RuPocalypse Now!
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"RuPocalypse Now!" is the first episode of the fourth season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race .{{Cite web |date=2012-02-01 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: RuPocalypse Now! - BUST |url=https://bust.com/rupauls-drag-race-recap-rupocalypse-now/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509225031/https://bust.com/rupauls-drag-race-recap-rupocalypse-now/ |url-status=live }} It originally aired on January 30, 2012. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Mike Ruiz are guest judges.
Episode
File:Sharon Needles Play.jpg wins the episode's main challenge.]]
Thirteen new contestants enter the Werk Room. For the first mini-challenge, the contestants participate in a photo shoot on a spinning platform while being sprayed with "hazardous waste". Jiggly Caliente wins the mini-challenge.
For the main challenge, the contestants must create a post-apocalyptic couture outfit made from items taken from drag queen zombies. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Mike Ruiz are guest judges.
Lashauwn Beyond, Sharon Needles, and The Princess receive positive critiques, and Sharon Needles wins the challenge. Alisa Summers, Jiggly Caliente, and Kenya Michaels receive negative critiques, and Kenya Michaels is deemed safe. Alisa Summers and Jiggly Caliente place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync contest to "Toxic" (2004) by Britney Spears. Jiggly Caliente wins the lip-sync and Alisa Summers is eliminated from the competition.
Reception
Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'A'.{{Cite web |date=2012-01-31 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: "RuPocalypse Now!" |url=https://www.avclub.com/rupauls-drag-race-rupocalypse-now-1798171342 |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |archive-date=2021-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019034400/https://www.avclub.com/rupauls-drag-race-rupocalypse-now-1798171342 |url-status=live }} In 2019, Mariana Fernandes included Lashauwn Beyond's look in Screen Rant{{'s}} list of ten "design challenge runner-ups that should have won".{{Cite web |last=Fernandes |first=Mariana |date=2019-11-08 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Design Challenge Runner-Ups That Should Have Won |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-challenge-runner-ups-should-won/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221031510/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-challenge-runner-ups-should-won/ |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2191323/ RuPocalypse Now!] at IMDb
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Category:2012 American television episodes
Category:2012 LGBTQ-related television episodes
Category:Post-apocalyptic television episodes