Nick Arcade/Quotes & Catchphrases

1991 PILOT SPIEL: "Hey, you guys, pause those VCR's and put down those joysticks. It's time for NICK ARCADE: the show that test your video savvy and your video game skills. Today, one lucky team will actually get to go inside a video game for a chance to win this fabulous bonus prize a trip to Universal Studios Florida. And now, here's the host of Nick Arcade, the best dressed Tetris player in the free world, Neil Sherman!"

''FIRST SEASON OPENING SPIEL: "Behind this door is the Video Zone, a place between our world and the video dimension. Waiting to challenge you for control of the Video Zone is one of the game wizards. Is it Merlock, Scorchia, or Mongo? These two teams will compete for the right to enter the Video Zone and face that game wizard's challenge. Who will it be? Find out today on.... NICK ARCADE! And now, here's your host, a guy who (insert funny phrase here), Phil Moore!" Thank you, Andrea, and welcome to Nickelodeon Arcade, where your video savvy and video game skills are put to the Ultimate Test.''

''SECOND AND FINAL SEASON OPENING SPIEL: "Get ready for the ultimate video challenge as these two teams go head to head with the maze of electronic obstacles for the right to face one of our game wizards in the Video Zone! (insert warning or prepared phrase e.g. Get Ready, Get Set,) Here comes.... NICK ARCADE! And now, here's your host, a guy who (insert funny phrase here), Phil Moore!" Thank you, Andrea, and welcome to Nick Arcade, the Ultimate Video Challenge.’'

Catchphrases
"GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO!"- Audience (when time is running out)

"Hey let's meet today's players! Starting off with the yellow team, we have (insert players), say HEY! (applause) (insert info about contestants) Your opponents today are (insert names), say HEY HEY/YO! (applause) (insert info about contestants). Let's wish them all/both good luck! (applause)" - Phil Moore

"Here's how we play/Let's the how do we play, outta the way: You're gonna take Mikey, our Video Adventurer, and you're gonna move him all around the screen, in every direction except diagonally. Now, as you do this, you're gonna run into our four Ps: Points, Puzzles, Pop Quizzes, and Prizes. Be careful, because there is an enemy up there, and if you run into them, you lose control for Mikey/control gets zip from you right to the other team. All questions in Round 1 are worth 25 points, and the team with the  most points/highest score at the end of the two rounds will go inside a video game/be going to the Video Zone to face/battle today's game wizard." - Phil Moore (at the start of Round 1)

"Don't forget the four P's are still up there: Points, Puzzles, Pop Quizzes, and Prizes. Video Challenges, and of course, the Enemy can snag control away, so be careful. All questions in Round 2 are worth 50 points, and the team with the most points/highest score at the end of this round will inside a video game/be going to the Video Zone to face/battle today's game wizard." - Phil Moore (at the start of Round 2)

"You get the goal!" - Phil Moore (when someone answers a correct question in the goal)

"VIDEO CHALLEEEEEEEEEENGE!"- Phil Moore (when video challenge is on the screen)

"Hold it right there, bean brain!" - Game Over, the town bully

"Walk the plank ye scalliwags!" -Blackboard the Pirate

"Alakazam! (Evil laugh)" - Dijini

"You're going to face today's game wizard in the video zone/bonus round!" - Phil Moore (when a team wins the game)

"Whoooooooo! They did it!" - Phil Moore (when a team wins the bonus round)

"Here they come, come on out!" - Phil Moore (after bonus round when players come out of the video zone)