X-Man (TV Series) - Missions

Missions

X-Man has featured many missions that have become very popular with the general audience. Missions consisted of various physical and mental games that changed every few months.

Main Missions

• Team! Horse Riding (단결! 말타기) - A traditional Korean game where a horse is formed a (defending) team of men bent down supporting each other with a man standing at the front (the head). The other (attacking) team will jump on to the horse, trying to stay on the horse until all members are on. The defending team must support the other team without collapsing. If all members are on the horse, then the first member in line and the head will play rock-paper-scissors to decide the winner.
• Tongue Twisters Relay (줄줄이 말해요) - All members of a team must correctly say tongue twisters in relay in a certain time limit.
• (Run!) Balloon/Couple Quiz ((달려라!) 붕선/커플 귀즈) - A quiz of 10 questions usually relating to the guests of that season, using couples.
• New Marriages are Beautiful (신혼은 아름다워) - Couples of each team must complete an obstacle course the fastest.
• Of Course! (당연하지!) - A game where two members face off in asking each other (embarrassing) questions and the opponent must say "Of Course!". A member loses if they are unable to say Of Course! or are knocked down by their opponent. This was an order-deciding game for Tongue Twisters Relay from Season 10-13.
• Couples and Warriors Forever (커플장사 만만세) - A couple event where male and female members of each team pair up and play games. Performances and dances are usually involved in the selection round. During Season 66 and 67, a survival element was added, where right after a male performs, he will choose who he wants to be his partner. If she accepts, they immediately become couples, but she can still change her mind if another male chooses her afterwards.
• Team! Chicken Fight (단결! 닭싸움) - A traditional Korean game where teams will chicken fight where you stand on one leg and try to knock your opponents while grabbing onto the other ankle. This was a secondary mission in Season 30.
• Team! "Go" Fighting (단결! 고싸움) - Teams are standing on a raised platform and must push the other team off. This was a warm-up game in Season 61.
• Survival Skybridge (서바이벌 구름따리) - Two teams must eliminate the opposing team using only a skybridge to get between. This was a warm-up game in Season 64.

Secondary Missions

• Baby Warriors (아기 천하장사) - A member of each team wears a sumo wrestler-like suit and needs to push the opposing member out of the ring.
• Catch Loves Ball (사랑은 공을 타고~) - Couples must shoot a ball from their mouth and catch it.
• Who is it? (누굴까요?) - Teams must guess who on the other team is carrying a pumpkin, where the other team is carrying fake pumpkins as well.
• Balance Beam Fight (평균대 결투) - A member of each team stand on a balance beam with pans on their hands and must push the opposing member off.
• Love's Chopsticks (사랑의 젓가락) - Couples must maneuver a giant pair of "chopsticks" and move pots to a farther stand.
• Let's Study (공부합시다) - Teams must memorize the order of fifty countries in five minutes and alternate reciting them correctly.
• Piggyback Toy Hammers (어부바 뿅망치) - A member of each team is piggybacked by another member of their team and must break the other piggybacked opponents balloon attached to their head with a toy hammer.
• Newspaper Game (신문지 게임) - Couples must stand within a newspaper as it gets smaller each round.
• Team Telepathy (단결 이심전심) - Teams must pull a table cloth from under a set of dinnerware and not have any of the items move in succession.
• Lion! Grasshopper! Relay (포자! 메뚜기! 릴레이) - Similar to New Marriages are Beautiful, a member of each team dressed in either a lion costume (representing Kang Team) or a grasshopper costume (representing Yu Team), must complete an obstacle course the fastest.
• Love~ Message! (러브~ 메시지!) - Couples must send a message to each other using only actions.
• Team! Feet Feet (단결! 다리다리) - Teams must have a designated number of feet standing on the ground. This was a order-deciding mission in Season 7 and a main mission in Season 35.
• Team! Catch the Tail (단결! 꼬리잡기) - The head (first member) of the team must catch the tail (last member) of the other team while keeping the team connected to each other. This was a main mission in Season 43.
• High Jump (높이 뛰기) - Males and females of each team compete in high jump separately.
• Survival Push Over (서바이벌 밀어내기) - A member of each team must push each other over using only their hands.
• Queen Bee Chicken Fighting (여왕벌 닭싸움) - The same as Team! Chicken Fight, a traditional Korean game where teams will chicken fight where you stand on one leg and try to knock your opponents while grabbing onto the other ankle, except teams must attack/protect the "Queen" from falling.
• Hug~ Your Love!! (사랑을 그대 품~안에!!) - Couples where a member of each team is connected with an elastic belt, and the other member is at either end with a balloon. The member connected to the elastic belt must get to the balloon and break it first by hugging.
• Skewered Relay (꼬치꼬치 릴레이) - Teams are connected to each other in an outfit and race to a turning point and back.
• Fly Frypan (날아라 프라이팬) - A game where a member of a team calls out the name of a member on the other team and a number. That member must say their name corresponding to the number given, following a rhythm and pattern. This continues until someone makes a mistake, and frypans "fly" and hit the heads of their team.
• Team! Hula Hoop (단결! 훌라후프) - All members of each team must successfully jump through a hula hoop rolling at them.
• Team! Balloon Dodgeball (단결! 풍선피구) - Each team must throw a ball at a balloon attached to an opposing members butt and break it in succession.
• Grab the Belt of Yudo (유도의 끈을잡고) - A member of each team must take the belt off of the opposing member.
• Endure Pater (파테르 버티기) - A member of each team must stay within a designated area for five seconds to win.
• Touch Touch Wrestling (터치터치 레슬링) - The same as Endure Pater, except they are able to change out with another member by touching them.

