Real World – Road Rules Challenge

Novelty Checks All Around

By Drunken Bee | Aired on 06.10.2009

Novelty Checks All Around - Wow, guys. If you are anything like me you've spent all week... totally not thinking about Aneesa versus Tori at all. So here we are, in medias res, Aneesa and Tori in the Duel, working the ropes like true...

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17-10 Weecap	Novelty Checks All Around Novelty Checks All Around - The Good! (Rachel beats all three steroid-freak men!) The Bad! (Evan wins for the guys.) The Tragic! (Landon gets eliminated before the final challenge.) But mostly? The Boring!	06.10.2009	C	Drunken Bee
Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
17-9 Weecap	Mentally Challenged 'Til Death Duel Us Part - How many RW/RR Challengers does it take to spell a fourth-grade-level word correctly? I'm afraid we might never know.	06.03.2009 06.04.2009	C	Drunken Bee
17-8 Weecap	Carpe Diem If These Walls Could Talk - Diem may be afraid of heights, but she's not afraid of pushing Jenn around.	05.27.2009 05.28.2009	B	Angel Cohn
17-7 Weecap	Wedgie Machine! Deja Duel - The Duelers endure wedgies and more of the world's most boring argument between Paula and Dunbar, who thankfully both get sent home.	05.20.2009 05.21.2009	C	Drunken Bee
17-6 Weecap	Scraps Fighting Over Scraps Dueling for Dunbar - Paula and Kimberly vie for... Dunbar?	05.13.2009 05.14.2009	C	Drunken Bee
17-5 Weecap	The Friend Evaluator Duelers on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - Tori nearly goes rogue on "the list," but then doesn't. Scintillating!	05.06.2009 05.07.2009	C	Drunken Bee
17-4 Weecap	Happy Ending Duel-ality - Evan gets to keep hanging out with the sheep, while Jenn and Rachel get wild and woolly under the covers.	04.29.2009 04.30.2009	C	Drunken Bee
17-3 Weecap	"Pretty Brave and Amazing and Strong" Duel What You Gotta - That's what Brooke declares she is, for participating in a RW/RR Challenge. Oh, girl, I'm going to miss you.	04.22.2009 04.23.2009	C	Drunken Bee
17-2 Weecap	Paula's Gone Rogue! Duel Unto Others - You start the season with a near murder and then you follow up with a really tense kickball team selection? Forgive me if I am not impressed.	04.15.2009 04.16.2009	C	Drunken Bee
17-1 Weecap	Dummy Kong Dummy Kong - We came this close to seeing our first reality television murder. Thanks, MTV!	04.08.2009 04.09.2009	C	Drunken Bee
16-8 Weecap	Ev and Bananas: Best Frenemies Forever Sailing to Victory - Evelyn wins the final Face-Off and threatens Bananas' key. Kenny brokers a deal with her to keep Bananas around, but throws Paula under the bus to do it. Kenny, Johnny, Derrick and Evelyn win the cash.	10.29.2008 10.30.2008	C	Drunken Bee
16-7 Weecap	Johnny Bananas Doesn't Matter in Real Life Down to the Wire - Never were truer words spoken. This week, Colie gets eliminated and TJ delivers a surprise game-changer.	10.22.2008 10.23.2008	C	Drunken Bee
16-6 Weecap	Oh, Cohutta! Island King - Bananas throws a hissy fit to get his key back and Cohutta goes home.	10.15.2008 10.16.2008	C	Drunken Bee
16-5 Weecap	Ev vs. The Island Ev vs. The Island - Evelyn stirs up a hornet's nest. She's made her bed! She'll reap what she's sowed! She awoke the sleeping dragon!	10.08.2008 10.09.2008	C	Drunken Bee
16-4 Weecap	Bugging Out Are You a Quitter? - Ashli gets stitches on her foot, refuses to quit, goes into a Face Off and gives a decent effort....and still gets chewed out for "quitting" by an increasingly obsessed T.J. Lavin.	10.01.2008 10.02.2008	C	Drunken Bee
16-3 Weecap	Girl Fight Girl Fight - In which two girls, uh, fight. Johanna and Robin get into it, Mr. Bananas stays into it, and Rachel goes home.	09.24.2008 09.25.2008	C	Drunken Bee
16-2 Weecap	Banana Republic Calling it Quits - Who decides to leave a drunken brothel of a reality show in order to get back to work at his real job that makes him real money? A quitter, that's who!	09.17.2008 09.18.2008	C	Drunken Bee
16-1 Weecap	Like Nothing You've Seen Before! The Island Premiere - Disclaimer: except for the excessive drinking, senseless yelling and unsafe sex practices.	09.10.2008 09.11.2008	C	Drunken Bee
