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The show's promotional logo.

Status: Partially Lost

BrainSurge is a game show that aired on Nickelodeon from September 28th, 2009 to May 3th, 2011 and July 18th to November 17, 2011 on Nick at Nite and April 28th to May 9th, 2014 on Nicktoons. The show was hosted by Jeffrey Sutphen.[1] Created by Scott Stone, who created other Nickelodeon game shows such as Legends of the Hidden Temple, Fun House, and The Mole. The show ran for three seasons before being canceled, as of now fifty-nine of the one-hundred twenty episodes have some scenes or are completely lost.

Format

The show involved 6 contestants known as the brainiacs who competed in 3 levels of brain games. The first level involved watching 6 different visual puzzles and the contestants had 10 seconds to lock in their answer on a numbered keypad. Each puzzle was worth a different point value (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 100) with the max score being 250 points. After all 6 puzzles, the 4 with the highest scores would move on to level 2 while the other 2 were eliminated and went down the Brain Drain (a slide filled with orange-colored foam) but were given a consultation prize.

Level 2 involved the contestants having to answer questions from a story Jeff told from his Big Book of Truth known as "Jeff's Big Book of Super Fantastic True Chronicles of Truth That Are Absolutely True." There were two types of stories, question, and list. The question stories were the usual who, what, where, when, why, and how, while the list stories involved the contestants listing off up to 20 items in a specific category. When the contestants were asked a question they were asked to sit down on the orange chairs if they heard a ding they were right if they heard a fart they were eliminated and send backward through the set of Jeff's mouth leading to the Brain Drain. This went on until there were only two contestants left. Contestants would also be eliminated if they ran out of time, or repeated an answer. The two remaining contestants would move to the Knockout Round where they had to match images from the story in a 4x4 grid. If a contestant made a wrong match, sudden death would happen and the person who made the next correct match would move on while the other was eliminated.

The final contestant would move to Level 3:The Final Stage, where they had to memorize and complete 3 paths on 3 grids in 90 seconds. The 3 paths were a 4x4 grid which had a path of 6 squares (5 in one episode), a 5x5 grid with 8 squares (9 in one episode, 10 in two episodes), and a 6x6 grid with 10 squares. Each time they completed a path they would win a prize, with the final prize being a vacation. If the contestant completed all 3 paths in 90 seconds, they would win all 3 prizes and get slimed. However, if they ran out of time, they were allowed to keep the prizes they won but were sent down the Brain Drain. In special Nick Stars episodes, the winner would win prizes for a randomly chosen audience member.

Broadcast History

The first season premiered on September 28th, 2009, and ended on April 9th, 2010 with the final episode airing on July 1st, 2010 during the beginning of season 2. Some differences compared to later seasons included, the stories in level 2 were still photographs instead of the animated ones shown in other seasons. In the first few episodes, if a contestant got a question wrong in Level 2, Jeff would skip the question and reveal the correct answers while in later episodes he would throw out the question but not say the answer. Another minor change is that Jeff allowed the contestants to throw the 90 seconds on the board which was only shown a few times in Season 2.

Season 2 premiered on June 21st, 2010 with the final episode airing on May 13, 2011. A few changes were made to the show including there being no more 40 point puzzle, making the max score in Level 1, 210 points. The stories in Level 2 were now animated and the list stories had a max of 16 items instead of the usual 20. The final change was that the Brain Drain ran down straight to the audience instead of the original exit sign. This season featured 4 special weeks each with 5 episodes. The 4 special weeks were; Boys vs. Girls, Stars of Nickelodeon, Co-hosts, and Family week.

During the final season, the show was later changed to Family Brainsurge which premiered on July 18, 2011, to November 17, 2011. More changes were made to the show. Instead of 6 contestants competing, 5 teams of 2(a kid and an older family member) would compete. All the levels were renamed, Level 1 being called Brain Tease, Level 2 was called Brain Fart, and Level 3 was called Brain Trip. Level 1 only featured 4 puzzles (10, 25, 50, and 100) with the max score being 185 and the only team would go down the Brain Drain. Level 2 introduced a new mechanic called the Brain Fart, where if the family got stumped they could yell Brain Fart, and their Braintrust consisting of 2 other family members, could help them with a question, but there were two catches. One, if they were wrong the team would be eliminated and two, the family could only use them once. The list stories were changed from 16 items to 12 and if the families named all the items, other questions would be asked about the story but no Brainfarts could be used. For Level 3, the kid would complete the 4x4 and 6x6, while the parent would complete the 5x5. On celebrity episodes, the celebrity families would compete for prizes and to win money for their selected charity ($1000 for losing Level 1, $1,500 for losing the story part of Level 2, $3,000 for losing the Knockout Round, and $5,000 for winning the show).

