NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Helicopter Climb; Blender of Fear; Pole Hopper (WWF Edition)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2002
Stunt 1: Helicopter Climb Each player would hang from the bottom rung of that ladder and as the helicopter spun above the cold Pacific Ocean, they would have to climb up and into the ""bird"". The four players with the best times would advance. Stunt 2: Blender of Fear A simple game of craps was the key of this stunt. Each player would roll three dices, which were labeled with ingredients to be included in a FEAR FACTOR protein shake. Using a base mixture of pig brains, additional ingredients including pig intestine, durian (a pungent fruit), animal fat, rooster testes, cow eyes, veal brain, spleen, cod liver oil, bile and fish sauce. Stunt 3: Pole Hopper Players faced six telephone poles positioned in a line by height. Attached to the shortest pole (which still towered into the sky) were three flags. The object was to move the flags, one at a time, from the shortest pole to the longest pole. The person with the best time win. If a player fell while stepping from pole to pole, they could
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#2 - Second Season Highlights
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 9/2/2002
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#3 - The 15 Most Outrageous Moments
Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 5/19/2003
In this season finale episode, Joe Rogan counts down the top 15 Fear Factor moments from the past three seasons in front of a live audience.
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#4 - Hee Haw! Hee Haw!
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/2012
Teams of twins try to navigate through an electrified maze that is suspended over water. In other daring tests, they must race on top of a speeding train; and they must eat disgusting items.
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#5 - Championship, Part II
Season 3 Episode 28 - Aired 5/5/2003
This semi-final round featured the other twelve of this season's 24 winners. The two contestants remaining at the end of this episode would win a new 2004 Mazda RX-8 and advance to the final episode where they would compete with the two winners of the previous semi-final episode for the title of Fear Factor Grand Champion and $100,000. Stunt #1 (Double helicopter drop) Going two at a time, contestants would be hanging by trapeze bars under a helicopter. As the helicopter flew over a group of 12 buoys, they would have to drop into the water and search under the buoys for flags. There was one yellow flag and one orange flag hidden among the buoys. When a contestant found a flag, they would have to swim to the matching color-coded platform and post the flag. The winner of each race would advance to the next round and the loser would be eliminated. Stunt #2-Men (Pot Luck Dinner) The men would be eating at a Fear Factor buffet. There was a table with 13 holes; each hole contained
Director: J. Rupert Thompson
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#6 - Truck Jump; Worm Coffin; Catapult
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/18/2001
Stunt #1: Truck Jump As two semi trucks drove side by side at over 40 miles per hour, contestants would have to jump the 7-foot gap between the two trailers. Contestants who landed on the second truck trailer without using their hands to pull themselves up would advance to the next round. Stunt #2: Worm Coffin Contestants would have to lie in a glass box and be covered with over 300,000 super worms. It was possible that they would also have to eat some worms. They would to have stick their hands in a bowl of super worms and draw from pieces of paper numbered 0, 1, and 5. The number they drew would represent the number of worms they would have to eat before getting in the coffin. Contestants who ate their designated number of worms and stayed in the coffin for four minutes would advance to the finals. Stunt #3: Catapult Contestants would be strapped to stretched bungee cords and be catapulted over 100 feet in the air. While they were being catapulted, they would have to fire
Director: Randall Einhorn
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- 5.8/1049 votesLoading...
#7 - Jet Ski Leap; Beetle Bowl; Rope Crawl
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/25/2001
Stunt #1: Jet Ski Leap Contestants would be riding on the back of a jet ski as a helicopter flew overhead. They would have to grab on to the helicopter skit and use the cargo netting to climb into the helicopter. Contestants who completed this stunt would advance to the next round. Stunt #2: Beetle Bowl Contestants would bowl one frame and knock down as many pins as possible. The number of pins left standing would represent the number of live beetles they would have to eat. Everyone who ate their beetles in the time limit (30 seconds per beetle) would advance to the next round. Stunt #3: Rope Crawl Contestants would have to crawl on their bellies across a 60-foot tightrope stretching between two rooftops over 100 feet high. If they flipped to the underside of the rope, two minutes would be added on to their time. The contestant to get from one end of the rope to the other in the fastest time would win the $50,000.
