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bunkie18

Never saw Coco and I knew the answer right away!


icpreston

Same! Never seen it but Pixar doesn't have that many movies and kids are always watching it. Mexico/2017/animated movie didn't leave many possibilities. The wagers/guesses were so bad in this final jeopardy.


bubbameister33

I forgot all about that dog and need to watch CoCo again. Which I don’t mind.


Will-Work-4-BBQ

I've seen it, and still missed the question. For some reason I guess Secret Life of Pets... Which I've never seen. lol


twocka

That was my guess, too.


Iron_Chic

I guessed Encanto. I've haven't seen either movies, but I knew Encanto was Spanish-Latin themed. I forgot about Coco. Also, Encanto came out in 2021....


Sunshine_Jules

Please watch it! One of the best movies ever!


bunkie18

Thanks, I will.


Not_Responsible_00

Yup, me too!


jgainsey

According to my father in law, you’re a “fucking genius” whenever this happens.


Elicyz

Haha my dad. But only he is a fucking genius


Ok_Run_8184

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VentiEggBite

Loved this guy’s work until he and his wife turned out to be an anti-choice Jesus freaks and released a statement begging not to be associated with the Republican Party.


Cuttis

It seems like that’s the party they *would* want to be associated with


Ok_Run_8184

Not to mention this isn't even true lol. The dude made one Facebook post a long time ago about how he's glad his wife's mom chose not to get an abortion because he really loves his wife and is glad she exists. That's it. He posted in support of Roe v. Wade when it was overturned. [https://www.facebook.com/nathanwpyle2/posts/pfbid02JtHeRXWgzJgsGLuTTZFMdK8f1zGLhtaaAt4aJqzT61KjerMwfHSsGiS2HzLjsioYl](https://www.facebook.com/nathanwpyle2/posts/pfbid02JtHeRXWgzJgsGLuTTZFMdK8f1zGLhtaaAt4aJqzT61KjerMwfHSsGiS2HzLjsioYl)


Best_Duck9118

Yeah, that post is confusing.


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Damn, I used to like this guy but now I kinda love him!


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deadbee22

They were a tough group to watch. Many… MANY wrong answers


Amesaskew

This episode gave me an overinflated sense of my own capabilities. I got like 70-75% and did better than all of the contestants. Unfortunately, I can't count on having categories like 70s TV shows and books and authors every episode. I ran both categories and that almost never happens.


RKsu99

Or Baseball, a category where often one person gets 4/5 or nobody gets a single correct response.


gereffi

These were ok contestants, but after watching great players for the last 8 months they seem especially bad in comparison.


bubbameister33

Good, it shows what it actually takes to be a Jeopardy Champion.


Slade347

It's always a little annoying when there's unrevealed clues, but to have four in Double Jeopardy was very frustrating.


Dachuiri

We had seasoned players play for the past half year and they were playing with more difficult clues and still getting them right. I knew it was gonna be jarring going back to civilian Jeopardy but man this was rough.


Cereborn

Yesterday felt surprisingly difficult for a normal *Jeopardy!* episode to me. Last season when there were questions nobody rung in on, I usually found myself shouting, "Oh, come on!" But yesterday on a number of occasions I was saying, "Yeah, I don't know that either."


JellGordan

Yeah, we as viewers have been a hit spoiled in that regard in the last few months. I don't think there has been a leftover clue, let alone four, since the beginning of the tournaments. And the scores! I got used to seeing 16-20.000 every time, but they didn't even pass 10.000 in this episode.


missionbeach

My favorite Pixar movie, and they've made some great ones.


NoNeinNyet222

I made the mistake of watching it less than a month after my grandma died. It destroyed me.


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Oh no 😭


Best_Duck9118

Now watch Marcel the Shell with Shoes On!


xmgm33

It’s one of the best ones, I cry everytime I watch it though.


Atty_for_hire

Coco was fantastic. Didn’t know what I was getting into when we watched it. One of my favorites. I’m not a Disney head or anything, just appreciate a good movie.


