question: why does the TV remote start working after you beat it?
comment: Towards the end of a batteries life corrosion can start to build up, reducing the effectiveness of the electrical pulses sent through the battery to the remote. Smacking it once or twice can often shift the batteries a bit or ‘dust’ off this corrosion enough to allow them to work properly.
passages: Reset: In applications and games (both retail and downloadable), the Reset button is available. This performs a soft reset of that particular application, for example returning a game to its title screen or the loading screen of a Wii Menu channel, the same as what would happen if the player were to press the console's physical reset button.
   Killer Carrot 2 sustained a lot of damage here. It was flipped over and over, and the flipper was then immobilised. Killer Carrot was flipped over and over again, then Killer Carrot "nudged" the pit release, but Killer Carrot just twitched around in the same area, and X-Terminator butted Killer Carrot 2 out of the arena! Winner: X-Terminator 2.
  
  Round 3 vs. Tsunami
   As the players hit Objects with Just timing, the Just Reflec gauge fills up. Once one of the segments has been filled, the player can touch and flick an Object with the Just timing, and it will be reflected at the opponent. A Just Reflec gives bonus points to the user and a greater score penalty if the opponent misses it.
   BULLET::::37. C2 The Colbys
  
  BULLET::::38. C3 Highway to Heaven
  
  BULLET::::39. C4 The Dukes of Hazzard ("Good Ol' Boys")
  
  BULLET::::40. C5 B. J. and the Bear
  
  BULLET::::41. C6 Movin' On
  
  BULLET::::42. C7 The Fall Guy ("The Unknown Stuntman")
  
  BULLET::::43. C8 James at 15 ("It's All Up To You")
  
  BULLET::::44. C9 Eight Is Enough
  
  BULLET::::45. C10 Baa Baa Black Sheep
  
  BULLET::::46. C11 Trapper John, M.D.
  
  BULLET::::47. C12 CHiPs
  
  BULLET::::48. C13 Vega$
  
  BULLET::::49. C14 Matt Houston
  
  BULLET::::50. D1 Cagney & Lacey
  
  BULLET::::51. D2 T. J. Hooker
  
  BULLET::::52. D3 Hardcastle and McCormick ("Drive")
  
  BULLET::::53. D4 Hunter
  
  BULLET::::54. D5 MacGyver
  
  BULLET::::55. D6 Knight Rider
   Me and my neighbors, we have an understanding ... and so I sit perfect, you know, triangle at the front. You sit there with the remote and you turn it up, just when it starts to hurt, and hit one more and then go like [presses his hands to his ears] that, and then you just feel it in your whole body for a while, as long as you can take it. And then you 'arrgh!', and then you turn it off you know and [hold his hand to his heart and breathes heavily], and then I go skate [laughs]. It's awesome, but only if I'm really usually, like, just sometimes when you really need it, you know?"
   BULLET::::- While in syndication, "Remote Control" had a "World Class Athletes Day" with pro athletes who lost out on championships in recent seasons. The three contestants were Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason, New York Mets pitcher David Cone and New York Rangers defenseman Ron Greschner.
  
  BULLET::::- LL Cool J, Julie Brown, and "Weird Al" Yankovic played for charity during the second season, with Yankovic winning.
  
  BULLET::::- Heavy metal musicians "Dizzy" Dean Davidson of Britny Fox, Lorraine Lewis of Femme Fatale, and Anthrax's Charlie Benante played against each other in season three.
   BULLET::::- In the 2013 Xbox One title, the breaking methods are more specific, where the break must be the same strength as the opponent's chosen attack, openers/enders cannot be broken (unless the combo is opener-ender). If successful, the player knocks away his opponent but does no damage. If the strength of the break or the timing of the break are not correct, the breaking player is locked out from attempting another break for 3 seconds.
   Overall reception to the Wii Remote has changed over time. The control styles provided by the controller were met with praise at its first public exhibition at E3. Since then, comments have been noted by the press on its functionality. Matt Wales of IGN UK highlighted the aiming and precision of "Red Steel" and stated "Taking down swathes of enemies with nothing more than a twitch of the wrist proves immensely satisfying and, more importantly, incredibly involving." Nintendo Power listed the Wii Remote as an innovative controller, citing it as innovative for several firsts, including the first use of motion control, the first built-in speaker, and the first Infrared Pointer. This is incorrect, however; the first video game controller to make use of motion sensitivity was Le Stick for the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64, manufactured by Datasoft Inc, and released in 1981.
   The engineers were shocked during the recording of Van Halen's solo to discover that the sound of his guitar had caused the monitor speaker in the control room to catch fire, causing one to exclaim, "This must be really good!"
  
  Section::::Release and reception.
   In 2014, after having both retired from competition for years, Bravo and Royler Gracie agreed to have another grappling contest. It was a twenty-minute submission-only match which took place at Metamoris III. The contest started with Bravo pulling quarter guard and defending Royler's top attacks before reversing to an offensive attack around the eight-minute mark. After a few reversals from both competitors, Bravo was able to deploy a series of techniques from half guard, and put Gracie into his patented "electric chair" maneuver. In the closing minutes, Bravo had Gracie in a calf slicer but Gracie declined to tap as time ran out and, thus, the match was ruled a draw.
   BULLET::::5. A5 Mr. Belvedere ("According To Our New Arrivals")
  
  BULLET::::6. A6 Growing Pains ("As Long As We Got Each Other")
  
  BULLET::::7. A7 Charles in Charge
  
  BULLET::::8. A8 Silver Spoons ("Together")
  
  BULLET::::9. A9 Webster ("Then Came You")
  
  BULLET::::10. A10 Too Close For Comfort
  
  BULLET::::11. A11 Who's the Boss? ("Brand New Life")
  
