No one likes a spoiler. So when I was looking at random episode pages on the Other Wiki like this one, I was surprised at how much terrible stuff there was, at least for the viewer who hasn't seen the episode (but wants to). Granted, I think every episode page on the wiki has a spoiler warning at the top so first-time fans aren't overwhelmed with the feeling of missing out. But wouldn't it be cool if there was a page full of episode data that you could go to for easy reference?
That's exactly what this page is for, except it won't be about BFDI, but exclusively about the episodes of Fake TPOT.
What to expect on this page[]
The read-only aspect[1] of the series doesn't allow for things like end credits and giant Google Docs with the names of everyone involved in the process (here's to you, TPOT 1),[2] but I do want people have access to what goes on in and behind the scenes of the episodes without, you know, having to read them. It's like SparkNotes, only trashier.
The episode "summaries" are not really summaries (yet). They work the same way as the infoboxes on the Other Wiki, which welcome readers to the most important facts of an episode, such as who was eliminated, who died, when an episode was released and things like that. If I didn't know that the episode template was literally called just that, i.e. "Template:Episode", it would have been very difficult for me to compile all the important aspects of each episode without checking the entire canon for new headings in each episode's infobox.
- Episode number and title: Always given. Also found on the navbox and the main page.
- Team name change(s): Only use if a team's name was changed in this episode.
- Challenge: Challenge for the episode (indicated by Contest).
- Challenge winner(s): The team, or later the individual, that won the contest (MVP: Who contributed the most to leading the team to victory). In pre-merge episodes, the teams are listed in order of safety.
- Challenge loser(s): The team, or later the individual(s), that lost the contest.
- Contestants
- Deaths: The contestant(s) who died in this episode.
- Recoveries: The contestant(s) recovered in this episode.
- Eliminated: The contestant(s) eliminated in this episode. (Same as "Entered TLC" on the Other Wiki)
- Elimination finalized: The contestant(s) finally eliminated (if they were eliminated previously but still were able to compete).
- Sent to Two's hotel: The contestant(s) eliminated (if they were not an official competitor before).
- Rejoined: The contestant(s) who rejoined in this episode. (Same as "Rejoined TLC" on the Other Wiki)
- Debuted: The contestant(s) who made their debut in this episode.
- Sorted into or switched teams: The contestant(s) who were sorted into or switched teams in this episode. Make sure to indicate the team's name in bold.
- Things
- Prize: The "cake" used in this episode's Cake at Stake. (Same as "Cake" on the Other Wiki)
- Dates
- Filmed: The day(s) the episode was filmed.
- Int. release date: The earliest date in which one could find the episode. You can interpret this as meaning when the episode was released on YouTube, but note that the year has been subtracted by forty-eight. (The abbreviation Int. is ambiguous; it can stand for either international or Internet.)
- U.S. release date: The date the episode first aired on U.S. cable television. The date listed in this row may be even a year after the episode first aired on the "int". I suspect that, if BFDI/BFB were a cable TV series, the episodes would have to air the episodes weekly instead of several months-ly, since that's how most TV series ran before streaming services.
- Date and time finished: The date and time an episode ended (specifically when the last part of the episode was released to this wiki). This is important for one of the credits sections.
Here is an example of an "episode infobox" for the first episode of the real The Power of Two, "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?"
Challenge | Contest | Get to the top of the First Hotel |
Winners |
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Losers | Death P.A.C.T. Again | |
Contestants | Deaths |
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Recoveries |
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Debuted |
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Sorted into teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | A mangosteen | |
Dates | Filmed | 7 December 1972 (EXIT scene filmed 9 May 1972) |
Int. release date | 10 January 1973 | |
U.S. release date | 16 January 1973 | |
Date and time finished | 10 January 2021 (something:something a.m.) |
Episode summaries[]
Act I[]
(2) "Horseback Lightswitch" | ||
Challenge | "To bring Bottle back to life" (To the contestants, there was no challenge, as Two jumped too far ahead in time. For this reason, there were no winners or losers in this episode, and no team was put up for elimination.) | |
Contestants | Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | A shared boulder | |
Dates | Filmed | 15 January 1973 (EXIT scene filmed 9 May 1972) |
Int. release date | 21 May 1973 | |
U.S. release date | 30 September 1974 | |
Date and time finished | 21 May 2021 (3:45 p.m.) | |
(3) "Good Day and Good News" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Avoid spoilers of post-split BFB |
Winners | All other teams (MVP: Remote[3]) | |
Losers | Death P.A.C.T. Again (originally) The S! (the actual team up for elimination) | |
Contestants | Deaths |
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Recoveries |
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Eliminated | — (Two staged a mock elimination, in which a non-existent contestant was eliminated.) | |
Debuted, sorted into teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Invisible cake | |
Dates | Filmed | 28 May 1973 (EXIT scene filmed 11 June 1972) |
Int. release date | 30 September 1973 | |
U.S. release date | 7 October 1974 | |
Date and time finished | 28 June 2021 (8:28 p.m.) | |
(4) "All Boxed In" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Create the best Nonexisty Cage |
