous tables the top 20 scorers are deduced. Players still active in La Liga marked with '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em"
|-
!Rank!!Nationality!!Player!! style="width:75px;"|Liga!! width=75|Cup!! width=75|Super Cup!! width=75|League Cup!! width=75|Europe!! width=75|Total
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ARG}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Alfredo di Stéfano]]
|14
|2
|
|
|2
|'''18'''
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Raúl González|Raúl]]
|11
|
|3
|
|1
|'''15'''
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]]
|12
|2
|
|
|
|'''14'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Francisco Gento]]
|10
|2
|
|
|2
|'''14'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{HUN}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ferenc Puskás]]
|9
|2
|
|
|3
|'''14'''
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Carlos Alonso González|Santillana]]
|9
|2
|
|1
|
|'''12'''
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MEX}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Hugo Sánchez]]
|8
|
|2
|
|
|'''10'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]]
|8
|
|
|2
|
|'''10'''
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Estanislao Basora]]
|8
|1
|
|
|
|'''9'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Josep Samitier]]
|4
|5
|
|
|
|'''9'''
|-
|11
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Jaime Lazcano]]
|8
|
|
|
|
|'''8'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]]
|2
|4
|
|
|2
|'''8'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CHI}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Iván Zamorano]]
|4
|2
|2
|
|
|'''8'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PAR}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Eulogio Martínez]]
|2
|5
|
|
|1
|'''8'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Santiago Bernabéu Yeste|Santiago Bernabéu]]
|
|8
|
|
|
|'''8'''
|-
|16
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ARG}}
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[Lionel Messi]]'''
|7
|
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BRA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ronaldo]]
|6
|1
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Pahiño]]
|7
|
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Pirri]]
|6
|1
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Josep Escolà]]
|5
|2
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Sabino Barinaga]]
|4
|3
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|}

==Players who played for both clubs==
While the transfers of [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] from Real Madrid to Barcelona and [[Luís Figo]] from Barcelona to Real Madrid caused an uproar amongst the fans of their respective clubs, the rivalry between the two teams has not prevented players from switching teams, sometimes without controversy.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Albéniz Jordana|Alfonso Albéniz]] (Barça to Madrid) (1902)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Luciano Lizarraga]] (Madrid to Barça) (1905)
*{{Flag icon|England}} [[Charles Wallace (footballer)|Charles Wallace]] (Barça to Madrid) (1906)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[José Quirante]] (Barça to Madrid) (1906)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Albéniz]] (Barça to Madrid) (1911)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Arsenio Comamala]] (Barça to Madrid) (1911)
*{{Flag icon|Poland}} [[Walter Rozitsky]] (Barça to Madrid) (1913)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Ricardo Zamora]] (Barça to [[Espanyol]] to Madrid) (1930)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Josep Samitier]] (Barça to Madrid) (1932)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Hilario Juan Marrero Pérez]] (Madrid to [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] to Barça) (1939)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Navarro (footballer)|Alfonso Navarro]] (Barça to Madrid) (1950)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Justo Tejada]] (Barça to Madrid) (1961)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Jesús María Pereda]] (Madrid to [[Real Valladolid]] to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] to Barça) (1961)
*{{Flag icon|Brazil}} [[Evaristo de Macedo]] (Barça to Madrid) (1962)
*{{Flag icon|Belgium}} [[Fernand Goyvaerts]] (Barça to Madrid) (1965)
*{{Flag icon|France}} [[Lucien Muller]] (Madrid to Barça) (1965)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Lorenzo Amador]] (Madrid to [[Hércules CF]] to Barça) (1980)
*{{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Bernd Schuster]] (Barça to Madrid) (1988)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Luis Milla]] (Barça to Madrid) (1990)
*{{Flag icon|Romania}} [[Gheorghe Hagi]] (Madrid to [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]] to Barça) (1994)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Fernando Muñoz|Fernando ”Nando” Muñoz]] (Barça to Madrid) (1992)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Julen Lopetegui]] (Madrid to [[CD Logroñés]] to Barça) (1994)
*{{Flag icon|Denmark}} [[Michael Laudrup]] (Barça to Madrid) (1994)
*{{Flag icon|Croatia}} [[Robert Prosinečki]] (Madrid to [[Real Oviedo]] to Barça) (1995)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Miquel Soler]] (Barça to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] to Madrid) (1995)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (Madrid to Barça) (1996)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Daniel García Lara]] (Madrid to [[Real Mallorca]] to Barça) (1999)
*{{Flag icon|Portugal}} [[Luís Figo]] (Barça to Madrid) (2000)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Albert Celades]] (Barça to [[Celta Vigo]] to Madrid) (2000)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Pérez]] (Madrid to [[Real Betis]] to Barça) (2000)
*{{Flag icon|Brazil}} [[Ronaldo]] (Barça to [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]] to Madrid) (2002)
*{{Flag icon|Cameroon}} [[Samuel Eto'o]] (Madrid to [[Real Mallorca]] to Barça) (2004)
*{{Flag icon|Argentina}} [[Javier Saviola]] (Barça to [[AS Monaco|Monaco]] to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] to Madrid) (2007)

===Players who played for both clubs: Switches===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| From Barça to Madrid
| align="right" | 21
|-
| From Madrid to Barça
| align="right" | 12
|-
| '''Total switches'''
| align="right" | 38
|}

==See also==
*[[Major football rivalries]]
*[[Sports rivalry]]
*[[Nationalism and sport]]

==Notes==
;General
*{{Cite book| last=Ball| first=Phill| title=Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football | year=2003|publisher=WSC Books Limited|isbn=0954013468}}
*{{Cite book|title=Long distance love: a passion for football|first=Grant|last=Farred|publisher=Temple University Press|year=2008|isbn=1592133746|unused_data=ISBN}}
;Specific
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{{About|the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid|other rivalries|El Clásico (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox sports rivalry
| name = El Clásico
| other names =
| image = [[File:Casillas and Puyol.JPG|300px]]
| caption = The respective captains of Madrid and Barcelona, [[Iker Casillas|Casillas]] and [[Carles Puyol|Puyol]].
| city or region = [[Barcelona]] and [[Madrid]] ([[Spain]])
| first contested = 17 February 1902
| teams involved = [[FC Barcelona]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| total = 209
| series = Real Madrid (85–82–42)
| largestvictory = 11-1 Real Madrid - Barcelona (1943)
| mostrecent = 5–0 (Barcelona – Real Madrid)
| nextmeeting = 17 April 2011 (Real Madrid – Barcelona)
}}

'''El Clásico''' ({{lang-en|The Classic}}), also known as ''El [[Local derby|derbi]] Español'' or ''El Clàssic''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elpunt.cat/noticia/article/8-esports/48-barca/329919-el-classic-es-jugara-dilluns.html|publisher=[[El Punt]]|accessdate=18 November 2010|date=18 November 2010|title=El clàssic es jugarà dilluns}}</ref> is the name generically given to any [[association football|football]] match between [[Real Madrid]] and [[FC Barcelona]]. It is contested at least (and usually) bi-annually as part of the Spanish [[La Liga]] competition, with a maximum of nine matches a year, with two extra in the [[Copa del Rey]], the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]], and the [[Supercopa de España]], with another possible in the [[UEFA Super Cup]]. Other than the [[UEFA Champions League Final]], it is the most followed club football match in the world, watched by hundreds of millions of people.<ref name="BBC History">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7773758.stm|title= Barca & Real renew El Clasico rivalry|last=Stevenson|first= Johanthan|date=12 December 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=15 August 2010}}</ref>

The rivalry comes about as [[Madrid]] and [[Barcelona]] are the two largest [[City|cities]] in [[Spain]], and the two clubs are the most successful and influential football clubs in the country. Real Madrid has amassed 73 trophies and Barcelona 68, while [[Athletic Bilbao]] comes third with 32 trophies. They are sometimes [[Identification|identified]] with opposing political positions, with Real Madrid and Barcelona representing [[Spanish nationalism]] and [[Catalanism|Catalan nationalism]] respectively.

==Rivalry==
[[File:Alfredo di stefano1947 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Alfredo di Stéfano]] was involved in a controversial transfer to Real Madrid and would later become the all-time topscorer in El Clásico.]]

===The Primo de Rivera and Franco years===

As early as the 1930s, Barcelona "had developed a reputation as a symbol of Catalan pride and identity, opposed to the centralising tendencies of Madrid".<ref name="josepsunyol" /><ref>Ham, Anthony p. 221</ref> During the [[Spanish State|Franco dictatorship]], most citizens of Barcelona were in strong opposition to the fascist régime, with several players of Barcelona enrolling with the opposition forces in 1934.{{Clarify|date=September 2010}} On a representative level, the president of Barcelona [[Josep Sunyol]] was killed by Franco's security police as part of his political activities while visited Republican troops north of Madrid.<ref name="josepsunyol">Burns, Jimmy, 'Don Patricio O’Connell: An Irishman and the Politics of Spanish Football' in "[http://www.irishargentine.org/0803.pdf Irish Migration Studies in Latin America]" 6:1 (March 2008), p. 44. Available online [http://www.irlandeses.org/0803burns3.htm pg. 3], [http://www.irlandeses.org/0803burns4.htm pg. 4], accessed 29 August 2010.</ref> Phil Ball, the author of ''Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football'', calls the El Clásico "a re-enactment of the Spanish Civil War".<ref>Ball, Phil p. 86</ref><ref name="Mucho morbo">{{Cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2002/apr/21/championsleague.sport | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Mucho morbo | date=21 April 2002 | accessdate=1 May 2010 | first=Phil | last=Ball}}</ref>

Though the first socialist party in Spain was founded in Madrid, almost all the ideas that have shaped the country's modern history – [[republicanism]], [[federalism]], [[anarchism]], [[syndicalism]] and [[communism]] – have been introduced via the region of [[Catalonia]], where Barcelona is.<ref name="Mucho morbo"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psoe.es/ambito/historiapsoe/docs/index.do?action=View&id=992 |title=El Partido Socialista se fundó en 1879 – PSOE |publisher=PSOE|language=Spanish |date= |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref> During the dictatorships of [[Miguel Primo de Rivera]] and of [[Francisco Franco]], all regional languages and identities were frowned upon and restrained. In this period FC Barcelona gained their motto ''[[més que un club]]'' (''English: More than a club'') because of its alleged connection to [[Progressivism|progressive]] beliefs and its representative role for Catalonia.<ref>Ball, Phil p. 88</ref> However, during Franco's regime, the blaugrana team seemed to be granted profit due to its good relationship with the dictator at management level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.as.com/actualidad/articulo/franco-recibio-medallas-barca/daspor/20031109dasdai_6/Tes |title=Franco recibió dos medallas del Barça |publisher=Diario AS |language=Spanish |date= |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref> In any case, for most of the Catalans, and many other Spaniards as well, Real Madrid was regarded as the [[the establishment|establishment]] club, in spite of the fact that during the Spanish Civil War, presidents of both clubs like [[Josep Sunyol]] and [[Rafael Sánchez Guerra]], suffered in the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name="josepsunyol"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elcultural.es/version_papel/LETRAS/21841/El_deporte_en_la_guerra_civil |title=El deporte en la guerra civil |publisher=''EL CULTURAL'' |language=Spanish |date= |accessdate=29 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elpueblodeceuta.es/200906/20090630/200906305111.html |title=Rafael Sánchez Guerra |publisher=''elpueblodeceuta.es'' |language=Spanish |date=30 June 2009 |accessdate=29 August 2010}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

===Di Stéfano transfer===
The rivalry was intensified during the 1950s when the clubs disputed the signing of [[Alfredo di Stéfano]]. Di Stéfano had impressed both Barcelona and Real Madrid whilst playing for [[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios]] in Bogota, during a players' strike in his native [[Argentina]].<ref name="di Stefano">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773766.stm |title=BBC SPORT | Football | Di Stefano deal intensifies rivalry |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref> Both Madrid and Barcelona attempted to sign him and, due to confusion that emerged from di Stéfano moving to Millonarios from [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] following the strike, both clubs claimed to own his registration. After intervention from FIFA representative Muñoz Calero it was decided that both Barcelona and Real Madrid had to share the player in alternate seasons. Barcelona's Franco-imposed President backed down after a few appearances as Barcelona's side claimed but Real say Barcelona's decision was voluntary, and di Stefano moved definitively to Madrid.<ref name="di Stefano" />

Di Stéfano became integral in the subsequent success achieved by Madrid, scoring twice in his first game against Barcelona. With him, Madrid won the initial five [[European Champions Cup]] competitions. The 1960s saw the rivalry reach the [[UEFA|European]] stage when they met twice at the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], Real Madrid winning in 1960 and FC Barcelona winning in 1961.

=== Current issues ===
[[File:Luis Figo 2009 2.jpg|220px|right|thumb|When [[Luis Figo]] returned to Barcelona as a Real Madrid player, the Barcelona support group [[Boixos Nois]] threw a pig's head after him.<ref>{{cite news|last=Edworthy |first=Sarah |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/3038466/Running-gauntlet-of-hate-in-Spains-gran-clasico.html |title=Running gauntlet of hate in Spain's gran clasico |publisher=Telegraph |date=25 November 2002 |accessdate=27 August 2010 | location=London}}</ref>]]
The two teams met again in the [[UEFA Champions League 2001-02|UEFA Champions League]] semi-final in 2002, with Real Madrid winning 2-0. The match, dubbed by Spanish media as the ''Match of the Century'', was watched by more than 500 million people.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773773.stm |title=Real win Champions League showdown |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=7 August 2010}}</ref> In the Clásico held on November 2005, Barcelona played away in Madrid, winning 3-0. The star of the Barcelona team was Ronaldinho, who became the second Barcelona player after Diego Maradona to receive a standing ovation from Real Madrid fans.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773778.stm |title=Rampant Ronaldinho receives standing ovation |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>

The rivalry has been strengthened throughout time by the internal transfer of players between the clubs. Barcelona players who have later played for Real Madrid include [[Bernd Schuster]], who switched in 1988, [[Michael Laudrup]] went to Real Madrid on a free transfer in 1994, but the most notorious was former vice-captain [[Luís Figo]]'s switch in 2000. Players transferring from Real Madrid to Barcelona are less frequent, the most recent being [[Luis Enrique]], who went to Barcelona in 1996 where he went on to captain the Blaugrana, and since 2008 coach the reserve team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773768.stm | title=Schuster leads the defectors |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>

A 2007 survey by the ''Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas'' determined that Real Madrid was the team with the largest following in Spain. Thirty-two percent of the Spanish population supported Real Madrid, while twenty-five percent supported Barcelona. In third place came [[Valencia CF]], who were supported by five percent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2700_2719/2705/Es2705mar_A.pdf|title=CIS Mayo 2007|language=Spanish|format=PDF|publisher=Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas|date=May 2007|accessdate=2 September 2010}}</ref> Barcelona in turn is more popular in Europe than Madrid. According to a survey made by the German research agency Sport+Markt in 2010, Barcelona has approximately 57,8 million fans around Europe, while Real Madrid has 31,3 million fans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportundmarkt.com/de/news/list/football-top-20-2010.html|title="Football Top 20" 2010|format=text|publisher=Sport+Markt|date=September 2009|accessdate=10 September 2010|subscription=yes}}</ref><ref>http://www.sport.es/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=44&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=725804&idseccio_PK=803&h=</ref>

==League matches==
These are only the league matches, club name in '''bold''' indicate win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=cale&idDivision=1&idTemporada=28|title=La Liga fixtures 1928–29|accessdate=15 August 2010. Other seasons available through the search button|publisher=LFP}}</ref> The score is given at half-time (T) and full-time (H), in the goals columns the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:0"
|-
! Game!! class="unsortable"|Date!! Round!! width=100|Home team!! width=100|Away team!! Score (H/T)!! Goals (home)!! Goals (away)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1 ||17 February [[1929 La Liga|1929]]||2||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (0–1)||[[Manuel Parera Penella|Parera]] (70) ||[[Rafael Morera López|Morera]] (10, 55)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2 ||9 May [[1929 La Liga|1929]]||11||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)|| ||[[José Sastre Perciba|Sastre]] (83)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3 ||26 January [[1929–30 La Liga|1930]]||9||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–4''' (0–3)||[[Bestit Martínez|Bestit]] (63) ||[[Gaspar Rubio Meliá|Rubio]] (10, 37), [[Francisco López|F. López]] (17), [[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4 ||30 March [[1929–30 La Liga|1930]]||18||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–1''' (3–0)||[[Gaspar Rubio Meliá|Rubio]] (5, 23), [[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (42, 68, 72)||[[Severiano Goiburu Lopetegui|Goiburu]] (84)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5 ||1 February [[1930–31 La Liga|1931]]||9||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6 ||5 April [[1930–31 La Liga|1931]]||18||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (2–1)||[[Juan Ramón i Pera|Ramón]] (12, 35, 73)||[[Eugenio Hilario Calvo|Eugenio]] (38)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 7 ||31 January [[1931–32 La Liga|1932]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (2–0)||[[Manuel Olivares Lapeña|Olivares]] (26, 40)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 8 ||3 April [[1931–32 La Liga|1932]]||18||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''2–2''' (1–1)||
[[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (20), [[Ángel Arocha|Arocha]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 87)
||[[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (43), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 9 ||1 January [[1932–33 La Liga|1933]]||6||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (0–0)||
[[Ángel Arocha|Arocha]] (68)
||[[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 78)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 10 ||5 March [[1932–33 La Liga|1933]]||15||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–0)||
[[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (35, 68)
||[[Severiano Goiburu Lopetegui|Goiburu]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 11 ||26 November [[1933–34 La Liga|1933]]||4||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (0–2)||
[[Alejandro Morera Soto|Morera]] (46)
||[[Manuel Olivares Lapeña|Olivares]] (9), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (26)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 12 ||28 January [[1933–34 La Liga|1934]]||13||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–0''' (3–0)||
[[Luis Valle Benítez|Valle]] (7), [[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (20), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (30), [[Eugenio Hilario Calvo|Eugenio]] (50)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 13 ||3 February [[1934–35 La Liga|1935]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''8–2''' (5–1)||
[[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (14, 42, 73), [[Ildefonso Sañudo García|Sañudo]] (21, 35, 47, 81), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (29)
||[[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (17), [[Ramón Guzmán Martorell|Guzmán]] (68)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 14 ||21 April [[1934–35 La Liga|1935]]||81||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (1–0)
||[[Martí Ventolrà|Ventolrà]] (43, 62, 68, 82), [[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (48)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 15 ||26 December [[1935–36 La Liga|1935]]||7||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–3''' (0–2)
||
||[[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (21), [[Francisco Diz Vázquez|Diz]] (40), [[Simón Lecue Andrade|Lecue]] (47)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 16 ||22 March [[1935–36 La Liga|1936]]||18||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (2–0)
||[[Simón Lecue Andrade|Lecue]] (10, 47), [[Emilio Alonso Larrazabal|Emilin]] (43)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 17 ||28 January [[1939–40 La Liga|1940]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–1)
||[[Jesús Alonso Fernández|Alonso]] (1'), [[Simón Lecue Andrade|Lecue]] (75')
||[[Pedro Pascual|Pascual]] (3')
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 18 ||14 April [[1939–40 La Liga|1940]]||20||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)
||
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 19 ||1 December [[1940–41 La Liga|1940]]||10||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (0–0)
||[[Jaime Sospedra Juliá|Sospedra]] (49, 69), [[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (53)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 20 ||23 February [[1940–41 La Liga|1941]]||21||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–2''' (0–0)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (49)
||[[José Bravo Domínguez|Bravo]] (60), [[Mariano Martín|Martín]] (63)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 21 ||19 October [[1941–42 La Liga|1941]]|| 4||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–3''' (2–1)
||[[Marcial Arbiza Urruti|Arbiza]] (17, 70), [[Benito García Cano|Benito]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 35), [[Nazario Belmar Martínez|Belmar]] (55)
||[[Francisco Calvet Puig|Calvet]] (25), [[José Raich Garriga|Raich]] (60), [[Antonio Gracía López|Gracia]] (87)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 22 ||25 January [[1941–42 La Liga|1942]]||17||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–2''' (0–0)
||
||[[Manuel Alday Marticorena|Alday]] (63, 78)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 23 ||27 September [[1942–43 La Liga|1942]]|| 1||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (1–0)
||[[Marcial Arbiza Urruti|Arbiza]] (7, 89), [[Antonio Alsúa Alonso|Alsúa]] (52)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 24 ||10 January [[1942–43 La Liga|1943]]||14||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''5–5''' (4–1)
||[[Mariano Martín|Martín]] (25, 40), [[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (31), [[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (32, 62)
||[[Jesús Alonso Fernández|Alonso]] (10), [[Manuel Alday Marticorena|Alday]] (27, 51), [[Pascual Botella Domingo|Botella]] (74), [[José Mardones Llorente|Mardones II]] (87)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 25 ||2 January [[1943–44 La Liga|1944]]||13||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)
||
||[[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (50)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 26 ||9 April [[1943–44 La Liga|1944]]||26||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–0)
||[[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (31)
||[[Antonio Alsúa Alonso|Alsúa]] (62), [[Manuel Rosalénch Bellón|Rosalénch]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 27 ||9 November [[1944–45 La Liga|1944]]|| 8||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[Moleiro]] (21)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 28 ||25 March [[1944–45 La Liga|1945]]||21||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (1–0)
||[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (41, 46), [[José Bravo Domínguez|Bravo]] (52), [[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (77), [[Marià Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo III]] (86)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 29 ||25 November [[1945–46 La Liga|1945]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (1–0)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (23), [[Pruden]] (61), [[Nazario Belmar|Belmar]] (68)
||[[Mariano Martín|Martín]] (51), [[Marià Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo III]] (75)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 30 ||3 March [[1945–46 La Liga|1946]]||22||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (17)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 31 ||1 December [[1946–47 La Liga|1946]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–1)
||[[José Llopis Corona|Corona]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 4), [[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (79)
||[[Josep Seguer|Seguer]] (23)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 32 ||30 March [[1946–47 La Liga|1947]]||24||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–2''' (2–0)
||[[José Bravo Domínguez|Bravo]] (18), [[Alfonso Navarro Perona|Navarro]] (39, 49)
||[[Pedro María Arsuaga Eguiazábal|Arsuaga]] (48, 60)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 33 ||12 October [[1947–48 La Liga|1947]]||4||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (0–1)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (65)
||[[Clemente Fernández López|Clemente]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 31)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 34 ||25 January [[1947–48 La Liga|1948]]||17||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''4–2''' (3–0)
||[[Josep Seguer|Seguer]] (2), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (28, 58), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (43)
||[[Juan Rodríguez Gallardo|Gallardo]] (68), [[Rafael Yunta Navarro|Rafa Yunta]] (76)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 35 ||19 September [[1948–49 La Liga|1948]]||2||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–2''' (0–1)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (60)
||[[Florencio Caffaratti|Caffaratti]] (41), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (48)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 36 ||15 January [[1948–49 La Liga|1949]]||16||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–1)
||[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (28, 61), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (56)
||[[Pahiño]] (9)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 37 ||18 September [[1949–50 La Liga|1949]]||3||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''6–1''' (3–0)
||[[Pablo Olmedo Garmendía|Olmedo]] (2), [[Miguel Cabrera Pérez|Cabrera]] (4), [[Pahiño]] (40, 68), [[Cándido Gardoy Martín|Macala]] (62, 69)
||[[José Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo II]] (85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 38 ||15 January [[1949–50 La Liga|1950]]||16||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''2–3''' (1–0)
||[[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (41), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (53)
||[[Pahiño]] (58), [[Rafael Verdu Fernández|Rafa Verdu]] (66), [[Miguel Cabrera Pérez|Cabrera]] (73)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 39 ||24 September [[1950–51 La Liga|1950]]||3||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''7–2''' (3–1)
||[[Mateu Nicolau|Nicolau]] (9, 56), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (14), [[Marcos Aureli]] (39, 88), [[Marià Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo III]] (62), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (82)
||[[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (15), [[Manuel García González|García González]] (66)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 40 ||14 January [[1950–51 La Liga|1951]]||18||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–1''' (4–1)
||[[Jesús Narro Sancho|Narro]] (8, 17, 29), [[Pahiño]] (13)
||[[José Canal Viñas|Canal]] (31)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 41 ||11 November [[1951–52 La Liga|1951]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–1''' (3–1)
||[[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (3), [[Miguel Cabrera Pérez|Cabrera]] (32), [[Pahiño]] (35, 87), [[Roque Olsen]] (57)
||[[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (44)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 42 ||2 March [[1951–52 La Liga|1952]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''4–2''' (2–2)
||[[Vila Soler]] (13), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (36, 56, 74)
||[[Roque Olsen]] (33), [[Pedro María Arsuaga|Arsuaga]] (39)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 43 ||23 November [[1952–53 La Liga|1952]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (0–0)
||[[Pedro María Arsuaga|Arsuaga]] (76, 80)
||[[Eduardo Manchón|Manchón]] (67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 44 ||5 April [[1952–53 La Liga|1953]]||26||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[Tomás Hernández|Moreno]] (15)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 45 ||25 October [[1953–54 La Liga|1953]]||7||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–0''' (4–0)
||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (10, 85), [[Roque Olsen]] (34, 35), [[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (39)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 46 ||21 February [[1953–54 La Liga|1954]]||22||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–1''' (1–1)
||[[Justo Tejada|Tejada]] (14, 86), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (50), [[Tomás Hernández|Moreno]] (74), [[Eduardo Manchón|Manchón]] (89)
||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (6)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 47 ||21 November [[1954–55 La Liga|1954]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (1–0)
||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 44), [[Héctor Rial]] (66), [[José Iglesias Fernández|Joseito]] (67)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 48 ||6 March [[1954–55 La Liga|1955]]||26||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''2–2''' (1–1)
||[[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (31), [[Dagoberto Moll]] (70)
||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (19, 64)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 49 ||13 November [[1955–56 La Liga|1955]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–0)
||[[Héctor Rial]] (35), [[Marcos Alonso Imaz|Marquitos]] (89)
||[[Esteban Areta Vélez|Areta]] (77)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 50 ||18 March [[1955–56 La Liga|1956]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (2–0)
||[[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (18, 29)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 51 ||11 November [[1956–57 La Liga|1956]]||10||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0)
||[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (46)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 52 ||3 March [[1956–57 La Liga|1957]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[José Iglesias Fernández|Joseito]] (21)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 53 ||13 October [[1957–58 La Liga|1957]]||5||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (2–0)
||[[Raymond Kopa|Kopa]] (10), [[Héctor Rial]] (43), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (73)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 54 ||2 February [[1957–58 La Liga|1958]]||20||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–2''' (0–2)
||
||[[Ramón Marsal|Marsal]] (34), [[Héctor Rial]] (37)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 55 ||26 October [[1958–59 La Liga|1958]]||7||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''4–0''' (1–0)
||[[Evaristo de Macedo|Evaristo]] (22, 68, 70), [[Justo Tejada|Tejada]] (84)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 56 ||15 February [[1958–59 La Liga|1959]]||22||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (0–0)
||[[Jesús Herrera Alonso|Herrera]] (79')
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 57 ||29 November [[1959–60 La Liga|1959]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)|| [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (5), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (82)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 58 ||20 March [[1959–60 La Liga|1960]]||26||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (0–0)||[[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] (50), [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (60), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (62)||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (58)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 59 ||4 December [[1960–61 La Liga|1960]]||12||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''3–5''' (2–3)||[[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (28), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (34), [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (89)||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (3, 81), [[Luis del Sol|del Sol]] (15), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (43, 79)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 60 ||26 March [[1960–61 La Liga|1961]]||27||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (0–0)||[[Luis del Sol|del Sol]] (55), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (60), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (78)||[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (80), [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 61 ||30 September [[1961–62 La Liga|1961]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (14), [[Luis del Sol|del Sol]] (72)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 62 ||21 January [[1961–62 La Liga|1962]]||20||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (2–0)||[[Evaristo de Macedo|Evaristo]] (4, 83), [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] (40)||[[Félix Ruiz]] (86)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 63 ||30 September [[1962–63 La Liga|1962]]||3||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (20, 70)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 64 ||27 January [[1962–63 La Liga|1963]]||18||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–5''' (1–2)||[[Cayetano Ré|Ré]] (34) ||[[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 24, 35, 71), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (47), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 65 ||15 December [[1963–64 La Liga|1963]]||12||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–0''' (1–0)||[[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (37, 68, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 84), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (77)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 66 ||30 March [[1963–64 La Liga|1964]]||27||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–2)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (27)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (18), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (43)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 67 ||8 November [[1964–65 La Liga|1964]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–1''' (2–0)||[[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] (16, 31, 74), [[Fernando Serena|Serena]] (76)||[[Cayetano Ré|Ré]] (68)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 68 ||28 February [[1964–65 La Liga|1965]]||24||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–0)||[[Cayetano Ré|Ré]] (40)||[[Pirri]] (63), [[Fernando Serena|Serena]] (70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 69 ||19 December [[1965–66 La Liga|1965]]||14||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–3''' (1–3)||[[Félix Ruiz]] (20)||[[Josep Fusté|Fusté]] (7, 8), [[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (34)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 70 ||27 March [[1965–66 La Liga|1966]]||29||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (0–1)||[[Joaquim Rifé|Rifé]] (59), [[Pedro Zaballa|Zaballa]] (63)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (39)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 71 ||20 November [[1966–67 La Liga|1966]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (0–0)||[[José Fidalgo Veloso|Fidalgo]] (89)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 72 ||19 March [[1966–67 La Liga|1967]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Josep Fusté|Fusté]] (7, 89)||[[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] (42)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 73 ||10 December [[1967–68 La Liga|1967]]||12||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (0–0)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 65)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (78)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 74 ||9 April [[1967–68 La Liga|1968]]||27||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (12)||[[Pirri]] (43)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 75 ||16 November [[1968–69 La Liga|1968]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Pirri]] (32), [[José Luis López Peinado|José Luis]] (75)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (19)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 76 ||9 March [[1968–69 La Liga|1969]]||24||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–0)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (26)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 87)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 77 ||14 September [[1969–70 La Liga|1969]]||1||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''3–3''' (2–2)||[[Sebastián Fleitas|Fleitas]] (18, 38), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (63)||[[Miguel Ángel Bustillo|Bustillo]] (3, 5), [[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 78 ||28 December [[1969–70 La Liga|1969]]||16||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)||[[Gallego (footballer)|Gallego]] (29)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 79 ||25 October [[1970–71 La Liga|1970]]||7||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–1)|| ||[[Pedro Zabalza|Zabalza]] (28)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 80 ||14 February [[1970–71 La Liga|1971]]||22||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)|| ||[[José Antonio Grande|Grande]] (67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 81 ||28 November [[1971–72 La Liga|1971]]||11||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–0)||[[Ramón Grosso|Grosso]] (6)||[[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (68)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 82 ||3 April [[1971–72 La Liga|1972]]||28||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)||[[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (11)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 83 ||1 October [[1972–73 La Liga|1972]]||5||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0)||[[José Antonio Barrios|Barrios]] (52)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 84 ||25 February [[1972–73 La Liga|1973]]||22||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 85 ||7 October [[1973–74 La Liga|1973]]||6||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 86 ||17 February [[1973–74 La Liga|1974]]||22||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–5''' (0–2)|| ||[[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (30, 54), [[Johan Cruijff|Cruijff]] (39), [[Juan Carlos Pérez López|Pérez]] (65), [[Hugo Sotil Yeren|Sotil]] (69)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 87 ||5 January [[1974–75 La Liga|1975]]||15||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (1–0)|| [[Roberto Martínez]] (43)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 88 ||11 May [[1974–75 La Liga|1975]]||32||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 89 ||28 December [[1975–76 La Liga|1975]]||15||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–0)||[[Johan Neeskens|Neeskens]] (3), [[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (89)||[[Pirri]] (64)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 90 ||30 April [[1975–76 La Liga|1976]]||32||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–2''' (0–1)|| ||[[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (15), [[Juan Carlos Heredia|Heredia]] (64)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 91 ||19 September [[1976–77 La Liga|1976]]||3||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–0)||[[Marcial Pina|Marcial]] (29), [[Johan Cruyff|Cruyff]] (53), [[Juan Carlos Heredia|Heredia]] (86)||[[Pirri]] (52)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 92 ||30 January [[1976–77 La Liga|1977]]||20||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Pirri]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 2)||[[Johan Cruyff|Cruyff]] (16)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 93 ||4 December [[1977–78 La Liga|1977]]||12||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''2–3''' (1–2)||[[Henning Jensen|Jensen]] (23), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (35), [[Uli Stielike|Stielike]] (54)||[[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 30, 67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 94 ||30 January [[1977–78 La Liga|1978]]||29||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–0''' (2–0)||[[Henning Jensen|Jensen]] (6, 10), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (69), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (80)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 95 ||23 September [[1978–79 La Liga|1978]]||4||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–1''' (2–1)||[[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (29, 46), [[Henning Jensen|Jensen]] (32)||[[Johan Neeskens|Neeskens]] (15)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 96 ||17 February [[1978–79 La Liga|1979]]||21||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (0–0)||[[Hans Krankl|Krankl]] (52), [[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (61)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 97 ||23 September [[1979–80 La Liga|1979]]||3||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (3–2)||[[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (6), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (8), [[Laurie Cunningham|Cunningham]] (32)||[[Jesús Landáburu|Landáburu]] (23), [[Hans Krankl|Krankl]] (36)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 98 ||10 February [[1979–80 La Liga|1980]]||20||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–2''' (0–0)|| ||[[Francisco García Hernández|García Hernández]] (61), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (63)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 99 ||30 November [[1980–81 La Liga|1980]]||13||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Bernd Schuster|Schuster]] (15), [[Quini]] (64)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (22)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 100 ||29 March [[1980–81 La Liga|1981]]||30||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (0–0)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 53), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (71), [[Uli Stielike|Stielike]] (76)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 101 ||20 December [[1981–82 La Liga|1981]]||16||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–0)||[[José Ramón Alexanko|Alexanko]] (7), [[Quini]] (53, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 60)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (49)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 102 ||29 March [[1981–82 La Liga|1982]]||30||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–1''' (2–1)||[[Rafael García Cortés|Rafael Cortés]] (6), [[Uli Stielike|Stielike]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 45), [[Isidro Díaz González|Isidro]] (82)||[[Quini]] (42)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 103 ||27 November [[1982–83 La Liga|1982]]||13||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–2''' (0–1)|| ||[[Esteban Vigo]] (14), [[Quini]] (86)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 104 ||26 March [[1982–83 La Liga|1983]]||30||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] (45), [[Perico Alonso]] (77)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (20)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 105 ||22 October [[1983–84 La Liga|1983]]||8||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–2)||[[Quini]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 17)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 12), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (20)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 106 ||25 February [[1983–84 La Liga|1984]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–0)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (16), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (80)||[[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] (56)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 107 ||2 September [[1984–85 La Liga|1984]]||1||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–3''' (0–0)|| ||[[Ángel de Los Santos Cano|Ángel]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]]46), [[Steve Archibald|Archibald]] (86), [[Ramón Calderé|Calderé]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 108 ||30 December [[1984–85 La Liga|1984]]||18||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–2''' (1–1)||[[Gerardo Miranda|Gerardo]] (25), [[Migueli]] (53), [[Esteban Vigo]] (79)||[[Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo|Sanchís]] (30), [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 109 ||9 November [[1985–86 La Liga|1985]]||11||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Marcos Alonso]] (2), [[Ramón Calderé|Calderé]] (72)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 110 ||8 March [[1985–86 La Liga|1986]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–1''' (0–0)||[[Antonio Maceda|Maceda]] (64), [[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (67), [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (83)||[[Raúl Vicente Amarilla|Amarilla]] (51)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 111 ||8 October [[1986–87 La Liga|1986]]||8||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 27)||[[Ángel Pedraza Lamilla|Pedraza]] (6)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 112 ||31 January [[1986–87 La Liga|1987]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–2''' (2–0)||[[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] (2, 5, 47)||[[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (61), [[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 80)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 113 ||12 April [[1986–87 La Liga|1987]]||35||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 114 ||23 May [[1986–87 La Liga|1987]]||40||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–0)
||[[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] (39), [[Roberto Fernández Bonillo|Roberto]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 60)||[[Hugo Sánchez]] (53)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 115 ||2 January [[1987–88 La Liga|1988]]||16||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (2–1)
||[[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 22, 41)||[[Bernd Schuster|Schuster]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 30)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 116 ||30 April [[1987–88 La Liga|1988]]||35||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (1–0)
||[[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] (1), [[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] (70)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 117 ||22 October [[1988–89 La Liga|1988]]||8||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (0–1)
||[[Hugo Sánchez]] (57), [[Adolfo Aldana|Aldana]] (59), [[Rafael Gordillo|Gordillo]] (81)||[[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (21), [[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] (70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 118 ||1 April [[1988–89 La Liga|1989]]||27||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)
||||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 119 ||7 October [[1989–90 La Liga|1989]]||6||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–1)
||[[Julio Salinas|Salinas]] (10), [[Ronald Koeman|R.Koeman]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 74, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 89)||[[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 5)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 120 ||15 February [[1989–90 La Liga|1990]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (3–0)
||[[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] (24), [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (45), [[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 46)||[[Julio Salinas|Salinas]] (21, 70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 121 ||19 January [[1990–91 La Liga|1991]]||19||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)
||[[Michael Laudrup|Laudrup]] (18), [[Predrag Spasić|Spasić]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 62)||[[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (28)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 122 ||8 June [[1990–91 La Liga|1991]]||38||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (0–0)
||[[Adolfo Aldana|Aldana]] (47)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 123 ||19 October [[1991–92 La Liga|1991]]||6||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–0)
||[[Robert Prosinečki|Prosinečki]] (19)||[[Ronald Koeman|R.Koeman]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 58)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 124 ||7 March [[1991–92 La Liga|1992]]||25||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–0)
||[[Ronald Koeman|R.Koeman]] (36)||[[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] (66)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 125 ||5 September [[1992–93 La Liga|1992]]||1||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–0)
||[[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (4), [[Hristo Stoichkov|Stoichkov]] (87)||[[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 126 ||30 January [[1992–93 La Liga|1993]]||20||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (2–1)
||[[Ivan Zamorano|Zamorano]] (9), [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 41)||[[Guillermo Amor|Amor]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 15)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 127 ||8 January [[1993–94 La Liga|1994]]||18||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (1–0)||[[Romário]] (24, 56, 81), [[Ronald Koeman|Koeman]] (47), [[Iván Iglesias]] (86) ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 128 ||7 May [[1993–94 La Liga|1994]]||37||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)|| ||[[Guillermo Amor|Amor]] (77)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 129 ||7 January [[1994–95 La Liga|1995]]||16||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–0''' (3–0)||[[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (5, 21, 39), [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (68), [[José Emilio Amavisca|Amavisca]] (70)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 130 ||27 May [[1994–95 La Liga|1995]]||35||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0)||[[Miguel Ángel Nadal|Nadal]] (62)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 131 ||1 October [[1995–96 La Liga|1995]]||5||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (12)||[[Roger García Junyent|Roger]] (31)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 132 ||11 February [[1995–96 La Liga|1996]]||26||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (1–0)||[[Meho Kodro|Kodro]] (37, 93), [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (71)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 133 ||8 December [[1996–97 La Liga|1996]]||16||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Davor Šuker|Suker]] (24), [[Predrag Mijatović|Mijatovic]] (48)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 134 ||11 May [[1996–97 La Liga|1997]]||37||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)||[[Ronaldo]] (45)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 135 ||2 November [[1997–98 La Liga|1997]]||9||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''2–3''' (0–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (48), [[Davor Šuker|Suker]] (61)||[[Rivaldo]] (5), [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (51), [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 136 ||8 March [[1997–98 La Liga|1998]]||28||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (0–0)||[[Sonny Anderson|Anderson]] (69), [[Figo]] (80), [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (85)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 137 ||20 September [[1998–99 La Liga|1998]]||3||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''2–2''' (2–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (7, 37)||[[Kluivert]] (12), [[Sonny Anderson|Anderson]] (83)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 138 ||15 February [[1998–99 La Liga|1999]]||22||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (2–0)||[[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (4, 36), [[Rivaldo]] (80)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 139 ||14 October [[1999–2000 La Liga|1999]]||7||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''2–2''' (1–1)||[[Rivaldo]] (28), [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (50)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (26, 85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 140 ||27 February [[1999–2000 La Liga|2000]]||26||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (2–0)||[[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] (5), [[Anelka]] (19), [[Morientes]] (52)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 141 ||22 October [[2000–01 La Liga|2000]]||6||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (26), [[Simão Sabrosa|Simão]] (79)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 142 ||4 March [[2000–01 La Liga|2001]]||25||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''2–2''' (2–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (6, 36)||[[Rivaldo]] (35, 69)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 143 ||5 November [[2001–02 La Liga|2001]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Morientes]] (23), [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (92)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 144 ||17 March [[2001–02 La Liga|2002]]||30||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (0–1)||[[Xavi]] (58)||[[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] (38)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 145 ||24 November [[2002–03 La Liga|2002]]||11||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)||||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 146 ||20 April [[2002–03 La Liga|2003]]||30||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Ronaldo]] (16)||[[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (32)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 147 ||7 December [[2003–04 La Liga|2003]]||15||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (0–1)||[[Patrick Kluivert|Kluivert]] (83)||[[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] (37), [[Ronaldo]] (75)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 148 ||25 April [[2003–04 La Liga|2004]]||34||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–2''' (0–0)||[[Santiago Solari|Solari]] (54)||[[Patrick Kluivert|Kluivert]] (58), [[Xavi]] (85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 149 ||20 November [[2004–05 La Liga|2004]]||12||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (2–0)||[[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (28), [[Giovanni van Bronckhorst|van Bronckhorst]] (42), [[Ronaldinho]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 76)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 150 ||10 April [[2004–05 La Liga|2005]]||31||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–2''' (2–1)||[[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] (7), [[Ronaldo]] (20), [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (46), [[Michael Owen|Owen]] (66)||[[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (29), [[Ronaldinho]] (73)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 151 ||19 November [[2005–06 La Liga|2005]]||12||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–3''' (0–1)|| ||[[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (14), [[Ronaldinho]] (59, 77)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 152 ||1 April [[2005–06 La Liga|2006]]||31||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Ronaldinho]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 20)||[[Ronaldo]] (36)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 153 ||22 October [[2006–07 La Liga|2006]]||7||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (3), [[Ruud van Nistelrooy|van Nistelrooy]] (50)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 154 ||10 March [[2006–07 La Liga|2007]]||26||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''3–3''' (2–2)||[[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (10, 27, 88)||[[Ruud van Nistelrooy|van Nistelrooy]] (4, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 12), [[Sergio Ramos|Ramos]] (72)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 155 ||23 December [[2007–08 La Liga|2007]]||17||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–1''' (0–1) || ||[[Julio Baptista|Baptista]] (36)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 156 ||7 May [[2007–08 La Liga|2008]]||34||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–1''' (2–0) || [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (12), [[Arjen Robben|Robben]] (20), [[Gonzalo Higuaín|Higuaín]] (62), [[Ruud van Nistelrooy|van Nistelrooy]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 77) || [[Thierry Henry|Henry]] (86)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 157 ||13 December [[2008–09 La Liga|2008]]||17||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (0–0) || [[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (83), [[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (90) ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 158 ||2 May [[2008–09 La Liga|2009]]||34||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''[[Real Madrid C.F. 2–6 FC Barcelona|2–6]]''' (1–3) || [[Gonzalo Higuaín|Higuaín]] (14), [[Sergio Ramos|Ramos]] (56),||[[Thierry Henry|Henry]] (18, 58), [[Carlos Puyol|Puyol]] (25), [[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (35, 75), [[Gerard Piqué|Piqué]] (83)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 159 ||29 November [[2009–10 La Liga|2009]]||12||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0) || [[Zlatan Ibrahimović|Ibrahimović]] (56)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 160 ||10 April [[2009–10 La Liga|2010]]||31||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–2''' (0–1) || || [[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (33), [[Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma|Pedro]] (56)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 161 ||29 November [[2010–11 La Liga|2010]]||13||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (2–0)||[[Xavi Hernandez|Xavi]] (10), [[Pedro Rodriguez Ledesma|Pedro]] (18), [[David Villa]] (55, 58), [[Jeffren Suarez|Jeffren]] (90+1)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 162 ||17 April [[2010–11 La Liga|2011]]||32||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona|| || ||
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" |68
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" |63
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 30
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 161
|}

==Spanish Cup matches==
Below are all of the [[Copa del Rey]] matches which Barcelona and Real Madrid have played against each other. Starting in 1901, the Copa Del Rey was the first nation-wide tournament in Spain before the establishment of La Liga in 1929.<ref name="rsssf1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/barcamadrid.html |title=FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF since 1902 |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=31 January 2000 |accessdate=21 August 2010 |author=García, Javier}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=93 |title=Resultados – Real Federación Española de Fútbol |publisher=Rfef.es |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/span09.html |title=Spain 2008/09 |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=24 September 2009 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
!colspan="2"| Round
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1925
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''1–5''' (0–3)
| [[Juan Monjardín Callejón|Monjardín]] (47)
| [[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (19, 26 , 43), [[Vicente Piera|Piera]] (79)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–0''' (2–0)
| [[Vicente Piera|Piera]] (8), [[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (18, 51)
|
|-
|| 1935
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–1''' (2–1)
| [[Eugenio]] (6), [[Simón Lecue|Lécue]] (12)
| [[Josep Escolà|Escolà]] (29)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1942
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–0''' (2–0)
| [[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (33), [[Josep Escolà|Escolà]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 43), [[Jaume Sospedra|Sospedra]] (60)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''1-1''' (1-1)
| Pruden
| [[Mariano Martín|Martín]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1943
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–0''' (2–0)
|
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''11-1''' (1-1)
| Barinaga (4) Pruden (3) Alonso (2) Botella y Alsua
| [[Mariano Martín|Martín]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1953
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–0''' (1–0)
| [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (86)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–1''' (2–1)
| [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (9, 12), [[Gustavo Biosca|Biosca]] (87)
| [[Pérez Payá]] (24)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1956
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–2''' (2–1)
| [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 20, 35)
| [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (14), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (53)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''6–1''' (2–0)
| [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (4, 48, 50, 63), [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (35), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (79)
| [[Ferran Olivella|Olivella]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 75)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1958
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''2–4''' (2–0)
| [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskas]] (20), [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (35)
| [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsic]] (51, 69), [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (67, 71)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–1''' (2–1)
| [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 34, 44), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (63)
| [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (36)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1961
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''0–1''' (0–0)
|
| [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (62)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''1–3''' (0–0)
| [[Jesús María Pereda|Pereda]] (85)
| [[Luis del Sol|Del Sol]] (65), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskas]] (83), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (90)
|-
|| 1967–68
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''1–0''' (1–0)
| [[Fernando Zunzunegui|Zunzunegui]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 6)
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1969–70
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–0''' (2–0)
| [[Ramón Grosso|Grosso]] (5), [[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] (44)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''1–1''' (1–0)
| [[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (45)
| [[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 60)
|-
|| 1973–74
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''4–0''' (1–0)
| [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (6), [[Rubiñán]] (47), [[Francisco Javier Aguilar García|Aguilar]] (50), [[Pirri]] (83)
|
|-
|| 1982–83
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–0)
| [[Víctor Muñoz|Víctor]] (32), [[Marcos Alonso|Marcos]] (90)
| [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (50)
|-
|| 1989–90
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–0''' (0–0)
| [[Guillermo Amor|Amor]] (68), [[Julio Salinas]] (90)
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1992–93
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–2''' (1–1)
| [[Ivan Zamorano|Zamorano]] (40)
| [[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (30)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''1–2''' (0–1)
| [[Michael Laudrup|Laudrup]] (87)
| [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]]24), [[Ivan Zamorano|Zamorano]] (82)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1996–97
|rowspan="2"| Last 16
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–2''' (1–1)
| [[Ronaldo]] (13), [[Miguel Ángel Nadal|Miguel Nadal]] (70), [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (79)
| [[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] (16), [[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] (67)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–1''' (0–0)
| [[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 80)
| [[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 69)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 9
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 14
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 5
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 28
|}

==League Cup matches==
The [[Copa de la Liga]] was a tournament created in 1982, but low support from the participating clubs saw it disbanded four years later.<ref name="rsssf1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spanleagcuphist.html |title=Spain – List of League Cup Finals |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Round
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1982–83
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–2''' (0–0)
| [[Vicente del Bosque|del Bosque]] (63), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (69)
| [[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] (50), [[Diego Armando Maradona|Maradona]] (57)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (0–0)
| [[Diego Armando Maradona|Maradona]] (19), [[José Ramón Alexanko|Alexanko]] (20)
| [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (84)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1984–85
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''2–2''' (2–0)
| [[Paco Clos|Clos]] (40), [[Marcos Alonso|Marcos]] (44)
| [[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (67), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (75)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–1''' (0–0)
| [[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (83)
| [[Josep Moratalla|Moratalla]] (57)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1985–86
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Last 16
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''2–2''' (1–1)
| [[Paco Clos|Clos]] (24), [[Steve Archibald|Archibald]] (50)
| [[Miguel Pardeza|Pardeza]] (36), [[Cholo]] (52)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''0–4''' (0–2)
|
| [[Raúl Vicente Amarilla|Amarilla]] (2, 41), [[Urbano Ortega|Urbano]] (47), [[Esteban Vigo|Esteban]] (67)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 0
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 2
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 4
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 6
|}

==Spanish Super Cup matches==
The [[Supercopa de España]] is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of the La Liga and the Copa del Rey. Established in 1982, it is the Spanish equivalent to the English FA Community Shield, where the winners of the FA Premier League and FA Cup compete for the trophy.<ref name="rsssf1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spansupcuphist.html |title=Spain – List of Super Cup Finals |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
!
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1988 Supercopa de España|1988–89]]
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–0''' (0–0)
| [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] (71), [[Hugo Sánchez]] (78)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–1)
| [[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (37, 77)
| [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (14)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1990 Supercopa de España|1990–91]]
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''0–1''' (0–0)
|
| [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] (54)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''4–1''' (2–1)
| [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (21, 44), [[Hugo Sánchez]] (56), [[Santiago Aragón|Aragón]] (70)
| [[Ion Andoni Goikoetxea|Goikoetxea]] (20)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1993 Supercopa de España|1993–94]]
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''3–1''' (1–1)
| [[Alfonso Pérez|Alfonso]] (35, 89) [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (55)
| [[Hristo Stoichkov|Stoichkov]] (17)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''1–1''' (0–1)
| [[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (65)
| [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (21)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1997 Supercopa de España|1997–98]]
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–1)
| [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (1), [[Miguel Ángel Nadal|Miguel Nadal]] (85)
| [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (4)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''4–1''' (1–0)
| [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (42, 54), [[Predrag Mijatović|Mijatović]] (58), [[Clarence Seedorf|Seedorf]] (65)
| [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (80)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 5
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 2
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 1
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 8
|}

==European Cup matches==
The most prestigious tournament in Europe, Barcelona and Real Madrid has faced each other on several occasions in the [[European Cup]], from 1992 onwards known as the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]].<ref name="rsssf1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2010/ |title=UEFA Champions League – Matches 2010 |publisher=UEFA |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010. Other seasons available through the menu}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Round
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1959–60 European Cup|1959–60]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''3–1''' (0–1)
| [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (17, 84), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (28)
| [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (37)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''1–3''' (0–1)
| [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] (89)
| [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (25, 75), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (68)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1960–61 European Cup|1960–61]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| First round
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–2''' (2–1)
| [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (1), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (33)
| [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (27, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 88)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–0)
| [[Martí Vergés|Vergés]] (33), [[Evaristo de Macedo|Evaristo]] (81)
| [[Canário]] (87)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[2001–02 UEFA Champions League|2001–2002]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''0–2''' (0–0)
|
| [[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] (55), [[Steve McManaman|McManaman]] (92)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–1''' (1–0)
| [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (43)
| [[Iván Helguera|Helguera]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 49)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 3
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 1
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 2
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 6
|}

===All Time Competitive Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 85
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 82
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 42
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 209
|}

==All-time top scorers==

From the previous tables the top 20 scorers are deduced. Players still active in La Liga marked with '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em"
|-
!Rank!!Nationality!!Player!! style="width:75px;"|Liga!! width=75|Cup!! width=75|Super Cup!! width=75|League Cup!! width=75|Europe!! width=75|Total
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ARG}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Alfredo di Stéfano]]
|14
|2
|
|
|2
|'''18'''
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Raúl González|Raúl]]
|11
|
|3
|
|1
|'''15'''
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]]
|12
|2
|
|
|
|'''14'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Francisco Gento]]
|10
|2
|
|
|2
|'''14'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{HUN}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ferenc Puskás]]
|9
|2
|
|
|3
|'''14'''
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Carlos Alonso González|Santillana]]
|9
|2
|
|1
|
|'''12'''
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MEX}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Hugo Sánchez]]
|8
|
|2
|
|
|'''10'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]]
|8
|
|
|2
|
|'''10'''
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Estanislao Basora]]
|8
|1
|
|
|
|'''9'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Josep Samitier]]
|4
|5
|
|
|
|'''9'''
|-
|11
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Jaime Lazcano]]
|8
|
|
|
|
|'''8'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]]
|2
|4
|
|
|2
|'''8'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CHI}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Iván Zamorano]]
|4
|2
|2
|
|
|'''8'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PAR}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Eulogio Martínez]]
|2
|5
|
|
|1
|'''8'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Santiago Bernabéu Yeste|Santiago Bernabéu]]
|
|8
|
|
|
|'''8'''
|-
|16
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ARG}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Lionel Messi]]
|7
|
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BRA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ronaldo]]
|6
|1
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Pahiño]]
|7
|
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Pirri]]
|6
|1
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Josep Escolà]]
|5
|2
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Sabino Barinaga]]
|4
|3
|
|
|
|'''7'''
|}

==Players who played for both clubs==
While the transfers of [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] from Real Madrid to Barcelona and [[Luís Figo]] from Barcelona to Real Madrid caused an uproar amongst the fans of their respective clubs, the rivalry between the two teams has not prevented players from switching teams, sometimes without controversy.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Albéniz Jordana|Alfonso Albéniz]] (Barça to Madrid) (1902)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Luciano Lizarraga]] (Madrid to Barça) (1905)
*{{Flag icon|England}} [[Charles Wallace (footballer)|Charles Wallace]] (Barça to Madrid) (1906)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[José Quirante]] (Barça to Madrid) (1906)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Albéniz]] (Barça to Madrid) (1911)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Arsenio Comamala]] (Barça to Madrid) (1911)
*{{Flag icon|Poland}} [[Walter Rozitsky]] (Barça to Madrid) (1913)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Ricardo Zamora]] (Barça to [[Espanyol]] to Madrid) (1930)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Josep Samitier]] (Barça to Madrid) (1932)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Hilario Juan Marrero Pérez]] (Madrid to [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] to Barça) (1939)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Navarro (footballer)|Alfonso Navarro]] (Barça to Madrid) (1950)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Justo Tejada]] (Barça to Madrid) (1961)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Jesús María Pereda]] (Madrid to [[Real Valladolid]] to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] to Barça) (1961)
*{{Flag icon|Brazil}} [[Evaristo de Macedo]] (Barça to Madrid) (1962)
*{{Flag icon|Belgium}} [[Fernand Goyvaerts]] (Barça to Madrid) (1965)
*{{Flag icon|France}} [[Lucien Muller]] (Madrid to Barça) (1965)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Lorenzo Amador]] (Madrid to [[Hércules CF]] to Barça) (1980)
*{{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Bernd Schuster]] (Barça to Madrid) (1988)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Luis Milla]] (Barça to Madrid) (1990)
*{{Flag icon|Romania}} [[Gheorghe Hagi]] (Madrid to [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]] to Barça) (1994)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Fernando Muñoz|Fernando ”Nando” Muñoz]] (Barça to Madrid) (1992)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Julen Lopetegui]] (Madrid to [[CD Logroñés]] to Barça) (1994)
*{{Flag icon|Denmark}} [[Michael Laudrup]] (Barça to Madrid) (1994)
*{{Flag icon|Croatia}} [[Robert Prosinečki]] (Madrid to [[Real Oviedo]] to Barça) (1995)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Miquel Soler]] (Barça to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] to Madrid) (1995)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (Madrid to Barça) (1996)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Daniel García Lara]] (Madrid to [[Real Mallorca]] to Barça) (1999)
*{{Flag icon|Portugal}} [[Luís Figo]] (Barça to Madrid) (2000)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Albert Celades]] (Barça to [[Celta Vigo]] to Madrid) (2000)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Pérez]] (Madrid to [[Real Betis]] to Barça) (2000)
*{{Flag icon|Brazil}} [[Ronaldo]] (Barça to [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]] to Madrid) (2002)
*{{Flag icon|Cameroon}} [[Samuel Eto'o]] (Madrid to [[Real Mallorca]] to Barça) (2004)
*{{Flag icon|Argentina}} [[Javier Saviola]] (Barça to [[AS Monaco|Monaco]] to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] to Madrid) (2007)

===Players who played for both clubs: Switches===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| From Barça to Madrid
| align="right" | 21
|-
| From Madrid to Barça
| align="right" | 12
|-
| '''Total switches'''
| align="right" | 38
|}

==See also==
*[[Major football rivalries]]
*[[Sports rivalry]]
*[[Nationalism and sport]]

==Notes==
;General
*{{Cite book| last=Ball| first=Phill| title=Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football | year=2003|publisher=WSC Books Limited|isbn=0954013468}}
*{{Cite book|title=Long distance love: a passion for football|first=Grant|last=Farred|publisher=Temple University Press|year=2008|isbn=1592133746|unused_data=ISBN}}
;Specific
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{{About|the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid|other rivalries|El Clásico (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox sports rivalry
| name = El Clásico
| other names =
| image = [[File:Casillas and Puyol.JPG|300px]]
| caption = The respective captains of Madrid and Barcelona, [[Iker Casillas|Casillas]] and [[Carles Puyol|Puyol]].
| city or region = [[Barcelona]] and [[Madrid]] ([[Spain]])
| first contested = 17 February 1902
| teams involved = [[FC Barcelona]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| total = 209
| series = Real Madrid (85–82–42)
| largestvictory = 11-1 Real Madrid - Barcelona (1943)
| mostrecent = 5–0 (Barcelona – Real Madrid)
| nextmeeting = 17 April 2011 (Real Madrid – Barcelona)
}}

'''El Clásico''' ({{lang-en|The Classic}}), also known as ''El [[Local derby|derbi]] Español'' or ''El Clàssic''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elpunt.cat/noticia/article/8-esports/48-barca/329919-el-classic-es-jugara-dilluns.html|publisher=[[El Punt]]|accessdate=18 November 2010|date=18 November 2010|title=El clàssic es jugarà dilluns}}</ref> is the name generically given to any [[association football|football]] match between [[Real Madrid]] and [[FC Barcelona]]. It is contested at least (and usually) bi-annually as part of the Spanish [[La Liga]] competition, with a maximum of nine matches a year, with two extra in the [[Copa del Rey]], the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]], and the [[Supercopa de España]], with another possible in the [[UEFA Super Cup]]. Other than the [[UEFA Champions League Final]], it is the most followed club football match in the world, watched by hundreds of millions of people.<ref name="BBC History">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7773758.stm|title= Barca & Real renew El Clasico rivalry|last=Stevenson|first= Johanthan|date=12 December 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=15 August 2010}}</ref>

The rivalry comes about as [[Madrid]] and [[Barcelona]] are the two largest [[City|cities]] in [[Spain]], and the two clubs are the most successful and influential football clubs in the country. Real Madrid has amassed 73 trophies and Barcelona 68, while [[Athletic Bilbao]] comes third with 32 trophies. They are sometimes [[Identification|identified]] with opposing political positions, with Real Madrid and Barcelona representing [[Spanish nationalism]] and [[Catalanism|Catalan nationalism]] respectively.

==Rivalry==
[[File:Alfredo di stefano1947 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Alfredo di Stéfano]] was involved in a controversial transfer to Real Madrid and would later become the all-time topscorer in El Clásico.]]

