• Air date: 09 Jan '01 19 episodes
      Extreme Challenge is the 4th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to Real World/Road Rules Challenge 2000. Extreme Challenge is the first season that adorned the show with a subtitle, the series having begun a new trend of titling each season based off its format and theme. To date, it's also the only season in which the season title alters the show title, through the insertion of "Extreme" between "Real World/Road Rules" and
  • List of Episodes (19)
    • 1. Ring of Fire

      09 Jan '01
      This season opens up in Maine on two docks by the ocean. One reunites The Real Worlders- -Julie from Real World New Orleans *Using the challenge as a vacation after the RW. -Jamie from Real World New Orleans *Moved to San Francisco, financed some websites and made a name for himself. -Dan from Real World Miami *Been working as a model, and was once a spokesperson for the AIDS walk. -Syrus from Real World Boston *Been living life with no regrets after the RW -Rebecca from Real World Seattle *Went
    • 2. Blimp Water-Skiing

      16 Jan '01
      We open the episode with Syrus still hanging on to dear life on the third rope course. Syrus gains his balance back and makes it through the course edging Real World closer to a win. But the Road Rulers came through at the end and won with a 17 to 16 lead. The Road Rulers got to spend the night in the Yacht while the Real Worlders had to spend the night(probably for the first time) outside. They wake up the following day to face their third and last mission on the island. They are told by Ramona
    • 3. Wharf Games

      23 Jan '01
      We start with another clue, this time narrated by Melissa from Real World New Orleans. They are told to go to a Fisherman's Wharf in Boothbay Harbor, Maine and wear bathing suits under their clothes. We start to learn about Rebecca and James past relationship experiences and what their desires are for future romances. We also find out that they think eachother are ""cool"". Fast foward to the mission, the first part consists of a ""Lobster picking and eating"" contest where the team that eats
    • 4. Improv Games

      30 Jan '01
      We start off with James and Rebecca long fest going on more. They both like what it is right nom but don't know what it's going to be in the future. We move on to James complaining more about losing and how he hates it so much. Christian believes that Real World has a better team spirit then the Road Rules team. They receive the next clue narrated by Devin from Road Rules 2. They learn that they're going to have to due standup comedy/skit at a Comedy in Festival in Montreal. On the way there,
    • 5. Rollerball Games

      06 Feb '01
      We open up with Real World partying cause of all their wins. They receive the next clue which is narrated by Flora by Real World Miami. They're told that they will need to be rolling well and not drop the ball. Christian and Laterrian have a communication barrier and Christian blames it on Latterian's ""jive"" talking while Laterrain blames Christian for being from Norway. They arrive at a warehouse only to find out it's the movie set for the movie ""Rollerball"" They finally notice that they're
    • 6. Ayanna's Departure

      13 Feb '01
      We start right off with Christian being interviewed by the producer, he's asked if he was ever confronted by Ayanna in a physical manner. And then we flash to Ayanna who is talking to a friend on the cell phone saying that she never just snaps like the way she did for no reason, she is only provoked to do that. We then flash foward to 24 hours prior where we find Ayanna crying to Christian about her mother's loss to cancer several months earlier. Christian comforts her and Ayanna is extremely
    • 7. Wheel of Wrestling

      27 Feb '01
      We start off with Julie on the phone with Ayanna while looking at her picture on the Road Rules bus. She says that she feels that she shouldn't be there and that she can't do the challenge without her. Jamie tries to tell her to let it go and enjoy the trip. She tries to go around and get her team to boycott Ayanna leaving, but Road Rules lets her know it's not thier control. The Road Rules team goes on and realizes they need to stay unified as a team and keep Ayanna in their spirit. The next
    • 8. Human Foosball

      06 Mar '01
      We dive right back into Jame's struggles with losing and Rebecca losing respect for him and his childish ways. James is still attracted to her but doesn't know if he should go all the way in fear of screwing it up. Since James is so competitive, Dan decides to make a wager. Who can blow a bigger bubble? James attempts and gets not one bubble. Dan goes and ofcourse gets like 10 big bubbles out of one blow. James punishment? To run around the Real World bus naked. Syrus received the next clue in
    • 9. Sub-Standard

      13 Mar '01
      We go right into Road Rules happy about their winning marathon and Real World hating to lose. The next clue comes narrated by Mssada from the Road Rules Maximum Velocity Tour. She says that the next mission will be ""Sub-Standard"". They all guess that it will have something to do with Submarines only to find out that they have to go to the Navy's Submarine school. They arrive and are given 15 minutes to change into naval outfits. They gather in a class where they learn they'll how to survive in
    • 10. Cheer Leaders