Winners |
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Losers | Just Not | |
Contestants | Deaths |
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Eliminated |
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Rejoined |
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Debuted, sorted into teams |
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Switched teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Edible numbers | |
Dates | Filmed | 29 October 1973 (EXIT scene filmed 28 June 1972; first part of the episode filmed 28 May 1973) |
Int. release date | 9 February 1974 | |
U.S. release date | 14 October 1974 | |
Date and time finished | 8 July 2021 (2:49 p.m.) | |
(5) "So This Is Life" / "Two Rocks the Elderly" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Get a slip signed for doing community service (planting trees for The Strongest Team on Earth, helping the elderly for all other teams) (This challenge was not authorized by Two, as it was initiated by the contestants. It was still appreciated.) |
Winners |
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Losers | Are You Okay | |
Contestants | Deaths ("So This Is Life") |
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Deaths ("Two Rocks the Elderly") |
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Eliminated ("So This Is Life") |
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Elimination finalized ("So This Is Life") |
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Sent to Two's hotel ("So This Is Life") |
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Cake at Stake prize | None (We find out later that it's more of an anti-prize: The eliminated contestant gets their own hotel room, without any roommates.) | |
Dates | Filmed | 17 February 1974 |
Int. release date | "So This Is Life": 21 June 1974 "Two Rocks the Elderly": 26 August 1974 | |
U.S. release date | "So This Is Life": 21 October 1974 "Two Rocks the Elderly": 28 October 1974 | |
Date and time finished | "So This Is Life": 11 July 2021 (11:03 p.m.)[5] "Two Rocks the Elderly": 12 July 2021 (11:13 a.m.) | |
(6) "The Seekers Are Inn!" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Find the contestants who are inside Two's hotel |
Winners |
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Losers | The S! | |
Contestants | Recoveries |
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Eliminated |
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Sent to Two's hotel |
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Cake at Stake prize | None (In the original script, the line from Donut was "The sheer joy of competing for another episode" in response to Tennis Ball, who asked what the prize is.) | |
Dates | Filmed | 2 September 1974 (EXIT scene filmed 28 June 1972) |
Int. release date | 31 October 1974 | |
U.S. release date | 4 November 1974 | |
Date and time finished | 16 July 2021 (10:10 a.m.) |
Act II[]
(7) "Canned Laughter in the Rain" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Two steps: Find the source of an unceasing laughter-like noise (later revealed to be an insect called the "laughing bug") and put an end to it in any way |
Winners |
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Losers | The S! (did not complete the task)
team8s (made things worse; thus they are up for elimination) | |
Contestants | Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Noise-cancelling headphones | |
Dates | Filmed | 25 November 1974 (EXIT scene filmed 17 August 1972) |
Int. release date | 12 March 1975 | |
U.S. release date | 2 November 1976 | |
Date and time finished | 20 July 2021 (11:47 a.m.) | |
(8) "The Switchgate" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Make the "essence" of Barf Bag ( |
Winners |
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Losers | Death P.A.C.T. Again | |
Contestants | Deaths |
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Eliminated |
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Switched teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Pieces of sidewalk chalk | |
Dates | Filmed | 17 March 1975 (EXIT scene filmed 3 September 1972) |
Int. release date | 5 July 1975 | |
U.S. release date | 9 November 1976 | |
Date and time finished | 23 July 2021 (4:17 p.m.) | |
(9) "Eraser to Go(ne)" | ||
Challenge | Contest | A relay race (to build a five-sided rooftop ornament, which would be revealed to be the thing at the top of Two's Second Hotel at the end of the episode) |
Winners |
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Losers | Are You Okay | |
Contestants | Deaths |
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Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Protractors from Protractor's Protractors | |
Dates | Filmed | 9 July 1975 (EXIT scene filmed 20 September 1972) |
Int. release date | 28 October 1975 | |
U.S. release date | 16 November 1976 | |
Date and time finished | 26 July 2021 (9:50 p.m.) | |
(10) "Little Hotel on the Savannah" / "Press Two to Clear" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Move everything from the team cabins to the new rooms in the Second Hotel |
Winners |
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Losers | The Strongest Team on Earth | |
Contestants | Deaths ("Press Two to Clear") |
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Recoveries ("Little Hotel on the Savannah") |
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Elimination finalized ("Press Two to Clear") |
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Cake at Stake prize | Hoovers (vacuum cleaners) | |
Dates | Filmed | 3–4 November 1975 (EXIT scene filmed 20 September 1972) |
Int. release date | "Little Hotel on the Savannah": 20 February 1976 "Press Two to Clear": 17 April 1976 | |
U.S. release date | "Little Hotel on the Savannah": 23 November 1976 "Press Two to Clear": 9 November 1976 | |
Date and time finished | "Little Hotel on the Savannah": 28 July 2021 (5:37 p.m.)[5] "Press Two to Clear": 29 July 2021 (5:30 p.m.) | |
