Show Down (v2)

Show Down is the final game first played from the original version of Takeshi's Castle.
The contestants that have chosen a safe hole in Final Fall follow the underground tunnel and come out the pipe in front of the castle. They then go and board a motorised cart each (or, if there are a lot of contestants through, some must share a cart). Each cart has a paper ring on the front, and every contestant is armed with water pistol.
On the opposite side of the "car park" to the contestants are the guards. They share five carts of their own, which also have a ring on the front. There are usually two or three guards in one cart, and every guard has a water pistol.
There is one other cart on the guards' side – Takeshi's cart. Takeshi's cart is much bigger than everyone else's, but also has a ring on the front. The water pistol in this cart is also much bigger and much more powerful than the others.
On Tani's command the game begins, and the contestants and guards drive into battle. The contestants' aim is to break the ring on the front of Takeshi's cart with their water pistols, but they need to avoid having their ring broken in the process.
The guards try to stop the contestants succeeding by aiming at their rings. If a contestant's ring is broken they are out of the game, and have to stop.
The contestants can fight back though. If they break a ring on guards' cart, that cart has to stop.
If a contestant manages to break the ring on the front of Takeshi's cart, the contestant, and Tani, wins the game. But if all the contestants have their rings broken it's the end of the game, and Tani and his army have lost.
From Episode 88, the water pistols and rings are replaced with laser guns and sensors. Instead of having a bigger gun, Takeshi's cart now has two regular laser guns. Exactly the same rules as before apply. If a sensor on the front of a cart gets hit, the cart goes up in smoke, and they're out of the game.
Again, the contestants have to aim for the sensor on the front of Takeshi's cart. If they manage to hit it the contestant, and Tani, wins the game. But if the guards hit all the contestant's sensors first, Tani and his army have lost.
In the laser version, Tani also takes part in his own special cart. If he manages to hit Takeshi's sensor, without having his own sensor hit first, the game is won.
==Variations==
In family and couples' specials, both contestants in a pair ride in the same cart. One of them drives, while the other shoots.
Takeshi sometimes tries out different tactics such as:
# Sending in one cart at a time.
# Sending out Rusher Itamae in a 'Human Cart' costume, naked. Armed with a laser gun and a sensor. When hit, his helmet (where the blasting effect is in) explodes.
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# On the first family special, a bunker with four guards where added in the middle.
# Takeshi would ride on his plane and shoot down all the contestants. Unfortunately, the plane has no sensor so it cannot be hit.
# On one occasion, smoke machines where placed around the set. This will be giving a fog effect making it for the contestants to see the guards.
# On the Monster Special, since there not enough carts. They contestants (some of them are Takeshi's Gundan) run around and shoot the targets by foot.
==Gallery==
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====Guards====
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===Battle===
ShowdownEp5.jpg|Episode 5 (S2 EP3) *6*
ShowdownEp6.jpg|Episode 6 (S3 EP9) *3*
ShowdownEp7.jpg|Episode 7 (S2 EP4) *4*
ShowdownEp8.jpg|Episode 8 (S3 EP10) *5*
ShowdownEp9.jpg|Episode 9 (S2 EP5) *5*
ShowdownEp10.jpg|Episode 10 (S3 EP11) *4*
ShowdownEp11.jpg|Episode 11 (S2 EP6) *15*
ShowdownEp12.jpg|Episode 12 (S1 EP32) *5*
ShowdownEp13.jpg|Episode 13 (S3 EP12) *6*
ShowdownEp14.jpg|Episode 14 (S3 EP13) *5*
ShowdownEp15.jpg|Episode 15 (S3 EP14) *9*
ShowdownEp16.jpg|Episode 16 (S3 EP15) *6*
ShowdownEp17.jpg|Episode 17 (Special 6) *?*
ShowdownEp18.jpg|Episode 18 (S3 EP16) *3*
ShowdownEp19.jpg|Episode 19 (S3 EP17) *7*
ShowdownEp20.jpg|Episode 20 (S3 EP18) *9*
ShowdownEp21.jpg|Episode 21 (S3 EP19) *4*
ShowdownEp22.jpg|Episode 22 (S3 EP20) *1*
ShowdownEp23.jpg|Episode 23 (S3 EP21) *3*
ShowdownEp24.jpg|Episode 24 (S3 EP22) *3*
ShowdownEp25.jpg|Episode 25 (S3 EP23) *5*
ShowdownEp26.jpg|Episode 26 (S3 EP24) *8*
ShowdownEp27.jpg|Episode 27 (S3 EP25) *9*
ShowdownEp28.jpg|Episode 28 (Special 5) *10*
ShowdownEp29.jpg|Episode 29 (S2 EP7) *6*
ShowdownEp30.jpg|Episode 30 (S2 EP8) *8*
ShowdownEp31.jpg|Episode 31 (S2 EP9) *10*
ShowdownEp32.jpg|Episode 32 (S2 EP10) *5*
ShowdownEp33.jpg|Episode 33 (S2 EP11) *6*
ShowdownEp34.jpg|Episode 34 (S2 EP12) *5*
ShowdownEp35.jpg|Episode 35 (S2 EP13) *4*
ShowdownEp36.jpg|Episode 36 (S1 EP33) *3*
ShowdownEp37.jpg|Episode 37 (S2 EP14) *5*
ShowdownEp38.jpg|Episode 38 (S2 EP15) *2*
ShowdownEp39.jpg|Episode 39 (S2 EP16) *10*
ShowdownEp40.jpg|Episode 40 (S2 EP17) *4*
ShowdownEp41.jpg|Episode 41 (Special 2) *16*
ShowdownEp42.jpg|Episode 42 (S2 EP18) *3*
ShowdownEp43.jpg|Episode 43 (S2 EP19) *6*
ShowdownEp44.jpg|Episode 44 (S2 EP20) *9*
ShowdownEp45.jpg|Episode 45 (S3 EP26) *8*
ShowdownEp46.jpg|Episode 46 (S2 EP21) *4*
ShowdownEp47.jpg|Episode 47 (S3 EP27) *10*
ShowdownEp48.jpg|Episode 48 (S2 EP22) *2*
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ShowdownEp52.jpg|Episode 52 (S2 EP24) *3*
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ShowdownEp54.jpg|Episode 54 (S2 EP25) *2*
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ShowdownEp57.jpg|Episode 57 (S4 EP2) *4*
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ShowdownEp60.jpg|Episode 60 (S2 EP28) *5*
ShowdownEp61.jpg|Episode 61 (S4 EP4) *5*
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ShowdownEp64.jpg|Episode 64 (S4 EP5) *4*
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ShowdownEp67.jpg|Episode 67 (S3 EP1) *3*
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ShowdownEp71.jpg|Episode 71 (S3 EP3) *4*
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== Other versions ==
This game is also played in the following reboots:
*Storm the Castle (head-to-head battle)
*Takeshi's Castle Thailand
*Takeshi's Castle Indonesia
*Takeshi's Castle Vietnam (Boat Battle)
*Takeshi's Castle Saudi Arabia
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