Repo Games
{{Short description|American game show}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| genre = Game show
| creator =
| presenter = Josh Lewis
Tom DeTone
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| country = United States
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| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 40
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| network = Spike
| executive_producer = SallyAnn Salsano
| company = 495 Productions
| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|4|26}}
| last_aired = {{End date |2012|8|21}}
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Repo Games is an American game show on Spike. The series debuted on April 26, 2011.{{cite web|title=Spike TV's New Game Show "Repo Games" Premieres Tuesday, April 26 at 8:00PM ET/PT|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2011/04/04/spike-tvs-new-game-show-repo-games-premieres-tuesday-april-26-at-800pm-et-pt-185401/20110404spiketv01/|access-date=31 December 2012}}
Format
Hosts Josh Lewis and Tom DeTone are actual repo men. They visit actual owners of vehicles in danger of being repossessed and offer them a chance to have the debt fully paid off by playing a trivia game.
The game takes place wherever the vehicle is parked, usually in the owner's driveway. The vehicle is hooked up to a tow truck, and the owner is given a chance to win it back by answering five general-knowledge trivia questions. If the owner can answer three questions correctly, the vehicle is removed from the tow truck and the owner gets it back, with all delinquent payments and any outstanding loan balance paid off by the show. If not, the tow truck drives away with the vehicle. The first series of episodes were filmed in Phoenix, Arizona, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Dallas, Texas. Some 80 vehicle owners took part in the show.[https://money.cnn.com/2011/04/07/news/companies/repo_games_mtv/index.htm CNN.com Article: Win back your car on 'Repo Games'] The second series of episodes have included South Jersey and Indiana.
Episodes
=Season 1: 2011=
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|Title= Wallace and the Green Machine |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|4|26}} |EpisodeNumber = 1 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Darwin Makes a Break For It |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|4|26}} |EpisodeNumber = 2 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Baby Knows Best |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|3}} |EpisodeNumber = 3 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= The Double Repo |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|10}} |EpisodeNumber = 4 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Redneck Rampage |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|17}} |EpisodeNumber = 5 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Bad Boys, Bad Boys |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|24}} |EpisodeNumber = 6 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Who Let the Dogs Out! |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|31}} |EpisodeNumber = 7 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Shots Fired |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|7|12}} |EpisodeNumber = 8 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Grizzly Man |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|7|12}} |EpisodeNumber = 9 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Bait and Repo |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|7|19}} |EpisodeNumber = 10 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Pip Squeak Squawkin |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|7|19}} |EpisodeNumber = 11 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Happy Ending |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|7|26}} |EpisodeNumber = 12 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Bug Spray Attack |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|7|26}} |EpisodeNumber = 13 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Heavy Lovin |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|8|2}} |EpisodeNumber = 14 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Muscle Mayhem |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|8|2}} |EpisodeNumber = 15 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Officer Friendly Knows Best |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|8|9}} |EpisodeNumber = 16 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Mr. Sin City |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|8|16}} |EpisodeNumber = 17 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Mrs. Robinson's Neighborhood |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|8|23}} |EpisodeNumber = 18 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Booty Blockin' |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|8|30}} |EpisodeNumber = 19 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} {{Episode list |Title= Babysitter Badass |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|9|6}} |EpisodeNumber = 20 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = A2CD5A }} |
=Season 2: 2012=
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|Title= No Underwear No Problems |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|3|28}} |EpisodeNumber = 1 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Gunnin' for Payback |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|3|28}} |EpisodeNumber = 2 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Johnnie Don't Know |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|4}} |EpisodeNumber = 3 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Soul Brotha Chicken Wing |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|17}} |EpisodeNumber = 4 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Hammertime |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|17}} |EpisodeNumber = 5 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Bong Show |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|24}} |EpisodeNumber = 6 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Country Quitter |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|1}} |EpisodeNumber = 7 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Jaeger and the Wheelbarrow |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|8}} |EpisodeNumber = 8 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Don't Tell Tom the Babysitter's Down |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|15}} |EpisodeNumber = 9 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Feminem Loves to Dance |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|22}} |EpisodeNumber = 10 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Mike Is the King of the Neighborhood |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|6|12}} |EpisodeNumber = 11 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= You'll Never Take Me Alive, Again |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|6|19}} |EpisodeNumber = 12 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= To Pee or Not to Pee |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|6|26}} |EpisodeNumber = 13 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Even You Can Have a Stripper Wife |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|7|10}} |EpisodeNumber = 14 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Kenton the Butcher |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|7|17}} |EpisodeNumber = 15 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Barely Legal Lindsey |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|7|24}} |EpisodeNumber = 16 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Old Man Nasty |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|7|31}} |EpisodeNumber = 17 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Cops and Repos |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|8|7}} |EpisodeNumber = 18 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Obama Lives in Sherwood Forest |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|8|21}} |EpisodeNumber = 19 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} {{Episode list |Title= Model Mayhem |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|8|21}} |EpisodeNumber = 20 |ShortSummary= |LineColor = B9D3EE }} |
Incidents
During filming for a Las Vegas episode of Repo Games, 40-year-old Carlos Barron shot at the show's film crew because the production van was parked outside of his home. He was later arrested for attempted murder.[http://www.tmz.com/2011/04/26/mugshot-repo-games-las-vegas-carlos-barron-attempted-murder-shooting-shots-gun-spike-tv/ TMZ.com Article: Carlos Barron's Mug Shot -- 'Repo Games' Shooter... Be Very Afraid] He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years of probation on June 24, 2014.{{Cite web | url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/jun/24/north-las-vegas-man-gets-jail-time-repo-games-shoo/ | title=North Las Vegas man gets jail time in 'Repo Games' shooting - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper | date=24 June 2014 }}
References
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External links
- [http://495productions.com/show-repo-games/ 495 Productions]
- [https://repo.games/ Repo games]
{{Spike (TV network) programming}}
Category:2010s American reality television series
Category:2011 American television series debuts
Category:2012 American television series endings