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The camera maneuvers through a thick rainforest to stop in front of an ancient temple. A giant stone head next to the gate of the temple begins to speak:
"LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE! With your guide, Kirk Fogg! And here he is NOW!"
On this final word, Kirk appears from behind the Temple Guard door in the Dungeon and runs straight out into the foreground of the stage to greet the crowd. "Thank you! Thank you very much! Nice to see you! Nice to see you, Olmec! Welcome to Legends of the Hidden Temple. The rooms are filled with lost treasures that are protected by mysterious Mayan Temple Guards. Only Olmec knows the legend behind each of the treasures in his temple. Which legend are we gonna hear about today?"
Olmec replies:
"The Legend of the Sheath of Excalibur."
"Ooh, the Sheath of Excalibur!" Kirk says in response. "Well, it's the Tournament of Champions, and it's the final round. These four teams won in the Temple once. They came back, faced off against three other teams of champions and got to go to the Temple again. Now, one of these last four champion teams will have a chance to retrieve the Sheath of Excalibur, so let?s talk to our four teams. On the Red Jaguars, we have?"
The camera cuts to a bust shot of the Red Jaguars? an average-sized brown-haired boy with glasses over his brown eyes and a girl with long, straight brown hair, blue-green eyes and a braces-framed smile? atop the Steps of Knowledge, then segues to a short video montage of various shots through the episode the two players were from, while the theme music plays and the players talk over it.
?My name?s Taylor Kowalczyk, and I?m thirteen,? says the boy; the clip played is of him climbing out of the waters of the Moat onto the deck, and running over to hit his team?s gong while his full name appears in a red version of the credits font at the bottom of the screen.
?I?m Taylor Coombs, and I?m thirteen years old,? the girl says, answering the final question her team needs at the Steps of Knowledge and jumping down onto the final step as her name appears at the bottom of the screen.
?I?m on my school?s soccer team, I read a lot,? Taylor K explains over a clip of him making it through the bamboo forest first in his individual Temple Game. ?I like reading about foreign cultures, especially Thailand.?
?I?m in the drama club at my school, but I really wanna star in action movies,? Taylor C says over a clip of her pulling her boat back to the dock faster than the Silver Snake in her individual Temple Game. ?Really like Invisible Woman.?
?Our first episode was ?The Golden Grapes of Dionysus,? ? narrates Taylor K as the camera makes a reveal of the artifact in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey; the clip switches to Taylor C going into the Temple first.
?I was pretty excited we got to come back here,? Taylor C explains as she?s caught by the first Temple Guard in the Crystal Cave with 2:23 remaining; the clip segues to her meeting her second in the Dragon?s Lair with 1:51 on the clock after she completes the room objective. ?Makes up for the Temple Guards scaring me.? She laughs as the clip starts to change to Taylor K entering.
?Yeah, it?s cool we get to come back,? Taylor K admits during his encounter with the third guard in the Laser Light Room with 1:17 to go. ?Wanna see how I match up with other winners.?
?I?m pretty competitive too,? Taylor C admits as Taylor K grabs the Golden Grapes in the Shrine with 44 seconds left; the clip segues to him returning through the gates with the artifact with twenty seconds to go. ?We got to come back? why not be the last team standing??
?Our semifinal round was ?The Mystical Staff of? O?komfo A?knock-ee-ay,? ? Taylor K explains as the Mystical Staff of Okomfo Anokye is revealed in the Laser Light Room.
?Yeah, we didn?t do as good there,? Taylor C admits as the last fifteen seconds of the Temple Run? Taylor K going through the Knights? Barracks, only to run out of time as he leaves the room, ?but we didn?t need to win another vacation to make it to the final round, and we?re here and we?re only three teams away from #1. We?re Taylor? and we?re in it to win it.? After the clock hits zero and disappears, the camera segues back from the montage to the bust shot of the Red Jaguars at the top of the Steps.
?All right, let?s hear it for the Red Jaguars!? Kirk shouts, and the audience briefly cheers and applauds for Taylor K and Taylor C. ?And now let?s get to know the Blue Barracudas??
