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* BadassGrandpa: Jon Stewart (no, not [[TheDailyShow THAT]] [[NamesTheSame one]]) in season 6 DESERVES to be here. He finally conquered the Warped wall. Upon the [[url:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u76rdAYvfec Arm Rings]], he could not traverse across normally, so he took a risk and swung from one of the rings AND succeeded. To top it off, he became the first person over 50 to complete the City Finals course.
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* BadassGrandpa: Jon Stewart (no, not [[TheDailyShow THAT]] [[NamesTheSame one]]) in season 6 DESERVES to be here. He finally conquered the Warped wall. Upon the [[url:http://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u76rdAYvfec Arm Rings]], he could not traverse across normally, so he took a risk and swung from one of the rings AND succeeded. To top it off, he became the first person over 50 to complete the City Finals course.
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* BadassGrandpa: Jon Stewart (no, not [[TheDailyShow THAT]] [[NamesTheSame one]]) in season 6. 6 DESERVES to be here. He finally conquered the Warped wall. Upon the [[url:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u76rdAYvfec Arm Rings]], he could not traverse across normally, so he took a risk and swung from one of the rings AND succeeded. To top it off, he became the first person over 50 to complete the City Finals course.
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* CrackDefeat: Using your hands in a feet-only obstacle is an automatic disqualification, even if the competitor doesn't notice it at first. Happened with Jesse La Flair on Slack Ladder as he was about to finish the obstacle and Idoko Abuh when he touched the Dancing Stones as he was trying to clear it.
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In 2012, the format of ANW changed. There are no longer bootcamps, just tryouts. Tryouts were held in regional competitions, first in qualifiers then in City Finals. The top 15 from each region was guaranteed spot in Mt. Midoriyama in Las Vegas, with the rest of the spots filled by Wildcards. The top prize is $500,000. The ANW Finals runs exactly the same way as the ''Sasuke'' version.
In January 2014, NBC aired a 2-hour special called "USA vs. Japan". Instead of a straight ''Ninja Warrior'' run, this takes elements from the earlier seasons of ANW. Both teams compete eachother in 1-on-1 races. ''All'' of the warriors get to run the stages. However, the winner of each Stage was determined on a best 3-of-5 in 1 vs. 1 matches. The winner of the Stage got the equivalent number of points as the Stage number. So Stage 1 was worth 1 point, Stage 2 worth 2 and Stage 3 worth 3. Stage 4 served as the tiebreaker if both teams had 3 points at the end of Stage 3. The winner of each match was determined in one of three ways:
# Whoever cleared the Stage the fastest.
# Whoever cleared more obstacles if neither cleared the Stage.
# If both competitors fell on the exact same obstacle, whoever reached that obstacle faster.
In that special, [[spoiler:Team USA completely wiped out Team Japan 6-0.]]
NBC has announced that there will be another "USA vs. Japan" special in 2015, with the next installment being held in the ''Sasuke'' grounds. NBC has announced that it will host "USA vs. the World", which now includes Team Europe. It will air on September 15, 2014, taking place in Las Vegas.
* BadassGrandpa: Jon Stewart (no, not [[TheDailyShow THAT]] [[NamesTheSame one]]) in season 6. He became the first person over 50 to complete the City Finals course.
* CurbStompBattle: In the 2014 special "USA vs. Japan", [[spoiler:the Japanese all wiped out, with the final result 6-0 USA.]]
* GoldenSnitch: Averted in the international team competitions, if the format started by "USA vs. Japan" were to continue. The round structure is 1-2-3-Tiebreaker.
** In the 2014 special "USA vs. Japan", [[spoiler:'''all''' of Team Japan wiped out, netting only one win against the Americans.]]
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* SpinOff: ''Jump City Seattle'', a competition between {{Freerunning}} teams which featured many ''ANW'' alumni. In fact, ''JSC'' was filmed during ''ANW'' Season 2 (between Boot Camp and the actual competition), with Levi [[GameBreakingInjury breaking his wrist]] during the former and being unable to compete in the latter.
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* SpinOff: ''Jump City City: Seattle'', a competition between {{Freerunning}} Freerunning teams which featured many ''ANW'' alumni. In fact, ''JSC'' was filmed during ''ANW'' Season 2 (between Boot Camp and the actual competition), with Levi [[GameBreakingInjury breaking his wrist]] during the former and being unable to compete in the latter.
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* FragileSpeedster: Some of the parkour athletes, but especially Lorin Ball, who in the 2014 Denver Finals blazed through most of the course at a ridiculous pace but lacked the strength and technique to get past the Salmon Ladder.
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** Also in 2014, David "Flip" Rodriguez took to the course and seemed to be heading for the finals. Then he slipped on the Cargo Net and his foot touched the water. Even the spectators were shocked into silence.