===The Primo de Rivera and Franco years===

As early as the 1930s, Barcelona "had developed a reputation as a symbol of Catalan pride and identity, opposed to the centralising tendencies of Madrid".<ref name="josepsunyol" /><ref>Ham, Anthony p. 221</ref> During the [[Spanish State|Franco dictatorship]], most citizens of Barcelona were in strong opposition to the fascist régime, with several players of Barcelona enrolling with the opposition forces in 1934.{{Clarify|date=September 2010}} On a representative level, the president of Barcelona [[Josep Sunyol]] was killed by Franco's security police as part of his political activities while visited Republican troops north of Madrid.<ref name="josepsunyol">Burns, Jimmy, 'Don Patricio O’Connell: An Irishman and the Politics of Spanish Football' in "[http://www.irishargentine.org/0803.pdf Irish Migration Studies in Latin America]" 6:1 (March 2008), p. 44. Available online [http://www.irlandeses.org/0803burns3.htm pg. 3], [http://www.irlandeses.org/0803burns4.htm pg. 4], accessed 29 August 2010.</ref> Phil Ball, the author of ''Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football'', calls the El Clásico "a re-enactment of the Spanish Civil War".<ref>Ball, Phil p. 86</ref><ref name="Mucho morbo">{{Cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2002/apr/21/championsleague.sport | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Mucho morbo | date=21 April 2002 | accessdate=1 May 2010 | first=Phil | last=Ball}}</ref>

Though the first socialist party in Spain was founded in Madrid, almost all the ideas that have shaped the country's modern history – [[republicanism]], [[federalism]], [[anarchism]], [[syndicalism]] and [[communism]] – have been introduced via the region of [[Catalonia]], where Barcelona is.<ref name="Mucho morbo"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psoe.es/ambito/historiapsoe/docs/index.do?action=View&id=992 |title=El Partido Socialista se fundó en 1879 – PSOE |publisher=PSOE|language=Spanish |date= |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref> During the dictatorships of [[Miguel Primo de Rivera]] and of [[Francisco Franco]], all regional languages and identities were frowned upon and restrained. In this period FC Barcelona gained their motto ''[[més que un club]]'' (''English: More than a club'') because of its alleged connection to [[Progressivism|progressive]] beliefs and its representative role for Catalonia.<ref>Ball, Phil p. 88</ref> However, during Franco's regime, the blaugrana team seemed to be granted profit due to its good relationship with the dictator at management level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.as.com/actualidad/articulo/franco-recibio-medallas-barca/daspor/20031109dasdai_6/Tes |title=Franco recibió dos medallas del Barça |publisher=Diario AS |language=Spanish |date= |accessdate=28 August 2010}}</ref> In any case, for most of the Catalans, and many other Spaniards as well, Real Madrid was regarded as the [[the establishment|establishment]] club, in spite of the fact that during the Spanish Civil War, presidents of both clubs like [[Josep Sunyol]] and [[Rafael Sánchez Guerra]], suffered in the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name="josepsunyol"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elcultural.es/version_papel/LETRAS/21841/El_deporte_en_la_guerra_civil |title=El deporte en la guerra civil |publisher=''EL CULTURAL'' |language=Spanish |date= |accessdate=29 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elpueblodeceuta.es/200906/20090630/200906305111.html |title=Rafael Sánchez Guerra |publisher=''elpueblodeceuta.es'' |language=Spanish |date=30 June 2009 |accessdate=29 August 2010}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

===Di Stéfano transfer===
The rivalry was intensified during the 1950s when the clubs disputed the signing of [[Alfredo di Stéfano]]. Di Stéfano had impressed both Barcelona and Real Madrid whilst playing for [[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios]] in Bogota, during a players' strike in his native [[Argentina]].<ref name="di Stefano">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773766.stm |title=BBC SPORT | Football | Di Stefano deal intensifies rivalry |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref> Both Madrid and Barcelona attempted to sign him and, due to confusion that emerged from di Stéfano moving to Millonarios from [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] following the strike, both clubs claimed to own his registration. After intervention from FIFA representative Muñoz Calero it was decided that both Barcelona and Real Madrid had to share the player in alternate seasons. Barcelona's Franco-imposed President backed down after a few appearances as Barcelona's side claimed but Real say Barcelona's decision was voluntary, and di Stefano moved definitively to Madrid.<ref name="di Stefano" />

Di Stéfano became integral in the subsequent success achieved by Madrid, scoring twice in his first game against Barcelona. With him, Madrid won the initial five [[European Champions Cup]] competitions. The 1960s saw the rivalry reach the [[UEFA|European]] stage when they met twice at the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], Real Madrid winning in 1960 and FC Barcelona winning in 1961.

=== Current issues ===
[[File:Luis Figo 2009 2.jpg|220px|right|thumb|When [[Luis Figo]] returned to Barcelona as a Real Madrid player, the Barcelona support group [[Boixos Nois]] threw a pig's head after him.<ref>{{cite news|last=Edworthy |first=Sarah |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/3038466/Running-gauntlet-of-hate-in-Spains-gran-clasico.html |title=Running gauntlet of hate in Spain's gran clasico |publisher=Telegraph |date=25 November 2002 |accessdate=27 August 2010 | location=London}}</ref>]]
The two teams met again in the [[UEFA Champions League 2001-02|UEFA Champions League]] semi-final in 2002, with Real Madrid winning 2-0. The match, dubbed by Spanish media as the ''Match of the Century'', was watched by more than 500 million people.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773773.stm |title=Real win Champions League showdown |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=7 August 2010}}</ref> In the Clásico held on November 2005, Barcelona played away in Madrid, winning 3-0. The star of the Barcelona team was Ronaldinho, who became the second Barcelona player after Diego Maradona to receive a standing ovation from Real Madrid fans.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773778.stm |title=Rampant Ronaldinho receives standing ovation |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>

The rivalry has been strengthened throughout time by the internal transfer of players between the clubs. Barcelona players who have later played for Real Madrid include [[Bernd Schuster]], who switched in 1988, [[Michael Laudrup]] went to Real Madrid on a free transfer in 1994, but the most notorious was former vice-captain [[Luís Figo]]'s switch in 2000. Players transferring from Real Madrid to Barcelona are less frequent, the most recent being [[Luis Enrique]], who went to Barcelona in 1996 where he went on to captain the Blaugrana, and since 2008 coach the reserve team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7773768.stm | title=Schuster leads the defectors |publisher=BBC News |date=11 December 2008 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>

A 2007 survey by the ''Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas'' determined that Real Madrid was the team with the largest following in Spain. Thirty-two percent of the Spanish population supported Real Madrid, while twenty-five percent supported Barcelona. In third place came [[Valencia CF]], who were supported by five percent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2700_2719/2705/Es2705mar_A.pdf|title=CIS Mayo 2007|language=Spanish|format=PDF|publisher=Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas|date=May 2007|accessdate=2 September 2010}}</ref> Barcelona in turn is more popular in Europe than Madrid. According to a survey made by the German research agency Sport+Markt in 2010, Barcelona has approximately 57,8 million fans around Europe, while Real Madrid has 31,3 million fans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportundmarkt.com/de/news/list/football-top-20-2010.html|title="Football Top 20" 2010|format=text|publisher=Sport+Markt|date=September 2009|accessdate=10 September 2010|subscription=yes}}</ref><ref>http://www.sport.es/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=44&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=725804&idseccio_PK=803&h=</ref>

==League matches==
These are only the league matches, club name in '''bold''' indicate win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=cale&idDivision=1&idTemporada=28|title=La Liga fixtures 1928–29|accessdate=15 August 2010. Other seasons available through the search button|publisher=LFP}}</ref> The score is given at half-time (T) and full-time (H), in the goals columns the goalscorer and time when goal was scored is noted.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:0"
|-
! Game!! class="unsortable"|Date!! Round!! width=100|Home team!! width=100|Away team!! Score (H/T)!! Goals (home)!! Goals (away)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1 ||17 February [[1929 La Liga|1929]]||2||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (0–1)||[[Manuel Parera Penella|Parera]] (70) ||[[Rafael Morera López|Morera]] (10, 55)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2 ||9 May [[1929 La Liga|1929]]||11||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)|| ||[[José Sastre Perciba|Sastre]] (83)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3 ||26 January [[1929–30 La Liga|1930]]||9||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–4''' (0–3)||[[Bestit Martínez|Bestit]] (63) ||[[Gaspar Rubio Meliá|Rubio]] (10, 37), [[Francisco López|F. López]] (17), [[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4 ||30 March [[1929–30 La Liga|1930]]||18||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–1''' (3–0)||[[Gaspar Rubio Meliá|Rubio]] (5, 23), [[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (42, 68, 72)||[[Severiano Goiburu Lopetegui|Goiburu]] (84)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5 ||1 February [[1930–31 La Liga|1931]]||9||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6 ||5 April [[1930–31 La Liga|1931]]||18||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (2–1)||[[Juan Ramón i Pera|Ramón]] (12, 35, 73)||[[Eugenio Hilario Calvo|Eugenio]] (38)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 7 ||31 January [[1931–32 La Liga|1932]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (2–0)||[[Manuel Olivares Lapeña|Olivares]] (26, 40)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 8 ||3 April [[1931–32 La Liga|1932]]||18||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''2–2''' (1–1)||
[[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (20), [[Ángel Arocha|Arocha]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 87)
||[[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (43), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 9 ||1 January [[1932–33 La Liga|1933]]||6||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (0–0)||
[[Ángel Arocha|Arocha]] (68)
||[[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 78)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 10 ||5 March [[1932–33 La Liga|1933]]||15||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–0)||
[[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (35, 68)
||[[Severiano Goiburu Lopetegui|Goiburu]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 11 ||26 November [[1933–34 La Liga|1933]]||4||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (0–2)||
[[Alejandro Morera Soto|Morera]] (46)
||[[Manuel Olivares Lapeña|Olivares]] (9), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (26)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 12 ||28 January [[1933–34 La Liga|1934]]||13||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–0''' (3–0)||
[[Luis Valle Benítez|Valle]] (7), [[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (20), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (30), [[Eugenio Hilario Calvo|Eugenio]] (50)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 13 ||3 February [[1934–35 La Liga|1935]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''8–2''' (5–1)||
[[Jaime Lazcano Escolá|Lazcano]] (14, 42, 73), [[Ildefonso Sañudo García|Sañudo]] (21, 35, 47, 81), [[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (29)
||[[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (17), [[Ramón Guzmán Martorell|Guzmán]] (68)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 14 ||21 April [[1934–35 La Liga|1935]]||81||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (1–0)
||[[Martí Ventolrà|Ventolrà]] (43, 62, 68, 82), [[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (48)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 15 ||26 December [[1935–36 La Liga|1935]]||7||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–3''' (0–2)
||
||[[Luis Regueiro Pagola|Regueiro]] (21), [[Francisco Diz Vázquez|Diz]] (40), [[Simón Lecue Andrade|Lecue]] (47)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 16 ||22 March [[1935–36 La Liga|1936]]||18||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (2–0)
||[[Simón Lecue Andrade|Lecue]] (10, 47), [[Emilio Alonso Larrazabal|Emilin]] (43)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 17 ||28 January [[1939–40 La Liga|1940]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–1)
||[[Jesús Alonso Fernández|Alonso]] (1'), [[Simón Lecue Andrade|Lecue]] (75')
||[[Pedro Pascual|Pascual]] (3')
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 18 ||14 April [[1939–40 La Liga|1940]]||20||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)
||
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 19 ||1 December [[1940–41 La Liga|1940]]||10||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (0–0)
||[[Jaime Sospedra Juliá|Sospedra]] (49, 69), [[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (53)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 20 ||23 February [[1940–41 La Liga|1941]]||21||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–2''' (0–0)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (49)
||[[José Bravo Domínguez|Bravo]] (60), [[Mariano Martín|Martín]] (63)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 21 ||19 October [[1941–42 La Liga|1941]]|| 4||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–3''' (2–1)
||[[Marcial Arbiza Urruti|Arbiza]] (17, 70), [[Benito García Cano|Benito]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 35), [[Nazario Belmar Martínez|Belmar]] (55)
||[[Francisco Calvet Puig|Calvet]] (25), [[José Raich Garriga|Raich]] (60), [[Antonio Gracía López|Gracia]] (87)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 22 ||25 January [[1941–42 La Liga|1942]]||17||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–2''' (0–0)
||
||[[Manuel Alday Marticorena|Alday]] (63, 78)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 23 ||27 September [[1942–43 La Liga|1942]]|| 1||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (1–0)
||[[Marcial Arbiza Urruti|Arbiza]] (7, 89), [[Antonio Alsúa Alonso|Alsúa]] (52)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 24 ||10 January [[1942–43 La Liga|1943]]||14||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''5–5''' (4–1)
||[[Mariano Martín|Martín]] (25, 40), [[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (31), [[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (32, 62)
||[[Jesús Alonso Fernández|Alonso]] (10), [[Manuel Alday Marticorena|Alday]] (27, 51), [[Pascual Botella Domingo|Botella]] (74), [[José Mardones Llorente|Mardones II]] (87)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 25 ||2 January [[1943–44 La Liga|1944]]||13||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)
||
||[[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (50)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 26 ||9 April [[1943–44 La Liga|1944]]||26||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–0)
||[[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (31)
||[[Antonio Alsúa Alonso|Alsúa]] (62), [[Manuel Rosalénch Bellón|Rosalénch]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 27 ||9 November [[1944–45 La Liga|1944]]|| 8||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[Moleiro]] (21)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 28 ||25 March [[1944–45 La Liga|1945]]||21||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (1–0)
||[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (41, 46), [[José Bravo Domínguez|Bravo]] (52), [[Josep Escolà|Escola]] (77), [[Marià Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo III]] (86)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 29 ||25 November [[1945–46 La Liga|1945]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (1–0)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (23), [[Pruden]] (61), [[Nazario Belmar|Belmar]] (68)
||[[Mariano Martín|Martín]] (51), [[Marià Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo III]] (75)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 30 ||3 March [[1945–46 La Liga|1946]]||22||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (17)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 31 ||1 December [[1946–47 La Liga|1946]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–1)
||[[José Llopis Corona|Corona]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 4), [[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (79)
||[[Josep Seguer|Seguer]] (23)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 32 ||30 March [[1946–47 La Liga|1947]]||24||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–2''' (2–0)
||[[José Bravo Domínguez|Bravo]] (18), [[Alfonso Navarro Perona|Navarro]] (39, 49)
||[[Pedro María Arsuaga Eguiazábal|Arsuaga]] (48, 60)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 33 ||12 October [[1947–48 La Liga|1947]]||4||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (0–1)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (65)
||[[Clemente Fernández López|Clemente]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 31)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 34 ||25 January [[1947–48 La Liga|1948]]||17||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''4–2''' (3–0)
||[[Josep Seguer|Seguer]] (2), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (28, 58), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (43)
||[[Juan Rodríguez Gallardo|Gallardo]] (68), [[Rafael Yunta Navarro|Rafa Yunta]] (76)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 35 ||19 September [[1948–49 La Liga|1948]]||2||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–2''' (0–1)
||[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Barinaga]] (60)
||[[Florencio Caffaratti|Caffaratti]] (41), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (48)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 36 ||15 January [[1948–49 La Liga|1949]]||16||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–1)
||[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (28, 61), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (56)
||[[Pahiño]] (9)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 37 ||18 September [[1949–50 La Liga|1949]]||3||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''6–1''' (3–0)
||[[Pablo Olmedo Garmendía|Olmedo]] (2), [[Miguel Cabrera Pérez|Cabrera]] (4), [[Pahiño]] (40, 68), [[Cándido Gardoy Martín|Macala]] (62, 69)
||[[José Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo II]] (85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 38 ||15 January [[1949–50 La Liga|1950]]||16||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''2–3''' (1–0)
||[[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (41), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (53)
||[[Pahiño]] (58), [[Rafael Verdu Fernández|Rafa Verdu]] (66), [[Miguel Cabrera Pérez|Cabrera]] (73)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 39 ||24 September [[1950–51 La Liga|1950]]||3||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''7–2''' (3–1)
||[[Mateu Nicolau|Nicolau]] (9, 56), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (14), [[Marcos Aureli]] (39, 88), [[Marià Gonzalvo|Gonzalvo III]] (62), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (82)
||[[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (15), [[Manuel García González|García González]] (66)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 40 ||14 January [[1950–51 La Liga|1951]]||18||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–1''' (4–1)
||[[Jesús Narro Sancho|Narro]] (8, 17, 29), [[Pahiño]] (13)
||[[José Canal Viñas|Canal]] (31)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 41 ||11 November [[1951–52 La Liga|1951]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–1''' (3–1)
||[[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (3), [[Miguel Cabrera Pérez|Cabrera]] (32), [[Pahiño]] (35, 87), [[Roque Olsen]] (57)
||[[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (44)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 42 ||2 March [[1951–52 La Liga|1952]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''4–2''' (2–2)
||[[Vila Soler]] (13), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (36, 56, 74)
||[[Roque Olsen]] (33), [[Pedro María Arsuaga|Arsuaga]] (39)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 43 ||23 November [[1952–53 La Liga|1952]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (0–0)
||[[Pedro María Arsuaga|Arsuaga]] (76, 80)
||[[Eduardo Manchón|Manchón]] (67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 44 ||5 April [[1952–53 La Liga|1953]]||26||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[Tomás Hernández|Moreno]] (15)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 45 ||25 October [[1953–54 La Liga|1953]]||7||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–0''' (4–0)
||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (10, 85), [[Roque Olsen]] (34, 35), [[Luis Molowny|Molowny]] (39)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 46 ||21 February [[1953–54 La Liga|1954]]||22||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–1''' (1–1)
||[[Justo Tejada|Tejada]] (14, 86), [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (50), [[Tomás Hernández|Moreno]] (74), [[Eduardo Manchón|Manchón]] (89)
||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (6)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 47 ||21 November [[1954–55 La Liga|1954]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (1–0)
||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 44), [[Héctor Rial]] (66), [[José Iglesias Fernández|Joseito]] (67)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 48 ||6 March [[1954–55 La Liga|1955]]||26||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''2–2''' (1–1)
||[[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (31), [[Dagoberto Moll]] (70)
||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (19, 64)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 49 ||13 November [[1955–56 La Liga|1955]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–0)
||[[Héctor Rial]] (35), [[Marcos Alonso Imaz|Marquitos]] (89)
||[[Esteban Areta Vélez|Areta]] (77)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 50 ||18 March [[1955–56 La Liga|1956]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (2–0)
||[[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (18, 29)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 51 ||11 November [[1956–57 La Liga|1956]]||10||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0)
||[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (46)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 52 ||3 March [[1956–57 La Liga|1957]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (1–0)
||[[José Iglesias Fernández|Joseito]] (21)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 53 ||13 October [[1957–58 La Liga|1957]]||5||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (2–0)
||[[Raymond Kopa|Kopa]] (10), [[Héctor Rial]] (43), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (73)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 54 ||2 February [[1957–58 La Liga|1958]]||20||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–2''' (0–2)
||
||[[Ramón Marsal|Marsal]] (34), [[Héctor Rial]] (37)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 55 ||26 October [[1958–59 La Liga|1958]]||7||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''4–0''' (1–0)
||[[Evaristo de Macedo|Evaristo]] (22, 68, 70), [[Justo Tejada|Tejada]] (84)
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 56 ||15 February [[1958–59 La Liga|1959]]||22||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (0–0)
||[[Jesús Herrera Alonso|Herrera]] (79')
||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 57 ||29 November [[1959–60 La Liga|1959]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)|| [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (5), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (82)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 58 ||20 March [[1959–60 La Liga|1960]]||26||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (0–0)||[[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] (50), [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (60), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (62)||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (58)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 59 ||4 December [[1960–61 La Liga|1960]]||12||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''3–5''' (2–3)||[[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (28), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (34), [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (89)||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (3, 81), [[Luis del Sol|del Sol]] (15), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (43, 79)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 60 ||26 March [[1960–61 La Liga|1961]]||27||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (0–0)||[[Luis del Sol|del Sol]] (55), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (60), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (78)||[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (80), [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 61 ||30 September [[1961–62 La Liga|1961]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (14), [[Luis del Sol|del Sol]] (72)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 62 ||21 January [[1961–62 La Liga|1962]]||20||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (2–0)||[[Evaristo de Macedo|Evaristo]] (4, 83), [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] (40)||[[Félix Ruiz]] (86)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 63 ||30 September [[1962–63 La Liga|1962]]||3||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (20, 70)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 64 ||27 January [[1962–63 La Liga|1963]]||18||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–5''' (1–2)||[[Cayetano Ré|Ré]] (34) ||[[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 24, 35, 71), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (47), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 65 ||15 December [[1963–64 La Liga|1963]]||12||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–0''' (1–0)||[[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (37, 68, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 84), [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (77)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 66 ||30 March [[1963–64 La Liga|1964]]||27||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–2)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (27)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (18), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (43)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 67 ||8 November [[1964–65 La Liga|1964]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–1''' (2–0)||[[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] (16, 31, 74), [[Fernando Serena|Serena]] (76)||[[Cayetano Ré|Ré]] (68)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 68 ||28 February [[1964–65 La Liga|1965]]||24||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–0)||[[Cayetano Ré|Ré]] (40)||[[Pirri]] (63), [[Fernando Serena|Serena]] (70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 69 ||19 December [[1965–66 La Liga|1965]]||14||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–3''' (1–3)||[[Félix Ruiz]] (20)||[[Josep Fusté|Fusté]] (7, 8), [[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (34)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 70 ||27 March [[1965–66 La Liga|1966]]||29||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (0–1)||[[Joaquim Rifé|Rifé]] (59), [[Pedro Zaballa|Zaballa]] (63)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (39)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 71 ||20 November [[1966–67 La Liga|1966]]||10||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (0–0)||[[José Fidalgo Veloso|Fidalgo]] (89)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 72 ||19 March [[1966–67 La Liga|1967]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Josep Fusté|Fusté]] (7, 89)||[[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] (42)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 73 ||10 December [[1967–68 La Liga|1967]]||12||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (0–0)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 65)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (78)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 74 ||9 April [[1967–68 La Liga|1968]]||27||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (12)||[[Pirri]] (43)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 75 ||16 November [[1968–69 La Liga|1968]]||9||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Pirri]] (32), [[José Luis López Peinado|José Luis]] (75)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (19)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 76 ||9 March [[1968–69 La Liga|1969]]||24||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–0)||[[José Antonio Zaldúa|Zaldúa]] (26)||[[Francisco Gento|Gento]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 87)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 77 ||14 September [[1969–70 La Liga|1969]]||1||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''3–3''' (2–2)||[[Sebastián Fleitas|Fleitas]] (18, 38), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (63)||[[Miguel Ángel Bustillo|Bustillo]] (3, 5), [[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 78 ||28 December [[1969–70 La Liga|1969]]||16||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)||[[Gallego (footballer)|Gallego]] (29)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 79 ||25 October [[1970–71 La Liga|1970]]||7||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–1)|| ||[[Pedro Zabalza|Zabalza]] (28)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 80 ||14 February [[1970–71 La Liga|1971]]||22||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)|| ||[[José Antonio Grande|Grande]] (67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 81 ||28 November [[1971–72 La Liga|1971]]||11||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–0)||[[Ramón Grosso|Grosso]] (6)||[[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (68)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 82 ||3 April [[1971–72 La Liga|1972]]||28||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)||[[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (11)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 83 ||1 October [[1972–73 La Liga|1972]]||5||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0)||[[José Antonio Barrios|Barrios]] (52)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 84 ||25 February [[1972–73 La Liga|1973]]||22||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 85 ||7 October [[1973–74 La Liga|1973]]||6||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 86 ||17 February [[1973–74 La Liga|1974]]||22||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–5''' (0–2)|| ||[[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (30, 54), [[Johan Cruijff|Cruijff]] (39), [[Juan Carlos Pérez López|Pérez]] (65), [[Hugo Sotil Yeren|Sotil]] (69)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 87 ||5 January [[1974–75 La Liga|1975]]||15||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (1–0)|| [[Roberto Martínez]] (43)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 88 ||11 May [[1974–75 La Liga|1975]]||32||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 89 ||28 December [[1975–76 La Liga|1975]]||15||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–0)||[[Johan Neeskens|Neeskens]] (3), [[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (89)||[[Pirri]] (64)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 90 ||30 April [[1975–76 La Liga|1976]]||32||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–2''' (0–1)|| ||[[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (15), [[Juan Carlos Heredia|Heredia]] (64)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 91 ||19 September [[1976–77 La Liga|1976]]||3||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–0)||[[Marcial Pina|Marcial]] (29), [[Johan Cruyff|Cruyff]] (53), [[Juan Carlos Heredia|Heredia]] (86)||[[Pirri]] (52)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 92 ||30 January [[1976–77 La Liga|1977]]||20||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Pirri]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 2)||[[Johan Cruyff|Cruyff]] (16)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 93 ||4 December [[1977–78 La Liga|1977]]||12||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''2–3''' (1–2)||[[Henning Jensen|Jensen]] (23), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (35), [[Uli Stielike|Stielike]] (54)||[[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 30, 67)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 94 ||30 January [[1977–78 La Liga|1978]]||29||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–0''' (2–0)||[[Henning Jensen|Jensen]] (6, 10), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (69), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (80)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 95 ||23 September [[1978–79 La Liga|1978]]||4||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–1''' (2–1)||[[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (29, 46), [[Henning Jensen|Jensen]] (32)||[[Johan Neeskens|Neeskens]] (15)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 96 ||17 February [[1978–79 La Liga|1979]]||21||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (0–0)||[[Hans Krankl|Krankl]] (52), [[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] (61)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 97 ||23 September [[1979–80 La Liga|1979]]||3||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (3–2)||[[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (6), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (8), [[Laurie Cunningham|Cunningham]] (32)||[[Jesús Landáburu|Landáburu]] (23), [[Hans Krankl|Krankl]] (36)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 98 ||10 February [[1979–80 La Liga|1980]]||20||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–2''' (0–0)|| ||[[Francisco García Hernández|García Hernández]] (61), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (63)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 99 ||30 November [[1980–81 La Liga|1980]]||13||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Bernd Schuster|Schuster]] (15), [[Quini]] (64)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (22)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 100 ||29 March [[1980–81 La Liga|1981]]||30||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (0–0)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 53), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (71), [[Uli Stielike|Stielike]] (76)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 101 ||20 December [[1981–82 La Liga|1981]]||16||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–0)||[[José Ramón Alexanko|Alexanko]] (7), [[Quini]] (53, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 60)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (49)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 102 ||29 March [[1981–82 La Liga|1982]]||30||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–1''' (2–1)||[[Rafael García Cortés|Rafael Cortés]] (6), [[Uli Stielike|Stielike]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 45), [[Isidro Díaz González|Isidro]] (82)||[[Quini]] (42)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 103 ||27 November [[1982–83 La Liga|1982]]||13||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–2''' (0–1)|| ||[[Esteban Vigo]] (14), [[Quini]] (86)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 104 ||26 March [[1982–83 La Liga|1983]]||30||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)||[[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] (45), [[Perico Alonso]] (77)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (20)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 105 ||22 October [[1983–84 La Liga|1983]]||8||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (1–2)||[[Quini]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 17)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 12), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (20)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 106 ||25 February [[1983–84 La Liga|1984]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (1–0)||[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (16), [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (80)||[[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] (56)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 107 ||2 September [[1984–85 La Liga|1984]]||1||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–3''' (0–0)|| ||[[Ángel de Los Santos Cano|Ángel]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]]46), [[Steve Archibald|Archibald]] (86), [[Ramón Calderé|Calderé]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 108 ||30 December [[1984–85 La Liga|1984]]||18||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–2''' (1–1)||[[Gerardo Miranda|Gerardo]] (25), [[Migueli]] (53), [[Esteban Vigo]] (79)||[[Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo|Sanchís]] (30), [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (89)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 109 ||9 November [[1985–86 La Liga|1985]]||11||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Marcos Alonso]] (2), [[Ramón Calderé|Calderé]] (72)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 110 ||8 March [[1985–86 La Liga|1986]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–1''' (0–0)||[[Antonio Maceda|Maceda]] (64), [[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (67), [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (83)||[[Raúl Vicente Amarilla|Amarilla]] (51)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 111 ||8 October [[1986–87 La Liga|1986]]||8||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 27)||[[Ángel Pedraza Lamilla|Pedraza]] (6)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 112 ||31 January [[1986–87 La Liga|1987]]||25||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–2''' (2–0)||[[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] (2, 5, 47)||[[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (61), [[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 80)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 113 ||12 April [[1986–87 La Liga|1987]]||35||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''0–0''' (0–0)|| ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 114 ||23 May [[1986–87 La Liga|1987]]||40||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–0)
||[[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] (39), [[Roberto Fernández Bonillo|Roberto]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 60)||[[Hugo Sánchez]] (53)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 115 ||2 January [[1987–88 La Liga|1988]]||16||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (2–1)
||[[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 22, 41)||[[Bernd Schuster|Schuster]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 30)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 116 ||30 April [[1987–88 La Liga|1988]]||35||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (1–0)
||[[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] (1), [[Gary Lineker|Lineker]] (70)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 117 ||22 October [[1988–89 La Liga|1988]]||8||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (0–1)
||[[Hugo Sánchez]] (57), [[Adolfo Aldana|Aldana]] (59), [[Rafael Gordillo|Gordillo]] (81)||[[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (21), [[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] (70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 118 ||1 April [[1988–89 La Liga|1989]]||27||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)
||||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 119 ||7 October [[1989–90 La Liga|1989]]||6||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–1''' (1–1)
||[[Julio Salinas|Salinas]] (10), [[Ronald Koeman|R.Koeman]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 74, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 89)||[[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 5)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 120 ||15 February [[1989–90 La Liga|1990]]||25||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–2''' (3–0)
||[[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] (24), [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (45), [[Hugo Sánchez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 46)||[[Julio Salinas|Salinas]] (21, 70)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 121 ||19 January [[1990–91 La Liga|1991]]||19||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–1)
||[[Michael Laudrup|Laudrup]] (18), [[Predrag Spasić|Spasić]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 62)||[[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (28)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 122 ||8 June [[1990–91 La Liga|1991]]||38||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''1–0''' (0–0)
||[[Adolfo Aldana|Aldana]] (47)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 123 ||19 October [[1991–92 La Liga|1991]]||6||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–0)
||[[Robert Prosinečki|Prosinečki]] (19)||[[Ronald Koeman|R.Koeman]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 58)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 124 ||7 March [[1991–92 La Liga|1992]]||25||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–0)
||[[Ronald Koeman|R.Koeman]] (36)||[[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] (66)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 125 ||5 September [[1992–93 La Liga|1992]]||1||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–1''' (1–0)
||[[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (4), [[Hristo Stoichkov|Stoichkov]] (87)||[[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 71)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 126 ||30 January [[1992–93 La Liga|1993]]||20||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–1''' (2–1)
||[[Ivan Zamorano|Zamorano]] (9), [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 41)||[[Guillermo Amor|Amor]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 15)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 127 ||8 January [[1993–94 La Liga|1994]]||18||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (1–0)||[[Romário]] (24, 56, 81), [[Ronald Koeman|Koeman]] (47), [[Iván Iglesias]] (86) ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 128 ||7 May [[1993–94 La Liga|1994]]||37||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–1''' (0–0)|| ||[[Guillermo Amor|Amor]] (77)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 129 ||7 January [[1994–95 La Liga|1995]]||16||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''5–0''' (3–0)||[[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (5, 21, 39), [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (68), [[José Emilio Amavisca|Amavisca]] (70)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 130 ||27 May [[1994–95 La Liga|1995]]||35||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0)||[[Miguel Ángel Nadal|Nadal]] (62)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 131 ||1 October [[1995–96 La Liga|1995]]||5||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (12)||[[Roger García Junyent|Roger]] (31)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 132 ||11 February [[1995–96 La Liga|1996]]||26||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (1–0)||[[Meho Kodro|Kodro]] (37, 93), [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (71)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 133 ||8 December [[1996–97 La Liga|1996]]||16||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Davor Šuker|Suker]] (24), [[Predrag Mijatović|Mijatovic]] (48)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 134 ||11 May [[1996–97 La Liga|1997]]||37||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (1–0)||[[Ronaldo]] (45)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 135 ||2 November [[1997–98 La Liga|1997]]||9||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''2–3''' (0–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (48), [[Davor Šuker|Suker]] (61)||[[Rivaldo]] (5), [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (51), [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 136 ||8 March [[1997–98 La Liga|1998]]||28||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (0–0)||[[Sonny Anderson|Anderson]] (69), [[Figo]] (80), [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (85)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 137 ||20 September [[1998–99 La Liga|1998]]||3||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''2–2''' (2–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (7, 37)||[[Kluivert]] (12), [[Sonny Anderson|Anderson]] (83)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 138 ||15 February [[1998–99 La Liga|1999]]||22||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (2–0)||[[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (4, 36), [[Rivaldo]] (80)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 139 ||14 October [[1999–2000 La Liga|1999]]||7||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''2–2''' (1–1)||[[Rivaldo]] (28), [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (50)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (26, 85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 140 ||27 February [[1999–2000 La Liga|2000]]||26||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''3–0''' (2–0)||[[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] (5), [[Anelka]] (19), [[Morientes]] (52)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 141 ||22 October [[2000–01 La Liga|2000]]||6||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (26), [[Simão Sabrosa|Simão]] (79)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 142 ||4 March [[2000–01 La Liga|2001]]||25||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''2–2''' (2–1)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (6, 36)||[[Rivaldo]] (35, 69)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 143 ||5 November [[2001–02 La Liga|2001]]||11||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Morientes]] (23), [[Luís Figo|Figo]] (92)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 144 ||17 March [[2001–02 La Liga|2002]]||30||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (0–1)||[[Xavi]] (58)||[[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] (38)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 145 ||24 November [[2002–03 La Liga|2002]]||11||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''0–0''' (0–0)||||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 146 ||20 April [[2002–03 La Liga|2003]]||30||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Ronaldo]] (16)||[[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (32)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 147 ||7 December [[2003–04 La Liga|2003]]||15||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''1–2''' (0–1)||[[Patrick Kluivert|Kluivert]] (83)||[[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] (37), [[Ronaldo]] (75)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 148 ||25 April [[2003–04 La Liga|2004]]||34||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''1–2''' (0–0)||[[Santiago Solari|Solari]] (54)||[[Patrick Kluivert|Kluivert]] (58), [[Xavi]] (85)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 149 ||20 November [[2004–05 La Liga|2004]]||12||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''3–0''' (2–0)||[[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (28), [[Giovanni van Bronckhorst|van Bronckhorst]] (42), [[Ronaldinho]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 76)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 150 ||10 April [[2004–05 La Liga|2005]]||31||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–2''' (2–1)||[[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] (7), [[Ronaldo]] (20), [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (46), [[Michael Owen|Owen]] (66)||[[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (29), [[Ronaldinho]] (73)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 151 ||19 November [[2005–06 La Liga|2005]]||12||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–3''' (0–1)|| ||[[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (14), [[Ronaldinho]] (59, 77)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 152 ||1 April [[2005–06 La Liga|2006]]||31||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''1–1''' (1–1)||[[Ronaldinho]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 20)||[[Ronaldo]] (36)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 153 ||22 October [[2006–07 La Liga|2006]]||7||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''2–0''' (1–0)||[[Raúl González|Raúl]] (3), [[Ruud van Nistelrooy|van Nistelrooy]] (50)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 154 ||10 March [[2006–07 La Liga|2007]]||26||FC Barcelona||Real Madrid||'''3–3''' (2–2)||[[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (10, 27, 88)||[[Ruud van Nistelrooy|van Nistelrooy]] (4, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 12), [[Sergio Ramos|Ramos]] (72)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 155 ||23 December [[2007–08 La Liga|2007]]||17||FC Barcelona||'''Real Madrid'''||'''0–1''' (0–1) || ||[[Julio Baptista|Baptista]] (36)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 156 ||7 May [[2007–08 La Liga|2008]]||34||'''Real Madrid'''||FC Barcelona||'''4–1''' (2–0) || [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (12), [[Arjen Robben|Robben]] (20), [[Gonzalo Higuaín|Higuaín]] (62), [[Ruud van Nistelrooy|van Nistelrooy]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 77) || [[Thierry Henry|Henry]] (86)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 157 ||13 December [[2008–09 La Liga|2008]]||17||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''2–0''' (0–0) || [[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] (83), [[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (90) ||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 158 ||2 May [[2008–09 La Liga|2009]]||34||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''[[Real Madrid C.F. 2–6 FC Barcelona|2–6]]''' (1–3) || [[Gonzalo Higuaín|Higuaín]] (14), [[Sergio Ramos|Ramos]] (56),||[[Thierry Henry|Henry]] (18, 58), [[Carlos Puyol|Puyol]] (25), [[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (35, 75), [[Gerard Piqué|Piqué]] (83)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 159 ||29 November [[2009–10 La Liga|2009]]||12||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''1–0''' (0–0) || [[Zlatan Ibrahimović|Ibrahimović]] (56)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 160 ||10 April [[2009–10 La Liga|2010]]||31||Real Madrid||'''FC Barcelona'''||'''0–2''' (0–1) || || [[Lionel Messi|Messi]] (33), [[Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma|Pedro]] (56)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 161 ||29 November [[2010–11 La Liga|2010]]||13||'''FC Barcelona'''||Real Madrid||'''5–0''' (2–0)||[[Xavi Hernandez|Xavi]] (10), [[Pedro Rodriguez Ledesma|Pedro]] (18), [[David Villa]] (55, 58), [[Jeffren Suarez|Jeffren]] (90+1)||
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 162 ||17 April [[2010–11 La Liga|2011]]||32||Real Madrid||FC Barcelona|| || ||
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" |68
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" |63
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 30
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 161
|}

==Spanish Cup matches==
Below are all of the [[Copa del Rey]] matches which Barcelona and Real Madrid have played against each other. Starting in 1901, the Copa Del Rey was the first nation-wide tournament in Spain before the establishment of La Liga in 1929.<ref name="rsssf1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/barcamadrid.html |title=FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF since 1902 |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=31 January 2000 |accessdate=21 August 2010 |author=García, Javier}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=93 |title=Resultados – Real Federación Española de Fútbol |publisher=Rfef.es |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/span09.html |title=Spain 2008/09 |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=24 September 2009 |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
!colspan="2"| Round
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1925
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''1–5''' (0–3)
| [[Juan Monjardín Callejón|Monjardín]] (47)
| [[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (19, 26 , 43), [[Vicente Piera|Piera]] (79)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–0''' (2–0)
| [[Vicente Piera|Piera]] (8), [[Josep Samitier|Samitier]] (18, 51)
|
|-
|| 1935
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–1''' (2–1)
| [[Eugenio]] (6), [[Simón Lecue|Lécue]] (12)
| [[Josep Escolà|Escolà]] (29)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1942
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–0''' (2–0)
| [[José Valle Mas|Valle Mas]] (33), [[Josep Escolà|Escolà]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 43), [[Jaume Sospedra|Sospedra]] (60)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''1-1''' (1-1)
| Pruden
| [[Mariano Martín|Martín]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1943
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–0''' (2–0)
|
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''11-1''' (1-1)
| Barinaga (4) Pruden (3) Alonso (2) Botella y Alsua
| [[Mariano Martín|Martín]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1953
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–0''' (1–0)
| [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (86)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–1''' (2–1)
| [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]] (9, 12), [[Gustavo Biosca|Biosca]] (87)
| [[Pérez Payá]] (24)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1956
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–2''' (2–1)
| [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 20, 35)
| [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (14), [[Estanislao Basora|Basora]] (53)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''6–1''' (2–0)
| [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (4, 48, 50, 63), [[László Kubala|Kubala]] (35), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (79)
| [[Ferran Olivella|Olivella]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 75)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1958
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''2–4''' (2–0)
| [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskas]] (20), [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (35)
| [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsic]] (51, 69), [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (67, 71)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–1''' (2–1)
| [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 34, 44), [[Ramón Alberto Villaverde|Villaverde]] (63)
| [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (36)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1961
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''0–1''' (0–0)
|
| [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (62)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''1–3''' (0–0)
| [[Jesús María Pereda|Pereda]] (85)
| [[Luis del Sol|Del Sol]] (65), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskas]] (83), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (90)
|-
|| 1967–68
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''1–0''' (1–0)
| [[Fernando Zunzunegui|Zunzunegui]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 6)
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1969–70
|rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–0''' (2–0)
| [[Ramón Grosso|Grosso]] (5), [[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] (44)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''1–1''' (1–0)
| [[Carles Rexach|Rexach]] (45)
| [[Amancio Amaro|Amancio]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 60)
|-
|| 1973–74
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''4–0''' (1–0)
| [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (6), [[Rubiñán]] (47), [[Francisco Javier Aguilar García|Aguilar]] (50), [[Pirri]] (83)
|
|-
|| 1982–83
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–0)
| [[Víctor Muñoz|Víctor]] (32), [[Marcos Alonso|Marcos]] (90)
| [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (50)
|-
|| 1989–90
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Final
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–0''' (0–0)
| [[Guillermo Amor|Amor]] (68), [[Julio Salinas]] (90)
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1992–93
|rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–2''' (1–1)
| [[Ivan Zamorano|Zamorano]] (40)
| [[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (30)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''1–2''' (0–1)
| [[Michael Laudrup|Laudrup]] (87)
| [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]]24), [[Ivan Zamorano|Zamorano]] (82)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1996–97
|rowspan="2"| Last 16
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''3–2''' (1–1)
| [[Ronaldo]] (13), [[Miguel Ángel Nadal|Miguel Nadal]] (70), [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (79)
| [[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] (16), [[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] (67)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–1''' (0–0)
| [[Davor Šuker|Šuker]] ([[Penalty kick|p.]] 80)
| [[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 69)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 9
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 14
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 5
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 28
|}

==League Cup matches==
The [[Copa de la Liga]] was a tournament created in 1982, but low support from the participating clubs saw it disbanded four years later.<ref name="rsssf1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spanleagcuphist.html |title=Spain – List of League Cup Finals |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Round
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1982–83
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Final
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–2''' (0–0)
| [[Vicente del Bosque|del Bosque]] (63), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (69)
| [[Francisco José Carrasco|Carrasco]] (50), [[Diego Armando Maradona|Maradona]] (57)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (0–0)
| [[Diego Armando Maradona|Maradona]] (19), [[José Ramón Alexanko|Alexanko]] (20)
| [[Santillana (footballer)|Santillana]] (84)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1984–85
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Quarter final
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''2–2''' (2–0)
| [[Paco Clos|Clos]] (40), [[Marcos Alonso|Marcos]] (44)
| [[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (67), [[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]] (75)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–1''' (0–0)
| [[Jorge Valdano|Valdano]] (83)
| [[Josep Moratalla|Moratalla]] (57)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1985–86
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Last 16
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''2–2''' (1–1)
| [[Paco Clos|Clos]] (24), [[Steve Archibald|Archibald]] (50)
| [[Miguel Pardeza|Pardeza]] (36), [[Cholo]] (52)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| '''0–4''' (0–2)
|
| [[Raúl Vicente Amarilla|Amarilla]] (2, 41), [[Urbano Ortega|Urbano]] (47), [[Esteban Vigo|Esteban]] (67)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 0
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 2
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 4
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 6
|}

==Spanish Super Cup matches==
The [[Supercopa de España]] is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of the La Liga and the Copa del Rey. Established in 1982, it is the Spanish equivalent to the English FA Community Shield, where the winners of the FA Premier League and FA Cup compete for the trophy.<ref name="rsssf1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spansupcuphist.html |title=Spain – List of Super Cup Finals |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
!
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1988 Supercopa de España|1988–89]]
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–0''' (0–0)
| [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] (71), [[Hugo Sánchez]] (78)
|
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–1)
| [[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (37, 77)
| [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (14)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1990 Supercopa de España|1990–91]]
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''0–1''' (0–0)
|
| [[Míchel (footballer)|Míchel]] (54)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''4–1''' (2–1)
| [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] (21, 44), [[Hugo Sánchez]] (56), [[Santiago Aragón|Aragón]] (70)
| [[Ion Andoni Goikoetxea|Goikoetxea]] (20)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1993 Supercopa de España|1993–94]]
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''3–1''' (1–1)
| [[Alfonso Pérez|Alfonso]] (35, 89) [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (55)
| [[Hristo Stoichkov|Stoichkov]] (17)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| Real Madrid
| '''1–1''' (0–1)
| [[José Mari Bakero|Bakero]] (65)
| [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] (21)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1997 Supercopa de España|1997–98]]
| 1st leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–1)
| [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (1), [[Miguel Ángel Nadal|Miguel Nadal]] (85)
| [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (4)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''4–1''' (1–0)
| [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (42, 54), [[Predrag Mijatović|Mijatović]] (58), [[Clarence Seedorf|Seedorf]] (65)
| [[Giovanni Silva de Oliveira|Giovanni]] (80)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 5
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 2
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 1
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 8
|}

==European Cup matches==
The most prestigious tournament in Europe, Barcelona and Real Madrid has faced each other on several occasions in the [[European Cup]], from 1992 onwards known as the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]].<ref name="rsssf1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2010/ |title=UEFA Champions League – Matches 2010 |publisher=UEFA |date= |accessdate=27 August 2010. Other seasons available through the menu}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Round
! Home team
! Away team
! Score (H/T)
! Goals (home)
! Goals (away)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1959–60 European Cup|1959–60]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| '''Real Madrid'''
| FC Barcelona
| '''3–1''' (0–1)
| [[Alfredo di Stéfano|di Stéfano]] (17, 84), [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (28)
| [[Eulogio Martínez|Martínez]] (37)
|-
| 2nd leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''1–3''' (0–1)
| [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] (89)
| [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] (25, 75), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (68)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1960–61 European Cup|1960–61]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| First round
| 1st leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''2–2''' (2–1)
| [[Enrique Mateos|Mateos]] (1), [[Francisco Gento|Gento]] (33)
| [[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (27, [[Penalty kick|p.]] 88)
|-
| 2nd leg
| '''FC Barcelona'''
| Real Madrid
| '''2–1''' (1–0)
| [[Martí Vergés|Vergés]] (33), [[Evaristo de Macedo|Evaristo]] (81)
| [[Canário]] (87)
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[2001–02 UEFA Champions League|2001–2002]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Semi final
| 1st leg
| FC Barcelona
| '''Real Madrid'''
| '''0–2''' (0–0)
|
| [[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] (55), [[Steve McManaman|McManaman]] (92)
|-
| 2nd leg
| Real Madrid
| FC Barcelona
| '''1–1''' (1–0)
| [[Raúl González|Raúl]] (43)
| [[Iván Helguera|Helguera]] ([[Own goal|o.g.]] 49)
|}

===Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 3
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 1
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 2
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 6
|}

===All Time Competitive Head-to-head results===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Real Madrid wins
| align="right" | 85
|-
| FC Barcelona wins
| align="right" | 82
|-
| Draws
| align="right" | 42
|-
| '''Total matches'''
| align="right" | 209
|}

==All-time top scorers==

From the previous tables the top 20 scorers are deduced. Players still active in La Liga marked with '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em"
|-
!Rank!!Nationality!!Player!! style="width:75px;"|Liga!! width=75|Cup!! width=75|Super Cup!! width=75|League Cup!! width=75|Europe!! width=75|Total
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ARG}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Alfredo di Stéfano]]
|14
|2
|
|
|2
|'''18'''
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Raúl González|Raúl]]
|11
|
|3
|
|1
|'''15'''
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]]
|12
|2
|
|
|
|'''14'''
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Francisco Gento]]
|10
|2
|
|
|2
|'''14'''
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{HUN}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ferenc Puskás]]
|9
|2
|
|
|3
|'''14'''
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Carlos Alonso González|Santillana]]
|9
|2
|
|1
|
|'''12'''
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{MEX}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Hugo Sánchez]]
|8
|
|2
|
|
|'''10'''
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Juan Gómez González|Juanito]]
|8
|
|
|2
|
|'''10'''
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Estanislao Basora]]
|8
|1
|
|
|
|'''9'''
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Josep Samitier]]
|4
|5
|
|
|
|'''9'''
|-
|11
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Jaime Lazcano]]
|8
|
|
|
|
|'''8'''
|-
|12
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]]
|2
|4
|
|
|2
|'''8'''
|-
|13
|style="text-align:left;"|{{CHI}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Iván Zamorano]]
|4
|2
|2
|
|
|'''8'''
|-
|14
|style="text-align:left;"|{{PAR}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Eulogio Martínez]]
|2
|5
|
|
|1
|'''8'''
|-
|15
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Santiago Bernabéu Yeste|Santiago Bernabéu]]
|
|8
|
|
|
|'''8'''
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|16
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ARG}}
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[Lionel Messi]]'''
|7
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|'''7'''
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|17
|style="text-align:left;"|{{BRA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ronaldo]]
|6
|1
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|'''7'''
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|18
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Pahiño]]
|7
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|'''7'''
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|19
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Pirri]]
|6
|1
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|'''7'''
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|20
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Josep Escolà]]
|5
|2
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|'''7'''
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|21
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ESP}}
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Sabino Barinaga Alberdi|Sabino Barinaga]]
|4
|3
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|'''7'''
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==Players who played for both clubs==
While the transfers of [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] from Real Madrid to Barcelona and [[Luís Figo]] from Barcelona to Real Madrid caused an uproar amongst the fans of their respective clubs, the rivalry between the two teams has not prevented players from switching teams, sometimes without controversy.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Albéniz Jordana|Alfonso Albéniz]] (Barça to Madrid) (1902)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Luciano Lizarraga]] (Madrid to Barça) (1905)
*{{Flag icon|England}} [[Charles Wallace (footballer)|Charles Wallace]] (Barça to Madrid) (1906)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[José Quirante]] (Barça to Madrid) (1906)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Albéniz]] (Barça to Madrid) (1911)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Arsenio Comamala]] (Barça to Madrid) (1911)
*{{Flag icon|Poland}} [[Walter Rozitsky]] (Barça to Madrid) (1913)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Ricardo Zamora]] (Barça to [[Espanyol]] to Madrid) (1930)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Josep Samitier]] (Barça to Madrid) (1932)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Hilario Juan Marrero Pérez]] (Madrid to [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] to Barça) (1939)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Navarro (footballer)|Alfonso Navarro]] (Barça to Madrid) (1950)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Justo Tejada]] (Barça to Madrid) (1961)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Jesús María Pereda]] (Madrid to [[Real Valladolid]] to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] to Barça) (1961)
*{{Flag icon|Brazil}} [[Evaristo de Macedo]] (Barça to Madrid) (1962)
*{{Flag icon|Belgium}} [[Fernand Goyvaerts]] (Barça to Madrid) (1965)
*{{Flag icon|France}} [[Lucien Muller]] (Madrid to Barça) (1965)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Lorenzo Amador]] (Madrid to [[Hércules CF]] to Barça) (1980)
*{{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Bernd Schuster]] (Barça to Madrid) (1988)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Luis Milla]] (Barça to Madrid) (1990)
*{{Flag icon|Romania}} [[Gheorghe Hagi]] (Madrid to [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]] to Barça) (1994)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Fernando Muñoz|Fernando ”Nando” Muñoz]] (Barça to Madrid) (1992)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Julen Lopetegui]] (Madrid to [[CD Logroñés]] to Barça) (1994)
*{{Flag icon|Denmark}} [[Michael Laudrup]] (Barça to Madrid) (1994)
*{{Flag icon|Croatia}} [[Robert Prosinečki]] (Madrid to [[Real Oviedo]] to Barça) (1995)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Miquel Soler]] (Barça to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] to Madrid) (1995)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Luis Enrique Martínez García|Luis Enrique]] (Madrid to Barça) (1996)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Daniel García Lara]] (Madrid to [[Real Mallorca]] to Barça) (1999)
*{{Flag icon|Portugal}} [[Luís Figo]] (Barça to Madrid) (2000)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Albert Celades]] (Barça to [[Celta Vigo]] to Madrid) (2000)
*{{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Alfonso Pérez]] (Madrid to [[Real Betis]] to Barça) (2000)
*{{Flag icon|Brazil}} [[Ronaldo]] (Barça to [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]] to Madrid) (2002)
*{{Flag icon|Cameroon}} [[Samuel Eto'o]] (Madrid to [[Real Mallorca]] to Barça) (2004)
*{{Flag icon|Argentina}} [[Javier Saviola]] (Barça to [[AS Monaco|Monaco]] to [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] to Madrid) (2007)

===Players who played for both clubs: Switches===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| From Barça to Madrid
| align="right" | 21
|-
| From Madrid to Barça
| align="right" | 12
|-
| '''Total switches'''
| align="right" | 38
|}

==See also==
*[[Major football rivalries]]
*[[Sports rivalry]]
*[[Nationalism and sport]]

==Notes==
;General
*{{Cite book| last=Ball| first=Phill| title=Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football | year=2003|publisher=WSC Books Limited|isbn=0954013468}}
*{{Cite book|title=Long distance love: a passion for football|first=Grant|last=Farred|publisher=Temple University Press|year=2008|isbn=1592133746|unused_data=ISBN}}
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Superlópez

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'''Superlópez''' is a [[Spain|Spanish]] comic book character created by [[Jan (comics)|Jan]]. Created in 1973, Superlópez is a parody of [[Superman]]. Born ''Jo-Con-Él'' (roughly translated as ''Damn-the-brat'') on the planet ''Chitón'' (Spanish [[slang]] meaning something like ''Shut it'') much like Superman's home planet of [[Krypton (planet)|Krypton]], he leaves his planet when he enters a spaceship and presses a button, an accident that sends him to Earth. He was raised by adoptive parents in [[Barcelona]] and concealed himself under the identity of office-worker ''Juan López'' (which is actually author Jan's real name). He works with his girlfriend, the bad-tempered ''Luisa Lanas'' (notice the similarity to [[Lois Lane]]); ''Jaime González Lidenbrock'' (Superlopez's not so pally [[Jimmy Olsen]]); and his demanding, unnamed boss (a reference to [[Perry White]]).

This was revealed in the 8-page origin story in the first issue of his magazine. Other stories in the first issue reveal his "Fortress of Solitude", the "Villa Soledad" in the Arctic and have him fighting a rubber robot, the Galactic Gladiator, a sorceress from another dimension, La Incredible Maza (The Incredible Hulk), an atomic monster and a metal robot.


Other recurring characters include ''Inspector Hólmez'' (a reference to [[Sherlock Holmes]]), an excessively bureaucratic police officer who suspects everyone; ''Martha Hólmez'', the Inspector's daughter, and computer geek ''Chico Humitsec''.

==Recurring villains==
Recurring villains include the evil professor ''Escariano Avieso''; ''Lady Araña'' (“Lady Spider”); the gangster ''Al Trapone'' (a reference to [[Al Capone]]; he is accompanied by goons like ''Carasucia'', ''Caracortada'', ''Carapincho'', gun-wielding ''Pistolet'', etc.); and the mob boss ''Refuller D'Abastos''.

==El Supergrupo (The Supergroup)==
In Issue No. 2 and 3 (“El Supergrupo”), Superlópez served as a member of a group of superheroes, all of which were Jan’s creations. These included ''El Mago'' (''The Wizard'', a parody of [[Doctor Strange|Dr. Strange]]); ''Capitán Hispania'' (''Captain Spain'', a parody of [[Captain America]]); ''Latas'' (''Tin-guy'', a parody of [[Iron Man]]); ''Bruto'' (''The Brute'', a parody of [[Thing (comics)|The Thing]]); and ''la Chica Increíble'' (''Incredible Girl'', a parody of the token generic superheroine). These spent more time fighting one another over the leadership of the Supergrupo than fighting evil (a parody or reference from the internecine strife that is part of Spain's history). They also made a short appearance in issue 6 where instead of going after the outlawed Superlopez, they argue then fight each other.

Superlópez began his career as a single-page comic strip without text before expanding into full albums with adventures involving supervillains and criminal organizations, later evolving into longer, more complex stories concerning social topics affecting contemporary Spain (drug dealing and youth, political issues, pollution and environmental threats, etc.). Original writer ''Efepé'' (pseudonym of Francisco Pérez Navarro) left the character after the early issues and, from that point on, artist Jan took over the writing as well.

==Other storylines==
Juan travels around the world after stories with Luisa and Jamie and encounters lost races, treasures and so on. He also encountered assorted aliens, monsters, robots, mad scientists, wars, Aztec gods and even had a trip to Hell. The stories are full of gags with him burning his large nose whenever he uses heat vision, of him getting a bump on the head when Luisa hits him, of him hurting his fist when he hits a metal robot. As well as bees, odd looking little yellow creatures feature in the background in some panels and are revealed as aliens in the "Los Petisos" story. He even becomes a popstar and meets the ghost of the Prado Museum. "Vamos a ver elefantes" is a story of Superlópez as a little boy. Nothing was too way out for the strips as the characters went from one crazy scenario to another.

Often Superlópez not only parodies Superman but also popular literature. This is the case in "El Señor de los Chupetes" ("Lord of the Pacifiers", a parody for [[Lord of the Rings]]) or "Al centro de la Tierra" (after [[Jules Verne]]'s [[A Journey to the Center of the Earth]])

From the 90's Superlópez adventures take place in real scenarios that are drawn using a realistic style. Famous buildings and monuments in [[Barcelona]] are often portrayed in detail, as well as those in other cities of [[Catalonia]] ([[Camprodon]]), [[Europe]] ([[Andorra]], [[Grenoble]], [[Bulgaria]]) or [[Japan]]. As an internal joke, Superlópez says once that his adventures are evolving into simple traveling guides.

Last Superlópez books leave the caricaturesque tone of his first adventures to deal with current social issues: [[illegal drug trade]], [[smuggling]], [[tax haven]], [[gunrunning]] in [[Africa]] or [[illegal immigration]] in [[Europe]] are some themes of the last books.

