Editing Best of the Worst Trivia!

{{Infobox episode
| series = [[Trivia]]
| image = Best of the Worst Trivia thumbnail.jpg
| episode = 9
| cast = * [[Jay Bauman]]
* [[Rich Evans]]
* [[Mike Stoklasa]]
| editor = [[Jay Bauman]]
| release_date = {{Start date|2024|11|18}}
| link = {{URL|1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9KgWbS9z68}}
| prev = [[Marilyn Manson or Bloodhound Gang Trivia Part 2]]
}}
{{Infobox episode
| series = [[Best of the Worst]]
| prev = [[Halloween Spooktacular 2024]]
| next = [[Christmas Wheel of the Worst (2024)]]
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{{Quote|Does Mike lose points for that?|[[Rich Evans]]}}
The 9th episode of Red Letter Media's [[Trivia]] series is a look back at their own show, '''''[[Best of the Worst]]'''''.

Jay refered to this episode as "Can You Remember Anything: Best of the Worst Edition".

== Description ==

<blockquote>It's time again for another exciting game of trivia! This time, it's Mike vs. Rich in a sad attempt to remember anything from their own past. It's Best of the Worst Trivia! Who will win? Who will remember stuff? How much will they remember? How much do you remember?!!!? Take a trip down memory lane with this exciting and depressing video on YouTube dot com.</blockquote>

== Format ==

=== Round 1: Plot Synopsis ===
Jay read off the plot of a film featured on ''Best of the Worst'' to each player sequentially. If the player answered incorrectly, their opponent was offered a chance to "steal". Each correct answer was worth 100 points.

==== Questions: ====

Answers are placed in spoilers after their respective questions.

# Starring four-time US Gymnastics Federation champion Kurt Thomas, this film is about an American gymnast who travels to a foreign land to compete in a deadly game.
#* Answer from Rich: {{spoiler|''[[V-World Matrix, The Amazing Bulk, and ????|Gymkata]]''|inline|hover}}
# Medical students are attacked by an aggressive labaratory animal while locked inside their campus medical building competing in an after-hours roleplaying game similar to ''Dungeons and Dragons''.
#* Answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[Shakma, Python II, and Beaks: The Movie|Shakma]]''|inline|hover}}
# In this made-for-TV sequel to a holiday classic, a supporting character from that classic film has been promoted to the lead character.
#* Answer from Rich: {{spoiler|''[[Elves, Santa Claus, and Christmas Vacation 2|National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2]]''|inline|hover}}
# A man finds a mysterious bottle while investigating an auto accident. When he takes the bottle home, he discovers it contains a tiny demon who haunts his dreams.
#* Answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[Future War, The Jar, and White Fire|The Jar]]''|inline|hover}}
# A genetically engineered cat gets onboard a yacht and begins a killing spree.
#* Rich's incorrect answer: "The Meowing"
#* Mike was not given the chance to steal, but didn't seem to notice or know the answer.
#* Correct answer: {{spoiler|''[[Christmas or Cats|The Uninvited]]''|inline|hover}}
# Two neurology students create a telepathy experiment together to visualize a murderer who recently killed another student.
#* Mike's incorrect answer: ''[[The Instructor, Through Doohan's Eye, and Twisted Pair|Through Dead Eyes]]''
#* Rich's incorrect answer: "It's the paper movie."
#* Correct Answer: {{spoiler|''[[After Last Season]]''|inline|hover}}
# A perpetually sweaty Billy Blanks teams up with Rowdy Roddy Piper to rescue Blanks's sister from the clutches of a mobster and his gang.
#* Rich's incorrect answer: "Strike Force"
#* Answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[Back in Action vs. Enemy Territory|Back in Action]]''|inline|hover}}
# An unintentionally creepy cop begins a relationship with a fellow cop's daughter while also trying to bring down a drug ring or something.
#* Passed by Mike.
#* Rich's incorrect answer: "Double Cross". Rich admitted to be misinterpreting the plot for ''Easy Kill'', from the same episode.
#* Correct answer: {{spoiler|''[[A*P*E, Easy Kill, and Honorable Men|Honorable Men]]''|inline|hover}}
# An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage.
#* Rich's incorrect answer: "The Melting Man"
#* Answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[Blindfold Picks!|The Incredible Melting Man]]''|inline|hover}}
# A cop's wife is killed by a satanic cult. After being fired he discovers that his corrupt boss is the head of the satanic cult.
#* Passed by Mike.
#* Passed by Rich.
#* Correct answer: {{spoiler|''[[Parole Violators, Future Force, and Geteven|Geteven]]''|inline|hover}}

At the end of round one, Mike amassed 400 points while Rich had 200.

=== Round 2: Can You Remember ''Anything?'' ===
Jay read a title from a film shown on ''Best of the Worst''. Players were tasked with buzzing in and describing anything that happened in the film. Correct answers awarded 200 points.

