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'''''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.<ref>[https://www.ocregister.com/2011/01/25/nickelodeons-brainsurge-brings-back-the-game/ A review article on the show's premiere.] Retrieved 19 Sep '20</ref> 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.
'''''BrainSurge''''' is a game show that aired on Nickelodeon from September 28th, 2009, to May 13th, 2011, and was reprised for a final family season on July 18th to November 17th, 2011, on Nick at Nite, which finished from April 28th to May 9th, 2014 on Nicktoons. Hosted by Jeff Sutphen<ref>[https://ocregister.com/2011/01/25/nickelodeons-brainsurge-brings-back-the-game/ A review article on the show's premiere.] Retrieved 19 Sep '20</ref> and created by Scott Stone, who made other game shows such as ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'', ''Fun House'', and ''The Mole''. The show ran for three seasons before being cancelled.
   
   
===Format===
===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.
The show involved six contestants known as the brainiacs who competed in 3 levels of brain games. The first level involved watching six visual puzzles, and the contestants had 10 seconds to lock in their answers 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 six puzzles, the 4 with the highest scores would move on to level 2, while the other two 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.  
Level 2 involved the contestants answering 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, questions and lists. The question stories were the usual who, what, where, when, why, and how, while the list stories involved the contestants listing 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 listened to a fart, they were eliminated and sent backward through the set of Jeff's mouth leading to the Brain Drain. The round 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.
The final contestant would move to Level 3:The Final Stage, where they had to memorize and complete three paths on three grids in 90 seconds. The three paths were a 4x4 grid with a path of 6 squares (5 in one episode), a 5x5 grid with eight squares (9 in one episode, 10 in two episodes), and a 6x6 grid with ten squares. Each time they completed a path, they would win a prize, with the final prize being a vacation. If the contestant finished all three paths in 90 seconds, they would win all three 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===
===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.
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 happened 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.  
Season 2 premiered on June 21st, 2010, with the final episode airing on May 13th, 2011. A few changes were made to the show, including omitting the 40-point puzzle and 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 last change was that the Brain Drain ran down straight to the audience instead of the original exit sign. This season featured four special weeks, each with five episodes. The four special weeks were; Girls vs. Boys, 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).
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, five 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 four 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 Brain Trust consisting of 2 other family members, could help them with a question, but there were two catches. First, if they were wrong, the team would be eliminated, and second, 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, Jeff would ask other questions about the story, but the remaining families could not use their brain farts. For Level 3, the kid would complete the 4x4 and 6x6, while the parent would complete the 5x5. In celebrity episodes, the celebrity families would compete for prizes and to win money for their selected charity ($1,000 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===
===Cancellation/Reruns===
The show was canceled in late 2011 due to Sutphen hosting the revival of Figure it Out in 2012. 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. Also, season 1 has not aired since at least June 2010 and Season 2 reruns lasted until about June of the next year. Some episodes also aired on Nickelodeon's sister channel Nicktoons aside from the final season with the 10 withheld episodes.
The show was cancelled in late 2011 due to Sutphen hosting the revival of Figure it Out in 2012. However, the last ten episodes of season 3 aired on Nicktoons from April 28th, 2014, to May 9th, 2014, with reruns airing until July 2014. Also, season 2 reruns lasted until about June of the following year. Some episodes also aired on Nickelodeon's sister channel Nicktoons aside from the final season with the ten withheld episodes.


