History Series / Endurance

Before that, there was also a predecessor, ''Moolah Beach'', which aired on Creator/FoxKids in 2001; it is indexed here as well. It later received a short-lived CreatorDrivenSuccessor in the form of ''Karma'', which had one season released on Creator/HBOMax on June 18, 2020, and was co-executive produced by ''Endurance'' host J.D. Roth.

Before that, there was also a predecessor, ''Moolah Beach'', which aired on Creator/FoxKids in 2001; it is indexed here as well. It later received a short-lived SpiritualSuccessor in the form of ''Karma'', which had one season released on Creator/HBOMax on June 18, 2020.

Before that, there was also a predecessor, ''Moolah Beach'', which aired on Creator/FoxKids in 2001; it is indexed here as well. It later received a short-lived SpirtualSuccessor in the form of ''Karma'', which had one season released on Creator/HBOMax on June 18, 2020.

Before that, there was also a predecessor, ''Moolah Beach'', which aired on Creator/FoxKids in 2001; it is indexed here as well.

** Season 1 had just ten pyramid pieces, whereas Seasons 2 and 3 had 12, Seasons 4 and 5 had 13, and Season 6 had 14. Season 1 also had multiple prize trips available that the teams could win while future seasons had one definitive trip that would be given to the Endurance Champion. Missions were typically presented with a history lesson that tied in with what contestants would have to do but this aspect was dropped after this season. Finally, the way the pieces (and prize trips) were given off when a team was different: on E1, all pieces would be in play after the first endurance mission. When a team is eliminated, their pieces are the prize in the following endurance mission as well as the option for the winning team to switch their trip for the one that the eliminated team carried. If they switched, the trip the winning team originally had is out of the game. If they didn't switch, the trip the eliminated team had was gone. E2 onwards: Endurance missions usually give out 1 piece that was not held by one of the teams at that point. When a team is eliminated, they can select a team to give their pieces to (E5 and E6 allowed eliminated teams with multiple pieces to split their pieces among multiple teams if they wanted to) with the exception of the third place team whose pieces were up for grabs in one last endurance mission before the final 2 head to the temple of fate, just like the first season. The finale also consisted of a single episode whereas all subsequent seasons split it in two parts (part one having the mission for the third placed team's pieces and part two having the final golden pyramid challenge).

''Endurance'' was a teen reality competition hosted by [[Series/FunHouse J.D. Roth]] that lasted six seasons from 2002 to 2008 on [[Creator/TheHub Discovery Kids]]. Sixteen to twenty teenagers aged 12 to 15 would be placed in a remote location and compete in various missions as mixed gender teams of two for a grand prize trip.

** The Gray team, were not inherently suppose to be this but the performance from most of these teams throughout the series gained them this reputation. Four of the five gray teams featured on the show were the first colored teams to get eliminated (the one exception though were the champions of their season). Even JD noted in Endurance 2 that Gray seemed destined to be eliminated first. Connor from ''High Sierras'' also had a superstitious feeling regarding the color (it also happened to be the last color claimed in that season). Zigzagged in season 1 where the gray team, due to the rules of the partner selection game, was the only team to start with 2 pyramid pieces instead of one and thus giving them an early lead [[spoiler: only to get sent home after losing the very first visit to the temple of fate even though they were explicitly sent in hopes of eliminating the other team sent to temple]]. Averted in ''Fiji'' where there was no Gray team.

* TheAmazon: The winning team of the first endurance season won a trip to the Amazon forests. Some pictures of their time there was shown in the reunion special.

** Occur in ''Hawaii'' a couple of times. The first was the casting special which comprised of 2 episodes (episode saw the shortlist of contestants made while part 2 showed the final selection). The second was the right to stay which began in one episode with the girls doing a challenge and the boys starting it at the end of it with the conclusion marking the beginning of the next episode (most seasons had the right to stay condensed into one episode). The third was the partner selection (the first part sharing the second part of the right to stay episode) which was also spread out over two episodes
** Happened a couple of times in ''High Sierra'' near the beginning of the season. The first two episodes both comprised of the right to stay challenge. The second episode also marked part 1 of the partner selection challenge with the concluding results and first team elimination occurring in the next episode. This was followed by another multi part episode where the endurance mission to win the power to switch 2 teams begin in one episode and concluded in the next.

** Season 1 had just ten pyramid pieces, whereas Seasons 2 and 3 had 12, Seasons 4 and 5 had 13, and Season 6 had 14. Season 1 also had multiple prize trips available that the teams could win while future seasons had one definitive trip that would be given to the Endurance Champion. Missions were typically presented with a history lesson that tied in with what contestants would have to do but this aspect was dropped after this season. Finally, the way the pieces (and prize trips) were given off when a team was different: on E1, all pieces would be in play after the first endurance mission. When a team is eliminated, their pieces are the prize in the following endurance mission as well as the option for the winning team to switch their trip for the one that the eliminated team carried. If they switched, the trip the winning team originally had is out of the game. If they didn't switch, the trip the eliminated team had was gone. E2 onwards: Endurance missions usually give out 1 piece that was not held by one of the teams at that point. When a team is eliminated, they can select a team to give their pieces to (E5 and E6 allowed eliminated teams with multiple pieces to split their pieces among multiple teams if they wanted to) with the exception of the third place team whose pieces were up for grabs in one last endurance mission before the final 2 head to the temple of fate, just like the first season.

