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*** Even worse was that the team in that episode was ''ridiculously'' fast, having been [[Railroading|railroaded]] through the Tomb of the Headless Kings, the Jester's Court, ''and'' the Shrine of the Silver Monkey<ref> As mentioned below, all three rooms were considered huge time wasters</ref>, breezing through all of them without much trouble. Not only that, when the Pit of the Pendulum opened a second level door upon knocking over the pillar, the player was able to stay on the upper level and get to the door immediately, rather than having to drop down and climb back up, as most teams had to do in the same situation. If ''that'' team couldn't do it, I can't imagine ''any'' team being able to.

* [[Good Bad Bugs]]: In ''The Mask of Shaka Zulu'', a lock between what was intended to be a dead-end room and the room with the treasure apparently failed, inadvertently opening up a much straighter, much shorter path to the Temple artifact and the fastest win in the show's history.

* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "...Through the SHRIIIIIIINNE OF THE SIILVER MONNKEEY."

{{quote|"You could bring mention of how one is always given instructions as to how they might make their way through the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. These might be done in a tone that makes it seem as though whomever is listening has a choice, although if you do, it is important to make these [[But Thou Must!|have no second choice]]. You can also deliver these in a deep voice, with a large Olmec head made of foam. These speeches can be made in a particularly verbose manner, if there is a half-hour timeslot that you wish to fill, but it is vital that you explain every detail. Finally, you must end the speech with your [[Catch Phrase]]. The choice is yours, and yours alone."}}

** Think about it: you have to grab three parts around the room (large enough parts you can only take one at a time), force them into a base, and then slam the head down hard enough to set off the trigger (some players had to do this several times to get the thing to click). While you're under a rather tight time limit. And you're thirteen or less. And have to make the statue face the camera.

*** Even worse when the kid drops part of the Monkey. They lose time while some stagehand-er, ''temple spirit'' picks it up and tries to throw it back at them.

** Acknowledged on [[Teen Nick]]'s "The '90's are All That" block, where one of the pre-commercial bumpers is a contestant trying to put together the Silver Monkey, with the message "This might take a minute."

** There's a Facebook group called [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204884140&ref=search&sid=746242139.4153679361..1 "I HATE When Kids Suck at Putting Together the Shrine of the Silver Monkey"].

* [[That One Level|That One Room]]: It seems like the producers built the Temple and tested it with adults, as a lot of things were out of reach for kids.

** In Season 3, the Jester's Court could also qualify, since some kids just couldn't contort their bodies in the way required to hit all the buttons they needed at once. It also didn't help for short kids, too.

** The Room of the Secret Password. In theory, it's simple: open cupboard, pick up tablet, read password. However, what made it bad was that 1) The cupboards were overhead of most kids and 2) the contestants had to wear mouth guards in the temple, so it killed time either way (either waste time taking the mouth guard out and in again, or waste time by repeating yourself when they couldn't hear you the first time).