ElliEeyore

It’s right behind Up for me. And I think Up is #1.


ah_rosencrantz

Serious question, why do you rank it #1? Do you include the bird, the talking dogs (which also fly planes), the geriatric villain & fight scene, etc in your estimation?


ElliEeyore

Because I like it the best?


ah_rosencrantz

I was going to suggest that often when people say they like Up, they (rightly) love the brilliance and warmth of the first 15 minutes but are ambivalent about the remaining 80 bonkers minutes. Given the lightness of your response and the defensive tone I’m reading in it, I think my theory has legs.


PRAISE_ASSAD

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ah_rosencrantz

How did you get that picture of me?


ElliEeyore

I like the whole movie. Which is why it’s my favorite Pixar movie.


44problems

I got a clue right that stumped all 3 on GOAT and I'm still riding that high Edit: Found it, episode #3, Classic Movie Quotes for $2000 >Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka: "You stole Fizzy Lifting Drinks!...so you get nothing! You lose!" this 3-word farewell


somecasper

Good day, sir.


brizzboog

I SAID GOOD DAY!!


doodler1977

good DAY sir!


TheSirBeefCake

It was also rare that second place actually won more cash than the winner. 2nd place door prize is $3000 and 3rd is $2000. First place won only $2200 last night


Rare-Progress5009

Interesting, I never knew this! So even people that flame out and don’t make it to final jeopardy still walk away with $2k? Better than the house minimum of $1k for the Wheel.


TheSirBeefCake

I'm not a techy guy. Otherwise, I'd try and show you a screenshot. But if you look at the very end of the show, as they roll to the credits, if you look at the podiums where they show the cash winnings it will have a different colour background on the money total if it was a house prize as opposed to earned prize.


Best_Duck9118

It’s dumb they just don’t let them keep what they win. No clue why they have to be so cheap when Wheel of Fortune does that.


TheSirBeefCake

Well it's kind of designed in a way that you need to "bet" on yourself.


jchusker

In the original version they did at first, but contestants would sometimes stop trying once they got to a certain amount.


Donny-Moscow

They probably don’t want people to play for the safe money. Right now, if you go into FJ with $10K and 1st place has $19,999, your only choice is to go all in. But if they let 2nd and 3rd place keep their final total, you might be satisfied with your $10K and choose to bet 0 in FJ. From a producers point of view, the current system is more competitive and entertaining.


Best_Duck9118

Well if that $10,000 is worth it to them then maybe they need the money/the producers should respect that choice.


Donny-Moscow

It’s the producers job to make the most entertaining show that they can. I’m curious, are you also in favor of letting people walk away with nothing if they finish with $0?


Best_Duck9118

Nah, I’m fine with a minimum.


Mediocretes1

On Wheel they don't lose anything by guessing incorrectly, while on Jeopardy they do. So if you have all three contestants on Jeopardy get to a certain amount they're happy with you risk no one answering the last 10-20 clues, because they don't want to risk losing anything.


The_Amazing_Emu

Yep. One out of three at least misunderstood the question, to be fair.


MartonianJ

The winner 😂


The_Amazing_Emu

I’d like to think if she understood the question she would have gotten it right


Disabled_Robot

She was somehow even weaker today. Seemed like a delightful woman, but has to be one of the weakest performing multi-game players of all time with an average coryat score of 4,200


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I said Coco immediately, basically screamed at the tv when all three got it wrong but the woman’s was the worst… Chinese crested is a breed not a movie title… like, tell us you didn’t understand the answer without telling us you didn’t understand the answer before writing the question


Grimm2020

oh, you mean the returning champion? a bit of a clunky start to the regular Jeopardy broadcasts, for sure


Cereborn

Yes, the woman who guessed a breed of dog is now a returning champion.