      20 Mar '01
      A clue arrives narrated by Teck from Real World Hawaii. He asks them a riddle- ""What do egyptians and Football players have in common?"" They both like pryamids. They know right off the bat that it has something to do with cheerleading. Road Rules is already full of them self as Susie did some cheerleading in her highschool days and Michelle was a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader for two years. Dan is trying to keep the spirit alive on the Real World team as they all think they're gonna get killed by
    • 11. Tight Rope Walk

      27 Mar '01
      We start off with Emily telling the story of her accident to Susie. Emily had gone on a vacation to Europe and ofcourse she wanted to visit Christian. They went out and had a few drinks and on the way back their car was hit broad-sided by a tractor trailer. Everyone survived but lots of damage was done. Christian cannot go a day without thinking about the accident and he still has two metal plates in his chin to remind him. Emily has major face scaring which has been fixed by plastic surgery.
    • 12. Tough Guy

      03 Apr '01
      The teams are excited cause they're off to London where the next part of the challenge will take place. Both teams receive new double decker buses with their pictures on the side. They start off by doing some site seeing. At lunch, Susie tells Emily that she really wants the money and she thinks the Road Rules team is more into the challenge for the friendships then the money. They receive their next clue narrated by Timmy from Road Rules 2. He says they need to be pumped up and tough for the
    • 13. Extreme Sports

      17 Apr '01
      We go right in with the teams receiving their next clue narrated by Amaya from Real World Hawaii. She tells them that their world will be turned upside down. Amaya also makes a comment about Julie staying strong, in a interview Emily tells everybody that Julie and her don't get along at all and they just try to stay away from each other. On their phones, it tells them that they will be going to Germany. They arrive at the next mission site. The new mission mayor does not speak english well, but
    • 14. Couple Fashion Show

      24 Apr '01
      Note: Some consider this episode the ""Lost Mission"" episode. It only aired the first time and has never aired in reruns or in any Extreme Challenge marathons. The teams receive another clue to be at the world-famous Kit Kat Club in Berlin. They arrive to find Gloria Viagra, a tall blue wigged tranvestite who will be their mission mayor. She tells them that each team must pair up in three teams and do a Famous Couples Fashion show. There's a catch through, they won't be just wearing what their
    • 15. Grossout Games

      01 May '01
      Emily invites Julie out for a shopping trip around Germany in hopes that they can get along better. Julie says they are alright together now but 'The trip is not over yet'! They receive their next clue narrated by Gladys from Road Rules Latin America. She says that they will be going ""medieval"". They receive another clue on their cell phones saying to meet their torture master at a castle. They arrive at the castle and meet their mission mayor who is in cloaks aswell as his assistants. They
    • 16. Paintball / Judge Mills Lane

      08 May '01
      We continue right back in with Syrus holding James shirt up around his neck, Kameelah runs in and breaks them apart. We find out that after all the fighting, noone was awarded the $10,000. That night, Susie admits that she is bitter and speaks for the Road Rules team that they are tired of losing, tired of the challenge, and ready to go home. Laterrian tries to keep the positive attitude but it is even getting hard for him to do that after all the losing. The following morning, they receive a
    • 17. Handsome Reward

      15 May '01
      We start off with James and Rebecca on a walk. Rebecca mentions that she loved James at the beginning of the challenge and now that the Road Rules team continously loses, she finds his hard to be around. James mentions that he is tired of losing and doesn't want to be around anyone, Rebecca or his team. They receive a clue on their phones that they're heading to California. On the van ride to the next mission, both teams are playing with eachother. Road Rules is bound to take this last mission
    • 18. Cease Fire

      22 May '01
      Reunion Special featuring the whole cast even Ayanna who was sent home from the challenge mid-way through the season. Highlights: *Dan worked out every day for a month prior to the challenge with a Marine to prepare. *Kameelah claims the Real World girls are tougher then the Road Rules girls. *James claims Real World paid more attention to what wasn't in the rules then what was. *Road Rules admits that Ayanna would have been a better asset to the team then Susie. *Ayanna is still not sorry for
    • 19. The Real World/Road Rules: The Afterlife

      02 Jan '01
      Catch up with the twelve former Real World and Road Rules alumni who are returning to compete in the 'Extreme Challenge' as they fill us in on how they've changed, what they regret from their show, and where they are today.