Director: Randall Einhorn
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- 5.9/1031 votesLoading...
#8 - Championship, Part III
Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 5/12/2003
Grand finale of the Fear Factor Championship Stunt #1 (Underwater hallway) Contestants would have to swim the length of a 50-foot hallway submerged in freezing cold water. As they went though the hallway, they would have to unlock three doors and collect 9 flags. There would be three air pockets in the hallway, but only the three contestants to collect the most flags the fastest would advance to the next round. The slowest person would be eliminated. Stunt #2 (All-Star Transfer) Contestants would have to compete in a gross relay race. They would first have to eat a shot of night crawlers, and then transfer night crawlers from a box to a scale. After transferring 7 pounds of worms, they would move on to a box of Madagascar hissing cockroaches. After transferring 1 pound of roaches, they would have to use their mouths to toss ten dead rats into a bucket from behind a barricade. The two contestants to complete this relay race the fastest would advance to the final stunt. The s
Director: J. Rupert Thompson
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#9 - Wrecking Ball; Testicles; Baby Rescue
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/30/2001
Stunt #1: Wrecking Ball Contestants would be harnessed to a crane and lifted over 120 feet in the air. They would have one minute to pull a rip cor. This would send them swinging toward the ground and smashing through a wooden wall at 50 miles per hour. After going through the wall, they would have to drop a beanbag onto a large target. The four contestants to get their beanbags closest to the bull's eye would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Testicles Contestants would each have to eat two boiled buffalo testicles. Everyone who ate the two testicles in four minutes would advance to the finals. Stunt #3: Baby Rescue Contestants would be seated in a car and submerged underwater. When a red light came on, they would have to retrieve a fake baby from the back seat, escape through front driver side window, and get the baby to a bassinet on the side of the pool. During the stunt, contestants could get air from an air pocket in the back seat.
Director: Randall Einhorn
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- 6.0/1039 votesLoading...
#10 - Playboy Playmates Edition
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/2002
This Super Bowl Halftime episode featured six Playboy Playmates. Stunt #1 (Tightrope) The ladies would have to walk a tight rope stretching between two rooftops 10 stories high. As they crossed the rope, they would be able to use hanging ropes for support. The four ladies to complete this stunt the fastest would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2 (Strawberries and flies) The ladies would have to stick their heads into box with strawberries hanging from the top. They would also be sharing the box with hundreds of flies. The three ladies to eat the most strawberries in two minutes would advance to the finals. Anyone who ate all the strawberries would automatically advance. Stunt #3 (Trapped Under Ice) In a pool covered with a layer of Plexiglas, the ladies would have to enter through a hole in the surface and swim down through holes in two more layers of plastic to retrieve glow sticks. Red glow sticks were worth 10 points, and there was a bu
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- 6.0/1041 votesLoading...
#11 - Blimp Climb; Bobbing in Wax Worms; Car Flip
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/4/2002
Stunt #1: Blimp Climb As a blimp flew high above the ocean, contestants would have to climb down a 35-foot rope ladder, release a flag, and climb back up the ladder. The two men and the two women to complete this stunt fastest would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Bobbing in Wax Worms Contestants would have to retrieve up to 20 chicken feet from a box of 25,000 wax worms using only their mouths. The three contestants to retrieve the most chicken feet in two minutes would advance to the finals. The other person would be eliminated. Stunt #3: Car Flip Contestants would have to race a car toward a pipe ramp and flip the car. The contestant to launch their car the furthest distance would win the $50,000.
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#12 - Swim with Gators; Buffet; Tanker Truck (Championship Edition - Part 2)
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/20/2002
This was the 90-minute finale of a two-part Championship edition. The remaining nine players will battle it out in the final stunts and compete for a grand prize of $100,000. Stunt 2 (Women): Swim with Gators Inside a giant-sized fish tank, several alligators dropped into the water. The gators had razor-sharp teeth and lethal claws. The women would have to slide carefully into the tank and retrieve three poles from the bottom. One at a time they would have to place the poles on a rack alongside the tank. The two women that completed the stunt the fastest would move on to the final round. Stunt 2 (Men): Buffet Each player would lie down on the Wheel of Fear - a spinning contraption bordered by three colors: red, black and yellow. Whatever color the player's arrow lands on would determine which table of ""food"" they have to run and eat from. On the Yellow Table: pig rectum, night crawlers and habanero peppers. On the Black Table: fermented squid guts, cow brains and Madagascar hissing
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- 6.1/1048 votesLoading...