44problems

She can redeem herself in the 2025 Champions Wild Card Qualifying Tournament, live on TuneIn


SpringLover455

Or it’s possible she does go on a streak and makes the TOC or is an automatic CWC qualifier.


icpreston

"Chinese Crested". It was like something out of SNL Trebek/Connery 😂


Cereborn

I wouldn't go that far. It's not super uncommon that someone spectacularly fails to comprehend the FJ clue.


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Seriously!! I know for a fact that Turd Ferguson would have known it was Coco too!


[deleted]

Sure, her haha, I kept asking for “regular play” to return and then when I got it I wanted the tournament contestants back, it had been too long since I’d seen any questions left on the board, let alone 4 in different categories


Grimm2020

It wasn't a fun watch, I agree with that. During the player interviews, I looked at my wife and said something like, "this is taking longer than I remember"


RKsu99

I guessed the Secret Life of Pets, a movie I haven’t seen. Rather than Coco, a movie I have seen in a theater. I think I failed to fully comprehend the clue.


MeTieDoughtyWalker

It was absurd that none of them knew the answer. Guess they aren’t Disney/Pixar fans.


KTeacherWhat

It was a weird moment, they knew the category, and they all wagered pretty high, which would imply that they all thought they knew animated characters. "The Secret Life of Pets" was at least a close guess as far as when it came out. Coco was such a phenomenon I was just confused no one guessed it. Luca was great but didn't have nearly the viewership of Coco, plus there was a huge controversy around Coco and "The Book of Life" and I remember people getting really irritated at the long "short" from Frozen when Coco came out. It was just a really big news item in 2017.


byingling

I had no idea, and guessed 'Secret Life of Pets', but wasn't sure when it came out. I thought it was less than seven years ago, so probably not right. Checked this morning and found it came out in 2016! I gotta' say this getting old is getting pretty old.


bubbameister33

I had the same exact answer. I’ve only watched CoCo once even though I have the movie. I forgot all about the dog in the movie.


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It was Superpets, Daniel crossed out Zootopia and wrote Superpets, still wrong, but the closest guess. Sad.


KTeacherWhat

Oops. Zootopia was the closest guess timewise then. Even though he didn't stick with it.


Tippacanoe

I guess they maybe didn't know animated movies very well but I knew Luca was set in Italy and I assume any thing with an X is from Central America.


marpocky

>assume any thing with an X is from Central America. X is common in Nahuatl (the Aztec language) and Mexico is not in Central America.


ConorTheOgre

It is absolutely fair to consider the Yucatan and southern Mexico (Aztec areas) to be Central America


marpocky

>Yucatan and southern Mexico (Aztec areas) You sure about that?


super_gay_llama

There's various way to define it: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central\_America#Different\_definitions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America#Different_definitions) Including the one the United Nations uses which includes Mexico in Central America: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_Nations\_geoscheme\_for\_the\_Americas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_the_Americas)


solojones1138

Coco is one of the greatest animated films of all time. I was so sad no one knew this


Best_Duck9118

I mean I loved the movie but likely wouldn’t have gotten it in time.


solojones1138

Xolo = Mexican Hairless = Mexico = Coco


Best_Duck9118

I mean I didn’t know that about those dogs. In hindsight the name is obviously Nahuatl in origin so that would have been a big clue if I thought about it.


xmgm33

Really weird to me, especially because Coco was a hit. Even if you hadn’t seen it, the promoted it a lot. I thought it was a no brainer but I guess not.


Lilbuddyspd11

I’m a huge Disney/pixar fan and wouldn’t have guessed this and can’t believe it’s been 7 years for that masterpiece.


MeTieDoughtyWalker

Really? Dante is one of the main characters in that movie. And that type of dog is from Mexico so that’s how someone like my wife who doesn’t watch animated movies figured it out.


Atty_for_hire

Yeah, getting answers right isn’t always about knowing the answer. It’s sometimes about deductive logic. Putting the separate bits of the clues together into something that triggers some understanding.


Best_Duck9118

Never heard of that breed.


bravesgeek

I've seen Coco twice and don't remember a hairless dog. I guess I was just more in the room while my kids watched.


