The Amazing Race is a reality TV game show where teams of two compete with other teams to solve puzzles, find clues, complete physical and mental challenges in an effort to be the first team to complete the race. The Race portion of the challenge is split into different legs, with the teams being tasked with discovering clues, trying to navigate themselves in foreign areas and unfamiliar places, interacting with the locals of those areas and completing the challenges that typically highlight aspects of a location's culture, history, or economy. Teams are progressively eliminated at the end of most legs for being the last to arrive at designated stops until only three remain. The first team to arrive at the finish line is awarded the grand prize.

During a challenge on the 2010 season of The Amazing Race, one woman's (Claire Champlin) watermelon slingshot attempt ended in a painful fashion. "Pow right in the kisser" could there have been any more perfect foreshadowing?