#13 - Sub Dive; Cricket Crunch; Speed Drop
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/16/2001
Stunt #1: Sub Dive Contestants would have to dive into 55 degree water, swim 7 feet down, and retrieve glow sticks from the underside of the sub. The two men and the two women to collect the most glow sticks on one breath would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Cricket Crunch Contestants would each have to throw a dart at a dartboard with numbers ranging from 1 to 8. They were not told until afterward that the number they hit would represent the amount of live crickets they would have to eat. Everyone who ate their designated number of crickets within the time limit (one minute per cricket) would advance to the finals. Stunt #3: Speed Drop Contestants would be hung by their ankles over 130 feet high and dropped down a zip line at 60 miles per hour. As they went over a large target, they would have to drop a beanbag. The contestant whose beanbag landed closest to the bull's-eye would win the $50,000.
Director: Randall Einhorn
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- 6.1/1032 votesLoading...
#14 - Helicopter Boat Drag; Mechanical Bull Buffet; Window Washer
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/24/2003
Stunt #1: Helicopter Boat Drag Contestants would be riding on a raft towed behind a speedboat as a helicopter flew overhead. They would have climb a rope hanging from the helicopter and release 6 flags before dropping 20 feet into the water. If contestants completed this stunt, they would win $1,000 advance to the next round. In the event that not everyone completed the stunt, the two men and the two women who got the most flags before falling would advance. Stunt #2: Mechanical Bull Buffet Contestants would have to eat a combination of bull parts including spinal cord, spleen, and hairy snout. Before eating, contestants would ride a mechanical bull. If they stayed on for at least 8 seconds, they could eliminate one of the food items from their plate. All contestants who finished the contents of their plate in 6 minutes would advance to the finals. Stunt #3: Window Washer Contestants would have to stand on a narrow beam as it dropped down the face of a 12-story building. A
Director: J. Rupert Thompson
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#15 - Heli Crawl and Flag Grab; Maggoty Madness; Head on Pipe Ramp
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2003
Stunt #1: Heli Crawl and Flag Grab Contestants would have to crawl down the underside of helicopter skit, cross a rope between the skits, crawl down the other skit, and drop into the water below. While doing this, they would have to release 2 flags from the first skit, 1 flag from the rope, and 3 flags from the second skit. The two men and the two women to get the most flags the fastest would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Maggoty Madness Contestants would have to bob in a tank of cod liver oil for cow hooves, and then drop the hooves in a box of maggots. For each hoof they transferred, they would get a mouthful of maggots and spit them onto a scale. The three contestants to transfer the most weight in maggots in 2 minutes would advance to the finals. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #3: Head on Pipe Ramp Contestants would have to race a car head-on toward another car with a pipe ramp attached to it. They would have to hit the ram
Director: J. Rupert Thompson
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#16 - Halloween Episode
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2003
This was a special all-gross Halloween epsiode. Stunt #1 (Snake coffin) Contestants would be handcuffed by their wrists and ankles and lowered into a tank with hundreds of snakes. They would have to find which of the three keys in the tank unlocked their cuffs and pull a flag to stop the time. The two men and the two women to complete this stunt the fastest would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2 (Eat Stink Beetles) Contestants would use a wrist rocket to shoot exploding pellets at flaming goblets. The goblet they hit would determine whether they would have to eat 8, 16, or 24 stink beetles. They would be given 15 seconds per beetle. Everyone who ate their stink beetles within the time limit would advance to the finals. Stunt #3 (Bobbing for hearts) Contestants would have to bob for 10 pig hearts in a vat of cow eyeballs and slime. The contestant to retrieve all 10 hearts the fastest would win the $50,000 and be the Halloween Fear Factor C
Director: J. Rupert Thompson
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- 6.1/1026 votesLoading...
