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{{quote|''"It's that time, America. What goes up must wipe out."''}}
An American [[Game Show]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|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 [[Widget Series|crazy Japanese stunt game shows]] like ''[[Takeshi's Castle]]'' (although older viewers may also find it not dissimilar to ''Jeux Sans Frontieres'').
Not to be confused with the [[Wipeout 1988|1988-89 game show of the same name]]. Or the [[Wipeout|futuristic racing game series]]; coincidentally, this ''Wipeout'' also has a video game of it.
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: John Henson and John Anderson.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Well, more like "too dumb to make it to the next round," but some contestants do some stupid things.
* [[Trans-Atlantic Equivalent|Trans Pacific Equivalent]]: The show is similar enough to ''[[Takeshi's Castle]]'' that the Tokyo Broadcasting System is suing [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] over copyright infringement.
** Of course, the Johns don't seem worried about this as Henson tosses out a "Let's get it on!" plus hand gesture combo as seen on the MXC version of the show.
** [[The BBC]] shows a UK version.
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