Episode 126

**Episode 126** of **BrainSurge** is the twenty-sixth episode filmed of the first season and 36th episode aired.

## Brainiacs

* Garek Desch: (Yellow): (Pogo stick enthusiast)
* Sarah De Leon: (Blue): (Rode across the state of California on a motorbike)
* Kalen Robinson: (Pink): (Almost burnt down the house by microwaving a donut)
* Heather Ashley Banks: (Red): (Straight A student who spells her own name wrong)
* Alec: (Green): (Impersonates his friends and family)
* **Earl Moore Jr: (Purple): (5'4" tall and has worn size 11 shoes)**

## Level 1

Jeff's Silly Headline: That's my BrainSurge brain serum, it helps keep my head nice and big.

### **Puzzles**

#### Puzzle Objectives

1. How many sheep jumped over the fence?
2. What was the number on Jeff's chili dog?
3. Which number from 31-40 is missing?
4. Which of these 9 squares did Jeff hit? (Center Left. Top: 9/3/7 - Middle: 8/1/5 - Bottom: 4/6/2)
5. Which item did Jeff move? (Rollerblade/Robot/Picture Frame/Backpack)

**Puzzle Differences**

30: Light Purple Background

### **Results**

 Tied for 2nd
 Tied for 2nd
 4th
 Tied for 5th
 Tied for 5th

**Garek and Alec are eliminated; Alec went down first**

Level 1 Prize: SpongeBob Drawn to Life for Nintendo DS and Bucket of Slime

## Level 2

#### Interviews

* Heather: Talks about her favorite song from The Beatles
* Sarah: Talks about how she got an award for reading 8,000 pages
* Earl: Talks about the time he shot a basketball on the wrong hoop during a game
* Kalen: Talks about “The Great Microwave Incident”

Fart Demonstrator: Kalen

### Story

Jeff's Dumb Inventions

Not Said: Shoe Protectors, Loaf Blower, Turtle Jetpack, Electric Corn and Neck Screw

**Heather and Sarah are eliminated**

### **Knockout Round**

Earl vs. Kalen

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

**Images: Back Hair Mower, Electric Corn, Head Grass, Instant Slime, Mini Laptop, Mouth Zipper, Square Baseball and Virtual Couch Potato**

**Earl: 2/13**

**Kalen: 3/11**

**Earl: 6/16 (Wrong)**

**Kalen: 6/15 (Wrong)**

**Earl: 6/12 (Correct)**

**Kalen is eliminated**

Level 2 prize: Southern California Citypass

## Level 3

**BrainSurge champion: Earl**

Prizes: Polaroid Camera/Schwinn Bike/San Francisco

4x4: Cleared in 15.01 seconds

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

Attempts

1. 4/8/11/**10**
2. Clear

5x5: Cleared in 72.69 seconds

Path: 5/10/15/14/8/13/17/22

Attempts

1. 5/10/15/14/8/**12**
2. 5/10/15/14/8/13/17/**21**
3. **Same as 1st try**
4. **Same Mistake**
5. **Same as 2nd try**
6. **Same as 1st/3rd try**
7. Clear with 02.30 left

6x6: Time expired during 1st attempt

Path: 2/9/16/11/18/24/29/22/27/34

Attempts

1. 2/9/16/11/18/Time up

## Trivia

* The 40-point puzzle was edited out.
* The story was edited down to 15 items instead of 20.
* Despite being eliminated last, Kalen went down before Sarah.
* Earl had the second lowest time to complete with 6x6 with 02.30 left. The lowest was Siera in Episode 103.

## Errors

* When Heather gets eliminated, an icon showing her hair briefly appears next to the Back Hair Mower icon.
* Unless there is concrete evidence that says otherwise, despite being a late Season 1 episode, this episode uses an Early Season 1 Erin Fitzgerald audio clip for the opening.