#17 - Couples Fear Factor (4)
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/2004
This episode was part 4 of 7 in a series featuring nine couples competing for various cash and prizes, and a grand prize of 1 Million Dollars. Stunt #1 (Gross Dunk Tank) One person would be sitting above a dunk tank filled with nasty water containing cow intestines, spleens, brains, tongues, and skin. Their partner would have throw softballs at the dunk lever to drop them into the tank. Once in the tank, contestants would have to retrieve cow tails and give them to their partner. Their partner would then have to transfer the cow tails to a bucket using their mouth. The couple to transfer 5 cow tails the fastest would win an STA travel experience to Spain where they would participate in the Running of the Bulls. No one would be eliminated in this stunt. Stunt #2 (Couples helicopter slalom) The men would be hanging by their ankles from a helicopter as it flew over a lake. They would be holding two rings attached to a chain that was around the women's ankles. As they flew over
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#18 - Net Jump; Wormtinis; Tunnel Crawl
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/2/2001
Stunt #1: Net Jump Contestants would have to climb to the top of a 110 foot tower and then jump twice their body length to a cargo net hanging across from the tower. Contestants who were able to hang on to the net for 5 seconds would advance to the next round. Stunt #2: Wormtinis Contestants would have to eat five earthworms and one super worm in a martini glass. Contestants who were able to do this in 4 minutes would advance to the finals. Stunt #3: Tunnel Crawl Contestants would have to crawl through a pitch-black drainage system. The first pipe led to a wet and slimy culvert connected to several other pipes, but only one pipe besides the entry pipe did not have a dead end. The tunnel was rigged with infrared cameras so viewers could see the contestants in the dark tunnels. The contestant to reach the end of the exit tunnel fastest would win the $50,000.
Director: Randall Einhorn
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- 6.2/1029 votesLoading...
#19 - Return to Las Vegas (2)
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2003
This two-part Las Vegas episode featured six contestants competing in six stunts. The winner would have to bet half their winnings on a hand of blackjack. Stunt #3 (continued) In the previous episode, the remaining three contestants had to eat African cave-dwelling spiders to earn up to 12 roulette chips. After everyone had placed their chips on the roulette table, Joe spun the roulette wheel to see who would win a new 2004 Mazda RX-8 sports car. The winner was revealed at the beginning of this episode Stunt #4 (Slippery cab jump) Contestants would have to crawl around on a taxi cab suspended over 100 feet in the air. They would have to remove two flags from the top, one from the hood, and one from the trunk. After removing the 4 flags, they would have to jump a gap to a second suspended taxi cab. They would then have to remove a flag from the hood and two flags from the top of that cab, collect a key from the trunk, climb into the window, insert the key into the ignition, an
Director: J. Rupert Thompson
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#20 - Couples Fear Factor (6)
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/2004
This episode was part 6 of 7 in a series featuring nine couples competing for various cash and prizes, and a grand prize of 1 Million Dollars. Stunt #1 (Lean & grab) Couples would have to cross 6-inch balance beams over 200 feet in the air. The men would be on one balance beam holding a rope while their girlfriends would be across from them on another balance beam holding the other end of the rope. While their boyfriends supported them with the rope, the women would have to lean out and grab up to 6 flags hanging adjacent to the beam. The couple to get the most flags the fastest would win two new Mazda 3 five-doors. No one would be eliminated in this stunt. Stunt #2 (Bobbing in Rats) The women would be lying in a box covered with rats and chicken feet. The men would have to retrieve 10 chicken feet with their mouths and spit them into a bucket. The couple to complete this stunt the fastest would win a high rollers weekend in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay hotel along with $5,00
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#21 - Siblings Fear Factor
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/8/2004
This episode featured four pairs of siblings competing as teams. Stunt #1 (Tumbler transfer) As two tumblers lined with holes rotated across from each other over the water, siblings would have to make their way to the center where the two tumblers met. One sibling would be handing the other sibling flags to post at the other end of their tumbler. As time went on, the tumblers would spin faster. The three teams to transfer the most flags the fastest before falling into the water would advance to the next round. The team with the worst score would be eliminated. Stunt #2 (Grab and Grind) One sibling would be collecting beetles, worms, crickets, scorpions, and millipedes with their mouth and spitting them into a meat grinder. They would have to turn a crank to grind the bugs into slop. Their partner would be underneath the grinder catching the slop then their mouth and spitting it on to a scale. The team to transfer the most weight in 3 minutes would win a six-night trip for fo
Director: J. Rupert Thompson
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- 6.2/1026 votesLoading...
