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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} {{quote\|''"Ladies, please..."''\|'''Howie Mandel'''}} {{quote\|''"We've had game shows based on card games. We've had game shows based on pub quizzes. But never have we had a game show based on the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. Until now... In other words, my suitcase contains the financial equivalent of [[~~Schrodingers Cat\|~~Schrödinger's Cat]]: a sum that exists in a [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness\|theoretical superposition, being both substantial and meager until I open and observe it, thereby assigning it a quantifiable value in the physical universe]]."''\|'''[[Charlie Brooker]]'''}} Popular [[Game Show]], from a Dutch format. The original version debuted in 2000. The American version achieved near-instant popularity after its debut on [[NBC]] in December 2005, while other versions — which some have compared to the Geoff Edwards versions of ''[[Treasure Hunt US\|Treasure Hunt]]'' — air pretty much everywhere. On the NBC version, host [[~~Bobby's World\|~~Howie Mandel]] asked a contestant to choose one of 26 numbered briefcases held by identically-dressed [[Fan Service\|sex objec]]-er, models. Each briefcase contained a different amount of money from 1¢ to $1,000,000. The game proceeded as the contestant chose to see the contents of the other briefcases. By process of elimination, the contestant guessed how much money his or her briefcase contained. As briefcases were eliminated, the [[He Who Must Not Be Seen\|Banker]] made offers for the contestant's case (more or less the arithmetic mean of the amounts still on the board by the end of the game, less than that early on). Ultimately, the player had to choose between one of the deals offered by the Banker and the value of the case chosen at the beginning. The contestant's time on the show ended when a deal was made, or the contestant stuck it out to the end; in the event a deal was taken, the other cases were opened to see whether the deal made was a good one. Occasional special episodes increased the maximum prize to $2,000,000 or more. Unfortunately, to make up for the variable length of each game, the NBC version employed [[Padding]]. Lots and lots of [[Padding]]. The hour-long ''Deal'' was put out of its misery on May 18, 2009. Line 14: The British version (hosted by Noel Edmonds, a former DJ and ''Saturday Night'' presenter whose career had been on the skids) was such a hit that a Saturday primetime show was added. The UK version has 22 boxes, each manned by a possible future contestant (they're sequestered together when they're not filming to encourage rapport during the game), with the top prize being £250,000. ---- {{gameshowtropes}} ~~=== [[Game Show Tropes]] in use: ===~~ * [[Carried Byby the Host]]: Well, maybe more by the ladies, but Howie defined the show for Americans. Andrew O'Keefe basically '''is''' the Australian version. Even after 1,000+ episodes, he still has the same enthusiasm as he did on the first day. Noel Edmonds is this for the British version, for better or worse. He tends to share this trope with the contestants — after all, some of those holding the boxes have been there for ''weeks''! Line 32: * [[Product Placement]]: Some cases in the syndicated run promoted HP, Listerine, Sears, Splenda, Evian, and Visine-A. * [[Show the Folks At Home]]: See [[Trailers Always Spoil]], below. * [[Who Wants to Be Who Wants Toto Be Aa Millionaire?]]: NBC managed to follow ABC's ''Millionaire'' lead and run the show so many times per week people got bored of it. The 2007-08 Writers Strike didn't help matters any, as ''Deal'' and other games were used to plug the holes left by dramatic programming. * [[Zonk]]: What happens when you knock out the big prizes early in the game. ** The Christmas 2007 episode featured gag prizes in lieu of certain small amounts. The case usually reserved for 1¢ contained a "Lump Of Coal", for example. Line 46: * [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Banker. * [[Filler]]: The NBC run had two-hour episodes during sweeps consisting of '''one game''' with so much filler (celebrity cameos, gimmick-deals the contestant would never take, lengthened pauses, even field pieces!) that it was obviously done to keep NBC from airing a bomb drama or sitcom. [[Hilarious in Hindsight\|They ended up airing a bomb game show, instead.]] * [[Follow the Leader]]: A self-inflicted example. Endemol gave [[American Broadcasting Company\|ABC]] a big-money, luck-based "pick the object" game called ''[[Set for Life]]'' in Summer 2007. It was terrible and got canned after seven episodes. ** Some casinos use their own ''Deal'' knockoffs, obviously for much lower stakes. * [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]]: The Banker rarely appears on-screen in any version. Line 62: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Turn~~Live-Action TV of the ~~Millennium/Live Action TV~~2000s]] [[Category:Game Show]] [[Category:Deal Oror No Deal]] [[Category:TV Series]]