Mondo Extra	Master of Reality The Jonathan Murray Interview - Reality TV's godfather and the executive producer of The Real World, Bad Girls Club, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, gets real about casting the perfect Puck, working with tabloid celebs and what viewers actually want to see.	04.07.2020 04.29.2008	N/A	Daniel Manu
15-9 Recap	The Finale The Finale - Eric proves too unwieldy to drag around for a few miles in the Final Challenge, especially while in a coma from heat stroke, so he goes to the hospital and even though the Vets finish first, they don't win, because of some stupid teamwork requirement.	03.18.2008 03.20.2008	B	Drunken Bee
15-8 Recap	Cold-Blooded Cold-Blooded - The Vets implode, and CT punches a cactus.	03.11.2008 03.13.2008	C+	Drunken Bee
15-7 Recap	Don't Make Me a Target Don't Make Me a Target - Coral screws her team masterfully, and the Rookies keep losing.	03.04.2008 03.06.2008	B	Drunken Bee
15-6 Recap	All Alone All Alone - The Rookies continue their losing streak despite the producers' blatant attempt to hand them at least one challenge. Nice try, Bunim-Murray!	02.26.2008 02.28.2008	B-	LuluBates
15-5 Recap	Match-Up Of The Century Match-Up Of The Century - Coral wins! Ryan wins! All is well.	02.19.2008 02.20.2008	B	Joe R
15-4 Recap	It's Not Fair It's Not Fair - New father MJ tags in while the Key Westies keep dropping like flies.	02.12.2008 02.14.2008	C+	Drunken Bee
15-3 Recap	Less Is More Less Is More - The Rookies manage to lose enough players that they're able to win a "Who has the fewest players?" contest. The epic romances of Ev and Brooke and Johnny and Casey are dashed.	02.05.2008 02.07.2008	C+	Joe R
15-2 Recap	Gauntlet III Episode 2 Gauntlet III Episode 2 - Tyler and Angel go home as the Rookies continue to flail.	01.29.2008 01.30.2008	C+	Sars
15-1 Recap	Once More, With Lack Of Feeling Once More, With Lack Of Feeling - CT's back, and he's numb from the booze. Coral's back, and she's not backing down. Danny and Melinda are back, and their relationship is as compelling as ever. And Alex is...not going to be a problem.	01.22.2008 01.23.2008	B	Joe R
14-16 Recap	Blazed and Confused: Top 10 Moments of Inferno 3 Blazed and Confused: Top 10 Moments of Inferno 3 - Ace is Cara's butt boy, Alton and Janelle got it on, and other revelations from the season past.	07.09.2007 07.10.2007	B	Sars
14-15 Recap	The Big Five The Big Five - The Bad Asses take it to the house in what might be the most uneventful final challenge ever.	07.02.2007 07.03.2007	C	Joe R
14-14 Recap	Team Girl Squad Team Girl Squad - Everybody hates Susie. The only person who doesn't understand why? Susie. Also, Aneesa goes home.	06.25.2007 06.26.2007	C+	Sars
14-13 Recap	Hook Me Hook Me - Derrick and Abram go feral. Joe R goes fetal.	06.18.2007 06.19.2007	C+	Joe R
14-12 Recap	High Voltage High Voltage - Cara and Janelle get shocked; then everyone else gets shocked by an Inferno twist.	06.11.2007 06.12.2007	B-	Sars
14-11 Recap	Match Point Match Point - Is there anything dumber than a box of hammers but also cuter than a box of kittens? We submit to you: Ace and Johnny, having an argument.	06.04.2007 06.05.2007	B-	Joe R
14-10 Recap	Workin' On The Railroad Workin' On The Railroad - Aneesa's knee gets its SAG card, and everyone does a lot of pumping.	05.28.2007 05.29.2007	B-	Sars
14-9 Recap	Pane In The Glass Pane In The Glass - Timmy Retires With Dignity. And you thought you rolled your eyes at Falwell's eulogies.	05.21.2007 05.22.2007	C+	Joe R
14-8 Recap	Bouncing Back Bouncing Back - Everyone hates 1) Tonya and 2) Aneesa's knee.	05.14.2007 05.15.2007	B-	Sars
14-7 Recap	Walk This Way Walk This Way - Colie sucks; Colie sucks again; Colie goes home.	05.15.2007 05.15.2007	C+	Sars
14-6 Recap	Sour Grapes Sour Grapes - Tonya's off her meds. And it's making her awesome!	05.07.2007 05.10.2007	B	Joe R
14-5 Recap	Off The Wall Off The Wall - Or, "Like Henna For Assholes." Nice "tattoo," Danny.	05.07.2007 05.08.2007	B	Joe R
14-4 Recap	Kicking Ace Kicking Ace - Ace sucks, then redeems himself. Danny sucks, eats like a pig, gets mad, and sucks.	04.30.2007 05.01.2007	C	Sars