(11) "Oratoria Polyglottica" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Oratory (have one team member memorize a classical passage of speech in a non-English language without reading directly from the source text) |
Winners |
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Losers | Just Not | |
Team name change |
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Contestants | Deaths |
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Recoveries |
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Eliminated |
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Switched teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Video cameras (called "videos" by Two) | |
Dates | Filmed | 26 April 1976 (EXIT scene filmed 23 October 1972) |
Int. release date | 14 June 1976 | |
U.S. release date | 7 December 1976 | |
Date and time finished | 1 August 2021 (9:51 p.m.) | |
(12) "Death P.A.C.T. Takes a Holiday" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Six-way tug of war |
Winners |
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Losers | Death P.A.C.T. Again (will not be immediately penalized) | |
Contestants | Deaths |
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Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Strawberry cake (given to Eraser instead of the team) | |
Dates | Filmed | 23–24 June 1976 (EXIT scene filmed 9 November 1972) |
Int. release date | 7 October 1976 | |
U.S. release date | 14 December 1976 | |
Date and time finished | 6 August 2021 (11:02 a.m.) |
Act III[]
(13) "File in the Cab!" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Draw something in the endless sand pit (the winner is the team whose work seems to have the most value) |
Winners |
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Losers | Cold Woe Bunch (will not be immediately penalized) | |
Team name change |
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Contestants | Deaths |
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Recoveries |
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Rejoined, sorted into teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Plastic shovels (for those that correctly guessed the highest-voted previously eliminated contestant), as well as the two highest-voted eliminated contestants (for the team that won the last contest) | |
Dates | Filmed | 15 March 1977 (EXIT scene filmed 26 November 1972; opening scene filmed 25 June 1976) |
Int. release date | 25 May 1977 | |
U.S. release date | 19 December 1978 | |
Date and time finished | 10 August 2021 (12:45 a.m.) | |
(14) "The One Where No One Has Common Sense" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Be the most accurate at guessing who murdered Snowball on the night of 15 March 1977 (rankings determined by the average "correctness" among the innocent contestants, who had to judge whether selected contestants were guilty or innocent) |
Winners |
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Losers | The S! | |
Dates | Filmed | 11 July 1977 (EXIT scene filmed 26 November 1972) |
Int. release date | 17 September 1977 | |
U.S. release date | 26 December 1978 | |
Date and time finished | 13 August 2021 (11:22 p.m.) | |
(15) "Can You Tell Me?" / "Oh, I Don't Know" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Get the answer to the question Two has in mind ("Why did you come here?") or get the most information out of a Fruituit[6] in an unscheduled interview |
Winners |
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Losers | Death PACT Again | |
Contestants | Deaths ("Can You Tell Me?") |
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Recoveries ("Can You Tell Me?") |
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Recoveries ("Oh, I Don't Know") |
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Eliminated |
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Switched teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | High-quality microscopes | |
Dates | Filmed | 14 October 1977 (EXIT scene filmed 29 December 1972) |
Int. release date | "Can You Tell Me?": 10 January 1978 "Oh, I Don't Know": 9 March 1978 | |
U.S. release date | "Can You Tell Me?": 2 January 1979 "Oh, I Don't Know": 9 January 1979 | |
Date and time finished | "Can You Tell Me?": 17 August 2021 (10:27 a.m.) "Oh, I Don't Know": 18 August 2021 (1:23 p.m.) | |
(16) "Stewards of the Scenery" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Clean the furthest area around the middle point where all your team members have cleaned |
Winners |
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Losers | Cold Woe Bunch, Just Not (both teams are up for elimination) | |
Contestants | Eliminated |
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Switched teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Rainbow microscopes (only one survived the journey from Two to contestant; Remote gave hers to Just Not) | |
Dates | Filmed | 20 March 1978 (EXIT scene filmed 15 January 1973) |
Int. release date | 5 May 1978 | |
U.S. release date | 16 January 1979 | |
Date and time finished | 20 August 2021 (3:57 p.m.) | |
(17) "Block City Rockers" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Bumper cars |
Winners | All other teams (No MVP in this episode) | |
Losers | The Strongest Team on Earth | |
Team name change |
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Contestants | Deaths |
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Recoveries |
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Eliminated |
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Elimination finalized |
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Switched teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Reacher-grabbers | |
Dates | Filmed | 12–13 June 1978 (EXIT scene filmed 1 February 1973) |
Int. release date | 29 August 1978 | |
U.S. release date | 23 January 1979 | |
Date and time finished | 23 August 2021 (2:50 p.m.) | |
(18) "Like Game" | ||
Challenge | Contest | "Like the Z-list celebrities" in Two's Special Seventeenth Skirmish Show (Spoof of Match Game and Blankety Blank: Get as many matches as possible from two special guest players, Firey and Lollipop) |
