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{{quote|''"Welcome to the richest, most dangerous game in America."''|'''Chuck Woolery''' at the start of each show.}}

 

 

 

There are also opportunities to get rid of teammates in the form of [[Quick Draw]] questions, which can be a good idea if you're successful as you get the other player's would-be share of the money, ''if'' your team ends up with any money, that is. Also, to [[Catch Phrase|sweeten the pot]], the randomly chosen challenger, if they choose to duel with someone else, gets a good deal of free money that they leave with no matter what happens, so almost everyone did so.

 

People rarely voluntarily pulled out early in this game, but they frequently ''wiped'' out. Although lasting just one season in primetime, you can find it in reruns on [[GSN]].

* [[All or Nothing]]: Miss a question and your entire team left empty-handed, except...

** [[Consolation Prize]]: If the player the Terminator chooses decides to challenge another teammate; they are given $10,000 right away and keep the money, even if they lose to the other player or the team as a whole loses later on.

** [[Studio Audience]]

* [[Unexpectedly Obscure Answer]]: Most, if not all, of the higher-level questions involved survey or poll results.

* [[Catch Phrase]]:

** "Do you feel the need for [[Title Drop|greed]]?"

** Only a few teams failed to make it to $100,000. About half made it to $200K, but only a few went on to win more than that. The second-to-last question only showed up three times (twice during the ''Super Greed'' special, where teams going for more than a million dollars were [[Consolation Prize|guaranteed $200K even if they lost]]), and the jackpot question only appeared once.

* [[Filler]]: Flagrantly abused to draw out suspense whenever a team was up to the big money questions. The episode leading up to Daniel Avila's $2,200,000 attempt took this [[Up to Eleven]], using most of the hour to repeatedly review and replay the game up to that point before even prompting the players whether they wanted to play on or take their share of $1,000,000 and leave. The show went multiple commercial breaks without advancing the gameplay one inch.

* [[Notable Commercial Campaigns]]: When GSN bought the rights to rerun the show, they promoted it with a fun series of commercials between Chuck and a frazzled accountant counting out the $2,000,000 dollar by dollar.

* [[Obvious Rule Patch]]: Buzzing-in early during a Terminator originally meant instant elimination; this was soon fixed to where a contestant could buzz-in early, but Chuck would stop reading the question immediately.

** During the first set of episodes, the top prize was $2,000,000 with $50,000 added every game it wasn't won; when the show became a regular series, the top prize was a flat $2,000,000.

* [[Ratings Stunt]]: The Million Dollar Moments in February 2000 and Super Greed in May 2000. Incidentally February and May are both [[Sweeps]] months.

* [[Stage Money]]: On the $200,000 and $500,000 questions, the captain is offered one-tenth the value of the question physically, which they can take and split evenly among their team if they are unsure of the fourth answer given. The $10,000 offered for challenging someone with the "Terminator" is also physically shown.

* [[Timed Mission]]: The final question and the Million Dollar Moments only allow the contestants 30 seconds to give their answers.

* [[Up to Eleven]]: Super Greed, which doubled the top prize to '''''four''''' million dollars.

* [[Voted Off the Island]]: The "Terminator". A person is randomly selected. They choose who to battle. There's one question and whoever buzzes in first with the right answer (or doesn't buzz in and get it wrong) wins, and takes the loser's share of the pot. Technically the randomly-selected person can choose not to battle, but they get guaranteed money if they do, and since so many people leave with nothing, most people will battle whomever they feel is worst at the game (or the winner of the previous battle, as they will have a larger share).

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