The Gamekillers
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The Gamekillers was the title of a one-hour television special
that was aired on MTV
in the United States
in 2006 and re-aired on The Comedy Network
in Canada
. It was a cross-promotional event with Axe Dry
who had previously used the "Gamekiller" premise in a recent ad campaign. Therefore, this television series is known as "branded content."
The "Gamekillers" are a collection of stereotyped characters who represent certain annoying personalities who teens and 20-somethings often encounter throughout the course of their social life. In particular, each Gamekiller is said to be particularly skilled at inadvertently (or sometimes purposely) ruining a date and breaking up a couple. They are all generally understood from a male perspective.
In the show, each Gamekiller was profiled, and actors playing certain ones were introduced to unsuspecting real-life couples to ruin their dates.
, Casanova, John Hancock
and Sasquatch.
This series reprises some of the Gamekiller roles featured in the original special and introduces several new characters:
Television special
A television special is a television program which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. Sometimes, however, the term is given to a telecast of a theatrical film, such as The Wizard of Oz or The Ten Commandments, which is not part of a regular...
that was aired on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2006 and re-aired on The Comedy Network
The Comedy Network
The Comedy Network a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media specializing in comedy programming.The channel operates two time shifted feeds, East and West ....
in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It was a cross-promotional event with Axe Dry
Axe (deodorant)
Lynx is a brand of male grooming products, owned by the British/Dutch company Unilever and marketed towards young males.-History:Axe was launched in France in 1983 by Unilever...
who had previously used the "Gamekiller" premise in a recent ad campaign. Therefore, this television series is known as "branded content."
The "Gamekillers" are a collection of stereotyped characters who represent certain annoying personalities who teens and 20-somethings often encounter throughout the course of their social life. In particular, each Gamekiller is said to be particularly skilled at inadvertently (or sometimes purposely) ruining a date and breaking up a couple. They are all generally understood from a male perspective.
| Name | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| BRITISH ACCENT British English British English, or English , is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere... GUY |
who impresses women with his phony accent Regional accents of English speakers The regional accents of English speakers show great variation across the areas where English is spoken as a first language. This article provides an overview of the many identifiable variations in pronunciation, usually deriving from the phoneme inventory of the local dialect, of the local variety... and general foreignness English people The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens... |
| THE MOTHER HEN | a domineering girl who micromanages Micromanagement In business management, micromanagement is a management style where a manager closely observes or controls the work of her or his subordinates or employees... the lives of her girlfriends |
| CARL | an average single Single (relationship) In legal definitions for interpersonal status, a single person is someone who is not in a relationship or is "unmarried". If a marriage is annulled, however, or it is found to have been void ab initio , and assuming the person was not married previously, that individual is single, rather than... friend who considers dating to be a low priority, compared to other hobbies, like sports |
| THE MESS | a guy who is not only a slob, but tries to provoke immaturity from his friends |
| EARLY MAN | a generally macho Machismo Machismo, or machoism, is a word of Spanish and Portuguese origin that describes prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity. As an attitude, machismo ranges from a personal sense of virility to a more extreme male chauvinism... , strong bully |
| THE BALLADEER Ballad A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many... |
who uses his musical skills Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture... to woo over women |
| THE PACE CAR Safety car In motorsport, a safety car or pace car is a car which limits the speed of competing cars on a racetrack in the case of a caution period such as an obstruction on the track. During a caution period the safety car enters the track ahead of the leader... /THE 11 |
a girl who is distractingly attractive, though "out of your league". Played by Giulianna Ramirez |
| SENSITIVO | an overly sensitive Sensitivity (human) The sensitivity or insensitivity of a human, often considered with regard to a particular kind of stimulus, is the strength of the feeling it results in, in comparison with the strength of the stimulus... and protective, possibly gay Gay Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian".... male friend of a girl |
| MAN CANDY | a distractingly attractive man who can easily steal dates |
| THE DRAMA QUEEN | a girl who makes a big production out of everything |
| THE BALLER | a basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... athlete who uses his skills to impress |
| IQ Intelligence quotient An intelligence quotient, or IQ, is a score derived from one of several different standardized tests designed to assess intelligence. When modern IQ tests are constructed, the mean score within an age group is set to 100 and the standard deviation to 15... |
a very smart guy who "claims" you won't get the girl, and tends to be a windbag |
| THE ONE-UPPER One-upmanship One-upmanship is the art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor.The term originated as the title of a book by Stephen Potter, published in 1952 as a follow-up to The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship and Lifemanship titles in his series of tongue-in-cheek self-help books, and film ... |
a guy who always claims to be doing something better and more interesting than whatever you've done, tends to be a bore |
| MAN WITH DOG Dog The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in... |
a guy who uses his dog to impress a girl |
| KASH Cash In common language cash refers to money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins.In bookkeeping and finance, cash refers to current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-immediately... MUNNI Money Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past,... |
a wealth Wealth Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. The word wealth is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem... y, snob Snob A snob is someone who believes that some people are inherently inferior to him or her for any one of a variety of reasons, including real or supposed intellect, wealth, education, ancestry, taste, beauty, nationality, et cetera. Often, the form of snobbery reflects the snob's personal attributes... bish guy who flaunts his cash everywhere he goes |
In the show, each Gamekiller was profiled, and actors playing certain ones were introduced to unsuspecting real-life couples to ruin their dates.
MTV
MTV subsequently ordered five half-hour episodes of "The Gamekillers", evolving the original 2006 special into a full television series. The first episode premiered on September 21, 2007. In each episode, a male contestant who thinks he is on a simple reality dating show goes on a series of dates with an actress who he believes to be a fellow contestant. Every situation he finds himself in is completely staged, and in every date the contestant is confronted with a Gamekiller, whose purpose is to throw the date off course and ruin the contestant's chances of success. If the contestant overcomes the challenges the producers place in front of him, he will have his name etched onto the ancient Axe Gamekillers Chalice, alongside other such historical ladies' men as Hugh HefnerHugh Hefner
Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.-Early life:...
, Casanova, John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
and Sasquatch.
This series reprises some of the Gamekiller roles featured in the original special and introduces several new characters:
| Name | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| THE SWARM | a group of the girl's best friends, who relentlessly interrogate and embarrass you; |
| NATURAL DISASTER | the politically correct Political correctness Political correctness is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, certain other religions, beliefs or ideologies, disability, and age-related contexts,... , new age New Age The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational... , earthy guy who uses his green ways to impress girls while criticizing your lifestyle |
| THE FLIRT | a provocative girl who will flirt and tease you, distracting you from the girl you're with |
| THE WAND | the street magician Magic (illusion) Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means... who uses his magic tricks to impress the girl and annoy you |
| THE CONQUISTADOR | the sultry, world-traveling Casanova-type whose mastery of romance languages Romance languages The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, more precisely of the Italic languages subfamily, comprising all the languages that descend from Vulgar Latin, the language of ancient Rome... and knowledge of foreign lands impresses and charms girls to no end |
| THE JOKESTER | the guy who is "always on", using his quick wit to get laughs, often at your expense |