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* RetroactiveRecognition: Former contestant Ariel "Never Been Kissed" Tweto (of "[[FailedASpotCheck Where's the pole?!]]" [[NeverLiveItDown fame]]) ended up the star of Creator/DiscoveryChannel reality documentary series "Flying Wild Alaska".
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** Former contestant Ariel "Never Been Kissed" Tweto (of "[[FailedASpotCheck Where's the pole?!]]" [[NeverLiveItDown fame]]) ended up the star of Creator/DiscoveryChannel reality documentary series "Flying WildAlaska".Alaska".
** Yoshi Sudarso and his brother Peter, who won the first episode of the 2014 season, went on to become Power Rangers! Yoshi played Koda in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' and Peter played Preston in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', both of them Blue Rangers.
** Former contestant Ariel "Never Been Kissed" Tweto (of "[[FailedASpotCheck Where's the pole?!]]" [[NeverLiveItDown fame]]) ended up the star of Creator/DiscoveryChannel reality documentary series "Flying Wild
** Yoshi Sudarso and his brother Peter, who won the first episode of the 2014 season, went on to become Power Rangers! Yoshi played Koda in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' and Peter played Preston in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', both of them Blue Rangers.
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* AwesomeMusic: The theme. It's a perfect description of an episode: funny first few acts before delving into the serious finale. Furthermore, the light bits sounds whimsical and the serious bits actually sound pretty epic. A pity its so short.
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* AmusingInjuries: Pretty much [[SturgeonsLaw 70%]] of the show
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* XMeetsY: As [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel14-2008jul14,0,4671579.story stated here]], the show's executive producer, Matt Kunitz, wanted to sell the show as "''FearFactor'' meets ''[[{{Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos}} America's Funniest Home Videos]]''".
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** Let's not forget the GenreSavvy {{Badass}} Frank [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOipoljmzow "Freak of Nature"]] Beasley.
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** Let's not forget the GenreSavvy {{Badass}} Frank [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOipoljmzow "Freak of Nature"]] Beasley.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Former contestant Ariel "Never Been Kissed" Tweto (of "[[FailedASpotCheck Where's the pole?!]]" [[NeverLiveItDown fame]]) ended up the star of DiscoveryChannel reality documentary series "Flying Wild Alaska".
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Former contestant Ariel "Never Been Kissed" Tweto (of "[[FailedASpotCheck Where's the pole?!]]" [[NeverLiveItDown fame]]) ended up the star of DiscoveryChannel Creator/DiscoveryChannel reality documentary series "Flying Wild Alaska".
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*** The consensus over ''Wipeout''[='=]s unexpected shut-out is that predictors severely underestimated the popularity of ''Dance Moms'' with the kids' demographic and favored ''Wipeout'' solely on the basis its winning streak, when in reality, the show was not that super-popular and only won previous awards by fluke due to soft competition (''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' were waning in popularity at the time, and ''Series/TheVoice'' was too mature to gain the kids' support), and when put against a legitimate contender was in for the fight of its life. Time will tell if ''Dance Moms'' continues to dominate, ''Wipeout'' regains its throne, or a third contender rises to the top in future ceremonies.
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*** The consensus over ''Wipeout''[='=]s unexpected shut-out is that predictors severely underestimated the popularity of ''Dance Moms'' with the kids' demographic and favored ''Wipeout'' solely on the basis its winning streak, when in reality, the show was not that super-popular and only won previous awards by fluke due to soft competition (''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' were waning in popularity at the time, and ''Series/TheVoice'' was too mature to gain the kids' support), and when put against a legitimate contender was in for the fight of its life. Time will tell if ''Dance Moms'' continues Sadly, this proved to dominate, ''Wipeout'' regains its throne, or a third contender rises to be "Wipeout"'s last nomination, as it was not on the top in future ceremonies.ballot for the 2016 awards, while Dance Moms was, although it was shoved into a new category.
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*** The consensus over ''Wipeout''[='=]s unexpected shut-out is that predictors severely underestimated the popularity of ''Dance Moms'' with the kids' demographic and favored ''Wipeout'' solely on the basis its winning streak, when in reality, the show was not that super-popular and only won previous awards by fluke due to soft competition (''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' were waning in popularity at the time, and ''Series/TheVoice'' was too mature to gain the kids' support), and when put against a legitimate contender was in for the fight of its life. Time will tell if ''Dance Moms'' continued to dominate, ''Wipeout'' regains its throne, or a third contender rises to the top in future ceremonies.