Order-deciding/Warm-Up Games

• Survival Chicken Fight (서바이벌 닭싸움) - A traditional Korean game where teams will chicken fight where you stand on one leg and try to knock your opponents while grabbing onto the other ankle. This differs from the main mission as it was played one vs. one on a survival basis.
• (Frog/Survival/Gomusin) Butt Pushing ((개구리/서바이벌/고무신) 엉덩이 밀치기) - A member of each team must push the opposing member's butt and knock them over. In Frog Butt Pushing, members kneel down in a frog position and are able to move within a designated area. In Survival Butt Pushing, it is played as a team. In Gomusin Butt Pushing, members grab the gomusin underneath and must break the balloon attached to the opponents waist.
• Survival Pull The Rope (서바이벌 줄당기기) - A member of each team has a rope wrapped around both waists. They must pull the rope in their favor to make the opponent fall.
• Survival X-Man (서바이벌 X맨) - A member of each team shouts "X-Man" and points either to the left or right in front of the opponents face. The opponents head needs to move to the opposite direction.
• Talk Fight (말싸움) - Similar to Of Course!, a member of each team must verbally "attack" their opponent.
• Hand Push Over ((쭈글쭈글) 손바닥 밀치기) - The same as Survival Push Over, a member of each team must push each other over using only their hands.
• Scary Hand Wrestling (공포의 손씨름) - A member of each team holds each others hand and "wrestle" each other.
• Survival Foot Wrestling (서바이벌 발씨름) - A member of each team is sitting with their hands under their legs and must push the opposing member over or out of the ring.
• Toy Hammer Turn Turn (뿅망치 돌아돌아) - A member of each team must follow a circle using their knees and must hit the opposing member with a toy hammer.
• Survival Handkerchief Wrestling (서바이벌 수건씨름) - A member of each team must pull the handkerchief that is held between both members knees away from the opponent.
• Cushion Pushing (방석 밀치기) - The same as Hand Push Over, except the members are sitting on top of a pile of cushions.
• Lose Wrestling (지는 씨름) - A member of each team wrestle each other but win by losing in traditional Korean wrestling, ssireum.
• (Survival/Relay) Take Off Stockings ((서바이벌/릴레이) 양말벗기) - Teams must race to take off their stockings.
• Head Archery (헤드 양궁) - Members wear a hat with a scoreboard and must throw a ball and try to land it in the center.
• Fly Super Board (날아라 슈퍼보드) - A member of each team stand on a unbalanced "super board" and must push the opponent over.
• Indian Dance (인디언 댄스) - A member of each team must dance to music and then step on the balloons attached to the opponent's feet.
• Stretch Your Legs (다리다리 쭉쭉) - A member of each team must stretch their legs to designated points. The member that can stretch farthest and support itself will win.
• Butt Push Koong (엉덩이 쿵) - Similar to Butt Pushing, a member of each team must push the opposing member's butt, attempting to knock them over, then grab the towel underneath.
• Catch the Gomusin (고무신 잡기) - A member of each team must toss their gomusin, catch it and break the balloon on the opposing member's butt first.
• Bucket Punch! Punch! (양동이 펀치! 펀치!) - A member of each team stand in metal buckets and push knock the opposing member over.
• Take Off the Rubber Gloves (고무장갑을 벗겨라) - A member of each team must grab the rubber gloves off the opposing member first.
• Be Careful of the Cold~ (감기 조심하세요~) - A member of each team must grab the scarf off the opposing member first.
• Apple Game (으랏차차 사과놀이) - A member of each team must knock off an apple attached to a helmet with a sword.
• Team! Butt Wrestling (단결! 엉덩이씨름) - Similar to Butt Pushing, teams will gradually add members throughout rounds and must push the other team's butt and knock them over.
• Tail Bites Tail (꼬리에 꼬리를 물고) - Same as Team! Catch the Tail, the head (first member) of the team must catch the tail (last member) of the other team while keeping the team connected to each other, except the number of members increases each round.

Special Missions These missions were played during a special (event).

