History Series / Wipeout2008

** [[CaptainObvious The Spinner]] from early seasons: a cone that rotates quickly.

* InnocentInnuendo: Occasionally or at least, they try to make it seem that way. One particular example comes from "Blind Date 2012" where a Buddhist contestent and their blind date kept talking about openning/showing/whatever the third eye. While he was being genuine about it, the fact that it's a blind date themed episode instigated plenty of [[ReactionShot Reaction Shots]] from Vanessa.

* Also in the British version, a woman who taught pole dancing and cancan dancing finished with the fastest time of the day. Hammond's response?

* One episode of the UK version had this gem:

-->'''John''': That match is remembered for being very cold... and having lots of ''points.''

* BallsGag: The Big Balls any any other game that involved balls often invited this. In fact, a quip mentioned later on this very page was the TropeNamer.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender

** There are those moments of disbelief. In September 2010, Rico "Rolling Thunder" Curtis actually [[MomentOfAwesome horizontally dived]] through the hole and landed on the platform with a tummy slide.

** Creator/TheBBC shows a UK version, hosted by Richard Hammond of TopGear fame.

** GameShowHost: Two of them: John Anderson and John Henson, although their role is closer to that of a commentator. (Unsurprisingly, Anderson's day job is SportsCenter anchor and John Henson was a former [[Series/TheSoup Talk Soup]] host.)

* HypocriticalHumor: One joke in a recent episode was John asking John Anderson if he's into sports. John replies he's not really a sports guy at all. [[spoiler:John Anderson is one of the major anchors on ''SportsCenter''.]]

** The show itself got a few [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] in an episode of RaisingHope.

No new season debuted for the 2015 summer season; Endemol had been casting a DarkerAndEdgier reboot known as ''Wipeout Extreme''; given their need for contestants with interest in "crossfit, parkour, iron competitions, triathlons, [and] Spartan races", it seemed to imply that they wanted to retool the series into a competitor to ''Series/AmericanNinjaWarrior''. However, it has not yet surfaced...

The show currently airs on truTV as part of their late-night lineup.

* EpicFail: In one second-season episode, a contestant reached the very first corner of the qualifier, slipped and fell, and promptly yelled "I'm done!" She lasted less than ten seconds.

'''''Wipeout''''' is an American GameShow on Creator/{{ABC}} in which 24 contestants compete in a series of events seemingly designed to humiliate and otherwise annoy them. The last contestant standing wins $50,000. Inspired by [[WidgetSeries crazy Japanese stunt game shows]] like ''TakeshisCastle'' (although older viewers may also find it not dissimilar to ''Jeux sans frontières'').

* [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Trans Pacific Equivalent]]: The show is similar enough to ''TakeshisCastle'' that the Tokyo Broadcasting System is suing Creator/{{ABC}} over copyright infringement.

** GameShowHost: Two of them: John Anderson and John Henson, although their role is closer to that of a commentator. (Unsurprisingly, Anderson's day job is SportsCenter anchor and John Henson was a former [[TheSoup Talk Soup]] host.)

No new season debuted for the 2015 summer season; Endemol had been casting a DarkerAndEdgier retool known as ''Wipeout Extreme''; given their need for contestants with interest in "crossfit, parkour, iron competitions, triathlons, [and] Spartan races", it is presumed that things may end up becoming a ''lot'' more difficult than usual.

Not to be confused with the [[Series/{{Wipeout1988}} 1988-89 game show of the same name]]; there was also a UK version that ran for much longer than the U.S. version. Or the [[VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} futuristic racing game series]]; coincidentally, this ''Wipeout'' also has a video game of it.

* FacePlant: The contestants are practically guaranteed to have this happen to them at some point.

** Don't forget the one that featured ''[[WesternAnimation/IceAge Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]]'' at the end!

** TheChick: Jill Wagner, the interviewer third of the show's speaking-role PowerTrio. [[HeyItsThatGuy You may recognize her]] from those Mercury car commercials and her [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute role]] in the TV adaptation of the ''Series/{{Blade}}'' movies. These three are joined by...