==== Questions: ====

# ''[[Night of the Lepus, Zombie 3, and Silk|Zombie 3]]''
#* Answer from Rich: {{spoiler|"Italian zombies attack people."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Plinketto 5|Deathstalker 2]]
#* Answer from Mike: {{spoiler|"Monique Gabriel acting atrocious."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Christmas or Cats|Two Front Teeth]]''
#* Incorrect answer from Mike: {{spoiler|[[Christmas Plinketto|"They built a ramp for the kid in the wheelchair?"]]|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Christmas 2021|Feeders 2: Slay Bells]]''
#* Incorrect answer from Rich: {{spoiler|[[Plinketto 4|"The guy's twin shows up at the end of the movie because he's, like, an alien clone of the guy."]]|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Plinketto 10|Stone Cold]]''
#* Answer from Mike: {{spoiler|"He drives a motorcycle through a glass window into a helicopter."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Christmas Plinketto|Cancel Christmas]]''
#* Answer from Rich: {{spoiler|"A kid rides down a wheelchair ramp."|inline|hover}}
#* When pressured, Rich also answered {{spoiler|"Santa Claus comes to Earth and he looks like a famous movie star."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Twin Dragon Encounter, American Rickshaw, and Infested|Twin Dragon Encounter]]
#* Answer from Rich: {{spoiler|"Twins ride an ATV."|inline|hover}}
#* Answer from Mike: {{spoiler|"Twins get into a very slow motion awkward bar fight in a redneck town after being side-eyed by a bunch of Canadian hillbillies."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[New Releases!|Fight of Fury]]
#* Incorrect answer from Rich: {{spoiler|"The main character's girlfriend gets kidnapped by the bad guy."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Plinketto 7|Home Alone 4]]''
#* Answer from Mike: {{spoiler|"Missi Pyle and her cohort attempt to rob a house while the family is away on vacation."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Blood Shack (aka The Chooper)|Blood Shack]]''
#* Answer from Mike: {{spoiler|"[[shoot the rodeo|Shooting the rodeo]]."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Spookies, Action USA, and Alien Private Eye|Alien Private Eye]]''
#* Answer from Rich: {{spoiler|"Alien dresses like Michael Jackson."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Wicked World]]''
#* Answer from Mike: {{spoiler|"Awkward scene where a male nurse pushes him on down the slide into the, uh, in the, in the, in the park near the mental hospital."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Plinketto 9|The Suckling]]''
#* Answer from Rich: {{spoiler|"Aborted baby comes back for revenge."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Hawk Jones, Winterbeast, and ROAR|Hawk Jones]]''
#* Answer from Rich: {{spoiler|"Kids play the parts of adults."|inline|hover}}
# ''[[Halloween Spooktacular 2021|Primal Rage]]''
#* Incorrect answer from Rich: {{spoiler|[[Battle of the Genres|"Is this the one where the ''Karate Kid'' guy gets killed by an alien and an alien takes his form and people are running around in a mexican town?"]]|inline|hover}}

At the end of round two, Rich still tailed Mike by 200 points, with Mike at 1600 and Rich at 1400.

=== The Neil Breen Bonus Round ===

Jay read off Neil Breen trivia. Contestents could buzz in and correctly identify the movie for 500 extra points. Incorrect answers subtracted 500 points.

==== Questions: ====

# In which Neil Breen film does Neil Breen take over a television station, make the corrupt news anchors disappear from existence, then announce that he's eliminated 300 million humans from the planet?
#* Incorrect answer from Mike: ''[[Wheel of the Black Spine Plinketto|Fateful Findings]]''
#* Correct Answer: {{spoiler|''[[Night of the Lepus, Zombie 3, and Silk|Pass Thru]]''|inline|hover}}
# In the epic climax of which Neil Breen film does Breen's character convince a comical amount of politicians to just kill themselves?
#* Incorrect answer from Rich: ''[[Night of the Lepus, Zombie 3, and Silk|Pass Thru]]''
#* Correct Answer: {{spoiler|''[[Wheel of the Black Spine Plinketto|Fateful Findings]]''|inline|hover}}
# In both ''Twisted Pair'' and ''Cade: The Tortured Crossing'', Neil Breen plays two brothers that may or may not be aliens and/or AI creations, or something. What are the names of the two brothers?
#* Answer from Rich: {{spoiler|Cade and Cale.|inline|hover}}
# In which Neil Breen film does Neil Breen play the savior of humanity?
#* Answer from Rich Evans: {{spoiler|"All of them."|inline|hover}}

After the shake-up, Mike landed at 1100 points while Rich had 1900.

=== Final Round: Something That Happens/Famous Quotes ===

Jay either reads a scene synopsis, or plays an audio clip. Players must buzz in and correctly identify the film. Correct answers awarded 500 points.

