Legends of the Hidden Temple/Catchphrases

Opening Spiels
"OLMEC: Legends! Of The Hidden Temple! With your guide, Kirk Fogg! And here he is now!"

Rest of Spiels
SEASON 1 (1993-1994)

"KIRK FOGG: Thank you, thank you very much, nice to see you, and thank you, Olmec. Welcome to the Hidden Temple. (Actually, it's Olmec's 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 one are we going to hear about today? OLMEC: The Legend of (insert legend artifact) KIRK FOGG: Well one of these six teams will have a chance to retrieve the (insert legend artifact), will it be the Red Jaguars, (applause) The Blue Barracudas, (applause), The Green Monkeys, (applause) The Orange Iguanas, (applause), The Purple Parrots, (applause), or the Silver Snakes? (applause) They're gonna have to pass some (pretty) tough physical and mental tests. And in the end, only one team will have the right to enter Olmec's Temple. But first, they must cross the moat, and here's how they have to do it today."

SEASON 2 (1994-1995)

"KIRK FOGG: Thank you, thank you very much, nice to see you, thank 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 one are we going to hear about today? OLMEC: The Legend of (insert legend) KIRK FOGG: Okay, the (insert legend artifact) Well the legend is set, and one of our six teams will have a chance to help them retrieve the (insert legend artifact), will it be the Red Jaguars, (applause) The Blue Barracudas, (applause) The Green Monkey, (applause) The Orange Iguanas, (applause) The Purple Parrots, (applause) or the Silver Snakes? (applause) They're gonna have to pass some tough physical and mental tests. And in the end, only one team will have the right to enter Olmec's Temple. But first, they must cross the moat, and Olmec will tell us how they'll have to do it today."

SEASON 3 (1995-1996)

"KIRK FOGG: Thank you very much, thank you, nice to see you, nice to see you Olmec. Welcome to Legends of the Hidden Temple. The Room 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 one are we going to hear about today? OLMEC: The Legend of (insert legend artifact) KIRK FOGG: Okay, the (insert legend artifact) Well one of our six teams will have a chance to help them retrieve the (insert legend artifact), will it be the Red Jaguars, (applause) The Blue Barracudas, (applause) The Green Monkeys, (applause) The Orange Iguanas, (applause) The Purple Parrots, (applause), or the Silver Snakes? (applause) They'll have to pass some very tough physical and mental tests. And in the end, only one team will have the right to enter Olmec's Temple. But first, they'll have to cross the moat, and Olmec will tell us how they'll have to do it today."

Catchphrases
"Teams, are you ready? (Teams: YEAH!) Olmec, are you ready? (Olmec: Oh yeah/Let's rock!/This rock is ready to roll!) On your marks, get set, go!" - Kirk Fogg (preparation for the moat)

"We got our teams, and they are (insert four winningg teams)! The (insert two losing teams) gave it a great effort and they're not going away empty handed, here's what we've got for you!" - Kirk Fogg (season 1)

"Going on to the steps of knowledge are (insert four winning teams)! The (insert two losing teams) gave it a great effort and they're not going away empty handed, we've got a great gift for them. Here's what it is!" - Kirk Fogg (season 2)

"Going on to the steps of knowledge are (insert four winning teams)! The (insert two losing teams) gave it a great effort, we've got a great gift for them. Here's what it is!" - Kirk Fogg (season 3)

"As we continue our/the quest/the quest continues, it's now time for Olmec to tell us about (insert legend). But, teams, pay attention/listen up because your knowledge of a legend can bring you a step closer to Olmec's temple." - Kirk Fogg

"KIRK: Thank you/Thanks, Olmec. So tell us, where is the (insert artifact of the day)"? OLMEC: The (insert artifact of the day) can be found in (insert specific Temple Room)." - Kirk Fogg telling Olmec where the artifact of the day was found in the Temple Room before explaining the rules of the Steps of Knowledge.

"Teams, you're now standing on the Steps of Knowledge. In a minute, Olmec will ask you a question. If you think you know the answer, stomp down on the Ancient Marking in front of you. If you're first, your step will light up. Go ahead, stomp on it. (Team buzzes in) (Insert team), you were stomped down/ring in first, and if you answered correctly, you'd move down to the next level. If you're wrong or you ran out of time, I'm gonna give the other teams a chance to answer. The first two teams to make it to the bottom level, (will be going on to the Temple Games, and) will be one step closer to Olmec's temple. Let's get started. Olmec, first question. Kirk Fogg (explaining about the Steps of Knowledge in Season 1)

