A promo photo of a Temple Guard and a female Blue Barracuda
Thak and the Temple Guards in the movie version
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Temple Guards in the 2021 Revival series
A Temple Guard in the 2021 Revival series
The Temple Guards are people who guard three specific rooms in Olmec's Temple. They are the main antagonists in the show. If a player enters one of those protected rooms, one of the Temple Guards will jump out and try to capture them. The only way to go on is to give the Temple Guard a full pendant of life (half pendants do not count), which are earned by winning the Temple Games. If the player is caught without a pendant, they will be taken out of the Temple and it will be their teammate's turn to try and advance. If the winning team wins one and half Pendants of Life in the Temple Games, the other half will be hidden somewhere within the Temple. If the the second player finds the other half and is carrying both halves, they will get an extra life, allowing the second player to have no interruptions due to the fact that it is the last Temple Guard. If the winning team has one or one and a half Pendants of Life in the Temple Games and if the second player is caught with no pendants or has only half of their pendant and has not found the other half before getting caught, it is game over. However, if the winning team has two pendants in the Temple Games, the team will be able to go after the treasure. When it comes to the team having two pendants, the first player might get caught by a Temple Guard the first time with their pendant and the second time with no pendants, while the second player give up his/her pendant to the last remaining Temple Guard, which means the game would not end as quickly.
Notes[]
- Once a contestant is caught by a Temple Guard, the room the Temple Guard is protecting will no longer have the Temple Guard.
- Fact 1: When a Temple Guard jumps out to capture a player, they will sometimes surprise/scare the player.
- Fact 2: In Seasons 2 and 3, a spirit of a Temple Guard may inhabit one of the trees in the Dark Forest. So if a player reaches for the key in the tree with the Temple Guard spirit, the rules still apply with a regular Temple Guard: You must give the tree a pendant or you are captured.
Trivia[]
- Although Kirk Fogg refers to them as the "dreaded" Temple Guards, the guards are actually friendly to the contestants, as in The Lily-Crested Crown of Clovis I when Katie fell off of one of the back boxes in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, the guard helps her up and gives Eddie from The Dried Ear of Corn of Sojourner Truth the peace sign. Another guard in Galileo's Cannonball cheered "Jammin' Jon" on as he exited the Temple with the cannonball.
- Even though the Temple Guards were supposed to "vanish" after the contestant grabs the artifact, some of them can still be seen in their hiding places in some episodes like The Star of Sultan Saladin and The Trojan Horseshoe.
- The Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe the Ox, The Much-Heralded Helmet of Sir Gawain, and The Broken Trident of Poseidon are the only episodes in which no Temple Guards were encountered.
- In The Pendant of Kamehameha, the Temple Guard was hiding in the Dungeon but follows and captures the player in the Tomb of the Ancient Kings.
- Also, in that episode, The Moccasins of Geronimo, The Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe the Ox, and The Lost Hornpipe of the Pirate Captain, the Temple Guards missed their cue.
- In some rooms like the Dark Forest and the Room of the Ancient Warriors, the Temple Guards hiding in those rooms can only catch the contestants if they are in a certain position within the rooms. In other rooms, the Temple Guards can catch the players at any position just as they enter the room.
- In Season 1, the brown-masked guard typically hides in the upper entrance, center of the Temple or top corner, whereas the green-masked guard typically hides in the Observatory, Shrine of the Silver Monkey, Tomb of the Ancient Kings, swampy area or bottom of the central shaft, whereas the gold-masked guard typically hides in the Cave of Sighs or bottom of the central shaft; all three guards would alternate being stationed in the treasury area and the bottom corner.
- In Season 2, the brown-masked guard typically hides in the Observatory, King's Storeroom, top corner, Mine Shaft, Dark Forest or the Swamp, whereas the green-masked guard typically hides in the center of the Temple (often wearing a Helmet-Cam), King's Storeroom or top corner, whereas the gold-masked guard typically hides in The Observatory, the Crypt or the Ledges; all three guards would alternate being stationed in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey and the bottom of the central shaft.
- In Season 3, the brown-masked guard typically hides in the Room of the Secret Password, the Quicksand Bog or the Dark Forest, where as the green-masked guard typically hides in the Chamber of the Sacred Markers or the Tomb of the Headless Kings, whereas the gold-masked guard typically hides in the Room of the Ancient Warriors, the Shrine of the Silver Monkey or the Ledges; all three guards would alternate being stationed in the Crypt and the King's Storeroom.
- In Season 2, the brown-masked guard typically hides in the Observatory, King's Storeroom, top corner, Mine Shaft, Dark Forest or the Swamp, whereas the green-masked guard typically hides in the center of the Temple (often wearing a Helmet-Cam), King's Storeroom or top corner, whereas the gold-masked guard typically hides in The Observatory, the Crypt or the Ledges; all three guards would alternate being stationed in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey and the bottom of the central shaft.
- Not all rooms featured the Temple Guards. the Pit of Despair, its successors, the Jester's Court, the Room of Three Torches, the Viper's Nest, and the Well are rooms that did not feature the guards.
- In The Crown of Queen Nzinga and The Discarded Seal of Ivan the Terrible, all three temple guards hid in a straight line.
- In the movie version, the Temple Guards had face paint instead of masks. This was slightly different with the original show.
- The Temple Guards make an appearance in Legends, the official Legends of the Hidden Temple crossover with The Loud House. Some can be seen carrying Kirk Fogg while another appears when Lincoln and Lynn Sr. are in the Temple Run. Unlike the original show, the guard appears in the Dark Forest-like room (which is inaccurate because in the official show, it's the tree spirit of the Temple Guard who captures the contestants) and instead of been given a pendant of life, Lincoln and Lynn Sr. tickle the guard to escape.
- Throughout the show's history, a grand total of 289 Temple Guards have been encountered (58 by the Green Monkeys, 56 by the Blue Barracudas, 53 by the Orange Iguanas, 47 by the Red Jaguars, 43 by the Silver Snakes, and 32 by the Purple Parrots).
- Season 2 has the most Temple Guard encounters, with 89.
- Season 4 has the fewest Temple encounters, with 28.