Common Sense Note

Parents need to know that although at first glance this show might appear to be a typical (if goofy) reality competition series, it's really an elaborate spoof of over-the-top Japanese game shows. All of the dialogue has been newly dubbed for the English series, and all of the characters (including the hosts) are fictional. Each episode has a "plot" of sorts in which two diametrically opposed teams duke it out for the championship, but, really, the series' main attraction is watching people compete in strange physical challenges and obstacle courses that usually result in them getting beaten up like human pinatas. It's exactly the kind of humor teen boys love, though parents may not get the appeal.

Sexual Content

Mild sexual innuendo.

Violence

Some players sustain cuts and scrapes during their challenges; others take what look to be really nasty falls. It's all played for laughs, but it's hard not to wince sometimes. The competitors all wear safety gear.

Language

"For god's sake" is as bad as it gets.

Social Behavior

Contestants' (often painful) mistakes are played for laughs. The show gleefully skewers its contestants, assigning them to often-stereotypical groups and mocking their body language and behavior -- though all of the dialogue is dubbed, so none of the actual people shown are being mocked directly. Some Asian stereotyping -- though, again, it's all meant to be funny (and is really pretty tame, all things considered).

Consumerism

Not applicable

Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol

Not applicable