List of Challenges in Takeshi's Castle - F

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• Final Fall: Originally known as The Man-Eating Holes, there are five holes and down two of them hide Katsuo Tokashiki and Makoto Dainenji, each wearing an outlandish costume. First, the contestants have to get past Yoroi Chuu, who attacks them if they get in his way. Next, the contestants have to jump down a hole, and if they are right, they get to go through to the Show Down but if they go down the wrong holes where the guards are hiding, then they go out. In the Spanish version "Humor Amarillo" it was known as Donde tengas la olla no te metas tú (Where is the pot, don't go inside). While the game itself hasn't been shown on MXC, Tokashiki-san and Dainenji-san's antics have been shown as comedy skits spoofing popular movies and educational films among other things.

• Fish Food: Contestants ride on a board as it goes across a conveyor belt. They must jump over pink fish, and crouch underneath sharks. More often than not, contestants can't keep up, or get too far ahead of themselves and fall off. This game is called Chum in the Mouth on MXC, and called Surfeando en la tabla the planchar (Surfing on the ironing board) in Spain.

• Flag Down: Two teams — one made up of players, the others made up of the Emerald Guards — attempt to yank down a flag from the others' pole. Called Shaft Grabbers on MXC, and was renamed Mounting The Spike in the Spike TV Launch Special. The song heard playing in the background in this game is the 1977 disco arrangement of Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band by Meco.

• Foot Loose: Barefoot players try to find pairs of matching shoes and cross a metal surface covered in glue before time runs out. Some shoes aren't good and will stick to the glue, making it difficult for the contestant. This game is named Athlete's Feet on MXC and casts the glue pad as a giant 375 degree baking sheet.

• The Fortress: A starting game. All players run out into a garden area and must find a golden ball to go through. The balls are hidden in strange places like up a tree, in a tree, buried, in green slime water or down a guards costume. MXC named this game Backyard Bocce Ball Bloodbath, adding "snipers and hitmen" for laughs. In the Spanish version "Humor Amarillo" it was known as Asalto al Fuerte Chino (Assault to Chinese Fortress).