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*** The consensus over ''Wipeout''[='=]s unexpected shut-out is that predictors severely underestimated the popularity of ''Dance Moms'' with the kids' demographic and favored ''Wipeout'' solely on the basis its winning streak, when in reality, the show was not that super-popular and only won previous awards by fluke due to soft competition (''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' were waning in popularity at the time, and ''Series/TheVoice'' was too mature to gain the kids' support), and when put against a legitimate contender was in for the fight of its life. Time will tell if ''Dance Moms'' continued continues to dominate, ''Wipeout'' regains its throne, or a third contender rises to the top in future ceremonies.
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** In 2015 it was nominated for the newly revamped Favorite Reality Show category, with its former competition moved over to the brand new Favorite Reality Competition category. ''Wipeout'' seemed to be a foregone conclusion to win for a fourth year in a row. And....it lost. To ''Series/DanceMoms'', of all shows. ''Dance Moms''' upset victory can be attributed to the ColbertBump the show got from Maddie Ziegler's appearances in Music/{{Sia}}'s "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" music videos. To make matters worse the ''Dance Moms'' award was formally presented to the cast of the show whereas ''Wipeout''[='=]s wins tended to only be announced in a throwaway segment, suggesting that "Dance Moms" is a bigger deal than "Wipeout" ever was. To sum things up, ''Wipeout'' completely wiped out. Or rather had a giant chandelier dropped on it.
*** The consensus over ''Wipeout''[='=]s unexpected shut-out is that predictors severely underestimated the popularity of ''Dance Moms'' with the kids' demographic and favored ''Wipeout'' solely on the basis its winning streak, when in reality, the show was not that super-popular and only won previous awards by fluke due to soft competition (''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' were waning in popularity at the time, and ''Series/TheVoice'' was too mature to gain the kids' support), and when put against a legitimate contender was in for the fight of its life.
*** The consensus over ''Wipeout''[='=]s unexpected shut-out is that predictors severely underestimated the popularity of ''Dance Moms'' with the kids' demographic and favored ''Wipeout'' solely on the basis its winning streak, when in reality, the show was not that super-popular and only won previous awards by fluke due to soft competition (''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' were waning in popularity at the time, and ''Series/TheVoice'' was too mature to gain the kids' support), and when put against a legitimate contender was in for the fight of its life.
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** In 2015 it was nominated for the newly revamped Favorite Reality Show category, with its former competition moved over to the brand new Favorite Reality Competition category. ''Wipeout'' seemed to be a foregone conclusion to win for a fourth year in a row. And....it lost. To ''Series/DanceMoms'', of all shows. ''Dance Moms''' upset victory can be attributed to the ColbertBump the show got from Maddie Ziegler's appearances in Music/{{Sia}}'s "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" music videos. To make matters worse the ''Dance Moms'' award was formally presented to the cast of the show whereas ''Wipeout''[='=]s wins tended to only be announced in a throwaway segment, suggesting that "Dance Moms" ''Dance Moms'' is viewed as a bigger deal than "Wipeout" ''Wipeout'' ever was. To sum things up, ''Wipeout'' completely wiped out. Or rather had a giant chandelier dropped on it.
*** The consensus over ''Wipeout''[='=]s unexpected shut-out is that predictors severely underestimated the popularity of ''Dance Moms'' with the kids' demographic and favored ''Wipeout'' solely on the basis its winning streak, when in reality, the show was not that super-popular and only won previous awards by fluke due to soft competition (''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' were waning in popularity at the time, and ''Series/TheVoice'' was too mature to gain the kids' support), and when put against a legitimate contender was in for the fight of its life. Time will tell if ''Dance Moms'' continued to dominate, ''Wipeout'' regains its throne, or a third contender rises to the top in future ceremonies.
*** The consensus over ''Wipeout''[='=]s unexpected shut-out is that predictors severely underestimated the popularity of ''Dance Moms'' with the kids' demographic and favored ''Wipeout'' solely on the basis its winning streak, when in reality, the show was not that super-popular and only won previous awards by fluke due to soft competition (''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' were waning in popularity at the time, and ''Series/TheVoice'' was too mature to gain the kids' support), and when put against a legitimate contender was in for the fight of its life. Time will tell if ''Dance Moms'' continued to dominate, ''Wipeout'' regains its throne, or a third contender rises to the top in future ceremonies.
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** In 2015 it was nominated for the newly revamped Favorite Reality Show category, with its former competition moved over to the brand new Favorite Reality Competition category. And....it lost. To ''Series/DanceMoms'', of all shows. ''Dance Moms''' upset victory can be attributed to the ColbertBump the show got from Maddie Ziegler's appearances in Music/{{Sia}}'s "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" music videos. That's right, ''Wipeout'' completely wiped out. Or rather had a giant chandelier dropped on it.