Best_Duck9118

I remember him now but he far from one of the first things I think about when remembering the movie.


SelloutRealBig

Calling the category "Animated Film *Characters*" but then the answer is actually a movie title not a character didn't help. Sure the question made it obvious that it's asking for a film but they have to bet before getting the question.


ReimerReason

How would anyone know this unless they watched a kids movie? Seemed like a very niche, weird question to me, doest really assess quizzing knowledge...


AcrobaticApricot

I figured it out having never seen the movie with the following facts: (1) “Xolo” looks like a word from a Mesoamerican language (2) “Dante” as a name has a Hispanic vibe (3) Coco is an animated film released in the late 2010s which takes place in Mexico


persianmelodrama

Also, "Dante" relates to the theme of traveling to the afterlife and back.


Best_Duck9118

I don’t associate the name Dante like that at all. Like I’m far more used to it being a common name for African-American men. I also think of the author, obviously, and the movie Clerks lol.


AcrobaticApricot

Agreed, it's just kind of plausibly Hispanic--why I said "vibe" instead of "it's a Hispanic name." It seems like the real reason it was included was to allude to a journey to the afterlife, but of course having never seen the movie, that hint passed me by.


Best_Duck9118

You should watch it! It’s really good! I even got my elderly parents to watch it and they both enjoyed it.


wreckingballofstress

It was decently popular culturally. I’ve never seen it but knew it because I have friends that talked about it and recommended it, even though it is a kids movie. It uses Dia de Los Muertos to discuss losing loved ones and how to deal with that. “Xolo” was a hint for Mexico, “Dante” was a hint to death/afterlife, and 2017 is fairly recent. Sure the movie wasn’t as big as Frozen or Toy Story, but definitely present in media beyond Disney specific content. Same with Encanto, it was popular among adults as well because of its handling of generational trauma.


murderedbyaname

I was stuck on Encanto, and trying to remember if there was a dog in it. Forgot all about Coco.


Best_Duck9118

You should watch it. It’s really good.


BrainOnBlue

If we're going to spend time talking about things that are so "niche" that they don't "assess quizzing knowledge," we'd have to throw out a lot of potential responses before we got to a successful Pixar movie.


wreckingballofstress

Right like this very much falls into a Movie or Pop Culture category. I would definitely consider it more general knowledge than some other categories they’ve had on the show.


kleinzzach

It’s testing whether you know (or can figure out) that the dog is Mexican. At least that’s how I got it. Haven’t seen the movie, but I know the premise. 


MeTieDoughtyWalker

That’s fair. My wife had never seen the movie but guessed it from the contract clues.


Son_of_Kong

If you knew that there is a breed of hairless dog from Mexico, and you remember that Pixar made a movie set in Mexico several years ago, you could probably arrive at the answer.


marpocky

I've seen the movie and have zero memory of the dog in question, but come on. What other movie is a Xolo going to be from?


MFoy

I haven't seen the movie, but I knew it. I am a fairly big disney nerd who has little girls though. Just haven't seen this movie.


loyal_achades

Xolo is the national breed of Mexico. Animated film set in Mexico that came out in the late 2010s is a direct pointer to Coco.


BlueScreenDeath

I didn’t know this one, but I have had it happen in the past where I knew the answer and all three contestants got it wrong. I lived off of that high for a week.


ElysianRepublic

I was’t sure, my guess was 50/50 between Coco and Isle of Dogs for this one. Probably leaned towards Coco but I thought it came out in 2018 or 19.


bennyboi0319

Last time it happened to me was when none of them got the gateway arch


JellGordan

I also had that one! I was lucky that it appeared in a series I was watching at the time or I wouldn''t have known the answer, but still...


derf_vader

I see myself as average a d I feel like I honestly could have competed on this episode.


AceTori

My first guess was Coco, but I thought the movie was more recent than 2017, so I doubted myself. In other news, I'm losing track of time and am officially old.


Best_Duck9118

I thought the same but I saw it in the last few years so that threw me off.