"Teams, you're now standing on the Steps of Knowledge. In a minute, Olmec will ask you a question. If you think you know the answer, stomp down on the Ancient Marking in front of you. If you're right, you're gonna move down to the next level, but if you're wrong or you ran out of time, I'm gonna give the other teams a chance to answer. The first two teams to make it to the bottom level, (will be going on to the Temple Games, and) will be one step closer to Olmec's temple. Olmec, we're now ready for your first question." - Kirk Fogg (explaining about the Steps of Knowledge in Seasons 2 and 3)

"Olmec, first question please." - Kirk Fogg

"Next question Olmec" - Kirk Fogg

"That is correct." - Olmec (if an answer is correct in the steps of knowledge)

"Incorrect." - Olmec (if an answer is incorrect in the steps of knowledge)

"Incorrect, the three choices are (insert three answers)." - Olmec

"Incorrect, the other two choices are (insert two choices after the first multiple choice answer is incorrect during the Steps of Knowledge.)." - Olmec

"Incorrect, the correct answer is (insert correct answer)" - Olmec (if two teams miss)

"That is not one of the/our three choices." -  Olmec (if an answer is incorrect and not one of the multiple choice answers in the steps of knowledge)

"Time's up." - Kirk Fogg or Olmec (if the team stomps down and unable to answer during the Steps of Knowledge)

"Time's up, the correct answer is (insert correct answer)" - Olmec (if a team runs out of time)

"Teams, you might wanna wait until you hear all the answers before you stomp in." - Kirk Fogg (reminding teams to wait for the multiple choice answers in the steps of knowledge)

"We got our first team going to the temple games! it's the (insert winning team #1)! We still need one more team, who's it gonna be? (insert three remaining teams) Next question, Olmec?" - Kirk Fogg (on the first team advancing to the temple games)

"These two teams will be going on to the temple games! It's the (insert winning team #1) and (insert winning team #2)! (insert two losing teams) are not going away empty handed, here's what we've got for you" - Kirk Fogg (season 1)

"These two teams will be going on to the temple games! It's the (insert winning team #1) and (insert winning team #2)! (insert two losing teams) are not going away empty handed, we got a great gift for them. Here's what it is!" - Kirk Fogg (season 2)

"We got our two teams, and they're going to the temple games! It's the (insert winning team #1) and (insert winning team #2)! (insert two losing teams) gave it a valliant effort, we've got a great gift for them, Here's what it is!" - Kirk Fogg (season 3)

"These two teams will be playing for the right to enter Olmec's temple and they're gonna do it right after this!" - Kirk Fogg

"Welcome back to Legends. Now the glory goes to the fastest and the strongest." - Kirk Fogg (at the start of the Temple Games)

"In the Temple Games, each team is competing to win Pendants of Life. The winning team will need those Pendants to protect them from the dreaded Temple Guards as they make their way to the Temple. There are three Temple Games." - Kirk Fogg

"Here are the Tiebreaker Rules: I'm gonna ask/read you a question. If you think you know the answer, hit the gong in front of you. You'll have three seconds to answer, and I must accept your first response. If you're right, you and your partner will be going to the Temple (and search for (insert legend.) If you're wrong, or you ran out of time, your opponents automatically win. All clear?" - Kirk Fogg (explaining about the Tiebreaker from Season 1)

"Here are the Tiebreaker Rules: In a minute, Olmec will ask you a question. If you think you know the answer, hit the gong in front of you. You'll have three seconds to answer, and I must accept your first response. If you're right, you and your partner will be going to the Temple (and search for (insert legend.) If you're wrong, or you ran out of time, I'm gonna give the other team/your opponents a chance to answer. All clear?" - Kirk Fogg (explaining about the Tiebreaker from Seasons 2 and 3)

"Olmec, we're now ready for your final question" - Kirk Fogg (awaiting Olmec the Tiebreaker question)

"The (winning team) is going to the Temple! (Losing team), nice try, great effort. You're not going away empty handed, we got a great gift for you. Here's what it is!" - Kirk Fogg

"We'll see if the (winning team) can make it to Olmec's Temple, and retrieve the (insert artifact of the day) right after this!" - Kirk Fogg

"Welcome back to Legends. (insert two winning contestants) have proven themselves worthy and now have earned the right to enter Olmec's temple. But first, Olmec will give them some information to help them retrieve (insert artifact of the day)." - Kirk Fogg

