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-*  Richard Karn wants you to know that because he feels like a meme, he's going to [[Family Feud (TV)|DOUBLE THE POINTS]]!!!!!!!! <ref> Karn's [[Large Ham]] explanation of the Double round, where the value of each survey answer is doubled. He did the same thing with "triple the points" in the Triple round.</ref>
+*  Richard Karn wants you to know that because he feels like a meme, he's going to [[Family Feud|DOUBLE THE POINTS]]!!!!!!!! <ref> Karn's [[Large Ham]] explanation of the Double round, where the value of each survey answer is doubled. He did the same thing with "triple the points" in the Triple round.</ref>
 **  But not before you've DRAWN FIRST BLOOD. <ref>Also from Karn; his way of saying which family will score the points first.</ref>
 **  Good answer! Good answer! <ref> Usually said by the other members of the family, no matter how far off-base the answer is. Some families even seem to say it ironically because they ''know'' the answer can't possibly be up there.</ref>
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 ** NEKKID GRANDMA!! <ref> Shortly after Steve Harvey became host, the show's [[YouTube]] channel began posting clips. Among them was a man who gave this as a response to "Name something a burglar would not want to see when he breaks into a house" — it lit up as "Gun/Occupant" for 33 points. Now, nearly every video on Family Feud's channel has someone offering "nekkid grandma" as an answer in the comments.</ref>
 ** IS IT UP THERE? <ref> What Louie Anderson would say after just about EVERY answer given in the main game.</ref>
-*  But if you do, chances are you'll hear [[Tic Tac Dough|Patrick Wayne]] tell you that "YOUUUUUUUUUUUU WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!" If not, that's okay, "Just cause you're divorced doesn't mean you can't have fun, riiiiiiiiiiiight?" <ref> From the 1990 revival of ''[[Tic Tac Dough]]'', a couple choice quotes from host Patrick Wayne, another [[Large Ham]] of a host whose name often crops up when bad game show hosts are mentioned. The latter is from the run's Divorced Couples Week.</ref>
+*  But if you do, chances are you'll hear [[Tic-Tac-Dough|Patrick Wayne]] tell you that "YOUUUUUUUUUUUU WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!" If not, that's okay, "Just cause you're divorced doesn't mean you can't have fun, riiiiiiiiiiiight?" <ref> From the 1990 revival of ''[[Tic-Tac-Dough]]'', a couple choice quotes from host Patrick Wayne, another [[Large Ham]] of a host whose name often crops up when bad game show hosts are mentioned. The latter is from the run's Divorced Couples Week.</ref>
 **  Oh yeah, and Jim Caldwell wants to add that those red boxes are special categories, he'll be sure to explain them when we get to them. <ref> From the 1985-86 season of the same show; when Jim Caldwell took over from Wink Martindale as host, Caldwell became obsessed with the red box [[Bonus Space|Bonus Spaces]].</ref>
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-*  [[Press Your Luck|Big bucks]], no [[Whammy|Whammys]]...STOP! <ref> The mantra of many a contestant on ''[[Second Chance (TV)|Second Chance]]'', ''[[Press Your Luck]]'', and ''[[Whammy (TV)|Whammy]]!'' — hitting a Devil/Whammy on the game board wiped out one's score.</ref>
+*  [[Press Your Luck|Big bucks]], no [[Whammy|Whammys]]...STOP! <ref> The mantra of many a contestant on ''[[Second Chance]]'', ''[[Press Your Luck]]'', and ''[[Whammy (TV series)|Whammy]]!'' — hitting a Devil/Whammy on the game board wiped out one's score.</ref>
 **  Stop at a [[Undesirable Prize|Flokati Rug]]! <ref> Often considered the least desirable prize on the board, an opinion even mentioned within the show itself.</ref>
-** The title format of ''[[Revival|Whammy! The All New Press Your Luck]]'' became a meme in and of itself. <ref> Message board posters would come up with similar titles for hypothetical revivals, such as ''Dragon! The All New [[Tic Tac Dough]].''</ref>
+** The title format of ''[[Revival|Whammy! The All New Press Your Luck]]'' became a meme in and of itself. <ref> Message board posters would come up with similar titles for hypothetical revivals, such as ''Dragon! The All New [[Tic-Tac-Dough]].''</ref>
-* ''[[Twenty One]]'' was RRRRRRRRRRRIGGED! <ref> Early meme dating from the newsgroup alt.tv.game-shows, referring to the quiz show scandals of the late 1950s. While ''Twenty One'' was a big offender, this also applied to ''[[Tic Tac Dough]]'', ''The $64,000 Question'', and the smoking gun itself — ''Dotto''.</ref>
+* ''[[Twenty One]]'' was RRRRRRRRRRRIGGED! <ref> Early meme dating from the newsgroup alt.tv.game-shows, referring to the quiz show scandals of the late 1950s. While ''Twenty One'' was a big offender, this also applied to ''[[Tic-Tac-Dough]]'', ''The $64,000 Question'', and the smoking gun itself — ''Dotto''.</ref>
 *  [[Punctuated for Emphasis|WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!!!!!]] <ref> [[Title Scream]] at the top of each show since 1983.</ref>
 **  What? You didn't know any of this? I bet you didn't know that Woolery left ''[[Wheel of Fortune|Wheel]]''.<ref> A popular way of saying that a piece of game show news is old. The reference is to former ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'' host Chuck Woolery, who left on Christmas Day 1981.</ref>
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 ***  '''''This is WHEEL OF FORTUNE, Joe!''''' [[hottip:Explanation:Pat's [[What the Hell, Player?|reaction to the above.]]