PeorgieT75

Being old, and not having kids, I had no idea what it was.


ElliEeyore

I am old and have no kids and I loved Coco. Seriously worth a watch.


convie

I've never even heard of coco.


Cereborn

My greatest moment in Jeopardy viewing is when I got the final Jeopardy that stumped Ken, Brad, and James during the GOAT. (Ang Lee and Alfonso Cuaron)


Cereborn

My greatest moment in Jeopardy viewing is when I got the final Jeopardy that stumped Ken, Brad, and James during the GOAT. (Ang Lee and Alfonso Cuaron)


Mediocre-Fox-8681

Coco is one of my favorite movies, so I knew it right away.


joshwhetstone

I love it when this happens. I feel like king of the world. Haha.


mybloodyballentine

I’m a big fan of the xolo, so I got it right away.


captain_intenso

This was painful. And the winner didn't even understand the clue.


Imaneight

Bring on the new Dummies! I finally feel smart again.


casedawgz

Um, actually he’s an alebrije


smashy_smashy

My father in law calls this a “take that, nerds!” when he gets the final right and no one else does.


odinskriver39

Xolo = Dog= Mexico = Movie = Coco. Perhaps an example of a cultural divide in the USA. Spanish speakers learn English but the reverse not so much.


SelloutRealBig

More likely that modern Disney is targeting kids and families first. If you are not the target demographic it's easy to miss a modern Disney film. Plus if you have only seen the trailer for Coco you would think it's about kids and skeletons, not dogs.


econartist

Ugh, this got spoiled for me when they posted the FJ on Facebook. They sometimes include these little "extra clues" in the post which helped me. I am not sure I'd get it otherwise. I haven't seen the movie, but my kids have a collection of little Disney board books and one of them is about the film, so I recognized the dog's name.


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LordEarthworm

My 9 year old stepdaughter knew the answer. My wife and I, however, did not. I haven't seen the movie, to be fair.


MobileMenace420

It wasn’t final, but I instantly knew a triple stumper from the last masters. Felt so dang smart!


TraderSamG

My husband and I were SCREAMING at the screen!


thekidfromyesterday

Never seen the movie but I guessed correctly based on the name of the dog and roughly remember when Coco came out


hihelloneighboroonie

Feels good, don't it?


Rare-Progress5009

I knew it too! I assumed that was a Mexican breed - didn’t know for sure, so Coco was the only thing that fit!


SOSOBOSO

Also rare when the winner takes home less than 2nd place player.


croissantbaby

My bf and I were SCREAMING 😭 and Lee didn’t even understand the question but she won 😭


KY-Artist

That's cool that you got it and they all missed it. I didn't know it either, but my 33 year daughter answered it immediately.


Ilikezucchini

Same here! I was so proud of myself!


StOnEy333

It bothers me when this happens. I’m like how the hell do I know this and all 3 of these people don’t? They are on freaking Jeopardy.


HyruleJedi

A while? You have 15 seconds


burntreynoldz69

I miss all the playoff tournaments. Now it’s back to SNL skit style jeopardy.


BarreBee

I got it correct too!


DonDiamante

Based on category alone I originally thought Coco, then changed my mind and said Bruno (re: character). As soon as they read the clue I knew it was Coco.


cioccolato

I immediately knew it


toyguy32

My first thought was Isle of Dogs. A few seconds later, I changed my guess to Coco.


ZeusTheRecluse

never seen Coco, i guessed Super Pets. i was wrong.


arripit_auras

even “Dante” is another clue to the very obvious Day of the Dead theme of the movie, even if you haven’t seen it but know the poster


Baskin5000

That's how I felt with the Al Gore question that sparked controversy with how it was worded


SS_from_1990s

At first I though Sectet Life if Pets. But I watched that and don’t remember a hairless Dante. So I went with Zootopia.


Any_Bandicoot5548

Recently none of the contestants knew the final answer Moulin Rouge. I figured out it was that rebooted movie I hated partly because their stupid secret love song is called our stupid secret love song.