Figure IT Out - Format Changes

Format Changes

For Season 3 (Fall 1998), the series became Figure It Out: Family Style, featuring two or three contestants who were related, typically parent-child or siblings. Sometimes on the 2nd half, the panel can have a family member of the contestant. Sometimes, the Charade Brigade can have family members of the panelists and the host. Figure It Out: Family Style also features Little Billy. If the panelists figured out the contestants' secret, then Little Billy (a miniature version of Billy the Answer Head with hair and on wheels) would come out. Summer reads a question about the family's talent and then each panelist try to guess one (almost impossible) answer. If they can't figure it out (no panel ever did since they simply treated it as a free-for-all most times by guessing answers intended for comedic response), then the answer in Little Billy would reveal and which gives the family another chance to win a prize (usually the Figure It Out apparel).

• Season 4 - Fall 1999: The show was retitled Figure It Out: Wild Style and focused solely on talents involving animals; in addition, Billy the Answer Head was reshaped into various animals. During these episodes, the panelists went wild with hair, wigs, and make-up, sporting a different, distinctive look. Lori Beth Denberg never appeared in any of those episodes, because she left Nickelodeon and went on to The Steve Harvey Show, so during these episodes, panelists such as Steve Burns, Shane Sweet, Erin J. Dean, Christy Knowings, Irene Ng and Kareem Blackwell replaced Lori Beth in the chair on the right end.
• Season 5 - Summer 2012: The show was retitled once more to "Figure It Out," and Jeff Sutphen took over as host. The set, host, panelists, theme music, and logo were all modified to serve Nickelodeon's contemporary audience. Gameplay was also slightly modified to include the Word of Honor component and to shorten the lengths of rounds two and three (originally, all rounds were 60 seconds; in the newer version, rounds two and three are 45 seconds). Also, Billy the Answer Head was changed to the "It Board", the Clue Express was renamed the "Clue Coaster," and the Charade Brigade was changed to "Clue Force III" featuring Lorenz Arnell, Gevorg Manoukian, and Julia Srednicki.
• Season 6 - Fall 2012: The show was brought back after the long gap in the summer. The style of the show stays the same, but with some changes, such as a fifth seat and slime spewer added to the panel desk for the kid panelist who won a summer contest to appear for one whole episode (the fifth panel desk is gone before and after the winning kid's episode), the previous "Clue Express" was bought back, and more swirly colored arrows were added.

Cardinal Games released a board game based on the series in 1998. Cardinal games included "Name That Thingy", "Name That Critter", "The Drench Bench", "The Last Laugh" "Lightning Letters", "Little Billy" and "The Secret Panel Match Up."