History Series / RunForMoneyTousouchuu

The game resumed as Run for the Money on Netflix on 11/15/22 (and is available internationally). An anime version was announced on January 2023.

!!This show provides examples of:

** [[spoiler:Shibatar]] in the first Netflix game. In addition to letting the others put in the work for the first couple of missions, they end up deciding to surrender themselves rather than risk capture by the Hunters or being ratted out by the traitors. In order to ensure that they reach the surrender box safely, they [[spoiler:literally grab the first player they find and shove them into the path of a Hunter. It's only the lead that doing this provides that allows him to surrender successfully]]. [[spoiler:Even more gallingly, because SHINee's Minho was caught with 35 seconds left on the clock, his successful surrender meant he was the only competitor to win any money; a cool 1.9 million yen]]..

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months, knownin Japanese as "run for money 逃走中". As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on January 5, 2014, bringing the total to 34 episodes.[[note]]Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013. There were also 9 episodes aired not under the name of Tousouchuu aired between Episode 6 to Episode 7, which the series was integrated with other spinoffs.[[/note]] 32 DVD volumes are released in Japan with all the aired episodes.

It also spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/Chase2008 Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci Fi Channel]] and ''[[Series/RunForTime Run for Time]]'' on Hunan Television in China.

The game resumed as Run for the Money on Netflix on 11/15/22 (and is available internationally).

* DifficultySpike: Many games start out very easy, then sometime after the halfway point comes a NintendoHard mission which causes players drop like flies. Particularly common with the "vacate the area before it closes" missions, which usually close off the easiest hiding places, resulting in the elimination of many players who have been trying to camp out in a corner somewhere as they either get caught on their way out or don't make it out in time.
** Even despite this there have only been [[spoiler:5]] episodes out of 34 (Or [[spoiler:8]] if including the 9 episode of spinoffs) so far in which no player won nor successfully bailed-out.

* UpToEleven: This is what Ultimate is. The biggest playfield of any episode thus far, the biggest contestant pool (30 players), more Hunters in play [[note]]The maximum number hunters released was 106, but Ultimate was having 104 hunters '''in the valid playing area''' at the same time(as usually area with 100 hunters will be locked apart)[[/note]] than any other episode, and the biggest jackpot paid out for a person in the game's history [[spoiler: as a winner must be produced]].Among other things, it involved bringing in the ninjas from Sentouchuu, but [[spoiler:it was not in any way helpful to the players.]]

* OptOut / ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A few players might play in style that making their own safety before bail out as their very first priority and ignoring others, or reluctant on missions that must involve that player and have serious consequence if the not to do so. Such players are considered fairly nasty and unsportsmanlike, which LaserGuidedKarma may come after them - '''outside the show'''.
** In Episode 15, all players must go to one of the two checkpoints on time in order to remove the 10 roadblocks. Which everyone else immediately heading to the nearest one, a player decide to just stay at his position and ignore the consequences of his act. Even a player tried to drag him to checkpoint, but she failed to escort him as have to evade a hunter.[[spoiler: Luckily for everyone else, he got caught by another hunter a minute later, avoided the likely mission failure.]]
** In episode 30. The last mission of the episode featured the players looking for the stolen wealth of the faux-Capulets, which is the narrative device in that episode, to resolve the story happily. As time whittles down looking for the PlotCoupon, [[spoiler:Suzuki]], mulling over whether or not to bail out, panics when he sees a Hunter in the distance. He immediately makes a break for the gold box to take the bailout value, earning the scorn of the peanut gallery. Fortunately for him, Kasuga finds it with seconds to spare, which made Kasuga being the heroic character in the Tousouchuu/Sentouchuu Universe, while [[spoiler:Suzuki]]'s Karma immediately came after him in the real world, which his fanbase turned against him, forcing him to close the Twitter account for almost a year. [[spoiler:Though he was still invited in later shows, which the producers labeled him as a necessary evil character to make the show interesting.]]

** In early episodes, there was a countermeasure of unnecessary bail out - a hunter box is placed next to the bailout switch, which would be released when a player bailed out. This will unavoidably labeling the bail-out as a traitor.

