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There are typically four challenges, and about a dozen people attempt each challenge. Any contestant who successfully navigates the challenge scores one point for his or her team. At the end of the show, maybe five points have been scored. This should give you an idea where most of the show's humor comes from. The rest of the humor comes from the [[Rapid-Fire Comedy|massive avalanche of jokes]] the wisecracking hosts make.
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=== '''This show contains examples of:''' ===
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Kenny.
{{quote| '''Kenny:''' Well, here's the problem right here, Vic: He slips. And then he hits his head. If he didn't do that he would've won.<br />
'''Vic:''' Great insight as always, Ken. }}
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Kenny Blankenship.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Captain Tenneal's "Well, you're WRONG!" and "LET'S GO!"; the end-of-episode "[[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|DON'T! GET! ELIMINATED!]]"; Guy LeDouche calling the captain "Skipper", and saying "Guy like" whenever he's aroused, which is all the time; Vic Romano's "Right you are, Ken" whenever Kenny Blankenship has made an insightful observation, and "Indeed".
** "KENNY!"
** How about every time someone falls over, Vic shouts "OH!" and then usually makes a comment
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* [[Clumsy Copyright Censorship]]: [[wikipedia:MXC#Season Two|Due to some of the costumes used]], the "Real Monsters vs. Commercial Mascots" episode was subject to this for the Season Two DVD release -- more than half of the episode was dropped and graphics covered other segments. This didn't apply to reruns on Spike TV, though.
* [[The Cynic]]: Captain Tenneal during his questions to the contestants. A very chipper one at that. Case in point:
{{quote| '''Captain Tenneal:''' How many of you think high quality health care should be made available to everybody, regardless of income and ability to pay? Show of hands.<br />
'''Everyone:''' ''(Raises hands)'' Yeah!<br />
'''Captain Tenneal:''' You're all wrong. Rich people stay healthy. Poor people get sick and die. [[The Social Darwinist|That's natural selection.]] }}
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Naturally, played for humor: Vic Romano is a recovering alcoholic; he used to be a network news anchor until his drinking problem derailed his career. He also has three ex-wives, and in "The Amusement Park Industry vs. the World's Oldest Profession", it's revealed he was once a gigolo.
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* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: The quick descriptions of each contestant often include these.
* [[Metaphorgotten]]: Kenny is sometimes guilty of this.
{{quote| '''Kenny:''' ''[on a female contestant wearing elbow pads]'' Heh-heh, you know what they say about a woman in elbow pads...<br />
'''Vic:''' I think you mean knee pads, Kenny. }}
* [[Once an Episode]]: There's always one contestant with a Middle Eastern background named "(something) Babaganoush".
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