Cancellation/Reruns

The show was canceled in late 2011 due to Sutphen hosting the revival of Figure it Out from 2012 to 2013. However, the last final 10 episodes of season 3 aired on Nicktoons from April 28th, 2014 to May 9th, 2014 with reruns airing until July 2014.

List of Lost or Incomplete Episodes

Episode Found footage for episode Status Contestants for episode
102 100 point puzzle Partially Found Alexis, Aly, Lindsey, Jessi, Justin, Drew
103 None Lost Siera, Alex, Kylie, Madison Kate, Sebastian, Bennett
104 30/40 point puzzles and slimming Partially Found Sabyr, Celine, Carson, Noah, Jourdan, Nick
106 Slimming Partially Found Jessie, Sam, Daphne, Tyler, Camille, TJ
107 Clip from 2009 Promo/Slimming Partially Found Ken, Ciana, Scotty, VJ, Remy, Cheyenne
109 Small clip from Level 3 Lost Cody, Sydney, Liam, Alec, Maya, Kellie
112 Clip from 2009 Promo Lost Dalton, Ally, Pat, Jennifer, Ruby, Chase
113 Image from Intro Lost Brandon, Kendyl, Kailey, Reese, Rikki, Bronson
115 Full episode (privately uploaded on December 29, 2015 but publicized on March 10th) Found Madison, Keegan, Lilah, Mason, Spiro, Sarah
119 Level 2 without intro/Level 3 Partially Lost Epiphany, William, Madison, Ariel, Ray, Isaiah
120 Level 1 /Level 3 without intro Partially Lost Danny, Nick, Eryn, Athena, Zee, Timmy
121 Clip from 2009 Promo Lost Yuki, Sydney, Erin, Brian, JP, Kristina
123 40 point puzzle Partially Found Ryan, Reign, Caitlin, Drew, Eric, Rebecca
125 Level 1 without intro Partially Found Zoe, Dylan, Carl, Jazzy, Adam, Kenzie
126 Level 1 without intro Partially Found Garek, Sarah, Kalen, Heather, Alec, Earl
127 None Lost Alia, Kenny, Tyler, Hyla, Ally, David
129 Level 3 Partially Found Nathaniel, Kanoe, Claire, Matt, Allison
130 None Lost Julez, Josh, Taylor, Valerie, Gio, Tara
133 50 point puzzle Partially Found Sierra, Shawn, Hunter, Sydney, JT, Natalie
136 Clip from 2009 Promo Lost Brandon, Paige, Madison, Blake, Sal, Ebony
138 10 point puzzle Partially Found Matt, Kennedy, Nicole, Vincent, Noah, Ashley
140 30 point puzzle Partially Found Sierra, Pattriana, Fernando, Chanel, Travis, Arthur
141 Clip from 2010 Promo Lost Hannah, Coleman, Jonathan, Spencer, Taylor, Brianna
Episode Found footage for the episode Status Contestants for episode
204 Clip from Promo Lost Isaac, Da'Jah, Kathy, Aaron, PJ, Emma
205 None Lost Katie, Michael, Danyal, Kyla P, Zayd, Caitlin
206 Clip from Promo Lost Ashley, Tyler, Ada-Nicole, Karine, Isaac, Danny
208 Knockout Round Partially Found Paige, Jonathan, Madison, Justin, Josh, Zariya
211 Level 2 but audio is replaced with music Partially Found Aiden, Rhudi, Ashley, Gretchin, Jake, Shaylie
212 None Lost Justin, Ashley, Davion, Jessi, Roxy, Brenton
213 30 point puzzle/Level 3 Partially Found Chesley, Justin, Josephine, Mia, Ty'd, Lorenzo
218 None Lost CJ, Summer, Emma, Ryan, Ruby, Darius
221(Brothers vs. Sisters) None Lost Nicole, James, Madison, Mason, Amber, Zach
228(Siblings) Level 2 without intro but mirrored Partially Found Daquan, Zakiya, Bridger, Brecken, Jenna, Nikki
232(Twins 1) Clips from Nick.com Quiz Partially Found Cailin, Hannah, Connor, Brian, Jade, Jasmine
235(Jordin Sparks) Level 3 and clips from Nick.com Quiz Partially Lost Caleb, Katrina, Lauryn, Alain, Hope, Ben
236 Full Episode uploaded on February 5th Found Natalie, Terry, Scott, Cyncere, Brooke, James
237(Family) None Lost Isaiah & Mike, Charlotte & Barbara, Brooke & Ann, Crystal & Tony, Myles & Michelle, Skyler & Sean
238(Twins 2) Clips from Nick.com Quiz Partially Found Andy, Kyle, Madison, Mallory, Max, Mason
Episode Found footage of episode Status Families
301 Level 1 and Story without Intro Partially Lost Fenton, Munoz, Augustine, Dejoy, Kohno
303 Levels 1/2 Partially Lost Bennion, Pakula, Cardena, Redfearn, Danesh
304 Levels 1/2 Partially Lost Daruvala, Ayala. Gilmore, Johnson, Lancaster
309(Nick Talent) Levels 1 without intro/Level 3 Partially Lost Victorious, iCarly, House of Anubis, Bucket & Skinner, Supah Ninjas
310 Level 1 and Story without Intro Partially Found Guerreo, Jinadu, Corcoran, Houlihan, Bramson
311 Story but audio is replaced with music Partially Found Cruzata, Ardon, Kokason, Orriss, Sellers
312 Levels 1/2 Partially Lost Martinez, Rowe, Gillcrist, McLurkin, Oliverio
314(WWE) Level 1 without intro/Level 2 Partially Lost John Morrison, Eve, Gail Kim, The Miz, Kofi Kingston
315 Levels 1/2 Partially Lost Ocampo,Smith, Conneen, Wright, Gannuscio
318 Level 1 Partially Found Sankofa, Levine, Gonzalez, Menotti, Arroyo
321 Levels 1/Level 2 without intro Partially Lost Monick, Ott, Parker, Barnes, Alvare
322 Levels 1/2 Partially Lost Bradbury, Gray, Anand, Tramel, Denard
323 Level 1/Most of Level 2 Partially Lost Aguilera, Nolan, Garcia, Steele, Baxter
324 Levels 1/2 Partially Lost Radaker, Shou, Bowen, Palmer, Landon
326 Level 1 without intro/Level 2 Partially Lost Moultrie, Muniz, Smith-Harris, Pieper, Torress
327 Levels 2/3 Partially Lost Sarem, Vera, McLaurin, Butler, Holtwarren
328 Levels 1/3 Partially Lost Crawford, Meza, Galdamez, Kling, Loucks
331(All Star) Levels 1/3 Partially Lost Anthony Anderson, Larry King, Candace Cameron Bure, Joey Fatone, Vanessa Williams
333 Story Partially Found Sargent, Woods, German, Vargas, Schoonover
337(Monkey Quest Sponorship) Level 1 and Story without Intro Partially Found Pilapil, O'Neal, Edjhuryan, Hinojosa, Hilbig
340 None Lost Haltrecht, Webber, Musquiz, Crawley, Molnar