===List of Lost or Incomplete Episodes===
===Episode Guide===
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====Season 1====
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! Episode !! Found footage for episode!! Status !! Contestants for episode
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Air Date
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Contestants
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
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| 102|| [https://youtu.be/odmGI5jQyPM 100 point puzzle] || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Alexis, Aly, Lindsey, Jessi, Justin, Drew
|102||Jan 28th, 2010||Alexis, Aly, Lindsey, Jessi, Justin, & Drew||[https://youtu.be/swPeVZsjt3A <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 103|| None|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Siera, Alex, Kylie, Madison Kate, Sebastian, Bennett
|103||Nov 13th, 2009||Siera, Alex, Kylie, Madison-Kate, Sebastian, & Bennett||[https://youtu.be/8ly3tdELwsE <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 104|| Full Episode privately uploaded on June 30, 2020 by George Ortuno (Skip to 5:30:30)[https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AMcNSOR1Jiw8T3w&cid=A8E2EC25812D23AB&id=A8E2EC25812D23AB%216614&parId=A8E2EC25812D23AB%212632&o=OneUp]|| <span style="color:green;">'''Found on April 1st'''</span> || Sabyr, Celine, Carson, Noah, Jourdan, Nick
|104||Oct 9th, 2009||Sabyr, Celine, Carson, Noah, Jourdan, & Nick||[https://youtu.be/sJCKJdP7tSs <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 106|| [https://youtu.be/O-PzGDx-3H0 Sliming] || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Jessie, Sam, Daphne, Tyler, Camille, TJ
|105||Oct 13th, 2009||Patrick, Shelby, Camerin, Maria, Amber, & Nick||[https://youtu.be/DiMdYpSpw4U <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 107|| [https://youtu.be/4UT1H-9M2SE Clip from 2009 Promo]/[Sliming https://youtu.be/SdC1PWOFbgM]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Ken, Ciana, Scotty, VJ, Remy, Cheyenne
|106||Nov 9th, 2009||Jessie, Sam, Daphne, Tyler, Camille, & T.J.||[https://youtu.be/UZePUsDl-g8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 109|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk8hWjRl4wc Small clip from Level 3] || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Cody, Sydney, Liam, Alec, Maya, Kellie
|107||Oct 8th, 2009||Ken, Ciana, Scotty, V.J., Remy, & Cheyenne||[https://youtu.be/9JvkpgIlS_E <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 112|| Clip from 2009 Promo|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Dalton, Ally, Pat, Jennifer, Ruby, Chase
|108||Nov 10th, 2009||Tommy, Daniel, Kiki, Hayden, Skylar, & Justin||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-05-05-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 113|| Image from Intro|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Brandon, Kendyl, Kailey, Reese, Rikki, Bronson
|109||Oct 1st, 2009||Wave, Jacquelyne, Boo, Susie, Jordan, & Lilly||[https://youtu.be/3vmU5E1bXLk <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 115|| [https://youtu.be/zEpU_HrANsU Full episode privately uploaded on December 29, 2015 by spyrothemagicdragon] || <span style="color:green;">'''Found on March 10th'''</span> || Madison, Keegan, Lilah, Mason, Spiro, Sarah
|110||Dec 4th, 2009||Chase, Shelby, Monica, Alex, Shawntel, & Andy||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-26-0_202106 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 119|| [https://youtu.be/p5JNDRW9LGc Level 2 without intro]/[https://youtu.be/wMNysYb-ruU Level 3]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Epiphany, William, Madison, Ariel, Ray, Isaiah
|111||Oct 6th, 2009||Sara, Ariah, Chase, Mario, Brian, & Kirsten||[https://youtu.be/mm7wkjjHvMM <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 120|| [https://youtu.be/_I8qG34SMVU Level 1]/[https://youtu.be/pS3utQCpsQc Level 3 without intro]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Danny, Nick, Eryn, Athena, Zee, Timmy
|112||Mar 29th, 2010||Dalton, Ally, Pat, Jennifer, Ruby, & Chase||[https://youtu.be/met69jXd1w0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 121|| [https://youtu.be/4UT1H-9M2SE Clip from 2009 Promo]|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Yuki, Sydney, Erin, Brian, JP, Kristina
|113||Apr 1st, 2010||Brandon, Kendyl, Kailey, Reese, Rikki, & Bronson||[https://youtube.com/watch?v=D_gnkh0uxA4&pp=ygULQnJhaW5zdXJnZSA%3D <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 123|| [https://youtu.be/O4BN2N4cuWw 40 point puzzle]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Ryan, Reign, Caitlin, Drew, Eric, Rebecca
|114||Sept 30th, 2009||Cody, Sydney, Liam, Alec, Maya, & Kellie||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-13-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 125|| [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mt4NGa6KGCg Level 1] [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RO3Ce2zt-dU Level 2] [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ObX2ZH4WWvQ Level 3] (uploaded by itsn0tsunnyinphiledelphia) || <span style="color:green;">'''Found on April 2nd'''</span> || Zoe, Dylan, Carl, Jazzy, Adam, Kenzie
|115||Oct 2nd, 2009||Madison, Keegan, Lilah, Mason, Spiro, & Sarah||[https://youtu.be/PN0d_RL5iBg <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 126|| [https://youtu.be/Q2OdnDVkTcQ Level 1 without intro]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Garek, Sarah, Kalen, Heather, Alec, Earl
|116||Dec 2nd, 2009||Elijah, Francesca, Jocelyn, Chase, Ryan, & Sarah||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-21-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 127|| None|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Alia, Kenny, Tyler, Hyla, Ally, David
|117||Oct 16th, 2009||Adam, Zoya, Priscilla, Christian, Josh, & Alana||[https://youtu.be/FyNmw8yaVgk <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 129|| [https://www.facebook.com/tomas.gajes/videos/1204207920164/?d=n Level 3]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Nathaniel, Kanoe, Claire, Matt, Allison
|118||Oct 14th, 2009||Oscar, Victoria, Caylie, Patch, Joey, & Vanessa||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-28-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|-
| 130|| None|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Julez, Josh, Taylor, Valerie, Gio, Tara
|119||Nov 12th, 2009||Epiphany, William, Madison, Ariel, Ray, & Isaiah||[https://youtu.be/h9JBJ8qgyPc <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 133|| [https://youtu.be/pM94WIJyZlM 50 point puzzle] || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Sierra, Shawn, Hunter, Sydney, JT, Natalie
|120||Oct 7th, 2009||Danny, Nick, Eryn, Athena, Zee, & Timmy||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-03-19-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 136|| [https://youtu.be/Yi15MfuI6Lg Clip from 2009 Promo]|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Brandon, Paige, Madison, Blake, Sal, Ebony
|121||Apr 5th, 2010||Yuki, Sydney, Erin, Brian, J.P., & Kristina||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-05-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 138|| [https://youtu.be/J8yoZ4omFWw 10 point puzzle] || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Matt, Kennedy, Nicole, Vincent, Noah, Ashley
|122||Sept 28th, 2009||Xavier, Jessica, Megan, James Taylor, Nahil, & Nancy||[https://dai.ly/x72ydgq<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 140|| [https://youtu.be/Ft9BDjFPue4 30 point puzzle]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Sierra, Pattriana, Fernando, Chanel, Travis, Arthur
|123||Apr 8th, 2010||Ryan, Reign, Caitlin, Drew, Eric, & Rebecca||[https://youtu.be/SuZ4gLk929I<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 141|| [https://youtu.be/pkKCKSceyEA Clip from 2010 Promo]|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Hannah, Coleman, Jonathan, Spencer, Taylor, Brianna
|124||Dec 1st, 2009||Jordan, Cristian, Tianna, Natalie, Marco, & Hailee||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-20-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|125||Apr 9th, 2010||Zoe, Dylan, Carl, Jazzy, Adam, & Kenzie||[https://youtu.be/0MprR7FmKD4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|126||Apr 6th, 2010||Garek, Sarah, Kalen, Heather, Alec, & Earl||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-06-0_202106 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|127||Jan 26th, 2010||Alia, Kenny, Tyler, Hyla, Ally, & David||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-03-12-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|128||Dec 3rd, 2009||Hannah, Evan, Tyler, Zoelle, Alai, & Randy||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-23-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|129||Jan 27th, 2010||Nathaniel, Kanoe, Claire, Giovanni, Matt, & Allison||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-03-10-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|130||Apr 2nd, 2010||Julez, Josh, Taylor, Valerie, Gio, & Tara||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-02-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|131: Nick Talent||rowspan=2 | Nov 30th, 2009||Jerry Trainor, Ashley Argota, Miranda Cosgrove, Lil' JJ, Nat Wolff, & Victoria Justice||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-27-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|132: Nick Talent||Matt Shively, Nathan Kress, Keke Palmer, Jennette McCurdy, Lily Collins, & Alex Wolff||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-05-06-0_202106 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|133||Mar 30th, 2010||Sierra, Shawn, Hunter, Sydney, J.T., & Natalie||[https://youtu.be/MT2Gk7dTTXc <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|134||Oct 15th, 2009||Antonio, Morgan, Kassie, Darnell, Zak, & Syd||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-05-07-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|135||Jan 25th, 2010||Corrina, Charlie, Megan, Crystal, D.J., & Jared||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-05-17-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|136||Mar 31st, 2010||Brandon, Paige, Madison, Blake, Sal, & Ebony||[https://youtu.be/tHxhBBWAyTs<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|137||Apr 7th, 2010||Skyler, Austyn, Philip, Mayah, Mike, & Alyssa||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-07-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|138||Oct 5th, 2009||Matt, Kennedy, Nicole, Vincent, Noah, & Ashley||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-03-18-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|139||Sept 29th, 2009||Samantha, Nate, Jenna, Spencer, Gabe, & Priscilla||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-04-16-0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|140||Jan 29th, 2010||Siera, Pattriana, Fernando, Chanel, Travis, & Arthur||[https://archive.org/details/brain-surge-2010-03-12-0_202106 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|141||Jul 1st, 2010||Hannah, Coleman, Jonathan, Spencer, Taylor, & Brianna||[https://youtu.be/2Efaq7z9B4A <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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{| class="wikitable"
====Season 2====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Air Date
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Contestants
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
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|201||Jun 29th, 2010||Jakobe, Marley, Ethan, Elena, Inga, & Kevin||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e07.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|202||Jun 28th, 2010||Jojo, Athena, Lucy, Audrey, Mike, & Michael||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e06.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|203||Jun 30th, 2010||Willow, Logan, Emily, Shay Shay, Zac, & Aaron||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e08.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|204||Oct 4th, 2010||Isaac, Da'Jah, Kathy, Aaron, P.J., & Emma||[https://youtu.be/GQzZCWv82xU <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|205||Jul 6th, 2010||Katie, Michael, Danyal, Kyla P., Zayd, & Caitlin||[https://youtu.be/ENWqn1AN-vA <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|206||Oct 5th, 2010||Ashley, Tyler, Ada-Nicole, Karine, Isaac, & Danny||[https://vimeo.com/15261727 <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
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|207||Jul 9th, 2010||Malik, Abigail, Paxton, Nathan, Zaq, & Ariel||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e14.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|-
! Episode !! Found footage for the episode!! Status !! Contestants for episode
|208||Jul 2nd, 2010||Paige, Jonathan, Madison, Justin, Josh, & Zariya||[https://youtu.be/EwxANYJuAGM <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 204|| [https://youtu.be/ywUgvbjyleM Clip from Promo] || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Isaac, Da'Jah, Kathy, Aaron, PJ, Emma
|209||Oct 7th, 2010||Summer, Ally, Darius, Daniel, Art, & Makenna||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oQBac_ioTw <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 205|| None|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Katie, Michael, Danyal, Kyla P, Zayd, Caitlin
|210||Jul 7th, 2010||Zack, Keith, Gabby, Alena, Jack, & Jennie||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e12.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 206|| [https://youtu.be/ywUgvbjyleM Clip from Promo]|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Ashley, Tyler, Ada-Nicole, Karine, Isaac, Danny
|211||Jul 12th, 2010||Aidan, Rhudi, Ashley, Gretchin, Jake, & Shaylie||[https://youtu.be/YVuxRvoNi_0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 208|| [https://youtu.be/o6MRY6vXtOQ Knockout Round] || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Paige, Jonathan, Madison, Justin, Josh, Zariya
|212||Jul 8th, 2010||Justin, Ashley, Davion, Jessi, Roxy, & Brenton||[https://youtu.be/WVZACws24d8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 211|| [https://youtu.be/K84p7lhBB70 Level 2 but audio is replaced with music]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Aiden, Rhudi, Ashley, Gretchin, Jake, Shaylie
|213||Jul 13th, 2010||Chelsey, Justin, Josephine, Mia, Ty D., & Lorenzo||[https://youtu.be/xGAuHwCM3BE <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 212|| None|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Justin, Ashley, Davion, Jessi, Roxy, Brenton
|214: Girls vs. Boys||Jun 22nd, 2010||Clara, Brendan, Hallie Lou, Elliott, Nury, & Michael||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e02.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 213|| [https://youtu.be/HEoFNfeVw8M 30 point puzzle]/[https://youtu.be/iH2noa9PjPA Level 3]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Chesley, Justin, Josephine, Mia, Ty'd, Lorenzo
|215: Girls vs. Boys||Jun 25th, 2010||Kyle, Tiffany, Dante, Ashley, Ben, & Angelica||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e05.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 218|| None|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || CJ, Summer, Emma, Ryan, Ruby, Darius
|216: Girls vs. Boys||Jun 21st, 2010||Brittany, Reese, Katrina, Sam, Mazey, & Benjamin||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e01.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 221(Brothers vs. Sisters)|| None|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Nicole, James, Madison, Mason, Amber, Zach
|217||Oct 12th, 2010||Colton, Chanell, Reysita, Axon, Matt, & Lexi||[https://youtu.be/ZxTffuwywDo <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 228(Siblings)|| [https://youtu.be/zoUxv7jXaJg Level 2 without intro but mirrored]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Daquan, Zakiya, Bridger, Brecken, Jenna, Nikki
|218||Jul 14th, 2010||C.J., Summer, Emma, Ryan, Ruby, & Darius||[https://youtu.be/ZDksK8CelQc <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 232(Twins 1)|| [https://youtu.be/Cq33jIdtvW4 Clips from Nick.com Quiz]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Cailin, Hannah, Connor, Brian, Jade, Jasmine
|219||Oct 14th, 2010||Megan, Niall, Rebecca, Shaniah, Logan, & Aneesh||[https://youtu.be/_TUTlq3rFVg <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 235(Jordin Sparks)|| [https://youtu.be/mWSWjFmQxYE Level 3]/[https://youtu.be/aC-XHicU1MI Clips from Nick.com Quiz] || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Caleb, Katrina, Lauryn, Alain, Hope, Ben
|220||Jul 15th, 2010||Tori, Isaac, Leann, Corday, Jacob, & Megan||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e19.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 236|| [https://youtu.be/RPDZVZxqjX0 Full Episode uploaded by Natalie Martinez]|| <span style="color:green;">'''Found on February 5th'''</span> || Natalie, Terry, Scott, Cyncere, Brooke, James
|221: Siblings||May 9th, 2011||Nicole, James, Madison, Mason, Amber, & Zack||[https://youtu.be/9iYF8jXV3oE<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
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| 237(Family)|| None|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Isaiah & Mike, Charlotte & Barbara, Brooke & Ann, Crystal & Tony, Myles & Michelle, Skyler & Sean
|222||Oct 13th, 2010||Rachelle, Kamron, Khalil, T.J., Avery, & Claire||[https://youtu.be/e6Ep1F8hyUU <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|-
| 238(Twins 2)|| [https://youtu.be/Cq33jIdtvW4 Clips from Nick.com Quiz] [https://youtu.be/aC-XHicU1MI]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Andy, Kyle, Madison, Mallory, Max, Mason
|223: Tom Kenny||Apr 27th, 2011||Garrett, Erika, Mariza, Jameson, Ema, & Nick||[https://youtu.be/CaTVvoGA2TI <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|224: Nick Talent||Apr 22nd, 2011||Logan Henderson, Victoria Justice, Stephen Glickman, Leon Thomas III, James Maslow, & Daniella Monet||[https://youtu.be/xQ-zVlUAq74 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|225: Nick Talent||Apr 21st, 2011||Kendall Schmidt, Liz Gillies, Ciara Bravo, Ariana Grande, Carlos Pena, & Matt Bennett||[https://youtu.be/-Uqn8Z0z6m8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|226: Nick Talent||Apr 19th, 2011||Avan Jogia, Victoria Justice, Nathan Kress, Noah Munck, Gage Golightly, & Nick Purcell||[https://youtu.be/vvqOx81FeTo <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|227: Nick Talent||Apr 18th, 2011||Matt Shively, Nathan Kress, Ashley Argota, Jennette McCurdy, Keke Palmer, & Reed Alexander||[https://youtu.be/IZ_QkUaJ44E <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|228: Siblings||May 10th, 2011||Daquan, Zakiya, Bridger, Brecken, Jenna, & Nikki||[https://youtu.be/zoUxv7jXaJg<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/9iYF8jXV3oE<span style="color:orange;">'''Found''']