Winners |
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Losers | Death PACT Again | |
Contestants | Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Chocolate cake | |
Dates | Filmed | 9 October 1978 (EXIT scene filmed 1 February 1973) |
Int. release date | 22 December 1978 | |
U.S. release date | 30 January 1979 | |
Date and time finished | 26 August 2021 (12:03 p.m.) |
Act IV[]
(19) "Laisser Tomber Les Balles" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Get to the top of Two's Second Hotel (the official placings were determined by the average placings of the first, second, third etc. groups of three contestants sorted in accordance with the Arabic alphabet; this was announced later in the episode) |
Winners | Group winners of the contest (average placings):
Individual winners of the contest (in order of ascent to the hotel roof): Lightning (MVP), Cloudy, Nickel, Puffball, Snowball, Remote, Black Hole, Tree, Winner, Needle, Clock, Robot Flower, Book, Gaty, Saw, Naily, Price Tag, Coiny, Pin, Barf Bag, Donut, Eraser, Golf Ball, Tennis Ball, Basketball, TV | |
Losers | Group losers of the contest (average placing):
Individual loser of the contest (i.e., the last one to make it up to the roof): Pen | |
Team changes | All teams are disbanded in this episode. The contestants compete individually. | |
Contestants | Deaths |
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Eliminated |
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Rejoined |
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Cake at Stake prize | Gloves | |
Dates | Filmed | 3–5 June 1979 (EXIT scene filmed 6 March 1973) |
Int. release date | 9 August 1979 | |
U.S. release date | 3 February 1981 | |
Date and time finished | 28 August 2021 (11:42 p.m.) | |
(20) "Teamwork (Take Six)" / "Pumping Iridium" | ||
Challenge ("Pumping Iridium" only) | Contest | Three separate contests (team placings are not stated in the episode)
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Winners |
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Losers | The Alefs (will not be immediately penalized) | |
Team changes | Three new teams are created out of the final 27. | |
Contestants | Recoveries ("Teamwork (Take Six)") |
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Eliminated ("Teamwork (Take Six)") |
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Eliminated ("Pumping Iridium") |
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Sorted into teams ("Teamwork (Take Six)") |
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Cake at Stake prize | Inflatable muscle arms | |
Dates | Filmed | 24 September 1979 ("Teamwork (Take Six)"); 10 December 1979 ("Pumping Iridium"; EXIT scene in this episode filmed 23 March 1973) |
Int. release date | "Teamwork (Take Six)": 2 December 1979 "Pumping Iridium": 28 January 1980 | |
U.S. release date | "Teamwork (Take Six)": 10 February 1981 "Pumping Iridium": 17 February 1981 | |
Date and time finished | "Teamwork (Take Six)": 31 August 2021 (11:16 p.m.) "Pumping Iridium": 2 September 2021 (10:29 p.m.) | |
(21) "45 RPM to Your Doom!" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Stay on a rotating record for as long as possible |
Winners |
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Losers | U | |
Contestants | Name changes |
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Debuted, sorted into teams |
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Debut initiated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Invisible Tomato | |
Dates | Filmed | 4 February 1980 |
Int. release date | 26 March 1980 | |
U.S. release date | 24 February 1981 | |
Date and time finished | 8 September 2021 (11:41 a.m.) | |
(22) "Shadows... in the Light" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Make a maze for Two using only cardboard boxes |
Winners |
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Losers | U, Vitas (both teams are up for elimination) | |
Hosts | "Deaths" |
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Contestants | Eliminated |
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Partially allowed to compete, sorted into teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Not-macroscopes (small glass squares that, when held up to the light of a non-solar astronomical body, can show the satellite view of the area directly above its holder) | |
Dates | Filmed | 12 May 1980 (EXIT scene filmed 25 April 1973) |
Int. release date | 19 July 1980 | |
U.S. release date | 3 March 1981 | |
Date and time finished | 10 September 2021 (5:01 p.m.) | |
(23) "Alphabet Two-p" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Definitions bee (get as far as you can without defining a given word incorrectly) |
Winners |
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Losers | Vitas (spared out of Two's sympathy) The Alefs (up for elimination) | |
Contestants | Eliminated |
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Fully debuted |
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Cake at Stake prize | "A slightly bigger brain" (Golf Ball has enlarged each safe contestant's brain by 0.1%. It has very little effect on their intelligence.) | |
Dates | Filmed | 1 September 1980 (EXIT scene filmed 25 April 1973) |
Int. release date | 11 November 1980 | |
U.S. release date | 10 March 1981 | |
Date and time finished | 13 September 2021 (9:26 p.m.) | |
(24) "It Was a Very Good Year" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Three separate party-related contests (in which one member from each team must take part)
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Winners |
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Losers | Vitas | |
Contestants | Eliminated |
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Switched teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Googly eyes | |
Dates | Filmed | 5 November 1969 – 25 April 1972 (archival and EXIT scenes, i.e., all of parts 1 and 2, all filmed during this time); 31 December 1980 – 1 January 1981 (parts 3 and 4; the episode ends shortly after midnight) |
