60 Fun Facts About Bring it on

In which year was Bring It On released in cinemas?

It opened on 25 August and held the number one spot in North America for two weekends.

Who plays Torrance Shipman, the newly elected captain of the Toros?

She turned the part down at first, and critics later called her the sunniest imaginable parodist among teenage actresses.

Who plays Isis, captain of the Clovers?

The director said she found what was cool about the character in a way he doubted other actresses could.

Who plays Missy Pantone, the transfer gymnast who joins the Toros?

Clare Kramer is also in the film, as the catty Courtney; Dushku and Kramer both went on to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Who plays Cliff Pantone, Missy's music-loving brother and Torrance's love interest?

He later said the film managed to shine a light on appropriation and white fragility years before those became everyday terms.

Which two future stars both auditioned for the role of Cliff Pantone?

Franco was a year away from Freaks and Geeks fame; Schwartzman had just made Rushmore.

Torrance's squad, the Toros, cheer for which San Diego high school?

Most of the film was shot at real high schools around San Diego County, with local squads as extras.

The Clovers come from a high school in which Los Angeles-area community?

They had never made Nationals because they could not afford to go, and because their routines kept turning up on other squads.

The Toros are aiming for which consecutive national title when the film opens?

All of them, it turns out, were won with routines videotaped from the Clovers.

Which former Toros captain secretly videotaped the Clovers' routines and passed them off as her own?

Lindsay Sloane plays her; she later questions Torrance's leadership and gets fired from the squad.

Torrance fears she is cursed after dropping what at summer cheer camp?

It is traditionally never supposed to touch the ground; she dropped it on a dare.

Which Toros cheerleader is injured in Torrance's first practice as captain, opening the spot Missy fills?

Bianca Kajlich plays her; Missy only tries out because the school has no gymnastics team.

How do the Toros raise the money to hire a professional choreographer?

The choreographer they buy puts them on a diet and treats them harshly.

What is the name of the infamous choreographer the Toros hire?

Ian Roberts plays him; he sells the same routine to school after school.

What is the signature move in the hired choreographer's much-mocked routine?

"These are spirit fingers... and these are gold."

At Regionals, officials tell Torrance the choreographer sold the same routine to how many other teams?

Because of the mix-up, and as defending champions, the Toros are still given a place at Nationals.

Where is the national competition held?

The Toros only get there because six other squads turned up at Regionals with the same bought routine.

How do the Clovers finally get the money to attend Nationals?

Isis refuses the sponsorship Torrance arranges through her father's firm.

Where do the Toros finish at Nationals?

Isis compliments Torrance's leadership and Torrance admits the Clovers deserved the win.

What does Cliff make for Torrance that she draws inspiration from before Nationals?

He had cut her off after seeing her kissing Aaron, whom she dumps after learning he cheated.

Torrance's boyfriend Aaron is away at which college?

He was a Toros cheerleader himself before graduating; he suggests Torrance step down as captain.

Which of the male Toros is gay and entirely comfortable about it?

Critics singled the character out; Jan is the straight one who keeps getting teased for being a male cheerleader.

Who directed Bring It On, in his theatrical film debut?

The other three all directed later Bring It On sequels; he had previously made two TV movies for Disney.

The film's director cameos as what, credited as "Silencio Por Favor"?

He would go on to direct Down with Love, The Break-Up and Yes Man.

Bring It On's director later took over which Marvel film from Edgar Wright?

He directed all three Ant-Man films and two episodes of The Mandalorian.

Who wrote the screenplay for Bring It On?

A former Spin journalist and music video director, she later wrote Aquamarine and directed Stick It; Alyson Fouse wrote four of the sequels.

What was the film's working title?

The writer said the idea combined her love of hip hop with an obsession with cheer competitions on ESPN.

The writer pitched the film as "Clueless meets" which Baz Luhrmann film?

The setting was to be the National High School Cheerleading Championships she watched obsessively on ESPN.

How many times was the pitch passed over before Beacon Pictures took it?

The idea of a top squad stealing from a poorer one came from watching white kids copy hip hop moves at competitions.

To avoid stunt doubles, the director made the cast attend a cheerleading camp lasting how long?

Actors were also expected to turn up to their auditions with a cheer prepared.

Marley Shelton was the runner-up choice for Torrance but chose which rival cheerleader movie instead?

The eventual star had originally turned the part down as well.