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|229: Stars of Nickelodeon||Apr 20th, 2011||Nathan Kress, Jennette McCurdy, Gage Golightly, Nick Purcell, Matt Shively, & Ashley Argota||[https://youtu.be/aVpDhAPReEE <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|230: Girls vs. Boys||Jun 24th, 2010||Danny, Quiara, Justin, Emily, Shane, & Reese||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e04.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|231: Girls vs. Boys||Jun 23rd, 2010||Santeon, Tony, Danielle, Gino, Jessa, & Michael||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge.s02e03.pdtv.xvid-pinball <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|232: Twins||May 11th, 2011||Cailin, Hannah, Connor, Brian, Jade, & Jasmine||[https://youtube.com/watch?v=lWbF80x5ElU&pp=ygUKQnJhaW5zdXJnZQ%3D%3D <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|233||Oct 6th, 2010||Ben, Ashley, Jake, Brynne, Zoe, & Kellen||[https://youtu.be/zHDppgV8jK4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|234: Misty May-Treanor||Apr 28th, 2011||Jazymne, Raymond, Sydney, Madeline, Ryan, & Daniel||[https://youtu.be/zmnWWTxkvbk <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|235: Jordin Sparks||Apr 25th, 2011||Caleb, Katrina, Lauryn, Alain, Hope, & Ben||[https://archive.org/details/s-02-e-31-episode-235-co-host-jordin-sparks-2011-04-25 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|236||Oct 15th, 2010||Natalie, Terry, Scott, Cyncere, Brooke, & James||[https://youtu.be/RPDZVZxqjX0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|237: Parents and Kids||May 12th, 2011||Isaiah & Mike, Charlotte & Barbara, Brooke & Anne, Crystal & Tony, Myles & Michelle, & Skyler & Sean||[https://youtu.be/YUih0LKSA-s<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
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|238: Twins||May 13th, 2011||Andy, Kyle, Madison, Mallory, Max, & Mason||[https://archive.org/details/brainsurge-238-partial <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
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|239: Natalie Coughlin||Apr 29th, 2011||Andrew, Chantel, Bordeaux, Brandon, April, & David||[https://youtu.be/UF8JgwNfupM <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|240: Tony Hawk||Apr 26th, 2011||Preston, Rachel, Dreu, Noah, Ryan, Blesst||[https://youtu.be/XLPFeRs-E04 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|}
|}
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====Season 3: Family BrainSurge====
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! Episode!! Found footage of episode!! Status !! Families
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Air Date
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Families
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
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| 301|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5B48fY5Qns&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqdUrCE7H4s&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=2 Story without Intro]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Fenton, Munoz, Augustine, Dejoy, Kohno
|301||Nov 17th, 2011||Fenton, Munoz, Augustine, DeJoy, & Kohno||[https://youtu.be/BNM52qNENyQ<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/JIPzHeb3R64 <span style="color:orange;">'''Found''']
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| 303|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOSGluvp3JE&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=6 Level 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JuLRo7w3UU&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=7 Level 2-1], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckVtTe7Gpmg&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=8 level 2-2]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Bennion, Pakula, Cardena, Redfearn, Danesh
|302||Apr 28th, 2014||Holloway, Mansel, Sebastian, Marshall, & Bessler||[https://youtu.be/ojadP3t5HKs <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 304|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0CIl-R6sK8&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=9 Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8MxThA-rGA&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=10 Level 2]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Daruvala, Ayala. Gilmore, Johnson, Lancaster
|303||Apr 29th, 2014||Bennion, Pakula, Cardena, Redfearn, & Danesh||[https://youtu.be/VOSGluvp3JE <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/6JuLRo7w3UU <span style="color:orange;">'''Lo'''][https://youtu.be/ckVtTe7Gpmg <span style="color:orange;">'''st''']
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| 306 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uGFu-tjKr0 Level 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IeMNlMs7Q0 Level 2], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxklC1mo1HA KO Round] || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Haynes, Ark, Jenkins, Herren, Torrey
|304||Aug 10th, 2011||Daruvala, Ayala, Gilmore, Johnson, & Lancaster||[https://youtu.be/x0CIl-R6sK8 <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/O8MxThA-rGA <span style="color:orange;">'''Lost''']
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| 309(Nick Talent)|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkYUPqUBRgc&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=23 Level 1 without intro], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnWHhQRhflY&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=25 Story], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgpKT4FilYI&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=26 Level 3]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Victorious, iCarly, House of Anubis, Bucket & Skinner, Supah Ninjas
|305||Apr 30th, 2014||Fernandez, Reno, Kennerly, Smith, & Bentley||[https://youtu.be/A2fUKObexZc<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 310|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXqwNtGaLzg Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zR_1FGz7p0 Story without Intro]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Guerreo, Jinadu, Corcoran, Houlihan, Bramson
|306||Jul 20th, 2011||Haynes, Ark, Jenkins, Herren, & Torrey||[https://youtu.be/Vlbre-xh0GY <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost''']
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| 311|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKOYXlFSMsQ Story but audio is replaced with music]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Cruzata, Ardon, Kokason, Orriss, Sellers
|307||Jul 19th, 2011||Silvia, O'Day, Villa, O'Brien, & Smith||[https://youtu.be/8a0boi5oMAE <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 312|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz_eLkj_5Go&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=29 Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXp4UdiLJEE&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=30 Level 2]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Martinez, Rowe, Gillcrist, McLurkin, Oliverio
|308: Celebrities and a Family Member||Oct 12th, 2011||Shaughnessy, Crews, Eggert, Gould, & Garth||[https://youtu.be/gbaWe1_z0_U <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 314(WWE)|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwl3u2SxBw8&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=34 Level 1 without intro] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmYgeNw-gdA&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=35 Level 2]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || John Morrison, Eve, Gail Kim, The Miz, Kofi Kingston
|309: Nick Talent||Oct 10th, 2011||VICTORiOUS, iCarly, House of Anubis, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, & Supah Ninjas||[https://archive.org/details/s-03-e-16-episode-309-nick-talent-2011-10-10 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
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| 315|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHQk0j-mXLs&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=36 Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBLJM-_Ex5k&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=37 Level 2] || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Ocampo,Smith, Conneen, Wright, Gannuscio
|310||Aug 8th, 2011||Guerrero, Jinadu, Corcoran, Houlihan, & Bramson||[https://youtu.be/wTl2TeVjdoU <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/Ia89elVpaKc <span style="color:orange;">'''Found''']
|-
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| 318|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcuQIuGi09s&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=43 Level 1]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Sankofa, Levine, Gonzalez, Menotti, Arroyo
|311||Aug 3rd, 2011||Cruzata, Ardon, Kokason, Orriss, & Sellers||[https://youtu.be/kTnwv1CprBE <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
|-
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| 321|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoBWpHi83eg&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=50 Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRxoVBsccJU&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=51 Level 2 without intro]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Monick, Ott, Parker, Barnes, Alvare
|312||Jul 25th, 2011||Martinez, Rowe, Gillcrist, McLurkin, & Oliverio||[https://youtu.be/lz_eLkj_5Go<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/Md1oJeyCXlI<span style="color:orange;">'''Found''']
|-
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| 322|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ler-xLAO5f4&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=52 Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sNpDrHo2Ng&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=53 Level 2]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Bradbury, Gray, Anand, Tramel, Denard
|313||Nov 14th, 2011||Abboud, Kulp, Pena, Lebeda, & Nickles||[https://youtu.be/xgzwTxGbHaw<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 323|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bgWwIsFN8A Level 1 and Most of Level 2]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Aguilera, Nolan, Garcia, Steele, Baxter
|314: WWE With Kid Fans||Oct 13th, 2011||John Morrison & Martilliano, Eve & Dayna, Gail Kim & Michael, The Miz & Ali, & Kofi Kingston & Collins||[https://youtu.be/16z65emDvH8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 324|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX0PQWz8iUU&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=55 Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL5Xj6H_n4U&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=56 Level 2]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Radaker, Shou, Bowen, Palmer, Landon
|315||Aug 9th, 2011||Ocampo, Smith, Conneen, Wright, Gannuscio||[https://youtu.be/zHQk0j-mXLs <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/uBLJM-_Ex5k <span style="color:orange;">'''Lost''']
|-
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| 326|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYcbl31CqOY&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=60 Level 1 without intro] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNqW6XwUA7g&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=61 Level 2]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Moultrie, Muniz, Smith-Harris, Pieper, Torress
|316||Jul 18th, 2011||Guthzeit, Haro, Maddox, Hancock, & Williams||[https://youtu.be/xieW7JH74rU<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
| 327|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDj3kW2oIDw&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=62 Level 2] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8kedED-L6M&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=63 Level 3]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Sarem, Vera, McLaurin, Butler, Holtwarren
|317||Nov 15th, 2011||Randazzo, Bell, Sample, Terry, & Vargas||[https://youtu.be/9wwF1wW_o1I <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
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| 328|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glQ8_x6JQn4&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=64 Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S0Z1VCF6VI&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=65 Level 3]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Crawford, Meza, Galdamez, Kling, Loucks
|318||Oct 18th, 2011||Sankofa, Levine, Gonzalez, Menotti, & Arroyo||[https://youtu.be/OcuQIuGi09s <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
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| 331(All Star)|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJkJQjhPpgQ&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=71 Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlzWQgOXC44&list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr&index=72 Level 3]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> || Anthony Anderson, Larry King, Candace Cameron Bure, Joey Fatone, Vanessa Williams
|319||May 1st, 2014||Solberg, Fox, Gutierrrez, MacKinnon, & Brown||[https://youtu.be/gky73_WcmdI <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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| 333|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipk0_DhOreo Story]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Sargent, Woods, German, Vargas, Schoonover
|320||Nov 3rd, 2011||Stewart, Eng, Jacobs, Friedman, & Krieger||[https://youtu.be/DyTV3WmYijk <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
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| 337(Monkey Quest Sponorship)|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3R9JR03ZeU Level 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h_NFsjC_p8 Story without Intro]|| <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> || Pilapil, O'Neal, Edjhuryan, Hinojosa, Hilbig
|321||Nov 1st, 2011||Monick, Ott, Parker, Barnes, & Alvare||[https://youtu.be/FoBWpHi83eg <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/IRxoVBsccJU <span style="color:orange;">'''Found''']
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| 340|| None|| <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> || Haltrecht, Webber, Musquiz, Crawley, Molnar
|322||Aug 2nd, 2011||Bradbury, Gray, Anand, Tramel, & Denard||[https://youtu.be/Z5eTIyZBzKk <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|323||Aug 4th, 2011||Aguilera, Nolan, Garcia, Steele, & Baxter||[https://youtu.be/GKOEsO0bFbQ<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost''']
|-
|324||Nov 16th, 2011||Radaker, Shou, Bowen, Palmer, & Landon||[https://youtu.be/dAXl4grWfXk <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|325||May 2nd, 2014||Menard, Gibson, Gonzalez, Hilbert, Burrill||[https://youtu.be/lNoC2eh9NQo <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|326||May 5th, 2014||Moultrie, Muniz, Smith-Harris, Pieper, & Torres||[https://youtu.be/UYcbl31CqOY <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/LNqW6XwUA7g <span style="color:orange;">'''Lost''']
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|327||Aug 11th, 2011||Sarem, Vera, McLaurin, Butler, & HoltWarren||[https://youtu.be/kDj3kW2oIDw <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/O8kedED-L6M <span style="color:orange;">'''Lost''']
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|328||May 6th, 2014||Crawford, Meza, Galdamez, Kling, & Loucks||[https://youtu.be/glQ8_x6JQn4 <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/2S0Z1VCF6VI <span style="color:orange;">'''Lost''']
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|329||May 7th, 2014||Deloach, Haag, Lentz, Liddle, & Green||[https://youtu.be/8ISIAQR2kVg <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|330||Nov 2nd, 2011||Sanchez, Beres, Castro, Cazares, & Atkins||[https://youtu.be/koDg37mhkU8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|331: Celebrities and a Family Member||Oct 11th, 2011||Anderson, King, Cameron Bure, Fatone, & Williams||[https://youtu.be/Map_vjeIALk <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|332||Jul 27th, 2011||Ashton, Umans, Jones, Barrett, & Dowell||[https://youtu.be/AMvp6t_yS7o <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|333||Jul 21st, 2011||Sargent, Woods, German, Vargas, & Schoonover||[https://youtu.be/aSp5G-MKAN8 <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1486705083060527105 <span style="color:orange;">'''Fou''']
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tidYFNIk6yA <span style="color:orange;">'''nd''']
|-
|334||Jul 26th, 2011||Cintron, Cook, Bustamante, Price, & Rodarte||[https://youtu.be/r_9AIT4EN60 <span style="color:green;">'''Fo'''][https://youtu.be/6uQam1Z9nG0 <span style="color:green;">'''u'''][https://youtu.be/JtKr-TQWums <span style="color:green;">'''nd''']
|-
|335||Oct 19th, 2011||Seaman, Cook, Rodriguez, Meyer, & Herjavec||[https://youtu.be/bonvOVQVG6o<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|336||Jul 28th, 2011||Valeriano, Glass, Holmes, McCulty, & Lopez||[https://youtu.be/Abb8QXADsJQ <span style="color:green;">'''Fo'''][https://youtu.be/ULvPAP0YmDk <span style="color:green;">'''u'''][https://youtu.be/Q1RHJBOQVWA <span style="color:green;">'''nd''']
|-
|337||May 8th, 2014||Pilapil, O'Neal, Edjhuryan, Hinojosa, & Hilbig||[https://youtu.be/06Vtx7c9jpU <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially'''][https://youtu.be/cwjaesDv27k <span style="color:orange;">'''Found''']
|-
|338||May 9th 2014||Carberry, Fleck, Binford, Bryan, & Aguirre||[https://youtu.be/aoSCOJ38l4Y<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|339||Oct 17th, 2011||Atteberry, Ek, Jens, Panganiban, & Johnson||[https://youtu.be/zX8cKSqmYP8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|340||Oct 20th, 2011||Haltrecht, Webber, Musquiz, Crawley, & Molnar||[https://youtu.be/GjYetOURLGE <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|}
|}
===Availability===
===Availability===
Out of all 120 episodes, only 64 episodes can be found in full. 20 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 also included episodes 102, 106, 123, 126, 127, and 133.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100412185525/http://www.nick.com/videos/brainsurge-videos Archived Nick.com webpage containing clips from the show.] Retrieved 14 Sept '20</ref> 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 lineup 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.  
Out of all 120 episodes, only 99 episodes can be found in full. All 40 episodes of Season 1, 35 from Season 2, and 24 from Season 3. While many episodes from all three seasons aired on reruns, a few episodes only aired once. These include the 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, making the only possible way to redeem episodes is via recordings of premieres or reruns.
 