14-3 Recap	Playing The Game Playing The Game - Susie hatches a plan. And she won't shut up about it.	04.23.2007 04.24.2007	C+	Joe R
14-2 Recap	The Good Guys Strike Back! The Good Guys Strike Back! - And the Bad Asses have 'roid rage. Danny, Ev, seriously: inside voices.	04.16.2007 04.17.2007	C+	Sars
14-1 Recap	Welcome to Africa Welcome to Africa - CT punches Davis in the face. Bye-bye, CT!	04.09.2007 04.16.2007	A	Joe R
5-16 Recap	Inside the Inner Circle Inside the Inner Circle - The final six teams reunite to reminisce and answer some non-softball questions.	05.26.2002 06.04.2002	B-	Kim
5-15 Recap	Grand Finale Grand Finale - In the final challenge, the two teams have to compete in a multi-part relay-type race.	05.19.2002 05.23.2002	B	Kim
5-14 Recap	Soap Opera Soap Opera - The teams wrestle in a soapsuds-filled ring while bound together. A recipe for hilarity? Not quite.	05.12.2002 05.17.2002	C-	Kim
5-13 Recap	Blockheads Blockheads - Emily and Timmy finally win a competition, and money-sharing plans are discussed.	05.05.2002 05.08.2002	B-	Kim
5-12 Recap	Reality Game Show Reality Game Show - The contestants are asked questions to find out how much they know about their partners. Turns out Mike and Coral, who have known each other the shortest length of time, know the most.	04.28.2002 05.02.2002	A	Kim
5-11 Recap	He's the Miz and He Lives in Oz He's the Miz and He Lives in Oz - Mike loses another competition and then gets drunk and gets a little crazy.	04.21.2002 04.26.2002	B-	Kim
5-10 Recap	Daddy Needs a Car Daddy Needs a Car - Sean and Elka get the star treatment during a competition that involves driving cars around.	04.14.2002 04.16.2002	C+	Kim
5-9 Recap	Round 'Em Up Round 'Em Up - The contestants have to round up cattle on horseback. More importantly, Chadwick sends Emily and Timmy mean emails.	04.07.2002 04.08.2002	C	Kim
5-8 Recap	Ladder of Success Ladder of Success - The final individual competition takes place, and two final teams are eliminated.	03.31.2002 04.01.2002	C+	Kim
5-7 Recap	Upper-Body Strength Upper-Body Strength - Tara is worried that she'll screw up her team's chances for winning the big money, due to her scrawny biceps. And we get to hear about it over and over and over.	03.17.2002 03.18.2002	B-	Kim
5-6 Recap	Anticlimax Anticlimax - Eight people get voted off, including Stephen, Flora, and Belounatic. Now where will the drama come from?	03.03.2002 03.07.2002	B	Kim
5-5 Recap	Crushed Nuts Crushed Nuts - This week's competition features Stephen crushing his nuts while climbing a rope. Do you really need to know any more than that?	02.24.2002 02.25.2002	B	Kim
5-4 Recap	Timmy Grows a Pair Timmy Grows a Pair - The RR team finally gets the opportunity to get rid of one of the Wicks, and it all hinges on Timmy's vote.	02.17.2002 02.19.2002	A	Kim
5-3 Recap	Getting Better All the Time Getting Better All the Time - Piggy and the Wicks catch Emily misrepresenting the truth. Stephen's weird behavior intensifies.	02.10.2002 02.13.2002	A	Kim
5-2 Recap	Rock You Like A... Rock You Like A… - A hurricane hits Cabo San Lucas, and the Challenges are cancelled for the day. The contestants are all stuck inside, and things start to get a little crazy.	02.03.2002 02.07.2002	B	Kim
5-1 Recap	World's First Reality-Show Mobile World's First Reality-Show Mobile - Thirty-two B/M veterans return to compete for $300,000 and, more importantly, to stab one another in the back.	01.30.2002 02.02.2002	A	Kim
4-18 Recap	Cease Fire Cease Fire - Now that the season is over, the Real World and Road Rules teams come back to reminisce and answer some questions.	05.29.2001 05.29.2001	N/A	Kim
4-17 Recap	Race To The Finish Race To The Finish - It's the final challenge. Will James lose and then cry about it? Will Kameelah mention the sponsors as much as possible? Will it be extreme? Yes, yes, and no.	05.14.2001 05.15.2001	C-	Kim
4-16 Recap	True To Himself True To Himself - In probably the worst mission ever conceived, the team members go before Judge Mills Lane. Even the Road Rules team is too embarrassed to do it.	05.07.2001 05.08.2001	D+	Kim
4-15 Recap	Downward Spiral Downward Spiral - The teams participate in the Gross Out Games. Wait, I thought that was last week?	04.30.2001 05.01.2001	C-	Kim
