"I've Never Hated Theater Kids More"

**"I've Never Hated Theater Kids More"** is the ninth episode of Sleepy's Amazing Race 5.

## Story

* This episode doesn't have any sort of equalizer from the previous leg, so any lead that a team had when they checked in remains. As such, Lavender and Casey and Willow and Tad are in a pretty good position.
* At the Roadblock, Lavender finishes the Roadblock quickly, but Tad gets the words of the poem wrong and must try again. This allows Quinn and June to catch up to Willow and Tad and pass them.
* Lavender and Casey reach the challenge at LegoLand. They struggle a little bit but have enough of a lead that they finish before any other team gets there. Right after they leave, Quinn and June get there.
* Meanwhile, Willow and Tad and Shiloh and Jo are at the Roadblock. Tad continues to mess up for a variety of reasons, be it getting lost looking for the theater, messing up the words to the poem, or failing to recite it with enough theatricality.
* Lavender and Casey reach the train station and get tickets on the earliest train, leaving in less than thirty minutes. Quinn and June barely miss this train and must wait for the next one leaving hours later.
* Shiloh and Jo and Victor and Athena both pass Tad at the Roadblock. The train that Quinn and June have tickets for leaves late enough that Shiloh and Jo and Victor and Athena get tickets on there too.
* Tad eventually finishes the Roadblock, but are so far behind that they're alone on a much later train than any of the other teams.
* Lavender and Casey are the first to reach Brussels and the bodybuilding challenge that awaits the teams there. Because of their early train, Lavender and Casey are able to take their time and focus on the challenge, finishing it before any other teams get there (as with pretty much every other task for the past two legs). They secure an easy first place.
* The second train arrives in Brussels and the middle three teams compete in a bodybuilding competition. Shiloh and Jo struggle with the challenge, but Willow and Tad are soooooo far behind that nobody else is really in any danger of going home.
* Many hours later, Willow and Tad reach the Pit Stop, where Khil informs them that this leg is not over, and that the next leg has already begun! He hands them their next clue and they run off to keep racing.

## Route Markers

### Pit Start:

The order of departure from the *Havet* Ship are as follows:

1. Lavender and Casey (9:01 am)
2. Willow and Tad (9:12 am)
3. Quinn and June (10:07 am)
4. Shiloh and Jo (11:43 am)
5. Victor and Athena (12:08 pm)

### Route Info 1:

Teams must drive themselves to the statue of Hans Christian Andersen at City Hall Square, where they would find their next clue.

### Roadblock:

"*Who's ready to take a fairy tale ride?*"

The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must memorize a poem inscribed on the base of the statue, then use a map on a provided bicycle's wheel to navigate themselves to the Teatermuseet i Hofteatret, where they must recite the poem with dramatic flair in order to receive their next clue. If they fail to recite the poem correctly or are judged to not have enough dramatic flair, they must go back to the statue and start all over.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

* Lavender and Casey
* Quinn and June
* Shiloh and Jo
* Victor and Athena
* Willow and Tad

### Route Info 2:

Teams must drive themselves to Legoland Billund and find the Pirate Carousel ride, where they would receive their next clue.

### Route Info 3:

Using provided Lego pieces, teams must piece together a picture of their next destination, while riding on the Pirate Carousel ride. Teams may only work on the puzzle while the ride is in motion.

### Route Info 4:

Teams must drive themselves to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof in Hamburg, Germany, where they would find their next clue.

### Route Info 5:

Teams must take a train to Brussels, Belgium, including making a required transfer at Cologne. Once there, teams must make their way to the Concert Noble, where they would find their next clue.

### Bodybuilding Posedown:

Teams must compete in a bodybuilding competition in honor of Jean-Claude Van Damme. Teams must put on bikinis, cover their bodies in posing oil, and then learn a series of bodybuilding poses. They must then perform the routine in front of three judges and must earn a combine total of at least 12 points to receive their next clue.

### Route Info 6 and Pit Stop:

Teams must take a taxi to Parc Élisabeth to check in.

For coming in first place, Lavender and Casey won a trip for two to Panama.

This leg is a No-Rest Leg. Teams would check in as normal, but receive their clue to start the next leg from host Khil Pheoghan. The team that comes in last place does not receive a penalty.

## Leaderboard

1st- Lavender and Casey
Childhood Friends
2nd- Quinn and June
Teachers
3rd- Victor and Athena
Married Parents
4th- Shiloh and Jo
5th- Willow and Tad
Siblings

## Trivia

* The episode's title is said by Tad Jacobs, about the Roadblock's judge rejecting his attempts for a lack of theatricality.