Infinite Challenge: Butterfly Effect
Original Korean title
무한도전 나비효과
The Butterfly Effect special used a skit set in the Maldives and the Arctic to illustrate the butterfly effect of global warming.
Originated around 2010Last updated: August 4, 2026
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This special aired as episode 228 of Infinite Challenge on December 18, 2010, sponsored by Korea's Ministry of Environment, to dramatize the seriousness of global warming through the metaphor of the butterfly effect. In the skit, the 'Maldives' team discovers water leaking from the ceiling and calls to complain to the 'Arctic' team, when in fact the Maldives team had turned on air conditioning that melted their own ice, while in the Arctic, a collapsing Jenga tower led them to mistakenly believe the Maldives team was deliberately spilling water.
Where did it start?
Episode 228 of MBC's Infinite Challenge, aired December 18, 2010, sponsored by the Ministry of Environment as part of a road-address-system promotion.
How is it used?
Notable for having been reused as environmental education material.
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