History YMMV / Wipeout2008

* MisaimedFandom: The UK Champion of Series 2 Episode 3, "Unassuming" Ricky, caught a lot of heat from the Youtube audience due to his arrogance and trash-talking of the opposition. However, taking into account that he is a part-time wrestler, he was just playing a {{Heel}} during the competition. His real personality emerges while spectating his opponents in the Wipeout Zone, as he shows empathy when they fall. Sure enough, another champion who described his experience on Youtube and Instagram confirmed that, after spending time with him for the Champions episode, his personality was all for the screen and he was much more amicable with the other contestants off-camera.

** 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 Creator/MaddieZiegler'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 viewed as a bigger deal than ''Wipeout'' ever was. To sum things up, ''Wipeout'' completely wiped out. Or rather had a giant chandelier dropped on it.

* SugarWiki/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.

* CargoShip: One Season 1 contestant claimed he was in love with the Big Balls. Also a SugarWiki/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.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Some contestants, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4t6BJESeds Ariel "Where's the pole" Tweto]].

* 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.

* ReplacementScrappy: For many, Creator/VanessaLachey replacing Jill Wagner. Time will tell if this opinion sticks.

* 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.
** From the first episode, Jessi Duran cheered when one of her opponents got knocked off by the sweeper only to get hit herself.
** Where's the pole? Have you tried right in front of you?

* MisaimedFandom: The UK Champion of Series 2 Episode 3, "Unassuming" Ricky, caught a lot of heat from the Youtube audience due to his arrogance and trash-talking of the opposition. However, taking into account that he is a part-time wrestler, he was just playing a {{Heel}} during the competition. His real personality emerges while spectating his opponents in the Wipeout Zone, as he shows empathy when they fall. Sure enough, another champion who described his experience on Youtube and Instagram confirmed that, after spending time with him for the Champions episode, his personality was all for the screen and he was much more amicable with the other contestants off-camera.

* MisaimedFandom: The UK Champion of Series 2 Episode 3, "Unassuming" Ricky, caught a lot of heat from the Youtube audience due to his arrogance and trash-talking of the opposition. However, taking into account that he is a part-time wrestler, he was just playing a {{Heel}} during the competition. His real personality emerges while spectating his opponents in the Wipeout Zone, as he shows empathy when they fall.

** Let's not forget Frank [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOipoljmzow "Freak of Nature"]] Beasley.

** 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 viewed as 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 song, "Brave Sir Dave" from the UK version. Even though it was made for a joke about a rather Shakespearean contestant, that doesn't stop it being any less amazing and funny.

* GrowingTheBeard: While the show started out being a viewer favorite, come season two and beyond the producers seemed to really nail things down. The obstacles became much more complex and stylized, the Johns commentary became more snappy and [[RapidFireComedy rapid]], and the focused-on contestants had a stronger sense of how to play to the cameras.

--> Holy brave sir Dave rode forth to save the day!
--> He was not afraid, brave, brave sir Dave!
--> He wasn't afraid of the scary rakes or crushing his sphincter or [[EyeScream bursting his eyeball]] or [[UnbreakableBones snapping his kneecap]] or [[EpicFail stubbing his nostril]] or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking stretching his posture or losing his hairpiece]] [[OverlyLongGag or scratching his finger]] or burning his bot- [[MusicalisInterruptus (song cuts off)]]

** 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''.

* 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 both of them.

* ReplacementScrappy: For many, Vanessa Lachey replacing Jill Wagner. Time will tell if this opinion sticks.

* AwardSnub: Averted, at least for the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award. In 2012, it won... over ''Series/AmericanIdol''! And in 2013, not only did it beat ''Idol'' again, but it also beat ''Series/TheVoice''! And it did it again in 2014!

*** 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. Sadly, this proved to be ''Wipeout''[='=]s last nomination, as it was not on the ballot for the 2016 awards, while Dance Moms was, although it was shoved into a new category.

* AmusingInjuries: Pretty much [[SturgeonsLaw 70%]] of the show.

--> He wasn't afraid of the scary rakes or [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar crushing his sphincter]] or [[EyeScream bursting his eyeball]] or [[UnbreakableBones snapping his kneecap]] or [[EpicFail stubbing his nostril]] or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking stretching his posture or losing his hairpiece]] [[OverlyLongGag or scratching his finger]] or burning his bot- [[MusicalisInterruptus (song cuts off)]]

* 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.
* 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.

* AmusingInjuries: Pretty much [[SturgeonsLaw 70%]] of the show
* 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! And it did it again in 2014!

*** 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. Sadly, this proved to be "Wipeout"'s last nomination, as it was not on the ballot for the 2016 awards, while Dance Moms was, although it was shoved into a new category.

** 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".

* SugarWiki/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.

--> ''Richard Hammond (While a man in a kilt is about to take on the obstacle):''' [[ThatCameOutWrong Big Balls ahoy!]] [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Oh, I don't mean, you know, the- the kilt, I-]] [[ShuttingUpNow I'll just keep quiet.]]

* AccidentalInnuendo: Usually occurs with the 'big balls' obstacle, as can be expected. And sometimes the subtle jokes made by the hosts are [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar not so accidental]]. And sometimes still the show itself makes not so accidental things like calling a pair of uh... foam spheres on strings danglers.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* MomentOfAwesome
** 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 by the way) and dropping directly onto the platform and making it to the next round, even amazing the veteran crew-members. Even knowing that she really is a professional circus performer doesn't change how impressive it was.