Pentagon Derby

The Pentagon Derby was the first game show conceived by The Ref for Momoclo-Chan. As the name suggests, the game consists of five mini-games. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins. The twist, however, comes in that each round there is one player who will not participate with the others. Instead, that person will make a secret guess as to which of the other players, if any, will succeed in the current task. The players that complete the task get points, and the guessing player gets points for every correct guess (guessing wrong will result in penalty points). If you succeed in the task without the guessing player betting on you to do so you receive extra points. The mini-games vary, and can be anything from Guess the The Ref's Real Name to ''Wiggle Those Sunglasses! to Can You Speak English?'', and many more. As usual, any games that require actual brains will leave Kanako in the dust behind the rest, which she is usually the losing party in the Pentagon Derby. Naturally, this doesn't deter her in the slightest, and she greatly enjoys partaking in these games.

Despite the show's novel design, it was met with meager response from the audience when it debuted during a live taping of Momoclo-Chan. During this iteration of the Pentagon Derby The Ref received help from his fellow Momoclo employee and sort-of-friend The Trainer. This led The Ref to conclude that the audience wasn't quite ready for the intricateness of the Pentagon Derby just yet, and put it on hiatus for some time, while he created his next game show; Poi King. Some time later the Pentagon Derby returned, this time in a studio setting without a live audience, with The Ref thinking that spicing it up in the editing room afterwards might do the trick. With him to assist in his duties as referee was The Intern. Feeling that he really was on to something now, The Ref took out a massive loan from the Yakuza, in order to fund props for the show. With a dazzling new suit, glittering drapes (actually left-over costume fabric that The Ref bought from The Tailor), and shiny merch The Ref figured that The Board was sure to see how great his show was, and grant him a larger budget. However, The Board remained unimpressed, and with the weak merch sales The Ref is growing increasingly desperate for a way to repay his debts.