4-14 Recap	Good Intentions Good Intentions - The Road Rules team intends to win this week. Julie intends to whine as much as possible about a Famous Couples Fetish Fashion Show. Kim intends to tell Julie to shut the hell up. Which two out of these three things will actually happen?	04.23.2001 04.28.2001	C-	Kim
4-13 Recap	Grudge Match Grudge Match - Julie and Emily finally get to go head to head in a mission, and Julie cheats. As if you expected anything else.	04.16.2001 04.18.2001	B-	Kim
4-12 Recap	Tough Love Tough Love - Susie claims to be doing it for the money, but then she realizes that her feelings run deep. It's kind of like Pretty Woman but with more mud.	04.02.2001 04.08.2001	B-	Kim
4-11 Recap	Scariest Mission of All Time! Scariest Mission of All Time! - Despite the apparent hyperbole of the title, this mission actually is scary. Of course, count on Bunim-Murray to make it way more dramatic than it needs to be.	03.26.2001 03.28.2001	B+	Kim
4-10 Recap	Leader of the Pack Leader of the Pack - Dan pisses his team off during a cheerleading mission. Emily overcomes great barriers to do a stunt, or so they make it out.	03.19.2001 03.20.2001	B-	Kim
4-9 Recap	Yes, Sir...I Mean, Yes, Ma'am! Yes, Sir…I Mean, Yes, Ma'am! - On a submarine mission, James refuses to respect Emily's authori-tay. Plus, lots and lots of water.	03.12.2001 03.17.2001	N/A	Kim
4-8 Recap	Love and Foosball Love and Foosball - James and Rebecca. Are they in trouble? Will James pick Dan over Rebecca? Will James ever stop blowing?	03.05.2001 03.06.2001	C-	Kim
4-7 Recap	Wrestling With the Past Wrestling With the Past - Julie quickly becomes even more annoying than Annoying Amaya. You didn't think it was possible. Oh, but it is.	02.26.2001 02.27.2001	B-	Kim
4-6 Recap	Ayanna's Departure Ayanna's Departure - Christian says something offensive. Ayanna gets medieval on his ass. Ayanna leaves the show.	02.12.2001 02.14.2001	C+	Kim
4-5 Recap	Keep Rollin', Rollin', Rollin' Rollerball Redemption - The teams compete in rollerblading competitions while paying a visit to the set of Rollerball. John McTiernan looks sad to see that he started out with Die Hard and ended up on this show.	02.05.2001 02.06.2001	C+	Kim
4-4 Recap	The Laugh Factory No Laughing Matter - The teams compete in a comedy competition, and the results are just sad. James is still a poor sport.	01.29.2001 01.30.2001	B	Kim
4-3 Recap	Lobster Boys and Girls Budding Romance - The teams compete in the Fishermen's Games in Maine by eating lobster, running on lobster traps, and sliding on greased poles. I'm not too sure what that last part has to do with fishermen.	01.22.2001 01.24.2001	B-	Kim
4-2 Recap	Stormin' Mormon Blimp Water-Skiing - Julie manages to get kicked out of BYU and be named the MVP, all in one week. And there's water skiing. Behind a blimp.	01.15.2001 01.16.2001	C+	Kim
4-1 Recap	Balls To the Extreme - The inaugural episode of the new Challenge features a lot of balls. Deflated balls. Water-soaked balls. All kinds of balls.	01.08.2001 01.09.2001	C	Kim
3-12 Recap	Sixteenth Minute The Real World/Road Rules: The Afterlife - A smattering of folks from The Real World and Road Rules give you an update on their "lives" since their seasons aired.	01.01.2001 01.04.2001	C+	Kim
3-11 Recap	End Game End Game - Heather listens to the clue, which says, "You made it this far, but for your final mission, you need to hit the bullseye in order to get the prize. Geronimo, baby!" Let's see, they're at an airport, and she said "Geronimo." What could it be?	04.06.2000 04.06.2000	N/A	Kim
3-10 Recap	One Flew Over The Piggy's Nest One Flew Over The Piggy's Nest - Over on the Real World bus, Annoying has gotten the latest clue. She keeps babbling about "the blank envelope" and should she open it, and does anyone want her to see what's in the envelope until Heather yells, "Amaya, come the hell on!" and everyone laughs. The clue tells them to "meet Dr. Bob at Nova Southeastern University" in one hour.	04.02.2000 04.02.2000	N/A	Kim