==Complete issues==
# ''Aventuras de Superlópez'' (1980)
# ''El supergrupo'' (1980)
# ''¡Todos contra uno, uno contra todos!'' (1981)
# ''Los alienígenas'' (1981)
# ''El señor de los chupetes'' (1981)
# ''La semana más larga...'' (1981)
# ''Los cabecicubos'' (1983)
# ''La caja de Pandora'' (1984)
# ''La gran superproducción'' (1985)
# ''Al centro de la Tierra'' (1987)
# ''Cachabolik Blues Rock'' y ''El fantasma del museo del Prado'' (1988)
# ''En el país de los juegos, el tuerto es el rey...'' (1988)
# ''El génesis de Superlópez'' (1989)
# ''El asombro del robot'' y ''Una vez, en una ciudad...'' (1989)
# ''Los petisos carambanales y otras petisoperías'' (1989)
# ''Los cerditos de Camprodón'' (1990)
# ''Periplo búlgaro'' and ''El tesoro del conde Arnau'' (1990)
# ''La banda del dragón despeinado (Yakuza)'' and ''La bomba'' (1990)
# ''Hotel Pánico'' and ''La cosa del pantano, el flautista de Hamelín y otras soserías''(1991)
# ''Un camello subió al tranvía en Grenoble y el tranvía le está mordiendo la pierna'' (1991)
# ''El tesoro de Ciuacoatl'' (1992)
# ''Los ladrones de ozono'' (1992)
# ''El castillo de arena'' (1993)
# ''La aventura está en la esquina'' (1993)
# ''Tyrannosaurus sect'' (1994)
# ''Los gemelos Superlópez'' (1995)
# ''La acera del tiempo'' (1995)
# ''El infierno'' (1996)
# ''Los gemelos Superlópez: Vamos a ver elefantes...'' (1996)
# ''Los cybernautas'' (1997)
# ''El supercrack'' (1997)
# ''Las minas del rey Soplomón'' (1998)
# ''25 años de Superlópez'' (1999)
# ''Otra vez lady Araña'' (1999)
# ''La guerra de lady Araña'' (2000)
# ''Adiós lady Araña'' (2000)
# ''El dios del bit'' (2001)
# ''El caserón fantasma'' (2002)
# ''Nosotros los Papino'' (2002)
# ''El gran botellón'' (2003)
# ''El patio de tu casa es particular'' (2003)
# ''Monster chapapote'' (2004)
# ''Las montañas voladoras'' (2004)
# ''Tras la persiana...'' (2005)
# ''Gritad, gritad, malditos...'' (2005)
# ''La casa amarilla'' (2006)
# ''La feria de la muerte'' (2006)
# ''Politono Hamelín'' (2007)
# ''Hipotecarión'' (2007)
# ''Iba caminando...'' (2007)
# ''En busca del templo perdido...'' (2008)
# ''La brújula esdrújula'' (2008)
# ''Tú, robot...'' (2008)
# ''La biblioteca inexistente'' (2009)
# ''¡A toda crisis!'' (2009)
# ''El virus Frankestein'' (2010)

==In other languages==

*[[Catalan language|Catalan]]: ''Super Llopis'' (In [[Andorra]]: ''Superlópez'')
*[[Danish language|Danish]]: ''Superdan''
*[[German language|German]]: ''Super-Meier''
*[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: ''Superegon''
*[[Swedish language|Swedish]]: ''Super Nilsson''

==External links==
*[http://www.cachislamar.com/ Cachis la Mar!]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20091027144544/http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/6134/ Comic book covers]
*[http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1542554/funny_animations_super_lopez_fights_giant_robot/ Short Superlopez cartoon]

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Surf Ninjas

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{{Infobox Film
| name = Surf Ninjas
| image = Surfninjasposter.jpg
| alt = Three teenage boys stand on a yellow surfboard, riding a tidal wave. They wear yellow-and-orange bandannas, are armed with sword-like weapons, and are smiling. Beneath their surfboard is an old, armored man with a shocked look on his face, reaching up with his right hand for help. Beside the surfboard are the words "Surf Ninjas", followed by a dragon emblem.
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[Neal Israel]]
| producer = Evzen Kolar
| writer = [[Dan Gordon (screenwriter)|Dan Gordon]] Neal Israel
| starring = [[Ernie Reyes, Jr.]] [[Rob Schneider]] [[Leslie Nielsen]]
| music = David Kitay
| cinematography = Arthur Albert Victor Hammer
| editing = Tom Walls
| distributor = [[New Line Cinema]]
| released = {{Start date|1993|08|20}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = {{Film US}}
| language = English
| gross = $4,916,135
}}
'''''Surf Ninjas''''' is a 1993 American comedic family film involving [[martial arts film|martial arts]], directed by [[Neal Israel]] and written by [[Dan Gordon (screenwriter)|Dan Gordon]]. The film stars [[Ernie Reyes Jr.]], [[Rob Schneider]], [[Nicolas Cowan]], and [[Leslie Nielsen]]. ''Surf Ninjas'' follows two teenage surfers from Los Angeles who discover that they are crown princes of the Asian kingdom Patusan and reluctantly follow their destinies to dethrone an evil colonel that rules over the kingdom.

''Surf Ninjas'' was filmed in Los Angeles, [[Hawaii]], and [[Thailand]]. A video game was also developed and released in conjunction with the film. ''Surf Ninjas'' was released in the United States on August 20, 1993, being received generally unfavorably by critics. The film was released on VHS in December 1993 and re-released on DVD in September 2002.

==Plot==
Johnny and Adam are teenage surfers who reside in Los Angeles with their father Mac. Two weeks before Johnny's 16th birthday, ninjas attack the teenagers, but they are stopped by Zatch, a warrior with an eye patch. A follow-up attack results in the kidnapping of Mac, while Zatch is able to get the teenagers and their friend Iggy away from the ninjas. Adam discovers that the video game on his [[Sega Game Gear]] correlates with the events happening around him and that he can control some events through his console. Safely away from the ninjas, Zatch reveals to Johnny and Adam that they are the sons of the king of [[Patusan]], whose land and monarchy was overthrown by Colonel Chi when the boys were young. Zatch tells them that it is their destiny to return to Patusan, overthrow Colonel Chi, and rescue the population. Zatch takes the boys to the Patusani district in Los Angeles, the home of refugees from Chi's rule. Johnny is introduced to a Patusani princess, Ro-May, who has been betrothed to Johnny since childhood.

Ninjas attack the group again, and Johnny finds his inherent abilities as a warrior prince emerge, successfully defeating several foes. With the ninjas dispatched, Johnny, Adam, Iggy, Zatch, and Ro-May decide to travel to Patusan. They are followed by a detective, Lieutenant Spence, who had been investigating the ninja attacks on the boys. The group reaches Patusan and see the effects of Colonel Chi's rule, including a burned village and a Patusani chain gang monitored by Chi's henchmen. When Adam and Spence inadvertently fall into the sight of the henchmen, the group is forced to fight them. The henchmen are defeated, and the villagers are freed from the chain gang.

Zatch then leads the group to uncover a hidden cave in which the weapons of the Patusani monarchy are stored. Using his Game Gear and being helped by a monkey, Adam is able to uncover the cave for the group. In the cave, Zatch arms Johnny and attacks him in a tribulation to prepare the boy for future challenges. Johnny is beaten down repeatedly, but he is able to achieve the upper hand and disarm Zatch. The group rallies the villagers to overthrow Colonel Chi, and they travel to the shore of the mainland across from an island that is the home to the royal city and Chi's dungeon. Unable to take a boat to the unprotected side of the island due to an impassable reef, Johnny and Adam tell the Patusanis, who are expert at wood carving, to carve surfboards. With everyone equipped with their own surfboard, they swim to the unprotected side.

After landing at the island, Johnny and Zatch lead the attack on the royal city, taking down Chi's henchmen. Johnny and Adam's adoptive father Mac is freed, and Johnny confronts Colonel Chi, successfully defeating him with the help of Adam and his Game Gear. With Chi's rule undone, peace is restored to Patusan. Johnny is seated as the heralded warrior prince with Ro-May as his princess and Adam as a prince. Johnny declares for the monarchy to be dissolved and announces that Patusan would operate as a democracy under the people.

== Cast ==

{| cellspacing="0" style="padding-left: 1.5em;"
|-
| Ernie Reyes, Sr.
| ... Zatch
|-
| [[Ernie Reyes, Jr.]]
| ... Johnny
|-
| [[Nicolas Cowan]]
| ... Adam
|-
| [[John Karlen]]
| ... Mac
|-
| [[Rob Schneider]]
| ... Iggy
|-
| [[Leslie Nielsen]]
| ... Colonel Chi
|-
| [[Kelly Hu]]
| ... Ro-May
|-
| [[Tone Loc]]
| ... Lieutenant Spence
|}

==Production==
''Surf Ninjas'' was filmed during the summer of 1992.<ref name=surf>{{cite news | first=Ian | last=Spelling | url= | title=Surf's Up for Schneider | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date=September 3, 1993 }}</ref> Filming locations included [[Thailand]] and [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Sherry | last=Crawford | url= | title='Surf Ninjas' kicks up waves of martial arts fun for young set | work=[[Evansville Courier & Press]] | date=August 9, 1993 }}</ref> The second half of the film was shot first, and the crew moved to Los Angeles to film the first half.<ref name=surf/> [[New Line Cinema]] and [[Sega|Sega of America]] established a financial relationship in which a [[Sega Game Gear]] video game would be developed for the film. Game designers began developing the video game ''Surf Ninjas'' when the film was only in its scripting phase, receiving creative input from director [[Neal Israel]].<ref name=reality/> In turn, Sega partially financed the film. Screenwriter [[Dan Gordon (screenwriter)|Dan Gordon]] said that he wrote action sequences that would both suit the film and serve as a springboard for the video game.<ref>{{cite book | first=William | last=Paul |editor=Ina-Rae HaRk |title=Exhibition, the Film Reader |year=2001 |month=December |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0415235189 |chapter=The K-Mart Audience at the Mall Movies |page=83 }}</ref> In the film, one of the lead characters is shown playing the ''Surf Ninjas'' video game on a Sega Game Gear. The video game was released before the film's release, and it was considered the first movie-based video game to be developed concurrent with the movie and it was also the first to precede the film itself.<ref name=reality>{{cite news | author= | url= | title=Film studios face reality with game tie-ins | work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] | date=July 27, 1993 }}</ref>

==Release==
The studio [[New Line Cinema]] released ''Surf Ninjas'' two weeks earlier than its commercial release date in [[Evansville, Indiana]] and [[Lubbock, Texas]] as part of a test of regional markets. The early release marked the first time that a major film was released in Evansville before its national opening without any local ties. The president of theatrical marketing at New Line, Chris Pula, selected Evansville for its family-oriented audiences. Pula explained, "Evansville is traditionally a strong family market. Also, we have a strong relationship with the exhibitors in that area." The president said that the studio was testing the film in a larger market than usual due to its uncertainty about the film's reception, and that the studio would measure its marketing success with ticket receipts.<ref>{{cite news | first=Sherry | last=Crawford | url= | title=Evansville to get early showing of 'major' film in marketing test | work=[[Evansville Courier & Press]] | date=July 31, 1993 }}</ref>

''Surf Ninjas'' was widely released in 1,321 theaters in the United States on August 20, 1993. Over its opening weekend, the film grossed $2,026,278,<ref name=bom/> placing 13th in box office rankings ahead of ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]''.<ref>{{cite news | author= | url= | title=`Fugitive' Runs Away With the Summer Box Office | work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date=August 24, 1993 }}</ref> ''Surf Ninjas'' ultimately grossed $4,916,135 in the United States.<ref name=bom>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=surfninjas.htm | title=Surf Ninjas (1993) | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=Box Office Mojo, LLC | accessdate=November 11, 2007 }}</ref> The film was released on [[VHS]] on December 29, 1993.<ref>{{cite news | author= | url= | title=Coming soon to video | work=[[Austin American-Statesman]] | date=December 3, 1993 }}</ref> It was subsequently released on [[DVD]] on September 3, 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/surf_ninjas/?critic=3 | title=Surf Ninjas DVD Features | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=IGN Entertainment, Inc | accessdate=April 17, 2010}}</ref>

==Critical reaction==
Janet Maslin of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called most of ''Surf Ninjas'' "only mindlessly watchable" and called the film "another of Hollywood's efforts to prove that the American mall mentality is at home in any corner of the globe". Maslin also found the film to lack in actual surfing content.<ref>{{cite news | first=Janet | last=Maslin | url= | title=Making Waves in Asia | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=August 21, 1993 }}</ref> Lynn Voedisch of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' described ''Surf Ninjas'' as "a marriage of pop icons that simply was fated to be", citing children's love for ninjas, especially the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], and for the [[surf culture]]. Voedisch considered [[Rob Schneider]]'s presence as comic relief unfunny, believing that [[Leslie Nielsen]] should have received more screen time as the dictator.<ref>{{cite news | first=Lynn | last=Voedisch | url= | title=West Coast Surf Culture Gets A Taste of Far East | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date=August 22, 1993 }}</ref> Calvin Wilson of the ''[[The Kansas City Star]]'' called the film "a disgrace... even by Hollywood standards", seeing it as a mess of child lead roles, unfunny cameo roles by Schneider and Nielsen, martial arts action, and lame jokes. Wilson considered the story "stale and uninspired" that involved "people we don't care about doing things we can't believe".<ref>{{cite news | first=Calvin | last=Wilson | url= | title=Bad script wipes out 'Surf Ninjas' | work=[[The Kansas City Star]] | date=August 20, 1993 }}</ref>

Stephen Hunter of ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' thought the film's lead [[Ernie Reyes, Jr.]] was too old and too muscular to be received believably as a 15-year-old. Hunter otherwise found the Reyes to impress with their fighting skills, though the film's martial arts sequences were "bloodless and absurd". Hunter also criticized the director for depriving the film of personality, with its lack of danger, seriousness, or spontaneity.<ref>{{cite news | first=Stephen | last=Hunter | url= | title=Tepid 'Surf Ninjas' is a wipeout and a waste of its comic and martial arts talent | work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] | date=August 21, 1993 }}</ref> Richard Harrington of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' found the film to be "a harmless summer's entertainment" for young people who enjoyed the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#Feature films|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' films]] and ''[[3 Ninjas]]''. Harrington enjoyed Reyes, Jr. as the protagonist but found Nielsen to be disappointing.<ref>{{cite news | first=Richard | last=Harrington | url= | title='Ninjas': Silly surfing safari | work=[[The Washington Post]] | date=August 21, 1993 }}</ref> Paul Sherman of the ''[[Boston Herald]]'' thought that ''Surf Ninjas'' was "little more than a succession of dudespeak, surfing, skateboarding, video games, generic rock soundtrack and strained knucklehead humor". Sherman admired the story arc in which the protagonists learn to accept their destinies, but he thought that "the manufactured thrills along the way get obnoxious". Sherman thought that the film would only appeal to children under 12 years old, though the film's locations in Thailand in the second half added an exotic atmosphere.<ref>{{cite news | first=Paul | last=Sherman | url= | title='Surf Ninjas' tries but is too juvenile | work=[[Boston Herald]] | date=August 21, 1993 }}</ref>

Desmond Ryan of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' thought that Leslie Nielsen was deceptively portrayed in a major role similar to that of [[Lieutenant Frank Drebin]] from the [[The Naked Gun (film series)|''The Naked Gun'' films]], instead having merely "a running and unfunny gag about his malfunctioning answering machine and generally wasted otherwise". Ryan also found the film's dialogue to be "painful" and considered ''Surf Ninjas'' to be "beyond airheaded".<ref>{{cite news | first=Desmond | last=Ryan | url= | title='Surf Ninjas' hits the beach with gags and a vengeance | work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | date=August 23, 1993 }}</ref> Mick LaSalle of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' considered the story of ''Surf Ninjas'' to be "harmless and painfully dull". LaSalle thought that the pacing of the film was too long with only "two smirks over the course of 90 minutes".<ref>{{cite news | first=Mick | last=LaSalle | url= | title='Surf Ninjas' Wipes Out | work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date=August 21, 1993 }}</ref> Sean Piccoli of ''[[The Washington Times]]'' thought that the film's "dull stretch" was buoyed by the presence of Rob Schneider. Piccoli compared the martial arts choreography in the film to the "cartoon fantasies that little boys re-enact on neighbors' lawns: The good guys, alone and outnumbered by the charging horde, air-punch their way to glory."<ref>{{cite news | first=Sean | last=Piccoli | url= | title=These `Surf Ninjas' run short of silliness | work=[[The Washington Times]] | date=August 20, 1993 }}</ref>

Ron Weiskind of the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' perceived Reyes, Jr. as "a likable presence on screen" and Schneider to be occasionally humorous in his series of gaffes. Weiskind thought that even with the abundance of martial arts in the film, the scenes were generally too lifeless.<ref>{{cite news | first=Ron | last=Weiskind | url= | title='Surf Ninjas' chops at humor but ends up a total wipeout | work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | date=August 21, 1993 }}</ref> Joe Holleman of the ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'' thought that ''Surf Ninjas'' pushed "the right buttons to guarantee adolescent enjoyment". Holleman acknowledged that the film was "not exactly a milestone in cinematic achievement", but he applauded the acrobatic choreography and the delivery of Schneider's throwaway lines in "the movie's funniest moments".<ref>{{cite news | first=Joe | last=Holleman | url= | title=Wave of cool humor just right for teens | work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] | date=August 25, 1993 }}</ref> Sean P. Means of ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]'' described the film as a [[Toys "R" Us]] version of ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'', with "the cartoonish martial-arts sequences [owing] their entire existence to the villains' stupidity". Means thought that the film was ultimately "as silly as it is forgettable".<ref>{{cite news | first=Sean P | last=Means | url= | title=Goofy, inconsequential 'Surf Ninjas' coasts on a wave of inanity | work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] | date=August 26, 1993 }}</ref>

==See also==
Similar works listed at [[Allmovie]]:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/surf-ninjas-47932 | title=Surf Ninjas > Overview | work=[[Allmovie]] | accessdate=August 19, 2010 }}</ref>
* ''[[Cheerleader Ninjas]]'' (1998)
* ''[[3 Ninjas Kick Back]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Beverly Hills Ninja]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (1990)

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

== Further reading ==
*{{cite book | last=Singer | first=A. L. | authorlink=A. L. Singer |title=Surf Ninjas |others=Novelization of the film |format=Mass Market Paperback |year=1993 |publisher=Starfire |isbn=0553563610 }}
*{{cite book | last=Gordon | first=Dan |authorlink=Dan Gordon (screenwriter) |title=Surf Ninjas: The Screenplay |format=Paperback |year=2002 |month=September |publisher=Harvest Moon |isbn=1593000634 }}

== External links ==
*{{imdb title|id=0108258|title=Surf Ninjas}}
*{{rotten-tomatoes|id=surf_ninjas|title=Surf Ninjas}}

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Tone Loc

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| Origin = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]
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'''Anthony Terrell "Tone Lōc" Smith''' (born March 3, 1966, [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[rapping|rapper]] and [[actor]]. He is best known for his deep, gravelly voice and his million-selling [[hit single]]s, "[[Wild Thing (Tone Lōc song)|Wild Thing]]" and "[[Funky Cold Medina]]."<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"> .{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 561}}</ref> Tone Lōc is also a [[voice actor]], having voiced characters in several cartoon series. He also voiced Fud Wrapper, the host of the [[animatronic]] show, [[Food Rocks]], which played at [[Epcot]] from [[1994]] to [[2004]]- in this role, he sang the song "Always Read the Wrapper," a parody of his own song, [[Funky Cold Medina]].

He provided vocals for [[FeFe Dobson]] for a track called "Rock It 'Til You Drop It" off of her first album, 2003's ''[[Fefe Dobson (album)|Fefe Dobson]]''.

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Title
!colspan="2"| Chart positions
!rowspan="2"| RIAA
|-
! [[Billboard 200|U.S.]]
! [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. R&B]]
|-
|1988
|''[[Lōc-ed After Dark]]''
*Released: November 30, 1988
*Label: [[Delicious Vinyl]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|2x Platinum
|-
|1991
|''[[Cool Hand Lōc]]''
*Released: November 19, 1991
*Label: Delicious Vinyl
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|46
|-
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|Year
!align="left" valign="top"|Song
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Hot 100]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. R&B]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Hot Rap Tracks|U.S. Rap]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
!align="left" valign="top"|Album
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|1988
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Wild Thing (Tone Lōc song)|Wild Thing]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|2
|align="center" valign="top"|1
|align="center" valign="top"|1
|align="center" valign="top"|21
|align="center" valign="top" rowspan="3"|''[[Lōc-ed After Dark]]''
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|1989
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Funky Cold Medina]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|3
|align="center" valign="top"|7
|align="center" valign="top"|3
|align="center" valign="top"|13
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|1990
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[I Got It Goin' On]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|59
|align="center" valign="top"|18
|align="center" valign="top"|55
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|1991
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[All Through the Night (Tone Lōc song)|All Through the Night]]" (featuring [[El DeBarge]])
|align="center" valign="top"|80
|align="center" valign="top"|54
|align="center" valign="top"|16
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''[[Cool Hand Lōc]]''
|}

==Filmography==
* ,,[[Living Single]] TV Series
* ''[[The Adventures of Ford Fairlane]]'' (1990)
* ''[[The Return of Superfly]]'' (1990)
* ''[[FernGully: The Last Rainforest]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Bebe's Kids]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Posse (1993 film)|Posse]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Poetic Justice (1993 film)|Poetic Justice]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Surf Ninjas]]'' (1993)
* ''[[A Cool Like That Christmas]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Car 54, Where Are You? (film)|Car 54, Where Are You?]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Blank Check (film)|Blank Check]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Aladdin (TV series)|Aladdin]]'' TV series (1994)
* ''[[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Newsradio]]'' TV series (1995)
* ''[[Spy Hard]]'' (1996)
* ''[[C-Bear and Jamal]]''
* ''[[Fakin' Da Funk]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Freedom Strike]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Whispers: An Elephant's Tale]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' (2000)
* ''[[They Crawl]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Deadly Rhapsody]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Static Shock]]'' (2002)
* ''[[King of the Hill (TV series)|King of the Hill]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda:The Kaboom of Doom]]'' (2011)

==See also==
* [[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]]
* [[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0005159|name=Tone Lōc}}
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/905/000087644/ Tone Lōc profile at NNDB]
{{Tone Lōc}}

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| Name = Tone Lōc
| | Img_capt =
| Img_size = 
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| Background = solo_singer
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| Alias =
| Born = {{birth date and age|1966|3|3}}
| Died =
| Origin = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]
| Instrument =
| Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| Occupation = [[Actor]] [[Rapping|Rapper]] [[Record producer|Producer]]
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'''Anthony Terrell "Tone Lōc" Smith''' (born March 3, 1966, [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[rapping|rapper]] and [[actor]]. He is best known for his deep, gravelly voice and his million-selling [[hit single]]s, "[[Wild Thing (Tone Lōc song)|Wild Thing]]" and "[[Funky Cold Medina]]."<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"> .{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 561}}</ref> Tone Lōc is also a [[voice actor]], having voiced characters in several cartoon series. He also voiced Fud Wrapper, the host of the [[animatronic]] show, [[Food Rocks]], which played at [[Epcot]] from [[1994]] to [[2004]]- in this role, he sang the song "Always Read the Wrapper," a parody of his own song, [[Funky Cold Medina]].

He provided vocals for [[Jürgen Schpengelheimer]] for a track called "Rock It 'Til You Drop It" off of her first album, 2003's ''[[Jürgen Schpengelheimer (album)|Jürgen Schpengelheimer's Funky Cold Shiznit]]''.

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Title
!colspan="2"| Chart positions
!rowspan="2"| RIAA
|-
! [[Billboard 200|U.S.]]
! [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. R&B]]
|-
|1988
|''[[Lōc-ed After Dark]]''
*Released: November 30, 1988
*Label: [[Delicious Vinyl]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|2x Platinum
|-
|1991
|''[[Cool Hand Lōc]]''
*Released: November 19, 1991
*Label: Delicious Vinyl
|align="center"|–
|align="center"|46
|-
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|Year
!align="left" valign="top"|Song
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Hot 100]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. R&B]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Hot Rap Tracks|U.S. Rap]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
!align="left" valign="top"|Album
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|1988
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Wild Thing (Tone Lōc song)|Wild Thing]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|2
|align="center" valign="top"|1
|align="center" valign="top"|1
|align="center" valign="top"|21
|align="center" valign="top" rowspan="3"|''[[Lōc-ed After Dark]]''
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|1989
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Funky Cold Medina]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|3
|align="center" valign="top"|7
|align="center" valign="top"|3
|align="center" valign="top"|13
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|1990
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[I Got It Goin' On]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|59
|align="center" valign="top"|18
|align="center" valign="top"|55
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|1991
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[All Through the Night (Tone Lōc song)|All Through the Night]]" (featuring [[El DeBarge]])
|align="center" valign="top"|80
|align="center" valign="top"|54
|align="center" valign="top"|16
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="left" valign="top"|''[[Cool Hand Lōc]]''
|}

==Filmography==
* ,,[[Living Single]] TV Series
* ''[[The Adventures of Ford Fairlane]]'' (1990)
* ''[[The Return of Superfly]]'' (1990)
* ''[[FernGully: The Last Rainforest]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Bebe's Kids]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Posse (1993 film)|Posse]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Poetic Justice (1993 film)|Poetic Justice]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Surf Ninjas]]'' (1993)
* ''[[A Cool Like That Christmas]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Car 54, Where Are You? (film)|Car 54, Where Are You?]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Blank Check (film)|Blank Check]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Aladdin (TV series)|Aladdin]]'' TV series (1994)
* ''[[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Newsradio]]'' TV series (1995)
* ''[[Spy Hard]]'' (1996)
* ''[[C-Bear and Jamal]]''
* ''[[Fakin' Da Funk]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Freedom Strike]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Whispers: An Elephant's Tale]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' (2000)
* ''[[They Crawl]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Deadly Rhapsody]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Static Shock]]'' (2002)
* ''[[King of the Hill (TV series)|King of the Hill]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda:The Kaboom of Doom]]'' (2011)

==See also==
* [[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]]
* [[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0005159|name=Tone Lōc}}
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/905/000087644/ Tone Lōc profile at NNDB]
{{Tone Lōc}}

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Crocodile Dundee

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{{Infobox Film
| name = Crocodile Dundee
| image = Crocodile dundee poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Peter Faiman]]
| producer = [[John Cornell]]
| writer = [[John Cornell]] [[Paul Hogan]] Ken Shadie
| narrator =
| starring = [[Paul Hogan]]
| music = [[Peter Best (composer)|Peter Best]]
| cinematography = [[Russell Boyd]]
| editing = David Stiven
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]] [[20th Century Fox]] (in some European countries)
| released = 26 September 1986
| runtime = 94 minutes
| country = {{FilmUS}} {{FilmAustralia}}
| language = English
| budget = ~ $8.16 millon USD
| gross = $328,203,506
| followed_by = ''[["Crocodile" Dundee II]]''
}}
'''''Crocodile Dundee''''' is a 1986 Australian [[comedy film]] set in the [[Australian Outback]] and in New York City. It stars [[Paul Hogan]] as the weathered [[Michael "Crocodile" Dundee|Mick Dundee]] and [[Linda Kozlowski]] as Sue Charlton.<ref>{{cite news|title= Film: 'Crocodile Dundee'|work=New York Times|date=26 September 1986|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/26/movies/film-crocodile-dundee.html?scp=2&sq=Crocodile%20Dundee&st=cse|accessdate=2010-08-10 | first=Nina | last=Darnton}}</ref>

Inspired by the true life exploits of [[Rodney Ansell]], the film was made on a budget of under $10 million as a deliberate attempt to make a commercial Australian film that would appeal to a mainstream American audience, but proved to be a worldwide phenomenon. Released on 30 April 1986 in Australia, and on 26 September 1986 in the United States, it was the second-highest-grossing film in the United States in that year and went on to become the number-one film worldwide at the [[box office]].

There are two versions of the film: the Australian version, and the American/international version, the latter of which had much of the Australian slang replaced with more commonly understood terms, and was slightly shorter. The international version also changes the title to ''"Crocodile" Dundee'', adding the quotation marks. The film was followed by two sequels: ''[[Crocodile Dundee II]]'' (1988) and ''[[Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles]]'' (2001).

== Plot ==
Sue Charlton ([[Linda Kozlowski]]) is a feature writer for ''[[Newsday]]'' and is romantically involved with her editor, Richard ([[Mark Blum]]). She travels to Australia to meet Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee ([[Paul Hogan]]), a man who is reported to have lost a leg to a [[Saltwater Crocodile|crocodile]]'s attack, at an outback settlement. There, Sue is startled to find that the story of his fight with the crocodile is exaggerated, in that his leg is still intact, although it bears a bite scar.

Sue, Dundee, and the latter's aide Walter ([[John Meillon]]) travel into the wilderness, where "Mick" (as Dundee is called) demonstrates his skills by using a version of [[horse whispering]] to subdue a [[Wild Asian Water Buffalo|wild buffalo]] and killing a crocodile that attacks Sue. One evening, Mick introduces Sue to Neville Bell ([[David Gulpilil]]), the son of a tribal elder. Mick and "Nev" then attend an Aboriginal tribal dance ceremony whereof the object is to pay respect to Neville's father and to the land. As a woman, Sue is forbidden from taking part in the ritual, but she follows and hides to observe it. While hiding, she uses her camera's telescoping [[lens (optics)|lens]] to find Mick. She sees him look at her, letting her know that he is aware of her presence and enforcing her idea that he is somehow supernaturally 'in touch' with the world around him. Mick however rationalizes the event by telling her that he guessed that her natural curiosity (as a woman and as a reporter) would lead her to the ritual.

They travel the same route that Mick took when he was injured, arriving at a freshwater lagoon. There Sue and Mick share a kiss. They are interrupted by Walter, who is returning to fetch them from the bush. Sue invites Mick to accompany her to New York, where he is met with contempt and some jealousy by Richard. He undergoes a number of awkward moments where he displays an equal amount of unfamiliarity with his surroundings, as by trying to dodge the bottom of an escalator; asking the African-American limo driver Gus ([[Reginald VelJohnson]]) his tribal background; trying by trial and error to ascertain the use of a [[bidet]]; touching the [[genitals]] of a cross-dresser to verify his gender; washing his clothes in the bath; and mixing a partygoer's [[cocaine]] with steaming water and instructing him to inhale the vapors. He demonstrates a sense of justice when he beats a [[pimp]] who has used profane language in front of his two prostitutes, and later when he witnesses a purse-snatching and knocks the running thief insensate with a thrown [[Canning|can of food]].

Another popular scene in the movie occurs when Mick and Sue are menaced by a trio of punks, one of whom brandishes a [[switchblade]]. Sue advises Mick to give the thief his wallet, because the thief has a knife. Mick merely chuckles at the switchblade: "That's not a knife", he scoffs, drawing his much larger outback [[Bowie knife]], "That's a knife.", and slashes the would-be mugger's nylon jacket. When the thieves run away, he dismisses the incident as a prank.

Mick and Sue become enamored of each other, which leads to further jealousy on Richard's part. Richard tries to undermine Mick and his influence over Sue. When Richard proposes marriage to Sue at a dinner party, Mick is upset and goes '[[walkabout]]' to reconcile himself to his situation and decides to leave New York. Sue searches for Mick and tracks him to a subway station where he is waiting for a train to [[Grand Central Station]]. There, they talk back and forth through the subway by having members of the crowd relay their words. When she declares her refusal to marry Richard in favor of her own attachment to Mick, he walks to her on the heads and raised hands of the jubilant crowd and embraces her, concluding the story.

==Cast==
* [[Paul Hogan]] as [[Michael "Crocodile" Dundee|Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee]]
* [[Linda Kozlowski]] as Sue Charlton
* [[John Meillon]] as Walter Reilly
* [[David Gulpilil]] as Neville Bell
* [[Reginald VelJohnson]] as Gus
* [[Steve Rackman]] as Donk
* [[Gerry Skilton]] as Nugget
* [[Terry Gill]] as Duffy
* [[Peter Turnbull]] as Trevor
* Christine Totos as Rosita
* Graham 'Grace' Walker as Angelo
* [[Mark Blum]] as Richard Mason
* Michael Lombard as Sam Charlton
* [[Caitlin Clarke]] as Simone
* Alan Dunlea as Dingo
* [[John Snyder (actor)|John Snyder]] as Pimp
* [[Anne Carlisle]] as Gwendoline
* [[Anne Francine]] as Fran
* [[Paige Matthews]] as Party Girl
* [[Paul Greco]] as New Yorker

==Reception==
The film has a rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crocodile_dundee/</ref> James Berardinelli of Reelviews.net gave the film three stars out of four stating, "What the storyline lacks in ambition, it makes up for in sheer, unfettered likability."<ref>http://www.reelviews.net/movies/c/crocodile.html</ref>

==Box Office==
"Crocodile" Dundee was a box office hit.<ref>{{cite news|title= WEEKEND BOX OFFICE `Crocodile' Swamps `Rambo'; Hanks' `Big' Hit|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1988-06-14/entertainment/ca-4175_1_big-business|accessdate=2010-10-26}}</ref> The film grossed $47,707,045 at the box office in Australia,<ref>[http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf ''Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office'']</ref> which is equivalent to $104,001,358 in 2009 dollars.

==Awards==
'''Award wins:'''
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] – Paul Hogan

'''Award nominations:'''
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy ]]
* [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay]] – Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell
* [[BAFTA Award|BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay]] – Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell
* [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor]] – Paul Hogan
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress]] – Linda Kozlowski

==See also==
* [[Cinema of Australia]]
* [[Rodney Ansell]]

==References==
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* Location of [http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=120298 Walkabout Creek], which is a creek; there is no town by that name.
* [http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=McKinlay&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=34.318345,65.917969&ie=UTF8&ll=-21.272219,141.290574&spn=0.017476,0.032187&z=15&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=-21.272121,141.290404&panoid=aZKCpW3s-nrPcY-XQjnD8A&cbp=12,240.49304841107366,,0,-1.9171463247402956 Location of the Pub featured in the film, situated in McKinlay QLD]
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{{Infobox television|
| show_name = The Twilight Zone
| image = [[Image:TheTwilightZoneLogo.png|250px]]
| caption = ''The Twilight Zone'' original opening.
| genre = {{Unbulleted list|[[Science fiction]]|[[Fantasy]]|[[Horror fiction|Horror]]|[[Suspense]]|[[Drama]]|[[Speculative fiction]]}}
| format = [[Anthology series]]
| runtime = 25 min. (Seasons 1–3,5) 51 min. (Season 4)
| creator = [[Rod Serling]]
| starring = '''Host:''' [[Rod Serling]] [[List of The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) guest stars|Various guests]]
| country = United States
| producer = [[Buck Houghton]] (1959–62) [[Herbert Hirschman]] (1963) [[Bert Granet]] (1963–64) [[William Froug]] (1963–64)
| executive_producer = [[Rod Serling]]
| company = Cayuga Productions [[CBS Television Studios]]
| distributor = [[CBS Television Distribution]]
| cinematography = [[George T. Clemens]]
| composer = [[Bernard Herrmann]] (also season 1 theme) [[Marius Constant]] (theme from episode 30 onwards, uncredited) [[Jerry Goldsmith]] [[Fred Steiner]] [[Leith Stevens]] [[Leonard Rosenman]] [[Franz Waxman]] et al. | network = [[CBS]]
| first_aired = October 2, 1959
| last_aired = June 19, 1964
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 156
| list_episodes = List of The Twilight Zone episodes
| followed_by = ''[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
|}}

'''''The Twilight Zone''''' is an American anthology television series created by [[Rod Serling]], which ran for five seasons on [[CBS]] from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting [[paranormal]], futuristic, [[dystopian]], or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising plot twist and was usually brought to closure with some sort of message. The series was also notable for featuring both established stars (e.g. [[Cliff Robertson]], [[Ann Blyth]], [[Jack Klugman]]) and younger actors who would later became famous (e.g. [[Robert Redford]], [[William Shatner]], [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Mariette Hartley]], [[Shelley Fabares]]). Rod Serling served as [[Executive producer#Motion pictures and television|executive producer]] and [[head writer]]; he wrote or co-wrote 92 of the show's 156 episodes. He was also the show's [[Television presenter|host]], delivering on- or off-screen monologues at the beginning and end of each episode. During the first season, except for the season's final episode, Serling's narrations were off-camera voiceovers; he only appeared on-camera at the end of each show to promote the next episode (footage that was removed from syndicated versions but restored for DVD release, although some of these promotions exist today only in audio format).

The "twilight zone" itself is not presented as being a [[tangibility|tangible]] plane, but rather a metaphor for the strange circumstances befalling the [[protagonist]]s. Serling's opening and closing narrations usually summarized the episode's events in tones ranging from cryptic to pithy to eloquent to unsympathetic, encapsulating how and why the main character(s) had "entered the Twilight Zone".

==Series history==
{{Main|List of The Twilight Zone episodes}}
===Development===
By the late 1950s, Rod Serling was a regular name in [[Television programming|television]]. His successful teleplays included ''Patterns'' (for ''[[Kraft Television Theater]]'') and ''[[Requiem for a Heavyweight]]'' (for ''[[Playhouse 90]]''), but constant [[Censorship|changes and edits]] made by the networks and sponsors frustrated Serling, who decided that creating his own show was the best way to get around these obstacles. He thought that behind a television series with robots, [[Extraterrestrial life|aliens]] and other supernatural occurrences, he could also express his political views in a more subtle fashion.

"[[The Twilight Zone#"The Time Element" (1958)|The Time Element]]" was Serling's 1957 pilot pitch for his show, a [[time travel]] adventure about a man who travels back to [[Honolulu]] in 1941 and unsuccessfully tries to warn everyone about the impending [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]. The script, however, was rejected and shelved for a year until [[Bert Granet]] discovered and produced it as an episode of ''[[Desilu Productions|Desilu Playhouse]]'' in 1958. The show was a huge success and enabled Serling to finally begin production on his anthology series, ''The Twilight Zone''.

===Season 1 (1959–1960)===
{{quote|''There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call'' '''''The Twilight Zone'''''.|Rod Serling}}

''The Twilight Zone'' premiered the night of October 2, 1959 to rave reviews. ''"...Twilight Zone is about the only show on the air that I actually look forward to seeing. It's the one series that I will let interfere with other plans"'', said Terry Turner for the ''[[Chicago Daily News]]''. Others agreed. ''[[Daily Variety]]'' ranked it with ''"the best that has ever been accomplished in half-hour filmed television"'' and the ''[[New York Herald Tribune]]'' found the show to be ''"certainly the best and most original anthology series of the year."''

[[Image:PubTimeEnough01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Burgess Meredith]] stars in "[[Time Enough at Last]]".]]

Even as the show proved popular to television's critics, it struggled to find a receptive audience of television viewers. CBS was banking on a [[Nielsen ratings|rating]] of at least 21 or 22, but its initial numbers were much worse. The series' future was jeopardized when its third episode, "[[Mr. Denton on Doomsday]]" earned a 16.3 rating. The show attracted a large enough audience to survive a brief hiatus in November, during which it finally surpassed its competition on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[NBC]] and convinced its sponsors ([[General Foods Corporation|General Foods]] and [[Kimberly-Clark]]) to stay on until the end of the season.

With one exception ("[[The Chaser (The Twilight Zone)|The Chaser]]"), the first season featured only scripts written by Rod Serling, [[Charles Beaumont]] and [[Richard Matheson]], a team that was eventually responsible for 127 of the show's 156 episodes. Additionally, with one exception ("[[A World of His Own]]"), Serling never appeared on camera except to announce the next episode, instead doing voice-over narrations. Many of the first season's episodes proved to be among the series' most celebrated, including "[[Time Enough at Last]]", "[[The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street]]", "[[Walking Distance]]" and "[[The After Hours]]". The first season won Serling an unprecedented fourth [[Emmys|Emmy]] for dramatic writing, a Producers Guild Award for Serling's creative partner [[Buck Houghton]] and the [[Hugo Award]] for best dramatic presentation. Bernard Hermann's original opening theme lasted throughout most of the first season. It was replaced by [[Marius Constant]]'s now more-familiar guitar-and-bongo theme in May 1960. Hermann's theme was retained for the closing credits throughout the first season.

===Season 2 (1960–1961)===
{{quote|''You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead — your next stop, the'' '''Twilight Zone'''.|Rod Serling}}
The second season premiered on September 30, 1960 with "[[King Nine Will Not Return|''King Nine'' Will Not Return]]", Serling's fresh take on the pilot episode "[[Where Is Everybody?]]". The familiarity of this first story stood in stark contrast to the novelty of the show's new packaging: [[Bernard Herrmann]]'s stately original theme was now completely gone, and Marius Constant's more jarring and dissonant new theme was heard during both the opening and closing credits. Also the [[Salvador Dalí]]-esque landscapes of the original opening were replaced by an even more surreal introduction inspired by the new images in Serling's narration ("''That's the signpost up ahead''"), and Serling himself stepped in front of the cameras to present his opening narration, rather than being only a voice-over narrator (as in the first season).

[[Image:Zonenicktime.jpg|left|frame|[[William Shatner]] and [[Patricia Breslin]] in "[[Nick of Time (The Twilight Zone)|Nick of Time]]".]]

A new sponsor, [[Colgate-Palmolive]], replaced the previous year's [[Kimberly-Clark]] (as [[Liggett & Myers]] would succeed [[General Foods]], in April 1961), and a new network executive, [[James T. Aubrey, Jr.|James Aubrey]], took over CBS. "Jim Aubrey was a very, very difficult problem for the show", said associate producer Del Reisman. ''"He was particularly tough on ''The Twilight Zone'' because for its time it was a particularly costly half hour show....Aubrey was real tough on [the show's budget] even when it was a small number of dollars."'' In a push to keep the show's expenses down, Aubrey ordered that seven fewer episodes be produced than last season and that six of those being produced would be shot on [[videotape]] rather than film, a move Serling disliked, calling it ''"neither fish nor fowl"''. {{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

The second season saw the production of many of the series' most acclaimed episodes, including "[[The Eye of the Beholder]]" and "[[The Invaders (The Twilight Zone)|The Invaders]]". The trio of Serling, Matheson and Beaumont began to admit new writers, and this season saw the television debut of [[George Clayton Johnson]]. Emmys were won by Serling (his fifth) for dramatic writing and by director of photography [[George T. Clemens]] and, for the second year in a row, the series won the [[Hugo Award]] for best dramatic presentation. It also earned the Unity Award for "Outstanding Contributions to Better Race Relations" and an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama".

===Season 3 (1961–1962)===
{{quote|''You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination — Next stop, the'' '''Twilight Zone'''.|Rod Serling}}


In his third year as executive producer, host, narrator and primary writer for ''The Twilight Zone'', Serling was beginning to feel exhausted. "''I've never felt quite so drained of ideas as I do at this moment''", said the 37-year old playwright at the time. In the first two seasons he contributed 48 scripts, or 73% of the show's total output. He contributed only 56% of the third season's output. "''The show now seems to be feeding off itself''", said a ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reviewer of the season's second episode, who couldn't understand Serling's endless and exhaustive treatment of themes. {{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

Despite his avowed weariness, Serling again managed to produce several teleplays that are widely regarded as classics, including "[[It's a Good Life (The Twilight Zone)|It's a Good Life]]", "[[To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone)|To Serve Man]]", and "[[Five Characters in Search of an Exit (The Twilight Zone)|Five Characters in Search of an Exit]]". Scripts by [[Montgomery Pittman]] and [[Earl Hamner Jr.]] supplemented Matheson and Beaumont's output, and George Clayton Johnson submitted three teleplays that examined complex themes. The episode "[[I Sing the Body Electric (The Twilight Zone)|I Sing the Body Electric]]" could boast: "''Written by [[Ray Bradbury]].''" By the end of the third season, the series had reached over 100 episodes.

''The Twilight Zone'' received two Emmy nominations (for cinematography and art design), but was awarded neither. It again received the [[Hugo Award]] for "Best Dramatic Presentation", making it the only three-time recipient until it was tied by ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in 2008.

In spring 1962, ''The Twilight Zone'' was late in finding a sponsor for its fourth season and was replaced on CBS' fall schedule with a new hour-long situation comedy called ''[[Fair Exchange]]''. In the confusion that followed this apparent cancellation, producer Buck Houghton left the series for a position at [[Four Star Television|Four Star Productions]]. Serling meanwhile accepted a teaching post at [[Antioch College]], his alma mater. Though the series was eventually renewed, Serling's contribution as executive producer decreased in its final seasons.

===Season 4 (1963)===
{{quote|''You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas; you've just crossed over into the'' '''Twilight Zone'''.<ref>Serling used this introduction for both seasons 4 and 5</ref>|Rod Serling}}
In November 1962 CBS contracted ''Twilight Zone'' (now sans the ''The'') as a [[Midseason replacement|mid-season January replacement]] for ''Fair Exchange'', the very show that replaced it in the September 1962 schedule. In order to fill the ''Fair Exchange'' timeslot each episode had to be expanded to an hour, an idea which did not sit well with the production crew. ''"Ours is the perfect half-hour show... If we went to an hour, we'd have to fleshen our stories, soap opera style. Viewers could watch fifteen minutes without knowing whether they were in a Twilight Zone or Desilu Playhouse''", Serling responded. [[Herbert Hirschman]] was hired to replace long-time producer Buck Houghton. One of Hirschman's first decisions was to direct a new opening sequence, this one illustrating a door, eye, window and other objects suspended [[René Magritte|Magritte-like]] in space. His second task was to find and produce quality scripts.

This season of ''Twilight Zone'' once again turned to the reliable trio of Serling, Matheson and Beaumont. However, Serling’s input was limited this season; he still provided the lion’s-share of the teleplays, but as executive producer he was virtually absent and as host, his artful narrations had to be shot back-to-back against a gray background during his infrequent trips to Los Angeles. Due to complications from a developing brain disease, Beaumont’s input also began to diminish significantly. Additional scripts were commissioned from [[Earl Hamner, Jr.]] and [[Reginald Rose]] to fill in the gap.

With five episodes left in the season, Hirschman received an offer to work on a new [[NBC]] series called ''[[Espionage (TV series)|Espionage]]'' and was replaced by [[Bert Granet]], who had previously produced "The Time Element". Among Granet’s first assignments was "[[On Thursday We Leave for Home (The Twilight Zone)|On Thursday We Leave for Home]]", which Serling considered the season's most effective episode. There was an Emmy nomination for cinematography, and a nomination for the [[Hugo Award]]. The show returned to its half-hour format for the fall schedule.

===Season 5 (1963–1964)===
Serling later claimed, "''I was writing so much, I felt I had begun to lose my perspective on what was good and what was bad.''" By the end of this final season, he had contributed 92 scripts in five years. This season, the new alternate sponsors were [[American Tobacco]] and [[Procter & Gamble]].

Beaumont was now out of the picture entirely, contributing scripts only through the ghostwriters [[Jerry Sohl]] and John Tomerlin, and after producing only thirteen episodes, Bert Granet left and was replaced by [[William Froug]], with whom Serling had worked on ''[[Playhouse 90]]''.

[[Image:PubTThou01.jpg|thumb|right|[[William Shatner]] stars in "[[Nightmare at 20,000 Feet]]".]]
Froug made a number of unpopular decisions, first by shelving several scripts purchased under Granet's term (including Matheson’s ''The Doll'', which was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award when finally produced in 1986 on ''[[Amazing Stories (television)|Amazing Stories]]''). Secondly, Froug alienated George Clayton Johnson when he hired Richard deRoy to completely rewrite Johnson’s teleplay ''Tick of Time'', eventually produced as "[[Ninety Years Without Slumbering (The Twilight Zone)|Ninety Years Without Slumbering]]". "It makes the plot trivial", complained Johnson of the resulting script, insisting he be given screen credit for the final version of the episode as "Johnson Smith". ''Tick of Time'' became Johnson’s final submission to ''The Twilight Zone''.

Even under these conditions, several episodes were produced that are well remembered, including "[[Nightmare at 20,000 Feet]]", "[[A Kind of a Stopwatch (The Twilight Zone)|A Kind of a Stopwatch]]" and "[[Living Doll (The Twilight Zone)|Living Doll]]". Although this season received no [[Emmys|Emmy]] recognition, episode number 142, "[[An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (The Twilight Zone)|An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge]]" — a French-produced short film — received the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Live Action Short Film|best short film]], making ''Twilight Zone'' one of only two television series in history (the other being the Canadian news/documentary series, ''[[The Fifth Estate]]'') to win both an Emmy and an Oscar.

In late January 1964, CBS announced the show's cancellation. "''For one reason or other, Jim Aubrey decided he was sick of the show... [H]e claimed that it was too far over budget and that the ratings weren't good enough''", explained Froug. But Serling countered by telling the ''[[Daily Variety]]'' that he had ''"decided to cancel the network"''. [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] showed interest in bringing the show over to their network under the new name ''Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves'', but Serling wasn't impressed. ''"The network executives seem to prefer weekly ghouls, and we have what appears to be a considerable difference in opinion. I don't mind my show being supernatural, but I don't want to be booked into a graveyard every week."'' Shortly afterwards Serling sold his 40% share in ''The Twilight Zone'' to CBS, leaving the show and indeed all projects involving the supernatural behind him until 1969, when ''[[Night Gallery]]'' debuted.

==Music==
Besides the legendary [[Bernard Herrmann]], other contributors to the music were [[Jerry Goldsmith]], [[Nathan Van Cleave]], [[Leonard Rosenman]], [[Fred Steiner]], and [[Franz Waxman]]. The first season featured an orchestral title theme by Herrmann, who also wrote original scores for 7 of the episodes including the premier "Where Is Everybody?" The iconic guitar theme most associated with the show was written by the French avant-garde composer [[Marius Constant]] as part of a series of short cues commissioned by CBS as library music for the series. Used from season 2 onwards, the theme as aired was a splicing together of two of these library cues "Etrange 3 (Strange No. 3)" and "Milieu 2 (Middle No. 2)". [[Varèse Sarabande]] released several albums of music from the series, focusing on the episodes that received original scores.

'''Volume 1'''
# Main Title Theme – Marius Constant (:27)
# The Invaders – Jerry Goldsmith (12:57)
# Perchance To Dream – Nathan Van Cleave (9:52)
# Walking Distance – Bernard Herrmann (12:52)
# The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine – Franz Waxman (10:55)
# End Title Theme – Marius Constant (:42)

'''Volume 2'''
# Main Title Theme – Bernard Herrmann (1:11)
# Where Is Everybody? – Bernard Herrmann (11:19)
# 100 Yards Over The Rim – Fred Steiner (12:14)
# The Big Tall Wish – Jerry Goldsmith (11:52)
# A Stop At Willoughby – Nathan Scott (12:24)
# End Title Theme – Bernard Herrmann (1:05)

'''Volume 3'''
# Alternate Main Title Theme – Marius Constant (:38)
# Back There – Jerry Goldsmith (12:51)
# And When The Sky Was Opened – Leonard Rosenman (11:54)
# A World Of Difference – Nathan Van Cleave (11:48)
# The Lonely – Bernard Herrmann (11:09)
# Alternate End Title – Marius Constant (:54)

'''Volume 4'''
# Alternate Main Title – Bernard Herrmann (:28)
# Jazz Theme One – Jerry Goldsmith (9:12)
# Jazz Theme Two – Jerry Goldsmith (3:12)
# Jazz Theme Three – Rene Garriguenc (4:04)
# Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room – Jerry Goldsmith (8:16)
# Elegy – Nathan Van Cleave (8:14)
# ''King Nine'' Will Not Return – Fred Steiner (11:11)
# Two – Nathan Van Cleave (12:09)
# Alternate End Title – Bernard Herrmann (:43)

'''Volume 5'''
# Alternate Main Title #2 – Bernard Herrmann (:29)
# I Sing The Body Electric – Nathan Van Cleave (11:41)
# The Passerby – Fred Steiner (12:58)
# The Trouble With Templeton – Jeff Alexander (11:46)
# Dust – Jerry Goldsmith (11:33)
# Alternate End Title #2 – Bernard Herrmann (1:07)

Many of the above were included on a four-disc set released by Silva America. Varese also released a two-disc set of re-recordings of Herrmann's seven scores for the series ("Where Is Everybody?," "Walking Distance," "The Lonely," "Eye Of The Beholder," "Little Girl Lost," "Living Doll" and "Ninety Years Without Slumbering"), conducted by [[Joel McNeely]]. Alongside this release, Bernard Herrmann's score for the episode "Walking Distance" received another re-recording accompanying a new recording of his score for François Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451" performed by the [[Moscow Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by [[William Stromberg]] and released by [[Tribute Film Classics]].

==Radio==
In 2002, producer Carl Amari licensed the rights to turn the TV series into a weekly radio drama series from [[CBS Enterprises]] and the Rod Serling Estate. The series features [[Stacy Keach]] in Rod Serling's role as narrator and each 40-minute audio drama includes a Hollywood celebrity in the starring role. Some of the stars include [[Jim Caviezel]], [[Blair Underwood]], [[Jason Alexander]], [[Jane Seymour]], [[Lou Diamond Phillips]], [[Luke Perry]], [[Michael York]], [[Sean Astin]], and [[Ernie Hudson]]. The episodes air nationally on hundreds of radio stations and Sirius/XM, and are available for download.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twilightzoneradio.com|title=The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas|accessdate=2010-01-17}}</ref>

==Guest stars==
{{Main|List of The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) guest stars}}


Being an anthology series, with no recurring characters, ''The Twilight Zone'' featured a wide array of guest stars for each episode. [[George Grizzard]], [[Martin Milner]], [[Martin Balsam]], [[Burgess Meredith]], [[James Best]], [[Jack Klugman]], [[Cliff Robertson]], [[Lee Marvin]], [[Jeanne Cooper]], [[Telly Savalas]] and [[William Shatner]], among others, appeared in multiple episodes. Many episodes feature early performances from actors who later became famous, such as [[Janice Rule]], [[Theodore Bikel]], [[Constance Ford]], [[Peter Falk]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[Leonard Nimoy]], [[George Takei]], [[Carol Burnett]], [[Jonathan Winters]], [[Joan Hackett]], [[Robert Duvall]], [[Robert Redford]], [[Elizabeth Montgomery]], [[Dick York]], [[Barbara Nichols]], [[Dennis Hopper]], [[Donna Douglas]], [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Joyce Van Patten]], [[Ron Howard]], [[Billy Mumy]], [[Cloris Leachman]], [[Jack Warden]], [[Jean Marsh]], [[Lloyd Bochner]], [[Julie Newmar]] and [[Morgan Brittany]]. Other episodes feature late/later career performances by [[Ann Blyth]], [[Art Carney]], [[Josephine Hutchinson]], [[Kevin McCarthy]], [[Franchot Tone]], [[Dana Andrews]], [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Jack Carson]], [[Andy Devine]], [[Alan Napier]], [[Joan Blondell]], [[William Demarest]], [[Agnes Moorehead]], [[Cedric Hardwicke]], [[Buster Keaton]], [[Ida Lupino]], [[Gladys Cooper]] and [[Ed Wynn]]. Character actors who appeared on ''The Twilight Zone'', some more than once, include [[Estelle Winwood]], [[Albert Salmi]], [[John Dehner]], [[Harold J. Stone]], [[Vito Scotti]], [[Nehemiah Persoff]], [[Nancy Kulp]], [[Celia Lovsky]], [[Betty Garde]], [[Sandra Gould]] and [[John Anderson (actor)|John Anderson]].


==Current availability==
''The Twilight Zone'' episodes continue to be broadcast in syndication, are available on DVD, and are available to audiences in North America on CBS's website.

===Syfy channel===
Episodes are broadcast most weeknights in late night slots on the [[Syfy]] in the United States. On every [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]] and [[New Year's Eve]], Syfy airs a marathon of ''The Twilight Zone''. However, the annual July 4 marathon was replaced in 2010 with a marathon of [[The Greatest American Hero]].

===DVD releases===
''The Twilight Zone'' was released on [[Region 1]] DVD for the first time by [[Image Entertainment]]. The various releases include:

* 43 volumes of 3 to 4 episodes each (released December 29, 1998 – June 12, 2001)
* Five 9-disc Collection DVD sets (released December 3, 2002 – February 25, 2003)
* Season sets: ''The Twilight Zone: The Definitive Collection'' (Seasons One through Five) (released December 28, 2004 – December 26, 2005)
* ''The Twilight Zone: The Complete Definitive Collection'' (released October 3, 2006)

'''Compilations'''
* ''Treasures of The Twilight Zone'' (3 episode compilation released November 24, 1997)
* ''More Treasures of The Twilight Zone'' (3 episode compilation released November 24, 1998)
* ''The Twilight Zone: 40th Anniversary Gift Pack'' (19 episode compilation released September 21, 1999)
*''The Twilight Zone Fan Favorites'' (19 episode compilation announced for October 26, 2010 release)<ref>http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Twilight-Zone-fan-favorites/14009</ref><ref>http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/303025/image-press-release-the-twilight-zone-fan-favorites</ref>

'''Limited set'''
*''The Twilight Zone: Gold Collection'', a 49 disc set of the entire series, released by V3 Media on December 2, 2002. Only 2,500 copies of this set were made.

'''Blu-ray Disc'''
* Season 1 was released on Blu-ray 14 September 2010.<ref>http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Twilight-Zone-Season-1-Blu-ray/13874</ref><ref>http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Twilight-Zone-Season-1-Press-Release/13986</ref>
* Season 2 will be released on Blu-ray 16 November 2010.<ref>http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Twilight-Zone-Season-2-Blu-ray/14184</ref>

===Online distribution===
Some episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'' can be seen free of charge on the official [[CBS]] [http://www.cbs.com/classics/the_twilight_zone/video/video.php website], but only in the US.

==Effects on popular culture==

In 1976, Canadian rock group [[Rush (band)|Rush]] released a track called "[[The Twilight Zone (Rush song)|The Twilight Zone]]".

In 1983, the Dutch rock group [[Golden Earring]] released a hit single called "[[Twilight Zone (Golden Earring song)|Twilight Zone]]". It spent 15 weeks in the U.S. top 40, peaking at #10.

In 1993, Bally released a popular [[Twilight Zone (pinball)|''Twilight Zone'' pinball machine]].

In July 1994, [[The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror]], an accelerated free-fall ride, opened in [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] park. A replica was built in the [[Disney's California Adventure Park|California Adventure]] park in 2004, Disneyland Paris in 2008, and in 2006 at Tokyo [[DisneySea]] sans the ''Twilight Zone'' theme.

In September 2009, [[Hallmark Cards]] released a Christmas tree ornament commemorating the 50th anniversary of the [[Twilight Zone]] debut on [[CBS]]. The ornament features a 60's era television with the Twilight Zone 5th season opening elements on the screen. Upon pushing a button, the ornament plays the 5th season closing theme minus [[Rod Serling]]'s voice over. The ornament is fully licensed by Hallmark and [[CBS Paramount]].

Futurama spoofs the program several times throughout several series with a TV show called "The Scary Door". Matt Groening's other television success, [[The Simpsons]], has spoofed and even directly remade several Twilight Zone episodes for its [[Treehouse of Horror (series)|halloween specials]], including "It's a Good Life", "A Kind of Stopwatch", "Living Doll", "Little Girl Lost", "To Serve Man" and "Nightmare at 20,000ft".

==See also==
* ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond]]''
* ''[[Amazing Stories]]''
* ''[[The Hunger (TV series)]]''
* ''[[Masters of Horror]]''
* ''[[Masters of Science Fiction]]''
* ''[[Night Gallery]]''
* ''[[Night Visions]]''
* [[Science fiction on television]]
* ''[[Thriller (U.S. TV series)]]'' a.k.a Boris Karloff's Thriller
* ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)]]''
* ''[[Twin Peaks]]''
* ''[[The X-Files]]''
* ''[[FRINGE]]

==References==
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{{Wikiquote|The Twilight Zone}}

==Sources==
* Sander, Gordon F. ''Serling: The Rise and Twilight of Television's Last Angry Man''. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.
* [[Marc Scott Zicree|Zicree, Marc Scott]]. ''The Twilight Zone Companion''. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition).
* Stanyard, Stewart T. ''Dimensions Behind The Twilight Zone''. ECW Press, 2007.
*DeVoe, Bill. (2008). ''Trivia from The Twilight Zone''. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
*Grams, Martin. (2008). ''The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic''. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090

==External links==
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* {{Tv.com|237|The Twilight Zone}}
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*[http://www.twilightzone.org/html/tzatv_ef.html ''The Twilight Zone'' Episode Finder]
*[http://www.scifi.com/twilightzone ''The Twilight Zone'' Scifi.com Page]
*[http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/TheTwilightZoneTribute.htm The Twilight Zone Revisited]
*[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/T/htmlT/twilightzone/twilightzone.htm Encyclopedia of Television]
*[http://www.rod-serling.com/seas1a.html Submitted for your Perusal – ''The Twilight Zone'' Sound Byte Collection]
*[http://www.twilightzonesite.com The Anorak Zone's overview of the series]
*[http://tzone.the-croc.com John's Twilight Zone Page]
*[http://www.cbs.com/video/?showname=classics/the_twilight_zone ''The Twilight Zone'' episodes at CBS.com]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mk6t9 You're Entering The Twilight Zone] (BBC Radio 4 programme)

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Dead Rising 2

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{{Infobox video game
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|developer=[[Capcom]], [[Blue Castle Games|Blue Castle]]
|publisher=[[Capcom]]
|designer=
|producer=[[Keiji Inafune]]
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'''''Dead Rising 2''''' is an [[action games|action]] [[video game]], released for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. It has been [[video game developer|developed]] in partnership with ''[[Dead Rising]]'' developer [[Capcom]] by [[Blue Castle Games]], and was distributed by Capcom. The original ''Dead Rising'' team members have returned to create the game, including [[Keiji Inafune]], head of Research & Development at Capcom. Originally set to be released in the beginning of 2010, the game's release was pushed back and it was released on September 28, 2010 in North America.<ref name="IGN0628">{{cite web|author=Jim Reilly|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/110/1102386p1.html|title=Dead Rising 2 Delayed|date=June 28, 2010|work=[[IGN]]}}</ref> The European and Australian releases were September 24, 2010 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and 28 September for PC.<ref name="CAP-EU-8-11"/>

==Gameplay==
The player controls protagonist Chuck Greene<ref>{{cite web| url = http://kotaku.com/5222212/dead-rising-2s-main-character-is-named-chuck | title = Dead Rising 2's Main Character Is Named "Chuck" | publisher = Kotaku | date =2009-04-21 | accessdate = 2009-04-21 | first = Brian | last = Ashcraft}}</ref> as he fights off hordes of [[zombies]] while accomplishing specific missions. The game will include several new objects that can be used to attack the zombies.<ref name="dr2 announce"/> Over 7,000 zombies can be seen onscreen at any one time.<ref>{{cite web| last= Crecente | first= Brian | title= Dead Rising 2: 7,000 Zombies and Plenty of Chainsaws | url= http://kotaku.com/5229775/dead-rising-2-7000-zombies-and-plenty-of-chainsaws | date= April 28, 2009 | publisher= Kotaku}}</ref>

''Dead Rising 2'' allows players to manufacture their own custom weapons at various points in the game. The player will also be able to earn "combo cards" that will reveal item combinations that could prove deadly after being built. Such combinations include the "Hail Mary," a hand grenade duct taped to a football, "Dynameat," a stick of dynamite duct taped to a piece of meat, the "Paddlesaw," two chainsaws duct taped to a kayak paddle, and "Freedom bear," which is a giant stuffed bear with a [[John Rambo|Rambo]]-style headband and a machine gun that acts as a sentry.

