Episode 131(Stars of Nickelodeon Part 1)

**Episode 131** of **BrainSurge** is the thirty-first episode filmed of the first season and 19th episode aired. It is the first **BrainSurge** special episode filmed/aired as well as the first **Nick Stars** episode.

## Brainiacs

* **Jerry Trainor: (iCarly) (Red): (Once farted on stage during a school play)**
* Ashley Argota: (True Jackson VP) (Pink): (Sang a note so high it made a picture frame fall off the wall)
* Miranda Cosgrove: (iCarly) (Purple): (Once kissed a lawn gnome)
* Lil JJ: (Nickelodeon Star) (Green): (Loves to design cars)
* Nat Wolff: (The Naked Brothers Band) (Blue): (Used to dress up like a superhero 24/7)
* Victoria Justice: (Nickelodeon Star) (Yellow): (Can pick things up with her toes)

### **Puzzles**

#### Puzzle Objectives

1. What was the number on Jeff's chili dog?
2. Which card from the bottom row doesn't appear in the top row?
3. What were the last 3 digits of the number Jeff dialed to call a plumber?
4. How many jumps did the winner do? (1/2/3/4)
5. Which can did Jeff shake up?
6. What number was on the third window that broke? (Top: 8/5/7 - Bottom: 4/3/1)

**Episode Differences**

20: Pink Background and Blue Cards

50: Orange Cans

### **Results**

 2nd
 3rd
 4th/Comeback
 Tied for 5th
 Tied for 5th

**Lil JJ and Victoria are eliminated; Lil JJ went down first**

No prizes are rewarded for Levels 1 and 2

## Level 2

#### Interviews

* Ashley: Demonstrates a double-jointed move
* Jerry: Talks about the time he was rejected in 5th grade by a girl
* Miranda: Talks about her experiences with stilt walking
* Nat: Talks about a recent trip to the principal’s office

Fart Demonstrator: Miranda

### Story

Star Wars with Dogs

 2
 3

Correct Answer for #3: Frisbee

Correct Answer for #4: Lick

**Miranda and Nat are eliminated**

### **Knockout Round**

Ashley vs. Jerry

**Pairs: 1/10, 2/15, 3/14, 4/16, 5/8, 6/12, 7/13 and 9/11 (Same as 106/109/116)**

**Images: Bark Louder, Dogs, DogStar, House, Dog with Goggles, Prisoner, Princess Lhasa and R2Flea2**

**Ashley: 4/16**

**Jerry: 9/11**

**Ashley: 3/13 (Wrong)**

**Jerry: 7/13 (Correct)**

**Ashley is eliminated**

## Level 3

**BrainSurge champion: Jerry**

Jerry will be playing for audience member Jack Keller From Long Beach

Prizes: Crosley iJuke Jukebox/Epiphone Guitar/San Diego

4x4: Cleared in 5.35 seconds

Path: 4/8/11/6/10/14 (Same as 114/126)

5x5: Cleared in 59.64 seconds

Path: 1/6/7/13/14/15/19/23

Attempts

1. 1/6/7/13/14/**19**
2. 1/6/7/**12**
3. 1/6/7/13/14/15/19/**24**
4. **Missed the button**
5. **DQ** (Didn't wait for the path to finish)
6. Clear

6x6: Time expired during 3rd attempt

Path: 5/10/15/16/17/23/29/28/27/33

Attempts

1. 5/10/15/16/**22**
2. 5/10/15/16/**23**
3. 5/Time up

## Edit

* Some fans speculate that Jerry's interview is poorly edited. The theory is that he said something that Nickelodeon didn't allow, which caused them to cut it out.

## Trivia

* This is technically the longest episode of BrainSurge. Excluding commercials and including credits, the episode rounds out to a 24:30 runtime (23:52 sans credits). Every other Season 1 episode runs for a minute less.
* This is the first time Jeff does not reveal the correct answer after the first contestant gets eliminated in Level 2. This also happens in Episode 138.
* This is the last episode to feature the Snowboarding puzzle. This is also the only time where the replay isn't shown for this puzzle.
* This is the first time a contestant made a comeback from 0 to 100 points.
* This is the first and only time an audience member went down the Brain Drain with the winning Nick Star.
* This is the final episode in Season 1 to use the original Knockout Round Music for the Knockout Round as well as the last episode where the original Knockout Round Music is finite when being played in the KO Round. Episodes 201, 202, and 217 all have a finite edit of the music; it's played in Level 3 in Episodes 201 and 202 and in the Level 2 story in Episode 217. It is currently unknown if Episode 206 has a finite edit of the Knockout Round Music.
	+ This is also the final Season 1 episode to not have the Sudden Death Territory music start at the beginning when Sudden Death is reached.
* This was the only Nick Stars episode where 2 boys and 2 girls moved on to Level 2