BrainSurge is an American children's game show that aired on Nickelodeon and was hosted by Jeff Sutphen.

Stone, co-creator of Legends of the Hidden Temple, and Clay Newbill, executive producer of The Mole.

The network announced on February 18, 2010, that the program was renewed for a second season, consisting of 40 episodes.

[8] The series was adapted for Latin American and Brazilian audiences as Veloz Mente, which premiered on Discovery Kids on November 7, 2011.

The two eliminated contestants/one team are sent down the "Brain Drain", a slide formed as a human ear containing foam.

If the contestant/team gets a question wrong (or if they fail to answer), the chair makes a farting noise, and the contestant/team is pulled backwards through the paper "tooth" (curtains in Season 2 or later) of a large face (made to resemble host Sutphen) and eliminated from further play.

In the knockout round, the two remaining contestants/teams have ten seconds to memorize a grid of 16 numbers containing 8 pairs of images from the story.

The contestant/team that lost in this round and the two eliminated contestants/teams who got a question wrong from Level 2 all receive a consolation prize.

Upon completing a path successfully, the contestant must step on an actuator outside the board to stop the clock, which is timed to 1/100 of a second.

If the contestant makes a mistake, they are told immediately and must return to the start and view the pattern again before being allowed to continue; when the contestant views the pattern after a mistake, the clock continues to run.

Also, on Family BrainSurge, before the level starts, the episode's winning team also got a donation made by the show's staff in their name to one of Nickelodeon's "Big Help" partner organizations.

During the first week of the second season, the audience was divided into two sections, each with a group of a different gender.

On Family BrainSurge, the Nick stars won prizes for their Brain Trusts in the audience (fans of the show each team was representing).

One week during season 2 featured Jeff hosting with a celebrity co-host by his side.

The co-hosts were: During the last week of season 2, there were pairs of related players competing, but the game was still played with the usual rules.

One episode that week had 6 parent-child teams playing, similar to Family BrainSurge, and during the bonus round, the child did the 4x4 and the 6x6, while the parent did the 5x5.

However, unlike Family BrainSurge, there is no "Brain Trust" and no option for them to ask for an answer in round 2.

The network announced on February 18, 2010, that the program was renewed for a second season, consisting of 40 episodes.