# A couple have sex in a bathtub filled with piss.
#* Incorrect answer from Mike: ''[[Future War, The Jar, and White Fire|The Jar]]''
#* Correct answer: {{spoiler|''[[The Sweeper, Empire of the Dark, and Mad Foxes|Mad Foxes]]''|inline|hover}}
# Audio clip: "I'm a werewolf, bitch!"
#* Mike's answer: "Vampires vs. Werewolves". Accepted by Jay.
#* Correct answer: {{spoiler|''[[Showdown, Robot in the Family, and Bloodz vs. Wolvez|Bloodz vs Wolvez]]''|inline|hover}}
# An angry sasquatch rips the dick off a random biker.
#* Incorrect answer from Rich: ''[[Suburban Sasquatch]]''
#* Correct answer: {{spoiler|''[[Halloween 2023|Night of the Demon]]''|inline|hover}}
# Audio clip: "He wants to help find a cure for diseases like AIDS! Maybe that doesn't mean much to you, but it means a lot to people like me who have it."
#* Correct answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[The Last Vampire on Earth]]''|inline|hover}}
# Audio clip: "The mummy! I saw it! It's coming this way!" / "Screw the mummy!"
#* Correct answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[Halloween Spooktacular 2024|Devil Story]]''|inline|hover}}
# Angry lions almost rip the scalp off a very- [interrupted]
#* Correct answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[Hawk Jones, Winterbeast, and ROAR|ROAR]]''|inline|hover}}
# Jay read the quote "I reject your reality, and substitute my own!"
#* Correct answer: {{spoiler|''[[Plinketto 9|The Dungeonmaster]]''|inline|hover}}
# Audio clip: "Take ya fuckin' pill!"
#* Correct answer from Mike: {{spoiler|"[[Plinketto 10|That dinosaur movie we watched with Jack Quaid?]]"|inline|hover}}
# Using black magic, a woman gets melted down into a pile of goo.
#* Correct answer from Rich: {{spoiler|''[[Hologram Man, Faust, and Blood Street|Faust]]''|inline|hover}}
# Audio clip: "You have a problem. You're gonna die."
#* Correct answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[Best of the Worst Episode 1|Russian Terminator]]''|inline|hover}}
#* Disqualified by Jay due to an early buzz-in. Points were given to Rich.
# Audio clip: "I'm gonna be listening to Rush Limbaugh at that time."
#* Correct answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[Clash in the College]]''|inline|hover}}
# Every set in this movie inexplicably has sheets of paper taped to the walls.
#* Correct answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[After Last Season]]''|inline|hover}}
# Audio clip: "I just had to kill a gang of... ten kidnappers."
#* Incorrect answer from Rich: "[[The Photon Effect, How I Saved the President, and Double Down|''Double''-]] No, wait, that was the last, that was the last one. ''Cade: The Tortured Crossing"''
#* Correct answer from Mike: {{spoiler|''[[Cade: The Tortured Crossing]]''|inline|hover}}
# Audio clip: "Your mother's a bitch."
#* Mike buzzed in, but did not answer.
#* Correct answer from Rich: {{spoiler|''[[Vampire Assassin, Hack-O-Lantern, and Cathy's Curse|Cathy's Curse]]''|inline|hover}}
# The Chooper.
#* Correct answer from Rich: {{spoiler|''[[Blood Shack (aka The Chooper)|Blood Shack]]''|inline|hover}}
# Audio clip: "Why?! Why?! Aughh!"
#* Incorrect answer from Mike: ''[[Mr. Plinkett's Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Review|Revenge of the Sith]]''
#* Incorrect answer from Rich: ''[[Lycan Colony]]''
#* Correct answer: {{spoiler|''[[New York Ninja]]''|inline|hover}}

At the end of round 3, Mike had 5100 points while Rich had 3900.

=== Wager Round ===

As a RLM Trivia tradition, the players wagered points for the final essay question.

<blockquote>In 2018, we shot [[Night of the Lepus, Zombie 3, and Silk|an episode entirely on VHS as a gimmick]]. On that episode, we watched 4 different films. Name one of the films we discussed on our VHS episode.</blockquote>

* Rich's 3000 point wager: ''Night of the Lepus''
* Mike's 5100 point wager: ''[[Hawk the Slayer and THE ACTOR FROM MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE with the X-ray Eyes|The Kid with the X-Ray Eyes]]''

Rich evans won with 6900 points. Mike lost with 0 points.

== Themes ==

Mike's podium has the face of [[Roger Corman]]. Rich's features the face of [[Neil Breen]].

When Jay stutters while trying to say the phrase "The Shimmy Slide", Mike asks him [[cast age humor|"Who has dementia?"]], in the same vein, Mike later says "Where am I?" at the end of the episode.

== Remarks ==

Unlike the other Trivia videos by Red Letter Media, this video is not in the "Shorts and Weird Stuff" playlist.

The credits superimposed on the final scene are from [[The Garbage Pail Kids Movie]].

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