===Episode 101===
It is known to fans that the first-taped episode, Episode 101, went unaired. The only footage from the episode is the dancing puzzle seen in the Season 1 intro, the clip of the 6x6 with 27 seconds left in said intro, and a screenshot shown in the story of Episode 108.
 
When asked about her time on BrainSurge, Alyssa Waldrip from Episode 137 revealed on her Twitter that all the contestants from her episode, except for Skyler, were in the episode but had the shirts swapped<ref>[https://twitter.com/lyssdrip/status/1392299418271961088 Alyssa's tweet disclosing info on Episode 101.] Retrieved 13 Aug '22</ref>. Mayah was purple, she was still red, Philip was green, Mike was pink, Austin was yellow, and an unknown contestant was blue who didn't return for the reshooting. She also revealed that in the episode, she lost in level 1, and Mayah actually won the show, which explains why she said Mayah was mad when she lost to Alyssa in the Knockout Round in 137. She also mentioned in her tweet with an audience member that filming took 13 hours due to technical and mechanical issues, also the audience wasn't allowed to get up for food and water. She stated that Philip was crying the entire time during the episode, speculating that Philip was also eliminated in level 1. Unfortunately, Alyssa and the other contestants weren't given a copy of the episode, so the episode is still lost. It's unknown if any of the puzzles or the level 2 story are the same as 102 aside from the dancing puzzle. Also, fellow competitor Austin said that she got injured when she got eliminated in Level 2 and was told that changes were being made to the format, so five of the contestants came back for a re-film (Episode 137).<ref>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/827535768221384734/991247007303876608/IMG_5766.png Austin's message on Episode 101.] Retrieved 14 Aug '22</ref>
 
Director Steve Grant said that the Knockout Round in the episode was matching funny faces on the board. However, the round went longer than expected, so it was thrown out and switched to the Knockout Round we know today.<ref>[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/827535768221384734/920138662539300904/101.PNG?width=2152&height=742 Steve Grant's message that states the Knockout Round being different.] Retrieved 14 Aug '22</ref>


===Contact Attempts===
===Contact Attempts===
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. In addition, the producer of the show Derek Bartholomaus was asked if he had episodes and he responded by saying, <blockquote>No. I'm sorry, but due to conflicting rights issues the episodes are not available on any streaming service. Hopefully that will change in the future.</blockquote> Consequently, the search continues but more contestants of the show are recalling their episodes but have not officially released them. It is very possible that recordings of the remaining episodes still exist.
Jeff Sutphen himself claimed to a Twitter user that he had no episodes despite fans' requests, and the studio behind the show, Sunset Las Palmas 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. In addition, a producer of the show Derek Bartholomaus was asked if he had episodes, and he responded with, <blockquote>No. I'm sorry, but due to conflicting rights issues, the episodes are not available on any streaming service. Hopefully, that will change in the future.</blockquote> This is a common concept with shows that had to deal with music rights. In the case of BrainSurge, these conflicting rights were initially speculated to be from the parodies of name brands in several of the stories in level 2 (Indiana Jones, Willy Wonka, Transformers, etc). However, it is actually due to the production companies fighting for distribution rights on this show, hence its absence from streaming, including the newly made Paramount+ and even iTunes and DVD.
 