Another video montage occurs after a bust shot of the Blue Barracudas? a brown-haired boy with hazel eyes and a curly-blonde girl with blue eyes, both of average height. This time, the rule-explanation theme is used for background music.
?I?m Dylan Hall, and I?m twelve years old,? says the boy, as a clip of him answering a question on the Steps of Knowledge correctly is played and his full name appears in a blue version of the credits font at the bottom of the screen.
?I?m Brittany Rowland, and I?m thirteen,? says the girl; her name appears onscreen over a clip of her correctly answering the last question on the Steps and moving down to the bottom with Dylan.
?Our episode was?? Dylan pauses, then talks a bit faster, ?Urashima Tar? and the Box of Lost Time.? The artifact in question is revealed in the Dragon?s Lair in the background.
?Pretty tough stuff,? Brittany comments over a shot of her keeping her balance on an ice floe Dylan pushes across the Moat. ?We almost lost at the Moat!? The Green Monkeys can be seen climbing out of the Moat before the picture changes.
?I?m really big on baseball, football, I like camping? I?m a sports guy,? Dylan laughs over a shot of him sailing out to the island in the first Temple Game.
?I swim, I do track and field and I?m kind of an artist,? Brittany explains as a clip of her running on the wheel with the show?s insignia in the second Temple Game. ?I paint a bit.?
?I?m a competitive person,? Dylan says as the camera shows Brittany meeting her first Temple Guard in the Laser Light Room with 2:39 remaining. ?I don?t like being one-upped.?
?I got this far and I?m pretty happy,? Brittany disagrees as the camera shows her meeting her second guard in the Switch Inferno with 1:25 left. ?Whatever happens, I?m just glad I got a trip to St. Martin already.?
?I think we did a good job getting here,? says Dylan, shown climbing up into the Dragon?s Lair from the Crystal Cave and grabbing the Box of Lost Time with 35 seconds on the clock. The clip then segues to him running down the stairs from the Room of Temple Gongs with twenty seconds to go. ?They wanted us to come back, and I?m gonna try my hardest, ?cause now I?m in it to win it.? Dylan emerges through the gate with the Box of Lost Time with fifteen seconds on left.
?Our semifinal round was ?The Lion-Skin Cloak of Hercules,? ? Brittany explains as the artifact is revealed in the Knights? Barracks, ?and it?s awesome we made it to the final round.?
?Yeah,? Dylan comments as the last twenty seconds of the run? Dylan working on the Lost Treasury objective, and then going through the Labyrinth? are replayed. ?I mean, I barely made the auditions, we were fifth in the Moat, it was a close win and I totally didn?t expect us to get to go to the Temple TWICE.?
?Look out! Temple visit #3, coming up!? comments Brittany as the clock hits zero with Dylan disappearing into a dead end in the Labyrinth. The clock and other indicators on the screen disappear, and then the camera segues back from the montage to the bust shot of the Blue Barracudas.
?All right, let?s hear it for the Blue Barracudas!? Kirk shouts, and the audience cheers for a smiling Dylan and Brittany. ?And now the Green Monkeys??
The montage for the Green Monkeys? a white boy with brown hair, freckles and hazel eyes and a black girl with straightened hair in a ponytail? uses the main theme of the show as background music.
?I?m Mathew Castleberry, and I?m thirteen years old,? the boy says; the clip shown is of him crawling out of a tunnel of suspended inner tubes which serves as a bridge across the Moat; while the clip plays, his name appears at the bottom of the screen in a teal version of the credits font.
?Tamika Taylor, and I?m fourteen,? says the girl; her name appears onscreen as she emerges from the tunnel of inner tubes and runs over to light up the team gong.
?The episode we were in was ?The Torch of Fujiwara? no Nobuyori,? ? Mathew explains as the Torch is revealed to be in the Switch Inferno.
?I?m a music lover,? Tamika explains, shown answering the last question needed to get to the bottom of the Steps of Knowledge. ?I got a lot of CDs from my older sisters and I dance ballet.?
?I?m a coin collector,? Mathew says during a clip of him making his way through the bamboo forest in his individual Temple Game, ?but I?m on my school?s swim team.?
