Episode 104

**Episode 104** of **BrainSurge** is the fourth episode taped of the first season and 10th episode aired.

## Brainiacs

* Sabyr Omensky: (Pink): (Competes in beauty pageants)
* Celine Tien: (Yellow): (Likes horseback riding and playing tennis)
* **Carson McCalley: (Green): (Has been to Mexico 8 times)**
* Noah: (Purple): (Mathematics champion)
* Jourdan Van Eman: (Blue): (Can recite the alphabet backwards)
* Nick Luther: (Red): (Likes to draw comic books)

## Level 1

Jeff's Silly Headline: Well it looks like taking those ginormous head vitamins have paid off.

### **Puzzles**

#### Puzzle Objectives

1. Which dinosaur wasn't chasing Jeff? (Yellow/Green/Blue/Red)
2. Which of the following did Jeff draw? (Bicycle/Cherries/Frog/Sunglasses)
3. Which number is the largest? (54554/45555/54454/45455/54545/45545/54455/54444/45554)
4. Which locker didn't get open?
5. Which friend did the girl redial? (Karyl/Michelle/Liz/Colleen)
6. Which position did the orange eating Jeff land?

**Puzzle Differences**

20: Red Dress

30: Red Background

50: Girl with Brown Hair

### **Results**

 Tied for 1st
 3rd
 3 way tie for 4th
 3 way tie for 4th
 3 way tie for 4th

**Celine wins the tiebreaker**

**Sabyr and Jourdan are eliminated; Sabyr went down first**

Level 1 Prize: Nick Arcade Gift Card/Bucket of Slime

## Level 2

#### Interviews

* Carson: Talks about his nickname, “Cartwheel”
* Noah: Talks about collecting Rubik’s Cubes
* Nick: Talks about playing baseball and football
* Celine: Talks about wanting to be a writer

Fart Demonstrator: Celine

### Story

Halloween Costumes

Not Said: Flower, Bee, Ballerina, Witch, Rooster, Cheerleader, Astronaut and Ear

**Nick and Noah are eliminated**

### **Knockout Round**

Carson vs. Celine

**Pairs: 1/4, 2/13, 3/14, 5/6, 7/16, 8/10, 9/15 and 11/12**

**Images: Astronaut, Bee, Bunny, Cheerleader, Computer, Cow, Ear and Flower**

**Carson: 5/6**

**Celine: 1/4**

**Carson: 14/3**

**Celine: 2/13**

**Carson: 11/12**

**Celine: 10/16 (Wrong)**

**Carson: 10/8 (Correct)**

**Celine is eliminated**

Level 2 prize: Knott's Berry Farm Tickets

## Level 3

**BrainSurge champion: Carson**

Prizes: Behringer Guitar/Schwinn Bike/San Francisco

4x4: Cleared in 3.26 seconds

Path: 3/7/6/5/9/14

5x5: Cleared in 15.64 seconds

Path: 5/9/15/20/19/18/17/21

Attempts

1. 5/9/15/20/19/18/**22**
2. Clear

6x6: Cleared in 40.64 seconds

Path: 6/12/18/23/16/15/21/20/25/32

Attempts

1. 6/12/18/23/16/15/**14**
2. 6/12/18/23/16/15/21/20/**27**
3. Clear with 30.46 left

## Trivia

* This is the first episode where the BrainSurge champion got slimed.
* This is the first episode where all the brainiacs got a puzzle wrong in Level 1.
* This is the second episode where the BrainSurge logo didn't appear on the board at the end of Level 3. The first time was in Episode 103.
* Carson has the fastest time on the 4x4 with 3.26 seconds.
* The contestant's profiles in the Knockout Round are zoomed out farther than normal, possibly a result of Early Installment Weirdness.
* Nick for some reason stayed seated well after the dings played when he was correct both times to the point where Jeff had to ask him to stand back up after Celine answered.
* An unaired frame from this episode was seen in Episode 129 and Episode 130 during Level 2.
* This episode and Episode 132 are the only episodes to use the sudden death music during the "whose moving on" segment instead of the usual track, "Four Wins".

## Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJOZPjl9G0k