• Team!/"Go" Fighting/in Water (단결!/수중 고싸움) - Teams are standing on a floating platform on water and must push the other team off.
• Team! Water Splash (단결! 물튀기기) - Teams must accumulate more water through collecting splashes of water created by its members diving into a pool.
• Hot Spring! Ram's War (온천! 양의전쟁) - A member of each team must grab the towel off the opposing members head first.
• Floating Canoe (부표카누) - Teams must successfully balance on a floating platform together. The team with the fastest time will win.
• Float Arm Wrestling (부표 팔씨름) - A member of each team must arm wrestle each other into water on a float.
• Ting Ting Teng Teng Rice Table Game (팅팅탱탱 밥상놀이) - Identical to Fly Frypan except the losing team hits their head on a rice table instead of frypans.
• World Cup Just Kick It (월드컵 발로차) - In support of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, members must shoot into a goal. The team with the most goals will win.
• Catch-Up To Michelle Wie (미셜위 따리잡기) - A game competing against Michelle Wie where members must shoot golf balls to hit gongs for points.
• Hit The Target (과녁을 맞어라) - A game competing against Michelle Wie where members must shoot golf balls to hit panels for points.
• Challenge! Penalty Shootout (도전! 승부차기) - In support of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, members must shoot more into each others goals to win.
• World Cup Vaulting Competition (월드컵 뜀틀대회) - Teams must attempt to jump higher than previous attempts.
• X-Man's Reenactment (X맨의 재구성) - Teams must correctly act out scenes from famous dramas. The team who successfully acts out all scenes will win.
• Ddui Ddui Bbang Bbang Bus Game (뛰뛰빵빵 버스놀이) - Similar to Fly Frypan, members are on a bus and calls out an opposing members name, a number and a command, whether to get on or off. That member and its corresponding number of members in line will either say "Hello" or "Getting Off", and the member called will call out the next member. If a command was not called, then the corresponding number of members in line will say the previous command. Anyone who makes a mistake, a set of skeletons will drop in front of their team.
• Know Your Multiplication (구구단을 외자고~) - Each member faces off against MC Yu in multiplication. The team that wins against MC Yu will win, if both teams win, a special round is played between the two teams.
• Swim Cap Relay (수영모 릴레이) - A member of each team swim to the other end to retrieve a swim cap underwater, put it on and return first.

New X-Man Missions

• Dodgeball King X (피구왕X) - Similar to traditional dodgeball, teams attempt to throw a ball at each other and are eliminated if the ball touches them. If the ball is caught, then an eliminated member may return to play. The game ends when all members of a team are eliminated. From Season 16-20, the rules changed to Touch Dodgeball, where a maximum of five team members play at a time and may switch out with other members by touching them. Catching a ball no longer brings back an eliminated player. There is also a "Safe Zone" in the center of each team's court, where a player will not be eliminated even if they are hit by the ball as long as they are in that circle.
• Hand Separate, Lips Separate, Together Disagreeing (손따로 입따로 언행불일치) - Each team faces off against MC Yu individually, where they must say a number from one to five, and show a different number of fingers, and continue doing so until someone makes a mistake. The team that wins against MC Yu will win, if both teams win, a special round is played between the two teams.
• Star Battle Cold-Hearted OX (스타배틀 냉정한OX) - A member of each team performs to a panel of seven "cold-hearted" judges, composed of show staff members of varying age and gender, who judge based on their personal preference. The individual with the highest score's team will win. If both teams have a member with the same highest score, the team with the most highest score's will win.
  • Rookie Battle Cold-Hearted OX (신인배틀 냉정한OX) - Same as Star Battle Cold-Hearted OX, except featuring the rookies of that season and they are judged by their seniors from the opposite team. This mission was incorporated into Star Battle Cold-Hearted OX in future seasons.
• The Stairs of Possibility (설마의 계단) - A deciding discussion mission to determine who is most likely to be the X-Man. MC Yu asks questions relating to that seasons topic. If a challenger believes they personally agree to that question, they step up the Stairs of Possibility. At the end of the questions, whoever is standing on the top of the Stairs of Possibility is a strong X-Man candidate.
• Don't Ask Envelopes (묻지마 봉투) - A suspicion discussion mission to determine who is more likely to be the X-Man. Challengers write questions to the final X-Man candidates prior to this mission and are hidden in discreet envelopes. The final X-Man candidates choose an envelope and answers the question, which may help the team leader decide who is most likely to be the X-Man.
• Challenge! 3.3.3! Three Worded Poems (도전! 3.3.3! 삼행시) - A game where two members face off using the opponents name as the first "word" in the three phrases to "attack" each other. A member loses if they are unable to come up with a phrase using the name or are GGed by their opponent.
• Wrestling King X (씨름왕X) - A special Lunar New Year mission where members wrestle each other in traditional Korean wrestling, ssireum. This mission is divided into three groups: females, "young boys" and "old boys". Only the "old boys" division plays with a cloth wrapped around both members waist and must pull it in their favor to make the opponent fall.