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** In 2015 it was nominated for the newly revamped Favorite Reality Show category, with its former competition moved over to the brand new Favorite Reality Competition category. ''Wipeout'' seemed to be a foregone conclusion to win for a fourth year in a row. And....it lost. To ''Series/DanceMoms'', of all shows. ''Dance Moms''' upset victory can be attributed to the ColbertBump the show got from Maddie Ziegler's appearances in Music/{{Sia}}'s "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" music videos. That's right, To make matters worse the ''Dance Moms'' award was formally presented to the cast of the show whereas ''Wipeout''[='=]s wins tended to only be announced in a throwaway segment, suggesting that "Dance Moms" is a bigger deal than "Wipeout" ever was. To sum things up, ''Wipeout'' completely wiped out. Or rather had a giant chandelier dropped on it.it.
*** The consensus over ''Wipeout''[='=]s unexpected shut-out is that predictors severely underestimated the popularity of ''Dance Moms'' with the kids' demographic and favored ''Wipeout'' solely on the basis its winning streak, when in reality, the show was not that super-popular and only won previous awards by fluke due to soft competition (''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' were waning in popularity at the time, and ''Series/TheVoice'' was too mature to gain the kids' support), and when put against a legitimate contender was in for the fight of its life.
*** The consensus over ''Wipeout''[='=]s unexpected shut-out is that predictors severely underestimated the popularity of ''Dance Moms'' with the kids' demographic and favored ''Wipeout'' solely on the basis its winning streak, when in reality, the show was not that super-popular and only won previous awards by fluke due to soft competition (''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' were waning in popularity at the time, and ''Series/TheVoice'' was too mature to gain the kids' support), and when put against a legitimate contender was in for the fight of its life.
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** In 2015 it was nominated for the newly revamped Favorite Reality Show category, with its former competition moved over to the brand new Favorite Reality Competition category. And....it lost. To ''Series/DanceMoms'', of all shows. ''Dance Moms''' upset victory can be attributed to the ColbertBump the show got from Maddie Ziegler's appearances in Music/[[Sia]]'s Music/{{Sia}}'s "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" music videos. That's right, ''Wipeout'' completely wiped out. Or rather had a giant chandelier dropped on it.
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* AwardSnub: Averted, at least for the Kids Choice Award. In 2012, it won... over American Idol! And in 2013, not only did it beat Idol again, but it also beat The Voice!
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* AwardSnub: Averted, at least for the Kids Choice Award. In 2012, it won... over American Idol! And in 2013, not only did it beat Idol again, but it also beat The Voice!Voice! And it did it again in 2014!
** In 2015 it was nominated for the newly revamped Favorite Reality Show category, with its former competition moved over to the brand new Favorite Reality Competition category. And....it lost. To ''Series/DanceMoms'', of all shows. ''Dance Moms''' upset victory can be attributed to the ColbertBump the show got from Maddie Ziegler's appearances in Music/[[Sia]]'s "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" music videos. That's right, ''Wipeout'' completely wiped out. Or rather had a giant chandelier dropped on it.
** In 2015 it was nominated for the newly revamped Favorite Reality Show category, with its former competition moved over to the brand new Favorite Reality Competition category. And....it lost. To ''Series/DanceMoms'', of all shows. ''Dance Moms''' upset victory can be attributed to the ColbertBump the show got from Maddie Ziegler's appearances in Music/[[Sia]]'s "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" music videos. That's right, ''Wipeout'' completely wiped out. Or rather had a giant chandelier dropped on it.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Ariel Tweto was the first person ever to get across the big balls. Is she mostly known for that? Nope. ''[[FailedASpotCheck Where's the pole!?]]''
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* WhatAnIdiot: If an obstacle appears where it's possible to be hit but not knocked into the water, expect at least one person to be repeatedly smacked by the obstacle. One specific case had a girl slowly put her face right in front of a section of the wall that popped out and hit her at least three times.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For a tv show anyway. In season 5 for a special themed episode, they show off the ability to overlay two runs on top of each other for a distance based contest resulting in both the appearance of the two contestants running simultaneously but also being able to pause or rewind each stream individually.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For a tv show anyway. In season 5 for a special themed episode, they show off the ability to overlay two runs on top of each other for a distance based contest resulting in both the appearance of the two contestants running simultaneously but also being able to pause or rewind each stream individually.individually.
* TheWoobie: One contestant on a Blind Date episode had his blind date quit on him in the middle of the course, despite his attempts to encourage her to keep going, disqualifying him.
* TheWoobie: One contestant on a Blind Date episode had his blind date quit on him in the middle of the course, despite his attempts to encourage her to keep going, disqualifying him.
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* AwardSnub: Averted, at least for the Kids Choice Award. In 2012, it won... over American Idol!
