Episode 131 (Obstacle Course SP)

==Intro==
Takeshi's Castle is back, but this time, unlike usual, it's in a triathlon format. Contestants overcome many obstacles and aim for the goal faster than anyone else. These are held in five different nations.
The fastest contestants from each of these areas are taken back to the castle to compete for the titles of fastest man and fastest woman in the 'Ultimate Showdown'. The winner of each gender will win a gold medal along with 1 million yen.
A total of 220 contestants took part in this episode, the number of contestants is shown via each course below.
==Obstacle Courses==
===Hokkaido Qualifying===
Filmed on 6th March, and had 48 contestants playing this obstacle course.
SnowLane.jpg|Snow Lane
===Tokyo Qualifying===
Filmed on 19th March, and had 38 contestants playing this obstacle course.
StreetsAhead.jpg|Streets Ahead
===Osaka Qualifying===
Filmed on 8th March, and had 44 contestants playing this obstacle course.
SamuraiBack.jpg|Samurai Back
===Hiroshima Qualifying===
Filmed on 15th March, and had 41 contestants playing this obstacle course.
OhDeer.jpg|Oh Deer
===Okinawa Qualifying===
Filmed on 10th March, and had 49 contestants playing this obstacle course.
OhMaHaBeach.jpg|Oh Ma Ha Beach
===Midoriyama Studios===
50 contestants has gone through to play the reminder of the obstacle courses based in Midoriyama Studios.
MidoriyamaMarathon.jpg|Midoriyama Marathon
RatRace.jpg|Rat Race
HighRollersEp131.jpg|High Rollers SP (with Catch it, Mud Ball)
WipeOutEp131.jpg|Wipe Out SP
UltimateShowdown.jpg|Ultimate Showdown
==International airings==
* Special 9
* Rebooted Episode 5 (Streets Ahead & Midoriyama Marathon)
==Trivia==
*This is the first episode to air in 1990 in Japan.
*As this is a special episode, all the the above games makes their first and only appearance (with the exception of High Rollers, Wipe Out and the games featured on Rat Race and Ultimate Showdown)
*Only the first 20 minutes of the original Japanese episode has been surfaced so far, but has since been removed from Youtube.
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Category:1990