Int. release date | 6 March 1981 | |
U.S. release date | Part One: 17 March 1981 Part Two: 24 March 1981 | |
Date and time finished | 22 September 2021 (1:57 a.m.) |
Act V[]
(25) "A Cheese Puff" / "Chocolate Solder" | ||
Challenge ("Chocolate Solder" only) | Contest | Come up with the most sensible solution for a situation of Two's choosing |
Winners |
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Losers | The Alefs, Vitas (both teams are up for elimination) | |
Contestants | Deaths and recoveries (implied, "A Cheese Puff") |
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Disappearances ("A Cheese Puff") |
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Appearances ("A Cheese Puff") |
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Recoveries ("A Cheese Puff") |
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Eliminated ("Chocolate Solder") |
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Sent off, though technically still competing ("Chocolate Solder") |
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Cake at Stake prize | Nothing (Temporary host Book did not have anything) | |
Dates | Filmed | 24 August 1981 ("A Cheese Puff"); 25 October 1981 ("Chocolate Solder") |
Int. release date | "A Cheese Puff": 22 October 1981 "Chocolate Solder": 19 December 1981 | |
U.S. release date | "A Cheese Puff": 28 February 1984 "Chocolate Solder": 6 March 1984 | |
Date and time finished | "A Cheese Puff": 24 September 2021 (12:47 a.m.) "Chocolate Solder": 26 September 2021 (3:48 p.m.) | |
(26) "Taking the Plunge Once More" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Stay on the balance beam the longest for your team |
Winners |
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Losers | Vitas (will not be immediately penalized) | |
Contestants | Deaths |
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Eliminated |
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Fully brought back |
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Cake at Stake prize | Faulty life rings | |
Dates | Filmed | 27 December 1981 – 1 January 1982 |
Int. release date | 15 February 1982 | |
U.S. release date | 13 March 1984 | |
Date and time finished | 29 September 2021 (12:44 a.m.) | |
(27) "Who Says Younger = Better?" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Be the first person of your team to escape from a recovery cylinder (The challenge was possible because all but one of the contestants were dead. An unofficial challenge, a baseball game, was held by the contestants in Two's body before they were recovered. In this challenge, Tree was the MVP in the combined team of Vitas and U against The Alefs.) |
Winners |
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Losers | The Alefs | |
Contestants | Name changes |
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Recoveries |
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Dates | Filmed | 1 January 1982 (first scene before the introduction of Two's interior); 12 April 1982 (rest of the episode) |
Int. release date | 10 June 1982 | |
U.S. release date | 20 March 1984 | |
Date and time finished | 2 October 2021 (12:57 a.m.) | |
(28) "Englowchment" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Go the furthest without coming into physical contact with a Twobot (an annoying miniature talking robot in the shape of Two) |
Winners |
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Losers | U (got last place; immune from being up for elimination) The Alefs (up for elimination) | |
Contestants | Name changes |
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Deaths |
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Eliminated |
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Sent off, though technically still competing |
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Debuted, sorted into teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | TPOT-brand teapots | |
Dates | Filmed | 2 August 1982 (EXIT scene filmed 4 August 1973) |
Int. release date | 3 October 1982 | |
U.S. release date | 27 April 1984 | |
Date and time finished | 6 October 2021 (3:23 p.m.) | |
(29) "The 250 Club" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Make the most convincing presentation on any pertinent issue |
Winners |
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Losers | Vitas (had the worst presentation) U (up for elimination, as not every member participated) | |
Contestants | Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | "Something metal" (revealed to be microphones in a later episode) | |
Dates | Filmed | 22 November 1982 (EXIT scene filmed 21 August 1973; flashback scene before the episode filmed 2 August 1982) |
Int. release date | 26 January 1983 | |
U.S. release date | 3 April 1984 | |
Date and time finished | 9 October 2021 (1:05 p.m.) | |
(30) "A Time to Let Go" / "Return of the Rock Ship" | ||
Challenge ("Return of the Rock Ship" only) | Contest | Be the least tempted to cause a split among the TPOT cast; i.e. don't even think of joining a new series hosted by Ilta Y. Atgaw |
Winners |
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Losers | Vitas (only suspected of wanting to switch; no one actually did) | |
Contestants | Elimination status ambiguous ("A Time to Let Go") |
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Elimination finalized ("Return of the Rock Ship") |
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Debuted, sorted into teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Platform pieces (pieces of the Cake at Stake platform) | |
Dates | Filmed | 13–14 March 1983 (EXIT scene of "Return of the Rock Ship" filmed 6 September 1973) |
Int. release date | "A Time to Let Go": 21 May 1983 "Return of the Rock Ship": 18 July 1983 | |
U.S. release date | "A Time to Let Go": 10 April 1984 "Return of the Rock Ship": 17 April 1984 | |
Date and time finished | "A Time to Let Go": 13 October 2021 (4:00 p.m.) "Return of the Rock Ship": 16 October 2021 (4:46 p.m.) |
Act VI[]
