| The Broken Trident of Poseidon | |
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Production Number |
3-26 (106) |
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Airdate |
August 9, 1995 |
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Team |
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Contestants |
Kimberly & Tony |
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Temple Layout |
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Previous Episode |
The Red Sash of Tokugawa Ieyasu (Production Order) |
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Next Episode |
The Lily-Crested Crown of Clovis I (Production Order) |
The Broken Trident of Poseidon is the 106th episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple.
The Moat
In this Moat, team members must individually cross the water by crossing over three large, floating icebergs.
| Moat Results | ||
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| Finish | Team | Time |
| 1st | Red Jaguars | 0:30 |
| 2nd | Silver Snakes | 0:34 |
| 3rd | Orange Iguanas | 0:59 |
| 4th | Green Monkeys | 1:07 |
The Steps of Knowledge
One of the most feared and powerful of the greek gods was Poseidon, the god of the sea. The greeks feared Poseidon's violent temper, which manifested itself in thunderstorms and earthquakes. Poseidon's awesome power was strengthened by his mighty trident, which never left his side. Legend has it that one morning Poseidon awakened to find the trident missing! He bellowed to his slumbering wife.
"Aphortrite, have you seen my trident?"
"Poseidon, if you've seen one Trident you've seen them all."
Poseidon sent out a warning to all of Greece.
"Unless my trident is returned by midnight, I will unleash such fury upon this land that no creature will be safe!"
The Greeks searched high and low (mostly low), but to no avail. At five minutes before midnight Greek standard time, a young fisherman named Cretus stood trembling before Poseidon.
"You're royal wetness, a near-sighted stingray mistook your trident for his brother. I retrieved it, unfortunately it is broken in two."
"You are a good and honest soul young Cretus, even if you smell like a trout."
As a reward, Poseidon gave Cretus half of the broken trident. And the other half found its way to the temple.
| Steps of Knowledge Results | ||
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| Question | Choices | Response |
| Is a trident a...? |
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Silver Snakes (Correct - 2 steps left) |
| Is Poseidon the god of...? |
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Silver Snakes (Correct - 1 step left) |
| In Roman mythology, was the god of the sea named...? |
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Silver Snakes (Correct - Advanced to the Temple Games) |
| According to legend, was Poseidon's trident taken by a...? |
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Green Monkeys (Correct - 2 steps left) |
| Is Greece found in the...? |
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Red Jaguars (Correct - 2 steps left) |
| In Greek mythology, is the home of all the gods...? |
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Green Monkeys (Correct - 1 step left) |
| According to legend, was Poseidon married to...? |
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Red Jaguars (Correct - 1 step left) |
| Who was the king of all the gods? |
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Green Monkeys (Correct - Advanced to Temple Games) |
The Temple Games
Set Off the Storm (Bungee Ceiling)
In th legend, when Poseidon couldn't find his trident, he unleashed several tempests and storms throughout Greece; in the sky above Elizabeth and Kimberly was thunder, and on the ground was a watering hole. When Kirk gave the signal, each girl would jump towards the ceiling, grab a lightning bolt and place it in the bin, and whoever got all 10 lightning bolts down within 60 seconds would win. Elizabeth had a very hard time getting a good enough bounce, but managed to get 2 bolts, whereas Kimberly fared much better, getting 7 bolts, awarding the Silver Snakes a half-Pendant.
God of Horses (Bucking Horses)
Poseidon wasn't just the god of the sea, but the god of horses; when Kirk gave the signal, the horse would begin to gallop. If either James or Tony fell off, the opposing player would receive a point, and whoever had more points by the end of 60 seconds would win. Both boys had varying levels of stability on the horse, but Tony ultimately won 3-2, completing the Silver Snakes' full Pendant.
Making Sacrifices (Slingshot Wall)
On a wall behind the teams were four of Poseidon's children (Triton, Arian, Polyphemus & Anteus), and they had give them offerings; when Kirk gave the signal, the boys would shoot a ball to the girls, who would catch it and give it as an offering to the first god. They would continue this to the top, and whoever gave offerings to all four gods within 60 seconds would win; both teams had reached Polyphemus, giving them both one Pendant, but the Silver Snakes advanced to Olmec's Temple with two pendants.
| Temple Games Results | ||||
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| Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Pendants Won |
| Green Monkeys | Lost | Lost | Tied | 1 pendant |
| Silver Snakes | Won | Won | Tied | 2 pendants |
The Temple Run
This temple run went well for the first two minutes, and ended up having a very disappointing outcome. Kimberly was making good progress along the bottom floor of the Temple, never encountering a single Temple Guard along the way. She got the Trident with fifty seconds left, and then, disaster. She was apparently frightened by the sound effect made by all of the Temple's doors unlocking when she had gotten the Trident, and tried fitting herself into a suit of armor in the Room of the Ancient Warriors. When she did this, she set the Trident down. And as soon as she got her bearings down again, she took off running— WITHOUT THE TRIDENT— she made it all the way to the Chamber before she realized she had to go back and get it! Because of her critical error, time expired before she could escape the Temple.
Temple Run Results
| The Temple Run Results | |
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| Victory | No |
| Reached the Artifact | Yes |
| Method of Loss | Ran out of Time |
| Temple Guard Locations | None Seen or Encountered |
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Trivia
- Olmec can be heard moaning (similar to the Stone Stanley logo during the closing credits) during the first commercial break.
- Kimberly lost her Pendant as she was climbing The Pharaoh's Secret Passage. This makes her the second contestant to lose their pendant during the temple run, following Ty in The Lucky Medallion of Atocha.
- This is the third and final episode where no Temple Guards are encountered during the temple run, following" The Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe the Ox" and "The Much-Heralded Helmet of Sir Gawain".
- Of the three episodes, this run was the only one where the winning team had two Pendants of Life, as well as the only one where the team did not win the grand prize.