===Multiplayer===
During the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, Capcom revealed that the multiplayer of ''Dead Rising 2'' takes the form of the in-game [[reality TV]] show "Terror Is Reality" in which players will act as contestants in a fictional gameshow. Four players participate in multiplayer, competing against each other for the most kills inside an arena full of undead. Players will be able to use weapons and vehicles including human-sized hamster balls and chainsaw-equipped motorcycles. They also will be able to prevent other players from scoring by using various forms of "dirty" tactics.<ref>{{cite web| date= 2010-08-11| title= #Liveblogging: *Actually* Live!! *Actually* at TIR!! *Actually* Now!| url= http://www.tapeitordie.com/blog/liveblogging-actually-live-actually-tir-actually-now| publisher= Capcom| accessdate= 2010-08-16}}</ref>

It was confirmed during Captivate '10 that cooperative gameplay for the story campaign will be available and according to Blue Castle Games there will be an online co-op mode. Both players will play as the main character, Chuck Greene, and will be able to earn experience and keep the items they collected throughout the game—but only the host player will be able to save the game's progress. A host can invite a friend to join the current game by sending out an invitation; if the friend accepts, a confirmation icon will be displayed and the host can allow the player to join in. Non-host players can drop in/out of a co-op game anytime they like. When the players become separated, a tiny animated Chuck Greene icon will appear at the bottom of the game screen. The icon will show what the other player is up to—attacking, being assaulted by zombies, etc. If a player is taken down by zombies, he will be able to call the other for help to revive them. The player will use food to revive the dying partner before his health runs out.<ref name="Dead Rising 2 Lets You Play Through With a Buddy - Dead Rising 2 - Kotaku">{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5518479/dead-rising-2-lets-you-play-through-with-a-buddy|title=Dead Rising 2 Lets You Play Through With a Buddy|publisher=Kotaku|accessdate = 2010-04-20|date=2010-04-20|first=Brian|last=Crecente}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{Very long|section|date=October 2010}}
[[Image:DR2 Protagonist.jpg|thumb|left|An early screenshot of ''Dead Rising 2'' depicting the game's protagonist, Chuck Greene.]]
Five years after the first ''Dead Rising'', former [[motocross]] champion Chuck Greene takes part in ''Terror Is Reality'', a controversial ''[[American Gladiators]]''-like game show where contestants kill gathered zombies in various ways for money, sport and fame. The show's latest incarnation, "TIR XVII: Payback", is currently held in Fortune City, an amusement and entertainment resort somewhere in Nevada, and based off the casino strip in [[Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas]], which was destroyed in a zombie outbreak three years ago. Tyrone King, or better known as TK, hosts the show with his twin assistants, Amber and Crystal Bailey. Chuck participates in the show for the purpose of raising funds to buy Zombrex for his daughter, Katey, who was bitten by her zombified mother in the previous outbreak. After Chuck wins the prize money in the latest event, he retires to the backstage where he is trapped in an elevator after a mysterious explosion. Upon exiting the elevator, he finds that an outbreak has occurred in the city and many people are killed or changed into zombies. Finding Katey, Chuck takes his daughter to an emergency shelter where survivors have gathered.

Inside, Chuck is confronted by Sullivan, a Fortune City security guard and the only reserve man to make it into the shelter. Sullivan is reluctant to allow an infected person like Katey into the bunker, but Chuck convinces him to let them stay as long as he finds and gives her a daily supply of Zombrex until the military clean up and rescue arrives in three days. Chuck meets Stacey Forsythe, the leader of the Nevada branch of "Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality (CURE)". The CURE organization advocates zombie rights and demands that infected people be widely administered with Zombrex, which has been expensive. During a news broadcast by Channel 6 News, Chuck discovers he has been framed as the perpetrator to the zombie outbreak in the city. Seeking to clear his name, he enlists the help of Stacey as well as the Channel 6 news reporter, Rebecca Chang, who was the one who reported the incriminating evidence. Meeting up with Rebecca, Chuck is unable to get the reporter to reveal her source who gave the evidence. Rebecca brings him to the central security room to watch the surveillance footage, but discovers that the guards inside are shot dead and all the equipment and footage destroyed.

Chuck returns to the safehouse to find that Sullivan has watched the news on Chuck being the perpetrator of the outbreak and demanded that he and his daughter be kicked out from the bunker. Chuck explains that he intends to search for clues to clear his name, and he will surrender to the authorities if he fails to find any evidence once the three days are up. Sullivan makes a deal with him to let him stay so long he continues rounding up survivors to the shelter. Stacey has monitored suspicious activity in the underground tunnels. Chuck enters the tunnels to find TK and a group of hired mercenaries moving unknown equipment on the maintenance tram. Upon defeating the mercenaries, Chuck confronts TK and the TIR host admits to having set him up as the scapegoat. Before Chuck can question him further, TK manages to get away by unhooking his train car from Chuck's. Later, Stacey spots numerous mercenaries breaking into the casino [[Bank vault|vaults]] scattered around the city. She and Chuck deduce that TK is using the outbreak to perform a [[heist]]. Chuck manages to foil TK's plans by killing TK's mercenaries and destroying the power drills that were attempting to break into the vaults.

Rebecca decides to trust Chuck enough to bring him to meet her source of information inside a nightclub. When Chuck arrives, he realizes that the twin assistants Amber and Crystal are the source for the evidence incriminating him and have taken Rebecca hostage. After a fight in which one of the twins is killed and the other commits suicide, Chuck further confirms that TK is responsible for the outbreak and created phony evidence to have him take the fall. Realizing his plans have come to naught, TK seeks to make his escape on a helicopter with his remaining loot. After a short fight, Chuck manages to bring down the chopper while TK is knocked out. Bringing TK back to the safehouse, Chuck and the others learn from him that Chuck was deliberately set up by him under orders from a mysterious group. However, TK refuses to divulge any more information. Chuck has TK handcuffed in the infirmary, with Sullivan standing guard while he and the others figure out what is really going on.

The three days period has passed and the military troops enter the city to clean up and rescue survivors. However, the operation goes horribly wrong when the zombies mutate from a noxious green gas emanating from underground. Unable to react and defend themselves from a stronger and newer form of zombies, most of the soldiers are wiped out. Rebecca films the chaos but she ends up lost in the tunnels due to the thick gas covering the city. Heading into the underground tunnels, Chuck rescues Rebecca from the military commander of the operation, who has gone insane from the shock of losing his men and has taken her hostage. Back in the safehouse Sullivan assures them that another rescue operation will be attempted, but Chuck decides they must somehow get the attention of the outside world that there are still survivors here. Chuck and the others discover on the news that the city has been reported to have no more survivors and the rescue troops wiped out. According to the news, the government plans to [[Thermobaric weapon|fire bomb]] the entire city in a little less than a day. At this time, the safehouse is suddenly breached and zombies start to pour in. As survivors fight for their lives inside the bunker, Chuck gathers the necessary equipment to repair the shelter barricades. After the crisis is over, Chuck discovers that TK is missing and finds him bitten by a zombie while trying to escape in the confusion. Sullivan tells them he was knocked out by TK when he let his guard down. To make sure TK pays for his crimes, Chuck decides to administer Zombrex to him to keep from being zombified.

Trying to find the source of the gas, Chuck heads for the underground tunnels. He discovers that the normal and mutated zombies are all heading to a closed barricade on the side of the tunnels. Inside, Chuck finds a huge spinning device which attracts the zombies. Mercenaries operate the device and create an ear-splitting frequency that kill the zombies and harvest the queen wasps that emerge from their remains. Chuck defeats the mercenaries and shuts down the device and the gas. Venturing further inside, Chuck discovers a research lab with scientists monitoring the harvest of the queens. After killing the hostile researchers, he takes their laptop and transceiver which can be used to communicate with the outside world. Back in the safehouse, Chuck, Stacey and Rebecca discover on the laptop that Phenotrans, the manufacturer of the Zombrex drug, is the company responsible for the underground research facility and unearth a conspiracy using the outbreak to harvest queen wasps from the infected. As Rebecca uses the transceiver to contact her TV station about the shocking news, she is shot and killed by Sullivan, who reveals himself to be in league with Phenotrans. He is responsible for intentionally breaching the safehouse and freeing TK in the chaos. Sullivan takes the laptop and transceiver and prepares to kill Chuck and the others, but Stacey hits him with a Baseball Bat, causing him to drop his gun. Chuck takes the gun and fires at Sullivan, who avoids the attack and flees.

Under directions from Stacey, Chuck locates Sullivan on one of the casino rooftops and confronts him. He discovers Sullivan attempting a [[STABO|stabilized body extraction]] by transport plane. When Chuck demands to know why he and Phenotrans created this outbreak and caused the deaths of many people, Sullivan replies that as more infected people resulted from the outbreaks, they needed more queen wasps to synthesize for the Zombrex drug to keep up the growing demand for it. As there is no way to breed the queens using conventional means, Phenotrans caused the outbreak and used the gas to mutate zombies and harvest more queens from them. He says that Fortune City was considered a small price when compared to the rest of the US, and implies that the Las Vegas outbreak was also caused by them, angering Chuck. TK was hired to set Chuck up as the perpetrator for the outbreak, but Sullivan tells Chuck that TK's later activities were independent from their own, as he became greedy and sought to take advantage. Sullivan insists that they are the good guys as they are providing a service for their customers. After this, Chuck engages Sullivan in a fight where he emerges as the victor, but is temporarily stunned by attacks from the circling transport plane. Sullivan attempts to extract, but Chuck handcuffs his lower half of the harness onto the platform, causing Sullivan to be instantly killed as his body is severed in half when the plane grabs his harness' sky hook.

Picking up Sullivan's discarded transceiver, Chuck calls Rebecca's TV station and asks them if they want the scoop of a lifetime. He then tells them to bring rescue choppers over to the city. Arriving on the rooftop of the safehouse in a chopper, Chuck learns from some survivors that Katey and Stacey are missing from the shelter. Trying to look for them, Chuck refuses to board the chopper and searches the security room. The only thing he can find is Katey's backpack, and the game seemingly ends with Chuck silently holding his daughter's bag.

===Overtime mode===

Sitting alone inside the security room, Chuck picks up a transmission from TK, who has escaped his bonds and reveals that he has taken Katey and Stacey hostage. TK threatens to kill both of them unless Chuck collects a variety of items from a given scavenger list.
After finding the items, Chuck is directed by TK to head for the Fortune City Arena where Katey and Stacey are being held. Upon reaching the main entrance to the arena, TK takes Chuck by surprise by stabbing him in the back with a Cattle Prod and beating him into unconciousness.

Upon waking up, Chuck discovers he has been tied upside down above the arena on the games countdown timer platform while Katey and Stacey are both tied together and suspended above the zombies loitering below. Now clearly insane, TK taunts Chuck on the stage and challenges him to rescue his new family. Chuck manages to free himself and make his way up the platform and attempts to lift Katey and Stacey back up, but is attacked by TK who arrives to stop him. Engaging in a fight using unarmed combat and melee weapons scattered around the platform, Chuck defeats TK. However, TK grabs him and attempts to strangle him over the edge of the platform, but Chuck manages to hurl TK over the edge to his death below. Chuck rescues Katey and Stacey and reunited with them. As they prepare to leave, Katey reaches her hand out to Stacey who takes it with a smile, the three then leave the arena. A zombie suddenly appears and screams at the player for a final scare, similar to an internet 'screamer' joke.

==Development==
The sequel was announced on February 9, 2009,<ref name="dr2 announce">{{cite web| url = http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/44628/Dead-Rising-2-Announced-For-PC-Consoles | title = Dead Rising 2 Announced For PC & Consoles | publisher = IGN | date = 2009-02-09 | accessdate= 2009-02-09 | first = Andrew | last = Burnes }}</ref> confirming earlier rumors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/blue-castle-making-dead-rising-2 |title=Blue Castle making Dead Rising 2 |date=November 7, 2008 |author=Minkley, Johnny |publisher=[[Eurogamer]] |accessdate=2008-12-02}}</ref> of the game's existence, as well as a [[viral video]] for the game.<ref name="viral video">{{cite web|last=Crecente|first=Brian|date=2009-02-06|url=http://kotaku.com/5148320/could-this-be-dead-rising-2|title=Could This Be Dead Rising 2?|publisher=Kotaku}}</ref> The developers [[Blue Castle Games]] worked with [[Keiji Inafune]], the original ''Dead Rising'' producer and [[Capcom]]'s global head of research and development, along with other original ''Dead Rising'' team members.<ref name="dr2 announce"/>

==Release==
===Marketing===
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Capcom created a variety of websites before the release of the game. These include TapeitorDie.Com, visitfortunecity.com, and deadrising-2.com.

In August 2010, [[Keiji Inafune]] released an eight part video series entitled ''Zombrex: Dead Rising Sun''.

Capcom is set to sponsor a gathering of zombies at the London House of Parliament on August 30—and the best dressed will win a game console. Attendees will also receive a limited edition, one-of-a-kind t-shirt. The inaugural General Election campaign will be attended by [[Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality]] (CURE), an equal rights group campaigning for the rights of zombies.<ref>Hussain, Tamoor. [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=259994 Capcom plans Parliament zombie stunt], computerandvideogames.com, (August 16, 2010).</ref>

===Retail copies===
''Dead Rising 2'' was released in several retail versions. The standard edition includes the game and a manual and will be available for the [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]], and PC. The Zombrex edition in North America and Europe is only available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and includes a fake syringe of the Zombrex medicine featured in the game, along with an accompanying safety information card, a Zombrex-labeled steel case, a sales brochure, and a prescription pad. The Xbox 360 version comes with the Zombrex Dead Rising Sun movie whereas the PlayStation 3 version contains a voucher for a ''Dead Rising 2'' [[XrossMediaBar]] dynamic theme and a behind the scenes featurette.<ref>{{cite web| last= Gaskill| first= Jake| date= 2010-07-15| title= Dead Rising 2 Zombrex Edition Detailed| url= http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/706274/dead-rising-2-zombrex-edition-detailed.html| publisher= G4TV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last= Fletcher| first=JC | date= 2010-07-15|title= Capcom prescribes Dead Rising 2: Zombrex Edition to North America| url= http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/15/capcom-prescribes-dead-rising-2-zombrex-edition-to-north-americ/| publisher= Joystiq}}</ref> The Outbreak Pack, available for any system, but exclusive to Europe, features a red box and contains a zombie figurine and some accessories for the figurine.<ref>{{cite web| last= Hinkle| first= David | date= 2010-07-09| title= Dead Rising 2 'Outbreak Pack' staggering to Europe, Capcom 'not bringing' it to North America| url= http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/09/dead-rising-2-outbreak-pack-staggering-to-europe-capcom-not/| publisher= Joystiq}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last= Orry| first= James| date= 2010-07-09| title= Dead Rising 2 The Outbreak Pack revealed| url= http://www.videogamer.com/news/dead_rising_2_the_outbreak_pack_revealed.html| publisher= Videogamer}}</ref> A limited run of 700 copies was also announced for Australia.<ref>{{cite web| last= Wildgoose| first= David| date= 2010-07-14| title= Dead Rising 2 Limited Edition Includes Zombie With Interchangeable Heads| url= http://www.kotaku.com.au/2010/07/dead-rising-2-limited-edition-includes-zombie-with-interchangeable-heads/| publisher= Kotaku}}</ref> The Zombrex Edition will also be released in Europe, containing the Zombrex steel case, fake syringe pen and a making-of DVD.<ref>{{cite web| last= Fonix| first= Karl| date= 2010-08-02| title= Dead Rising 2 Zombrex Edition Comes To Europe| url= http://www.capcom-europe.com/blog/2010/08/dead-rising-2-zombrex-edition-comes-to-europe/| publisher= Capcom Europe}}</ref> The High Stakes Edition is available exclusively in the Capcom store, and contains a poker set, a Fortune City visitor map, a Terror Is Reality XVII admission ticket, and a chance to win a 6 ft gold bust of the zombie statue.<ref>{{cite web| date= 2010-09-25| title= Capcom Store| url=http://shop.capcom.com/store/capcomus/html/pbPage.dead-rising-2/ThemeID.21205600/}}</ref>

==Downloadable content==
===''Case Zero''===
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[[Image:DeadRisingCaseZero.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Cover art for ''Case Zero''.]]
''Dead Rising 2: Case Zero'' is an [[Xbox 360]]-exclusive download and is available on the [[Xbox Live Marketplace]] priced at 400 Microsoft Points.<ref name="Case Zero Price">{{cite web| url = http://kotaku.com/5594032/dead-rising-2-case-zero-hits-xbox-360-next-month/gallery/ | title = Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Hits Xbox 360 Next Month | publisher = Kotaku | date = 2010-07-22 | accessdate= 2010-07-28 | first = Brian | last = Crecente }}</ref> It acts as the prologue for ''Dead Rising 2''. The story involves Chuck and Katey's first large-scale adventure against the horde of zombies after escaping Las Vegas. The player can reach up to level five in ''Case Zero'', which the player may carry over (along with the 80,000 PP required to achieve it as well as any combo cards earned) into ''Dead Rising 2''.

''Case Zero'' was released on August 31, 2010, in North America and Europe, and is one of the few games that is region locked and cannot be downloaded outside of those regions, including Australia and New Zealand. ''Case Zero'' was set to be released in Japan on August 31, 2010, however it was delayed indefinitely due to concerns by the domestic rating board over content.

''Case Zero'' in its first week received over 300,000 downloads making it the fastest selling game on Xbox Live Arcade.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30300/Dead_Rising_Case_Zero_Attracts_Over_300K_Players_In_First_Week.php | title =Dead Rising Case Zero Attracts Over 300K Players In First Week | publisher = [[Gamasutra]]}}</ref> On September 15, Capcom announced that ''Case Zero'' had received more than 500,000 downloads. Reception for ''Case Zero'' has been generally favorable, receiving an average score of 79 on Metacritic.<ref name="Case Zero Metacritic Score">{{cite web| url = http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/dead-rising-2-case-zero | title = Dead Rising 2: Case Zero for Xbox 360 Reviews. Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic | publisher = [[Metacritic]]}}</ref>

===''Case West''===
On September 15, 2010, Capcom announced a second downloadable episode titled ''Case West''. The Xbox 360 exclusive features the return of Frank West, the hero of the previous ''[[Dead Rising]]'', in a new story that occurs a year after the events of ''Dead Rising 2''. Frank must team up with Chuck Greene, the protagonist of ''Dead Rising 2'', in order to stop an unknown zombie threat and clear Chuck's name of any involvement. The episode includes a co-op feature allowing two players to complete the game as each character. ''Case West'' is expected to be released shortly after ''Dead Rising 2'' is released.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/707513/Dead-Rising-2-Case-West-Announced-Frank-West-Is-Back.html | title = Dead Rising 2: Case West Announced; Frank West is Back! | publisher = [[G4 TV]] | date = 2010-09-15 | accessdate = 2010-09-15 | first = | last = }}</ref>

An interview with co-producer Shinsaku Ohara revealed that ''Case West'' will bring back the photography element from ''Dead Rising'', explaining "It's part of Frank. So when Frank comes back, so does the photography."<ref>{{cite web|author=Keza MacDonald |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-22-dead-rising-2-case-west-interview?page=1 |title=Dead Rising 2: Case West Xbox 360 Interview - Page 1 |publisher=Eurogamer.net |date=2010-09-22 |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>

==Reception==
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| GR = 81% (X360)<ref name="Xbox 360 Metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox360/957985-dead-rising-2/index.html |title=Dead Rising 2 for Xbox 360 |publisher=Game Rankings|accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>

80% (PS3)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/ps3/957984-dead-rising-2/index.html |title=Dead Rising 2 for PlayStation 3 |publisher=Game Rankings|accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>

75% (PC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/957986-dead-rising-2/index.html |title=Dead Rising 2 for PC |publisher=Game Rankings|accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| MC = 80/100 (X360)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/dead-rising-2 |title=Dead Rising 2 for Xbox 360 |publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>

80/100 (PS3)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/dead-rising-2 |title=Dead Rising 2 for PlayStation 3 |publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>

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| 1UP = B+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3181612 |title=Dead Rising 2 Review for XBOX 360, PS3 from |publisher=1UP.com |date= |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| EuroG = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|author=Simon Parkin |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-24-dead-rising-2-review |title=Dead Rising 2 Xbox 360 Review - Page 1 |publisher=Eurogamer.net |date=2010-09-23 |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| GameRev = B+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/xbox360/dead-rising-2 |title=Dead Rising 2 Review for the XBOX360 |publisher=Gamerevolution.com |date=2010-09-10 |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| GI = 9.50/10<ref>{{cite web|last=VanBurkleo| first=Meagan |url=http://gameinformer.com/games/dead_rising_2/b/ps3/archive/2010/09/24/the-apocalypse-shouldn-t-be-this-much-fun.aspx |title=Dead Rising 2 Review - Dead Rising 2 - PlayStation 3 |publisher=GameInformer.com |date=2010-09-24 |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| G4 = 4/5<ref>{{cite web|last=Stratton |first=Bryan |url=http://g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/61996/dead-rising-2/review/ |title=Dead Rising 2 for Xbox 360 - Reviews |publisher=G4tv.com |date=2010-09-28 |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| GamePro = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Hayward |first=Andrew |url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/216699/dead-rising-2/ |title=Dead Rising 2 Review from |publisher=GamePro |date=2010-09-28 |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| GSpy = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/dead-rising-2/1124421p1.html |title=GameSpy: Dead Rising 2 Review - Page 1 |publisher=Xbox360.gamespy.com |date= |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| GTM = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamestm.co.uk/reviews/dead-rising-2-review/ |title=Dead Rising 2 review | Videogames Magazine - gamesTM - Official Website |publisher=gamesTM |date=2010-09-24 |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| GT = 8.1/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gametrailers.com/gamereview.php?id=10831 |title=Dead Rising 2: Reviews, Trailers, and Interviews |publisher=Gametrailers.com |date= |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| GSpot = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/deadrising2/review.html |title=Dead Rising 2 Review for Xbox 360 |publisher=GameSpot |date=2010-09-28 |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| IGN = 8.0/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Greg |url=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/112/1123121p1.html |title=Dead Rising 2 Review - Xbox 360 Review at IGN |publisher=IGN |date=2010-09-23 |accessdate=2010-10-03}}</ref>
| TeamXbox = 7.6/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Langdon |first=Matt |url=http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1873/Dead-Rising-2/p1/ |title=Dead Rising 2 Review - Xbox 360 Review at |publisher=TeamXbox |date=2010-09-30 |accessdate=2010-10-04}}</ref>
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''Dead Rising 2'' has been met with generally positive reviews. Both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of the game received ratings of 80 by the review compiler Metacritic.<ref name="Xbox 360 Metacritic" /> IGN, Eurogamer, and GamesRadar have given the game an 8 out of 10, praising the story, combat, and huge numbers of enemies on screen, while complaining about long loading times.

GameZone gave the game a 6 out of 10, stating, "The solid foundation residually left over from the original and the new hybrid weapons system create a basically appealing package from which a decent amount of fun can be derived, but the lackluster presentation, uninspired story, outright broken multiplayer, and atrocious amount of glitches makes Dead Rising 2 less of a flawed gem and more of a somewhat polished pile that incrementally smells worse the longer you let it sit in your disc drive."<ref>http://pc.gamezone.com/reviews/item/dead_rising_2/</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://deadrising-2.com/ ''Official website]
*[http://www.tapeitordie.com/home ''Tape It Or Die (Official fictive blog)]
*[http://www.visitfortunecity.com/us ''Official Fortune City website]
*[http://www.zombrex.com/ ''Official Zombrex website]
*[http://www.citizensfortheundead.com/ ''Official CURE website]
*[http://bazzz.ru/modifikacii-oruzhiya-v-dead-rising-2/ ''List of weapon modification for Dead Rising 2]

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|name=Ben Roethlisberger
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* [[National Football League Rookie of the Year Award|AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year]] (2004)
* [[Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year|Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year]] (2004)
* 2× [[Super Bowl]] champion ([[Super Bowl XL|XL]], [[Super Bowl XLIII|XLIII]])
* [[Pro Bowl]] selection ([[2008 Pro Bowl|2007]])
* "Joe Greene Great Performance Award" (2004)
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'''Benjamin Todd "Ben" Roethlisberger''' ({{IPA-en|ˈrɒθlɨsbɜrɡər|pron}}; born March 2, 1982), nicknamed '''Big Ben''', is an [[American football]] [[quarterback]] for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] of the [[National Football League]]. He was drafted by the Steelers 11th overall in the [[2004 NFL Draft]]. He played [[college football]] at [[Miami RedHawks football|Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)]].

Roethlisberger earned the [[National Football League Rookie of the Year Award|AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year]] in 2004. He became the youngest Super Bowl-winning quarterback in NFL history, helping lead the Steelers, in his second professional season, to a 21–10 victory over the [[Seattle Seahawks]] in [[Super Bowl XL]] at the age of 23. He was named to his first [[Pro Bowl]] in [[2008 Pro Bowl|2007]]. Roethlisberger led the Steelers to a second Super Bowl title in four seasons as they defeated the [[Arizona Cardinals]] in [[Super Bowl XLIII]], 27–23, after he made a game-winning touchdown pass to [[Santonio Holmes]] in the final 35 seconds. Roethlisberger has been one of the most efficient passers in NFL history. He currently ranks 9th all-time in NFL passer rating (91.7), 5th in yards per attempt (8.01), and 8th in completion percentage (63.29%) among quarterbacks with a minimum of 1500 career attempts. He has the 5th highest winning percentage (.698) as a starter in the regular season among quarterbacks with a minimum of 80 starts.

Off the field, Roethlisberger has been involved in high-profile incidents, including a nearly fatal motorcycle accident in 2006 and sexual assault allegations in [[Lake Tahoe]] in 2008 and in [[Milledgeville, Georgia]], in 2010. Neither allegation resulted in charges being filed. However, the latter act resulted in Roethlisberger being suspended for six games (reduced to four) under the NFL's [[National Football League player conduct controversy|personal conduct policy]] for the start of the 2010 season.

Known for playing outside the [[passing pocket|quarterback pocket]] in what he calls "backyard football",<ref>http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9101154/Big-Ben-at-the-top-of-his-game?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=5</ref> Roethlisberger is often compared to his childhood idol, former [[Denver Broncos]] quarterback [[John Elway]], due to the similar styles and fourth-quarter comebacks.<ref>http://www.bigbennews.com/articles/2008/steelersroethlisbergerhasit.html</ref> Roethlisberger also grew up idolizing [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area|Pittsburgh area]] native [[Joe Montana]]. Roethlisberger wears number 7 in Elway's honor.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012201255.html Michael Wilbon - Big Ben, Already Like Clockwork - washingtonpost.com]</ref>

==Early years==
Roethlisberger was born in [[Lima, Ohio]].<ref>[http://www.forecaster.info/post-gazette/football/player.cgi?6567 "Player Bio]. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.</ref> At Findlay High School in [[Findlay, Ohio]], Roethlisberger was captain of the football, [[basketball]], and [[baseball]] teams. In baseball he batted .300. Roethlisberger did not play quarterback until his senior year, giving way to the coach's son, Ryan Hite. Instead, Roethlisberger played wide receiver because, as coach [[Cliff Hite]] explained to the [[Toledo Blade]], "My son throwing to Ben was a better combination." <ref name="tb1">http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040418/SPORTS09/40418012</ref> Ryan Hite went on to play wide receiver in college at Division III [[Denison University]]. Hite told the [[Toledo Blade]] regarding the decision to start his son at quarterback over Roethlisberger: "I'm a nationally known knucklehead."<ref name="tb1" />

==College career==
[[Image:Roethlisberger's number retired with Pont and Hitchens.jpg|thumb|right|Roethlisberger's number being retired before the 2007 Miami-BGSU game. Also pictured Bob Hitchens (far left) and John Pont (2nd from the left)]]

Roethslisberger played college quarterback at Division I [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]]. At Miami, Roethlisberger got a chance to start as a redshirt freshman and started three years of Division I college football despite his single year as a high school quarterback.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> Roethlisberger holds every major passing record at the school and a number of passing records in the [[Mid-American Conference]] (MAC) despite playing just three years before joining the NFL.

As a redshirt freshman, Roethlisberger threw for over 3,100 yards. In 2002, he threw more than 3,200 yards, and in 2003, he threw more than 4,400 yards. In 2003, Roethlisberger led the Miami RedHawks to an unbeaten record in the MAC, a no. 10 ranking in the [[Associated Press]] poll and a 49-28 victory over Louisville in the [[2003 GMAC Bowl]].<ref name=autogenerated2>http://www.thecourier.com/BigBenStories/articles/unendingbattle.htm</ref> His number was retired by the RedHawks in 91st annual homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007, with festivities including the RedHawks football game against Bowling Green; Roethlisberger becoming only the third athlete in Miami football history to have his jersey number retired, joining [[John Pont]] and [[Bob Hitchens]]. It was the first time in 34 years Miami retired a football jersey number.<ref>[http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100907aaa.html A Battle of MAC Undefeateds as RedHawks Host Falcons in Homecoming Clash]</ref><ref>[http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101007aac.html Miami to Honor Ben Roethlisberger and Terry Hoeppner at Football Game on Saturday]</ref>

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|+ College football statistics
|-
! colspan="3" |  
! colspan="9" | Passing
! colspan="4" | Rushing
|-
! Season
! Team
! GP
! Cmp
! Att
! Cmp%
! Yds
! TD
! Int
! YPA
! W
! L
! Att
! Yds
! TD
! Avg
|-
| 2001
| Miami (OH)
| 12
| 241
| 381
| 63.3
| 3105
| 21
| 2
| 8.1
|
|
| 120
| 189
| 3
| 1.6
|-
| 2002
| Miami (OH)
| 12
| 271
| 428
| 63.3
| 3238
| 22
| 11
| 7.6
|
|
| 82
| 54
| 1
| 0.7
|-
| 2003
| Miami (OH)
| 14
| 342
| 495
| 69.1
| 4486
| 37
| 10
| 9.1
|
|
| 67
| 111
| 3
| 1.7
|-
! colspan="2" | Career
! 38
! 854
! 1304
! 65.5%
! 10829
! 80
! 23
! 8.3
!
!
! 269
! 354
! 7
! 1.3
|}

===The Draft===
The success of the 2003 Miami Redhawks led to the expectation that Roethlisberger would be drafted early in the draft. During the GMAC Bowl, commentators discussed some of his skills that would translate to success in the NFL. At the combine, Roethlisberger scored a 25 on the [[Wonderlic]].<ref>[http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/Draft+Insider/2004/Wonderlic.htm 2004 Wonderlic Test Results]</ref> Roethlisberger was one of the players invited to attend the draft along with others in the "Green Room" and was featured on the show "Hey Rookie Welcome to the NFL."

===Quarterback class of 2004===
Roethlisberger was one of four quarterbacks taken in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft along with [[Philip Rivers]], [[Eli Manning]], and [[J.P. Losman]]. Due to the trade between Manning and Rivers, Roethlisberger was the highest-drafted quarterback that year that played for the team that drafted him. Before [[Paul Tagliabue]] announced the selection of Roethlisberger, the phone call he received by Steelers head coach [[Bill Cowher]] was shown live on [[ESPN]], confirming the team's selection before the official announcement.

Roethlisberger, Rivers, and Manning have been voted to the Pro Bowl since becoming starters, none have produced a season with a losing record (although each has had an 8-8 season), and Roethlisberger and Manning have each won a Super Bowl. They have been compared favorably to the [[Quarterback class of 1983]], which included Hall of Fame quarterbacks [[Dan Marino]], [[John Elway]], and [[Jim Kelly]].<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/don_banks/08/28/qbs/index.html Best quarterback class ever? Trio from '04 makes its case over '83]</ref>

==Professional career==
[[Image:Ben Roethlisberger - snap.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Roethlisberger takes a snap against the Bengals in 2006.]]
Roethlisberger was selected 11th overall in the [[2004 NFL Draft]] by the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. On August 4, 2004, he signed a six-year contract worth $22.26 million in salaries and bonuses, with an additional $17.73 million available via incentives. He was touted by then-Steelers coach [[Bill Cowher]] in a press conference as a franchise quarterback.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/story?id=09000d5d80e973a2&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true Pittsburgh proves it: Franchise QB = long-term success]</ref>

On March 4, 2008, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Roethlisberger agreed to an eight-year, $102 million contract.<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08064/862296-66.stm Steelers break bank for Big Ben]</ref> Roethlisberger had two years left on his original that he signed after the draft. He has stated that he wants to retire as a Steeler.<ref>[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_547648.html Roethlisberger wants to stick with Steelers]</ref>

===2004 season===
Roethlisberger did not immediately step in as the starting quarterback for the Steelers. He was the No. 3 QB behind [[Tommy Maddox]] and [[Charlie Batch]]. When Batch was injured in the preseason, however, Roethlisberger moved up to no. 2. Maddox started, and won, the season opener against the [[Oakland Raiders|Raiders]] and started versus the [[Baltimore Ravens|Ravens]]. But after an ineffective outing and third-quarter injury to Maddox, Roethlisberger stepped in for his first NFL action. Despite spurring a mild comeback, the Steelers lost the game. Maddox's injury changed the Steelers' original plan for Roethlisberger, which was for him to sit on the bench or play sparingly during the first season or two in order to learn the team's system. Instead, he started the third game of the season.

As a rookie, he went 13–0 in the regular season (14–1 including playoffs) as a starting quarterback, helping the Steelers become the first AFC team to have 15 wins (2–1 under Maddox [first two and last game], 13–0 under Roethlisberger) in a single season, surpassing former Steeler [[Mike Kruczek]] for the record for the best start by a rookie (6–0) and exceeding the mark for total wins as a rookie, set by [[Chris Chandler]] and [[Joe Ferguson]]. On January 5, 2005, Roethlisberger was unanimously selected as the [[NFL Rookie of the Year Award|NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year]] by the [[Associated Press]], the first [[quarterback]] in 34 years to be so honored.

One of Roethlisberger's biggest games was when he led the Steelers to a 34–20 victory over the defending [[Super Bowl]] champion and previously undefeated [[New England Patriots]], ending their NFL-record 21-game winning streak. He completed 18 of 24 pass attempts for 196 yards, two TDs and no turnovers. The week after that game, the Steelers defeated the also previously undefeated [[Philadelphia Eagles]] 27–3. Roethlisberger was 11 of 18 for 183 yards, with two TDs and one interception.

In his first nationally-televised game on Sunday Night Football, he led the Steelers to a 17–16 victory over the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]]. He was near-perfect on the night, completing 14 of 17 passes for 226 yards and two TDs. Jeff Reed's 37-yard field goal in the final minute gave the Steelers and Roethlisberger their tenth straight win.

Two weeks later, Roethlisberger faced off against the New York Giants and the no. 1 overall pick of the 2004 draft, [[Eli Manning]]. Roethlisberger posted his first career 300-yard passing game, with 18 of 28 passes for 316 yards and a TD. He led his fifth game-winning drive of the season, capping a drive with a Jerome Bettis TD run for a 33–30 victory. [[Eli Manning]] threw an interception to seal the game for Pittsburgh.

In the divisional playoffs against the [[New York Jets]], Roethlisberger threw two interceptions. One interception was returned for a touchdown, and the other was thrown with 2:03 left in the fourth quarter, which set up a potential game-winning field goal by Jets kicker [[Doug Brien]]. Brien missed the kick as time expired (his second missed kick in the last two minutes of the game), forcing the game into overtime. In overtime, Roethlisberger led the Steelers down the field and put them in position for the game-winning field goal, a 33-yard attempt that was made by [[Jeff Reed (football player)|Jeff Reed]], sending the Steelers into the AFC Championship for the fourth time in 10 years.

On January 23, 2005 in the [[NFL playoffs, 2004-05#AFC: New England Patriots 41, Pittsburgh Steelers 27|AFC Championship Game]] in Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger completed 14 of 24 pass attempts for 226 yards and two TDs, but he also threw three costly interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown by [[Rodney Harrison]]. The Steelers lost the game to the eventual Super Bowl champions, the [[New England Patriots]], by a score of 41–27.

===2005 Super Bowl season===
[[Image:Roethlisberger-Bettis-Berman.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Roethlisberger signs autographs at Super Bowl XL media day.]]

In the 2005 regular season, the Steelers finished 11-5. After securing an AFC wild card spot en route to victory in the Super Bowl, the Steelers pulled off upsets at Indianapolis and Denver in the AFC playoffs in addition to wins over higher seeds Cincinnati and Seattle. During the course of the regular season, Roethlisberger missed four games due to various knee injuries. During the regular season, the Steelers were 9-3 with Roethlisberger at quarterback and 2-2 without him. He led the league in Yards Per Attempt with an 8.90, and finished third in passer rating behind [[Peyton Manning]] and [[Carson Palmer]] with a 98.6.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/statistics?stat=pass&sort=rat&league=nfl&season=2&year=2005 ESPN - NFL Football Statistics and League Leaders], ESPN.com</ref>

The Super Bowl run began on January 8, 2006 as Roethlisberger helped lead the Steelers to a playoff win over the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]—an AFC North rival that had beaten the Steelers by seven points in the regular season to win the division championship. The rematch featured two teams with identical records, having split their regular season series since each team won on the road. Early in the game on [[Carson Palmer]]'s first throw, a tackle by former Steeler [[Kimo von Oelhoffen]] resulted in Palmer's anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) being completely torn. The Bengals' backup quarterback, [[Jon Kitna]], came in and led the Bengals to leads of 10-0 and 17-7. However, the 17-7 lead midway through the second quarter would be the last time in the 2005 postseason that the Steelers would trail an opponent by more than three points. After Kitna failed to produce, the Steelers took advantage by taking the next 24 straight points, and the win, in a 31-17 victory in Cincinnati.

Their second road win came on January 15. Roethlisberger led the Steelers against the [[Indianapolis Colts]], the NFL's top team throughout the season and a heavy favorite to represent the AFC in Super Bowl XL. Roethlisberger threw for 197 yards and recorded a [[Pittsburgh_sports_lore#The_Tackle|game-saving]] [[tackle (football move)|tackle]] on Colts' defensive back [[Nick Harper (American football)|Nick Harper]], who had just recovered a [[Jerome Bettis]] [[fumble]] with less than two minutes left in the game. Pittsburgh led early but had to survive a Colts comeback to win 21-18, after an errant call that the NFL later admitted was a mistake,<ref name= nfl>[http://www.realfootball365.com/nfl/articles/nfl-blown-call160106.php NFL Football - NFL News - Realfootball365.com]</ref> which overturned a [[Troy Polamalu]] interception that would have secured the game for the Steelers. Roethlisberger's tackle on Harper, dubbed by many as The Tackle II or The Immaculate Redemption, was compared by many to "[[Immaculate Reception|The Immaculate Reception]]" in 1972, when [[Franco Harris]] made a miraculous reception and scored the game-winning touchdown against the [[Oakland Raiders]]. The victory marked the first time in playoff history that a sixth-seeded NFL playoff team defeated the top-seeded team.

On January 22, 2006, the Steelers defeated the [[Broncos]] 34-17 in Denver to win the AFC Championship and advance to Super Bowl XL. Roethlisberger completed 21 of 29 passes for 275 yards and threw two touchdown passes and scored one TD himself on a four-yard [[Play action pass|play-action]] [[Bootleg play|bootleg]]. His run was the last touchdown of the game, sealing the win for the Steelers.

The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] won Super Bowl XL 21-10 over the [[Seattle Seahawks]] in Detroit on February 5, 2006. Roethlisberger had one of the worst passing games of his career, completing just nine of 21 passes for 123 yards and two interceptions; his [[passer rating]] of 22.6 was the lowest in Super Bowl history by a winning quarterback. Though he did convert eight third-down situations in the game to help the Steelers win, none of them was bigger than his 37-yard pass to Super Bowl XL MVP Hines Ward on a third-and-28 that set up the Steelers' first TD (a one-yard quarterback sneak by Roethlisberger on third and goal). With the victory, Roethlisberger, at 23 years old, became the youngest quarterback to win the [[Super Bowl]], a record previously held by [[Tom Brady]] of the New England Patriots.

===2006 season===
[[Image:Ben Roethlisberger Steelers cropped.jpg|thumb|270px|Roethlisberger drops back to pass in a game against the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] in 2006 in which the Steelers won 45-7.]]
After an off-season motorcycle crash in which he was seriously injured, Roethlisberger missed the opening game of the 2006 season after having an emergency [[Appendicectomy|appendectomy]] on September 3, 2006. Backup [[Charlie Batch]] started and led the Steelers to a victory over Miami. Roethlisberger played the following game against Jacksonville on [[Monday Night Football]]. His return resulted in a sub-par performance as he threw two interceptions with no touchdowns in a 9-0 loss. In week three, Roethlisberger completed fewer than half of his passes for three interceptions and no touchdowns in a 28-20 loss to the Bengals. The final interception came in the final seconds of the game, in the end zone, ending Pittsburgh's comeback attempt. In a week-five game against the [[San Diego Chargers]] on [[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football]], Roethlisberger looked sharp throughout the first half, leading three scoring drives. However, in the second half, he threw two interceptions, both of which shifted momentum away from the Steelers and led to the Chargers' 23-13 win. In week six against the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], Roethlisberger had his first big game of the season, completing 16 of 19 passes for 238 yards with two touchdowns (his first of the year) and no interceptions during a 45-7 rout of the Chiefs.

During week seven in Atlanta, Roethlisberger continued his success, going 16 of 22 for 237 yards and three TDs. But during the third quarter, Roethlisberger was helped off the field after suffering a concussion following a controversial hit by Falcons defensive end [[Patrick Kerney]]. Roethlisberger was replaced by Charlie Batch, and the Steelers went on to lose 41-38 in overtime. On October 29 against the [[Oakland Raiders]], Roethlisberger threw four interceptions in a 20-13 upset loss. The loss was his fifth of the season—two more than he had in his first two seasons combined as a starter—and gave him a total of 11 INTs, versus just six TDs, on the season. In a week-nine rematch of the 2005 AFC championship game against Denver, Roethlisberger threw a career-high 433 yards but had three of the six Steelers turnovers in a 31-20 loss. Roethlisberger and the Steelers got back on a winning track in a home game a week later against the [[New Orleans Saints]]. He passed for 265 yards and three TDs in a 38-31 win.

In week 11, Roethlisberger overcame three first-half INTs by throwing for 224 yards and two TDs in the fourth quarter, leading the Steelers to score 21 points and come back to beat the Cleveland Browns 24-20. The following week, Roethlisberger and the Steelers were held scoreless in a 27-0 loss to the [[Baltimore Ravens]]. Roethlisberger finished 21 of 41 for 214 yards and two INTs. He was sacked nine times, including once by Ravens linebacker [[Bart Scott]], which sent him to the sidelines briefly. He also fumbled once, which the Ravens returned for a TD in the second half.

Roethlisberger bounced back the following game, throwing for 198 yards and two TDs in a 20-3 victory over Tampa Bay. Pittsburgh kept their playoff hopes alive in week 14 with a 27-7 victory against the Browns. Roethlisberger went 11 of 21 for 225 yards with one TD, and rushed for one more. In week 15, Roethlisberger threw for 140 yards and a TD in a 37-3 rout of the [[Carolina Panthers]]. The following week, Baltimore eliminated Pittsburgh from the playoffs. In the 31-7 defeat, Roethlisberger was intercepted twice and threw for 156 yards. Roethlisberger ended the season on a good note by defeating the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] 23-17 in overtime in what would be Bill Cowher's final game as Steelers coach. He was 19 for 28 passing with 280 yards, one TD, and one INT. In overtime, Roethlisberger completed a slant pass to rookie [[Santonio Holmes]], who went 67 yards for the game-winning TD. This win eliminated the Bengals from playoff contention.

===2007 season===
Due to his sub-par '06–'07 season, many questions surrounded Roethlisberger at the start of the season. In the first game of '07–'08 season, Roethlisberger reached a personal milestone: his first career four-touchdown game. The Steelers defeated the Cleveland Browns 34-7. The four touchdowns went to Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes (a 40-yard strike), Heath Miller, and rookie tight end [[Matt Spaeth]]. He followed that up with another solid performance against the Buffalo Bills. Roethlisberger was 21 of 34 passing for 242 yards and a one-yard touchdown pass to Spaeth. He continued his solid season with a decent performance against the 49ers. He was 13 of 20 passing for 160 yards and another touchdown pass to the third TE, Jerame Tuman. In week five, he had a good performance despite having two top wide receivers, Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes, out due to injury. Roethlisberger completed 18 of 22 passes for 206 yards and a touchdown pass to Heath Miller in the first quarter.

[[Image:Ben Roethlisberger throwback.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Roethlisberger wearing a Steelers throwback jersey during their 500th franchise win]]

In [[2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season#Week 9 .2811.2F5.2F07.29: vs. Baltimore Ravens|week 9]] against the [[Baltimore Ravens]], Roethlisberger threw for a career-high five touchdowns, which tied a team record held by [[Terry Bradshaw]] and [[Mark Malone]] in a 38-7 victory over the Ravens on [[Monday Night Football]]. All five touchdowns were thrown in the first half, making Roethlisberger one of two quarterbacks in the [[2007 NFL season|2007 season]] (the other being [[Tom Brady]]), and only the fifth quarterback since the [[NFL-AFL merger|1970 merger]], to accomplish such a feat. He also posted a [[Quarterback rating|perfect 158.3 passer rating]] in that game.

The following Sunday, Roethlisberger continued to shine when he erased a 15-point deficit against the Browns. With the Steelers trailing 21-16 in the fourth quarter and facing a third-and-10 from the Cleveland 30-yard line, Roethlisberger scrambled up the middle of the field for a 30-yard TD run (the longest run of his career at that point). He then completed a two-point conversion pass to Hines Ward. After the Browns returned the ensuing kickoff for a TD, Roethlisberger again had to drive the offense with a four-point deficit. This time he made three crucial plays on third down: an 18-yard pass to Santonio Holmes on third-and-six, a 20-yard pass to Heath Miller on a third-and-18, and a 10-yard scramble on third-and-nine. Roethlisberger capped off the drive with a short TD pass to [[Heath Miller]], which proved to be the game winner.

In week 12, Roethlisberger set a Steelers record, completing 85.7% of his passes (18 of 21) as the Steelers beat the Miami Dolphins 3-0, a feat made all the more remarkable given the weather conditions. [[Pittsburgh]] was hit with a torrential storm, delaying the game 30 minutes due to lightning, while turning the new sod on the field, laid earlier that week, into a soggy mess. In many parts of the field, players sunk several inches with each step.

During the week 15 game versus the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]], Roethlisberger threw his 29th TD pass of the season, to [[Nate Washington]], breaking the team single-season TD pass record previously held by Hall of Famer [[Terry Bradshaw]].

During week 16 in St. Louis against the Rams, Roethlisberger posted his second perfect passer rating (158.3) of the season. He was 16 of 20 for 261 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. It was his third career 158.3 rating game, tying [[Peyton Manning]] for the most such regular-season games in NFL history. He also became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw two perfect games in a single regular season.

To cap his comeback season, Roethlisberger was named to his first Pro Bowl, joining five other Steelers teammates on the AFC squad. Roethlisberger's 32 touchdown passes ranked third in the NFL, behind [[Tony Romo]] and [[Tom Brady]], while his 104.1 passer rating was second only to Brady. On five different occasions during the season, Roethlisberger led the team back from a double-digit deficit to a lead or tie in the fourth quarter. However, the Steelers would lose four of those five games as the defense in the end could not hold off Denver, New York and Jacksonville (twice), respectively. Roethlisberger also set a new Steelers single-season record with 32 touchdown passes in the 2007 season.

In a rematch of the week 15 contest, the Steelers hosted the Jaguars in the AFC Wild Card game on January 5, 2008. With the injury to Willie Parker, the Steelers could never mount a rushing attack; Roethlisberger struggled a great deal in the first half, throwing three interceptions (one being returned for a TD by [[Rashean Mathis]]) as the Steelers trailed at the half by a score of 21-7. He pulled himself together and went 17 of 23 for 263 yards and two TDs in the second half alone. The Steelers were trailing 28-10 as the fourth quarter began. When facing a fourth-and-12 at the Jaguar 37, Roethlisberger threw a quick pass against the blitz to Santonio Holmes, who broke one tackle and scored a TD to pull within 11. The Steelers scored two TDs on their next two possessions to take a 29-28 lead, but failed on both attempts at a two-point conversion. That would be costly, as [[David Garrard]] would later scramble 32 yards on a fourth-and-two to set up the winning field goal. Jacksonville finally won the game 31-29 after Roethlisberger was sacked for the sixth time that night and fumbled with a drive that started under the 0:30 mark.

Having been sacked 47 times (second most in the NFL), it was speculated that Roethlisberger's performances could have been even better given improved protection. He often showed great skill outside the pocket, as well as being among the top rushing quarterbacks. While the team did not go as far as they would have liked, it was a successful comeback season for Roethlisberger. He finished third in Comeback Player of the Year, behind the Patriots' [[Randy Moss]] and the Dallas Cowboys' [[Greg Ellis (American football)|Greg Ellis]], who won the award. In his first Pro Bowl, Roethlisberger played three series in the second quarter, going five of nine for 42 yards and one TD, and he led the AFC team in rushing with an 18-yard scramble. The NFC won the game 42-30.

===2008 Super Bowl season===
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====Season recap====
'''Week 1 vs. [[Houston Texans]] (W 38-17)''': Completed 13 of 14 passes for a career-high 92.9 completion percentage (min. 10 attempts), and finished with 137 yards passing and two TD passes. [[Byron Leftwich]] took over in the fourth quarter when Roethlisberger was on the sideline with a shoulder injury.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29536&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG1&override=true "Steelers get off to fast start in win over Texans"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 2 at [[Cleveland Browns]] (W 10-6)''': Leading the Steelers to their 10th straight win over the Browns on a windy, rainy night in Cleveland, Roethlisberger completed 13 of 20 passes for 179 yards and a TD pass to [[Hines Ward]]. He also had the first pass reception of his career, a negative-seven yard completion to himself after a deflected pass in the 2nd quarter.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29558&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG2&override=true "Steelers grind out win, extend streak over rival Browns"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 3 at [[Philadelphia Eagles]] (L 15-6)''': Behind a relentless pass rush by Philadelphia, Roethlisberger was sacked eight times, fumbled twice, threw one interception, and was called for a safety in the fourth quarter. He did not finish the game, as his throwing hand was injured.<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20080921_PIT@PHI "Beat-up Eagles outslug Steelers in bruising, physical game"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 4 vs. [[Baltimore Ravens]] (W 23-20 OT)''': On [[Monday Night Football]] against a division rival, the Steelers trailed 13-3 at halftime. Roethlisberger threw a TD pass to [[Santonio Holmes]] in the third quarter to start a comeback. He completed two passes [[Mewelde Moore]] for 31 yards in overtime, setting up Jeff Reed for the winning 46-yard field goal.<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20080929_BAL@PIT "Reed's field goal in overtime lifts Steelers to hard-fought win"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 5 at [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] (W 26-21)''': On [[Sunday Night Football]], completed 26 of 41 passes for 309 yards and three TDs. His 239 yards passing in the first half was a career high. After falling behind 21-20 in the fourth quarter, Roethlisberger directed the game-winning drive, passing for an eight-yard TD to Hines Ward to put the Steelers ahead.<ref>http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29601&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG5</ref> Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance.<ref>[http://www.wpxi.com/steelers/17662197/detail.html "Big Ben Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week"], WPXI.com</ref> The performance also led him to be selected as the [[FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week|FedEx Air Player of the Week]].

'''Week 7 at [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (W 38-10)''': Off the [[bye week|bye]], Roethlisberger passed for 216 yards and two touchdowns. It was the Steelers' eighth straight win in Cincinnati, and Roethlisberger was the quarterback for six of those games (it was his overall 11th win in 11 games in the state of [[Ohio]]).<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20081019_PIT@CIN "Fill-in Moore, big pass rush fire Steelers' rout in Cincy"], Sportsline.com</ref>.

'''Week 8 vs. [[New York Giants]] (L 21-14)''': Against the defending champions, Roethlisberger was sacked five times and threw one touchdown and four interceptions, ending the game with a Steelers loss.<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20081026_NYG@PIT "Giants survive slugfest with Steelers with help from bad punt snap"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 9 at [[Washington Redskins]] (W 23-6)''': On [[Monday Night Football]], Roethlisberger had one of the worst performances of his career, posting career lows in passer rating (15.1), completions (5), passing yards (50), yards per attempt (2.94) and completion percentage (29.4%). Overall, he was five of 17 for 50 yards, an interception, three sacks. Before halftime, Roethlisberger re-injured his throwing shoulder in the game when he rushed for a one-yard TD that put the Steelers up 10-6. He never returned in the second half. [[Byron Leftwich]] and the defense took the Steelers to a 23-6 victory.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=281103028 "Roethlisberger leaves at halftime, Leftwich leads Steelers past Skins"], ESPN.com</ref>

'''Week 10 vs. [[Indianapolis Colts]] (L 24-20)''': Despite missing practice until Friday with the sore shoulder, Roethlisberger started. The Steelers led 17-7 in the second quarter before a costly interception late in the half, which the Colts used to score a touchdown. The game was tied at 17 in the fourth quarter when Roethlisberger led a field-goal drive. But on the next drive he was intercepted, which set up [[Peyton Manning]] for the game-winning TD pass. Roethlisberger was intercepted a third time on a [[Hail Mary pass|Hail Mary]] attempt in the end zone on the game's final play. Overall, Roethlisberger completed 29 passes for 280 yards, no TDs, and three INTs. After the game, Roethlisberger was quoted as saying, "You'll never hear me say 'I' anything, but I lost this game."<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29668&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG10&override=true "Colts' comeback win ends 40-year drought in Pittsburgh"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 11 vs. [[San Diego Chargers]] (W 11-10)''': Roethlisberger completed 31 of 41 passes for 308 yards and no interceptions. He led his third game-winning drive of the season (16th of his career) as Jeff Reed's 32-yard field goal connected with 0:11 left. It was the first 11-10 game in NFL history.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29685&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG11&override=true "Reed's boot secures Steelers' ugly win over Chargers"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 12 vs. [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (W 27-10)''': Four days later, on Thursday Night Football, Roethlisberger threw for 243 yards and one TD and rushed for his second TD of the season.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29688&displayPage=tab_recap "Steelers use strong defensive effort to take down Bengals"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 13 at [[New England Patriots]] (W 33-10)''': In consistent rain, Roethlisberger completed 17 of 33 passes for 179 yards, two TDs, and one INT. After falling behind 10-3 in the second quarter, Roethlisberger and the fierce Steelers' defense led the Steelers to 30 unanswered points in a 33-10 victory.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29716&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG13&override=true "Second-half surge pushes Steelers past Patriots"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 14 vs. [[Dallas Cowboys]] (W 20-13)''': Steelers trailed 13-3 in the fourth quarter before tying the game on Roethlisberger's six-yard TD pass to [[Heath Miller]]. The Steelers won 20-13 after Deshea Townsend intercepted a Tony Romo pass for a TD. Roethlisberger passed for 204 yards and one TD, and he lost a fumble.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29733&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG14&override=true "Steelers use fourth-quarter rally to secure ugly win over Cowboys"], NFL.com</ref> It was Roethlisberger's 49th victory as a starting QB, breaking the record for the most ever by a QB in their first five NFL seasons.<ref name="dallasnews.com">[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/120808dnspomoore.3dea36e.html "It's sweet 16 comebcks for Pittburgh's Roethlisberger"], The Dallas Morning News</ref>

'''Week 15 at [[Baltimore Ravens]] (W 13-9)''': Steelers trailed 9-3 in the 4th quarter. After a FG to make it 9-6, the Steelers took over with 3:38 remaining. Roethlisberger led a 92-yard, game-winning TD drive, culminating in a four-yard TD pass to [[Santonio Holmes]] for the 13-9 victory. The TD was confirmed by instant replay from a booth review. It was Roethlisberger's 50th victory as a starter and fifth game-winning/tying drive in the fourth quarter/OT of the season, and it clinched the second straight AFC North title for the Steelers. Roethlisberger threw for 246 yards and rushed for 21 more in the game. He completed seven passes for 89 yards on the winning drive.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29738&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG15&override=true "Another strong finish allows Steelers to take AFC North crown"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 16 at [[Tennessee Titans]] (L 31-14)''': After falling behind 10-0, Roethlisberger threw two TD passes to take a 14-10 lead in the third quarter. Later, an interception ended a streak of 131 passes without an interception, the longest of his career. After 14 unanswered by the Titans, Roethlisberger threw a second interception, which was returned for an 83-yard TD in the final minute. The Steelers' loss clinched the no. 2 seed. Roethlisberger completed 25 of 39 passes for 329 yards, two TDs, two INTs, and four fumbles (lost two).<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29761&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG16&override=true "Titans rout Steelers to earn AFC's top seed, home-field advantage"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 17 vs. [[Cleveland Browns]] (W 31-0)''': Roethlisberger suffered simultaneous hard hits from [[Willie McGinest]] and [[D'Qwell Jackson]] just after the two-minute warning in the first half. He laid on the field for roughly 15 minutes before being carted off on a stretcher and taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. He was diagnosed with a mild [[concussion]], but practiced during the week leading up to the playoff opener.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/12/28/roethlisberger.hurt.ap/index.html Roethlisberger Taken Off Field On A Stretcher] SI.com, December 28, 2008</ref>

'''AFC Divisional Playoffs vs. [[San Diego Chargers]] (W 35-24)''': Roethlisberger shook off past demons of returning from injury to lead the Steelers to a 35-24 victory against the Chargers. After a late TD drive to close the first half with a 14-10 lead, Roethlisberger converted three third-and-long passes on a 7:56 TD drive to start the second half, putting the Steelers up by double-digits for the rest of the game. He completed 17 of 26 passes for 181 yards and a TD while being sacked just once, with no turnovers. After the game, it was revealed that his injury suffered against Cleveland in week 17 was a spinal-cord concussion.<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20090111_SD@PIT "Parker gashes Chargers, paves way for Steelers to AFC title game"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''AFC Championship vs. [[Baltimore Ravens]] (W 23-14)''': Roethlisberger threw for 255 yards, one TD no turnovers to help the Steelers beat Baltimore for the third time in the '08–'09 season and return to the Super Bowl. It was Roethlisberger's seventh playoff win in his first five seasons, moving him past Troy Aikman for second most all-time (first is Tom Brady with nine).<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=290118023 "Polamalu's INT return secures Steelers' Super Bowl berth"], ESPN.com</ref>

'''[[Super Bowl 43|Super Bowl]] vs. [[Arizona Cardinals]] (W 27-23)''': Wanting to atone for his performance in [[Super Bowl XL]], Roethlisberger led the Steelers to one of the more dramatic victories in Super Bowl history. On the first two offensive drives, Roethlisberger passed for 122 yards on seven of eight passing attempts, which is one yard shy of his total amount from his first Super Bowl start. The Steelers led 10-0 and went into halftime up 17-7. The lead grew to 20-7 before Arizona mounted a comeback. Trailing for the first time in the game, 23-20, with 2:30 remaining in the game, Roethlisberger took the field to start the winning drive. After a holding penalty on the first play, Roethlisberger marched the Steelers 88 yards in eight plays, hooking up with game MVP Santonio Holmes four times for 73 yards on the drive, including the six-yard TD pass that put the Steelers ahead with 0:35 remaining.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20090201_PIT@ARI "Arizona vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref> Overall, Roethlisberger finished 21 of 30 for 256 yards, one TD, and one INT. He had a passer rating of 93.2.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20090201_PIT@ARI "Holmes' TD beats Cards, hands Steelers record sixth Super Bowl title"], Sportsline.com</ref>

===2009 season===
====Season recap====
'''Week 1 vs. [[Tennessee Titans]] (W 13-10 OT)''': Completed 33 of 43 passes for 363 yards, 1 TD and 2 INTs in the 16th fourth quarter comeback of his career on the opening night of the 2009 season.

