{{Short description|Irish television programme}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2013}} '''''2Phat''''' is an Irish television programme that was shown twice weekly on Network 2 from 1998 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXFIRST_=12&_IXSR_=zdWVQcz3r4X&_IXSS_=%252asform%3d%252fweb%252fsearch_forms%252fadvanced%26%252aiexe%2bSECURITY_filter%3d%252e%26_IXACTION_%3dquery%26_IXFIRST_%3d1%26_IXMAXHITS_%3d10%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252ft%26_IXINITSR_%3dy%26%2524%253dsort%3dsort%2bdescending%2bsortexpr%2bimage_sort%26%2524%253ds%3d%25272phat%2527%2b%25281998%2529%26%2524%253dsi%3dtext%26search%3dsearch%26text_search_context%3d%25272phat%2527%2b%25281998%2529%26%253cphoto_taken_date_earliest%3d&_IXSPFX_=templates%2ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2ft | publisher = RTÉ | website = stillslibrary.rte.ie | title = Photographic Archive - RTÉ Archives - 2Phat (1998) | quote = '2phat' was a pop quiz/game show aimed at young people that ran from 1998-2000 | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20211226004150/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXFIRST_=12&_IXSR_=zdWVQcz3r4X&_IXSS_=%252asform%3D%252fweb%252fsearch_forms%252fadvanced%26%252aiexe%2BSECURITY_filter%3D%252e%26_IXACTION_%3Dquery%26_IXFIRST_%3D1%26_IXMAXHITS_%3D10%26_IXFPFX_%3Dtemplates%252ft%26_IXINITSR_%3Dy%26%2524%253dsort%3Dsort%2Bdescending%2Bsortexpr%2Bimage_sort%26%2524%253ds%3D%25272phat%2527%2B%25281998%2529%26%2524%253dsi%3Dtext%26search%3Dsearch%26text_search_context%3D%25272phat%2527%2B%25281998%2529%26%253cphoto_taken_date_earliest%3D&_IXSPFX_=templates/t&_IXFPFX_=templates/t | archivedate = 26 December 2021 | access-date = 26 December 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="herie">{{cite web|url = https://www.her.ie/life/real-life-rom-com-the-dublin-dj-who-married-velcro-girl-28119 | publisher = Her.ie | title = Real-Life Rom Com – The Dublin DJ Who Married Velcro Girl | date = 8 March 2013 | accessdate = 24 October 2018 | quote = ''2Phat [..] Launched in 1998, [..] was the RTÉ show that reunited Zig and Zag with their old co-host from The Den, Ray D'Arcy, and pitted fifteen friends/audience members each other in an attempt to win a scooter''}}</ref> It reunited Ray D'Arcy and Zig and Zag, who had previously appeared together on ''The Den''.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2374/067.html | publisher = RTÉ | title = RTÉ Archives - Stills Library - 2phat (1998) | date = 1998 | accessdate = 24 October 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/zig-zagging-their-way-home-1.195201 | work = Irish Times| title = Zig-zagging their way home | date = 19 September 1998 | accessdate = 24 October 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.redfm.ie/on-air/zig-and-zag-join-kc-tomorrow-morning/ | publisher = Redfm.ie | title = Zig & Zag Join KC Tomorrow Morning - Here's A Look Back at Their Career | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20171023210701/https://redfm.ie/on-air/zig-and-zag-join-kc-tomorrow-morning/ | archivedate = 23 October 2017 }}</ref> Following the demise of this show, all three would not appear together again until 14 November 2008, when D'Arcy hosted a ''Den Reunion Reunited'' special on his Today FM programme ''The Ray D'Arcy Show''.
==Format== The theme music for the opening of the TV show was a version of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" by Propellerheads. Other music was provided by DJ Lee.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PzAtZ4kMtY | publisher = RTÉ | via = YouTube | title = 2 Phat - Behind the scenes (1999) | date = 1999 | accessdate = 24 October 2018 }}</ref>
The show typically consisted of 15 audience members,<ref name="herie"/> and would involve a series of short sketches which led to a question. The person who buzzed in first got a chance to answer the question. At the end of the show, one person would be selected at random (from the people who answered a question correctly) to play the final round. The final prize was a motor scooter.<ref name="herie"/><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.dailyedge.ie/tv-radio-theme-tune-quiz-answers-649640-Jan2000/ | publisher = Dailyedge.ie | title = The big analogue TV and radio theme quiz: the answers | date = 1 January 2000 | accessdate = 24 October 2018 | quote = 2Phat, a music-themed show on the then-Network 2 [..in which..] The big prize was a Honda Scooter }}</ref>
Recurring segments included several involving "Velcro Girl", a model (Tracy Sheridan) dressed in a velcro-covered catsuit. Items stuck to the suit provided hints to an artist's identity, which the audience would guess.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/phat-chance-1.249930|title=Phat chance|work=The Irsh Times|date=13 November 1999}}</ref>
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Category:1990s game shows Category:1998 Irish television series debuts Category:2000 Irish television series endings Category:Irish game shows Category:Irish quiz shows Category:Irish television shows featuring puppetry Category:RTÉ original programming