Takeshi's Castle Episode 4

***Episode 4*** of *Takeshi's Castle* is the fourth instalment in the series. It features six games.

## Synopsis

The Battle of Watanabe’s Castle continues. The famous Strait of Gibraltar returns. In this game, players must cross a shaky bridge while dodging Takeshi's army, but there is a new obstacle that stumps even athletes of great physical strength. Bridge Over the Battlefield and Wall of Freedom, have also been scaled up. Can the strongest attacking force bring down Watanabe’s Castle?

## Introduction

Tractor recovers from being petrified and escapes, complaining that the royals were very touchy, and that he has to relieve himself. Tani texts him and asks him what it means to abandon one's duties. Enraged, he goes back to the army.

He explains that his grandfather (Tani) has met with an accident, and that Tractor has had to tape him up to return to the commandeering duty. The games commence.

## Games

* Swing Game
* Slip Already
* Ball and Win
* Trap with the Rope
* The Hero from the Torn Poster
* Asses on Horses

## Cultural references

* Shunsuke Kaneko, the first contestant of "Swing Game," is referred to as the President of the Senior Citizen TikTok community of Japan.
* The difficulty of balancing in "Swing Game" is compared to balancing a donkey on a horse, a reference to Majnu Bhai's painting "Rocking Horse" in the 2007 film *Welcome*.
* The green-dyed water in "Swing Game" is called "Hulk's piss."
* Sengoku Raimu's slow movement is termed a "ninja technique," referencing *Ninja Hattori-kun*.
* Nana Patekar's vegetable vending scene from *Welcome* is referenced.
* Orien Jordan is said to have "taken the Garib Rath from Sunburn Festival."
* BMW's M Town is referenced.
* Yusuke Morimoto's catchphrase is translated as "kesariyā bālam, padhāro mhāre des," a reference to the Rajasthani folk song *Kesariya Balam*.
* Morimoto (dubbed Joshi) is termed a "sigma male" upon successfully crossing the bridge.
* The show is called "Japan's Got Useless Talent," a reference to *India's Got Talent*, part of the *Got Talent* franchise.
* Tani asks his army to hurry up because he has to watch "Sobhita from *Made in Heaven*."
* Titu mimics Baburao Apte's "*uṭhā le re bābā*" dialogue from the 2000 film *Hera Pheri*.
* Tomoaki Honma is called the "bald Tarzan" referencing the bald bully and deuteragonist Harry from the 2004 film *Taarzan: The Wonder Car*.
* The Hindi TV series *Thapki Pyar Ki* is referenced.
* Haruna Fujitaka is called P. T. Usha.
* *Barbie*, *Oppenheimer* and *Don* are mentioned.
* The Hindi name of "The Hero from the Torn Poster" (फटा पोस्टर निकला हीरो, *Phaṭā Posṭar Niklā Hīro*) is a reference to the 2013 film *Phata Poster Nikhla Hero*.
* A lyric from the song *Udja Kale Kawa* is referenced.
* Daya Jethalal Gada from *Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah* is mentioned.
* Titu mimics a dialogue of Pushpa Raj from the *Pushpa* film series.
* The Arab folk tale *Layla and Majnun* is referenced.
* The royals celebrate shouting "*Ṭhaṇḍā-ṭhaṇḍā* cool-cool," the popular jingle of the ad for the Navratna cool talc powder.

## See also

* Episode 4 (2023) on Takeshi's Castle Wiki

## External links

* Prime Video
* IMDb