* CameraAbuse: Happens more often in the most recent season, when players are finishing the second elimination game there's a camera perfectly positioned at the end of the platform after a long slide, most contestants that overshoot the platform end up crashing into the camera on the way past.

* CensorBox: Through no fault of the show, this usually has to be deployed (with gag) when a contestent decides that shorts are a good idea to wear (men and women like). Considering how often it happens, you'd think people would start to realize to wear something more condusive to getting slimed and thrown around without ending up uh... hanging out there.
** Also done with CensoredForComedy whenever a contestant when particularly frustrated lets loose with the cussing.

** On the other hand, some of the newer obstacles are designed specifically with cherry tapping in mind. It's never -ever- the big obvious hazard that's going to pummel you and the obstacle never -ever- will work the way it seems to set up to be. Those are all distractions so they can smack you with something smaller that will throw you in the water.
** Season 5 Winter Wipeout seems to have 'speed and motion' as the general theme with a lot of obstacles that move or require some element of speed to complete successfully. Which makes the occasional obstacle that doesn't seem like a nice respite... except making you stop is what they want you to do because it puts you in position long enough for a hidden obstacle to smack you into the water.

** In recent seasons, the Qualifier obstacles ''run'' on this, including the Smackwall Sweeper, the Fence Flapper, Drivers' Ed (which replaced the Sucker Punch of all things) and the Snowman Surprise. The creator even admitted that the Fence Flapper was near impossible.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Rico Andino, whose mustache resembles ones of a DastardlyWhiplash, got an 'old-timey villain' nickname and had the qualifier run in grayscale and played like an old-time movie. The black-and-white theme carried over to his contestant portrait.

*** There was actually an early episode where a contestant managed to get stuck in the frame holding up a Big Ball. After that they gave the frame a cover to prevent it from happening again.

** In the Spring 2011 Wipeout Zone ''every'' obstacle spins (two vertically, one horizontally and requiring timing). Contrast this to previous zones where it was usually just one or two and usually just hazards rather than the obstacle itself. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the viewers, this new course seems to be quite a bit easier since the contestants take 4 to 7 minutes to complete the course which is several minutes faster than even the fastest times of previous courses.]]

** TheChick: Jill Wagner, the interviewer third of the show's speaking-role PowerTrio. [[HeyItsThatGuy You may recognize her]] from those Mercury car commercials and her [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute role]] in the TV adaptation of the ''{{Blade}}'' movies. These three are joined by...

Not to be confused with the [[Series/{{Wipeout1988}} 1988-89 game show of the same name]]; there was also a UK version that ran for much longer than the U.S. version, which is the reason for . Or the [[VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} futuristic racing game series]]; coincidentally, this ''Wipeout'' also has a video game of it.

* TheCastShowoff: In "Ballsy gets a hard hat", Kenny gets a moment to show off his juggling skills.

** "HEY NOW!" - Usually said sfter a DoubleEntendre.

Not to be confused with the [[Series/{{Wipeout1988}} 1988-89 game show of the same name]] (there was also a UK version, which is the reason for the UK calling this show TOTAL Wipeout). Or the [[VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} futuristic racing game series]]; coincidentally, this ''Wipeout'' also has a video game of it.

The 2015 season will introduce a DarkerAndEdgier revamp known as ''Wipeout Extreme''; given their need for contestants with interest in "crossfit, parkour, iron competitions, triathlons, [and] Spartan races", it is presumed that things may end up becoming a ''lot'' more difficult than usual.

Not to be confused with the [[Series/{{Wipeout1988}} 1988-89 game show of the same name]]. Or the [[VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} futuristic racing game series]]; coincidentally, this ''Wipeout'' also has a video game of it.

A British version, titled ''Total Wipeout'' and hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, was produced by the {{BBC}} and ran for 5 series and one Christmas themed series titled ''Winter Wipeout''. The original American version also aired in the UK under the title ''Total Wipeout USA''.