Terror Is Reality

Terror Is Reality
Type	Game show
Member(s)	Tyrone King (host) Amber Bailey (co-hostess) Crystal Bailey (co-hostess) Don Andrews (commentator) Paul Lazenby (commentator) Chuck Greene (contestant) Leon Bell (contestant) Anim White (contestant) Kristopher Bookmiller (contestant) Numerous other contestants
Location	Fortune City Arena
Affiliates	Phenotrans
Website	Unknown

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"Zombies, they took our Willamette, they took our Las Vegas, but tonight, America, tonight it's time for a little payback! It's time for America's most dangerous game show! Its time for TERROR. IS. REALITY!!"

—TIR announcer

Terror Is Reality is an entertainment show where contestants compete to kill more zombies than their opponents, with large cash prizes for the winner. Similar to a modern-day gladiatorial contest, spectators in the grandstands cheer for more zombie bloodshed, with over-the-top takedowns greeted by rapturous applause and the promise of slow-motion replays on the arena’s jumbotron. Due to the high number of zombies killed per show and the limited supply gathered from outbreaks, there have only been five or six shows in three years, and its rarity makes it a highly anticipated event whenever news of an outbreak surfaces.^{[Verification needed]}

Despite tumbling ratings and controversy, the seventeenth show, TIR XVII: Payback, takes place in Fortune City, Nevada, on September 25, 2011. It is hosted by longtime celebrity Tyrone King and commentated by Don Andrews and Paul Lazenby. Chuck Greene reluctantly takes part in the show in order to earn money to buy Zombrex for his infected daughter. The show is highly controversial, with numerous groups, including the zombie rights organization Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality (C.U.R.E.), protesting against it. Since its inception, over 200,000 zombies have been involved in Terror Is Reality. Protesters argue that it is unethical to use the infected as a means of entertainment.

Dead Rising 2 allows players to participate in Terror Is Reality through a series of multiplayer challenges for up to four players online. The first four games are always selected randomly; however, every Terror Is Reality episode concludes with a game of Slicecycles.

Events

• Ball Buster
• Bounty Hunter
• Headache
• Master Shafter
• Pounds of Flesh
• Ramsterball
• Slicecycles
• Stand Up Zomedy
• Zombie Tank

Money earned online can be used offline, but has to be a earned in a ranked game, not a player match. The cash a player earns at the end of each Terror Is Reality contest is deposited into Chuck's savings and is usable in the player's single-player/cooperative game.

Known contestants

TIR XVII: Payback

• Contestants: Leon Bell, Chuck Greene, Anim White, Kristopher Bookmiller
• The Hype: This year's contestants are all survivors of zombie outbreaks, including Las Vegas and Willamette.
• Winner:
  • Slicecycles: In the game, it is possible for any player to win Slicecycles, though only Chuck has a cutscene for winning. In the Tape It or Die blog, Chuck Greene wins.
  • Master Shafter: Won by Anim White in three rounds; Leon Bell won one round—Chuck played, but did not win any rounds.
  • Ball Buster: Won by Chuck Greene
  • 20 minute break—the zombie outbreak occurred at this time.
  • Zombie Tank: Never played
  • Bounty Hunter: Never played
  • Stand Up Zomedy: Never played
• Trivia:
  • An instrumental version of TK's "Pernicious Prince" played at the event's introduction.
  • The Slicecycles event is usually at the end of the show, but in XVII, TIR presented Slicecycles at the beginning of the event.
  • In the program, Roland Nichol and Bobby Newland are listed as replacements for Anim White and Kristopher Bookmiller.
  • In the non-canon Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, a single unnamed event is featured in the beginning of the game, in which Frank West must fight zombies in a wrestling ring. This mini-game reappears near the end of Overtime.

TIR XVI: Dead, White and Blue

• Contestants: Pedro Weeks, Terry D. Good, Klaus Albrecht, Adam Schrodinger
• The Hype: Politicians swap the campaign trail for one of terror
• Winner: Pedro Weeks

TIR XV: Summertime Suffering

• Contestants: Vic Johnson, Blaise Davide, Everett Mire, Scott Caverly
• The Hype: Thanks to Volleybomb and Spit Take, life's a beach for the undead
• Winner: Everett Mire

TIR XIV: Man's Worst Friend

• Contestants: Gregory Bordon, Rick Scott, Roland Andrews, Eduardo Esteban
• The Hype: Contestants go wild with zombie birds and animals
• Winner: Eduardo Esteban

TIR XIII: Street Fighter

• Contestants: Elizabeth Horikawa, Fred Santos, Sankhit Sahleel, Mark Naron
• The Hype: TIR takes to the streets of Fortune City for some urban uproar
• Winner: Elizabeth Horikawa

Unknown event

• Travis Conyers
• Patricia Kucharska - The first female winner.
• Killer Kyle Harris
• Hogan Payne - Olympic boxer.
• Bobby Newland
• Roland Nichol
• Paul Lazenby

Trivia

• Frank West inadvertently inspired the name of the show while arguing with his agent Clay Hurlton over the cancellation of his show, Uncovered, in favor of a new show that Hurlton describes as, "...'Real' Reality TV." Frank angrily screams, "You wanna know what real reality is, you smug sonuvabitch? TERROR IS REALITY, that's what!" Hurlton steals this as the show's title.
• Zombrex sponsors everything at Terror Is Reality, and they do not even allow associate sponsors.
• TIR XIII: Street Frighter is a reference to Street Fighter, a game series also made by Capcom.
• In Dead Rising 3, some zombie models can wear shirts with the Terror Is Reality logo on it. Whether this implies the show continued after the events of Dead Rising 2 remains unclear, as it is never mentioned in the game.

Announcers

• While playing TIR online, the two announcers always begin with Paul Lazenby saying a line that informs the audience, followed by Don Andrews responding with an insult directed at Paul. Paul never responds to Don's insults.
• During events, Don will also talk about having participated in the show, referencing his past involvement.
• Don often makes statements about "back in [his] day" during certain events, such as Bounty Hunter, which makes the show seem older than it is, even though it is only four years old by the time of Dead Rising 2.
• While playing TIR, players may hear Don say, "You know, Paul, I once heard that zombies sparkle in the sunlight!", which is a reference to the Twilight book series. Paul promptly replies, "Now that is the most stupidest retarded thing I have ever heard!"
• The characters of Don and Paul are similar to other announcers in video game and television media. Don is similar to Mad Dog "Strangler" McGraw in Fable II, as both are past competitors in the events they comment on and serve as the comical half of the duo, constantly insulting their fellow partners. Paul is similar to Allen Murray in that they both focus more on the show rather than their rougher partners. A similar dynamic can be seen on WWE SmackDown, where an ex-wrestler (who occasionally jumps in the ring) acts as the comic relief next to his co-commentator.

Gallery

The Twins and Tyrone King hosting Terror Is Reality

The stage of Tyrone King

The big countdown monitor of TIR

TIR Contestants

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