'''Week 2 at [[Chicago Bears]] (L 17-14)''': With the game tied at 14, Roethlisberger drove the Steelers into field goal range. However, [[Jeff Reed (American football)|Jeff Reed]] missed his second attempt of the quarter and Chicago would win on a field goal in the final seconds.

'''Week 3 at [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (L 23-20)''': The Steelers were dominant in the first half and led 20-9 in the fourth quarter, but the defense surrendered the lead with fourteen seconds left. Roethlisberger got the ball back with two seconds remaining and his hail mary was incomplete. It is his first NFL loss in the state of Ohio, snapping an 11-0 record.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20090927_PIT@CIN "Bengals pull out rally to end Steelers' dominance in Cincy"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 4 vs. [[San Diego Chargers]] (W 38-28)''': Roethlisberger led the Steelers to touchdowns on four of their first five possessions to take a 28-0 lead in the second half. The Steelers hung on for victory, as Roethlisberger recorded his second 300 yard passing game of the season with 333 yards, 2 TDs and no turnovers.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091004_SD@PIT "Mendenhall fills in nicely, fast-starting Steelers hold on to defeat Bolts"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 5 vs. [[Detroit Lions]] (W 28-20)''': Roethlisberger completed over 70% of his passes for the third straight game and threw a season-high 3 TD passes in leading the Steelers to their first road victory of the season.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091011_PIT@DET "Roethlisberger's three scoring throws send Steelers past Lions"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 6 vs. [[Cleveland Browns]] (W 27-14)''': Improved his record to 10-0 against the Browns by throwing for 417 yards and 2 TDs.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091018_CLE@PIT "Big Ben guides Steelers past Browns in messy matchup"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 7 vs. [[Minnesota Vikings]] (W 27-17)''': Against the 6-0 Vikings, Roethlisberger completed 14 of 26 passes for 175 yards and threw a 40 yard TD pass to Mike Wallace before halftime. It was the fourth straight victory for Pittsburgh, as they headed into their bye week.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091025_MIN@PIT "Defensive scores help Steelers deal Vikings first defeat"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 9 at [[Denver Broncos]] (W 28-10)''': On Monday Night Football, Roethlisberger used the no-huddle offense to lead a dominant second half, as he threw for 233 yards and 3 TD passes to get his first regular season win over Denver.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091109_PIT@DEN "Replacement Carter steps up in safety role, Steelers shut down Broncos"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 10 vs. [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (L 18-12)''': After completing 70.6% of his passes through the first eight games of the season, Roethlisberger was 20/40 (50%) against Cincinnati for a season-low 174 yards. He was sacked 4 times and failed to throw a TD pass for the first time in 2009.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091115_CIN@PIT "Bengals grind out win in Pittsburgh to sweep Steelers"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 11 at [[Kansas City Chiefs]] (L 27-24 OT)''': Roethlisberger had thrown for 398 yards and three touchdowns before leaving the game in overtime after taking a knee to the helmet on a scramble attempt.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091122_PIT@KC "Chiefs break home skid, swashbuckle past Steelers in OT"], Sportsline.com</ref> He suffered the fourth concussion of his NFL career.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d814754e3&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true "Roethlisberger expected to play vs. Ravens despite concussion"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 13 vs. [[Oakland Raiders]] (L 27-24)''': After sitting out the overtime loss in week 12 at Baltimore, Roethlisberger started against the Raiders and passed for 278 yards and 2 TD passes. He threw a go ahead TD pass to Hines Ward with 1:56 remaining, only to have the Raiders answer back with a winning TD with nine seconds left. It was the fifth time the Steelers couldn't hold a lead in the fourth quarter. They led 10-6, 17-13 and 24-20.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091206_OAK@PIT "Gradkowski rallies Raiders to upset stunner in Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 14 at [[Cleveland Browns]] (L 13-6)''': On a frigid Thursday night in Cleveland, Roethlisberger was sacked 8 times and did not lead a touchdown drive in his first career loss to Cleveland, ending a perfect 10-0 record against the rival Browns. It is the first time he lost four straight starts.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091210_PIT@CLE "Browns put freeze on Big Ben, slumping Steelers drop to 6-7"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 15 vs. [[Green Bay Packers]] (W 37-36)''': Roethlisberger broke several franchise passing records in ending the five game losing streak for the Steelers with the biggest passing day in franchise history. His first pass of the day was a 60 yard TD to Mike Wallace, and his last pass was a game-winning 19 yard TD to Wallace on the final play of the game. He passed for 503 yards, 3 TDs, and had no turnovers. He broke Terry Bradshaw's single-season record of 3,724 passing yards, and set a new mark for single-season completions (302). After leading a FG drive to take a 30-28 lead, the defense again surrendered the lead and the Steelers trailed 36-30. Roethlisberger used all 2:01 he had left to drive the team 86 yards for the winning TD with no time remaining.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091220_GB@PIT "Big Ben throws for 503 yards, game winner to cap Steelers rally"], Sportsline.com</ref> Roethlisberger was named AFC Player of the Week for his effort; the 5th time he has won that award in his career.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/12/23/Roethlisberger-top-AFC-player/UPI-34751261604602/ "Roethlisberger top AFC player"], UPI.com</ref>

'''Week 16 vs. [[Baltimore Ravens]] (W 23-20)''': Roethlisberger's 259 yard effort helped him become the first QB in franchise history to pass for over 4000 yards in a single season. With the game tied at 20 in the final quarter, he led the Steelers on the game-winning FG drive as they improved to 8-7.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091227_BAL@PIT "Defending champ Steelers stay alive, beat rival Ravens by field goal"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 17 vs. [[Miami Dolphins]] (W 30-24)''': Roethlisberger ended the season with a win in Miami as he threw for 220 yards and 3 TD passes to finish the season with 4,328 yards and 26 TD passes. He was 9-6 as a starter and his 100.5 passer rating was the second time in his career he had a season with a rating over 100. He was sacked 50 times in 2009. Despite the three game win streak to end the season, the Steelers did not make the playoffs after tie-breakers eliminated them. Roethlisberger was voted as team MVP by the Steelers for the first time in his career.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20100103_PIT@MIA "Steelers eliminate Dolphins -- then get eliminated themselves"], Sportsline.com</ref> He was selected as the first alternate to the Pro Bowl, but declined the invitation to rest his right shoulder which was injured in the Miami game.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/8767/big-ben-declined-pro-bowl-invite "'Big Ben' declined Pro Bowl invite"], ESPN.com</ref>

===Career statistics===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Regular season
|-
! colspan="3" |  
! colspan="9" | Passing
! colspan="5" | Rushing
! colspan="3" | Defensive
! colspan="4" | Punting
! colspan="3" | Fumbles
|-
! Season
! Team
! Games
! Cmp
! Att
! Cmp%
! Yds
! YPA
! Lg
! TD
! Int
! Rating
! Att
! Yds
! Avg
! Lg
! TD
! Total
! Tkl
! Ast
! No
! Yds
! Lg
! Avg
! Fum
! Lost
! Rec
|-
| [[2004 NFL season|2004]]
| [[2004 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 14
| 196
| 295
| 66.4
| 2621
| 8.9
| 58
| 17
| 11
| 98.1
| 56
| 144
| 2.6
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 1.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 2
| 2
| 0
|-
| [[2005 NFL season|2005]]
| [[2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 12
| 168
| 268
| 62.7
| 2385
| 8.9
| 85
| 17
| 9
| 98.6
| 31
| 69
| 2.2
| 13
| 3
| 1
| 1.0
| 0
| 2
| 72
| 39
| 36.0
| 2
| 1
| 1
|-
| [[2006 NFL season|2006]]
| [[2006 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 15
| 280
| 469
| 59.7
| 3513
| 7.5
| 67
| 18
| 23
| 75.4
| 32
| 98
| 3.1
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 1.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 5
| 2
| 0
|-
| [[2007 NFL season|2007]]
| [[2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 15
| 264
| 404
| 65.3
| 3154
| 7.8
| 83
| 32
| 11
| 104.1
| 35
| 204
| 5.8
| 30
| 2
| 1
| 1.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 9
| 3
| 4
|-
| [[2008 NFL season|2008]]
| [[2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 16
| 281
| 469
| 59.9
| 3301
| 7.0
| 65
| 17
| 15
| 80.1
| 34
| 101
| 3.0
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 14
| 7
| 2
|-
| [[2009 NFL season|2009]]
| [[2009 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 15
| 337
| 506
| 66.6
| 4328
| 8.6
| 60
| 26
| 12
| 100.5
| 40
| 82
| 2.1
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 7
| 3
| 2
|-
! colspan="2" | Career
! 87
! 1,526
! 2,411
! 63.3%
! 19,302
! 8.0
! 85
! 127
! 81
! 91.7
! 228
! 698
! 3.1
! 30
! 12
! 4
! 4.0
! 0
! 2
! 72
! 39
! 36.0
! 39
! 18
! 10
|}

Note: Roethlisberger also has 1 reception for -7 yards that he completed to himself versus Cleveland on 9/14/2008<ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200809140cle.htm "Pittsburgh Steelers 10 at Cleveland Browns 6"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Playoffs
|-
! colspan="3" |  
! colspan="9" | Passing
! colspan="5" | Rushing
! colspan="3" | Defensive
! colspan="4" | Punting
! colspan="3" | Fumbles
|-
! Season
! Team
! Games
! Cmp
! Att
! Cmp%
! Yds
! YPA
! Lg
! TD
! Int
! Rating
! Att
! Yds
! Avg
! Lg
! TD
! Total
! Tkl
! Ast
! No
! Yds
! Lg
! Avg
! Fum
! Lost
! Rec
|-
| 2004
| PIT
| 2
| 31
| 54
| 57.4
| 407
| 7.54
| 34
| 3
| 5
| 61.3
| 9
| 75
| 8.3
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|-
| 2005
| PIT
| 4
| 58
| 93
| 62.3
| 803
| 8.63
| 54
| 7
| 3
| 101.7
| 19
| 37
| 1.9
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| 2007
| PIT
| 1
| 29
| 42
| 69.0
| 337
| 8.02
| 40
| 2
| 3
| 79.2
| 4
| 13
| 3.3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|-
| 2008
| PIT
| 3
| 54
| 89
| 60.7
| 692
| 7.78
| 65
| 3
| 1
| 91.6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 1
| 25
| 25
| 25.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
! colspan="2" | Career
! 10
! 172
! 278
! 61.9%
! 2239
! 8.05
! 65
! 15
! 12
! 87.2
! 38
! 125
! 3.3
! 20
! 2
! 1
! 1
! 0.0
! 1
! 25
! 25
! 25.0
! 2
! 1
! 0
|}

====Comebacks/game-winning drives in the fourth quarter/overtime====
Victories which Roethlisberger rallied the team from a fourth-quarter/OT deficit or tie (17 comebacks):

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! No.
! Date
! Opponent
! Down
! Go-Ahead Score
! Scoring Drive(s) Stats
! Drive Started
! Clock at End
! Final Score
|-
| 1
| October 3, 2004
| [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| 14-17
| J. Bettis 1 yd TD run
| 3/4, 23 yards
| 0:44 (3rd QT)
| 9:06
| 28-17<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041003_CIN@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati"], Sportsline.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 2
| October 17, 2004
| @[[2004 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]]
| 10-20
| J.Bettis 2 yd TD run
| 9/9, 72 yards, TD (2 drives)
| 2:20
| 0:30
| 24-20<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041017_PIT@DAL "Dallas vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 3
| December 5, 2004
| @[[2004 Jacksonville Jaguars season|Jacksonville Jaguars]]
| 14-16
| Reed 37 yd FG
| 3/4, 40 yards
| 1:50
| 0:18
| 17-16<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041205_PIT@JAC "Jacksonville vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 4
| December 12, 2004
| [[2004 New York Jets season|New York Jets]]
| '''3-3 (tie)'''
| J.Bettis 10 yd TD pass to J.Tuman
| 2/2, 47 yards
| 2:30 (3rd QT)
| 12:51 (4th QT)
| 17-6<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041212_NYJ@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. New York"], Sportsline.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 5
| December 12, 2004
| @[[2004 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]
| 26-30
| J.Bettis 1 yd TD run
| 6/7, 109 yards (2 drives)
| 8:10
| 4:57
| 33-30<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041218_PIT@NYG "New York vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 6
| January 15, 2005
| [[2004 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] (AFC Divisional)
| 10-17
| Reed 33 yd FG
| 6/8, 52 yards, TD (2 drives)
| 12:15 (OT)
| 3:56
| 20-17 OT<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay?game_id=27237&displayPage=tab_play_by_play&season=2004&week=POST19 "Game Center"], NFL.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 7
| October 10, 2005
| @[[2005 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]]
| 21-22
| Reed 40 yd FG
| 6/6, 81 yards, TD (2 drives)
| 4:36
| 0:06
| 24-22<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20051010_PIT@SD "San Diego vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 8
| October 31, 2005
| [[2005 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]]
| 17-19
| Reed 37 yd FG
| 2/2, 37 yards
| 3:14
| 1:36
| 20-19<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20051031_BAL@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 9
| November 12, 2006
| [[2006 New Orleans Saints season|New Orleans Saints]]
| '''24-24 (tie)'''
| W.Parker 3 yd TD run
| 1 sack, minus-8 yards
| 3:29 (3rd QT)
| 14:55 (4th QT)
| 38-31<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20061112_NO@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. New Orleans"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 10
| November 19, 2006
| @[[2006 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]
| 10-20
| Roethlisberger 4 yd TD pass to W.Parker
| 18/28, 224 yards, 2 TDs, 13 rush yds (3 drives)
| 3:06
| 0:32
| 24-20<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20061119_PIT@CLE "Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 11
| December 31, 2006
| @[[2006 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]]
| 7-10
| Roethlisberger 67 yd TD pass to S.Holmes
| 7/10, 182 yards, TD, 6 rush yds (3 drives)
| 14:55 (OT)
| 13:38
| 23-17 OT<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20061231_PIT@CIN "Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 12
| November 11, 2007
| [[2007 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]
| 24-28
| Roethlisberger 2 yd TD pass to H.Miller
| 7/9, 99 yards, TD, 40 rush yards, TD, 2pt conv. pass (2 drives)
| 11:10
| 3:13
| 31-28<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20071111_CLE@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 13
| November 26, 2007
| [[2007 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]]
| '''0-0 (tie)'''
| Reed 24 yd FG
| 4/5, 44 yards
| 4:13
| 0:17
| 3-0<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20071126_MIA@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Miami"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 14
| September 9, 2008
| [[2008 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]]
| '''20-20 (tie)'''
| Reed 46 yd FG
| 2/3, 31 yards
| 12:51 (OT)
| 9:01
| 23-20 OT<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20080929_BAL@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 15
| October 5, 2008
| @[[2008 Jacksonville Jaguars season|Jacksonville Jaguars]]
| 20-21
| Roethlisberger 8 yd TD pass to H.Ward
| 6/8, 61 yards, TD
| 6:33
| 1:53
| 26-21<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20081005_PIT@JAC "Jacksonville vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 16
| November 16, 2008
| [[2008 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]]
| 8-10
| Reed 32 yd FG
| 6/6, 62 yards
| 6:31
| 0:11
| 11-10<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20081116_SD@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. San Diego"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 17
| December 7, 2008
| [[2008 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]]
| 3-13
| D.Townsend 25 yd Interception return
| 5/7, 63 yards, TD, 10 rush yds (2 drives)
| 5:10
| 2:04
| 20-13<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20081207_DAL@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Dallas"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 18
| December 14, 2008
| @[[2008 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]]
| 6-9
| Roethlisberger 4 yd TD pass to S.Holmes
| 10/17, 130 yards, TD (2 drives)
| 3:36
| 0:43
| 13-9<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20081214_PIT@BAL "Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 19
| February 1, 2009
| [[2008 Arizona Cardinals season|Arizona Cardinals]] ([[Super Bowl XLIII]])
| 20-23
| Roethlisberger 6 yd TD pass to S.Holmes
| 5/7, 84 yards, TD, 4 rush yds
| 2:30
| 0:35
| 27-23<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20090201_PIT@ARI "Pittsburgh vs. Arizona"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 20
| September 10, 2009
| [[Tennessee Titans]]
| 7-10
| Reed 33 yd FG
| 12/14, 117 yards (2 drives)
| 14:56 (OT)
| 10:34
| 13-10 OT<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20090910_TEN@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 21
| December 20, 2009
| [[Green Bay Packers]]
| 30-36
| Roethlisberger 19 yd TD pass to M.Wallace
| 8/15, 157 yards, TD (2 drives)
| 2:01
| 0:00
| 37-36<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20091220_GB@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Green Bay"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 22
| December 27, 2009
| [[Baltimore Ravens]]
| '''20-20 (tie)'''
| Reed 38 yd FG
| 2/5, 38 yards
| 9:03
| 5:25
| 23-20<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20091227_BAL@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|}

==Charitable Works==
Ben Roethlisberger Foundation
Roethlisberger started a foundation with the following mission statement: "The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation seeks to (a): provide support for police and fire departments throughout the U.S. with a particular emphasis on service dogs and (b): to enhance the quality of life for residents of Findlay, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." <ref name="BRF">{{cite web|url=http://www.bigben7.com/Foundation.aspx|title=Ben Roethlistberger Foundation|publisher=bigben7.com|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref>

In 2005, Roethlisberger donated one game check to aid the tsunami relief fund.<ref>[http://www.tsn.ca/nfl/story/?id=110884&hubname=nfl]</ref> He has also donated over $100,000 to fund police dogs in Pittsburgh.<ref>[http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/05/roethlisberger_donates_to_pitt.html]</ref>

== Off-field headlines ==
=== Motorcycle accident ===
{{wikinews|Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Roethlisberger hospitalized after motorcycle accident}}

On Monday, June 12, 2006, at 11:17 a.m. [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] ([[UTC-4]]), Roethlisberger was involved in a motorcycle accident near the intersection of 10th Street and Second Avenue near downtown Pittsburgh, in which he was not wearing his [[motorcycle helmet|helmet]]. Roethlisberger did not have a valid Pennsylvania motorcycle license at the time of the accident, only a temporary permit that he had obtained after moving to Pittsburgh which had expired in March.<ref>http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9364467/detail.html</ref>

Roethlisberger was traveling east on Second Avenue when a [[Chrysler New Yorker]] made a left turn in front of the motorcycle and onto the [[South Tenth Street Bridge]]<ref name=benbridge>[http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9356067/detail.html "Roethlisberger Undergoes Surgery After Bike Crash"]</ref> when the accident occurred. According to an eyewitness, Roethlisberger went over the handlebars of his bike, a 2005 [[Suzuki GSX1300R|Suzuki Hayabusa]],<ref name=benbike>[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_457685.html "Roethlisberger seriously injured"]. [[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] 12 June 2006.</ref> shattering the windshield of the car with his head. The eyewitness reports claimed Roethlisberger tried to get up but was bleeding from the head.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2480830 "Big Ben in serious condition after motorcycle accident"]. [[ESPNEWS|ESPN.com]]. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2006.</ref> Reports from the scene and news media indicated that the accident was serious but "not life- or career-threatening," though Roethlisberger would later relate in interviews that paramedics on the scene stopped the bleeding in his throat just in time to save his life.<ref name=bencrash>[http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13279232/ "Big Ben in surgery after motorcycle crash"]. [[MSNBC]]. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2006.</ref> After the accident, the shift commander for the [[Allegheny County]] emergency service described Roethlisberger as "alert and conscious."<ref name=bencrash/> He was transported to [[Mercy Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)|Mercy Hospital]] and was described as being in "serious but stable" condition in the operating room.

Police sources have indicated that Roethlisberger suffered fractures to the jaw and right [[sinus cavity]], as well as a nine-inch laceration to the back of the head, the loss of two teeth, and several chipped teeth. His facial injuries were severe enough that witnesses on the scene did not immediately recognize him, even after he identified himself as "Ben."<ref>"[http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9356067/detail.html Bike Crash Leaves Roethlisberger In Serious Condition]", ThePittsburghChannel.com, posted June 12, 2006, accessed June 12, 2006.</ref>

Upon arriving at [[Mercy Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)|Mercy Hospital]], he went immediately into surgery, where he remained for more than seven hours. The broken bones in his face were repaired. The subsequent news conference with the [[Mercy Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)|Mercy Hospital]] staff was brief but confirmed early reports that the most serious injuries were to the head and face. There was no neck, spinal, or brain damage found. After surgery, at approximately noon on June 13, 2006, Roethlisberger was upgraded to fair condition.<ref name=bencrash/><ref name= espn>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2482701 ESPN - Roethlisberger likely to be able to play this season - NFL]</ref>

The most serious injuries to Roethlisberger were a broken upper and lower jaw and a broken nose. Roethlisberger was expected to make a full recovery in time for the opening game of the season.

In the wake of [[Kellen Winslow II]]'s crashing of his motorcycle in May 2005, Roethlisberger had been criticized by various NFL members and the media for not wearing a helmet while riding. Even Roethlisberger's coach, Bill Cowher, lectured him about motorcycle safety. Former Steeler [[Terry Bradshaw]] warned Roethlisberger personally when he visited the Steelers' training camp at [[Saint Vincent College]] in [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania|Latrobe]], [[Pennsylvania]], and on television, saying, "Ride it when you retire."<ref name=bencrash/> In a segment put together by ESPN following Winslow's accident, Roethlisberger had said he didn't wear a helmet because it was not required by law, adding, "You're just more free when you're out there and there's no helmet on." Transcripts of the interview recall Roethlisberger telling [[Suzy Kolber]] that he only rides a Harley, or his chopper with friends, not a sport bike (like the one Winslow was on). He also claimed to have his license. Both statements have been proven false since the accident.

Roethlisberger was released from the hospital at 11:46 PM on June 14, 2006. The next day, he released a statement apologizing for concerning friends, family, all his fans, and the Steelers organization, and in which he also stated, "If I ever ride again, it certainly will be with a helmet."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Big Ben speaks out on accident, says he'll start wearing a helmet|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=2006-06-15|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06166/698658-100.stm}}</ref>

On June 19, the Pittsburgh police announced that Roethlisberger would be cited for failure to wear a helmet and failure to operate in his license class. Wearing a helmet is optional in Pennsylvania only for operators who currently possess and have had a motorcycle license for at least two years. The driver of the car was cited for failure to yield the [[Traffic#Priority .28right of way.29|right of way]].<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2006-06-19-roethlisberger-accident_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA "Steelers' Roethlisberger to be cited for lack of license, helmet"] USA Today</ref>

Roethlisberger gave his first television interview after the accident on July 13, with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Good Morning America]]''. He said he was told by responding paramedics that he ruptured a major blood vessel in his mouth and was minutes away from dying. Despite the seriousness of the accident, his recovery went so well that he started the first three Steelers 2006 preseason games.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ESPNSports/story?id=2191627&page=1 ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Ben Roethlisberger Won't Become Helmet Advocate]</ref>

===Sexual assault allegations===
====Lake Tahoe====
On July 17, 2009, a civil suit was filed in [[Washoe County, Nevada|Washoe County]], [[Nevada]] District Court accusing Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting Andrea McNulty, 31, in June 2008 in his hotel room while he was in [[Lake Tahoe]] for a celebrity golf tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/21/ben-roethlisbergers-accuser/|title=Ben Roethlisberger's Acuser|last=TMZ|publisher=TMZ.com|date=2009-07-21|accessdate=2009-07-21}}</ref> Roethlisberger is one of nine defendants listed in the docket report. McNulty did not file a criminal complaint and no physical evidence was collected. Roethlisberger's attorney denied the claim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/07/21/roethlisberger.ap/index.html|title=Roethlisberger listed as defendant in sexual assault lawsuit|last=Associated Press|publisher=cnnsi.com|date=2009-07-21|accessdate=2009-07-21}}</ref> The suit seeks at least $440,000 in damages from the quarterback and also alleges hotel officials for Harrah's Lake Tahoe went to great lengths to cover up the incident. The woman is seeking $50,000 in damages from the Harrah's officials. According to the woman, she was working as an executive casino host in July 2008, when she said Roethlisberger struck up a friendly conversation at her desk during the golf tournament, the next night she said Roethlisberger telephoned her to tell her that the television sound system in his room wasn't working and asked her to look at it. The woman said she determined that the TV was functioning properly, but as she turned to leave he stood in front of the door and blocked her, then grabbed her and started to kiss her.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8116680b&template=without-video&confirm=true Steelers QB Roethlisberger cancels press conference amid civil lawsuit]</ref> According to the lawsuit, the woman required hospitalization for treatment for depression after the alleged attack.

On August 8, 2009, the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' published details of an affidavit filed as part of a motion by two of the other defendants named in the suit to relocate the case from [[Washoe County, Nevada|Washoe County]] to [[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]]. In the affidavit, Angela Antonetti, McNulty's former co-worker, delivered a sworn statement that McNulty had bragged to her about having consensual sex with Roethlisberger. As part of the affidavit, Antonetti said she was "absolutely shocked" upon hearing of the case on the radio on July 21. Antonetti explained, "I knew that [her] lawsuit and false allegations would unfairly and unjustly hurt Mr. Roethlisberger".<ref name="Antonetti-Post-Gazette">{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09220/989640-66.stm#ixzz0Nq1oEgKL|title=Woman's affidavit supports Roethlisberger's denial of sexual assault|last=post-gazette|publisher=post-gazette.com|date=2009-08-08|accessdate=2009-08-10}}</ref>

According the affidavit, Antonetti claimed that McNulty had revealed she was hoping she had gotten pregnant with a "little Roethlisberger". Antonetti also claimed that she had been asked to travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in August 2008 in an attempt to "run into" the quarterback. In response, Antonetti advised McNulty she "shouldn't try to chase Mr. Roethlisberger".<ref name="Antonetti-Post-Gazette"/>

====Milledgeville, Georgia====
On March 5, 2010, it was revealed that police in [[Milledgeville, Georgia|Milledgeville]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] were investigating Roethlisberger for an unrelated sexual assault inside the women's restroom of the Capitol City nightclub. The accuser, a then-20-year-old student at nearby [[Georgia College & State University]], was seen at several establishments with Roethlisberger leading up to the incident, including posing for a photograph with him.<ref name=TMZphotograph>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/08/ben-roethlisberger-photographed-accuser-sexual-assault-police-georgia-capital-city/ |title=Ben Roethlisberger Photographed with Accuser|work=TMZ|date=03-08-2010|accessdate=2010-04-15}}</ref> Roethlisberger spoke with police the night of the incident and stated that he did have contact with the woman that was not "[[consummated]]" and afterward the accuser slipped and injured her head.

Roethlisberger hired lawyer Ed Garland, who had previously defended [[Baltimore Ravens]] linebacker [[Ray Lewis]] in his murder trial. Head coach [[Mike Tomlin]] stated at the time that he was "highly concerned" for the franchise and Roethlisberger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/03/steelers-coach-mike-tomlin-im-highly-concerned-for-our-franchise-and-for-ben-roethlisberger-personally/1|title=Steelers coach Mike Tomlin: 'I'm highly concerned for our franchise and for Ben (Roethlisberger) personally'|work=USA Today|author=Davis, Nate|date=March 21, 2010|accessdate=March 22, 2010}}</ref>

The accuser was treated at [[Oconee Regional Medical Center]]. An emergency-room doctor and two nurses examined her and noted in their report a "superficial laceration and bruising and slight bleeding in the genital area", but could not say if trauma or sexual assault was the cause. The remaining examination was "normal".<ref name=DAtranscript>{{cite web|url=http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/d-wil/2010/04/12/da-fred-bright-transcript-plus-the-post-statement-interview/|title=D.A. Fred Bright Transcript plus the Post-Statement Interview|work=National Sports Review|date=04-12-2010|accessdate=2010-04-15}}</ref> A rape kit was collected, but no semen was recovered, and the amount of male DNA found was insufficient to create a profile or establish that an assault had taken place. The doctor's report also quoted the alleged victim telling them that, "A boy kind of [[rape]]d me."<ref name=DAtranscript/>

In interviews with the police on the night of the incident, the victim alleged that Roethlisberger, after inviting the victim and her friends to the V.I.P. area of the nightclub, encouraged them to do numerous shots of alcohol before one of his bodyguards—an off-duty [[Coraopolis, Pennsylvania]]/"[[Pittsburgh International Airport]] interdiction" officer <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/10114/1053019-57.stm|title= Pittsburgh Post}}</ref>—led her down a hallway to a stool and left. Roethlisberger approached and allegedly exposed himself and, despite the victim's protests, followed her into what turned out to be a bathroom when she tried to leave through the first door she saw. The victim claims Roethlisberger then had sex with her. Friends of the victim attempted to intervene out of worry, but the second of Roethlisberger's bodyguards—an off-duty [[Pennsylvania State Police|Pennsylvania State Trooper]]—avoided eye contact and said he did not know what they were talking about. The policemen later claimed to "have no memory" of meeting the victim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/04/15/1387465/steelers-ready-to-punish-roethlisberger.html|title=Roethlisberger's accuser says she told him 'no'|work=Merced Sun-Star|author=Brumback, Kate|date=04-15-2010|accessdate=2010-04-16}}</ref>

On April 12, 2010, district attorney Fred Bright held a press conference to announce that Roethlisberger would not be charged. Bright said "looking at all the evidence here, "I can not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt". "<ref name=DAtranscript/> Furthermore, the victim wrote to the D.A. through her lawyer expressing she no longer wanted to pursue criminal charges<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/District-attorney-No-charges-for-Ben-Roethlisberger.html|title=District attorney: No charges for Ben Roethlisberger|work=National Football Post|author=Wilson, Aaron|date=04-12-2010|accessdate=04-12-2010}}</ref> because the level of media attention would make a criminal trial too "intrusive" of a personal experience. The letter stressed that she was not recanting her accusation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/04/full-text-of-letter-ben-roethlisbergers-accuser-sent-asking-da-not-to-prosecute/1?loc=interstitialskip|title=Full text of letter Ben Roethlisberger's accuser sent asking DA not to prosecute|work=[[USA Today]]|author=Leahy, Sean|date=04-12-2010|accessdate=2010-04-13}}</ref>

As a result of the unabridged details revealed in Bright's press conference, reaction was swift. Steelers president [[Art Rooney II]] was reported to be "furious".<ref name=SIKing>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/04/13/mail/?cnn=yes&hpt=Mid|title=MMQB Mail: Big Ben deserves at least two-game suspension in 2010|work=[[Sports Illustrated]]|author=King, Peter|date=04-13-2010|accessdate=2010-04-14}}</ref> The owner of Pittsburgh-based PLB Sports, which marketed "Big Ben's Beef Jerky", terminated the company's five-year sponsorship of Roethlisberger, the first such action in the company's 14 year history.<ref name=NoJerky>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/36469125|title=Food Maker Drops Roethlisberger|work=[[CNBC]]|author=Rovell, Darren|date=04-13-2010|accessdate=2010-04-14}}</ref><ref name=PBJ>[http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/pittsburgh-company-cuts-ties-with-roethlisberger/ blogs.nytimes.com], ''Pittsburgh company cuts ties with Roethlisberger'' (retrieved 23 Apr 2010)</ref> The incident has also garnered media attention for the potential discrepancies in player treatment based on race, as black players like [[Michael Vick]] and [[Adam Jones (American football)|Adam "Pacman" Jones]] were disciplined harshly for their off-the-field conduct.<ref name=PPG>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10103/1049930-66.stm|title=Steelers or NFL must suspend Roethlisberger|work=Pittsburgh Post Gazette|author=Cook, Ron|date=04-13-2010|accessdate=2010-04-14}}</ref> Milledgeville Police Sergeant Jerry Blash, who had been photographed with Roethlisberger earlier in the evening, was the first officer to respond to the scene. He resigned on April 15, 2010, after apparently making a comment at the scene that "this bitch is drunk" in reference to the accuser.<ref name=OfficerResigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/15/ben-roethlisberger-sergeant-jerry-blash-officer-cop-quit-resign-milledgeville-police-rape-sexual-assault/|title=Cop in Roethlisberger Case -- I Quit|work=TMZ|date=04-15-2010|accessdate=2010-04-15}}</ref>

Roethlisberger was among the celebrities lampooned in the 14th season premiere of the [[Comedy Central]] animated series ''[[South Park]]'', appearing in a rehabilitation class for "[[sex addiction|sex addicts]]" along with [[David Letterman]], [[Bill Clinton]], and others. Titled "[[Sexual Healing (South Park)|Sexual Healing]]", the episode aired shortly after the second accusation of sexual assault was made.<ref>Owen, Rob. [http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/archive/2010/03/18/roethlisberger-on-south-park.aspx "Ben Roethlisberger on 'South Park']. [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]. 18 March 2010.</ref>

Rapper [[Eminem]] blasted Roethlisberger in a freestyle entitled "Despicable", which was released on his website and will not be featured on his album ''[[Recovery (Eminem album)|Recovery]]''. In it Eminem says "I'd rather turn this club into a bar room brawl/Get as rowdy as Roethlisberger in a bathroom stall." <ref>http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a217841/eminem-blasts-nfl-star-ben-roethlisberger.html?imdb</ref> Eminem also blasted him on the song "Almost Famous" that is on ''Recovery'' with the line "I stuck my dick in this game like a rapist, call me slim Roethlisberger."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGFVs_v8FDI Audio for Eminem's "Almost Famous"]</ref>

===2010 suspension===

On April 21, 2010, the NFL's Commissioner [[Roger Goodell]] announced that Roethlisberger will be suspended for six games without pay in the upcoming season due to a violation of the NFL's [[National Football League player conduct controversy|personal conduct policy]]. In the meantime, Roethlisberger will undergo a league-mandated "professional behavior evaluation" and "must adhere to any counseling or treatment that is recommended by the professional evaluators."<ref name="APBW">{{cite web|url=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9F7J7Q81&show_article=1|title=Roethlisberger banned 6 games|last=Wilner|first=Barry|date=April 21, 2010|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|accessdate=21 April 2010}}</ref> However, on September 3, the NFL reduced Roethlisberger's suspension to four games.<ref>"[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5527564 Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger suspension cut to 4 games]". Associated Press. September 3, 2010.</ref>

==Records==
===Miami Redhawks records===
[[Miami University]] is in Oxford, Ohio, and all records are from the 2008 media guide.<ref>http://muredhawks.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mioh/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-fb-mg-records8</ref>
*Most Pass Attempts, Career - 1,304 (2001–03)
*Most Pass Attempts, Season - 495 (2003)
*Most Pass Completions, Career - 854 (2001–03)
*Most Pass Completions, Season - 342 (2003; also a MAC record)
*Most Pass Completions, Game - 41 (vs. Northern Illinois, 2002; MAC record) <ref>[http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/101202aac.html "RedHawks fall to Northern Illinois, 48–41", Miami University RedHawks Official Athletic Site]</ref>
* Most Passing Yards, Career - 10,829 (2001–03)
* Most Passing Yards, Season - 4,486 (2003; also a MAC Record)
* Most Passing Yards, Game - 525 (vs. Northern Illinois, 2002)
* Most Passing Touchdowns, Career - 84 (2001–03)
* Most Passing Touchdowns, Season - 37 (2003)
* Most Passing Touchdowns, Game - 5 (did it at Ohio in 2001 and at UCF in 2003; tied with Sam Ricketts)
* Most Total Offense Yards, Career - 11,075 (2001–03)
* Most Total Offense Yards, Season - 4,597 (2003)
* Most Total Offense Yards, Game - 485 (vs. Northern Illinois, 2002)
* Most 300+ Yard Passing Games - 14
* Most 400+ Yard Passing Games - 4
* Most Games w/4+ TD Passes - 7
* Highest Completion %, Career (Min. 300 attempts) - 65.5% (2001–03)
* Highest Completion %, Season (Min. 100 attempts) - 69.1% (2003)
* (Tie) Most Games in a Season w/200+ Yards Passing - 14 (2003; '''NCAA Record''')
* (Tie) Consecutive Games in a Season w/200+ Yards Passing - 14 (2003; '''NCAA Record''')

=== NFL records ===
* Most regular season wins in a season, rookie QB — 13 (2004) <ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2005-01-11-big-ben-cover_x.htm "Rookie Roethlisberger wins over everybody"], USA Today</ref>
* Longest regular season win streak to start a career for a NFL QB — 15 games (won all 13 starts in the 2004 season, won first 2 games of the 2005 season)<ref name="Ben Roethlisberger Profile">[http://www.steelers.com/team/player/49181/ "Ben Roethlisberger Profile"], Steelers.com</ref>
*Most wins as a starting quarterback in first five NFL seasons (reg. season only) - 51 (from 2004–2008)<ref name="dallasnews.com" />
* Highest passer rating, rookie season — 98.1 (2004)<ref name="NFL Records - Passing">[http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/passing "NFL Records - Passing"], NFL.com</ref>
* Highest completion percentage, rookie season — 66.4% (2004)<ref name="NFL Records - Passing" />
*Most games with a completion percentage of 80.0% or higher, regular season (min. 10 attempts) — 4 (2007)<ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tiny/snwgX "Player Game Finder Query Results"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref>
* (Tie) Most touchdown passes, [[Monday Night Football]] game — 5 (11/5/2007 vs. [[Baltimore Ravens]]) <ref name="Ben Roethlisberger Profile" />
* First QB to start two [[AFC Championship Game|Conference Championship]] games in first two seasons in the NFL (2004 & 2005)<ref name="Ben Roethlisberger Profile" />
* Youngest starting QB ever to win the Super Bowl (2005; second-youngest QB to play in the Super Bowl, behind [[Dan Marino]])<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2006-02-02-roethlisberger-cover_x.htm "Steelers' Roethlisberger a perfect fit for Super Bowl XL"], USA Today</ref>
* Second quarterback in NFL history, along with [[Peyton Manning]], to register three perfect passing games during the regular season, and the only quarterback to ever register two perfect passing games in one regular season.<ref name="Ben Roethlisberger Profile" />
* Lowest passer rating for a Super Bowl winning QB — 22.6 (Completed 9 of 21 passes for zero touchdowns with two interceptions)<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2006-10-12-steelers-cover_x.htm "Roethlisberger, defending Super Bowl champs Steelers stumble to 1-3 start"], USA Today</ref>
*Tied for most seasons with one or more postseason starts in the first five years in the league since 1960, with four starts (tied with [[Bernie Kosar]], [[Donovan McNabb]], and [[Eli Manning]]).<ref>Stat given during the game on 01/11/2009 vs. the Chargers., CBS Sports</ref>

=== Pittsburgh Steelers franchise records ===
In six seasons, Roethlisberger has many individual accomplishments that are record performances in Steelers history.<ref name="pro-football-reference.com">[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/career-passing.htm "Pittsburgh Steelers Career Passing Register"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref><ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/single-season-passing.htm "Pittsburgh Steelers Single-season Passing Register"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref>

====Career records====
* 68-28 (.708) record as starting QB (includes a 8-2 playoff record)
* .708 winning percentage is the highest among all Steelers QBs with at least 20 starts
* Highest Passer Rating (Min. 100 attempts) — 91.7
* Highest Completion % (Min. 100 attempts) — 63.3%
* Highest Yards Per Attempt (Min. 100 attempts) — 8.01
* Most 300+ Yard Passing Games — 13
* Most 400+ Yard Passing Games — 3
* Most 500+ Yard Passing Games — 1
* Most 3000-Yard Passing Seasons — 4
* Most Consecutive 3000-Yard Passing Seasons — 4 (2006–2009)
* Most 4000-Yard Passing Seasons — 1
* Most Consecutive Games With a TD Pass — 15 (from December 3, 2006 through November 18, 2007)
* Most Games with a Passer Rating over 100.0 (regular season) — 37<ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tiny/g9ARB "Player Game Finder Query Results"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref>
* Most Games With a Perfect Passer Rating — 3
* Biggest contract in Steelers history (eight years, $102 million)<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3274467 "Roethlisberger gets more than $36 million in guarantees in new deal"], ESPN.com</ref>

====Season records====
* Highest Completion % — 66.6% (2009)
* Most Touchdown Passes — 32 (2007)
* Highest TD% — 7.92% (2007)
* Highest Yards Per Attempt — 8.90 (2005)
* Highest Passer Rating — 104.1 (2007)
* Most Passing Yards — 4,328 (2009)
* Most 300+ Yard Passing Games — 5 (2009)<ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tiny/bOoXk "Player Game Finder Query Results"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref>
* Most Pass Completions — 337 (2009)

====Single-game records====
* Most Passing Yards — 503 (Completed 29 of 46 passes for 503 yards and 3 touchdowns on December 20, 2009 against the [[Green Bay Packers]])
* Most Pass Completions — 38 (Completed 38 of 54 passes for 433 yards on November 5, 2006 against the [[Denver Broncos]])
* (Tie) Most Consecutive Passes Completed, Single Game — 15 (Completed 15 straight on November 26, 2007 against the [[Miami Dolphins]] on [[Monday Night Football]]. [[Bubby Brister]] also completed 15 straight on October 1, 1989 against the [[Detroit Lions]].)
* Highest Completion %, Game (min. 20 attempts) — 85.7% (Completed 18 out of 21 attempts on November 26, 2007 against the [[Miami Dolphins]] on [[Monday Night Football]])
* (Tie) Most Touchdown Passes, Game — 5 (Threw five TD passes in the first half against the [[Baltimore Ravens]] on a Monday-night game November 5, 2007. Tied with [[Terry Bradshaw]] and [[Mark Malone]]) <ref>[http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20071105023 "Big Ben's 5 TD throws lead Steelers' 38-7 rout of Ravens as stars watch on"], Yahoo! Sports</ref>

====Rookie records (achieved during 2004 season)====
* Most Pass Attempts — 295
* Most Pass Completions — 196
* Highest Completion % — 66.4%
* Most Passing Yards — 2621
* Most Touchdown Passes — 17
* Highest Yards Per Attempt — 8.88
* Highest Passer Rating — 98.1
* Wins as starting QB — 13

====Postseason records====
* Highest Completion % (Min. 50 attempts) — 61.9%
* Highest Passer Rating — 87.2

==Trivia==
{{Trivia|date=July 2009}}
[[Image:Number 7 Roethlisburger Pittsburgh 3000px.jpg|right|thumb|The "#7 Roethlisburger".]]
[[Image:Peppis Store with Roethlisburger Sign.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Peppi's restaurant, home of the "Roethlisburger".]]
* Roethlisberger participated in the 2009 US Open Challenge with [[Michael Jordan]], [[Justin Timberlake]], and essay winner Larry Giebelhausen in a quest to break 100 on the [[Bethpage Black]] course. He shot an 81, the low of the group.
* He has multiple [[sandwich]]es named after him, which are usually a [[pun]] on his last name (which ends with "berger," similar to "[[hamburger]]"). Pittsburgh [[restaurant chain|chain]] Peppi's sells the "Roethlisburger," which costs $7.00 (his [[American football|football]] jersey number is 7).<ref>[http://www.campusfood.com/restaurant.asp?campusid=33&mlid=258570 "Peppi's Old Tyme Sandwich Shop menu"]</ref> A Findlay, Ohio restaurant Tony's also sells a "Roethlisburger," as does Brick Street in Oxford, Ohio.<ref>Rovell, Darren. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1916354 "Roethlisberger in demand"]. [[ESPNEWS|ESPN.com]]. 4 November 2004.</ref>
* He is the second-youngest quarterback to win two Super Bowls.<ref>Stat given at the end of the Super Bowl game on 2/1/2009 NBC</ref>
* His surname "Roethlisberger" (Swiss-German spelling: Röthlisberger) is of [[Switzerland|Swiss]] origin with roots in the village of Geissbuehl [[Lauperswil]], Switzerland.<ref>Fleming, David. [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1970310&type=story "For whom the Ben tolls"]. [[ESPNEWS|ESPN.com]]. 19 January 2005.</ref><ref>The Associated Press. [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_451853.html "Steelers' Roethlisberger discovers his Swiss roots"]. [[Associated Press]]. 12 May 2006 .</ref> He is a spokesman for Swiss Roots, a campaign intended to help Americans of Swiss origin reconnect with their Swiss ancestral heritage.<ref name=autogenerated3>Staff and wire reports. [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06129/688616-37.stm "Big Ben exploring his roots in Switzerland"]. [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] 9 May 2006.</ref> In May 2006, Roethlisberger and his family traveled to Switzerland for a week.<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref>Fabus, Mike. [http://media3.steelers.com/article/63966/ "Roethlisberger's having fun in Switzerland"]. www.steelers.com 9 May 2006.</ref>
* He has his own line of barbecue sauce, Big Ben's BBQ.<ref name= bigben>[http://www.bigbensbbq.com Big Ben's BBQ]</ref>
* His younger sister, Carlee Roethlisberger, plays women's basketball for the [[University of Oklahoma]].<ref>[http://soonersports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/roethlisberger_carlee00.html SoonerSports.com Profile]</ref>
*In the [[Madden NFL]] series, his name is shortened by 1 letter, due to the game limiting the number of characters in a player's last name to 12 characters.
*He has appeared on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' twice, after each Super Bowl victory.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCTKv_S4SeU&feature=channel_page Ben Roethlisberger gets a shave]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19vaoeNw72E Late Show - Super Bowl Champ Ben Roethlisberger]</ref>
*He introduced [[Kelly Clarkson]] at the [[2006 Grammy Awards]], one week after Pittsburgh won [[Super Bowl XL]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36BzDCD1rLI&feature=channel ben roethlisberger presents at the grammys]</ref>
*On October 5, 2009, Roethlisberger was the guest host of [[WWE Raw]] and was accompanied by his offensive line ([[Max Starks]], [[Chris Kemoeatu]], [[Justin Hartwig]], [[Trai Essex]], [[Darnell Stapleton]] and [[Willie Colon (American football)|Willie Colon]]).<ref>[http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/results/11092732/ Big Ben clocks in]</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating]]
*[[List of NFL quarterbacks who have passed for 400 or more yards in a game]]

==References==
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==Additional sources==
*Staff (September 2006) "Ben Roethlisberger 1982-" ''Biography Today'' 15(3): pp. 102–117

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ben Roethlisberger}}
*[http://www.br-7.com Ben Roethlisberger Official site]
*[http://www.forecaster.info/post-gazette/football/player.cgi?6567 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Player Bio]
*[http://benroethlisberger.typepad.com/roethlisberger/ Official Blog]
*[http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/493043 Profile at NFL.com]
*[http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/roethlisberger-bio.html Miami RedHawks Bio]

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'''Benjamin Todd "Ben" Roethlisberger''' ({{IPA-en|ˈrɒθlɨsbɜrɡər|pron}}; born March 2, 1982), nicknamed '''Big Ben''', is an [[American football]] [[quarterback]] for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] of the [[National Football League]]. He was drafted by the Steelers 11th overall in the [[2004 NFL Draft]]. He played [[college football]] at [[Miami RedHawks football|Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)]].

Roethlisberger earned the [[National Football League Rookie of the Year Award|AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year]] in 2004. He became the youngest Super Bowl-winning quarterback in NFL history, helping lead the Steelers, in his second professional season, to a 21–10 victory over the [[Seattle Seahawks]] in [[Super Bowl XL]] at the age of 23. He was named to his first [[Pro Bowl]] in [[2008 Pro Bowl|2007]]. Roethlisberger led the Steelers to a second Super Bowl title in four seasons as they defeated the [[Arizona Cardinals]] in [[Super Bowl XLIII]], 27–23, after he made a game-winning touchdown pass to [[Santonio Holmes]] in the final 35 seconds. Roethlisberger has been one of the most efficient passers in NFL history. He currently ranks 9th all-time in NFL passer rating (91.7), 5th in yards per attempt (8.01), and 8th in completion percentage (63.29%) among quarterbacks with a minimum of 1500 career attempts. He has the 5th highest winning percentage (.698) as a starter in the regular season among quarterbacks with a minimum of 80 starts.

Off the field, Roethlisberger has been involved in high-profile incidents, including a nearly fatal motorcycle accident in 2006 and sexual assault allegations in [[Lake Tahoe]] in 2008 and in [[Milledgeville, Georgia]], in 2010. Neither allegation resulted in charges being filed. However, the latter act resulted in Roethlisberger being suspended for six games (reduced to four) under the NFL's [[National Football League player conduct controversy|personal conduct policy]] for the start of the 2010 season.

Known for playing outside the [[passing pocket|quarterback pocket]] in what he calls "backyard football",<ref>http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9101154/Big-Ben-at-the-top-of-his-game?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=5</ref> Roethlisberger is often compared to his childhood idol, former [[Denver Broncos]] quarterback [[John Elway]], due to the similar styles and fourth-quarter comebacks.<ref>http://www.bigbennews.com/articles/2008/steelersroethlisbergerhasit.html</ref> Roethlisberger also grew up idolizing [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area|Pittsburgh area]] native [[Joe Montana]]. Roethlisberger wears number 7 in Elway's honor.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012201255.html Michael Wilbon - Big Ben, Already Like Clockwork - washingtonpost.com]</ref>

==Early years==
Roethlisberger was born in [[Lima, Ohio]].<ref>[http://www.forecaster.info/post-gazette/football/player.cgi?6567 "Player Bio]. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.</ref> At Findlay High School in [[Findlay, Ohio]], Roethlisberger was captain of the football, [[basketball]], and [[baseball]] teams. In baseball he batted .300. Roethlisberger did not play quarterback until his senior year, giving way to the coach's son, Ryan Hite. Instead, Roethlisberger played wide receiver because, as coach [[Cliff Hite]] explained to the [[Toledo Blade]], "My son throwing to Ben was a better combination." <ref name="tb1">http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040418/SPORTS09/40418012</ref> Ryan Hite went on to play wide receiver in college at Division III [[Denison University]]. Hite told the [[Toledo Blade]] regarding the decision to start his son at quarterback over Roethlisberger: "I'm a nationally known knucklehead."<ref name="tb1" />

==College career==
[[Image:Roethlisberger's number retired with Pont and Hitchens.jpg|thumb|right|Roethlisberger's number being retired before the 2007 Miami-BGSU game. Also pictured Bob Hitchens (far left) and John Pont (2nd from the left)]]

Roethslisberger played college quarterback at Division I [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]]. At Miami, Roethlisberger got a chance to start as a redshirt freshman and started three years of Division I college football despite his single year as a high school quarterback.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> Roethlisberger holds every major passing record at the school and a number of passing records in the [[Mid-American Conference]] (MAC) despite playing just three years before joining the NFL.

As a redshirt freshman, Roethlisberger threw for over 3,100 yards. In 2002, he threw more than 3,200 yards, and in 2003, he threw more than 4,400 yards. In 2003, Roethlisberger led the Miami RedHawks to an unbeaten record in the MAC, a no. 10 ranking in the [[Associated Press]] poll and a 49-28 victory over Louisville in the [[2003 GMAC Bowl]].<ref name=autogenerated2>http://www.thecourier.com/BigBenStories/articles/unendingbattle.htm</ref> His number was retired by the RedHawks in 91st annual homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007, with festivities including the RedHawks football game against Bowling Green; Roethlisberger becoming only the third athlete in Miami football history to have his jersey number retired, joining [[John Pont]] and [[Bob Hitchens]]. It was the first time in 34 years Miami retired a football jersey number.<ref>[http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100907aaa.html A Battle of MAC Undefeateds as RedHawks Host Falcons in Homecoming Clash]</ref><ref>[http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101007aac.html Miami to Honor Ben Roethlisberger and Terry Hoeppner at Football Game on Saturday]</ref>

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|+ College football statistics
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! colspan="3" |  
! colspan="9" | Passing
! colspan="4" | Rushing
|-
! Season
! Team
! GP
! Cmp
! Att
! Cmp%
! Yds
! TD
! Int
! YPA
! W
! L
! Att
! Yds
! TD
! Avg
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| 2001
| Miami (OH)
| 12
| 241
| 381
| 63.3
| 3105
| 21
| 2
| 8.1
|
|
| 120
| 189
| 3
| 1.6
|-
| 2002
| Miami (OH)
| 12
| 271
| 428
| 63.3
| 3238
| 22
| 11
| 7.6
|
|
| 82
| 54
| 1
| 0.7
|-
| 2003
| Miami (OH)
| 14
| 342
| 495
| 69.1
| 4486
| 37
| 10
| 9.1
|
|
| 67
| 111
| 3
| 1.7
|-
! colspan="2" | Career
! 38
! 854
! 1304
! 65.5%
! 10829
! 80
! 23
! 8.3
!
!
! 269
! 354
! 7
! 1.3
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===The Draft===
The success of the 2003 Miami Redhawks led to the expectation that Roethlisberger would be drafted early in the draft. During the GMAC Bowl, commentators discussed some of his skills that would translate to success in the NFL. At the combine, Roethlisberger scored a 25 on the [[Wonderlic]].<ref>[http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/Draft+Insider/2004/Wonderlic.htm 2004 Wonderlic Test Results]</ref> Roethlisberger was one of the players invited to attend the draft along with others in the "Green Room" and was featured on the show "Hey Rookie Welcome to the NFL."

===Quarterback class of 2004===
Roethlisberger was one of four quarterbacks taken in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft along with [[Philip Rivers]], [[Eli Manning]], and [[J.P. Losman]]. Due to the trade between Manning and Rivers, Roethlisberger was the highest-drafted quarterback that year that played for the team that drafted him. Before [[Paul Tagliabue]] announced the selection of Roethlisberger, the phone call he received by Steelers head coach [[Bill Cowher]] was shown live on [[ESPN]], confirming the team's selection before the official announcement.

Roethlisberger, Rivers, and Manning have been voted to the Pro Bowl since becoming starters, none have produced a season with a losing record (although each has had an 8-8 season), and Roethlisberger and Manning have each won a Super Bowl. They have been compared favorably to the [[Quarterback class of 1983]], which included Hall of Fame quarterbacks [[Dan Marino]], [[John Elway]], and [[Jim Kelly]].<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/don_banks/08/28/qbs/index.html Best quarterback class ever? Trio from '04 makes its case over '83]</ref>

==Professional career==
[[Image:Ben Roethlisberger - snap.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Roethlisberger takes a snap against the Bengals in 2006.]]
Roethlisberger was selected 11th overall in the [[2004 NFL Draft]] by the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. On August 4, 2004, he signed a six-year contract worth $22.26 million in salaries and bonuses, with an additional $17.73 million available via incentives. He was touted by then-Steelers coach [[Bill Cowher]] in a press conference as a franchise quarterback.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/story?id=09000d5d80e973a2&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true Pittsburgh proves it: Franchise QB = long-term success]</ref>

On March 4, 2008, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Roethlisberger agreed to an eight-year, $102 million contract.<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08064/862296-66.stm Steelers break bank for Big Ben]</ref> Roethlisberger had two years left on his original that he signed after the draft. He has stated that he wants to retire as a Steeler.<ref>[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_547648.html Roethlisberger wants to stick with Steelers]</ref>

===2004 season===
Roethlisberger did not immediately step in as the starting quarterback for the Steelers. He was the No. 3 QB behind [[Tommy Maddox]] and [[Charlie Batch]]. When Batch was injured in the preseason, however, Roethlisberger moved up to no. 2. Maddox started, and won, the season opener against the [[Oakland Raiders|Raiders]] and started versus the [[Baltimore Ravens|Ravens]]. But after an ineffective outing and third-quarter injury to Maddox, Roethlisberger stepped in for his first NFL action. Despite spurring a mild comeback, the Steelers lost the game. Maddox's injury changed the Steelers' original plan for Roethlisberger, which was for him to sit on the bench or play sparingly during the first season or two in order to learn the team's system. Instead, he started the third game of the season.

As a rookie, he went 13–0 in the regular season (14–1 including playoffs) as a starting quarterback, helping the Steelers become the first AFC team to have 15 wins (2–1 under Maddox [first two and last game], 13–0 under Roethlisberger) in a single season, surpassing former Steeler [[Mike Kruczek]] for the record for the best start by a rookie (6–0) and exceeding the mark for total wins as a rookie, set by [[Chris Chandler]] and [[Joe Ferguson]]. On January 5, 2005, Roethlisberger was unanimously selected as the [[NFL Rookie of the Year Award|NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year]] by the [[Associated Press]], the first [[quarterback]] in 34 years to be so honored.

One of Roethlisberger's biggest games was when he led the Steelers to a 34–20 victory over the defending [[Super Bowl]] champion and previously undefeated [[New England Patriots]], ending their NFL-record 21-game winning streak. He completed 18 of 24 pass attempts for 196 yards, two TDs and no turnovers. The week after that game, the Steelers defeated the also previously undefeated [[Philadelphia Eagles]] 27–3. Roethlisberger was 11 of 18 for 183 yards, with two TDs and one interception.

In his first nationally-televised game on Sunday Night Football, he led the Steelers to a 17–16 victory over the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]]. He was near-perfect on the night, completing 14 of 17 passes for 226 yards and two TDs. Jeff Reed's 37-yard field goal in the final minute gave the Steelers and Roethlisberger their tenth straight win.

Two weeks later, Roethlisberger faced off against the New York Giants and the no. 1 overall pick of the 2004 draft, [[Eli Manning]]. Roethlisberger posted his first career 300-yard passing game, with 18 of 28 passes for 316 yards and a TD. He led his fifth game-winning drive of the season, capping a drive with a Jerome Bettis TD run for a 33–30 victory. [[Eli Manning]] threw an interception to seal the game for Pittsburgh.

In the divisional playoffs against the [[New York Jets]], Roethlisberger threw two interceptions. One interception was returned for a touchdown, and the other was thrown with 2:03 left in the fourth quarter, which set up a potential game-winning field goal by Jets kicker [[Doug Brien]]. Brien missed the kick as time expired (his second missed kick in the last two minutes of the game), forcing the game into overtime. In overtime, Roethlisberger led the Steelers down the field and put them in position for the game-winning field goal, a 33-yard attempt that was made by [[Jeff Reed (football player)|Jeff Reed]], sending the Steelers into the AFC Championship for the fourth time in 10 years.

On January 23, 2005 in the [[NFL playoffs, 2004-05#AFC: New England Patriots 41, Pittsburgh Steelers 27|AFC Championship Game]] in Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger completed 14 of 24 pass attempts for 226 yards and two TDs, but he also threw three costly interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown by [[Rodney Harrison]]. The Steelers lost the game to the eventual Super Bowl champions, the [[New England Patriots]], by a score of 41–27.

===2005 Super Bowl season===
[[Image:Roethlisberger-Bettis-Berman.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Roethlisberger signs autographs at Super Bowl XL media day.]]