* DiabolusExMachina: During the final five of ''Tehachapi'' and the final four of ''High Sierras'', whichever team came in last in the Endurance Mission would automatically be sent to Temple unless they won the next Temple Mission. Neither team overcame this obstacle.

* CliffHanger: At the reunion special in between endurance 1 and 2, where the original 7 team members voted for 1 guy and 1 girl to come back for endurance 2 as the brown team, J.D decided not to reveal who won yet. It wasn't until the after the endurance 2 teams were formed that it was announced that [[spoiler: Max and Jenna, the season one gray team, were the winners]]

* CannotSpitItOut: It happenned in ''High Sierras'' for a short while the contestants are trying to make a list of who should be with who prior to the partner selection mission. An initial list is made of who each person should be partnered with but some contestants don't speak out who they really want as a partner. This includes Dakota who was initially planned to be with Taylor but he actually wanted Kelsey. Only after a few people convince him to speak up does it cause others to claim they don't want who they were initially paired with, messing up the initial partner plan and creates some tension in the process (especially with Taylor who is instead planned to be paired with Garret, a person no one wanted as a partner).

* SuicideByCop: Demian attempted this for his team (orange) after he was caught trying to make an alliance with Yellow and Brown against his initial allies Purple and Grey. Demian disliked his partner, Nicole, enough that he asked that if Purple or Grey won the next temple mission to send Orange, thus putting himself at risk of elimination. [[spoiler: Purple did win, but they did not send Orange]].

* WeHardlyKnewYe: The first challenge played on each season of Endurance is the Right to Stay where some of the contestants are immediately eliminated on the day of arrival (or occasionally after one night) if if they perform poorly relative to their competitors. As this stage is typically played out on the first episode of each series (though occasional the challenge is spread out to the first part of the second episode), this means a number of those contestants will get very little screen time before being sent home. Downplayed slightly on Endurance Hawaii, as a twist allowed the eliminated contestants to compete to form an 8th (Brown) team, giving one more episode than usual to meet the contestants that fail to reach the partner selection mission.

* VacationEpisode: One of the specials for ''Hawaii'' showed the winning team on their grand prize trip to the Galápagos Islands.

** The Gray team, while not inherently suppose to be this but the performance of these teams throughout the series gained them this reputation. Four of the five gray teams featured on the show were the first colored teams to get eliminated (the one exception though were the champions of their season). Even JD noted in Endurance 2 that Gray seemed destined to be eliminated first. Connor from ''High Sierras'' also had a superstitious feeling regarding the color (it also happened to be the last color claimed in that season). Zigzagged in season 1 where the gray team, due to the rules of the partner selection game, was the only team to start with 2 pyramid pieces instead of one and thus giving them an early lead [[spoiler: only to get sent home after losing the very first visit to the temple of fate]]. Averted in ''Fiji'' where there was no Gray team.

* CannotSpitItOut: It happen in ''High Sierras'' for a short while the contestants are trying to make a list of who should be with who prior to the partner selection mission. An initial list is made of who each person should be partnered with but some contestants don't speak out who they really want as a partner. This includes Dakota who was initially planned to be with Taylor but he actually wanted Kelsey. Only after a few people convince him to speak up does it cause others to claim they don't want who they were initially paired with, messing up the initial partner plan and creates some tension in the process (especially with Taylor who is instead planned to be paired with Garret, a person no one wanted as a partner).

** Season 1 had just ten pieces, whereas Seasons 2 and 3 had 12, Seasons 4 and 5 had 13, and Season 6 had 14. Season 1 also had multiple prize trips that the teams could win. Missions were typically presented with a history lesson that tied in with what contestants would have to do. Finally, the way the pieces (and prize trips) were given off when a team was different: on E1, all pieces would be in play after the first endurance mission. When a team is eliminated, their pieces are the prize in the following endurance mission as well as the option for the winning team to switch their trip for the one that the eliminated team carried. If they switched, the trip the winning team originally had is out of the game. If they didn't switch, the trip the eliminated team had was gone. E2 onwards: Endurance missions usually give out 1 piece that was not held by one of the teams at that point. When a team is eliminated, they can selects a team to give their pieces to (E5 and E6 allowed eliminated teams with multiple pieces to split their pieces among multiple teams if they wanted to) with the exception of the third place team whose pieces were up for grabs in one last endurance mission before the final 2 head to the temple of fate. There was also only one possible trip available as the grand prize.

** ''High Sierras'': Had another 4 team alliance with Purple, Green, Red and Orange. All four made it to the final 5 which meant when Green won the temple mission, they had to send a member to the temple of fate where they would risk elimination. Orange was selected and was eliminated after losing to Blue (the only non-member team left at that point). Happened again in the final 4 where Purple won the temple mission and, despite having the power to save Red, decided to make them go to temple with Blue which resulted in Red's elimination.

* ColorCodedArmies: The teams when they are created - they wear predominantly team-colored clothing.

** ''Hawaii'': Purple, Red, Orange and Gray had an alliance but weere forced to send at least either Red or Orange to temple of fate when their superteam loss in the superteam temple mission (their main enemy, Yellow, was on the winning superteam with Purple and Gray. Brown was the only non-member team on the losing superteam). Red was chosen for temple and were eliminated after losing to Brown.

** ''Hawaii'': Purple, Red, Orange and Gray had an alliance but where forced to send at least either Red or Orange to temple of fate when their superteam loss in the superteam temple mission (their main enemy, Yellow, was on the winning superteam with Purple and Gray. Brown was the only non-member team on the losing superteam). Red was chosen for temple and were eliminated after losing to Brown.