(31) "The Call of Wagtayatli" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Get your designated strangers out of the Second Hotel in any way possible (including by sending them into the Filing Cabinet) |
Winners | Tree's team and Winner's team placed equally (MVPs: Coiny, Golf Ball) | |
Losers | None (up for elimination was everyone who did not take part in the competition, i.e. everyone except Clock, Coiny, Golf Ball and Pin) | |
Team changes | All teams are disbanded in this episode and two new teams are created out of the final 20. | |
Contestants | Name changes |
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Recoveries |
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Sorted into teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | New teammates (not explicitly stated in the episode) | |
Dates | Filmed | 14 November 1983 |
Int. release date | 6 January 1984 | |
U.S. release date | 22 October 1985 | |
Date and time finished | 21 October 2021 (6:08 p.m.) | |
(32) "Squ̇āshy" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Make the least movement ("Do nothing") |
Winners | The Squishy Bunch (MVPs: the entire team, i.e. Aresko, Black Hole, Bok, Coiny, Liy, Pen, Pin, Remote, Saw, Tree) (then known as "Tree's team") | |
Losers | Namely Ties (then known as "Winner's team") | |
Team name changes |
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Contestants | Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Nothing (Although no prize was given at Cake at Stake, the winning team in this episode are allowed to name their team first.) | |
Dates | Filmed | 5 March 1984 |
Int. release date | 30 April 1984 | |
U.S. release date | 29 October 1985 | |
Date and time finished | 25 October 2021 (2:53 p.m.) | |
(33) "Beyond the Sea" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Be the first person to name the only time-travelling contestant left in the game (the correct answer was "Price Tag") |
Winners | The Squishy Bunch (MVP: Remote) | |
Losers | Namely Ties | |
Contestants | Eliminated |
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Elimination finalized |
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Cake at Stake prize | Fill buckets (real-life versions of the "Fill" icon in Microsoft Paint, pixelated and all) | |
Dates | Filmed | 25 June 1984 (contestants' scenes); 27 October 1973 (EXIT scenes, getting equal attention in this episode) |
Int. release date | 23 August 1984 | |
U.S. release date | 5 November 1985 | |
Date and time finished | 27 October 2021 (11:08 p.m.) | |
(34) "Topendia Tuorum" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Scramble Squares, i.e. be the team that has stepped on the most squares on a large circular surface outside the Second Hotel |
Winners | Namely Ties (MVP: Winner) | |
Losers | The Squishy Bunch | |
Contestants | Deaths |
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Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Books in the Algebralien language | |
Dates | Filmed | 22 October 1984 (contestants' scenes); 28 October 1973 – 15 November 1983 (EXIT/FEXITers' scenes) |
Int. release date | 16 December 1984 | |
U.S. release date | 12 November 1985 | |
Date and time finished | 30 October 2021 (4:28 p.m.) | |
(35) "B*R*A*S*I*L" / "This Insvenska Thing" | ||
Challenge ("This Insvenska Thing" only) | Contest | Put an end to the "Insvenska condition" (an invented disease that causes its victims to suddenly insert a word of Swedish into every sentence they say and later only be able to speak only Swedish) |
Winners | The Squishy Bunch (MVP: Liy) | |
Losers | Namely Ties | |
Contestants | Deaths ("This Insvenska Thing") |
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Recoveries ("This Insvenska Thing") |
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Eliminated ("B*R*A*S*I*L") |
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Cake at Stake prize | Golden boots | |
Dates | Filmed | 11 February 1985 (contestants' scenes); 15 November 1983 (FEXITers' scenes in Brazil) |
Int. release date | "B*R*A*S*I*L": 11 April 1985 "This Insvenska Thing": 7 June 1985 | |
U.S. release date | "B*R*A*S*I*L": 19 November 1985 "This Insvenska Thing": 26 November 1985 | |
Date and time finished | "B*R*A*S*I*L": 3 November 2021 (1:42 a.m.) "This Insvenska Thing": 5 November 2021 (5:33 p.m.) | |
(36) "These Aren't the Peace Talks You're Looking For" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Eliminate Profily by sending them to the Filing Cabinet |
Winners | Namely Ties (MVP: Snowball) | |
Losers | The Squishy Bunch | |
Contestants | Deaths |
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Eliminated |
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Debuted |
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Sorted into teams |
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Cake at Stake prize | Butterfly nets | |
Dates | Filmed | 10 February 1985 (California scenes); 10–11 June 1985 (Kenya scenes) |
Int. release date | 4 August 1985 | |
U.S. release date | 3 December 1985 | |
Date and time finished | 10 November 2021 (11:18 p.m.) (all parts compiled on the wiki); 11 November 2021 (1:39 a.m.) (parts put in order) |
Act VII[]
(37) "High Anxiety" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Get the most points (based on several factors, particularly the contest of the episode)
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Winners (MVPs, or who gained the most points)[10] |
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Mid-placers |
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Losers (UFE) |
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Contestants | Deaths |
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Recoveries |
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Eliminated |
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Debuted |
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Cake at Stake prize | Weather vanes | |
Dates | Filmed | 3 February 1986 |
Int. release date | 22 March 1986 | |
U.S. release date | 3 November 1987 | |
Date and time finished | 15 November 2021 (10:17 p.m.) | |