The show had two licensed games, consisting of ''VideoGame/TousouchuuShijouSaikyouNoHunterTachiKaraNigekire'' and ''VideoGame/SentouchuDensetsuNoShinobiToSurvivalBattle''.

It also spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci Fi Channel]] and ''[[Series/RunForTime Run for Time]]'' on Hunan Television in China.

* HuntingtheMostDangerousGame

The official site is seen [https://www.fujitv.co.jp/tosochu/top.html here].

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months, knownin Japanese as "run for money 逃走中". As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on January 5, 2014, bringing the total to 34 episodes[[note]]Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013. There were also 9 episodes aired not under the name of Tousouchuu aired between Episode 6 to Episode 7, which the series was integrated with other spinoffs. [[/note]].

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on January 5, 2014, bringing the total to 34 episodes[[note]]Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013. There were also 9 episodes aired not under the name of Tousouchuu aired between Episode 6 to Episode 7, which the series was integrated with other spinoffs. [[/note]].It also spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci Fi Channel]] and ''[[Series/RunForTime Run for Time]]'' on Hunan Television in China.

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on January 5, 2014, bringing the total to 34 episodes[[note]]Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013. There were also 9 episodes aired not under the name of Tousouchuu aired between Episode 6 to Episode 7, which the series was integrated with other spinoffs. [[/note]].It also spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci Fi Channel]].

* Personnel: Only the cameraman (following players and hunters) can be seen in most episodes. In an unusual move for a game show, there's no traditional GameShowHost onscreen; the closest the show gets is GameMaster Satoshi Tsukimura, who is only occasionally seen and generally does not interact directly with the players.

* StarCrossedLovers: A Japanified RomeoAndJuliet is Episode 30's narrative device.

* StalkedByTheBell: Some player-specific mission may involve penalty onto player(s) who failed to do it. Ranging from buzzing devices on that player to being locked into a area with large number of Hunters. Through, all these penalties above essentially equals to disqualification unless the mission can still be done after time limit that disadvantage triggered.

* TimeStandsStill: Used in Episode 17 and 34 as a part of mission, everything other than players and hunters (and camera crew of both sides) stops - This including the game timer itself, which means the game will never end unless it was reverted by players. Although, freezing the game is required to solve the mission in Episode 34 - [[spoiler:Which a ImpossibleThief can be pulled out when time stopped, allowing the NPC to clear the path allowing mission to be finished]].
* TimedMission: Nearly every mission has a time limit which is enforced to the exact second, some of which automatically and immediately eliminate players who don't complete it in time.
* WireDilemma: The locking mechanism on the Hunter Boxes in Episode 26. Cut the correct wire and Hunter Box is locked, cut the wrong wire and the box immediately opens to release an additional Hunter into the game, who would almost certainly tag you right away. [[spoiler:The player in question cut the incorrect one and was caught despite a valiant effort to get away.]]

* MysteryBox: An overall playing mechanism in Episode 32. [[spoiler: A total number of 4 tresure boxes were placed in game time by time. The players are told that boxes might contain a "merit" or "demerit" for whoever finds it.]][[spoiler: [[Music/AKB48 Aya Umeda]] went for one and takes home with 100,000-yen worth gold piles.]][[note]][[spoiler: This is ''not'' added to prize pot but immediately given to her.]][[/note]][[spoiler: Tanaka went for the other and got a map marked with the location of the playfield expansion device, through not available until the storyline reaches to a certain point.]][[spoiler:The third box, significantly much bigger then any else, contains a hunter and the player opened it, the hunter was released and the opener was got caught quickly.]][[spoiler: The last box contains 3 buns, which is essentially a key item for the last mission prevent 5 hunters to be released.]]

