Episode 73 (1987 End of Year SP)

==Intro==
Contestants took part in 3 different nations and the winners of each nation goes through to Midoriyama studios to take part in the main battle.
A total of 342 contestants took part in this episode separated from the following:
Okinawa team: 102 contestants
Osaka team: 107 contestants
Hokkaido team: 96 contestants
Midoriyama: All the people who went through the 3 nations plus 37 additional contestants
Episode name: Takeshi's Castle Special: National Conquest Winter Team II
==Games==
===Okinawa team===
TurtleHurtleEp73.jpg|Turtle Hurtle
SumoRingsEp73.jpeg|Sumo Rings
SlipWayEp73.jpg|Slip Way
===Osaka team===
CatchItEp73.jpeg|Catch It
KnockKnockEp73.jpg|Knock Knock
KaraokeEp73.jpg|Karaoke
===Hokkaido team===
ShowofHandsEp73.jpg|Show of Hands
ToboggoffEp73.jpg|Toboggoff
PuckOverEp73.jpg|Puck Over
===Midoriyama Studios===
SlippedDisksEp73.jpg|Slipped Disks
HoneycombMazeEp73.jpg|Honeycomb Maze
SkippingStonesEp73.jpg|Skipping Stones
HighRollersEp73.jpg|High Rollers
WipeOutEp73.jpeg|Wipe Out
QuakeEp73.jpg|Quake
PolesApartEp73.jpg|Poles Apart
BridgeBallEp73.jpg|Bridge Ball
FinalFallEp73.png|Final Fall
ShowdownEp73.jpg|Showdown
==International airings==
* Special 7
==Trivia==
* First appearance of the following games:
** Turtle Hurtle
** Toboggoff
** Puck Over
*This is the final episode to air in 1987 in Japan.
*Parts of this episode (mainly the games from each nation) can be found on the official Japanese DVD (spliced together with episodes 116 & 130) although edited and with a new sound track.
**However, as of April 2024, a VHS copy of the entire episode has been uploaded on the Internet Archive.
==Link==
Archived TBS Channel website (April 2005)
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Category:1987