Series synopsis
Double the Fist is an Australian comedy television series that premiered on ABC TV on May 21, 2004. It ended on October 9, 2008. It was created by Craig Anderson, Doug Bayne, Tony Walters. It stars Craig Anderson and Tony Walters.
Double the Fist is an Australian satirical television show which airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of "fistworthiness": host Steve Foxx, and his three offsiders; Rod Foxx, Mephisto, and The Womp. The series has also been broadcast in the UK, Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Brazil.
Premise
Double the Fist is an Australian satirical television show which airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It follows the misadventures of four men and their pursuit of "fistworthiness": host Steve Foxx, and his three offsiders; Rod Foxx, Mephisto, and The Womp. The series has also been broadcast in the UK, Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Brazil.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Guest cast
- Daniel Kennedy
- Yvonne Strahovski as Suzie
- Michael Byrne
- Richard Brancatisano
- Dilshan Rain as Monk
- Lawrence Carmichael as Panda
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 19 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | ||
| Season 1 | 8 | May 21, 2004 | July 16, 2004 |
| Season 2 | 8 | August 14, 2008 | October 9, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vertical Challange (Original Pilot) | |
| 2 | Special Edition (Original Pilot) | |
| 3 | Fistathlon (Original Pilot) |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Vertical Challenge Since abseiling is an extremely weak sport, Steve Foxx challenges the Fist Team to jump off a cliff without the use of safety ropes and equipment. |
May 21, 2004 |
| 2 |
Fist Makeover Steve Foxx shows that anyone can become fistworthy by challenging the Fist Team to take 3 of the weakest members of society and make their lives more extreme. |
May 28, 2004 |
| 3 |
Fistathlon Sport: Safe, clinical, fair...WEAK! This week, Steve Foxx puts the Fist back into sport by challenging the Fist Team to some truly extreme sports, such as Sniper-Golf, where they must get the ball in the hole without getting shot dead. |
June 4, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beat the House Steve returns to Earth (chronologically after Episode 7) to find four years have passed and weakness is at an all time high. He encounters a pair of medieval re-enactors upon landing, and beats them up when they ask that he join them as their leader. He then sets out to find his team: Rod is spying on gymnastics performers, Mephisto is guarding a blood bank (but some vampires have him in their pocket), Womp is being crushed by cars at a derby and Panda is in a zoo. With his team reassembled, Steve tells his plan: to created the ultimate fistworthy base to eradicate weakness, particularly that of the Medieval Re-enactors, from the face of the Earth. For this, they will need $1,000,000. He has a plan: the Fist Team's new target is gambling- not gambling itself, but the losers. He plans to beat the house in the most fistworthy way imaginable: steal it. For his plan, Rod will impersonate a famous hypnotist while Panda will be his 'lovely assistant'; Womp will pretend to be a famous professional gambler and provide a distraction while Mephisto will pretend to be a guard, allowing to sneak in a vampire friend (who will not show up on the security cameras). It does not go as planned. Womp is caught up in his surprising success in gambling and does not fake a heart attack, prompting Steve to knock him out. Mephisto takes Womp down to the vault but Rod puts him to sleep due to a misunderstanding, and the vampire gets to Womp. They both then go on a rampage, causing security to lock everything down. Panda, meanwhile, has fallen in love with a mime. Rod and Mephisto barely escape, but Vampire Womp is disintegrated when he steps into the sunlight. Luckily, Steve managed to chain all the pokie machines to the prize car in the chaos and drives off with exactly $1,000,000. Due to stuffing up the least and not being disintegrated, Rod is given the new title 'Man of Fist'. |
August 14, 2008 |
| 2 |
Local Council With the money acquired in the previous episode, the Fist Team (including Womp, who is both no longer a vampire and no longer dead) and the "competition winners," members of the public who joined the Fist Team through a competition but who are effectively kept by Steve as slave labour, set up in Prawn World, a dilapidated theme park in the bush with a giant prawn as its advertising mascot. Representatives of the council arrives to evict the Fist Team, and Steve immediately orders his team to take them down. A battle time is set for the following morning, when the council returns to evict them. Rod is sent to the council offices, to take on the mayor (a humanoid mutant who is seen to devour a baby in a single mouthful) directly. However, in doing so he comes face-to-face with the mayor's secret weapon, Tara, a beautiful and deadly assassin who, when inactive, morphs into a vending machine controlled by special tokens. Mephisto remains at Prawn World and angers Steve with his convoluted plan involving the wearing of tin-foil hats, telling him to use more force. The council arrives and the battle begins, and the council gains the upper hand. After disappointing Steve and being sent to a shed for time-out, a dejected Womp speaks with his subconscious, which instills in him the confidence he needs to reclaim his position in the fight (and causes him to grow antlers). Womp returns and helps to win the fight. Steve gives his brother Rod the 'Man of Fist' award, despite Rod being almost killed in an epic fight against Tara and contributing very little else to the battle. |
August 21, 2008 |
| 3 |
Fist Furniture Steve decides that comfort is the root of all weakness, so he designs a collection of fistworthy furniture (which offers pain rather than comfort) and sends the team out to destroy Steve's main competition, Vard'e furniture. Although he was not rewarded with Man of Fist in the previous episode, Steve recognises Womp's new-found confidence (and antlers) and allows him to lead the expedition. However, after orchestrating a loss in a non-contact capoeira fight at Vard'e headquarters, Womp loses his antlers and reverts to his original self. The team returns and battles valiantly, but Steve ultimately acquires Tara's jar of tokens and takes control of the assassin. She is sent into battle and saves the day, winning the Man of Fist award. Meanwhile, Panda's ongoing relationship with the mime from Episode 9 continues to anger Steve. |
August 28, 2008 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 21, 2004 |
| Last aired | October 9, 2008 |
| Runtime | 26 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 23:30:00 |