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{{quote|''"Trust me."''|The only words in the title music.}}
 
[[GSN]] [[Game Show]] described by its host (Lisa) Kennedy (Montgomery) as "the test of knowledge and trust". Three teams of two had to agree on a correct answer to a multiple-choice question to build up their [[Call a Hit Point Aa Smeerp|Trust Fund]]. It was mostly seen as GSN's answer to ''[[The Weakest Link]]''.
 
The game is set up in three rounds. After each round, one team must go to the "Trust Box" to determine how the money was given to the two members:
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Everyone "looking out for Number One" is a policy that hurts everyone; [["Friend or Idol?" Decision|in order for at least one in a pair to get any cash, someone has to be at the other's mercy...but choosing "Friend" won't maximize a contestant's payout]]. This is based on a well-known example of Game Theory called the (iterated) [[wikipedia:Prisoners dilemma|Prisoner's dilemma]].
 
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* [[All or Nothing]]: When someone says "Foe", this comes into effect for that person ''only''.
* [[Bonus Round]]: "Right or Wrong?", a chance for the last team standing to add to their Trust Fund before going to the Trust Box themselves.
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* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: One player who got "Foed" took it rather hard and let loose with one during the credits.
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]: [[Russian Roulette (TV series)|Mark L. Walberg]] hosted the show during GSN's April Fool's 2003 host switcharound...which ''also'' happened to be the show's last first-run episode.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: This is ''Kennedy'' we're talking about here, folks!
* [[Downer Ending]]: Whenever the last team of the day went Foe-Foe.
* [[Dueling Shows]]: Similar to ''[[The Weakest Link]]'', and went out the door at around the same point.
* [[Epic Fail]]: If all three teams went Foe-Foe, it was a $0 giveaway day for GSN. Inverted if all three teams went Friend-Friend.
* [[Unwinnable Byby Design]]: If one player voted Foe, the other ''always'' left empty-handed.
 
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