?We did pretty good,? comments Tamika as a clip plays of her jumping up and attaching flame symbols to the ceiling in her individual Temple Game.
?Well, it was kinda close,? Mathew admits during the team Temple Game, which involves Tamika shooting a ball which he has to catch and stick on each target. ?We were first up until the games, and we only won because the other team couldn?t aim.? He laughs.
?We made it though,? Tamika reminds during a clip of her running up into the Temple and immediately hitting the first Temple Guard in the Room of Temple Gongs. ?But I didn?t last that long,? she laughs as the clip segues to the second Temple Guard taking her out of the Laser Light Room with 2:30 remaining.
?I was kinda worried I was gonna be caught,? Mathew says as the clip played is him grabbing the Torch with 51 seconds on the clock. ?But we made it out. I think we would?ve won if I went first, I think we made a good team.? The clip segues to Mathew running down the stairs and through the Temple Gate with the Torch with ten seconds to go.
?Then we got into the Tournament in ?The Jeweled Chalice of Nebu? Nebuchadnezzar,? ? continues Tamika; the camera makes a reveal of the Jeweled Calix in the Dungeon as she speaks.
?That was awesome that we got to come back,? Mathew remarks over a clip of himself sliding down the Pharaoh?s Secret Passage into the Dungeon with forty seconds to go. ?I mean, it started with my dad finding a thing about auditions in the newspaper and now I got four prizes and vacations to Canada AND Mexico. That?s awesome.? Mathew grabs the Jeweled Calix off the shelf next to the mouth of the passage, then climbs up the Shrine ladder and starts heading back across the top floor.
?Hey, I helped too!? Tamika laughs as Mathew?s exit continues along. ?I think we got a good chance of being #1 here. I mean, we got the vacations twice. We won in the Temple twice. How about a third time??
?Let?s do it!? Mathew concludes as he makes it out of the Temple with the Calix with only four seconds left in the flashback. The camera then fades back to the present, changing from the middle of the post-Temple Run celebration to the bust shot of the Green Monkeys.
?Let?s hear it for the Green Monkeys!? shouts Kirk, and the audience cheers momentarily for Mathew and Tamika. ?And now let?s get to know the Purple Parrots??
The Purple Parrots are made up of a blue-eyed boy with straight brown hair, and an brown-eyed girl with her slightly wavy dark hair up in a ponytail. The one Temple Game theme used only in the first season of the original show is used for background music in the Purple Parrots? montage.
?I?m Curtis Galloway, and I?m thirteen years old,? the boy says over a clip of him crossing the Moat on the swinging steps; his full name appears onscreen in a purple version of the credits font.
?I?m Kendra Romanescu, and I?m thirteen,? says the girl, with a trace of a Southern accent; her name appears onscreen as she makes it to the other side of the Moat and hits the team?s gong.
?Our episode was ?Rolled Amunsten?s Final Telegram,? ? Curtis explains, mispronouncing the name ?Roald Amundsen? as a reveal of the artifact in the Junction of the Secret Shafts is made.
?It was the first episode,? Kendra adds over a clip of her answering the last correct answer to move on to the Temple Games from the Steps of Knowledge.
?I?m pretty big on football and basketball? really like the Lakers and the Vikings? and I wanna make movies,? Curtis explains over a shot of him swinging across the Great Chasm in the Temple with 1:43 on the clock.
?I was born in Canada? love to write, and I love horses,? Kendra says over a clip of her going around to collect water bottles in the rotating lever in her individual Temple Game. ?I think I wanna be a vet.?
?I felt kinda pressured since we were the first team in the Temple,? Curtis tells the audience over a shot of Kendra meeting her first Temple Guard in the Chamber of the Sacred Markers with 2:26 on the clock.
? ?Cause we had to show everyone after us how it?s done?? Kendra asks as she?s captured in the Tomb of the Headless Kings after putting the skull on the correct king with 2:03 left.
?Yeah, but we did good,? Curtis comments over a shot of him grabbing the Final Telegram with 27 seconds remaining.
?And we both had our own ideas of what we were gonna do,? Kendra laughs over a shot of Curtis emerging from the Ledges with time ticking down. ?Good thing we got it and we?re here!? Curtis makes it through the Temple Gate with seven seconds remaining.