3-9 Recap	I'm A Los-er, Baby, So Why Don't You Kill Me I'm A Los-er, Baby, So Why Don't You Kill Me - Veronica reads the materials aloud to the group, and reveals that they will be participating in a homemade bikini contest at the Hog's Breath Saloon in Key West, Florida.	03.16.2000 03.16.2000	N/A	Kim
3-8 Recap	Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers - David tells us that we have "six kids that are losing dough" and they want to "exact some unconscious [sic] revenge on the other team by playing a sick joke on them." So are they going to knock the other team unconscious? Or are they going to plan the joke while unconscious themselves?	03.12.2000 03.12.2000	N/A	Kim
3-7 Recap	Swamp Rats Swamp Rats - The two teams arrive at a park for a "swamp buggy mission." Yes tells us it's going to be "wet, dirty and ugly," and that he's ready to race. Remember when I said that everything Yes says sounds like sex? Still applies here.	03.01.2000 03.01.2000	N/A	Kim
3-6 Recap	Mud Mask Mud Mask - The two buses pull up and Yes pulls out the cow skull from the baggage compartment saying that it is "a legacy." The RW team sees this and Annoying says, "Oh Lord, they are absolutely ridiculous." The two teams walk onto the football field where two players from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are waiting for them.	02.24.2000 02.24.2000	N/A	Kim
3-5 Recap	Pork Sausage Comes from Cows, Right? Pork Sausage Comes from Cows, Right? - Mike tells us they are going to be doing "something with pigs." Heather continues to read: "Make sure to wear your overalls." Piggy tells us that it "sounds like rip-roaring fun," and that there might be "country music in the background," and they will "get to say 'Yee-haw' a lot."	02.21.2000 02.21.2000	N/A	Kim
3-4 Recap	Bored of the Flies Bored of the Flies - There will be three rounds, with each team of two running through the penned-in area and gathering snakes in a bag. The snakes they are collecting rarely bite, but they will need to worry about "the other snakes."	02.10.2000 02.10.2000	N/A	Kim
3-3 Recap	Highs and Los Highs and Los - The buses arrive at a training facility for a company called "Excalibur Productions." You'd think with a name like that, the gang would be working at a Renaissance Fair or something. The teams walk into the building and meet the two men who will be training them for their wrestling matches.	02.01.2000 02.01.2000	N/A	Kim
3-2 Recap	Pinky and Fonzie Have Got Nothing on Kat and Amaya Pinky and Fonzie Have Got Nothing on Kat and Amaya - The show opens in Las Vegas, presumably the day after the bungee jumping took place in the previous episode. We see establishing shots of the Las Vegas skyline, and then Niketown. The teams are meeting Roy Jones, Jr., and a box on the screen informs us that he is the Junior Light Heavyweight World Champion.	01.27.2000 01.27.2000	N/A	Kim
3-1 Recap	Maybe the Cord Will Break Maybe the Cord Will Break - This week was the premiere of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge, or as they seem to be calling it, Challenge 2000. The show starts with a shot of two helicopters flying over an unnamed city, in a total rip-off of Apocalypse Now, but instead of playing "The Flight of the Valkyries," they are playing some MTV crap.	01.19.2000 01.19.2000	N/A	Kim
2-6 Recap	The Final Mission The Final Mission - The cast members spend some time at the Playboy Mansion, and the emergency room, and finally get their cold, hard cash.	02.05.1999 02.06.1999	A	Kim
2-5 Recap	The Fifth Mission The Fifth Mission - Neil has moral objections to boot camp, but he gets over them.	02.04.1999 02.05.1999	B-	Kim
2-4 Recap	The Fourth Mission The Fourth Mission - Beth milks her "ankle injury" even more, and causes her team to lose a mission. And then they go to Vegas.	02.03.1999 02.04.1999	B+	Kim
2-3 Recap	The Third Mission The Third Mission - The teams get the chance to earn a little spending cash, and then do a bungee-jumping mission.	02.02.1999 02.03.1999	B-	Kim
2-2 Recap	Bed Sores Bed Sores - The teams compete in a bed race, and the Winnie breaks down.	02.01.1999 02.02.1999	C-	Kim
2-1 Recap	Money Changes Everything Money Changes Everything - It's roller derby time! There are jammers and pivoters and, Kim thinks, fluffers. That's what Mark said.	01.31.1999 02.01.1999	B+	Kim