 **  I'd like to buy a vowel. <ref> [[Catch Phrase]] from contestants. Another is "I'd like to solve the puzzle."</ref>
-**  "Top dollar value on the Wheel for the first round is $500. But look out for this black space, Bankrupt, because if you hit it, you lose all your cash, but not your merchandise, because once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep." <ref> Chuck Woolery's rundown of the show's rules from the earliest days. He even recited this in full on an [[April Fools' Day]] episode of ''[[Scrabble (TV)|Scrabble]]''.</ref>
+**  "Top dollar value on the Wheel for the first round is $500. But look out for this black space, Bankrupt, because if you hit it, you lose all your cash, but not your merchandise, because once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep." <ref> Chuck Woolery's rundown of the show's rules from the earliest days. He even recited this in full on an [[April Fools' Day]] episode of ''[[Scrabble (TV series)|Scrabble]]''.</ref>
 ** RSTLN E <ref> In the early days of the [[Bonus Round]], contestants were asked for five consonants and a vowel to help solve the bonus puzzle. RSTLN are the most common consonants in the English language, and E is the most common vowel. This achieved [[Ascended Meme]] status so that contestants are now given those letters, in that order, and then asked for three more consonants and another vowel.</ref>
 ** The ceramic dalmatian.<ref> An [[Undesirable Prize]] when the show still had contestants shop for prizes after each round. Very few contestants wanted it at first, but by March 1987 it became famous enough that some deliberately bought it. Although the shopping was removed in the late 1980s, it has been referenced in several game show parodies, and repeatedly by the show itself. His name is Sheldon, by the way.</ref>
-*  Good internet game show forum etiquette: DON'T ask how ''[[Hot Potato (TV)|Hot Potato]]'' was played. <ref> Refers to a [[Troll]] on the newsgroup alt.tv.game-shows, who would make nonsensical posts asking how "hat putato" was played.</ref>
+*  Good internet game show forum etiquette: DON'T ask how ''[[Hot Potato (TV series)|Hot Potato]]'' was played. <ref> Refers to a [[Troll]] on the newsgroup alt.tv.game-shows, who would make nonsensical posts asking how "hat putato" was played.</ref>
 **  ...or ask what game shows [dead celebrity]'s corpse will host. <ref> Another recurring troll post on the same newsgroup.</ref>
-*  [[Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?|"Is that your final answer?"]] <ref> [[Catch Phrase]] from ''[[Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?]]'' to ensure that the contestant is actually going for the answer s/he has said.</ref>
+*  [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?|"Is that your final answer?"]] <ref> [[Catch Phrase]] from ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' to ensure that the contestant is actually going for the answer s/he has said.</ref>
 **  "Can I phone a friend?" <ref> One of the [[Lifelines]] available to contestants to aid in picking the right answer. This Lifeline was eliminated in some versions after too many Phone-A-Friends began Googling the answer.</ref>
 *  That dating show from the 1990s is actually called FREAKIN' STUDS. <ref> In reference to a "50 Greatest Game Shows" poll conducted by [[GSN]]. This was one fan's reaction to the fact that ''Studs'' ended up on the aired list, as it wasn't a long-running or well-remembered series.</ref>
 * [[Punctuated for Emphasis|This...]] ''[[Punctuated for Emphasis|is]]''... ''[[Punctuated for Emphasis|Jeopardy!]]'' <ref>[[Title Scream]] at the top of the show.</ref>
-**  [[Jeopardy (TV)|Sorry, you didn't phrase that in the form of a question.]] <ref>Reference to the format of ''Jeopardy!'', which inverts the typical question-and-answer format of quiz shows.</ref>
+**  [[Jeopardy!|Sorry, you didn't phrase that in the form of a question.]] <ref>Reference to the format of ''Jeopardy!'', which inverts the typical question-and-answer format of quiz shows.</ref>
 **  Who are three people that have never been in my kitchen? <ref>On an episode of ''[[Cheers]]'' ("What Is... Cliff Clavin?"), [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]] postman Cliff Clavin appeared on ''Jeopardy!'' and had a runaway lead. He lost after wagering all of his winnings on the Final Jeopardy! clue and writing that as his response. ''Jeopardy!'' has made this episode into an [[Ascended Meme]] of sorts, as "[[Person As Verb Pulling A Clavin]]" is now the term for an all-in Final Jeopardy! wager from a runaway lead.</ref>
 ** What is Toronto? <ref>During a special set of episodes in February 2011, a computer named Watson competed against former contestants Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Despite amassing a runaway lead, Watson was stumped by Final Jeopardy! and guessed Toronto. Since then, this has become the successor to "never been in my kitchen" for contestants who are stumped in Final Jeopardy!</ref>
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 **  Jack, I'll go off the board and take Baseball. <ref>A rarely used tactic; anyone with one or two Jokers showing could go "off the board" and ask for a category not shown on the slot machine.</ref>