===Recovery of Episodes===
On January 14th, 2019, YouTube user Originalsboy uploaded 15 Season 1 episodes (four of which had already been posted, 110, 131, 132, 139) to the Internet Archive, which were then re-uploaded to Youtube by another user appropriately named BrainsurgeGuy, including the premiere episode of 122 from Dailymotion around this time; the original archive has been removed, however.
 
Six months later, 2 Season 2 episodes (217 & 219) were uploaded by TelevisionArchives. Following three months, Episode 229 was recovered from its deletion in 2012, only to disappear on March 16th, 2020, but recovered once more on September 22nd of that same year.
On February 6th, 2021, contestant Natalie Martinez uploaded her episode (236). One month later, 115 was finally publicized, having been originally privatized on December 29th, 2015.
 
The next month, 104, 125, & 114 were uploaded from a Microsoft OneDrive by George Ortuño, a screen recording from Nick.com in 2010, and a file from Google Drive, respectively.
 
Most surprisingly, on May 3rd, all of Season 1 and about the first half of Season 2 were uploaded to a [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Vk6mdOkNexn8L-QUoB9XUcNB58VIKDE0 Google Drive folder] by Halofan. These episodes were originally obtained from Usenet and a private tracker.
 
On July 9th, 8 more episodes (204, 232, 235, 308, 309, 314, 322, & 331) were uploaded from another Google Drive Folder by Lost Media Wiki user Racelympics.
 
Three weeks later, another episode (317) was found through another trade done with Racelympics. Later, on August 31st, he uploaded Episode 324.
 
A year later, on September 4th, 2022, Racelympics released part of [https://archive.org/details/brainsurge-238-partial Episode 238] onto the Internet Archive. According to him, he was sent the file by an anonymous user.
 
On November 16th, Rexkip etc uploaded Episode 335, and a mere four days later, Episode 339 was uploaded in one piece by encodestvdotcom. On November 19th, Regular Guy uploaded Episode 302. Also, on November 24th, RealRTOT uploaded Episode 320. Also, on November 26th and November 29th, Dexter and Regular Guy uploaded Episodes 305 and 313. On November 30th and December 1st, Some Random Gamer Animator uploaded Episode 319, and Phanpy Ken uploaded Episode 329. Also, on December 2nd, Nickel Mickel uploaded Episode 338.
 
Later, on April 26th, 2023, BluWolf uploaded Episode 340, making this the first time the episode has been seen on YouTube since its original broadcast.


==Gallery==
On November 27th, Some Random Gamer Animator uploaded Episode 325. On December 3, Episode 211 was uploaded by RealRTOT via the Nicktoons airing.
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==External Links==
==See Also==
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0alKFgcNmNn333pC7PDsnP7Z0KyeVu35 YouTube playlist of Season 1.] Retrieved 14 Sept '20
===Anthology and Short Series===
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0alKFgcNmNlH3qT_LXmydfLcJP8AssXe YouTube playlist of Season 2.] Retrieved 14 Sept '20
*[[Astrology with Squidward (found series of "SpongeBob SquarePants" Nickelodeon animated shorts; early 2000s)]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0alKFgcNmNmVY6hlhYoGouWAOFJuUSNr YouTube playlist of Season 3.] Retrieved 14 Sept '20
*[[Attack of the Giant Vulture (found Nickelodeon short film; 1998)]]
*[[Balinese Slapping Fish (found Nickelodeon Australia animated short series; 1998)]]
*[[Bobby the Lizard Boy (found Nickelodeon animated short; 2000)]]
*[[Eddie Retractorhead (partially lost Nickelodeon UK animated short series; 2008)]]
*[[Gordon Bleugh! (found Nickelodeon animated short series; early 2000s)]]
*[[The Hopkins (lost Nickelodeon Australia animated short series; 2005)]]
*[[ICarly at the 2008 Kids Choice Awards (found Nickelodeon promotional short web series; 2008)]]
*[[Leader Dog (partially lost Nickelodeon animated short series; 2004)]]
*[[Making Fiends (partially lost promotional shorts for Nickelodeon animated series based on web series; 2008)]]
*[[Meet The Moores (partially found Nickelodeon UK animated short series; 2002-2003)]]
*[[Nick Studio 10 (partially found Nickelodeon channel block; 2013)]]
*[[Nickelodeon Addicting Games Showdown (partially found interstitial TV event of online game website; 2009-2010)]]
*[[Nickelodeon Blimp (found Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards animated short; 2005-2007)]]
*[[Oh Yeah! Cartoons (found Nickelodeon animated anthology series; 1998-2001)]]
*[[Schoolyard Safari (found Nickelodeon animated short series; 2002-2003)]]
*[[SpongeBob: Re-Hydrated (partially lost "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated short; 2003)]]
*[[Tortellini Western (partially lost Nickelodeon animated short series; 2004)]]
*[[A Very Aggressive Vegetable (found Nickelodeon Australia animated short series; 1998)]]
 
===Bumpers and Promos===
*[[101% Whizbang! with Henry & June (partially found Nickelodeon channel block; 1999)]]
*[[Blood and Guts (partially found Nickelodeon bumpers; 2000s)]]
*[[HaHa Nick (lost Chinese block of Nickelodeon shows; 2005-2007)]]
*[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (partially lost TV promos for Nickelodeon animated film and TV series; 2001–2002)]]
*[[Nickelodeon (partially found idents and bumpers from TV channel; 1979-present)]]
*[[Nickelodeon's Historical Firsts (found animated promos from TV channel; 1997)]]
*[[SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash (partially lost bumpers from Nickelodeon channel block; 2000-2001)]]
 
===Films===
*[[Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (non-existent Nickelodeon TV film; 1998)]]
*[[Cry Baby Lane (found Nickelodeon TV horror film; 2000)]]
*[[A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (unproduced unauthorized direct-to-DVD mockumentary film; 2011)]]
*[[The Electric Piper (found Nickelodeon animated TV film; 2003)]]
*[[Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (partially found production material of cancelled original adaptation of Nickelodeon animated series film; 2002)]]
*[[Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (lost/unreleased deleted Tak scenes of film based on Nickelodeon animated series; 2018-2019)]]
*[[Prometheus and Bob (lost production material of cancelled film adaptation of "KaBlam!" Nickelodeon stop-motion animated series; late 1990s)]]
*[[Rugrats Go Wild (partially found original 90 minute cut of Nickelodeon animated crossover film; 2003)]]
 
===Game Shows===
*[[Double Dare (partially found Australian adaptation of Nickelodeon game show; 1989-1992)]]
*[[Double Dare (partially lost Nickelodeon game show; 1986-1993)]]
*[[Family Double Dare (partially found spin-off of Australian adaptation of Nickelodeon game show; 1989)]]
*[[Figure It Out (partially found episode of Nickelodeon game show; 1998)]]
*[[Friday Night Slimetime (partially found Nickelodeon game show; 2005-2006)]]
*[[Gamefarm (partially lost Nickelodeon GAS game show; 2003)]]
*[[Legends of the Hidden Temple (lost Pit of Despair incident footage from unaired final round/episode of Nickelodeon game show; 1994)]]
*[[Legends of the Hidden Temple (partially found original consolation plugs from Nickelodeon game show; 1993-1995)]]
*[[Nick Arcade (found Nickelodeon game show; 1992)]]
*[[Nick Arcade (partially found original consolation prize plugs from Nickelodeon game show; 1992)]]
*[[Nickelodeon Splat! (partially found Nickelodeon game show; 2004)]]
*[[Slime Time Live (partially found Nickelodeon game show; 2000-2004)]]
*[[SuperNick (partially found Nickelodeon Netherlands game show; 2007-2011)]]
*[[SuperNick op De Stoep Bij... (partially found Nickelodeon Netherlands sports show; 2007-2008)]]
*[[Webheads (partially lost Nickelodeon game show; 2014–2015)]]
 
===Inaugural Series===
*[[America Goes Bananaz (partially found Nickelodeon variety series; 1977-1980)]]
*[[By The Way (partially found inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979-1980)]]
*[[Nickel Flicks (lost inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979)]]
*[[Pinwheel (partially found Nickelodeon educational puppet series; 1977-1990)]]
*[[Pocket Money (non-existent inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979)]]
*[[Video Comics (partially found inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979-1981)]]
 
===Live Action===
*[[The Adventures of Pete & Pete (partially found original versions of episodes of Nickelodeon live-action comedy series; 1991-1993)]]
*[[All That (partially lost Nickelodeon sketch comedy series; 1994-2005)]]
*[[Bing! The Sound of Something New (partially found Nickelodeon magazine TV series; 1995)]]
*[[Cousin Skeeter (partially lost Nickelodeon live-action/puppet series; 1998-2001)]]
*[[Drake & Josh (partially found widescreen version of episodes of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2004-2007)]]
*[[Innie & Outie (found live-action Nickelodeon short film; 1996)]]
*[[Just For Kicks (found Nickelodeon live-action comedy-drama series; 2006)]]
*[[Kids' Court (partially found Nickelodeon non-traditional court series and other media; 1988-1994)]]
*[[Mcjuniorclub TV (partially found Nickelodeon Netherlands/McDonald's live-action short series; 2008)]]
*[[The Nick Cannon Show (partially lost spin-off of "All That" Nickelodeon sketch comedy series; 2002-2003)]]
*[[Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (partially found Nickelodeon educational news series; 1992-2015)]]
*[[Noah Knows Best (partially found English audio of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2000-2001)]]
*[[Reggie Jackson's World of Sports (partially found Nickelodeon sports series; 1981-1982)]]
*[[U to U (partially found Nickelodeon interactive series; 1994-1996)]]
*[[Vic's Vacant Lot (partially found ESPN/Nickelodeon sports series; 1982-1985)]]
 