In the 2005 regular season, the Steelers finished 11-5. After securing an AFC wild card spot en route to victory in the Super Bowl, the Steelers pulled off upsets at Indianapolis and Denver in the AFC playoffs in addition to wins over higher seeds Cincinnati and Seattle. During the course of the regular season, Roethlisberger missed four games due to various knee injuries. During the regular season, the Steelers were 9-3 with Roethlisberger at quarterback and 2-2 without him. He led the league in Yards Per Attempt with an 8.90, and finished third in passer rating behind [[Peyton Manning]] and [[Carson Palmer]] with a 98.6.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/statistics?stat=pass&sort=rat&league=nfl&season=2&year=2005 ESPN - NFL Football Statistics and League Leaders], ESPN.com</ref>

The Super Bowl run began on January 8, 2006 as Roethlisberger helped lead the Steelers to a playoff win over the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]—an AFC North rival that had beaten the Steelers by seven points in the regular season to win the division championship. The rematch featured two teams with identical records, having split their regular season series since each team won on the road. Early in the game on [[Carson Palmer]]'s first throw, a tackle by former Steeler [[Kimo von Oelhoffen]] resulted in Palmer's anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) being completely torn. The Bengals' backup quarterback, [[Jon Kitna]], came in and led the Bengals to leads of 10-0 and 17-7. However, the 17-7 lead midway through the second quarter would be the last time in the 2005 postseason that the Steelers would trail an opponent by more than three points. After Kitna failed to produce, the Steelers took advantage by taking the next 24 straight points, and the win, in a 31-17 victory in Cincinnati.

Their second road win came on January 15. Roethlisberger led the Steelers against the [[Indianapolis Colts]], the NFL's top team throughout the season and a heavy favorite to represent the AFC in Super Bowl XL. Roethlisberger threw for 197 yards and recorded a [[Pittsburgh_sports_lore#The_Tackle|game-saving]] [[tackle (football move)|tackle]] on Colts' defensive back [[Nick Harper (American football)|Nick Harper]], who had just recovered a [[Jerome Bettis]] [[fumble]] with less than two minutes left in the game. Pittsburgh led early but had to survive a Colts comeback to win 21-18, after an errant call that the NFL later admitted was a mistake,<ref name= nfl>[http://www.realfootball365.com/nfl/articles/nfl-blown-call160106.php NFL Football - NFL News - Realfootball365.com]</ref> which overturned a [[Troy Polamalu]] interception that would have secured the game for the Steelers. Roethlisberger's tackle on Harper, dubbed by many as The Tackle II or The Immaculate Redemption, was compared by many to "[[Immaculate Reception|The Immaculate Reception]]" in 1972, when [[Franco Harris]] made a miraculous reception and scored the game-winning touchdown against the [[Oakland Raiders]]. The victory marked the first time in playoff history that a sixth-seeded NFL playoff team defeated the top-seeded team.

On January 22, 2006, the Steelers defeated the [[Broncos]] 34-17 in Denver to win the AFC Championship and advance to Super Bowl XL. Roethlisberger completed 21 of 29 passes for 275 yards and threw two touchdown passes and scored one TD himself on a four-yard [[Play action pass|play-action]] [[Bootleg play|bootleg]]. His run was the last touchdown of the game, sealing the win for the Steelers.

The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] won Super Bowl XL 21-10 over the [[Seattle Seahawks]] in Detroit on February 5, 2006. Roethlisberger had one of the worst passing games of his career, completing just nine of 21 passes for 123 yards and two interceptions; his [[passer rating]] of 22.6 was the lowest in Super Bowl history by a winning quarterback. Though he did convert eight third-down situations in the game to help the Steelers win, none of them was bigger than his 37-yard pass to Super Bowl XL MVP Hines Ward on a third-and-28 that set up the Steelers' first TD (a one-yard quarterback sneak by Roethlisberger on third and goal). With the victory, Roethlisberger, at 23 years old, became the youngest quarterback to win the [[Super Bowl]], a record previously held by [[Tom Brady]] of the New England Patriots.

===2006 season===
[[Image:Ben Roethlisberger Steelers cropped.jpg|thumb|270px|Roethlisberger drops back to pass in a game against the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] in 2006 in which the Steelers won 45-7.]]
After an off-season motorcycle crash in which he was seriously injured, Roethlisberger missed the opening game of the 2006 season after having an emergency [[Appendicectomy|appendectomy]] on September 3, 2006. Backup [[Charlie Batch]] started and led the Steelers to a victory over Miami. Roethlisberger played the following game against Jacksonville on [[Monday Night Football]]. His return resulted in a sub-par performance as he threw two interceptions with no touchdowns in a 9-0 loss. In week three, Roethlisberger completed fewer than half of his passes for three interceptions and no touchdowns in a 28-20 loss to the Bengals. The final interception came in the final seconds of the game, in the end zone, ending Pittsburgh's comeback attempt. In a week-five game against the [[San Diego Chargers]] on [[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football]], Roethlisberger looked sharp throughout the first half, leading three scoring drives. However, in the second half, he threw two interceptions, both of which shifted momentum away from the Steelers and led to the Chargers' 23-13 win. In week six against the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], Roethlisberger had his first big game of the season, completing 16 of 19 passes for 238 yards with two touchdowns (his first of the year) and no interceptions during a 45-7 rout of the Chiefs.

During week seven in Atlanta, Roethlisberger continued his success, going 16 of 22 for 237 yards and three TDs. But during the third quarter, Roethlisberger was helped off the field after suffering a concussion following a controversial hit by Falcons defensive end [[Patrick Kerney]]. Roethlisberger was replaced by Charlie Batch, and the Steelers went on to lose 41-38 in overtime. On October 29 against the [[Oakland Raiders]], Roethlisberger threw four interceptions in a 20-13 upset loss. The loss was his fifth of the season—two more than he had in his first two seasons combined as a starter—and gave him a total of 11 INTs, versus just six TDs, on the season. In a week-nine rematch of the 2005 AFC championship game against Denver, Roethlisberger threw a career-high 433 yards but had three of the six Steelers turnovers in a 31-20 loss. Roethlisberger and the Steelers got back on a winning track in a home game a week later against the [[New Orleans Saints]]. He passed for 265 yards and three TDs in a 38-31 win.

In week 11, Roethlisberger overcame three first-half INTs by throwing for 224 yards and two TDs in the fourth quarter, leading the Steelers to score 21 points and come back to beat the Cleveland Browns 24-20. The following week, Roethlisberger and the Steelers were held scoreless in a 27-0 loss to the [[Baltimore Ravens]]. Roethlisberger finished 21 of 41 for 214 yards and two INTs. He was sacked nine times, including once by Ravens linebacker [[Bart Scott]], which sent him to the sidelines briefly. He also fumbled once, which the Ravens returned for a TD in the second half.

Roethlisberger bounced back the following game, throwing for 198 yards and two TDs in a 20-3 victory over Tampa Bay. Pittsburgh kept their playoff hopes alive in week 14 with a 27-7 victory against the Browns. Roethlisberger went 11 of 21 for 225 yards with one TD, and rushed for one more. In week 15, Roethlisberger threw for 140 yards and a TD in a 37-3 rout of the [[Carolina Panthers]]. The following week, Baltimore eliminated Pittsburgh from the playoffs. In the 31-7 defeat, Roethlisberger was intercepted twice and threw for 156 yards. Roethlisberger ended the season on a good note by defeating the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] 23-17 in overtime in what would be Bill Cowher's final game as Steelers coach. He was 19 for 28 passing with 280 yards, one TD, and one INT. In overtime, Roethlisberger completed a slant pass to rookie [[Santonio Holmes]], who went 67 yards for the game-winning TD. This win eliminated the Bengals from playoff contention.

===2007 season===
Due to his sub-par '06–'07 season, many questions surrounded Roethlisberger at the start of the season. In the first game of '07–'08 season, Roethlisberger reached a personal milestone: his first career four-touchdown game. The Steelers defeated the Cleveland Browns 34-7. The four touchdowns went to Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes (a 40-yard strike), Heath Miller, and rookie tight end [[Matt Spaeth]]. He followed that up with another solid performance against the Buffalo Bills. Roethlisberger was 21 of 34 passing for 242 yards and a one-yard touchdown pass to Spaeth. He continued his solid season with a decent performance against the 49ers. He was 13 of 20 passing for 160 yards and another touchdown pass to the third TE, Jerame Tuman. In week five, he had a good performance despite having two top wide receivers, Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes, out due to injury. Roethlisberger completed 18 of 22 passes for 206 yards and a touchdown pass to Heath Miller in the first quarter.

[[Image:Ben Roethlisberger throwback.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Roethlisberger wearing a Steelers throwback jersey during their 500th franchise win]]

In [[2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season#Week 9 .2811.2F5.2F07.29: vs. Baltimore Ravens|week 9]] against the [[Baltimore Ravens]], Roethlisberger threw for a career-high five touchdowns, which tied a team record held by [[Terry Bradshaw]] and [[Mark Malone]] in a 38-7 victory over the Ravens on [[Monday Night Football]]. All five touchdowns were thrown in the first half, making Roethlisberger one of two quarterbacks in the [[2007 NFL season|2007 season]] (the other being [[Tom Brady]]), and only the fifth quarterback since the [[NFL-AFL merger|1970 merger]], to accomplish such a feat. He also posted a [[Quarterback rating|perfect 158.3 passer rating]] in that game.

The following Sunday, Roethlisberger continued to shine when he erased a 15-point deficit against the Browns. With the Steelers trailing 21-16 in the fourth quarter and facing a third-and-10 from the Cleveland 30-yard line, Roethlisberger scrambled up the middle of the field for a 30-yard TD run (the longest run of his career at that point). He then completed a two-point conversion pass to Hines Ward. After the Browns returned the ensuing kickoff for a TD, Roethlisberger again had to drive the offense with a four-point deficit. This time he made three crucial plays on third down: an 18-yard pass to Santonio Holmes on third-and-six, a 20-yard pass to Heath Miller on a third-and-18, and a 10-yard scramble on third-and-nine. Roethlisberger capped off the drive with a short TD pass to [[Heath Miller]], which proved to be the game winner.

In week 12, Roethlisberger set a Steelers record, completing 85.7% of his passes (18 of 21) as the Steelers beat the Miami Dolphins 3-0, a feat made all the more remarkable given the weather conditions. [[Pittsburgh]] was hit with a torrential storm, delaying the game 30 minutes due to lightning, while turning the new sod on the field, laid earlier that week, into a soggy mess. In many parts of the field, players sunk several inches with each step.

During the week 15 game versus the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]], Roethlisberger threw his 29th TD pass of the season, to [[Nate Washington]], breaking the team single-season TD pass record previously held by Hall of Famer [[Terry Bradshaw]].

During week 16 in St. Louis against the Rams, Roethlisberger posted his second perfect passer rating (158.3) of the season. He was 16 of 20 for 261 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. It was his third career 158.3 rating game, tying [[Peyton Manning]] for the most such regular-season games in NFL history. He also became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw two perfect games in a single regular season.

To cap his comeback season, Roethlisberger was named to his first Pro Bowl, joining five other Steelers teammates on the AFC squad. Roethlisberger's 32 touchdown passes ranked third in the NFL, behind [[Tony Romo]] and [[Tom Brady]], while his 104.1 passer rating was second only to Brady. On five different occasions during the season, Roethlisberger led the team back from a double-digit deficit to a lead or tie in the fourth quarter. However, the Steelers would lose four of those five games as the defense in the end could not hold off Denver, New York and Jacksonville (twice), respectively. Roethlisberger also set a new Steelers single-season record with 32 touchdown passes in the 2007 season.

In a rematch of the week 15 contest, the Steelers hosted the Jaguars in the AFC Wild Card game on January 5, 2008. With the injury to Willie Parker, the Steelers could never mount a rushing attack; Roethlisberger struggled a great deal in the first half, throwing three interceptions (one being returned for a TD by [[Rashean Mathis]]) as the Steelers trailed at the half by a score of 21-7. He pulled himself together and went 17 of 23 for 263 yards and two TDs in the second half alone. The Steelers were trailing 28-10 as the fourth quarter began. When facing a fourth-and-12 at the Jaguar 37, Roethlisberger threw a quick pass against the blitz to Santonio Holmes, who broke one tackle and scored a TD to pull within 11. The Steelers scored two TDs on their next two possessions to take a 29-28 lead, but failed on both attempts at a two-point conversion. That would be costly, as [[David Garrard]] would later scramble 32 yards on a fourth-and-two to set up the winning field goal. Jacksonville finally won the game 31-29 after Roethlisberger was sacked for the sixth time that night and fumbled with a drive that started under the 0:30 mark.

Having been sacked 47 times (second most in the NFL), it was speculated that Roethlisberger's performances could have been even better given improved protection. He often showed great skill outside the pocket, as well as being among the top rushing quarterbacks. While the team did not go as far as they would have liked, it was a successful comeback season for Roethlisberger. He finished third in Comeback Player of the Year, behind the Patriots' [[Randy Moss]] and the Dallas Cowboys' [[Greg Ellis (American football)|Greg Ellis]], who won the award. In his first Pro Bowl, Roethlisberger played three series in the second quarter, going five of nine for 42 yards and one TD, and he led the AFC team in rushing with an 18-yard scramble. The NFC won the game 42-30.

===2008 Super Bowl season===
{{Prose|section|date=October 2009}}
====Season recap====
'''Week 1 vs. [[Houston Texans]] (W 38-17)''': Completed 13 of 14 passes for a career-high 92.9 completion percentage (min. 10 attempts), and finished with 137 yards passing and two TD passes. [[Byron Leftwich]] took over in the fourth quarter when Roethlisberger was on the sideline with a shoulder injury.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29536&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG1&override=true "Steelers get off to fast start in win over Texans"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 2 at [[Cleveland Browns]] (W 10-6)''': Leading the Steelers to their 10th straight win over the Browns on a windy, rainy night in Cleveland, Roethlisberger completed 13 of 20 passes for 179 yards and a TD pass to [[Hines Ward]]. He also had the first pass reception of his career, a negative-seven yard completion to himself after a deflected pass in the 2nd quarter.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29558&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG2&override=true "Steelers grind out win, extend streak over rival Browns"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 3 at [[Philadelphia Eagles]] (L 15-6)''': Behind a relentless pass rush by Philadelphia, Roethlisberger was sacked eight times, fumbled twice, threw one interception, and was called for a safety in the fourth quarter. He did not finish the game, as his throwing hand was injured.<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20080921_PIT@PHI "Beat-up Eagles outslug Steelers in bruising, physical game"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 4 vs. [[Baltimore Ravens]] (W 23-20 OT)''': On [[Monday Night Football]] against a division rival, the Steelers trailed 13-3 at halftime. Roethlisberger threw a TD pass to [[Santonio Holmes]] in the third quarter to start a comeback. He completed two passes [[Mewelde Moore]] for 31 yards in overtime, setting up Jeff Reed for the winning 46-yard field goal.<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20080929_BAL@PIT "Reed's field goal in overtime lifts Steelers to hard-fought win"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 5 at [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] (W 26-21)''': On [[Sunday Night Football]], completed 26 of 41 passes for 309 yards and three TDs. His 239 yards passing in the first half was a career high. After falling behind 21-20 in the fourth quarter, Roethlisberger directed the game-winning drive, passing for an eight-yard TD to Hines Ward to put the Steelers ahead.<ref>http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29601&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG5</ref> Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance.<ref>[http://www.wpxi.com/steelers/17662197/detail.html "Big Ben Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week"], WPXI.com</ref> The performance also led him to be selected as the [[FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week|FedEx Air Player of the Week]].

'''Week 7 at [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (W 38-10)''': Off the [[bye week|bye]], Roethlisberger passed for 216 yards and two touchdowns. It was the Steelers' eighth straight win in Cincinnati, and Roethlisberger was the quarterback for six of those games (it was his overall 11th win in 11 games in the state of [[Ohio]]).<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20081019_PIT@CIN "Fill-in Moore, big pass rush fire Steelers' rout in Cincy"], Sportsline.com</ref>.

'''Week 8 vs. [[New York Giants]] (L 21-14)''': Against the defending champions, Roethlisberger was sacked five times and threw one touchdown and four interceptions, ending the game with a Steelers loss.<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20081026_NYG@PIT "Giants survive slugfest with Steelers with help from bad punt snap"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 9 at [[Washington Redskins]] (W 23-6)''': On [[Monday Night Football]], Roethlisberger had one of the worst performances of his career, posting career lows in passer rating (15.1), completions (5), passing yards (50), yards per attempt (2.94) and completion percentage (29.4%). Overall, he was five of 17 for 50 yards, an interception, three sacks. Before halftime, Roethlisberger re-injured his throwing shoulder in the game when he rushed for a one-yard TD that put the Steelers up 10-6. He never returned in the second half. [[Byron Leftwich]] and the defense took the Steelers to a 23-6 victory.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=281103028 "Roethlisberger leaves at halftime, Leftwich leads Steelers past Skins"], ESPN.com</ref>

'''Week 10 vs. [[Indianapolis Colts]] (L 24-20)''': Despite missing practice until Friday with the sore shoulder, Roethlisberger started. The Steelers led 17-7 in the second quarter before a costly interception late in the half, which the Colts used to score a touchdown. The game was tied at 17 in the fourth quarter when Roethlisberger led a field-goal drive. But on the next drive he was intercepted, which set up [[Peyton Manning]] for the game-winning TD pass. Roethlisberger was intercepted a third time on a [[Hail Mary pass|Hail Mary]] attempt in the end zone on the game's final play. Overall, Roethlisberger completed 29 passes for 280 yards, no TDs, and three INTs. After the game, Roethlisberger was quoted as saying, "You'll never hear me say 'I' anything, but I lost this game."<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29668&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG10&override=true "Colts' comeback win ends 40-year drought in Pittsburgh"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 11 vs. [[San Diego Chargers]] (W 11-10)''': Roethlisberger completed 31 of 41 passes for 308 yards and no interceptions. He led his third game-winning drive of the season (16th of his career) as Jeff Reed's 32-yard field goal connected with 0:11 left. It was the first 11-10 game in NFL history.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29685&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG11&override=true "Reed's boot secures Steelers' ugly win over Chargers"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 12 vs. [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (W 27-10)''': Four days later, on Thursday Night Football, Roethlisberger threw for 243 yards and one TD and rushed for his second TD of the season.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29688&displayPage=tab_recap "Steelers use strong defensive effort to take down Bengals"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 13 at [[New England Patriots]] (W 33-10)''': In consistent rain, Roethlisberger completed 17 of 33 passes for 179 yards, two TDs, and one INT. After falling behind 10-3 in the second quarter, Roethlisberger and the fierce Steelers' defense led the Steelers to 30 unanswered points in a 33-10 victory.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29716&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG13&override=true "Second-half surge pushes Steelers past Patriots"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 14 vs. [[Dallas Cowboys]] (W 20-13)''': Steelers trailed 13-3 in the fourth quarter before tying the game on Roethlisberger's six-yard TD pass to [[Heath Miller]]. The Steelers won 20-13 after Deshea Townsend intercepted a Tony Romo pass for a TD. Roethlisberger passed for 204 yards and one TD, and he lost a fumble.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29733&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG14&override=true "Steelers use fourth-quarter rally to secure ugly win over Cowboys"], NFL.com</ref> It was Roethlisberger's 49th victory as a starting QB, breaking the record for the most ever by a QB in their first five NFL seasons.<ref name="dallasnews.com">[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/120808dnspomoore.3dea36e.html "It's sweet 16 comebcks for Pittburgh's Roethlisberger"], The Dallas Morning News</ref>

'''Week 15 at [[Baltimore Ravens]] (W 13-9)''': Steelers trailed 9-3 in the 4th quarter. After a FG to make it 9-6, the Steelers took over with 3:38 remaining. Roethlisberger led a 92-yard, game-winning TD drive, culminating in a four-yard TD pass to [[Santonio Holmes]] for the 13-9 victory. The TD was confirmed by instant replay from a booth review. It was Roethlisberger's 50th victory as a starter and fifth game-winning/tying drive in the fourth quarter/OT of the season, and it clinched the second straight AFC North title for the Steelers. Roethlisberger threw for 246 yards and rushed for 21 more in the game. He completed seven passes for 89 yards on the winning drive.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29738&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG15&override=true "Another strong finish allows Steelers to take AFC North crown"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 16 at [[Tennessee Titans]] (L 31-14)''': After falling behind 10-0, Roethlisberger threw two TD passes to take a 14-10 lead in the third quarter. Later, an interception ended a streak of 131 passes without an interception, the longest of his career. After 14 unanswered by the Titans, Roethlisberger threw a second interception, which was returned for an 83-yard TD in the final minute. The Steelers' loss clinched the no. 2 seed. Roethlisberger completed 25 of 39 passes for 329 yards, two TDs, two INTs, and four fumbles (lost two).<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29761&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=REG16&override=true "Titans rout Steelers to earn AFC's top seed, home-field advantage"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 17 vs. [[Cleveland Browns]] (W 31-0)''': Roethlisberger suffered simultaneous hard hits from [[Willie McGinest]] and [[D'Qwell Jackson]] just after the two-minute warning in the first half. He laid on the field for roughly 15 minutes before being carted off on a stretcher and taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. He was diagnosed with a mild [[concussion]], but practiced during the week leading up to the playoff opener.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/12/28/roethlisberger.hurt.ap/index.html Roethlisberger Taken Off Field On A Stretcher] SI.com, December 28, 2008</ref>

'''AFC Divisional Playoffs vs. [[San Diego Chargers]] (W 35-24)''': Roethlisberger shook off past demons of returning from injury to lead the Steelers to a 35-24 victory against the Chargers. After a late TD drive to close the first half with a 14-10 lead, Roethlisberger converted three third-and-long passes on a 7:56 TD drive to start the second half, putting the Steelers up by double-digits for the rest of the game. He completed 17 of 26 passes for 181 yards and a TD while being sacked just once, with no turnovers. After the game, it was revealed that his injury suffered against Cleveland in week 17 was a spinal-cord concussion.<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20090111_SD@PIT "Parker gashes Chargers, paves way for Steelers to AFC title game"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''AFC Championship vs. [[Baltimore Ravens]] (W 23-14)''': Roethlisberger threw for 255 yards, one TD no turnovers to help the Steelers beat Baltimore for the third time in the '08–'09 season and return to the Super Bowl. It was Roethlisberger's seventh playoff win in his first five seasons, moving him past Troy Aikman for second most all-time (first is Tom Brady with nine).<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=290118023 "Polamalu's INT return secures Steelers' Super Bowl berth"], ESPN.com</ref>

'''[[Super Bowl 43|Super Bowl]] vs. [[Arizona Cardinals]] (W 27-23)''': Wanting to atone for his performance in [[Super Bowl XL]], Roethlisberger led the Steelers to one of the more dramatic victories in Super Bowl history. On the first two offensive drives, Roethlisberger passed for 122 yards on seven of eight passing attempts, which is one yard shy of his total amount from his first Super Bowl start. The Steelers led 10-0 and went into halftime up 17-7. The lead grew to 20-7 before Arizona mounted a comeback. Trailing for the first time in the game, 23-20, with 2:30 remaining in the game, Roethlisberger took the field to start the winning drive. After a holding penalty on the first play, Roethlisberger marched the Steelers 88 yards in eight plays, hooking up with game MVP Santonio Holmes four times for 73 yards on the drive, including the six-yard TD pass that put the Steelers ahead with 0:35 remaining.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20090201_PIT@ARI "Arizona vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref> Overall, Roethlisberger finished 21 of 30 for 256 yards, one TD, and one INT. He had a passer rating of 93.2.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20090201_PIT@ARI "Holmes' TD beats Cards, hands Steelers record sixth Super Bowl title"], Sportsline.com</ref>

===2009 season===
====Season recap====
'''Week 1 vs. [[Tennessee Titans]] (W 13-10 OT)''': Completed 33 of 43 passes for 363 yards, 1 TD and 2 INTs in the 16th fourth quarter comeback of his career on the opening night of the 2009 season.

'''Week 2 at [[Chicago Bears]] (L 17-14)''': With the game tied at 14, Roethlisberger drove the Steelers into field goal range. However, [[Jeff Reed (American football)|Jeff Reed]] missed his second attempt of the quarter and Chicago would win on a field goal in the final seconds.

'''Week 3 at [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (L 23-20)''': The Steelers were dominant in the first half and led 20-9 in the fourth quarter, but the defense surrendered the lead with fourteen seconds left. Roethlisberger got the ball back with two seconds remaining and his hail mary was incomplete. It is his first NFL loss in the state of Ohio, snapping an 11-0 record.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20090927_PIT@CIN "Bengals pull out rally to end Steelers' dominance in Cincy"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 4 vs. [[San Diego Chargers]] (W 38-28)''': Roethlisberger led the Steelers to touchdowns on four of their first five possessions to take a 28-0 lead in the second half. The Steelers hung on for victory, as Roethlisberger recorded his second 300 yard passing game of the season with 333 yards, 2 TDs and no turnovers.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091004_SD@PIT "Mendenhall fills in nicely, fast-starting Steelers hold on to defeat Bolts"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 5 vs. [[Detroit Lions]] (W 28-20)''': Roethlisberger completed over 70% of his passes for the third straight game and threw a season-high 3 TD passes in leading the Steelers to their first road victory of the season.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091011_PIT@DET "Roethlisberger's three scoring throws send Steelers past Lions"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 6 vs. [[Cleveland Browns]] (W 27-14)''': Improved his record to 10-0 against the Browns by throwing for 417 yards and 2 TDs.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091018_CLE@PIT "Big Ben guides Steelers past Browns in messy matchup"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 7 vs. [[Minnesota Vikings]] (W 27-17)''': Against the 6-0 Vikings, Roethlisberger completed 14 of 26 passes for 175 yards and threw a 40 yard TD pass to Mike Wallace before halftime. It was the fourth straight victory for Pittsburgh, as they headed into their bye week.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091025_MIN@PIT "Defensive scores help Steelers deal Vikings first defeat"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 9 at [[Denver Broncos]] (W 28-10)''': On Monday Night Football, Roethlisberger used the no-huddle offense to lead a dominant second half, as he threw for 233 yards and 3 TD passes to get his first regular season win over Denver.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091109_PIT@DEN "Replacement Carter steps up in safety role, Steelers shut down Broncos"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 10 vs. [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (L 18-12)''': After completing 70.6% of his passes through the first eight games of the season, Roethlisberger was 20/40 (50%) against Cincinnati for a season-low 174 yards. He was sacked 4 times and failed to throw a TD pass for the first time in 2009.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091115_CIN@PIT "Bengals grind out win in Pittsburgh to sweep Steelers"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 11 at [[Kansas City Chiefs]] (L 27-24 OT)''': Roethlisberger had thrown for 398 yards and three touchdowns before leaving the game in overtime after taking a knee to the helmet on a scramble attempt.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091122_PIT@KC "Chiefs break home skid, swashbuckle past Steelers in OT"], Sportsline.com</ref> He suffered the fourth concussion of his NFL career.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d814754e3&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true "Roethlisberger expected to play vs. Ravens despite concussion"], NFL.com</ref>

'''Week 13 vs. [[Oakland Raiders]] (L 27-24)''': After sitting out the overtime loss in week 12 at Baltimore, Roethlisberger started against the Raiders and passed for 278 yards and 2 TD passes. He threw a go ahead TD pass to Hines Ward with 1:56 remaining, only to have the Raiders answer back with a winning TD with nine seconds left. It was the fifth time the Steelers couldn't hold a lead in the fourth quarter. They led 10-6, 17-13 and 24-20.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091206_OAK@PIT "Gradkowski rallies Raiders to upset stunner in Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 14 at [[Cleveland Browns]] (L 13-6)''': On a frigid Thursday night in Cleveland, Roethlisberger was sacked 8 times and did not lead a touchdown drive in his first career loss to Cleveland, ending a perfect 10-0 record against the rival Browns. It is the first time he lost four straight starts.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091210_PIT@CLE "Browns put freeze on Big Ben, slumping Steelers drop to 6-7"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 15 vs. [[Green Bay Packers]] (W 37-36)''': Roethlisberger broke several franchise passing records in ending the five game losing streak for the Steelers with the biggest passing day in franchise history. His first pass of the day was a 60 yard TD to Mike Wallace, and his last pass was a game-winning 19 yard TD to Wallace on the final play of the game. He passed for 503 yards, 3 TDs, and had no turnovers. He broke Terry Bradshaw's single-season record of 3,724 passing yards, and set a new mark for single-season completions (302). After leading a FG drive to take a 30-28 lead, the defense again surrendered the lead and the Steelers trailed 36-30. Roethlisberger used all 2:01 he had left to drive the team 86 yards for the winning TD with no time remaining.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091220_GB@PIT "Big Ben throws for 503 yards, game winner to cap Steelers rally"], Sportsline.com</ref> Roethlisberger was named AFC Player of the Week for his effort; the 5th time he has won that award in his career.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/12/23/Roethlisberger-top-AFC-player/UPI-34751261604602/ "Roethlisberger top AFC player"], UPI.com</ref>

'''Week 16 vs. [[Baltimore Ravens]] (W 23-20)''': Roethlisberger's 259 yard effort helped him become the first QB in franchise history to pass for over 4000 yards in a single season. With the game tied at 20 in the final quarter, he led the Steelers on the game-winning FG drive as they improved to 8-7.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20091227_BAL@PIT "Defending champ Steelers stay alive, beat rival Ravens by field goal"], Sportsline.com</ref>

'''Week 17 vs. [[Miami Dolphins]] (W 30-24)''': Roethlisberger ended the season with a win in Miami as he threw for 220 yards and 3 TD passes to finish the season with 4,328 yards and 26 TD passes. He was 9-6 as a starter and his 100.5 passer rating was the second time in his career he had a season with a rating over 100. He was sacked 50 times in 2009. Despite the three game win streak to end the season, the Steelers did not make the playoffs after tie-breakers eliminated them. Roethlisberger was voted as team MVP by the Steelers for the first time in his career.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/recap/NFL_20100103_PIT@MIA "Steelers eliminate Dolphins -- then get eliminated themselves"], Sportsline.com</ref> He was selected as the first alternate to the Pro Bowl, but declined the invitation to rest his right shoulder which was injured in the Miami game.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/8767/big-ben-declined-pro-bowl-invite "'Big Ben' declined Pro Bowl invite"], ESPN.com</ref>

===Career statistics===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Regular season
|-
! colspan="3" |  
! colspan="9" | Passing
! colspan="5" | Rushing
! colspan="3" | Defensive
! colspan="4" | Punting
! colspan="3" | Fumbles
|-
! Season
! Team
! Games
! Cmp
! Att
! Cmp%
! Yds
! YPA
! Lg
! TD
! Int
! Rating
! Att
! Yds
! Avg
! Lg
! TD
! Total
! Tkl
! Ast
! No
! Yds
! Lg
! Avg
! Fum
! Lost
! Rec
|-
| [[2004 NFL season|2004]]
| [[2004 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 14
| 196
| 295
| 66.4
| 2621
| 8.9
| 58
| 17
| 11
| 98.1
| 56
| 144
| 2.6
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 1.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 2
| 2
| 0
|-
| [[2005 NFL season|2005]]
| [[2005 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 12
| 168
| 268
| 62.7
| 2385
| 8.9
| 85
| 17
| 9
| 98.6
| 31
| 69
| 2.2
| 13
| 3
| 1
| 1.0
| 0
| 2
| 72
| 39
| 36.0
| 2
| 1
| 1
|-
| [[2006 NFL season|2006]]
| [[2006 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 15
| 280
| 469
| 59.7
| 3513
| 7.5
| 67
| 18
| 23
| 75.4
| 32
| 98
| 3.1
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 1.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 5
| 2
| 0
|-
| [[2007 NFL season|2007]]
| [[2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 15
| 264
| 404
| 65.3
| 3154
| 7.8
| 83
| 32
| 11
| 104.1
| 35
| 204
| 5.8
| 30
| 2
| 1
| 1.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 9
| 3
| 4
|-
| [[2008 NFL season|2008]]
| [[2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 16
| 281
| 469
| 59.9
| 3301
| 7.0
| 65
| 17
| 15
| 80.1
| 34
| 101
| 3.0
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 14
| 7
| 2
|-
| [[2009 NFL season|2009]]
| [[2009 Pittsburgh Steelers season|PIT]]
| 15
| 337
| 506
| 66.6
| 4328
| 8.6
| 60
| 26
| 12
| 100.5
| 40
| 82
| 2.1
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 7
| 3
| 2
|-
! colspan="2" | Career
! 87
! 1,526
! 2,411
! 63.3%
! 19,302
! 8.0
! 85
! 127
! 81
! 91.7
! 228
! 698
! 3.1
! 30
! 12
! 4
! 4.0
! 0
! 2
! 72
! 39
! 36.0
! 39
! 18
! 10
|}

Note: Roethlisberger also has 1 reception for -7 yards that he completed to himself versus Cleveland on 9/14/2008<ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200809140cle.htm "Pittsburgh Steelers 10 at Cleveland Browns 6"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Playoffs
|-
! colspan="3" |  
! colspan="9" | Passing
! colspan="5" | Rushing
! colspan="3" | Defensive
! colspan="4" | Punting
! colspan="3" | Fumbles
|-
! Season
! Team
! Games
! Cmp
! Att
! Cmp%
! Yds
! YPA
! Lg
! TD
! Int
! Rating
! Att
! Yds
! Avg
! Lg
! TD
! Total
! Tkl
! Ast
! No
! Yds
! Lg
! Avg
! Fum
! Lost
! Rec
|-
| 2004
| PIT
| 2
| 31
| 54
| 57.4
| 407
| 7.54
| 34
| 3
| 5
| 61.3
| 9
| 75
| 8.3
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|-
| 2005
| PIT
| 4
| 58
| 93
| 62.3
| 803
| 8.63
| 54
| 7
| 3
| 101.7
| 19
| 37
| 1.9
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| 2007
| PIT
| 1
| 29
| 42
| 69.0
| 337
| 8.02
| 40
| 2
| 3
| 79.2
| 4
| 13
| 3.3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|-
| 2008
| PIT
| 3
| 54
| 89
| 60.7
| 692
| 7.78
| 65
| 3
| 1
| 91.6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.0
| 1
| 25
| 25
| 25.0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
! colspan="2" | Career
! 10
! 172
! 278
! 61.9%
! 2239
! 8.05
! 65
! 15
! 12
! 87.2
! 38
! 125
! 3.3
! 20
! 2
! 1
! 1
! 0.0
! 1
! 25
! 25
! 25.0
! 2
! 1
! 0
|}

====Comebacks/game-winning drives in the fourth quarter/overtime====
Victories which Roethlisberger rallied the team from a fourth-quarter/OT deficit or tie (17 comebacks):

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! No.
! Date
! Opponent
! Down
! Go-Ahead Score
! Scoring Drive(s) Stats
! Drive Started
! Clock at End
! Final Score
|-
| 1
| October 3, 2004
| [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| 14-17
| J. Bettis 1 yd TD run
| 3/4, 23 yards
| 0:44 (3rd QT)
| 9:06
| 28-17<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041003_CIN@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati"], Sportsline.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 2
| October 17, 2004
| @[[2004 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]]
| 10-20
| J.Bettis 2 yd TD run
| 9/9, 72 yards, TD (2 drives)
| 2:20
| 0:30
| 24-20<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041017_PIT@DAL "Dallas vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 3
| December 5, 2004
| @[[2004 Jacksonville Jaguars season|Jacksonville Jaguars]]
| 14-16
| Reed 37 yd FG
| 3/4, 40 yards
| 1:50
| 0:18
| 17-16<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041205_PIT@JAC "Jacksonville vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 4
| December 12, 2004
| [[2004 New York Jets season|New York Jets]]
| '''3-3 (tie)'''
| J.Bettis 10 yd TD pass to J.Tuman
| 2/2, 47 yards
| 2:30 (3rd QT)
| 12:51 (4th QT)
| 17-6<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041212_NYJ@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. New York"], Sportsline.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 5
| December 12, 2004
| @[[2004 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]
| 26-30
| J.Bettis 1 yd TD run
| 6/7, 109 yards (2 drives)
| 8:10
| 4:57
| 33-30<ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041218_PIT@NYG "New York vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 6
| January 15, 2005
| [[2004 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] (AFC Divisional)
| 10-17
| Reed 33 yd FG
| 6/8, 52 yards, TD (2 drives)
| 12:15 (OT)
| 3:56
| 20-17 OT<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay?game_id=27237&displayPage=tab_play_by_play&season=2004&week=POST19 "Game Center"], NFL.com, accessed January 11, 2009.</ref>
|-
| 7
| October 10, 2005
| @[[2005 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]]
| 21-22
| Reed 40 yd FG
| 6/6, 81 yards, TD (2 drives)
| 4:36
| 0:06
| 24-22<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20051010_PIT@SD "San Diego vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 8
| October 31, 2005
| [[2005 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]]
| 17-19
| Reed 37 yd FG
| 2/2, 37 yards
| 3:14
| 1:36
| 20-19<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20051031_BAL@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 9
| November 12, 2006
| [[2006 New Orleans Saints season|New Orleans Saints]]
| '''24-24 (tie)'''
| W.Parker 3 yd TD run
| 1 sack, minus-8 yards
| 3:29 (3rd QT)
| 14:55 (4th QT)
| 38-31<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20061112_NO@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. New Orleans"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 10
| November 19, 2006
| @[[2006 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]
| 10-20
| Roethlisberger 4 yd TD pass to W.Parker
| 18/28, 224 yards, 2 TDs, 13 rush yds (3 drives)
| 3:06
| 0:32
| 24-20<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20061119_PIT@CLE "Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 11
| December 31, 2006
| @[[2006 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]]
| 7-10
| Roethlisberger 67 yd TD pass to S.Holmes
| 7/10, 182 yards, TD, 6 rush yds (3 drives)
| 14:55 (OT)
| 13:38
| 23-17 OT<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20061231_PIT@CIN "Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 12
| November 11, 2007
| [[2007 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]
| 24-28
| Roethlisberger 2 yd TD pass to H.Miller
| 7/9, 99 yards, TD, 40 rush yards, TD, 2pt conv. pass (2 drives)
| 11:10
| 3:13
| 31-28<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20071111_CLE@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 13
| November 26, 2007
| [[2007 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]]
| '''0-0 (tie)'''
| Reed 24 yd FG
| 4/5, 44 yards
| 4:13
| 0:17
| 3-0<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20071126_MIA@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Miami"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 14
| September 9, 2008
| [[2008 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]]
| '''20-20 (tie)'''
| Reed 46 yd FG
| 2/3, 31 yards
| 12:51 (OT)
| 9:01
| 23-20 OT<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20080929_BAL@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 15
| October 5, 2008
| @[[2008 Jacksonville Jaguars season|Jacksonville Jaguars]]
| 20-21
| Roethlisberger 8 yd TD pass to H.Ward
| 6/8, 61 yards, TD
| 6:33
| 1:53
| 26-21<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20081005_PIT@JAC "Jacksonville vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 16
| November 16, 2008
| [[2008 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]]
| 8-10
| Reed 32 yd FG
| 6/6, 62 yards
| 6:31
| 0:11
| 11-10<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20081116_SD@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. San Diego"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 17
| December 7, 2008
| [[2008 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]]
| 3-13
| D.Townsend 25 yd Interception return
| 5/7, 63 yards, TD, 10 rush yds (2 drives)
| 5:10
| 2:04
| 20-13<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20081207_DAL@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Dallas"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 18
| December 14, 2008
| @[[2008 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]]
| 6-9
| Roethlisberger 4 yd TD pass to S.Holmes
| 10/17, 130 yards, TD (2 drives)
| 3:36
| 0:43
| 13-9<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20081214_PIT@BAL "Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 19
| February 1, 2009
| [[2008 Arizona Cardinals season|Arizona Cardinals]] ([[Super Bowl XLIII]])
| 20-23
| Roethlisberger 6 yd TD pass to S.Holmes
| 5/7, 84 yards, TD, 4 rush yds
| 2:30
| 0:35
| 27-23<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20090201_PIT@ARI "Pittsburgh vs. Arizona"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 20
| September 10, 2009
| [[Tennessee Titans]]
| 7-10
| Reed 33 yd FG
| 12/14, 117 yards (2 drives)
| 14:56 (OT)
| 10:34
| 13-10 OT<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20090910_TEN@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 21
| December 20, 2009
| [[Green Bay Packers]]
| 30-36
| Roethlisberger 19 yd TD pass to M.Wallace
| 8/15, 157 yards, TD (2 drives)
| 2:01
| 0:00
| 37-36<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20091220_GB@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Green Bay"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|-
| 22
| December 27, 2009
| [[Baltimore Ravens]]
| '''20-20 (tie)'''
| Reed 38 yd FG
| 2/5, 38 yards
| 9:03
| 5:25
| 23-20<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20091227_BAL@PIT "Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore"], Sportsline.com</ref>
|}

==Charitable Works==
Ben Roethlisberger Foundation
Roethlisberger started a foundation with the following mission statement: "The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation seeks to (a): provide support for police and fire departments throughout the U.S. with a particular emphasis on service dogs and (b): to enhance the quality of life for residents of Findlay, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." <ref name="BRF">{{cite web|url=http://www.bigben7.com/Foundation.aspx|title=Ben Roethlistberger Foundation|publisher=bigben7.com|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref>

In 2005, Roethlisberger donated one game check to aid the tsunami relief fund.<ref>[http://www.tsn.ca/nfl/story/?id=110884&hubname=nfl]</ref> He has also donated over $100,000 to fund police dogs in Pittsburgh.<ref>[http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/05/roethlisberger_donates_to_pitt.html]</ref>

== Off-field headlines ==
=== Motorcycle accident ===
{{wikinews|Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Roethlisberger hospitalized after motorcycle accident}}

On Monday, June 12, 2006, at 11:17 a.m. [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] ([[UTC-4]]), Roethlisberger was involved in a motorcycle accident near the intersection of 10th Street and Second Avenue near downtown Pittsburgh, in which he was not wearing his [[motorcycle helmet|helmet]]. Roethlisberger did not have a valid Pennsylvania motorcycle license at the time of the accident, only a temporary permit that he had obtained after moving to Pittsburgh which had expired in March.<ref>http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9364467/detail.html</ref>

Roethlisberger was traveling east on Second Avenue when a [[Chrysler New Yorker]] made a left turn in front of the motorcycle and onto the [[South Tenth Street Bridge]]<ref name=benbridge>[http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9356067/detail.html "Roethlisberger Undergoes Surgery After Bike Crash"]</ref> when the accident occurred. According to an eyewitness, Roethlisberger went over the handlebars of his bike, a 2005 [[Suzuki GSX1300R|Suzuki Hayabusa]],<ref name=benbike>[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_457685.html "Roethlisberger seriously injured"]. [[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] 12 June 2006.</ref> shattering the windshield of the car with his head. The eyewitness reports claimed Roethlisberger tried to get up but was bleeding from the head.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2480830 "Big Ben in serious condition after motorcycle accident"]. [[ESPNEWS|ESPN.com]]. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2006.</ref> Reports from the scene and news media indicated that the accident was serious but "not life- or career-threatening," though Roethlisberger would later relate in interviews that paramedics on the scene stopped the bleeding in his throat just in time to save his life.<ref name=bencrash>[http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13279232/ "Big Ben in surgery after motorcycle crash"]. [[MSNBC]]. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2006.</ref> After the accident, the shift commander for the [[Allegheny County]] emergency service described Roethlisberger as "alert and conscious."<ref name=bencrash/> He was transported to [[Mercy Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)|Mercy Hospital]] and was described as being in "serious but stable" condition in the operating room.

Police sources have indicated that Roethlisberger suffered fractures to the jaw and right [[sinus cavity]], as well as a nine-inch laceration to the back of the head, the loss of two teeth, and several chipped teeth. His facial injuries were severe enough that witnesses on the scene did not immediately recognize him, even after he identified himself as "Ben."<ref>"[http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9356067/detail.html Bike Crash Leaves Roethlisberger In Serious Condition]", ThePittsburghChannel.com, posted June 12, 2006, accessed June 12, 2006.</ref>

Upon arriving at [[Mercy Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)|Mercy Hospital]], he went immediately into surgery, where he remained for more than seven hours. The broken bones in his face were repaired. The subsequent news conference with the [[Mercy Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)|Mercy Hospital]] staff was brief but confirmed early reports that the most serious injuries were to the head and face. There was no neck, spinal, or brain damage found. After surgery, at approximately noon on June 13, 2006, Roethlisberger was upgraded to fair condition.<ref name=bencrash/><ref name= espn>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2482701 ESPN - Roethlisberger likely to be able to play this season - NFL]</ref>

The most serious injuries to Roethlisberger were a broken upper and lower jaw and a broken nose. Roethlisberger was expected to make a full recovery in time for the opening game of the season.

In the wake of [[Kellen Winslow II]]'s crashing of his motorcycle in May 2005, Roethlisberger had been criticized by various NFL members and the media for not wearing a helmet while riding. Even Roethlisberger's coach, Bill Cowher, lectured him about motorcycle safety. Former Steeler [[Terry Bradshaw]] warned Roethlisberger personally when he visited the Steelers' training camp at [[Saint Vincent College]] in [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania|Latrobe]], [[Pennsylvania]], and on television, saying, "Ride it when you retire."<ref name=bencrash/> In a segment put together by ESPN following Winslow's accident, Roethlisberger had said he didn't wear a helmet because it was not required by law, adding, "You're just more free when you're out there and there's no helmet on." Transcripts of the interview recall Roethlisberger telling [[Suzy Kolber]] that he only rides a Harley, or his chopper with friends, not a sport bike (like the one Winslow was on). He also claimed to have his license. Both statements have been proven false since the accident.

Roethlisberger was released from the hospital at 11:46 PM on June 14, 2006. The next day, he released a statement apologizing for concerning friends, family, all his fans, and the Steelers organization, and in which he also stated, "If I ever ride again, it certainly will be with a helmet."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Big Ben speaks out on accident, says he'll start wearing a helmet|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=2006-06-15|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06166/698658-100.stm}}</ref>

On June 19, the Pittsburgh police announced that Roethlisberger would be cited for failure to wear a helmet and failure to operate in his license class. Wearing a helmet is optional in Pennsylvania only for operators who currently possess and have had a motorcycle license for at least two years. The driver of the car was cited for failure to yield the [[Traffic#Priority .28right of way.29|right of way]].<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2006-06-19-roethlisberger-accident_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA "Steelers' Roethlisberger to be cited for lack of license, helmet"] USA Today</ref>

Roethlisberger gave his first television interview after the accident on July 13, with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Good Morning America]]''. He said he was told by responding paramedics that he ruptured a major blood vessel in his mouth and was minutes away from dying. Despite the seriousness of the accident, his recovery went so well that he started the first three Steelers 2006 preseason games.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ESPNSports/story?id=2191627&page=1 ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Ben Roethlisberger Won't Become Helmet Advocate]</ref>

===Sexual assault allegations===
====Lake Tahoe====
On July 17, 2009, a civil suit was filed in [[Washoe County, Nevada|Washoe County]], [[Nevada]] District Court accusing Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting Andrea McNulty, 31, in June 2008 in his hotel room while he was in [[Lake Tahoe]] for a celebrity golf tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/21/ben-roethlisbergers-accuser/|title=Ben Roethlisberger's Acuser|last=TMZ|publisher=TMZ.com|date=2009-07-21|accessdate=2009-07-21}}</ref> Roethlisberger is one of nine defendants listed in the docket report. McNulty did not file a criminal complaint and no physical evidence was collected. Roethlisberger's attorney denied the claim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/07/21/roethlisberger.ap/index.html|title=Roethlisberger listed as defendant in sexual assault lawsuit|last=Associated Press|publisher=cnnsi.com|date=2009-07-21|accessdate=2009-07-21}}</ref> The suit seeks at least $440,000 in damages from the quarterback and also alleges hotel officials for Harrah's Lake Tahoe went to great lengths to cover up the incident. The woman is seeking $50,000 in damages from the Harrah's officials. According to the woman, she was working as an executive casino host in July 2008, when she said Roethlisberger struck up a friendly conversation at her desk during the golf tournament, the next night she said Roethlisberger telephoned her to tell her that the television sound system in his room wasn't working and asked her to look at it. The woman said she determined that the TV was functioning properly, but as she turned to leave he stood in front of the door and blocked her, then grabbed her and started to kiss her.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8116680b&template=without-video&confirm=true Steelers QB Roethlisberger cancels press conference amid civil lawsuit]</ref> According to the lawsuit, the woman required hospitalization for treatment for depression after the alleged attack.

On August 8, 2009, the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' published details of an affidavit filed as part of a motion by two of the other defendants named in the suit to relocate the case from [[Washoe County, Nevada|Washoe County]] to [[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]]. In the affidavit, Angela Antonetti, McNulty's former co-worker, delivered a sworn statement that McNulty had bragged to her about having consensual sex with Roethlisberger. As part of the affidavit, Antonetti said she was "absolutely shocked" upon hearing of the case on the radio on July 21. Antonetti explained, "I knew that [her] lawsuit and false allegations would unfairly and unjustly hurt Mr. Roethlisberger".<ref name="Antonetti-Post-Gazette">{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09220/989640-66.stm#ixzz0Nq1oEgKL|title=Woman's affidavit supports Roethlisberger's denial of sexual assault|last=post-gazette|publisher=post-gazette.com|date=2009-08-08|accessdate=2009-08-10}}</ref>

According the affidavit, Antonetti claimed that McNulty had revealed she was hoping she had gotten pregnant with a "little Roethlisberger". Antonetti also claimed that she had been asked to travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in August 2008 in an attempt to "run into" the quarterback. In response, Antonetti advised McNulty she "shouldn't try to chase Mr. Roethlisberger".<ref name="Antonetti-Post-Gazette"/>

====Milledgeville, Georgia====
On March 5, 2010, it was revealed that police in [[Milledgeville, Georgia|Milledgeville]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] were investigating Roethlisberger for an unrelated sexual assault inside the women's restroom of the Capitol City nightclub. The accuser, a then-20-year-old student at nearby [[Georgia College & State University]], was seen at several establishments with Roethlisberger leading up to the incident, including posing for a photograph with him.<ref name=TMZphotograph>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/08/ben-roethlisberger-photographed-accuser-sexual-assault-police-georgia-capital-city/ |title=Ben Roethlisberger Photographed with Accuser|work=TMZ|date=03-08-2010|accessdate=2010-04-15}}</ref> Roethlisberger spoke with police the night of the incident and stated that he did have contact with the woman that was not "[[consummated]]" and afterward the accuser slipped and injured her head.

Roethlisberger hired lawyer Ed Garland, who had previously defended [[Baltimore Ravens]] linebacker [[Ray Lewis]] in his murder trial. Head coach [[Mike Tomlin]] stated at the time that he was "highly concerned" for the franchise and Roethlisberger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/03/steelers-coach-mike-tomlin-im-highly-concerned-for-our-franchise-and-for-ben-roethlisberger-personally/1|title=Steelers coach Mike Tomlin: 'I'm highly concerned for our franchise and for Ben (Roethlisberger) personally'|work=USA Today|author=Davis, Nate|date=March 21, 2010|accessdate=March 22, 2010}}</ref>

The accuser was treated at [[Oconee Regional Medical Center]]. An emergency-room doctor and two nurses examined her and noted in their report a "superficial laceration and bruising and slight bleeding in the genital area", but could not say if trauma or sexual assault was the cause. The remaining examination was "normal".<ref name=DAtranscript>{{cite web|url=http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/d-wil/2010/04/12/da-fred-bright-transcript-plus-the-post-statement-interview/|title=D.A. Fred Bright Transcript plus the Post-Statement Interview|work=National Sports Review|date=04-12-2010|accessdate=2010-04-15}}</ref> A rape kit was collected, but no semen was recovered, and the amount of male DNA found was insufficient to create a profile or establish that an assault had taken place. The doctor's report also quoted the alleged victim telling them that, "A boy kind of [[rape]]d me."<ref name=DAtranscript/>

In interviews with the police on the night of the incident, the victim alleged that Roethlisberger, after inviting the victim and her friends to the V.I.P. area of the nightclub, encouraged them to do numerous shots of alcohol before one of his bodyguards—an off-duty [[Coraopolis, Pennsylvania]]/"[[Pittsburgh International Airport]] interdiction" officer <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/10114/1053019-57.stm Pittsburgh Post}}</ref>—led her down a hallway to a stool and left. Roethlisberger approached and allegedly exposed himself and, despite the victim's protests, followed her into what turned out to be a bathroom when she tried to leave through the first door she saw. The victim claims Roethlisberger then had sex with her. Friends of the victim attempted to intervene out of worry, but the second of Roethlisberger's bodyguards—an off-duty [[Pennsylvania State Police|Pennsylvania State Trooper]]—avoided eye contact and said he did not know what they were talking about. The policemen later claimed to "have no memory" of meeting the victim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/04/15/1387465/steelers-ready-to-punish-roethlisberger.html|title=Roethlisberger's accuser says she told him 'no'|work=Merced Sun-Star|author=Brumback, Kate|date=04-15-2010|accessdate=2010-04-16}}</ref>

On April 12, 2010, district attorney Fred Bright held a press conference to announce that Roethlisberger would not be charged. Bright said "looking at all the evidence here, "I can not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt". "<ref name=DAtranscript/> Furthermore, the victim wrote to the D.A. through her lawyer expressing she no longer wanted to pursue criminal charges<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/District-attorney-No-charges-for-Ben-Roethlisberger.html|title=District attorney: No charges for Ben Roethlisberger|work=National Football Post|author=Wilson, Aaron|date=04-12-2010|accessdate=04-12-2010}}</ref> because the level of media attention would make a criminal trial too "intrusive" of a personal experience. The letter stressed that she was not recanting her accusation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/04/full-text-of-letter-ben-roethlisbergers-accuser-sent-asking-da-not-to-prosecute/1?loc=interstitialskip|title=Full text of letter Ben Roethlisberger's accuser sent asking DA not to prosecute|work=[[USA Today]]|author=Leahy, Sean|date=04-12-2010|accessdate=2010-04-13}}</ref>

As a result of the unabridged details revealed in Bright's press conference, reaction was swift. Steelers president [[Art Rooney II]] was reported to be "furious".<ref name=SIKing>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/04/13/mail/?cnn=yes&hpt=Mid|title=MMQB Mail: Big Ben deserves at least two-game suspension in 2010|work=[[Sports Illustrated]]|author=King, Peter|date=04-13-2010|accessdate=2010-04-14}}</ref> The owner of Pittsburgh-based PLB Sports, which marketed "Big Ben's Beef Jerky", terminated the company's five-year sponsorship of Roethlisberger, the first such action in the company's 14 year history.<ref name=NoJerky>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/36469125|title=Food Maker Drops Roethlisberger|work=[[CNBC]]|author=Rovell, Darren|date=04-13-2010|accessdate=2010-04-14}}</ref><ref name=PBJ>[http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/pittsburgh-company-cuts-ties-with-roethlisberger/ blogs.nytimes.com], ''Pittsburgh company cuts ties with Roethlisberger'' (retrieved 23 Apr 2010)</ref> The incident has also garnered media attention for the potential discrepancies in player treatment based on race, as black players like [[Michael Vick]] and [[Adam Jones (American football)|Adam "Pacman" Jones]] were disciplined harshly for their off-the-field conduct.<ref name=PPG>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10103/1049930-66.stm|title=Steelers or NFL must suspend Roethlisberger|work=Pittsburgh Post Gazette|author=Cook, Ron|date=04-13-2010|accessdate=2010-04-14}}</ref> Milledgeville Police Sergeant Jerry Blash, who had been photographed with Roethlisberger earlier in the evening, was the first officer to respond to the scene. He resigned on April 15, 2010, after apparently making a comment at the scene that "this bitch is drunk" in reference to the accuser.<ref name=OfficerResigns>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/15/ben-roethlisberger-sergeant-jerry-blash-officer-cop-quit-resign-milledgeville-police-rape-sexual-assault/|title=Cop in Roethlisberger Case -- I Quit|work=TMZ|date=04-15-2010|accessdate=2010-04-15}}</ref>

Roethlisberger was among the celebrities lampooned in the 14th season premiere of the [[Comedy Central]] animated series ''[[South Park]]'', appearing in a rehabilitation class for "[[sex addiction|sex addicts]]" along with [[David Letterman]], [[Bill Clinton]], and others. Titled "[[Sexual Healing (South Park)|Sexual Healing]]", the episode aired shortly after the second accusation of sexual assault was made.<ref>Owen, Rob. [http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/archive/2010/03/18/roethlisberger-on-south-park.aspx "Ben Roethlisberger on 'South Park']. [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]. 18 March 2010.</ref>

Rapper [[Eminem]] blasted Roethlisberger in a freestyle entitled "Despicable", which was released on his website and will not be featured on his album ''[[Recovery (Eminem album)|Recovery]]''. In it Eminem says "I'd rather turn this club into a bar room brawl/Get as rowdy as Roethlisberger in a bathroom stall." <ref>http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a217841/eminem-blasts-nfl-star-ben-roethlisberger.html?imdb</ref> Eminem also blasted him on the song "Almost Famous" that is on ''Recovery'' with the line "I stuck my dick in this game like a rapist, call me slim Roethlisberger."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGFVs_v8FDI Audio for Eminem's "Almost Famous"]</ref>

===2010 suspension===

On April 21, 2010, the NFL's Commissioner [[Roger Goodell]] announced that Roethlisberger will be suspended for six games without pay in the upcoming season due to a violation of the NFL's [[National Football League player conduct controversy|personal conduct policy]]. In the meantime, Roethlisberger will undergo a league-mandated "professional behavior evaluation" and "must adhere to any counseling or treatment that is recommended by the professional evaluators."<ref name="APBW">{{cite web|url=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9F7J7Q81&show_article=1|title=Roethlisberger banned 6 games|last=Wilner|first=Barry|date=April 21, 2010|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|accessdate=21 April 2010}}</ref> However, on September 3, the NFL reduced Roethlisberger's suspension to four games.<ref>"[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5527564 Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger suspension cut to 4 games]". Associated Press. September 3, 2010.</ref>

==Records==
===Miami Redhawks records===
[[Miami University]] is in Oxford, Ohio, and all records are from the 2008 media guide.<ref>http://muredhawks.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mioh/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-fb-mg-records8</ref>
*Most Pass Attempts, Career - 1,304 (2001–03)
*Most Pass Attempts, Season - 495 (2003)
*Most Pass Completions, Career - 854 (2001–03)
*Most Pass Completions, Season - 342 (2003; also a MAC record)
*Most Pass Completions, Game - 41 (vs. Northern Illinois, 2002; MAC record) <ref>[http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/101202aac.html "RedHawks fall to Northern Illinois, 48–41", Miami University RedHawks Official Athletic Site]</ref>
* Most Passing Yards, Career - 10,829 (2001–03)
* Most Passing Yards, Season - 4,486 (2003; also a MAC Record)
* Most Passing Yards, Game - 525 (vs. Northern Illinois, 2002)
* Most Passing Touchdowns, Career - 84 (2001–03)
* Most Passing Touchdowns, Season - 37 (2003)
* Most Passing Touchdowns, Game - 5 (did it at Ohio in 2001 and at UCF in 2003; tied with Sam Ricketts)
* Most Total Offense Yards, Career - 11,075 (2001–03)
* Most Total Offense Yards, Season - 4,597 (2003)
* Most Total Offense Yards, Game - 485 (vs. Northern Illinois, 2002)
* Most 300+ Yard Passing Games - 14
* Most 400+ Yard Passing Games - 4
* Most Games w/4+ TD Passes - 7
* Highest Completion %, Career (Min. 300 attempts) - 65.5% (2001–03)
* Highest Completion %, Season (Min. 100 attempts) - 69.1% (2003)
* (Tie) Most Games in a Season w/200+ Yards Passing - 14 (2003; '''NCAA Record''')
* (Tie) Consecutive Games in a Season w/200+ Yards Passing - 14 (2003; '''NCAA Record''')

