Triple Threat

The Triple Threat is a name given to three different obstacles in the Wipeout Zone of Seasons 1, 3, and 8 (TBS Season 1).

Season 1[]

Triple Threat (S1) — Season 1’s Triple Threat

The first version of the Triple Threat appeared as the second obstacle in the Wipeout Zone during the pilot episode of Season 1.

It is three triangles that can rotate if not crossed quick enough.

None of the four contestants who attempted this obstacle failed it.

It was replaced by the Barrel Run when the show was greenlit for a full season.

Season 3[]

The second version of the Triple Threat appeared as the third obstacle in the Wipeout Zone, replacing the Climbing Wall, the Crazy Sweeper, and the Scary-Go-Round from the previous season. It was interchanged with the Sinistairs throughout the season.

It is three turntables with sweeper arms that contestants must cross while being blasted by water cannons.

Variations[]

Season 3’s Triple Threat (with white streamers)

In episode 4, the sweeper arms had white streamers.

Season 3’s Triple Threat (with flame streamers)

In episode 15, the sweeper arms had flame streamers.

Season 3’s Triple Threat (with hanging balls)

In episode 17, the sweeper arms had hanging balls.

Only four contestants cleared this obstacle on their first attempt with two of them from the same episode:

Quan Pham (S3E5)
Aben Vincent (S3E5)
David Brummel (S3E14)
Heavenly Swendsen (S3E15)

Coincidentally, two of them later won their respective episodes.

It was replaced by Frostbite in the next season.

Season 8[]

The third version of the Triple Threat appeared as the fourth and final obstacle in the Wipeout Zone of Season 8, replacing the Gears of Fear from the previous season.

It is three rotating hexagon platforms (though the second was instead an irregular pentagon) with smaller trapezoid platforms within the middle that are weighted by gravity. Contestants jump across either of the shapes to reach the finish platform.