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{{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
Popular [[Game Show]], from a Dutch format. The original version debuted in 2000. The American version achieved near-instant popularity after its debut on [[
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|
Unfortunately, to make up for the variable length of each game, the NBC version employed [[
A half-hour syndicated version debuted in September 2008 and essentially cut out all the fluff while adding various elements of the British version (see below), with a top prize of $500,000. Gimmicks were still used, however, and the 22 contestants (and their replacements) only stayed on for one week. Ratings fell sharply during the second year, and the show wrapped production around midseason. The series was put out of its misery again, this time for good, on May 28, 2010; repeats continued to air through September 10 in syndication, and September 28 on [[My Network TV]].
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* [[Carried by the
** 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''!
* [[Celebrity
* [[Confetti Drop]]: Top prize winners of all three aforementioned countries get showered with confetti (and money in the US version) at the game's end.
* [[Game Show
* [[Home
* [[Let's Just See What Would Have Happened]]: Even when a contestant takes a deal, the rest of the game was played out as if s/he hadn't. Especially annoying on NBC, which sometimes stretched it out ''over two or more segments''.
** Subverted in the UK and Australian versions, because even after taking a deal your game may not necessarily be over; if two vastly different numbers are left at the end, the Banker may offer the player a "Banker's Gamble" (UK) or "Chance" (AU), thus giving you the opportunity to forfeit your deal and open your case. This resulted in the UK version's second top-prize winner.
* [[Monty Hall
* [[Mystery Box]]: Quite a few of them, in fact.
* Personnel:
** [[Game Show
** [[Lovely
** [[Studio
* [[Product
* [[Show the Folks At
* [[Who Wants to Be Who Wants to Be a 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.
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* [[Big Red
* [[Canada, Eh?]]: The five ''Deal Or No Deal Canada'' specials, filmed in Toronto (a Canadian city) and hosted by a Canadian (Howie Mandel ''is'' indeed a proud Canadian) with Canadian models, a Toronto backdrop, bragging about tax-free winnings, the main stage shaped like a maple leaf, a [[Home Participation
* [[Commercial Break
* [[Downer
* [[Epic Fail]]: Oh, boy.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEOL0CtQR4I This
** And for Epic Fail endings, you can't beat [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca614Fp8GzQ this
** A contestant in the American version dealt for $81,000 with '''half the board''' remaining. When they played out the "what if", most of the subsequent cases he picked out were the low values and the Banker's offers rose to $550,000. What was his case? [[Downer Ending|$1,000,000.]] He was lucky, but bailed ''way'' too soon.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Banker.
* [[
* [[Follow the
** Some casinos use their own ''Deal'' knockoffs, obviously for much lower stakes.
* [[He Who Must Not Be
* [[Idiot Ball]]: The majority of contestants get handed one at some point. The most [[Butt Monkey|persistent carriers of the Ball]] frequently end up carrying it straight to a [[Epic Fail|1¢
* [[Luck-Based
* [[
* [[Pet the
* [[Random Number God]]: Many contestants come up with systems to govern what order they open the boxes in, in accordance with some bizarre belief that this will help. Some of these really do start to look like Random Number Worship after a bit.
* [[Repeating So the Audience Can
* [[Roger Rabbit
* [[Title Drop]]: After revealing the Banker's offer, the host always asks the contestant "Deal or No Deal?"
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]:
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