?Then we came back in ?The Burnt Treasures of ?neas,? ? Curtis adds as a reveal of the artifact in the Lost Treasury is made.
?We didn?t win, but good thing we didn?t have to to make it to the finals,? Kendra says over a clip of Curtis leaving the Labyrinth with thirteen seconds on the clock, then grabbing the Lost Treasures with nine seconds to go. ?We got the treasure, yeah, but we?re totally gonna win this time!? After time runs out in the middle of the Great Chasm, the clock and indicators disappear, followed by a segue back to the present.
?All right, there?s our four teams! Let?s hear it for the Purple Parrots!? Kirk announces, and the audience cheers and applauds for Curtis and Kendra, who smile throughout the applause.
"All right, now that we know our teams," says Kirk, "it's time for Olmec to tell us about the Sheath of Excalibur. Pay attention, teams, because your knowledge of the Legend can bring you a step closer to the Temple and the title of 'Champions of Champions.' "
Olmec begins to tell the legend:
" 'One of the greatest kings of all time was the legendary King Arthur. He and his wife Guinevere ruled over ancient Britain from their castle at Camelot, and he came from a long line of royalty, which he was able to prove as a child. When Arthur was young, a sword was found lodged in a stone, and legend had it only the future king could extract the sword. Even the strongest men in the kingdom failed to pull the sword from the stone, but Arthur did it easily, and the Sword in the Stone became his weapon of choice from that day. However?
"Legend has it that several years later, King Arthur was challenged to a duel on a bridge by a knight named Launcelot.
" 'I have battled scores of warriors before thee, and I have lost not once,' he said. 'King or no, if thou wantst to cross this bridge, thou hast to defeat me first.'
" 'I gladly accept,' replied Arthur. The two dueled for quite a while before Arthur managed to deliver a blow that knocked Launcelot unconscious, but also broke Arthur's sword. When Launcelot came to, he accepted defeat and even pledged loyalty to Arthur, but the Sword in the Stone needed to be replaced.
" 'If I may, my liege,' suggested Arthur's guardian, the wizard Merlin, 'I might have a solution to thy problem.' "
"Merlin showed Arthur a mystical lake, where he claimed Arthur could find a new sword. The Lady of the Lake extended her arm above the surface of the water, and in her hand, an enchanted sword named Excalibur, which could also protect Arthur so long as he had its sheath with him. However, the sheath was stolen by the evil Morgana le Fay. When Arthur died, one of his knights returned Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake, but the sheath made its way to the Temple. Your quest is to find the Sheath of Excalibur and bring it back here."
"Thank you Olmec," Kirk says after Olmec finishes telling the legend. "So tell us, where is the Sheath of the Excalibur?"
Olmec replies:
"The Sheath of Excalibur can be found somewhere in the Labyrinth." The camera switches to a detail shot of an ivory sheath lying in the front of the Labyrinth, then segues back to Kirk.
"Teams," Kirk begins, walking down the steps, "as you know, in a minute, Olmec will ask you a question. If you think you know the answer, I want you to stomp down on the ancient marking in front of you. If you're right, you'll move down to the next level, but if you're wrong or out of time, I'll give the other teams a chance. The first two teams to make it down to the bottom level will be the last two teams standing, and they're gonna be one step closer to the title of 'Legends Champion' and a third chance at Olmec's Temple. Olmec, we're all ready for your first question."
Olmec begins:
?According to our legend, was Excalibur King Arthur?s: First sword, Second sword or Third sword??
Mathew hits the marking first: ?Second sword.?
?Correct,? replies Olmec.
?Nice job, Green Monkeys, step down,? says Kirk, and the Green Monkeys move down to the second step. ?Olmec, next question.?
Olmec asks:
?Did King Arthur receive Excalibur from the: Mistress of the Moon, Fairy of the Forest or Lady of the Lake??
Mathew rings in again: ?The? uh, the Lady of the Lake???
?That is correct,? says Olmec in response.