(38) "A Ruff Estimate" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Write the most accurate guess about the hosts' methods of calculating the contestants' scores |
Winners (highest point-gainers) |
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Mid-placers |
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Losers (UFE) |
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Contestants | Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Calculators with only the digit "2" on them | |
Dates | Filmed | 4–6 February 1986 (Two's disclaimer at the start of the episode was filmed 28 May 1986) |
Int. release date | 15 July 1986 | |
U.S. release date | 10 November 1987 | |
Date and time finished | 19 November 2021 (10:01 p.m.) | |
(39) "Designing Objects" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Furnish your new house the way Loser finds most to his liking |
Winners (highest point-gainers) |
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Mid-placers |
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Losers (UFE) |
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Contestants | Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Oil | |
Dates | Filmed | 23 September 1986 |
Int. release date | 7 November 1986 | |
U.S. release date | 17 November 1987 | |
Date and time finished | 25 November 2021 (5:31 p.m.) | |
(40) "Another Voyage Home" / "Entrance Fee: 1 Point" | ||
Challenge ("Entrance Fee: 1 Point" only) | Contest | Get the most people through the doors of your flat ("People" referring to the liberated denizens of the Filing Cabinet) |
Winners (highest point-gainers) |
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Mid-placers |
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Losers (UFE) |
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Contestants | Eliminated ("Entrance Fee: 1 Point") |
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Cake at Stake prize | Tiny lasagne with something in it | |
Dates | Filmed | 23 September 1986 ("Another Voyage Home"; the episode ends at midnight at 24 September); 12–13 January 1987 ("Entrance Fee: 1 Point") |
Int. release date | "Another Voyage Home": 2 March 1987 "Entrance Fee: 1 Point": 29 April 1987 | |
U.S. release date | "Another Voyage Home": 24 November 1987 "Entrance Fee: 1 Point": 1 December 1987 | |
Date and time finished | "Another Voyage Home": 1 December 2021 (5:49 p.m.) "Entrance Fee: 1 Point": 5 December 2021 (9:25 p.m.) | |
(41) "Your Own Private-Eye Phones!" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Get the most likes on your very first Indus-Gram post on your new YeFone (futuristic version of a mobile phone advertised by Yellow Face at the beginning of the episode) |
Winner (highest point-gainers) |
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Mid-placers |
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Losers (will not be penalized) |
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Contestants | Deaths |
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Eliminated |
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Quit |
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Rejoined |
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Cake at Stake prize | Artificial suns | |
Dates | Filmed | 4–11 May 1987 (the rejoin auditions were filmed 29–30 April 1987) |
Int. release date | 25 June 1987 | |
U.S. release date | 8 December 1987 | |
Date and time finished | 9 December 2021 (1:39 p.m.) | |
(42) "How the Host Was One" / "The Password Is 'Family'" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Two separate contests
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Winners (highest point-gainers in their respective contests) |
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Mid-placers |
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(Arbitrary number of points awarded by and for one of the hosts himself and his girlfriend) |
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Losers (UFE) |
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Contestants | Rejoined ("How the Host Was One") |
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Cake at Stake prize | None (except perhaps a chance at reconciliation with a fellow contestant) | |
Dates | Filmed | 30 August – 7 September 1987 |
Int. release date | "How the Host Was One": 18 October 1987 "The Password Is Family": 25 October 1987 | |
U.S. release date | "How the Host Was One": 15 December 1987 "The Password Is Family": 22 December 1987 | |
Date and time finished | "How the Host Was One": circa 21 December 2021 "The Password Is Family": 6 January 2022 (11:51 p.m.) |
Act VIII[]
(43) "Ten Is Enough" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Design the most suitable font for an unknown figure (later revealed to be Five) to use for their poster for the American Dance Festival |
Winners (immune) |
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Losers (UFE) |
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Contestants | Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Rulers | |
Dates | Filmed | 23–24 April 1988 |
Int. release date | 4 June 1988 | |
U.S. release date | 21 November 1989 | |
Date and time finished | 24 January 2022 (11:59 p.m.) (all parts compiled on the wiki); 25 January 2022 (12:12 a.m.) (parts placed on the same page) | |
(44) "Cherries & CAT Scans" | ||
Challenge | Contest | React the least emotionally upon viewing your alternate timeline (your "CAT scan") of what your life could have been had you not been a BFDI contestant |
Winners (immune) |
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Losers (UFE) |
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Contestants | Name changes |
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Eliminated |
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Cake at Stake prize | Rectangular prisms that look like tissue boxes | |
Dates | Filmed | 15 August 1988 |
Int. release date | 28 September 1988 | |
U.S. release date | 29 November 1989 | |
Date and time finished | 6 March 2022 (4:22 p.m.) (all parts compiled on the wiki); 7 March 2022 (7:47 p.m.) (parts placed on the same page) | |