 *  [[Hollywood Squares|I'll take [celebrity's name] for the win, please.]] <ref>The origin of "for the win", originally said by many contestants on the celebrity tic-tac-toe game when three-in-a-row was imminent.</ref>
-**  [[You Fool|YOU FOOL!]] <ref>From a 1999 episode where Gilbert Gottfried was the only star left on the board, but the contestants kept whiffing the increasingly easy questions and falling for Gottfried's obvious bluffs. Every time they whiffed, he would scream "YOU FOOL!"</ref>
+**  [[You Fool!]] <ref>From a 1999 episode where Gilbert Gottfried was the only star left on the board, but the contestants kept whiffing the increasingly easy questions and falling for Gottfried's obvious bluffs. Every time they whiffed, he would scream "YOU FOOL!"</ref>
 *  "The [[Password]] is..." <ref>Whispered by [[The Announcer]] in most versions of the word-association game.</ref>
 *  [[Deal or No Deal]]? <ref>[[Title Drop|Title Dropping]] question asked by any host of the show, when asking if the contestant wants to take the Banker's deal or keep eliminating suitcases or boxes in hopes of finding one with the top money prize in it.</ref>
-*  [[What's My Line (TV)|Is it bigger than a breadbox?]] <ref>In reference to the [[Panel Game]] where a celebrity panel would ask yes-or-no questions in attempt to determine a contestant's job. "Bigger than a breadbox" existed well before that, but the show helped popularize it thanks to Steve Allen.</ref>
+*  [[What's My Line?|Is it bigger than a breadbox?]] <ref>In reference to the [[Panel Game]] where a celebrity panel would ask yes-or-no questions in attempt to determine a contestant's job. "Bigger than a breadbox" existed well before that, but the show helped popularize it thanks to Steve Allen.</ref>
 *  [[Blockbusters|I'll take a P, Bob.]]
 **  Saucy female students: "I'll have U, Bob."
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 *  "...The choice is yours, and yours alone." <ref>From the kids' show ''[[Legends of the Hidden Temple]]'', the end of the [[Rules Spiel]] given by "Olmec", an animatronic stone head voiced by [[Dee Bradley Baker]].</ref>
 ** "...Through the SHRIIIIINE OF THE SILVEEEEEER MONKEEEEEY." <ref> Another recurring [[Large Ham]] statement from Olmec while describing the path through the temple.</ref>
-*  "I can [[Title Drop|name that tune]] in five notes." "Four notes." "Three notes." "Name that tune." <ref>From the "Bid-a-Note" round of ''[[Name That Tune (TV)|Name That Tune]]'', where contestants bid on how many notes they need to identify the song.</ref>
+*  "I can [[Title Drop|name that tune]] in five notes." "Four notes." "Three notes." "Name that tune." <ref>From the "Bid-a-Note" round of ''[[Name That Tune]]'', where contestants bid on how many notes they need to identify the song.</ref>
 *  "Not a match; the board goes back." <ref>Hugh Downs often said this on ''[[Concentration]]'' when a contestant's chosen numbers did not have the same prize behind them. [[David Letterman]] helped get this phrase here, as he says it occasionally when a joke falls flat.</ref>
 ** "Oh, swell." <ref> Said by Downs early in games when two matched squares reveal blank spaces on the puzzle side.</ref>
 ** ...''IS RIGHT!'' <ref> Hugh says this after a contestant correctly solves the puzzle.</ref>
-*  '''[[Where in The World Is Carmen San Diego|"DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!"]]''' <ref>[[Catch Phrase]] in reference to the a cappella group Rockapella, who provided the music for ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?''</ref>
+*  '''[[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?|"DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!"]]''' <ref>[[Catch Phrase]] in reference to the a cappella group Rockapella, who provided the music for ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?''</ref>
 * Is it behind Door #1, Door #2, or Door #3? <ref>Reference to the three numbered doors on ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'', which may conceal a [[Zonk]] or a prize.</ref>
 * "Your starter for ten..." <ref> Phrase used on ''[[University Challenge]]'' to indicate the next question is a basic, ten-point one.</ref>