* MysteryBox: An overall playing mechanism in Episode 32. [[spoiler: A total number of 4 tresure boxes were placed in game time by time. The players are told that boxes might contain a "merit" or "demerit" for whoever finds it.]][[spoiler: Aya Umeda went for one and takes home with 100,000-yen worth gold piles.]][[note]][[spoiler: This is ''not'' added to prize pot but immediately given to her.]][[/note]][[spoiler: Tanaka went for the other and got a map marked with the location of the playfield expansion device, through not available until the storyline reaches to a certain point.]][[spoiler:The third box, significantly much bigger then any else, contains a hunter and the player opened it, the hunter was released and the opener was got caught quickly.]][[spoiler: The last box contains 3 buns, which is essentially a key item for the last mission prevent 5 hunters to be released.]]

* AffectionateParody: ''Akan Keisatsu'', a Fuji TV-produced comedy featuring popular manzai group Downtown (Hamada and Matsumoto of ''Series/GakiNoTsukaiYaArahende'' fame), features "Tousou CHUU", where 5 contestants are trapped in a area, running from steadily increasing numbers of crossdressers, same production graphics and all. [[spoiler: Till now, all episodes featured this would end up in all participants get lipstick-kissed out before the end.]]

* StoryArc: Narrative devices were first used from episode 16 onwards.

''Run For Money Tousouchuu'' is a Japanese GameShow that has been airing as a series of specials on Fuji TV since 2004. It usually airs one new episode every couple months. As of this writing, the most recent new episode aired on January 5, 2014, bringing the total to 34 episodes[[note]]Episode 31 (''Tousouchuu Ultimate'') aired as a two-parter on January 6/13, 2013. There were also 9 episodes aired not under the name of Tousouchuu aired between Episode 6 to Episode 7, which the series was integrated with other spinoffs. [[/note]].It also spun off a short-lived US version by the name of ''[[Series/ChaseGameShow Cha$e]]'' on the [[Creator/SciFiChannel Syfy]] channel.

At the start of each game, contestants are set loose to roam in a set playing area, and must remain inside the area for the duration of the game. The show then releases "[[ImplacableMan Hunters]]" into the area, paid agents whose sole goal is to chase down and tag the contestants. If a player is tagged by a Hunter, they are eliminated from the game. Breaking line of sight for a couple seconds will cause them to give up the chase - note, leading them around a pillar does not break line of sight long enough for them to stop. [[note]]Hunters are not allowed to spot players via their ''cameramen''.[[/note]]Usually one game lengthes 90 to 120 minutes.[[note]]Sometimes the main game is paused and the eliminated contestants play a mini-game for a chance to re-enter the game.[[/note]]

* A part or the whole of the current playing area is set to be closed off. Players are given several minutes advance notice, and must vacate the section before it is closed. Fail to do so resulted a disqualification - most of them in a form of [[StalkedByTheBell releasing large number of hunters released in that closed area to get the doomed player(s)]][[note]]Ranging from 5 to 100, depends of locked area's size.[[/note]].

Rewards for success often include an item which helps the player(s) evade Hunters, expanding game area, increased money amounts, shortening game time[[note]]It is a time warp thus all prize within warped time counts.[[/note]], while penalties for failure often include the addition of more Hunters to the game, handicaps that make it easier to be spotted by Hunters, reducing prize money, or outright immediate elimination.

* AffectionateParody: ''Akan Keisatsu'', a Fuji TV-produced comedy featuring popular manzai group Downtown (Hamada and Matsumoto of GakiNoTsukaiYaArahende fame), features "Tousou CHUU", where 5 contestants are trapped in a area, running from steadily increasing numbers of crossdressers, same production graphics and all. [[spoiler: Till now, all episodes featured this would end up in all participants get lipstick-kissed out before the end.]]

* AffectionateParody: Akan Keisatsu, a Fuji TV-produced comedy featuring popular manzai group Downtown, features "Tousou CHUU", where 5 contestants are trapped in a area, running from steadily increasing numbers of crossdressers, same production graphics and all. [[spoiler: Till now, all episodes featured this would end up in all participants get lipstick-kissed out before the end.]]
** There are [[spoiler:4]] players which participated both. [[spoiler: JOY, which participated both commented "Tousou CHUU" was nothing more than a horror.]]