  BULLET::::12. A12 Perfect Strangers ("Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now")
  
  BULLET::::13. A13 Alice ("There's a New Girl In Town")
  
  BULLET::::14. A14 It's a Living
  
  BULLET::::15. A15 Angie
  
  BULLET::::16. A16 227 ("There's No Place Like Home")
  
  BULLET::::17. A17 The Golden Girls ("Thank You For Being a Friend")
  
  BULLET::::18. B1 ALF
   Celebrities that played the game:
  
  BULLET::::- One episode featured Phil McConkey of the NFL's New York Giants playing against Sidney Green of the NBA's New York Knicks (with his then very young son Taurean on the set throughout the show). The third contestant was series regular John Ten Eyck playing Steve Sax of Major League baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers. Ten Eyck intentionally gave foolish, incorrect answers as Sax, who had canceled his scheduled appearance at the last minute.
   In his autobiography, host Bob Monkhouse recounted the story of a person who competed on the show from a telephone kiosk while watching a television in a rental shop over the road. While the contestant was directing the bolt around, however, an assistant came in and switched the televisions off or changed the channel.
  
  Another story Monkhouse told was about a priest (who was in the studio audience) audibly praying during the programme that he wouldn't get injured by the bolt, only for the bolt to ricochet off the target and land beside the priest.
  
  Section::::Broadcast history.
   Shocking Duel
  
  Shocking Duel is a game of pain endurance in which each player grips one of a pair of connected handles which deliver electric shocks of increasing intensity. The loser is the first player to release their handle.
  
  Section::::Reception.
   The Wii Remote has a wrist strap attached to the bottom to prevent it from flying away during game action if not held securely. The wrist strap is tied with a Cow hitch knot. Most Wii games involving moving the remote display a caution screen reminding the player to use the strap.
   Dispute Resolution:
  
  1. If the timer runs out during the passing of the game unit before being fully in possession of the hands of the receiver, the passer is deemed still holding the unit.
  
  2. A "tie" judgement is awarded in favor of the receiver
  
  3. If the passer or receiver challenges a point, the oldest player in the game who is not the passer or receiver resolves the dispute.
  
  Section::::Original version.
   SENSOR WALLS - No (zero) sensor walls are upright.
  
  Value: 40 points.
  
  VEHICLE IMPACT TEST - The truck needs to no longer touch the ramp’s red stopper beam. The robot needs to be completely out of Base when it releases the truck, otherwise the referee removes two upright warning beacons (in the same manner as two touch penalties).
  
  Value: 20 points.
  
  SINGLE PASSENGER RESTRAINT TEST - The crash‐test figure needs to be aboard the robot for the entire match. The first time the robot is without the figure, the referee removes the figure. Any reasonable constraint system is allowed.
   Bravo then faced four-time world champion and three-time ADCC champion Royler Gracie in the quarter-finals. Bravo traded comfortably top positions with Gracie throughout the match before deploying his game of rubber guard, and eventually winning via a triangle choke. Although Bravo would then lose to eventual-tournament champion Léo Vieira in the semi-finals, his victory over Gracie was considered a highlight of the tournament and a jump to fame for Bravo.
   BULLET::::- Spun Out: Players spin a turnstile attached to a rope, with their partners suspended above the ground. When one player spins the spool on ground level, the rope tightens, which makes it more difficult for their partner to hang on to their crossbar that is attached to a lifeline. The goal is for the player suspended above ground to hang on to their crossbar longer than their opponent. The team to win two rounds wins.
  
  BULLET::::- Played by: "Nate & Christina" vs. "Cory & Ashley"
   BULLET::::- "Sale of the Century" (Australian and German versions, called "Hopp oder Top" in Germany)
  
  BULLET::::- "Say When!!" (a portion of the Peter Pan peanut butter incident)
  
  BULLET::::- "Scrabble"
  
  BULLET::::- "Showoffs" (a clip from the 1975 pilot)
  
  BULLET::::- "Super Password"
  
  BULLET::::- "Tattletales"
  
  BULLET::::- "To Tell the Truth"
  
  BULLET::::- "Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck"
  
  BULLET::::- "What's My Line?"
  
  BULLET::::- "Your Face or Mine?"
   In 1993, Karin Przyklenk and colleagues began using the term "remote" when they observed that cross-clamping on the right side of the heart (right circumflex artery) protected the left side of the heart (LAD territory) from ischemia: that is, the protective trigger was remote from the observed effect. Other researchers confirmed this remote effect and found that performing the preconditioning protocol on kidney or gastrointestinal tissue also provided protection to the heart.
   Fall 2017 – present
  
  Section::::"Random Remote of Doom".
   Section::::History.
  
  On May 30, 1985, Philips introduced the first universal remote (U.S. Pat. #4774511) under the Magnavox brand name.
   BULLET::::- Individual Winners: "Hunter & Nicole"
  
  BULLET::::- Team Winners: "Champions"
  
  BULLET::::- Fallout: A large, slippery platform is suspended above water. Played in separate male/female heats, each contestant will attempt to grab one of two ropes, and hang on for as long as possible. When the platform pivots like a seesaw, players will end up sliding into and knocking other players into the water, making it difficult to hang onto the ropes. When a player falls into the water, his/her time is stopped, and the team with the longest cumulative time hanging on the ropes wins.
   On August 3, 2007, a new wrist strap was found to be supplied, with a lock clip instead of a movable slide to prevent the strap from working loose during prolonged play; the lock clip strap became the standard form.
  
  In 2012 with the launch of the Wii U, the wrist strap was once again updated to allow users to push the sync button through the new jackets and battery covers.
  
  Section::::Design.:Jacket.
  