?Whoo! Just like that, the Green Monkeys are now just one step away from the Temple Games,? declares Kirk as the Green Monkeys move onto the third step. ?We?re looking for two teams. Next question.?
Olmec now asks:
?Was King Arthur?s first sword: Extracted from a stone, Hidden in a cave or???
A stomp from
Curtis interrupts Olmec: ?Pulled from a stone.?
?Correct.?
?All right, Purple Parrots, step down!? Kirk encourages, and the Purple Parrots walk down to the second level. ?Next question, Olmec!?
Olmec asks:
?Was the Sheath of Excalibur stolen by: Sir Galahad, Morgana le Fay???
Dylan buzzes in: ?Morgan-a le Fay.?
?Correct,? answers Olmec.
?Blue Barracudas on the board!? shouts Kirk, and the Blue Barracudas join the Purple Parrots on the second step. ?It?s a stomping match! Olmec, next question!?
Olmec then asks:
?In our legend, was the Sword in the Stone broken in a duel against: The Black Knight, Sir Launcelot or King Uther??
Dylan steps in again: ?Lancelot???
?That is correct.?
?Next correct response and the Blue Barracudas are going to the Temple Games!? Kirk explains as the Blue Barracudas move down to the third step. ?Red Jaguars can still get in this. Next question!?
Olmec asks:
?According to the legend, was the lake where the Lady of the Lake lived shown to King Arthur by: Sir Kay, Merlin or Sir Ector??
Mathew gongs in: ?Merlin.?
?That is correct!? Olmec shouts, and the Green Monkeys hop down onto the bottommost step.
?We got our first team going on to the Temple Games! It?s the Green Monkeys!? Kirk announces as Mathew and Tamika start celebrating on the bottom step and the audience bursts into applause. ?We?re still looking for one more team, and will it be the Red Jaguars, the Blue Barracudas or the Purple Parrots? Olmec, next question!?
Olmec continues:
?Did Sir Launcelot challenge King Arthur: In a forest, At a bridge or In the t???
Taylor C cuts Olmec off: ?At a bridge.?
?Correct.?
?Red Jaguars on the board!? Kirk declares as the Red Jaguars move down to the second step. ?This is anybody?s game now. Olmec, continue.?
Olmec does so by asking:
?King Arthur was the brother of which of these figures: Morgana le Fay, Guinevere or Merlin??
Taylor K stomps down and answers: ?Morgana le Fay???
?That is correct.?
?Whoo! They?re making a comeback, and now the Red Jaguars are just one step away from the Temple Games!? Kirk announces as the Red Jaguars move down to the third step. ?Next question!?
Olmec asks:
?Which of these treasures did King Arthur and his knights search for: The Golden Fleece, the Holy Grail or the Fountain of Youth??
Kendra buzzes in: ?Holy Grail.?
?That is correct,? Olmec answers, and the Purple Parrots join the Red Jaguars and Blue Barracudas on the penultimate step.
?It?s all tied up on the second-to-last step!? Kirk announces. ?Next correct response is moving on to the Temple Games! Next question!?
Olmec continues:
?According to legend, did Morgana le Fay hide the Sheath of Excalibur: In a sealed cave, In the ground or In a lake??
Dylan just barely beats Taylor K to the buzzer: ?Um? In a lake???
?THAT IS CORRECT!? Olmec bellows, and the Blue Barracudas jump down beside the Green Monkeys on the bottom step.
?We got our two teams right here!? Kirk announces, running up the middle of the bottommost step. Once he?s behind the two teams, he turns to face the camera and the qualifying players continue to celebrate with each other. ?The Blue Barracudas and the Green Monkeys! These are the top two teams, and they?re gonna face off in the Temple Games! Red Jaguars, Purple Parrots, you guys gave it a great effort, and we still got another great gift for you, and here?s what it is.? In addition to the prizes from their last appearances, Taylor K, Taylor C, Curtis and Kendra will each be receiving a Nintendo video game chair.
The camera cuts back to Kirk and the two winning teams at the bottom of the Steps of Knowledge. ?These two teams are gonna be playing for #1 and the right to enter Olmec?s Temple one last time,? he says, ?right after this!? The camera pans out over the audience before fading to commercial.
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