===Pilots===
*[[Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (partially found pitch pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; early 1990s)]]
*[[The Adventures of Johnny Quasar (found prototype "Jimmy Neutron" animated shorts; 1995-1997)]]
*[[The Angry Beavers "Cuffed Together" (non-existent second pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; early-mid 1990s)]]
*[[Back at the Barnyard (partially found original test pitch of Nickelodeon CGI animated series; 2000)]]
*[[Bad Seeds (found pitch pilot of "Harvey Beaks" Nickelodeon animated series; 2013)]]
*[[Big Beast Quintet (lost Nickelodeon animated pilot; 1990)]]
*[[Camp Nick (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; mid-1990s)]]
*[[Catscratch (found animated pitch of Nickelodeon animated series; 2004)]]
*[[The Crowville Chronicles (partially found Nickelodeon animated pilot; 1990)]]
*[[Curbside (found Nickelodeon animated pilot; 1999)]]
*[[Drake & Josh (partially found pitch pilot of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2002)]]
*[[Figure it Out (partially found pitch pilot of Nickelodeon game show; 1990s)]]
*[[Fresh Beat Band of Spies (found pitch pilot of Nickelodeon animated spin-off of "The Fresh Beat Band" musical series; 2013)]]
*[[Generation Gap (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; early 1990s)]]
*[[Gibby! (found pitch pilot of cancelled spin-off of "iCarly" Nickelodeon teen sitcom; 2012)]]
*[[Go For It (lost Nickelodeon game show pilot; early 1990s)]]
*[[Hey Arnold! (found pitch pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 1994)]]
*[[Humongous (lost pilot of Nickelodeon game show; early 1990s)]]
*[[I Don't Think So (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1994)]]
*[[Invader Zim (lost 3D animation test sequence from Nickelodeon animated series pilot; 1999)]]
*[[KaBlam! "The Henry and June Show" (found spin-off pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 2000)]]
*[[Kappa Mikey (found pitch pilots of Nickelodeon animated series; 2004)]]
*[[Morph Sports (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1995-1996)]]
*[[Mr. Meaty "In Parker's Sight" (partially lost pitch pilot of Nickelodeon puppet series; 2005)]]
*[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (partially found original version of Nickelodeon sitcom pilots; 2003)]]
*[[Ned's Declassified High School Survival Guide (lost pitch pilot of rejected spin-off of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2008)]]
*[[The Penguins of Madagascar (partially found pitch pilot versions for Nickelodeon CGI animated series; mid-2000s)]]
*[[Pudding Toast (lost Nickelodeon animated pitch pilots; 2012)]]
*[[Rocket Beach (found pitch pilot of "Rocket Power" Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)]]
*[[Roundhouse (partially found pitch pilot of Nickelodeon comedy series; 1991)]]
*[[Slime Survivor (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 2000)]]
*[[The Thundermans (partially lost pitch pilot of Nickelodeon live-action comedy series; 2012)]]
*[[Tooned In! (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1998)]]
*[[Trash (lost Nickelodeon stop-motion animated pilot; 1990)]]
*[[The Weasel Patrol (lost Nickelodeon animated pilot; 1990)]]
*[[Video Dream Theater (lost Nickelodeon animated pilots; 1979)]]
*[[Who Knew? (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1998)]]
*[[The Wild Thornberrys (found pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)]]
 
===Other===
*[[Action League Now!: The Series "Monster Mashed" (found episode of "Kablam!" spin-off animated series; 2002)]]
*[[Action League Now!: The Series "Thunder Girl: Tracking The Storm" (found episode of "Kablam!" spin-off series; 2001-2002)]]
*[[Adventures in Wonder Park (partially found unaired Nickelodeon animated series based on film; 2019)]]
*[[Against the Odds (partially found Nickelodeon documentary series; 1982-1988)]]
*[[The Angry Beavers "A Tail of Two Rangers/Bye Bye Beavers" (partially found finale episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 2001)]]
*[[Back at the Barnyard (partially found widescreen versions of Nickelodeon CGI animated series episodes; 2007-2011)]]
*[[The Butcher (lost Nickelodeon puppet short film; existence unconfirmed; 2001)]]
*[[Crash Nebula (lost production material of cancelled spin-off of" The Fairly OddParents" Nickelodeon animated series; 2004-2006)]]
*[[Danny Phantom (partially found original opening title sequence of Nickelodeon animated series; 2003)]]
*[[Got Chocolate Milk? (found "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated tie-in commercial; 2001)]]
*[[Gruff's Groove Box (lost Nickelodeon music series; 2001)]]
*[[Hocus Focus (partially found Nickelodeon variety series; 1979-1981)]]
*[[The Humpback Hop (found full version of "SpongeBob SquarePants" production music; 2002)]]
*[[ICarly "How To" (found bonus content DVD from Nickelodeon sitcom "Web Show Set"; 2011)]]
*[[Invader Zim (partially found production material of cancelled episodes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2001-2002)]]
*[[KaBlam! "Episode 29" (non-existent episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)]]
*[[KaBlam! "Just Chillin" (found final episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 2000)]]
*[[KaBlam! "KaFun!" (found episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999)]]
*[[KaBlam! "An Off-Beats Valentine's" (found spin-off special of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)]]
*[[The Lil' Sam & Cat Show (partially lost web series based on Nickelodeon sitcom; 2013-2014)]]
*[[The Loud House (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2016-present)]]
*[[Nickelodeon Japan (partially found various final sign-off footage of Japanese TV channel; 2009)]]
*[[Nickelodeon Launch Box (partially lost educational series; 1991-1994)]]
*[[Nickelodeon Magazine's Big 10 Birthday Bash (found Nickelodeon TV special; 2003)]]
*[[Nickelodeon Mega Music Fest 2010 (found Nickelodeon musical event broadcast; 2010)]]
*[[Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration (found live broadcast of Nickelodeon event; 1990)]]
*[[The Ren & Stimpy Show (non-existent unused Kurt Cobain song for Nickelodeon animated series; 1990)]]
*[[The Ren & Stimpy Show "Man's Best Friend" (found banned episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 1992)]]
*[[Robot and Monster (partially found unaired/unfinished episodes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2012-2013)]]
*[[Rugrats: A Live Adventure (partially found footage of musical adaptation of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998-2000)]]
*[[Rugrats "Incredible" (partially lost storyboard jam comic of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999-present)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants "Sailor Mouth" (lost uncensored version of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants "Shanghaied/You Wish" (partially lost English audio from alternate "Patchy the Pirate" segments of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)]]
*[[SpongeBob SquarePants "SpaceBob InvaderPants/Krabs' Army" (lost production material of cancelled Nickelodeon animated series episodes; 2015)]]
*[[War Blowers (found full version of "SpongeBob SquarePants" production music; 1999)]]
*[[Weinerville (partially lost Nickelodeon variety puppet series; 1993-1997)]]
 
==External Link==
*[https://nickandmore.com/episode-lists/brainsurge/ Episode guide on Nickandmore!.]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 20:25, 5 February 2024

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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 13th, 2011, and was reprised for a final family season on July 18th to November 17th, 2011, on Nick at Nite, which finished from April 28th to May 9th, 2014 on Nicktoons. Hosted by Jeff Sutphen[1] and created by Scott Stone, who made other game shows such as Legends of the Hidden Temple, Fun House, and The Mole. The show ran for three seasons before being cancelled.

Format

The show involved six contestants known as the brainiacs who competed in 3 levels of brain games. The first level involved watching six visual puzzles, and the contestants had 10 seconds to lock in their answers 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 six puzzles, the 4 with the highest scores would move on to level 2, while the other two 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 answering 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, questions and lists. The question stories were the usual who, what, where, when, why, and how, while the list stories involved the contestants listing 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 listened to a fart, they were eliminated and sent backward through the set of Jeff's mouth leading to the Brain Drain. The round 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 three paths on three grids in 90 seconds. The three paths were a 4x4 grid with a path of 6 squares (5 in one episode), a 5x5 grid with eight squares (9 in one episode, 10 in two episodes), and a 6x6 grid with ten squares. Each time they completed a path, they would win a prize, with the final prize being a vacation. If the contestant finished all three paths in 90 seconds, they would win all three 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 happened a few times in Season 2.

Season 2 premiered on June 21st, 2010, with the final episode airing on May 13th, 2011. A few changes were made to the show, including omitting the 40-point puzzle and 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 last change was that the Brain Drain ran down straight to the audience instead of the original exit sign. This season featured four special weeks, each with five episodes. The four special weeks were; Girls vs. Boys, 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, five 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 four 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 Brain Trust consisting of 2 other family members, could help them with a question, but there were two catches. First, if they were wrong, the team would be eliminated, and second, 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, Jeff would ask other questions about the story, but the remaining families could not use their brain farts. For Level 3, the kid would complete the 4x4 and 6x6, while the parent would complete the 5x5. In celebrity episodes, the celebrity families would compete for prizes and to win money for their selected charity ($1,000 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 cancelled in late 2011 due to Sutphen hosting the revival of Figure it Out in 2012. However, the last ten episodes of season 3 aired on Nicktoons from April 28th, 2014, to May 9th, 2014, with reruns airing until July 2014. Also, season 2 reruns lasted until about June of the following year. Some episodes also aired on Nickelodeon's sister channel Nicktoons aside from the final season with the ten withheld episodes.

