Just a coincidence, but something to be respectful of: There was a soldier, SSgt Arthur John Rambo from Libby, Montana, who died in South Vietnam, 26 November, 1969.

Doesn't there need to be some more on the influence the Rambo character has had in the popular media? The red headband has become one of children's favourite accessories when they play at being soldiers. And the ridiculous amount of carnage in the latter films also came to be synonymous with what Hollywood action movies stood for right then.

I just removed the statement under Trivia about the name "John Rambo" being the "first name on the Vietnam Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery." This would be totally awesome if it were true because of the obvious "First Blood" connection. Unfortunately, the VVM is not located at Arlington National Cemetery, and there is an "Arthur John Rambo" on the wall but he couldn't be the first name because they are listed in order of death, the first being in 1957, and this Rambo fellow passed in 1969. Anyway68.115.110.78 21:53, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I just went ahead and clarified the "japanese" spelling of "ranbou" as opposed to "rambo" althought my understanding is that the pronunciation is very similar? PS the above edit regarding the VVM is from me while I wasn't logged in.Gabenowicki 03:08, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you object to my edits, please do discuss them before you remove them. They're there for a reason. Druworos 14:57, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is the Metal Gear Solid reference really necessary? Nath 05:16, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not within the section it's included in. I'm going to move it to "trivia".

On second thought, it already appears to be covered under pop culture references, so I'll remove the edit I made to the trivia section.

I changed the word "patriotic" to "jingoistic." I realize there's a risk of becoming overly POV by saying so, but the "patriotism" in these movies seems excessive to the point of being almost a caricature, so I thought "jingoistic" was more appropriate. If you disagree, by all means revert. Septegram 20:04, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is it just me… or has this article missed the boat completely? The fact that Sylvester Stallone the star of all 3 movies isn’t even mentioned is rather poor. There’s not even see a single reference to him, that’s shocking! If it wasn’t for Sylvester Stallone, Rambo would not be the great character and icon we know today. So I think it’s essential that this article be emended to include at the very least a reference to him, or a link to his section on Wikipedia.

Does anyone have any info on the so called "Rambo Battle Cry", its basically a famous scream like The "WILHELM" Scream, so does anybody have any idea on what that cry is called, I think it was featured in an episode of Robot Chicken called "Federated Resources" where Corey Haim and Corey Feldman reunite to rescue the President's daughters.

Hi:

According to the IMDB, there's a Rambo IV in the works. A citation will be needed, so I'm not including this in the article, but I recall Stallone joking at the time that Hot Shots Part Deux came out, that if he ever made another Rambo picture, it would begin with a scene at Trautman's funeral.

It's already mentioned in the opening paragraph and is called Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eye. FK0071a 22:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I must admit that i'm very disappointed and can't believe how much of a subjective input was done on this page. Who says that First Blood, as you claim, "is seen" as the best of them. huh?!? Where that came from. "Is seen" by critics, by public, that's so vague and quite simply ridiculous when in fact we're dealing with a franchise that had the tremendous pop culture impact and resonance, not just one film, each Rambo film was revolutionary to some extent, in fact, Rambo 2 contributed the most to the society. Please, make some reasonable amendments before people like me start questioning the credibility of this whole page. Stay true to the facts, and not to a few opinions. Thank you very much.

In the computer game Soldat, the "Rambo mode" gametype gives the first player to get a kill .....(wrong)..... a bow and arrow capable of killing in one hit. .....(usually correct but still wrong)..... Other players become the "Rambo" when they kill the current "Rambo" .....(Another wrongo here)..... Players are only rewarded for fragging the Rambo. .....(Also wrong).....

I don't know why I'm putting this in discussion, maybe because I don't want to write the reference myself.

Firstly, you don't only get points for killing the rambo, that would be stupid. You mainly score points in a rambo match for killing the other people while using the rambo bow. Secondly, There are circumstances where the bow will not kill in one hit. For example, you shoot and hit someone but they are far away from where you shot from, they are wearing bullet proof vest or they have flame god power up (these don't apply in the case of exploding arrows,they kill in one hit, except for flame god). Thirdly, you don't get the bow for killing another person first at the start of the match. The bow will always be in a respawn point somewhere on the map. Nor do you get the bow instantly once you kill the previous rambo(The previous rambo drops the bow allowing anyone to pick it up)

You should play the game before you start pulling references out of nowhere. 202.150.115.150 11:40, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]