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* AwardSnub: Averted, at least for the Kids Choice Award. In 2012, it won... over American Idol!Idol! And in 2013, not only did it beat Idol again, but it also beat The Voice!
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** Given that Jill Wagner is back in Season 6, it likely won't matter.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Jill's return.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Most of the John bits are pure dialogue with occasional prop comedy. However, during the "Blind Date 2012" episode, Henson starts talking about the events of a fictional Spanish Soap Opera. Cut first to Henson in a fake moustashe and Ballsy in bandoliers. That's not entirely unexpected. Annnnd then cut to Anderson in drag portraying the female star and doing his best to look sexy as he does it.
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* XMeetsY: As [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel14-2008jul14,0,4671579.story stated here]], the show's executive producer, Matt Kunitz, wanted to sell the show as "''FearFactor'' meets ''[[{{Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos}} America's Funniest Home Videos]]''".
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* XMeetsY: As [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel14-2008jul14,0,4671579.story stated here]], the show's executive producer, Matt Kunitz, wanted to sell the show as "''FearFactor'' meets ''[[{{Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos}} America's Funniest Home Videos]]''".Videos]]''".
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For a tv show anyway. In season 5 for a special themed episode, they show off the ability to overlay two runs on top of each other for a distance based contest resulting in both the appearance of the two contestants running simultaneously but also being able to pause or rewind each stream individually.
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** Let's not forget the GenreSavvy {{Badass}} Frank [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOipoljmzow "Freak of Nature"]] Beasley.
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* AwesomeEgo: "I'm Buffman! OH YEAH!!!"
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Some contestants, like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4t6BJESeds Ariel "Where's the pole" Tweto]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URMm0AGbgkk Buffman]] even had a Facebook page once.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URMm0AGbgkk Buffman]] even had a Facebook page once.
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* CargoShip: One Season 1 contestant claimed he was in love with the Big Balls. Also a MomentOfAwesome, as said contestant actually manages to get past the Big Balls without wiping out, and then proceeded to ''clear the ball-themed obstacle that followed as well''! And then, in an all-star reunion episode in Season 2 when he returns, he clears the Big Balls ''again''! Clearly, the Big Balls love him back.
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] whenever the Wrecking Ball makes its (Telestrated) appearances and an attractive female contestant is about to reach the obstacle (the Dreadmill in the 2008/9 season, the Shake-a-Lator and Double Cross in the 2010 season) it's at. The fact that John Henson voices it similarly to Louis Armstrong or [[LittleShopOfHorrors Levi Stubbs]] just makes it [[RuleOfFunny HIGH-LARIOUS]].
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] whenever the Wrecking Ball makes its (Telestrated) appearances and an attractive female contestant is about to reach the obstacle (the Dreadmill in the 2008/9 season, the Shake-a-Lator and Double Cross in the 2010 season) it's at. The fact that John Henson voices it similarly to Louis Armstrong or [[LittleShopOfHorrors Levi Stubbs]] just makes it [[RuleOfFunny HIGH-LARIOUS]].
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** Vanessa gets some in when she gives a contestant the nickname "Harry Hotter". Henson joking whines/wonders why he gets yelled at when he says stuff like that.
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* LesYay: The show had fun with Jill when they dressed up a contestant who admired Jill... in an identical outfit as hers and had the two switch places for the contestant interview.
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* ReplacementScrappy: For many, Vanessa Lachey replacing Jill Wagner. Time will tell if this opinion sticks.
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* XMeetsY: As [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel14-2008jul14,0,4671579.story stated here]], the show's executive producer, Matt Kunitz, wanted to sell the show as "FearFactor "''FearFactor'' meets [[{{Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos}} ''[[{{Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos}} America's Funniest Home Videos]]".Videos]]''".
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Former contestant Ariel "Never Been Kissed" Tweto (of "[[FailedASpotCheck Where's the pole?!]]" [[NeverLiveItDown fame]]) ended up the star of DiscoveryChannel reality documentary series "Flying Wild Alaska".
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** June 2011 during the Scare-ousel, Sarah "Circus Freak" Cooper made an impressive save when she was nearly knocked off the dangler, holding onto it by her legs alone (this was upside btw) and dropping directly onto the platform and making it to the next round, even amazing the veteran crewmembers. Even knowing that she really is a professional circus performer doesn't change how impressive it was.
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** June 2011 during the Scare-ousel, Sarah "Circus Freak" Cooper made an impressive save when she was nearly knocked off the dangler, holding onto it by her legs alone (this was upside btw) by the way) and dropping directly onto the platform and making it to the next round, even amazing the veteran crewmembers.crew-members. Even knowing that she really is a professional circus performer doesn't change how impressive it was.