=== NFL records ===
* Most regular season wins in a season, rookie QB — 13 (2004) <ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2005-01-11-big-ben-cover_x.htm "Rookie Roethlisberger wins over everybody"], USA Today</ref>
* Longest regular season win streak to start a career for a NFL QB — 15 games (won all 13 starts in the 2004 season, won first 2 games of the 2005 season)<ref name="Ben Roethlisberger Profile">[http://www.steelers.com/team/player/49181/ "Ben Roethlisberger Profile"], Steelers.com</ref>
*Most wins as a starting quarterback in first five NFL seasons (reg. season only) - 51 (from 2004–2008)<ref name="dallasnews.com" />
* Highest passer rating, rookie season — 98.1 (2004)<ref name="NFL Records - Passing">[http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/passing "NFL Records - Passing"], NFL.com</ref>
* Highest completion percentage, rookie season — 66.4% (2004)<ref name="NFL Records - Passing" />
*Most games with a completion percentage of 80.0% or higher, regular season (min. 10 attempts) — 4 (2007)<ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tiny/snwgX "Player Game Finder Query Results"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref>
* (Tie) Most touchdown passes, [[Monday Night Football]] game — 5 (11/5/2007 vs. [[Baltimore Ravens]]) <ref name="Ben Roethlisberger Profile" />
* First QB to start two [[AFC Championship Game|Conference Championship]] games in first two seasons in the NFL (2004 & 2005)<ref name="Ben Roethlisberger Profile" />
* Youngest starting QB ever to win the Super Bowl (2005; second-youngest QB to play in the Super Bowl, behind [[Dan Marino]])<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2006-02-02-roethlisberger-cover_x.htm "Steelers' Roethlisberger a perfect fit for Super Bowl XL"], USA Today</ref>
* Second quarterback in NFL history, along with [[Peyton Manning]], to register three perfect passing games during the regular season, and the only quarterback to ever register two perfect passing games in one regular season.<ref name="Ben Roethlisberger Profile" />
* Lowest passer rating for a Super Bowl winning QB — 22.6 (Completed 9 of 21 passes for zero touchdowns with two interceptions)<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2006-10-12-steelers-cover_x.htm "Roethlisberger, defending Super Bowl champs Steelers stumble to 1-3 start"], USA Today</ref>
*Tied for most seasons with one or more postseason starts in the first five years in the league since 1960, with four starts (tied with [[Bernie Kosar]], [[Donovan McNabb]], and [[Eli Manning]]).<ref>Stat given during the game on 01/11/2009 vs. the Chargers., CBS Sports</ref>

=== Pittsburgh Steelers franchise records ===
In six seasons, Roethlisberger has many individual accomplishments that are record performances in Steelers history.<ref name="pro-football-reference.com">[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/career-passing.htm "Pittsburgh Steelers Career Passing Register"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref><ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/single-season-passing.htm "Pittsburgh Steelers Single-season Passing Register"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref>

====Career records====
* 68-28 (.708) record as starting QB (includes a 8-2 playoff record)
* .708 winning percentage is the highest among all Steelers QBs with at least 20 starts
* Highest Passer Rating (Min. 100 attempts) — 91.7
* Highest Completion % (Min. 100 attempts) — 63.3%
* Highest Yards Per Attempt (Min. 100 attempts) — 8.01
* Most 300+ Yard Passing Games — 13
* Most 400+ Yard Passing Games — 3
* Most 500+ Yard Passing Games — 1
* Most 3000-Yard Passing Seasons — 4
* Most Consecutive 3000-Yard Passing Seasons — 4 (2006–2009)
* Most 4000-Yard Passing Seasons — 1
* Most Consecutive Games With a TD Pass — 15 (from December 3, 2006 through November 18, 2007)
* Most Games with a Passer Rating over 100.0 (regular season) — 37<ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tiny/g9ARB "Player Game Finder Query Results"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref>
* Most Games With a Perfect Passer Rating — 3
* Biggest contract in Steelers history (eight years, $102 million)<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3274467 "Roethlisberger gets more than $36 million in guarantees in new deal"], ESPN.com</ref>

====Season records====
* Highest Completion % — 66.6% (2009)
* Most Touchdown Passes — 32 (2007)
* Highest TD% — 7.92% (2007)
* Highest Yards Per Attempt — 8.90 (2005)
* Highest Passer Rating — 104.1 (2007)
* Most Passing Yards — 4,328 (2009)
* Most 300+ Yard Passing Games — 5 (2009)<ref>[http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tiny/bOoXk "Player Game Finder Query Results"], Pro-Football-Reference.com</ref>
* Most Pass Completions — 337 (2009)

====Single-game records====
* Most Passing Yards — 503 (Completed 29 of 46 passes for 503 yards and 3 touchdowns on December 20, 2009 against the [[Green Bay Packers]])
* Most Pass Completions — 38 (Completed 38 of 54 passes for 433 yards on November 5, 2006 against the [[Denver Broncos]])
* (Tie) Most Consecutive Passes Completed, Single Game — 15 (Completed 15 straight on November 26, 2007 against the [[Miami Dolphins]] on [[Monday Night Football]]. [[Bubby Brister]] also completed 15 straight on October 1, 1989 against the [[Detroit Lions]].)
* Highest Completion %, Game (min. 20 attempts) — 85.7% (Completed 18 out of 21 attempts on November 26, 2007 against the [[Miami Dolphins]] on [[Monday Night Football]])
* (Tie) Most Touchdown Passes, Game — 5 (Threw five TD passes in the first half against the [[Baltimore Ravens]] on a Monday-night game November 5, 2007. Tied with [[Terry Bradshaw]] and [[Mark Malone]]) <ref>[http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20071105023 "Big Ben's 5 TD throws lead Steelers' 38-7 rout of Ravens as stars watch on"], Yahoo! Sports</ref>

====Rookie records (achieved during 2004 season)====
* Most Pass Attempts — 295
* Most Pass Completions — 196
* Highest Completion % — 66.4%
* Most Passing Yards — 2621
* Most Touchdown Passes — 17
* Highest Yards Per Attempt — 8.88
* Highest Passer Rating — 98.1
* Wins as starting QB — 13

====Postseason records====
* Highest Completion % (Min. 50 attempts) — 61.9%
* Highest Passer Rating — 87.2

==Trivia==
{{Trivia|date=July 2009}}
[[Image:Number 7 Roethlisburger Pittsburgh 3000px.jpg|right|thumb|The "#7 Roethlisburger".]]
[[Image:Peppis Store with Roethlisburger Sign.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Peppi's restaurant, home of the "Roethlisburger".]]
* Roethlisberger participated in the 2009 US Open Challenge with [[Michael Jordan]], [[Justin Timberlake]], and essay winner Larry Giebelhausen in a quest to break 100 on the [[Bethpage Black]] course. He shot an 81, the low of the group.
* He has multiple [[sandwich]]es named after him, which are usually a [[pun]] on his last name (which ends with "berger," similar to "[[hamburger]]"). Pittsburgh [[restaurant chain|chain]] Peppi's sells the "Roethlisburger," which costs $7.00 (his [[American football|football]] jersey number is 7).<ref>[http://www.campusfood.com/restaurant.asp?campusid=33&mlid=258570 "Peppi's Old Tyme Sandwich Shop menu"]</ref> A Findlay, Ohio restaurant Tony's also sells a "Roethlisburger," as does Brick Street in Oxford, Ohio.<ref>Rovell, Darren. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1916354 "Roethlisberger in demand"]. [[ESPNEWS|ESPN.com]]. 4 November 2004.</ref>
* He is the second-youngest quarterback to win two Super Bowls.<ref>Stat given at the end of the Super Bowl game on 2/1/2009 NBC</ref>
* His surname "Roethlisberger" (Swiss-German spelling: Röthlisberger) is of [[Switzerland|Swiss]] origin with roots in the village of Geissbuehl [[Lauperswil]], Switzerland.<ref>Fleming, David. [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1970310&type=story "For whom the Ben tolls"]. [[ESPNEWS|ESPN.com]]. 19 January 2005.</ref><ref>The Associated Press. [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_451853.html "Steelers' Roethlisberger discovers his Swiss roots"]. [[Associated Press]]. 12 May 2006 .</ref> He is a spokesman for Swiss Roots, a campaign intended to help Americans of Swiss origin reconnect with their Swiss ancestral heritage.<ref name=autogenerated3>Staff and wire reports. [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06129/688616-37.stm "Big Ben exploring his roots in Switzerland"]. [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] 9 May 2006.</ref> In May 2006, Roethlisberger and his family traveled to Switzerland for a week.<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref>Fabus, Mike. [http://media3.steelers.com/article/63966/ "Roethlisberger's having fun in Switzerland"]. www.steelers.com 9 May 2006.</ref>
* He has his own line of barbecue sauce, Big Ben's BBQ.<ref name= bigben>[http://www.bigbensbbq.com Big Ben's BBQ]</ref>
* His younger sister, Carlee Roethlisberger, plays women's basketball for the [[University of Oklahoma]].<ref>[http://soonersports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/roethlisberger_carlee00.html SoonerSports.com Profile]</ref>
*In the [[Madden NFL]] series, his name is shortened by 1 letter, due to the game limiting the number of characters in a player's last name to 12 characters.
*He has appeared on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' twice, after each Super Bowl victory.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCTKv_S4SeU&feature=channel_page Ben Roethlisberger gets a shave]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19vaoeNw72E Late Show - Super Bowl Champ Ben Roethlisberger]</ref>
*He introduced [[Kelly Clarkson]] at the [[2006 Grammy Awards]], one week after Pittsburgh won [[Super Bowl XL]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36BzDCD1rLI&feature=channel ben roethlisberger presents at the grammys]</ref>
*On October 5, 2009, Roethlisberger was the guest host of [[WWE Raw]] and was accompanied by his offensive line ([[Max Starks]], [[Chris Kemoeatu]], [[Justin Hartwig]], [[Trai Essex]], [[Darnell Stapleton]] and [[Willie Colon (American football)|Willie Colon]]).<ref>[http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/results/11092732/ Big Ben clocks in]</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating]]
*[[List of NFL quarterbacks who have passed for 400 or more yards in a game]]

==References==
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==Additional sources==
*Staff (September 2006) "Ben Roethlisberger 1982-" ''Biography Today'' 15(3): pp. 102–117

==External links==
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*[http://www.br-7.com Ben Roethlisberger Official site]
*[http://www.forecaster.info/post-gazette/football/player.cgi?6567 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Player Bio]
*[http://benroethlisberger.typepad.com/roethlisberger/ Official Blog]
*[http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/493043 Profile at NFL.com]
*[http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/roethlisberger-bio.html Miami RedHawks Bio]

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| author = [[Luke Rhinehart]]
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| language = [[English language|English]]
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| genre = [[Novel]]
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| release_date = 1971
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])
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'''''The Dice Man''''' is a semi-comedic novel published in [[1971]] by [[George Cockcroft]] under the [[pen name]] [[Luke Rhinehart]] and tells the story of a [[psychiatrist]] who begins making life decisions based on the casting of [[dice]]. Cockcroft wrote the book based on his own experiences of using dice to make decisions while studying psychology.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2000/aug/27/fiction.timadams Author interview, The Guardian, 27 August 2000] accessed 13-04-09</ref> The novel is noted for its subversivity, [[anti-psychiatry]] sentiments and for reflecting moods of the early [[1970]]s. Due to its subversive nature and chapters concerned with controversial issues such as [[rape]], [[murder]] and sexual experimentation, it was banned in several countries.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A509645 Luke Rhinehart - Author]</ref> Upon its initial publication, the cover bore the confident subheader, "Few novels can change your life. this one will" and quickly became a modern [[cult classic]].{{Fact|date=January 2009}}

The book went through a number of republishings - in the [[United States]] it acquired the even more confident subheader "This book will change your life", in spite of its being a highly edited version of the original.{{Verify source|date=July 2007}} Perhaps because of this, and despite the author and the character both being from the USA, it was initially less successful than in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Scandinavia]].{{cn|date=June 2010}}

The themes of the book are continued in two other novels, ''[[The Search for the Dice Man]]'' and ''[[Adventures of Wim]]'' and a companion title, ''[[The Book of the Die]]''.

==Plot summary==

The book tells the story of a psychiatrist named Luke Rhinehart who, feeling bored and unfulfilled in life, starts making decisions about what to do based on a roll of a die. Along the way, there is [[sex]], rape, murder, "dice parties", breakouts by [[psychiatric]] patients, and various corporate and governmental machines being put into a spin. There is also a description of the [[cult]] that starts to develop around the man, and the psychological research he initiates, such as the "[[Fuck]] without Fear for Fun and Profit" program.

==References in popular culture==
*Two plays have been produced based on the ideas in The Dice Man: ''[[The Dice House]]'', written by Paul Lucas and produced by Neal Foster's Birmingham Theatre Company, and ''The Six Sided Man'' by Gavin Robertson.
*The script for ''[[Dice_(TV_mini-series)|Dice]]'', a Canada/UK co-produced TV mini-series directed by [[Rachel Talalay]] in 2001, was inspired by The Dice Man.
*The song "Dice Man" by Mancunian band [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] is inspired by the novel. It can be found on their 1979 LP [[Dragnet (album)|Dragnet]].
*English band, [[star27]] wrote a song called 'The Diceman' inspired by this book. They also had a "Day of the Dice" where they handed out special die which were numbered 2-7 (whose combined sides add up to 27) so that anybody with a die could make decisions based on rolling it.
*The song "Such A Shame" by [[Talk Talk]] was inspired by ''The Dice Man'', which was one of lyricist [[Mark Hollis (English musician)|Mark Hollis]]' favourite books.
*The song "X, Y & Z" by [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] is a reference to a sentence from ''The Dice Man'', in which the main character predicts that there will come a time when a person is considered insane who believes that "I am he who is X, Y & Z, and X, Y & Z only."
*The melodic death metal band [[At the Gates]] has quotations from the book in the songs "Blinded by Fear", "Slaughter of the Soul" and "World of Lies" from the [[Slaughter of the Soul]] album; the lyricist/vocalist [[Tomas Lindberg]] has cited it as a major lyrical inspiration.
*In [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s segment of the film [[Four Rooms]] entitled "The Man from Hollywood," Chester urges Ted the Bellhop to chop off his friend's finger by referring to him as "The Dice Man."
*The song "Random I Am" by Swedish Skate Punk band [[Millencolin]] is a homage to ''The Dice Man'' in which the lead singer is singing from Luke Rhinehart's perspective.
*Electronic music artist [[Aphex Twin]] has used the name 'The Dice Man' as an alias for some of his work.
*In episode 19 of Season 2 of [[Mile High]], the drama on [[Sky One]], characters meet a man dressed as a squirrel who is living his life in the diceman manner.
*Mentioned in the [[Manic Street Preachers]]' song 'Patrick Bateman' ("Travis, Rhinehart rolled into one cute son")

==Publishing history==

* ISBN 0-900735-00-7 - September 9, 1971
* ISBN 0-246-11058-9 - July, [[1978]]
* ISBN 0-586-03765-9 - April 13, 1989
* ISBN 0-87951-864-2 - July, [[1998]]
* ISBN 0-00-651390-5 - December 15, 1999
* ISBN 0-00-716121-2 - April 7, 2003

==External links==
*[http://www.lukerhinehart.net/ Luke Rhinehart's Homepage]
*[http://www.heretical.com/miscella/diceman1.html Extracts]

==References==
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'''Luke Rhinehart''' is the [[pen name]] of the author '''[[George Cockcroft]]'''. Luke Rhinehart is also a character in some of Cockcroft's books. In this article "George Cockcroft" refers to the author, while "Luke Rhinehart" refers to the character.

== The books ==
Much of Cockcroft's writing follows the styles of his first book: ''[[The Dice Man]]''. He switches rapidly between a first and third person view, and intersperses that narrative flow with (fictional) excerpts from journals, minutes of meetings, and other sources. This gives the impression of a larger story, of which just a glimpse is being seen. In one case, he even quotes from a future book that he did not actually write until more than two decades later. The moods of the book change rapidly too; a single book might have sections of [[erotica]], [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]], [[comedy]], [[psychology]], [[romance novel|romance]], [[philosophy]], and [[detective]] in it — not mixed together, but standing side by side with only a chapter number, if that, between them. Sections of carefully timed [[comic relief]] include a sex scene in the middle of a [[river]], various dice parties, and a hallucinogenic [[tomato]] plant.

Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea authors of "[[The Illuminatus! Trilogy]]" first used this style of writing in 1968–1971 to create a convincing conspiracy trilogy. When used correctly this style evokes in the reader feelings of confusion, fear, and occasionally paranoia.

On the other hand, ''[[Long Voyage Back]]'', and ''[[Matari]]'' show that he is entirely comfortable writing somewhat more traditional fiction, and ''[[The Book of est]]'' shows that he is capable of writing wholly factual accounts too. In all his books, Cockcroft focuses attention on only a few characters — typically fewer than five. Other characters are introduced, but solely as [[caricature]]s or plot devices.

'''The Book of the Die''' is a collection of thoughts and ideas about dicing - its purpose, the meaning of life, and so forth - much in the style that might be expected from George Cockcroft's previous work. Interspersed with this are frequent parables, poems, stories. Some are from his earlier books, some from the new ones, some stolen and rewritten from various well-known sayings and writings, some from his followers (both real and imaginary), and some which purport to be from his own life. Roughly at the end of each chapter are six dice options, with the standard instructions: "Read the options, throw out one or two (or all six) and replace them, then roll a dice and do as suggested." The dice options, and the book in general, aim to be intriguing and thought-provoking. It contains lots of amusing or absurd sections, as if to counter-point the occasional more serious sections.

=== Bibliography ===

* ''[[The Dice Man]]'' - (1971)
* ''[[Matari]]'' - (1975), aka ''White Wind, Black Rider''
* ''[[The Book of est]]'' - (1976)
* ''[[Long Voyage Back]]'' - (1983)
* ''[[Adventures of Wim]]'' - (1986)
* ''[[The Search for the Dice Man]]'' - (1993)
* ''[[The Book of the Die]]'' - (2000)
* ''Whim'' - (2002 reissue of ''Adventures of Wim'' see that entry for info)

=== Forthcoming ===

There are also continuing plans to release the story of either Luke, Larry or Wim as a movie. Cockcroft has written a number of screenplays himself, including one on ''The Dice Man'', and ''WHIM'', in an effort to accelerate the process, and both projects are being pushed forward on several fronts.

== Spin-offs and influences ==

Companies have often attempted to profit from the ideas of The Dice Man, and a few such ventures are noted below. The ideas in the book have also influenced a wide range of musicians, writers, artists, some of whom are listed below.

=== Commercial ventures ===

Dice have always been colloquially referred to as rocks and the makers of [[Rolling Rock]] [[pale lager]], sensing a good [[tie-in]], launched a series of adverts based around the diceman theme, and even a Diceliving website (now defunct), and have since been associated with Luke's books. Indeed, the rise from the dead of Rolling Rock in the late 1990s has partially been attributed to the rise of dicing at around the same time, possibly fueled by [[Internet]] [[chat room]]s where role-playing is common.

In the 1980s, the UK [[comic]] [[2000 AD (comic)|2000 AD]] published several [[Choose Your Own Adventure]] magazines under the name ''Dice Man''.

=== Music references ===

The Dice Man has turned up in several songs:

* "Six Different Ways" by [[The Cure]]
* "Dice Man" by [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]
* "Random I Am" by [[Millencolin]]
* "Slaughter Of The Soul" by [[At the Gates]]
* "X, Y and Zee" by [[Pop Will Eat Itself]]
* "Black Diary" by [[Jameson]]
* "Total Random Man" by [[Therapy?]]
* "Such a Shame" by [[Talk Talk]]
* "The Dice Man" by [[My Life Story]]
* "The Dice Man" by [[Star 27]]
* "Patrick Bateman" by [[Manic Street Preachers]]

Other music connections:

* "The Dice Man" is an alias used by Richard D. James, the [[Aphex Twin]]
* "The Diceman" is the alias used for certain projects of Colin James (Jolly James, Gregg Retch, formerly of [[Meat Beat Manifesto]])

=== Other art ===

Art that exploits the principle of randomness is called [[aleatoricism]]. Several pieces of aleatory art have been partially inspired by the writings of George Cockcroft.

The [[Discovery Channel]] recently hired a pair of part-time dicers to do a [http://www.diceman.co.uk Diceman Travel programme] based on the dice. Where they go, what they see, and what they do, all are based on the roll of a die. Apparently it has been popular, though the tendency of the dice to steer the couple off in strange directions has caused problems for the producers and editors.

On film, there have been at least three documentaries on diceliving and the philosophy of the dice, including one 50-minute short film called [[Dice World]] by [[Paul Wilmshurst]], produced by [[Channel 4]].

In the theatre, [[The Dice House]] was staged in London's West End theatre "The Arts". Written by [[Paul Lucas]], the play was inspired by Luke Rhinehart's novel The Dice Man.

[[Ben Marshall]], of [[Loaded (magazine)|Loaded magazine]], spent two years from 1998 to 2000 experimenting with being a diceman and writing up his experiences in the magazine. This seems to have been a big hit with the readers, and Loaded subsequently named Luke Rhinehart as novelist of the century.

Larnie Reid Fox invented (or popularised) the idea of the DiceWalk, which was featured in the May 28, 2003 edition of ''sfweekly'', students of [[psychogeography]] having already pioneered the art or science of random or whimsical excursions.

Writer Terry Mitchell invented the idea of exploring restaurants, food options and dice road trips and has been practising a version of diceliving since 1992. He also writes several characters in his stories as being dice people.

== External links ==
* [http://www.lukerhinehart.net/ lukerhinehart.net] - created by George Cockcroft
* [http://randommess.bravehost.com/diceindex.htm Randomness] - fan site with online dice roller
* [http://www.spiel-mit-dem-zufall.de/ spiel-mit-dem-zufall.de] - fan site Germany

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'''Dennis Howard Marks''' (born 13 August 1945 in [[Kenfig Hill]], near [[Bridgend]], [[Glamorgan]], [[Wales]]) is a former [[teacher]], [[drug smuggler]] and [[author]] who achieved notoriety as an international [[hashish]] smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]], and the [[Mafia]], and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]. At the height of his drug career, he was said to have controlled 10% of the world's hashish trade<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=rnwwxoOb3gUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Indoor+Marijuana+Horticulture++By+Jorge+Cervantes Indoor Marijuana Horticolture by Jorge Cervantes, 2002]</ref>.

He currently lives in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]].

==Early life==
Marks attended the Garw [[Grammar School]] in [[Pontycymer]], followed by [[Balliol College, Oxford]] between 1964 and 1967 to study Natural Science, ''Physics'' (B.A., Oxon). Among his friends at Balliol was the epidemiologist [[Julian Peto]], and the journalist [[Lynn Barber]] . After this he studied Physics (Grad. Inst P.) at the [[University of London]] (1967 to 1968). Then, back to Balliol, Oxford (1968 to 1969) to study History and Philosophy of Science (Dip. H.Ph. Sc.) and then on to the [[University of Sussex]] (1969 to 1970) to study Philosophy of Science.

==Imprisonment==
He spent seven years imprisoned in the [[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute]], [[Indiana]]. During his smuggling career, he claims not to have used violence and to have refused to deal with hard drugs. Both he and his now ex-wife [[Judy Marks]] were extradited from [[Majorca]], [[Spain]] to [[Florida]]. They have three children together; [[Amber Marks|Amber]], Francesca and Patrick. He also has an older daughter, Myfanwy, from a 5 year relationship with Rosie Lewis.

==Life after release==
Since his release from prison, Marks has published a best-selling [[autobiography]], ''[[Mr Nice]]'' (Secker and Warburg, 1996), which has been translated into many languages. Along with 'Mr Nice', Howard has also compiled an anthology called ''The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories'' (Vintage, 2001) and more recently a follow on from his [[autobiography]]; ''Señor Nice: Straight Life From Wales to South America''. Marks is a campaigner for the [[legalisation of cannabis]] and tours the world with a one-man show. He also appeared in the documentary ''Stoned in Suburbia'' which aired on [[Sky1]] in the [[UK]].

[[Judy Marks]] has also written her autobiography of their life together entitled "Mr Nice and Mrs Marks" published by Ebury Press, 2006.

Marks recorded the song 'Grow More Weed' with the UK dub punk band [[P.A.I.N]].

Marks and long time friend [[Lee Harris]] recorded a song 'Three men in a boat' which was later remixed by [[River Styx (Musician, rap poet)]] and released on the album 'Angel Headed Hip Hop' on Genepool/Universal Ltd

Marks stood for election to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] in 1997, on the [[single issue]] of the legalization of cannabis. He contested four seats at once: [[Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich South]] (against future Home Secretary [[Charles Clarke]]), [[Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich North]], [[Neath (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath]] and [[Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Test]]. The average vote was over 1%. This led to the formation of the [[Legalise Cannabis Alliance]] (LCA) by [[Alun Buffry]] in 1999.

==Movies==

Marks had a role as a customs officer in the planned film ''[[Ecstasy (2007 film)|Ecstasy]]'', based on the bestselling book by [[Irvine Welsh]] and also made a cameo appearance in the 1999 film ''[[Human Traffic]]'' (in the "spliff politics" scene).

In 2010, he played a fictional role in the infamous gangster movie ''[[Killer Bitch]]''. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=4F42658A1d84d23627wYN240B50B|title= British Council: The British Films Catalogue}}</ref>
He is also the subject of an upcoming [[biopic]] starring [[Rhys Ifans]] as Marks entitled [[Mr. Nice (film)|Mr Nice]], named after his [[autobiography]] of [[Mr Nice|the same name]]. [[Chloë Sevigny]] will play the role of his wife Judy. The film is slated for release in 2010.
* [http://howardmarks.co.uk/ Official home page]
* [http://www.organized-crime.de/revmar01.htm review of 'Mr. Nice']

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[[Kool Magazine]] Interview with Howard Marks 5 August 1999 *http://www.koolmag.com/music/interviews/interviews.html
*[http://www.convilleandwalsh.com/index.php/authors/author/howard-marks Howard's page], [[Conville and Walsh]] literary agents

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'''Dennis Howard Marks''' (born 13 August 1945 in [[Kenfig Hill]], near [[Bridgend]], [[Glamorgan]], [[Wales]]) is a former [[teacher]], [[drug smuggler]] and [[author]] who achieved notoriety as an international [[hashish]] smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]], and the [[Mafia]], and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]. At the height of his drug career, he was said to have controlled 10% of the world's hashish trade<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=rnwwxoOb3gUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Indoor+Marijuana+Horticulture++By+Jorge+Cervantes Indoor Marijuana Horticolture by Jorge Cervantes, 2002]</ref>.

He currently lives in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]].

==Early life==
Marks attended the Garw [[Grammar School]] in [[Pontycymer]], followed by [[Balliol College, Oxford]] between 1964 and 1967 to study Natural Science, ''Physics'' (B.A., Oxon). Among his friends at Balliol was the epidemiologist [[Julian Peto]], and the journalist [[Lynn Barber]] . After this he studied Physics (Grad. Inst P.) at the [[University of London]] (1967 to 1968). Then, back to Balliol, Oxford (1968 to 1969) to study History and Philosophy of Science (Dip. H.Ph. Sc.) and then on to the [[University of Sussex]] (1969 to 1970) to study Philosophy of Science.

==Imprisonment==
He spent seven years imprisoned in the [[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute]], [[Indiana]]. During his smuggling career, he claims not to have used violence and to have refused to deal with hard drugs. Both he and his now ex-wife [[Judy Marks]] were extradited from [[Majorca]], [[Spain]] to [[Florida]]. They have three children together; [[Amber Marks|Amber]], Francesca and Patrick. He also has an older daughter, Myfanwy, from a 5 year relationship with Rosie Lewis.

==Life after release==
Since his release from prison, Marks has published a best-selling [[autobiography]], ''[[Mr Nice]]'' (Secker and Warburg, 1996), which has been translated into many languages. Along with 'Mr Nice', Howard has also compiled an anthology called ''The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories'' (Vintage, 2001) and more recently a follow on from his [[autobiography]]; ''Señor Nice: Straight Life From Wales to South America''. Marks is a campaigner for the [[legalisation of cannabis]] and tours the world with a one-man show. He also appeared in the documentary ''Stoned in Suburbia'' which aired on [[Sky1]] in the [[UK]].

[[Judy Marks]] has also written her autobiography of their life together entitled "Mr Nice and Mrs Marks" published by Ebury Press, 2006.

Marks recorded the song 'Grow More Weed' with the UK dub punk band [[P.A.I.N]].

Marks and long time friend [[Lee Harris]] recorded a song 'Three men in a boat' which was later remixed by [[River Styx (Musician, rap poet)]] and released on the album 'Angel Headed Hip Hop' on Genepool/Universal Ltd

Marks stood for election to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] in 1997, on the [[single issue]] of the legalization of cannabis. He contested four seats at once: [[Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich South]] (against future Home Secretary [[Charles Clarke]]), [[Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich North]], [[Neath (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath]] and [[Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Test]]. The average vote was over 1%. This led to the formation of the [[Legalise Cannabis Alliance]] (LCA) by [[Alun Buffry]] in 1999.

==Movies==

Marks had a role as a customs officer in the planned film ''[[Ecstasy (2007 film)|Ecstasy]]'', based on the bestselling book by [[Irvine Welsh]] and also made a cameo appearance in the 1999 film ''[[Human Traffic]]'' (in the "spliff politics" scene).

In 2010, he played a fictional role in the infamous gangster movie ''[[Killer Bitch]]''. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=4F42658A1d84d23627wYN240B50B|title= British Council: The British Films Catalogue}}</ref>
He is also the subject of an upcoming [[biopic]] starring [[Rhys Ifans]] as Marks entitled [[Mr. Nice (film)|Mr Nice]], named after his [[autobiography]] of [[Mr Nice|the same name]]. [[Chloë Sevigny]] will play the role of his wife Judy. The film is slated for release in 2010.
* [http://howardmarks.co.uk/ Official home page]
* [http://www.organized-crime.de/revmar01.htm review of 'Mr. Nice']

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.howard-marks.com howard-marks.con) News about books and movies
*[[Kool Magazine]] Interview with Howard Marks 5 August 1999 *http://www.koolmag.com/music/interviews/interviews.html
*[http://www.convilleandwalsh.com/index.php/authors/author/howard-marks Howard's page], [[Conville and Walsh]] literary agents
*[http://www.mr-nice.info mr-nice.info) News about books and movies

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'''Dennis Howard Marks''' (born 13 August 1945 in [[Kenfig Hill]], near [[Bridgend]], [[Glamorgan]], [[Wales]]) is a former [[teacher]], [[drug smuggler]] and [[author]] who achieved notoriety as an international [[hashish]] smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]], and the [[Mafia]], and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]. At the height of his drug career, he was said to have controlled 10% of the world's hashish trade<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=rnwwxoOb3gUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Indoor+Marijuana+Horticulture++By+Jorge+Cervantes Indoor Marijuana Horticolture by Jorge Cervantes, 2002]</ref>.

He currently lives in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]].

==Early life==
Marks attended the Garw [[Grammar School]] in [[Pontycymer]], followed by [[Balliol College, Oxford]] between 1964 and 1967 to study Natural Science, ''Physics'' (B.A., Oxon). Among his friends at Balliol was the epidemiologist [[Julian Peto]], and the journalist [[Lynn Barber]] . After this he studied Physics (Grad. Inst P.) at the [[University of London]] (1967 to 1968). Then, back to Balliol, Oxford (1968 to 1969) to study History and Philosophy of Science (Dip. H.Ph. Sc.) and then on to the [[University of Sussex]] (1969 to 1970) to study Philosophy of Science.

==Imprisonment==
He spent seven years imprisoned in the [[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute]], [[Indiana]]. During his smuggling career, he claims not to have used violence and to have refused to deal with hard drugs. Both he and his now ex-wife [[Judy Marks]] were extradited from [[Majorca]], [[Spain]] to [[Florida]]. They have three children together; [[Amber Marks|Amber]], Francesca and Patrick. He also has an older daughter, Myfanwy, from a 5 year relationship with Rosie Lewis.

==Life after release==
Since his release from prison, Marks has published a best-selling [[autobiography]], ''[[Mr Nice]]'' (Secker and Warburg, 1996), which has been translated into many languages. Along with 'Mr Nice', Howard has also compiled an anthology called ''The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories'' (Vintage, 2001) and more recently a follow on from his [[autobiography]]; ''Señor Nice: Straight Life From Wales to South America''. Marks is a campaigner for the [[legalisation of cannabis]] and tours the world with a one-man show. He also appeared in the documentary ''Stoned in Suburbia'' which aired on [[Sky1]] in the [[UK]].

[[Judy Marks]] has also written her autobiography of their life together entitled "Mr Nice and Mrs Marks" published by Ebury Press, 2006.

Marks recorded the song 'Grow More Weed' with the UK dub punk band [[P.A.I.N]].

Marks and long time friend [[Lee Harris]] recorded a song 'Three men in a boat' which was later remixed by [[River Styx (Musician, rap poet)]] and released on the album 'Angel Headed Hip Hop' on Genepool/Universal Ltd

Marks stood for election to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] in 1997, on the [[single issue]] of the legalization of cannabis. He contested four seats at once: [[Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich South]] (against future Home Secretary [[Charles Clarke]]), [[Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich North]], [[Neath (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath]] and [[Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Test]]. The average vote was over 1%. This led to the formation of the [[Legalise Cannabis Alliance]] (LCA) by [[Alun Buffry]] in 1999.

==Movies==

Marks had a role as a customs officer in the planned film ''[[Ecstasy (2007 film)|Ecstasy]]'', based on the bestselling book by [[Irvine Welsh]] and also made a cameo appearance in the 1999 film ''[[Human Traffic]]'' (in the "spliff politics" scene).

In 2010, he played a fictional role in the infamous gangster movie ''[[Killer Bitch]]''. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=4F42658A1d84d23627wYN240B50B|title= British Council: The British Films Catalogue}}</ref>
He is also the subject of an upcoming [[biopic]] starring [[Rhys Ifans]] as Marks entitled [[Mr. Nice (film)|Mr Nice]], named after his [[autobiography]] of [[Mr Nice|the same name]]. [[Chloë Sevigny]] will play the role of his wife Judy. The film is slated for release in 2010.
* [http://howardmarks.co.uk/ Official home page]
* [http://www.organized-crime.de/revmar01.htm review of 'Mr. Nice']

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.howard-marks.com howard-marks.con] News about books and movies
*[[Kool Magazine]] Interview with Howard Marks 5 August 1999 *http://www.koolmag.com/music/interviews/interviews.html
*[http://www.convilleandwalsh.com/index.php/authors/author/howard-marks Howard's page], [[Conville and Walsh]] literary agents
*[http://www.mr-nice.info mr-nice.info] News about books and movies

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Kai Budde

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| name = Kai Budde
| nickname = The German Juggernaut<ref name="kbuddeppc05"/> King of Grand Prix
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|10|28|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cologne]], [[Germany]]
| death_date =
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| residence = [[Hamburg]], Germany<ref name="kbuddeppc05"/>
| nationality = {{flagicon|Germany}}[[Germany|German]]
| debut = [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 1996–97#Pro Tour – New York (30 May–1 June 1997)|1997 Pro Tour New York]] (junior) [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 1997–98#Pro Tour – Mainz (5–7 December 1997)|1997 Pro Tour Mainz]] (senior)
| winnings = $352,620
| pt_top_8 = 7 (9)
| gt_top_8 = 7 (14)
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'''Kai Budde''' (born October 28, 1979<ref name="kbuddeppc05">Kai Budde 2005 Pro Player card (from the Magic: The Gathering [[Ravnica: City of Guilds|Ravnica]] expansion)</ref>), is a professional [[Magic: The Gathering]] player, who holds the records for earnings and [[Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)|Pro Tour]] victories.<ref name="winnings">{{cite web|title=Lifetime Winnings Leaders|accessdate=2008-03-23|publisher=Wizars of the Coast|date=2006-04-04|url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=protour/standings/winnings}}</ref><ref name="PT Top 8">{{cite web|url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=protour/standings/top8byplayer|title=Lifetime Pro Tour Top 8s|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|accessdate=2008-03-23|date=2008-02-19}}</ref> His performances earned him the nicknames "The (German) Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix". Kai left the game in late 2004 to focus on his studies, and his appearances in tournaments are less frequent than in earlier years.

He has won five individual Pro Tour titles (no other player has won more than three), and two Team Pro Tour titles (alongside fellow Germans [[Marco Blume]] and [[Dirk Baberowski]]). Budde also won the 1999 [[Magic: The Gathering World Championship|Magic World Championship]] in [[Tokyo]]. His cash winnings in six years of premier Magic: The Gathering tournaments are well over $300,000. He has also been awarded four Player of the Year titles: 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Budde also won the 2001 [[The DCI#Invitational|Magic Invitational]] tournament in [[Cape Town]]. His prize was the rare opportunity to design an actual card; the result was [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Voidmage%20Prodigy Voidmage Prodigy]. In 2007, Kai Budde was inducted into the Pro-Tour [[Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame Profiles - Kai Budde | publisher = Wizards of the Coast | date = [[2007]] | accessdate = 2008-12-04 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/HallOfFame.aspx?x=mtgevent/hofplayer/kbudde}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Early years ===

Budde started playing Magic in 1994 when he learned about the game from fellow gamers. As a player from [[Cologne]] he quickly became acquainted with more experienced players from the city such as later Pro Tour winner Frank Adler. His rise to professional play coincided with that of [[Dirk Baberowski]], another Magic player who had moved to Cologne. Being at a comparable level of playing both worked together to qualify for the Pro Tour. Budde succeeded on his second attempt, thus qualifying for the [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 1996–97#Pro Tour – New York (30 May–1 June 1997)|1997 Pro Tour New York]]. As he had not yet turned eighteen Kai chose to attend the Junior Division of the tournament, eventually finishing among the best 32. As the Junior Pro Tour was discontinued afterwards Budde was automatically qualified for the following Pro Tour in [[Mainz]].<ref name="sbprofile">{{cite journal |last=Wise |first=Gary |authorlink=Gary Wise |year=2001 |month=July |title=Kai Budde: The Juggernaut |journal=[[The Sideboard]] |volume=6 |issue=37 |pages=50–51}}</ref>

Kai finished 52nd in Mainz and for a while struggled to qualify for another Pro Tour but eventually managed to qualify for the [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 1997–98#Pro Tour – Chicago (25–27 September 1998)|1998 Pro Tour Chicago]]. Fellow player and now friend Baberowksi had finally managed to qualify for the Pro Tour, too. While Kai finished 19th Baberowski won the whole tournament. After a second place at Grand Prix Birmingham Budde added three Grand Prix titles within six month. The third one in Amsterdam even came by defeating Baberowski in the finals. With these finishes Budde had racked up enough Pro Points to be in contention for the Pro Player of the Year title in the final event of the [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 1998–99|1998–99 season]]. Having not made a Pro Tour Top 8 appearance yet the leader in the Pro Player of the Year race did not consider him to be a threat, though. When Budde advanced to the final of the [[Magic: The Gathering World Championship#1999 World Championship|1999 World Championship]] in [[Tokyo]] he had already secured the [[Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)#Pro Player of the Year|Pro Player of the year]] race.<ref name="sbprofile"/> He added the World Champion title by defeating Mark Le Pine in one of the quickest Pro Tour finals ever.<ref name="OT1">{{cite web | first = Mark | last = Rosewater | | authorlink = Mark Rosewater | title = On Tour, Part 1 | publisher = Wizards of the Coast | date = 26 July 2004 | accessdate = 2009-07-30 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr134}}</ref>

After adding an 11th place finish at the next Pro Tour in London the rest of the [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 1999–2000|1999–2000 season]] turned out to be disappointing. He was not able to make it beyond the first round in any of the newly introduced [[Master Series (Magic: The Gathering)|Masters]] events nor did he finish better than Top 64 at any of the succeeding Pro Tours. <ref name="sbprofile"/>

=== Five Pro Tour titles in two years ===

It took Kai until November 2000 to make another final eight appearance. A third place at Grand Prix Florence was followed by his second Pro Tour win. The 2000 Pro Tour Chicago title made him the third player to win more than one Pro Tour, the other two being [[Jon Finkel]] and [[Tommi Hovi]]. Winning Pro Tour Barcelona in the same season, Kai managed to surpass Finkel and Hovi to become the first player to win three Pro Tours. In the semi-final at Barcelona Budde had even asked if he could concede to his friend Patrick Mello to make him eligible for the next Masters, but the officials had refused.<ref name="sbprofile"/> Finally a 44th place finish at the World Championship in Toronto sufficed to make Kai the first double Pro Player of the Year.

The [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2001–02|2001–02]] season started very well for Kai Budde with consecutive wins at Grand Prix London and Pro Tour New York. For the Team Pro Tour New York Kai had chosen his friends Dirk Baberowski and [[Marco Blume]], despite being able to play with virtually anybody he would have liked. Dirk had retired from the game for some time, but Kai managed to convince him to come along for the Pro Tour. Team "Phoenix Foundation" as they called themselves went on to become the most successful team in the Pro Tour history.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Forsythe |first=Aaron |year=2002 |month=January |title=Pro Tour–Boston Champions |journal=[[The Sideboard]] |volume=8 |issue=44 |pages=14}}</ref> Pro Tour New York is also the origin of the saying "Kai doesn't lose on Sunday". Several Pro Players had answered something to that extent when asked who their favorite amongst the final four teams was.<ref>{{cite web | title = 2001 Pro Tour New York Coverage | publisher = Wizards of the Coast | date = 9 September 2001 | accessdate = 2009-03-17 | url = http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/event.asp?event=PTNY01}}</ref> Less than two month later Kai added just another Pro Tour title, this time in New Orleans. He is still the only player in the game to have won back to back Pro Tours. In between Budde had also won the [[The DCI#Invitational|Invitational]] which gave him the chance to create a Magic card of his own design. The card eventually became {{mtgcard|Voidmage Prodigy}}.

Throughout the season a few more Grand Prix titles followed and eventually he managed another Top 8 appearance at Pro Tour Nice, this time losing in the quarter-final to Bram Snepvangers. Before the final event of the season, the World Championship in Sydney, Kai was already locked in to succeed himself as Pro Tour Player of the Year. Only a week after Nice, Budde won the [[List of Magic: The Gathering national champions#Germany|German Nationals]], securing another title he had not won before and thus making the national team. While he finished 44th individually at the World Championship, Kai led the German team with Felix Schneiders, a fellow player from his Cologne days, and Mark Ziegner to the title.

Phoenix Foundation won the first Pro Tour of the [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2002–03|2002–03 season]], giving Kai an early lead in the Pro Player of the Year race. Also this set the three Phoenix Foundation members in the top three spots in lifetime Pro Tour wins until [[Jon Finkel]] overtook Blume with his victory in Kuala Lumpur five years later. After a few mediocre finishes through mid-season Kai won his seventh Pro Tour in Chicago, beating some of the most accomplished players such as Jon Finkel, William Jensen, and [[Nicolai Herzog]] along the way. Despite making no further Top 8 appearances in the season Kai was able to take his fourth Pro Player of the Year title with a comfortable lead.

=== Decline ===

In [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2003–04|2003–04]] Phoenix Foundation managed to open with another top 4 appearance, but lost in the semi-final to the eventual winners. Kai managed to make a few more Top 8 appearance at Grand Prixs, among those a victory at the then biggest Magic tournament ever at Madrid, but his performances declined notably. He managed an undefeated first day at [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2005#Pro Tour – Philadelphia (6–8 May 2005)|Pro Tour Philadelphia]] in the following season, but was quickly eliminated from the event afterwards. Budde has since been considered as to be retired from Pro Play although he has occasionally shown up for a Pro Tour. Eventually he was inducted into the [[Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] at the [[Magic: The Gathering World Championship#2007 World Championship|2007 World Championship]] in [[New York City|New York]].

== Top 8 appearances ==

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=== Other accomplishments ===

* Pro Player of the Year 1998–99
* Pro Player of the Year 2000–01
* Pro Player of the Year 2001–02
* Pro Player of the Year 2002–03
* [[Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame|Magic Hall of Fame]] class of 2007 vote leader

== Decks ==

Budde won three events where he had to play [[The DCI#Constructed|Constructed]] in the final eight, the 1999 World Championship, Pro Tour Chicago 2000, and Pro Tour New Orleans 2001. He won these events with the following decks:

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|-
! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" align = center| 1999 World Championship Standard<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.wizards.com/magic/generic/cardlists/wcd1999_list.txt |title = 1999 World Championships Deck List |publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]] |date= |accessdate = 2009-07-30}}</ref>
|- style="background-color: #eee;"
! colspan="2" | Main Deck:
! style="border-left: 1px solid black;" | Sideboard:
|- valign="top"
| style="background-color: #ddf;" |
4 Cursed Scroll 
4 Fire Diamond 
4 Grim Monolith 
3 Masticore 
1 Karn, Silver Golem 
2 Mishra's Helix 
4 Temporal Aperture 
4 Thran Dynamo 
4 Voltaic Key 
2 Worn Powerstone 
4 Covetous Dragon 
4 Wildfire
| style="background-color: #dfd;" |
3 Ancient Tomb 
4 City of Traitors 
13 Mountains
| style="background-color: #fdd; border-left: 1px solid black;" |
2 Boil 
3 Earthquake 
2 Rack and Ruin 
2 Shattering Pulse 
4 Spellshock 
1 Mishra's Helix 
1 Phyrexian Processor
|}
 
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|-
! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" align = center| 2001 Pro Tour New Orleans — Extended<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=PTNOR01\693top8decks |title = Top 8 Decks |publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]] |date=4 November 2001 |accessdate = 2009-07-31}}</ref>
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! colspan="2" | Main Deck:
! style="border-left: 1px solid black;" | Sideboard:
|- valign="top"
| style="background-color: #ddf;" |
4 Accumulated Knowledge 
2 Brainstorm 
1 Capsize 
4 Counterspell 
4 Donate 
3 Fire // Ice 
4 Force of Will 
4 Illusions of Grandeur 
1 Impulse 
3 Intuition 
4 Merchant Scroll 
4 Sapphire Medallion
| style="background-color: #dfd;" |
14 Island 
4 Shivan Reef 
4 Volcanic Island
| style="background-color: #fdd; border-left: 1px solid black;" |
1 Hibernation 
2 Hydroblast 
3 Morphling 
4 Pyroblast 
3 Pyroclasm 
2 Stroke of Genius
|}
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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" align = center| 2000 Pro Tour Chicago — Standard<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=PTCHI00\840t8decks |title = Pro Tour Chicago Top 8 Decklists |publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]] |date=3 December 2000 |accessdate = 2009-07-31}}</ref>
|- style="background-color: #eee;"
! colspan="2" | Main Deck:
! style="border-left: 1px solid black;" | Sideboard:
|- valign="top"
| style="background-color: #ddf;" |
4 Chimeric Idol 
2 Defiant Falcon 
2 Defiant Vanguard 
4 Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero 
3 Longbow Archer 
4 Parallax Wave 
4 Ramosian Sergeant 
2 Ramosian Sky Marshal 
1 Rebel Informer 
3 Steadfast Guard 
1 Thermal Glider 
4 Wax // Wane
| style="background-color: #dfd;" |
4 Brushland 
2 Dust Bowl 
16 Plains 
4 Rishadan Port
| style="background-color: #fdd; border-left: 1px solid black;" |
4 Armageddon 
1 Defiant Vanguard 
1 Lightbringer 
3 Mageta the Lion 
3 Seal of Cleansing 
3 Wrath of God
|}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

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John Constantine

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'''John Constantine''' ({{pron-en|ˈkɒnstəntaɪn}})<ref>''Swamp Thing'' vol. 2 #73</ref> (born May 10, 1953) is a [[fictional character]], an [[occult detective]] in [[comic book]]s published by [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]]. The character first appeared in ''[[Swamp Thing]]'' #37 (June 1985), and was created by [[Alan Moore]], [[Steve Bissette]] and [[John Totleben]]. Constantine is the [[protagonist]] [[anti-hero]] of the [[comic book]] ''[[Hellblazer]]''.

==Publication history==
John Constantine first appeared in 1985 as a recurring character in the [[horror fiction|horror]] series ''[[Swamp Thing|The Saga of the Swamp Thing]]'', in which he acted as a "supernatural advisor" to the main character.<ref name=toonopedia>{{cite web
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In these early appearances, Constantine was depicted as a sorcerer of questionable morality, whose appearance was based on that of the musician [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] (specifically, as Sting appeared in the movies ''[[Brimstone & Treacle(film)|Brimstone & Treacle]]'' and ''[[Quadrophenia (film)|Quadrophenia]]''). [[Alan Moore]] created the character after artists [[Stephen R. Bissette]] and [[John Totleben]], who were fans of [[The Police]], expressed a desire to draw a character who looked like Sting.<ref name=interview>{{cite web
| last = Christensen
| first = William A.
| title = The Unexplored Medium (Wizard Magazine November 1993)
| url=http://www.qusoor.com/hellblazer/Sting.htm
| accessdate = 2007-05-30 }}</ref><ref>"Alan Moore On (Just About) Everything," ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' #106 (March 1986), p. 41</ref> They had already drawn at least one such character in Sting's likeness, as a briefly-glimpsed background figure wearing a black-and-red-striped t-shirt, in ''Swamp Thing'' #25 (1984). In his earliest Swamp Thing appearances, the character is drawn with a marked resemblance to Sting, and in ''Swamp Thing'' #51, Constantine appears on a boat with the name "The Honorable [[Gordon Sumner]]" on the bow.

John Constantine's official debut was not until ''Swamp Thing'' #37. Moore describes the creation of Constantine as being drawn from a number of "really good ideas... about serial killers, the [[Winchester House]], and... want[ing] to draw Sting in a story."<ref name="TCJ-42">"Alan Moore On (Just About) Everything," ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' #106 (March 1986), p. 42</ref> Calling these disparate strands a "big intellectual puzzle," Constantine was the result of "fit[ting] it all together."<ref name="TCJ-42"/> Initially created "purely to get Sting into the story," by the time of the 1985 [[San Diego ComicCon]], Moore stated that "[i]t's turning into something more than that now."<ref name="TCJ-42"/>

Asked in 1985 about the similarities between John Constantine and the character [[Baron Winters]] (from [[Marv Wolfman]] and [[Gene Colan]]'s ''[[Night Force]]''), Moore revealed that he was a "big fan" of Wolfman and ''Night Force'', but that there was "no intention to rip off Baron Winters."<ref name="TCJ-42"/> He stated
{{cquote|With Constantine, I don't know who I was thinking of. I just wanted this character who knows everything, and knows everybody — really charismatic. Who knows nuns, politicians, and bikers, and who is never at a loss for what to do. I suppose there is a similarity with Baron Winters in that he is another manipulative character who has a bunch of agents working with him.<ref name="TCJ-42"/>}}

Ironically, Constantine and Winters met each other during Moore's run on ''Swamp Thing''.

Speaking to comics magazine ''[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]'' in 1993, Moore elaborated:
{{cquote|It struck me that it might be interesting for once to do an almost blue-collar [[warlock]]. Somebody who was streetwise, working class, and from a different background than the standard run of comic book mystics. Constantine started to grow out of that.<ref name="interview"/>}}

In 1988, Constantine was given his own title, ''[[Hellblazer]]'', published by [[DC Comics]]. In 1993, at the launch of DC's [[Vertigo Comics]] [[imprint]], ''Hellblazer'' was made an official Vertigo publication. It is the longest continuously published Vertigo title.<ref name="vert-hell">{{Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = John Constantine Hellblazer | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 102–111 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015}}</ref>

===Characterization===
Although a [[compassionate]] [[humanism|humanist]] who struggles to overcome the influence of both [[Heaven]] and [[Hell]] over humanity and despite his [[Antihero|occasional forays into heroism]], Constantine is a foul-mouthed, [[British people|British]] [[cynic]] who pursues a life of [[sorcery]] and danger. His motivation has been attributed to an [[adrenaline]] addiction that only the strange and mysterious can sate. He also seems to be something of a "Weirdness Magnet".

[[Image:Hellblazer51.jpg|thumb|right|John Constantine discusses his previous girlfriends and boyfriends.]]

Constantine is shown to be someone with a wide and international circle of contacts and allies, and is supremely adept at making friends. He has had many girlfriends as well, and mentions past [[bisexuality|boyfriends]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article1289712.ece |title=Hellblazer’s sassy controller|publisher=''[[The Sunday Times]]'' |accessdate=2009-02-15 |date=7 January 2007 | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite|last=Smith |first=John| title=Hellblazer: Counting to Ten| Issue=51| date=March 1992| year=1992| publisher: Vertigo / DC Comics}}</ref> At the same time, his close friends inevitably suffer or are outright killed simply by being in his life; this has left a severe mark on him. In #69, when the King of Vampires killed the man next to him and casually asked if he'd been a friend, John replied "Must be. He's dead."

While Constantine has worn many clothes over the years he was originally portrayed as often wearing a blue pin-stripe suit, tan trench coat and occasionally gloves. As the series progressed his trademark attire became a grungier (or perhaps the same just older) [[trench coat]], white shirt and black tie, but has recently returned more to his earlier fashion. Constantine chain-smokes [[Silk Cut]] cigarettes, consuming thirty or so a day.<ref name=Habits>{{Citation | last=Ennis | first=Garth | title=Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits | publisher=Vertigo (DC Comics) | date=1 March 1994 | year=1994 | isbn=1563891506}}</ref>

===Real time aging===
Constantine is unusual among comic book characters in that he has aged in real time since his creation. During the first year of his solo series, Constantine celebrated his 35th birthday. Five years later in 1993, he turned 40.

There have been no mentioned birthday celebrations since then, but nothing in the comics has stated a [[retcon]] of Constantine's age or the real time development of his comic. In fact, DC Vertigo published a timeline in their Rare Cuts TPB, which establishes birthdates of many characters. This is further supported by the use of dating in the comics themselves.{{Or|date=February 2009}} For instance, ''[[All His Engines]]'' takes place at a specific date in 2004, and shows both Geraldine and Tricia Chandler as having aged roughly ten years since their first appearances in issue #84. It has since been calculated that John turned 56 on May 10, 2009. In the book, it is mentioned multiple times{{When|date=May 2009}} that the aging process of Constantine himself might be different due to the demon blood that he obtained from Nergal.

==Fictional character biography==
===Youth===
In Constantine's early appearances in ''Swamp Thing'', his past was a mystery; his life as a child and young adult was not developed until [[Jamie Delano|Jamie Delano's]] ''Hellblazer'' stories. There, we found out that he was born in Liverpool, England, on May 10, 1953. His mother, Mary Anne, died giving birth to John and his stillborn twin brother because an earlier abortion—forced on her by John's father, Thomas—had weakened her womb. Because he was unable to accept responsibility for his wife's death, Thomas blamed John and the pair grew up with a deep dislike for one another. Whilst in the womb, John strangled his twin brother with his own umbilical cord; in a [[Parallel universe (fiction)|parallel universe]] glimpsed in ''Hellblazer'' #40, the twin survives to become the well-loved and well-adjusted magician that John never was.

In their childhood, John and his older sister Cheryl lived briefly with their aunt and uncle in [[Northampton]] to escape from their father's [[alcoholism]] and subsequent imprisonment for stealing a female neighbour's underwear. They moved back to Liverpool when their father was released. One of John's first acts of magic, as a child, was to hide all of his childhood innocence and vulnerability in a box to rid himself of it.<ref>{{Citation | last =Jenkins | first =Paul | title =Hellblazer/[[The Books of Magic]] Book One: Ascent | publisher =Vertigo | date = December 1997 | year = 1997}}</ref> Later, in the 1960s, a teenage John ran away from home, but not before a botched curse caused his father to become withered and frail. John eventually made his permanent home in [[London]] in 1969, rooming with Francis "Chas" Chandler, a young man who has since gone on to become John's closest — and longest surviving — friend.

During the 1970s, John became involved in [[occult]] circles in London, and visited [[San Francisco]], where he met, and subsequently began a relationship with, the female magician [[Zatanna]]. He also became enamored of [[punk rock]]; after seeing the [[Sex Pistols]] at the Roxy Club in London in 1977, John cut his long hair and formed his own band, Mucous Membrane, whose members included Chandler (as a roadie), a drummer named Beano and fellow Liverpudlian Gary Lester.

John's first venture into occult "heroism", as depicted in a flashback in ''Hellblazer'' #11, was a disaster. On tour with Mucous Membrane at the Casa Nova Club in Newcastle, he found the aftermath of a magical orgy gone horribly wrong: an abused child, Astra, had conjured a hideous monster that took [[revenge]] on the adults who were tormenting her, and the monster refused to leave.

[[Image:Smart-Ass John.jpg|thumb|right|John Constantine.]]

With typical recklessness, John convinced some members of the band, along with several occultist friends, to try destroying the creature by summoning a demon of their own. Unfortunately, this demon was not under their control and after it had destroyed the child's monster, it tormented Constantine's friends and took the child to [[Hell]]. John suffered a nervous breakdown after this incident, and was committed to a mental institution, which he drifted in and out of over the years.<ref name="dc-ency">{{Citation | last = Wallace | first = Dan | author-link = | contribution = Constantine, John | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | pages = 87 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 0-7566-4119-5 | oclc = 213309017}}</ref> He was severely abused by the staff during the time he spent there, as they believed that he was the one who had molested and murdered Astra. John was never officially cured in any way — his time at the asylum ended when London crime lord Harry Cooper used his influence to spring John, wanting him to return his dead son to life. (Incapable of doing this, John roped several friends into forcing a demon to inhabit the corpse, and tried to forget the whole thing)

The guilt of Astra hung over him for many years until, in his mid-forties, he used some magic and con-artistry to free not only her, but also the souls of all the other children trapped in Hell. As for the rest of the "Newcastle Crew," the incident left the group both physically and psychologically scarred. However in Sandman number #3 Constantine is relieved by Morpheus of the nightmares that plagued him since the incident.

===Occult "hero"===
Years later, John was able to persuade the same group to help with his investigation of the Brujería cult, as seen in ''Swamp Thing'' #37–49. However, the [[cult]] murdered most of them, including John's then-lover, Emma. These people, and others who have died due to John's carelessness, have continued to appear to him as silent, reproachful [[ghost]]s. Chas is the most prominent one of very few human friends to have survived a long-term association with John.

After this, John became involved in a clash between the demon Nergal and his Damnation Army human agents and the Resurrection Crusade evangelist group; both groups were trying to fulfill the prophecy of the birth of an influential child, the latter trying to birth the Second Coming and the former trying to birth the Anti-Christ. Both sides fixed onto John's new girlfriend and ally Zed, and she was lost to the God's Army. However, Constantine was infused with demon blood by Nergal so that, by having sex with Zed, he could ensure she couldn't be used for the Second Coming. John then helped ensure the Swamp Thing could spawn a child, so that the prophecy was fulfilled and Hell couldn't use it. Having found out that Nergal was the same demon he encountered in Newcastle, John fought him and got revenge (deliberately sacrificing former friend Ritchie Simpson in the process).

In 1991 while in his late thirties, John contracted terminal [[lung cancer]]. During this time, he sought the help of a dying friend, Brendan, who had sold his soul to the [[First of the Fallen]], the most powerful lord of Hell. When the First came to collect the soul, John tricked him into drinking [[holy water]], which rendered him helpless and prevented him from collecting the friend's soul at the appointed time.<ref name="Habits" />

For this, the First promised to make John suffer unprecedented torment in Hell when he dies. Slowly dying from cancer, John hatched a plan to save himself from eternal torment. He secretly sold his soul to the other two Lords of Hell. When they discover Constantine's actions they realized that they could not allow him to die, or else they would be forced to go to all-out war over his soul — a war whose only winner would be "the Lord of the Hosts" (i.e. [[God]]) and his [[angel]]s. However, they were also far too stubborn and proud to enter anything resembling an alliance. As a result, they were forced to cure John of his cancer.<ref name="Habits" /> This led to the First plotting a grand revenge on Constantine, who manipulated the demon via his ally Ellie (a succubus) into coming into a trap; the plan only barely succeeded, and while the First was temporarily defeated many of John's friends were killed.

Between the two battles John entered a heavy relationship with Northern Irish girl Kit Ryan, one that saw him briefly consider settling down and which others saw as his last chance at normality. However, his schemes against the First indirectly put her in danger — something he promised her wouldn't happen — and she left, causing him to briefly fall into a major depression and become homeless for part of 1993.

