History Series / TakeshisCastle

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Takeshi's Gundam are known for it, and even Craig even noted this by thier "Incredible Accuracy".

* TheyKilledKenny: The Spanish version created a character, dubbed the "Chino Cudeiro". The character was a random contestant picked by the dubbers each episode that crashed rather spectacularly at certain point, playing this trope at that moment, with tragic Titanic music montage and all. ''El Chino Cudeiro'' would come back the following episode with little to no explanation, although at some time it is mentioned he had [[AWizardDidIt superpowers that allowed him to come back from the dead.]]
* TimedMission: The "Adventure Zone" challenge not only do contestants have to make it to the goal on a narrow course, but also they have to do it before time (which is represented by the Pink mushroom) runs out and depending on how far said contestant goes far when said time expires said contestant gets chucked into the drink.

* TrialAndErrorGameplay

* TravelMontage: During each one of the three New Year's on location Specials

* BeachEpisode: Four Times, Three for the on location New Year's Specials, and one for the 1000 contestant attack special (Which doubles as the true GrandFinale.)

* NonFatalExplosion: Comedically results with somone getting an AshFace, and/or Clothing Damage.

* AshFace: The result of most explosions featured in comedy skits.

It was adapted for {{CBS}} in 1993 as a one-shot special, ''[[http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0901515/ Storm the Castle]]''. The U.S. version, ''MXC'' (formerly ''MostExtremeEliminationChallenge''), effectively [[GagDub completely alters the show]].

In late 2008, Tokyo Broadcasting System sued the American network {{ABC}}, claiming the latter's summer 2008 series ''[[Series/{{Wipeout2008}} Wipeout]]'' was an infringing copy of ''Takeshi's Castle''.

** In the episode when Takeshi was recruiting monsters and the Guards were dressed up they allowed [[UpToEleven every. single. one]] to take part in the storming of the castle, no matter how many times each of them had failed during the show up to that point. So it was twenty people v two hundred.

* FanNickname: The Spanish version had a lot of them: ''El Chino Cudeiro'' (see TheyKilledKenny below), ''Pepe Livingstone'' (the field reporter with the safari hat), ''El Grano de Café'' (The Coffee Bean), ''Pinky-Winky'', ''El Primo de Harry Potter'' (HarryPotter's Cousin), ''Dolores Conichigua'' and ''Gacela Thomson'', among others.

* GagSub: The UK Dub of the show in Finland was titled "Hullut japanilaiset", while the original audio was audible and the UK Narration remained untouched the subtitles for the UK commentary however was in finnish.

* CorridoorCubbyholeRun: "Avalanche" features cubbyholes so that the contestants can hide for cover from the boulders, however they are also occupied by the Emerald Guards who also had the same idea.

* NonLeathalWarfare: Liquid Guns (albiet thay can squirt paint or water) and laser guns are the weapons of choice in this game.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Water/Paint and Laser Guns and in the episodes.

The ultimate aim of the game is to storm the eponymous castle. This has only ever been accomplished once in the Challenge version— the prize, which had been the subject of much speculation up to that point, was revealed to be [[spoiler:a small box]]. Craig Charles speculated that [[spoiler: it contained the contestant's teeth]]. [[spoiler: It was achieved nine times overall, with a prize of 1 million Yen (which was about $8000 or £5000 back then.)]]

* BeachEpisode: Used a few times.

** In the episode when Takeshi was recruiting monsters and the contestants were dressed up they allowed [[UpToEleven every. single. one]] to take part in the storming of the castle, no matter how many times each of them had failed during the show up to that point. So it was twenty people v two hundred.

* DifficultySpike: Happened when the paper rings and water guns originally present on the go-karts in the final battles were replaced by laser targets. The paper rings usually took several close range hits to pierce, but with the laser targets the contestants could be zapped from the other side of the arena and instantly eliminated.

** In 1989-90 the show received a GagDub in Italy under the title "Mai Dire Banzai" (''Never Say Banzai''): clips from the show, with original audio, were edited along with clips from another show, ''The Gaman'', and shown together to give the impression of a single huge contest. The Italian hosts, Gialappa's Band, faked being broadcasting live from Japan and their humorous commentary treated Japanese people as an entire nation of masochistic nutjobs. Finally, every character were given a mock-Japanese name, from "Pokoto Pokoto" to "Mashiro Tamiji" (the latter one was the guy with the giant papier-maché head, treated by Gialappa's as if he were the mind behind everything).

* MediumBlending: Animated Explinations for the challenges and there was even a segement in the monster special that has puppets.

* OhCrap: General reaction in Sumo Rings to picking Either the Sumo Wrestler or [[EvilForeigner Animal]].

* EvilForeigner: Animal, the lone white guard, also a GiantMook, would often taunt people before easily beating them in Sumo Rings.

** Very notorious in the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks new]] German version, almost to the point of RuinedForever.

** Some ''Tug of War'' and ''Sumo Rings'' matches were these as well, depending on the luck, such as somebody playing tug of war with a traitor or a small woman trying to fight a sumo wrestler.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Water/Paint Guns in most of the episodes.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: When Takeshi was banned from Japanese TV due to assault charges, he was replaced by someone wearing a Papier-mâché head of him.

* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: Most of the episodes in Series 1 of the UK version had the background music for the challenges edited out for some reason.

* GagSub: The UK Dub of the show was titled "Hullut japanilaiset" the UK Narration was in sweedish.

One of the maddest shows on the planet, which was originaly broadcast in Japan from 1986 to 1989 where it proved a hit there. Then in the 2000s it was syndicated internationally and became [[GrowingTheBeard a massive hit everywhere else.]] It was to Japan what TheCrystalMaze was to the UnitedKingdom, or what FortBoyard was to France. Except this turned the wackiness SerialEscalation.

One of the maddest shows on the planet, which was originaly broadcast in Japan from 1986 to 1989 where it proved a hit there. Then in the 2000s it was syndicated internationally and became [[GrowingTheBeard a massive hit everywhere else.]] It was to Japan what TheCrystalMaze was to the UnitedKingdom, or what FortBoyard was to France. Except this turned the wackiness UpToEleven and BeyondTheImpossible.

** Very notorious in the German version, almost to the point of RuinedForever.

One of the maddest shows on the planet, which was originaly broadcast in Japan from 1986 to 1989 where it proved a hit there. Then in the 2000s it was syndicated internationally and became [[GrowingTheBeard a massive hit.]] It was to Japan what TheCrystalMaze was to the UnitedKingdom, or what FortBoyard was to France. Except this turned the wackiness UpToEleven and BeyondTheImpossible.

One hundred forty Japanese contestants take part in a series of madcap challenges, hosted by Japanese actor/comedian Takeshi Kitano. He envisioned it as a live action Super Mario Bros. game and this was evident as the budget grew.

The ultimate aim of the game is to storm the titular castle. This has only ever been accomplished once in the Challenge version— the prize, which had been the subject of much speculation up to that point, was revealed to be [[spoiler:a small box]]. Craig Charles speculated that [[spoiler: it contained the contestant's teeth]]. [[spoiler: It was achieved nine times overall, with a prize of 1 million Yen (which was about $8000 or £5000 back then.)]]