"You could start by climbing through the Ledges, and climbing down into the Pit of Despair/Rock Quarry/Pit. Crawl through the Pit/Throw five rocks into the bucket to lift the slab, then race in the Throne Room/Laser Light Room. Sit on the Throne of the Pretender/Unleash the power of the special White Laser, and you could choose to go up into the Heart Room/Medusa's Lair/The Room of the Mandarin Hand, or... into the treacherous Swamp/Jester's Court. If you escape then/Place yourself against the right wall painting and you might have a chance to enter the Dark Forest. Reach into the hole and find the key, or/but be careful, one of the trees could be inhabited by the spirit of a temple guard. If they grab you, You'll have to give up a Pendant of Life. Next plow through the wall and into the Mine Shaft. There. ride the elevator up into the Viper's Nest/Lightning Ball Room/Room of the Secret Password. and pull the snakes from the jars to/Connect the power cords to create your own Lightning which will/Find the tablet with the right password and shout it out, to open the door to the SHRINE OF THE SILVER MONKEY. Assemble the statue and you maybe headed for the King's Storeroom. Smash the claypots to find the key, which will allow you to enter the Observatory. put together the puzzle on the stone column, and jump back into the Pit/run across the Troubled Bridge/swing on the rope back across the Pit, then, pass through the Crypt, race down the stairs and back through the Temple Gate."- Olmec (in Season 2)

"You could start by running up the stairs to the Crypt. Pull the books from the skeletons, and pass into the Pit of the Pendulum. Knock down the column and cliiiimb into the King's Storeroom. Smash the clay pots to find the key that will lead you into the Chamber of the Sacred Markers. Match the symbols on the right, to the rules on the left, then pass into the Room of the Ancient Warriors. Place yourself against the correct armor, and open the door to the SHRIIIIIIINE OF THE SILVER MONKEY! assemble the statue, and you maybe headed toward the Room (whispers) of the Secret Password. Find the tablet with the correct inscription which will open the door to the Pharoah's Secret Passage. Slide down the tunnel to the Quicksand Bog where you could smash through to the Dark Forest, but beware the temple guards that may inhabited the trees. Find the key in the tree, and you'll enter the Jester's Court. Press yourself against the correct wall painting, and you'll gain entry to the Tomb of the Headless Kings. Pull the vines to release the bones, and attach the missing skull to it's proper King. Then, rrrrrrrace through the Pit, cliiimb through the Ledges, rrrrrrrrace down the stairs and back through the Temple Gate." - Olmec (in Season 3)

"The choices are yours and yours alone. Good luck." - Olmec (in Season 1)

"Thank you/Thanks, Olmec. All right, you guys won (insert number of pendants here) in the temple games. Who's going first? (Contestant: I AM!). Okay, now, which way you're gonna go, up or down? (Contestant: UP./DOWN.) Okay, now, when I say 'Go', you're gonna race through the temple gates into the Temple and make your way towards the (insert specific room) and grab the (insert artifact of the day). But be careful, because the Temple has many locked doors and dead ends, and also hidden inside the Temple are Temple Guards, assigned to protect three specific rooms. If you enter one of those rooms, a Temple Guard will run/jump out and capture you, but you can trade your pendant in for an extra life and go on, but, if you're caught without a pendant, you'll be taken out of the temple and it will be (insert name)'s turn to enter and try his/her luck. (Now, you have a pendant in a half. Hidden somewhere inside the temple is the other half of your pendant. If you find the half pendant and you're carrying the other half, you'll also get an extra life.) As soon as you can reach the (insert artifact of the day), all of the doors of the temple will instantly unlock and the temple guards will vanish/disappear. And you'll have three minutes, and for your efforts, you will both be handsomely rewarded. And here's how." - Kirk Fogg (in Season 1)

"The choices are yours and yours alone. You won (insert number of pendants here) in the temple games. Who's going first? (Contestant: I AM!) Very well, (insert name)! When Kirk gives the signal, you'll race through the gates, into the Temple and make your way towards, (insert artifact of the day). Hidden inside the Temple are Temple Guards, assigned to protect three specific rooms. You can trade your pendant for an extra life and go on, but, if you're caught without a pendant, you'll be taken out of the temple and it will be (insert name)'s turn to enter and try his/her luck. (Hidden somewhere inside the temple is the other half of your pendant. If you can find it and you're carrying the other half, you will get an extra life.) If you can reach the (insert artifact of the day), all of the doors of the temple will instantly unlock and the temple guards will vanish. Return through the gates with the (insert artifact of the day here) in 3:00, and you will both be handsomely rewarded. And here's how!" - Olmec (in Seasons 2 and 3)

"For just getting into the Temple/First, you're both gonna get (insert first prize). Grab the (insert artifact of the day) within three minutes, and you'll also receive (insert prize). And if you bring back (insert artifact of the day) out of the Temple before three minutes is up, you'll both be going to (insert grand prize)." - Dee Bradley Baker (announcing prizes for the Temple Run)

"Olmec, lower your gate please." - Kirk Fogg

"OH TEMPLE GUARD!" - Kirk Fogg

Taglines
"Join us again next time for another adventure and another great legend of the hidden temple! Bye Bye!" - Kirk Fogg (1993-1996)

"HMMMMMMMM" - Olmec (1993-1996)

"Legends of the Hidden Temple was recorded in front of a live studio audience in Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios, Florida" - Dee Bradley Baker (1993-1996)