Gerry Garcia ARTv Championship Trophy

> ***"As the race in the Elimination Round for the Gerry Garcia ARTv Championship Trophy continues..."***
> **-2023SpongeBobFan during Voting Doors in Season 1, recognizing the ARTv Trophy**
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## Gerry Garcia ARTv Championship Trophy

The Gerry Garcia ARTv Championship Trophy, as it appeared in Season 1

## In-Game Info

### Main Purpose

Awarded to the Ultimate Runner of the Television (winner) of the season

## Season-Specific

### Debut

The Final Four of every season

The **Gerry Garcia ARTv Championship Trophy,** alternatively referred to as the **ARTv Trophy,** is the championship trophy of the Annual Running of the Television. It is named after Gerry Garcia, the pioneer of Filipino animation.

It is awarded to the Ultimate Runner of the Television (or simply the season's winner/champion) at the end of the season's Final Four, along with two guaranteed advantages for the next season and a fictional award that always differs between season, depending on the show of origin of the character who won the season.

## Design

The trophy depicts a box-type television on the top with the Fandom heart logo and a graphic tablet pen on top replacing the TV's antenna. The game's wordmark logo and the phrase "Grand Champion" are written on the TV's screen, "engraved" into the TV. Below it are film strips in a similar fashion to the NBA's Western Conference championship trophy, above a base with three "bands" similar to the Larry O'Brien trophy. The first two bands both say "Ultimate Runner of the Television" (the game's official name for the Grand Champion) and the bottom contains an engraving that reads:

"The GERRY GARCIA ARTv CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY

Awarded to

(Champion's name)

the CHAMPION of the Annual Running of the Television Season (Season number) (year of the season)"

## Winners

The following have won the Gerry Garcia ARTv Championship Trophy in the past.

## Trivia

* The trophy appears in the logo of the game's Final Four.
* In Season 1, it was also referred to as the ARTv Cup.
* All of the characters that won the championship were guaranteed different advantages for the following season, although each season always carries Immunity for the first ten (10) weeks of the following season.
	+ According to 2023SpongeBobFan, the guaranteed Immunity is for two reasons: the first five (5) weeks for making the Final Four (and is guaranteed to all Categorial Ultimate Runners or category winners) and the second five (5) weeks for winning the championship.
* The Gerry Garcia ARTv Championship Trophy design was unveiled on December 01, 2023 during Voting Door 18 and was designed by the game's creator and host, 2023SpongeBobFan.
* The ARTv Trophy is one of three trophies that can be won in the game and is also named after a Filipino figure or studio in animation. The other two are:
	+ The Ruben Aquino Most Unexpected Comeback Trophy, a trophy awarded only during the Elimination Rounds for being the last character left from a show in the same category without getting eliminated and then winning Immunity, is named after the Filipino animator Ruben Aquino.
	+ The Top Draw ARTv Wildcard Champion Trophy, a trophy awarded only during the Wildcards for winning the Wildcards for their respective categories, is named after the Filipino animation studio, Top Draw Animation.
		- Only the Gerry Garcia ARTv Championship Trophy bears the Fandom logo among the two trophies that also has ***ARTv*** in its name.

## Notes

1. ↑ The Final Four of this season took place on **TBD** 2024.