The dance-inspiration montage shows the squad a clip from which Bob Fosse musical film?

While editing, the director and editor Larry Bock also watched 1970s cheerleading exploitation films.

Alongside local high schools, filming took place on which college campus?

Local high school cheer squads were used as extras.

Bring It On opened at number one ahead of which Jennifer Lopez thriller?

It also beat The Art of War and stayed on top for a second weekend despite a 34% drop.

Roughly how much did Bring It On gross worldwide?

About $68 million of it came from North America.

Roger Ebert gave it two stars on release but later called it the what "of cheerleader movies"?

His original complaint was that softening the crude humour to avoid an R rating produced a "strange mutant beast".

Entertainment Weekly ranked Bring It On number 30 on its list of the 50 best what?

Its Rotten Tomatoes consensus calls it "surprisingly fun to watch" despite a formulaic story.

Which girl group, whose members play Clovers cheerleaders, has multiple tracks on the soundtrack?

Shamari Fears, Natina Reed and Brandi Williams play Lava, Jenelope and LaFred.

Which group covers Toni Basil's "Mickey" on the soundtrack?

The soundtrack was released by Epic Records three days before the film.

How many sequels followed the original film?

Five went direct to video and the last, Cheer or Die, was a TV film; none features any of the original cast.

Which was the only sequel to share producers with the original film?

Released in 2004, it is set at the fictional California State College and stars Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner.

Which director made both All or Nothing (2006) and In It to Win It (2007)?

He is the only person to direct two films in the franchise; the others directed one each.

All or Nothing stars Hayden Panettiere alongside which singer, Beyoncé's sister?

The film was previously titled Bring It On Yet Again and went straight to DVD in August 2006.

In All or Nothing, Britney is forced to move from Pacific Vista to a school in which working-class area?

Her father loses his job; her new squad are the Warriors, competing for new computers for their school.

Which dance style does Britney suggest adding to her new squad's routine in All or Nothing?

She gets the idea from watching the boys at practice.

In It to Win It pits the Sharks against the Jets, squad names borrowed from which musical?

The film was shot at Universal Orlando Resort with the University of Central Florida cheer team as the core performers.

Which future Pretty Little Liars star leads the cast of In It to Win It?

Cassie Scerbo and Michael Copon co-star; it went direct to video in December 2007.

In Fight to the Finish, Lina Cruz transfers from East Los Angeles to a high school in which beach town?

Her widowed mother has married a wealthy widower; the field scenes were shot at Occidental College.

In Worldwide Cheersmack, what is the name of the masked squad that hacks the Rebels' routine?

Public opinion turns against Destiny's Rebels and she ends up recruiting street dancers to rebuild the squad.

Under what title was the 2017 sixth film released in the United Kingdom?

Robert Adetuyi directed; in the US it was stylised with a hashtag as Worldwide #Cheersmack.

Cheer or Die (2022) took the franchise into which genre?

Abby's Diablos rehearse in an abandoned school and start disappearing one by one; it still came in at PG-13.

Cheer or Die premiered on television on which channel?

It was filmed in Winnipeg during the pandemic and scored 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Bring It On: The Musical has music by Tom Kitt and which Hamilton creator?

Amanda Green shared the lyrics with him and Jeff Whitty of Avenue Q wrote the book.

The musical premiered in January 2011 at the Alliance Theatre in which city?

Its cast included award-winning competitive cheerleaders from across the country before it reached Broadway in 2012.

In the musical, captain Campbell is redistricted from Truman to which inner-city school?

There she meets Danielle's dance crew, who insist they "ain't no cheerleaders".

Screenwriter Jessica Bendinger drew on her time covering hip hop for which music magazine?

Watching white cheer squads copy hip-hop moves on ESPN got her asking 'what if the best team had been stealing their routines?'

Which cheerleader's father usually pays for the Toros' team functions?

Darcy is played by Tsianina Joelson; Kasey is the shy, soft-spoken squad member.

In its second week on release, Bring It On did what despite a 34% drop in takings?

It opened with $17.4 million in 2,380 theatres and finished with about $68 million domestically.

Which grade did CinemaScore audiences give Bring It On on release?

Critics were split, with Rotten Tomatoes settling at 65% and Metacritic at 52.

Which company released Bring It On on Ultra HD Blu-ray for its 25th anniversary in June 2025?

The film had first arrived on VHS and DVD in February 2001 and on Blu-ray in 2014.