** Drew Dreschel entered the Miami finals in 2014 with the announcement that he was attempting to set a new record for the course. He ended up going out on the second obstacle.
** Drew Dreschel entered the Miami finals in 2014 with the announcement that he was attempting to set a new record for the course. He ended up going out on the second obstacle.
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* BaldOfAwesome: 2014 saw the debut of Kevin Bull, who has alopecia. He set one of the fastest times in Venice qualifying, then in the finals became the first of only four contestants to conquer the Cannonball Alley obstacle ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OD0OfWQ98 using his feet!]]), as well as one of only two to actually complete the course (the other being veteran David Campbell, who is also bald).
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* BaldOfAwesome: 2014 saw the debut of Kevin Bull, who has alopecia. He set one of the fastest times in Venice qualifying, then in the finals became the first of only four contestants to conquer the Cannonball Alley obstacle ([[https://www.([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OD0OfWQ98 using his feet!]]), as well as one of only two to actually complete the course (the other being veteran David Campbell, who is also bald).
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* YouGoGirl: [[PintSizedPowerhouse Kacy Catanzaro]], and how! She is the first woman to ''EVER'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZFuw7a13E complete a city finals course]] and qualify for the Las Vegas finals, and the fact that she is just 5 feet tall and 100 pounds takes the trope UpToEleven.
** Before that, the first woman to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mirMEsFI07o conquer the warped wall]].
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** Before that, the first woman to[[https://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mirMEsFI07o conquer the warped wall]].
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* YouGoGirl: [[PintSizedPowerhouse Kacy Catanzaro, Catanzaro]], and how! She is the first woman to ''EVER'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZFuw7a13E complete a city finals course]] and qualify for the Las Vegas finals, and the fact that she is just 5 feet tall and 100 pounds takes the trope UpToEleven.
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* BaldOfAwesome: 2014 saw the debut of Kevin Bull, who has alopecia. He set one of the fastest times in Venice qualifying, then in the finals became the first of only four contestants to conquer the Cannonball Alley obstacle 9[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OD0OfWQ98 using his feet!]]), as well as one of only two to actually complete the course (the other being veteran David Campbell, who is also bald).
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* BaldOfAwesome: 2014 saw the debut of Kevin Bull, who has alopecia. He set one of the fastest times in Venice qualifying, then in the finals became the first of only four contestants to conquer the Cannonball Alley obstacle, obstacle [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OD0OfWQ98 using his feet!), as well as one of only two to actually complete the course (the other being veteran David Campbell, who is also bald).
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** In the two subsequent years, Brent Steffenson took up this mantle, failing to complete the Venice finals in 2013 and only making it to Mt. Midoriyama as a wildcard and not even ''making'' the finals in 2014.
* SpoiledByTheFormat: Being pre-taped and almost at the end of airing, was how you could tell in the 2011 and 2012 editions that Brent Steffenson wouldn't complete Stage 3.
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* YouGoGirl: Kacy Catanzaro, and how! She is the first woman to ''EVER'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZFuw7a13E complete a city finals course course]] and qualify for the Las Vegas finals, and the fact that she is just 5 feet tall and 100 pounds takes the trope UpToEleven.UpToEleven.
**Before that, the first woman to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mirMEsFI07o conquer the warped wall]].
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* TheWoobie: "Flip" Rodriguez. Quite a nice and talented competitor that has made it farther than most of the other competitors (with a CoolMask to boot), who recently seems to have bad luck on several of the seemingly more simplistic obstacles. You can't help but want to give him a hug when he fails on them, as he is quite visibly devastated when that happens.
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* YouGoGirl: Kacy Catanzaro, and how!
* YouGoGirl: Kacy Catanzaro, and how!
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* IKnowMortalKombat: One participant in 2014 said he honed his skills playing ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''. Subverted when he went out on the second obstacle of the qualifier.
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* ShirtlessScene: Many of the men run the course with bare torsos, giving viewers a lot of delicious eye candy.
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* {{Filler}}: Some profiles. One particular example of filler was a two minute-long profile for someone who went out in ''three seconds''.
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* SoftWater: The reason the course is constructed over a pool. Unfortunately, this was brutally subverted in the 2012 season. One contestant fell from an obstacle, hit the water, and ruptured his eardrum.
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* ShockingElimination: After skipping the third American Ninja Warrior, due to working on stunts for a movie, Levi Meeuwenburg returned to the competition for the fourth season. His result? ''failing the first obstacle of the qualifying round''!
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* {{Americanization}}: Despite the reality-show competition the only difference between the shows is that American Ninja Warrior has, well, American competitors.
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