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| director = [[Grazia Caroselli]]<br>[[Kris Curry]]<br>[[Malcolm Bird]]<br>[[Patrick Doody]]<br>[[Chris Valenziano]]

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| presenter = [[Rob Czar]]<br>[[Kamaya Jones]]<br>[[Clinton McLean]]<br>[[Michelle Armitage]]

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| company = [[Discovery Kids]]<br>[[RDF Media LA]]

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'''''Operation Junkyard''''' is an American television series that aired from October 5, 2002 to February 15, 2003 on [[Discovery Family|Discovery Kids]]. Essentially a spin-off of [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]]'s popular series ''[[Junkyard Wars]]'', OP/JY featured teams of teens that were challenged to build gadgets out of junk in six hours.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/10/03/operation-junkyard/84cd7292-56d4-4b72-a5ae-5e2b2f33c121/|title='Operation Junkyard'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 2, 2002|access-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref> Teams featured on the show include the Rummaging Robots and Jurassic Junkers, and the teams were tasked to build gadgets like water bailing machines, mud scooters, and remote control battleships.

==Premise==

At the beginning of each show the challenge of the day was revealed and teams attempted to collect "bodgits" by completing small challenges. "Bodgits" were helpful advantages that teams could earn, including time with the on-set engineer or special parts for use in their build. Two identical school buses filled with junk were given to the teams, who had six hours to create their contraptions.

==Teams==

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! Team Name

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| Jurassic Junkers

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| Banging Builders

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| Rummaging Robots

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| Scrap Scavengers

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| Scrap Heap Henchmen

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| Gearhead Gremlins

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| Garbage Gorillas

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| Renegade Recyclers

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| Junkyard Jugglers

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| Funky Junkers

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| Raging Racers

|-junk machines

| Demolition Dudes

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==Episodes==

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! Gadget Made

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| 1

| Catapult

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| 2

| Water Bailer

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| 3

| Water Bike

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| 4

| Cannon

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| 5

| Baseball Pitcher

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| 6

| Master Water Blaster

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| 7

| Go Cart

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| 8

| Mechanical Crane

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| 9

| Ice Drag Racer

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| 10

| Mud Scooter

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| 11

| Pie Filling Machine

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| 12

| Battleship

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==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Discovery Kids}}