(45) "A'ight Told You So" / "Nine Kids on the Block" / "The Amazing Reverse Race" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Reverse race (Be the first to cross the finish line after a series of checkpoints around the world which all remaining contestants must cross together; for immunity, be of the first two to do so) |
Winners (immune) |
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Ambiguous status (though nominally UFE) |
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Losers (UFE) |
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Contestants | Name changes |
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Deaths ("A'ight Told You So") |
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Recoveries ("A'ight Told You So") |
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Deaths ("Nine Kids on the Block") |
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Eliminated ("A'ight Told You So") |
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Cake at Stake prize | Glow sticks | |
Dates | Filmed | 25–26 December 1988 (first part of the episode filmed 15 August 1988) |
Int. release date | "A'ight Told You So": 21 January 1989 "Nine Kids on the Block": 6 March 1989 "The Amazing Reverse Race": 20 April 1989 | |
U.S. release date | "A'ight Told You So": 5 December 1989 "Nine Kids on the Block": 12 December 1989 "The Amazing Reverse Race": 19 December 1989 | |
Date and time finished | "A'ight Told You So": 23 March 2022 (8:01 p.m.) "Nine Kids on the Block": 30 July 2022 (1:49 p.m.) "The Amazing Reverse Race": 23 August 2022 (11:17 p.m.) | |
(46) "We Can Sail, We Can Sail" | ||
Challenge | Contest | Complete all the previous TPOT challenges |
Winners (immune) |
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Losers (UFE) |
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Contestants | Eliminated |
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Rejoined |
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Cake at Stake prize | Parts of a "gold metal", that is, pieces of metal moulded into the shape of the word GOLD | |
Dates | Filmed | 24 February 1989 (opening scenes); 24 May 1989 (rest of the episode) |
Int. release date | 17 July 1989 | |
U.S. release date | 26 December 1989 | |
Date and time finished | 21 September 2022 (1:33 a.m.) | |
(47) "Pencil? Two? Oh." ("And Your Name Is..." / "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner") | ||
Challenge | Contest | None |
Winners (series finalists[15] |
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Contestants | Eliminated ("And Your Name Is...") |
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Cake at Stake prize | Golden triangular earrings | |
Dates | Filmed | "And Your Name Is...": 2–4 August 1989 "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner": 21–26 August 1989 (the episode ends shortly at midnight on 27 August) |
Int. release date | 13 October 1989 | |
U.S. release date | 2 January 1990 | |
Date and time finished | "And Your Name Is...": 2 October 2022 (6:18 p.m.) "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner": 29 October 2022 (5:51 p.m.) | |
(48) "Soon As We May" | ||
Contestants | Deaths |
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Recoveries |
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Winner |
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Runners-up |
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Prizes | Cake at Stake prize | The Grand Cake |
Prize for the entire series | Two's limitless power, aka the Power of Two (with a caveat) | |
Dates | Filmed | 10–14 November 1989 |
Int. release date | 10 January 1990 | |
U.S. release date | 16 January 1990 (released as a four-part special; one week ago a documentary about BFDI was broadcast instead of an episode) | |
Date and time finished | 2 July 2023 (1:31 a.m.) |
Notes[]
- ↑ As opposed to the watch-and-then-read aspect of the real episodes.
- ↑ Now, if I knew how to animate, that would be another story. But I don't, and that's fine.
- ↑ There isn't really an MVP for this episode, but Remote is the closest. She is the one who revealed the truth.
- ↑ Although Balloony was seen with The S! for virtually all of the episode, he declared himself to be a member of Death P.A.C.T. Again to Two (who still didn't take him in as an official contestant).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The date and date that the page was split.
- ↑ A "Fruituit" is a fruit alien from the planet Phala.
- ↑ "Aresko" is his new calling name, not a legal name. Many contestants continue to call him "Rubber Spatula".
- ↑ "'Exix" is her new calling name by Two and a shrinking group of contestants who were not her closest friends in BFB. They call her by her true name, "Liy".
- ↑ She is still known as "Exix" in official senses, i.e. by the hosts, but by now, all the contestants understand that this character is actually called "Liy". Think of this as being similar to the Ivory Coast/Côte d'Ivoire naming issue: Many people still call this country the "Ivory Coast" (at least in English), but in international media, it is called "Côte d'Ivoire".
- ↑ Starting in TPOT 37, the MVP system is no longer relevant, just as Win Tokens were after BFDI 12.
- ↑ There were no ties in the contest of this episode because each contestant's initial number of points very much depended on placement. Remote and Black Hole landed in exactly the same place, but Remote was the winner of this contest because her legs actually touched the top of the building, unlike Black Hole, who has no legs (but exerted a strong gravitational force on the edifice nonetheless).
- ↑ Arrows indicate a change of points at the beginning of the episode, as announced by Two. (The points were not publicly announced in TPOT 37.)
- ↑ While Snowball's elimination was finalized in this episode, the exact circumstances of his elimination would not be discussed until "Entrance Fee: 1 Point".
- ↑ Contestants are listed with their Indus-Gram usernames, which were chosen in this episode.
- ↑ Listed in alphabetical order based on surname.