Episode Guide

Season 1

# Air Date Contestants Status
102 Jan 28th, 2010 Alexis, Aly, Lindsey, Jessi, Justin, & Drew Found
103 Nov 13th, 2009 Siera, Alex, Kylie, Madison-Kate, Sebastian, & Bennett Found
104 Oct 9th, 2009 Sabyr, Celine, Carson, Noah, Jourdan, & Nick Found
105 Oct 13th, 2009 Patrick, Shelby, Camerin, Maria, Amber, & Nick Found
106 Nov 9th, 2009 Jessie, Sam, Daphne, Tyler, Camille, & T.J. Found
107 Oct 8th, 2009 Ken, Ciana, Scotty, V.J., Remy, & Cheyenne Found
108 Nov 10th, 2009 Tommy, Daniel, Kiki, Hayden, Skylar, & Justin Found
109 Oct 1st, 2009 Wave, Jacquelyne, Boo, Susie, Jordan, & Lilly Found
110 Dec 4th, 2009 Chase, Shelby, Monica, Alex, Shawntel, & Andy Found
111 Oct 6th, 2009 Sara, Ariah, Chase, Mario, Brian, & Kirsten Found
112 Mar 29th, 2010 Dalton, Ally, Pat, Jennifer, Ruby, & Chase Found
113 Apr 1st, 2010 Brandon, Kendyl, Kailey, Reese, Rikki, & Bronson Found
114 Sept 30th, 2009 Cody, Sydney, Liam, Alec, Maya, & Kellie Found
115 Oct 2nd, 2009 Madison, Keegan, Lilah, Mason, Spiro, & Sarah Found
116 Dec 2nd, 2009 Elijah, Francesca, Jocelyn, Chase, Ryan, & Sarah Found
117 Oct 16th, 2009 Adam, Zoya, Priscilla, Christian, Josh, & Alana Found
118 Oct 14th, 2009 Oscar, Victoria, Caylie, Patch, Joey, & Vanessa Found
119 Nov 12th, 2009 Epiphany, William, Madison, Ariel, Ray, & Isaiah Found
120 Oct 7th, 2009 Danny, Nick, Eryn, Athena, Zee, & Timmy Found
121 Apr 5th, 2010 Yuki, Sydney, Erin, Brian, J.P., & Kristina Found
122 Sept 28th, 2009 Xavier, Jessica, Megan, James Taylor, Nahil, & Nancy Found
123 Apr 8th, 2010 Ryan, Reign, Caitlin, Drew, Eric, & Rebecca Found
124 Dec 1st, 2009 Jordan, Cristian, Tianna, Natalie, Marco, & Hailee Found
125 Apr 9th, 2010 Zoe, Dylan, Carl, Jazzy, Adam, & Kenzie Found
126 Apr 6th, 2010 Garek, Sarah, Kalen, Heather, Alec, & Earl Found
127 Jan 26th, 2010 Alia, Kenny, Tyler, Hyla, Ally, & David Found
128 Dec 3rd, 2009 Hannah, Evan, Tyler, Zoelle, Alai, & Randy Found
129 Jan 27th, 2010 Nathaniel, Kanoe, Claire, Giovanni, Matt, & Allison Found
130 Apr 2nd, 2010 Julez, Josh, Taylor, Valerie, Gio, & Tara Found
131: Nick Talent Nov 30th, 2009 Jerry Trainor, Ashley Argota, Miranda Cosgrove, Lil' JJ, Nat Wolff, & Victoria Justice Found
132: Nick Talent Matt Shively, Nathan Kress, Keke Palmer, Jennette McCurdy, Lily Collins, & Alex Wolff Found
133 Mar 30th, 2010 Sierra, Shawn, Hunter, Sydney, J.T., & Natalie Found
134 Oct 15th, 2009 Antonio, Morgan, Kassie, Darnell, Zak, & Syd Found
135 Jan 25th, 2010 Corrina, Charlie, Megan, Crystal, D.J., & Jared Found
136 Mar 31st, 2010 Brandon, Paige, Madison, Blake, Sal, & Ebony Found
137 Apr 7th, 2010 Skyler, Austyn, Philip, Mayah, Mike, & Alyssa Found
138 Oct 5th, 2009 Matt, Kennedy, Nicole, Vincent, Noah, & Ashley Found
139 Sept 29th, 2009 Samantha, Nate, Jenna, Spencer, Gabe, & Priscilla Found
140 Jan 29th, 2010 Siera, Pattriana, Fernando, Chanel, Travis, & Arthur Found
141 Jul 1st, 2010 Hannah, Coleman, Jonathan, Spencer, Taylor, & Brianna Found

Season 2

# Air Date Contestants Status
201 Jun 29th, 2010 Jakobe, Marley, Ethan, Elena, Inga, & Kevin Found
202 Jun 28th, 2010 Jojo, Athena, Lucy, Audrey, Mike, & Michael Found
203 Jun 30th, 2010 Willow, Logan, Emily, Shay Shay, Zac, & Aaron Found
204 Oct 4th, 2010 Isaac, Da'Jah, Kathy, Aaron, P.J., & Emma Found
205 Jul 6th, 2010 Katie, Michael, Danyal, Kyla P., Zayd, & Caitlin Found
206 Oct 5th, 2010 Ashley, Tyler, Ada-Nicole, Karine, Isaac, & Danny Partially Found
207 Jul 9th, 2010 Malik, Abigail, Paxton, Nathan, Zaq, & Ariel Found
208 Jul 2nd, 2010 Paige, Jonathan, Madison, Justin, Josh, & Zariya Found
209 Oct 7th, 2010 Summer, Ally, Darius, Daniel, Art, & Makenna Found
210 Jul 7th, 2010 Zack, Keith, Gabby, Alena, Jack, & Jennie Found
211 Jul 12th, 2010 Aidan, Rhudi, Ashley, Gretchin, Jake, & Shaylie Found
212 Jul 8th, 2010 Justin, Ashley, Davion, Jessi, Roxy, & Brenton Found
213 Jul 13th, 2010 Chelsey, Justin, Josephine, Mia, Ty D., & Lorenzo Found
214: Girls vs. Boys Jun 22nd, 2010 Clara, Brendan, Hallie Lou, Elliott, Nury, & Michael Found
215: Girls vs. Boys Jun 25th, 2010 Kyle, Tiffany, Dante, Ashley, Ben, & Angelica Found
216: Girls vs. Boys Jun 21st, 2010 Brittany, Reese, Katrina, Sam, Mazey, & Benjamin Found
217 Oct 12th, 2010 Colton, Chanell, Reysita, Axon, Matt, & Lexi Found
218 Jul 14th, 2010 C.J., Summer, Emma, Ryan, Ruby, & Darius Found
219 Oct 14th, 2010 Megan, Niall, Rebecca, Shaniah, Logan, & Aneesh Found
220 Jul 15th, 2010 Tori, Isaac, Leann, Corday, Jacob, & Megan Found
221: Siblings May 9th, 2011 Nicole, James, Madison, Mason, Amber, & Zack Partially Found
222 Oct 13th, 2010 Rachelle, Kamron, Khalil, T.J., Avery, & Claire Found
223: Tom Kenny Apr 27th, 2011 Garrett, Erika, Mariza, Jameson, Ema, & Nick Found
224: Nick Talent Apr 22nd, 2011 Logan Henderson, Victoria Justice, Stephen Glickman, Leon Thomas III, James Maslow, & Daniella Monet Found
225: Nick Talent Apr 21st, 2011 Kendall Schmidt, Liz Gillies, Ciara Bravo, Ariana Grande, Carlos Pena, & Matt Bennett Found
226: Nick Talent Apr 19th, 2011 Avan Jogia, Victoria Justice, Nathan Kress, Noah Munck, Gage Golightly, & Nick Purcell Found
227: Nick Talent Apr 18th, 2011 Matt Shively, Nathan Kress, Ashley Argota, Jennette McCurdy, Keke Palmer, & Reed Alexander Found
228: Siblings May 10th, 2011 Daquan, Zakiya, Bridger, Brecken, Jenna, & Nikki PartiallyFound
229: Stars of Nickelodeon Apr 20th, 2011 Nathan Kress, Jennette McCurdy, Gage Golightly, Nick Purcell, Matt Shively, & Ashley Argota Found
230: Girls vs. Boys Jun 24th, 2010 Danny, Quiara, Justin, Emily, Shane, & Reese Found
231: Girls vs. Boys Jun 23rd, 2010 Santeon, Tony, Danielle, Gino, Jessa, & Michael Found
232: Twins May 11th, 2011 Cailin, Hannah, Connor, Brian, Jade, & Jasmine Found
233 Oct 6th, 2010 Ben, Ashley, Jake, Brynne, Zoe, & Kellen Found
234: Misty May-Treanor Apr 28th, 2011 Jazymne, Raymond, Sydney, Madeline, Ryan, & Daniel Found
235: Jordin Sparks Apr 25th, 2011 Caleb, Katrina, Lauryn, Alain, Hope, & Ben Found
236 Oct 15th, 2010 Natalie, Terry, Scott, Cyncere, Brooke, & James Found
237: Parents and Kids May 12th, 2011 Isaiah & Mike, Charlotte & Barbara, Brooke & Anne, Crystal & Tony, Myles & Michelle, & Skyler & Sean Partially Found
238: Twins May 13th, 2011 Andy, Kyle, Madison, Mallory, Max, & Mason Partially Found
239: Natalie Coughlin Apr 29th, 2011 Andrew, Chantel, Bordeaux, Brandon, April, & David Found
240: Tony Hawk Apr 26th, 2011 Preston, Rachel, Dreu, Noah, Ryan, Blesst Found

