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"The messiest minute on television!"

The obstacle course was also the most exciting part of the show.

Below is an alphabetical listing of all the obstacles ever used on Double Dare.

KEY: DIFF.=difficulty (numbers signify the average amount of time the obstacle takes); SIZE=large/medium/small; FLAG=whether or not the flag was crucial to the obstacle (ie, was it hidden in food, or just on a flagpole); ERA=Double Dare ('86-'88); Super Sloppy ('89-'90); Family ('91-'93)
TITLE
DIFF.
SIZE
FLAG
ERA
Ant Farm~
10+
L
Y
SS/F
Bats in the Belfry
5+
M
Y
SS/F
Big Bowl
5-
M
Y
F
Big Burger
5+
M
Y
SS
The Big Cheese
5+
M
Y
SS/F
Big Gulp
10-
L
N
SS
Birdcage~
5+
M
Y
DD/SS/F
Birthday Bash
10-
S
Y
DD
The Blue Plate Special
5+
S
Y
DD/F
Buried Treasure
10-
S
Y
DD
Burrito Surprise
5-
M
N
SSDD/FDD
Clam Dip~
10-
S
Y
DD
10-
M
N
DD
Doggie Door
10+
S
Y
F
5+
S
N
DD/SS/F
Drawbridge~
5-
M
N
DD/SS/F
Drumroll
5+
L
N
SS/F
5+
L
N
DD/SS/F
Fireman's Flag-Pull
10+
L
Y
DD
5+
L
N
F
Garbage Truck
10-
M
Y
SS/F
10-
L
N
F
Granny's Attic~
5+
S
Y
DD
Grease Monkey
5-
M
N
SS
Gumball Machine
10-
L
N
SS/F
Harvey's Bathtub*
5+
M
N
SS
Hello Dummy!
5-
M
N
SS
Horn Blower~
5-
S
Y
DD/SS/F
Icy Trike~
5+
S
N
DD/SS/F
In One Ear
5-
S
N
SS/F
Inside Out
10+
S
Y
DD/F
It's in the Mail
5-
S
N
DD
Just Desserts
10-
S
Y
DD
Kid Wash I/II
5+
M
N
DD/SS/F
Lake Double Dare
10-
L
N
SS/F
The Lift
10-
L
Y
DD
Low Hurdles
5+
M
N
F
Lube Job
5+
M
Y
SS/F
Marshmellow Mountain~
10-
M
N
SS
Mirror Maze
10-
L
Y
SS/F
Monkey Bars
10-
M
N
DD/F
Moon Walk
5-
S
N
SS/F
Mt. St. Double Dare~
5+
M
N
DD
Nick Blimp
5-
S
Y
F
Nightmare~
5+
S
Y
DD
10+
L
Y
DD/SS/F
10+
S
Y
DD/SS/F
Popcorn
5+
M
Y
SS/F
The Recipe Tire Run
5-
S
N
DD
Rope Climb
5+
M
N
DD
Sewer Chute
10+
L
Y
DD
Shark!
10-
M
Y
F
5-
S
N
DD
Snowstorm
10-
L
N
SS
Soda Jerk
5+
M
Y
SS/F
Spud Splat~
5+
S
Y
SS/F
Squelch 'M Waffles
5+
S
Y
SS/F
10+
L
N
DD/F
Suspension Bridge
5-
M
N
DD/F
5+
M
N
DD/SS/F
Tarzan Vine
5-
S
N
DD
Test Your Strength
5-
S
Y
SS/F
Time's Running Out!~
5-
S
Y
DD/F
Tire Swing
5-
S
N
DD
Toejam~
10-
S
Y
SS/F
Toothpaste
10-
S
Y
DD/SS
Typewriter~
5-
S
Y
SS/F
The Umpire State Building
5+
S
N
SS/F
Under the Covers
5+
S
Y
DD
Wall Climb
5+
S
N
DD
Waveslide~
10-
L
N
SS/F
The Works
10-
M
N
SS/F
Wrestlemana
10-
L
Y
SS/F
5+
M
N
DD/SS/F

* Harvey's Bathtub is not the exact title

~ Ant Farm: Also known early on as Kid Farm

~ Birdcage: Alternatively called Bye Bye, Birdie and The Cage

~ Clam Dip: Renamed A Very Large Clam briefly

~ Dallas: Renamed Pipeline after Dallas reference was outdated; revised even later as Sushi

~ Down The Hatch: Renamed much later as Mush Mouth

~ Drawbridge: Originally called Bridging the Gap; for more info see Marginal Miscellani

~ Granny's Attic: Originally and briefly titled Customs Inspector

~ Horn Blower: Originally Thar She Blows!

~ Icy Trike: Called Desert Trike when the obstacle was filled with sand

~ Marshmallow Mountain: Despite its misspelling, the obstacle was titled "Marshmellow Mountain"

~ Mt. St. Double Dare: Revised as Volcano

~ Nightmare: Revised to It's in the Bag and Go Nuts

~ The 1-Ton Human Hamster Wheel: Renamed simply Hamster Wheel

~ Pick It: Renamed Da Nose

~ Slime Canal: Sometimes titled Breakfast Canal because of its contents

~ Spud Splat: Originally titled "Tater Terror"

~ The Tank: Sometimes renamed for its contents; such as Tea Time, Root Beer Float, etc.

~ Time's Running Out: Renamed Hourglass, after this obstacle was no longer used primarily as the 7th one
~ Typewriter: Briefly titled Hunt 'N Peck
~ Toejam: Originally called Foot Locker
~ Waveslide: Originally called The Big Kahuna

If you know of an obstacle I inadvertently omitted, please e-mail me.

Special thanks to Chuck Donegan for info on some of the early obstacles and alternate titles to popular obstacles.

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