The Cup Test | |
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![]() Johnny getting kicked in the nuts. | |
Season | Season 2 |
Episode | Episode 1 |
Movie | Jackass Forever |
Featuring | Johnny Knoxville (original) Ehren McGhehey (Forever) |
Related stunts | Self Defence |
Video releases | Jackass Volume 2 |
The Cup Test is a stunt from Season 2 of the Jackass TV show where the efficiency of an athletic groin guard cup is tested by its wearer, Johnny Knoxville. The cup is put through six different tests involving Knoxville receiving hits to his groin through various methods. In Jackass Forever, this concept was revisited and consists of four parts and was tested by wearer Danger Ehren.
Description[]
Test 1: Children[]
Knoxville gets consecutively kicked between the legs by five children. Later, when he's talking to the camera, he is kicked again by Spike Jonze.
Test 2: Tennis balls[]
Knoxville gets hit several times with tennis balls being fired at high velocity from a Tennis Ball Machine. Twice in the groin, once in the stomach, three times in the legs, and once in the chest.
Test 3: Croquet[]
Sitting on the ground with his legs open, Knoxville holds a croquet wicket in front of his crotch while Jeff Tremaine attempts to hit a croquet ball into his groin. After the ball hits his Knoxville's legs three times, he throws it at Tremaine. Finally, Tremaine manages to hit Knoxville in the cup.
Test 4: Sledgehammer[]
A sledgehammer hanging from an apparatus is swung from chest-height into a melon, which it instantly crushes. The sledgehammer is then swung from three different heights into Knoxville's groin by Tremaine. It is first swung from a few feet away, then from the same chest-height which crushed the melon, then finally, from above-head height.
Test 5: Paintball[]
Trip Taylor shoots Knoxville in the groin and leg with a paintball gun, also attempting to shoot Spike Jonze.
Test 6: Pool Ball[]
Tremaine attempts to drop an Eight-ball onto Knoxville's groin from a rooftop. It is first tested on the melon, which it splits. Knoxville dons large plastic leg guards and a layer of pillows taped to his head for this test, and sits below the rooftop with his legs spread. The ball is dropped from the rooftop and hits Knoxville's leg guard. The ball is thrown back up but Tremaine fails to catch it and it instead falls onto Knoxville's unprotected shin, breaking the skin. Eventually, Tremaine manages to successfully drop it on Knoxville's groin. Other cast members then start pelting Knoxville with eggs from the rooftop, to which he runs away with his pants around his ankles.
Trivia[]
- In the quiz (bonus feature in Jackass Volume 2), question #4 is about this stunt.
- Excerpts from this skit were used in the outro for Jackass Volumes 2 and 3.
- Excerpts from this skit were used in the trailer for Jackass The Box Set.
- An excerpt from this skit was used in the music video for "If you're gonna be dumb...".
- An excerpt from this skit was used in the intro for the episodes of Jackass Season 2.
- This skit was revisited in Jackass Forever.
- Filmed by Rick Kosick, Spike Jonze, and Dimitry Elyashkevich.
- Knoxville was originally set to revisit this stunt in Jackass Forever, but was unable to do so due to recovering from a hernia operation at the time, and so the torch was passed to Danger Ehren.