Availability

Out of all 120 episodes, only 62 episodes can be found in full. 18 from Season 1, 26 from Season 2, and 18 from Season 3 but only 3 episodes are found in good quality. Several clips and full episodes of Season 1 were available from 2010 to 2012 on Nick.com that included Episodes 102, 106, 123, 125, 126, 127, and 133.[2] It is rumored by fans that an unaired pilot was released due to Episode 101, not airing. The only footage that could be from the pilot is the dancing puzzle which was shown in the Season 1 intro, due to the line up of contestants never being seen, also seen is the clip of the 6x6 with 27 seconds left in the said intro. While many episodes from all 3 seasons aired on reruns, a few episodes only aired once. These include the last 11 episodes of Season 1, the co-host, nick stars, and family episodes from Season 2, and the final episode of Season 3 which never aired on Nicktoons despite every other episode airing. No episodes were released onto iTunes or DVD, so it seems that the only possible way to redeem episodes is via recordings of premieres or reruns like every available episode with the exception of 137, as that is actually a dvd rip from the studio given by contestant Alyssa's family. Jeff Sutphen himself claimed to a twitter user that he had no episodes despite fans' requests, and the studio behind the show, Sunset Las Plamas Studios, had no recordings of any episodes in their library. In fact, they had not even heard of the show, so it must have been a new employee responding to the call. Nevertheless, the search continues.

Gallery

The intro to BrainSurge.

Behind The Scenes footage of episode 238

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