#22 - Extreme Building Plunge; Bug Windshield; Rotating Beam to Platform
Season 4 Episode 27 - Aired 3/22/2004
Stunt #1: Extreme Building Plunge Contestants would be harnessed and dropped down the face of a 65-story building. As they plunged toward the ground, contestants would have to grab flags sticking out from the side of the building. The two men and the two women to collect the most flags would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Bug Windshield Contestants would have to jump up onto a junkyard car's hood and use their mouths to remove globs of red worms, super worms, crickets, grasshoppers, and stink beetles splattered on the windshield. They would then have to run over to a scale and spit the bugs on to the scale. The three contestants to transfer the most weight in bugs in two minutes would advance to the final round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #3: Rotating Beam to Platform Contestants would start out over a harbor on a rotating balance beam surrounded by a square frame with a platform on each side. There were two flags on the each
Director: J. Rupert Thompson
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- 6.2/1027 votesLoading...
#23 - New York 100th Episode
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/8/2004
This special 100th episode was filmed in New York City. The winner would get to choose from five Capital One credit cards, ranging in value from $60,000 to $100,000. Stunt #1 (Tram traverse) Contestants would have to traverse a cargo net on the underside of the Roosevelt Island Tram as it traveled hundreds of feet over the East River. The two men and the two women who released the most flags the fastest from the cargo net before falling would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2 (Rat stew) Contestants would have to eat a bowl blended up dead rat in Times Square. This would be a head-to-head race. The man and the woman to finish their bowl of blended rat the fastest would advance to the final round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #3 (Dual helicopter wall) Contestants would have to traverse both sides of a Plexiglas wall hanging from two helicopters in front of the Statue of Liberty. They would have to walk along a 2 inch ledge, clipping
Director: J. Rupert Thompson
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- 6.3/1036 votesLoading...
#24 - Helicopter Fire Drill; Eat Rectum; Ledge Walk
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/28/2002
Stunt 1: Helicopter Fire Drill Players will have to climb out one side of the helicopter as it hovered twenty-five feet above the cold water, then traverse underneath the helicopter using a cargo net fastened to the runners. Only after they hoisted themselves back inside on the other side of the helicopter would their time complete. The two players (one male, one female) with the lowest times would be eliminated. Stunt 2: Eat Rectum Each player's first two shots to hit the target (with numbers zero through two) would determine their score. Their score would determine the number of pig rectums - or bungs - they would have to eat! They would have four minutes to eat each bung. Stunt 3: Ledge Walk After climbing out an eleven-story window, players had to walk 110-feet along a narrow ledge filled with obstacles (i.e.: plants, fake birds, buckets etc). Whoever make it to the fire escape in the quickest time would win.
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#25 - Spiderman; Coffin; Water Cage (Celebrity Edition)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2002
This episode featured six celebrity contestants competing for charity. The winner would receive $50,000 for their charity, and the others would receive $10,000 for their charities. Stunt #1: Spiderman Contestants would have to scale the outside of a building 36 stories high using hand holds and the one-inch window sill. They would have to transfer flags from one open window to the other. The two men and the two women to transfer the most flags the fastest in three minutes would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Coffin Contestants would have to lie in a Plexiglas coffin with their legs covered with thousands night crawlers, their midsections covered with 100 snakes, and their heads covered with 3,000 Madagascar hissing cockroaches. The three contestants to remove 10 white snakes from the coffin the fastest would advance to the finals Stunt #3: Water Cage Contestants would be locked in a steel cage and submerged underwater. When a red light cam
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The Worst Episodes of Fear Factor
Every episode of Fear Factor ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Fear Factor!
Competition reality series in which contestants must decide if they have the guts and determination to face their fears while outpacing the competition.
Genre:Reality
Network:NBC
Worst Episodes Summary
"Helicopter Climb; Blender of Fear; Pole Hopper (WWF Edition)" is the worst rated episode of "Fear Factor". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/25/2002. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Second Season Highlights".