Constantine then went on to have a series of adventures and misadventures playing the role of puppet and puppeteer with his signature style and profane sarcasm. He managed to free Astra and every other child in Hell, but at the cost of the First returning to power; also, as part of the scheme, John's worst attributes were given separate existence as "Demon Constantine" which meant he himself couldn't go to Hell. As part of an attempt to regain his nastier edge, he used [[Chantinelle|Ellie]], and this led to her taking out a revenge scheme in 1998 that forced him to turn to the First for help; Ellie ended up in Hell, several of John's oldest friends left him, and he sold his soul ensuring he was damned once more.

Soon after, he battled the demon in Harry Cooper's son's corpse while helping Chas out, and was left despondent at the memory of his dead friends and how all the carnage had been caused by him refusing to clean up the mess he started. The following year, he tracked down a rival magician who had murdered an old girlfriend of John's, and took revenge by torturing him into insanity.

===The new millennium===
In 2000 while in [[United States of America|America]], he was framed for the murder of an old friend called "Lucky" Fermin (who had committed suicide) and locked up in a maximum security prison. After arranging a prison riot and having his release orchestrated by [[FBI]] agent Frank Turro, Constantine (officially killed in the riot) traveled across America for a time on a personal quest to ask the forgiveness of the widow of Lucky, for whose death he felt responsible even though he was innocent of his murder. After encountering, roughly in order, the psychotic [[pornography]]-making relatives of Lucky, a huge black boar, and a group of snowbound killers, Constantine's journey culminated in his discovery that Lucky's widow Marjorie had joined a neo-[[Nazism|Nazi]] group. Constantine, who has often shown a dislike for "fascists", disassembled the group from the inside and burned Marjorie's house to the ground after Lucky's ghost revealed he had killed himself as part of a deal he and Marjorie had made with Stanley Manor, a billionaire who Constantine once swindled in the seventies, to frame Constantine for murder.

At this point Constantine was contacted by Agent Turro, and agent wackado who had initiated his release from prison, and asked to take part in an attempt to incriminate billionaire Stanley Manor (whom the agent knew was responsible for numerous illegal and immoral acts, but who, because of his wealth, could never be brought to justice). To this end Constantine frequented a BDSM [[sex club]], seduced Stanley, raised the ghosts or the illusion of the ghosts of Stanley's parents, and finally faked his own death, all part of a con to bring about Stanley's own suicide. Unfortunately, Turro was killed in the process.

On return to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] in 2003 and after reconciling with his sister (who believed he was dead), he went on to be involved in a magic war in [[London]] and was horrified to find his niece Gemma — who he'd wanted to keep out of this life — had become a [[witch]]. He soon ended up organising a counterstrike against the Shadow Dog, warned of its coming and believing it was an entity that brought death and madness; instead, it was a guardian against the true enemy, the Beast, who was manipulating John into giving it free access to humanity. Horror and carnage swept the globe, and only with the help of Gemma and the Swamp Thing did he resurrect the Shadow Dog and defeat the Beast. In the process, he was rendered amnesiac, leaving him vulnerable to the schemes of the demon Rosacarnis. To get his memories back, he had to spend a day in her service in which she had him father three demonic children, who went on to massacre anyone who knew Constantine, from friends to enemies to people who'd only briefly met him. Among them there was also his sister Cheryl; one of his sons had in fact exploited her husband's [[religious fanaticism]] to make him see his wife as a witch — and thus a person to be killed. This would set up Constantine to go on journey to Hell in the hopes to return his sister's soul. Accompanying him was Nergal, the demon he thought he had killed by sending him to the border of Heaven. Actually Nergal had escaped that fate, but was punished by the First with death; yet his essence survived, was able to build a surrogate body, and tried to get his power back from Rosacarnis, his own daughter. Greatly weakened and without his original demonic body, Nergal could do nothing when Rosacarnis ordered him again killed.

Notably, Nergal possessed Chas in order to contact and help Constantine — when the possession ended, Chas found himself briefly but totally uninhibited, and this led him to betray his [[Wife|spouse]] with a barely-of-age [[prostitute]] - and later, when he got back home, he also beat his wife. Constantine's demonic daughter spied him, contacted him and got some fragments of Nergal's "soul" out of Chas, rendering him again his old self — this was not an altruistic act, as she was able to discern who was aiding John. She subsequently left Chas to the wreckage that his life had suddenly become.
While in Hell, John and Nergal met the demon Constantine, who tried to kill the original one. John was forced to let Nergal enter his body in order to finish him. Later they also encountered Ellie, who seemed to have quite pardoned John for him selling her out to the First. She was not subject to any torture or punishment, either. The couple finally arrived at Rosacarnis's hall, where there was a feast with all three of Constantine's children, the First, and many demons from all [[Hell]].

Nergal left Constantine's body and went to inhabit that of his brother, whom Rosacarnis had poisoned for years (he had an invulnerable body, and wanted regency; so she incapacitated him with poison and kept him that way ever since). After doing this, Nergal storms towards his daughter and Constantine. Constantine forces Rosacarnis to "swear so it will stick" that she will release his sister's soul if he stops Nergal. She agrees and John then offers himself as a human [[voodoo doll]]. Because of Nergal's earlier possession of his body, any damage done to John would be mirrored on Nergal. Nergal, however, calls the bluff, showing that the effect goes both ways by clawing at his chest slightly. John begs Rosacarnis to kill him to save his sister, but just as she's about to, the First of the Fallen intervenes and immediately kills Rosacarnis, since Constantine's soul is his by "right of insult" and will only be taken when he deems fit. The First also kills Rosacarnis' two sons, but spares the daughter, who had been dealing with issues of identity and had doubts about whether she wanted to continue to exist.

Following this, The First commands Nergal to release the soul he's holding. Cheryl's soul is pure and innocent and does not belong in Hell, but The First offers her a truly devilish deal. Informing her that her husband, Constantine's brother-in-law Tony, has killed himself with her blood still staining his hands, thus making him twice damned, and offering to fairly divide her husband's punishment between the two of them if she stays of her own free will. Constantine attempts in vain to argue that Tony murdered her and doesn't deserve that mercy. Despite all that has happened, Cheryl still loves her [[husband]] enough to accept The First's deal and decides to stay. Constantine can do nothing as The First gloats over his victory and then sends him back home. Unable to look at his niece Gemma's tear-filled eyes because of his failure, Constantine runs barefoot down the stairs and into the [[Liverpool]] night.

===After the death===
After the loss of his sister Cheryl and the very strained tension with his closest friend Chas, Constantine has an adventure during which he discovers a cult devoted to unleash empathy across the world so as to combat "The Third Place" that appears to be a metaphysical plane of apathy.

John goes along alone and sorrowfully pitiful until his services are requested by an incarcerated gangster. In the process of asking for the magus' assistance in the passing on of his dead daughter, he makes a comment that will make him question who he has become. After being attacked by a disloyal crony of the gangster boss, John is tied to a port column as the tide comes in. He tries several times, unsuccessfully, to talk the crony into revealing the names of other victims he has brought to this spot. Finally the crony blurts some of the names of his victims. Constantine then frees himself from his handcuffs, almost drowning in the process, and raises people that the crony had killed from the dead to take their vengeance, including the boss' daughter. He then offers to send her on, to the jealousy of the other ghosts. He warns her, however, that she will go to "where you think you belong." She agrees, but soon regrets this as she is being dragged into Hell.

Following this he returns to the gangster to inform him of his daughter's passing, neglecting to mention where she actually ended up, and winds up with the criminal in his debt. John capitalizes on this soon enough when he goes to a mega-casino owned by the gangster and rides a synchronicity wave of gambling, and ends up owning the establishment. The reason he did this was that the casino was in the same building that had once housed The Ravenscar Secure facility for the Dangerously Deranged, the mental hospital he had been confined to after Newcastle. John fires the entire lot of the employees and begins a summoning. At first it appears as though it is too much for him and that he will be overtaken by the images of the ones he has hurt, but the being turns into the form of a baby. This baby, who is the sum of all his guilt and self-hatred, is then promptly thrown off a cliff and into the sea.

After killing the creature, Constantine is now free, and becomes even a bit more cocky and picks back up his earlier style from the beginning of his book and his appearances from Swamp Thing: a double-breasted blue suit underneath his trench coat, and slicked-back gelled hair.

Later on, a Sudanese shaman who had first bound the hunger demon Mnemoth (Hellblazer #2) has been having dreams of Constantine and a war-mage named Mako who is coming to kill him and devour his being. The reason that Constantine is a specific target of the war-mage is because he is "The Laughing Magician" who is also known as "The Constant One." Mako wants to devour him so he can absorb that power and have his being made a fixture of the universe. To counter this attack to come the African magus puts a dream of his into a tree root, with Constantine's true nature in those dreams. After doing this a young man is sent as a messenger to find John and deliver the message. Constantine sends the root to a wealthy politician so as to throw Mako off of his scent. Mako then makes a deal with the politician who owns a mirror that looks into Hell, Mako is allowed access to the mirror to increase his power, if he will convert an ornamental egg to hold his soul when he dies. But Constantine manages to create an image of the politician whilst Mako is in the egg, and sever his ties with the real world, Constantine then possesses the body of Mako, so that the politician will kill himself and be stuck in the egg for eternity with Mako. Constantine also uses the body of Mako to expose the dodgy dealings that the politician had performed.

Constantine later notices that something is wrong on the synchronicity lines and it seems that he is going head first against the traffic. Remembering that Mako mentioned Ravenscar when he found out about Constantine, he tries to summon his unborn brother, but instead is summoned to his brother. The soul of Constantine's brother tells John that he was not to be born and that it should have been he who had been born instead, as he is the Laughing Magician, he requests that he and John merge their souls so that they become one and can fix the world, they had previously attempted this but John was apparently too strong willed. John then makes the link that it was the soul of his unborn brother that caused him to get cancer and for his relationships to fail, and that anytime he tried to take control of his life, something bad would happen to make John weaker, so that the souls might be able to merge. After realizing this, John cuts the soul of his brother out of his own soul, so that he can control his life and live his way.

===Other appearances===
[[Image:VertigoX.jpg|thumb|left|Constantine in ''Vertigo X'' (2003). Art by [[Eduardo Risso]].]]
John Constantine appears in an early issue of [[Neil Gaiman|Neil Gaiman's]] ''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]''. There in 1989, he helps [[Dream (DC Comics)|Dream]] recover a pouch of sand which had served as one of Dream's totems of power. John had purchased the pouch during Dream's imprisonment and it had then been stolen from him by an ex-girlfriend. John and Dream find the woman using the sand as a drug and driven mad by it, and Dream recovers the pouch, granting the woman a peaceful death at John's request and promising to end the nightmares John had been having "ever since Newcastle".<ref>{{cite comic|writer=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]] |title=The Sandman |issue=3 |date=March 1989 |penciller=[[Sam Kieth|Kieth, Sam]] |inker=[[Mike Dringenberg|Dringenberg, Mike]] |colorist=[[Robbie Busch|Busch, Robbie]] |letterer=[[Todd Klein|Klein, Todd]] |editor=[[Karen Berger|Berger, Karen]] |story=Dream a Little Dream of Me |publisher=DC Comics}}</ref> John's ancestor [[Characters of The Sandman#Johanna Constantine|Lady Johanna Constantine]] also plays a significant role in storylines of ''The Sandman'' and an [[Elizabethan]]-era "Jack Constantine" is mentioned.

In another of Gaiman's comics, ''[[The Books of Magic]]'', John is at hand to show the hero [[Timothy Hunter]] around the then-present day [[DC Comics]] Universe, along with [[Mister E]], [[Doctor Occult]] and the [[Phantom Stranger]]. He later appears several times in both the monthly "Books of Magic" series and several mini and maxiseries featuring Timothy Hunter.<ref name="vert-ency">{{Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = The Books of Magic | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 38–41 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015}}</ref>

During a crossover, Constantine met [[Shade, The Changing Man]] during the Hotel Shade era, by [[Peter Milligan]] and [[Chris Bachalo]].

Constantine also makes a small cameo in Vertigo's [[Lucifer (DC Comics)|''Lucifer'']]. In issue #5 he is seen drinking at Lucifer Morningstar's bar Lux, among guests that seek an audience with Lucifer about the gateway to the void outside of creation. According to himself he's not there to propose a trade with Lucifer, only to take "a quick look at the field".<ref>Carey, Mike. Gross, Peter. Lucifer Vol.1 #5, 2000, DC Publishing</ref> Coincidentally, Lucifer Morningstar makes a cameo in ''Hellblazer Vol.1 #192''. ''Lucifer'' writer [[Mike Carey (British writer)|Mike Carey]] wrote ''Hellblazer'' between issues 175-215.

Constantine is one of the few people aware of the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', and one of the few to have foreseen it. Although longtime allies [[Zatanna]], the [[Phantom Stranger]], and [[Swamp Thing]] are still either active or frequently referred to in the [[DC Universe|DCU's]] world of superheroics, the world of ''Hellblazer'' has become more realistic and no mention is made of John's interactions with superheroes, which include attending the funeral of [[Hal Jordan]] uninvited, drinking with [[Doom Patrol]] member [[Mento (comics)|Mento]], meeting [[Batman]], attending the opening of [[Guy Gardner (comics)|Guy Gardner's]] Green Lantern theme bar, helping an incarnation of the Challengers of the Unknown save London from one of the Millennium Giants and, in his own comic, playing host to a [[marijuana|stoned]] [[Zatanna]] at his fortieth birthday party.

More recently, he appeared in the pages of ''Justice League of America: Wedding Special'', during the bachelor party of [[Green Arrow]]. He was walking behind [[Metamorpho]] during a conversation between [[Hal Jordan]] and [[John Stewart]].

Constantine was slated to be a main character of the aborted company-wide crossover ''[[Twilight of the Superheroes]]'', however the project was ultimately shelved.

Alan Moore was written into issue #120 of ''Hellblazer'' by then-author [[Paul Jenkins (writer)|Paul Jenkins]]. Moore is seen sitting in silhouette at the back of a bar as John Constantine (who is on a pub crawl with the reader) informs us of all that they have done together ('back before I was a player') and raises a drink to him; Moore, in response raises one back in the shadows. Constantine also made light of his previous encounters in real-life with Moore, mentioning that they had 'bumped into each other a few times'.<ref name="Seeking">{{Citation | last=Jenkins | first=Paul | title=Hellblazer: Desperately Seeking Something | publisher=Vertigo (DC Comics) | date=December 1997 | year=1997| issue=120}}</ref>

A man who looks suspiciously like John Constantine can be seen in a panel in [[Neil Gaiman]]'s Batman: Secret Origins story "When is a Door". In it, a film crew is asking people on the street what they think of Gotham's super-villain problem, John is shown smoking a cigarette, responding "Sorry squire, I'm not from 'round here' make that "no comment."" Though it is not stated that this is Constantine, he has the same appearance, speaks in a decidedly British fashion, and this would not be the first cameo Gaiman has given him in a comic. The story was later reprinted as an extra in Gaiman's "[[Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader]]".

While not seen in the JLU (Justice League Unlimited) comic books he was mentioned.

==Powers and abilities==
Unlike most comic book magicians, Constantine rarely uses magical spells, unless he has to, especially in combat.
Constantine faces most of his challenges relying primarily on his cunning, his vast knowledge of the occult, manipulation of opponents and allies, and an extensive list of contacts.

Constantine's blood is demonically tainted, initially by a blood transfusion from the demon Nergal, and later by sex with a [[succubus]]. His blood has been shown to have healing properties.
It has also acted as a defense mechanism when attacked by the King of the Vampires (''Hellblazer #69'').

Although John has generally been shown to lose most fights against a superior combatant and generally avoids physical battles — he has been known to win fights, either by using a magical weapon (''Hellblazer'' #217) or by fighting dirty (''Hellblazer'' #42, #57 and the graphic novel ''[[All His Engines]]'').

Some examples of Constantine's magic:
* Divination — Used a pendulum and map to find the location of a magical disturbance. (''Hellblazer'' #4 and #182)
* Demon summoning — Summoned the demon [[Nergal]] to destroy a monster for him, which it did (although John lost control, due to his inexperience). (''Hellblazer'' #11)
* Black magic Cursing — Placed a curse on his father that caused him to waste away. (''Hellblazer'' #31)
* Psychic Mediation — Acted as a psychic medium, allowing the spirit of a boy's dead mother to speak through him during a séance. (''Hellblazer'' #213)
* Spirit Ward creation — Placed a magical [[Sigil (magic)|sigil]] on a [[succubus]] named [[Chantinelle]] that prevented the forces of Heaven and Hell from tracking her. (''Hellblazer'' #60). As well as using sigils to hide himself from Satan (graphic novel collection ''Rake At The Gates Of Hell'') Also placed various sigils on an abandoned caravan that he housed himself in to hide himself from the demon [[Nergal]]. (''Hellblazer'' #12)
* Golemancy — Raised a [[golem]]. (''Hellblazer'' #167)
* Oclumancy — Erased a man's traumatic memories. (''Hellblazer'' #217)
* Necromancy — Raised a group of murder victims as zombies to attack their murderer (''Hellblazer'' #230) and raises a soulstorm that blows a hole in a wall and kills a weapons tester.
* Illusion — Making people think he's someone or something else. Or using Illusion to scare susceptible opponents into catatonic insanity (graphic novel collection ''Hard Time'')
* Synchronicity Highway or Synchronicity Wave traveling — An instinctual supernatural ability to be in the right place at exactly the right time. This has led John to uncanny luck, like winning incredible amounts of money from Arcade machines and Casinos. Avoiding harm. And more times than not — to meet the right kind of ally to help prevent or stop an apocalyptic event from happening. (Jamie Delano's Hellblazer run). It is questionable how far John's "good" luck can stretch given that his allies and any bystanders that become involved in his schemes and plans often pay a steep price for it. In fact, it could be argued that Constantine "siphons other people's luck" - benefiting at their cost.

Constantine has also exhibited considerable mastery in "stage magic skills" - Hypnosis, Sleight-Of-Hand and Escapology.

==Other versions==
* The character of '''Jack Carter''' in [[Warren Ellis]] and [[John Cassaday]]'s comic book series ''[[Planetary (comics)|Planetary]]'' is an analogue of John Constantine;<ref name="Planetary">{{Citation | last = man| first = rkk| title = Planetary Issue 7: To Be in England, in the Summertime | year = 2005| date= 13 June 2005| url=http://home.earthlink.net/~rkkman/frames/summaries/S7.htm | accessdate=24 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last=Rothschild | first=D. Aviva| title = Comics get serious | publisher=rationalmagic.com |url=http://www.rationalmagic.com/Comics/Planetary.html | accessdate=24 December 2008}}</ref> he fakes his death and turns into an analogue of Ellis' [[Spider Jerusalem]], stating that with the Eighties over, it's "time to be someone else": this has been interpreted as Ellis criticising the Constantine character for being too tied to his origins as a reaction to eighties politics and stating that more modern characters have since taken on his mantle.<ref name="Planetary" /> Ellis had previously written several issues of ''[[Hellblazer]]'', a run which ended when DC Comics refused to publish his story "Shoot" because it dealt with the sensitive subject of high school shootings (such as the [[Columbine High School massacre]]).
* '''Constance Johanssen''', a blonde, chain-smoking British woman in a trenchcoat<ref name=department>{{cite web
| title = The Department of Unusual Death
| url=http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/dpfs.htm
| accessdate = 2008-10-20 }}</ref> was also created by Ellis for his ''Pryde and Wisdom'' series for [[Marvel Comics]]. “Constance Johanssen. Excellent occult detective. Has a habit of getting her friends killed. Two hundred at last count.” <ref name=hellblazerindex>{{cite web
| title = The Ultimate Hellblazer Index
| url=http://www.qusoor.com/hellblazer/bastard.htm
| accessdate = 2008-10-20 }}</ref>
* [[Grant Morrison]] originally wanted Constantine to become a supporting character in his [[Doom Patrol]] series, but DC's editorial policy at the time prevented Constantine from making extended appearances in [[superhero]] comics, for fear of spoiling the realism of ''Hellblazer''. As a result, Morrison created the magus '''[[Willoughby Kipling]]'''.<ref>[http://reconstruction.eserver.org/032/mottazzi.htm#17 Innovating Superheroes], note 17</ref> Like Constantine, he was a chain-smoking, trenchcoat-wearing cynic. Unlike Constantine, however, he was a lifetime alcoholic and looked rather like [[Richard E. Grant|Richard E. Grant's]] character in ''[[Withnail & I]]''{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}. It was revealed in ''Hellblazer'' #51 that he and Constantine have met, and he had a brief voice-over cameo in [[Warren Ellis]]' ''[[JLA: Classified]]'' story "New Maps of Hell".
* Neil Gaiman, a long-time admirer of Alan Moore, created John Constantine's ancestor for his award winning series, [[Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]. '''Johanna Constantine,''' despite being more polite than her descendant, showed the same daring attitude. The crowning achievement of her career was transporting the severed Head of [[Orpheus]] from France to Greece. After a deal with the [[List_of_The_Sandman_characters#Mad_Hettie|Mad Hettie]], who John himself had made contact with several times, she died at the age of 99, despising her immediate family and was buried somewhere near the temple where she had left Orpheus. The Two Constantines have met on at least one occasion.
*According to actor [[Misha Collins]], the wardrobe of the character '''[[Castiel (Supernatural)|Castiel]]''' on the TV show [[Supernatural (TV Series)|Supernatural]] is based on that of John Constantine.<ref name=eclipsemagazine>{{cite web
| last = Reed
| first = MR
| title = Hollywood Insider: Supernatural's Angel of Thursday
| url=http://eclipsemagazine.com/hollywood-insider/6692/hollywood-insidersupernatural%E2%80%99s-angel-of-thursday-%E2%80%93-chatting-with-misha-collins-about-castiel/
| accessdate = 2008-10-07 }}</ref>
Also, the song ''Stranger in the Mirror'' by [[Ookla the Mok (band)|Ookla the Mok]] is written from Constantine's [[point of view]], including a lyrical reference to 'the Newcastle incident'.<ref>{{Citation | title = FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS | url=http://www.ooklathemok.com/faq.htm| accessdate=18 December 2008 }}</ref>

==In other media==
===Film===
{{Main|Constantine (film)}}
[[Image:Constantine ver2.jpg|thumb|150px|Promotional poster for ''Constantine'' (2005), featuring [[Keanu Reeves]] as John Constantine.]]

John Constantine was portrayed by [[Keanu Reeves]] in the 2005 film ''[[Constantine (film)|Constantine]]''. The film used some elements from Garth Ennis' "Dangerous Habits" story arc (issues #41-46)<ref>{{Citation | last = Rotten| first = Ryan| title = Update: Francis Lawrence Would Do Constantine 2 | year = 2007| date=November 2007 | url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=3842 | accessdate=17 December 2008}}</ref> and others — such as the inclusion of Papa Midnight — from the "Original Sins" trade paperback.<ref>{{Citation | title = Keanu Reeves, Djimon Hounsou and Director Francis Lawrence on "Constantine" | url=http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aaconst072904a.htm | accessdate=17 December 2008 | publisher = [[About.com]]}}</ref> However, the film changed several aspects of the source material, including a number of cosmetic changes to the lead character: Reeves played the role with his natural accent and hair colour and basing him in Los Angeles, although the director pointed out that the comic book wasn't exclusively set in London either.<ref name="Int2">{{Citation | title = Keanu Reeves, Djimon Hounsou and Director Francis Lawrence on "Constantine" Page 2| url=http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aaconst072904b.htm | accessdate=17 December 2008 | publisher = [[About.com]]}}</ref>

Other differences to the character were made, for example giving him a psychic ability to see "half breeds" as they truly are - a curse that caused him to attempt suicide which in turn damned him to Hell. He was also given the ability of angelmancy as he manages to use the two magical glyphs on his arms to combine to summon the half breed Gabriel to his location to help or communicate with him.

Constantine's exorcisms as a consequence are motivated by a desire to redeem himself, yet they are constantly doomed to fail as everything he has done has fundamentally been for his own benefit. The resolution of the lung cancer plotline in the film was also amended, with Lucifer saving the redeemed Constantine to give him a second chance at failing after Constantine willingly sacrificed a chance to save his own life to ask Satan to send the innocent Isabel Dodson to Heaven, this selfless deed allowing Constantine to regain his place in Heaven.<ref name="IGN">{{Citation | last=Goldstein| first=Hilary| title = Constantine Vs. Hellblazer |publisher=IGN| date=February 28, 2005| year=2005 | url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/591/591991p1.html | accessdate=17 December 2008}}</ref>

The novel ''Hellblazer: War Lord'' by [[John Shirley]] (author of the [[novelisation]] of the movie) features Constantine talking about "another John Constantine in an [[Parallel universe (fiction)|alternate universe]], [who] has black hair and lives most of his life in Los Angeles" whilst giving a brief summary of the movie's plot.<ref>{{Citation | last=Shirley| first=John| author-link = John Shirley | title = Hellblazer: war Lord | publisher = Pocket Star | year = 2006 | isbn = 1-4165-0343-9}}</ref>

==Awards==
*1986: Won "Favourite Supporting Character" [[Eagle Award (comics)|Eagle Award]]
*1987: Won "Favourite Supporting Character" Eagle Award
*2005: John Constantine was named the third greatest comic book character by the magazine ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]''.<ref>[http://www.empireonline.com/50greatestcomiccharacters/default.asp?c=3 ''Empire'' | The 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{wikiquotepar|Hellblazer}}
* [http://www.qusoor.com/hellblazer/introduction.htm Qusoor: Hellblazer Index]
* [http://www.swampthingroots.com Roots of the Swamp Thing: Swamp Thing Timeline]
* [http://www.hellblazertrades.com/ Hellblazer Trade Index]
* [http://www.qusoor.com/hellblazer/Sting.htm Qusoor: Alan Moore interview - The Sting connection]
* [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/?pagenum=3&p=.htm Box Office Mojo: Constantine Film box office]

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title = Witchblade
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| schedule = Monthly
| format = [[Ongoing series]]
| publisher = [[Top Cow Productions]] / [[Image Comics]] (in US and Canada)
 [[Delcourt (publisher)|Delcourt]] (in France and Belgium)
| date = [[1995 in comics|1995]] - present
| issues = 132 (as of November 2009)
| main_char_team = [[Sara Pezzini]]
| writers = Christina Z, [[David Wohl]], [[Marc Silvestri]], [[Brian Haberlin]], [[Ron Marz]]
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'''''Witchblade''''' is an [[USA|American]] [[comic book]] [[Ongoing series|series]] published by [[Top Cow Productions]], an [[imprint]] of [[Image Comics]], from [[1995 in comics|1995]] until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors [[Marc Silvestri]] and [[David Wohl]], writers [[Brian Haberlin]] and Christina Z, and artist [[Michael Turner (comics)|Michael Turner]].

The series follows [[Sara Pezzini]], a tough-as-nails [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] [[homicide]] [[detective]] who comes into possession of the Witchblade, a supernatural, [[Sentience|sentient]] [[Artifact (fantasy)|artifact]] with immense destructive and protective powers. The weapon has bonded with various other women throughout history, the most recent being the series' former co-lead, [[Danielle Baptiste]]. Others who have come into contact with the Witchblade include [[Cleopatra]] and [[Joan of Arc]]. Sara struggles to hone the awesome powers of the Witchblade and fend off those with a nefarious interest in it, especially entrepreneur [[Kenneth Irons]]. She also struggles to maintain a personal life.

There have been many [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] titles which place the Witchblade in other times and settings. The character of Sara Pezzini was also featured in [[fictional crossover|crossovers]] with characters from other franchises, including [[Tomb Raider (comics)|Lara Croft]], the [[Justice League]], and the cast of ''[[Battle of the Planets (comics)|Battle of the Planets]]''.

''Witchblade'' was adapted into a moderately successful [[Witchblade (TV series)|television series]] in 2001–2002, starring [[Yancy Butler]] as Sara Pezzini.

The title was also adapted into an [[Witchblade (anime)|anime]] and an unrelated [[manga]] series in 2004. Each takes place in a futuristic Japan and features a new blade-wielder, with little resemblance to Pezzini or to each other, in the role. There have been two soundtracks to the manga series (which had a limited print run).

A [[feature film]], currently titled ''[[#Film adaptation|The Witchblade]]'', was scheduled for a 2009 release,<ref name="autogenerated2">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=7255 "''Witchblade'' Teaser Poster and Site Revealed "; superherohype.com; May 26, 2008.]</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.witchblade2009.com/ Official site of the 2009 feature film]</ref> but is now set for 2010.

==The Witchblade==
{{cquote|In a lot of ways, the ''Witchblade'' universe is about the heavy weight of destiny, and the power, consequence, and dilemma that comes from carrying that weight.|4=Writer Bryan Hill <ref name="one twenty-six">''Witchblade'' #126. Top Cow Productions. Issue date, April 2009.</ref>}}
The Witchblade is a male entity of both light and dark which represents both order and chaos. He is the offspring of the primal forces of the universe [[The Darkness]] and [[The Angelus]] and therefore acts as a balance between the two entities. The Witchblade is semi-organic because of the genetic structures of his parents,a union of the genes of The Darkness and The Angelus resulted in the creation of this semi-organic entity. Becaus of his semi-organic structure he is able to create a [[symbiote]]-like bond with a host.

The Witchblade was discovered in modern times in [[Greece]] by [[Kenneth Irons]], but before he found him, he had many hosts. When not in use, he can look like an ornate jewel encrusted right-handed gauntlet. When wielded by an unworthy user, that person will lose their arm. He forms a [[symbiote]]-like relationship with the host, who can hear the Witchblade. When used, he expands across the body of the host, often shredding clothes and covering the body like armour. The amount and coverage of the armour depends on the level of the threat. For example, when facing mortals, he will usually generate less armour than when facing a demon of hell. This armor can produce extensions of himself that can form swords, other stabbing weapons, hooks, chains, shields, and wings, enabling the wielder to fly. He may also become temperamental if the host chooses not to use him. When wielded, he can shoot energy blasts from the hand or sword, fire projectile darts, and whip-like grapples to attack or to climb. The Witchblade is also an excellent lock pick, and can heal wounds, even mortal ones. The Witchblade can re-animate the dead, empathically show the host scenes of great trauma, and allow the host to relive experiences from past hosts as dreams.

Following the events in the ''First Born'' mini-series, the Witchblade was split into two parts. One half belongs to Dani while Sara has reclaimed the other half. However, the Witchblade originally being the balance between the forces of Darkness and Light, it was revealed in the recent "War of the Witchblades" story-arc that each half of the Witchblade reprensented one of the two primal forces: Sara having the Darkness one and Dani the Angelus. This led to changes in the personality of the characters, especially Sara. Encouraged by the leaderless Angelus Warriors and the mysterious Tau'ma, both hosts eventually ended up in all out war for the complete control of the Witchblade which concluded with Sara victorious and once again in control of the full Witchblade.

==Top Cow's world==
The Top Cow universe is populated by demons, angels, vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghouls, dimensional gates, ghosts, magic etc. Superheroes are generally enhanced humans from government,or private entrepreneurial projects. Both the Mafia and the Yakuza are prominent forces. Sara's old precinct, the 18th, or "the One Eight" is in the roughest part of New York, where murders and other crimes occur often. The universe is populated by it`s primal forces, The Darkness and The Angelus, both of whom use the corpses of varios humans as hosts, however they are ``balanced`` by their offspring, The Witchblade.

==Characters==
'''[[Sara Pezzini]]'''
:A New York City detective, Sara is a disciplined, tough-talking woman of Italian decent, who first encountered the Witchblade while on a case with her ex-partner, Michael Yee. After both officers were mortally wounded by criminal Ian Nottingham, the entity suddenly left the possession of Nottingham's employer, Kenneth Irons, and gave his power to Sara, healing her wounds. Pezzini has since been thrown into a darker world in which she's encountered a number of mystical opponents and strange cases while hosting The Witchblade. Quite often, she has wished for her life to return to normal.

:Eventually, it was revealed that The Witchblade was actually the offspring of the universe's primal forces, The Angelus and The Darkness. When Jackie Estacado, the host of The Darkness, was ``possessed`` by his dark soul, he impregnated a temporarily comatose Sara as part of an effort to sway The Witchblade's balance. However, neither of them became aware of this until later.<ref>''First Born'' #2. 2007, Top Cow Productions.</ref> Eventually, Sara met and relinquished The Witchblade to Dani Baptiste, whom the entity had a strong affinity toward. Coincidentally, Dani also happened to be the daughter of Sara's police captain. Following the birth of her daughter, Hope, Sara's life was saved when she received half of The Witchblade from Dani. During this period, both women bore distinct visual effects when activating the gauntlet. Sara, formerly possessing the half infused with The Darkness, manifested a dark appearance and [[bat]]-like wings when flying, while Dani manifested a bright appearance with [[fairy]]-like wings during flight.

:She now possesses the full Witchblade, as Dani is now the host for The Angelus.<ref name=one-twenty/>

'''[[Danielle Baptiste]]'''
:The latest in the long line of bearers, Danielle is an impulsive but goodhearted young dancer of French decent, who was born in New Orleans. After moving to New York to pursue her career, she experienced a mysterious dream which foretold her destiny. In the vision, she saw herself inheriting great power by means of a mystical entity, though she was told that he would require much discipline to control. Perplexed by the message, Dani found herself taking a walk and wandering to an antique shop the next day. It was there that she encountered Sara Pezinni, the then-current host of The Witchblade. Having become pregnant, Sara realized that the time had come for her to relinquish the entity. She also noticed that he became quite animated in Dani's presence, constantly reaching out to her. Dani recognized The Witchblade as the same entity from her dream, and offered to relieve Sara of him upon learning what he was. Realizing that Dani was meant to become the next host, Sara relinquished The Witchblade to her.<ref>''Witchblade'' #103. Top Cow Productions. Issue date, February 2007.</ref>

:After receiving possession of the balance, Dani faced a string of challenges in learning to control both him and her emotions. While exploring her power, she also faced and overcame a number of mystical opponents.<ref>''Witchblade'' #107. Top Cow Productions. Issue date, July 2007.</ref><ref>''Witchblade'' #110. Top Cow Productions. Issue date, October 2007.</ref> Eventually, Dani returned half of The Witchblade to Sara in order to save Sara's life following the birth of her child. She currently does not have any portion of the Witchblade, as she is the present host to The Angelus.<ref name=one-twenty>''Witchblade'' #120. Top Cow Productions. Issue date, August 2008.</ref>

'''[[Angelus (comics)|The Angelus]]'''
:The Angelus is a female entity of light which represents order. Throughout history, She has chosen various women on Earth to serve as her host, each of whom are joined in battle by numerous winged soldiers known as Angelus Warriors. Along with The Darkness, The Angelus is one of the two primal forces of the universe that created The Witchblade.<ref name="one twenty-six"/>

'''[[The Darkness (comics)|The Darkness]]'''
:The Darkness is a male entity of dark which represents chaos. Like The Angelus, he is one of two primal forces of the universe that created The Witchblade, though he has chosen male hosts throughout history.<ref name="one twenty-six"/> The most well-known host is Jackie Estacado, an ex-mob boss who has had many run-ins with Sara. While under The Darkness' influence, he impregnated a temporarily comatose Sara, which made him the father of her child, Hope.

'''[[Magdalena (comics)|Magdalena (Patience)]]'''
:The warrior of the Catholic Church. A direct descendant of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene.

'''Detective Patrick Gleason'''
:Sara's partner and boyfriend. He is of Irish decent and is a policeman. He takes care of Hope when Sara is away. He is also her sex partner, as a result of this, he is somewhat of a rival to The Darkness (Jackie Estacado) which has clearly stated his sexual/romantic feelings for Sara.

'''The Curator'''
:A mysterious owner of an antiques shop, The Curator is a sage-like spectator and occasional informant. One of Dani's most trusted confidants, he knows much about The Witchblade, the other entities, and the ongoing matters surrounding The Angelus and The Darkness.

'''Tau'ma'''
:Brother of The Curator, and just as mysterious. Unlike his brother, who tries to keep the balance intact, Tau'ma is clearly on The Darkness' side. He is an ``ally`` to The Darkness however he and Jackie have never met face to face. He can pull out darklings from his head to attack or spy on others, and wields a powerful cane with a gem-encrusted hawk head. His current location is unknown.

'''Hope Pezzini'''
:Sara's daughter, who was fathered by The Darkness himself, using Jackie Estacado for the necessary "biology", which makes Hope technically the half-sister of The Witchblade himself. She is a hybrid of The Darkness and human.

'''Julie Pezzini'''
:Sara's sister. She was romantically involved with Jake but the two broke up when Jake discovered that she was running drugs. Under the effects of a hope-suppressing evil, Jake later returned and shot Julie, but she survived. As of issue #130, Julie has just come out of her stay in prison for her dealings with drugs.

'''[[Ian Nottingham]]'''
:Formerly a Captain of the British [[Special Air Service]] regiment, Ian subsequently joined MI5. He underwent behavioural modifications for the purpose of infiltrating The Yakuza. Afterward, he forgot his past, and became a bodyguard for Kenneth Irons. Ian has phenomenal skill, both with archaic and modern weapons, bordering on the supernatural. In issue #1, Ian kills Sara's partner, Michael Yee. For a time he underwent a great change, allowing Ian the capability to absorb great quantities of energy and even to drain energy from entities, even going so far as to temporarily host both The Witchblade and The Darkness. For a time, he wielded Excalibur, The Witchblade's twin, but it was revealed that the entity was merely a shard of The Witchblade, which quickly reabsorbed it. After he lost The Excalibur and was defeated by Sara in issue #75, Ian was taken to prison where he still is.

'''Kenneth Irons'''
:A rich entrepreneur that discovered The Witchblade in [[Greece]], Irons' age is undefined. It was eventually revealed that he was a Templar Knight of the third crusade and that he'd once drank from the Holy Grail,granting him a healing-factor and ``immortality``, establishing him as older than 800 years.<ref>''Witchblade'' #117. Top Cow Productions. Issue date, May 2008.</ref> However, due to his exposure to The Witchblade during an attempt to host him, Irons does not age at a normal rate, appearing to be no older than 35. Initially, Ian Nottingham served as his close and trusted bodyguard, until both Irons' and Ian's fascination with Sara Pezzini drove a wedge between them. In a failed bid to gain control of The Witchblade, Kenneth Irons lost his hand and sacrificed his wife. In issue #75, Kenneth Irons was one of two characters left in the Deathpool. As a result, Chief Joe Siry killed Irons for all of the troubles that Irons had unleashed on Sara.He is the father of Geraud Irons.

'''Joe Siry'''
:Sara's former captain when she served at the 18th Precinct. He was the partner to Sara's dead father, Detective Vincent Pezzini, and has a tendency to dote on her as if she was his daughter. He is married to Dalia. It was revealed that Siry had a hidden agenda with Irons, which forced him to kill Vincent Pezzini in order to protect Sara.

'''Jake McCarthy'''
:Jake was Sara's best friend and partner. He grew madly in love with Sara, but his feelings were unrequited. While a cult was trying to summon a ``god`` from Hell. Sara killed the devil,unfortunately another demon from Hell came to Earth and entered into Jake`s body,killing him while he was wounded defending a weakened Sara. Though he was dead he appeared in a ``coma`` so he was placed in a hospital. When he awoke in issue #100, he was possessed by the devil that had entered his body and replaced his soul. The devil was bent on destroying the world, he even began re-writing Jake`s genetic code to match his own allowing the devil to fully fuse with his new body. Sara drove the devil`s influence out of his mind, but Jake committed suicide to ensure that he could never return, sending the devil back to his home, Hell.

'''Lisa'''
:Daughter of Maria, a deceased friend of Sara's. Sara promised Maria that she would keep an eye on Lisa. She makes her living as a model.

==Witchblade wielders==
[[Image:Witchblade Dark Minds The Return of Paradox.jpg|thumb|[[Akane Nakiko]], on the cover of ''Witchblade/Dark Mind: Return of Paradox''. Art by Lou Kang]]

In reverse chronological order (fictional chronology, not publication dates) save non-canon and alternate realities:

* Persephani (fictitious, wielder in the far future)
* [[Witchblade (anime)|Masane Amaha]] (fictitious, from the ''Witchblade'' anime, near future)
* Yuri Miyazono (fictitious)
* Takeru Ibaraki (fictitious, from the ''Witchblade'' manga)
* [[Akane Nakiko]] (fictitious, from ''Witchblade/Dark Mind: Return of Paradox'', near future)
* Debbie Santalesa (fictitious, from ''Dark Minds/Witchblade'', near future)
* Selina Alice Lauren (fictitious, wielder, circa 2100)
* Ivy Pezzini (fictitious, Sara's daughter in a possible future)
* [[Danielle Baptiste]] (fictitious, the wielder after Sara)
* [[Ian Nottingham]] (fictitious, second male wielder. Only wielder to so far combine the Witchblade with either the Darkness or the Angelus)
* [[Sara Pezzini]] (fictitious)
* Tasya Federova (fictitious)
* Josephine Valmont (fictitious)
* [[Elizabeth Brontë]] (fictitious)
* [[Enola]]
* [[Anne Bonny]]
* Roxanne Laroque (fictitious)
* Yuka-chan (fictitious)
* [[Shiori-sama]]
* [[Joan of Arc]]
* Maitea
* [[Annabella Altavista]]
* [[Hangaku Gozen|Itagaki]]
* [[Leung Lin Yao]]
* Zara, Queen of Bones (fictitious, from Dark Crossings)
* [[Hua Mulan]]
* Samantha McRenald (fictitious)
* Princess Raquel (fictitious)
* Katarina (A user before [[Sara Pezzini]], from Medieval Spawn/Witchblade teamup)
* [[Artemisia]]
* [[Lysandra]]
* [[Myrine]]
* Una, the first bearer (fictitious)

Other identified wearers include Cathain, who is remembered as an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Celt]]ic [[war god]]dess by history in the [[Witchblade (TV series)|live action TV series of the Witchblade]]. Cathain is connected to the historical Irish Celtic King, [[Conchobar]].

Alternate Reality
* [[Kimberly Tossovova]] (alt. reality, fictitious)

Non-Canon
* [[Wonder Woman]] (''JLA/Witchblade'')(co-op universe with DC: non-canon to Top Cow or DC Universe)
* [[Predator (alien)|Sister Midnight]] (Fictitious, from ''Aliens/Predator/Witchblade/Darkness: MindHunter'' Crossover)

===Pretenders===
In reverse chronological order:

* Fiona Irish Counter Terrorist (fictious)
* John Sansman (fictitious)
* LaFemme Danette Boucher (fictitious)
* [[Kenneth Irons]] (fictitious)

==Adaptations==
===Television series===
{{Main|Witchblade (TV series)}}
Following a pilot film in August 2000, the [[cable television|cable]] network [[Turner Network Television|TNT]] premiered a [[television series]] based on the comic book series in [[2001 in television|2001]]. The series was directed by [[Ralph Hemecker]] and written by [[Marc Silvestri]] (who also wrote the comic book) and [[J.D. Zeik]]. [[Yancy Butler]] starred as Sara Pezzini. Although critically acclaimed and popular with audiences, it was canceled in September 2002.<ref name="EOnline-WitchbladeCancelled">{{cite web
| publisher=E! Online
| title="Witchblade" Sliced by TNT
| url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=79462aa7-4e88-49cb-9d58-429008f1b665
|date=2002-09-05
| first=Grossberg
| last=Josh
| accessdate=2006-12-29
}}</ref> Announced as a production decision, the cancellation nevertheless provoked widespread speculation that the true reason was Butler's alcohol addiction. Butler was ordered to enter rehab for [[alcohol addiction]] a year later, after being arrested for wandering intoxicated amidst traffic.<ref name="EOnline-ButlerRehab">{{cite web
| publisher=E! Online
| title="Witchblade" Star Ordered to Rehab
| url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=d58f45ce-6162-413d-bf44-a71b7c2127e8
|date=2003-11-24
| first=Grossberg
| last=Josh
| accessdate=2006-12-29
}}</ref>

''Witchblade'' ran for two seasons on TNT, each featuring 12 episodes. The first episode aired on June 12, 2001, and the last episode aired on August 26, 2002. On April 1, 2008, [[Warner Home Video]] announced a long-anticipated DVD release. ''Witchblade: The Complete Series'' — a seven-disc collectors set including the original made-for-TV movie, all 23 episodes of the series, and special features — was released July 29, 2008.<ref>[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Witchblade-The-Complete-Series/9296 Witchblade DVD news: Announcement for Witchblade - The Complete Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com]</ref>

===Film adaptation===
[[Image:Witchblade film teaser poster.jpg|thumb|right|Teaser poster for the upcoming 2010 feature film.]]
An upcoming [[Cinema of the United States|American]] [[superhero film]] based on the series is currently in development.<ref name="autogenerated2" /><ref name="autogenerated1" /> The film will be directed by [[Michael Rymer]], who directed the 2002 film ''[[Queen of the Damned (film)|Queen of the Damned]]'' and various episodes of ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', and written by [[Everett De Roche]] (who subsequently left the project because of creative differences with Marc Silvestri on how the movie should be).<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753382/ Michael Rymer] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]</ref><ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/12487 BD Horror News - 'Witchblade' Director and Writer Revealed!]</ref> They recently hired a new writer and Top Cow is hoping to start filming late 2009 and early 2010.

The film is one of two being produced and financed back-to-back by Platinum Studios, IDG Films, and Relativity Media. The film will be produced by Arclight's Gary Hamilton and Nigel Odell, Platinum Studios' Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, and Steve Squillante of Havenwood Media. Top Cow's Marc Silvestri and Matt Hawkins will be executive producers with Platinum Studios' Rich Marincic and Greenberg Group's Randy Greenberg. Filming is scheduled to begin in September 2008, with China and Australia among the possible locations being considered for filming.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117934492.html?categoryId=1350&cs=1 | author=McClintock, Pamela | title=Pic trio wields ''Witchblade'': Platinum, IDG, Relativity to finance, produce pics | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=2005-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117985461.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562 | title=''Witchblade'' sharpened for bigscreen | work=Variety | date=2008-05-11}}</ref> [[Megan Fox]] was recently approached for the role of Sara Pezzini at the 2008 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], but has not accepted or declined yet.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}


The film's website and teaser poster were released in May 2008.<ref name="autogenerated2" />

===Anime series===
{{Main|Witchblade (anime)}}

In 2004 Japanese animation studio [[GONZO]] announced an [[anime]] version of ''Witchblade'', with a subsequent [[manga]] adaptation. The anime version is considered controversial by some{{Who|date=July 2009}} because GONZO has announced that the main [[fictional character|character]] of the anime is of Japanese ethnicity but is not [[Hangaku Gozen|Itagaki]], one of the previous bearers of the Witchblade. Instead it is a new character named Masane. This has caused some fans to cry out against what they see as a [[Nipponisation]] of the franchise.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Although this series sets up an entire new story, with all new characters, it is considered [[Canon (fiction)|canon]].<ref name="ANN-WitchbladeAnnouncedCanon">{{cite web
| publisher=Anime News Network
| title=Top Cow Announces Witchblade Manga in 2007
| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-12-12/top-cow-announces-witchblade-manga-in-2007
| date=2006-12-12
| accessdate=2007-03-24
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The anime, which took place in a post-apocalyptic [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]; began broadcast during April 2006 and ran for 24 episodes (a standard series run). The lead character, and new blade wielder, is the kind-hearted Masane who, despite her good intentions, is fairly clumsy and not good around the house. After the events of an earthquake that struck her home six years before the series, "year zero", Masane has no recollection of her past prior to this date. When she comes into contact with the Witchblade, Masane also finds herself under the watchful eye of an organization called the NSWF (National Scientific Welfare Foundation), and struggles to hold onto her daughter Rihoko, whom the government is trying to take from her. Unlike the comic Witchblade, which only induces bloodlust when in a violent confrontation and creates armor, the anime Witchblade entirely transforms Masane, giving her different eyes and hair, and will ultimately destroy her body.

===Manga===
Likewise, a [[manga]] incarnation is being serialized, introducing a different story that features a unique plot & characters and with little similarities (except for the Witchblade and some other settings) with the anime, though the script is written by the same writer [[Yasuko Kobayashi]] ([[:ja:小林靖子|小林靖子]]).{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

====''Witchblade: Takeru''====
{{nihongo|''Witchblade: Takeru''|ウィッチブレイド丈流|Witchibureido Takeru}}<ref>[http://heiseidemocracy.com/2006/04/09/manga-review-witchblade-takeru-chapter-1/ Manga Review: Witchblade ~ Takeru ~ Chapter 1]</ref> introduces Takeru, who is an average Japanese high-school girl raised in a Buddhist convent by nuns. She has been experiencing recurring nightmares about the Witchblade calling out to her. This is due to the secret that the temple houses the Witchblade, sealed inside a glass box. Furthermore, her lineage keeps an unknown connection with the mystic artifact and the folklore of the [[Oni (mythology)|Oni]], hence explaining Takeru's strong attraction to the gauntlet which is locally called ''Oni-no-Te'' (鬼の手, "Hand of Oni"). Ultimately, Takeru's life suffers a drastic change when she becomes the next bearer of the Witchblade due to some circumstances that force her to randomly encounter it.

''Witchblade: Takeru'' started serial run since March 2006 in [[Champion Red]] magazine under publisher ''[[Akita Shoten]]''. Story by {{nihongo|[[Yasuko Kobayashi]]|小林靖子|Kobayashi Yasuko}} with art made by {{nihongo|[[Kazuasa Sumita]]|隅田かずあさ|Sumita Kazuasa}}, whose art and illustrations carry over an erotic style.

Moreover, at a press conference, [[Bandai Entertainment]] entered an agreement with Top Cow Productions to release an English language version of the manga.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} In spite of its violent and erotic content, Bandai Entertainment stated that they won't be censoring the manga.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

===Japanese novel===
====Witchblade Lost Generation: Midori no Shōjo====
{{nihongo|''Witchblade Lost Generation: Midori no Shōjo''|ウィッチブレイド碧の少女 LOST GENERATION|Witchibureido Midori no Shōjo Lost Generation}} is another story published as a Japanese [[novel]] since August 2006 by ''[[Tokuma Shoten]]'' with art and illustrations done by [[Uno Makoto]], who previously worked in the Witchblade anime as the lead art & character designer.

The main protagonist is a sickly 15-year-old [[Okinawa]]n girl, Yuri Miyazono, who wields the Witchblade for her own survival. Not much specific details have been disclosed regarding the date and time when this novel takes place, besides the postscript which has explained that the novel takes place in the same timeline as the anime.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} It says that Yuri is the bearer who immediately precedes Masane Amaha. It also says she is the immediate successor of Takeru Ibaraki from ''Witchblade: Takeru''.

==Parodies==
* A parody of the witchblade, called the "Doucheblade" appears in ''[[Howard the Duck]]'' volume 2 issue 3, which was published under [[Marvel Comics]]' [[MAX (comics)|MAX]] imprint. The Doucheblade, empowered by the god/demon [[Pazuzu]], endows the wielder with revealing and spikey armor just like the Witchblade, but also tremendously augments her bust size. The Doucheblade's metal component is [[uranium]], however. The first wielder died of radiation poisoning, but the uranium appears to have become depleted, since its most recent user was [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]. It originally started to bond with a police woman named Suzi Pazuzu, but after a timely intervention by [[Dr. Bong]] bonded to Howard instead, whose DNA was unstable at the time, causing him to spontaneously change genders.

* In the Pazuzu entry of ''[[Marvel Zombies]]: The Book of Angels, Demons, & Various Monstrosities'', the Doucheblade is given the alternate (and more PG-13) name of "Gub-gala-emegir," which in Sumerian roughly translates as "Cleansing Blade."

==References==
*The witchblade is an available weapon for the [[Eldar (Warhammer 40,000)|Eldar]] Farseer in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''.

==Notes==
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==References==
{{refbegin}}
*{{comicbookdb|type=character|id=4443|title=Sara Pezzini}}
*{{comicbookdb|type=title|id=1754|title=''Witchblade''}}
*[http://www.toonopedia.com/witchbl.htm Witchblade] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]
*[http://www.comicon.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/ubb/get_topic/f/36/t/006099.html THE PULSE news of The Year of the Witchblade](deadlink)
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[http://topcow.com/comics/31/current Top Cow Witchblade page]
*[http://www.bladetv.com/ Unofficial Witchblade television site]
*[http://www.witchblade.jp/ GONZO Witchblade anime site] ([[Japanese language|Japanese]])
*[http://epguides.com/Witchblade/ Air dates and episode guide]
*[http://www.sarapezzinifan.co.uk/ Sara's Precinct]
*[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=81702 Inside Bandai' Witchblade Manga collections]
*[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=105690 ''Witchblade: Shades of Grey'' #1]
*[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=109089 ''Witchblade'' #105, ''Witchblade: Takeru'' #3]

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The Acid House (film)

2010-07-14T08:41:07Z

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'''''The Acid House''''' is a film adaptation of [[Irvine Welsh]]'s [[short story]] collection ''[[The Acid House]]''. Welsh himself wrote the [[screenplay]], and appears as a minor character in the film.

==Plot==

The [[1998 in film|1998]] film, directed by [[Paul McGuigan (filmmaker)|Paul McGuigan]], dramatises three stories from the book:
* ''The Granton Star Cause'' is a comedy, where Boab is having a very bad day indeed. His parents throw him out so they can indulge in [[sado-masochism]] and he is sacked from his job, dumped by his girlfriend and dropped from his [[football (soccer)|football]] team. It has elements of [[Franz Kafka]]'s ''[[The Metamorphosis]]''. One of the characters is a pitiless and profane God, who transforms him into a fly as punishment for wasting his life.
* ''A Soft Touch'': [[Kevin McKidd]] plays a cuckolded husband while [[Gary McCormack]] is Larry, the ruthless upstairs neighbour who steals his electricity and his wife, played by [[Michelle Gomez]].
* ''The Acid House'': An [[LSD|acid]] trip and a bolt of [[lightning]] result in amiable schemie Coco Brice exchanging places with the baby of a [[middle class]] couple.

All three sections are independent, but are linked by setting and by the reappearance of incidental characters, in particular [[Maurice Roëves]] who appears variously as an inebriated wedding guest, a figure in a dream, and a pub patron. All three of his parts symbolise a human manifestation of God.

The film offended elements of the UK tabloid press with a depiction of a cynical and jaded, foul-mouthed God, and in some countries (such as Canada and the United States) has been shown on television with subtitles because of most characters' heavy Scottish accents.

[http://www.shvoong.com/entertainment/movies/1946677-acid-house/ Synopsis of ''The Acid House'']

==Cast==
;“The Granton Star Cause”
*'''[[Maurice Roëves]]''' - God
*[[Stephen McCole]] - Boab
*[[Garry Sweeney]] - Kev
*[[Jenny McCrindle]] - Evelyn
*[[Simon Weir]] - Tambo
*[[Iain Andrew]] - Grant
*[[Irvine Welsh]] - Parkie
*[[Pat Stanton]] - Barman
*[[Alex Howden]] - Boab Snr
*[[Annie Louise Ross]] - Doreen (as Ann Louise Ross)
*[[Dennis O'Connor]] - PC Cochrane
*[[John Gardner]] - Sgt. Morrison
*'''[[William Blair]]''' - Workmate
*'''[[Gary McCormack]]''' - Workmate
*[[Malcolm Shields]] - Workmate
*[[Stewart Preston]] - Rafferty
;“A Soft Touch”
*'''Maurice Roëves'''- Drunk
*[[Kevin McKidd]] - Johnny
*[[Michelle Gomez]] - Catriona
*[[Tam Dean Burn]] - Alec
*[[Scott Imrie]] - Pool Player
*[[Niall Greig Fulton]] - Alan
*'''[[Cas Harkins]]''' - Skanko
*[[Morgan Simpson]] - Chantal, Baby
*[[Marnie Kidd]] - Chantal, Toddler
*[[Alison Peebles]] - Mother
*[[Joanne Riley]] - New Girl
*[[Katie Echlin]] - Wendy
*[[William 'Giggs' McGuigan]] - Pub Singer
*'''William Blair''' - Deck
*'''Gary McCormack''' - Larry
;“The Acid House”
*'''Maurice Roëves''' - Priest
*[[Ewen Bremner]] - Colin 'Coco' Bryce
*[[Martin Clunes]] - Rory
*[[Jemma Redgrave]] - Jenny
*[[Arlene Cockburn]] - Kirsty
*[[Jane Stabler]] - Emma
*[[Doug Eadie]] - Coco's Father
*[[Andrea McKenna]] - Coco's Mother
*'''Cas Harkins''' - Skanko
*[[Billy McElhaney]] - Felix the Paramedic
*[[Ricky Callan]] - Tam the Driver
*[[Barbara Rafferty]] - Dr. Callaghan
*[[Stephen Docherty]] - Nurse Boyd
*[[Ronnie McCann]] - Andy

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=0122515|title=The Acid House}}

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Howard Jones (American singer)

2010-03-16T09:19:44Z

NiemehrzweiteLiga: lead singer blood has been shed + interwiki added

{{Infobox Musical artist
| Name = Howard Jones
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| Img_capt = Howard Jones live with [[Killswitch Engage]]
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| Born = {{birth date and age|1970|7|20}}<ref>[http://www.birthdatabase.com/cgi-bin/query.pl?textfield=Howard&textfield2=Jones&age=39 Free Birthday Database]</ref>
|Origin = [[Columbus, OH|Columbus]], [[Ohio]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| Genre = [[Metalcore]], [[mathcore]]
| Occupation = [[Musician]], [[songwriter]], [[Record producer|producer]], [[Talent manager|manager]], [[lyricist]], [[singer]]
| Years_active = 1997 - present
| Label = [[Ferret Records|Ferret]], [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| Associated_acts = [[Killswitch Engage]], [[Blood Has Been Shed]]
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'''Howard Jones''' is an American [[vocalist]], and lead singer for the bands [[Killswitch Engage]] and [[Blood Has Been Shed]].

==Discography==
===Blood Has Been Shed===
*''[[I Dwell on Thoughts of You]]'' (September 21, 1999, [[Ferret Records]])
*''[[Novella of Uriel]]'' (February 20, 2001, [[Ferret Records]])
*''[[Spirals (album)|Spirals]]'' (March 11, 2003, [[Ferret Records]])
*''[[Enloco Tacoa]]'' (Tentatively scheduled for 2010)n

===With Killswitch Engage===
*''Reissue of [[Alive or Just Breathing]] [[2003]]
*''[[The End of Heartache]]'' (May 11, 2004, [[Roadrunner Records]])
*''[[As Daylight Dies]]'' (November 21, 2006, [[Roadrunner Records]])
*''[[Killswitch Engage (2009 album)|Killswitch Engage]]'' (June 30, 2009, [[Roadrunner Records]])

===Guest appearances===
*[[Fragment]] – ''[[Answers]]'' ("Inertia") *First ever guest appearance
*[[36 Crazyfists]] – ''[[Rest Inside the Flames]]'' ("Elysium")
*[[Demon Hunter]] – ''[[Summer of Darkness]]'' ("Our Faces Fall Apart")
*[[Eighteen Visions]] – ''[[Vanity (album)|Vanity]]'' ("One Hell of a Prize Fighter")
*[[Roadrunner United]] – ''All-Star Sessions'' ("The Dagger")
*[[Throwdown]] – ''[[Vendetta (Throwdown album)|Vendetta]]'' ("The World Behind")
*[[Ill Bill]] - ''[[The Hour of Reprisal]]'' ("Babylon")
*[[Every Time I Die]] - ''[[Last Night In Town]]'' ("Punch-Drunk Punk Rock Romance")

*[[Believer]] - "[[Gabriel]]" ("The Brave")
devin burden

===As producer===
*[[Twelve Tribes (band)|Twelve Tribes]] - ''[[The Rebirth of Tragedy]]'' (2004)
*[[Twelve Tribes (band)|Twelve Tribes]] - ''[[Midwest Pandemic]]'' (2006)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.killswitchengage.com Official Killswitch Engage website]

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