Tadpole Person vs. Turtle Chips
August 27, 2025
I really love Jet Lag: The Game. Part of my Nebula subscription includes The Layover podcast, where the hosts discuss the show. In the off-season, the episodes are sometimes absurd takes on game shows. This week’s episode was one of those, and I got a kick out of it.
Ben had devised a set of mini-games for Sam and Adam to play. I don’t want to spoil anything, but Ben went slightly off the rails. Sam and Adam seemed almost ready to quit at a few points. Honestly, this made things even more entertaining.
The highlight for me was the WikiArena section. I hadn’t heard of this before, but the idea is extremely compelling. Two Wikipedia pages face off. As a player, you have to choose which one is the longest and which one has the most views. Sometimes, the choices are simple. Other times, it can be pretty surprising!
One of the questions in this episode was Turtle Chips vs. Tadpole person. I hadn’t heard of the tadpole person idea before, but I was well prepared for Turtle Chips. I saw them first in Season 14, episode 4 at 8:28. 1 2 Later, I randomly ran across that same flavour in a local Asian grocer. 3 They’re quite strange at first, but I really liked the sweet/savoury combo. I’ve since gone back for more.
If you haven’t yet, you should check out Jet Lag: The Game on YouTube. If you like what you see, support it with a Nebula subscription.
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The Snack Zone might be my favourite show-within-a-show ever? ↩
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Sam, I love you, but you’re not going to make “Choo Choo Chew” happen. That said: please never stop trying. ↩
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I tried the sweet corn flavour, but apparently that’s the same as the corn soup flavour that Ben had. ↩