Season 21 (2010-2011)

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AFV Season 21
$100,000 Winners	Cookie Face Race Prosecuting the Poodles Crying Camera Kid
Grand Prize Winner	Crying Camera Kid

America's Funniest Home Videos Season 21 aired from October 3, 2010 to May 15, 2011.

Episodes

Season 21 Episode 1

Pool of Drool, Red Means Go & Cookie Face Race

Season 21 Episode 2

Little Bitty Butter Girl, Urine Trouble & Thumbstucker

Season 21 Episode 3

Granny Get Your Gun, Shake it Baby & Treat Toss

Season 21 Episode 4

Brake Pedal Prank, Chopper Chopper & Ringleader

Season 21 Episode 5

Passed Out Passenger, Wrestle Maniacs & Backseat Soak

Season 21 Episode 6

Window Wallop, The Spice Boys & Insect Inside

Season 21 Episode 8

Towel Terror, Inept Infield & Getaway Golf Cart

Season 21 Episode 9

Car Seat Stink Eye, Oblivious Boy & Snout Snack

Season 21 Episode 10

Tag Along Tuber, Prosecuting the Poodles & Remote Control Confusion

Season 21 Episode 11

Best Manhandled, Jersey Shortie & Bowl Bandit

Season 21 Episode 12

Hair Plane, Kitty Hates Costume & Longing for Lipstick

Season 21 Episode 13

Two-Pie Birthday Guy, Wrong Way Play & Sticker Shock

Season 21 Episode 15

Christmas Combustion, Butt Thermometer Mix-Up & Monkey in the Muumuu

Season 21 Episode 16

Scooter Shatter, Scaredy Gator & Uranus or Mine?

Season 21 Episode 17

Rotten Roommate, Rainbow Calling & Dog Catcher

Season 21 Episode 18

Pole Party Pile-Up, The Battle with the Balloon & Grandma Greenbacks

Season 21 Episode 19

Treadmill Mutt, Wax on, Wax Ouch! & Foul-Mouthed Photo-Op

Season 21 Episode 20

Treadmill Trouble, Belted by Brothers & Crying Camera Kid

Season 21 Episode 21

Wrecked Reindeer, Misspelling Safari & Icy Does It

Season 21 Episode 24

Cookie Face Race, Prosecuting the Poodles & Crying Camera Kid

Finalists

Cookie Face Race

Prosecuting the Poodles

Crying Camera Kid

Trivia

• This season marks the debut of the song "Tom's Got a Big Ol' Head," which plays in Episodes 2, 6, and 7 during the "Tom's Home Movies" segments. In the latter two episodes, these segments are shown instead of the usual "Honorable Mentions" segment while the studio audience votes for the funniest home video of the episode.
• This season marks the last of three things:
  • The last season in which the logo has an orange background. From Seasons 22-25, it has a blue and green background.
  • The last appearance of a production video, "Dog Catcher" in episode 17, in the Bergeron era and until Season 34.
    • "Dog Catcher" is also the last nominee to have the same title as another nominee.
  • The last season to have nominees with only one word in the title: "Thumbstucker" from Episode 2 and "Ringleader" from Episode 4.
  • Episode 24 had no confetti at the end and was the first to use the fanfare version of the AFV theme song in its long and short versions, and was upgraded to $100,000 shows in 2011; the short version of the long version of that cue was also heard on Tom Bergeron's last episode, and was carried over into the Alfonso Ribeiro era in 2015.
• "Cookie Face Race" is one of several videos to win first place in the first episode of its block, then win in the next $100,000 show.
• According to Krista Robbins, the submitter of "Car Seat Stink Eye" in Episode 9, her video tied for first place with "Oblivious Boy." Therefore, a runoff election was held per the contest rules with the former video winning. The episode marks the only known occurrence of this to date.
• In the Disney+ release of this season, the theme used in Season 26 onwards can be heard during the "Assignment America" explanations in most episodes. The modern "AFV.com" logo and the title card from Seasons 22-25 can also be seen.
• Several videos nominated throughout this season have references in their titles:
  • "Little Bitty Butter Girl" is a reference to the 1957 song "Little Bitty Pretty One."
  • "Thumbstucker" is a pun on Thumbsucker, a 1999 novel by Walter Kirn and a 2005 film adaptation.
  • "Granny Get Your Gun" is a pun on the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun.
  • "Shake it Baby" shares its name with a 2004 song by LL Cool J.
  • "Wrestle Maniac" shares its name with a 2006 film.
  • "The Spice Boys" is a reference to Spice Girls, an English girl group.
  • "Jersey Shortie" is a reference to the reality TV show "Jersey Shore."
  • "Sticker Shock" is a phrase used to describe the feeling of the high price of a product.
  • "Monkey In the Muumuu" is a reference to the game Monkey in the Middle.
  • A dog catcher is a name for someone who works for an animal control service. This title was used for another nominee in the previous season.
  • "Wax On, Wax Ouch!" is a reference to "Wax on, wax off," a defensive technique from the martial arts drama film series The Karate Kid.
  • "Icy Does It" is a pun on the phrase "Easy does it."

Goofs

• In the Disney+ release of episode 19, Travis Surface's ("Wax on, Wax Ouch!") surname is misspelled as "Ervis" in the subtitles. This error is fixed in episode 22.