Season 3: Family BrainSurge

# Air Date Families Status
301 Nov 17th, 2011 Fenton, Munoz, Augustine, DeJoy, & Kohno PartiallyFound
302 Apr 28th, 2014 Holloway, Mansel, Sebastian, Marshall, & Bessler Found
303 Apr 29th, 2014 Bennion, Pakula, Cardena, Redfearn, & Danesh PartiallyLost
304 Aug 10th, 2011 Daruvala, Ayala, Gilmore, Johnson, & Lancaster PartiallyLost
305 Apr 30th, 2014 Fernandez, Reno, Kennerly, Smith, & Bentley Found
306 Jul 20th, 2011 Haynes, Ark, Jenkins, Herren, & Torrey Partially Lost
307 Jul 19th, 2011 Silvia, O'Day, Villa, O'Brien, & Smith Found
308: Celebrities and a Family Member Oct 12th, 2011 Shaughnessy, Crews, Eggert, Gould, & Garth Found
309: Nick Talent Oct 10th, 2011 VICTORiOUS, iCarly, House of Anubis, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, & Supah Ninjas Found
310 Aug 8th, 2011 Guerrero, Jinadu, Corcoran, Houlihan, & Bramson PartiallyFound
311 Aug 3rd, 2011 Cruzata, Ardon, Kokason, Orriss, & Sellers Partially Found
312 Jul 25th, 2011 Martinez, Rowe, Gillcrist, McLurkin, & Oliverio PartiallyFound
313 Nov 14th, 2011 Abboud, Kulp, Pena, Lebeda, & Nickles Found
314: WWE With Kid Fans Oct 13th, 2011 John Morrison & Martilliano, Eve & Dayna, Gail Kim & Michael, The Miz & Ali, & Kofi Kingston & Collins Found
315 Aug 9th, 2011 Ocampo, Smith, Conneen, Wright, Gannuscio PartiallyLost
316 Jul 18th, 2011 Guthzeit, Haro, Maddox, Hancock, & Williams Found
317 Nov 15th, 2011 Randazzo, Bell, Sample, Terry, & Vargas Found
318 Oct 18th, 2011 Sankofa, Levine, Gonzalez, Menotti, & Arroyo Partially Found
319 May 1st, 2014 Solberg, Fox, Gutierrrez, MacKinnon, & Brown Found
320 Nov 3rd, 2011 Stewart, Eng, Jacobs, Friedman, & Krieger Found
321 Nov 1st, 2011 Monick, Ott, Parker, Barnes, & Alvare PartiallyFound
322 Aug 2nd, 2011 Bradbury, Gray, Anand, Tramel, & Denard Found
323 Aug 4th, 2011 Aguilera, Nolan, Garcia, Steele, & Baxter Partially Lost
324 Nov 16th, 2011 Radaker, Shou, Bowen, Palmer, & Landon Found
325 May 2nd, 2014 Menard, Gibson, Gonzalez, Hilbert, Burrill Found
326 May 5th, 2014 Moultrie, Muniz, Smith-Harris, Pieper, & Torres PartiallyLost
327 Aug 11th, 2011 Sarem, Vera, McLaurin, Butler, & HoltWarren PartiallyLost
328 May 6th, 2014 Crawford, Meza, Galdamez, Kling, & Loucks PartiallyLost
329 May 7th, 2014 Deloach, Haag, Lentz, Liddle, & Green Found
330 Nov 2nd, 2011 Sanchez, Beres, Castro, Cazares, & Atkins Found
331: Celebrities and a Family Member Oct 11th, 2011 Anderson, King, Cameron Bure, Fatone, & Williams Found
332 Jul 27th, 2011 Ashton, Umans, Jones, Barrett, & Dowell Found
333 Jul 21st, 2011 Sargent, Woods, German, Vargas, & Schoonover PartiallyFou

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334 Jul 26th, 2011 Cintron, Cook, Bustamante, Price, & Rodarte Found
335 Oct 19th, 2011 Seaman, Cook, Rodriguez, Meyer, & Herjavec Found
336 Jul 28th, 2011 Valeriano, Glass, Holmes, McCulty, & Lopez Found
337 May 8th, 2014 Pilapil, O'Neal, Edjhuryan, Hinojosa, & Hilbig PartiallyFound
338 May 9th 2014 Carberry, Fleck, Binford, Bryan, & Aguirre Found
339 Oct 17th, 2011 Atteberry, Ek, Jens, Panganiban, & Johnson Found
340 Oct 20th, 2011 Haltrecht, Webber, Musquiz, Crawley, & Molnar Found

Availability

Out of all 120 episodes, only 99 episodes can be found in full. All 40 episodes of Season 1, 35 from Season 2, and 24 from Season 3. While many episodes from all three seasons aired on reruns, a few episodes only aired once. These include the 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, making the only possible way to redeem episodes is via recordings of premieres or reruns.

Episode 101

It is known to fans that the first-taped episode, Episode 101, went unaired. The only footage from the episode is the dancing puzzle seen in the Season 1 intro, the clip of the 6x6 with 27 seconds left in said intro, and a screenshot shown in the story of Episode 108.

When asked about her time on BrainSurge, Alyssa Waldrip from Episode 137 revealed on her Twitter that all the contestants from her episode, except for Skyler, were in the episode but had the shirts swapped[2]. Mayah was purple, she was still red, Philip was green, Mike was pink, Austin was yellow, and an unknown contestant was blue who didn't return for the reshooting. She also revealed that in the episode, she lost in level 1, and Mayah actually won the show, which explains why she said Mayah was mad when she lost to Alyssa in the Knockout Round in 137. She also mentioned in her tweet with an audience member that filming took 13 hours due to technical and mechanical issues, also the audience wasn't allowed to get up for food and water. She stated that Philip was crying the entire time during the episode, speculating that Philip was also eliminated in level 1. Unfortunately, Alyssa and the other contestants weren't given a copy of the episode, so the episode is still lost. It's unknown if any of the puzzles or the level 2 story are the same as 102 aside from the dancing puzzle. Also, fellow competitor Austin said that she got injured when she got eliminated in Level 2 and was told that changes were being made to the format, so five of the contestants came back for a re-film (Episode 137).[3]

Director Steve Grant said that the Knockout Round in the episode was matching funny faces on the board. However, the round went longer than expected, so it was thrown out and switched to the Knockout Round we know today.[4]

Contact Attempts

Jeff Sutphen himself claimed to a Twitter user that he had no episodes despite fans' requests, and the studio behind the show, Sunset Las Palmas 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. In addition, a producer of the show Derek Bartholomaus was asked if he had episodes, and he responded with,

No. I'm sorry, but due to conflicting rights issues, the episodes are not available on any streaming service. Hopefully, that will change in the future.

This is a common concept with shows that had to deal with music rights. In the case of BrainSurge, these conflicting rights were initially speculated to be from the parodies of name brands in several of the stories in level 2 (Indiana Jones, Willy Wonka, Transformers, etc). However, it is actually due to the production companies fighting for distribution rights on this show, hence its absence from streaming, including the newly made Paramount+ and even iTunes and DVD.

Recovery of Episodes

On January 14th, 2019, YouTube user Originalsboy uploaded 15 Season 1 episodes (four of which had already been posted, 110, 131, 132, 139) to the Internet Archive, which were then re-uploaded to Youtube by another user appropriately named BrainsurgeGuy, including the premiere episode of 122 from Dailymotion around this time; the original archive has been removed, however.

Six months later, 2 Season 2 episodes (217 & 219) were uploaded by TelevisionArchives. Following three months, Episode 229 was recovered from its deletion in 2012, only to disappear on March 16th, 2020, but recovered once more on September 22nd of that same year.

On February 6th, 2021, contestant Natalie Martinez uploaded her episode (236). One month later, 115 was finally publicized, having been originally privatized on December 29th, 2015.

The next month, 104, 125, & 114 were uploaded from a Microsoft OneDrive by George Ortuño, a screen recording from Nick.com in 2010, and a file from Google Drive, respectively.

Most surprisingly, on May 3rd, all of Season 1 and about the first half of Season 2 were uploaded to a Google Drive folder by Halofan. These episodes were originally obtained from Usenet and a private tracker.

On July 9th, 8 more episodes (204, 232, 235, 308, 309, 314, 322, & 331) were uploaded from another Google Drive Folder by Lost Media Wiki user Racelympics.

Three weeks later, another episode (317) was found through another trade done with Racelympics. Later, on August 31st, he uploaded Episode 324.

A year later, on September 4th, 2022, Racelympics released part of Episode 238 onto the Internet Archive. According to him, he was sent the file by an anonymous user.

On November 16th, Rexkip etc uploaded Episode 335, and a mere four days later, Episode 339 was uploaded in one piece by encodestvdotcom. On November 19th, Regular Guy uploaded Episode 302. Also, on November 24th, RealRTOT uploaded Episode 320. Also, on November 26th and November 29th, Dexter and Regular Guy uploaded Episodes 305 and 313. On November 30th and December 1st, Some Random Gamer Animator uploaded Episode 319, and Phanpy Ken uploaded Episode 329. Also, on December 2nd, Nickel Mickel uploaded Episode 338.

Later, on April 26th, 2023, BluWolf uploaded Episode 340, making this the first time the episode has been seen on YouTube since its original broadcast.

On November 27th, Some Random Gamer Animator uploaded Episode 325. On December 3, Episode 211 was uploaded by RealRTOT via the Nicktoons airing.

Gallery

The intro to BrainSurge.

Behind the Scenes footage of Episode 238

Blameitonjorge's video, which mentions BrainSurge (04:38-07:15).

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