314:. The sources we have don't demonstrate notability so much as they just postulate ingredients based on what was depicted in the film. The RoadFood post makes no conclusion as to whether or not the diablo sandwich exists outside of the film. To this day, we have not one menu, not one advertisement, not one source of any kind that mentions this sandwich as anything other than something in this movie, nor do we have anything that actually documents enduring culinary interest – just a few forum posts and a movie food trivia show. If it's not significant enough to be mentioned in the film article, how could it be significant enough to have its own article?
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